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Speaker 2: It continues its time to accept Castellini's apologies and deeply

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Speaker 2: felt regret for his comment. Let's focus on our shared

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Speaker 2: It took fifteen years for people in this city to

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438
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Speaker 2: the Reds, let's do this first. Reds have invited a

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Speaker 2: major league training camp Connor Burns catcher infielder a Can Collier,

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Speaker 2: catcher slash infielder PJ. Higgins right, a Junior Marte, lefty

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Speaker 2: Anthony Missovich and catcher Michael Troutweine. Spring training begins in

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Speaker 2: two and a half weeks. College basketball Tonight, a couple

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Speaker 2: of games in the region, Ohio State's at Michigan, Indiana

444
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 2: battles Rutgers tomorrow, a full slate of games. A number

445
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 2: of them have had their tip off times moved. We'll

446
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Speaker 2: give these to you again because I believe in serving

447
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Speaker 2: the public by providing the latest important information. The Xavier

448
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 2: game tomorrow against Saint John's at the Centas Center and

449
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Speaker 2: will now tip off at one thirty instead of two thirty.

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Speaker 2: The Kentucky home game against Ole Miss will now tip

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Speaker 2: off at eleven instead of noon. Xavier game on seven

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Speaker 2: hundred WLW Kentucky game on ESPN fifteen thirty. The Xavier

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Speaker 2: women's game scheduled for Sunday will now take place at

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Speaker 2: nine thirty tomorrow morning. The NKU game at Wright State

455
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Speaker 2: tomorrow will tip off at one o'clock instead of seven o'clock.

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Speaker 2: Radio coverage that one on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. It

457
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Speaker 2: is sunny and play in Arizona, so the game time

458
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Speaker 2: not being moved. With the UZ Bearcats Cincinnati taking on

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Speaker 2: Arizona State tomorrow night ten o'clock tip seven hundred WLW

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Speaker 2: two o'clock tomorrow and Philly Dayton's at Saint Joe's, this

461
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 2: is good. The college football playoff field will remain at

462
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Speaker 2: twelve teams for twenty twenty six. It eventually, I think

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Speaker 2: most of us believe will be expanded to sixteen, then

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Speaker 2: maybe twenty four, and then soon we'll hear about how

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Speaker 2: we need thirty two. Twelve is perfect we have in

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Speaker 2: sports as in life, very few things that are close

467
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Speaker 2: to perfect. I am probably in the minority here. I

468
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Speaker 2: think twelve teams in the college football playoff is perfect.

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Speaker 2: It's exclusive enough yet forgiving. Now. I would tweak the

470
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Speaker 2: format as most would, I would play those quarterfinal games

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Speaker 2: on camp sites. I would make it a little bit

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Speaker 2: more difficult for group of five schools to get in.

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Speaker 2: But in terms of size of field, twelve is perfect.

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Speaker 2: We have good, fun, healthy heated debates about the teams

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Speaker 2: that should be let in and the teams that weren't

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Speaker 2: let in. The size of the field is forgiving enough

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Speaker 2: that you can have a couple of losses, yet exclusive

478
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Speaker 2: enough that you had to have had a really, really

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Speaker 2: really good season. And by the way, like no matter

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Speaker 2: the size of the playoff field, there is an entire

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Speaker 2: ecosystem industry based on college football writers complaining about whatever

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Speaker 2: method we use to determine a national champion. I'm in

483
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Speaker 2: my forties now, I remember being a kid, every college

484
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 2: football writer got like outrage columns over how we used

485
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Speaker 2: to determine the bowl system, letting the voters decide who

486
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Speaker 2: the national champion was. After the bowl system unfolded and

487
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Speaker 2: then the BCS and then the more recent versions of

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Speaker 2: a college football playoff with four and now with twelve.

489
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Speaker 2: Like that cottage industry is not going to go out

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Speaker 2: of business. Regardless of the size of the field, twelve

491
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Speaker 2: is perfect. I think the keyword is access. I think

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Speaker 2: that the size of the college football playoff field makes

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Speaker 2: every college football fan believe that their program, their team,

494
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Speaker 2: has access to the championship. I think that's the key

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Speaker 2: to college basketball. By the way, we don't need to

496
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Speaker 2: expand that field either. In college basketball, every fan feels

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Speaker 2: like their program, whether it's the bluest of blue bloods

498
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Speaker 2: like Kentucky historically very good program like Cincinnati, or a

499
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Speaker 2: mid major or a small major, you've got access to

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Speaker 2: the championship around you got access to the championship events.

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00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,479
Speaker 2: I think the expansion of the field to twelve keeps

502
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Speaker 2: the field exclusive, but I think everybody now feels like

503
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Speaker 2: they have access. Cincinnati, as members of the Big twelve,

504
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Speaker 2: should feel like they have access. Can they get their

505
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 2: different story, but they have access? And so I am

506
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Speaker 2: probably in the minority, But I like the fact that

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Speaker 2: it'll stay at twelve for at least one more year.

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Speaker 2: By the way, the Cyclones skate tonight at Bloomington. We

509
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Speaker 2: had Just and Vive on the show yesterday. Cyclones Forward

510
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 2: recently played his five hundredth game in a Cincinnati uniform.

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Speaker 2: The Cyclones are scheduled to host their Teddy Bear Toss

512
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Speaker 2: game tomorrow at four o'clock. That's always a really popular game,

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Speaker 2: and I was just asked on social media if I

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Speaker 2: know if they have moved the game time tomorrow, and

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Speaker 2: I haven't seen anything to suggest that that's the case.

516
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Speaker 2: Cyclones play on the road, so they got to get

517
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Speaker 2: back and so it would be less than ideal to

518
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Speaker 2: play the game at like noon. But it does feel

519
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Speaker 2: like if the puck is going to drop at four o'clock,

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Speaker 2: it's going to drop right when the snow is either

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Speaker 2: starting to come down according to some prognosticator, or by

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Speaker 2: then we'll have been coming down for a while. And

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Speaker 2: so I haven't seen. There's obviously a lot of games

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Speaker 2: taking place in the afternoon where the game time has

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Speaker 2: been moved up. I have not seen that being done

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Speaker 2: for the Cyclones game tomorrow, but we will pass it along.

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Speaker 2: If they indeed move the game time or postpone it,

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Speaker 2: we will see. Hopefully they don't because that is an

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Speaker 2: awesome event to Teddy Bear Toss tomorrow night. All right,

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Speaker 2: I think that's all I got for sports headlines. Let's

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Speaker 2: talk to some other folks. Mike, go ahead. You're on

532
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Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, Mike,

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Speaker 2: go ahead, you're on ESPN fifteen thirty. Good afternoon.

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Speaker 7: How are you, hey, mo?

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Speaker 2: How are you wonderful? What's going on?

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Speaker 8: Well?

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Speaker 9: I called to talk about Castellini, but then you brought

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Speaker 9: up your Kroger story. So I have an insight on

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Speaker 9: that as well.

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Speaker 2: Yes, So I deliver for.

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Speaker 9: Walmart and Kroger. It's some other various retailers out there.

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Speaker 9: So if your folks want to order stuff from the store,

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Speaker 9: they can do that. It'll be dropped off to their house.

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Speaker 7: Right.

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Speaker 9: If they order express orders, I will shop for you,

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Speaker 9: But then I have to wait in line as well,

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Speaker 9: So it doesn't help out me, but it will help you.

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Speaker 2: Out when you go and you've delivered people groceries. Do

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Speaker 2: you actually are you the person who goes and gets

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Speaker 2: the groceries.

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Speaker 9: If it's express order, yes, all right. If it's not,

552
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Speaker 9: the store employees will shop for it.

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Speaker 2: Now I've done this exactly one time, and like for

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Speaker 2: the things I asked for, they send something else.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, so if it's Kroger or Walmart, you can subch

556
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Speaker 9: a two different stuff or what may be missing. But this,

557
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Speaker 9: during this storm, this event, there's gonna be a lot

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Speaker 9: of stuff not on the shelf.

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Speaker 6: Sure.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, make sure you put in their substitutions if you want.

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Speaker 9: If you don't want substitutions, put no substitutions. You'd be good.

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Speaker 2: If you like decide to order food or groceries delivered

563
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Speaker 2: to your house and the storm has already started, then

564
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Speaker 2: what happens?

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Speaker 9: Can I make more money?

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Speaker 10: All right?

567
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Speaker 2: So that's what I'm rooting for.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, so that works for me. I have all will drive.

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Speaker 9: It's not a bunch of ice out there.

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Speaker 2: I'm good, perfect right now.

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Speaker 9: Casteline goes, Yeah, you're a big bull. I handled the pressure,

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Speaker 9: you know, if you're gonna put uct talk on the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Mike, I did you? Did you disappear on them? Mike?

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Speaker 2: I I lost you there for a second. I gave

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Speaker 2: a chance to repeat whatever it is you just said.

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Speaker 2: I think we lost Mike. Well, hopefully Mike is okay

577
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Speaker 2: delivering groceries. I've had groceries delivered to my house one time,

578
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Speaker 2: and it was when Crosley was an infant and we

579
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Speaker 2: had never done it, and whatever we ordered, it was like,

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Speaker 2: I don't My wife filled out the list, but I

581
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Speaker 2: remember her going like, we're not doing this again for

582
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Speaker 2: the thing she asked for. They substituted it for something

583
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Speaker 2: else that we didn't want. But that is, yes, obviously

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Speaker 2: an option. I was talking to the top of the

585
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Speaker 2: show about this letter to the editor about you know,

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Speaker 2: Phil being booed at the Xavier game, and like, I've

587
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Speaker 2: had conversations with Phil where he We've had conversations. Phil

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Speaker 2: and I have had conversations about the comments on opening

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Speaker 2: day in twenty twenty two. We've also had conversations about

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Speaker 2: the pushback that the franchise has gotten from fans regarding

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Speaker 2: the on field performance, and he understands it. Like I've

592
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,840
Speaker 2: walked away from an understand, you know, with the impression

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Speaker 2: that this guy understood why among a lot of people

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Speaker 2: he was really really unpopular. I guess for me when

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Speaker 2: it comes to the public reaction to him, I think

596
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Speaker 2: for fifteen years, Red's ownership was treated with either kid

597
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Speaker 2: gloves or was kind of talked about in glowing. I'm

598
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Speaker 2: so to speak like, I think they had fifteen years

599
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Speaker 2: of folks who thought, this club is being run really well.

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Speaker 2: Ownership's good, ownership's got the best the club's best interest

601
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 2: at heart, and you know, to a degree understandably so,

602
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 2: they made the ballpark better than when they took the

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00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 2: team over. They signed iconic players like Joey Vado, put

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00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 2: some money into the team, and didn't have success immediately,

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Speaker 2: but you know, they were in place when the team

606
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Speaker 2: made the postseason for the first time in fifteen years

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Speaker 2: in twenty ten, one ninety seven games in twenty twelve,

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Speaker 2: had you know, a baseball operations department that for a

609
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Speaker 2: while was cranking out really good players, and folks either

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Speaker 2: didn't react to ownership or talked about how great ownership

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Speaker 2: is for fifteen years. I think people have been very patient.

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Speaker 2: I think people have been very understanding. I think over

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Speaker 2: the last five there's been a hey like and to

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Speaker 2: a degree, I don't think it's a coincidence that the

615
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 2: Bengals started to get good in twenty twenty one and

616
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 2: then it was like cool. The thirty one year's route

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Speaker 2: without winning a playoff game for the Bengals is over.

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00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 2: Now let's look at the Reds and what is it

619
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Speaker 2: this year? Thirty one years. I don't believe that folks,

620
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 2: when they boo or when they push back on Phil

621
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Speaker 2: are thinking mainly about the opening day comments from four

622
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Speaker 2: years ago. I think they're thinking mainly about the fact

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Speaker 2: that for the better part of twenty years, there simply

624
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 2: hasn't been enough winning. I don't believe that most will

625
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Speaker 2: ignore all the good things that the Reds have meant

626
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 2: for this region, have meant for this city, all the

627
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 2: ways they've impacted the community on a positive level. Like

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Speaker 2: I don't think there's anybody who is unwilling to acknowledge

629
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Speaker 2: all that. But I think those same folks, fans, people

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Speaker 2: who live here would say that there's no greater way

631
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 2: a Major League Baseball team can have a positive impact

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00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 2: than by winning and winning big and winning a lot,

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Speaker 2: And unfortunately that hasn't happened five point three, seven, four nine,

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00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. We have done this before. We've talked about

635
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,879
Speaker 2: how the Reds are great at everything except baseball. Last

636
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,359
Speaker 2: year they were better at baseball. Last year, they were

637
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 2: good enough at baseball to make the postseason. Question is

638
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 2: on the field this year is eighty three wins going

639
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 2: to turn out to be basically what to expect on

640
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 2: an annual basis. Is time going to prove that the

641
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five season is a high point during this era?

642
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 2: Or will they do better this year? And right now

643
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,240
Speaker 2: with the makeup of the team, will they do better

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00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 2: this year with a team that from a positional player

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00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:33,399
Speaker 2: perspective looks awfully similar to last year's team. Twelve away

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Speaker 2: six Right now, there is a similar theme when it

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Speaker 2: that coming up at four h five on ESPN fifteen thirty,

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Speaker 2: what do we got here? We got like three minutes Taran.

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Speaker 2: Is that how I see it?

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Speaker 7: Yes?

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Speaker 2: Very good. Let's take a phone call JT. You're on

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Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty j T, Good afternoon. How are you.

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Speaker 7: I'm doing great?

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Speaker 11: No, and please push me luck with the stone call.

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Speaker 11: Usually I call you up and I have one quick

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Speaker 11: point and I up and just let you rip. But

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Speaker 11: I'm going to try to make actually two or three

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Speaker 11: points in this call. Do you think you can handle it?

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Speaker 2: We'll see if at the end of it, if we

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Speaker 2: rack you or not.

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Speaker 10: Okay, thanks?

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 11: First of all, I'm calling about Castellini. Yeah, Phil Castellini.

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Speaker 11: I was so highly offended by his remarks.

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Speaker 10: You know, I wish you would have rather said, you

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Speaker 10: know what, all.

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Speaker 11: You haters just kiss my button. You know we'll see

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Speaker 11: you on opening day. But what he said, like where

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Speaker 11: else you gonna go? That not only offended me as

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Speaker 11: a season ticket goer, it offended me as a Cincinnati

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Speaker 11: And it's like, does this city not have enough to

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Speaker 11: offer that we actually have no other place to go

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Speaker 11: except for watching your crappy Cincinnati redscheme.

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Speaker 2: Let me ask you this though, about the comments, right,

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Speaker 2: Let me ask you this. Let's say he makes those

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Speaker 2: comments opening day twenty twenty two. If you and I

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Speaker 2: were having this conversation, and since then the Reds had

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Speaker 2: won two World Series titles, would you still care about

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Speaker 2: those comments?

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Speaker 7: Absolutely?

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Speaker 10: Would?

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Speaker 11: And that's that's a great segue. Thanks for playing a

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Speaker 11: long nose to my second point. I think if the

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Speaker 11: Reds won the World Series and you know, Bob Cassolini

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Speaker 11: got up the old guy, I think everyone gives him

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Speaker 11: a staying innovation, followed by Tito the Magnificent, everyone would

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Speaker 11: go nuts and then Bob Cassolini would come out and

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Speaker 11: I think he would be showered in booze. I think

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Speaker 11: they could win the next five World Series, but I

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Speaker 11: think Bob Cassilini has forever made himself the zone of

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Speaker 11: the city just by those asinine comments.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I number one, I hope that we could test

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Speaker 2: your theory soon.

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Speaker 11: I hope, I hope.

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Speaker 2: That that's something that we confront. The Reds win the

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Speaker 2: World Series, and then in its immediate aftermath, we all

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Speaker 2: wait to see what the reaction is going to be.

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Speaker 2: I frankly think in that moment there would be such

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Speaker 2: good feelings and good vibes when the Bengals won the

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Speaker 2: AFC title. Great, and that game was in Kansas City,

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Speaker 2: but I remember being out when they beat the Kansas

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Speaker 2: City Chiefs, and after the immediate euphoria, about ten minutes

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Speaker 2: after the game, there's Mike Brown being handed the Lamar

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Speaker 2: Hunt Trophy and in the place that I was at,

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Speaker 2: everybody cheered. Now did folks cheer perhaps as wildly as

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Speaker 2: they may have for Joe Burrow or Zach Taylor. No,

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Speaker 2: but I feel like winning takes care of a lot

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Speaker 2: of things, and maybe Mike Brown is never going to

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Speaker 2: be revered, But in that moment, I feel like a

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Speaker 2: lot of folks, even just who felt happy for him personally,

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Speaker 2: were willing to cheer him. I think those comments, if

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Speaker 2: they were made when they were unfortunately, they then snowballed

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Speaker 2: because the team was terrible, and again the comments. I

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Speaker 2: think folks had every right to be pissed off at

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Speaker 2: the comments. I think that if in the subsequent years

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Speaker 2: the Reds had rattled off playoff teams, which they did

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Speaker 2: last year, postseason advancement, winning a championship, I think those

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Speaker 2: comments would be forgiven, if not forgotten.

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Speaker 11: I disagree, but that's a great sign to my third point.

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Speaker 11: I can't believe I'm actually.

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Speaker 2: Making a third time about that.

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Speaker 11: Paul Brown looks like and talks like a Cincinnatian, and

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Speaker 11: everyone in that organization and the Reds talks like looks

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Speaker 11: like a Cincinnatian, even titough. He has that kind of

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Speaker 11: working class like drawl. Bill Kissalmi looks like the floor

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Speaker 11: manager of a Atlantic city casino, with.

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Speaker 12: The flickback hair, the sunglasses. I don't think that his look.

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Speaker 11: And his attitude, the way he speaks, the way he

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Speaker 11: presents himself, he does not look like one of us.

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Speaker 11: And I think, you know, I don't care how he looks.

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Speaker 7: I just want them to win.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, but I think that's a big part of life

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Speaker 11: why people.

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Speaker 13: Do not like him.

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Speaker 2: I think folks have a hard time relating to him

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Speaker 2: and I think he has a hard timing, a hard

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Speaker 2: time coming off as relatable. I do agree with that. Now,

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Speaker 2: how much did that matter? Fair? But I do think

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Speaker 2: he has a difficult time coming off as relatable, and

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Speaker 2: I do think that hurts him. I think the day

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Speaker 2: he made his comments, if you remember, he kind of

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Speaker 2: doubled down then doubled down on them on Channel five.

