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Speaker 1: get the latest on the Colts in the NFL. This

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Speaker 1: is the Last Word, the Offseason Home of the Colts

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Speaker 1: with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor. Hello, log and everyone,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to the Last Word right here on ninety

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Speaker 1: three five one or seven five to fan. I am

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey Goreman joined Weekend and week out the voice of

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Speaker 1: the Colts. Matt Taylor, Big banks to JMB for doing

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Speaker 1: today you make every moment more. It is time to

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Speaker 1: talk about the draft choices that will be coming in

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Speaker 1: and about a week from now. Matt Taylor, they selected

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Speaker 1: eight very impactful players. I like that word impactful players

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Speaker 1: when you're talking about draft choices coming in getting the

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Speaker 1: job done immediately. Okay, light had been that draft. Two

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Speaker 1: pass catchers at the top in wide receiver Alec Pierce

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Speaker 1: what did they accomplish overall with these draft picks? Because

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get to this thing with the reminder again

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Speaker 1: with the next pick, which is an awesome behind the

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Speaker 1: We saw it. They were happy. Chris Ballard was happy

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Speaker 1: with his draft choices. The way they fell, they got

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Speaker 1: their guys. So now with those eight guys that they got,

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Speaker 1: what are they doing next season? Well, first of all, Jeffrey,

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Speaker 1: happy Friday night. It's good to be with you. And

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Speaker 1: it was even better to see you in the flesh

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Speaker 1: last Friday. So wasn't that fun down at kill Royce?

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Speaker 1: It was? That was nice. It was a terrific time.

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Speaker 1: And I wish we could do that every Friday, take

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Speaker 1: well you're a boss man around there at the Colts.

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Speaker 1: Why don't you make it happy and say, Hey, we're

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Speaker 1: doing on location stuff. Gorman's in town. He's ready to roll.

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Speaker 1: Let's go, mate. Yeah, just send me a list of

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Speaker 1: call him see if they'll have us right. I love it.

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Speaker 1: I love it. May take these youngsters man, and I

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Speaker 1: call him youngsters, but they're young men, and I'm saying

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Speaker 1: like they, I mean, every guy on this the way

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Speaker 1: that Chris Ballard conducted this thing, it sounds like everybody's

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Speaker 1: got it, not only a chance to make the team obviously,

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Speaker 1: you're right. I think the Colts accomplished exactly what they

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Speaker 1: set out to going into the draft. They wanted to

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Speaker 1: get more explosive and they wanted to more add more

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Speaker 1: depth that key areas on the roster. So in that regard,

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Speaker 1: check check right, they improved. And the passing game, as

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Speaker 1: guy that can be, you know, a potential cornerstone left

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Speaker 1: So I think it's a really good draft based done

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Speaker 1: and I love the off season. Four on paper, let's

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Speaker 1: you know who also agrees with you, mate, Rick Venturi

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Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten, how improved is this

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Speaker 1: And I guess that's just a conservative nature of me.

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Speaker 1: phase two of that program. That means the coaches are

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Speaker 1: How about this? Darius Leonard met with the media earlier

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Speaker 1: family members that are facing health issues. Leonard has been open,

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Speaker 1: emotional toll that these professional athletes go through. You know,

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Speaker 1: for us, meant you know so much. And you know,

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Speaker 1: for Desmond Riddard, the growth of Desmond Riddard, you don't

427
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Speaker 1: realize that even as a quarterback, I mean, if you

428
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Speaker 1: don't have some guys you trust, they can get you

429
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Speaker 1: into some rhythms. So um, it wasn't just the balls

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Speaker 1: that he kind. It was the confidence that he gave

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Speaker 1: our entire offense and especially our quarterback that meant so

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Speaker 1: much to everything that we've been doing. And Luke Fickel

433
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Speaker 1: is with us. He's the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcatch.

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Speaker 1: You talk about Peter shifting around there a little bit

435
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Speaker 1: coming out of high school, dabbling as a linebacker early

436
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Speaker 1: on in his career. What does that say about his toughness?

