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Speaker 2: But so this is like the soft signing bid, right,

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Speaker 3: And that's where ninety plus percent of all kids will

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Speaker 3: Because you don't know what you're gonna get with this

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Speaker 3: Joking straight way to but it's it's you look at it,

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Speaker 3: Is this Army Navy we're talking about, and you have

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Speaker 1: And so Pj's on Monday, and then you know, it's

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Speaker 3: Well, they were without their leading tackler at linebacker and

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Speaker 3: Stop me, if you've heard this before, if it sounds

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Speaker 2: In their last five games, right, I mean.

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Speaker 3: That is a E two and eight. Yeah, sounds familiar

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Speaker 3: Now, all these sacks that they have through eleven games

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Speaker 3: He's the first Gopher to surpass double digit sacks since

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Speaker 1: And eight, Coron Riley alvand Snig was after Riley.

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Speaker 3: They got to that eight nine mark never were able

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Speaker 3: The Badgers just want to run the football.

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Speaker 4: This does sound like the Vikings, right, It does like

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Grenard should have fifteen sacks as many times as

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Speaker 2: I mean if you can stop the run.

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Speaker 3: And what is going to be again, we'll see what

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Speaker 4: It would be well, we've had a ton of success

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Speaker 3: Wow, if you win in the trenches and if you

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Speaker 2: That again, Kenny run, He can run.

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Speaker 3: That's his whole bit is if you can stop him

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Speaker 1: Could the Northwestern quarterback run like what what I mean?

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Speaker 2: It's PJ said?

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Speaker 1: And maybe it was in the everything PJ said best

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Speaker 3: It was both seemingly coming into that game. Prestonstone In

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Speaker 3: So, I mean it comes down to Danny Collins's defense,

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Speaker 2: I mean that thing. The whole thing was disease it.

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Speaker 4: You know this is obvious, but for a team kind

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Speaker 2: Yep, man, this team needs this one.

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Speaker 4: but in lieu of vying for titles and some I've

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Speaker 4: texted you a few different times throughout the season, right,

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Speaker 4: just getting your thoughts on various things. You didn't look

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Speaker 4: competitive down in Iowa City. That's kind of just the

445
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Speaker 4: continues to be a pest, right beating Farrence's bunch. You

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Speaker 4: gotta keep the acts and the Big Ten titles not

447
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Speaker 4: on the line. This is kind of one of those gottos.

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Speaker 4: And I'm sure PJ and company feel that. Oh, they

449
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Speaker 4: feel a lot of pressure.

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Speaker 3: I mean they're well aware of the situation around their

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Speaker 3: team where they're on and five on the road and

452
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Speaker 3: got embarrassed in multiple games. And you have last weekends

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Speaker 3: debacle where, like I said, you score thirty five points

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Speaker 3: in a Big Ten game, you should win that game

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Speaker 3: ninety five percent of the time. And now you face

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Speaker 3: a Wisconsin team where they are playing their best football

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Speaker 3: this season. They're two to one here in the month

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Speaker 3: of November, but that's an offense that's diseased, and they're

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Speaker 3: playing a lot of freshmen defensively.

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Speaker 1: How do they score twenty seven points over five games

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Speaker 1: and find a way to win one because they're defending

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Speaker 1: Their defense is really good, okay, and they have a

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Speaker 1: front seven.

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Speaker 3: Between Again, they got the Ragning Big Ten Defensive Player

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Speaker 3: of the Week in Darryl Peterson Mason Rager. They're playing

466
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Speaker 3: a couple of true freshmen. Mason Poe's among the bunch.

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Speaker 3: Their front seven is very aggressive. But if you can

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Speaker 3: block them up and give Drake Lindsey just two and

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Speaker 3: a half three seconds to throw, I mean, I feel

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Speaker 3: like we're gonna be saying the same thing about your

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Speaker 3: team on Saturday, or excuse me, Sunday afternoon. If you

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Speaker 3: just can't get Brozemurs some time to throw the quick

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Speaker 3: fasting game with some tempo, I mean, I think things

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Speaker 3: are going to be all right for you.

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Speaker 2: So with PJ.

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Speaker 1: Fleck, coach of the Olden Gophers football team, in the

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Speaker 1: And what defines the PJ. Fleck era to this point?

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Speaker 1: How would you? How would you describe that? I mean,

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Speaker 1: there are tentacles to it. I mean, we could spend

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Speaker 1: the whole segment on it. Yeah, I mean, I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: because I'm like, and again I'm complete outsider here, but

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Speaker 1: I'm seeing what's happening in Bloomington, and I get the

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Speaker 1: ni L bit and I you know, I get I

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Speaker 1: get the blue blood market. N I L part of it.