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Speaker 2: And I think it was the aesthetic as much as

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Speaker 2: it was what he had to say. I just think

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Speaker 2: that folks reacted poorly to how he looked with the

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Speaker 2: sunglasses and the red jacket that he had on. And

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Speaker 2: I do think he has a tough time just relating

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Speaker 2: to people. I said that summer what he should do

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Speaker 2: is go sit in a dunk tank at a Reds

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Speaker 2: game and let people dunk him for Red's community fund donations.

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Speaker 2: And I know he'll never do that. And I had

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Speaker 2: folks with the Reds who are like, yeah, that would

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Speaker 2: be funny, but it's it's never gonna happen. He's never

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Speaker 2: gonna do that, and it's like, you know what. The

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Speaker 2: ability to laugh at oneself could perhaps help him bridge

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Speaker 2: the gap, because it would show some relatability, it would

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Speaker 2: show him being a human being and for his strengths,

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Speaker 2: and I do think he has them. Those are not

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Speaker 2: among them. JT. Have a good weekend, man, Thanks so much,

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Speaker 2: Thank you. It is a couple away from four o'clock.

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Speaker 2: Five pint three seven four nine, fifteen thirty is our

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Speaker 2: They're gonna try it again this year. Will it work?

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you so much. More of your phone

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Speaker 2: calls are coming up. Five point three seven four nine,

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Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. I have a question about Joe Flacco. It's

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Speaker 2: not necessarily about Joe Flacco, but a question about Joe

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Speaker 2: Flacco that I have and that the Bengals should also

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Speaker 2: have coming up in just about fifteen minutes. It is.

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Speaker 2: It is going to be interesting. So the AFC and

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Speaker 2: NFC championship games are Sunday, and so then you'll have

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Speaker 2: a week loll We'll have the Pro Bowl games and

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Speaker 2: then we'll we'll jump into hype week for the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: In radio Row and Joe Burrow, I would imagine, is

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Speaker 2: going to make the rounds on some of the bigger shows,

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Speaker 2: and you know he's gonna be asked questions about the Bengals,

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Speaker 2: the Bengals continuity, bringing everybody back, his relationship with the team,

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Speaker 2: how he is, where his head is. I cannot wait

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Speaker 2: to see how all of that is handled, and more

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Speaker 2: than anything, I can't wait to see how all of

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Speaker 2: that is consumed and perhaps even overreacted to. More on

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Speaker 2: that and the games this weekend coming up in just

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Speaker 2: a bit the red search for a bet the topic

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Speaker 2: doujor or the player doujour. I guess is eu Haano Suarez,

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Speaker 2: who hit forty nine home runs last year, and he

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Speaker 2: was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Mariners, and he

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Speaker 2: hit thirteen bombs. The rest of the production wasn't awesome.

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Speaker 2: He did have that big home run in Game six

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Speaker 2: of that series the Alcs against against Toronto. It'd be

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Speaker 2: cool to have eu Haaneo Suarez back and keep Brian Hayes.

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Speaker 2: Being on the team should not preclude the Reds from

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Speaker 2: being interested in a Euhaneo Suarez. It's interesting I read

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Speaker 2: a piece I think on MLB trade rumors. It was,

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Speaker 2: and my apologies if I'm not giving the proper attribution,

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Speaker 2: but it was you a list of teams that might

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Speaker 2: make the most sense for a Uhaneo Suarez. The Reds

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Speaker 2: were mentioned, but the Reds were not mentioned as one

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Speaker 2: of the more prominent teams we will see. Ken Rosenthal

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Speaker 2: drops today that the Reds are trying to figure out

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Speaker 2: what their TV situation is going to look like, and

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Speaker 2: I would imagine the entire time watching this with great interest.

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Speaker 2: Is Elie dela Cruz. Elie Delacruz is getting ready for

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Speaker 2: basically his fourth full season, I know, his first season.

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Speaker 2: He was called up in early June. Ellie Dela Cruz

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Speaker 2: early in the twenty twenty sixth season, will fly past

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Speaker 2: two thousand Big League played appearances. He will play this

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Speaker 2: year sometime in July, his five hundredth career major League

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Speaker 2: baseball game. He is a fully established major league player

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Speaker 2: and at times are really really good one And what

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Speaker 2: the Reds are banking on is for the second half,

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Speaker 2: Ellie Dellar Cruz to prove to be a misnomer an outlier.

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Speaker 2: For the second half, Ellie Dellar Cruz to prove to

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Speaker 2: be the exception. The first half of the season. Last year,

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00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:17,880
Speaker 2: Ellie had a good year. When he made the National

861
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 2: League All Star Team, there wasn't anybody who looked at

862
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:22,880
Speaker 2: it and said, there's no way this guy should be

863
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 2: an All Star. He made the All Star team in

864
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:30,759
Speaker 2: large part due to merit. The numbers weren't awesome, but

865
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,040
Speaker 2: they were good enough. He went out a little bit

866
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 2: of a late first half surge that made the numbers

867
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 2: look really good. Didn't get off to the fastest start.

868
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 2: We know what happened in the second half of the

869
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:46,000
Speaker 2: season long home run drought two plus month stretch where

870
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 2: not only did he not hit a home run, it

871
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 2: felt like at times he was totally lost at the plate,

872
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 2: and on top of all that, he was making a

873
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:56,560
Speaker 2: billion errors in the field. The Reds offense had limitations

874
00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,520
Speaker 2: because two things they counted on happening didn't happen. One.

875
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,880
Speaker 2: Matt McClain did not work out in the two hole. Uh,

876
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 2: Matt McClain had a really long leash last year. But

877
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,279
Speaker 2: it's not like they just let him hit second no

878
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 2: matter what. But toward the end of the season he

879
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:16,480
Speaker 2: was batting eighth. Sometimes he was batting ninth. Their two

880
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 2: hole production last year was atrocious. That was the dude

881
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 2: who for the most of the season was hitting in

882
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 2: front of Ellie de la Cruz, so they weren't setting

883
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,280
Speaker 2: the table for him. They were counting on Matt McClain.

884
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 2: Like among all the different things we were talking about

885
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:36,840
Speaker 2: as it relates to roster construction, lineup construction, every single

886
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 2: one of them had Matt McClain batting second, playing second.

887
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,880
Speaker 2: They wrote his name in in black magic marker in

888
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:47,640
Speaker 2: the two hole. It didn't work out. It's got to

889
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 2: get better this year. Either Matt McClain has to figure

890
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 2: it out, or the Reds have to figure out what

891
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:54,120
Speaker 2: they're going to be doing at second base, and either

892
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,360
Speaker 2: he's got to produce as the two hole hitter or

893
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 2: somebody else is gonna have to. The production from that

894
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 2: spot in the batting world must be better. They also

895
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 2: basically made the offense about Ellie Delacruz batting them third,

896
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 2: not acquiring a big bat to supplement him. Some bit

897
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:18,720
Speaker 2: pieces here and there, some of them helped. Austin Hayes

898
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 2: wasn't awesome, but he had his moments. Jose Travino was

899
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,240
Speaker 2: pretty good offensively in the first half before totally falling

900
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 2: off in the second half. But for much of the

901
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:31,359
Speaker 2: season you watch the Reds and it wasn't just that

902
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:36,360
Speaker 2: they lacked a big time power bat. It's that it

903
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,320
Speaker 2: felt like Ellie dela Cruz wasn't being given enough production

904
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:44,120
Speaker 2: or enough protection behind him. That was a thing last year,

905
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,880
Speaker 2: like what an Ellie to produce more, but it often

906
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 2: felt like there's nobody behind him offering him any protection.

907
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:54,319
Speaker 2: There's nobody behind him that the other team's pitchers are

908
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:58,080
Speaker 2: afraid to pitch to, and so in front of him,

909
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:01,759
Speaker 2: nobody's getting on base on a consistent basis, and behind him,

910
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,320
Speaker 2: nobody's producing enough on a consistent basis to help Ellie

911
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:07,799
Speaker 2: get better pitches to hit. That is maybe not the

912
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:11,920
Speaker 2: biggest reason why his overall numbers weren't great. That's probably

913
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 2: the fact that he had the quad injury but the

914
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:20,399
Speaker 2: lack of production, the lack of protection, and the lack

915
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:24,640
Speaker 2: of production in front of him didn't help. What have

916
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:28,719
Speaker 2: they done this offseason to protect him? Like, I bring

917
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:31,360
Speaker 2: this up because you know, last weekend, the big story

918
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 2: out of Redsfest was, well, the Reds offered Ellie the

919
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:41,839
Speaker 2: most lucrative contract in Red's franchise history. Now, as many

920
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 2: of us have pointed out, they didn't offer him the

921
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:47,800
Speaker 2: most lucrative contract in baseball history. And there's a difference.

922
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 2: If I'm Ellie Dela Cruz. If you're Ellie Dela Cruz, uh,

923
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 2: you're holding out hope that maybe you could be the

924
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:57,680
Speaker 2: highest paid player in baseball history. Highest paid player in

925
00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 2: baseball history is different than the highest paid play in

926
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 2: Red's history. If you're Ellie Dela Cruz, chances are highest

927
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,319
Speaker 2: paid player in Red's history is not. That's something you're

928
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 2: interested in. That's a consolation prize. Highest paid player in

929
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 2: baseball history, that's that's the stuff. They want to keep

930
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 2: Ellie Delacruz here long term. You and I want the

931
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 2: Reds to keep Ellie Delacruz here long term. But what

932
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:27,120
Speaker 2: does Ellie want? Maybe he wants to be the first

933
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:29,759
Speaker 2: one billion dollar player in this sport. Maybe he wants

934
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,280
Speaker 2: to be the next one billion dollar player in this sport.

935
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:36,160
Speaker 2: Maybe there's somewhere else in the league that he wants

936
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:38,640
Speaker 2: to play. None of us have any idea what he

937
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 2: is gonna prioritize. But if if we're gonna do this,

938
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 2: and if we're gonna talk almost continually about his future,

939
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 2: then don't you have to make the present for Ellie

940
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:58,560
Speaker 2: as good as you possibly can. You know, my take

941
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:02,000
Speaker 2: on this all long, for years been the best way

942
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 2: to convince him to stay here is to win with him,

943
00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:08,880
Speaker 2: to let him play in the biggest stages, to legitimately

944
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 2: make him feel like he's got a chance to win

945
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:17,360
Speaker 2: a championship year. But these guys also want to be protected.

946
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,520
Speaker 2: A great hitter wants a level of protection that last

947
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 2: year Ellie didn't get. Now, Ellie is not yet a

948
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:30,320
Speaker 2: great hitter. He's a times really good hitter with flashes

949
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 2: of greatness. But like, if we're gonna do this and

950
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:38,600
Speaker 2: wonder about Ellie long term, like there's a part of

951
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:42,440
Speaker 2: you that has to go good. Gee, is is Ellie

952
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:46,480
Speaker 2: nuts about the fact that the Reds haven't gone overboard

953
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 2: to try to protect him in the middle of the

954
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:51,239
Speaker 2: order this offseason like that was always part of the

955
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 2: fun thing when we talked about Kyle Schwarber and maybe

956
00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:57,439
Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber would have hit first here, maybe Ellie Dela

957
00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 2: Cruz would have hit first, with Kyle Schwerber batting second

958
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 2: or third, who knows. Would have been a lot of

959
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:07,000
Speaker 2: fun to talk about and discuss. But I looked at

960
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 2: it and said, man, you cannot ask for better protection

961
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 2: for Ellie than by hitting Kyle Schwerber behind him. I

962
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:15,600
Speaker 2: have no idea if that would have been has been

963
00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:19,759
Speaker 2: their plan In the absence of that, what do they

964
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:23,479
Speaker 2: got hitting behind them? Is it going to be good enough?

965
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 2: Is it going to be good enough to allow Ellie

966
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:28,319
Speaker 2: to have this sort of season they need him to

967
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:32,560
Speaker 2: that they're built around him having. At some point, if

968
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,880
Speaker 2: you're Ellie, don't you go you know what? Like it

969
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:40,719
Speaker 2: here came up in this organization. But I can't get

970
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 2: the most out of my abilities if I'm not given

971
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:48,759
Speaker 2: a higher level of protection in the batting order. Has

972
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 2: it felt like so far the Reds this offseason have

973
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:55,440
Speaker 2: prioritized giving him a higher level of protection in the

974
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,880
Speaker 2: batting order, Like it is, there's so much of this

975
00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:02,040
Speaker 2: is on Ellie, like it is, it's got to stop

976
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:04,680
Speaker 2: being a disaster in the field at times. Is got

977
00:55:04,719 --> 00:55:06,520
Speaker 2: to be more reliable when the ball is hit his way.

978
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 2: There need to be fewer and non competitive at bats.

979
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:11,160
Speaker 2: There were times in the second half of the season,

980
00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 2: including in the playoffs last year, where it felt like

981
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,080
Speaker 2: he was hitting with one arm tied behind his back.

982
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:18,319
Speaker 2: You've got to tell him though this year which the

983
00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:21,040
Speaker 2: Reds have with the World Baseball Classic thing, and that's

984
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:24,879
Speaker 2: a really encouraging sign. But if you're Ellie, isn't there

985
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:26,879
Speaker 2: a part of you wondering, like, when are they gonna

986
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 2: get me somebody that I could hit in front of.

987
00:55:29,640 --> 00:55:35,200
Speaker 2: That's gonna make my job a little bit easier. Five

988
00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:37,439
Speaker 2: on three seven four nine, fifteen thirty is our number

989
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 2: eight sixty six seven oh two three seven seven six U.

990
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 2: Joe Flacco wants to be back. I think the Bengals

991
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 2: want him back. Feels like the Bengals should want him back.

992
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,520
Speaker 2: But one question should be asked and will tell you

993
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 2: what it is. Next. On ESPN fifteen.

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Speaker 2: Bengals this offseason, and we've discussed a couple of them.

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Speaker 2: One of them is Dalton Reiser dalt Riisers not yet signed,

1006
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Speaker 2: which there's a lot of lot of hard stuff the

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Speaker 2: Bengals have to do in the coming weeks and months.

1008
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:45,920
Speaker 2: Keeping a guard who helped make up a good offensive

1009
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:47,200
Speaker 2: line at the end of their last year and he

1010
00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:49,319
Speaker 2: said he wants to stay this year is and is

1011
00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:52,399
Speaker 2: probably not gonna cost a ton of money. That's one

1012
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:56,600
Speaker 2: thing they can do that's pretty easy. Many have kind

1013
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,799
Speaker 2: of portrayed the Joe Flacco decision is an easy one,

1014
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 2: no brainer, and I have a hard time believing there's

1015
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 2: going to be a market that materializes for Joe Flacco

1016
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:10,120
Speaker 2: to start, and chances are if one does, it ain't

1017
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:11,879
Speaker 2: going to be for Joe Flacco to be the long

1018
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,279
Speaker 2: term solution. He's going to be a placeholder. And maybe

1019
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 2: that's what he wants. But at this stage in his career,

1020
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:21,040
Speaker 2: as awesome as the Joe Flacco story in Cincinnati was

1021
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:25,040
Speaker 2: last season, it's hard. I think it's hard to imagine

1022
00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:29,280
Speaker 2: that teams have changed their mind about Joe Flacco. Last year,

1023
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:32,040
Speaker 2: there wasn't anybody beating down his door to make him

1024
00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 2: the starting quarterback. The Browns put him in this weird

1025
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 2: derby with Dylan Gabriel and Shadora Sanders and Kenny Pickett

1026
00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:42,120
Speaker 2: for about five minutes and he started Week one, but

1027
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 2: again like placeholder. So maybe that's what he is in

1028
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:48,240
Speaker 2: the NFL next year, a placeholder where by week I

1029
00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:50,360
Speaker 2: don't know, five or six, he's no longer the guy.

1030
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,200
Speaker 2: Maybe that's what he wants if he wants to be

1031
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:56,160
Speaker 2: the starting quarterback week one of the twenty twenty six season,

1032
00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:02,000
Speaker 2: Cincinnati ain't the place, needless to say. And so if

1033
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 2: he's the backup quarterback next year, cool right? Like who

1034
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:16,080
Speaker 2: would be opposed a dude who showed up exhibited a

1035
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:19,880
Speaker 2: level of professionalism and humor that made me a fan

1036
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:23,160
Speaker 2: of his for life. Beat The Steelers looked prepared, picked

1037
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:26,520
Speaker 2: up the offense quickly, like he was exactly what they

1038
00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:28,320
Speaker 2: were looking for. By the way, there are a lot

1039
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:31,880
Speaker 2: of folks who did not take back their bad takes

1040
00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 2: about Joe Flacco, and the Bengals got him. This is

1041
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:37,000
Speaker 2: my take was what they're looking for is quick study

1042
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 2: and professionalism. You will get both, and the Bengals got both. Unfortunately,

1043
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 2: a lot of his efforts were wasted because the defense

1044
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:50,960
Speaker 2: was atrocious. And so if he's back like awesome, a

1045
00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:54,240
Speaker 2: year of continuity him on understanding the system a little

1046
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:55,760
Speaker 2: bit more like if you have to put him in

1047
00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:56,600
Speaker 2: a game next season.

1048
00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:56,919
Speaker 10: Cool.

1049
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 2: Before though they rushed to make Joe Flacco the guy

1050
00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:11,160
Speaker 2: next year, I do think they should ask is there

1051
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 2: somebody as good, maybe slightly not as good, who's closer

1052
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:21,000
Speaker 2: to their athletic prime.

1053
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:21,840
Speaker 7: Now.

1054
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:26,000
Speaker 2: If the answer is yes, there's a decent chance that

1055
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 2: that quarterback would have a better chance to start than

1056
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:33,280
Speaker 2: he would here. But Joe Flacco is forty one years old,

1057
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:39,240
Speaker 2: turned forty one a week ago, and so like athletically

1058
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:44,560
Speaker 2: not in as athletic prime, he still mentally may have

1059
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:47,920
Speaker 2: a lot over his peers. And again, if he's the

1060
00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:52,720
Speaker 2: dude next season, that's okay. But what would give me

1061
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:57,160
Speaker 2: just the tiniest bit of pause would be wondering if

1062
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 2: there's someone who's a little bit closer to who their

1063
01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 2: athletic peak, especially if you have to play your backup

1064
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:08,800
Speaker 2: quarterback for an extended amount of time, and obviously nobody

1065
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:10,520
Speaker 2: wants that. You don't want that. I don't want that.

