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Speaker 1: Steelers hosting Green Bay on Sunday Night, joining Me not how

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Speaker 1: to discuss. He has a great podcast he does with

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Speaker 1: Trey Essex, and he hosts the postgame show after Steeler

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Speaker 1: games on DVE. He is former Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch.

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Speaker 1: Charlie Aaron Rodgers says, this isn't a revenge game for

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Speaker 1: him playing the Packers.

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Speaker 2: Dude, think he's telling the truth.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely not.

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Speaker 4: There's no way because, yeah, you know, when the schedule

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Speaker 4: comes out, you always have games that you kind of circle.

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Speaker 4: You're aware of what games are going to be where.

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Speaker 4: But this is a game he had on the calendar,

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Speaker 4: and you know, even though things you know didn't go,

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Speaker 4: you know, according to his words, you know you wish

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Speaker 4: it would have been better than last year that he

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Speaker 4: was there. But again, it's still an organization who would

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Speaker 4: truly have given up on you and they moved on

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Speaker 4: with Jordan Love. So this is going to be a

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Speaker 4: game that's going to be very similar to what we

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Speaker 4: saw against the Jets. We're not gonna hear.

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Speaker 3: Much prior to but if they can start figure out

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Speaker 3: a way to.

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Speaker 4: Win this game, then you'll hear how he truly feels

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Speaker 4: after working this press conference.

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Speaker 1: Well, Rogers has been very good for the Steelers, even

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Speaker 1: better than I. And his arm strength at forty one, Charlie,

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Speaker 1: it's incredible, Like that hill Mary at Cincinnati. It didn't work,

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Speaker 1: but seventy yards in the air and way up there too, Yes,

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Speaker 1: it was.

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Speaker 4: He has that arm strength like you mentioned, and as

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Speaker 4: soon as the play happened, I'm like, this is one

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Speaker 4: of his favorite plays. He loves to kind of roll

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Speaker 4: out to the left by some time and get that

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Speaker 4: ball up in the air. But to your point, seventy yards.

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Speaker 4: But even prior to that throw, the throw that he

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Speaker 4: made on the move as he kind of settled and

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Speaker 4: completed that past the past fire move, that was a

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Speaker 4: laser that the defensive back couldn't even get his hand

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Speaker 4: on it and not allowed to touch down. But to

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Speaker 4: you know, everything that you mentioned, his arm strength is

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Speaker 4: exactly where you where you would think we would be at.

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Speaker 4: But man, I didn't expect it to be this good.

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Speaker 1: How do older quarterbacks maintain their arm strength? Is there

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Speaker 1: a secret or is it just something you're born with?

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Speaker 4: Would you have to do more recovery? I mean you're

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Speaker 4: icing and stem and just doing anythings you can just

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Speaker 4: to get the recovery process going, So that's something that

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Speaker 4: happens behind the scenes. And obviously to continue to maintain

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Speaker 4: your strength and not just something that you know that

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Speaker 4: the coaching staff or at least the strength catch strengthen

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Speaker 4: strength coaching staff as we apologize for that. Those they'll

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Speaker 4: put you through a customized workout to make sure that

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Speaker 4: you're maintaining not losing muscle that the season goes on.

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Speaker 1: Charlie, I never thought the defense would be just disappointing. Uh,

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Speaker 1: what's gone wrong and how do they fix it?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, when you were the Mike Tomlins worse when they

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Speaker 4: were in training camp, he said this could be historic,

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Speaker 4: and I'm just like, okay, that's there anywhere. You were

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Speaker 4: nowhere close to that, And that's just frustrating. And of

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Speaker 4: course they didn't have a lot of their pieces and

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Speaker 4: all of that, and that's something that you didn't expect.

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Speaker 4: And I think the biggest piece is Derek Harmon because

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Speaker 4: that's why you drafted him in the first round for

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Speaker 4: a reason, to stop the bleeding in the run game.

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Speaker 4: They were good for a couple of weeks and now

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Speaker 4: things are starting to kind of creep back in in

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Speaker 4: Now that it looks like maybe they have their pieces,

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Speaker 4: hopefully they can continue to move, you know, up in

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Speaker 4: the standing because right now it can't get any worse.

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Speaker 4: They're at the bottom of the league. Eventually in defensive rankings,

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Speaker 4: they have to get that better.

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Speaker 1: Well, you talk about the run defense and don't get

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Speaker 1: no easier because they're playing Josh Jacobs this week against

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Speaker 4: It really is excuses right now because yeah, a short week,

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Speaker 4: that's understandable. But now you're home, you have a full

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Speaker 4: compliment here. That brass shouldn't be an issue. You have

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Speaker 4: the crowd that's behind you. You have to figure out

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Speaker 4: a way to use the game plan very similar to

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Speaker 4: been the formula for this defense. And they have to

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Speaker 4: get to you. And that's why you heard Terol Austin's

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Speaker 4: and that is completely true, and they got to just

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Speaker 4: they're not even close. At least last week they weren't.

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Speaker 2: What's your take on Jordan Love the Green Bay quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure he's in the line of succession with

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Speaker 2: I think he's pretty good though.

