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Speaker 1: a system of a down culture? Are you in a

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Speaker 1: We have a lot to get to. So, without further ado,

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Speaker 1: on this game day kickoff celebration to the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: let's go straight to Tampa, Florida. That's where it's all

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Speaker 1: going down tonight, Raymond James Stadium. Great to see these

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Speaker 1: it all off. Sarah, let's start with you. What is

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Speaker 1: the rest of the league is celebrating the kickoff of

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Speaker 1: in franchise history. Tonight there will be a packed house here.

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Speaker 1: The Buccaneers are asking that fans be in their seats

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Speaker 1: what they're calling a historic championship celebration. We can tell

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Speaker 1: But for the rest of the Buccaneers, this is a

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Speaker 1: new experience, an incredible experience. And Jane, it's also hard

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Speaker 1: and so I just was curious, what are tickets going

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Speaker 1: of kick off to this one. You guys look great,

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Speaker 1: But the Buccaneers have been circled on this day obviously

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Speaker 1: Zach Martin, now, I just think it's gonna be tough

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Speaker 1: sledding for Zeke tonight. What do you guys think they

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Speaker 1: game for Dack and CD fifty three point five for

427
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Speaker 1: the whole game, the whole game, I'm going over. I'm

428
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Speaker 1: going over so much unknown. The Bucks defense I think

429
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,199
Speaker 1: is a little over hyped and fifty he could do

430
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Speaker 1: that in one year in one run, run fifty three

431
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Speaker 1: point five. I'm gonna go Overhammer, I'm gonna defy you.

432
00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,840
Speaker 1: What about that stab with those twenty plus yards run. Terrible.

433
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Speaker 1: I've been terrible at the stuff. Don't ask me, what

434
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,800
Speaker 1: do you guys think? Probably wrong. I don't see how

435
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,720
Speaker 1: anyone runs on this team this year. And I know

436
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,440
Speaker 1: that sounds so dramatic, but you add in this Joe

437
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,680
Speaker 1: try on the first round pick, he's gonna be out there.

438
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,919
Speaker 1: We talked about Nacho earlier in the show. They've got

439
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,480
Speaker 1: like ten guys and they Rotatum and Ittes. They're always fresh.

440
00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: You can't go for fifty six yards, right. I don't

441
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,400
Speaker 1: see it happen. I think I think Dak throws him.

442
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,120
Speaker 1: Is basically that Dak is going to throw to get

443
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Speaker 1: guys out of the box. Then he'll get his jaws.

444
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,000
Speaker 1: That's what I think. I don't think they start off

445
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,360
Speaker 1: one of the football they start off. So you're telling

446
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,200
Speaker 1: me Jovanni Bernard is going to have more in fantasy.

447
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,520
Speaker 1: My benching Zeke Elliott for question, that question for expertise

448
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,320
Speaker 1: is telling me to do that's a good question. I

449
00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:23,040
Speaker 1: could see him throwing the ball to Zeke a little

450
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Speaker 1: bit more. When you look at that full screen that

451
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Speaker 1: I had shown, They're not the teams just go away

452
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Speaker 1: from the run completely, you know, even while they bottle

453
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Speaker 1: off some of these running backs. Look at this eight

454
00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:40,639
Speaker 1: carries for for Aaron the teams just get away for completely.

455
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Speaker 1: Hammer wasn't earlier in this week this number was a

456
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Speaker 1: lot higher, and it was around eighty and then the

457
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Speaker 1: Zach Martin news hits dropped the Yeah, no, that dropped

458
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Speaker 1: it considerably. It did. I'm jumping on it. Yes, an

459
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Speaker 1: excellent player. All I do is hide Zach Martin's part

460
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Speaker 1: of my job. Hammer, we love you tomorrow. Have to

461
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Speaker 1: answer maybe Zeke's one hundred and twenty three tonight and

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Speaker 1: is time to make our final prediction with our Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl fifty six matchup. The rep from the AFC, the

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Speaker 1: rep from the NFC, and the winner. So I'm going

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Speaker 1: to start with my American book conference choice. I am

473
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Speaker 1: going with the team that has improved the most as offseason.

474
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Speaker 1: They were a playoff team last year. They completely overhauled

475
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Speaker 1: their defense. I picked their second round rookie is my

476
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Speaker 1: defensive rookie of the year. They're as complete as it gets.

