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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio 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 Vitalite. Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with

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Speaker 2: Carmen and me. Happy March madness everybody. This is like

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Speaker 2: one of the best times of the year. The vibes

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Speaker 2: are high, people are out and about.

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Speaker 3: Carmen.

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Speaker 2: You put in a full day of madness at the

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Speaker 2: office yesterday. When I say office, I mean our favorite

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Speaker 2: bar in town, the bar two meals two.

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Speaker 4: Day.

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Speaker 2: That is like my jealousy level was at an all

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Speaker 2: time high as I'm sitting at my computer yesterday doing work,

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Speaker 2: like all I want to do is be with Carmon

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Speaker 2: at the bar. That's okay, Okay, that's okay. We're doing

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Speaker 2: great Day one too, by the way, Like so everyone

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Speaker 2: here at Fox Sports Radio is in the mad the.

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Speaker 5: Bracket the bracket bit tied for first at the end

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Speaker 5: of the dayDay yeah, I.

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Speaker 2: Was tied for second, yeah, which is great.

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Speaker 3: And now things to.

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Speaker 2: Day not that I'm still tied for second and I

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Speaker 5: And honestly, it was my own petty little heart not

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Speaker 5: being able to pick Arizona.

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Speaker 3: I just couldn't do it.

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Speaker 5: I knew that they were they were going to get

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Speaker 5: out of the first round, of course I knew that,

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Speaker 5: but I just couldn't bring myself to get any joy.

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Speaker 2: I get it though, because a lot of the picks

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Speaker 2: I do, because come on, you guys, no matter how great,

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Speaker 2: some of these teams are upsets happen, right, and like

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Speaker 2: anything can happen, you cannot predict the future. So I

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Speaker 2: do a lot of heart picks. And Richard Jefferson is

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Speaker 2: like one of my dear friends. Play to Arizona. The

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Speaker 2: gym's called Richard Jefferson gym over there, So like for.

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Speaker 5: The homie, sure, I picked sure, especially when you have

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Speaker 5: the seating that's like, you know, it's like the fourth

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Speaker 5: and the fifth seed against you whatever it is.

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Speaker 2: I'm just like, who do you have in your in

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Speaker 2: your top four?

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Speaker 3: Okay?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I already have one that's I got Kentucky. Like

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Speaker 2: so that was that was bad?

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Speaker 3: I mean that's not like. So I have Wisconsin in

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Speaker 3: my final four, okay.

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Speaker 2: So we both had a not great.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, But then I also have I have Illinois okay,

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Speaker 5: and I have Kansas okay, and North Carolina.

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Speaker 3: That's right. Final four.

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Speaker 2: Well, my heart also picked STSU because I went to

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Speaker 2: Sandy Goo State. You guys rock in the s CSU

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Speaker 2: sweach to today and they were in the finals last year.

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Speaker 2: So feeling strong about this. Arizona Kentucky obviously out perdue.

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Speaker 2: That's also for a homie who's just like obsessed. One

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Speaker 2: of our producers, good friends, Nick Rego, this is like Rider.

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Speaker 3: Die Riders are perdue, So I'm.

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Speaker 2: Pushing for him.

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Speaker 5: Oh, that's that's sweet of you, honestly, I there was

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Speaker 5: there was like a ten minute span of just absolute

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Speaker 5: electricity at the bar last night because Auburn Yale was

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Speaker 5: going on at the same time that what was the

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Speaker 5: other that was even going on at that point? Uh,

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Speaker 5: there were two games that were going on simultaneously that

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Speaker 5: everybody was like losing it over.

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Speaker 3: Oh it was the it was the Bama game.

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Speaker 2: It was Yeah, this is why you watch Madness with

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Speaker 2: a crew of people in a crowded area who were

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Speaker 3: No, Florida, that was the game.

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Speaker 5: That was the game everybody was going and so there

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Speaker 5: was Florida fans in front of us everybody at the

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Speaker 5: to see Auburn and just go down and like, I

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Speaker 5: don't know, underdog the Bulldogs rooting for the root for

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Speaker 3: I love that, absolutely electric.

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Speaker 2: The whole bar was going nuts right now. We have

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Speaker 2: Holy Cross women are in full force today. Obviously we

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Speaker 2: got the Gonzaga and Kansas going on right now. That's

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Speaker 2: We have an epic show for you guys today. We're

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Speaker 2: going to keep you updated on all of the March

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Speaker 2: Madness games as men's and women's. As we said, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I was about to end right now, Caitlyn Clark in

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Speaker 2: Iowa forty eight to thirty right now, forty one seconds

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Speaker 2: in thirty minutes, who also put in time at the

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Speaker 2: office yesterday. He did all the madness you guys. When

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Speaker 2: I say the office and sports, it's usually at the

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Speaker 2: bar watching the games. Okay, let's be honest here.

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Speaker 3: We're talking about it today. Research that is work. This

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Speaker 2: We also have former US women's national team superstar and

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Speaker 2: hour two amazing rock star. We have producer Patrick with

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Speaker 2: US Today, technical producer Chrisphette, and Brian Finley at the

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Speaker 2: news desk. You guys, you guys, madness. We're diving into

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Speaker 2: the madness because, as we said, best time of the year.

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Speaker 3: We have it all.

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Speaker 2: You have Cinderella stories, which means like dreams come true

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Speaker 2: and dreams get destroyed within the same game, which is

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Speaker 2: always like an emotional rollercoaster for me because I love

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Speaker 2: the underdog. But then it's like you see everyone that

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Speaker 3: It's just like.

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Speaker 2: Bracket crushers Day one, Big one. Oakland taking down Kentucky, Tucky,

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Speaker 2: Kentucky got me and I want to take a moment

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Speaker 2: to talk about Kentucky, right, because they're thought to be

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Speaker 2: one of the powerhouse programs. Right, But that was Kentucky's

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Speaker 2: second round, like second opening round loss in three years.

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Speaker 2: Kentucky only has one win in the tournament. Since twenty nineteen. Like,

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Speaker 2: party head coach of Kentucky, has been there since two

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Speaker 2: thousand and nine, only has one NCUBA Championship win that

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Speaker 2: are a big one and done school. Okay, now they

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Speaker 2: have had some all star one and done players. Let

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Speaker 2: me just remind you Anthony Davis, he was on that

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Speaker 2: team that won the NCAA Championship, Devin Booker, Karl Anthony Towns,

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Speaker 2: DeMarcus Cousins, Julius Randall, Jamal Murray, John Wall, Like, there

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Speaker 2: one and done through John Cala PARTI. But I cannot

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, he can evaluate talent and recognize talent and

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Speaker 5: then bring them into Kentucky with the help of the

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Speaker 2: Yes, but I think you need to start taking some accountability,

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Speaker 2: right He talked after the game in his postgame presser.

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Speaker 2: This is what he had to say.

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Speaker 4: I've done this with young teams my whole career, and

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Speaker 4: it's going to be hard for me to change that

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Speaker 4: that we can do stuff. This thing here, it's a

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Speaker 4: It's changed on us all of a sudden. It's gotten

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Speaker 4: So do I change because of that? Maybe add a

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Speaker 2: You think you have one win in this tournament since

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Speaker 2: twenty nineteen something. How long do you continue doing the

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Speaker 2: same thing without success.

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Speaker 5: And expecting different results? The definition of insanity.

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Speaker 2: It does not happen. It does not happen. Now, I believe,

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Speaker 2: not just Kentucky, but the one and Done is really

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Speaker 2: I feel like that we're kind of still in that window.

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Speaker 3: When you're talking like twenty four and twenty five year olds.

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Speaker 5: Olds aren't usually in college, so that I think will

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Speaker 5: drop off a little bit. But you need to separate, Okay,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what is it that's not working?

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Speaker 5: Is it team specific because of Kentucky being this one

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Speaker 5: basketball needs to adopt baseball rules where you have the

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Speaker 2: Okay, so bring it back to like the Lebron and

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Speaker 2: and it only makes five. Was that the last time

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Speaker 3: I don't want to. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Here's the thing is AAU the developmental leagues as youth

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Speaker 5: So these kids, yes they're seventeen and eighteen years old,

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Speaker 5: but they are ready to go to the league because

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Speaker 5: that is where their talent is. That's their talent level already.

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Speaker 5: And what does one year in college really do for them.

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Speaker 5: It's not giving them an education. So let's stop pretending

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Speaker 5: like that's a thing, and it's making it so the

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Speaker 5: turnover is hurting the teams themselves. And what Colapari is

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Speaker 5: older teams. Well, if you make this rule where you

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Speaker 2: This is like what smooth jazz? Cool jazz? Is that

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Speaker 2: Thirty minutes after we got off the air last week,

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Speaker 5: Russell Wilson has not shown up until this point in

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Speaker 5: his career a willingness to be a mentor and.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't give his phone number out to people. We've heard

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Speaker 2: former teammates say they can't even get a hold of them.

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Speaker 2: They have to contact PR to then reach him to

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Speaker 2: then have him call back PR to give them a response.

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Speaker 5: Justin Fields has enough talent to where I could see

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Speaker 5: Russell Wilson be threatened.

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Speaker 2: YEA, rightfully, so he was a starting he was a

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Speaker 2: starting quarterback.

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Speaker 5: This is where you figure out then who these two

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Speaker 5: players are. And that's why this is such this is honestly,

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Speaker 5: this is good for the Pittsburgh Steelers because they have

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Speaker 5: all of They have all of these options now. But

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Speaker 5: what you need to see is how these guys respond

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Speaker 5: to the different roles and dynamics and the pressures that

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Speaker 5: are going to be placed on them. Is Russell Wilson

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Speaker 5: going to be inspired and play better because he has

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Speaker 5: someone on his heels it helps. Is Justin Fields going

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Speaker 5: to take the next steps, learn how to speed up

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Speaker 5: his game, learn how to get through his progressions a

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Speaker 5: little bit quicker, actually fix his footwork and do all

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Speaker 5: that kind of stuff in order to win the starting.

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Speaker 3: Job, you would hope. So I think this could be.

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Speaker 5: A good thing for both of them if Justin Fields

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Speaker 5: has the chance to develop without pressure of being a starter.

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Speaker 3: I have been through a quarterback competition before.

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Speaker 5: I was in Tampa when it was between Jameis Winston

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Speaker 5: and Ryan Smitzpatrick, and in that season it was back

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Speaker 5: and forth, back and forth.

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Speaker 3: The only thing I.

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Speaker 5: Asked that the Pittsburgh Sailors do as a result of

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Speaker 5: the experience that I saw. Okay, if you make a change,

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Speaker 5: stick to it. So if Russ doesn't work out or whatever,

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Speaker 5: you maybe start the season with him, you let him

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Speaker 5: go and he doesn't quite work out. You don't think

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Speaker 5: if you make the switch to Justin Fields, keep it.

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Speaker 2: There, will he have started a gain by Thanksgiving?

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Speaker 3: Joseph Fields. Yeah, God, that's a good one.

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Speaker 2: Uh huh. I'm gonna say no, I'm gonna say yes.

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Speaker 2: All right, now, let's check in with Brian Fenley and

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Speaker 2: see what's trending.

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Speaker 9: Yes, Carmen and Alex who got all NCAA tournament actually

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Speaker 9: going on right now?

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Speaker 2: Yes, let's go.

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Speaker 9: We're going to talk a lot about what's happening on

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Speaker 9: the women's side of things, but right now on the

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Speaker 9: men's end, second round, and it's halftime where Kansas as

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Speaker 9: a four seat is leading the five seat in Gonzaga

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Speaker 9: forty four to forty three. This center for ku Hunter

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Speaker 9: Dickinson does have thirteen points to his name. Earlier, we

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Speaker 9: saw Arizona come away with a big second half and

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Speaker 9: they roll seventy eight to sixty eight against a seventh

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Speaker 9: seed in Dayton. So Arizona is the first team to

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Speaker 9: reach the Sweet sixteen and they do it on the back.

