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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here with

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Speaker 2: Carmen Vitali. Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with

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Speaker 2: Karmi and me. You guys, what an epic week of

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Speaker 2: college basketball?

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Speaker 3: Can we just put that out there right now?

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Speaker 2: I mean, the game started this week with that LSU Iowa,

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Speaker 2: this at all kinds of records last night ending.

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Speaker 3: To Iowa Yukon oof. We'll get to that in just

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Speaker 3: a moment.

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Speaker 2: And then the men's final four starting right after our

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Speaker 2: show with nc Stton, Perdue, Alabama, and Yukon.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna be honest here, Carmen. I think I.

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Speaker 2: Want Perdue Yukon final with Perdue taking it home. But

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be tough because it's Yukon's. It's Yukon's tatle

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Speaker 2: to lose.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they've looked absolutely dominant, and honestly, I was surprised

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Speaker 4: for the women's side too. Yukon is just a bout,

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Speaker 4: oh my gosh school in general, and it would have

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Speaker 4: been cool, I think, to have both of the women's

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Speaker 4: and the men's in.

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Speaker 3: The final, in the final in the Natty.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but that being said, the men's team has just

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Speaker 4: absolutely dominated this tournament. Tournament, it's theirs to lose.

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Speaker 2: Like just SteamWorld, Steamroll not yeah, almost, no doubt the entirely.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, and so but the first one, Perdue.

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Speaker 2: We've got a buddy, good friend, colleague, Nick Rego, who

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Speaker 2: works at Fox Sports, who you like, diehard, eat, sleep, breathe,

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Speaker 2: Perdue basketball rewatches every single game.

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Speaker 4: Other fan other than a diehard with Purdue.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true, That's.

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Speaker 4: That's just that's how it is being from the Midwest.

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Speaker 4: I mean, anybody that went to Purdue or was a

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Speaker 4: Purdue fan that I grew around.

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Speaker 3: Was absolutely fanatical, hardcore.

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Speaker 2: H So yeah, So I'm jumping on that bandwagon for Rego.

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Speaker 3: Courtney Cronin from ESPN.

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Speaker 2: NFL host and reporter joining us in about thirty minutes.

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Speaker 2: And we got little Nikki Ka joining us at the

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Speaker 2: bottom of hour two to break down some of the

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Speaker 2: madness and Lakers she has been with that team on

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Speaker 2: this hot stretch.

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Speaker 3: Not so hot right now. I think I just heard

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Speaker 3: family say that they're losing.

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Speaker 2: We don't have it up at the moment, but let's

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Speaker 2: start with last night's game, because those last five seconds,

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Speaker 2: you guys, were absolute madness. Like Iowa and Yukon. It

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Speaker 2: was a clash of the superstars. What a crazy game,

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Speaker 2: what a weird, weird end like the last I will

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Speaker 2: always say like the last five minutes were like glue

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Speaker 2: to your TV, which is what you want in a

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Speaker 2: situation like that. But that final call in the last

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Speaker 2: if it's not the last five seconds of like a

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Speaker 2: determining moment of a semi final, Final four game, call it.

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Speaker 2: But in that moment, the russ were letting stuff fly

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Speaker 2: the entire game, and then to call that and really

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Speaker 2: there's like a one point difference between these two teams.

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Speaker 2: You got to see if Yukon would have made that

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Speaker 2: that offensive foul call, the rough determined the game, right,

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Speaker 2: they determine the game. So instead of the buzzer beater

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Speaker 2: had Caitlin Clark bounced it off the Yukon player to

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Speaker 2: then pass in and then a high toss in the

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Speaker 2: like really exciting, yeah, for Iowa to get back to

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Speaker 2: the final, but just not that not the final second

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Speaker 4: You never want the refs to be that heavily involved

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Speaker 4: where they are determineding games and On top of that,

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Speaker 4: the refs have not earned the benefit of the doubt

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Speaker 4: in this entire series, in this entire tournament. Yeah for

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Speaker 4: end of the LSU game. Yep, you got the three

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Speaker 4: that the women had to play through anyway, other if

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Speaker 4: they didn't want to postpone the game and just sit

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Ref had a conflict of interest earlier in the tournament.

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Speaker 4: I believe it was between Chattanooga and NC State. The

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Speaker 4: ref didn't get pulled until halftime and they went out

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Speaker 4: to force Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame to take out

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Speaker 4: her nose ring. She missed a significant chunk of that game.

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Speaker 4: That was the only game all season that Hannah had

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Speaker 4: her nose ring out with pliers. She had played with

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Speaker 4: it the entire season. This was in the Sweet sixteen too,

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Speaker 4: that's not allowed. It was just the product that the

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Speaker 4: the NCAA needs to match the quality of what we're

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Speaker 4: money to go see these women. This is a huge

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Speaker 4: basketball is amazing, and everybody watches women's sports. You to

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Speaker 4: fail them in this way is just so disheartening. And

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Speaker 4: then it culminates with something like this where they determine

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Speaker 4: just the laundry list. Adds to the laundry list of

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Speaker 4: things that the refs have not. They've just completely failed

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Speaker 2: It's just it again, like if you're getting down to

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Speaker 3: It wasn't a complete ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: It was just the moment of the game, the situation,

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Speaker 2: That's like what it felt like, which was crazy.

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Speaker 4: It really just felt like a oh here we go

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Speaker 4: again though moment for me. Yeah with the refs where

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Speaker 2: But can we like let's get back to the positive

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Speaker 2: here because we had superstars yeah in that game. But

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Speaker 2: the crazy part is like they're two like the two

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Speaker 2: but everyone around them stepped up on both of their teams.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yes, it's funny because you say, like Kitlyn

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Speaker 2: it was still her forty eighth straight game with at

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Speaker 2: She was talking about Mule Nika Mule, what a game

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Speaker 2: the reason with that steal and then three point shot

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Speaker 2: just it was cool and I think another full circle moment.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure if we talked about this before, but

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Speaker 2: Caitlyn Clark always wanted to go to Yukon. Yeah, like

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Speaker 3: They they never recruited her, never recruited her, never recruited her.

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Speaker 4: And I knew that she was going to be locked

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Speaker 2: They were did she I know she did not have

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Speaker 3: I was like, why didn't you take the shot? I

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Speaker 2: Why are you taking the shot here? Like, this is

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Speaker 4: What I really love about this product that we're getting

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Speaker 4: There is so much support around the women's game and

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Speaker 3: They're fresh in the broadcast, like the pregame show, like

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Speaker 4: So good, all encompassing, everything involved in this product that

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Speaker 4: we're seeing in this tournament specifically, just shows exactly what

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Speaker 4: sports brings us all together, and it's the best example

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Speaker 4: of it is a women's college basketball tournam and we

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say it again.

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Speaker 2: I am wearing the shirt, you guys, I'm wearing Together's brand.

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Speaker 2: Everyone watches women's sports, and this last week is a

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Speaker 2: perfect example of that. Like, what a moment for women's

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Speaker 2: basketball right now. Okay, not only is everybody tuning in,

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Speaker 2: but people are showing up. According to stub Hub, tickets

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Speaker 2: for the championship game tomorrow are averaging a twenty nine

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Speaker 2: hundred dollars. The women's final four tickets were double the

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Speaker 2: price of the men's tickets. Also that Iowa LSU game

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Speaker 2: the rating records that it's sent They average twelve point

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Speaker 2: three million viewers.

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Speaker 3: Let me just put this into perspective for you guys.

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's more than every women's college basketball game ever,

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Speaker 3: Everybody's watching women's sports. Everybody is.

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Speaker 3: Yes it's not even a game. Yes they want to

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Speaker 2: Dame everybody's watching women's sports right now, and you guys tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: South Carolina remains undefeated this season thirty seven and no

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Speaker 3: Kaylyn Clark needs this, she does need this.

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Speaker 4: It's it's not fair, it's not whatever. But if we're

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Speaker 3: It's all going down tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: I know.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, It's all going down tomorrow. It's it's gonna

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys have been uncharacteristically quiet so far this offseason

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Speaker 3: One of the best regular seasons he's ever had.

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Speaker 4: This this is a problem of the Cowboys onmaking nobody's

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Speaker 4: They gave Dak this contract. Yeah, they also allowed him

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Speaker 4: get lucky three times?

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Speaker 3: So is this his final season in Dallas?

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Speaker 2: I don't think it is, because I think I think

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Speaker 2: Jerry Jones will come to it and be like, Okay, okay.

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Speaker 4: I want Dak. I want Dak to move on because

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Speaker 4: I think Dak would be really successful somewhere else.

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Speaker 2: Has a better season playing for his contract, playing for

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Speaker 2: his year, and then going to test free agent.

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Speaker 4: I think he has a great season again, because that's

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Speaker 4: the quarterback that I think Dak Prescott is. But he

447
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Speaker 4: doesn't have any incentive to like push himself. He's not

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Speaker 4: playing for a contract. He is the one with the

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Speaker 4: leverage in this situation. He has no tag, no trade

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Speaker 4: cause he doesn't have to sign an extension. Yeah, he

451
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Speaker 4: can just say no, I'm going to play this year out,

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Speaker 4: I'm going to play however I want to play, and

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Speaker 4: then when it comes he's playing for his he could

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Speaker 4: be playing for his next contract for another team. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: but he doesn't have to prove anything to the Dallas

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Speaker 4: Cowboys right now. He's got all of the leverage.

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Speaker 3: Way to go all in Dallas.

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Speaker 2: No, that was what that was like a full what

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Speaker 2: do they call it? Gaslighting?

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Speaker 4: Oh? The Dallas Cowboys are the kings of Daslight. Gaslighting, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: gaslight their fans. Yeah, No, the way in the entire

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Speaker 4: country into thinking that they are in contention every year.

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Speaker 4: When have we ever taken the Dallas Cowboys seriously in

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Speaker 4: the last five years?

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, I will never take you seriously in the

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Speaker 2: playoffs again until you start to win.

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Speaker 3: Now, let's check him with bride Velly.

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Speaker 9: Sewoods, Yeah, Carmen and Alex Dak Prescott going to Mississippi State.

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Speaker 9: He never won against Alabama. Alabama is one of our

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Speaker 9: four teams in the Final four. Yeah, yeah, we're trying,

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Speaker 9: We're trying. So the Final Four is coming up here,

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Speaker 9: Game one at six h nine Eastern time, NC State

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Speaker 9: and Purdue, and then the aforementioned four seed in Bama

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Speaker 9: will score off against the reigning national champ in the

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Speaker 9: one seed, Yukon coached by Bobby Hurley.