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Speaker 4: He is, And I remember just a couple of years

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Speaker 4: in the playoffs because yet they're, you know, a very

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Speaker 4: So anytimes you have a chance to be compared to

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Speaker 4: a Brett Farbar Aaron Rodgers, the only thing that matters

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Speaker 4: up there is can you bring home that Lombardi Trophy,

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Speaker 4: very similar to what those other two did.

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Speaker 1: I think Green Bay's a weird team, Charlie, and there's

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Speaker 1: certainly a lot of weird teams having weird seasons in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. But how do you kill Detroit week one

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Speaker 4: I'm sitting there scratching my head as well to try

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Speaker 4: you know, you kind of just kind of take things

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Speaker 4: you know, well, obviously I had a wake up call

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Speaker 4: more room for error at this particular point because Detroit

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Speaker 4: obviously is you know, they're playing very well, and they

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Speaker 1: How should the Steelers deal with Michael Parsons on Sunday?

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Speaker 1: Because they did pretty good, you know, against Miles Garrett

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and then you know, going into that Browns game.

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Speaker 4: You did have Miles Garrett would battling the ankle injury,

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Speaker 4: was out there playing. You have to shut him down.

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Speaker 4: The Steelers did that, But now I don't see that

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Speaker 4: they're going to put their tackles on one on one

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Speaker 4: if they see that your double team in Micah, somebody

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Speaker 1: Charlie Bass brout list by eighty four Lumber Dynasty, partner

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Speaker 1: of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now in that vein, Charlie, is

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Speaker 1: the Steelers offensive line improving?

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Speaker 2: I kind of think so, But what do you think?

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Speaker 2: And if so?

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Speaker 5: How so?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they are improving. I mean they did really well.

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Speaker 4: I mean that's better than expectations or especially over the

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Speaker 4: last couple of weeks and you know, obviously Troy he's

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Speaker 4: Aaron is doing a really good job of getting Ridy

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Speaker 4: Now the question is, we don't know if Zach Frazier

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Speaker 4: They do have them right now, is questionable before that game.

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Speaker 4: So even though the Lion has gotten better over the

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Speaker 4: last three weeks, if you remove now the brain of

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Speaker 1: Is dk Metcalf doing enough And if not, I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's his fault, Charlie, but I wonder why.

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Speaker 5: Not he's enough?

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Speaker 4: Is they don't have a number two receiver that's complimenting

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Speaker 4: him Kylevinnsen was supposed to be that guy. He missed

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Speaker 4: a couple of games with injury. But yet at what

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Speaker 4: the rest of that group just aren't doing what they

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Speaker 4: the season, I'm not cuting tight ends. They have thirty

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Speaker 4: eight catches on the season, six hundred and twelve yards

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Speaker 4: but Scotty Miller has been ruled out with the finger

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Speaker 4: because that that lack of explosion plays just on in

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Speaker 1: Well, Austin's supposed to be back this week, and really, Charlie,

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure why it is a problem if they

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Speaker 1: use John New and Firemouth's more and fire Mooths had

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Speaker 1: the big game at Cincinnati, But overall, I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: they've utilized the tight ends quite like I've expected.

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Speaker 4: No, they got better over the last couple of weeks

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Speaker 4: with that, but I took their point. I wanted to

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Speaker 4: and I just haven't materialized at this point. So as

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Speaker 4: Darnelle Washington has taken over tight end number one, how

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Speaker 4: is Arthur Smith going.

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Speaker 3: To utilize those other two?

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Speaker 4: I just don't know as the season goes on, can

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Speaker 4: you create and keep this formula with three tight ends

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Speaker 4: on the field, knowing that, hey, maybe we'll have to

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Speaker 4: go ten play drives every single time that you touched

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Speaker 4: the field. I just don't believe that that formula works.

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Speaker 4: They're going to have to get the explosion place in

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Speaker 1: See that ties right into what I was gonna ask

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Speaker 1: next next, because I don't believe that formula works either.

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Speaker 2: I think sometimes in this league you've got to score quick.

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Speaker 2: You just have to.

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Speaker 4: But you know this is something that you know for

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Speaker 4: And when you have games like this, primetime games in

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Speaker 1: Finally, Charlie, what's your take on the AFC North Right now?

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Speaker 4: And then ultimately, when you get to week twelve, then

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Speaker 1: But I think Baltimore gotta beat Chicago. Sunday went through

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Speaker 2: Charlie, great stuff.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate taking the time, enjoyed the game Sunday nights.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: That the Islanders clinched Game five at Pittsburgh when a

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Speaker 9: Uh yeah, I was watching the game last night, and

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Speaker 9: when they said that Connor Doer actually had the fourth

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Speaker 1: You know those goals, I mean, they can mean a

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Speaker 1: I think it'll keep him in uniform, but I think

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Speaker 1: Last night was a real fun game, wasn't it just

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Speaker 1: mister Friday Afternoon, Mister Friday after Congratulations on your winning week.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Well, as a reward for the winning week, we've

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Speaker 1: Anyway, let's move on to the picks. Let's start with

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Speaker 1: the Steeler games. Steelers are three point underdogs at home

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Speaker 1: against Green Bay.