477
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Speaker 1: I do believe, and I believe in mister Barry making

478
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Speaker 1: the calls. I believe in Fansky, and I believe in

479
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,679
Speaker 1: the run game and what they're doing. Oh Dell healthy,

480
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Speaker 1: The Cleveland Browns are gonna go WHOA, I really mean it.

481
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: Something happened, Yeah, something happened over this offseason where I

482
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 1: just really felt like they addressed all of the problems

483
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,280
Speaker 1: and they haven't figured out. I think they take down

484
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs to get there, and they'll be at Sofi

485
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Speaker 1: Stadium in the NFC. I'm gonna go with the team

486
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 1: that I just I'm willing this for them. They've been

487
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Speaker 1: knocking on the door for years now. I think it's

488
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Speaker 1: the years they finally break that door down. I think

489
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Speaker 1: it's going to be a Cleveland Browns Green Bay Pecker

490
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: and then they get to Sofi and then it's like Rogers,

491
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: is it is Lasca? Oh? This last time as a

492
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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packer. Is he gonna win, He's gonna lose.

493
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Speaker 1: I think it is a storybook ending, which not many

494
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Speaker 1: players have. I don't think that the book is done.

495
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,679
Speaker 1: The chapter with Green Bay might be, but I believe

496
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 1: both teams so deep and talented across the board. I

497
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 1: gotta look at the quarterback when it comes down to it.

498
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 1: Can Baker may make that play when you need him

499
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: to make that play? Not yet? So I think Green

500
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,360
Speaker 1: Bay what's going to take down the Cleveland Browns. That's right,

501
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers stage. He's they're gonna make it

502
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 1: out of the NFC, and they're not going to let

503
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Speaker 1: the opportunities slip through their fingers. I feel very confident

504
00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: in heid and Aaron Jones joins the show and it'll

505
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,919
Speaker 1: all be granted. I don't I will not predict whereon

506
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,920
Speaker 1: Rodgers will be after the season. A super Bowl and

507
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: leave huh Browns. Packers is a fun super bown is

508
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,640
Speaker 1: a traditional that is so cool of like the fifties

509
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,120
Speaker 1: verse the greats of the sixties and here we are.

510
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Speaker 1: Where do you go? Peace Raggs. There is one AFC

511
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Speaker 1: team that I have rowed with since the second that

512
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Speaker 1: number fifteen got there, and I have picked them every

513
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Speaker 1: year since we've been on the show to make the

514
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Speaker 1: super Bowl. That's the Kansas City Chiefs. I pick him

515
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Speaker 1: every single year. Um, what was it gonna take him

516
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: this year? Though? It's there, mister Chiefs. The Bills got

517
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: really good, the Browns got really good. I think the

518
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: Ravens are a lot better than people think. I actually

519
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: really think that the Titans have a shot to make

520
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 1: the super Bowl this year. But when it came down

521
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,920
Speaker 1: to it, no one's beating Mahomes in a big spot. Yet.

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Speaker 1: I am taking to Kansas City Chiefs in the ac

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Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs are my AFC team. I think that

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Speaker 1: this is one where they're actually not being picked by

525
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: a lot of pundits. They hear it, they see it.

526
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: They know what happened to Super Bowl last year. So

527
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: they went and they got five new offensive linemen to

528
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 1: protect the most prized asset in all the American professional sports,

529
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Speaker 1: and that is the golden child, Patrick Mahomes. He will

530
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Speaker 1: get there again, hooly face facing. How about a team

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Speaker 1: I've been there before? All right, I've been there before

532
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,680
Speaker 1: and they were good. That's in playoffs last year. Yeah,

533
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,719
Speaker 1: they weren't great. Sometimes you gotta let it all out there.

534
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 1: Sometimes you gotta trade some draft picks. Sometimes you got

535
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 1: to just say, you know what, screw it, we weren't

536
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: good enough. Sometimes you gotta say, where's the super Bowl

537
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 1: this year? Oh crap, it's in our backyard. Oh wait,

538
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 1: we're playing in our building. And sometimes you have to invest.

539
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: I am going with the Los Angeles Rams it off.

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00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,639
Speaker 1: See as my NFC, this is it. This is the

541
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Speaker 1: super Bowl this year. It's going to be in so

542
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: far Stadium, Cancer Muster, high scoring game for my fall

543
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 1: so much. And yet this is the team I always

544
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: pick out of the AFC's the team I really think

545
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 1: is the best in the NFC. Big Red versus McVay, Peter,

546
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:40,360
Speaker 1: How can I pick this? This year's Super Bowl champion

547
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: feature a quarterback who has yet to win an NFL playoff.