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Speaker 9: So Pella Larsen is near triple double. Thirteen point seven

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Speaker 9: rebounds in six, says Caleb Love, also contributing sixteen points,

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Speaker 9: thirteen of those coming in the first half. Now, let's

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Speaker 9: get to the women's side, where there is a whole

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Speaker 9: lot of action. It's day two of round one. Caitlin

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Speaker 9: Clark has sixteen point seven rebounds and nine assists for

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Speaker 9: the one seed in Iowa. They are pulling away against

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Speaker 9: the sixteen seed Holy Cross sixty three to forty one

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Speaker 9: halfway through the third quarter. Now, and it was the

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Speaker 9: Iowa second quarter that really got them, going twenty five

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Speaker 9: to nine. They outscored holy Cross in that second quarter

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Speaker 9: by itself. Other first round games on the women's side, Arizona,

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Speaker 9: as an eleventh seed, is taking it to Syracuse the

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Speaker 9: sixth seed thirty seven to thirty two, and of the

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Speaker 9: first quarter, Oklahoma is trailing by ten to the twelve

511
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Speaker 9: seed Florida Gulf Coast twenty five to fifteen. Some of

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Speaker 9: the finals that already have hit the finish line in overtime.

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Speaker 9: It was Kansas on the women's side as an eight seed,

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Speaker 9: holding off the ninth seed in Michigan eighty one to

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Speaker 9: seventy two, outscoring the Wolverines fourteen to five in that

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Speaker 9: extra session and se State prevails as a three seed

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Speaker 9: Notre Dame as a two seed Yukon with a twenty

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Speaker 9: eight point eleven rebound, seven assist performance from page Becker's

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Speaker 9: had a eighty six to sixty four win as a

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Speaker 9: three seed against the fourteenth seeded Jackson State, a win

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Speaker 9: for Indiana and six seed tennesseeed ninety two to sixty

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Speaker 9: three against the eleven seed in Green Bay. And just

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Speaker 9: scheduling know coming up next on the men's side in

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Speaker 9: about an hour or so, we've got our third of

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Speaker 9: eight games second round, and it'll be the one seed

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Speaker 9: North Carolina against the nine seed Michigan State. Karmavitali and

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Speaker 9: Alex Curry. I hope that those brackets. I know you

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Speaker 9: guys have been doing well so far. Hope they hold

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Speaker 9: up all the we have the Wisconsin.

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Speaker 2: Kentucky got me, Alex, Kentucky got me. But I'm still

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Speaker 2: young ty per second, Bill holds young type per second

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Speaker 2: in the Fox Sports Radio bracket.

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Speaker 3: We'll see how that gets annoyed in my national chams.

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Speaker 3: I have no favorite that total homer peg.

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Speaker 2: I feel good about it. Thank you, Brian, appreciate it

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Speaker 2: all right. You're listening to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex

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Speaker 2: Curry here with Carmen Vitality. We are broadcasting live from

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Speaker 2: Tyrek dot Com Studios in Los Angeles, and it is

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Speaker 2: time to bring in our first guest. He is the

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Speaker 2: co host of Gojo and Golic. Please welcome Mike Golick Junior.

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Speaker 3: Ei there.

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Speaker 7: I love the energy, guys, I need a little bit

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Speaker 7: of help. You know if March Madness Weekend is this

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Speaker 7: incredible show and display from all these great athletes involved

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Speaker 7: on the men's and women's side, but not enough people

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Speaker 7: talk about chans, all of us viewers laying our bodies

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Speaker 7: on the line for the cause.

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Speaker 2: Oh I did, oh? I did you you put in?

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Speaker 2: You put in some hard working hours at the office

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Speaker 2: yesterday Mike two meals at my favorite spot. I am

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Speaker 2: so proud you you did March Madness right. I gave

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Speaker 2: Carmen or flowers at the top of the show as well,

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Speaker 2: like I.

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Speaker 3: You guys are.

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Speaker 2: Any research together, do like It's a part of the job,

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Speaker 2: part of the job, And that's one of the perks

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Speaker 2: of this job is that you get to go to

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Speaker 2: the office, and sometimes the office is a beautiful bar

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Speaker 2: with a nice beer and some meals. How's your bracket doing?

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Speaker 7: By the way, you know what, We're at the most

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Speaker 7: liberating point in the tournament. My bractice is already carnage,

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Speaker 7: and now I can just release to the great play

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Speaker 7: that we're seeing from some of these upset fits on

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Speaker 7: the field. I gave it my best shot. But guys,

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Speaker 7: I always say my bracket is a lot like my

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Speaker 7: golf game. I didn't put enough work into this to

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Speaker 7: expect it to go well, and so I hope and

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Speaker 7: pray I have a few bever good company along the way,

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Speaker 7: and now I just get to ride this out and

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Speaker 7: enjoy it. I am absolutely in shambles right now.

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Speaker 2: What team got you? Because Kentucky got me? I had

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Speaker 2: Kentucky in my final four.

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Speaker 7: I didn't have Kentucky going quite that far, so I

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Speaker 7: was up safe there. Overall, my my final four is

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Speaker 7: still intact at this point.

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Speaker 2: What yeah, in shambles. Okay, that was false advertising, Mike.

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Speaker 7: You know what, trying to play the humility card.

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Speaker 2: Yes, stop it doesn't It doesn't look good on you. Okay, No,

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Speaker 2: we like honesty here, so I need some honesty here.

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Speaker 2: John cal Party has been with Kentucky for a while,

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Speaker 2: but he had another early NCAA tournament exit. Is it

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Speaker 2: time for Kentucky to move on from cal Party?

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Speaker 7: You know what? I think? Based on their standard, probably,

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Speaker 7: and based on all the signals that we're getting right now,

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Speaker 7: the fact that they're a d declined to comment and

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Speaker 7: talk publicly after that loss, and and just the weight

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Speaker 7: of that basketball program. Yes, I won't be the when

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Speaker 7: we see Kentucky and John Calipari part ways. Everyone's going

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Speaker 7: to point to that buy out number being around thirty

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Speaker 7: three thirty five million dollars. But as eating college athletics,

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Speaker 7: there are plenty of donors willing to write very big

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Speaker 7: check in order to make sure that they're university and

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Speaker 7: a blue blood like Kentucky gets back to the winning

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Speaker 7: ways they've been accustomed to. The part of this, guys,

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Speaker 7: is I don't know what the ready solution is for them,

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Speaker 7: because you've been winning the talent game for a long

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Speaker 7: time in Kentucky and without John calla PARTI, well, it's

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Speaker 7: Kentucky and that's still always going to be a draw.

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Speaker 7: You can expect it the poor era to take someone

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Speaker 7: of a step back, and then who are you going

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Speaker 7: to find to make sure that you're elevating the on

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Speaker 7: court coaching portion of this to get you back to

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Speaker 7: the places you expect to be in an area of

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Speaker 7: that changing drastically on the men's side in college basketball.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but one win in the tournament since twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 2: that's unacceptable for Kentucky completely.

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Speaker 7: Completely, And I did myself the favor after that. Kentucky lost,

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Speaker 7: and I sat around and I listened to Kentucky Sports

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Speaker 7: Rate that night just to listen to the color of

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Speaker 7: the temperature of Big Blue Nation. And let me tell you,

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Speaker 7: when the phrase we're on the verge of becoming Indiana

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Speaker 7: popped up, I felt hurt. Oh, my friends in the

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Speaker 7: Hoosier State for the truth of that, and everyone involved.

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Speaker 7: I talked to Indiana fan dank Kentucky fans after that,

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Speaker 7: and they're like, well, yeah, you'd spot to lie like

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Speaker 7: we can all kind of see and feel this coming,

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Speaker 7: and so yeah, I think that's one of those things

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Speaker 7: you appreciate what John Calipari did for this program. I

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Speaker 7: think his early run there. Every other year basically a

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Speaker 7: final four lottery picks all over the place, NBA guys

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Speaker 7: up and down this roster, but at some point we

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Speaker 7: always hear about coaches, the voice becoming stale, the mets

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Speaker 7: becoming stale, or just the formula no longer working in

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Speaker 7: this era of basketball, and I think all of it

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Speaker 7: is going to lead to a change for Kentucky.

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Speaker 5: I mean, the truth of the matter is though their

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Speaker 5: biggest Drake, Drake can undo the curse that he apparently

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Speaker 5: put on this team by writing that check to get

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Speaker 5: the buyout if that's the way that Kentucky wants to go.

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Speaker 5: But that you just touched on it though, Mike with

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Speaker 5: it was a conversation that Alex and I had a

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Speaker 5: little bit earlier.

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Speaker 3: What is the answer here?

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Speaker 5: Because it's not just Kentucky that is going to run

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Speaker 5: into this with this one and done format that we

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Speaker 5: see in men's college basketball. There needs to be some

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Speaker 5: sort of reckoning, I feel like in the game itself.

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Speaker 5: And do you then go revert back to the old

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Speaker 5: rules where if you're ready to go after AAU, which

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Speaker 5: so many of these guys are, send them straight to

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Speaker 5: the league. And then if you do enter college, make

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Speaker 5: sure you're staying in college for two three years at least.

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Speaker 5: Do you think that that would kind of help level

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Speaker 5: the playing field in a lot of ways.

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Speaker 7: I think so I think you need some more defining

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Speaker 7: lines in this because when we look and I've heard

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Speaker 7: plenty of people comment on and I fully agree, that's

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Speaker 7: the biggest difference between the men's and women's game right now,

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Speaker 7: the women's game because while the WNBA has made extraordinary

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Speaker 7: strides and has incredible players there, we know financially it's

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Speaker 7: not yet the winning lottery ticket that its NBA counterpart is.

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Speaker 7: And so you get the best players in women's college

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Speaker 7: basket fall staying for four years, we get to know

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Speaker 7: these stars, and we've seen this cascade of incredible freshmen

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Speaker 7: coming into that sport that are already household names. You

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Speaker 7: don't get that. It's a little bit more disjointed on

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Speaker 7: the men's side, and for a tournament, especially because let's

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Speaker 7: be real, the success or failure. The way that we

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Speaker 7: grade college basketball is what you do in March, and

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Speaker 7: this tournament rewards veteran play, especially veteran guard play, and

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Speaker 7: when we don't see that much of it. When you

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Speaker 7: see John cal Party coming out saying, yeah, our freshmen,

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Speaker 7: they kind of flinched in this moment. While you can

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Speaker 7: blame a lot of that on coaching, we know that, Yeah,

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Speaker 7: the way you build stars in this sport, the way

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Speaker 7: you build recognition in the sport, and the way you

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Speaker 7: have success in this tournament that ultimately defines it is

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Speaker 7: by getting people to stick around for a little bit longer.

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Speaker 7: And so when you don't have programs as able to

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Speaker 7: microwave results, when some of the all time great coaches

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Speaker 7: in the sport have given a way to younger, newer

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Speaker 7: coaches who are having to juggle anil on the portal,

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Speaker 7: and all these different factors that have created a little

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Speaker 7: bit of volatility around the sport, it's created this environment where, yeah,

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Speaker 7: especially the regular season model has struggled a bit. So

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Speaker 7: I think everyone's going to be looking at how do

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Speaker 7: we go about best building and developing these teams in

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Speaker 7: order to get this sport back to the place where

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Speaker 7: it's been for so long, which is the center stage

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Speaker 7: and one of the most popular in the country.

