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Speaker 1: Penny that it is and welcome in a post season edition.

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Speaker 1: If you thought the regular season of Benny Versus the

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Speaker 1: Penny was quality, wholesome podcasting, well you are in for

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Speaker 1: a magical treat because we have arrived our first Benny

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Speaker 1: Versus the Penny for the new year, and we ring

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Speaker 1: it in with the second round of the postseason, the

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Speaker 1: Divisional Playoff round and as always representing the Coin, a

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Speaker 1: man who whatever I pick will go against me, meaning

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Speaker 1: that many people think this is a rigged deal. David

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Speaker 1: Gascon his stage name No I Don't play right, Don't

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Speaker 1: all I know is that I have had a wonderful

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Speaker 1: And I know there's some dissension. You're upset that I

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Speaker 1: But that's that different conversation. Yes, now here postseason edition

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Speaker 1: of Benny Versus a Penny. You have a special treat

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Speaker 1: worked out. So it's it is nerve racking and scary,

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Speaker 1: but also exciting because he could play the way he

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Speaker 1: did during the regular season. But the Ravens defensively have

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Speaker 1: been playing better than the Patriots have at the end

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Speaker 1: of the year. So as an impartial observer, I don't

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Speaker 1: expect Tanny Hill to be great, but I don't expect

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Speaker 1: him to suck out loud and play like Puke. So

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Speaker 1: I think he'll be somewhere in the middle, which is

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Speaker 1: where Tennessee. As long as he don't turn the ball over,

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Speaker 1: then then they're fine. Now the second thing here, which

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is gonna show up. Now, nobody else is

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Speaker 1: talking about this. Everyone else is is biased the prejudice.

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Speaker 1: They are convinced that Lamar Jackson is just gonna continue

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Speaker 1: on la la la la, la la la with his

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Speaker 1: crazy breakout season, a kind of a year for a

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Speaker 1: dual threat quarterback that has put him in the book

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Speaker 1: of legends. He's gonna win the MVP Award and he's

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Speaker 1: gonna win by a mile uh the m v P race.

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Speaker 1: But the postseason was not his friend last year. This

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Speaker 1: is not his first playoff start. Now I understand, you know,

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Speaker 1: he's different, he's evolved and all that blah blah blah

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Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah, But I still have the preconceived

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Speaker 1: idea that this guy has some suck in him in

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Speaker 1: playoff games because last year a lot of people have

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Speaker 1: forgotten and the numbers got skewed. If you go back

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Speaker 1: and just look at the box score in the wild

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Speaker 1: card round against the Chargers in Baltimore, do you know

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Speaker 1: what Lamar Jackson's quarterback rating was going to the fourth

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Speaker 1: quarter of that game? No, you don't. He had a

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Speaker 1: two point seven quarterback rating. I don't know that you

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Speaker 1: could go that low. He had twenty five yards passing,

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Speaker 1: no touchdowns in one interception over the first three quarters

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Speaker 1: of that game against the l A Chargers in the

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Speaker 1: postseason last year, and then he went bananas in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter and had like a hundred and seventy yards

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Speaker 1: and two touchdowns whatever it was, um, And so which

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Speaker 1: guy shows up now? Everyone's always gonna be the guy

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Speaker 1: that played in the fourth quarter the playoff game last year.

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Speaker 1: But you're not so fast, my friends. I know Rabels

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Speaker 1: got some tricks up his sleeve here as an old

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Speaker 1: defensive guy and a disciple of Bill Belichick, to try

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Speaker 1: to throw off Lamar. Now everyone says they have that,

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Speaker 1: but we had actually worked the Ravens on the surface.

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Speaker 1: Look unbeatable. They run and frow and have a grand

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Speaker 1: old time. They have an opportunistic defense. Certainly late in

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Speaker 1: the year the defense got better. So what can the

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Speaker 1: underdog Titans do well? I mentioned it already, play error

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Speaker 1: free football. Don't give the Titans extra the Ravens rather

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Speaker 1: extra possessions. You also got to get a few breaks,

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Speaker 1: lucky breaks that go your way, meaning Lamar Jackson fumbles

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Speaker 1: or Ingram fumbles. There's a tipped past that deflects off

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Speaker 1: an offensive lineman and goes to one of the Titans linebackers.

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Speaker 1: All of those things, if a couple of them go

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Speaker 1: the way of the Tennessee Titans. The way I look

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Speaker 1: at it, nobody is infouiable, certainly the Titans opponent. Here.

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Speaker 1: The Ravens look like they are unbeatable and the juggernaut,

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Speaker 1: and they're the fat Cats of the NFL. They're the

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Speaker 1: elite of the elite, and they should live at the

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Speaker 1: taj Mahal the way they played. But any time you

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Speaker 1: get a touchdown or more in a playoff game against

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Speaker 1: plausibly teams that are pretty close, you take the points. Now,

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Speaker 1: I'm not crazy enough to pick the Titans to win

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Speaker 1: this game. Out right, but they will hang around, hang

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Speaker 1: around Ravens thirty Titans three. Uh, Penny again likes it

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Speaker 1: and going with the Tennessee Titans. So what's the point

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Speaker 1: of doing the podcast if the Penny agree with every

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Speaker 1: one of my What do you want me to do?

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Speaker 1: It's it's Does the Penny have any thoughts on the game?