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Speaker 2: Who do you like?

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Speaker 5: Steelers plus three?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 1: For some reason, you're very reserved and you're not offering

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Speaker 1: very much in a way of entertainment, not that you

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Speaker 1: ever really do, but you're not very locket.

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Speaker 2: What's going on?

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Speaker 5: Well, I was waiting for you to start insulting me

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Speaker 5: and stuff, and I was waiting for my shocks, and

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Speaker 5: you kind of like threw me a curve ball this week.

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Speaker 5: I was kind of unprepared. But and even you've been

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Speaker 5: saying that I hate the Steelers, but I'm picking the Steelers.

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Speaker 5: I'm picking the Steelers. How can I hate the Steelers

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Speaker 5: if I'm picking the Steelers?

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Speaker 1: Well, like you hate hate the Steelers and you're picking them,

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Speaker 1: So then when they lose, you can say that they

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Speaker 1: failed you.

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Speaker 5: Well, that's what you would say. I'm not. I'm not

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Speaker 5: picking the team to hope I lose. I can I

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Speaker 5: can chastise the team for causing me to lose.

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Speaker 1: Right, because you would do if you would never double

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Speaker 1: cross the listener.

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Speaker 5: Right because right because this is again, you know, this

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Speaker 5: is the typical spot for the Steelers to do a

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Speaker 5: home underdog. You know it's a Baron Rodgers revenge game.

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Speaker 5: He's not playing that well lately. You just you just

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Speaker 5: take the Steelers here.

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Speaker 1: Okay, take the Steelers plus three against Green Bay. By

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Speaker 1: the way, do you have anything to do with the

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Speaker 1: NBA game fixing.

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Speaker 5: Scandal sunny business, I've been totally can't. I'm not supposed

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Speaker 5: to talk about that by my lawyer.

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Speaker 2: Have you been arrested? Have you been indicted?

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Speaker 5: My lawyers has advised me not to say anything.

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Speaker 2: Do you have Chauncey Billups in your list of contacts.

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Speaker 5: That my lawyer's advised me not to say anything.

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Speaker 2: Look, this is a radio show. You can't take the

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Speaker 2: fifth Amendment.

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Speaker 5: Well I can, because then I'm not taking the fifth Amendment.

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Speaker 5: I'm just telling you. My lawyer told me to say.

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Speaker 2: Who's your lawyer? Uh, Sam Lyman, Sam Smallprint.

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Speaker 5: Lineman, He's been my lawyer for years.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well I would take his advice. Okay, let's what

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Speaker 1: is now the pick of the week.

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Speaker 5: Taking the week's gonna be the Washington Redskins plus thirteen

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Speaker 5: to see that's that's that's a racist statement. The rushington

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Speaker 5: and me.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well you'll be fine for saying that.

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Speaker 5: Well, my lawyer will get me out of it.

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Speaker 1: So Washington plus the current lines twelve and a half.

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Speaker 1: Well that's a lot of points.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, they're going to do a twelve Tony Haus like,

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Speaker 5: yeah it is. That's that's why it's you take it.

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Speaker 2: Well, No, very difficult to Jane Daniels.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, that's the biggest fact in that line. Do you

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Speaker 1: think Kansas City's all the way back because I'm still

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Speaker 1: picking them to not make the playoffs?

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Speaker 5: I think they. I think everybody's in begging, Like there's

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Speaker 5: been a narrative for two straight years that they're going

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Speaker 5: to open up the offense. I think that now that

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Speaker 5: they've got the they've got the weapons that they need

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Speaker 5: and stuff. I just think everybody's just assuming that they're

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Speaker 5: just gonna blow everybody out every week. And uh, I

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Speaker 5: just don't see, but your watching. He's got a lot

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Speaker 5: of good players and Marcus Marriotta is one of the better,

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Speaker 5: uh one of the better backup quarterbacks in the league.

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Speaker 5: He's been showing them to move the offense every time

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Speaker 5: he's been you know, he's had a chance to Its

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Speaker 5: just too many points, especially on Monday Night, especially coming

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Speaker 5: up with but bad, a bad loss like they had

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Speaker 5: last week. You know, they're gonna the well coach team

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Speaker 5: with a lot of good players. You know, they went

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Speaker 5: into the Detroit last year and blew them out in

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Speaker 5: the playoffs. So this is there's a team that I

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Speaker 5: think will show up on Monday Night.

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Speaker 1: So uh So the pick so far the Steelers plus three,

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Speaker 1: Washington plus twelve and a half. Uh did did Chauncy

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Speaker 1: Bill which feed you any inside information on these games?

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Speaker 5: No, Damon Jones, listen of your business.

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Speaker 2: Uh okay, and now it's time for the Daily double.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna let you do the handicap on this. I'm

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Speaker 5: gonna pick the team, and I'm gonna let you tell

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Speaker 5: me why it's a good pick. Okay, I'm gonna take

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Speaker 5: Atlanta minus seven and a half at home against Miami.

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Speaker 5: Tell me why it's a.