437
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,880
Speaker 1: What does that say about his ability to just play football,

438
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Speaker 1: to be a football player at times when he just

439
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Speaker 1: needs to go out there and make a play for

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Speaker 1: his team. I think that's where where you really we

441
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Speaker 1: really saw him grow. I think as people started to

442
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Speaker 1: dive into him, you know, and evaluating him for the draft,

443
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Speaker 1: is where all of a sudden, he started to climb

444
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Speaker 1: so much because they're like, wow, I mean he played

445
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Speaker 1: linebacker a little bit, Look a look at him on specialty.

446
00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 1: I mean, this guy, he's not just one of those,

447
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Speaker 1: you know, so to speak, prima Dona wide receivers. Hey,

448
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Speaker 1: I run deep ball, throw me the ball. I mean

449
00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,960
Speaker 1: he does some of the things that you aren't talked about.

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Speaker 1: I mean some of the ways he blocks, and you know,

451
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Speaker 1: the physicality that he can play with. I think this

452
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Speaker 1: is where he takes himself to the next level. And

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Speaker 1: to be honest, I told I told people in the process,

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Speaker 1: I said, I think his best football is ahead of him.

455
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Speaker 1: He so intelligent that at the next level. The sophistication

456
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Speaker 1: not just to the offensive but the defense, that's dey'll see,

457
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Speaker 1: I think is where Hillock Selly. The more it's Luke Fickle,

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Speaker 1: he's our guest. He's the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats,

459
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Speaker 1: with the Colts drafting two of his players in the draft,

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Speaker 1: Alec Pierce in the second round and then Curtis Brooks,

461
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Speaker 1: defensive lineman in the sixth round. But staying on Pierce,

462
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Speaker 1: Hee had some really big game games, but none bigger

463
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Speaker 1: than that Notre Dame game this past fall. Six catches,

464
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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty four yards against the top ten team.

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Speaker 1: When did you realize that, Hey, this guy, he can

466
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Speaker 1: go high in the draft. He could be a special

467
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Speaker 1: player potentially at the next level. I think I told

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Speaker 1: somebody to do. I think it was after that game.

469
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Speaker 1: I always knew he had the ability I mean, he

470
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Speaker 1: was gonna test, he was gonna be strong. He grew.

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Speaker 1: But after that game, you know, to do it at

472
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Speaker 1: the highest level and the biggest competitions in the biggest moments,

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Speaker 1: is when I thought that next step really took off

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Speaker 1: with Alec and uh, you know, to see him perform

475
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Speaker 1: like that when we needed him so much, that's when I,

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Speaker 1: like I said, I saw that, Wow, this guy's got

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Speaker 1: an incredible future at the next level because when the

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Speaker 1: competition grows, he gets better. And he did it throughout

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Speaker 1: the entire season. He actually had some opportunities in the

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Speaker 1: in the championship game against Alabama that maybe we couldn't

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Speaker 1: get him the ball, but he really I don't know

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Speaker 1: if it was his confidence to continue to grow. I

483
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Speaker 1: think our confidence in him and him in the quarterback

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Speaker 1: after that Notre Dame, I think he was a completely

485
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Speaker 1: different player. All right, Let's talk about Curtis Brooks. In

486
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Speaker 1: the sixth round, the Colts pick him up. Twelve and

487
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Speaker 1: a half tackles for loss for you last year seven

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Speaker 1: and a half sacks and from a defensive lineman position.

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Speaker 1: I mean, those are just eye popping numbers. But doesn't

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Speaker 1: get invited the Combine gets drafted in the sixth round

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Speaker 1: on late on Day three, if you will. How satisfying

492
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Speaker 1: was that for you to see him get picked up

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, get some of that recognition that he

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Speaker 1: deserves after kind of being under the radar and getting

495
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Speaker 1: that combined snub this past winter, Well, that was the

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Speaker 1: most disappointing. It's hard to be disappointed when you have

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Speaker 1: eight guys to write it, but I was really disappointed

498
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Speaker 1: for Curtis because I felt like he was our defensive MVP,

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Speaker 1: and I really do believe that. I mean, he did

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Speaker 1: some of the sung things. I mean, we asked him

501
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Speaker 1: to play nose guard in most head up over the

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Speaker 1: nose and play a lot of two gaps stuff for

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Speaker 1: the team, and he did a phenomenal job at that.