1066
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:14,280
Speaker 2: God knows the Bengals don't want that. Now some are

1067
01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 2: gonna go, well, Jake Browning is I'm not looking for

1068
01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:20,440
Speaker 2: a Jake Browning like Jake Browning in two thousand and

1069
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:24,320
Speaker 2: Twenty twenty three was a really fun success story. Right.

1070
01:00:26,520 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 2: I hadn't played in the NFL before takes over. The

1071
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:34,560
Speaker 2: team keeps the team afloat, team goes into Week seventeen

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Speaker 2: with a chance to make the postseason, won that game

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Speaker 2: against the Minnesota Vikings. Jake Browning turning into a pumpkin

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01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:46,600
Speaker 2: might have been surprising based on the twenty twenty three success,

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01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 2: based on how the NFL to that point looked at him.

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01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:54,160
Speaker 2: I don't think him turning into a pumpkin was shocking.

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01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:59,000
Speaker 2: At the end of the day, he was an undrafted

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01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:02,400
Speaker 2: college free agent that the rest of the league was

1079
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:05,000
Speaker 2: not exactly pushing each other out of the way to

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01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:08,919
Speaker 2: get when he had his success in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: And I remember there were folks who were like, Jake

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Speaker 2: Browning is a starting caliber quarterback and I'm going, I

1083
01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:17,640
Speaker 2: don't know if he's played enough games to make teams

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01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:20,800
Speaker 2: change their mind. Nobody changed their mind if there was

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01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:23,000
Speaker 2: a team that viewed Jake And this is nothing against them,

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01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,680
Speaker 2: because what he did in twenty twenty three should not

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01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 2: be forgotten. Certainly won't be forgotten by me anytime soon.

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01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,360
Speaker 2: But if there was a team that looked at Jake

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01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:35,040
Speaker 2: Browning and said that's a starting quarterback in the NFL,

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01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:38,120
Speaker 2: they would have pried him off the Bengals hands. So

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01:01:38,440 --> 01:01:41,320
Speaker 2: to me, there was always this possibility that he would

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Speaker 2: turn into a pumpkin. And yeah, maybe with you know,

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01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:46,840
Speaker 2: the dudes that he's throwing to, Jamar and t and

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01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,560
Speaker 2: the offense that he's in and the continuity, maybe that

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01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,280
Speaker 2: wasn't the likely outcome. I thought the likely outcome was

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01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:56,360
Speaker 2: the Bengals offense would would function okay, but admitted it's

1097
01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:59,600
Speaker 2: not exactly shocking that undrafted college free agent that the

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01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:02,080
Speaker 2: rest of the league pretty much said, yeah, there's Jake Browning.

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01:02:02,720 --> 01:02:05,000
Speaker 2: That's cool, wasn't going out of their way to go

1100
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,920
Speaker 2: get It's not that stunning that he turned into a pumpkin.

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01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:11,280
Speaker 2: So Jake ain't the guy. I don't have the answer

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01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:13,880
Speaker 2: to this question. I frankly haven't vettited out as much

1103
01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:18,880
Speaker 2: as I should. But is there a backup quarterback, purely

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01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:23,040
Speaker 2: a backup QB who's just a little bit more on

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01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:25,680
Speaker 2: their athletic prime and thus maybe has a little bit

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01:02:25,720 --> 01:02:28,200
Speaker 2: more upside than Joe Flacco? That's it. If the answer

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01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:30,919
Speaker 2: is no, and Joe Flacco's the guy.

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01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:31,240
Speaker 7: Cool.

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Speaker 2: If the answer is yes, but we can't get him

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01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:38,080
Speaker 2: because that dude wants a chance to start, Okay, fine,

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01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:42,720
Speaker 2: then it's Joe Flacco and that's cool. But I would understand,

1112
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:46,520
Speaker 2: and I I I don't know where the Bengals are

1113
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:49,960
Speaker 2: as it relates to Joe Flacco. I would I want

1114
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,120
Speaker 2: him back, but I also kind of want to have

1115
01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:54,520
Speaker 2: head it out a little bit just to see if

1116
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:57,880
Speaker 2: there's somebody I'm I'm using some antics here who's younger

1117
01:02:58,960 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 2: younger but as good, maybe younger and not quite as good.

1118
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:06,720
Speaker 2: Now I don't need the quick study anymore. I was

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01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:08,880
Speaker 2: that was something they badly needed because they needed somebody

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01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:10,800
Speaker 2: who could play against the Green Bay Packers after trading

1121
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:17,160
Speaker 2: for him on Tuesday. But that's fair if he's here, awesome,

1122
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:20,840
Speaker 2: But that would be one that I vetted out a

1123
01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:22,320
Speaker 2: little bit more Daunton Rise, and I would just go

1124
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:27,640
Speaker 2: ahead and sign, sorry, oh, whatever's behind door number two,

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01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:32,440
Speaker 2: keep it. Whatever's behind door number two for Bengals backup QB.

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01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:35,000
Speaker 2: I would be intrigued by twenty nine after four o'clock

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01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:37,200
Speaker 2: five point three seven, four nine, fifteen thirty, by the way,

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Speaker 2: and I'll run through all of the game times that

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01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:42,840
Speaker 2: have been moved because of the snow. But I was

1130
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:45,760
Speaker 2: looking for an answer about tomorrow's Cincinnati Cyclones game, and

1131
01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:47,960
Speaker 2: I have been told that it is going to take

1132
01:03:47,960 --> 01:03:50,920
Speaker 2: place at four o'clock tomorrow downtown. So the Clones their

1133
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:56,320
Speaker 2: Teddy Bear Toss game. Exactly when the snow starts, we'll see.

1134
01:03:56,360 --> 01:03:59,480
Speaker 2: But they're playing that bad boy at four o'clock. They

1135
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:03,120
Speaker 2: are on the road tonight, so maybe moving that game

1136
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,640
Speaker 2: up to noon is not that logically feasible. I do

1137
01:04:06,920 --> 01:04:09,280
Speaker 2: because that's a cool event. I wonder about the crowd

1138
01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:11,240
Speaker 2: for the game tomorrow. There have been a handful of

1139
01:04:11,240 --> 01:04:14,200
Speaker 2: other games that have had their tip times moved. I'm

1140
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:16,919
Speaker 2: obviously referencing college basketball. We'll run through all of them

1141
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Speaker 2: to sports headlines as well on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports.

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Speaker 2: camp catcher, Connor Burns infielder Camp Collier, catcher infielder PJ. Higgins,

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Speaker 2: righty A Junior Marte, lefty Anthony Missovich, and catcher Michael Troutwine.

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Speaker 2: Spring training begins February the eighth College troops. Tonight a

1158
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Speaker 2: couple of games involving area schools. Ohio States at Michigan.

1159
01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:32,240
Speaker 2: That's a big football rivalry. Also tonight, Indiana is at Rutgers.

1160
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Speaker 2: Now for tomorrow, handful of games involving area schools have

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Speaker 2: had their tip off times adjusted. I'll start with Xavier

1162
01:05:40,640 --> 01:05:43,640
Speaker 2: Musketeers taking on Saint John's Rick Patino looking for his

1163
01:05:43,840 --> 01:05:47,320
Speaker 2: nine hundredth win against his son Richard. That game was

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01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:49,440
Speaker 2: going to tip off at two thirty. It will now

1165
01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:52,480
Speaker 2: tip off at one thirty at the Cintas Center. Radio

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Speaker 2: coverage on seven hundred WLW. Xavier's women's team was supposed

1167
01:05:57,200 --> 01:06:00,320
Speaker 2: to play Georgetown on Sunday at the Cintas Seen. That

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Speaker 2: game is now going to take place tomorrow morning at

1169
01:06:03,240 --> 01:06:06,880
Speaker 2: nine to thirty. UCS women's game against Arizona State. Yesterday,

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Speaker 2: they announced that game was going to go from a

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01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:12,320
Speaker 2: two o'clock tip off to a noon tip off Tomorrow.

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01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:16,000
Speaker 2: The Kentucky Ole miss game at Ropperena tomorrow, an hour

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01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:18,560
Speaker 2: earlier than originally scheduled. They were going to tip off

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01:06:18,560 --> 01:06:22,640
Speaker 2: at noon. Now eleven am. ESPN fifteen thirty has it

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01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,880
Speaker 2: NKU is at Wright State. Remember that game was going

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Speaker 2: to tip off at seven o'clock. It is now a

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Speaker 2: one o'clock tip. That game's radio coverage could be heard

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01:06:31,360 --> 01:06:35,880
Speaker 2: on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. Dayton's at Saint Joe's tomorrow afternoon,

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01:06:36,160 --> 01:06:40,720
Speaker 2: Cincinnati's at Arizona State ten pm tip on seven hundred WLW,

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01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:45,840
Speaker 2: no snow issues in ten p. The college football playoff

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01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:49,120
Speaker 2: field is not expanding for the twenty twenty six season.

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01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:53,400
Speaker 2: This was originally reported by ESPN's Pete Damil It's Days

1183
01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:58,160
Speaker 2: of twelve Hockey Tonight the cyclone skate at Bloomington twenty

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Speaker 2: four from uh five o'clock five point three seven nine,

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01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 2: fifteen thirty is our number. Thanks to everybody who has

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01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:10,360
Speaker 2: waited patiently. Josh, You're on ESPN fifteen thirty. Josh, good afternoon.

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01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 2: How are you happy Friday? How are you wonderful? Happy

1188
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:17,000
Speaker 2: Friday to you? What's up? Hey?

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Speaker 8: Uh, Clo, you're not a not a big Cincinnati basketball fan.

1190
01:07:21,040 --> 01:07:23,320
Speaker 8: I'm a Bucky. I'm a buck guy by basketball.

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01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:26,360
Speaker 16: I told all the program closely enough by listening to

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Speaker 16: you over the years, You're welcome and the UH put

1193
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:33,960
Speaker 16: you play At the other day of him complaining to

1194
01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:37,440
Speaker 16: the Big Ten and UH my own observations when they

1195
01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:39,720
Speaker 16: came to town to play the book as this past weekend.

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01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:42,000
Speaker 16: He's a very crotchety man, isn't it.

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01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:44,720
Speaker 2: One might call him a pinion.

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Speaker 16: You get to feel like, yeah, I get to feel

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Speaker 16: like he's opinionated, and he yeah. I. I personally don't

1200
01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:53,760
Speaker 16: know how he gets all the guys he doesn't play

1201
01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:55,720
Speaker 16: for him, but that's neither here nor there.

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Speaker 8: He's a successful turb Yeah.

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01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:04,120
Speaker 2: I so you referenced with the audio that I played

1204
01:08:04,120 --> 01:08:07,400
Speaker 2: after UCLA beat Purdue, which was a great victory for

1205
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:12,240
Speaker 2: his team, badly needed. He complained about the schedule, where

1206
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:15,520
Speaker 2: you know, UCLA had to play five of his first

1207
01:08:15,600 --> 01:08:18,800
Speaker 2: seven Big Ten games on the road and then came

1208
01:08:18,840 --> 01:08:21,840
Speaker 2: back after playing on Saturday and Columbus to take on Purdue,

1209
01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:23,800
Speaker 2: a very good Purdue team the team picked to win

1210
01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:27,400
Speaker 2: the Big Ten and play them on a Tuesday, and

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01:08:27,479 --> 01:08:30,559
Speaker 2: Purdue had already been in Southern California because they played

1212
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:34,559
Speaker 2: USC on Thursday, and my take on it was, Dude,

1213
01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:37,000
Speaker 2: you're in the Big Ten. Like in any league, there

1214
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,960
Speaker 2: are going to be some scheduling irregularities when you're in

1215
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:44,800
Speaker 2: a league that spans one coast to the other. Eventually

1216
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:48,559
Speaker 2: there's going to be a regularities that don't favor you know,

1217
01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:50,960
Speaker 2: your school, and if you don't like that, then don't

1218
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:51,720
Speaker 2: join the Big Ten.

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Speaker 7: Right.

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Speaker 8: I'm just bored with you mentioned that Flaco earlier.

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Speaker 16: I just wanted to say that, boy, a certain team

1222
01:09:02,120 --> 01:09:08,320
Speaker 16: that in Texas this past weekend left.

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Speaker 2: A lot to be desired. They Yeah, you know, it

1224
01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:13,400
Speaker 2: was was funny because you you couldn't have watched the

1225
01:09:13,439 --> 01:09:17,080
Speaker 2: game against the Steelers and not been fearful about a

1226
01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:19,599
Speaker 2: repeat performance. I didn't think he could play any worse

1227
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:22,760
Speaker 2: than he did against Pittsburgh and he did against the Patriots.

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01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:25,880
Speaker 8: Yeah, I getting big Buck back.

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Speaker 10: Fan.

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01:09:26,200 --> 01:09:28,800
Speaker 8: Loved the guy to death, but yeah, I hate to

1231
01:09:28,840 --> 01:09:29,600
Speaker 8: say it, he's not it.

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01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:33,040
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I during that game was wondering if they

1233
01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:35,080
Speaker 2: should bring in Davis Mills, and I know that's been

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01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:37,000
Speaker 2: the talk all week in Houston as well.

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Speaker 16: Yeah, so, I you know, I love to have it back,

1236
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:42,880
Speaker 16: but I can think of a handful of teams that

1237
01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:44,320
Speaker 16: he could probably start.

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01:09:44,160 --> 01:09:46,840
Speaker 8: For next year, So we may not have to say

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01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:48,400
Speaker 8: in the matter ortunately.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe Josh, thanks very much. I don't I don't know.

1241
01:09:51,840 --> 01:09:54,559
Speaker 2: I don't know how many teams will say, even if

1242
01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:57,120
Speaker 2: we need a placeholder that forty one year old Joe

1243
01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:58,920
Speaker 2: Flacco was going to be the guy. I don't know.

1244
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:02,280
Speaker 2: I I also don't know what Joe Flacco is prioritizing.

1245
01:10:02,360 --> 01:10:05,720
Speaker 2: For what it's worth, our friend Paul Daaner Junior, who

1246
01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:10,760
Speaker 2: has a great feel for such things, assigned a percentage

1247
01:10:11,160 --> 01:10:14,759
Speaker 2: as it relates to the likelihood of every pending Bengals

1248
01:10:14,760 --> 01:10:17,080
Speaker 2: free agent coming back, and he had Joe Flacco at

1249
01:10:17,120 --> 01:10:21,080
Speaker 2: thirty three percent. So, according to somebody who's close to it,

1250
01:10:21,200 --> 01:10:26,200
Speaker 2: like Paul, there's more than a non zero chance that

1251
01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:27,880
Speaker 2: the Bengals will be in the market for a backup

1252
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:31,880
Speaker 2: quarterback this offseason. It can't be Jake Browning. I hope

1253
01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:35,920
Speaker 2: it's Joe Flacco or a younger facsimile. I don't know

1254
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Speaker 2: who that might be. We'll see, Mike. Go ahead, you're

1255
01:10:40,040 --> 01:10:41,320
Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:41,519
Speaker 7: Mike.

1257
01:10:41,560 --> 01:10:43,599
Speaker 2: I've put you on the air multiple days this week.

1258
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:44,600
Speaker 2: Good afternoon. How are you?

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01:10:45,960 --> 01:10:49,920
Speaker 10: Yeah, I know, it's awesome. Yeah, you're a very kind man.

1260
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:50,519
Speaker 7: Thank you.

1261
01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:54,080
Speaker 10: Gearing up for the storm, are you?

1262
01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:54,839
Speaker 7: Okay?

1263
01:10:55,560 --> 01:10:58,320
Speaker 10: Well, let me ask you this. Have you ever parked

1264
01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:01,519
Speaker 10: in handicapped parking because you were in a hurry? No,

1265
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 10: thank you, because if you had, I'm hanging up.

1266
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:06,840
Speaker 2: You're a scumbag.

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01:11:06,840 --> 01:11:10,719
Speaker 10: If you do that, people, that is so frick and rude.

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01:11:10,720 --> 01:11:15,040
Speaker 10: It's unbelievable, and that's what pet people want. Okay, okay,

1269
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:18,360
Speaker 10: So what would you say are the two worst weather

1270
01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:21,920
Speaker 10: events that can happen to human beings.

1271
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:24,519
Speaker 2: To any human being anywhere, to a human being.

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01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:27,439
Speaker 10: Here, any anywhere, any any time.

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01:11:27,479 --> 01:11:30,960
Speaker 2: A well, like a tornado blowing down your house, that

1274
01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:35,280
Speaker 2: would be bad, like any any any storm of Yeah,

1275
01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:38,040
Speaker 2: but I mean, like the tornadoes do kill people, like

1276
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:40,519
Speaker 2: that could still happen to you. You may have a warning,

1277
01:11:40,600 --> 01:11:43,760
Speaker 2: but that I mean you there's a lot of weather

1278
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:48,360
Speaker 2: events where there are warnings. Hurricanes have warnings, of course. Yeah,

1279
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:53,439
Speaker 2: So any weather, any any weather event that could kill people,

1280
01:11:53,479 --> 01:11:55,800
Speaker 2: I would say are among the worst worst types of

1281
01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:56,519
Speaker 2: weather events.

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01:11:57,400 --> 01:11:59,920
Speaker 10: But the earthquake is the worst because they've never figured

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Speaker 10: how to produce, how to predict them.

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Speaker 2: But is an earthquake a weather event or a seismic event?

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Speaker 10: Well, I don't know. I didn't want to do that.

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Speaker 10: What is this going to lead into yesterday that Rick

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01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:18,000
Speaker 10: Bettino didn't win two champions?

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Speaker 8: No?

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Speaker 2: But I mean is like to me, weather is something.

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Speaker 2: Weather is right. Weather is something you can predict. You

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01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:26,519
Speaker 2: can predict if it's going to be sunny, you can

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Speaker 2: predict if it's going to be cold. You can predict

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Speaker 2: if it's gonna snow. And there's, there's, there's. There's obviously

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Speaker 2: some difficulty in predicting such things. Earthquakes can't be predicted.

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Speaker 2: So does it fall does it fall under the umbrella

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Speaker 2: of weather?