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Speaker 2: Good pick, because Miami just stinks.

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Speaker 5: That's about as you know, as simple as as it

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Speaker 5: can be. Right here, Plus are gonna they're terrible against

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Speaker 5: the run. Is coming off a loss, This is a

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Speaker 5: it is a get right game that everybody's hurt on Miami.

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Speaker 5: Everybody the waller's out there ready. The narrative going around

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Speaker 5: is is that, uh, Mike mcgaine's gonna have a quick

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Speaker 5: hook on tour two. Isn't playing terrible?

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Speaker 2: Terrible?

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Speaker 5: And the backups are bad too, And to try to

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Speaker 5: keep his job, I think he's he's throwing these guys

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Speaker 5: out there to show the owners say, hey, look a

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Speaker 5: look at what you give me to work with. Like,

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Speaker 5: none of these guys are any good, you know, So

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Speaker 5: I think, yeah, this this should be a pretty simple

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Speaker 5: you know that. Don't anybody that's like taking Miami plus

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Speaker 5: the seven and a half, like you know, I see

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Speaker 5: maybe a lot of expert gambles will say, well, it's

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Speaker 5: the seven and the hook will get you in something like

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Speaker 5: but when this game is over, this this so probably

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Speaker 5: one of the easier picture of the week that they

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Speaker 5: would have been made.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so it's the daily double.

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Speaker 3: Said.

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Speaker 5: Oh by the way, by the way, all three of

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Speaker 5: these picks of them they with no doubt.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we must have lost the sound effect. You got

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Speaker 2: it wrong at zero dot you idiots zero Excuse me?

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Speaker 5: Correct here doubt?

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Speaker 1: Okay, Now I ask you, did you get any inside

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Speaker 1: information regarding who's starting and who won't be from any

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Speaker 1: of the coaches involved in these games or any of

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Speaker 1: the players?

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Speaker 5: H No, but I got them from my sources.

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Speaker 2: Who are your sources?

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Speaker 5: The say business?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 1: Did you get any information from players in these games

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Speaker 1: regarding prop bets?

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Speaker 5: Let me ask you you a question. Do you know

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Speaker 5: any of the u any of the the La Cosa

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Speaker 5: Nostra members that that were involved in this family scandal? Because,

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Speaker 5: I guess is a pretty big thing in Pittsburgh too,

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Speaker 5: isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, we call it the mafia.

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Speaker 5: Okay, well, are you compromised by the mafia?

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Speaker 2: Well, my lawyers advised me to not comments.

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Speaker 5: All right, So what are you gona What are you gonna

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Speaker 5: do with the super Collider?

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Speaker 2: Now? Okay, well, you hate the Steelers as we don't.

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Speaker 1: No, I don't, which which usually I mean, which usually

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Speaker 1: makes me pick the Steelers game as the super Collider.

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Speaker 5: Colickt.

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Speaker 1: But in this case, I am going to ignore that

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Speaker 1: you hate the Steelers and and and figure that you

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Speaker 1: know you these picks are compromised, not compromised, but made

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Speaker 1: more probable via you being compromised by by what did

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Speaker 1: you call it?

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Speaker 2: La Coos and ostrom and.

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Speaker 1: Certainly uh, the game fixing elements mentioned in the NBA scandal.

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Speaker 1: By the way, have you ever played any in any

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Speaker 1: rigged poker games?

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Speaker 11: Oh?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so I lost all my money.

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Speaker 1: So you played in rigged poker games that lost your money?

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Speaker 1: Did you know they were rigged?

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Speaker 5: No? I didn't. I did until I found out that

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Speaker 5: they were rigged. Affords there. But but that's I already

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Speaker 5: lost all my money.

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Speaker 1: Now at any point we ever arrested for hosting a

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Speaker 1: poker game, that's.

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Speaker 5: My lawyer's advised you not to say anything about that.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, I'm not going to pick the Steeler game

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Speaker 1: as the super Collider. They instead the super collider will

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Speaker 1: be Washington plus twelve and a half against Kansas City.

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Speaker 5: Oh really, so I want to do something. This you're

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Speaker 5: picking Washington is a super collider, right? And all these

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Speaker 5: games the name was zero doubt?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 5: Can wea Can I switch the daily double to the

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Speaker 5: Washington games?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 5: Why not?

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00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 2: Because you just can't. Why did you wait?

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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 2: Hold on?

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Speaker 1: Did you get texted a tip by a coach or

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Speaker 1: a player or Chauncy Phillips.

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Speaker 2: Is that what you want to switch?

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Speaker 5: That's any your business?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 1: You can't switch it then, because I got a feeling

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Speaker 1: you do have inside information illegally obtained, and I want

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Speaker 1: to get you know, as many wins in as I

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Speaker 1: can based on your picks before you're arrested.

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Speaker 5: So are you trying literacy question? Are you trying to

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Speaker 5: imply that's the only time that I ever won these

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Speaker 5: picks is when I get the insider information.

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Speaker 2: Yes? Uh?

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Speaker 1: And I'm also implying you're very likely to be arrested.

