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Speaker 2: to you today, we'll hear from Zach Taylor. He speaks

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Speaker 2: to the media today in his normal Wednesday press conference timeslot,

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Speaker 2: and we have two other press conferences that are happening

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Speaker 2: today that we'll get to an hour. Number three. The

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Speaker 2: Crossdown Shootout happens Friday night, and then Championship Weekend in

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Speaker 2: college football on Saturday, and then Bengals Bills on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: It's a huge sports weekend. But the Cintas Center will

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Speaker 2: be rocking on Friday night. We'll hear Richard Patino's comments

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Speaker 2: from today. You'll hear Wes Miller's comments from today. We'll

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Speaker 2: get those in the third hour. Can I interrupt of

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Speaker 2: today's show? Sure?

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Speaker 3: Because it feels like there's a lot of smoke and

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Speaker 3: I don't know if there's fire or not all. But

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Speaker 3: have you seen this about Kyle Schwarber?

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Speaker 2: I have from Ken Rosenthal.

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Speaker 3: In Rosenthal, John Hayman, there is the word serious being

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Speaker 3: thrown around about the Reds and their interest in Kyle Schwarber.

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Speaker 3: And there is a potential interest or there is interest

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Speaker 3: in a return to Cincinnati from Kyle Schwarber. Now, these

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Speaker 3: are big time baseball people. We talked about Jeff Passing

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Speaker 3: that these aren't rumors. We're talking about Ken Rosenthal, We're

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Speaker 3: talking about John Hayman, people that know stuff in Major

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Speaker 3: League Baseball that keep linking the Reds to Kyle Schwarber. Now,

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Speaker 3: there are plenty of other teams still interested, as they

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Speaker 3: should be the guy hitting nine thousand home runs. But

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Speaker 3: doesn't it feel like this is a more serious This

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Speaker 3: is more than kicking the tires type of thing.

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Speaker 2: That's what I was gonna say. I read the Ken

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Speaker 2: Rosenthal tweet, and I've seen other comments around it, and this,

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Speaker 2: this to me is more than just like local Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: media saying it can happen. This to me feels like

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Speaker 2: national again. This it's one of the most sought after

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Speaker 2: free agents from this class without a doubt, so hearing

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Speaker 2: not it just it makes it feel like there's actually

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Speaker 2: a chance. And again, as you mentioned Austin, there are

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Speaker 2: other teams interested.

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Speaker 3: The Red Sox, the Orioles and how about John Hayman

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Speaker 3: reporting the Pittsburgh Pirates right among other teams. Could you

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Speaker 3: imagine what the vitriol would be from the Reds fan base, right,

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Speaker 3: if Kyle Schwarber was a Pittsburgh pirate, that would be

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Speaker 3: that might be the unforgivable sin for Mastelini's and for

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Speaker 3: Nick Crawl if that were to be the case.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, perr Ken Rosenthal, the Reds have serious interest. Schwarber

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Speaker 2: is interested in the potential homecoming. Its just imagine what

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Speaker 2: that does to the city and the fan base.

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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna allow myself to get over I'm not

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Speaker 3: gonna be like convincing myself that, oh my gosh, Kyle's

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Speaker 3: going to be a Red They're really gonna do it.

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Speaker 3: But but I have to acknowledge that this is more than, oh,

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Speaker 3: the Reds are interested, There is mutual interest. It's more

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Speaker 3: than the Reds are serious. Like, what was it two

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Speaker 3: weeks ago? The Reds were interested in Devin Williams. That's

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Speaker 3: all we heard. Then he signs a three year, fifty

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Speaker 3: or two days ago. Reds probably never really were in

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Speaker 3: the conversation for Devin Williams, but of course they were interested,

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Speaker 3: and that's what they're interested. Serious interest from both sides

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Speaker 2: Right, likely is not the word I used, but possible possible.

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Speaker 2: I think it's a good way to go. I like

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Speaker 3: This is what I want to hear from my ball

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Speaker 3: club in the winter, exactly that they're serious about trying

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Speaker 3: to improve this team. Kyle Shwerber hit fifty six OH

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Speaker 3: He's from Middletown. How much last year did we complain

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Speaker 2: They couldn't hit anything.

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Speaker 3: Kyle Schwarber could hit everything, including left hander.

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Speaker 2: And like in this day and age where you talk

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Speaker 2: he's at the end of his career. No, he's got

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Speaker 2: plenty of time left and he's got plenty of power.

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Speaker 2: And oh, by the way, Austin, I think this gets

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Speaker 2: of how the Reds play it. This is a ballpark

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Speaker 2: you can come to and hit home runs. Yeah. On

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Speaker 2: top of being from Middletown, that's probably also why there's

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Speaker 3: He probably thinks he could hit one to Kentucky and

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Speaker 3: I bet he could.