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Speaker 1: With the penny like the handicap the game? Does they

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Speaker 1: have like a portfolio ideas that you can share in

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Speaker 1: investments for the game. The Penny has the game at

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Speaker 1: nine and a half, but it likes it either way.

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Speaker 1: Concerning the fact that Lamar Jackson last season against the

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Speaker 1: Chargers in the Divisional round was not up to snuff

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Speaker 1: and it was not good at all, he looks for

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Speaker 1: a duplication of such. Well, he was good in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, but the Chargers played more of a prevent

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Speaker 1: defense in the fourth quarter things assuming the game was over,

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Speaker 1: and then Lamar started hitting receivers and and all that

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Speaker 1: much easier to be in that kind of an environment

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Speaker 1: when you're playing catch up at home, and of course

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Speaker 1: you can do all right. So we're gonna adjust the

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Speaker 1: line of that because I just looked you are correct.

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Speaker 1: The line is up to nine and a half the

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Speaker 1: current line I had at nine, but we haven't made

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Speaker 1: the bet yet, so nine and a half. The money

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Speaker 1: on this game is pretty even. The money on this

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Speaker 1: game is pretty even. I like Tennessee, man, I I

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Speaker 1: and the Ravens can win this game by twenty eight

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Speaker 1: points and that's you know, no one will be shocked

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Speaker 1: and all that stuff. But you gotta like going in

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Speaker 1: a team that can run the ball the way Tennessee

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Speaker 1: can and and keep it close to the best because

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Speaker 1: you gotta keep the ball away from the Ravens. Right,

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Speaker 1: doesn't everyone say that the key to beating the Ravens

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Speaker 1: All any team is as dominant as the Ravens. It's

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Speaker 1: like those old remember the Minnesota Vikings when they had

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Speaker 1: Randy Moss and Chris Carter that these amazing offenses, but

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Speaker 1: the way to beat them was to not allow them

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Speaker 1: to have the ball. Robert Smith was also on that team,

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Speaker 1: and Atlanta got it done. That's right, that's right, one

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Speaker 1: of the classic upsets in NFL history. So the Titans

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Speaker 1: are the pick, and we also like the Vikings in

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Speaker 1: the early game on Saturday, so we're taking both underdogs

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Speaker 1: in that game. Sunday Sunday. Sunday Sunday. Now, this is

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Speaker 1: good news for you. The penny being on your side

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Speaker 1: for these first two games on Saturday is great because

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Speaker 1: weeks fifteen and sixteen you weren't good, but the penny

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Speaker 1: was fantastic. So this is a good omen Well no, no, well,

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Speaker 1: I'm going first. So really the penny is copying me.

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Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think this is a good

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Speaker 1: omen for well. The fact that you don't think, you

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Speaker 1: don't have to say so. At the end of that,

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Speaker 1: you can just say, I don't think. I'm not thinking

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Speaker 1: about you in this instance. I'm thinking about the petty,

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Speaker 1: the one, the money maker, the treasury, the bank, the

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Speaker 1: treasury exactly all right. Next up Sunday, early game Houston,

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Speaker 1: a FC South team eleven and six had the playoff

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Speaker 1: win over Buffalo last week. Cansa City, home of the

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Speaker 1: Ben Mallard Chicken Finger in Liberty, Missouri. UH. The a

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Speaker 1: f C West representative twelve and forts on CBS doesn't

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Speaker 1: quite work as well as and be easy. Uh, CBS

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Speaker 1: at three oh five Eastern, just after noon Pacific, and

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00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: in Kansas City will be just after two o'clock. Jim

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Speaker 1: nance and toe knee role, mole the golfer. We'll have

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Speaker 1: the call now. The line on this game, Kansas City

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Speaker 1: opened up a seven point favorite. They are now favorite

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Speaker 1: by nine and a half. The current line is nine

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Speaker 1: and a half. In this game, where is the money?

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Speaker 1: It's pretty even. There's a slight when I say slight,

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Speaker 1: like between fifty and fifty of the cash is on

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Speaker 1: Kansas City now. The tickets are about six in favor

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Speaker 1: of the Chiefs in this game. The weather sunny, thirty

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Speaker 1: seven degrees. That kick off at air Oldhead Stadium. The

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Speaker 1: pick is in. I'll take the I hate to do

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Speaker 1: this the Houston Texas. I am gonna take the Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans in this game. And I'll walk you through why

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Speaker 1: I am gonna take the Houston Texans. First of all,

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Speaker 1: because of the Ravens success. The Chiefs have been flying

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Speaker 1: under the radar, and I get that. I am aware

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Speaker 1: of that, and they they have a chance to get

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Speaker 1: the spotlight back with a blowout, dominant win against the

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Speaker 1: Houston team, which is already on borrow time. Patrick Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: how good has this guy been? He got hurt against

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Speaker 1: the Broncos during the year, and he missed some time,

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Speaker 1: but when he's played, he's passed for over four thousand yards,

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Speaker 1: twenty six touchdowns, five interceptions, and yet perception, which is

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Speaker 1: often not reality, but the perception is that this guy

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Speaker 1: has not played as well as numbers have regressed from

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Speaker 1: his m v P year. But twenty six touchdowns and

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Speaker 1: five interceptions, prettyep pretty pretty good for the Chiefs quarterback. Now,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs we're better than Houston both defensively and offensively

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Speaker 1: this year. But you also can look and this is

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Speaker 1: one of those matchups where if you look at the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and the Texans schedule and you go la la

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Speaker 1: la la, la la la. Let me look at the

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Speaker 1: schedule here and go down, all right? I mean in

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Speaker 1: the week one, Week two, Week three, Week four, Week five, oh,

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Speaker 1: week six? What happened in Week six? Kansas City played

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Speaker 1: host to Houston, the same thing that's gonna happen on

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Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead. And in that particular game, it

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Speaker 1: was a thirty one, twenty four loss for Kansas City.