548
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: I'm taking the Los Angeles Rams to take this thing

549
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: home and this guy to cement his place in NFL history.

550
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: He's one of the greatest of his generation. He has

551
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: not shown that yet on the biggest of stages. Oh

552
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: my gosh, the Los Angeles Rams are winning the Super Bowl.

553
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: Nickveigh Stafford, Donald Ramsey, this is their year, folks. You

554
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: heard it here first. On September ninth, I will pin

555
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:18,159
Speaker 1: the tweet Rams over Chiefs super Bowl fifty six, like

556
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: Robinson stepped right up. Good job. Two years in a row.

557
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 1: The home team wins the Super Bowl second time. Oh

558
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 1: my gosh, then good job, all right, Mike. So look, man,

559
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: I'm messed up, guys, I'm really messed up. I hear

560
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,120
Speaker 1: you talk about really messed up. Talk about this, man,

561
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: Because my Buffalo Bills I really in the AFC. I

562
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: really think they're the most dominant team this year. And

563
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: when I look at the past years when I did

564
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: this and I, you know, had my you know, who

565
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 1: I thought was gonna be in the super Bowl and

566
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 1: things like that. Um, I was wrong, very wrong. But

567
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: the last four years I've been wrong. Last year, I

568
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: think I chose Green Bay in Baltimore. Um, I forget

569
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: who I chose year before that. But I was always wrong.

570
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: So I want to see my Buffalo Bills in the

571
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: super Bowl, all right. So I'm gonna do a little

572
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: reverse psychology. I'm not gonna pick him, but right now,

573
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: because I've been wrong, guys, I don't want to hurt you, Okay,

574
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna pick for my AFC uh team going

575
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. I'm gonna pick the Kansas City Chiefs.

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00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,479
Speaker 1: All right, that's just on paper because my heart truly

577
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: believes Buffalo is gonna be there. But I don't want

578
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: to sabotage y'all. So just stay there, stay with me,

579
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 1: right now. Flip it to the NFC. Okay, I really

580
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: think Russell Wilson can take the Seattle Seahawks back to

581
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. I really think it here, But Dwayne

582
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: Brown didn't practice all you know, he didn't practice all training.

583
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: Can know what I'm saying. You know, he protecting Russell.

584
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 1: He says some things in the off season that pissed

585
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: a few people off. I ain't gonna I'm gonna say

586
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: no names, but he made some people mad of in

587
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 1: that building. So, Peter, I think we were looking on

588
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: the same paper bowl. I got the Los Angeles Rams,

589
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, as the nfcive in the Super Bowl,

590
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: all right now, unlike Peter, Okay, unlike Peter, I think

591
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 1: the winner comes out of the AFC. All right. Now,

592
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 1: Remember what I said earlier, guys, this is just on

593
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: paper because I'm really a Bills fan is all right,

594
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 1: so when you see this jersey, I open up. Okay,

595
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: in your head say he's really going for the Bills. Okay,

596
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: sure that's what I'll say. That's what they say right now,

597
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: pains Josh Allen. Look, man, don't get mad at me. Dog. Okay,

598
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 1: this is reverse psychology to get the Bills hit in

599
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. But right here on paper, I'm gonna

600
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: say this that Kansas City and Patrick Bahome gets another.

601
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: I really think it's gonna be Bills. Wow, that jersey

602
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 1: looks really good on it, doesn't does it? Oh? Man,

603
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: Mike bad you look good. I'm gonna take off. I'm

604
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: gonna take it off. I'm gonna take it off a

605
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 1: little bit. Take us all right, shock and awe here

606
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: on Good Morning Football. And I want to echo with

607
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,560
Speaker 1: my colleague Michael Robinson said, I am in my head

608
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 1: so much so that I have changed my pick very recently,

609
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: so much so that let me speak to our production staff.