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Speaker 1: And I'm also implying if I have any evidence against you,

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Speaker 1: I will call the FBI.

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Speaker 5: Well do me this, just give me this solid, Please

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Speaker 5: do me solid if I do get arrested, Can I

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Speaker 5: call you to get me out of jail?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 5: Why not? Well why not?

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Speaker 2: I just who will be the show?

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Speaker 5: Then? What if I get arrested? And will you bail

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Speaker 5: me out of jail to do the show?

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Speaker 1: It depends how you do this week? Now would you say, well,

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Speaker 1: would you say your arrest is imminent?

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Speaker 5: That will my lawyer's advice. You don't say anything about that.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So to recap, take the Steelers plus three, take

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Speaker 1: Atlanta minus seven and a half in the Daily double

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Speaker 1: super collid is Washington plus twelve and a half?

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Speaker 2: Is that accurate? Are those right picks?

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Speaker 5: Correct? Those are those are the right picks?

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Speaker 1: Would you like would you like to check your text

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Speaker 1: one more time to see if you have any you

689
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Speaker 1: got information that could update the picks?

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00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 5: No, I'd actually likes to if I talk to my fans.

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Speaker 2: Okay, let's go to Bill. Bill, you're own with mister

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Speaker 2: Friday Afternoon.

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Speaker 6: A doublemma as a former super fan of of the

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Speaker 6: UH the mister Friday Afternoon. My question is is is

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Speaker 6: mister Friday Afternoon on the witness Protection program?

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Speaker 5: That's a good question, that's that's one of your business.

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Speaker 5: So why would why would have been on the Witness

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Speaker 5: Protection program.

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean you're obviously involved. You're obviously involved with

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Speaker 2: this gambling scandal.

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Speaker 6: Just you're questionable, shaky, mister shake.

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Speaker 1: Mister, thank you for the call. Bill, mister would you would?

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Speaker 1: Are you prepared to rat on Chauncy Phillips?

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Speaker 12: Uh?

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Speaker 5: Well, actually prepared a rat on you.

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Speaker 1: Why I'm not implicating anything because you won't build me

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Speaker 1: out of jail. That's right in their zero doubt correct.

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Speaker 1: Time to thank you, mister Friday afternoon. Time to ask

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Speaker 1: mister three and two last week sixteen to nineteen on

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Speaker 1: the season and his picts are Atlanta minus seven and

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Speaker 1: a half, Steelers plus three, and Washington plus twelve and

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Speaker 1: a half. Now it's time to ask Mark Anything eight

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Speaker 1: three three four one two wxdx A three three four

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Speaker 1: one two wxdx, or you can leave a talk back

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Speaker 1: via the microphone icon at the iHeartMedia app one oh

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Speaker 1: five ninety X.

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Speaker 13: It's time to submit your questions for Ask Mark Anything.

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Speaker 2: Use your free iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 4: App and sap the microphone icon to send your questions

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Speaker 4: to the super genius instantly.

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Speaker 11: Tomorrow night, the Pens take on the Blue Jackets. Game

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Speaker 11: time is seven our coverage starts at six here every

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Speaker 11: game and the best coverage right here on your Home

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Speaker 11: of the Pens one oh five.

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Speaker 7: And Kenny Rossuberu now through October thirty first by any

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Speaker 7: new instock.

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Speaker 1: It's organized chaos. I just diddled my lips on live

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Speaker 1: radio for thirty seconds and you all.

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Speaker 2: Listen CX at one five nine.

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Speaker 1: I'm not an asd mark anything eight three, three four

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Speaker 1: one two WXDX or leave a talk back at the

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Speaker 1: irtmedia app.

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Speaker 2: Don't forget how.

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Speaker 1: Much Celebrations and Imperial for a Steers viewing party Sunday night,

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Speaker 1: get the celebration's secret wings or a Celebrations role.

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Speaker 2: Just no bad choices there.

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Speaker 1: And at the Games of Day twenty, I'll be there

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Speaker 1: at seven thirty, So come on in and register to

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Speaker 1: win as mark anything brought to us by People's Natural Gas,

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Speaker 1: People's in Es sense of Utilities Company, that's People's Hyphengas

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Speaker 1: dot Com. Uh got Eric Dick, the River Hans goalkeeper. Next.

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Speaker 1: If the River Hans win, I don't think it's a definite.

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Speaker 1: I think they need a little help. But if they

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Speaker 1: win their final game of the regular season, which is

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Speaker 1: tomorrow night at home against Phoenix, that's seven pm High

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Speaker 1: Mark Stadium. They get a home playoff game. So Eric

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Speaker 1: Dick the goalkeeper, twenty five shoutouts in two years. That's

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Speaker 1: pretty good, he joins me. After the list next hour,

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Speaker 1: So get your calls in now A three three four

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Speaker 1: one two w XDX.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Inser. Inser, ask Mark anything.

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Speaker 12: I got a question for you. So, mister Friday afternoon,

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Speaker 12: I don't get it.

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Speaker 3: Is it about?

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Speaker 2: It's football picks?

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Speaker 12: So, like, what's Is it just to be funny? Is

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Speaker 12: it your friend you're talking?