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Speaker 4: Yep.

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Speaker 3: Could you imagine Elie de la Cruz protected in the

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Speaker 3: lineup by Kyle Schwarber.

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Speaker 2: I'd like to. That'd be pretty cool, would I'd like to? Man?

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Speaker 3: Okay, so let's let's talk lineups here now. Now I'm excited.

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Speaker 3: Would you lead off Ellie and go Schwarber in the

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Speaker 3: two hole probably? Or would you lead off Schwarber, which

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Speaker 3: is what the Phillies have been, and let Elli be

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Speaker 3: right behind Ellie in the probably lead off Schwarber. Okay,

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Speaker 3: that's I think that's how I would play it. I

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Speaker 3: feel like it would be better for Elizardo de la

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Speaker 3: Cruzo if Kyle Schwarber was hitting behind him.

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Speaker 2: Man, this, see this, This is the problem. This is

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Speaker 2: a problem we are talking about. We're talking about lineups

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Speaker 2: based on interest, Yes, but my goodness, that's what happens

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Speaker 2: when separate hits.

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Speaker 3: And right as we say that, right as we come up,

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Speaker 3: as the show starts, left hander Anthony k Oh is

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Speaker 3: in agreement on a two year, twelve million dollar contract

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Speaker 3: with the Chicago White Sox. So if Jerry Reinsdorf is

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Speaker 3: time to go get Kyle Schwarber.

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Speaker 5: Bring.

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Speaker 3: If the Pirates are trying to build around Paul Skins,

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Speaker 3: why can't we try to build around Hunter Green and

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Speaker 3: Elie de la Cruz and others.

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Speaker 2: I'm just excited thinking about what the lineup could look like.

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Speaker 2: And you go back to this Austin. I know we

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Speaker 2: use the term a lot in sport. There's not there's

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Speaker 2: not this much smoke with actually something being talked about.

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Speaker 2: Some's got to be on fire, right, There's there's a

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Speaker 2: some point now this is I would be more than

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Speaker 2: happy to break in at any point today with breaking

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Speaker 2: news with Kyle Schwarper, there is news in college football.

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Speaker 2: Pete Thamil is reporting that Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian

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Speaker 2: Hartline he'd expected to become the next coach at South Florida.

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Speaker 2: Good for him. OSU's offensive court, off off offensive play caller.

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Speaker 2: He's the play caller for the Buck Houst. He's also

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Speaker 2: he's also built a I think a reputation around college football.

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Speaker 2: Is one of the best wide receiver developers in all

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Speaker 2: is the best. NFL he has been trying to poach

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Speaker 2: him for years to be a wide receiver. This is

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Speaker 2: a fourth round pick out of Ohio State in that

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Speaker 2: two thousand and five draft. He's an Ohio guy through

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Speaker 2: to Glen Oak High School. This is an awesome dude

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Speaker 2: who is like, I don't even think Ohio State fans

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Speaker 2: are upset. I think people were worried because it's National

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Speaker 2: Signing Day and they lost a wide receiver earlier this

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Speaker 2: morning who flipped a four star from Ohio State to

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Speaker 2: Thankfully he decided to stick with the Buckeyes. So Chris

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Speaker 2: Henry Jr. Is still coming to Ohio State. But Brian Hartline,

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Speaker 2: We've talked about it before, the unique job that is

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Speaker 2: South Florida. You are in a rich.

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Speaker 3: Rich, talent rich environment down there, and you've got dudes

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Speaker 3: that have to go to USF that think they should

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Speaker 3: and they come down there trying to prove a point.

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Speaker 3: And with the guy who develops and has the acumen

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Speaker 3: come on with it now, Brian Heartline, Good luck, man,

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Speaker 3: I'll be getting some USF gear. I love that guy.

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Speaker 2: And it's not like that as like a program now

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Speaker 2: good year this year. Yeah, good enough that their coach

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Speaker 2: There's something there playing an NFL stadium. Yeah, there's something

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Speaker 2: It makes me wonder. Austin and I know this is

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Speaker 2: do you think Heartline would have been interested then if

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Speaker 3: I don't know that I would assume he would have

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Speaker 3: been interested. I mean It's not like if Scott Saderfield

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Speaker 3: not nearly what it was when he was hired right

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Speaker 3: in the aftermath of Luke Fickle. It was as good

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Speaker 3: as it has ever been in terms of people wanting

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Speaker 3: to be there in the Big twelve looming and all

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Speaker 3: of that now little different. It's not the same at all,

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Speaker 3: and obviously with the financial concerns as well. So yeah,

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Speaker 3: I would think I would have thought Brian Hartline would

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Speaker 3: have been pretty interested. We at that time.