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Speaker 5: And there has been such a shift, especially this year

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Speaker 5: with the star power being in the women's game. I mean,

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Speaker 5: while we were doing research yesterday, Mike, you were wearing

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Speaker 5: a Notre obviously Notre Dame, but you were wearing a

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Speaker 5: Notre Dame women's basketball T shirt. Everybody at the bar

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Speaker 5: made sure that the women's games that were on were

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Speaker 5: on some type of TV right alongside the men. In

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Speaker 5: our studio right now, we made sure that Kaylen Clark

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Speaker 5: and Iowa basketball was one of the top TVs that

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Speaker 5: we could see in our line of sight.

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Speaker 3: I mean, is the women's game now.

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Speaker 5: Becoming the blueprint for how college basketball should be?

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Speaker 7: Yeah? Absolutely, And I think it's part of the factor

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Speaker 7: that we already mentioned the fact that the best players

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Speaker 7: stay long into it. But I think it's also some

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Speaker 7: other things I talked with Jay Williams about from ESPN

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Speaker 7: about this. I think the pacing, because you have quarters

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Speaker 7: as opposed to the two hals, lends itself a little

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Speaker 7: bit better. The style of play is a lot more

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Speaker 7: free flowing, It's a lot more technically sound at this point.

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Speaker 7: And I just think overall, because we've gotten to know

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Speaker 7: and established, you had women's basketball being platformed more than ever.

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Speaker 7: It's always had talented players on the women's side, but

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Speaker 7: we've seen more games on the big network platforms, more

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Speaker 7: of them showing out in the tournaments. In recent years.

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Speaker 7: You've had these incredibly compelling matchups. And I also think

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Speaker 7: guys not for nothing. The women's game has been far

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Speaker 7: more giving of personality. We see so all in college sports,

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Speaker 7: on the men's side, especially what do we always said

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Speaker 7: the coaches are the stars because they're the ones that

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Speaker 7: aren't coming and going as frequently. And on the women's side,

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Speaker 7: we see players that are much more willing to be themselves,

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Speaker 7: much more trash talk on the court, all these back

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Speaker 7: and forth that ignite the passion in us as fans

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Speaker 7: that are a big part of the appeal of the game.

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Speaker 7: And so I think finding a way to get that

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Speaker 7: personality and get it back out on the floor in

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Speaker 7: the men's game could go a long way in building

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Speaker 7: stars the way the women's side is right now.

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Speaker 2: But can we just take a moment and just appreciate

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Speaker 2: how incredible this year has been for women's sports because

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Speaker 2: of people like Caitlyn Clark in women's basketball. When we

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Speaker 2: were filling out brackets, almost every single coworker men or

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Speaker 2: women that I talked to was like, the only stars

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Speaker 2: I know are Caitlyn.

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Speaker 3: Clark, Angel Reeve.

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Speaker 2: It was all women. It was all women, And it's

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Speaker 2: such a cool moment, as you know, being a woman

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Speaker 2: in sports and just covering a majority of men's sports

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Speaker 2: my whole career. To see this the switch, because there's

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Speaker 2: definitely a switch happening right now.

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Speaker 7: No completely agree. And I think it's been fun because,

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Speaker 7: you know, going to college and being fortunate to play

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Speaker 7: college's athletics the way I was. The one thing that

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Speaker 7: I always thought was the coolest was you got to

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Speaker 7: support your friends who happened to be some of the

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Speaker 7: best athletes in the planet. And I went to Ydor Dame.

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Speaker 7: It's a women's basketball school. They're in the Final four

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Speaker 7: every other year. So many of my close friends were

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Speaker 7: competing on those big stages, and so it's always been

741
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Speaker 7: a place that's the pre but now to see them

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Speaker 7: getting this kind of recognition, the fact that we've got

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Speaker 7: Hannah Hidalgo on campus, who's already a household name at

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Speaker 7: Notre Dame, and for her and for Maddi Westfeldon, for

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Speaker 7: Sonya shit Titron, and the fact that those names that

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Speaker 7: people could rattle off now readily are part of a

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Speaker 7: large group that we've seen all across the sport in

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Speaker 7: a lot of different regions too, by the way, like

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Speaker 7: think about it, John Staley's South Carolina squad, Angel Rees

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Speaker 7: and LSU and everything going on down there is the

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Speaker 7: defending champions. In the Southeast, you've got the remnants of

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Speaker 7: the Pac twelve balling out with teams like UCLA and

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Speaker 7: USC led by Juju Watkins, Notre Dame. In the Midwest,

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Speaker 7: you've got teams everywhere. I mean, hell, Paige Beckers went

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Speaker 7: off in the first place Turnfect Dame. She was supposed

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Speaker 7: to be Caitlin Clark before injury kind of derail what

757
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Speaker 7: was going on at Yukon. That's been the traditional power

758
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Speaker 7: of the sport, and so the rising tide, I mean,

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Speaker 7: you go all the way back. This is a sport

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Speaker 7: that for long swaps of time was dominated by Tennessee

761
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Speaker 7: when Pat Summit was there, Yukon and Gino Orima during

762
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Speaker 7: my young adult lifetime here and now we've seen South

763
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Speaker 7: Carolina I think, step up recently. But those teams set

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Speaker 7: up a signal and everybody else stepped up and responded

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Speaker 7: to the call. And now you've got a ton of

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Speaker 7: programs that are competitive each and every year, spread out everywhere.

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Speaker 7: That again, college sports are a lot like Major League Baseball,

768
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Speaker 7: where it's best when it's regional, and we still have

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Speaker 7: a lot of that flavor on the women's game because

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Speaker 7: of all this.

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Speaker 2: Mike, You're such a gem. Thank you for joining us,

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Speaker 2: and I hope you get some really good research in

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Speaker 2: today too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: Absolutely going to go craft open a cold can of research.

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Speaker 3: Oh, we love it. Thanks Mike.

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Speaker 2: When we come back, the dues and the don'ts in sports,

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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 Tirek dot

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

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Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon with Carmen and me. And you know what

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Speaker 2: time it is. It is time for the news and

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Speaker 2: the don'ts in sports Highlight.

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Speaker 1: I love that putting a spotlight on the don't.

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Speaker 2: The subject brings me no joy. 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: All right? I'm gonna start with a du and this

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Speaker 2: is a two parter. They had two and I was

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Speaker 2: like okay, do help those in need. The first one,

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Speaker 2: Yale's marching band was unable to make it to Washington

796
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Speaker 2: for the tournament, so the University of Idaho's band heard

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Speaker 2: about it, learned Yale's fight song, and supported them in

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Speaker 2: their wind over Auburn and even wore Yale apparel.

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Speaker 3: Isn't that cute those sweets? That's awesome. We love it.

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Speaker 3: We love it. I don't know if anybody who was

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Speaker 3: expecting Yale to.

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Speaker 2: Actually move no, no, but another one that was another

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Speaker 2: one okay, So another helped those in need. Colts quarterback

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Speaker 2: Anthony Richardson helped a fan whose car had a flat

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Speaker 2: tire on the side of the highway hold over to

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Speaker 2: make sure the driver was okay, then gave him a

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Speaker 2: ride to from the mechanic and also gave him some

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Speaker 2: money to help fix the flat.

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Speaker 3: We love it, We love it.

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Speaker 5: Okay, I've got to do I have do your research.

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Speaker 5: We have a couple segments coming up in the next hour.

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Speaker 5: It's a couple of situations where.

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Speaker 3: You need to go beyond the headline or beyond the highlights.

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Speaker 5: Do that research, get that context, because it's going to

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Speaker 5: inform your opinion. I promise you, and it's going to

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Speaker 5: make you a better person. Okay, don't This is my

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Speaker 5: second one. Don't stop being a parent. Okay, we just

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Speaker 5: saw it on Twitter.

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Speaker 3: I was scrolling.

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Speaker 5: Okay, don't stop being a parent, even when your child

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Speaker 5: is Kaitlyn Clark because the camera caught her dad, who

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Speaker 5: is in attendance. He's in the stands. Caitlyn's yelling at

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Speaker 5: the ref, she's complaining, she's trying to get a call whatever.

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Speaker 5: Her dad is in the stands yelling at Caitlin to

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Speaker 5: stop complaining.

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Speaker 3: You can just see him go stop.

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Speaker 5: And if you've ever played sports, which I know you did,

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Speaker 5: we did you Like I have the parent peanut gallery.

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Speaker 2: I had to be like dad, zip it zip zim boy,

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Speaker 2: like you can hear you, Oh, only him. There are

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Speaker 2: photos of me running down the sidelines in soccer and

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Speaker 2: he is like running with me and I'm just, oh

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Speaker 2: my gosh, Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna do a doom

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Speaker 2: before we're done here. Do find your passion after you play.

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Speaker 2: Ken Grivey Junior was at the Dodgers padres opening day

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Speaker 2: in Soul, Korea, but now where you would expect the

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Speaker 2: Hall of Famer was in the camera well, taking photos.

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Speaker 2: It's his new Yeah, passion taking photos and there's a

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Speaker 2: photo package. Did this too, Yeah, fist bumping Mookie Bats

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Speaker 2: after his home run legendary. It just I've seen him

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Speaker 2: out in about at all Star Games World Series. He

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Speaker 2: is just loving it. We love it, loving life. We

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Speaker 2: love it all right, but we come back. The unicorn

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Speaker 3: Two, Let's have a great it's already our two.

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Speaker 2: at the bottom of the hour. We're going to keep

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Speaker 2: you updated on all the March Madness scores as they happen.

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Speaker 2: As Karmen just mentioned, no Biggie, but we're doing great.

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Speaker 2: In the Fox Sports Radio Bragget Challenge Day one, Carmen

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Speaker 2: Now da two.

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Speaker 3: I took a dip because I went with my heart.

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Speaker 2: It's okay. I'm still tied for second. Carmen's tied for third,

874
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 2: and right as Ryan Finley was giving the update talking

875
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,760
Speaker 2: about Arizona making it through. What a nice little vomit

876
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,839
Speaker 2: sound from Carmen to my left. But that's okay.

877
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,319
Speaker 5: Ring in Northwestern, sir, But I also asu is my

878
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,440
Speaker 5: undergrad holme mater. I went to Northwestern for grad school. Okay,

879
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,800
Speaker 5: so as who is my undergrad school, and I developed

880
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:40,919
Speaker 5: a dark, staunch hatred for the Arizona Wildcats and everything

881
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 5: they stand for.

882
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:46,319
Speaker 2: Okay, cool, well I have them going all the way. No,

883
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 2: that might be a whoops for you.

884
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, well it was because I clearly did not have

885
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 5: them making the Sweet sixteen because I couldn't bring myself

886
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 5: to do it.

887
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 3: And this is the price I'm now paying.

888
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,879
Speaker 2: But I also have my alma mater, Sandygo State going far.

889
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 2: They were in the final last so I'm really good.

890
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 2: I'm wearing my lucky sweater that I wore throughout the entire.

891
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:06,399
Speaker 5: Your heart last year when you can go with your heart.

892
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 5: But it also makes sense, like there's nothing better than that.

893
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 2: Gosh, it's great. Okay you guys, it's time we got

894
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 2: to dive into the other big news. Yeah that went

895
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 2: down this week, and that is show Heo Tani and

896
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 2: the gambling theft scambal with his interpreter and best friend Ipe.

897
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 2: But like, what a wild start to the baseball season?

898
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 2: Can we just say? Because last week we talked about

899
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 2: show Heyo Tani getting married and we thought that was

900
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 2: the biggest story.

