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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up

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Speaker 1: straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire four Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: February first. We made it through the month of January. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: January one was a big, big day for your boy. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I paid my debt. I am an idiot. Well you

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Speaker 1: guys do that. You're listening to this podcast for, by

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Speaker 1: the way, almost three years now. And I opened my

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Speaker 1: big fat mouth in August. You know, we're shooting the

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Speaker 1: stuff on the herd, and I pop off. You know

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Speaker 1: what was the Seahawks win total this year? Six? Maybe

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Speaker 1: six and a half, And it was the Geno Smith

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Speaker 1: versus Drew Lock showdown in the preseason. Pete Carroll hadn't

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Speaker 1: decided on a QB yet, and I said off, the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks finished over five, I'll shaved the logo in the

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Speaker 1: side of my head. You know I'm laughing, I mean,

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Speaker 1: coward laughed. Everybody laughed. It was funny. It was funny

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Speaker 1: until they started winning games and the Rams fell apart

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Speaker 1: and the Jets blew it in Seattle and then Baker

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Speaker 1: Mayfield throws an interception in overtime. I won't forget that

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Speaker 1: anytime soon. I'm driving my daughter to gymnastics or I'm

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Speaker 1: listening to the while watching the game on my phone,

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Speaker 1: but I'm listening because I'm driving, and you hear the

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Speaker 1: announcer basically say always Baker's got it deep and they

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Speaker 1: just underthrew and it was intercepted, and of course they

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Speaker 1: come down and kick the kick the game winning field goal,

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Speaker 1: and uh I lose. I will say this before I

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Speaker 1: get into the podcast with stuff you actually care about it,

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Speaker 1: and there is some really interesting stuff today happening in sports.

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Speaker 1: It was one of those things where the idea of

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Speaker 1: doing it was awful. The lead up, I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: lie it was you know, I was thinking about it

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Speaker 1: and I was like, this sucks. Why do I have

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Speaker 1: to do this? And then it happens and you're like, oh, okay,

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Speaker 1: it's not a big deal, and this is this happens

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Speaker 1: to me a lot in life. The dia of something

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Speaker 1: is maybe not terrifying, but a little nerve racking and

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Speaker 1: bad and that's one thing I'm trying to work on.

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Speaker 1: And I gotta confess, guys, I think I did a

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Speaker 1: pretty damn good job. And again, this is just me

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Speaker 1: lot of guys on the Herd staff and at Fox

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Speaker 1: were like asking me about it all the time. I

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Speaker 1: three weeks ago or maybe two weeks ago, and the guy,

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Speaker 1: you know, the other coach, who I know a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Um We don't text, but you know, I've known him

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Speaker 1: for like a year or two, and he's like, so,

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Speaker 1: j are you really going to shave the logo in

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Speaker 1: I didn't know you watch the show. He's like, dude,

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Speaker 1: I was, I'm from Seattle, I'm a huge fan. I

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of people out here. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: just a it's just a funny small world that we

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Speaker 1: live in. I guess if you're into sports and you know,

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Speaker 1: Cowherds radio TV show is pretty much the largest radio

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Speaker 1: show in the country. I never really thought about that,

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Speaker 1: Stephen A. Smith does does he have? I think it's

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Speaker 1: a local radio show, Like I don't know that there's

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Speaker 1: a bigger radio show and then a Fox. Our numbers

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Speaker 1: were massive in January on the herd on the TV side,

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Speaker 1: you know, Colin gets them. I try not to pay attention,

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Speaker 1: Seahawks blew it out on social media, got a lot

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Speaker 1: of new followers. Welcome to the new listeners to the podcast.

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Speaker 1: It's over. It lasted twenty four hours. I went right

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Speaker 1: to the barber after the show. I'll say this, this

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Speaker 1: at Fox. They have hair and makeup, so like every

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Speaker 1: world out there, boys and girls. I was just stunned. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: opening with Lakers Nicks because it was a good game

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Speaker 1: Rui Hachi mura. Gosh, he was good last night for

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Speaker 1: a minute, but we obviously have to start with the

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Speaker 1: big one, Sean Payton agreeing to terms with the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 1: And I will be honest with you, guys, I'm surprised

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Speaker 1: Peyton was on the set Monday. He talked about it.

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Speaker 1: Ie God. Now again, he's probably holding his cards close

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Speaker 1: to the vest. This is Sean Payton, the super Bowl

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Speaker 1: winning coach. He I mean, he couldn't picked me out

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Speaker 1: We're not boys. I don't expect him to tell me, hey,

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Speaker 1: because I do think this was a better job than Arizona.