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Speaker 10: I don't know technically, but I know it's it's a

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Speaker 10: nightmare because poor, poor folks don't know. And then wildfires

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Speaker 10: would be the second because they come up so quickly

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Speaker 10: and they devastate so much so fast. Okay, I'll get

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Speaker 10: off earthquakes.

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Speaker 2: There you go. Earthquakes are considered natural disasters.

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Speaker 10: Okay, all right, so you google it.

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Speaker 2: I did. I did. I I literally looked up is

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01:13:07,640 --> 01:13:13,160
Speaker 2: earthquake considered weather? Now? Earthquake can be considered a natural disaster.

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01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:17,439
Speaker 2: A hurricane can be considered a natural disaster, but an

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01:13:17,479 --> 01:13:20,880
Speaker 2: earthquake can't be considered weather, and a hurricane can.

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Speaker 10: Okay, God, you're you know you're You're such a pain

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Speaker 10: in my boots.

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Speaker 7: You brought it up.

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Speaker 2: Hey man, you called me to talk about earthquakes.

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Speaker 10: We had to go, but you had to go technical

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Speaker 10: on me.

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Speaker 7: Weirdo.

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01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:40,000
Speaker 10: Anyway, Uh, listen to this.

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Speaker 17: Listen at this.

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Speaker 10: I found out today because I always longed to be

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Speaker 10: in Cincinnati on teen times a day because that's my hometown.

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01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:49,880
Speaker 10: I love Cincinnati, and the weather's better here, but I

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Speaker 10: love Cincinnati. But I did some research today and I

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01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:57,880
Speaker 10: found out that sleep is not a problem. Well is

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01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:00,920
Speaker 10: a problem is freezing rain because it add like seven

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01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:04,679
Speaker 10: hundred and fifty pounds per square foot two power lines

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01:14:04,720 --> 01:14:08,880
Speaker 10: and tree limbs. And that's the killer, is the freezing rain.

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Speaker 10: And you can google that.

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Speaker 2: I will, I will. I don't like any of it.

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Speaker 2: I don't like freezing rain, I don't like sleet, I

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01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:19,080
Speaker 2: don't like snow.

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Speaker 7: I like mo.

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Speaker 10: Egar in southern California or Arizona or somewhere you'd get

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01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,280
Speaker 10: great out there.

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01:14:26,400 --> 01:14:28,160
Speaker 2: I'll be in Arizona in six weeks.

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01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:31,080
Speaker 10: I know how come you can go on this road

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01:14:31,080 --> 01:14:32,160
Speaker 10: trip for the basketball.

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Speaker 2: It's a good question.

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Speaker 10: I've been dying to ask you that. Well, I just

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01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:41,120
Speaker 10: figured there was logistical or you know, just reasons.

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01:14:41,080 --> 01:14:43,480
Speaker 2: I have to be I have to be here performing

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01:14:43,520 --> 01:14:45,400
Speaker 2: this amazing sports talk radio show.

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01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:48,439
Speaker 10: But you've done it before.

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01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:50,439
Speaker 7: Maybe not. I don't know what I've.

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01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:51,400
Speaker 2: Done it from the road before.

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Speaker 18: Yes, yeah, I heard Cam Newton say today that Garrett

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01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:02,120
Speaker 18: stid On when he was at Auburn.

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01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:08,760
Speaker 10: Was he spoke very highly Pierceton. Okay, steven A Smith

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01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:11,200
Speaker 10: as well. He hadn't thrown the pants in against since

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01:15:11,200 --> 01:15:16,880
Speaker 10: twenty pointy three. I really still like the way Don

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01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:20,160
Speaker 10: Payton can work things. And I really believe they're gonna

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01:15:20,160 --> 01:15:23,560
Speaker 10: beat New England tomorrow because New England played a soft schedule,

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01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:27,240
Speaker 10: and I don't know about the youngster if he's gonna

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01:15:27,320 --> 01:15:30,040
Speaker 10: wilt a little bit because he wasn't that good in

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01:15:30,040 --> 01:15:34,080
Speaker 10: the first two games. I'm taking Denver. I'm definitely taking

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01:15:34,120 --> 01:15:34,960
Speaker 10: Denver in the point.

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Speaker 2: Well, I don't think it's I don't think it's unfair

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01:15:39,680 --> 01:15:44,320
Speaker 2: to wonder about Drake May based on his two playoff performances.

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01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:47,360
Speaker 2: But I don't know why you would be concerned about

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01:15:47,479 --> 01:15:51,000
Speaker 2: him wilting and Jared Stidham not Wilting. Drake May is

1358
01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:54,200
Speaker 2: the more experienced. Drake May has been playing all season long,

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01:15:54,400 --> 01:15:58,120
Speaker 2: might be the MVP in this league, and so I

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01:15:58,400 --> 01:16:00,720
Speaker 2: Drake May has played unevenly here in the postseason. I

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01:16:00,720 --> 01:16:03,439
Speaker 2: think that's that's inarguable. But if you're going to be

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01:16:03,479 --> 01:16:07,400
Speaker 2: worried about him being shaky in the postseason, why would

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01:16:07,439 --> 01:16:09,680
Speaker 2: you not have similar concerns for a guy who has

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01:16:09,720 --> 01:16:11,400
Speaker 2: barely ever played in this league?

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Speaker 10: No, I do. I do have concerns about the guy.

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01:16:16,040 --> 01:16:18,679
Speaker 10: I guess My bottom line is I really want Denver

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01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:22,960
Speaker 10: to win because I'm still tired of the Patriots, even

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01:16:22,960 --> 01:16:25,920
Speaker 10: though I love Tom Brady. I can't. How can you

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01:16:25,960 --> 01:16:30,200
Speaker 10: not love Tom Brady? Okay? And then Stafford. I think

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01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:33,679
Speaker 10: Stafford will be Donald tomorrow, I really do. I think

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01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:37,479
Speaker 10: that big game thing and McVeigh runs that thirteen offense

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01:16:37,560 --> 01:16:40,599
Speaker 10: with twenty seven tight ends on the field or whatever

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01:16:40,600 --> 01:16:45,400
Speaker 10: he does. I really I respect the Seahawks tremendously and

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01:16:45,439 --> 01:16:47,519
Speaker 10: they'll probably win. But I got a root for you

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01:16:47,560 --> 01:16:47,800
Speaker 10: know who?

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Speaker 8: My last thing Yeah go ahead, yeah.

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01:16:51,840 --> 01:16:55,679
Speaker 18: I know you moreing you my last My last thing

1378
01:16:55,880 --> 01:17:01,320
Speaker 18: is I think the Pittsburgh Pirates. I am impressed with

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Speaker 18: what they've done in the off season, and I think

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01:17:04,160 --> 01:17:06,719
Speaker 18: they may surprise the few people in the NL Central.

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Speaker 2: I think they've had a productive offseason. I don't think

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01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:13,960
Speaker 2: they can win the National League Central. I don't think

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01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:15,840
Speaker 2: the Reds win the National League Central eider for that's

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01:17:16,160 --> 01:17:19,560
Speaker 2: for what it's worth. Now, if Pittsburgh does get a

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01:17:19,680 --> 01:17:22,760
Speaker 2: u Haeni Uosuarez and they have been connected to them,

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01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:28,479
Speaker 2: maybe that's a game changer. But I don't. I don't

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01:17:28,520 --> 01:17:30,519
Speaker 2: think the Pirates can win the National League Central.

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01:17:31,400 --> 01:17:33,000
Speaker 10: No, I don't think they can win it. I think

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01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:36,240
Speaker 10: they have a chance to finish, maybe ahead of the Reds.

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01:17:36,280 --> 01:17:39,960
Speaker 10: I don't want them to, but just objectively looking at

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01:17:39,960 --> 01:17:42,439
Speaker 10: what they've the additions they've gotten and a couple of

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01:17:42,680 --> 01:17:45,280
Speaker 10: five stars have hit coming up through the miners. As

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01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:47,799
Speaker 10: far as pitchers, I think they got a legit shot

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01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:52,639
Speaker 10: to do better after ten long years of playoff terrout.

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01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:59,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, they the Pirates should be better. Obviously, the starting

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01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:02,479
Speaker 2: pick has been good for a couple of years. They

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01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:07,559
Speaker 2: have upgraded their offense. You know, they have dipped their

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01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:13,320
Speaker 2: toes into the Kyle Schwarber and Josh Naylor sweepstakes. They

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01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:16,599
Speaker 2: could be better. I'm curious as to whether or not

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Speaker 2: O'Neil Cruz takes a major step forward. I'm curious as

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01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:24,320
Speaker 2: to whether or not Connor Griffin, who's like their biggest

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01:18:24,360 --> 01:18:26,880
Speaker 2: and best prospect, if he gets to the big leagues

1403
01:18:26,920 --> 01:18:29,960
Speaker 2: and makes an impact. I'm curious as to whether guys

1404
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:33,639
Speaker 2: like Spencer Horowitz and Joey Bart are better this year.

1405
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:36,960
Speaker 2: The starting pitching is in place, There's no question about it.

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01:18:37,240 --> 01:18:41,080
Speaker 2: I cannot imagine the Pirates winning the National League Central

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01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:44,920
Speaker 2: But I also don't think ninety seven wins is going

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01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:46,760
Speaker 2: to be the win total for the first place team

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01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:49,479
Speaker 2: in this division like it was last year, which lowers

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01:18:49,520 --> 01:18:52,120
Speaker 2: the bar for a team like Pittsburgh or perhaps even

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01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:53,080
Speaker 2: like the Reds.

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01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:56,880
Speaker 10: Yeah, and I know I have to go now, but

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01:18:57,560 --> 01:19:00,160
Speaker 10: look up the difference between sweet and freezing range. You

1414
01:19:00,240 --> 01:19:02,600
Speaker 10: have a great weekend, and enjoy yourself and get my

1415
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:03,439
Speaker 10: best to your family.

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01:19:03,560 --> 01:19:06,080
Speaker 2: All right, Mike, I do know there's a difference between

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01:19:06,120 --> 01:19:09,000
Speaker 2: sleet and freezing rain. I don't know how I know that,

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01:19:10,040 --> 01:19:13,040
Speaker 2: but I think I heard Steve Horsemeier many many many

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01:19:13,120 --> 01:19:16,200
Speaker 2: years ago on the radio with Jim Scott explaining the

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01:19:16,200 --> 01:19:20,240
Speaker 2: difference between sleet and rain. And then I think it

1421
01:19:20,280 --> 01:19:22,640
Speaker 2: was last year at this time we were introduced to

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01:19:22,680 --> 01:19:27,439
Speaker 2: the term groppel, and I didn't know what groppel is,

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01:19:29,320 --> 01:19:31,719
Speaker 2: and I'm not even sure I know what groppol is now,

1424
01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:38,360
Speaker 2: but two different area television meteorologists slid into my DMS

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01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:42,080
Speaker 2: to chastise me for not knowing what groppol is. I

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01:19:42,120 --> 01:19:44,280
Speaker 2: don't know if we're getting any groppol this weekend, but

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01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:47,960
Speaker 2: we apparently are getting snow. Five point three seven four nine,

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Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. Yeah, earthquakes not what weather to me involves

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01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:56,920
Speaker 2: the atmosphere and wind and the sky and ATMOSPHERICX. What

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01:19:57,200 --> 01:20:02,080
Speaker 2: the earthquake is just an unfortunate like the event. So no,

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01:20:02,240 --> 01:20:09,679
Speaker 2: an earthquake is not weather, It's a natural disaster. UH

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Speaker 4: southbound seventy one seventy five. It's an accident on the

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Speaker 4: the ramp. I'm at ezelic with traffic.

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Speaker 2: This report is sponsor. Bills are apparently gonna interview Philip

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01:20:56,320 --> 01:21:02,160
Speaker 2: Rivers to be their head coach. Philip Rivers, who left

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01:21:02,160 --> 01:21:05,240
Speaker 2: the NFL in twenty twenty, retired, was coaching in high

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01:21:05,240 --> 01:21:08,320
Speaker 2: school and then went and joined the Indianapolis Colts, which

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01:21:08,439 --> 01:21:11,000
Speaker 2: was a fun and interesting story. It didn't result in

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01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:15,519
Speaker 2: the Colts making the postseason or avoiding the collapse that

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01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:18,479
Speaker 2: they authored this year, but it was a fun story.

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01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:22,280
Speaker 2: Philip Rivers. Philip Rivers may be a great coaching candidate,

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01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:26,560
Speaker 2: he may be a terrific head coach. He may be

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01:21:26,960 --> 01:21:31,639
Speaker 2: exactly what the Buffalo Bills need, but let me ask this.

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01:21:32,120 --> 01:21:36,120
Speaker 2: So they move on from Sean McDermott. And it kind

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01:21:36,160 --> 01:21:39,559
Speaker 2: of felt like as this season unfolded that if the

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01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:42,840
Speaker 2: Bills didn't get to the Super Bowl that there was

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01:21:42,880 --> 01:21:45,360
Speaker 2: a pretty good chance that Sean McDermott was blown out. Now,

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01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:48,639
Speaker 2: the owner had this bizarre press conference where he talked about,

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01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:51,640
Speaker 2: you know, making the decision based on the loss to

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Speaker 2: the Broncos, making the decision in the locker room after

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Speaker 2: the game, and so they move on from Sean McDermott,

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Speaker 2: And like, on one level, I understand it. I think

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01:22:00,240 --> 01:22:03,800
Speaker 2: you would do right. Uh, you have an A lister

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01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:07,320
Speaker 2: at quarterback, you got one of the absolute genuine dudes,

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01:22:07,360 --> 01:22:10,160
Speaker 2: an MVP caliber guy. You're not winning with him, You're

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01:22:10,160 --> 01:22:12,120
Speaker 2: not moving on from him. You only get so many

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01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:14,240
Speaker 2: cracks at it. You move on and you try to

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01:22:14,280 --> 01:22:17,880
Speaker 2: find somebody else. Here in Cincinnati, where the Bengals have

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01:22:18,520 --> 01:22:20,479
Speaker 2: an A lister or at quarterback, one of the best

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Speaker 2: in the sport, dude who's been an MVP finalist, they're

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Speaker 2: staying with continuity. And so I think the easy reaction

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Speaker 2: that a lot of people have is, hey, see, they're

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Speaker 2: doing it right in Buffalo. They're doing it right in Buffalo.

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01:22:33,880 --> 01:22:35,920
Speaker 2: What they're doing in Buffalo is what they should do

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01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:42,200
Speaker 2: in Cincinnati. Are we sure they're doing it right in Buffalo? Like,

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01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:45,760
Speaker 2: there's the championship window they're in. They may not hire

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01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:48,840
Speaker 2: Philip Rivers. Just because you're interviewing somebody doesn't mean you're

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01:22:48,880 --> 01:22:51,960
Speaker 2: gonna hire them. It feels like he would not be

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01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,559
Speaker 2: the odds on favorite to get the gig, although I

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01:22:54,600 --> 01:22:58,439
Speaker 2: don't know who is. But are we sure they're getting

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01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:04,799
Speaker 2: it right? Where this is all the table giving Josh Allen,

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01:23:05,400 --> 01:23:08,760
Speaker 2: with the Josh Allen window being open, but not being

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01:23:08,800 --> 01:23:13,040
Speaker 2: open forever looking for a better coach, looking for somebody

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01:23:13,040 --> 01:23:16,839
Speaker 2: who can break through with Josh Allen, and that's somebody

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01:23:16,880 --> 01:23:20,320
Speaker 2: being a dude who has never been an NFL head

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01:23:20,360 --> 01:23:24,320
Speaker 2: coach before. I know he's been a high school head coach,

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01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:27,960
Speaker 2: and I know he had a terrific playing career, and

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01:23:28,120 --> 01:23:31,719
Speaker 2: he may be a great head coach. But if I'm

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01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:35,360
Speaker 2: Josh Allen, I think if you're a Josh Allen, aren't

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01:23:35,360 --> 01:23:36,559
Speaker 2: you kind of looking at that going?

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Speaker 10: Uh?

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01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:40,240
Speaker 2: Really? He may love Philip Rivers, he may want Philip

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01:23:40,320 --> 01:23:44,080
Speaker 2: Rivers to be the coach. But if the idea here

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01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:47,360
Speaker 2: is to contrast the Bengals to every team that's making

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Speaker 2: a change, I don't know. Man feels like the Bills

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01:23:51,439 --> 01:23:53,360
Speaker 2: kind of don't have a plan for who their head

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01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:56,080
Speaker 2: coach is going to be, especially if it includes a

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01:23:56,160 --> 01:23:59,840
Speaker 2: dude whose coaching experience is limited to the high school level.

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01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:04,479
Speaker 2: Are we sure they're doing it right? Are we sure

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01:24:04,520 --> 01:24:08,320
Speaker 2: they're doing it the way the Bengals should do it now?

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01:24:08,400 --> 01:24:11,000
Speaker 2: Chances are had the Bengals moved on from Zach Taylor,

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01:24:11,360 --> 01:24:14,000
Speaker 2: one of the interviewees would not be Philip Rivers. I

1503
01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:17,880
Speaker 2: think that would be shocking. Again, Philip Rivers may end

1504
01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:20,120
Speaker 2: up being an awesome NFL head coach. He may be

1505
01:24:20,120 --> 01:24:22,680
Speaker 2: a great coaching candidate, wow him in the interviews, end

1506
01:24:22,760 --> 01:24:24,719
Speaker 2: up being the guy, and the Bills win the title

1507
01:24:24,760 --> 01:24:28,559
Speaker 2: next year? But does that feel like the most likely outcome?

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01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:31,000
Speaker 2: First of all, there are roster issues. One of the

1509
01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:33,240
Speaker 2: big stories in the NFL is why they promote the

1510
01:24:33,280 --> 01:24:36,720
Speaker 2: GM despite having all these roster issues. That kind of

1511
01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:41,519
Speaker 2: torpedo that team season this year. But if you look

1512
01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:44,080
Speaker 2: at the Bills and go see, this is what real

1513
01:24:44,240 --> 01:24:48,240
Speaker 2: NFL teams do. On one level, sure, they only give

1514
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:51,640
Speaker 2: a really good coach so many cracks at it when

1515
01:24:51,640 --> 01:24:54,760
Speaker 2: he's got a great quarterback, and Sean McDermott had a

1516
01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:58,800
Speaker 2: great quarterback. But if the plan to replace him involves

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01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:03,639
Speaker 2: possibly a dude who a month ago was winding down

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01:25:03,680 --> 01:25:08,160
Speaker 2: his playing career. Is that really the team that you

1519
01:25:08,240 --> 01:25:09,280
Speaker 2: want the Bengals to be?