901
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 3: Well that is wanted us to think that was the

902
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 3: biggest story.

903
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,320
Speaker 2: Wednesday, we got the bombshell report that the Dodgers fired

904
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 2: show Heo Tani's interpreter, aimed at allegations of massive theft. Now,

905
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 2: the tough part is is that we've already gotten a

906
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 2: couple different versions of this story, right, But here's what

907
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 2: we do know. Ipe, the longtime friend and interpreter for Otani,

908
00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 2: apparently had four point five million dollars in gambling debts

909
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 2: to a southern California book making operation that was under

910
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:09,799
Speaker 2: federal investigation. And these wire transfers that were sent from

911
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,919
Speaker 2: Otani's bank account to a book making operation set off

912
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 2: this series of events. So the first part of the

913
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 2: story was that Otani was paying off Epey's gambling debts,

914
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 2: and Ipe told this to reporters. A day later is

915
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 2: when the story changed to Otani had no idea about

916
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 2: these gambling issues and that Otani had been a victim

917
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 2: of massive theft and they were turning the matters over

918
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:42,799
Speaker 2: to the authorities. And then yesterday Major League Baseball put

919
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:47,840
Speaker 2: out a statement saying that MLB has been gathering information

920
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,720
Speaker 2: since we learned about the allegations involving Shoheotani and Epey

921
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 2: from the news media Earlier today, our Department of Investigations

922
00:44:55,640 --> 00:45:00,040
Speaker 2: began their formal process investigating the matter. Now, I I

923
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 2: have a feeling there's going to be a lot more

924
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 2: information on the story coming out within the next couple

925
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 2: of days, next couple of weeks, next couple of months.

926
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 2: This is going to be a pr nightmare not only

927
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 2: for Otani, yes, yes, the Dodgers, but for major League

928
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:22,359
Speaker 2: Baseball because Otani is the face of Major League Baseball. Now,

929
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 2: I personally know Otani an epey from my time with

930
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 2: the Angels, and this whole situation just puts a huge

931
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 2: like pit in my stomach. Sure, And this is why

932
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 2: I don't want to speculate until we have all of

933
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 2: the information, because I know these two men, and I

934
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:46,320
Speaker 2: know they are great people. But this is an extremely

935
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 2: messy situation, Okay, And I have some thoughts. And maybe

936
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 2: I feel this way because I hosted a sports betting

937
00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 2: show on this network, Fox bet Live. Or maybe because

938
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,279
Speaker 2: sports gambling companies are the biggest sponsors in sports right

939
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:07,440
Speaker 2: now paying all of our bills, or that sports betting

940
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 2: is legal in nearly forty states, or because baseball players

941
00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 2: are allowed to bet on other sports just not baseball,

942
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:21,120
Speaker 2: but sports gambling is such a doubled standard right now

943
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 2: in our industry. And if they did not bet on baseball,

944
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 2: I don't have a problem with it, because you are

945
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 2: allowed to bet as a baseball player on other sports

946
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 2: as long as it's not baseball. Now, I understand it's

947
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 2: a big deal for Major League Baseball, not only because

948
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 2: he is the face. But what makes it a big

949
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 2: deal is if again, if they bet on baseball, completely

950
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 2: different story. But that's not the story right now. The

951
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 2: big deal is that it's illegal to bet in California

952
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:01,440
Speaker 2: and they were doing it with an illegal bookie.

953
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,799
Speaker 3: I this is the.

954
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 5: Thing again, I don't in the interest of not speculating, Yes,

955
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 5: like you said, there's going to be much more information

956
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 5: and none of the fact that there are already three

957
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 5: different stories.

958
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:20,439
Speaker 2: That's what hurts my heart.

959
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 5: I'm like, there there is something big, Like the cover

960
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 5: up is always worse than the crime. That is why

961
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,399
Speaker 5: this is going to be such a nightmare that Mage

962
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,880
Speaker 5: League Baseball, because Major League Baseball cannot afford to have

963
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 5: its biggest start, its face the entire like he is

964
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 5: the face of baseball in.

965
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:42,799
Speaker 2: Japan that just signed the biggest contract in North American history.

966
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 5: History with one of the biggest sports brand of the

967
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 5: four major sports in North America, there is going to

968
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 5: be a cooperated effort to minimize and mitigate the damage

969
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 5: that this caused, because let's face that Major League Baseball

970
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 5: cannot afford to have its biggest star be suspended for

971
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 5: a long period of time.

972
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 3: No, that's the opposite of what they want to happen.

973
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 2: The number one thing that just like I think is

974
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 2: going to be the base of everything is did they

975
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 2: bet on baseball?

976
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:13,359
Speaker 9: Right?

977
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:14,800
Speaker 2: Right now?

978
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 3: Yeah?

979
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 2: Right right, so right now it is no, they did not.

980
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 3: Right Well, of course they're going to say that.

981
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:23,879
Speaker 2: I know, I know, it's just yah.

982
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,680
Speaker 5: Here's the thing is that we're in for a reckoning

983
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 5: when it comes to sports betting and professional sports because,

984
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 5: like you alluded to, sports gambling companies are the biggest

985
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 5: sponsors of all of these sports. We just had a

986
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 5: Super Bowl in Las Vegas, an event that brings in

987
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,560
Speaker 5: hundreds of NFL players, whether or not they're playing in

988
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:53,959
Speaker 5: the game, and the NFL is trying to enforce these

989
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:56,520
Speaker 5: rules saying, Okay, these players cannot step foot in the

990
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 5: sports book. These players are they are They're trying to

991
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 5: dis weigh them from gambling or entering casinos at all.

992
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,120
Speaker 5: I'm like in Los Angeles.

993
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 2: Where they're in the lobby. Everywhere you turn, there's a

994
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 2: slot machine, there's a sports book, there's everything.

995
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:19,879
Speaker 5: Meanwhile, the NFL is taking money hand over fist from

996
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:23,480
Speaker 5: these companies. They are also taking money from these players

997
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:28,200
Speaker 5: who are getting caught up in the convoluted rules and

998
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 5: regulations that they have to follow. I know they send

999
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,400
Speaker 5: out memos, I know they do all of that. But

1000
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:40,759
Speaker 5: when the team facility language changes, not only are these

1001
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 5: guys so they're not allowed to bet in the team

1002
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 5: facilities in the stadiums. That makes sense, yes, but what

1003
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 5: happens when you go on the road your team hotel

1004
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 5: is considered a team facility. A team sponsored event at

1005
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:57,320
Speaker 5: an outside location is then an extension of the team facility.

1006
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 5: How are these guys supposed to keep track of all

1007
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 5: of that? The NFL cannot or and any of the

1008
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 5: major sports. They are trying to have their cake and

1009
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 5: eat it too when it comes to sports gambling.

1010
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:09,480
Speaker 2: Yeah they are. That's why it's a different world right

1011
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 2: now in sports betting. And this is where the dover

1012
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 2: the double standard comes in that I have an issue

1013
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 2: with because leagues are partnering with these betting groups. MLB

1014
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 2: just named Fandel as an official partner last year, so

1015
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:26,040
Speaker 2: sports betting pays the bills. They're the major sponsors of

1016
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 2: the partners. We encourage people on all of our shows

1017
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:32,080
Speaker 2: to go out and bet.

1018
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,439
Speaker 3: We give the money lines we talk about, Yes, we.

1019
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 2: Need the industry.

1020
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 7: Now.

1021
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:42,160
Speaker 2: It is March madness right now. It is all betting

1022
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 2: like it. We encourage it, we promote it, we send

1023
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:50,000
Speaker 2: people to sites to do it. And this is this

1024
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 2: is where it's tough. If you tell an athlete, hey,

1025
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:57,160
Speaker 2: you can do this, you can bet. You just can't

1026
00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:04,040
Speaker 2: bet on your own sport. It's it gets tough, it does.

1027
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,960
Speaker 2: It gets tough if you're allowed to do something. Again,

1028
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:11,200
Speaker 2: This is the in certain states, in certain areas, in.

1029
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 5: Certain there to tow right now, because part of me

1030
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 5: is like, all right, if you can bet on other sports,

1031
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 5: who's to say, like all these guys.

1032
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 3: Know each other. Sports is such a small world.

1033
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:27,280
Speaker 5: If you're going to tell them that they've got insider

1034
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 5: knowledge with their sport, which of course they do, you

1035
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,840
Speaker 5: can't tell me they don't talk to other guys on

1036
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 5: different teams.

1037
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:36,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't even think about that.

1038
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:39,839
Speaker 5: Like you talk about, you know, in the South Bay

1039
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 5: of California. Yeah, Lakers, Clippers, Kings players all live there

1040
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,240
Speaker 5: because they're they're training. Their training facility is right there.

1041
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 5: You don't think all those guys get together talk to

1042
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:53,000
Speaker 5: each other, no different things. I mean, guys that went

1043
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:56,839
Speaker 5: to school together, spread out all over the leagues. I mean,

1044
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,400
Speaker 5: I know plenty of players in the NFL that are

1045
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 5: friends with guys as in the NBA, or friends with

1046
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,439
Speaker 5: guys in Major League Baseball or whatever to the point

1047
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,200
Speaker 5: where they would maybe have inside So it's like in

1048
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:09,880
Speaker 5: all or nothing type of thing. But obviously they're gonna.

1049
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 2: They're gonna have to figure something out because it is

1050
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:16,200
Speaker 2: we're very much still in the beginning part of sports

1051
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:20,600
Speaker 2: gambling and betting being legal for most people, right and

1052
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:27,760
Speaker 2: then yeah, and then making its way into broadcasts, into

1053
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,800
Speaker 2: partnerships with leagues, into hard in general.

1054
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,320
Speaker 3: There is an entire subsect of our industry.

1055
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 2: Now it is paying for our industry.

1056
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:36,319
Speaker 3: You had a betting show I did.

1057
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:38,759
Speaker 2: That's why I said. That's why I said, this is

1058
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 2: like really tough for me, Like I hosted Fox bet

1059
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:45,919
Speaker 2: Live on this network telling people every day to go

1060
00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 2: out in place bets. What are the best bets, what

1061
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,319
Speaker 2: are the money lines, what are the prop bets. So

1062
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:54,080
Speaker 2: it's just it's such a double standard, especially when you

1063
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 2: have permission to do it as long as it's not

1064
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:59,120
Speaker 2: on your own sport. I don't have an issue with it.

1065
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:01,520
Speaker 2: But on top of every thing, I think this the

1066
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:05,040
Speaker 2: biggest heartbreak of this whole situation is Ipa has been

1067
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:09,640
Speaker 2: more than just Otawni's translator since twenty eighteen. He was

1068
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,480
Speaker 2: his family here. They were like brothers. They were together

1069
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 2: every single moment of every single day. I mean, I

1070
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 2: spend a lot of time with them. They're both great

1071
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:22,920
Speaker 2: people with good hearts. Good people make mistakes. I just

1072
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 2: it's I don't know, this is this is going to

1073
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,000
Speaker 2: be a very messy situation.

1074
00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 3: Very interesting season. And they happened.

1075
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:35,360
Speaker 2: This happened after Game one when they weren't even in

1076
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:35,960
Speaker 2: the States.

1077
00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:36,440
Speaker 7: You know.

1078
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:40,239
Speaker 2: I'm going to Opening Day next week at Dodger Stadium

1079
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:44,000
Speaker 2: on Thursday, by the way, my first Opening Day that

1080
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:46,240
Speaker 2: I've been to as a fan, I think since high school.

1081
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 2: Love that because I'd been working in baseball, like right

1082
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:49,880
Speaker 2: out of college.

1083
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 3: I love that I know. I love that.