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Speaker 5: While those are about to.

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Speaker 9: Get underway, we do have some NBA already in play,

478
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Speaker 9: and the Lakers used a big second quarter to pull

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Speaker 9: ahead of this Cavs team sixty five to fifty six.

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Speaker 5: From Crypto dot Com arena.

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Speaker 9: Checking in on Lebron James and what he has done

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Speaker 9: thirteen points, but it's been the D'Angelo Russell store. He's

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Speaker 9: going off for twenty three points, five of seven from

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Speaker 9: three point territory and a cool nine of eleven from

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Speaker 9: the floor. In Major League Baseball, staying in Los Angeles,

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Speaker 9: but well in Chicago.

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Speaker 5: But involving an LA team.

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Speaker 9: The Dodgers just finished up the first inning with the

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Speaker 9: Cubs no score, and you can watch that game on

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Speaker 9: our sisters station FS one. Orioles are trailing the Pirates

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Speaker 9: three to nothing in the bottom of the second, Marlins

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Speaker 9: still looking for that first win and they're batting the

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Speaker 9: top of the ninth, trailing the Cardinals three to one.

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Speaker 9: The Marlins are zero to eight on the air and

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Speaker 9: seeing to be well on their way to oh to nine.

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Speaker 9: Guardians had three to one, holding firm against the Twins

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Speaker 9: bottom of the eighth and one final to get too

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Speaker 9: Athletics over the Tigers four to two. The A's in

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Speaker 9: Brett Rooker hit a two run shot in the first

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Speaker 9: sitting to get the job done in the end. And then, lastly,

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Speaker 9: looking at what's happening in the World of golf, second

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Speaker 9: round at the live event in Miami, Sergio Garcia is

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Speaker 9: your leader by one shot through two rounds. Eight under

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Speaker 9: is his total over those two rounds, and the PGA

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Speaker 9: two are Valero Texas Open. They're in round three and

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Speaker 9: a twenty two year old name Akshay Battia holds a

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Speaker 9: three shot advantage at twelve under overall.

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Speaker 5: He's still on the course.

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Speaker 9: He's one under through twelve holes today, sixty three on Thursday,

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Speaker 9: seventy on Friday, looking to make better here with a

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Speaker 9: three st lead as mentioned over Danny McCarthy, who's nine

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Speaker 9: under overall. With that, let's get it back to Karma,

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Speaker 9: Vitalia and Alex Curry.

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Speaker 3: Oh, thank you, Brian.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here

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Speaker 2: with Carmen and Vitalie. We are broadcasting live from the

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Speaker 2: Tarer dot Com Studios in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: Guys, it is time to bring in.

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Speaker 2: Our first guest of the day, Chicago Bears reporter and

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Speaker 2: host at ESPN, Courtney Cronin. Thank you for joining the show.

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Speaker 10: Thank you, ladies for having me. I'm so excited that

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Speaker 10: I get to join you finally.

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Speaker 3: Carmen's been gushing about you already, I really have.

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Speaker 4: I'm just like, oh gosh, I can't wait to have her.

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Speaker 2: All right, court Cayleb Williams has his official visit with

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Speaker 2: the Bears coming up. It's been reported that this will

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Speaker 2: likely be his only team visit ahead of the draft.

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Speaker 2: What are you hearing about his meetings with them?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, So Tuesday was the dinner. They went to a

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Speaker 10: place in Lake Forest, which Carmen pointed out on Twitter

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Speaker 10: was a really smart move because as we know, like

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Speaker 10: kind of how it is in LA Like when you

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Speaker 10: are out there, traffic is a factor. Things are further

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Speaker 10: away than just being in downtown Los Angeles. That's the

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Speaker 10: way it is in Chicago. So Lake Forest is not

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Speaker 10: close to the city of Chicago. So having them, yeah,

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Speaker 10: having everybody in, like I guess that general vicinity of

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Speaker 10: where hallis, Hall is, you get a better feel so

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Speaker 10: what your life is going to be like as a rookie.

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Speaker 10: And this was not He wasn't the only Top thirty

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Speaker 10: visit that was part of this dinner. They had several

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Speaker 10: other players that were there. But I also thought it

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Speaker 10: was interesting that they had several current Bears players Tyreek Stevenson,

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Speaker 10: DJ Moore who were also a part of those meetings,

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Speaker 10: and they got a chance to get a field for

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Speaker 10: who their new very likely a new teammate is going

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Speaker 10: to be a new quarterback to me. This is all

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Speaker 10: pointing to April twenty fifth, and the ten minutes that

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Speaker 10: they're going to be on the clock is just a

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Speaker 10: mere formality before he becomes the Chicago Bears quarterback. But

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Speaker 10: you haven't heard of anybody else coming in among the

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Speaker 10: quarterback prospects who are going to take official visits and

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Speaker 10: be there on top thirties, So the Bears don't seem

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Speaker 10: to be dating around looking for anybody else. It's looks

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Speaker 10: pretty likely that Caleb Williams isn't going to be doing

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Speaker 10: that either. So we've got what isn't like twenty one

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Speaker 10: days until the draft until we have not got your

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Speaker 10: sooner come official. So it's wild. It's definitely it's kind

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Speaker 10: of the race until we get to what we all

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Speaker 10: know is going to happen. But you know that number

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Speaker 10: nine overall pick. They had other guys in for top

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Speaker 10: thirties this week. This was their big week to do that,

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Speaker 10: so good chance for them to start learning about some

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Speaker 10: of the other prospects that you might find their way

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Speaker 10: to Chicago in less than a month.

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Speaker 4: Before we get off of Caleb Williams as a subject,

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Speaker 4: I want to get your take a little bit on

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Speaker 4: this was the only medical evaluation he was going to do.

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Speaker 4: He's approached this entire pre draft process as a pro

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Speaker 4: because at the end of the day, he is now

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Speaker 4: in this nil era. He is a businessman. He has

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Speaker 4: made millions of dollars. He realizes how valuable his time is,

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Speaker 4: and he's bucking a lot of the trends or the

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Speaker 4: due process that a lot of these athletes have to

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Speaker 4: go through with these teams. What is your take on

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Speaker 4: how that's affected how teams evaluate him, how the Bears

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Speaker 4: have evaluated him, and just in general, are you supportive

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Speaker 4: of kind of this new normal that we're seeing.

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Speaker 10: It's so unprecedented because among like all, we thought Marvin

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Speaker 10: Harrison wasn't going to go to the combine and do anything,

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Speaker 10: but he just didn't do the workouts, Like he gave

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Speaker 10: his medical to all thirty two teams. From what we heard,

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Speaker 10: Caleb was the only one who was the outlier. And

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Speaker 10: you know what, it's that privilege that he has being

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Speaker 10: the top prospect in the draft, Like not every year

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Speaker 10: does this happen, even like last year with like some

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Speaker 10: of the top picks, Bryce Young, c J. Stroud, Anthony Richardson,

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Speaker 10: all those top quarterbacks, went through the process that the

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Speaker 10: quarterbacks had gone through in year's past, that all top

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Speaker 10: prospects had gone through in years past. But you're smart

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Speaker 10: to bring up the nil stuff because I think that's

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Speaker 10: bringing in a new era of athlete empowerment where players

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Speaker 10: are able to take back a little bit of their

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Speaker 10: control when you're in a position to do it. Not

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Speaker 10: everybody is, but Caleb Williams is. Remember talking to him

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Speaker 10: at the combine. He said, I don't have a plan B.

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Speaker 10: I expect to go number one overall. And yes, that's

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Speaker 10: a that's a moxie, that's a mentality and attitude that

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Speaker 10: you want to hear from a guy who you know,

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Speaker 10: probably you know sign Field delivered already to Chicago. But

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Speaker 10: on top of that, that's an empowerment element of this

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Speaker 10: entire process where he gets a chance to have control

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Speaker 10: over something that typically you don't have control over because

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Speaker 10: what would he have gained, Truly, what would he have

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Speaker 10: gained had he gone to Indianapolis and done that. Either

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Speaker 10: have been more prospects that we've heard of in especially

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Speaker 10: in recent years that seems miraculously find some sort of

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Speaker 10: ailment you had no clue about, and that could hurt

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Speaker 10: your draft stock, so like not even putting him at

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Speaker 10: that risk of that happening. And it's not that there

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Speaker 10: was any concern about any of his medical infra, you

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Speaker 10: know what I mean, Like Marvin Harrison Junior, I remember thinking, Okay, well,

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Speaker 10: the guy did play through an acle injury in twenty

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Speaker 10: twenty two. I mean, he was also the Bullet Nakoff

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Speaker 10: winner last year, So I don't think anybody would have

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Speaker 10: any concerns about that. But there is always that outside

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Speaker 10: chance that something could you know, work out to not be,

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Speaker 10: you know, to be this had been a disadvantage for them,

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Speaker 10: So I think it was a smart play for him.

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Speaker 10: It was a nonprecedented play. But now that guys are

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Speaker 10: in this era where they're coming into the NFL having

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Speaker 10: already made millions of dollars, they can control a little

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Speaker 10: bit more of how they go about the process of

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Speaker 10: going from college prospect to NFL ready players.

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Speaker 2: Now, Churnie, you mentioned there were current Bears players at

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Speaker 2: those meetings and dinners with Caleb Williams. Have you heard,

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Speaker 2: personality wise how everyone was messing, because that was a

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Speaker 2: big topic of conversation in the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, and I think that you go back to the

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Speaker 10: pro day when Ryan Poles is talking about like something

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Speaker 10: seems so benign if he wasn't on his phone during dinner.