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00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: They lost that game to the Houston Texas. How about that?

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00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 1: So now I I do I think the Texans are

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00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: going to win the game here? No, I do not.

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Speaker 1: I believe Kansas City is a better football team now

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Speaker 1: than they were at that particular point, and the Texans

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Speaker 1: are either about the same or a little bit worse now. Secondly,

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Speaker 1: as we talked on Benny versus the Penny, so Bill O'Brien,

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Speaker 1: this guy should count his lucky stars that he was

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Speaker 1: able to beat Buffalo last week. Josh Allen handed that

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Speaker 1: game on a room service card to the Texas with

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Speaker 1: his stumbling, bumbling performance. By any calculation, the arithmetic tells

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Speaker 1: you this guy stinks. This guy should be he should

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Speaker 1: be unhooked on Phonics the quarterback edition. He should be

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Speaker 1: on their Josh Allen, with those mistakes he made, how

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Speaker 1: dare him cost me money? It's a bad job by him.

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Speaker 1: But lost in all that, what the hell happened to

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Speaker 1: the Texans offense? Here about DeAndre Hopkins, the greatest receiver

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, and the John Watson electrifying and all

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Speaker 1: that their offense. I guess you could say it was frugal,

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Speaker 1: was economical because they didn't score until late in the game.

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Speaker 1: Now because of the mistakes, they took advantage of it.

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Speaker 1: I don't even they scored until late in the third quarter,

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Speaker 1: uh and they got a gift field goal after a

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen turnover. But the point of this is, right,

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Speaker 1: you look at everything here and you're like, what happened?

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Speaker 1: You know? I know Buffalo has got a good defense

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Speaker 1: in Kansas City is not as good even though they're

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Speaker 1: they're they're better this year. Defensively, they're not as good

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Speaker 1: as the Bills, who are wonderful. But Deshaun Watson he

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Speaker 1: had some success in Kansas City back in Week six

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Speaker 1: in that game. It's not like the Texans are gonna

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Speaker 1: be intimidated like, oh, we can't beat the Chiefs. You

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Speaker 1: already beat the Chiefs. Most of the roster has not

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Speaker 1: turned over since that game. The issue for Houston, and

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Speaker 1: it's the same issue everyone's got when they play Kansas

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Speaker 1: City Chiefs, is how does slow down Patrick Mahomes right?

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Speaker 1: How to have you know he's going from Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: to Patrick Mahomes. He's like going from driving a Toyota

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Speaker 1: Prius on the four oh five Freeway in Los Angeles

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Speaker 1: and rush hour traffic to driving a Maserati okay on

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Speaker 1: the audubon. That that's the difference there. It's a big

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Speaker 1: difference now that said, I expect this to be a

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Speaker 1: nip and tuck game. You're getting almost ten points. What

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Speaker 1: a gift from the bookmakers, getting almost ten points. So

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Speaker 1: yet again I find myself on the side of the

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Speaker 1: underdog in this game. At Arrowhead Stadium, the house that

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Speaker 1: Bob Festco built, the Great Morning Man at six ten

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Speaker 1: Sports in Kansas City are home for this show on

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Speaker 1: the radio, the radio version. So I'm gonna take the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs twenty eight, Texans twenty three. Not this time, Penny

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Speaker 1: is gonna Canauh City be sure to catch live edition.

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Speaker 1: So the Ben Maller Show weekdays at two am Eastern Pacific. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's a big number to put down guests, nine and

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Speaker 1: a half for the penny. That's a lot of points there.

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Speaker 1: That's actually, there's a lot wrong with that. A lot wrong,

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Speaker 1: is not. Penny likes Andy Reid as opposed to Bill O'Brien,

644
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: likes Mahomes way better than DeShawn Watson. Why I like

645
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Speaker 1: Mahomes better than DeShawn Watson too. I like Andy Reid

646
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Speaker 1: more than Bill O'Brien. I agree with all of that,

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Speaker 1: but I also believe in the theory that most games

648
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Speaker 1: are decided by a touchdown or less between competitive teams

649
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Speaker 1: that are trying to win the game. And so that

650
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Speaker 1: that that's the reason there. You take the underdog there

651
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Speaker 1: and you enjoy and a vast in the after glow

652
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Speaker 1: of victory. Didn't you just give us about nine minutes

653
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Speaker 1: worth the crap on this game? Yeah? And I'm taking

654
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Speaker 1: the taking the Chiefs to win in the Texas to cover.

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Speaker 1: All right, it wasn't crap. Let the penny talk, go ahead, talk,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go. I'll turn my mic, go ahead. A

657
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Speaker 1: little sprinkle on this. Why don't you put a little

658
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 1: icing on top, a little cherry. You didn't say anything

659
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Speaker 1: about the environment either. I mean, don't you love Arrowhead Stadium?