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Speaker 6: Like?

1521
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:12,800
Speaker 2: I don't know that the answer is yes or no.

1522
01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:16,400
Speaker 2: Time I think will tell more than anything else. But

1523
01:25:16,479 --> 01:25:20,240
Speaker 2: you heard that a lot on Monday. This is how

1524
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:25,679
Speaker 2: real organizations operate. This is what a serious franchise does.

1525
01:25:26,560 --> 01:25:31,080
Speaker 2: And on some level maybe that's true. But does a

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01:25:31,160 --> 01:25:36,560
Speaker 2: serious franchise, a well run organization include among the possible

1527
01:25:36,600 --> 01:25:41,240
Speaker 2: replacements for the second most successful coach in franchise history

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Speaker 2: a guy who last month was playing quarterback in the

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Speaker 2: way it did earlier. I'll revisit it, and we got

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Speaker 2: the weekend of college basketball to look ahead to as well.

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Speaker 2: Let me ask you a question. Is it better or

1542
01:26:36,160 --> 01:26:40,640
Speaker 2: worse that the Reds tried to go after Kyle Schwerberg.

1543
01:26:42,520 --> 01:26:45,720
Speaker 2: It was fun for about thirty six hours when we

1544
01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:50,640
Speaker 2: were kind of talking ourselves and at being a possibility.

1545
01:26:51,680 --> 01:26:57,160
Speaker 2: Obviously it didn't happen. Is it better or worse? That's

1546
01:26:57,160 --> 01:26:59,400
Speaker 2: coming up in about fifteen minutes on Moleger. This is

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01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:02,400
Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty. Thanks for listening. Hopefully your weekend is

1548
01:27:02,439 --> 01:27:05,640
Speaker 2: off to a great start. Hopefully you are prepping for

1549
01:27:05,680 --> 01:27:10,320
Speaker 2: the snow. Hopefully you're not doing what I did this morning.

1550
01:27:12,560 --> 01:27:16,599
Speaker 2: I didn't wait in line at Kroger, but I watched.

1551
01:27:16,760 --> 01:27:20,240
Speaker 2: I watched those lines. I tried to buy four things.

1552
01:27:20,479 --> 01:27:23,040
Speaker 2: Ain't happening. I think there are folks who are probably

1553
01:27:23,160 --> 01:27:26,160
Speaker 2: just getting to the checkout now who are in line

1554
01:27:26,320 --> 01:27:30,320
Speaker 2: when I was there this morning at about nine forty five. Anyway,

1555
01:27:30,360 --> 01:27:34,360
Speaker 2: we're getting weather for I think that the word that

1556
01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:37,360
Speaker 2: the meteorologists have been using the most this week has

1557
01:27:37,400 --> 01:27:41,040
Speaker 2: been impact. We're gonna get some weather. Impact. Whatever happened

1558
01:27:41,080 --> 01:27:42,639
Speaker 2: to just saying we're gonna get a lot of snow.

1559
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:46,320
Speaker 2: Every meteorologist I watched on TV this morning was like,

1560
01:27:46,320 --> 01:27:48,919
Speaker 2: we're have weather impact. It's gonna be a weather impact.

1561
01:27:50,160 --> 01:27:54,160
Speaker 2: It's gonna snow a lot. How much is it gonna snow?

1562
01:27:54,479 --> 01:27:56,679
Speaker 2: When's the snow gonna start? When's the snow gonna start?

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Speaker 2: Weather impact?

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Speaker 14: Uh?

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01:27:59,240 --> 01:28:00,680
Speaker 2: We got a phone call or two to get to

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Speaker 2: this hour five one three seven nine, fifteen thirty is

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Speaker 2: our phone number eight sixty six seven oh two three

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Speaker 2: seven seven six on Twitter at Moe Egger. More on

1569
01:28:12,800 --> 01:28:16,200
Speaker 2: this letter to the editor which I used to start

1570
01:28:16,240 --> 01:28:18,320
Speaker 2: the show, and we'll touch on the college hoops from

1571
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:23,800
Speaker 2: this weekend as well. Alan, you're on ESPN fifteen thirty. Alan,

1572
01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:25,040
Speaker 2: good afternoon. How are you.

1573
01:28:26,920 --> 01:28:29,880
Speaker 7: I'm fine. I'm gonna throw a curve at you. I

1574
01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:31,519
Speaker 7: want to talk about Joe Burrow.

1575
01:28:31,720 --> 01:28:32,599
Speaker 2: You can go ahead.

1576
01:28:33,800 --> 01:28:36,680
Speaker 7: Yeah. My question is simple. I've been wondering about this

1577
01:28:36,760 --> 01:28:40,559
Speaker 7: for some time. Have you ever interviewed Joe Burrow on

1578
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:41,479
Speaker 7: your show? I have.

1579
01:28:41,640 --> 01:28:43,400
Speaker 2: I was the first person to interview him on the

1580
01:28:43,479 --> 01:28:44,440
Speaker 2: radio in Cincinnati.

1581
01:28:45,439 --> 01:28:49,080
Speaker 7: Was that when he was drafted? It was well, see

1582
01:28:49,080 --> 01:28:51,320
Speaker 7: That's what I'm getting at. They all do that. Have

1583
01:28:51,439 --> 01:28:55,160
Speaker 7: you has he? I'm sure you continue to try I

1584
01:28:55,200 --> 01:29:00,639
Speaker 7: know he's very private, and I understand that. I got

1585
01:29:00,680 --> 01:29:02,680
Speaker 7: to believe he could find fifteen or twenty minutes for

1586
01:29:02,800 --> 01:29:03,320
Speaker 7: you someday.

1587
01:29:03,520 --> 01:29:05,599
Speaker 2: It would be awesome if he would. It has been

1588
01:29:05,640 --> 01:29:06,479
Speaker 2: something that was.

1589
01:29:07,800 --> 01:29:11,160
Speaker 7: It almost seems like he snubs or local sports people.

1590
01:29:12,520 --> 01:29:15,479
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, to a degree. Sure that's fair. I don't

1591
01:29:15,520 --> 01:29:18,240
Speaker 2: know if snubs is the right word, but he doesn't.

1592
01:29:18,320 --> 01:29:21,360
Speaker 2: He doesn't want to do. He doesn't want to do

1593
01:29:21,520 --> 01:29:23,519
Speaker 2: more than he's obligated to locally.

1594
01:29:24,760 --> 01:29:28,719
Speaker 7: Gotcha. Well, I hope he changes his student someday because

1595
01:29:28,840 --> 01:29:29,400
Speaker 7: I love the.

1596
01:29:29,360 --> 01:29:30,360
Speaker 2: Guy and me too.

1597
01:29:30,680 --> 01:29:33,760
Speaker 7: I'd love to hear you just have a casual conversation

1598
01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:34,519
Speaker 7: with him, you know.

1599
01:29:35,560 --> 01:29:38,479
Speaker 2: So here I will, I'll pull the curtain back. Are

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01:29:38,479 --> 01:29:38,880
Speaker 2: you ready?

1601
01:29:39,960 --> 01:29:40,200
Speaker 10: Sure?

1602
01:29:40,240 --> 01:29:40,599
Speaker 7: All right?

1603
01:29:40,640 --> 01:29:46,400
Speaker 2: So this past summer he represents body body Armor, the

1604
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:50,680
Speaker 2: sports drink like he's one of their brand ambassadors. And

1605
01:29:50,760 --> 01:29:55,719
Speaker 2: there was an event that he did for and I'm

1606
01:29:55,760 --> 01:29:58,759
Speaker 2: probably screwing up who was allowed to attend this event,

1607
01:29:58,840 --> 01:30:02,519
Speaker 2: but he was a part of an event for people

1608
01:30:02,520 --> 01:30:06,200
Speaker 2: who work for body Armor, which I believe is an

1609
01:30:06,240 --> 01:30:08,599
Speaker 2: extension of coke, And I could be getting this wrong,

1610
01:30:08,680 --> 01:30:12,719
Speaker 2: but essentially about forty people who work for Body Armor

1611
01:30:12,760 --> 01:30:17,160
Speaker 2: their salespeople, maybe their vendors. Got a chance to have

1612
01:30:17,439 --> 01:30:24,400
Speaker 2: a dinner at an expensive downtown steakhouse and Joe Burrow

1613
01:30:24,520 --> 01:30:26,160
Speaker 2: was there for a meet and greet and a Q

1614
01:30:26,320 --> 01:30:31,240
Speaker 2: and A for an hour. And I know a woman

1615
01:30:31,280 --> 01:30:33,599
Speaker 2: who works for the body armor brand, and she said

1616
01:30:33,640 --> 01:30:36,400
Speaker 2: to me, we need an MC for this event, somebody

1617
01:30:36,439 --> 01:30:38,840
Speaker 2: to do the Q and A. And so I did

1618
01:30:38,880 --> 01:30:41,120
Speaker 2: the Q and A with Joe Burrow and again probably

1619
01:30:41,160 --> 01:30:43,599
Speaker 2: thirty to forty people and everybody got their picture taken

1620
01:30:43,640 --> 01:30:47,040
Speaker 2: with him, and it was really cool. And so they

1621
01:30:47,040 --> 01:30:49,519
Speaker 2: took me back to the kitchen. Joe is not the kitchen,

1622
01:30:49,720 --> 01:30:51,759
Speaker 2: an office to the side of the kitchen, and Joe

1623
01:30:51,800 --> 01:30:54,680
Speaker 2: is just sitting there hanging out. And they said, we're

1624
01:30:54,680 --> 01:30:56,080
Speaker 2: going to bring you back and you could talk with

1625
01:30:56,160 --> 01:30:58,280
Speaker 2: Joe to see if there's anything he doesn't want to discuss.

1626
01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:00,840
Speaker 2: And I said, like, that's awesome. I'm in this room

1627
01:31:00,840 --> 01:31:02,599
Speaker 2: with him. I don't think I've ever told this story

1628
01:31:02,600 --> 01:31:04,080
Speaker 2: of publicly and I'm in this room with him, and

1629
01:31:04,120 --> 01:31:06,439
Speaker 2: I go, hey, Joe, it's good to see you. Is

1630
01:31:06,479 --> 01:31:08,240
Speaker 2: there anything you don't want to talk about? Is there

1631
01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:09,880
Speaker 2: anything you don't want me to mention? I'm not going

1632
01:31:09,960 --> 01:31:12,040
Speaker 2: to mention anything about your personal life. I'm not going

1633
01:31:12,080 --> 01:31:14,080
Speaker 2: to mention anything that's happened to you. Like we're gonna

1634
01:31:14,080 --> 01:31:16,960
Speaker 2: make this about football. The show Quarterback was out and

1635
01:31:17,000 --> 01:31:19,040
Speaker 2: he's like, whatever you want, it's okay. And I said,

1636
01:31:19,200 --> 01:31:21,320
Speaker 2: I don't know what would have to happen for this

1637
01:31:21,400 --> 01:31:23,559
Speaker 2: to happen, but I said, you came on my show

1638
01:31:24,520 --> 01:31:26,960
Speaker 2: the day after you were drafted, which was awesome, and

1639
01:31:27,000 --> 01:31:28,760
Speaker 2: I asked you why you didn't go to UC and

1640
01:31:28,760 --> 01:31:31,160
Speaker 2: you gave a great answer, and you see, fans got

1641
01:31:31,200 --> 01:31:33,599
Speaker 2: mad at me for asking it. I go, I don't

1642
01:31:33,640 --> 01:31:35,800
Speaker 2: know what it would take to get you to join

1643
01:31:35,920 --> 01:31:38,720
Speaker 2: us at some point, but we'd love to have you.

1644
01:31:38,880 --> 01:31:41,040
Speaker 2: We could do it on the phone, I can come

1645
01:31:41,080 --> 01:31:43,840
Speaker 2: down and do it in person. We could do it

1646
01:31:43,880 --> 01:31:47,680
Speaker 2: in whatever environment you want. And very politely, he's like,

1647
01:31:47,760 --> 01:31:50,360
Speaker 2: this is not my thing. And it's not like he

1648
01:31:51,160 --> 01:31:53,920
Speaker 2: doesn't do those things, and I wish he would. I

1649
01:31:53,960 --> 01:31:56,160
Speaker 2: don't think he sees it as to his benefit to

1650
01:31:56,160 --> 01:31:58,600
Speaker 2: do those things. So he does what he's obligated to

1651
01:31:58,600 --> 01:32:01,639
Speaker 2: do and that's it. And I find it unfortunate, mainly

1652
01:32:02,080 --> 01:32:04,000
Speaker 2: because I think he's an interesting guy. I think he

1653
01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:07,800
Speaker 2: answers questions. Honestly, I think he would give well thought

1654
01:32:07,840 --> 01:32:10,759
Speaker 2: out answers to all sorts of questions. He just doesn't

1655
01:32:10,840 --> 01:32:13,840
Speaker 2: view it as something that he's gonna benefit from. He's

1656
01:32:13,880 --> 01:32:16,479
Speaker 2: not alone in that regard, but if he ever did

1657
01:32:16,479 --> 01:32:19,240
Speaker 2: make himself available, we would rush to the front of

1658
01:32:19,280 --> 01:32:20,840
Speaker 2: the line to to be able to get him on.

1659
01:32:21,880 --> 01:32:24,680
Speaker 7: I'm sure one last question you ever, do you have

1660
01:32:24,720 --> 01:32:27,559
Speaker 7: any idea if he ever listens to your show.

1661
01:32:27,880 --> 01:32:33,640
Speaker 2: Or that I have no idea, I'm I'm going to

1662
01:32:33,720 --> 01:32:38,120
Speaker 2: get I'm going to guess he doesn't. Uh, I'm going

1663
01:32:38,160 --> 01:32:41,120
Speaker 2: to guess he doesn't. But it would be cool if

1664
01:32:41,160 --> 01:32:41,479
Speaker 2: he did.

1665
01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:44,719
Speaker 7: Yeah, Okay, thank.

1666
01:32:44,640 --> 01:32:47,760
Speaker 2: You, thank you Alan. If I was Joe Burrow, I

1667
01:32:48,240 --> 01:32:50,400
Speaker 2: would not I would not listen. I would not listen

1668
01:32:50,400 --> 01:32:54,559
Speaker 2: to shows like this. I would not we what I

1669
01:32:54,640 --> 01:32:57,720
Speaker 2: love about any interview setting that I've seen Joe in,

1670
01:32:58,040 --> 01:33:02,200
Speaker 2: and he doesn't. I don't believe he's ever done since

1671
01:33:02,240 --> 01:33:04,080
Speaker 2: he was drafted. And I can be dead wrong about this.

1672
01:33:05,520 --> 01:33:08,800
Speaker 2: If you look at the people on the Bengals beat

1673
01:33:09,160 --> 01:33:12,000
Speaker 2: who are all like that's the Bengals are covered really

1674
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:13,960
Speaker 2: well in this town, and the people who are there

1675
01:33:14,600 --> 01:33:17,000
Speaker 2: at pay Course stadium every single day. I don't know

1676
01:33:17,040 --> 01:33:18,760
Speaker 2: that he has ever done like a one and one

1677
01:33:18,880 --> 01:33:23,000
Speaker 2: one on one sit down with any of them. I

1678
01:33:23,040 --> 01:33:25,880
Speaker 2: don't know if that's snubbing, Like he'll he'll do some

1679
01:33:25,960 --> 01:33:29,080
Speaker 2: of the larger national shows, but like he'll do those

1680
01:33:29,120 --> 01:33:31,759
Speaker 2: shows if there's a product to sell, Like I'm sure

1681
01:33:31,800 --> 01:33:36,760
Speaker 2: you'll see Joe Burrow around the super Bowl in a

1682
01:33:36,760 --> 01:33:39,120
Speaker 2: couple of weeks. I'm sure he'll make the rounds on

1683
01:33:39,200 --> 01:33:43,040
Speaker 2: Radio Row. I'm sure he'll He'll be on the podcast

1684
01:33:43,080 --> 01:33:48,360
Speaker 2: the bigger podcasts. And he ain't gonna do that on

1685
01:33:48,400 --> 01:33:50,240
Speaker 2: his own. He's not going to do that for free.

1686
01:33:50,280 --> 01:33:52,000
Speaker 2: He's going to do it with a brand or a

1687
01:33:52,000 --> 01:33:54,679
Speaker 2: product attached to it, like they all do. And that's okay.

1688
01:33:55,760 --> 01:34:00,720
Speaker 2: And for whatever reason, he and his people and the

1689
01:34:00,760 --> 01:34:03,599
Speaker 2: brands he represents don't see it as in their best

1690
01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:07,439
Speaker 2: interest to do anything local. I wish he would, And

1691
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:10,320
Speaker 2: the main reason why is that I'm not even talking

1692
01:34:10,320 --> 01:34:14,679
Speaker 2: about our show. The audience that cares most about Joe

1693
01:34:14,680 --> 01:34:19,080
Speaker 2: Burrow is the audience here. The people who could do

1694
01:34:19,120 --> 01:34:24,919
Speaker 2: the best job. I believe asking questions that the audience

1695
01:34:24,960 --> 01:34:28,639
Speaker 2: here wants asked. Don't do shows out of New York

1696
01:34:28,800 --> 01:34:32,200
Speaker 2: or Bristol or Los Angeles or Indianapolis or anywhere else

1697
01:34:32,400 --> 01:34:37,040
Speaker 2: besides Cincinnati. Again, that doesn't mean that the folks that

1698
01:34:37,160 --> 01:34:39,360
Speaker 2: Joe talks to aren't really good at what they do.