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Speaker 1: So he really kind of grew unselfish and what he

505
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Speaker 1: was doing right, and you know, just really from his

506
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Speaker 1: junior to senior year, from last year to this year,

507
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Speaker 1: he became the leader of that whole d line room

508
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Speaker 1: and his play continued to grow. But his maturity in

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Speaker 1: his ability to lead and be a big part of

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Speaker 1: our locker rooms where I thought he grew even more

511
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Speaker 1: in this last year. It's Luke Fickle, the head coach

512
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Speaker 1: of the Cincinnati Bearcats, and continuing on with Curtis Brooks,

513
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Speaker 1: he's a guy that took advantage of that extra COVID year.

514
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Speaker 1: Comes into the NFL at the age of twenty four,

515
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Speaker 1: six two two ninety, which some teams look at that

516
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Speaker 1: and say that's that's pretty light for what we need.

517
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Speaker 1: But a team like the Colts, they play that attack

518
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Speaker 1: front now under Gus Bradley, they see that as a plus.

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Speaker 1: We're going to get up the field and cause disruption

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Speaker 1: in the backfield. How do you think he translates best

521
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Speaker 1: to the NFL and what situations can he shine here

522
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Speaker 1: with the Colts? I think that's what he he's you know,

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Speaker 1: we asked him to be something that maybe he you know,

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Speaker 1: for us at six two two ninety, he could be

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Speaker 1: incredibly disruptive playing head up over a noscar. But what

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Speaker 1: he is is he's a disruptive player. He's an aggressive

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Speaker 1: attack guy. You know, he's naturally a three technique. That's

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Speaker 1: why I think that he's got a great opportunity and

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Speaker 1: a great shot because you know, he didn't even do

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Speaker 1: what you know his strengths are for us, and he

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Speaker 1: was still obviously phenomenal and to me our defensive MVP.

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Speaker 1: But when put in the right situation and allow him

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Speaker 1: to be a little bit more aggressive, some people would say,

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Speaker 1: you're right six two two night. Well that's not all

535
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Speaker 1: that big, no, But you can't teach power and you

536
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: can't teach explosion, and I think that's two things that

537
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 1: are going to be pop off and jump off right

538
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Speaker 1: away at what Curtis Brooks is going to bring as

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Speaker 1: Luke Fickele with us delving back to Desmond, Ritter, you

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Speaker 1: brought him up and complimenting Alec Pierce, You're outstanding quarterback.

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Speaker 1: He goes to Atlanta in the draft, talk about him?

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Speaker 1: How happy are you for him? And what do you

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Speaker 1: make of his situation as a rookie going to the Falcons. Boy,

544
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Speaker 1: I can't be more happy and more proud. I mean,

545
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Speaker 1: I know that it can be disappointing sometimes in that

546
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Speaker 1: that whole process and maybe you're going to be a

547
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Speaker 1: first round or whatever, but but the reality is is

548
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Speaker 1: all that he's done for us here. I mean, there's

549
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Speaker 1: no way even with all the other guys a mad

550
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Speaker 1: Gardner and Curtis Brooks and all those guys without Desmond

551
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Speaker 1: ridder for us and for all those other guys as well,

552
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Speaker 1: because leaders make others around them better and for me,

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Speaker 1: you know, for us, and what Desmond brought as far

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Speaker 1: as leadership changing, you know, an expectation of a mentality

555
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Speaker 1: about winning. He meant so much and I think helped

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Speaker 1: all those other guys become what they are too. And

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Speaker 1: I look forward to see him in the next level.