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Speaker 1: Don't you just love it? But you want me to

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Speaker 1: talk now, Well, yeah, I'm asking you a question. Well,

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Speaker 1: I've been the Aarirhood Stadium. I've never been to a

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Speaker 1: game at airhoods. Well, I've been to the Sports Complex.

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Speaker 1: I was at the Royals game. The environment there is

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Speaker 1: amazing at the Royal Stadium day or night game for

666
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Speaker 1: the Royals. It was a day game. It was oppressively hot.

667
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: It was the Royals playing the Cleveland Indians. But fortunately

668
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Speaker 1: my seats were under the overhang, so it wasn't as bad.

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Speaker 1: But the humidity, oh my god, oppressively hot. It was.

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Speaker 1: You know how humid it gets in Kansas City, and

671
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Speaker 1: like in August. My god, man. Now I've only been

672
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Speaker 1: there for December games to Bronco Chiefs games Sunday night

673
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:57,280
Speaker 1: football on both of them, and it was freezing, freezing, freezing.

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Speaker 1: Any other humble brags you'd like to throw out. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I've been the arrowhead. I mean, I haven't had chicken

676
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Speaker 1: fingers named after me, but at least I support their team.

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Speaker 1: I think you missed somebody on your victory lap over there.

678
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Speaker 1: I think you missed someone. You might want to go

679
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Speaker 1: over there and slap their hand high five. For the

680
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Speaker 1: other podcast. Oh that's right, that's for the other podcast

681
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: where everyone hates you. They put up with you on

682
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 1: this podcast, but on the other podcast, all the emails

683
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Speaker 1: I get, how can you allow this guy to work

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Speaker 1: with you? It's you know, it's a bridge to nowhere.

685
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: What are you doing? You know, going on and on.

686
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: He's he's an albatross, he's deadweight. You know. Yeah, you

687
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,799
Speaker 1: think I'd probably drive some of these people to psychiatric help.

688
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: But the reality is they're actually coming from psychiatric help

689
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: to here we go, Here we go, really with your

690
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Speaker 1: arms open, trying. You are someone that wants to be loved, right,

691
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 1: you want these people to love you, and that's a

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Speaker 1: great strategy by you. No, I mean no, that's that's fine.

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Speaker 1: Moving not even on my radar, Ben Mallory. Can I

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Speaker 1: move on? Yes, you can, please move on, move along.

695
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Speaker 1: I know you're a bottomless pit of silly concompetence, but

696
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Speaker 1: I must move on. I'm just happy that you're awake

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Speaker 1: right now, functioning somewhat upright. It's good. I don't know.

698
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Speaker 1: I'm actually sleeping while I'm doing this. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if you can tell you have you know corportty hackety

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Speaker 1: hacks that come in and redo your studio. Well again

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Speaker 1: we will. We talked about this on the other podcast,

702
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: but this is the maiden voyage of the new studio.

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Speaker 1: I think it sounds freaking great. I those engineers at

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Speaker 1: I Hearted Media, God love them. They did a wonderful

705
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Speaker 1: job the wiring that went into this. That we had

706
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Speaker 1: a couple of glitches that we had to work out,

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Speaker 1: and it sounds wonderful. I was very nervous I'll explain

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Speaker 1: you know again in the other podcast, a longer extended

709
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Speaker 1: dance remix rather than the radio edit. But yeah, I'm

710
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Speaker 1: excited and so far, so good. It hasn't dropped one time.

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Speaker 1: We're good. Everything is wonderful, hallelujah. Invoice is as good

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Speaker 1: as it'll get. So let's go. The voice sounds wonderful.

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Speaker 1: It's a all right, it's not that good. Well it's not.

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Speaker 1: It's not The voice isn't that good because of my

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Speaker 1: situation here involving sleep. Fuck has nothing to do with

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Speaker 1: the microphone. See, your voice is impacted by the amount

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Speaker 1: of sleep, or lack there of it, you get. Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's how it happened. What a fucking baby. That's reality. Listen,

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Speaker 1: we got two more games to go. Well, we have

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Speaker 1: one more NFL game to go, and if we don't

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Speaker 1: have time, I guess we can't do the college. We

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Speaker 1: have two games, I said, So you're listening is obviously

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Speaker 1: impaired by your lack of sleep. So let's I work

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Speaker 1: in talk radio. I don't work and listen radio. They

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Speaker 1: don't pay me to listen, they pay me to talk.

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Speaker 1: It's called active listening. Ben Mallory, No, no, it's talk radio.

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Speaker 1: I talk was taught that in the class before I

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Speaker 1: was taking my glamour shots, and so I heard about that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: my my wife said, hey, hey, guess guy, he's got

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Speaker 1: the glamour shots. I said, really, when's he having the

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Speaker 1: big announcement? When is he having the big announcement? There's

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Speaker 1: plenty of those. Yeah, you're gonna. Okay, now those going

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Speaker 1: right up on grinder? Or are you waiting? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, do you wait to put

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Speaker 1: those up? I mean to see idiot? Okay, all right,

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Speaker 1: I just want to know. I don't know how that works.