1699
01:34:40,840 --> 01:34:43,000
Speaker 2: It doesn't mean they can't get something out of him

1700
01:34:43,280 --> 01:34:47,360
Speaker 2: that matters to us. But given the fact that he

1701
01:34:47,479 --> 01:34:51,120
Speaker 2: is the quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals, the people who

1702
01:34:51,160 --> 01:34:54,679
Speaker 2: have the most interest in whatever his answers to any

1703
01:34:54,760 --> 01:34:58,760
Speaker 2: question would be are here. And I think, and I'm

1704
01:34:58,760 --> 01:35:00,960
Speaker 2: not saying this about me, saying it about folks who

1705
01:35:01,040 --> 01:35:03,400
Speaker 2: covered the Bengals or people who just have microphones and

1706
01:35:03,439 --> 01:35:06,719
Speaker 2: cameras here in Cincinnati. The folks who would be best

1707
01:35:07,640 --> 01:35:12,280
Speaker 2: at conducting an interview that mattered to people in Cincinnati

1708
01:35:12,840 --> 01:35:15,040
Speaker 2: work out of Cincinnati. That's why I wish he would

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01:35:15,080 --> 01:35:17,679
Speaker 2: do it. Also in any interview setting I've seen him in,

1710
01:35:17,680 --> 01:35:20,600
Speaker 2: including ours, you ask him a question, he gives you

1711
01:35:20,640 --> 01:35:23,920
Speaker 2: an honest answer. The example I will I will never

1712
01:35:23,960 --> 01:35:27,040
Speaker 2: forget it because we had Joe Burrow on we It

1713
01:35:27,120 --> 01:35:29,799
Speaker 2: was the friday after he was drafted. He's in Athens.

1714
01:35:29,800 --> 01:35:34,080
Speaker 2: It's the COVID year, and you know we had him

1715
01:35:34,080 --> 01:35:36,360
Speaker 2: for like twenty minutes and we asked him about being

1716
01:35:36,439 --> 01:35:39,720
Speaker 2: drafted and LSU and the weirdness of COVID and the Bengals,

1717
01:35:39,960 --> 01:35:42,320
Speaker 2: like a thousand different things. And I said, Hey, I

1718
01:35:42,360 --> 01:35:45,280
Speaker 2: have to ask you this because if you remember, when

1719
01:35:45,360 --> 01:35:50,280
Speaker 2: Joe left Ohio State, he visited UC and he was

1720
01:35:50,320 --> 01:35:54,080
Speaker 2: on campus and there was a about a five hour

1721
01:35:54,160 --> 01:35:56,800
Speaker 2: stretch where it's like, you see, Mike get Joe Burrow. Now,

1722
01:35:57,439 --> 01:35:59,880
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow wasn't Joe Burrow yet because he hadn't gone

1723
01:35:59,880 --> 01:36:03,400
Speaker 2: to LSU. And I remember talking to a UC assistant

1724
01:36:03,400 --> 01:36:05,559
Speaker 2: coach at the time who was like, we can't let

1725
01:36:05,640 --> 01:36:08,040
Speaker 2: him get off campus. If he gets off campus, he's

1726
01:36:08,040 --> 01:36:11,040
Speaker 2: gonna go to Baton Rouge and we're not gonna get him.

1727
01:36:11,200 --> 01:36:14,200
Speaker 2: And that's exactly what happened. But I was interested in

1728
01:36:14,240 --> 01:36:18,439
Speaker 2: his perspective on visiting U see Luke Fickle, and so

1729
01:36:18,560 --> 01:36:21,680
Speaker 2: I just asked, like, hey, it obviously worked out for you.

1730
01:36:22,600 --> 01:36:24,000
Speaker 2: And by the way, you see football is in a

1731
01:36:24,040 --> 01:36:25,960
Speaker 2: pretty good place too. The Bearheads had just went nine

1732
01:36:26,000 --> 01:36:29,120
Speaker 2: to zero during the twenty twenty season. But I said,

1733
01:36:29,400 --> 01:36:31,240
Speaker 2: I've got to ask you know, I know you took

1734
01:36:31,280 --> 01:36:33,720
Speaker 2: a visit to UC. Maybe you remember this interview, but

1735
01:36:33,760 --> 01:36:37,240
Speaker 2: I said, you took a visit to UC, why didn't

1736
01:36:37,240 --> 01:36:40,799
Speaker 2: you go there? And very matter of factly, he said,

1737
01:36:41,360 --> 01:36:45,720
Speaker 2: because I couldn't win a national championship there. And I

1738
01:36:45,760 --> 01:36:49,200
Speaker 2: thought that answer was very refreshing. And I say that

1739
01:36:49,240 --> 01:36:50,120
Speaker 2: as a UC fan.

1740
01:36:50,200 --> 01:36:50,400
Speaker 6: Now.

1741
01:36:50,479 --> 01:36:52,559
Speaker 2: The next year, the Bearcats would play in the College

1742
01:36:52,560 --> 01:36:55,200
Speaker 2: Football Playoff in twenty twenty one. I guess it was

1743
01:36:55,240 --> 01:36:56,800
Speaker 2: a year and a half later, So this is April

1744
01:36:56,840 --> 01:36:59,240
Speaker 2: of twenty twenty. The Bearcats hadn't yet had the outfeated

1745
01:36:59,240 --> 01:37:01,439
Speaker 2: twenty twenty season. I got the timing of that a

1746
01:37:01,439 --> 01:37:03,920
Speaker 2: little bit wrong, but he answered that question in April

1747
01:37:03,960 --> 01:37:07,479
Speaker 2: of twenty twenty honestly and succinctly. And he goes, because

1748
01:37:07,800 --> 01:37:10,760
Speaker 2: I couldn't win a national championship at Cincinnati. And he's

1749
01:37:10,800 --> 01:37:13,559
Speaker 2: probably right at that point, and again it worked out

1750
01:37:13,600 --> 01:37:18,680
Speaker 2: for him. But he didn't sugarcoat it, he didn't sidestep it.

1751
01:37:19,880 --> 01:37:23,720
Speaker 2: He didn't offer me some cute, patronizing answer. And I

1752
01:37:23,920 --> 01:37:29,200
Speaker 2: just thought, like, that's refreshing, Like that's refreshing. Candor Now,

1753
01:37:29,320 --> 01:37:31,160
Speaker 2: for what it's worth, I had a lot of UC

1754
01:37:31,280 --> 01:37:33,080
Speaker 2: fans that got mad at me. Well, I can't believe

1755
01:37:33,080 --> 01:37:34,679
Speaker 2: you asked that. It's like you didn't want the answer

1756
01:37:34,720 --> 01:37:37,040
Speaker 2: to that. Really, if I didn't ask it, you would

1757
01:37:37,080 --> 01:37:41,160
Speaker 2: have gotten mad at me. It was the right question

1758
01:37:41,200 --> 01:37:43,920
Speaker 2: to ask. He gave a fine answer. But I remember

1759
01:37:43,960 --> 01:37:46,360
Speaker 2: thinking like, if you asked this dude a question, he's

1760
01:37:46,400 --> 01:37:48,240
Speaker 2: gonna give you an honest answer. And that's why I

1761
01:37:48,280 --> 01:37:50,960
Speaker 2: think it would be fun to have him in more

1762
01:37:51,040 --> 01:37:53,200
Speaker 2: settings like that, because I think you'd get a real

1763
01:37:53,320 --> 01:37:56,920
Speaker 2: authentic Joe Burrow. But I never complained when people don't

1764
01:37:56,920 --> 01:38:00,240
Speaker 2: want to make themselves available, it's just they don't. It

1765
01:38:00,280 --> 01:38:03,000
Speaker 2: is something that benefits them. And when he does do

1766
01:38:03,080 --> 01:38:06,360
Speaker 2: interviews like that, he views what benefits him and the

1767
01:38:06,360 --> 01:38:12,599
Speaker 2: brand he's working for. Going on, going on the larger platforms. Hey,

1768
01:38:12,640 --> 01:38:15,400
Speaker 2: by the way, this hour Tarren and I have wanted

1769
01:38:15,439 --> 01:38:18,720
Speaker 2: to do this. This is a little experimental. We are

1770
01:38:18,840 --> 01:38:23,679
Speaker 2: streaming this hour right now on Twitter at mueggar. So Tarren,

1771
01:38:23,720 --> 01:38:25,639
Speaker 2: correct me if I'm wrong. You could watch this right

1772
01:38:25,680 --> 01:38:27,439
Speaker 2: now that we're doing this right now, you could watch

1773
01:38:27,439 --> 01:38:28,280
Speaker 2: it on Twitter.

1774
01:38:28,400 --> 01:38:28,719
Speaker 6: Correct.

1775
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:31,800
Speaker 2: So if I waved the camera, yes, so you could

1776
01:38:31,800 --> 01:38:34,920
Speaker 2: literally just watch me sitting here talking into a microphone.

1777
01:38:34,920 --> 01:38:35,320
Speaker 6: Correct.

1778
01:38:35,479 --> 01:38:37,120
Speaker 2: Wow, amazing.

1779
01:38:37,400 --> 01:38:39,519
Speaker 6: We already have two hundred and four people watching.

1780
01:38:39,439 --> 01:38:42,080
Speaker 2: Two hundred and four people right now are watching me

1781
01:38:42,240 --> 01:38:43,840
Speaker 2: do that, and they and like you could hear it

1782
01:38:43,880 --> 01:38:44,439
Speaker 2: and everything?

1783
01:38:44,680 --> 01:38:47,559
Speaker 6: Yes, wow, two hundred and nine in accounty.

1784
01:38:49,560 --> 01:38:51,599
Speaker 2: In order for this to happen, I had to give

1785
01:38:51,720 --> 01:38:56,479
Speaker 2: Tarran my Twitter password. Don't make me regret that, Tarran.

1786
01:38:56,880 --> 01:38:57,640
Speaker 2: Could they see you?

1787
01:38:58,439 --> 01:38:58,599
Speaker 10: No?

1788
01:38:58,600 --> 01:38:59,000
Speaker 7: No? No?

1789
01:38:59,120 --> 01:39:03,720
Speaker 2: Okay? Well, right, so this hour of the Moegger Show

1790
01:39:03,800 --> 01:39:06,960
Speaker 2: is currently being streamed video beings. Is this something we're

1791
01:39:06,960 --> 01:39:09,360
Speaker 2: gonna try to do on a regular basis, possibly like

1792
01:39:09,400 --> 01:39:11,120
Speaker 2: once or twice a week or something possibly?

1793
01:39:12,560 --> 01:39:14,760
Speaker 6: And just know if you see any Joe Burrows to

1794
01:39:14,840 --> 01:39:16,480
Speaker 6: the Vikings tweets.

1795
01:39:16,120 --> 01:39:22,519
Speaker 2: From any go Lakers tweets, Yes, I had to delete

1796
01:39:22,520 --> 01:39:24,760
Speaker 2: all my creepy dms to people before I gave you

1797
01:39:24,800 --> 01:39:28,240
Speaker 2: the password. Now can people hear like the calls and

1798
01:39:28,240 --> 01:39:32,439
Speaker 2: the commercials and stuff? Wow? And we have like a

1799
01:39:32,439 --> 01:39:36,240
Speaker 2: little we have like a little thing scrolling across the bottom.

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01:39:36,280 --> 01:39:38,120
Speaker 2: Amazing little banner, little banner.

1801
01:39:38,120 --> 01:39:39,000
Speaker 6: I'm about to update it.

1802
01:39:39,960 --> 01:39:43,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got a little radio station. So at Moeger

1803
01:39:43,280 --> 01:39:45,920
Speaker 2: right now you could watch this amazing hour of sports

1804
01:39:45,920 --> 01:39:49,080
Speaker 2: talk radio. It's uh. And now during commercials, people be

1805
01:39:49,120 --> 01:39:49,800
Speaker 2: able to watch me.

1806
01:39:51,120 --> 01:39:52,599
Speaker 6: If you want them to where I could put something

1807
01:39:52,720 --> 01:39:55,360
Speaker 6: up and you can have the privacy to yourself.

1808
01:39:56,479 --> 01:39:59,240
Speaker 2: What do you think I do in here? I don't know,

1809
01:39:59,320 --> 01:40:01,479
Speaker 2: bottom watch, We'll see if I do anything that like

1810
01:40:01,800 --> 01:40:03,160
Speaker 2: ends up being clipped and I get in.

1811
01:40:03,120 --> 01:40:06,160
Speaker 6: Trouble for don't go viral what you don't want?

1812
01:40:06,240 --> 01:40:10,160
Speaker 2: Will you be now well during the commercials? Well, I

1813
01:40:10,160 --> 01:40:13,040
Speaker 2: if I like talk to somebody, will folks watching and

1814
01:40:13,120 --> 01:40:13,760
Speaker 2: be able to hear me?

1815
01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:14,200
Speaker 6: No?

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01:40:14,200 --> 01:40:17,200
Speaker 2: No, no, so just it's just video only during the breaks.

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01:40:17,320 --> 01:40:19,760
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's more likely doing the commercials, they'll probably hear

1818
01:40:19,960 --> 01:40:20,519
Speaker 6: the commercials.

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01:40:20,760 --> 01:40:22,760
Speaker 2: Well that's good, that's that's what we want. And so

1820
01:40:22,880 --> 01:40:24,479
Speaker 2: I but I can like do a little dance or

1821
01:40:24,560 --> 01:40:25,840
Speaker 2: something for people during the breaks.

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01:40:25,920 --> 01:40:26,639
Speaker 6: Yep, okay?

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01:40:27,320 --> 01:40:31,280
Speaker 2: At maulagar on Twitter you could. You could watch right now.

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Speaker 2: It's twenty minutes after five o'clock. This is ESPN fifteen

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Speaker 2: I saw it, I saw it coming. I can look

1837
01:41:16,040 --> 01:41:17,720
Speaker 2: at the screen. I knew you were going to play this.

1838
01:41:18,280 --> 01:41:20,200
Speaker 2: Why are you doing You're going rogue on me?

1839
01:41:22,640 --> 01:41:24,639
Speaker 6: Just how the people can see your reaction to when

1840
01:41:24,680 --> 01:41:26,120
Speaker 6: Will Smith he's played in the show.

1841
01:41:28,040 --> 01:41:33,839
Speaker 2: We have two musical rules, no pitbull, no Will Smith

1842
01:41:33,880 --> 01:41:36,280
Speaker 2: after nineteen ninety you've been working with me, I think

1843
01:41:36,320 --> 01:41:37,960
Speaker 2: for seven years. Eight years.

1844
01:41:38,160 --> 01:41:38,400
Speaker 6: Yep.

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01:41:39,479 --> 01:41:46,080
Speaker 2: That's the only rule we've ever had. Twenty five after

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01:41:46,120 --> 01:41:49,200
Speaker 2: five o'clock, ter nine. The four hundred and nine people

1847
01:41:49,320 --> 01:41:53,919
Speaker 2: right now are watching this on a Friday afternoon at Mohager,

1848
01:41:54,000 --> 01:41:58,960
Speaker 2: watching a stream video of the show on Twitter, watching

1849
01:41:59,000 --> 01:42:01,120
Speaker 2: this as as the this is this is what they're

1850
01:42:01,160 --> 01:42:04,400
Speaker 2: doing with their Friday after it. We we we greatly appreciated.

1851
01:42:04,600 --> 01:42:07,439
Speaker 2: Four hundred and nine people are watching. Is that a lot?

1852
01:42:08,160 --> 01:42:09,040
Speaker 2: Is that a big number?

1853
01:42:09,320 --> 01:42:11,720
Speaker 6: Yes? Okay, I think so.

1854
01:42:12,960 --> 01:42:16,320
Speaker 2: Hi hi to everybody watching watching the radio show on Twitter.

1855
01:42:16,920 --> 01:42:20,080
Speaker 2: It's sometimes people will say, like, man, that job sounds

1856
01:42:20,120 --> 01:42:21,880
Speaker 2: like it's so much fun. It just must be all

1857
01:42:22,120 --> 01:42:24,599
Speaker 2: like when you when you watch the video, you watch

1858
01:42:24,680 --> 01:42:29,040
Speaker 2: the watch this right now, you see how incredibly unexciting

1859
01:42:29,080 --> 01:42:32,759
Speaker 2: it is. So here we are. It's it's it's literally

1860
01:42:32,800 --> 01:42:34,920
Speaker 2: just a guy sitting in a room with a TV

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01:42:34,960 --> 01:42:36,960
Speaker 2: screen behind him and a microphone.

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01:42:37,760 --> 01:42:39,759
Speaker 6: Well, this is our test period, just a when football

1863
01:42:39,800 --> 01:42:40,400
Speaker 6: coming back around.

1864
01:42:40,479 --> 01:42:42,439
Speaker 2: That's right. This is this is our test where where

1865
01:42:42,479 --> 01:42:44,439
Speaker 2: this is beta. As we say in the in the

1866
01:42:44,680 --> 01:42:47,280
Speaker 2: this is our our bay. It's an experiment. We have

1867
01:42:47,360 --> 01:42:50,559
Speaker 2: other cameras in here. We wanted to do this. Actually

1868
01:42:50,640 --> 01:42:52,840
Speaker 2: last week with the Reds players, we had Amelia Pagan

1869
01:42:52,880 --> 01:42:54,840
Speaker 2: Andrew Abbott and then we were supposed to do that

1870
01:42:54,880 --> 01:42:57,360
Speaker 2: at three thirty and then suddenly they showed up and

1871
01:42:57,400 --> 01:42:59,760
Speaker 2: they're like, yeah, we're coming on now, So we we

1872
01:42:59,800 --> 01:43:03,960
Speaker 2: had to scrap our plans. So we're testing out the

1873
01:43:04,080 --> 01:43:07,000
Speaker 2: video stream at Muger. Here we are. I asked this

1874
01:43:07,640 --> 01:43:10,320
Speaker 2: at the top of the show. Would it have been

1875
01:43:10,400 --> 01:43:13,640
Speaker 2: better had the Reds knock gone after Kyle Schwarber, And

1876
01:43:13,720 --> 01:43:16,439
Speaker 2: I think from an emotional standpoint, the answer is yes.

1877
01:43:16,479 --> 01:43:19,479
Speaker 2: Look from a pure baseball standpoint, they went after Kyle

1878
01:43:19,560 --> 01:43:22,080
Speaker 2: Schwarber and didn't get them. So the impact is the

1879
01:43:22,120 --> 01:43:25,320
Speaker 2: same had they not tried to get Kyle Schwarber. It's

1880
01:43:25,360 --> 01:43:28,320
Speaker 2: the same as if they did try, because in neither

1881
01:43:28,400 --> 01:43:31,280
Speaker 2: case did they end up with him. But it has

1882
01:43:31,320 --> 01:43:34,080
Speaker 2: been interesting to me. So the Reds made the postseason

1883
01:43:34,160 --> 01:43:38,679
Speaker 2: last year, and that's cool. That's not insignificant by any

1884
01:43:38,720 --> 01:43:42,040
Speaker 2: stretch of the imagination. Even though they lost, that was

1885
01:43:42,240 --> 01:43:47,200
Speaker 2: tangible evidence that what they're doing to this point is working.