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Speaker 1: I think he's, you know, in a unique situation that's

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Speaker 1: going to give him the best opportunities because he's a

560
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Speaker 1: competitor and when put in really legitimate competitive situations, the

561
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Speaker 1: kid is phenomenal. And I think that going in there,

562
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Speaker 1: you know, happen and then an opportunity probably to compete

563
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Speaker 1: with a with a veteran. I think he's going to

564
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Speaker 1: be the best opportunity for him and is going to

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Speaker 1: give him the bility to grow the most. Oh God

566
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Speaker 1: about that. That is Luke Fickle, the head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bearcats. Nine Bearcats drafted, two of them go

568
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Speaker 1: to the Colts. And final thing coach, I mean Chris

569
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Speaker 1: Ballard personally, the head the general manager, I should say,

570
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,120
Speaker 1: of the Colts. He personally goes down to the workout,

571
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: got a really look good look at Ritter, got a

572
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: really good look at Pierce. Then he calls Pierce afterwards

573
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Speaker 1: to thank him for the workout and told him, hey,

574
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Speaker 1: it's it's no surprise Cincinnati football is where it is

575
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: as a program. You look around and it's it's no

576
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 1: surprise that you guys are in the College Football Playoff.

577
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Speaker 1: You're in the final four. And I know you don't

578
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,919
Speaker 1: need to hear stuff like that from other people to

579
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,880
Speaker 1: validate what you're doing. But when you hear a GMS

580
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: say that, how much does that prove that Cincinnati football

581
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,919
Speaker 1: is indeed one of the best programs in the country

582
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Speaker 1: here at the moment, Well, it means the most. I mean,

583
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: it means so much, you know, and you're the same

584
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Speaker 1: thing that is everybody legit that they do they really are.

585
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,679
Speaker 1: They just coach talkers, UM. But for Chris to actually

586
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: come down, spend some time with our players like he did,

587
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,399
Speaker 1: to evaluate them like he did, and you know, he's

588
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: got a million guys evaluate, a million calls to make

589
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,239
Speaker 1: and then afterwards to call and kind of reiterate, you know,

590
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: the things that he saw and what he believes in

591
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: UM meant so much to me too, and so there's

592
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 1: no doubt to me that he they did their homework.

593
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,400
Speaker 1: They didn't just listen to what people said. They kind

594
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,679
Speaker 1: of took a lot of those things in evaluate and

595
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: spent a lot of time with our guys, in my mind,

596
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: do it the right way. But for those guys for

597
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: him to call, um, for coach right to call afterwards

598
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 1: and just you know, not only say I see why

599
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: you guys are good, but also to give you some

600
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: feedback on your players. Um, I appreciate them. It means

601
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: the most, and that makes me, uh, obviously they're gonna

602
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 1: have our players, but even root for them more because

603
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: they do it the right way. Right yep, right up.

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Speaker 1: By seventy four, that's Luke Fickle, the head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bearcats. Coach, I know you are insanely busy,

606
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: so I really appreciate the time to talk about Pierson

607
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: Brooks going to the Colts. And again, congratulations on a

608
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: great draft weekend. Congratulations on all of your success and

609
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: continued success there in the Queen City. Well, I appreciate

610
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Speaker 1: those guys have meant so much and done so much

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Speaker 1: for me. That's the least I could do. So I

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Speaker 1: wish them the best of luck and you guys the

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Speaker 1: best of luck as well. You got it. Thanks coach,

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Speaker 1: thank you, Thanks for a head coach. Luke Fickle may

615
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 1: tell you were good on that interview too, so thank

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Speaker 1: you for that one. Well, I appreciate. I'll take anybody.

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Speaker 1: You do it my way, all right, that's what you do.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna take a quick time out here giving you

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Speaker 1: the Foreign Credit Union question of the week regarding the

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Speaker 1: Georgia Bulldogs setting a draft record. Fifteen of the Bulldogs

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Speaker 1: were drafted last weekend. We're also going to talk about

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Speaker 1: former Coats tight end Dallas Clark running in tomorrow's mini marathon.

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Speaker 1: He's got a great cause behind it. Ryan Tannehill. Also,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about his questionable comments this week in

625
00:29:56,120 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: Tennessee and discussing the NFL's international games in twenty twenty two.