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Speaker 2: We'll spend some time today on the college football playoff rankings.

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Speaker 2: We'll get to that an hour number two with our

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Speaker 2: second football in the NATI. There is austin some NFL

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Speaker 2: news as it pertains to the Hall of Fame and

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Speaker 2: friend of the Show and one of the all time

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Speaker 2: Bengal greats, Ken Anderson. Yes, Ken Anderson, I believe has

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Speaker 2: made it to the final three with the Senior Committee finalist.

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Speaker 2: He's made it to the final five. Yes, three of

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Speaker 2: Belichick Robert Kraft are two of those, and then Roger

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Speaker 2: Craig and Elsie Greenwood alongside of Ken Anderson.

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Speaker 3: So five of those finalists, only a maximum of three,

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Speaker 3: and you would think Belichick and Craft would be in.

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Speaker 3: I would think Belichick would be in without a doubt.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if any of those others would be

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Speaker 3: hilarious if Belichick and Craft got in on the same

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Speaker 3: But yeah, good for Ken Anderson to be a senior finalist.

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Speaker 2: It's just the sound of football. It's crazy, Austin, how

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Speaker 3: I don't think they think like that right now. I

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Speaker 3: Maybe the AFC North thinks that way, but I don't

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Speaker 2: Evan McPherson.

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Speaker 3: Mack has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of

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Speaker 3: the Week. McPherson, of course six for six in field

435
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Speaker 3: goals in Baltimore, two extra points scored twenty points for Cincinnati.

436
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Speaker 3: Bengals also opened up the practice window for linebacker Shaka Hayward.

437
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 3: Come on, Shaka to return, so he gets a roster exemption.

438
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,280
Speaker 3: The Bengals can activate him at any point over the

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Speaker 3: next twenty one days. He suffered I believe a fibula

440
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Speaker 3: injury earlier this year, but looks like he's on the

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Speaker 3: come up. Bengals are practicing right now if I'm not mistaken,

442
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Speaker 3: so waiting to see some more from that. We'll hear

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Speaker 3: from Zach Taylor or maybe they'll do it later this afternoon.

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Speaker 3: The schedule has screwed me up over the last two

445
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Speaker 3: weeks with the Thursday game, but Zach coming up at

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Speaker 3: one o'clock.

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Speaker 2: What'll we expecting from Zach today? Obviously, I think it's

448
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 2: safe to say Trey Hendrickson's not going to play this week. Yeah,

449
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,280
Speaker 2: which is interesting because Joey Bosa left Buffalo's last game

450
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Speaker 2: against the Steelers with the hamstring injury. Bosa leads the

451
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Speaker 2: Bills in sacks. It's already a banged up Bills team

452
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Speaker 2: on the offensive side of the ball. No, Joey Bosa

453
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Speaker 2: would be significant for the Bengals. On Sunday, what do

454
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Speaker 2: you feel about T Higgins and his availability this week?

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Speaker 2: I thought it was interesting.

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Speaker 3: I believe I read from Jay Morrison the other day

457
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Speaker 3: that the way he wrote it was that T Higgins

458
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Speaker 3: is expected to come back. Yeah, so the fact that

459
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Speaker 3: he was out there for that walk through Monday, and

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Speaker 3: I guess the mini by probably helped a little bit.

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Speaker 2: I'm surprised by that.

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Speaker 3: I thought, just based off the way that it looks

463
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Speaker 3: like a bad one, it might be a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 2: So hopefully there's some more indication on that, and if

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Speaker 2: there's would be obviously massive to get him back.

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Speaker 3: Sean McDermott did say about Joey Bosa today is that

467
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Speaker 3: he's weak to weak. Okay, so potentially don't know what

468
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Speaker 3: that means. I mean McDermott and Zach Taylor are having

469
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Speaker 3: a great job, doing a great job with the coach speak. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: no new news on Kyle Schwarber, not that yet. How

471
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Speaker 3: about this This quote from Sean McDermott all right, you

472
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Speaker 3: asked what was going through the minds of Buffalo.

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Speaker 2: Yep. Quote.

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Speaker 3: I don't think we can afford to be inconsistent.

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Speaker 2: Not now.

476
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Speaker 3: Our backs are against the wall. That's the way it is.

477
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Speaker 3: That's where we're all aware of it. That's where we're going.

478
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Speaker 3: Eight and four backs against the wall.

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Speaker 2: That thing. Okay, okay, I'll buy Oh, hold on, we

480
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Speaker 2: got to tweet here from the Reds. Let's see what it's.

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Speaker 3: Oh ah, Spencer Steer and Rhet Louder are going to

482
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Speaker 3: be on the Red's Hot Stove League.

