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Speaker 1: Like ESPN fifteen to thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back since he three to sixty rolled along ESBN

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Speaker 2: fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Let's talk more football and

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Speaker 2: not Bengals football. We talk a lot about the Bengals.

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Speaker 2: We talk a lot about the NFL offseason. But something

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Speaker 2: that's going to be coming up as the offseason is

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Speaker 2: underway for the National Football League and for college football,

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Speaker 2: the Kentucky Barrels are going to be in action starting

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Speaker 2: in April. That's a F one football and the owner

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Speaker 2: of the Kentucky Barrels is stopping by today to see

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Speaker 2: if Corey Cunningham is in studio with us today.

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Speaker 3: Corey, what's up, hey, Tony? How are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm good, I'm good. Talk to me just about how

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Speaker 2: this came about? I mean, what what led to you

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Speaker 2: wanting to be a part of this and to kind

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Speaker 2: of take this leap yep.

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Speaker 1: So last year I was involved with a team down

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Speaker 1: a Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Speaker 3: They had some ownership issues down there.

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Speaker 1: We didn't really have the same vision and in that

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Speaker 1: ownership I was talking with Jeff Fisher the whole time

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Speaker 1: and our CEO, Jerry Kerrz and they said, hey, you know,

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Speaker 1: you're you're doing a good job from Ohio to Texas.

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Speaker 1: Why not bring a team up.

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Speaker 3: Where you live?

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Speaker 1: And I said, yeah, absolutely, this is awesome. So it's

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Speaker 1: a very exciting game. So you know, for me, it

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Speaker 1: was a no brainer. It's I think it'll be really

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Speaker 1: fun for the fans here.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned Jeff Fisher. I know John Gruden is a

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Speaker 2: part of of the league as well. What what is

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Speaker 2: it that there's been a lot of these leagues, but

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Speaker 2: a lot of of of indoor football that's happened. What

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Speaker 2: is it about what you have going on with a

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Speaker 2: f one that that can separate itself.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think you know you you hit the

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Speaker 1: nail on the head is we have the NFL backing.

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Speaker 1: You know, we have Jeff Fisher who's a part of

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Speaker 1: the executive team.

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Speaker 3: He's our commissioner.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's just kind of running things as it

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Speaker 1: was an NFL league. You know, it's it's he's getting

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Speaker 1: us with all the good sponsors. He's he's making the

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Speaker 1: connects that are going to keep us afloat.

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Speaker 3: You know, we did there. You know, honestly, there's a.

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Speaker 1: Ton of arena leagues, you know, there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: indoor football leagues, but they are they don't have a backing,

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Speaker 1: they don't have an NFL pedigree, you know, kind of

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Speaker 1: with them. And you know, we like to say we're

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Speaker 1: the top arena league just because we have Jeff Fisher,

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Speaker 1: John Gruden. We have these investors and people who are

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Speaker 1: believing in this league. And you know, I don't think

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Speaker 1: they would put their name on this if they didn't

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Speaker 1: have the belief that this is going to be something.

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Speaker 2: I know, you you guys, with your your head coach,

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Speaker 2: Cedric Walker, how how important was it to get a

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Speaker 2: guy that's got a lot of indoor you know, experience,

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Speaker 2: that that knows how to play this game, that can

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Speaker 2: teach this game and kind of get this to your

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Speaker 2: athletes as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it was you know, we we got very

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Speaker 1: very blessed with with landing him. He was in Billings

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Speaker 1: the last few years and that they were gonna move

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Speaker 1: to Casper, Wyoming and it didn't work out. So that

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Speaker 1: team kind of went dormant this year and you know,

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Speaker 1: there was an opening and as soon as I met Cedric,

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Speaker 1: coach Walker is just an absolute, you know, great guy

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Speaker 1: to be around. You know, he's he's funny, he's he's

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Speaker 1: involved with these kids, and you know, he has the

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Speaker 1: kid's best interest. He's not there just to be a

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Speaker 1: football coach. He's there to be a mentor. He's played

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Speaker 1: the game for ten years. He was in the NFL

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Speaker 1: with the Chicago Bears for a couple of years, so

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Speaker 1: he knows the game. But he also wants these kids

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Speaker 1: to get to the next level, whether it's football or

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Speaker 1: whether it's just in life. And he actually cares about them.

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Speaker 1: And you know that's why we've landed a lot of

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Speaker 1: big name free agents. So these guys respect coach Walker

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Speaker 1: so much that they want to play for him.