626
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Speaker 1: Spoiler alert, We're not going anywhere overseas, all right, We're

627
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Speaker 1: gonna be back with We're gonna be right here in

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Speaker 1: the States. More the last that's going baby, I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's a long trip. I don't care if you're going

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Speaker 1: to Munich or London or whatever. We're staying here all right,

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Speaker 1: coming back with more of the Last Word ninety three,

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Speaker 1: five one or seven five the Fan. This is your

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Speaker 1: weekly fix on Colts football, The Last Word with Jeffrey

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Speaker 1: Gorman and Matt Taylor. It is the Last Word. I

635
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Speaker 1: am Gorman, joined by the voice of the Colts at

636
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Speaker 1: is Matt Taylor. Who's here and weekend and week out, Mattey,

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Speaker 1: I want to get off the football field with you

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Speaker 1: before we dive back in. There's a horse race coming up,

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Speaker 1: and I mean an exciting horse race. It's one of

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Speaker 1: my favorite days of the year. It's Kentucky Derby time. Mattey,

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Speaker 1: just come up. Listen. There's some degenerates out there that

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Speaker 1: are wanting any sort of insight. There are, I mean

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Speaker 1: they're listening. Okay, tomorrow they're gonna bet. You know what

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Speaker 1: I mean. Everything's done on your phone now. So I'm

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Speaker 1: telling you, Matt Taylor, he's an incredibly gifted horseman and

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Speaker 1: he knows winners. This He was born and raised around

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Speaker 1: thoroughbredge Mate, look at the list, do it quickly? Give

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Speaker 1: me a who do you think is gonna win the

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Speaker 1: Derby tomorrow? Okay? At twenty to one, it's smile happy

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Speaker 1: Crossing the line. First about how about that for insight?

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Speaker 1: All right, who's his jockey? His jockey is not a clue.

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Speaker 1: Look at him, not a clue. It is hello, Bruce Johnson.

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Speaker 1: All right, smile happy. I got Messy, A I got Messier.

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Speaker 1: I was born in the you know, I was born

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Speaker 1: in the day when Mark Messier was doing his thing

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Speaker 1: with Wayne Gretzky. And that horse is named after the

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Speaker 1: great hockey man. And uh, I want to do a

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Speaker 1: quick imitation for you if I can, really quick. Okay,

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Speaker 1: you're ready for it. Oh it's no one's no one's

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Speaker 1: ever heard of this guy. But he used to call

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Speaker 1: the Detroit Red Wings hockey games. His name was Bruce Martin,

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Speaker 1: so he did some of those games with Wayne Gretzky

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Speaker 1: and Mark Messier. You want, can I try it? Or

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Speaker 1: is this just out a line? Uh no, I mean, hey,

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Speaker 1: it's your show. Let's go down the left sign. Here

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Speaker 1: comes Mark Massian crosses, the blue line goes to Wayne

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Speaker 1: Gretzky and gretz game without drive. Oh he almost stoned

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Speaker 1: them right inside the crease. Anyway, that was Oh my, oh,

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Speaker 1: wild and wooly hockey game here in Motown. We'll be

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Speaker 1: back here on w JR. With fifteen thousand kilo wants

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Speaker 1: a bower bringing you the latest Detroit red Wings. Now

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Speaker 1: that's a bad invitation. Now, what was that gentleman's name again,

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Speaker 1: Bruce Martin. Actually, I don't know how to do it

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Speaker 1: with other players. I always did in invitation with Bruce

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Speaker 1: Martin about when he'd do a former Red Wing greats,

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Speaker 1: And that was, of course when they had the Russian

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Speaker 1: unit and they'd be lank here Sla mccon's loft over

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Speaker 1: to Fatissa, Fatissa, I dropping off to larryon Off, let

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Speaker 1: around off over the fenderoff enner Off, couldn't find the handle,

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Speaker 1: he dropped in off to. Everyone was a loft there,

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Speaker 1: so it was easy for him to do it. But

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Speaker 1: it was great. Now anyway, I'm sorry that was I

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Speaker 1: don't know if that was good or bad, but I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna take your word for it, because you are pretty

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Speaker 1: accurate in terms of your other impressions that I know of,

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Speaker 1: so I'm gonna say that's pretty good. I'm sorry, I

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Speaker 1: just took an exit ramp there. Nobody knows who Bruce

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Speaker 1: Martin is. He got to be like fifty years old

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Speaker 1: to even consider knowing like the Don Fisher of Detroit. Ah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he was kind of the been around forever in a legend. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean that sort of thing. But but Bruce Martin, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he just hang had a nasingly voice, madly spoke like this.