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Speaker 2: That's all I wanted. One Reds thing real quick. We'll

484
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Speaker 2: break and get to these phone calls. Last night I

485
00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,639
Speaker 2: had a chance to do sports talk down the hall. Yeah,

486
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Speaker 2: and I sounded good. I have our guy, Michael Anderson

487
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 2: reached out to me yesterday. He said, hey, you know,

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Speaker 2: today's Giving Tuesday and the Reds Community Fund is matching

489
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 2: donations as they're trying to raise funds for the community Fund.

490
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Speaker 2: I got a follow up message from Michael Anderson, thanks

491
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Speaker 2: again for the opportunity. The Red's Community Fund raised over

492
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Speaker 2: sixteen thousand dollars yesterday. That's awesome. So obviously with more

493
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Speaker 2: donations coming in, but awesome stuff with the Red Community

494
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Speaker 2: Fund and so many good things that they do. We'll

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Speaker 2: take ourselves a break. We'll come back. We'll get to

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Speaker 2: your phone calls next. On the Home of the Bengals,

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Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 1: You've been listening to football in the NATI on ESPN

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Speaker 1: fifteen thirty, the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 7: This is Dan Horde joined Dave Lapoman me for Bengals

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Speaker 7: game plan tonight starting at six on the official home

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Speaker 7: of the Bengals, Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back ESBN fifteen thirty. It's sincey three sixty thanks

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Speaker 2: to our friends at Skyline Chili. Anytime you're feeling good

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Speaker 2: and hungry, it's Skyline time. It is a tradition Austen

506
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 2: on Friday night, I will find Skyline Chili before the game.

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Speaker 2: It is the Skyline Chili Crossdown Shootout. I need you

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00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 2: to have a double portion for me. I have vowed

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to lock in before the New year, trying

510
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 2: to get like on it instead of a hard time

511
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Speaker 2: to do it. I know normally that's why people do

512
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 2: it in January. While I'm testing myself. Yeah, I'm trying to.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to like trying to be in a full

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Speaker 3: sprint by January first.

515
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Speaker 2: Okay, wait till I bring you a couple treats from

516
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Speaker 2: the holiday party today around three five. I'm stay. Yeah,

517
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,639
Speaker 2: I have vowed the last two times you see as

518
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,639
Speaker 2: went to the Cintas Center to not go back for

519
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 2: the shootout, and like here I am kind of getting

520
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 2: pulled back in. Like I asked Mayor last night, I'm like,

521
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 2: do we want to go to the shootout on Friday?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know what to do. It's

523
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Speaker 2: a it's a it's kind of I think it's the

524
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Speaker 2: feeling you had as the game approached with Ohio State

525
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 2: and Michigan where you kind of get that You're you're

526
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 2: thinking like during the week where it's like whatever we'll see,

527
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 2: and then it gets closer You're like, man, I've got

528
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,880
Speaker 2: this feeling again, and I know what that feeling leads to. Pain.

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Speaker 2: By the way, a fun stat I saw from Paul Fritchner.

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Speaker 2: Is it fun? Actually? Nope? Uh Kerkkrisa was asked by

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Speaker 2: Kelsey Conway after the game on Monday night about the

532
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Speaker 2: game coming up on Friday, and he made a reference

533
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Speaker 2: of playing the team from Norwood.

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Speaker 3: Oh that's a fun that's one of my fun little

535
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Speaker 3: favorite things about this right And.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we know we got to go play that team

537
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Speaker 2: from Norwood and head there, and we know they like

538
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 2: to bring intensity, so we'll be ready and we'll bring

539
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 2: it as well. It led to a funny stat from

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Speaker 2: Paul Kerk. Crisa is currently the only player that will

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Speaker 2: be on the court on Friday night that was alive

542
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Speaker 2: born the last time you see went and won at

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Speaker 2: the Centa Center.

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Speaker 3: So you said that's not a fun stat. Nonna say

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Speaker 3: I would be. I'd be putting that on a billboard.

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Speaker 3: And we do have, you know, plenty of Xavier fans

547
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Speaker 3: who listen. I'll be the Xavier representative. That's awesome. There

548
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 3: you go, there you go. Uh, what's Shane got to

549
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Speaker 3: say today?

550
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Speaker 2: Shame?

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Speaker 8: How's doing?

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Speaker 2: What's up?

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Speaker 8: I just I've been meeting the call for a long time.

554
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 8: I met you after the Iowa State game. I was

555
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Speaker 8: with Angelo Dawkins. I was a driver.

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Speaker 2: Nice nice, We had we had.

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Speaker 8: A blast up there and then you got fired, so

558
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Speaker 8: I didn't.