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Speaker 1: I understand the transfer portal, like it or not. But

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Speaker 1: if somebody formulated the opinion that with this as he

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Speaker 1: calls it, development program, developmental program. And I'm not necessarily

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Speaker 1: a giant fan of the program being called that, but

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Speaker 1: we could talk about that in a little bit. If

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Speaker 1: somebody formulated the opinion that in this market with this climate.

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Speaker 1: This is about this is the best that that you

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Speaker 1: you can do, that you will have for multiple Would

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Speaker 1: that be a bad take?

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Speaker 2: Uh? I mean I think they can do more.

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Speaker 3: Now. There's a lot of different angles of this where

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Speaker 3: I think if you were to hear the Minnesota side

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Speaker 3: of it, it's well, okay, we are bottom five in

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Speaker 3: total revenue in the Big ten, and this is an

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Speaker 3: institution that has been we are only going to spend

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Speaker 3: what we have now. I think that's a very responsible

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Speaker 3: way to.

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Speaker 2: Go through life.

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Speaker 3: But I look at places like UCLA and Rutgers that, Okay,

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Speaker 3: they're below Minnesota in terms of revenue, but guess what

516
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Speaker 3: they got thirty to fifty million. They get to go

517
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Speaker 3: above and just spend willy nilly and they don't have

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Speaker 3: to feel the repercussions of it. Okay, well, if they're

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Speaker 3: going to go above and beyond, And then you look

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Speaker 3: at the recruiting three hundred mile radius.

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Speaker 4: How to be clear, that's tax fair cash, yes, okay,

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Speaker 4: just confirming they actually get that money from their respective states, correct.

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Speaker 3: Or even you look at like in the end, and

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Speaker 3: that's one that comes up a lot is I think

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Speaker 3: if one of the things that doesn't get talked about

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Speaker 3: enough with Signetti is number one.

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Speaker 2: I think he is a fan to coach.

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Speaker 3: He is someone that he knows what he's looking for

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Speaker 3: and then he can get the most.

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Speaker 2: Out of that player.

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Speaker 3: Well, the other thing that coincides with Chris Signetti is

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Speaker 3: the rise of Mark Cuban in that institution where you

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Speaker 3: look at when Mark Cuban left the MAVs.

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Speaker 2: I just learned about that today.

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Speaker 3: When he left the MAVs and you look at the

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Speaker 3: amount of money he has now donated to that school,

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Speaker 3: in that athletic program.

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Speaker 2: I mean that's it.

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Speaker 3: I mean sigg's got quite a bit going on. Plus

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Speaker 3: you look at even that basketball team when again they

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Speaker 3: were in the number one team in Indiana basketball was

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Speaker 3: when I mean they had Mike Woodson in the bunch.

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Speaker 3: I mean they have a lot of resources there now

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Speaker 3: to bring it back to Minnesota. I would tell you

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Speaker 3: the transfer portal class that he took last year too

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Speaker 3: many weftsign I mean they had didn't have enough hits

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Speaker 3: where they can. I mean you look at some of

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Speaker 3: the hits they've had over the years with like Benjamin

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Speaker 3: Saint Juice. I still think that is among the Funniest

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Speaker 3: Things where Benjamin Saint.

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Speaker 2: Juice and Jim Harbaugh.

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Speaker 3: Harbaugh tries to get him to medically retire from the

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Speaker 3: University of Michigan. He says, no, thank you, goes in

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Speaker 3: the comes to Minnesota, becomes an NFL draft pick, and

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Speaker 3: then where did you just call a game for him

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Speaker 3: a couple of weeks ago?

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Speaker 1: Well, I know he played for the Commanders. At one point,

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Speaker 1: he's not with the Chargers, Jim Harbas.

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Speaker 3: So the whole thing comes Wow, after the whole bit,

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Speaker 3: he pushes him out of Michigan and then he goes

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Speaker 3: back and again it ain't personal.

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Speaker 2: It's just business, and you know in this league.

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Speaker 3: But I think for fleck ITT's this I believe as

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Speaker 3: he sits here today, he has tied for the most

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Speaker 3: amount of program wins with Glenn Mason, and if he

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Speaker 3: wins on Saturday, he surpasses him. But for him, it

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Speaker 3: is you have to hit in the porl more and

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Speaker 3: if you do, and even think about last week's game,

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Speaker 3: I mean that's a game you gotta win. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 3: you score thirty five points and then we'd be talking

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Speaker 3: about another seven eight wins season plus the Bowl game.