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Speaker 1: He kind of he kind of talked through his nose.

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Speaker 1: And here's masslaf Now I'm asking without drive. I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: I'm wasting a lot of listeners times here with Bruce

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Speaker 1: Friday night. Everybody's off work. They don't care anything goes

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Speaker 1: pal all right, Sorry again for that bumpy off ramp

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Speaker 1: that we just took its time. Now for the form

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Speaker 1: Credit Union question of the week. Then Georgia Bulldogs and

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Speaker 1: Boys between the hedges? Do you remember Vince Dooley? By

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Speaker 1: the way, are you too young? That one is not

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Speaker 1: in my wheelhouse? Sorry Vince Dooley, I mean I didn't

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Speaker 1: grow up in the short legend. I understood a legend,

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Speaker 1: all right, I know, I know, Well every smart's got

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Speaker 1: it going on down there right now. But listen. They

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Speaker 1: set a record last weekend for players from one school

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Speaker 1: selected in a seven round draft. They finished with fifteen

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Speaker 1: players selected. Which school's record did they break? Mate and

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Speaker 1: it's real easy. You gotta go to like, you know,

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Speaker 1: a couple of the top seven programs in the nation,

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Speaker 1: and the answers are right there, So go ahead. Ah,

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Speaker 1: so it's gotta be a blue blood then right, it's

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Speaker 1: got to be like I'm gonna say, Alabama. Alabama is

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Speaker 1: not there. But LSU had fourteen. LSU had fourteen in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty. That was a Joe Burrow braft. And don't

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Speaker 1: forget Ohio State in two thousand and four, fourteen players selected,

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Speaker 1: so a bounty of LSU Tigers and Buckeyes and in

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Speaker 1: this case Georgia Bulldogs were taken in that current seven

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Speaker 1: round format began in nineteen ninety four. There's your answer.

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Speaker 1: How about that fourteen players was the old record? Fifteen

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Speaker 1: this year from Georgia. Okay. The forum credit Union fan

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Speaker 1: forum section of coach dot com, you can interact with

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Speaker 1: the other fans online, post a topic, participate in various

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Speaker 1: discussions regard your colts. Forum credit Union helping members live

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Speaker 1: their financial dreams and have a day they'll never forget.

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Speaker 1: Let's bust out the grab bag to close out the show.

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Speaker 1: The NFL never sleeps. This is the NFL grab Bag

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Speaker 1: on the last word. All right, this about grab background?

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Speaker 1: Do you buy? Our friends at Meyer Meyer, the official

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Speaker 1: of local sports teams across the Midwest, run Dallas run.

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Speaker 1: I said the same thing when I read the story

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Speaker 1: the other day. Former Colts tight end Dallas Clark is

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Speaker 1: running in tomorrow's One America five hundred Festival Mini Marathon.

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Speaker 1: He's part of the Mini with a meeting program to

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Speaker 1: raise funds for children's hospitals, two of them to be exact.

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Speaker 1: He's running in the mini tomorrow as part of his

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Speaker 1: preparation and training. Are you ready for this? He's going

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Speaker 1: to compete in the Ironman Triathlon in ConA, Hawaii this fall.

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Speaker 1: He's also partnering with the iron Man Foundation with a

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Speaker 1: goal of reaching two million dollars to support Peyton Manning's

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Speaker 1: Children Hospital and the University of Iowa Steed Family Children's Hospital.