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00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 5: Probably got a hold of it.

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Speaker 2: That's true. That was a good time. Yes, yes, And then.

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Speaker 8: I didn't get to watch the b YU U See game,

562
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Speaker 8: and I'm sitting there listening to it on the radio,

563
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 8: and the whole time I'm listening to him like, why

564
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 8: is Tony not coaching the Bearcat He should be a

565
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 8: defensive coordinator. I hate their defense, the way they run,

566
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Speaker 8: and I'd give anything.

567
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Speaker 2: For you to be the I don't know. I like

568
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Speaker 2: to think I know a lot about defense. I as

569
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Speaker 2: long as I've been around the game. I'm just not

570
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 2: a huge fan of the three three five.

571
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Speaker 5: Oh, it's terrible.

572
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Speaker 2: It's uh it to me. It's it's in today's football

573
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Speaker 2: and playing in a conference like the Big twelve, I

574
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 2: think it's hard to have continued success against it. And

575
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Speaker 2: one of the things that it's supposed to help against

576
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Speaker 2: is the passing game. And you know they they played

577
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Speaker 2: a Baylor team this year and Baylor was one of

578
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Speaker 2: the best passing attacks in the country and they limited them.

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Speaker 2: TCU was one of the best passing attacks in the

580
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Speaker 2: country as well, but they've been gashed on the ground.

581
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Speaker 2: The three three five just it doesn't bode well against

582
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Speaker 2: teams that can run the ball, and you see too

583
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Speaker 2: many of those in the Big twelve.

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Speaker 8: And my other thing is I'm a Steelers guy. Oh

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Speaker 8: and I can't believe you and Mo Haven said it

586
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Speaker 8: when the Hurricanes played you see, do you remember the

587
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Speaker 8: little airplane flying around saying fire Al Golden?

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I do.

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Speaker 8: I do out when the bingo tired him.

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Speaker 5: I'm like, what a joke. But I think the Steelers

591
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 5: will get it together.

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Speaker 8: And when they have North does it?

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Speaker 2: Does Adam feel make a difference for you?

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Speaker 5: Yeah? I think so.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, I cracked up.

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Speaker 8: Every time I hear Zach Tailor's press conference. It sounds

597
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Speaker 8: just like Marvin Lewis and Dick Wibo's just.

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Speaker 2: Going through the motions.

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Speaker 8: And for Austins, I thank you man.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's go. When do the Bearcats play in

601
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Speaker 3: the college football Playoff? Okay, easy, he's gonna come at me.

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Speaker 3: You expect you to just sit here and take it

603
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Speaker 3: it easy?

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Speaker 2: There was I do remember that.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 2: Al Golden was the coach of Miami when they came

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Speaker 2: to Nippert Stadium and lost, and there was a banner

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Speaker 2: that said fire out Golden flying around the stadium. It's

609
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 2: crazy to too many years to visit that twenty fifteen. Wow,

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Speaker 2: that's insane.

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Speaker 3: Huh good, where's that banner at today?

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Speaker 2: Good question? I would We couldn't use it. We got

613
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Speaker 2: to extend our now most of money. He needs to

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Speaker 2: see one more week before the d is put back in.

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Speaker 3: I was wondering about that, so let's give it one

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Speaker 3: more week. We had a caller ask about that.

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Speaker 2: We'll give it one more week, Mike, what's happening?

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Speaker 5: Man? Hey, guys, appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: You got a.

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Speaker 5: You got a an excitement level going. Here's for sure.

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Speaker 5: I'll get to that last. But I'd like to start

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Speaker 5: off with some college basketball and then go to Kenny

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Speaker 5: Anderson and these senior selections. Okay, college basketball. From what

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Speaker 5: I can ascertain, the three toughest schedules that have been

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Speaker 5: played so far, Alabama's played the toughest. They'd played everybody,

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Speaker 5: and that Michigan State with ISO, they played a lot

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Speaker 5: of good teams, and that that's the that's looking Michigan

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Speaker 5: State team I've seen in ten years.

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Speaker 2: It's at least it's scary to me because normally Izzo

630
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 2: struggles early on and then come February March they're rolling.

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Speaker 2: He's got this team playing well now, I can't imagine

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Speaker 2: what they're going to look like come March.

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Speaker 5: He's got that guard kid named Guard.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I always always think of Ralph got his baseball player

636
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Speaker 5: way back in the day. But no, he's got some

637
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 5: serious athletes and they're long too. They're very long. Yep.