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Speaker 3: I want to see more twenty nineteen type seasons like everyone,

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Speaker 3: but with Drake Lindsay in the bit, I don't think

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Speaker 3: it was ever going to come to Fruition this specific season.

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Speaker 3: So they have raised the floor, and I get the

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Speaker 3: whole point of well what is the ceiling. I'd love

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Speaker 3: to know what the ceiling is too, But if they're

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Speaker 3: going to have twenty nineteen type of season, they got

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Speaker 3: to get older, and that means you got to retain

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Speaker 3: players such as Again, I think there is a decision

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Speaker 3: to be made for someone like Anthony Smith, where the

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Speaker 3: reality of college football is now in this PA with

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Speaker 3: the amount of money that every school has, whether it's

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Speaker 3: because of the house settlement, where each one of these

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Speaker 3: programs has fourteen million dollars to spend on their players

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Speaker 3: plus nil. I mean Anthony Smith could stay in college

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Speaker 3: and easily make a million two million dollars. So do

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Speaker 3: you do that and stay at the University of Minnesota

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Speaker 3: or do you go become a fourth round draft pick? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean that is going to be where or do

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Speaker 3: you transfer to a place you can get two and

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Speaker 3: a half do it again, or become a second or

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Speaker 3: third round draft pick. Well, that's where Anthony even talked

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Speaker 3: about a big ten media days with me that Penn

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Speaker 3: State where he's from the state of Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 2: He goes.

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Speaker 3: I turned down Penn State and more more money last year.

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Speaker 3: I like it here. I mean, he lives, he loves Minneapolis,

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you. And that's where with the the NFL

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Speaker 3: draft bit with even in it, I think, as you

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Speaker 3: guys get into and again, as this biking season doesn't

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Speaker 3: go the way that I think many people think, the

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Speaker 3: mid and late rounds, I think are going to be

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Speaker 3: as bad as you've seen because these kids are just

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Speaker 3: gonna stay in college and collect big checks.

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Speaker 2: So I mean it's a fascinating bit.

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Speaker 3: Now, if Minnesota can retain the koy parentses and Drake

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Speaker 3: Lindsay's and Anthony Smith's of the world, you can continue

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Speaker 3: to build this thing. But like when you write tackle

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Speaker 3: leaves and is now starting in Ohio State, I mean

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Speaker 3: it's a tough place.

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Speaker 1: To be, but with parents, it's not an if, right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not gonna hold a seventeen eighteen year

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Speaker 1: old exactly to every single word that was said into

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Speaker 1: the program, but I mean it was the narrative for

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Speaker 1: him and his group was it's important to come here

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Speaker 1: and stay here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I'm not telling you I think Koy

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Speaker 3: Parrits is gonna leave. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The thing that you have to.

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Speaker 3: Know though, with the Gopher football program and the money

623
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Speaker 3: thing is these kids can always leave and go get

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Speaker 3: more money elsewhere.

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Speaker 2: If it's about the money, yeah, I mean.

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Speaker 3: The reality is, like we've talked about here, I mean,

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Speaker 3: they just don't have the most amount of money compared

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Speaker 3: to a Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, whatever it may be.

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Speaker 4: Well, that's just not the school, right, that's booster programs,

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Speaker 4: that's you know, the respective mark Cubans of various.

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Speaker 3: University But they also have as much money to now

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Speaker 3: dictate to these players. So Minnesota can be as competitive

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Speaker 3: as you as they want to be with that in

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Speaker 3: terms of making a competitive offer to the Coy parritch

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Speaker 3: or the Drake Lindsay's of the world. But the reality

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Speaker 3: is too you can be competitive, but there's always going

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Speaker 3: to be somebody that can offer you more money. And

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Speaker 3: that's where the hope would be if you actually do

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Speaker 3: like it here in the Twin Cities, which these kids

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Speaker 3: do again, you know, like I do.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of things to do around here. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and these kids like that.

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Speaker 3: So if you like it here and they can make

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Speaker 3: you a competitive offer, that's why you've seen a lot

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Speaker 3: of these kids like Koy Parritch and others stay here.

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Speaker 1: So with Drake Lindsey, what do you think of the progression,

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Speaker 1: what do you think of the maturation now that it

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Speaker 1: comes to an end tomorrow from conference play?

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Speaker 3: I think any expectations I had for him, and I

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Speaker 3: was high on him coming into the year, but you

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Speaker 3: never know how a freshman's going to play in the

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Speaker 3: Big Ten for the first time.

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Speaker 2: And as we sit here.