1886
01:43:47,760 --> 01:43:51,679
Speaker 2: They went from one hundred losses in twenty twenty two

1887
01:43:51,960 --> 01:43:57,080
Speaker 2: to win the postseason in twenty twenty five using a process,

1888
01:43:57,280 --> 01:43:58,840
Speaker 2: for lack of a better way of putting it, that

1889
01:43:58,920 --> 01:44:02,599
Speaker 2: they really kicked in gear in earnest in twenty twenty two,

1890
01:44:03,000 --> 01:44:07,679
Speaker 2: eighty three wins and a postseason appearance not insignificant at all.

1891
01:44:08,240 --> 01:44:11,040
Speaker 2: Al As we said back in October, we'll say it

1892
01:44:11,080 --> 01:44:14,200
Speaker 2: again now, if a year from now, two years from now,

1893
01:44:14,200 --> 01:44:16,880
Speaker 2: three years from now, that's like the best they do.

1894
01:44:17,640 --> 01:44:19,640
Speaker 2: Nobody's going to look back on that season with that

1895
01:44:19,720 --> 01:44:23,120
Speaker 2: much fondness. We'll see, But I think after the postseason

1896
01:44:23,160 --> 01:44:26,000
Speaker 2: there was there were good vibes Okay, that's a step,

1897
01:44:26,040 --> 01:44:30,280
Speaker 2: that's an accomplishment. Let's see what's next. Let's see what's next.

1898
01:44:30,880 --> 01:44:36,400
Speaker 2: I think to a degree, emotionally, they would have coasted

1899
01:44:36,560 --> 01:44:41,400
Speaker 2: a little bit more on the residual good vibes fumes,

1900
01:44:41,439 --> 01:44:44,960
Speaker 2: if you will, from last season's pushed to the postseason

1901
01:44:45,640 --> 01:44:49,320
Speaker 2: more than they did by trying to get Kyle Schwarbur

1902
01:44:49,320 --> 01:44:53,360
Speaker 2: and then not getting him like that when they didn't

1903
01:44:53,439 --> 01:44:56,479
Speaker 2: get him, and we all acknowledged that wasn't the most

1904
01:44:56,560 --> 01:44:59,720
Speaker 2: likely outcome, then getting him it was a little bit

1905
01:44:59,760 --> 01:45:02,840
Speaker 2: of a long shot. But it feels like when they

1906
01:45:02,960 --> 01:45:08,040
Speaker 2: didn't get him, it was a dagger, especially because in

1907
01:45:08,080 --> 01:45:11,400
Speaker 2: its immediate aftermath, it felt like they're not gonna go

1908
01:45:11,439 --> 01:45:15,600
Speaker 2: after anybody else. And so that's what makes the inactivity

1909
01:45:15,760 --> 01:45:20,240
Speaker 2: so weird that they actually did try to get arguably

1910
01:45:20,400 --> 01:45:23,960
Speaker 2: the biggest and best free agent out there. They tried.

1911
01:45:24,800 --> 01:45:35,280
Speaker 2: Plan A was Kyle Schwarber, Plan B zip nothing, Zilch's

1912
01:45:35,640 --> 01:45:39,880
Speaker 2: you think about it, one of the weirder just baseball

1913
01:45:39,960 --> 01:45:45,360
Speaker 2: free agency slash offseason dynamics. You will find we're gonna

1914
01:45:45,360 --> 01:45:48,920
Speaker 2: go after the guy, and then it's like you find

1915
01:45:48,960 --> 01:45:51,360
Speaker 2: out that it may or may not have been motivated

1916
01:45:51,400 --> 01:45:54,080
Speaker 2: by the fact that he is from here and they

1917
01:45:54,080 --> 01:45:57,320
Speaker 2: thought they could sell some tickets, which suggest that going

1918
01:45:57,360 --> 01:46:01,040
Speaker 2: after him was less motivated by pure baseball. And so

1919
01:46:01,160 --> 01:46:04,439
Speaker 2: if we're not gonna let the pure baseball decisions guide

1920
01:46:04,520 --> 01:46:08,280
Speaker 2: the offseason, then chances are the offseason isn't gonna make

1921
01:46:08,320 --> 01:46:11,360
Speaker 2: the baseball that much better. And I know they have

1922
01:46:11,520 --> 01:46:13,960
Speaker 2: made the bullpen better. I do not want to ignore that.

1923
01:46:14,040 --> 01:46:17,160
Speaker 2: In fact, I think that's a big deal. But think

1924
01:46:17,200 --> 01:46:20,280
Speaker 2: about that. In how many instances has a team in

1925
01:46:20,520 --> 01:46:24,280
Speaker 2: any sport decided this guy's the best free agent available,

1926
01:46:24,560 --> 01:46:28,760
Speaker 2: We're going after him. Okay, we didn't get them, Cool,

1927
01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:32,960
Speaker 2: we're not gonna go after anybody else. How many times

1928
01:46:32,960 --> 01:46:35,920
Speaker 2: in sports has that even happened. And I'm overly simplifying

1929
01:46:35,920 --> 01:46:40,360
Speaker 2: it because there was the pursuit, if you will, maybe

1930
01:46:40,360 --> 01:46:42,439
Speaker 2: that's not the right word of Luise Robert. I am

1931
01:46:42,479 --> 01:46:45,840
Speaker 2: glad the Reds didn't end up with Louise Robert and

1932
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:49,240
Speaker 2: the I guess they were engaged with the Diamondbacks and

1933
01:46:49,240 --> 01:46:52,000
Speaker 2: could tell Marqua trade discussions and I would have been

1934
01:46:52,080 --> 01:46:54,439
Speaker 2: on board with that. Don't know how serious they got,

1935
01:46:55,360 --> 01:46:58,920
Speaker 2: but it's think about this. Think about how often this

1936
01:46:59,000 --> 01:47:01,800
Speaker 2: happens in sports. If you do, you're gonna be done

1937
01:47:01,800 --> 01:47:04,000
Speaker 2: thinking after a minute, because I can't think there's that

1938
01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:09,280
Speaker 2: many cases we're going after the guy. If we don't

1939
01:47:09,280 --> 01:47:13,920
Speaker 2: get the guy, we don't want anybody. It's like it's

1940
01:47:14,000 --> 01:47:16,880
Speaker 2: like asking the hottest girl in school to the prom.

1941
01:47:16,920 --> 01:47:21,120
Speaker 2: She says no, and you're like, cool, not asking anybody else, Like, really,

1942
01:47:21,160 --> 01:47:22,360
Speaker 2: you don't want to go have a good time at

1943
01:47:22,360 --> 01:47:25,120
Speaker 2: the prom. There's some other girls out there. Nope, only

1944
01:47:25,160 --> 01:47:28,040
Speaker 2: asking the hottest one. That's what this is like. And

1945
01:47:28,080 --> 01:47:31,160
Speaker 2: so I think, to a degree emotionally, just not going

1946
01:47:31,200 --> 01:47:35,120
Speaker 2: after anybody might have been easier to take than going

1947
01:47:35,120 --> 01:47:37,559
Speaker 2: after Kyle Schwarbert not getting them, and then, at least

1948
01:47:37,600 --> 01:47:40,040
Speaker 2: to this point five point thirty one on January the

1949
01:47:40,080 --> 01:47:42,920
Speaker 2: twenty third, ending up with nothing other than J J. Bleda.

1950
01:47:45,840 --> 01:47:49,559
Speaker 2: It's one of the most bizarre sets of circumstances I

1951
01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:54,080
Speaker 2: can remember a team getting involved in, by the way,

1952
01:47:54,120 --> 01:47:56,960
Speaker 2: not just going after the guy, but like going after

1953
01:47:57,080 --> 01:48:01,280
Speaker 2: the guy who solves the biggest problem. Needs pop. This

1954
01:48:01,360 --> 01:48:04,479
Speaker 2: dude hit fifty six bombs last year. Cool, Let's go

1955
01:48:04,520 --> 01:48:06,720
Speaker 2: get him. Yeah, let's go get him. What if he

1956
01:48:06,760 --> 01:48:16,639
Speaker 2: says no, then nothing this is what they're doing now,

1957
01:48:17,400 --> 01:48:19,920
Speaker 2: maybe they still end up with Euaneus Warez, And if so,

1958
01:48:20,200 --> 01:48:22,280
Speaker 2: that's good. Guy hit forty nine last year is a

1959
01:48:22,280 --> 01:48:25,160
Speaker 2: little bit older, their concerns about his age. He didn't

1960
01:48:25,200 --> 01:48:27,800
Speaker 2: hit a ton in Seattle. But like, who would say

1961
01:48:27,840 --> 01:48:33,599
Speaker 2: no right now to Eueneus Warez. Nobody. But it doesn't

1962
01:48:33,600 --> 01:48:37,040
Speaker 2: feel like they're the front runner. Doesn't feel like there's

1963
01:48:37,080 --> 01:48:40,080
Speaker 2: anything real tangible and you're reading today, well, they're waiting

1964
01:48:40,120 --> 01:48:42,240
Speaker 2: to find out how much TV money they're gonna be making.

1965
01:48:42,280 --> 01:48:46,600
Speaker 2: It's like that just I'm sorry that maybe from a

1966
01:48:46,680 --> 01:48:51,040
Speaker 2: dollars and cents perspective, completely reasonable, like, hey, we don't

1967
01:48:51,040 --> 01:48:52,880
Speaker 2: know what our TV revenue is going to be this year.

1968
01:48:52,920 --> 01:48:56,519
Speaker 2: Like that makes sense. I get that. When you're a

1969
01:48:56,560 --> 01:49:02,760
Speaker 2: franchise that hasn't won in forever, nobody wants to hear no, no,

1970
01:49:02,760 --> 01:49:05,240
Speaker 2: nobody wants to hear, well, we gotta wait and see

1971
01:49:05,280 --> 01:49:08,120
Speaker 2: what we're gonna get from our TV deal before we

1972
01:49:08,160 --> 01:49:10,120
Speaker 2: can do anything, Like spring training is less than three

1973
01:49:10,120 --> 01:49:13,400
Speaker 2: weeks away, man, Like, nobody wants to hear that. So

1974
01:49:15,400 --> 01:49:19,839
Speaker 2: until until that changes, until the TV situation gets resolved,

1975
01:49:19,840 --> 01:49:22,400
Speaker 2: god knows when that's gonna happen, and then when it

1976
01:49:22,439 --> 01:49:24,960
Speaker 2: does happen, we'll see if they go get e Euganeo Suarez.

1977
01:49:25,040 --> 01:49:27,280
Speaker 2: We'll see if they go get somebody else. But right now,

1978
01:49:27,320 --> 01:49:30,840
Speaker 2: here's what happened. Here's what has happened this offseason. Wrap

1979
01:49:30,920 --> 01:49:35,000
Speaker 2: your brain around this. They're going after the best guy available.

1980
01:49:35,400 --> 01:49:39,240
Speaker 2: He solves a big problem, they don't get him, and

1981
01:49:39,280 --> 01:49:49,439
Speaker 2: then decide nope. Like I don't play the lottery a lot.

1982
01:49:49,960 --> 01:49:52,400
Speaker 2: One of the things I don't understand is like, you'll

1983
01:49:52,479 --> 01:49:57,240
Speaker 2: the lottery jackpot will be like like a billion dollars.

1984
01:49:57,320 --> 01:50:01,280
Speaker 2: Maybe it's never it'll be like nine figures, and folks

1985
01:50:01,320 --> 01:50:03,759
Speaker 2: will get really excited to buy lottery tickets, like ours

1986
01:50:04,320 --> 01:50:08,960
Speaker 2: jackpot's up to seven hundred million dollars, even like it worked,

1987
01:50:09,000 --> 01:50:10,960
Speaker 2: you know, it would be lottery pools and stuff. And

1988
01:50:11,000 --> 01:50:14,439
Speaker 2: I always ask, like, all right, we're playing when the

1989
01:50:14,520 --> 01:50:17,240
Speaker 2: jackpot's seven hundred million dollars, We're probably not gonna win.

1990
01:50:17,320 --> 01:50:19,200
Speaker 2: The odds are not in our favor. How come we

1991
01:50:19,200 --> 01:50:24,360
Speaker 2: don't play when the jackpot's like thirty million dollars. I've

1992
01:50:24,439 --> 01:50:26,760
Speaker 2: never understood that people get all excited to play the

1993
01:50:26,800 --> 01:50:28,760
Speaker 2: lottery when like the jackpot is like through the roof,

1994
01:50:28,800 --> 01:50:32,679
Speaker 2: and it's like the the lottery jackpot is usually life

1995
01:50:32,760 --> 01:50:36,400
Speaker 2: changing for most people, no matter what the actual jackpot

1996
01:50:36,520 --> 01:50:40,479
Speaker 2: size is. So you're gonna play because you could win

1997
01:50:40,520 --> 01:50:43,040
Speaker 2: seven hundred million, but like you're not gonna play when

1998
01:50:43,040 --> 01:50:46,280
Speaker 2: you can win like forty You couldn't use forty million dollars.

1999
01:50:46,360 --> 01:50:50,599
Speaker 2: Couldn't use that lump some Kyle Schwarber thinking it might

2000
01:50:50,640 --> 01:50:53,880
Speaker 2: not be the best metaphor, but like, we're going after

2001
01:50:53,920 --> 01:50:57,360
Speaker 2: the main guy. Can't get them, Okay, cool, then we're

2002
01:50:57,360 --> 01:51:01,960
Speaker 2: not going after anybody. Calls are coming up five, one, three, seven, four, nine,

2003
01:51:02,040 --> 01:51:04,840
Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. We'll give you the entire list, or at

2004
01:51:04,920 --> 01:51:10,320
Speaker 2: least the entire list of game time changes that we have.

2005
01:51:10,560 --> 01:51:13,400
Speaker 2: This is like our version of school openings or school closings.

2006
01:51:14,080 --> 01:51:17,400
Speaker 2: School openings. My first job in radio. My job was

2007
01:51:17,400 --> 01:51:19,880
Speaker 2: to give Jim Scott all the closed schools and then

2008
01:51:20,000 --> 01:51:21,639
Speaker 2: just sit there and drink a cup of coffee while

2009
01:51:21,680 --> 01:51:25,000
Speaker 2: he read school closings. This is the sports version of that.

2010
01:51:25,160 --> 01:51:30,040
Speaker 3: Next Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.

2011
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Speaker 5: Traffic from the UC Help Traffic Center.

2012
01:51:34,280 --> 01:51:38,160
Speaker 4: U See Cancer Center offers advanced surgical options for complex

2013
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Speaker 4: liver and pancreas, cancers, and clinical trials. He won't find

2014
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Speaker 4: anywhere else. Get a second opinion, now call five one

2015
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Speaker 4: three five eighty five UCCC eastbound Norwood Lateral. The left

2016
01:51:49,240 --> 01:51:53,639
Speaker 4: lane blocked from an accident before Montgomery Road northbound seventy one.

2017
01:51:53,680 --> 01:51:56,920
Speaker 4: Another crash blocking the right lane between Smith Edwards and

2018
01:51:56,960 --> 01:51:59,720
Speaker 4: Norwood Lateral. That's up to a ten minute delay from

2019
01:51:59,720 --> 01:52:02,759
Speaker 4: Martin Luther King drive a mighty Zeldaic with traffic.

2020
01:52:03,000 --> 01:52:07,000
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2021
01:52:07,040 --> 01:52:10,880
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2023
01:52:14,600 --> 01:52:17,320
Speaker 2: invited to a Major League spring training Connor Burns, who's

2024
01:52:17,320 --> 01:52:20,720
Speaker 2: a catcher, Cam Collier, who's an infielder. PJ. Higgins who's

2025
01:52:20,720 --> 01:52:25,360
Speaker 2: a catcher and an infielder, righty a Unior Marte, lefty

2026
01:52:25,479 --> 01:52:31,439
Speaker 2: Anthony Missovich, and catcher Michael Troutwine. Spring training begins on

2027
01:52:31,640 --> 01:52:36,439
Speaker 2: February the eighth. FC Cincinnati played a preseason game earlier Today,

2028
01:52:36,479 --> 01:52:38,320
Speaker 2: played to a one to one draw against the New

2029
01:52:38,360 --> 01:52:42,080
Speaker 2: England Revolution. Kevin Denke with FC Cincinnati's goal in the

2030
01:52:42,160 --> 01:52:46,479
Speaker 2: fifty first minute. Leo Campanna with New England's equalizer in

2031
01:52:46,560 --> 01:52:49,160
Speaker 2: minute number eighty five. Orange and Blue play their next

2032
01:52:49,160 --> 01:52:53,639
Speaker 2: preseason tilt on Wednesday against the Houston Dynamo in Tampa.

2033
01:52:53,680 --> 01:52:57,799
Speaker 2: College basketball Tonight, Ohio State battles Michigan. Indiana takes on Rutgers.

2034
01:52:58,520 --> 01:53:00,639
Speaker 2: A lot of games in the area tomorrow or many

2035
01:53:00,640 --> 01:53:04,000
Speaker 2: have had their tip off times moved. Xavier and Saint

2036
01:53:04,040 --> 01:53:08,599
Speaker 2: John's Richard Patino versus Rick Patino was gonna tip off

2037
01:53:08,600 --> 01:53:11,360
Speaker 2: at two thirty. That game will now start at one thirty.

2038
01:53:11,439 --> 01:53:15,200
Speaker 2: The Xavier women's game scheduled for Sunday against Georgetown moved

2039
01:53:15,200 --> 01:53:19,280
Speaker 2: to Tomorrow at nine to thirty a m. The Kentucky

2040
01:53:19,320 --> 01:53:22,040
Speaker 2: Ole Miss game is now gonna start at eleven. Was

2041
01:53:22,120 --> 01:53:25,679
Speaker 2: scheduled for noon. You can hear it on ESPN fifteen thirty.