1084
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 5: I was trying to think of like the last NFL

1085
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,200
Speaker 5: game I was at as a fan.

1086
00:53:56,120 --> 00:54:00,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, I'm excited it's going to be I'm also

1087
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,600
Speaker 2: like very intrigued to see how this whole situation plays out.

1088
00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 2: There's going to be so much information coming out in

1089
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,879
Speaker 2: the next couple of weeks. Sure, let's just hope we're

1090
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Speaker 2: still gonna be able to see you Tony play baseball,

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Speaker 2: because it's a gift that we get to see him.

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Speaker 3: Oh, major League Baseball knows it on the field.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna take a quick break here, but

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Speaker 2: when we come back, how will Caleb Williams do in Chicago?

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Speaker 2: We have thoughts, Players have thoughts. You're listening to Fox

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Speaker 5: our producers are that good.

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Speaker 2: Yes they are. And you guys, I again Happy March Madness.

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00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:58,840
Speaker 2: We have it on every single.

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Speaker 3: TV sure do ma, women just so much fun.

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Speaker 2: Looking like and Zach is gonna take Kansas. They're up

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Speaker 2: eighty two Alex to sixty right now with like a

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00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:11,719
Speaker 2: little under three minutes left.

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Speaker 3: Alex.

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Speaker 5: This is what this is what Mike Golic Junior was

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00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,880
Speaker 5: talking about with us just earlier last hour of like

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00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 5: the freeing moment where your bracket just absolutely goes to.

1117
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 2: It's gonna actually blow up your bracket.

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00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 3: This will blow up my bracket.

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Speaker 5: Between Wisconsin losing yesterday and Kansas losing, I had Wisconsin

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Speaker 5: playing Kansas in the final four, so that like that

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Speaker 5: whole side got the whole side of the brackets till

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00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:35,439
Speaker 5: now the other side of the bracket is like I'm

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Speaker 5: doing really really well.

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Speaker 3: I think I've only gotten two wrongs since then.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you were after like day one, you were

1126
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:40,440
Speaker 2: tied for first.

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00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,680
Speaker 3: I was, But this is this is the moment in

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Speaker 3: time where.

1129
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,800
Speaker 2: If this hold I had I had Kansas losing in

1130
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:47,520
Speaker 2: this game to SERI feel.

1131
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 3: You're gonna keep I feeling good.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'll move up to like tied for first.

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Speaker 5: I don't have to worry about this now. I don't

1134
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:54,879
Speaker 5: got to worry about it. I just get to enjoy

1135
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:55,840
Speaker 5: it as it comes.

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00:55:56,400 --> 00:56:01,080
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, okay, Well guess what. We are officially five

1137
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:05,080
Speaker 2: weeks away from the NFL Draft, and we just had

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00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:10,160
Speaker 2: this week Caleb Williams pro day at USC. Everybody was

1139
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,840
Speaker 2: in town. Everybody, everybody was in town. Everyone was in

1140
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 2: the South Bay, all scouts, coaches, a lot of fun.

1141
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 2: We had a good time. We had a great time

1142
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:20,799
Speaker 2: last week. We'll just put it that way now. Even

1143
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,720
Speaker 2: though it's like a ninety nine point nine percent chance

1144
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:26,239
Speaker 2: he is going to Chicago, but the number one overall pick,

1145
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:30,240
Speaker 2: especially now that they traded justin Fields to Pittsburgh, every

1146
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:35,040
Speaker 2: team was in town to watch Caleb. Okay, I know

1147
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:38,319
Speaker 2: you're in with everybody, obviously big with the Bears, But

1148
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:42,000
Speaker 2: what was the word from scouts and teams that were

1149
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:43,720
Speaker 2: in town watching Caleb.

1150
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:48,600
Speaker 5: There's so many, so much that to be gleaned from

1151
00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:50,840
Speaker 5: T shirts and shorts.

1152
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:51,520
Speaker 2: Uh huh.

1153
00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:55,319
Speaker 5: So you know Caleb is throwing on a script. He

1154
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:57,359
Speaker 5: knows who he's throwing to, he knows what throws he's

1155
00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:00,879
Speaker 5: gonna make. He has his receivers with him that he's

1156
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:05,760
Speaker 5: super comfortable with. So players, I'm sorry, coaches and scouts

1157
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:07,799
Speaker 5: and stuff, they don't really go to these pro days

1158
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:08,160
Speaker 5: for that.

1159
00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:10,120
Speaker 3: I mean, obviously they.

1160
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Speaker 5: Like they're going for they're going to kind of get vibeska.

1161
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Speaker 2: Is kind of what Okay, So it's kind of like

1162
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 2: the interview process, Like right when they have like at

1163
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 2: the combine, they have the interview process. It's all trying

1164
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:24,080
Speaker 2: to like mess you up to see like, okay, how

1165
00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:26,040
Speaker 2: do they how do they hold themselves on.

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Speaker 5: Here's the other thing though, that a lot of these

1167
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:30,919
Speaker 5: scouts will do, and this is true for any pro day,

1168
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:33,080
Speaker 5: not just Caleb Williams proday, but any pro day is

1169
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:36,919
Speaker 5: you go not only do you talk to Caleb Williams. Yeah,

1170
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:40,560
Speaker 5: you talk to his coaches, you talk to but beyond that,

1171
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:42,520
Speaker 5: you don't just talk to his coaches.

1172
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Speaker 3: You talk to his trainers. You talk to his tutors.

1173
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:47,880
Speaker 2: So you're doing your research, you talk to the secretary

1174
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:49,080
Speaker 2: of the floor.

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00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 5: In the sid offense, you are talking to everybody and anybody,

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Speaker 5: and then you are also, we there were reports that

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Speaker 5: the Bears Ryan Poles, their general man and their head coach,

1178
00:58:00,840 --> 00:58:03,000
Speaker 5: Mattie Refluce, had dinner with Caleb Williams the night before

1179
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:03,520
Speaker 5: his pro day.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:08,000
Speaker 5: They were also on hand for USC's practice the day before,

1182
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:11,160
Speaker 5: So these guys were in town for a couple of days.

1183
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,080
Speaker 5: They're really getting, you know, the lay of the land

1184
00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:16,360
Speaker 5: and who Caleb is as a person, not just from

1185
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Speaker 5: the source, but from everybody around him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: I like that.

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00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:22,640
Speaker 2: We also got to hear from Caleb at his pro day.

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Speaker 2: He was on the herd with Colin and Colin asked

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Speaker 2: him what was the thing he was most proud of,

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Speaker 2: and this is what he had to say.

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Speaker 10: The ability to adapt and whether to you know, you

1193
00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 10: go into the season, you go into every season obviously

1194
00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 10: you know things, you're gonna win it all, but you

1195
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:40,200
Speaker 10: get you get a few players this last year and

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Speaker 10: then you go seven and five. So the ability to

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Speaker 10: adapt to you know, the adversity the year before, you know,

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Speaker 10: being able to adapt to you know, a hamstring or

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Speaker 10: you know, the year before being able to adapt to

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Speaker 10: you know, playing a bunch of tough games and you know,

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Speaker 10: coming out with the win and and just obviously, you know,

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Speaker 10: dealing with adversity that year, and then dealing with versity

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Speaker 10: my freshman year not starting. Then you know Lincoln having

1204
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:02,360
Speaker 10: to leave staying and then come in here. So the

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Speaker 10: ability to adapt to situations, and I think that's been

1206
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Speaker 10: the biggest.

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Speaker 2: Thing, and he is going to have to adapt because

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00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:15,080
Speaker 2: we are already hearing from some Bears players Jalen Johnson's

1209
00:59:15,080 --> 00:59:18,520
Speaker 2: comments saying that Caleb has to prove himself because Hollywood

1210
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:25,480
Speaker 2: doesn't fly in Chicago. You've mentioned this before. That's justin

1211
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Speaker 2: Fields had the locker room in Chicago, right, So what

1212
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:29,280
Speaker 2: does that mean?

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00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:29,560
Speaker 3: Again?

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Speaker 2: This is all like we're assuming Caleb is going with

1215
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:34,560
Speaker 2: the number one overall pick to Chicago. What does that

1216
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Speaker 2: mean for Caleb Williams going into the locker room in Chicago.

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Speaker 5: First of all, this is why I said my do

1218
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:43,280
Speaker 5: was do your research because this quote, which we paraphrase, yes,

1219
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:45,560
Speaker 5: came from up In Adams, our good friend Kay Adams.

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Speaker 5: I was talking to Jalen Johnson, and you need to

1221
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,120
Speaker 5: listen to the full interview at Jalen Johnson. He's very

1222
00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:54,760
Speaker 5: introspective and he's very reflective of.

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Speaker 3: Who Chicago is as a city. This is the city

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Speaker 3: I grew up in.

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00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,240
Speaker 2: I know it is a blue collar.

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Speaker 5: City of broad shoulders work. There's a wonderful quote from

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Speaker 5: Michael Douglas that I love. It used to be like

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Speaker 5: the top of my Facebook whatever, and it said Hollywood

1229
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:10,080
Speaker 5: is hype, New York is talk.

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Speaker 3: Chicago was work, and that is what everybody in the

1231
01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:17,400
Speaker 3: city and bodies, including its sports teams.

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Speaker 5: Okay.

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Speaker 3: What Jalen was saying in this.

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Speaker 5: Whole interview, again done wonderfully by k was he was

1235
01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:29,720
Speaker 5: talking about wanting to learn who Caleb Williams is beyond

1236
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:33,120
Speaker 5: all the Hollywood stuff, Okay, and knowing that everybody is

1237
01:00:33,160 --> 01:00:35,160
Speaker 5: going to need to humble themselves to come into that

1238
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:38,720
Speaker 5: building because that's how that team operates, and that when

1239
01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:41,120
Speaker 5: you get on a team with veterans like himself, like

1240
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 5: Kayleb Williams, potential future receivers in Keenan Allen and Dj Moore,

1241
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:49,560
Speaker 5: these are the guys you have to humble yourself around

1242
01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:50,720
Speaker 5: everybody because it's.

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Speaker 3: A team game.

1244
01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:55,360
Speaker 5: So their job as teammates is to make Caleb Williams better.

1245
01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:58,600
Speaker 5: They're going to figure out who he is, and yeah,

1246
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,560
Speaker 5: they want to figure out what's beyond the Hollywood stuff,

1247
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:04,280
Speaker 5: not that he would bring Hollywood to Chicago, but they

1248
01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:06,560
Speaker 5: want to know who he is so they can continue

1249
01:01:06,560 --> 01:01:08,080
Speaker 5: to get the best out of him and make him

1250
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:10,280
Speaker 5: a better player because that is their job as teammates,

1251
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:12,720
Speaker 5: which is a very different sentiment than I think that

1252
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,520
Speaker 5: what is being widely reported of him being like you

1253
01:01:15,560 --> 01:01:16,520
Speaker 5: need to prove yourself.

1254
01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:16,960
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1255
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:18,800
Speaker 2: No, but that's what the media does. They take it

1256
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 2: out and they run with it.

1257
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:23,000
Speaker 5: They want to say the deadline and from everything that

1258
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:25,960
Speaker 5: Caleb Williams has said in that that clip that we

1259
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:30,240
Speaker 5: played was from the Hurt, Caleb also said, uh, he

1260
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:31,880
Speaker 5: wants to go somewhere where people care.

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01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 3: That's it.

1262
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:34,480
Speaker 2: That was number one thing, number one thing. I just

1263
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:35,760
Speaker 2: want people to care about football.

1264
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,720
Speaker 3: And he keeps backing that up with his actions.