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Speaker 3: Going to tomorrow, he's got fifteen passing touchdowns, six picks,

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Speaker 3: and I think that to me, I mean, you look

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Speaker 3: at the month of November here, why Minnesota's been competitive.

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Speaker 3: They're the only Big Ten team not to have a

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Speaker 3: giveaway as an offense. And you're telling me the freshman

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Speaker 3: quarterback hasn't given away the football that much and that's

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Speaker 3: going to lead you to success. I think he's got

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Speaker 3: a big arm. He's not the most mobile guy in

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Speaker 3: the world. I think every time I see him take

663
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Speaker 3: off on a scramble, I think of Chris Berman. I say,

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Speaker 3: Sunday Night, and he's going through the halftime highlights going rumbling, bumbling,

665
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Speaker 3: stumbling down the field there, including that game winning touchdown

666
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Speaker 3: run to the front pylon there. But he has an

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Speaker 3: arm and if you can give him receivers that can

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Speaker 3: get open, and if you can give him an offensive

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Speaker 3: line that can a protect him, and I'm just imagining

670
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Speaker 3: next year what he can look like with a resemblance

671
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Speaker 3: of a running game. Again, Minnesota is a big team

672
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Speaker 3: that loves to do run and play action. If you

673
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Speaker 3: actually have to have the linebackers respect anything with the

674
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Speaker 3: run game, I think they're there's a lot of hope

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Speaker 3: for what Drake Lindsay could become here.

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Speaker 4: I'm glad you mentioned the offensive line because that was

677
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Speaker 4: kind of a big change into this year too, with

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Speaker 4: all the new names or faces that were getting their

679
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Speaker 4: first opportunities. Is it a similar group next year or

680
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Speaker 4: is there a change on the horizon there too, because

681
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Speaker 4: this became a team where I'm thinking PJ wants to

682
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Speaker 4: have the ball for thirty eight to forty minutes, run

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Speaker 4: it forty times, and then if Drake Lindsay can just

684
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Speaker 4: hit a deep shot once in a while, manage the

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Speaker 4: game not turn it over.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna see some w's.

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Speaker 4: Well, Drake Lindsay's out there having to run it up

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Speaker 4: against Rutgers in some of these teams this year, because

689
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Speaker 4: whether it's Darius can't stay on the field easier, boy,

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Speaker 4: I think is another back like just the stagnant nature

691
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Speaker 4: of the run game very UNPJ like. Feels like the

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Speaker 4: O line played a part of that. It probably needs

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Speaker 4: to be better next year.

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Speaker 3: Again, I'll be the first one to tell you RTV

695
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Speaker 3: doesn't Stanford just row the boat and dinky Town it's

696
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Speaker 3: run the ball and they haven't been able to run

697
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Speaker 3: the ball now form most of offensive coordinator Greg Harbo's era. Now,

698
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Speaker 3: how much of that you put on Harbo versus the

699
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Speaker 3: offensive line versus even this year, Darius Taylor just cannot

700
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Speaker 3: I can't stand he can't stay healthy. I think about

701
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Speaker 3: last week's game where they finally block an outside zone correctly.

702
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Speaker 2: He gets to the second level and he's.

703
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Speaker 3: Got a fridge on his back trying to get to

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Speaker 3: the open field where he's been dealing with soft tissue

705
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Speaker 3: leg injuries the entire season. And I think that's even

706
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Speaker 3: one of the most interesting inflection points to watch here

707
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Speaker 3: over the next month is what is what do you

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Speaker 3: offer Darius Taylor to come back? Is because of his

709
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Speaker 3: oft injured nature this year and I think that plays

710
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Speaker 3: a big part in the running game. Is what do

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Speaker 3: you offer him? I mean, how much money are you

712
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Speaker 3: willing to dictate to if he's healthy? He's an all

713
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Speaker 3: big ten back, but he's been healthy for say twelve quarters,

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Speaker 3: like actually truly one hundred percent healthy. And again he's

715
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Speaker 3: got a skill set that's going to play really well

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Speaker 3: on Sundays if he can put it together. But it

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Speaker 3: is with Drake Lindsay. Now going forward, I think you're

718
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Speaker 3: gonna see next year even your best players are quarterback

719
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Speaker 3: and so you're gonna want to I think, probably go

720
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Speaker 3: more tempo, but you still have to find ways to

721
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Speaker 3: run the football. And they return three guys on the

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Speaker 3: defensive line in theory, including a freshman left tackle, the

723
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Speaker 3: pride of Prior Lake, Minnesota, Greg Johnson, who I think

724
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Speaker 3: after next season will be an NFL draft pick. I'm

725
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Speaker 3: very excited about his progress. Now can they keep him

726
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Speaker 3: at one position? But in theory return three starters, but

727
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Speaker 3: you also have to develop these guys. The lack of

728
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Speaker 3: development as a unit from game one to game twelve.