2042
01:53:25,760 --> 01:53:28,719
Speaker 2: NKUS game against Wright State, which was scheduled for seven

2043
01:53:28,760 --> 01:53:31,559
Speaker 2: o'clock at the Nutter Center, is gonna tip off at

2044
01:53:31,560 --> 01:53:34,280
Speaker 2: one o'clock. That game is gonna be on Fox Sports

2045
01:53:34,320 --> 01:53:37,920
Speaker 2: thirteen sixty. Also Tomorrow, Dayton's at Saint Joe's Cincinnati, with

2046
01:53:37,960 --> 01:53:41,200
Speaker 2: the second game of its two game Arizona swing against

2047
01:53:41,240 --> 01:53:44,200
Speaker 2: Arizona State. That game at ten tomorrow night can be

2048
01:53:44,280 --> 01:53:47,559
Speaker 2: heard on seven hundred WLW. College football playoff field will

2049
01:53:47,560 --> 01:53:50,960
Speaker 2: stay at twelve teams. In twenty twenty six, cyclone skate

2050
01:53:50,960 --> 01:53:54,120
Speaker 2: tonight on the road against Bloomington. I have been told

2051
01:53:54,320 --> 01:53:57,360
Speaker 2: that the Teddy Bear Toss game for tomorrow, as of

2052
01:53:58,240 --> 01:54:01,240
Speaker 2: five minutes ago, is still scheduled for four o'clock tomorrow.

2053
01:54:02,800 --> 01:54:06,439
Speaker 2: We got folks waiting. Yeah, full lines almost full lines five.

2054
01:54:06,600 --> 01:54:09,679
Speaker 2: Maybe it's because we're streaming the video. You could watch

2055
01:54:09,760 --> 01:54:12,760
Speaker 2: this show. Terrence says we're gonna do this once or

2056
01:54:12,800 --> 01:54:15,439
Speaker 2: twice a week. You could. You could literally watch this

2057
01:54:15,640 --> 01:54:23,400
Speaker 2: hour of The Moegger Show on Twitter at moegar five

2058
01:54:23,640 --> 01:54:27,120
Speaker 2: three seven four nine. There are currently five hundred and

2059
01:54:27,160 --> 01:54:29,960
Speaker 2: eighty nine people. Do I see comments in the lower

2060
01:54:30,000 --> 01:54:32,000
Speaker 2: right hand part of the screen, Taran, Is that a thing?

2061
01:54:32,400 --> 01:54:33,040
Speaker 2: Is that happening?

2062
01:54:33,880 --> 01:54:34,080
Speaker 6: Yep?

2063
01:54:35,640 --> 01:54:39,160
Speaker 2: Is that? Do I want to read them?

2064
01:54:39,240 --> 01:54:39,920
Speaker 6: You can read them?

2065
01:54:40,800 --> 01:54:44,760
Speaker 2: Is that something? It's Friday at five forty two. Do

2066
01:54:44,800 --> 01:54:47,080
Speaker 2: I need something that's going to like ruin my day?

2067
01:54:47,160 --> 01:54:51,320
Speaker 2: On Friday at five forty two? Do you ever read

2068
01:54:51,440 --> 01:54:54,440
Speaker 2: Internet comments and think, you know what, my day is

2069
01:54:54,480 --> 01:54:57,560
Speaker 2: better because I read them?

2070
01:54:57,680 --> 01:54:57,720
Speaker 16: No?

2071
01:54:58,040 --> 01:55:00,600
Speaker 6: Those are pretty Those are pretty mild.

2072
01:55:01,160 --> 01:55:01,880
Speaker 7: Well they're mild.

2073
01:55:02,200 --> 01:55:07,640
Speaker 2: They're not good though, so mild. Yeah, Okay, we'll see.

2074
01:55:07,680 --> 01:55:11,680
Speaker 2: We have folks waiting. I want to talk about stuff. Uh, Matt,

2075
01:55:11,720 --> 01:55:14,000
Speaker 2: you're on ESPN fifteen thirty man, Good afternoon.

2076
01:55:14,000 --> 01:55:14,440
Speaker 6: How are you.

2077
01:55:16,040 --> 01:55:16,440
Speaker 7: Very good?

2078
01:55:16,440 --> 01:55:16,520
Speaker 16: Mo?

2079
01:55:16,640 --> 01:55:18,480
Speaker 2: How are you? I'm awesome? What's going on?

2080
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:21,760
Speaker 13: You remember Catholic Elementary East?

2081
01:55:21,920 --> 01:55:22,040
Speaker 18: Did?

2082
01:55:22,080 --> 01:55:24,320
Speaker 10: Jim's gotta have to read that one. I never understood

2083
01:55:24,320 --> 01:55:26,160
Speaker 10: what Catholic Elementary East was.

2084
01:55:26,600 --> 01:55:26,800
Speaker 6: You know.

2085
01:55:27,040 --> 01:55:30,520
Speaker 2: I still hear schools to this day. Anytime I hear

2086
01:55:30,720 --> 01:55:34,080
Speaker 2: Jackson Dell or Western Brown Local, I think of sitting

2087
01:55:34,120 --> 01:55:36,640
Speaker 2: in a room with Jim Scott wondering where are those

2088
01:55:36,680 --> 01:55:38,920
Speaker 2: places there?

2089
01:55:38,960 --> 01:55:39,240
Speaker 10: You go?

2090
01:55:40,320 --> 01:55:42,560
Speaker 13: I did ask the girl of the prom my junior

2091
01:55:42,600 --> 01:55:45,640
Speaker 13: year in nineteen eighty four, and she said no.

2092
01:55:45,680 --> 01:55:47,240
Speaker 10: And I didn't ask anyone else why.

2093
01:55:47,760 --> 01:55:51,440
Speaker 13: And this relates to Kyle Schwarverer. Because the Reds took

2094
01:55:51,480 --> 01:55:53,960
Speaker 13: their shot. Now we can argue whether they really took

2095
01:55:53,960 --> 01:55:56,360
Speaker 13: a good shot or a bad shot, but they took

2096
01:55:56,400 --> 01:55:59,800
Speaker 13: their shot. It does we know it would sell tickets.

2097
01:56:00,320 --> 01:56:03,240
Speaker 13: I remember how excited I was when Ken Griffy Jr.

2098
01:56:03,760 --> 01:56:07,040
Speaker 13: When that trade occurred. The whole town went crazy. I

2099
01:56:07,040 --> 01:56:11,880
Speaker 13: mean everybody thought it was the Second Coming, so and everybody,

2100
01:56:11,920 --> 01:56:16,960
Speaker 13: everybody gets excited, and after all, its entertainment and they're

2101
01:56:17,000 --> 01:56:19,640
Speaker 13: trying to sell tickets. So maybe it wasn't the best

2102
01:56:20,200 --> 01:56:24,120
Speaker 13: baseball decision, but we know it's pro sports, and we

2103
01:56:24,200 --> 01:56:25,879
Speaker 13: know Cincinnati loves their hometown.

2104
01:56:26,080 --> 01:56:29,280
Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber absolutely would have been the best baseball decision.

2105
01:56:29,320 --> 01:56:31,560
Speaker 2: And yeah, I agree he would have sold some tickets.

2106
01:56:31,600 --> 01:56:35,560
Speaker 2: Where where I may separate from you is okay. So

2107
01:56:35,600 --> 01:56:38,760
Speaker 2: they didn't get Kyle Schwerber. Would would Pete Alonzo have

2108
01:56:38,840 --> 01:56:41,680
Speaker 2: not sold tickets if somebody's gonna buy let's say a

2109
01:56:41,680 --> 01:56:45,320
Speaker 2: thirteen game pack, right because they get Kyle Schwerber, are

2110
01:56:45,320 --> 01:56:48,400
Speaker 2: they not? If Kyle Schwerber turns into Pete Alonzo.

2111
01:56:50,480 --> 01:56:53,760
Speaker 13: I get what you're saying, but there it's a big,

2112
01:56:53,840 --> 01:56:56,560
Speaker 13: big difference, the same reason I don't buy the four

2113
01:56:56,600 --> 01:56:59,400
Speaker 13: million dollar lottery ticket. You know, yeah I could use

2114
01:56:59,400 --> 01:57:01,640
Speaker 13: four million dollar, but I don't buy that one. Not

2115
01:57:02,160 --> 01:57:04,920
Speaker 13: So there's an excitement factor. I think that that does

2116
01:57:05,000 --> 01:57:08,360
Speaker 13: factor in. I do agree with you. They need they

2117
01:57:08,360 --> 01:57:11,440
Speaker 13: need a hitter. It doesn't really matter if it's you know,

2118
01:57:11,520 --> 01:57:14,520
Speaker 13: so I don't I'm not totally disagreeing with you, but

2119
01:57:14,560 --> 01:57:18,160
Speaker 13: I do also see sometimes you just you go for

2120
01:57:18,240 --> 01:57:21,560
Speaker 13: that crazy long shot and if you don't get it,

2121
01:57:22,360 --> 01:57:23,080
Speaker 13: you don't get it.

2122
01:57:23,120 --> 01:57:24,680
Speaker 10: And now you go back.

2123
01:57:24,440 --> 01:57:27,680
Speaker 13: To you know what they've been doing, which hey, go,

2124
01:57:28,000 --> 01:57:30,160
Speaker 13: as you said, got them to the playoffs last year,

2125
01:57:30,480 --> 01:57:35,000
Speaker 13: and they're trying to improve the team incrementally, not with one.

2126
01:57:34,840 --> 01:57:36,160
Speaker 10: Big fell swoop.

2127
01:57:36,320 --> 01:57:40,520
Speaker 13: And frankly, the Griffy junior signing didn't improve the team

2128
01:57:40,600 --> 01:57:42,960
Speaker 13: with one big fell swoop as much as one might

2129
01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:43,360
Speaker 13: have hoped.

2130
01:57:43,520 --> 01:57:46,760
Speaker 2: No, because when it but thank you for the phone call, Matt,

2131
01:57:46,960 --> 01:57:50,840
Speaker 2: where I think the junior thing is not as good

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Speaker 2: of a comparison as when the Reds acquired Ken Griffy,

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Speaker 2: which was awesome. He didn't address their biggest issue. The

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Speaker 2: team in nineteen nine did not have great starting pitching.

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Speaker 2: The team in two thousand did not have great starting pitching.

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Speaker 2: The team in two thousand and one, I think eighty

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Speaker 2: five games. So yeah, man, go get Knigriffy. JUDI to

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Speaker 2: the Michael Jordan of baseball in his prime, thirty years old,

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Speaker 2: all century like ten out of ten. I would do that.

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Speaker 2: But he didn't address their biggest weakness from the year before.

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Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber or Pete Alonzo or for what it's worth,

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Speaker 2: Cody Bellinger. Had they gotten involved, Auhaneo Suarez would help

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Speaker 2: address their biggest weakness. Like that's why you go after

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Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber. Now, is it cute that he's also from Middletown. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Kyle Schwerber could have been from Middletown, New Mexico, and

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Speaker 2: you go try to get him. I'm looking for somebody

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Speaker 2: who could address their biggest weakness, Kyle Schwerber. They're set

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Speaker 2: on the mound. Some think they have too many starting pitchers.

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Speaker 2: So Kyle Schwarber can help solve their biggest issue. Pete

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Speaker 2: Alonzo couldn't. I'm sure there is some one out there

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Speaker 2: who would have only bought more tickets had it been

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Speaker 2: Kyle Schwerber. That person probably lives in Middletown. But I

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Speaker 2: think your average fan who says, okay, go get go,

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Speaker 2: get Kyle Schwarber. You know what, I'll buy more tickets,

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Speaker 2: they would have bought no more tickets had have been

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Speaker 2: Pie Alonzo. And maybe they still wouldn't have gotten Peede Alonzo.

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Speaker 2: It's just the pursuit and then the aftermath of the

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Speaker 2: pursuit the next month or so, whatever it's been is bizarre,

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Speaker 2: Like you you need a power hitter. You could use

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Speaker 2: a power hitter. You acknowledge that, Like the pursuit of

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Speaker 2: Kyle Schwerber could not solely have been an acknowledgment that

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Speaker 2: this guy could help sell tickets, it was also an

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Speaker 2: acknowledgement this guy solves our biggest need. Right now, then

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Speaker 2: you stop looking for somebody who could solve your biggest need.

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Speaker 2: Five one, three, seven, four nine, fifteen thirty. Uh, Joe,

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Speaker 2: you're on ESPN FI eighteen thirty. Thanks for hanging on.

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Speaker 7: How are you, Dame?

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Speaker 12: It's actually Phil, But I don't blame tearing. My bluetooth

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Speaker 12: was actually walking in my car.

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Speaker 2: Sound similar, all right?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, Like I said, I don't blame tearing at all.

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Speaker 12: And besides, it's Friday. I'm not gonna let that slow

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Speaker 12: my mojo down.

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Speaker 17: But anyway, I'm really excited about this connection between Savior

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Speaker 17: University and the Reds.

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Speaker 12: Like it's really cool that it's really cool that Savior

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Speaker 12: is trying to like like give rich players from that

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Speaker 12: college degree of free education. That's pretty that's pretty.

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Speaker 7: Is that what it is?

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Speaker 2: That's that's not what it is. It's uh no, it's

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Speaker 2: not what it is.

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Speaker 12: No, so what ah So it's just the money grabs.

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Speaker 12: So Savior's paying the Reds for this.

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, so.

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Speaker 12: Want a savior hope to get out of this because

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Speaker 12: free PSA to any parents listening, if your kid comes

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Speaker 12: to you or if you're sitting there going you know,

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Speaker 12: I think I want my kid to go to this

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Speaker 12: institute because the official university of the Reds. You're doing

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Speaker 12: it wrong.

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Speaker 2: You're just well, every every unit, most universities advertised, the

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Speaker 2: Xaviers choosing to advertise with the Reds, and I guess

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Speaker 2: because of this partnership. I don't know a ton about

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Speaker 2: Xavier sports management program, but I guess there's gonna be

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Speaker 2: internship opportunities and co op opportunities that those kids get

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Speaker 2: with the Reds. And that's good.

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Speaker 12: That makes sense. Yeah, that makes sense. I just like,

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Speaker 12: like all these partnerships, I'm just like, at what point

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Speaker 12: does that money translate the payroll? Apparently?

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Speaker 2: Uh, that's fair. But look, the Miami Miami University sponsors

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Speaker 2: the Miami University red Zone at Bengals games, So you know,

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Speaker 2: most most area schools advertise they have partnerships, they have

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Speaker 2: things they do, and so Xavier found value in the Reds,

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Speaker 2: and the Reds found value in Xavier. And my understanding

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Speaker 2: is there there there's an educational component to this that

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Speaker 2: will benefit sports management students.

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Speaker 12: Xavier Raycole.

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Speaker 17: I guess at the end of the day, the summarize,

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Speaker 17: I just don't buy anything the Reds are doing right now,

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Speaker 17: just like I'm just.

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Speaker 12: Like I honestly, I'm so looking forward to the summer

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Speaker 12: conser season here. But that's that's where my money's going.

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Speaker 17: The the Reds actually decided to like run the big

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Speaker 17: league club like it's the big Leak club. You'll find

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Speaker 17: me at Riverband, You'll you'll find me, You'll find.

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Speaker 12: Me wherever there's good music.

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Speaker 7: But I'm not gonna have been.

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Speaker 17: Any money in a ball game.

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Speaker 2: You well, that well that's all I care about. Thanks

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Speaker 2: very much, and have a have a great weekend. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the the Xavior thing, I you know, I can't imagine

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Speaker 2: being bothered by that the Reds have to change their brand.

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Speaker 2: This offseason has not helped them change their brand. That

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Speaker 2: doesn't mean that Nick Kral hasn't done some good things. Again,

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Speaker 2: I am as big a proponent as what they've done

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Speaker 2: of what they've done in the bullpen, as anybody. Because

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Speaker 2: I didn't think they can cut corners with the relievers.

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Speaker 2: They went and got like legitimate established maybe not entirely

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Speaker 2: in their prime with every guy, but like legitimate relievers

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Speaker 2: dudes that I think it's makes it easier for them

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Speaker 2: to identify who's gonna fill what role. That is good,

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Speaker 2: But as a general rule, they had this weakness last year.

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Speaker 2: They haven't addressed it yet. And this team's brand, deserved

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Speaker 2: or not for a lot of folks, is they're not

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Speaker 2: going to go to the end of the earth to

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Speaker 2: be the best in the world at what they do.

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Speaker 2: You may believe that branding is unfair. Sometimes branding is

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Speaker 2: woefully unfair, but that's what it is. This offseason has

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Speaker 2: only emboldened that. It's only fueled the belief that this

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Speaker 2: team isn't completely that this franchise isn't completely serious about

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Speaker 2: being the best in the world at what they do.

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Speaker 2: Maybe that will change between now and when spring training starts.

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Speaker 2: Maybe that will change between now and opening day. Maybe

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Speaker 2: that will change during the sea and when this team

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Speaker 2: outperforms most people's expectations, But right now, most people's expectations

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Speaker 2: is that this team is going to be similar to

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Speaker 2: last year's. Last year's team did make the postseason. Last

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Speaker 2: year's team did not have a very good record. Both

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Speaker 2: things can be true. Qualifying for the postseasons cool, you

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Speaker 2: need a better record. You don't look at this team

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Speaker 2: offensively and come away with the belief that they're going

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Speaker 2: to have a better record. I think what they have

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Speaker 2: done this offseason while over here with the bullpen is productive.

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Speaker 2: I think it's only it's it's only made people believe

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Speaker 2: more that this team isn't going to go to the

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Speaker 2: end of the earth to be World Series champions. We're done.

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Speaker 6: A sever live stream where about twenty short seven hundred people.

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Speaker 2: Really, how come it says, be right back?

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Speaker 6: Does this be right back?

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Speaker 2: Because the show's over? Yeah? Like I looked up and

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Speaker 2: I got this BRB thing be right back, which is

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Speaker 2: technically and technically not true. Because the show's over, we

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Speaker 2: have to go. We'll live stream again multiple hours. We'll

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Speaker 2: do an entire show next week. How's that?

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Speaker 6: And we'll read your comments next.

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Speaker 2: Time we'll read I'll tell you what We'll do it

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Speaker 2: next Thursday. Okay, next Thursday's entire show will be streamed

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Speaker 2: on Twitter. We can't wait. Have a great night, Thank

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Speaker 2: you for listening. Be safe with the snow. We'll talk

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Speaker 2: to you Monday at three oh five. Thanks to tear

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