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Speaker 1: You know about that one as well. To donate to

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Speaker 1: Dallas's cause this weekend, you can head to Ironman Foundation

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Speaker 1: dot donor drive dot com. Again, if you want to

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Speaker 1: support Dallas Clark, go to Ironman Foundation dot donor drive

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Speaker 1: dot com. Mate, let's go over what this young man

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Speaker 1: is gonna do not tomorrow in the mini we know

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Speaker 1: what he has there, but he has to run a marathon.

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Speaker 1: He has to bike for one hundred and twelve miles

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Speaker 1: and swim two and a half miles. Is that? Does

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Speaker 1: that sound accurate? That is? That is pretty much accurate.

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Speaker 1: It's it's two point four miles with the swimming. You

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Speaker 1: bike one hundred and twelve and then a full marathon

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Speaker 1: at twenty six point two miles in a day, and

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Speaker 1: you do it in a day. And he's already done

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Speaker 1: a half Ironman. He did that in five hours and

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Speaker 1: forty minutes back in California last month, and he said

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Speaker 1: his goal is to complete the full iron Man coming

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Speaker 1: in October and under twelve hours, I mean under twelve miles,

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Speaker 1: biking twenty six miles running at a swim competition at

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Speaker 1: two point four miles in less than twelve hours. I

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Speaker 1: just got tired reading that. This guy. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: it's unfathomable. The shape and the athlete that Dallas Clark

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Speaker 1: continues to be. That's beyond oppressive. He is a machine.

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Speaker 1: We saw him down. The last time I saw Dallas

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Speaker 1: was at Peyton's induction at Canton. And again, he's a machine.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's a young guy as it is. I mean,

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Speaker 1: football wise, he's not you know, couldn't play in the

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Speaker 1: league now. But as far as overall life goes, I mean,

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Speaker 1: he is a chiseled machine when it comes to keeping

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Speaker 1: himself in shape. So to do all that, I have

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Speaker 1: no doubt that that cattle finish that thing in less

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Speaker 1: than twelve and a half hours. Are there quarterback problems

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Speaker 1: in the Music City? I don't like I'm not talking

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Speaker 1: about anybody else's players. Okay, I'm just I'm not. I'm

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Speaker 1: not doing especially in the division. But there's something going

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Speaker 1: on down in Tennessee right now. Okay, the Titans drafted

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Speaker 1: quarterback Malik Willis in the third round last weekend. So

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill said that the Titans didn't notify him that

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Speaker 1: they were selecting a quarterback in this case Willis, and said, hey,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's my job to mentor him, but

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Speaker 1: if he learns from me along the way, that's great.

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Speaker 1: Did the Titans have a quarterback problem? Matey? Easy? Now,

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Speaker 1: I don't like to talk about other teams, but but seriously,

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Speaker 1: do you like to hear that out of your starting quarterback. Well, no,

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Speaker 1: but I mean I saw somebody on TV the other

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Speaker 1: day put it pretty well. I think it was Robert Griffin,

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Speaker 1: the Third on ESPN. And you know, it's not Ryan

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Speaker 1: Tannehill's job to mentor his teammates that much, I agree with.

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Speaker 1: But as the quarterback of the team, it is your

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Speaker 1: job to lead the team and do what's best for

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Speaker 1: the team, and that comes with the nature of the position,

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Speaker 1: whether you like it or not. So saying you don't

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Speaker 1: want to mentor another young player, you know, sort of

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Speaker 1: sends a ripple through the rest of the locker room

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Speaker 1: and sends a message to everybody on that team about

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Speaker 1: what kind of guy you are and what leader you're

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Speaker 1: gonna be. So I know, it sucks to deal with

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Speaker 1: the storyline of another player possibly waiting in the wings

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Speaker 1: to take your job. Tanne Hill's going into a contract gear.

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Speaker 1: But if you play at a high level and you produce,

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Speaker 1: you've got nothing to worry about. It's just like what's

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Speaker 1: going on in Green Bay? Or what did go on

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Speaker 1: in green Bay? The Packers drafted Jordan Love. Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: hated that didn't like the pick, but but Love hasn't

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Speaker 1: sniffed the field because Rogers elevated his game and played

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Speaker 1: at an MVP type level. I understand it's it's a

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Speaker 1: crummy situation for Ryan tanne Hill. Plus he's been dealing

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Speaker 1: with the loss and the playoffs and throwing picks and

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Speaker 1: kind of going into a dark place after that this

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Speaker 1: passed off season. But I did not like those comments.