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Speaker 10: But think about I mean, Carmen and I have been

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Speaker 10: out at dinner a million times and both of us

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Speaker 10: have our phone buzzing, and we have that understanding that hey,

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Speaker 10: there might be something that we need to handle work

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Speaker 10: wise right now. But you know, for a twenty two

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Speaker 10: year old to put that away, to really impress upon

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Speaker 10: the coaching staff that he's locked in, that he's not

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Speaker 10: you know, all of these labels that are out there

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Speaker 10: that are probably more fairly placed on him because he

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Speaker 10: has taken advantage of his name, image and likeness where

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Speaker 10: people might equate that to a sense of entitlement, but

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Speaker 10: that he was very measured and I guess locked into

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Speaker 10: the conversation with Mattyberflus, with Ryan Poles, with the players

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Speaker 10: that were there from the USC's Pro day that also

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Speaker 10: were part of that dinner in La. Those are the

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Speaker 10: things that the Bears had hoped to see again when

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Speaker 10: he came to Hallis Hall. And you know, we'll hear

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Speaker 10: from Ryan Toles. I think it's two weeks from right now,

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Speaker 10: right been that pre draft press conference where all signs

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Speaker 10: are going to be pointing towards two days from that

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Speaker 10: time that we talked to him, that this is the first,

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Speaker 10: you know, the first order of business. Then about ninety

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Speaker 10: minutes later they'll have a chance to get the number

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Speaker 10: nine pick in as well. And I think for the

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Speaker 10: Bears to have him around other prospects that we're in

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Speaker 10: on their top thirty visit is important because then you

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Speaker 10: get a chance to see what he's going to mesh like,

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Speaker 10: you know, how his personality is going to mix with

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Speaker 10: guys that are currently on the team, the guys that

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Speaker 10: Neel very well could be his rookie teammates this year,

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Speaker 10: And from every indication that we've heard over the last

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Speaker 10: couple of days, it was a good visit and probably

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Speaker 10: the reason that it will very likely be the only

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Speaker 10: visit he ends up taking to an NFL team before

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Speaker 10: he gets drafted.

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Speaker 4: Well, obviously, Kayla Williams has dominated the headlines when it

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Speaker 4: comes to Chicago, but I am so interested in this

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Speaker 4: number nine pick that they have and if what they're

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Speaker 4: going to try to do with it, because now through

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Speaker 4: all the moves that Ryan Pols has made. They have

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Speaker 4: a limited draft capital all of the sudden, and they

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Speaker 4: have a little bit of a dwindling salary cap. I mean,

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Speaker 4: they still have plenty of cap space, but this number

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Speaker 4: nine pick now just seems so interesting and intriguing. And

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Speaker 4: in any other draft where it isn't Caleb Williams that they

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Speaker 4: don't have the first overall pick, this still would dominate

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Speaker 4: the headlines for the Chicago Bears because there are so

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Speaker 4: many different opportunities for them to do something with it.

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Speaker 4: What's your gut instinct with what they are going to

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Speaker 4: do with that number nine pick? What have you heard?

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Speaker 4: Where do you think they're leaning?

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Speaker 10: Isn't it wild that nobody talks about a top ten

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Speaker 10: pick the way that we're talking about in the number nine picks.

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Speaker 10: It's insane because in any other year this would be

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Speaker 10: a massive deal for this organization. In any other year,

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Speaker 10: Justin Fields is probably still the quarterback if they only

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Speaker 10: have number nine to build out their roster with. But

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Speaker 10: there's so many different paths that they can go here.

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Speaker 10: And what we heard of the at owners meetings was

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Speaker 10: that they were going to break into teams. There are

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Speaker 10: three position groups that Ryan pol had mentioned. Doesn't mean,

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Speaker 10: they're not going to consider anything else but three most

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Speaker 10: realistic possibilities wide receiver, offensive tackle, and pass rusher. I

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Speaker 10: think that you could go a number of different directions here,

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Speaker 10: Like the most immediate need is finding a starting defensive

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Speaker 10: end opposite Monte slab Like, you're not going to find

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Speaker 10: anybody who says anything different. But all these mock drafts

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Speaker 10: keep coming up. Wide receiver, Wide receiver, Roma dun say

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Speaker 10: like obsessed. And it makes sense because if you're talking

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Speaker 10: about putting a rookie quarterback in the best situation and

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Speaker 10: thinking about the short term and the long term, why

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Speaker 10: wouldn't that be a receiver at nine? Because Keenan Allen

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Speaker 10: is thirty two years old. He's not going to be

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Speaker 10: playing forever, so he's closer to the end of his

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Speaker 10: career than he is the beginning of his career. So

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Speaker 10: let's say that you have a top tier wide receiver

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Speaker 10: in for Caleb Williams' rookie season, and let's say he

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Speaker 10: plays like one or two more years, however many it is,

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Speaker 10: then you have that next in line. Because DJ Moore

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Speaker 10: will get a contract extension. I'm convinced of it at

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Speaker 10: some point in the near future. He's twenty six years old.

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Speaker 10: He wants to be here. I talked to him about

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Speaker 10: that in January at the end of the season. This

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Speaker 10: is hopefully if all goes according to plan, where he'll retire,

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Speaker 10: but then to go get a high end wide receiver

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Speaker 10: there at number nine. And let's say it is Washington

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Speaker 10: throwm Adoon's say, so you have somebody who you know

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Speaker 10: can be a wide receiver three for you even at

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Speaker 10: the worst case scenario, like your third receiver this year.

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Speaker 10: Like imagine the depths at that position that the Bears

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Speaker 10: just have not had. So I think it's it's a

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Speaker 10: great it's a great spot for them to be in

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Speaker 10: because the numbers play out really well in terms of

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Speaker 10: getting a blue chip prospect there at nine. Or if

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Speaker 10: there is a potential for them to move back, I

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Speaker 10: know they will consider it because four picks. For as

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Speaker 10: wild as that sounds, like, that double digit draft class

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Speaker 10: is the last couple of years. That's the situation they

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Speaker 10: find themselves in because you've also got a factor in

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Speaker 10: like Montez Flett is part of this draft class in

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Speaker 10: reality because he was the second round pick that was

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Speaker 10: traded at the deadline. Keenan Allen part of this draft class.

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Speaker 10: Ryan Bates part of this draft class. But they basically

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Speaker 10: like did the leg work dating back to the trade

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Speaker 10: deadline last year where you include those players when you're

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Speaker 10: thinking of the players that they brought in here. So

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Speaker 10: it's not just oh, they only have four picks, they've

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Speaker 10: got to hit on all of them. They've already got

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Speaker 10: three that they're really confident about. So it's a good

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Speaker 10: stot for them to be in despite the fact that

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Speaker 10: at the end of the day, we're not going to

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Speaker 10: have ten picks to write about by the time Saturday end.

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Speaker 4: It's a great point.

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Speaker 2: Court an exciting time for Chicago these next couple of weeks,

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Speaker 2: a lot to look forward to, Courtney, Thank you so

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Speaker 2: much for joining us.

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Speaker 10: You, of course, Alex, take care of my girl out there.

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Speaker 10: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Always always all right, guys when we come back. It's

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here

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Speaker 2: with Carmen Vitali. We are broadcasting live from a Tirek

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Speaker 2: dot com studios in Los Angeles. Thank you for spending

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Speaker 2: your Saturday afternoon with.

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Speaker 3: Carme and me and you guys.

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Speaker 2: We're going to dive right into it because it is

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Speaker 2: time for the dues and the donts this week in sports.

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Speaker 6: I love this.

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Speaker 1: Highlight h I love that and putting a spotlight on

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Speaker 1: the don't.

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Speaker 3: The subject brings me no joy.

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Speaker 4: Are you on crack?

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Speaker 1: It's time for the dues and the don'ts in sports?

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm gonna start with a do and it has

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Speaker 2: to do with this game that's about to come up

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Speaker 2: NC State.

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Speaker 3: Do shoot your shot?

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Speaker 2: An NC State student emailed his professor asking for their

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Speaker 2: Monday test to be moved after the team reach the

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Speaker 2: Final Four. And I'm just going to read you the

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Speaker 2: exchange here. The student wrote, Yo, doctor Bryant, I'm lit

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Speaker 2: af right now, and I hope you are too, because

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Speaker 2: a Final four appearance is a lot to celebrate. How

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Speaker 2: about we moved this test to Tuesday or Wednesday? Loved James?

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Speaker 3: The professor wrote back.

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Speaker 2: James, this is possibly my favorite email of the year.

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Speaker 3: You've convinced me done.

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Speaker 10: I love it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's the best, like just pure joy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but like shoot, your shut asked, yes, why not?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that was a little bit of liquid courage there.

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Speaker 4: Oh absolutely. But I also do also hope that that

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Speaker 4: professor was lit a. Yeah, as it is, it's a

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Speaker 4: lot of celibary, celebrate superency statement.

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Speaker 3: It's going down in a little over an hour.

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Speaker 4: I have to do as well, and it's do consider context.

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Speaker 4: So we just talked to Courtney Cronin about what the

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Speaker 4: Bears could do with this number nine pick, and there's

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Speaker 4: so many possibilities, right, and everybody in love with the

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Speaker 4: fact that they could get a new receiver. And I

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Speaker 4: totally understand the sea now an argument all that other stuff.

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Speaker 4: But I did a deep dive this week and it's

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Speaker 4: for an article that's coming out on Monday from Fox

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Speaker 4: sports dot com about Shane Walden's office. He's a new

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Speaker 4: offensive coordinator in Chicago. It uses a lot of multiple

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Speaker 4: tight end sets. Now, they got Gerald Everett, they have

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Speaker 4: Cole comment on under contract a new contract, but they

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Speaker 4: are going to need more than that. Yeah, So I

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Speaker 4: have floated the idea of, like, well, maybe you trade

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Speaker 4: down and get Rock Powers or maybe you take Rock

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Speaker 4: Bowers with number nine. Just consider the context of what

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Speaker 4: these guys are going into, what the offense is going

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Speaker 4: to run, and if you want to hear the whole

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Speaker 4: I took a book a lot of time.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, you did before heard, Yeah, put that out there.

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Speaker 2: So I did have Purdue in my final four good

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Speaker 2: and I did have making it to the final So

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Speaker 2: they are the last team standing.

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Speaker 4: That I am going for. I do not. Also, please

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Speaker 3: At my a buddy hang.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna give Nick Rego a shout out once again

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Speaker 2: because he is there. He's been at the bar since

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Speaker 2: nine am. Only way to go into the games, only

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Speaker 2: way to do it. It's gonna be madness. We've got

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Speaker 2: a great hour two line up for you guys. We've

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Speaker 2: got little Nikki Ka joining us about thirty minutes to

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Speaker 2: break down some madness.

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Speaker 3: The Lakers.

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Speaker 2: We are about an hour were away from the men's

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Speaker 2: Final four tipping off here. We're watching warm ups right now,

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Speaker 2: so we'll keep you up to date on it and

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Speaker 2: anything happening there. But do you know what I did

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Speaker 2: after watching the Iowa Yukon game last night? You asked, well,

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Speaker 2: you know how much I love watching old sports highlights?

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Speaker 4: I do. Alex just sits there and she pulls up

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Speaker 4: YouTube and she watches like all ten thousand throws of

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Speaker 4: Roger Staubach's.