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Speaker 5: And the third team has done Zaga, but that's not

639
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Speaker 5: unusual for mister Mark Hugh, who's the most underrated coach

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Speaker 5: in all of America.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think there's a sneaky I think

642
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Speaker 2: Duke as well. Duke has played Kansas, Arkansas, and Florida

643
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Speaker 2: so far, and they do play Michigan State on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: So Duke's played a tough schedule as well and have

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Speaker 2: been unblemish through that as well.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, they are, but boy, I'll tell you what that game.

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Speaker 5: I'm not going to miss Michigan State in Duke. That's

648
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Speaker 5: just be a dandy. Regarding Kenny Anderson and uh the

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Speaker 5: three selections, so they're five. Let me make sure I

650
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Speaker 5: have this straight. There's five possibilities and three selections.

651
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 2: There can't be any more than three selections. To be

652
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 2: one of the three, you have to get eighty percent

653
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:12,800
Speaker 2: of those votes.

654
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 5: Okay, I don't see how Elsie Greenway doesn't get in.

655
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 5: And the only reason he hasn't been in before was

656
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 5: he played in the Shadow of They had about seven

657
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 5: or eight Hall of Famers on.

658
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 2: That deepot and the Steel Curtain. Yes, oh my god, the.

659
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 5: Line Jack Hamm and Jack Lambert and then Mel Blunt

660
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 5: and this one and that one on it was just unbelievable.

661
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 5: So I see Elsie getting in. He was six time

662
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 5: Pro bowler, two time All Pro, got a couple of

663
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 5: rings to show for it. I just don't see how

664
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 5: he doesn't get in. But boy, I'm telling you, I'm

665
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 5: saying my prayers for Kenny Yeap because it's just it's

666
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 5: just a shame, right Tony, because he was a great

667
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 5: quarterback that played for either a bad or average team.

668
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 2: It's always hard, I think, to do if you just

669
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 2: go stats, because if you put his statistics up to

670
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 2: many guys that are in the Hall of Fame, Ken

671
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 2: Anderson should already be in, you know, but so much

672
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 2: comes down to who you played for and what the

673
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,839
Speaker 2: teams did through the full time you were there. I mean,

674
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 2: Ken Anderson was an MVP in the National Football League,

675
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 2: a four time Pro boy, he was the most valuable

676
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 2: player in nineteen eighty one over thirty two thousand passing

677
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 2: yards just under two hundred passing touchdowns. There are Hall

678
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 2: of Fame quarterbacks that are in that don't have those

679
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 2: types of numbers. But again, I think it's just so

680
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 2: much more as taken in. I'm with you, I hope

681
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 2: more than anything that Ken Anderson gets in.

682
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 8: Yeah.

683
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 5: Plus he's just such a wonderful human being. But one

684
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 5: more thing about Kenny, Now, I think if I recollect,

685
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,320
Speaker 5: he was very accurate passer, if I'm not mistaken, didn't

686
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,280
Speaker 5: throw a lot of picks.

687
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 2: Right, I don't have the full stats ahead of me,

688
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 2: but I would imagine his accuracy was his strong point.

689
00:35:59,520 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 4: Yeah.

690
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 5: I mean, he wasn't flashy or anything, but boy was

691
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 5: he was he what's the word efficient? Efficient? Okay, now

692
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 5: we get to Schwarber. Now, come on, guys, everybody doesn't

693
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 5: Everybody does not necessarily want to go back to their hometown.

694
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 5: Now some guys do. Some guys could care less about that.

695
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 5: It's not like Middletown's the Honolulu. Okay. So, and now

696
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 5: I know the Giants are in the hunt because they

697
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,359
Speaker 5: need a left handed power hit a really really bad

698
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 5: So I heard that from the John Morosi on the

699
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 5: MLB Network last night. So I, I, you know, Kyle Is.

700
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,760
Speaker 5: He hits home runs, but you know he's a career

701
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 5: about a two forty he played for the two forty hitter.

702
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 5: He played for the Red Sox back in twenty twenty one.

703
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 5: I believe he might have been a rental player at

704
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 5: the end of the year because he had only had

705
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 5: like one hundred and thirty at bats. I'm not sure,

706
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 5: but I like to be awesome Tony, but god, you

707
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,720
Speaker 5: know how much money. Oh, this guy's gonna get.

708
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 2: It all career wise two thirty one. He hit just

709
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 2: two forty last year, but again, fifty six home runs.

710
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 2: I think that's the thing. Like, if I'm not reading

711
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 2: from Jeff Passing and Ken Rosenthal, I'm not even putting

712
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 2: into thought Kyle Schwarber being here, and he was back

713
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 2: in Middletown for an event a couple of weeks ago,

714
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 2: and he said all the right things about Cincinnati, which

715
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 2: I kind of assumed he would. But man, if it

716
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 2: wasn't coming from just baseball guys that cover the whole league,

717
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 2: I probably wouldn't think any more of it. But again,

718
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 2: you hear it enough and you wonder, Okay, is there

719
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 2: fire where there's that much smoke? I don't know, but man,

720
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 2: it would be fun in Cincinnati for baseball if they

721
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 2: found a way. But I'm with you, the amount of

722
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 2: money is gonna cost. I don't see it happening, but

723
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 2: it would be a heck of a story.