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Speaker 1: I thought he could have handled it better. Yeah, exactly,

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Speaker 1: I think that as well. But you know, at the

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Speaker 1: same time, we say that we're not bagging the guy

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Speaker 1: at all. I'm not here to bag the guy or

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Speaker 1: nothing like that. But he said he's been going to

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Speaker 1: therapy for a little while. The loss last year took

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Speaker 1: a toll on him. Obviously, this didn't help with the

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Speaker 1: team that he plays for drafting a quarterback in an

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Speaker 1: early round. So I get it, I mean I do.

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Speaker 1: I get it. It's a high pressure position to play

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. We got a rivalry with them, but

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Speaker 1: they're doing something right down there in Tennessee. But we'll

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Speaker 1: see him twice next year. Okay, so more games internationally.

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Speaker 1: They are set now the first ever NFL regular season

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Speaker 1: game in Gudentag, Germany, is set GUDENTALG. There you go

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Speaker 1: about all I know and J yeah, that is I

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Speaker 1: have a nice day. I screwed that one. The first

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Speaker 1: game in Germany is set GUDENTALG. That's what I meant

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Speaker 1: to say. The Seahawks are gonna face the Bucks at

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Speaker 1: nine thirty am Eastern, which I love. They do that

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Speaker 1: on the West Coast, but now we get it early

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Speaker 1: kickoffs when they go overseas like that. So that's gonna

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Speaker 1: be at nine thirty on November the thirteenth in moon Chin.

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Speaker 1: That's right in Munich, Germany. Additionally, the Vikings are gonna

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Speaker 1: play the Saints on October second in London. The Giants

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Speaker 1: are gonna play the Packers October ninth in London, and

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Speaker 1: the Broncos are going to take on the Jaguars October

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Speaker 1: thirtieth in London. How about this, The forty nine ers

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Speaker 1: are gonna face the Cardinals in Mexico City on Monday

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Speaker 1: Night Football on November the twenty first. I love those games.

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Speaker 1: They go crazy, y'all. Anywhere the games are played overseas

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Speaker 1: or in Mexico down, I mean, like that's the place

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Speaker 1: to be. I wanted this team to do it. I've

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Speaker 1: had a couple experiences going overseas. One of them was

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Speaker 1: Japan play a preseason game back in two thousand and four.

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Speaker 1: I know that's a you know, like a hundred years ago.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know when the Colts are going internationally.

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Speaker 1: But what the heck? Last year I said it would

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Speaker 1: be this year. So this year it's not happening. So

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say next year, Colts fans look for the

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Speaker 1: Colts to be back on the international stage in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three. How about that? Just a matter of time.

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Speaker 1: I mean, ten teams are gonna play international games every

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Speaker 1: year from here on out, so you know, maybe next year,

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Speaker 1: maybe the year after that, but it's gonna be soon.

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Speaker 1: So maybe the Colts are eating fish and chips in London,

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Speaker 1: or rott worse and pretzels in Germany, or maybe spicy

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Speaker 1: tacos and some margarite is in Mexico City. Either way,

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Speaker 1: all three of those, you can't go wrong. Let's go

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Speaker 1: hop on. Maybe we'll see you next year, maybe we won't,

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Speaker 1: all right, matey Voice the Colts also an internationally known

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Speaker 1: horse wrangler. He knows his thoroughbreds. He likes Happy Smile

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Speaker 1: is it happy Smile. Who do you like happy smiles? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: happy smile. I think that's what it was. YEA happy

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Speaker 1: smile is his thoroughbred choice. I think it's happy Smile.

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Speaker 1: I'm taking messier because of the great hockey player that

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Speaker 1: it's named after, Matt Taylor, the voice of the Colts.

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Speaker 1: I am Jeffrey Gorman. Coming up next, we've got ESPN

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