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Speaker 3: Career, like just just the first one you watch.

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Speaker 4: DEMI was the first one I watched with you. But

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Speaker 4: I have no doubt that you also.

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Speaker 2: So after that ridiculous, like offensive foul call on Yukon

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Speaker 2: decided to watch the most ridiculous technical fouls of all.

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Speaker 4: Oh my god, that's actually very entertaining.

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Speaker 2: It was sounds very like Rashid Wallace would get texts

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Speaker 2: just alone.

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Speaker 4: Was it all Detroit Pistons?

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Speaker 3: It was. It was just like he'd give he'd.

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Speaker 2: Give the official rep of look and then'd be like

873
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 2: out tech like done, like Tim Duncan got one, just

874
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 2: like sitting on the bench putting his hands up like

875
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 2: it was. It's fun again, Like I like to watch

876
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 2: things that like I didn't grow up watching right, So right.

877
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that was my last night.

878
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 4: I love it so much.

879
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,959
Speaker 2: Yeah, wild wild Friday night, you guys. But let's start

880
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 2: hour two with the big move. This week, the Bills

881
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 2: agreed to trade Stefon Diggs to the Texans for a

882
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five second round draft pick. Now, my initial

883
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 2: reaction here was like, ah, not that surprised. There had

884
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 2: been some drama between Digs and Josh Allen and the team.

885
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 2: There was video that we saw like during a game

886
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 2: of Digs yelling at Josh Allen. He skipped mandatory mini

887
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 2: camp last year, so you could tell Diggs wasn't happy,

888
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 2: and his numbers were way down last season. He had

889
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 2: the fewest receiving yards with the Bills over four seasons.

890
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 2: I mean he still had. He's still but like not

891
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,839
Speaker 2: what he is capable of. But boy is he going

892
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 2: to a great situation in Houston. Like Houston was like

893
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 2: the surprise bell of the ball team last season. They

894
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 2: won the AFC South all because of this.

895
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 3: Young that.

896
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 2: It was like, there's always like that one draft pick

897
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 2: that you don't expect.

898
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 3: To like just absolutely blow up. But last year that

899
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 3: was CJ. Stroud, who won Offensive Rookie of.

900
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 2: The Year, third best passer rating by a rookie quarterback,

901
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 2: third most passing yards by a rookie quarterback, set the

902
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 2: NFL record for passing yards by a rookie.

903
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 3: In a single game.

904
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 2: And now this offseason they just went out and got

905
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:47,360
Speaker 2: Stroud more offensive weapons. Joe Mixon running back from Cincinnati,

906
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 2: betteran running back, Yeah, Stefon Diggs. They already have Tank Dell,

907
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 2: Nico Collins, Dalton Schultz.

908
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 4: Like that.

909
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 2: They're they're still in the AFC, which is like what

910
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:01,919
Speaker 2: you have to rememb and that means everything is still

911
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 2: going to run through the Chiefs because that's just what

912
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,879
Speaker 2: it is. But does a weapon like Stefan Diggs make

913
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 2: the Texans a real Super Bowl contender?

914
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 6: Now?

915
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 4: Well, that's the message that I think that the Houston

916
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:17,879
Speaker 4: Texans are sending the league is like, no, we're ready

917
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 4: to contend right now. Yeah, we're going to get the

918
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 4: thirty year old receiver and he's going to come in

919
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 4: and be part of this infusion of veteran presence that

920
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 4: we've seen the Texans do between not only on the

921
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:29,359
Speaker 4: oppensive side of the ball, but they signed to Neil

922
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 4: Hunter they have pieces now that blend together. You have youth,

923
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 4: you have experience, and then you have it all under

924
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 4: Tamiko Ryans, who has just been a wonderful head coach.

925
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 4: I really want to commend him, Nikosseio their GM for

926
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 4: building out this roster and doing it really quickly, so

927
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 4: fast last year, I mean trading back up to get

928
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 4: after you take you know CJ. Stroud to trade back

929
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 4: up to get Will Anderson at number three. That was

930
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:03,000
Speaker 4: a move that no saw coming aggressive, but it also

931
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 4: accelerated the Houston Texans timeline to the point where they

932
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:08,839
Speaker 4: can make a move like this and it does make sense. Yeah,

933
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 4: Now there are some question marks as to this is

934
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 4: now becoming almost a pattern of behavior from stuff on

935
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 4: Diggs because he forced his way out of Minnesota, which

936
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 4: was a relatively good situation when he left it. Yeah,

937
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 4: goes to the Bills, looks in search of greener pastures.

938
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,839
Speaker 4: Leaves still a good situation in Buffalo, because when Josh

939
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 4: Allen is your quarterback, you're a good team. I don't

940
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 4: know what anybody says to go to greener pastors now.

941
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,239
Speaker 4: I hope that the kind of novelty of a new

942
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 4: situation is going to it'll help Digs be a good

943
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,839
Speaker 4: teammate because that wide receiver room does have so much

944
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 4: youth in it between Like you said, take Dell Nico Collins.

945
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 4: I want him to be a good teammate when it

946
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 4: comes to bringing helping these guys develop because they're they

947
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 4: may be young, but they're also really talented. And I

948
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:57,239
Speaker 4: don't want Steph to feel, you know, that's threatened or

949
00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,279
Speaker 4: like think that he's not getting the ball enough, like

950
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:04,800
Speaker 4: he shouldn't be going to Houston with the expectation that CJ.

951
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:06,880
Speaker 4: Stroud is just going to throw him the ball every

952
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 4: other down because he's got a lot of options, a

953
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:14,720
Speaker 4: lot of weapons, a really good offense under Bobby Slowick,

954
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 4: especially their offensive coordinator. That I just want to make

955
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:19,880
Speaker 4: sure that I hope that the novelty is enough to

956
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:20,840
Speaker 4: make him a good teammate.

957
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's going to be interesting.

958
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 2: He really is the veteran, Like the two pickups they

959
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,959
Speaker 2: got with Mixing and Diggs, Like you got two big

960
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 2: veteran guys coming into a situation where you do have

961
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:33,279
Speaker 2: a lot of young players like J.

962
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 4: Stroud, good players.

963
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,959
Speaker 2: C Show was great, but that was his rookiear last

964
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 2: year and then there are other rookie receivers like there,

965
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 2: can he be that leader that they need.

966
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 4: Right and from for all intents and purposes. Though we

967
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 4: hear that CJ. Stroud is a really really good leader

968
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 4: as young as he is. He came in and he's

969
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 4: got the right attitude and everything like that. My concern

970
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,720
Speaker 4: is letting is Diggs, letting CJ be the leader despite

971
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,759
Speaker 4: the fact that he is younger and he is just

972
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:04,400
Speaker 4: coming around. And let's not forget Houston Texans are now

973
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,680
Speaker 4: not not taking anybody by surprise. No, they have a

974
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 4: target on their back. They're a scary team when you

975
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:13,160
Speaker 4: look at this roster up and down, not only from

976
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,359
Speaker 4: the guys we just mentioned on the defense as well,

977
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 4: but they've got depth. To the way that Nickossario has

978
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 4: built this roster and overhauled it in the last couple

979
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:25,560
Speaker 4: of years is extra I cannot say enough how impressive

980
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,319
Speaker 4: it is, because usually these rebuilds take a lot more

981
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 4: time than we've seen the Texans take.

982
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 2: I mean when you look at all the top teams

983
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:36,800
Speaker 2: too in the AFC, the Ravens, the Chiefs, the team

984
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 2: he just left the Bills like it is a Bengals

985
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:44,400
Speaker 2: now having Burrow back, but obviously losing mix in Like

986
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 2: where are they going to be? Like, there's just there's

987
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:52,080
Speaker 2: a lot of really tough competition with great quarterback situations

988
00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 2: in the in their league.

989
00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 3: Okay, but now let's talk about the team that he left. Okay,

990
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 3: because what are the Bills going to do?

991
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 2: They lost two bags offensive weapons in Diggs and Davis.

992
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 2: Josh Allen can't do this all on his own like

993
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 2: we saw him last season. Will his team to the postseason?

994
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 2: But he can't throw to himself. It feels like they're

995
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:21,760
Speaker 2: putting almost that like Patrick Mahomes Superman pressure onto Josh

996
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 2: Allen because we saw Patrick Mahomes do this last year.

997
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 3: Will the Chiefs to the super Bowl?

998
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 2: With the receiving corps that wasn't considered an elite group.

999
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:32,960
Speaker 2: But as we've seen with Josh Allen, he is not

1000
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,319
Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes. He's still like one tick below there and

1001
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 2: he still can't get over that Mahomes hump. Again, as

1002
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,759
Speaker 2: we saw last season in the postseason, We're like, this

1003
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 2: is your year.

1004
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:45,600
Speaker 3: If you're gonna do it, this is the time to

1005
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:46,040
Speaker 3: do it.

1006
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:53,200
Speaker 2: I We were talking about this, I think last last

1007
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 2: week and a little today this is a deep wide

1008
00:49:55,160 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 2: receiver Drafty Bills have the twenty eighth pick. Oh, you've

1009
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:04,359
Speaker 2: done a lot of mock drafts. Sure, yeah, Are they

1010
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 2: taking a wide receiver?

1011
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 3: Is that? Is that what they're going for?