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Speaker 1: Moving on, Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk

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Speaker 1: Radio app. Search f s R to listen live Seattle

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Speaker 1: twelve and five. As I said in Green Bay, Well

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Speaker 1: maybe I didn't say twelve and five from the NFC

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Speaker 1: West with the worst PR department in the entire NFL,

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Speaker 1: the Seattle's Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers from the

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Speaker 1: NFC North. Thirteen and three. It's on Fox. You better watch.

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Speaker 1: This game will kick off at six forty eastern five

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Speaker 1: forty Local time at Lambeau three forty Pacific. And if

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Speaker 1: you're in Hawaii, figure it out for yourself. And if

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00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: you're in Australia or England, you gotta figure that out.

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Speaker 1: Joe Buck, Buckety Buck, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. We'll

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Speaker 1: have the call on Fox. This is the only Fox

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00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 1: game this week. And the Packers opened a three and

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Speaker 1: a half point favorite in this game, and they are

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Speaker 1: now favored by four. The current number is four. Where

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00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 1: is the money. There's a slight lean to the road team,

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks that that four is a big number

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Speaker 1: because if you can get over three, anything over three,

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Speaker 1: you like that. You like that a lot. Now the weather,

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Speaker 1: Remember last week after the Seahawks playoff game, Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: who played college football briefly at Wisconsin, said, Oh, I

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00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 1: know it's gonna be snowing. Well, spoiler alert, No snow

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Speaker 1: is forecast at least at the start of the game,

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Speaker 1: but it is gonna be frigid. Is the frozen tundra

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Speaker 1: after all. And the Seahawks will leave their hotel in Appleton, Wisconsin,

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Speaker 1: where my brother lives, and then drive over to Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: It'll be cloudy and twenty one degrees at kick off

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Speaker 1: at lom Move Field in green Bay, Wisconsin. Now the pick,

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Speaker 1: I'm taking my guys in Seattle, the Mallard Man March Crew,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna take the Seahawks here plus up four points.

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Speaker 1: And I tried to find a way to pick Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't do it. Green Bay, to me, is very

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Speaker 1: fortunate to be hosting this game. When I watched them play,

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Speaker 1: and I watched them play several games because football establishment

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Speaker 1: loves to put Aaron Rodgers on TV. I was unimpressed

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Speaker 1: with the Packers this year, and so how can you

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Speaker 1: be unimpressed? Three schmuck listen. They look to me more

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Speaker 1: like a ten and six team then a thirteen and

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Speaker 1: three team? Am I wrong on that? Will find out?

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00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 1: The factors could come out here and win this game.

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Speaker 1: Going away, I saw a lot of bland, lackluster, rather

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Speaker 1: ordinary football, mainly from Aaron Rodgers. But there's nothing that

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Speaker 1: gives me the wow factor about Green Bay. The name teams,

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Speaker 1: many of them sound good, the performance is not, especially

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Speaker 1: for Aaron Rodgers, has not been breathtaking. So is he

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Speaker 1: gonna step up in the playoffs? And and Matt Lafleur

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Speaker 1: makes his postseason coaching debut for Green Bay. Lambeau Field

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Speaker 1: at one point when I was younger, was seen as

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Speaker 1: a house of horrors where road teams never left with

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Speaker 1: a win. But the intimidation factor is not gonna be

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Speaker 1: there against Seattle and really has gone away. I would

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Speaker 1: say in the last decade, I recall the Packers under

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy losing several playoff games at home. Uh. These

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Speaker 1: teams are very close. It's it's one of these things

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00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:46,400
Speaker 1: where you're you're splitting the hairs. Uh. Now Seattle also

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Speaker 1: does not have the wow factor. They don't. I mean,

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Speaker 1: let's be honest, you about the Seattle Seahawks in their situation. Uh,

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Speaker 1: they lost it to the Umpa Loompa. Do you know

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Speaker 1: what guests got. They lost to the Umpa Loompa at home.

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Speaker 1: They the year that's stupid fucking ran on Monday when

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Speaker 1: you came back from vacation. I'd prefer that you wasn't vacation.

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00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: I prefer that you address him as NFL Rookie of

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Speaker 1: the Year, Kyler Murray, address him and have some respect

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Speaker 1: behind it. I fell apart at the end of the year.

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00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 1: The NFL figured him out. Alligator Arms Murray, he sucked

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Speaker 1: in the last five games of the year. He led

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals to a victory at Seattle a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago. So the last five weeks of the year

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Speaker 1: that was embarressing, Babe sing. But but Seattle, you got

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Speaker 1: Pete Carroll, who's living a charmed life as well to

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Speaker 1: still be alive. They had a fantastic gift of good fortune.

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Speaker 1: Uh from the football got's there when Carson Wentz did

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Speaker 1: what Carson Wentz does and got hurt in the first

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Speaker 1: quarter compliments of Jadevan Clowney and he's hit, which should

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Speaker 1: anything was anything horrible? I know the media in Philadelphia

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Speaker 1: a bunch of dopes. They're fanboys in the media, like, oh,

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Speaker 1: this is terrible. Clowney should be thrown in jail. I'm stop.

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Speaker 1: Uh So, essentially, what I'm saying is that the Seahawks,

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Speaker 1: even though they didn't have to buy, they had to

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Speaker 1: play about fifteen minutes. Carson Wentz got hurt I think

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Speaker 1: at the nine minute mark, and for the rest of

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Speaker 1: that game you had Josh McCown, a high school football coach.