610
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: The graphics are obsolete. Don't even run them that My

611
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: head is spinning that much. Don't run them. I will

612
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: tell you right off the bat. I agree with k

613
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: Adams in one sense. I think the Green Bay Packers

614
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: are gonna win the NFC. I think it's the one

615
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: last ride. I think they're in. I think it's gonna

616
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: be like high school seniors, one more trip down the

617
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: old Main Street to the super Bowl. But there's a

618
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: sense of objectivity we have to maintain here in good

619
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: morning Football. There's teams that we like and teams that

620
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: we want to win. And I can't believe that Michael Robinson,

621
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 1: like mister Buffalo Bills, took the Kansas City Chiefs. But

622
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: I respect it because you are a professional and it's

623
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 1: not about being a cheerleader. Is about who you think

624
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: is really going to win. And guys, I have to

625
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 1: be a professional. And I'm gonna say right here while

626
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: on the Travis Kelsey jersey, no one beats the Chiefs,

627
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 1: no one takes them out. They're the best thing going

628
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 1: in order to beat this team, you got a ball up,

629
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 1: you got a man up. I gotta rise up, you

630
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: gotta mound up. You got mound up. You're going to

631
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. Get this out of here. No no

632
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: this on paper stuff on the field. It will be

633
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: one Buffalo takes over Los Angeles. Start the parade. I'm

634
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 1: I'm going on the table I'm going to the table

635
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 1: right now. I will do it, and we'll right do

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Speaker 1: it right now, brother camera one, no God, here we

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Speaker 1: go any no no, no, no, no no. I'm about

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Speaker 1: to say no, I'll do it in February. I will

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Speaker 1: jump on this table and do a twist. That's it.

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Speaker 1: That's how it's done. The Bills beat the Packers in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles in Super Bowl fifty six. That's my pick.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna happen. Man, it's all the good mojo. Mine

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Speaker 1: was the verse psychology. I'm just wearing a different jerseys.

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Speaker 1: You're doing it to help the Bills. I'm going to

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Speaker 1: help them, and you actually just say it on the jersey.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing. That's ninety seven times. It will absolutely not

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Speaker 1: be funted or receive the way. But anyone out of there.

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Speaker 1: But you think the Chiefs are going to win this

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Speaker 1: year or you don't? Don't put me on. Hey. Do

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Speaker 1: you think the Packers is gonna win the Super Bowl? Yes?

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Speaker 1: I did. Do you think the Rams are the Rams? Dude?

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Speaker 1: I think the Bills are too. I will say. I

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Speaker 1: will say my family has disowned me and blocked on

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Speaker 1: social media by my mom, my dad, my high school said,

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Speaker 1: I cannot longer come back and speak to students the

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Speaker 1: city of Chicago. It's not going to leave. Got to

657
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Speaker 1: move the barabook. Why don't you love to see this happen?

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Speaker 1: We'll see what Morgan morning footfall after this call and

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Speaker 1: are shot broughing bumb Garners. The would yes, Ken, if

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Speaker 1: only the internet would ever pay attention to show the Office,

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Speaker 1: they would really take off. Well, why are we talking

662
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Speaker 1: about the Office Because it's the best. Because we are

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Speaker 1: so excited to welcome this next guest unto the show,

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Speaker 1: maybe perhaps best known as his portrayal of the charming,

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Speaker 1: lovable accountant Kevin Malone on The Office. Guys, please welcome

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Speaker 1: to the virtual breakfast table. Any award winning actor and

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Speaker 1: comedian Brian Bumgarner's here? Wow? What about Brian? Good morning?

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Speaker 1: Good morning. We're back, baby, We are back today. We

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Speaker 1: are back, and we are obviously thrilled to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: It's so fun too, Ran, because we grew up with

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Speaker 1: the old Got Milk campaign and I remember Baywatch actresses

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Speaker 1: and rock stars and Baumgarner. That's where we've arrived. I

673
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Speaker 1: love it. Last month, the California Milk process Or launched

674
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Speaker 1: it's never doubt what you love campaign you are as spokesperson.

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Speaker 1: We love this, We're into it. Tell us about the

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Speaker 1: latest campaign from the same people who brought us Got Milk. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean obviously Got Milk is iconic, and they pitched

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Speaker 1: me this idea which I just thought was brilliant, which

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Speaker 1: was basically a play on cancel culture. I mean trying

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Speaker 1: to challenge people to not doubt the things they love.

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Speaker 1: So I try I play reporter, I play like one

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Speaker 1: of you. I go on the streets and try to

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Speaker 1: convince people that the things that they love are bad,

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Speaker 1: that grandmas are bad, that beaches should be closed forever,

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Speaker 1: that puppies are evil and have a lot of fun.