724
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 5: I think we should all contribute, like fifteen bucks a piece.

725
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 5: Let's go get this team.

726
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 2: We're all in. I throw fifteen on it. I'm in

727
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 2: for fifteen. That's Austin does that weekly to the foundation

728
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 2: at Ohio State.

729
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, Austin. Now the dirty laundry really comes out.

730
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 5: Yeh see, I knew, I knew there was something dirty

731
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 5: about that whole deal with you? All right, you guys, thank.

732
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 2: One more thing on the Swarberg this, John Hayman said

733
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 2: earlier Austin, The Reds are indeed interested in hometown here.

734
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,439
Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber would be quite a coop if they could

735
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 2: pull it off. Red Sox Orioles pirates, including of course,

736
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 2: the incumbent Phillies, all in on Kyle Schwarber. Ken Rosenthal

737
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 2: first linked Schwarber to Cincinnati. So there you have it

738
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 2: uh one more call and then we'll break to finish

739
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 2: up the hour mark. What's up?

740
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 4: Okay? One one Can Anderson comment and one cow swarber. Okay,

741
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,240
Speaker 4: let me let me go with the Can Anderson first.

742
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 4: I could be wrong. You may be able to give

743
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,400
Speaker 4: me some a inside on this. That was a stretch

744
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 4: from seventy eight, seventy nine in eighty. He didn't have

745
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 4: particularly good seasons those three years, and the Bengals drafted

746
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 4: Jack Thompson and tried to replace him. So sometimes sometimes

747
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 4: I wonder if that bad stretch, you know, that was

748
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 4: some injuries in there too.

749
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 8: Yeah.

750
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 2: Seventy eight he only seventy eight, He played twelve games,

751
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 2: but he threw ten interceptions, or he threw ten touchdowns

752
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 2: to twenty two interceptions, So seventy eight was a nightmare. Season.

753
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 2: Seventy nine he played in fifteen, sixteen touchdowns, ten interceptions,

754
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 2: and then another injured year in nineteen eighty he started

755
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 2: twelve games, six touchdowns to thirteen interceptions, So there was

756
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,720
Speaker 2: a you're one hundred percent right, there was a stretch

757
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 2: in there over three years with what thirty two touchdown

758
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 2: passes and fifty five in or se So yeah, I

759
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 2: completely understand that.

760
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, I wonder if that's what's hurting him, that

761
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 4: that three year bad stretch he had. If he if

762
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 4: he could have had better seasons during that time, with

763
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 4: that he would have he may have been a shoe in.

764
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 4: I could be wrong, but this my opinion. Sure, okay,

765
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 4: my cow swore, of course. And I'm confused. I heard

766
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 4: y'all earlier say if they were able to land in

767
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 4: he bashed first a second. Now, I thought, I thought, see,

768
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,839
Speaker 4: you can talk about my lineup, then you be going yep.

769
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 4: I thought I thought we needed somebody in the middle

770
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,799
Speaker 4: of the lineup, not somebody at the top. So I'm

771
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 4: confused that putting him one or two, I thought he

772
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 4: would solve the either third or fourth or wherever you're

773
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 4: going to bat Ali, I mean, we got a lead

774
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 4: off hit or so.

775
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 2: I just look at how he hit fifty six last year,

776
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 2: and he did it out of the one hole for

777
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 2: the Philadelphia Phillies. And whether that's him being comfortable or

778
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 2: whether that's Philly just saying, hey, from pitch number one,

779
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,240
Speaker 2: you better have your stuff. And if not, Kyle Schwarber's

780
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:08,279
Speaker 2: gonna jump all over it. I think there is a

781
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,320
Speaker 2: little bit of value to that, But I certainly understand

782
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 2: the point.

783
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, if it were me, if it was my choice,

784
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,479
Speaker 4: I will probably be batting third. Yeah, in that way,

785
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,879
Speaker 4: at least I'm getting him in that bat Sure in

786
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 4: the first hit, Sure, you know, and go from me.

787
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 4: So yeah, let me get all the show.

788
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 2: Appreciate it. See what happens here Austin. We've got to

789
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 2: shootout Friday. We've got Bengals bill Sunday Championship weekend. And

790
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 2: we mentioned a little bit on Swarburn. Now we're talking

791
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:41,280
Speaker 2: about Swarburn, the lineup.