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Speaker 2: Very noticeable, Sorry Bohunter.

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Speaker 1: Last one with the game tomorrow two thirty KFAM. The

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Speaker 1: Badgers are in town at Huntington Banks Stadium, battle for

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Speaker 1: the acts Gophers wanted last year. They're looking to win

733
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Speaker 1: win at two consecutive times and for the fourth time

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Speaker 1: in the last five years.

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Speaker 2: I believe somewhere.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds right, Okay, so at Gopher Illustrated. I

737
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Speaker 1: found it via at Ryan Burns, MN That's where I

738
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Speaker 1: started via Twitter. But then you get into a snazzy

739
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Speaker 1: little game preview and near the bottom of the story

740
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Speaker 1: or somewhere in there, it's it's quite obvious that Bohunter

741
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Speaker 1: is a proponent of passing to ron in this one

742
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Speaker 1: for the Gopers football team, despite RTB being row the

743
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Speaker 1: boat and run the ball proponent to pass your way

744
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Speaker 1: to running why well, first of all, I learned from

745
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Speaker 1: a young age from upa to go with your strengths,

746
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Speaker 1: whether that's in life or whether that's in the game

747
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Speaker 1: of football.

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Speaker 3: And I look at Minnesota strength and that is certainly

749
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Speaker 3: passing the football. I know what their weakness is and

750
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Speaker 3: they're the worst running team in the Big Ten. What

751
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Speaker 3: is Wisconsin's strength is a defense to the second best

752
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 3: run defense in all to Big Ten this month, and

753
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 3: where they struggle is if you can have their secondary

754
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Speaker 3: actually get tested. Drake Lindsay is going to have a

755
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 3: big game tomorrow. So I think if you're in Minnesota,

756
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 3: look if I'm the offensive coordinator Greg Harbon tomorrow, and

757
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Speaker 3: I don't know what this no situation is going to be.

758
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 3: I don't think the win's going to be that much

759
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 3: of a factor. I'm going tempo. I want to see

760
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Speaker 3: what this Badger defense because Minnesota really hasn't gone to

761
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Speaker 3: a lot of tempo before end of half, end of

762
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Speaker 3: game situations. Get put it in Drake Lindsay's hands. I

763
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Speaker 3: think he's coming off with the best game of the season.

764
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Speaker 3: Four passing touchdowns, two hundred and fifty plus yards, was

765
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Speaker 3: making tight window throws all over the field.

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Speaker 2: But that's where this thing's got to start.

767
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Speaker 3: Is not only is it the passing game, Pa, but

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Speaker 3: my goodness, do they have to come out to a

769
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Speaker 3: much quicker start. They continue to struggle on the opening

770
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Speaker 3: script and then the Gopher defense seemingly all of these

771
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Speaker 3: home games where again they are six and zero at home,

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Speaker 3: but you think about the Rutgers game, the Penn State game,

773
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Speaker 3: the Purdue game. You're down ten, fourteen to nothing off

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Speaker 3: rip and you know, like I do, you get into

775
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 3: a negative game script, you can't be out there running

776
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Speaker 3: the football like you want to do. So if you

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Speaker 3: can get off to a quick start tomorrow and actually

778
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 3: make the Badgers try to attempt a forward pass, that

779
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Speaker 3: is going to be the thing.

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Speaker 2: But if they are going.

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Speaker 3: To be able to do that, get out to a

782
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,719
Speaker 3: seven to ten lead, it's going to be through the air.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be through Drake Lindsay.

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Speaker 2: My man.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy the game, and thank you very much for stopping

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Speaker 1: by Buffalo Wild Wings mall of America and amplifying the feast.

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Speaker 3: Enjoy the game, Okay, enjoy Brozmer Brownstones on Sunday afternoon, gentlemen.

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Speaker 1: He's the bowhunter. He's a Ryan Burns at Ryan Burns

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Speaker 1: m N. Let's Gopher Illustrated Gophers and Badgers two thirty

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Speaker 1: tomorrow and kfam we are calling Minnesota Vikings immortality.

791
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 2: Around the corner.