1012
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:10,520
Speaker 4: They are? And again I think that it was very

1013
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:13,760
Speaker 4: realistic and very self aware of the Bill's GM ready

1014
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 4: being to say, are we a better team now after

1015
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:18,600
Speaker 4: getting rid of Dicks? Probably not? No, But again I'm

1016
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 4: not gonna feel sorry for a team that still has

1017
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 4: Josh Allen at quarterback, because while he might be a

1018
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 4: tick below match Mahomes, he's great. And again, this is

1019
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 4: a great draft to need a wide receiver at that

1020
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,000
Speaker 4: twenty eight spot. If they stay there, that puts you

1021
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 4: in the mix for a guy like Troy Franklin out

1022
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:38,800
Speaker 4: of Oregon or Roman Wilson from Michigan, maybe a d

1023
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 4: Mitchell from Texas AD and I I think he likes

1024
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 4: to go by AD and I. These are really good

1025
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 4: receivers that we aren't even really talking enough about because

1026
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 4: this draft is so deep in receiver in this receiving class,

1027
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:56,080
Speaker 4: and also we are seeing an uptick kind of just

1028
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,120
Speaker 4: in general with the rise of seven on seven and

1029
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 4: from these development leagues that, but all of these drafts

1030
00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 4: are pretty well stocked with these premium kind of flashy

1031
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:11,319
Speaker 4: skill positions between wide receiver, especially wide receiver, I should say,

1032
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:14,919
Speaker 4: and you're looking at like the uptick and quarterback play

1033
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 4: and all that kind of stuff as well, But especially

1034
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 4: when it comes to wide receiver and the rise of

1035
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 4: these seven on seven leagues, you have really really good

1036
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,160
Speaker 4: receivers that keep coming out. So the Bills are going

1037
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 4: to I have to think they're going to take a

1038
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 4: receiver with that number twenty eight pick. They actually only

1039
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,760
Speaker 4: have two picks in the top one hundred in this draft,

1040
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:36,759
Speaker 4: which isn't great. All of their picks are backloaded into

1041
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:40,080
Speaker 4: day's two and three. Okay, so that's gonna be a

1042
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 4: little bit of a challenge. I fully expected to try

1043
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:43,879
Speaker 4: to package some of those picks. They maybe move up

1044
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:45,799
Speaker 4: to get some of these guys, but they can fill

1045
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 4: out their roster with some young players and if they

1046
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:51,200
Speaker 4: want to get younger. That's the kind of the message

1047
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 4: they're sending at this point is they want to get

1048
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:54,399
Speaker 4: younger in that room, and they're going to.

1049
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 2: I thought another really interesting thing we heard from Bill's

1050
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 2: GM Brandon Bean was that he said he did not

1051
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:03,759
Speaker 2: alert Josh Allen ahead of the move, but he was

1052
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 2: warned that something like this was going to be happening

1053
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 2: with Stefan Diggs. Like he said, I haven't talked to

1054
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,000
Speaker 2: Alan since the move. He's on the West coast, so

1055
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,879
Speaker 2: he probably woke up to it whenever it went down.

1056
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:16,879
Speaker 2: But I think it's important for me to make sure

1057
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:18,919
Speaker 2: that if I think something could happen, to make sure

1058
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:21,840
Speaker 2: he's not blindsided. Without going into discussion with Josh. The

1059
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:24,560
Speaker 2: last couple times we spoke, I didn't alert him. There

1060
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,080
Speaker 2: had been some inquiries, but it wasn't one hundred percent

1061
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:27,399
Speaker 2: off the.

1062
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 3: Table, which is kind of like code to hey, we're

1063
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 3: probably gonna move them. We don't know when, we don't

1064
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 3: know how.

1065
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 4: But just like you have to think that Josh Allen

1066
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 4: knew this going back to last season when clearly Stefon

1067
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 4: Diggs wasn't happy. Even if you were, Yeah, if him

1068
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,760
Speaker 4: and Josh are still on good terms, I mean, guys

1069
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 4: fight during a game. I'm not going to read too

1070
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:48,840
Speaker 4: much into that part of it, but clearly Diggs was

1071
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 4: not happy with the organization.

1072
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:52,840
Speaker 3: They weren't on the same page. We can put it

1073
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:53,160
Speaker 3: that way.

1074
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 2: But I do really want to hear like from Josh

1075
00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:59,399
Speaker 2: Allen at some point right because right now he does

1076
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,360
Speaker 2: not have really a number one wide receiver.

1077
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:07,400
Speaker 3: And last season it was a complete rollercoaster for the Bills.

1078
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:08,320
Speaker 3: They went on that.

1079
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 2: Not great start to the season, but then once they

1080
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:14,680
Speaker 2: fired their offensive coordinator, went on that great winning streak

1081
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 2: six and one to end the regular season postseason obviously

1082
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:19,920
Speaker 2: beat the Steelers and lost to the Chiefs when it

1083
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:23,759
Speaker 2: felt like that was his opportunity to finally get to

1084
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:24,840
Speaker 2: a super Bowl.

1085
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:25,920
Speaker 3: So you also have to.

1086
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:27,839
Speaker 2: Kind of ask yourself, like, how much longer is Josh

1087
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 2: Allen's super Bowl window right now, because it doesn't feel

1088
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:36,880
Speaker 2: as strong as it was, even say last year with Diggs.

1089
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:38,879
Speaker 4: Well that's yeah, I mean everybody said that last year

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Speaker 4: was like this is their super Bowl, super Bowl win.

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Speaker 4: But I also want to you know, Josh Allen is

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Speaker 4: a phenomenal quarterback. We cannot spend all of Josh Allen's

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00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:51,760
Speaker 4: career comparing him to potentially one of the greatest quarterback

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Speaker 4: to ever play in Patrick Mahomes. Josh Allen can stand

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Speaker 4: on his own two feet as a very very good quarterback,

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Speaker 4: and he is capable of elevating those around him, and

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Speaker 4: the Bills are now going to give him that chance

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00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:06,680
Speaker 4: with a younger wide receiver room, younger weapons, having the

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00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 4: team get a little bit younger, even if that means

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Speaker 4: that they take a little bit of a step back,

1101
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 4: hopefully it can then propel them into another window without

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Speaker 4: having to go through this whole overhaul and everything.

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Speaker 2: It's just so tough for all the great quarterbacks in

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00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,880
Speaker 2: the AFC, like you got to go through Patrick Mahomes

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00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:24,160
Speaker 2: and the Chiefs.

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Speaker 4: I just don't want to lose sight of the fact,

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00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:26,880
Speaker 4: like Josh is a really good quarterback.

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Speaker 3: He is, so is Lamar Jackson, who's also in the AFC.

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00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 3: Like there are Joe Burrow.

1110
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:36,600
Speaker 2: There are incredible quarterbacks in the AFC.

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00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 3: But it's just I know it's Patrick Mahomes.

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00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 4: It was, honestly, I had read last season was very

1113
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 4: disheartening for honestly the entire league because this was supposed

1114
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:51,719
Speaker 4: to be the Chief's most vulnerable year. How they I mean, it.

1115
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 2: Was Patrick Mahomes like worst supporting cast all.

1116
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 3: Back of his career, and he and they.

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00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 4: Still won the Super Bowl, which I don't think the

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00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:01,680
Speaker 4: defense and Spags gets enough credit for what they were

1119
00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:03,080
Speaker 4: able to do and how they were able to keep

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Speaker 4: the team afloat. Yeah, throughout the season. That was an

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Speaker 4: incredible defense.

1122
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:14,000
Speaker 2: The city offense sales tickets, yeah, championships.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, no, it has to be disheartening to know that,

1124
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Speaker 4: like the in the year when the Chess was supposed

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Speaker 4: to be the most vulnerable, like the Bills couldn't get

1126
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,880
Speaker 4: over the humps, couldn't get over the h like, you know,

1127
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:25,800
Speaker 4: Dolphins were kind of in the mix there for like

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Speaker 4: a hot.

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Speaker 2: Second, you know, And I picked everybody to beat Patrick

1130
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,399
Speaker 2: Mahomes up until the Super Bowl, and then it was.

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00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 4: I din know. I rode with Patrick Mahomes the whole

1132
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 4: time because he can't beat it better against too many Andy.

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Speaker 3: Reid, Yeah, well I did. I thought it was. I

1134
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 3: think everyone did.

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Speaker 2: But we'll see, We'll see, because I'm not feeling again,

1136
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:48,839
Speaker 2: we'll revisit this after the draft, but not feeling as

1137
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:52,440
Speaker 2: strong about Josh Allen and the Bills this season with

1138
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:53,799
Speaker 2: what they have right now.

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Speaker 4: But well it was additioned by subtraction when they got

1140
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:57,320
Speaker 4: rid of their offensive coordinator. Maybe this will be the

1141
00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:57,680
Speaker 4: same thing.

1142
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,359
Speaker 2: Interesting, Hey, time will tell. All Right, We're gonna take

1143
00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 2: a quick game here when we come back. Guys, it

1144
00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:07,279
Speaker 2: looks like Russell Wilson is changing his game. You listen

1145
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:12,800
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00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,759
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00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,680
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Speaker 2: final four Men's March Madness game who Wow Saturday.

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Speaker 2: our social media accounts. I'll post it at Alex Underscore,

1160
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Speaker 2: Curry Choice, and at car mebes Me. Yeah. Well guys, well, well, well,

1161
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:07,799
Speaker 2: looks like Russell Wilson finally learned his lesson. It has

1162
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:16,000
Speaker 2: been reported that Russell Wilson is starting to build connections

1163
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 2: with his new team, Pittsburgh Steelers. So with his past

1164
00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 2: two teams, if you're new to why this is a

1165
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:28,960
Speaker 2: story Seahawks and Broncos, there was always similar complaints that

1166
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 2: he wasn't connecting with his teammates.

1167
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 3: They couldn't get a hold of him personally.

1168
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 2: It wasn't like he was like authentically there for them

1169
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:42,120
Speaker 2: in the locker room. But sounded like he's taking a

1170
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:46,200
Speaker 2: different approach. Third times of charm with being the veteran

1171
00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 2: quarterback after had Badley, I was dumpster fire in Denver

1172
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 2: for him, so he really needed to reinvent himself and

1173
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 2: change the way that he does things. And it sounds

1174
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:04,960
Speaker 2: like he's been doing some team bonding. He had teammates

1175
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:11,080
Speaker 2: out in California for workouts down in San Diego.

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00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:13,280
Speaker 3: We heard that they.

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00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:16,120
Speaker 2: Were just down there. They're working out doing throwing routines.

1178
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,880
Speaker 2: He's been great talking to guys and starting to build

1179
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Speaker 2: that connection.

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Speaker 3: He's a great guy.

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Speaker 2: You can tell that the drive and the determination that

1182
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:25,600
Speaker 2: he has to win to come to Pittsburgh is going

1183
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:27,880
Speaker 2: to be there and get some playoff games for us,

1184
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,400
Speaker 2: which you guys like, let's let's see how it goes

1185
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 2: first before we get to.

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Speaker 3: Ahead of ourselves.

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00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:36,120
Speaker 2: He's on a one year He's on a one year deal,

1188
00:58:36,120 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 2: and he's got some competition. He's got Justin Fields breathing

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Speaker 2: down his neck. Now, Carmen, I know how you feel

1190
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Speaker 2: about this, but Mike Tomlin and the Steelers, they don't

1191
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,960
Speaker 2: really have any loyalty to either of these guys.

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00:58:57,560 --> 00:58:59,760
Speaker 3: They're both brand news starting quarterbacks.