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Speaker 2: It's supposed to be football picks.

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Speaker 12: I don't know. Maybe your other callers can help me

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Speaker 12: understand it.

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Speaker 5: I don't get it.

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Speaker 2: It's not for you.

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Speaker 1: It's not for you to understand it's football picks. I mean,

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Speaker 1: why do have to explain what it is? He makes

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Speaker 1: football picks and you can bet on them or not.

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Speaker 12: But you but you talk about like going to jail.

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Speaker 12: FBI can't.

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Speaker 1: He may be under indictment in the Chauncy Phillips gambling scandal.

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Speaker 2: He may have helped.

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Speaker 1: I'm speaking out of turn here and I can't say

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Speaker 1: for sure, but I think there's a possibility he was

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Speaker 1: involved in the fix of new NBA games and maybe

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Speaker 1: NFL games.

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Speaker 12: Does anybody enjoy it?

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Speaker 2: Would I enjoy him going to jail?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: A little bit? No?

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Speaker 12: No, do any of your fans enjoyed listening to the

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Speaker 12: bit I don't know what?

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Speaker 3: Okay?

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Speaker 12: Well, if you want to know he's I don't.

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Speaker 2: Care, how's that?

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Speaker 12: Okay?

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Speaker 2: Thank you to call. Though it's football picks. Why don't

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Speaker 2: we look deeper than that?

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Speaker 1: Every freaking radio show in the world has football picks.

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Speaker 1: Why do I have to define what my football pick

788
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Speaker 1: segment is? And the stuff about him maybe being on indictment,

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Speaker 1: I mean, well, we'll see. I don't know for sure.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to a talkback.

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Speaker 13: I'm in the same boat with you as to how

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Speaker 13: I feel about Mike Tomlin. But I was wondering why

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Speaker 13: I don't hear you much talk about Terrell Austin and

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Speaker 13: how responsible he is for the terrible defense.

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Speaker 1: Because he's not at all responsible for the terrible defense.

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00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin is the actual defensive coordinator. He makes all

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Speaker 1: the decisions and I mean all the decisions regarding that defense.

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Speaker 1: Tara Austin is his buddy, his lackey, and does his

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Speaker 1: detail work. So while others will criticize Tara Austin. That's

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Speaker 1: just because they're scared to criticize Mike Tomlin. But I

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Speaker 1: know who's responsible for that defense. Everybody, even vaguely familiar

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Speaker 1: with the way the Steelers operate, knows that Mike Tomlin

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Speaker 1: is entirely responsible for that defense. If he wanted somebody

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Speaker 1: else to run the defense, he would have kept Brian Flores,

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Speaker 1: who was here for a year as an assistant. And

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Speaker 1: I was doing a great job as defensive coordinator in

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Speaker 1: Minnesota and has always been thought of as a better

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Speaker 1: defensive mind than Mike Tomlin by those who know.

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Speaker 2: But he wants a lackey. He wants to run the d.

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Speaker 2: He wants to be hands on with that side of

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Speaker 2: the ball.

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Speaker 1: And that's the that's the dynamic between him and the

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Speaker 1: guy with the title of defensive coordinator, Terror Austin. And

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Speaker 1: that's just a fact. Let's go to Antonio. Antonio, ask

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Speaker 1: Mark anything.

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Speaker 8: Hey, Mark, just so if they do win, they do

817
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 8: have a home playoff game. They need help to get third.

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00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 8: But to the Hound, sorry, but as they make this

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Speaker 8: playoff push, h how far.

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Speaker 2: Right here?

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Speaker 1: Their fourth and Eastern conference will put you a home

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Speaker 1: playoff match next Saturday, with a win or a draw

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Speaker 1: and help, yes Hartford, Well that that so they need

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00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: they need help to get a home playoff game, according

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00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: to what.

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Speaker 2: The River Hunts sent me.

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Speaker 5: So if they win, it.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't matter. Do I think they can make a playoff run?

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the year they finished first overall in the league,

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Speaker 1: best record in both conferences, they lost the first game.

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Speaker 1: It is so hard to predict a single elimination playoff

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Speaker 1: format in.

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Speaker 2: Soccer, right, Do I think the potential's there?

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Speaker 1: I think they started to score a few more goals,

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Speaker 1: and Eric Dick, my guest next hour, maybe among the

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Speaker 1: league's best goalkeepers, if not the very best. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think they have a shot to beat any team

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Speaker 1: they play in the postseason.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Mark mark Aspark anything.

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Speaker 10: Hey, Mark, I just wanted to know why you never

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Speaker 10: went nas to a nationally syndicated radio sports talk show.

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Speaker 2: Nobody wanted me.

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Speaker 10: Oh for real?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for real? I mean I started radio very late

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Speaker 1: in life. When I was thirty five. I did a

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Speaker 1: little national weekend radio for ESPN, but I was offered

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Speaker 1: a job by ESPN and New York that's not national.

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Speaker 1: But they wanted me to go there on my Pittsburgh contract,

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Speaker 1: and my mother was getting a little older and maybe

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00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: a little ill at that point, and uh, and they

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Speaker 1: wanted me to go on my existing contract, which would

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00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: have meant like a forty percent cost of living decrease.