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Speaker 1: Kevin Williams, one of the great defensive players in the

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Speaker 1: history of Vikings football. He'll join nine to noon next

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Speaker 1: all right, Buffalo Wild Wings Mall of America. Welcome back

795
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Speaker 1: to the Friday Football Feast. We are super excited to

796
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: chat with one of the great defensive players in the

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00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,240
Speaker 1: history of Minnesota Vikings football, one of the great defensive

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00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: linemen in the history game overall, and he is a

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Fame semi finalist.

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Speaker 2: His name is Kevin Williams. Nickname was a Big Ticket.

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00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:56,280
Speaker 1: He's a twenty twenty six semi finalist for HOF after

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00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: eleven years with the Minnesota Vikings, and during she was

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00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,919
Speaker 1: a five time first team All Pro. Here comes Kevin

804
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: Williams joining us from AFAR. Now Big Ticket is Paul

805
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: Allen at a Buffalo Wild Wings of all of America.

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Speaker 2: How you been what's up?

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Speaker 5: Pa?

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Speaker 3: Man?

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Speaker 5: It's been great. I had a pretty good Thanksgiving. Probably

810
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 5: ate too much, but oh and I've been good.

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Speaker 2: Kevin.

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Speaker 1: What what does the food spread look like at Thanksgiving?

813
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 2: For Kevin Williams?

814
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 5: This year we did a ham dressing, sweet potatoes, screens,

815
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 5: corn bread, bank and cheese. I think that was a

816
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,359
Speaker 5: couple of desserts.

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00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 1: What kind of desserts? Peach pie, banana cream, pumpkin?

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00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 2: What'd you have?

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00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, sweet potato pie, pi con pie and I don't know,

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00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 5: some other kind of tie my nephew, bro, I don't

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Speaker 5: know what that was.

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Speaker 1: Amen, man, And it's great to talk with you once again.

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Speaker 1: Kevin Williams O. Ninety three when he played here a

824
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Speaker 1: semi finalist for the twenty twenty six Pro Football Hall

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00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: of Fame, and uh, when it when it? When it

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00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,840
Speaker 1: comes to being a semi finalist, how do they inform you, Kevin? Like,

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Speaker 1: do you get a call? Do you know, like does

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Speaker 1: Tom West inform you? Hey, this is coming? Like, like,

829
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Speaker 1: how's it.

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00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 5: Work this particular moment. Mark Craig text me and uh

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Speaker 5: and told me I made a semiviolence. But I also

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00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 5: heard from my brothers, you know, Jared text me, Uh,

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Speaker 5: I guess they can get the I don't know how

834
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Speaker 5: they know that's what I was wanting. Jared Hutchinson, Uh,

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Speaker 5: all the all the Vikings I played with kind of

836
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Speaker 5: text me and gave their heads up after that morning

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Speaker 5: when they announced that, they they text me and uh,

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Speaker 5: you know, kind of you know, filling me in on

839
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Speaker 5: just what's going. I mean, it's still a long process.

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00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 5: Super excited. H and then but those guys kind of

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00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 5: told me what was going on that morning and then

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00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 5: heard from Tea with later on that day. It's just

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00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,240
Speaker 5: it's been different now. I don't think it's a certain

844
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Speaker 5: throt of comment they just go through. I think it

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Speaker 5: just popped out and and kind of word them out.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 1: Now, I mean, knowing you as long as I have

848
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: and then you know, taking a leap here. I don't

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00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: think you're on social media as much as the other

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Speaker 1: people that you mentioned, or a lot of other people,

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Speaker 1: Like when I go to Twitter, I don't nine to

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Speaker 1: three h o f semifinalists. So they probably saw it

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00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,720
Speaker 1: on like social media or the ESPN crawl or something.

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Speaker 1: So none of that surprises me with how you found

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Speaker 1: it out. Now, now that this may this this may

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00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,360
Speaker 1: seem like a dumb question, but you know, just knowing

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Speaker 1: you and and you know, one of the more even

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Speaker 1: keel take it as it comes people that I've ever met.

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Speaker 1: Is it important to you to get into the Pro

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Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame? Like does it really matter to you?

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Speaker 5: Of course it matters. I mean, it's a it's one

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Speaker 5: of the ultimate things. I mean to know, you're getting

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Speaker 5: honored and you're just getting the recognition for the hard

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Speaker 5: work you put in I mean, you want to win

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Speaker 5: a you know, you want to win a division. You

866
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Speaker 5: want to win a super Bowl. That's the ultimate, you know,

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Speaker 5: the other ultimate thing you want to do and playing

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Speaker 5: professional football. But if you don't accomplish all that, hey,

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Speaker 5: the ones that do have a chance, you know, to

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Speaker 5: make the Hall of Fame. It'd be a tremendous honor

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Speaker 5: to get in. I mean, I'm not like you said,

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Speaker 5: I wasn't sitting around waiting on the you know, the

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Speaker 5: simple channel list list to drop. But it feels good

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Speaker 5: to know you made a step, you know, a step

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Speaker 5: further this year. And it's still a long way to go.