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Speaker 1: And of course the end result is people don't believe

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Speaker 1: me for some reason. And uh and yeah, that that

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Speaker 1: that they come to the conclusion that, yes, they should

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Speaker 1: not doubt the things they love, the things that are

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Speaker 1: are good for them, like of course milk milk. We

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Speaker 1: love it. I'm going to ask you about the old

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Speaker 1: dairy state in this guy in just a second. I

693
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Speaker 1: came across a tweet late last night, Hollywood reporter, I'm

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Speaker 1: do you even know this about your sister is wild.

695
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Speaker 1: You are were revealed to be the highest earner on cameo,

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Speaker 1: earning like over a million dollars. Wow, Kevin, Uh, you

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Speaker 1: know you can't believe that everything you read some things

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Speaker 1: you can um I Uh. Cameo has been Uh. I

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Speaker 1: think an amazing um site, an amazing place to go

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Speaker 1: for people who are looking for do what's my craziest like,

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Speaker 1: what's it's like? What's like the most outrageous ask for

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Speaker 1: a cameo? Well, to me personally, I believe currently this

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Speaker 1: is unproven, but I believe I have proposed successfully to

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Speaker 1: the most women in the history of the world. I

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Speaker 1: propose they say yes, not necessarily to me, in fact,

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Speaker 1: not to me, but but yes, I I to me,

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Speaker 1: that is crazy. But I you know, look, I really

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Speaker 1: honestly don't view it as me. You know this during

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Speaker 1: this time, especially when everybody was quarantine and people were

710
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Speaker 1: looking for a connection between you know, dad and daughter,

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00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: sister and brother, girlfriend, boyfriends, sometimes servicemen and women stationed overseas,

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Speaker 1: they would give me as a gift, but really it

713
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,720
Speaker 1: was about a fond memory they had, you know, together

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Speaker 1: watching the show, loving the show, or my character specifically,

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Speaker 1: and and that's really how I view it as. Really,

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Speaker 1: I just try to get it, get in there and

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Speaker 1: get out of the way. I'm gonna not say anything

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Speaker 1: about that. I mean, I'm marry Kevin Malone. I'll tell

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Speaker 1: you that right now. I want to ask you connection. Sure,

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Speaker 1: let's do it. You have a connection with this guy.

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Speaker 1: This isn't the first time you've been on the show's

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Speaker 1: first time of your appearance. But Aaron Rodgers showed up

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Speaker 1: in flip flaps, which is used. But he did show

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Speaker 1: up to training camp wearing this T shirt. I know

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Speaker 1: that you saw it, sir, because you tweeted about it

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Speaker 1: and you tweeted at him. What was your reaction when

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Speaker 1: you saw this go viral? Well, I mean, I don't

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Speaker 1: think this is betraying anything. I was traveling back to

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Speaker 1: the East Coast the night before. I mean, I weare

730
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Speaker 1: enough of football about when people are rep morning. I

731
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Speaker 1: did not know exactly how things were going to shake

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Speaker 1: out for him. And I woke up the next morning

733
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Speaker 1: because I was back on the East Coast and it

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Speaker 1: was late when he arrived, and I read the news

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Speaker 1: that he'd arrived in Green Bay, and like many of you,

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Speaker 1: assumed what that meant, and so I texted with him

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Speaker 1: a little bit that morning. I was like, well, I'm

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Speaker 1: glad you know things worked out. He doesn't say a word,

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Speaker 1: doesn't say a word. I'm at my parents' house and

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Speaker 1: at about I don't know, I might be messing up

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Speaker 1: the time, but ten ten thirty in the morning, my

742
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Speaker 1: phone is in the other room and I start hearing bubbing, bubbing, bubbing, babying, bubbying,

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Speaker 1: pubab babying, babying. So I now know everyone who follows

744
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Speaker 1: Adam Schefter because he tweeted out that first photo and

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Speaker 1: h and yeah, that's that's how I found out. And

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Speaker 1: then I text I was like, why didn't you say something?

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Speaker 1: And he's like, yeah, I just didn't think about it anyway.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, that's awesome. Man. So you know, Aaron personally

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Speaker 1: tell us about this French up, how it came about,

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Speaker 1: and is it true you didn't know who he was

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Speaker 1: the first time you met him, Like, yeah, yeah, you

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Speaker 1: could laugh, Peter or whoever that was. I, yes, that

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Speaker 1: is true. I was. It was my first year. You

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Speaker 1: can edit the dates later. I'm sure this is not live.