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00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: So you know, I have had opportunity, But I got

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Speaker 1: to be honest. You know a lot of those not

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Speaker 1: not the big time, like Colin Coward makes a ton

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Speaker 1: of money.

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Speaker 2: Steven A. Smith on radio makes a ton of money.

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Speaker 1: But I guarantee I make more here in Pittsburgh than

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Speaker 1: the average national radio host. I guarantee I make more

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Speaker 1: than eighty percent of national radio hosts, maybe eighty five

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Speaker 1: or ninety because big fish in small pond is where

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Speaker 1: the money is in radio.

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Speaker 10: Well, I think the nation would do a really enjoy

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Speaker 10: you your show.

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Speaker 5: So I don't think I don't think.

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Speaker 2: I don't think. I don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they would. And I'll tell you, why

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Speaker 1: do you think I'd ever talk about the NBA?

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Speaker 10: No?

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Speaker 5: No, really, Well, there you go.

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Speaker 1: That's that's one reason I never lost for that job,

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00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 1: one of many reasons. Because I like talking about what

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Speaker 1: I talk about. I wish I could talk about more

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Speaker 1: stuff that I prefer. I wish we could talk about

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00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: Premier League soccer. I wish we have to talk about

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00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,800
Speaker 1: the Steelers like they're a goddamn drug addiction.

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Speaker 2: But this is the time I live in and this

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Speaker 2: is the business I've chosen. Thank you for the call.

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Speaker 1: The Pittsburgh River Hans soccer team and their USL regular

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00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:28,120
Speaker 1: season tomorrow night at Highmark Stadium against Phoenix. The Hans

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Speaker 1: trying to get a home playoff game. Joining us now

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Speaker 1: is the River Hanks. Fine goalkeeper Eric dick Up.

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Speaker 10: Eric.

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Speaker 1: The Hans go into the game tomorrow and I having

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Speaker 1: won four of their last five. What's caused this one

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Speaker 1: of good results to end the season. The timing's pretty good,

888
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 1: isn't it.

889
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,400
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean that's what you always want to do.

890
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 3: You want to be peeking towards the end of the year.

891
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 3: And I think, honestly, it's just we're doing the little

892
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 3: things during the game to just find results. Whether it's

893
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 3: a grind it out game or you know, we take

894
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,760
Speaker 3: it to them and we get a lot of goals.

895
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 3: It's whatever it takes to get wins. At this point

896
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 3: of the year.

897
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 1: Well, the Hawns have had a very good defensive record

898
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: all year, but lately are scoring more goals. You have

899
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,320
Speaker 1: a pretty good view in the back, the whole field

900
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 1: in front of you. What has caused this surge in

901
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: the goal scoring?

902
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think it's always been there. I

903
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,719
Speaker 3: think we've always had the talent and the players, and

904
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 3: I think we've just missed opportunities all year long, and

905
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 3: now it's starting to click and we're gaining confidence going

906
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 3: forward and as a group, I think, you know, a

907
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 3: good defense leads to a good offense. So I think

908
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 3: we've been very sound defensively. That leads to more possession,

909
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 3: that leads to higher up possession up the field, and

910
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 3: more chances and more opportunities because of it. And we've

911
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 3: just you know, put the ball in the back of

912
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 3: the net.

913
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 1: And that's a good keeper, Eric, I'm sure you don't

914
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: mind a few more opportunities that either end. I mean,

915
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: sometimes you got to risk it to get the biscuit,

916
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: but that's fine by you, right, Yeah.

917
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 3: I mean, well, I mean, let's be honest. I obviously

918
00:41:58,600 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 3: I wouldn't be a goalie if I didn't love it

919
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 3: can save. But at this this stage, you know, the

920
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 3: best game is sort of when I don't even have

921
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 3: to touch the ball because it's it means everybody else

922
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,720
Speaker 3: is doing their job. And and I'm moving pieces around

923
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 3: like the like a chess board almost. And you know,

924
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 3: I if we can score one, two, three goals and

925
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 3: and and knock out the knock out the game, I mean,

926
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 3: it's great. But I'm always ready to do my part

927
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:22,759
Speaker 3: whenever called upon.

928
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: Now, in your second season with the River Hans, and

929
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,280
Speaker 1: you've posted ten plus shutouts in both years, a club record.

930
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: You have twenty five shutouts total. How have you done

931
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: so well? And do you think these two years in

932
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh have been the best stretch of your career.

933
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I've just I've had a lot of

934
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 3: good players in front of me. As I've said, I mean,

935
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 3: it's it's our scheme is a is a very good

936
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 3: defensive scheme, and so it makes my job easier to

937
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 3: have defenders, midfielders and forwards defending from the front back.