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00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:02,320
Speaker 2: Who Ever can win for this team, I believe will

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00:59:02,360 --> 00:59:04,800
Speaker 2: be their starting quarterback. And Mike Tomlin did say that

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00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 2: Russ has the pole position, but anything can happen in

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00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:15,520
Speaker 2: training camp or after a bad few starts. Again, what

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Speaker 2: he's saying and doing all the right things to get

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Speaker 2: things started, which is what it feels like Russ always

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Speaker 2: does right at the start exactly of a new situation, exactly.

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Speaker 2: So I'm just like, I gotta I gotta see these

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Speaker 2: receipts once the season starts.

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Speaker 4: That was my thought, because this is Pat Fryarmuth who

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00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:34,640
Speaker 4: was talking to I believe the four one two podcast

1204
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:39,800
Speaker 4: or Podward State podcast on Wednesday, and he's their tight end.

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Speaker 4: He's saying, you know, all of the right things about

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Speaker 4: a new teammates. Yeah, yeah, Russ had us down to

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Speaker 4: San Diego. He's taking us out to dinner, he's trying

1208
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Speaker 4: to build that rapport with us off on and off

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Speaker 4: the field, which, like you've said, we didn't necessarily see

1210
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:57,400
Speaker 4: that from Russell Wilson, especially towards his later years in Seattle,

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Speaker 4: and I don't know if you know that really happened

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Speaker 4: in Denver. But the Pittsburgh Steelers have such a an

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Speaker 4: established culture already because of Mike Tomlin. This has been

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Speaker 4: this is one of the most stable organizations in the

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Speaker 4: NFL for good reason. It's organizationally, it's run very well

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Speaker 4: by the Rooney family and then by and then again

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Speaker 4: Mike Tomlin has this expectation. But you're right, they have

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Speaker 4: no loyalty to Russell Wilson, even though they're saying he

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01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:26,960
Speaker 4: has the and he's the veteran say whatever you want

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Speaker 4: to say, he's got the resume. Yeah, we know that

1221
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Speaker 4: theoretically he has the talent. We haven't seen it recently,

1222
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:35,840
Speaker 4: but don't let that to tarry you through the fact.

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Speaker 4: This is a guy that's made the Pro Bowl nine times,

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Speaker 4: he's a Super Bowl champion, he has the talent, he

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Speaker 4: knows what he's supposed to do, which is why I'm

1226
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Speaker 4: going to need to see things start to go wrong

1227
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Speaker 4: and how he reacts to that before I actually believe

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Speaker 4: that this is something like he's turned over a new

1229
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,800
Speaker 4: leaf and he really understands it and all the other stuff.

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Speaker 4: He is very calculated as a person. We've seen that

1231
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:01,520
Speaker 4: samely calculate, which you have to be, and I totally

1232
01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:04,640
Speaker 4: get that. But we've seen that where he knows what

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Speaker 4: the right things to do are.

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Speaker 2: It almost feels like sometimes he is playing the role

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Speaker 2: of a quarterback. This is what I'm supposed to do,

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01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,640
Speaker 2: this is what I'm supposed to say, this is how

1237
01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:20,400
Speaker 2: I'm supposed to act opposed to Just like I want

1238
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:21,880
Speaker 2: to shake him some time and be like.

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Speaker 3: Well the real Russell Wilson please stand up.

1240
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:28,080
Speaker 4: Wilson.

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01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to know because, like again, like we

1242
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:34,800
Speaker 2: only see what a lot of these athletes, famous people

1243
01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:35,480
Speaker 2: want you to see.

1244
01:01:35,560 --> 01:01:39,280
Speaker 3: They put on a public person totally normal.

1245
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,960
Speaker 2: But when you hear former teammates talk about that's the

1246
01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:47,040
Speaker 2: I couldn't connect with him, like he wasn't a team guy.

1247
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:49,680
Speaker 2: After they leave a place, you're like, oh, that's the real,

1248
01:01:50,200 --> 01:01:51,600
Speaker 2: that's that's that's the real.

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01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:54,120
Speaker 4: We just talked about it with Stefan Diggs about how

1250
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,600
Speaker 4: there is a novelty to going to a new environment,

1251
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:59,720
Speaker 4: and especially where Russell Wilson, he's been in this industry

1252
01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:01,480
Speaker 4: long and he's been playing long enough to know that.

1253
01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:03,800
Speaker 4: Again there's Steelers, no matter what they say, really don't

1254
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:08,720
Speaker 4: have any sort of investment in them, league minimum one

1255
01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:11,680
Speaker 4: year deal. He's playing. Russell Wilson is playing for his

1256
01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:12,760
Speaker 4: next contract. He is.

1257
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Speaker 5: Uh.

1258
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:15,760
Speaker 4: And you saw this with Aaron Rodgers when he got

1259
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:18,320
Speaker 4: to the Jets, where Aaron Rodgers did not bother with

1260
01:02:18,360 --> 01:02:20,880
Speaker 4: the young guys, uh in his last couple of years,

1261
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:24,439
Speaker 4: didn't parties with them, didn't like, he just did not bother.

1262
01:02:24,520 --> 01:02:26,160
Speaker 4: He's like, that's not my job to build bring those

1263
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,320
Speaker 4: along anymore. I put in my dues. I'm not doing

1264
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Speaker 4: this when he got to the Jets.

1265
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and hard knocks too. Like the camera's around all.

1266
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Speaker 4: He's going to Knicks games with with Garrett Wilson. Here's

1267
01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:40,160
Speaker 4: maybe Brooklyn as I don't know, one of the basketball

1268
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:42,480
Speaker 4: teams there. You know, he's going out with the guys,

1269
01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:44,919
Speaker 4: he's taking them to dinner, he's working out with them.

1270
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:46,680
Speaker 4: All of a sudden, you're like, oh, this is the

1271
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:49,160
Speaker 4: novelty of the new situation. So that's what that's this

1272
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 4: is the honeymoon period that Russell Wilson is in right

1273
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:54,440
Speaker 4: now and again until I see some stuff, you know

1274
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:57,840
Speaker 4: when when the camp, when camp gets started, and maybe

1275
01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:00,000
Speaker 4: things aren't aren't going as well, or things aren't being

1276
01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 4: installed as well as he would want, or guys aren't

1277
01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:05,600
Speaker 4: understanding him as much. Like, that's when I want to

1278
01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:08,080
Speaker 4: see the leader come out. And that's when I want

1279
01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:11,600
Speaker 4: to see, Oh, are they staying after practice to continue throwing?

1280
01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:14,720
Speaker 4: Like if they mess something up in an install, are

1281
01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 4: they going to go out there? And he's going to

1282
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:19,440
Speaker 4: have his receivers run different routes to make sure they

1283
01:03:19,480 --> 01:03:21,840
Speaker 4: have those Like is he going to take control of

1284
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:26,200
Speaker 4: that situation and act like the starter because that's the

1285
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:27,800
Speaker 4: way to the starting role?

1286
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:31,080
Speaker 3: Will the real Russell Wilson, Well, the real Russell Wilson

1287
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:33,760
Speaker 3: stand up all right now, let's checking with Brian Bentley

1288
01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 3: and see what's strending.

1289
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Speaker 9: Yes, Carmen and Alex of course Russell Wilson formerly of

1290
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:40,680
Speaker 9: the NC State wolf.

1291
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:40,960
Speaker 5: Pack, and.

1292
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:46,360
Speaker 4: They're great, they're great.

1293
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,880
Speaker 9: Hey, you know you do this long enough, the repetition game,

1294
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:51,200
Speaker 9: hopefully you figure.

1295
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:51,960
Speaker 5: It out once in a while.

1296
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:55,760
Speaker 9: So yeah, NC State is as you are saying under

1297
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:59,400
Speaker 9: an hour from getting underway in their first Yeah, warm

1298
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:01,959
Speaker 9: ups are out there and it is a tip time

1299
01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:04,440
Speaker 9: at six oh nine Eastern time. NC stayed against the

1300
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:08,240
Speaker 9: one seed per Due. That's game one of two Final

1301
01:04:08,240 --> 01:04:10,840
Speaker 9: four from Glendale, and then the second one coming up

1302
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:14,880
Speaker 9: at around eight forty nine Eastern time. It's Alabama meeting

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Speaker 9: up with Yukon, the reigning national champ, and Dan Hurley,

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Speaker 9: of course they're head coach in the NBA one afternoon game,

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Speaker 9: and the Lakers are punishing the Cavs one of five

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Speaker 9: to ninety three bitpoint of the fourth quarter, and it's

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Speaker 9: a Lebron James effort of eleven assists to go with

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Speaker 9: his eight of sixteen shooting in thirty one minutes nineteen

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Speaker 9: points for him. He's one of four on The Lake

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Speaker 9: Show with double figure points. Major League Baseball right now,

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Speaker 9: some big injury news. Bob Nightingale MLB Insider is reporting

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Speaker 9: that Braves pitcher Spencer Stryder diagnosed with UCL damage following

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Speaker 9: the MRI. Oh, that's not a good sun no, considering

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Speaker 9: what he means to Major League Baseball as a brand,

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Speaker 9: that is not good news, not just for him, but

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Speaker 9: for the vitality of the sport and the season as

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Speaker 9: a whole for the league, and regards to some of

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Speaker 9: the games that are going on right now in Major

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Speaker 9: League Baseball. The Mets up five to two against the Reds.

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Speaker 9: That's bottom of the fifth FS one, Dodgers and Cubs

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Speaker 9: scoreless into the fifth inning, the Dodgers with two outside

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Speaker 9: runners on first and second. To the finals. We go,

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Speaker 9: Athletics over the Tigers four to nothing. Guardian stiff the

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Speaker 9: Twins three to one, the Marlins zero to nine on

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Speaker 9: the season after they falter on the road to the

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Speaker 9: Cardinals three and one. Carmen Vitale, Alex Curry, all yours.

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Speaker 9: I hope neither one of you are Marlins fans, because that's.

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Speaker 4: How a lot of white six fan so much better.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sorry about that, Thank you, Brian. You're listening to

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here with Carmen Vitally.

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Speaker 2: We are broadcasting live from the tyreck dot Com studios

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Speaker 2: in Los Angeles, and it is time to bring in

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Speaker 2: our next guest, someone who brings the fun and the

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Speaker 2: joy to sports. She's covering it all here for Spectrum

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Speaker 2: Sports in LA. Let's welcome little Nikki kay to the show.

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Speaker 6: What's Up? Party people? Happy sat are Ya?