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Speaker 1: Moonlighting is a backup NFL quarterback who was playing so

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Speaker 1: against common opponents. The Seattle Seahawks were five and one,

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Speaker 1: the Packers were three and two. I expect this to

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Speaker 1: be a back and fourth type of game. Uh. The Seahawks,

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Speaker 1: while they don't have the wow factor that they haven't

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Speaker 1: overly impressed me. I DK Metcalf was a man among boys.

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Speaker 1: He was doing the monster mash at wide receiver last week.

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Speaker 1: I after like that, and Russell Wilson played better as

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Speaker 1: the game went on. I think he had three seventy

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Speaker 1: yards passing as the game concluded there against that Philadelphia defense.

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Speaker 1: But I like Russell Wilson more than I like Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: And Seattle again, another one of these games is gonna

834
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Speaker 1: be like, how did they win that game? You mean, like,

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Speaker 1: I mean DK Metcalf will make a play or something

836
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Speaker 1: like that. People like, how did they win? I mean,

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Speaker 1: they didn't play all that well. But it's been that

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Speaker 1: way all year. And you know, Seattle's twelve and five

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Speaker 1: gives a playoff win. Seahawks Packers three. Typical of you

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Speaker 1: to grab ankles Penny is going with the Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 1: What are you talking about? I should pick against Seattle

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Speaker 1: because it would happen at Century Lake Field. I should

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Speaker 1: pick against them every time, and it's called grabbing ankles

844
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Speaker 1: because as opposed to pick, you would know about that.

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Speaker 1: According to those those photos I saw there, Yes, I

846
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Speaker 1: watch you Week seventeen with those photos outside the stadium

847
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,720
Speaker 1: is about oh yeah, that was great. We were chanting

848
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: your name there. We're trying to get people to Seahawk

849
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,360
Speaker 1: fans to listen to you when you get denied credentials

850
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,480
Speaker 1: of a week seventeen primetime affair. I had a great time.

851
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 1: That was one of the most fun days I've had,

852
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: weekends I've had and the inn many many years. That's

853
00:47:57,840 --> 00:47:59,839
Speaker 1: by my top five weeks. I had a great time

854
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: eating the fans of the show. And you have no fans,

855
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:03,920
Speaker 1: so you don't have to worry about doing those kind

856
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 1: of things. But at a wonderful time. Was great. That

857
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:07,759
Speaker 1: says a lot about your weekend. I almost got a

858
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:11,160
Speaker 1: photo with the Seahawks mascot. I think it was it

859
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 1: was either Boom or Blitz, one of them. But I

860
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: almost got a photo with the bird, the Green Bird mascot,

861
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:20,760
Speaker 1: but I missed it. That would have been fun. That's

862
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: just great. I wish I could take three weeks worth

863
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:27,800
Speaker 1: offication to have someone fly me up to the Pacific Northwest,

864
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 1: all expenses paid. It wasn't all expensive today. That number one,

865
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 1: number two, very generous offer was made, and I chose

866
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: not to turn it down. You're supposed to be a

867
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: national media host and you get rejected from going to

868
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:45,680
Speaker 1: a game with me. Amazing. Alright, I bought the Seahawks

869
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 1: PR department. They'll get there in the end. Is that

870
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 1: one of the most embarrassing things that's ever happening in

871
00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: your career? No, actually working with you, he's more embarrassing.

872
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 1: Seahawks PR department. Every every day I have to go

873
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: into confessional and say, why have I any Please help me.

874
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 1: You're not even Catholic. I know. That's what makes it

875
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 1: even more interesting than I'm not even Catholic. And the

876
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:06,919
Speaker 1: priests are very kind to me, and they say, okay, yeah,

877
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,800
Speaker 1: tell me what's wrong. Okay, there you go, Packers, our father,

878
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,719
Speaker 1: our father who aren't heaven? There you go. I would

879
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:15,719
Speaker 1: be the name, keep going, keep going. No, I think

880
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:17,600
Speaker 1: we need a hail Mary nouto. Are we done? And all?

881
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:20,920
Speaker 1: We have the college game? Right? College ball? Yes? We do? Alright,

882
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:26,480
Speaker 1: A very special treat. The final college football game of

883
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 1: last year is being played. I believe in what are

884
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 1: we in July? Now? Yeah, seems like it's so. The

885
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: college Football Playoff Championship game taking place the Clemson Tigers,

886
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,239
Speaker 1: the number three seed in this Gas football playoff at

887
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:48,320
Speaker 1: fourteen and all versus the number one seed Louisiana State

888
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:52,239
Speaker 1: University at fourteen and otherwise known by their gangster name,

889
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,760
Speaker 1: as Looney would say, L s U. Now the line

890
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 1: on this game. It's an all Tiger matchup. L s

891
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:03,880
Speaker 1: You opened a six point favorite. Wait wait, wait, you

892
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 1: can't even set the table rent for this game? What

893
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,799
Speaker 1: do you? What are you talking about? Ball games on ABC?

894
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:15,480
Speaker 1: Chris Fowler? And who cares about that? You're you're such

895
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 1: a fanboy of broadcasters it is. You're gonna serve us dinner.