938
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 3: And you know, I've had an amazing coach in John

939
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 3: Bush the past two years that has helped me. Oh,

940
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 3: I've had a great goalkeeper unit, and we push ourselves

941
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 3: every year, uh and every every week just to be

942
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 3: ready for the game, and I've just tried to do

943
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 3: the simple things that the team needs. And uh I,

944
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 3: I mean this is the first stretch really in my

945
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 3: career where I've had the opportunity to consistently get games,

946
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 3: and it's brought about some challenges and brought about some

947
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 3: some ups and downs, but I'm just thankful for it

948
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 3: all and just trying to do my part so we

949
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,280
Speaker 3: can end the season on a high note.

950
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 2: Well, what would you define as your biggest strength?

951
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 10: There?

952
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 2: Can goal? What do it makes you a good keeper?

953
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 3: Yeah? I mean, I I think I've always good at

954
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 3: stopping the stopping the ball, you know, I think that's

955
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 3: my bread and butter is. I think I'm a good

956
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 3: shot stopper. Being taller, I think I have a good

957
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,280
Speaker 3: uh physical and vocal presence and coming out for crosses

958
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 3: and just you know, owning the box in in in

959
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 3: the eighteen and making it hard on people to score.

960
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 3: And I think, you know, I try to just work

961
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,799
Speaker 3: on every aspect of it. But yeah, I'd say those

962
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,919
Speaker 3: are my calling cards if you were going to break

963
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 3: those down.

964
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 1: What can help the River Hawns do better in the

965
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:14,240
Speaker 1: playoffs this year? Because that single elimination format in soccer.

966
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: I think it's very tough and and the river Hans

967
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 1: have had kind of a dicey postseason history.

968
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, and we want to change that. You know,

969
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:27,760
Speaker 3: I I think I think we Riverhounds have done amazing

970
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 3: making playoffs. I don't know how many years now in

971
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,799
Speaker 3: a row, but eight years, that's what I thought it was.

972
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 3: I thought it was eight. But you know, the goal

973
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 3: is obviously larger than that. The making playoffs is step one,

974
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 3: and so we have to find it in ourselves to

975
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,239
Speaker 3: just take it to another level. We're doing really well

976
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 3: right now, but we can still clean up some stuff

977
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 3: and play even better soccer. And you know, I truly

978
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 3: think we all believe that we've been in every single

979
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,919
Speaker 3: game this year and when we're on like, we're gonna

980
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 3: be some someone's worst nightmare because we're gonna be a

981
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 3: tough team to break down and and we're gonna take

982
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:09,319
Speaker 3: advantage of opportunities. So hopefully we can just you know,

983
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 3: finish the regular season the right way and when playoffs come,

984
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:15,399
Speaker 3: we just got to stay focused and do what we've

985
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 3: been doing these these past couple weeks and just fine

986
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 3: tuning things and keep the foot on the gas for

987
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 3: the full ninety minutes because it could be the last

988
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:25,400
Speaker 3: ninety minutes that we played. So there's no reason to

989
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,720
Speaker 3: leave anything not on the field.

990
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 10: Now.

991
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:32,280
Speaker 1: Tomorrow night in high MARKUS Fan Appreciation Night, probably another sellout.

992
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: There's been plenty of those this year. It's really been

993
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: a great home support this year, a high Mark, hasn't it.

994
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 3: I've yeah, I mean it is surreal walking out to

995
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 3: the field warm ups, even at halftime for the start

996
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 3: of the second half, and and just seeing everybody lowed

997
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 3: and just so supportive. And they really we really couldn't

998
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 3: do it without them, and they've they've kept us in games.

999
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,319
Speaker 3: They've they've taken us over the finish line a couple

1000
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 3: of times, and they've stuck behind us through the ups

1001
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 3: and downs. And so the Pittsburgh faithful are or we

1002
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 3: need them tomorrow night, and we know they're gonna show up,

1003
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 3: and I know we all want another win and we

1004
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 3: all want a home playoff game. So that's that's the

1005
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 3: goal for tomorrow night.

1006
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: Now, uh in that vein Eric, your last name gives

1007
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:24,399
Speaker 1: itself to some provocative fan chance at home without repeating them.

1008
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,280
Speaker 2: You must get a kick out of that. It's pretty funny.

1009
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 7: Uh.

1010
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, to be honest with you, I haven't. I haven't heard

1011
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:36,360
Speaker 3: anything that blatant in my eight years of playing soccer.

1012
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 3: But man, it just cracks me up. And it's just love,

1013
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 3: you know, I know, I know, it's just it's it's

1014
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 3: just I'm I'm very thankful to have the support and

1015
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,399
Speaker 3: you know, I do whatever I can to make them

1016
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 3: proud and do the work on the field and hearing

1017
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 3: their cheers and everything. As with any athlete and fans

1018
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 3: are rooting for you, it just gives you an extra

1019
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 3: edge and more momentum and desire. So yes, it is. Uh,

1020
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 3: it is a fun group back there and I'm honored

1021
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 3: uh to be a part of that.

1022
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 1: Eric, great stuff. I appreciate taking the time and good

1023
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:18,839
Speaker 1: luck tomorrow night.

1024
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,319
Speaker 3: Thank you very much, appreciate you.

1025
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,479
Speaker 2: That's Eric Dick who used the term edge just now.

1026
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:25,400
Speaker 2: Ironically so