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Speaker 5: Extremely excited, but you know, I'm still keeping it under

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Speaker 5: wraps and no telling if when the day does come

878
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,840
Speaker 5: and they're telling how how how emotional it'll be. But

879
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 5: you know, still kind of even kill right now. And

880
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 5: I know it's a long road to hold, but I'm

881
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,439
Speaker 5: also definitely excited as well.

882
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 2: Hey, Kevin.

883
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,760
Speaker 1: Kevin William's hour nine DeNoon guest the Friday Football Feast

884
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: co host is Nordo, who also produces the show, and

885
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: he has something for you.

886
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 2: Nordo.

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00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, Kevin, thanks for joining us this morning. I was

888
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 4: just thinking, you know, when you as you mentioned it,

889
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 4: hall of fame matters. It's an awesome and unbelievable immortality

890
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:23,320
Speaker 4: like accolade.

891
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 2: But as you look back at your career, Kevin, is.

892
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 4: There something in particularly like, Man, I'm proud of all

893
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 4: the sacks, or I look back and how about those interceptions,

894
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 4: the fumble recovery tds. You know, for me personally as

895
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 4: a fan of the team, Kevin, I just think about

896
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 4: the longevity and your durability. I mean, you made almost

897
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 4: all the dances, Kevin, and just the you know, the

898
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 4: impressive nature of staying healthy and having the long career.

899
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 2: That you had.

900
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 4: Do you look back at all like that and just

901
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 4: like this particular thing ementally gives me immense joy for

902
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:54,320
Speaker 4: my career.

903
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,439
Speaker 5: I think the important thing was, you know, I tried

904
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 5: to be there. They knew on Sunday if I was

905
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 5: on the team, I was gonna I was gonna be

906
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 5: suited up. I could hang my hat on that. And

907
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 5: there was one thing I definitely was prideful about. I

908
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 5: don't think I missed but a couple of games, maybe

909
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 5: two to injury or something. But I definitely prided myself

910
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 5: and being what they tell you, the best ability is availability.

911
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 5: So I wanted to make sure I was there and

912
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 5: just being a good teammate. I think, all the numbers

913
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 5: and all that stuff, it sounds good, but I don't know.

914
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 5: It feels good when you hear your teammates compliment you,

915
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 5: and you know, and say nice things and pleasant trees

916
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 5: about you, and just know that the stuff you were

917
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 5: doing didn't go in vain Because I know when I

918
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 5: first got drafted to Minnesota, Lance Johnstone and Billy Lions,

919
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,359
Speaker 5: all those guys as there, Fred Red Robbins, all those guys,

920
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,760
Speaker 5: they did a good job of including in the room.

921
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 5: And when I elevated in the room, I just wanted

922
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 5: to make sure I did that with everybody else and

923
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 5: no matter who we were playing, I tried to make

924
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 5: them all feel like, hey, we need you, we can

925
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 5: do it Andy, and then just a family atmosphere with

926
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 5: the group that I played with.

927
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 4: You know, at this at this stage Kevin now as

928
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 4: a spectator, obviously retiring from the league.

929
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 2: Uh, how how close do you stay with the Vikings?

930
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 4: Do you still kind of going back in time think

931
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 4: about the rivalries with whether it was the Packers or

932
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 4: the Bears or the Lions. Is that do those types

933
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 4: of games still fire you up, maybe a little more

934
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 4: so than just some non conference game like you know,

935
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 4: and with the Seahawks you spent some time there as well.

936
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,800
Speaker 2: The next opponent of the Vikings.

937
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 4: How close or how emotionally invested are you in the

938
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 4: sport or with the Purple in particular.

939
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 5: Uh, the excitement just not bubbling over. But I definitely

940
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 5: was taking notice that, you know, we had lost to

941
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 5: the Packers in a few years and then they they

942
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 5: got us this past week. Kind of was disappointed and

943
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 5: but but I definitely enjoyed taking it out. We're taking

944
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 5: them to the woodshed every time we play them, and uh,

945
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 5: and in Chicago is definitely on a ride. So we

946
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 5: got to I mean, we got to stay on to

947
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 5: Detroit that hold. If you look at the standards this year,

948
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 5: it's like almost flipped from what it was last year.