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Speaker 3: Here we go?

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Speaker 2: Yes, okay Nick. The Lakers have been on a fire lately,

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Speaker 2: winning eight of their last nine. They're currently winning right now,

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Speaker 2: so it should be nine of their last ten. Are

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Speaker 2: the Lakers heating up at the right time? And is

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Speaker 2: it enough to help them make a deep playoff run?

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Speaker 6: Alex Curry, First of all, it's a pleasure to be

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Speaker 6: joining you, thank you, and Carmen's pleasure to chat with

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Speaker 6: you over the airwaves. Enough. So here's the thing. Actually,

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Speaker 6: the Lakers have been hitting their stride, and it goes

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Speaker 6: back to the February. They're twenty and eight since then,

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Speaker 6: and it's the third best record in the NBA, and

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Speaker 6: they're completely clicking, you know, with the continuity they've been

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Speaker 6: able to put together in their lineups and their rotations,

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Speaker 6: and it's showing in the on court product, especially with

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Speaker 6: Ruy Hachimura coming into the starting lineups. But then when

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Speaker 6: you think about the Lakers and what they've been able

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Speaker 6: to put together on the offense, even their defense did

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Speaker 6: take a little bit of a hit, but right now

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Speaker 6: they're second in offense, eighteenth in defense in the league,

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Speaker 6: and it's kind of like what we saw last year

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Speaker 6: day ja Voo. Just really the post trade deadlines run

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Speaker 6: and the chemistry that we're seeing this team flow with.

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Speaker 4: Well, it's interesting because they're also is it the Lakers

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Speaker 4: hitting their stride or they're getting some help from these

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Speaker 4: West teams that we've had a couple losses this week

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Speaker 4: from some major contending teams that's kind of propelled the

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Speaker 4: Lakers into this eighth seed. How much can we glean

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Speaker 4: from what the Lakers are doing versus getting help from

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Speaker 4: some of these other teams?

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Speaker 3: Did they get to the eighth seed?

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Speaker 6: Well, I think when you look at it, I mean

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Speaker 6: the Lakers are taking care of their own business first

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Speaker 6: and foremost. They're back from this road at five and one,

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Speaker 6: and bottom line is the West is so deep. Darbenhams

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Speaker 6: was talking about it earlier this week. He's like, we're

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Speaker 6: playing well and everyone else is too. Nobody is helping

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Speaker 6: anybody right now. You know, you've got teams ten games

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Speaker 6: over five hundred and they're all fighting for a play

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Speaker 6: in spot. So, I mean you could look at it

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Speaker 6: obviously the fortuitous losses in the Western Conference, But on

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Speaker 6: the same note, it's not like the Lakers are, you know,

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Speaker 6: losing and sailing up. They're handling their end as well.

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Speaker 2: Like it's crazy because the Lakers are eleven games over

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Speaker 2: five hundred, but only like they're tied with the Kings,

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Speaker 2: that eight and nine seed, they have the exact same record.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's insane.

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Speaker 2: How strong the West is and how difficult is that

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Speaker 2: going to become playoffs?

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Speaker 6: Oh, it's the wild wild West for sure. And obviously

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Speaker 6: matchups are everything, And I mean, right now, I think

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Speaker 6: the championship runs through the reigning champs. There's no denying

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Speaker 6: Nicola Jokic, and so unfortunately, I think if you are

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Speaker 6: the Lakers, you want to avoid Denver until you know,

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Speaker 6: or maybe maybe delay the date with Denver and see

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Speaker 6: if any of these other teams can give the Nuggets

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Speaker 6: a run for their money. But I like the odds

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Speaker 6: of a matchup with Oklahoma City or you know, even

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Speaker 6: the Minnesota Timberwolves. They're younger teams, they haven't been quite

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Speaker 6: as battle tested. And you give me a seven game

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Speaker 6: series with Lebron James and Anthony Davis, and it's pretty

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01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,120
Speaker 6: hard to get four wins against, you know, two of

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Speaker 6: the best talents this league. Has ever seen.

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Speaker 2: Now, let's talk about the other LA team because we're

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Speaker 2: just under two weeks away from playoffs and Clippers hold

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Speaker 2: that four seed right now. But Kawhi has been dealing

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Speaker 2: with some knee soreness, missing three games. How big of

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Speaker 2: a concern is that for him heading into the postseason?

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Speaker 6: I think the Kawhi Leonard injuries are always the biggest concern,

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Speaker 6: right But when he's on the floor, he's you know,

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Speaker 6: generational and undern And I did speak with someone on

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Speaker 6: the Clippers coaching staff and he said, you know, starting

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Speaker 6: PJ for defense over the last couple of games with

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Speaker 6: Kauai out, he did a good job of making Nikola

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Speaker 6: Jokic uncomfortable in the Denver game the other night. So

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Speaker 6: we're starting to see Hard and James Harden, you know,

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Speaker 6: wake up and be a little bit more aggressive. It's

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Speaker 6: kind of what we saw earlier in the season when

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Speaker 6: they went on that big run and then you know,

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Speaker 6: the Clippers kind of faltered a little bit. But also

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Speaker 6: getting Russell Westbrook back after his injury, it feels like

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Speaker 6: the Clippers are regaining some of that swagger that we

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Speaker 6: saw earlier. But they did have kind of a gauntlet

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Speaker 6: of a schedule here. I think it was like seventeen

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Speaker 6: games and thirty one days. So they're trying to find

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Speaker 6: that rhythm that you need in the postseason that clearly

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Speaker 6: the Lakers have kind of tapped into. It's like being

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Speaker 6: in the fast trackling.

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Speaker 10: You know.

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Speaker 4: Well, I wanted to switch kind of the subjects a

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Speaker 4: little bit because honestly, NBA has taken somewhat of a back.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it has too.

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Speaker 4: Women's basketball and this March Badness Tournament, Caitlyn Clark now

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Speaker 4: advancing to the finals. She's going to get to play

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Speaker 4: for a national championship. We've talked so much about her.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure that you know, no one is immune from

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Speaker 4: talking about Kaitlyn Clark, no matter where you work in

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Speaker 4: the country. So I want to get in ner take

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Speaker 4: Nick just about this run the Kaitlyn Clark's on and

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Speaker 4: what happens to Iowa to women's basketball after she goes

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Speaker 4: to the WNBA.

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Speaker 6: Well, first of all, I think I love this this

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Speaker 6: postseason for women's college basketball because we're talking about it

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Speaker 6: as just college basketball. It's you know, the talent in

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01:11:41,320 --> 01:11:45,040
Speaker 6: this sport has been there. We've seen these athletes, we've

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Speaker 6: known what women are capable of. But when you get

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Speaker 6: the star power and the names like Caitlin Clark, you know,

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Speaker 6: Angel Reese, Paige Becker, it's like they're now creating a

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Speaker 6: draw and appeal and people are tuning in for the

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Speaker 6: narratives and the storylines and they're finding when they're watching

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Speaker 6: that the talent matches the expectations of these high paced,

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Speaker 6: fast line games and it's it's fun and you know,

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Speaker 6: and then they're making shots on top of it too.

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Speaker 6: So what I think, like we saw with Caitlin Clark

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Speaker 6: and Angel Reads, especially in that matchup earlier this week

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Speaker 6: that had you know, record breaking view are good that

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Speaker 6: I think Tappy Ingelbert, the WNBA commissioner, said it like

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Speaker 6: this is our Larry our Larry Bird Magic Johnson game.

1455
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:34,120
Speaker 6: Meaning back in nineteen seventy nine, when Johnson and Bird

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01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:38,320
Speaker 6: faced off in the men's Final Four, it changed the

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Speaker 6: way fans viewed the March madness, you.

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Speaker 10: Know, spectacle right.

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Speaker 6: It created a whole new wave of excitement for men's

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Speaker 6: college basketball. So when we're seeing the star power that

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Speaker 6: has drawn us to these games, specifically in this tournament,

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Speaker 6: this might be a pivotal moment moving forward, not just

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Speaker 6: I think for the NCAA women's side, but also the

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01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:04,040
Speaker 6: stars that we're going to be attracted to and excited

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Speaker 6: for then see them elevate in the WNBA as well.

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Speaker 6: And I think we're seeing that star branding come because

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Speaker 6: these women are staying within their college programs, they're creating

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Speaker 6: their identity. We're having access to them and their personalities

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Speaker 6: of our social media. And Lebron James said it this

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Speaker 6: week too, there's more star power in women's college basketball

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Speaker 6: than in.

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Speaker 3: Men's right now, and I love to see it.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: Do you think Caitlyn Clark will lead Iowa to her

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Speaker 2: first title tomorrow?

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Speaker 3: Is it going to happen?

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Speaker 6: You know what, For the sake of narrative, I would

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01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:41,480
Speaker 6: love to see that, and I'm going to say yes, obviously.

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Speaker 6: You know, the game Cocks are trying to accomplish something special.

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Speaker 3: I think only NAXT season one.

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Speaker 6: And Natty Undefeated. But I think just the way Caitlyn

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Speaker 6: has carried herself and I don't want to say she's

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01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:58,439
Speaker 6: carried the sport, but she has been, you know, just

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Speaker 6: kind of an un stoppable force. I would love to

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Speaker 6: see her go out raising that trophy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, I think we're both kind of the

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01:14:07,720 --> 01:14:10,080
Speaker 3: same too. They're both two great stories.

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Speaker 2: Complete and undefeated season with a title or get your

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01:14:13,760 --> 01:14:15,880
Speaker 2: first title, which is kind of like the last piece

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01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:21,519
Speaker 2: that she needs. She perfect like legendary college career.

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Speaker 3: Nikki. Thank you so much for joining us. I know

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Speaker 3: we need a golf date soon.

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Speaker 2: Okay, all right, much love ladies, see you soon, carrying

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Speaker 2: women's college best.

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Speaker 6: Well, you guys are carrying up Fox Sports Women's Radio.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, love you me Saturday.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna take one more break here. When

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Speaker 2: we come back, Carmen and I have our field good

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Speaker 2: Story of the week. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Hey, hey,

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Speaker 2: welcome back to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here

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Speaker 2: with Carmen Vitale. We are broadcasting live from the Tyrek

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Speaker 2: dot Com studios in Las angel Is.

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Speaker 4: This is the way to get me going two thousand.

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Speaker 4: Put that on and I am instantly in a good mood.

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Speaker 4: So thanks guys.

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Speaker 3: So now we know that's that's the playlist.

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Speaker 4: For US two thousand and eight.