896
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:21,840
Speaker 1: You might as well bring out the instruments with the

897
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: two right now. Nobody wear a glass some wine, nobody

898
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:29,239
Speaker 1: killed give us this? Come on, Ben, alright, so so

899
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: fucking lazy now, lethargic Mallard. I guess what your finger?

900
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:38,239
Speaker 1: I'm holding number one? Yeah, you are number one? So

901
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: L s U. I mentioned they opened up as the

902
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,759
Speaker 1: favorite lines at five and a half right now, and

903
00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:48,839
Speaker 1: most of the public money is on Louisiana State. Now.

904
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,800
Speaker 1: The weather will be light rain seventy and one degrees

905
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 1: at kick up, but that's outside. That's the fans coming

906
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 1: into the game will be in a light rain in

907
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: Louisiana because the game is being played at the Mercedes

908
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:05,000
Speaker 1: is Band's Superdome. Uh. In Nolins now, l s U

909
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 1: is the side here. We can't say Tigers because both

910
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,919
Speaker 1: teams are Tigers, so I guarantee a Tiger team will

911
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:14,320
Speaker 1: win the game. Uh. But I I love ed Orgeron

912
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:19,120
Speaker 1: coach oh the Cajun Fred flint Stone, and I admit

913
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 1: that I am openly cheering for Louisiana State. I have

914
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:25,600
Speaker 1: no connection to Louisian I have some friends that live there,

915
00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:28,399
Speaker 1: but I I have no real connection to Louisiana other

916
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: than a couple of people I know that live in

917
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: the state. But every time I watch l S you

918
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,160
Speaker 1: win a game. You know what I do. Let me

919
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:38,719
Speaker 1: tell you what I do. I flashback to a conversation

920
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:42,240
Speaker 1: I had with a very powerful University of Southern California booster.

921
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 1: Do you know what that booster told me? When ed

922
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:47,360
Speaker 1: Orgeron was the interim coach at USC. Do you know

923
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 1: what that person told me is not a good coach. No,

924
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:53,239
Speaker 1: I didn't say it was not a good coach. Said

925
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: he's a good coach. He's a competent coach, and and

926
00:51:56,280 --> 00:52:00,279
Speaker 1: and the players love him. But he doesn't look in

927
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: sound like the USC coach is supposed to look and sound,

928
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:09,960
Speaker 1: so we can't hire. How about that he doesn't he

929
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:13,320
Speaker 1: doesn't look and sound and and the other thing. I

930
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,239
Speaker 1: ran into one of these boosters at the at the

931
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: Laker Clipper game on Christmas and one of the boosters

932
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,320
Speaker 1: was there and fat cat Christmas Day, nice seats, the

933
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 1: Laker game, the whole thing. And he again, even though

934
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:28,800
Speaker 1: l s U at that time was in the playoff,

935
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:31,839
Speaker 1: we didn't know they're gonna win or not, he said.

936
00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: I I we still made the right call. Enjoy Clay

937
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,280
Speaker 1: fucking helping USC. He looks and sounds like the USC

938
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,200
Speaker 1: football coach, except the coaching part is a problem. Yes,

939
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,759
Speaker 1: who is the fat Cat? Yeah, that's a booster. I

940
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,759
Speaker 1: don't need to say that. You wouldn't even know the

941
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:51,280
Speaker 1: name anyway, You don't know boosters. I'm pretty well connected

942
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,279
Speaker 1: to the US family. You are not connected. Please all right, Now,

943
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:57,320
Speaker 1: the real reason to like Louisiana's version of the Tigers

944
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:01,480
Speaker 1: here the Joe Burrows show. Now he has a chance,

945
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow to become the sixteen Tisman Trophy winner to

946
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:09,440
Speaker 1: also win the National championship. This has become common practice

947
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: in the last decade. We have had Cam Newton, Jamis Winston,

948
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: and Derrick Henry all win the Heisman and win the

949
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 1: National Championship the same year. So it's not like it's

950
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,600
Speaker 1: impossible to do. It's happened a lot over recent years.

951
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:28,640
Speaker 1: And in terms of this game, I expect the fairy

952
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:34,279
Speaker 1: tale finish for Burrow. I also believe that that L.

953
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: S U is better in other areas the L s

954
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 1: U defense quietly if you've watched them play as the

955
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:45,799
Speaker 1: year went on there, they have put it together over

956
00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 1: the last month or so that they've been playing football.

957
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 1: And this is essentially a home game here, not a

958
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:55,120
Speaker 1: neutral psyche game. The game is being played in New Orleans,

959
00:53:55,520 --> 00:54:00,400
Speaker 1: which is what eighty miles away from Baton Rouge Louise, Sienna.

960
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:03,920
Speaker 1: It's an hour and twenty minute drive with no traffic

961
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: for the people of Baton Rouge to go hang out

962
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,920
Speaker 1: in in New Orleans. They do it all the time. Now. Secondly,

963
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,880
Speaker 1: Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Now this is the problem taking

964
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,880
Speaker 1: L s U as a five and at point favorite.

965
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,560
Speaker 1: This guy Lawrence is good. Ah, he's good. He's not

966
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:24,720
Speaker 1: some unsavory quarterback, uh, some outlaw from the dark web.

967
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 1: This guy is legit and he can be the villain here.

