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Speaker 2: There has to be somewhere out there in Ohio State

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Speaker 2: for Cincinnati Magazine. You could read it weekly at Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: Magazine dot Comedy's with us now, Hi, Robert.

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Speaker 3: Hey, I feel naked joining you before the column is

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Speaker 3: even that. What am I supposed to refer to? I'll

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Speaker 2: I too feel naked for reasons that have nothing to

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Speaker 2: do with your column. All right, So, so I viewed

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Speaker 2: all right, let's let's see if they can do some

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Speaker 2: not sure we saw that defensively. I do think we

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Speaker 3: Well, I'll say this, there's one critical difference between that

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Speaker 3: entertainment product. The Bengals without Flacco, with Browning in there

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Speaker 3: you know, Flacco gave them that. They were obviously in

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Speaker 2: We saw them give a lot of playing time to

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Speaker 2: talking about the trade deadline. Trey Hendrickson would be the

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Speaker 3: Will the Titans do it? Probably not. Will the Bengals

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Speaker 3: And you know, whether they trade, you know, Logan Wilson,

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Speaker 3: think any of that loves the needle. Let's think big.

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Speaker 3: We still got a little bit opportunity to maybe win

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Speaker 3: our third game of the season. What the heck, We're

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Speaker 3: in dream state right now, mom, we are.

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Speaker 2: We are in dream state and you're naked, so it's

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Speaker 2: it's getting weird. I appreciate you adjusting your schedule for us.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk next week.

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Speaker 3: These things happen when you get me on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Awesome stuff, man, I appreciate it. Robert win Trob Bengals

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Speaker 3: Much, you too, Thanks both all.

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Speaker 4: on Dixie Highway. Another accident over at Crescentville Road. I'm

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Speaker 4: at Ezelic with traffic.

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Speaker 1: This report is