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Speaker 2: Well, jam It, jam It Harden. Speaking of feeling good,

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Speaker 2: it is time for our feel good story of the week.

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Speaker 2: You guys, so Caitlin Clark has become the face of

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Speaker 2: college basketball and during her incredible career, which her final

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Speaker 2: game will be tomorrow in the final like trying to

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01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:38,360
Speaker 2: get her first title. Then she will enter the w

1514
01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:41,200
Speaker 2: NBA Draft, which is I didn't realize. It's like right

1515
01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:45,040
Speaker 2: around the corner. It's happening quick. And she is reportedly

1516
01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:49,760
Speaker 2: already going to be at the NBA All Star Game

1517
01:15:49,920 --> 01:15:52,400
Speaker 2: on the stage as soon as next year.

1518
01:15:53,960 --> 01:15:54,040
Speaker 6: Now.

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01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:57,280
Speaker 2: I don't know if you watched the Curry and Sabrina

1520
01:15:57,640 --> 01:16:01,120
Speaker 2: three point shootout last year at the All Star Weekend,

1521
01:16:01,880 --> 01:16:06,400
Speaker 2: but it was I think majority of people's favorite part, yes,

1522
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:10,200
Speaker 2: of the entire weekend. Well, now they're coming back with

1523
01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:13,640
Speaker 2: a little twist saying it will be Clay Thompson and

1524
01:16:13,720 --> 01:16:18,960
Speaker 2: Kaitlyn Clark joining both Steph and Sabrina a two versus

1525
01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:23,160
Speaker 2: two competition at next year's All Star Weekend at Chase Center,

1526
01:16:23,200 --> 01:16:23,479
Speaker 2: which is.

1527
01:16:23,479 --> 01:16:24,360
Speaker 3: A home of the Warriors.

1528
01:16:24,400 --> 01:16:26,320
Speaker 2: So it makes sense that you know Steph is going

1529
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:28,760
Speaker 2: to be there again. But I mean, if this goes down,

1530
01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:33,000
Speaker 2: which I think it won should, I'm putting my money

1531
01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:34,680
Speaker 2: on on Kaitlyn.

1532
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:38,280
Speaker 4: Clark and Sabrina. I And this is it's so cool

1533
01:16:38,280 --> 01:16:40,920
Speaker 4: because again going back to what we were talking about earlier,

1534
01:16:40,960 --> 01:16:43,640
Speaker 4: where there's just so much support in women's basketball, Like,

1535
01:16:43,640 --> 01:16:47,479
Speaker 4: I think that everyone has really embraced the moment and

1536
01:16:47,560 --> 01:16:52,600
Speaker 4: embraced each other. Between WNBA athletes that are commenting and commentating, yeah,

1537
01:16:52,640 --> 01:16:57,040
Speaker 4: for the women's College Basketball Tournament and everyone, there's just

1538
01:16:57,200 --> 01:17:01,360
Speaker 4: it's such a feel good, shining examsample of why sports

1539
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:04,760
Speaker 4: are so cool. And to see like two powerhouses then

1540
01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:09,439
Speaker 4: in Sabrina and then again Caitlyn Clark entering into the

1541
01:17:10,040 --> 01:17:12,160
Speaker 4: predominantly you know this is supposed to be about the NBA,

1542
01:17:12,240 --> 01:17:15,920
Speaker 4: the NBA All Star Game, Yeah, them being such a

1543
01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:19,000
Speaker 4: massive part of it and being together, which okay, is

1544
01:17:19,080 --> 01:17:19,559
Speaker 4: so cool.

1545
01:17:19,640 --> 01:17:22,320
Speaker 2: I think the other really cool part is Kaitlyn Clark

1546
01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:24,360
Speaker 2: is one of the first players men or women, who

1547
01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:28,519
Speaker 2: has been able to like almost perfectly adapt Steph Curry's

1548
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:32,120
Speaker 2: style and make it her own. When you watch her

1549
01:17:32,200 --> 01:17:34,040
Speaker 2: training video, it's just from.

1550
01:17:33,960 --> 01:17:36,680
Speaker 4: Him, it's and others and Kobe. You know, she's got

1551
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:37,680
Speaker 4: the mom of mentality.

1552
01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:43,240
Speaker 2: She's yeah, well, Sabrina was like Kobe's little mentor, right, yeah,

1553
01:17:43,400 --> 01:17:44,840
Speaker 2: mentee whatever that was.

1554
01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:46,439
Speaker 3: So I just TV.

1555
01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:49,720
Speaker 2: Ratings will be the through the room for that as

1556
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:52,559
Speaker 2: we saw, which is the IOLSU game setting records as

1557
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:54,639
Speaker 2: twelve point three million viewers.

1558
01:17:54,680 --> 01:17:57,120
Speaker 4: Which this is such a good way of carrying the

1559
01:17:57,120 --> 01:18:02,800
Speaker 4: momentum of women's basketball in general into and get continuing

1560
01:18:02,840 --> 01:18:05,479
Speaker 4: it because now we're gonna get like an infusion of

1561
01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:09,040
Speaker 4: buzz and everything around them in February in the all

1562
01:18:09,160 --> 01:18:12,559
Speaker 4: during the All Star break. I just think like this

1563
01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:16,400
Speaker 4: is a really good way that all of basketball is

1564
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:19,960
Speaker 4: parlaying this momentum for women the women's game to make

1565
01:18:19,960 --> 01:18:23,599
Speaker 4: sure it's sustainable and make sure we don't just pay

1566
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:26,080
Speaker 4: attention during March and then forget about it. Like this

1567
01:18:26,200 --> 01:18:28,439
Speaker 4: is continuing that momentum, and I really appreciate that.

1568
01:18:28,479 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 2: I mean, it's crazy, like when I said, like the

1569
01:18:30,040 --> 01:18:32,959
Speaker 2: Iowa LSU game set ratings recording twelve point.

1570
01:18:32,720 --> 01:18:34,760
Speaker 3: Three million viewers. I'm gonna run through this list real

1571
01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:35,320
Speaker 3: quick again.

1572
01:18:35,360 --> 01:18:38,280
Speaker 2: That's more than every women's college basketball game ever, more

1573
01:18:38,320 --> 01:18:41,679
Speaker 2: than every ESPN college basketball game ever, more than every

1574
01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:44,920
Speaker 2: MLB game last season, more than every NHL game last season,

1575
01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:47,799
Speaker 2: more than every MLS game last season, more than every

1576
01:18:48,040 --> 01:18:51,240
Speaker 2: NBA game last season except for one, and every college

1577
01:18:51,280 --> 01:18:52,600
Speaker 2: football regular.

1578
01:18:52,280 --> 01:18:56,240
Speaker 3: Season game except for one. Last season. Yeah, it's I'm

1579
01:18:56,280 --> 01:18:57,600
Speaker 3: wearing the shirt.

1580
01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:00,760
Speaker 2: Everyone watches women's sports, and the more that we can

1581
01:19:00,840 --> 01:19:03,920
Speaker 2: bring it together when you have stars recognizing it, like

1582
01:19:04,040 --> 01:19:06,360
Speaker 2: Lebron James who recently spoke about it. We talked about

1583
01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:07,519
Speaker 2: it off the top of the show. We talked about

1584
01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:12,719
Speaker 2: it with Nicky Kay last segment. There's just so many

1585
01:19:13,040 --> 01:19:16,720
Speaker 2: stars and star power right now in women's basketball, and

1586
01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:19,920
Speaker 2: we've seen that this entire week, not only watching the games,

1587
01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:23,519
Speaker 2: but the ratings and just the reaction that we're getting

1588
01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:26,160
Speaker 2: from sports fans across the country.

1589
01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:30,479
Speaker 4: Think about what it does for little girls to see

1590
01:19:30,479 --> 01:19:32,240
Speaker 4: that there is a future for them.

1591
01:19:32,360 --> 01:19:33,760
Speaker 3: I get chills the moment you said that, I'm just

1592
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:34,960
Speaker 3: like covered in chills.

1593
01:19:35,120 --> 01:19:38,679
Speaker 4: Because so much of you know, women's sports in general,

1594
01:19:39,160 --> 01:19:41,240
Speaker 4: it's like, Okay, well, maybe I can get a college

1595
01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:44,760
Speaker 4: scholarship for this, but that's like the ultimate. That's the

1596
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:48,080
Speaker 4: highest level of what women have traditionally been able to

1597
01:19:48,120 --> 01:19:52,000
Speaker 4: hope for when it comes to their sports career. But now,

1598
01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:56,439
Speaker 4: if you really have the star power behind women's basketball,

1599
01:19:56,479 --> 01:19:59,400
Speaker 4: you create this wonderful product that then translates into the

1600
01:19:59,439 --> 01:20:02,560
Speaker 4: WNBA and the professional levels where you're seeing more sponsorship

1601
01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:04,799
Speaker 4: you're seeing more fans show up, You're seeing more money

1602
01:20:05,160 --> 01:20:08,960
Speaker 4: in being infused into the game. Now you're giving little

1603
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:12,000
Speaker 4: girls a path to something that is an actual future

1604
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:14,519
Speaker 4: in sports, which is something that little boys have been

1605
01:20:14,520 --> 01:20:17,920
Speaker 4: able to aspire for for so long. And now you

1606
01:20:18,040 --> 01:20:20,439
Speaker 4: have little girls getting to say the same like I

1607
01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:22,200
Speaker 4: want to grow up and I want to be Caitlin Clark.

1608
01:20:22,439 --> 01:20:23,559
Speaker 4: I want to grow up and I want to be

1609
01:20:23,560 --> 01:20:26,880
Speaker 4: Sruna and Escool and you can because there's going to

1610
01:20:26,920 --> 01:20:29,519
Speaker 4: be space there for you. And we talk about it

1611
01:20:29,560 --> 01:20:32,120
Speaker 4: all the time, even in our industry of you have

1612
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:33,200
Speaker 4: to see it to believe it.

1613
01:20:33,560 --> 01:20:35,800
Speaker 3: Representation matter, Representation.

1614
01:20:35,320 --> 01:20:37,759
Speaker 4: Matters, and that is what we are seeing for women's

1615
01:20:37,760 --> 01:20:39,679
Speaker 4: sports in general, and we love it. It's a field,

1616
01:20:39,720 --> 01:20:40,920
Speaker 4: great story.

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Speaker 2: Is Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with us.

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Speaker 2: It is almost time for Purdue NC State. Enjoy the

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Speaker 2: madness