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Speaker 1: The first year that I played in the American Century

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Speaker 1: Championship in Lake Tahoe, which is a celebrity golf event,

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Speaker 1: and I was there, and I believe this would be

758
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Speaker 1: two thousand and eight, the summer before he started for

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Speaker 1: the Packers. Now we sat down next to each other

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Speaker 1: and there was the stuff happening. He started talking to me.

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Speaker 1: I had no idea who he was. Now I knew

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Speaker 1: who Aaron Rodgers, the cal quarterback was, who was the

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Speaker 1: backup for the Green Bay Packers, but sitting there I

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Speaker 1: did not recognize him. I didn't know who he was.

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Speaker 1: And very oddly the day we met. That day there

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Speaker 1: are TV screens up above, and it was the day

767
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 1: Brett Farve said, uh, I'm not gonna retire. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: stay a Packer. I'm gonna I'm gonna come back. Now

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Speaker 1: they eventually, obviously that summer shortly after, said well you're

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Speaker 1: not coming back with us, and he still was the starter.

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Speaker 1: But that under those circumstances, that was the day we met.

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Speaker 1: And we played a lot of golf together and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, have a good time when we can, so good.

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Speaker 1: I love that story, Brian, I told you off camera.

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Speaker 1: I'm a huge office fan. I think all to the

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Speaker 1: table are every Tuesday on my podcast app it comes

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Speaker 1: up the Office Deep Dive podcast where you interview all

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Speaker 1: the cast but also the crew. And I'm gonna bring

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Speaker 1: this to our table here. Who is Stephen Socks and

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Speaker 1: why is he significant for Good Morning Football and the

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Speaker 1: connection we have to the office. Stephen Socks uh, one

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Speaker 1: of one of our unknown uh MVPs. He was actually

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Speaker 1: a stand in on the show, which is typically a

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Speaker 1: job that one has for for not that long. Uh.

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00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: He and his wife Laurie both worked as stand ins

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Speaker 1: for a time at the show. We saw his family

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Speaker 1: be born, two kids, and his wife eventually what did

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Speaker 1: not do that job because of the two kids. But

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Speaker 1: he was a standard on the show for six years,

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Speaker 1: the last six years of the run three through nine?

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Speaker 1: Is that right? That math makes sense? Four through nine?

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Speaker 1: Um and uh. And he is the commissioner of the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football League, which is now in our seventeenth year

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Speaker 1: of existence. We are very excited. And I tell people

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Speaker 1: and this is not this is not a joke. But

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Speaker 1: when we started, I believe it was season two, the

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Speaker 1: first full year we were working on the show together.

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00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,359
Speaker 1: We did our draft on a yellow legal pad. It

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Speaker 1: took weeks multiple and we did this for a couple

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Speaker 1: of years because we would draft a player and then

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Speaker 1: pass it on to the next person, but that person

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Speaker 1: might be might actually be working at that moment, or

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Speaker 1: had gone home for the day, or you know whatever.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it took us weeks to get through the

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Speaker 1: draft and we've been doing it ever since. A big

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Speaker 1: percent twelve team league, Big Percentage have been there from

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Speaker 1: the beginning. Obviously Stephen probably joined in like season two

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Speaker 1: or three. And you know it's now the only organized

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Speaker 1: enough to run our league. Incredible. You guys just fighting

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Speaker 1: over Aman Green and Sean Alexander and who can draft

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Speaker 1: him on set and we have so much more we

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Speaker 1: want to talk to you about, but we're out of

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Speaker 1: time at his kickoff day. We love what you're doing

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00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:56,879
Speaker 1: with milk, We love what you do with chili. Please

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Speaker 1: come back on the show sometime. I meant thank you

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Speaker 1: so much, thanks for having me Big Day today. I

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Speaker 1: hope the Cowboys keep it at least close Box Cowboys tonight, Peter,

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Speaker 1: Who do you got box, big Box? Big? I got

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Speaker 1: Dallas by three yo. It starts rusty, but Dak has

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Speaker 1: fourteen game winning drives. The wins. It in the fourth

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Speaker 1: quarter back in the fourth quarter. I think it is

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Speaker 1: a very ugly, wonky game that the Buccaneers win twenty

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Speaker 1: to seventeen. And we'll talk about it tomorrow, you guys

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Speaker 1: tomorrow who who kick up? Hours from now? Good Morning

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