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Speaker 2: I know the season gets underway in April. Before that happens,

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Speaker 2: you guys are going to be a part of the

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Golf Expo. Yep, you guys'll be hanging around around that,

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Speaker 2: the thirty fifth annual Marty Grawl benefiting homeless children on

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Speaker 2: you guys are going to be a part of as well.

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Speaker 2: Outside of those events where you'll have a presence, what

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Speaker 2: else is there to do between now and leading up

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Speaker 2: to that first game in April?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, our big thing is, you know, we

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Speaker 1: want to get involved with the community. You know, we're

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Speaker 1: going to try and look for any event that we

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Speaker 1: can get our players out myself, coach, you know, we

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Speaker 1: want to get our names out there, and I think

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Speaker 1: the best way and and kind of the a f

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Speaker 1: one way is getting out in the community, you know,

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Speaker 1: doing uh speaking at NKU we have, we have some

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Speaker 1: classes we're going to visit there. Uh, some local high

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Speaker 1: schools we're going to go speak at. So just you know,

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Speaker 1: getting our names out there is the big thing. But

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Speaker 1: you know, any charity event, any benefits. Uh, we are

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Speaker 1: doing a event on the fifteenth at Velocity Bowling. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so that that's uh, that's another event we're going to.

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Speaker 1: But you know, if you have any events out there,

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Speaker 1: you know, feel free to reach out. You know, we

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Speaker 1: want to get our guys out and about and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, get their names in front of people.

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Speaker 2: U just a roster construction stable. How do you go

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Speaker 2: about constructing a roster for AF one?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Again it comes back to Coach Walker. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's he's our GM. Also, this is his twentieth year coaching.

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Speaker 1: He does work with some agencies that have players for us,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of these players kind of reached out

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Speaker 1: to him as soon as they found out that, you know,

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Speaker 1: we were moving here, not moving here, starting here, and

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Speaker 1: and he get, I mean we we filled our roster fast.

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Speaker 1: You know. We we have thirty five guys signed right now.

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Speaker 1: We'll take thirty five to training camp in March, and

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Speaker 1: on April second, we'll cut down to twenty four for

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Speaker 1: the season.

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Speaker 2: Okay. It is games at Truest Arena, which is an

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Speaker 2: awesome place to watch a sporting event, family friendly. And again,

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Speaker 2: as I said to you, there's such a desire for football,

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Speaker 2: especially in this city. You know, you have college football,

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Speaker 2: you have the NFL, and then the offseason comes and

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Speaker 2: everyone's like, what do we do with our time? You

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Speaker 2: guys off for an awesome bridge and I'm sure a

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Speaker 2: great product.

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Speaker 3: What's the easiest way for folks.

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Speaker 2: Listening to find out ways that they can be a

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Speaker 2: part of it, that they can get tickets or anything else.

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Speaker 2: Is there a one stop shop for listeners?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Kybarrelsfootball dot Com that'll have all of our events

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Speaker 1: we have upcoming on there, kind of you know Ticketmaster.

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Speaker 1: It gives you a link to Ticketmaster and also our

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Speaker 1: merchandise store. We all give out Cyncy hats. We love

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Speaker 1: to you know, anybody.

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Speaker 3: Who needs some merch you today. That's nice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know everything's on our website Kybarrelsfootball dot Com.

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Speaker 2: Awesome stuff. That is Corey Cunningham, the owner of the

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Speaker 2: Kentucky Barrels. Thanks so much for stopping by and look

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Speaker 2: forward to talking again soon.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, can't wait to have you on the field to

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Speaker 3: he There we go, let's go, We're working on it.

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Speaker 2: We are back our three Kick and Nicholson next on

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Speaker 2: the SBN fifteen to thirty Cincinnati Sports station.

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Speaker 3: From the schmid Heating temp Star Weather Center, here's your

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Speaker 4: It stays cold out there today as tempters only top

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Speaker 4: out in the low to mid twenties, and as we

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Speaker 4: head into the overnight hours, expect tempters to drop down

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Speaker 4: to the teens. Mostly cloudy skies will lead to some

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Speaker 4: snow chances for our Friday as a quick clipper system

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Speaker 4: moves through. One to potentially two inches of snow could

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Speaker 4: move on in. That's your nine first warning forecast time

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Speaker 4: Meteorologist Cameron Harden.

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