949
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 5: I think it was Detroit US Green Bay and uh

950
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 5: Chicago now Chicago, Green Bay, Detroit US. I mean it's

951
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 5: like it's almost exactly flipped from last year. So the

952
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 5: NC North, I think it's still one of the toughest divisions. Uh,

953
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 5: some of the best rivalry football going on.

954
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: It I think today, hey, hey, ticket, you spent twenty

955
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: fourteen with Seattle, and like Nordo said, the Vikings play

956
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 1: out Seattle this weekend. And that Seattle team went to

957
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. And Kevin played forty five plays in

958
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, forty on defense, five on special teams.

959
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: Now you didn't win. It was that Super Bowl Malcolm

960
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: Butler jumped the route right at the goal line.

961
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,399
Speaker 2: But nevertheless, what was it like playing.

962
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 1: In Seattle and and and and the hard work and

963
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,760
Speaker 1: just everything that goes into getting to a Super Bowl.

964
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Speaker 5: That was a definitely fun time. I think, I think

965
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 5: it blew when I when I decided I had to come,

966
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 5: like the Minnesota that was my ultimate goal to try

967
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 5: to have a chance, to you know, have a chance

968
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 5: and going to Seattle. And it's funny because it was

969
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 5: between Seattle and New England, the two teams I was

970
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 5: going to. But hey, we see how you know, anyway,

971
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,880
Speaker 5: to be just around a group of young men that

972
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 5: were so excited about the game and their craft. I

973
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 5: mean from top to bottom on that Seattle roster, they

974
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 5: were loaded with, you know, guys that was hungry and

975
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 5: talented and they wanted to be the first team in

976
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 5: a few years. I think it was to you know,

977
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 5: actually repeat and they had it right there, you know.

978
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 2: We had it right there in our hands.

979
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Speaker 5: I think I think everybody remembers it, Like you said,

980
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 5: Butler jumping around and everybody looking around like what the

981
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 5: world just happened when you got Marshawn Lynch in the backfield. So,

982
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 5: I mean, it was a great ride to be around.

983
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 5: Younger guys. They give you so much life and they

984
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 5: saw hungry with desperation to win. It was great and

985
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 5: it was exciting. Really got the juices flowing to be

986
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Speaker 5: able to compete again.

987
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: Last one here Kevin Williams, former Vikings defensive lineman. Really,

988
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 1: you know, along with John Randall, one of the best

989
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,880
Speaker 1: two three techniques in the history of this team. And

990
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: he's a semi finalist for the twenty twenty six Pro

991
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame, so we'll be pulling for big

992
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 1: ticket for that.

993
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 2: He's absolutely worthy.

994
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: And lastly, Kevin Williams played for head coach Mike Tice,

995
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 1: Brad Childers, and Leslie Fraser. Now Leslie is an assistant

996
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: head coach on the Seattle Sea Hawk's staff, so we're

997
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 1: going to see him this weekend. What what do you

998
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: just quick twitch Kevin Leslie Fraser, what do you know

999
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,760
Speaker 1: you'll always respect about Leslie?

1000
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 5: Those phrase going always putting God first. Uh, no matter

1001
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:20,240
Speaker 5: what we're doing, he's going free with God and and

1002
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:23,320
Speaker 5: and hoping, you know, putting it in God's hands. So

1003
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,800
Speaker 5: you for us to be a miss and do the best.

1004
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 5: I mean, he's a phenomenal person. Phenomenal person. I wish

1005
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 5: he'd got, you know, another shot that made being a

1006
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:37,320
Speaker 5: head coach. But you know he's a great person, always

1007
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 5: always lead with God in his heart.

1008
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: Amen, my mam and and God blessed you immensely and

1009
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: you use those gifts on game day uh in second

1010
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: to none fashion. So thank you very much for not

1011
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:55,879
Speaker 1: only the wonderful career but joining us the day after Thanksgiving.

1012
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 1: We'll be pulling for you to uh take take you

1013
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: to the next step where I think they got it

1014
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 1: down to fifteen or something like that. All right, Kevin,

1015
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: have a good day, Yes, sir, I appreciate it. Yeah, yeah,

1016
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:10,279
Speaker 1: see about Kevin Williams. Big Ticket finishes the middle hour

1017
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Speaker 1: nine to noon and when we return to Buffalo Wild

1018
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Speaker 1: Wings Mall of America for the Friday Football Feast, it's

1019
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 1: the Friday Power Forward Feast with a Parker Fox main man.

1020
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Speaker 1: Parker Fox negotiated the levels of aggressive parking finding and

1021
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: made it into BWWMA, and we'll chat about myriad things

1022
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1023
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