1265
01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:42,440
Speaker 5: Going back to his pro day, he talked about wanting

1266
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:45,840
Speaker 5: to show people that he can throw from inside the pocket. Now,

1267
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:47,920
Speaker 5: doing that at a pro day not a real thing,

1268
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 5: because again, you're a teacher in shorts, you're not. It's

1269
01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:51,760
Speaker 5: not even seven on seven. You don't have anybody in

1270
01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:53,120
Speaker 5: front of you, you have nobody rushing you.

1271
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:53,560
Speaker 3: Whatever.

1272
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:57,720
Speaker 5: But the fact of the matter is the fact that

1273
01:01:57,760 --> 01:02:01,920
Speaker 5: he wanted to prove that he wants to quell those concerns.

1274
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:03,320
Speaker 3: That's what tells me.

1275
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:07,880
Speaker 5: That tells me something, that tells me that he wants

1276
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:10,120
Speaker 5: to work hard, he wants to earn the trust of

1277
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:12,840
Speaker 5: these guys. He wants to do all of that and

1278
01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:15,760
Speaker 5: put in the work to be good and deliver those

1279
01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:19,360
Speaker 5: wins to Chicago that they are so desperately in need of.

1280
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,280
Speaker 2: Didn't we all see that The fact that Okay, I

1281
01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:23,919
Speaker 2: know people took this the wrong way, but the fact

1282
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:27,840
Speaker 2: that he was crying after they were basically out of

1283
01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:30,000
Speaker 2: the race, Yeah for the natty.

1284
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:31,960
Speaker 3: And shame on you if you do honestly.

1285
01:02:32,040 --> 01:02:36,720
Speaker 2: That means he cares so much much. This is his everything,

1286
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 2: this is his life. Also, like, was anybody making comments

1287
01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:42,520
Speaker 2: when Travis and Jason Kelsey were crying because they cry

1288
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:43,760
Speaker 2: all the time, good and bad.

1289
01:02:43,840 --> 01:02:46,120
Speaker 5: I'm like you if you think that a man he

1290
01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:49,240
Speaker 5: is crying to his parents who are his ultimate source

1291
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:52,000
Speaker 5: of comfort because he cares that much about letting his

1292
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:57,480
Speaker 5: teammates down. Yeah, I've seen it, like something some fans

1293
01:02:57,520 --> 01:02:59,040
Speaker 5: on Twitter. I don't want to hear it, and I

1294
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:01,840
Speaker 5: don't want to hear anything about his talent. We are

1295
01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 5: so just jumping over how good of a player he is,

1296
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 5: I mean even.

1297
01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:10,960
Speaker 2: Last year, and it's we should be celebrating people who

1298
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 2: were different, not putting, not shaming them that they are

1299
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:18,280
Speaker 2: not conforming to what every other football player should be like.

1300
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:21,760
Speaker 5: And then on top of that producing results. Yeah, this

1301
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,000
Speaker 5: is a guy that had last two years had only

1302
01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:27,640
Speaker 5: five interceptions. And the concern with a guy that plays

1303
01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:30,760
Speaker 5: backyard football and like that hero ball that Kayleb Williams

1304
01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:33,240
Speaker 5: can do, it's incredible to watch. It leads to some

1305
01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:35,240
Speaker 5: crazy highlight plays, but the concern of the flip side

1306
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:38,120
Speaker 5: of that coin is do you take care of the football? Well,

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Speaker 5: Kayleb Williams takes care of the football on top of

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Speaker 5: being able to pull these plays out of nowhere and

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Speaker 5: continue plays and all of that kind of stuff. So

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Speaker 5: when you look at a talent like that again, Heisman

1311
01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:53,480
Speaker 5: winner two years ago forty two touchdowns five and against

1312
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Speaker 5: five interceptions. In twenty twenty two, he only had thirty

1313
01:03:56,200 --> 01:04:00,680
Speaker 5: only had thirty touchdowns last year, but USC had an

1314
01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:04,000
Speaker 5: average their point total was an average of twenty eight points.

1315
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:05,440
Speaker 5: They scored an average of twenty eight points and all

1316
01:04:05,480 --> 01:04:08,400
Speaker 5: their losses, so you can't quite put that on Kayleer Williams.

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Speaker 5: USC's defense was just a whole lost here. He has production,

1318
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Speaker 5: he has the want, the desire to work. That's all

1319
01:04:14,840 --> 01:04:16,480
Speaker 5: you can ask for out of a guy. And get

1320
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Speaker 5: excited about this.

1321
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Speaker 2: Chicago to win, Okay, get it. Want to win now,

1322
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Speaker 2: let's check in with Brian Finlan. See what's trending.

1323
01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:26,120
Speaker 9: Mark Few wants to win in the form of the

1324
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:30,480
Speaker 9: Ntublea Tournament, and he does just that Carmen and Alex

1325
01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 9: for the ninth straight year, his Zags are into a

1326
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Speaker 9: Sweet sixteen. That second of eight NT DOUBLEA Tournament second

1327
01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:39,640
Speaker 9: round games just wrapped up. We'll get to that first

1328
01:04:40,120 --> 01:04:43,760
Speaker 9: eighty nine to sixty eight. The five seed Zags advance

1329
01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:46,760
Speaker 9: after beating the four seed Kansas, and it was a

1330
01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:50,360
Speaker 9: forty six to twenty four outscoring of the Jayhawks by

1331
01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:52,760
Speaker 9: the Zags in the second half that made all the

1332
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:57,720
Speaker 9: difference in the end. Two seed in Arizona. Their head coach,

1333
01:04:57,760 --> 01:05:00,320
Speaker 9: Tommy Alloyd, used to be an assistant at gunzi Aga.

1334
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:03,320
Speaker 9: Will now Lloyd as the headman for Zona. Seventy eight

1335
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:06,400
Speaker 9: to sixty eight. His team beats the seventh seed in Dayton,

1336
01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:10,480
Speaker 9: so Arizona and gonzag are the first two teams into

1337
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:13,760
Speaker 9: the sweet sixteen. As far as what's coming up next,

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01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:16,320
Speaker 9: that would be in about fifteen minutes or so, the

1339
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:19,439
Speaker 9: one seed North Carolina scoring off against the ninth seed

1340
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 9: in Michigan State. Also matchups later on Washington State versus

1341
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:27,240
Speaker 9: Iowa State, Oakland and NC State Texas and Tennessee Dukene

1342
01:05:27,240 --> 01:05:30,320
Speaker 9: in Illinois, and at nine to forty Eastern time.

1343
01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:31,439
Speaker 2: The last of the.

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01:05:31,360 --> 01:05:34,360
Speaker 9: Eight games to get underway will feature the eleven seeded

1345
01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:38,280
Speaker 9: Oregon versus a three seed in Creighton. On the women's side,

1346
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:42,840
Speaker 9: Caitlin Clark in Iowa, they persevere at home ninety one

1347
01:05:42,840 --> 01:05:45,920
Speaker 9: to sixty five. As the women are in day two

1348
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:49,680
Speaker 9: of first round NCAA tournament action. Caitland Clark tenn assists,

1349
01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 9: eight rebounds, twenty seven points, so they are on to

1350
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:56,880
Speaker 9: round number two, as is the two seed Notre Dame

1351
01:05:56,920 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 9: eighty one to sixty seven against the fifteen seed Kent

1352
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:04,880
Speaker 9: eight three seed a Yukon back by Page Becker's twenty

1353
01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:08,720
Speaker 9: eight points, eleven rebounds and seven assists at eighty six

1354
01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:11,960
Speaker 9: to sixty four win against the fourteen seed Jackson State.

1355
01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:14,960
Speaker 9: Also wins for NC State as a three seed Indiana

1356
01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:18,080
Speaker 9: as a fourth seed, the sixth seed in Tennessee, and

1357
01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:22,000
Speaker 9: an overtime win for the ninth seed in Michigan seventy

1358
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:24,880
Speaker 9: or excuse me, the eighth seed in Kansas over Michigan

1359
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:29,200
Speaker 9: the nineth seed eighty one to seventy two. Right now,

1360
01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:32,919
Speaker 9: there are four different games going on in this first

1361
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:34,120
Speaker 9: round of the NCAA Tournament.

1362
01:06:34,120 --> 01:06:34,800
Speaker 4: On the women's side.

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01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:38,000
Speaker 9: Quickly to that six seed Syracuse is leading the eleven

1364
01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:41,600
Speaker 9: seed Arizona seventy to sixty six, Ole Miss and Marquette

1365
01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:45,360
Speaker 9: tied up in the second second quarter at thirty Oklahoma

1366
01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:48,320
Speaker 9: by three in the third against Florida Gulf Coast. And

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01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:50,400
Speaker 9: right here in Los Angeles where we are, it's the

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01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:54,480
Speaker 9: one seed US seed leading the charge thirty three to

1369
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:58,240
Speaker 9: twenty against Texas A and m Commerce. Yeah, thirty three

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01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:00,520
Speaker 9: to twenty. And as they get a back to you,

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01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:03,680
Speaker 9: Alex and Carmen Juju Watkins, one of the best women's

1372
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:07,040
Speaker 9: basketball players that we're ever going to see, already fifteen

1373
01:07:07,080 --> 01:07:08,160
Speaker 9: points as a freshman.

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Speaker 3: She is phenomenal.

1375
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:11,880
Speaker 2: So she is like half, she's like half of their

1376
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:12,680
Speaker 2: points right now.

1377
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:15,120
Speaker 9: She does she's worth the price of admission. If you

1378
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:17,240
Speaker 9: go to a game or watch, you gotta watch your

1379
01:07:17,240 --> 01:07:19,000
Speaker 9: play to thank you.

1380
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Speaker 2: Brian. You're listening to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry

1381
01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:24,880
Speaker 2: here with Carmen Vitale. We are broadcasting live from the

1382
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:27,800
Speaker 2: Tyrock dot Com studios in Los Angeles, and it is

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01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:30,439
Speaker 2: time to bring in our next guest. She is one

1384
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:34,200
Speaker 2: of the trailblazers in women's sports. Former professional soccer player

1385
01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:37,520
Speaker 2: and US women's national team superstar. She's a super mom

1386
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:42,120
Speaker 2: and most recently co founder of Bay Football Club. Please

1387
01:07:42,160 --> 01:07:45,000
Speaker 2: give it up for my friend Leslie Osborne.

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01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:49,320
Speaker 6: Thanks guys. Oh my gosh, it's so good.

1389
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:49,560
Speaker 1: To be on.

1390
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:51,840
Speaker 6: Thank you for having me on, Alex. I miss you.

1391
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:53,720
Speaker 6: I'm glad to be reunited.

1392
01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:58,640
Speaker 2: I know all women's sports. Oh, let's congratulations on everything.

1393
01:07:58,720 --> 01:08:02,840
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, AFC's first match, first win, and franchise history.

1394
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:06,240
Speaker 2: This has been years in the making with your former

1395
01:08:06,320 --> 01:08:09,120
Speaker 2: US women's national team teammates. What is it like to

1396
01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:12,520
Speaker 2: see the years of work finally become a reality.