968
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:32,360
Speaker 1: He can spoil the party. He can be the bad

969
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: guy and lead Clemson to a win with an amazing performance.

970
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,400
Speaker 1: But the boys from South Carolina are gonna have trouble

971
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 1: defensively containing all those playmakers on the L s U side.

972
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 1: Good luck to Brent Venables, who I believe is the

973
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:52,360
Speaker 1: highest paid assistant in college football and in the weapons.

974
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:55,840
Speaker 1: Now this running back for L s U, this little

975
00:54:55,880 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: guy Clyde Edwards Hilaire, who should I? I hope the

976
00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:03,680
Speaker 1: Rams draft this guy. They got a trade up probably

977
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:07,600
Speaker 1: to get him. But Clyde Edwards in there do you

978
00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:11,439
Speaker 1: see against Alabama when he had that amazing leap. He's

979
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:15,279
Speaker 1: built like Dred Sprowls. He's five eight and he is

980
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:18,680
Speaker 1: faster than a speeding bullet. I believe he's more powerful

981
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:21,320
Speaker 1: than a locomotive and he's able to leap tall buildings

982
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:23,440
Speaker 1: in a single bound, considering what he did to Nick

983
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:28,400
Speaker 1: Salmon in Alabama. So the dominutive running back who should

984
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,479
Speaker 1: have a very long career, if you can stay healthy

985
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 1: in the NFL against that at defense, you have the

986
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:37,920
Speaker 1: ability a little back with the quarterback Joe Burrow, toss

987
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:42,879
Speaker 1: in Justin Jefferson, who's a stud at receiver. But wait,

988
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 1: there's more. Uh Now, In a positive note, I did

989
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:48,480
Speaker 1: try to find a positive thing for Clemson, and if

990
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:53,080
Speaker 1: you believe in trends, then this looks pretty good. Dabbo Sweeney.

991
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 1: If you look at the history here, of the five

992
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:58,640
Speaker 1: title games in the college Football Playoff era, the Vegas

993
00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:03,720
Speaker 1: favorite has only one twice and has never covered the spread.

994
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:08,360
Speaker 1: Now does that trend continue here? I say now? I

995
00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 1: say now, I'm want to take the L s U.

996
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:19,320
Speaker 1: Bengal Tigers thirty eight, Clemson's version of the Tigers thirty

997
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,760
Speaker 1: and the Penny picks to cap it off. The Penny

998
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 1: is going with the Clemson Tigers. Yeah, well, that's an

999
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:33,000
Speaker 1: irresponsible pick. Hack Trevor Lawrence and oh as a starting quarterback,

1000
00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:36,719
Speaker 1: it doesn't last forever. He will feel the agony of

1001
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 1: defeat to mention that in all your prep doesn't matter. Piling.

1002
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:46,600
Speaker 1: It's funny. But by what stockpiling? What you say, big boy?

1003
00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:49,520
Speaker 1: What might my what your paper stockpilot paper stock? Have

1004
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 1: no paper here? That's I have my laptop open, but

1005
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:54,640
Speaker 1: I have no paper. A great way for you to

1006
00:56:54,719 --> 00:56:56,520
Speaker 1: go out with the college. I know a print paper

1007
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:58,799
Speaker 1: at the Mallard mansion because it's not free here, but

1008
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:02,319
Speaker 1: at work. I print up everything at work because they're

1009
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 1: part of the illuminati and they can afford it. Right, No,

1010
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,839
Speaker 1: that's true, the New World Order. I gotta know where

1011
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,759
Speaker 1: the money is so I can use their papers. No,

1012
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:18,280
Speaker 1: wonder your globalist hut that all right? You done? Are

1013
00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:20,560
Speaker 1: you done? You're part of the caball right? You gotta

1014
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:23,400
Speaker 1: go back to a meeting or something like that. Wish Yeah,

1015
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:26,400
Speaker 1: all right, well there it is now amazingly with only

1016
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:30,800
Speaker 1: five games this podcast. The length of this podcast is

1017
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 1: rather shockingly long. Yeah, I wonder why, wonderfuck why? Well,

1018
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:38,840
Speaker 1: because you would not shut up, and you told me,

1019
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,200
Speaker 1: you said, when I was trying to hurry through this

1020
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 1: and I was gonna get this done in about twenty minutes,

1021
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:45,040
Speaker 1: you were like no, no, no no, no, no, no no no, no,

1022
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:50,800
Speaker 1: no no, that's slowed slow down. So I slowed down

1023
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 1: and the trapdoor open up and we ended up taking

1024
00:57:54,680 --> 00:57:58,000
Speaker 1: forever to do this day. We have a great weekend.

1025
00:57:58,240 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 1: Enjoy the games. Hope you want a lot of money.

1026
00:58:00,080 --> 00:58:01,920
Speaker 1: If you win a lot of money, remember us. If

1027
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,240
Speaker 1: you lose a lot of money, pretend you didn't listen

1028
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 1: to this. Okay, yes, all right, we'll catch you next

1029
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:10,240
Speaker 1: time and try the other podcast. Enjoy the radio show.

1030
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:13,959
Speaker 1: We're back on the radio Sunday night in the Monday

1031
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 1: on the Ben Mallard Show on Fox Sports Radio, I

1032
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: Heart Radio, Serious XM Satellite Radio, the American Forces Radio Network.

1033
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:25,320
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