792
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 3: We love people from Cincinnati, We love hometown heroes, home

793
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 3: run hitters.

794
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 2: Do you know, off the top of your head, out

795
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 2: of the fifty six home runs he hit, how many

796
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,399
Speaker 2: were out of the leadoff spot or how many were

797
00:41:58,480 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 2: leadoff home runs?

798
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 3: Oh, I feel like he set a record for this,

799
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 3: didn't he fifteen?

800
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 2: Fifteen? Yeah, And like that's that to me? Is the

801
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,399
Speaker 2: thing like when you have a Kyle Schwarber leading off,

802
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,359
Speaker 2: you don't get to just like groove the first pitch

803
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 2: over to get comfortable in the game. You know, like

804
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 2: so many times pitchers are like, all right, first pitch

805
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 2: of the game, let's get as striking here. You're uncomfortable

806
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 2: right away, like you have to make sure and warm

807
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 2: Up's like, all right, I gotta be ready because I

808
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 2: got Kyle Schwarber coming up here.

809
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 3: And again the notion of your best hitter coming to

810
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 3: the plate more frequently, yea, I think is and.

811
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 2: Are you going to pitch around him? With Ellie de

812
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 2: la Cruz on deck? Right again? What are we doing?

813
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 2: And he is just a rumor? Here's the other thing

814
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 2: I can't I'm losing.

815
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 3: The other thing we'd have to consider right for heartbreak

816
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,839
Speaker 3: is the Reds have made it very obvious that they

817
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,279
Speaker 3: don't value hitting home runs in the way that they

818
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,279
Speaker 3: approach games and some of the decisions made by Terry Francona.

819
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 3: And maybe part of that is that they haven't had

820
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 3: guys in the lineup that are viable, guys that they

821
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 3: feel like can hit those home runs. How does that

822
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,280
Speaker 3: change your day to day strategy on construction of the lineup?

823
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 3: And if you're struggling to score runs, why wouldn't you

824
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 3: put your most prolific home run here in the leadoff spot?

825
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:15,479
Speaker 4: Right?

826
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 2: And I don't, I just.

827
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 3: I know Mark's talking about badam third or fourth. No,

828
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 3: I want him up more frequently. I would almost say

829
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 3: put Ellie at lead off and put Schwarber behind him

830
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 3: or flip him. I don't care, but you got to

831
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 3: get those guys up to the lineup more frequently, or

832
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 3: up to the plate more.

833
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:39,439
Speaker 2: Frick at us December third lineup potential with Dyle Schwarber. Kyle,

834
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 2: if you're listening, come home.

835
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,319
Speaker 3: In the words of the great Jeff Brantley, why don't

836
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 3: you come home, back to the house.

837
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 2: Come home.

838
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 3: We've been waiting on. We'll take a break. When we

839
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:49,879
Speaker 3: come back, Kyle call in.

840
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 2: We'll put an end to hour number one, and then

841
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 2: we'll start our two with Zach Taylor's weekly press conference

842
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station WC Welcome back

843
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 2: since the three sixty ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

844
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 2: I have one question, Austin. I've been reading a lot

845
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 2: about Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers. You know, the

846
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 2: big Ben I saw came out and said that, you know,

847
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 2: it might be time to move on from Tomlin. I

848
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 2: know James Harrison had some things to say about Mike Tomlin.

849
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 2: Ben Roethlisberger floated out there that Tomlin should go and

850
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 2: be a great fit for Penn State. Who still has

851
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 2: a job opening. My question is this, I know they

852
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,480
Speaker 2: have championships in the past, How could have of a

853
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 2: job as Pittsburgh right now? With their roster it's not

854
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 2: the best. I mean, they are essentially a fossil. They're

855
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 2: old in most every position. TJ Wats just getting older.

856
00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 2: Cam Heyward's is just getting older. Jalen ram he is

857
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:03,759
Speaker 2: just getting older. Who is your foundational piece on the

858
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 2: offensive side of the ball. Like, how good of a

859
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 2: job would Pittsburgh be right now in the coaching carousel

860
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 2: that could be?

861
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:18,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you just see more of that of

862
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 3: ownership in the way that that franchise is built. It's

863
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 3: probably still in a desirable position. I mean, obviously they've

864
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 3: had three head coaches in the last fifty I think

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Speaker 3: they would want Zach Taylor. Yeah, I bet they would.

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Speaker 3: Zach Taylor's kind of kicked their ass.

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Speaker 2: Speaking to Zach Taylor, he speaks, we'll carry that. Next

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Speaker 2: On ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is back and he plays here on ESPN

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Speaker 1: fifteen thirty. The Official Hall of the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 6: Skylines, Mac and Cheese. Three Ways Back. It's your favorite