1397
01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:15,720
Speaker 6: Oh my gosh, Alex, I remember telling you about this

1398
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:18,400
Speaker 6: idea four years ago and it's really hard to put

1399
01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:21,960
Speaker 6: in words what it actually means. And I think every

1400
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:24,320
Speaker 6: step along the way has been a little milestone, you know,

1401
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:27,040
Speaker 6: announcing that we had a team picking out our logo,

1402
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:30,360
Speaker 6: going to media day, seeing our players. But let me

1403
01:08:30,400 --> 01:08:34,320
Speaker 6: tell you on Sunday night at Angel City at BMO Stadium,

1404
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:38,040
Speaker 6: me Ali Wagner and Danielle Slaton and Brandy Chestin traveled

1405
01:08:38,040 --> 01:08:40,320
Speaker 6: down with our families to be there in that moment,

1406
01:08:40,439 --> 01:08:43,840
Speaker 6: and I cannot tell you the feeling that I had

1407
01:08:43,880 --> 01:08:47,519
Speaker 6: personally when we the players walked out for the national

1408
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 6: anthem and when they scored that goal, I literally almost

1409
01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:55,840
Speaker 6: ran onto that field. My heart was out of my chest.

1410
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:58,479
Speaker 6: It was the first time that I had that same

1411
01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:00,680
Speaker 6: feeling that I had when I as a player, and

1412
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,320
Speaker 6: it literally felt like my king forard, like I need

1413
01:09:03,360 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 6: to see out there. So yeah, it was. It was

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01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:08,720
Speaker 6: a remarkable day and I think one of the most

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01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:12,760
Speaker 6: special days for my family to be there and my

1416
01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:15,880
Speaker 6: little girls to witness, you know, these built in role

1417
01:09:15,960 --> 01:09:18,160
Speaker 6: models that you know they're going to be having in

1418
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:21,120
Speaker 6: front of them for the rest of you know, their childhood,

1419
01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:23,479
Speaker 6: and that is the best gift I can give them.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you could see your emotion and excitement because

1421
01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:28,880
Speaker 2: there are some photos of the girls walking out on

1422
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:31,840
Speaker 2: the field and you behind just mid air jumping as

1423
01:09:31,880 --> 01:09:34,960
Speaker 2: it's all coming down. But with your daughters as well,

1424
01:09:35,360 --> 01:09:37,200
Speaker 2: and you mentioned, you know, they've been part of this

1425
01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:42,760
Speaker 2: whole process with you. How important is this for young

1426
01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:46,559
Speaker 2: girls to see women's sports in the spotlight like this?

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01:09:47,320 --> 01:09:50,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's so huge for little girls, little boys,

1428
01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:53,000
Speaker 6: for everybody. You know, when I met Julie Foudi, when

1429
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:54,920
Speaker 6: I saw her play when I was thirteen years old,

1430
01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:57,320
Speaker 6: and I met her after the game, everything changed for me.

1431
01:09:57,880 --> 01:10:00,439
Speaker 6: It was if something clicked like Okay, hey, if I

1432
01:10:00,479 --> 01:10:01,720
Speaker 6: can see them, I.

1433
01:10:01,680 --> 01:10:02,320
Speaker 2: Can be them.

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Speaker 6: And I really think that this will be, you know,

1435
01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:08,560
Speaker 6: an opportunity for the Bay Area to you know, inspire

1436
01:10:09,160 --> 01:10:12,599
Speaker 6: so many people of yes, little girls, yes, little boys,

1437
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:14,960
Speaker 6: like everybody. I was just at lunch, you know, my

1438
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:17,640
Speaker 6: girls at a soccer game and seeing people walk in

1439
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:19,800
Speaker 6: and out of the restaurant with BAFD gear on, like

1440
01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:24,040
Speaker 6: knowing they're going to watch parties. I mean, we're we're

1441
01:10:24,080 --> 01:10:26,920
Speaker 6: inspiring everyone. And I think that, you know, this is

1442
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:29,320
Speaker 6: the best gift that we can give, and these women

1443
01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:32,600
Speaker 6: deserve it. They deserve to have this opportunity to be

1444
01:10:32,680 --> 01:10:35,920
Speaker 6: treated like you know, men's athletes have been treated, and

1445
01:10:36,439 --> 01:10:38,880
Speaker 6: what we're trying to do at BFC is, you know,

1446
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:42,760
Speaker 6: stand alongside other iconic global men's brands and teams, and

1447
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:43,519
Speaker 6: that's what we've.

1448
01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:44,120
Speaker 5: Set up to do.

1449
01:10:44,840 --> 01:10:46,920
Speaker 6: It's been a long four years, as you know, when

1450
01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:49,839
Speaker 6: you start something, there's been a lot of crazy twists

1451
01:10:49,880 --> 01:10:52,439
Speaker 6: and turns. But let me tell you, there is nothing

1452
01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:55,519
Speaker 6: more rewarding and the better work that I could do

1453
01:10:55,600 --> 01:10:58,680
Speaker 6: in Alli, Daniel and Brandy and our amazing investors at

1454
01:10:58,720 --> 01:11:01,599
Speaker 6: Six Street Capitals to help bring this happen well.

1455
01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:04,280
Speaker 5: And that's what's so incredibly important about what you guys

1456
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:07,240
Speaker 5: are doing, because this affects every level then of soccer,

1457
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:09,719
Speaker 5: because it used to be that you know this very well,

1458
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:12,519
Speaker 5: the women's national team was the pinnacle of the sport,

1459
01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:15,599
Speaker 5: but there wasn't much outside of that for women who

1460
01:11:16,160 --> 01:11:19,160
Speaker 5: made up so much like a literally large percentage of

1461
01:11:19,280 --> 01:11:22,160
Speaker 5: youth leagues. I mean, I think every little kid starts

1462
01:11:22,160 --> 01:11:26,040
Speaker 5: out playing soccer, but there was never any sort of

1463
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:31,920
Speaker 5: pipeline for young girls to then turn this into a livelihood,

1464
01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:36,680
Speaker 5: turn this into a professional career. And now what you're

1465
01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:40,679
Speaker 5: doing is you're opening up that umbrella and you're saying

1466
01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:42,760
Speaker 5: to girls, You do have a future.

1467
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,960
Speaker 3: In this absolutely, and yeah, I trickle down effect of that.

1468
01:11:46,720 --> 01:11:49,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think ninety nine was obviously an inflection point,

1469
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:52,439
Speaker 6: but we're at another inflection point right where players and

1470
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:56,799
Speaker 6: kids have a pathway and we've tried, you know, twice before,

1471
01:11:56,840 --> 01:11:58,960
Speaker 6: and this is our third iteration of the league and

1472
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:02,200
Speaker 6: the foundation that the end of USL has going into

1473
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:06,280
Speaker 6: its eleventh season having teams. You know, the amount of

1474
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:08,800
Speaker 6: money that we paid a fifty three million to get

1475
01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:12,519
Speaker 6: a team shows the stability, the longevity, and also the

1476
01:12:12,520 --> 01:12:15,640
Speaker 6: trajectory that women's soccer and women's sports is on. And

1477
01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:18,840
Speaker 6: for my girls especially, like they think it's normal that

1478
01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:21,640
Speaker 6: they're going to go play professional soccer, like that is

1479
01:12:22,120 --> 01:12:25,320
Speaker 6: absolutely attainable and that's what they think that they can do,

1480
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:28,400
Speaker 6: because why couldn't they And like you said, when I

1481
01:12:28,520 --> 01:12:30,559
Speaker 6: was a little girl, like I didn't know if that

1482
01:12:30,640 --> 01:12:32,479
Speaker 6: was going to happen. It was hard to even watch

1483
01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:35,160
Speaker 6: the US women's national team on TV outside of the

1484
01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:38,000
Speaker 6: Olympics or World Cups. So the fact that the End

1485
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:41,400
Speaker 6: of USL has signed this massive media deal where our

1486
01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:43,040
Speaker 6: games are showed everywhere.

1487
01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:43,920
Speaker 7: Every game, you.

1488
01:12:43,920 --> 01:12:47,000
Speaker 6: Can't miss it. You know, these players have Yeah, finally

1489
01:12:47,120 --> 01:12:50,080
Speaker 6: have you know, monetized their brands where you can follow

1490
01:12:50,120 --> 01:12:52,160
Speaker 6: them on social media and you start to get to

1491
01:12:52,479 --> 01:12:55,599
Speaker 6: know them as a person as a personality, and there's

1492
01:12:55,640 --> 01:12:59,160
Speaker 6: so many connections now and the visibility finally that we've

1493
01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:02,479
Speaker 6: been waiting for is happening. And the cool part is

1494
01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:04,760
Speaker 6: we still have a long way to go. And that's

1495
01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:07,360
Speaker 6: the opportunity and potential in women's sports right now.

1496
01:13:07,640 --> 01:13:07,800
Speaker 7: Now.

1497
01:13:07,800 --> 01:13:10,080
Speaker 2: Another big moment is going to be your home opener

1498
01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:14,160
Speaker 2: next week, and what are your expectations, what are your

1499
01:13:14,240 --> 01:13:16,320
Speaker 2: hopes for this team and how far they can go

1500
01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:16,920
Speaker 2: this season?

1501
01:13:17,920 --> 01:13:20,040
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I think being down even at Angel

1502
01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:22,920
Speaker 6: City was you know obviously such a you know accomplishment

1503
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 6: of being there doing it. You know, our you know

1504
01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:28,720
Speaker 6: lead up to this season was nine months, which is

1505
01:13:28,720 --> 01:13:31,639
Speaker 6: the quickest you know, a professional team has in terms

1506
01:13:31,680 --> 01:13:34,559
Speaker 6: of getting ready for their season. So I think for us,

1507
01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:37,200
Speaker 6: in terms of success, you know, we obviously would love

1508
01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:40,120
Speaker 6: to sell out PayPal Park, which holds about eighteen thy

1509
01:13:40,240 --> 01:13:43,439
Speaker 6: five hundred people. We want to welcome, you know, an

1510
01:13:43,439 --> 01:13:46,280
Speaker 6: inclusive community and fans from all over the Bay Area,

1511
01:13:46,360 --> 01:13:49,240
Speaker 6: shoot all over California, the country to come in and

1512
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:52,639
Speaker 6: experience an amazing brand of football. You can already see

1513
01:13:52,680 --> 01:13:55,400
Speaker 6: the way that we're playing, the feeling that you will have.

1514
01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:58,800
Speaker 6: You know, we're going to make this experience hopefully top

1515
01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:01,320
Speaker 6: class where you want to come in, game in and

1516
01:14:01,360 --> 01:14:04,599
Speaker 6: game out. You know, we're all about building players centric club,

1517
01:14:05,160 --> 01:14:08,120
Speaker 6: and our fans and our community are so important and

1518
01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:12,200
Speaker 6: valuable to what we're doing, So all eyes, everything we're

1519
01:14:12,240 --> 01:14:14,840
Speaker 6: working on is towards that home opener, and not only

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Speaker 6: the home opener. I think our goal is to sell out,

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01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:21,120
Speaker 6: you know, the stadium the entire season, and you know,

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01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:24,799
Speaker 6: no of course you know us for competitors who founded

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01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:26,880
Speaker 6: this club and the team that we've put together, you

1524
01:14:26,920 --> 01:14:29,479
Speaker 6: know they're they're winners and they want to compete for

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01:14:29,479 --> 01:14:32,960
Speaker 6: a championship. And I think that's been also a really

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01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:35,920
Speaker 6: inspiring part of watching this club get ready and launch

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01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 6: off and tonight they have an opportunity to go to

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01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:40,599
Speaker 6: and know if they can beat DC on the roads,

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01:14:40,640 --> 01:14:42,880
Speaker 6: it's a massive opportunity for them.

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Speaker 2: Less I need to get out to a game, I

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01:14:45,240 --> 01:14:49,120
Speaker 2: am ye. I need you experience as in person. I

1532
01:14:49,160 --> 01:14:53,920
Speaker 2: am so over the moon for you. Congratulations on everything,

1533
01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:57,120
Speaker 2: the best of luck this season. You are doing such

1534
01:14:57,120 --> 01:15:00,280
Speaker 2: an incredible job for women's sports and the growth and

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01:15:00,400 --> 01:15:02,439
Speaker 2: the future. I am so happy for you. I'm so

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01:15:02,479 --> 01:15:04,080
Speaker 2: proud of you. Thank you so much for coming on

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01:15:04,120 --> 01:15:04,679
Speaker 2: the show.

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01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:06,800
Speaker 6: Thank you for having me, and thank you both for

1539
01:15:07,040 --> 01:15:09,679
Speaker 6: you know, always promoting and talking women's sports too. Okay,

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01:15:09,840 --> 01:15:12,160
Speaker 6: I'll see you. I'll see you hopefully both at AfD game.

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01:15:12,280 --> 01:15:16,680
Speaker 2: Yes, that's a deal. All right, I love you. Good

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01:15:16,760 --> 01:15:19,120
Speaker 2: luck tonight. All right, We're gonna take one more break here,

1543
01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:21,160
Speaker 2: but when we come back, Carmen and I have our

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01:15:21,240 --> 01:15:23,439
Speaker 2: feel good story of the week. You're listening to Fox

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01:15:23,479 --> 01:15:29,040
Speaker 2: Sports Radio. Welcome back to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex

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01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:32,000
Speaker 2: Curry here with Carmen Vitale. We are broadcasting live from

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01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:37,439
Speaker 2: tyrok dot Com Studios in Los Angeles. Guys, Oh, we

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01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:40,840
Speaker 2: got a fun news show coming out for you. We

1549
01:15:40,840 --> 01:15:42,280
Speaker 2: were just talking about a show that I had just

1550
01:15:42,280 --> 01:15:48,960
Speaker 2: finished last night, The Gentleman. That's like English Mafia. I

1551
01:15:49,040 --> 01:15:52,640
Speaker 2: love every Mafia movie, you guys. It's a weird obsession

1552
01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:53,160
Speaker 2: that I have.

1553
01:15:53,360 --> 01:15:56,360
Speaker 5: Mafia and Aliens.

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01:15:56,800 --> 01:16:00,920
Speaker 2: I love Aliens great well. Netflix and NFL Films is

1555
01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:06,719
Speaker 2: coming out with Receivers docuseries. Now, this is the same

1556
01:16:06,760 --> 01:16:10,880
Speaker 2: team behind Netflix Quarterback, but they're teaming up again for

1557
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:14,320
Speaker 2: a new deep dive into NFL's receivers. And you guys,

1558
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:19,240
Speaker 2: these are the flashy, loud made for TV people that

1559
01:16:19,320 --> 01:16:22,839
Speaker 2: you want to see. And you know the lineup, Yes,

1560
01:16:22,960 --> 01:16:27,639
Speaker 2: the lineup for this is Davante Adams on the Vegas Raiders.

1561
01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:29,960
Speaker 2: Now remember this happened last year. So we're gonna get

1562
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:33,719
Speaker 2: like the coaching drama, the coaching drama behind the scenes,

1563
01:16:34,439 --> 01:16:39,120
Speaker 2: justin Jefferson on the Vikings. So my dude, we're going

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01:16:39,160 --> 01:16:42,120
Speaker 2: through the injuries, the heartships, Like, we're gonna get that

1565
01:16:42,240 --> 01:16:46,960
Speaker 2: feel good stories. Uh, Saint Brown, Detroit.

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01:16:46,760 --> 01:16:48,439
Speaker 3: Lionmon Ross Saint Brown.

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01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:51,280
Speaker 2: That's gonna be great because you have another like Lions

1568
01:16:51,320 --> 01:16:53,840
Speaker 2: feel good story their journey to their first playoff win

1569
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:56,519
Speaker 2: in thirty two years. And then George Kittle and Deebo

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01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:57,479
Speaker 2: Samuel all in the.

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01:16:57,439 --> 01:16:58,200
Speaker 3: Forty nine ers.

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01:16:58,320 --> 01:17:00,000
Speaker 5: I love how George Kittle's just like going to the

1573
01:17:00,200 --> 01:17:01,960
Speaker 5: putting himself in there like as a tight end.

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01:17:01,960 --> 01:17:05,320
Speaker 3: He's like whatever Cat does.

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01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:08,960
Speaker 5: But he's a personality he has like but he's just

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01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:10,479
Speaker 5: like he's one of those like all around tit ends.

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01:17:10,479 --> 01:17:12,120
Speaker 5: He's a really good Blocker two, and so I'm kind

1578
01:17:12,160 --> 01:17:16,000
Speaker 5: of like, all right, this is funny. I love Claire

1579
01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:18,599
Speaker 5: his wife, she's fantastic. They're both in an incredible couple.

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01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:21,040
Speaker 2: They're they're so entertaining, and it's gonna be great the

1581
01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:24,440
Speaker 2: lineup that they have here. There's so many good storylines,

1582
01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:26,200
Speaker 2: there's so many good personalities.

1583
01:17:27,760 --> 01:17:30,599
Speaker 5: There is a tweet that circulates every now and again,

1584
01:17:30,680 --> 01:17:34,760
Speaker 5: Winter Receiver says something because it was from Denny Carter

1585
01:17:34,920 --> 01:17:38,000
Speaker 5: CD Carter thirteen on Twitter, and this just again keeps

1586
01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:40,800
Speaker 5: making the rounds. But it's like typical quarterback tweet. Love

1587
01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:44,040
Speaker 5: my teammates, God is good. Running back tweet, keep grinding

1588
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:49,280
Speaker 5: tat tight end tweetpe wide receiver tweet the enemy speaks

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01:17:49,320 --> 01:17:49,840
Speaker 5: kindly and.

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01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:50,880
Speaker 3: Holds a knife Like.

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01:17:51,479 --> 01:17:53,960
Speaker 5: These are the guys that are so melodramatic on social

1592
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,080
Speaker 5: media and I just absolutely adore it.

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01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:56,760
Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying.

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01:17:56,760 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 2: These are like the flashy need to be his center

1595
01:17:59,200 --> 01:18:03,280
Speaker 2: of attention, diva superstar made for TV content.

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01:18:04,040 --> 01:18:07,040
Speaker 5: With that said, though, Okay, the show I really want

1597
01:18:07,080 --> 01:18:09,760
Speaker 5: to see, I think Alex Hardy, That's where I'm going

1598
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:10,000
Speaker 5: with us.

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01:18:10,120 --> 01:18:11,280
Speaker 2: I know you're you're obsessed.

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01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:17,160
Speaker 3: Let's go. I want linemen give me a line.

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01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:21,120
Speaker 5: Because I cannot explain it, but the way that I've

1602
01:18:21,160 --> 01:18:24,200
Speaker 5: always gravitated towards offensive linemen being in NFL buildings, being

1603
01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:28,840
Speaker 5: around teams, they are so good, like there are personalities

1604
01:18:28,840 --> 01:18:32,599
Speaker 5: because they're like the unsung heroes of every team. They

1605
01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:35,120
Speaker 5: have absolutely no ego. I mean most of them. You

1606
01:18:35,120 --> 01:18:37,840
Speaker 5: can't speak for everybody, but they have no ego and

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01:18:37,880 --> 01:18:40,479
Speaker 5: they're just there for a good time. They have they

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01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:43,840
Speaker 5: had to actually develop personalities because they weren't just like

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01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:45,920
Speaker 5: they couldn't just rest on their laurels of being a

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01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:48,920
Speaker 5: football player because they're just like massive humans that like

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01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:53,800
Speaker 5: to just eat and barbecue and whatever. They are so

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01:18:53,960 --> 01:18:56,439
Speaker 5: much fun, the heart and soul of the team. They

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01:18:56,479 --> 01:18:59,080
Speaker 5: are the heart and soul of teams, and nobody knows them.

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01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:02,479
Speaker 5: That's the thing, because especially offensive line, your work. It's

1615
01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:04,840
Speaker 5: five guys working as one unit and you only hear

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01:19:04,920 --> 01:19:06,679
Speaker 5: their names if they do something wrong.

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01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:09,160
Speaker 2: I think we're getting like a good look at it

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01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:12,360
Speaker 2: with a guy like Jason Kelce, who is who is

1619
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:17,759
Speaker 2: like the personality has I mean his life. He's made

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01:19:17,960 --> 01:19:21,400
Speaker 2: for media, made for media, the so manyest man alive.

1621
01:19:22,120 --> 01:19:25,559
Speaker 5: Okay, we call him big sexies for a reason, but

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01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:27,599
Speaker 5: nobody knows. That's why I want to see I want

1623
01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:29,960
Speaker 5: to see alignment series because they have the best personalities.

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01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:32,680
Speaker 3: No one knows. We just had Mike Goel Junior on

1625
01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:35,120
Speaker 3: former offensive lineman for Notre Dame.

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01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:38,360
Speaker 2: Like they I forget how big he is until I

1627
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:40,280
Speaker 2: saw him last night. We all we all were watching

1628
01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:44,000
Speaker 2: March Madness together yesterday and he stood up. I'm like, oh,

1629
01:19:44,680 --> 01:19:47,479
Speaker 2: when I'm below someone's armpit, I'm like, you're a giant human.

1630
01:19:48,000 --> 01:19:48,960
Speaker 2: You're a giant human.

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01:19:49,080 --> 01:19:50,679
Speaker 3: They need their due.

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01:19:50,720 --> 01:19:53,439
Speaker 5: So I'm hoping that this opens up a whole string

1633
01:19:53,479 --> 01:19:55,599
Speaker 5: of series where you get quarterback, you get receiver.

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01:19:56,200 --> 01:19:58,439
Speaker 2: Okay, give me your top three, Like who would be

1635
01:19:58,479 --> 01:19:59,320
Speaker 2: on your lineman show?

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01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:01,160
Speaker 5: Oh my god, Okay, I mean like it would have

1637
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:03,800
Speaker 5: been Jason Kelsey. But you can't do that. You can

1638
01:20:03,960 --> 01:20:06,679
Speaker 5: create Humphrey. Okay, another center for the Kansas City Chiefs

1639
01:20:06,680 --> 01:20:10,120
Speaker 5: and Trey Smith. They're bond so funny. I see them

1640
01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:12,559
Speaker 5: at Olne Masterminds every year and I absolutely adore them.

1641
01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:14,160
Speaker 5: And then you can get a little bit of a

1642
01:20:14,160 --> 01:20:17,800
Speaker 5: different flavor with Tron Armstead. Okay, Tron is so good

1643
01:20:17,840 --> 01:20:21,000
Speaker 5: and he He's got twin girls that are so good

1644
01:20:21,040 --> 01:20:24,160
Speaker 5: at sports, and so he is just dad. He is

1645
01:20:24,200 --> 01:20:27,920
Speaker 5: sports dad on top of being super flashy Miami all

1646
01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:31,639
Speaker 5: that other stuff. They have such range on the offensive line.

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01:20:31,800 --> 01:20:33,479
Speaker 5: So those would be some of the guys that I

1648
01:20:33,520 --> 01:20:35,559
Speaker 5: would I would I would think about, or any of

1649
01:20:35,560 --> 01:20:36,800
Speaker 5: my guys on the Bucks, you know them.

1650
01:20:36,840 --> 01:20:38,800
Speaker 3: Tristan Wurf's my dude.

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01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:41,719
Speaker 2: Tristan's making her pitch right now, you guys making her pitch.

1652
01:20:41,800 --> 01:20:44,519
Speaker 2: Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with us. Good

1653
01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:47,040
Speaker 2: luck with your March Madness brackets, and we'll see you

1654
01:20:47,080 --> 01:20:47,679
Speaker 2: all next week.

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Speaker 3: Hi, guys,