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Speaker 1: I think this is certainly a better job than Houston.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe Damiko Ryan's would turn down Denver if

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Speaker 1: he did. But in my eyes, Denver was a little

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Speaker 1: Peyton and then as I told you yesterday and just

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's a bad dude. He's just weird.

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Speaker 1: not like sharing top billing was Sean Payton for the job,

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Speaker 1: like he was dueling for the job. He wanted someone

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Speaker 1: Please come to us, That's what Jim Harbaw wanted, and

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Speaker 1: Denver rolled out the red carpet. But they gotta explore options.

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Speaker 1: And ultimately I think Hardball removed his name and played

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Speaker 1: not have a good season. Courtland Sutton underwhelmed last year

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Speaker 1: And I'm just telling you, I like this kid. And

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Speaker 1: this sounds like a very inside Laker podcast to mention

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Speaker 1: when Lynn Gabriel. But this guy is a good player.

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Speaker 1: So Walker is gonna be in the mix for one

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Speaker 1: of those endgame spots because he's a long wing who

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Speaker 1: can defend, He's athletic, and oh, by the way, he

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Speaker 1: can shoot, although he has not shout will since returning.

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Speaker 1: And Austin Reeves is gonna be a guy that they

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Speaker 1: like a lot. Lebron loves him, high i Q basketball player, tough, gritty,

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Speaker 1: does all the little things, and you know he might

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Speaker 1: be their best three point shooter if Hotchi Moro is

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Speaker 1: it gets distressing endgame situations for Lakers. A D, Hachimura, Lebron.

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Speaker 1: You can basically lock those three in the other two

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Speaker 1: is interesting. Is it going to be Russ. Is it

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Speaker 1: gonna be shrewder? Does he ride the hot hand well,

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Speaker 1: Lonnie Walker get some looks or Austin Reaves. I think

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Speaker 1: that's going to be interesting. By the way, Lakers had

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Speaker 1: nobody who could stay in front of Jalen Brunson. If

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Speaker 1: you haven't seen a lot of Brunson, obviously he was

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Speaker 1: with the MAVs and was outstanding and then kind of

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Speaker 1: felt disrespected by Cuban and that they didn't make a

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Speaker 1: move on him earlier. And then he went to the

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Speaker 1: Knicks obviously where his dad. I think it's like an

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Speaker 1: assistant coach and YadA, YadA, YadA. Brunson was phenomenal. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he did not shoot it well at the end of regulation,

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Speaker 1: had a couple open threes that he missed, but thirty

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Speaker 1: seven points nine for nine from the line, and with

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Speaker 1: the game on the line through like four seconds left

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Speaker 1: in regulation, the Knicks and TIBs drew up a play

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Speaker 1: for Julius Randall instead of Jalen Brunson. I was a

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Speaker 1: little surprised. Randall tough go six of nineteen, didn't his

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Speaker 1: shot dam hit the rim. I don't even know if

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Speaker 1: he got it off in time. A d smothered him,

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Speaker 1: and Lebron came to help poor stuff from TIBs in

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Speaker 1: the necks. If you want to get excited Lakers fans,

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Speaker 1: and you obviously should, just remember this quote that Jason

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Speaker 1: McIntyre said it February one, ahead of an important stretch

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Speaker 1: for the Lakers. It's not what you look at that matters.

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Speaker 1: It's what you see. It's not what you look at

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Speaker 1: that matters. It's what you see. And I see this

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Speaker 1: Lakers team and I see a lot of talent. I

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Speaker 1: see a lot of skill. I see an offensive juggernaut

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Speaker 1: when they're fully healthy. I know the shooting can be

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Speaker 1: an issue, but there is way too much talent on

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Speaker 1: this team for them to be struggling in all these

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Speaker 1: late games situations and losing all these close games. Eventually

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Speaker 1: they're going to figure it out. Darvin Ham is a

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Speaker 1: time head coach. There are I mean, hell, Troy Brown Jr.

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Speaker 1: Was he even on the roster opening an opening night?

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Speaker 1: I don't know the answer to Dennis Shrewder. Didn't he

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Speaker 1: just get here? Ruey HATCHI more literally just got here?

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Speaker 1: And then coming off the bench, Thomas Bryant like they

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Speaker 1: have a brand new team. It's been fifty games. Guys

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Speaker 1: are in an out of lineup part. I'm just telling you,

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Speaker 1: it's not what you look at that matters. It's what

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Speaker 1: you see. And what I see is a team that

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Speaker 1: has a If they go into the playoffs healthy, at

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Speaker 1: some point, we're gonna be like, holy crap, they can

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Speaker 1: get to the finals. And I'm not going overboard. This

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Speaker 1: is real talk here. I do believe this Lakers team

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Speaker 1: is built to make a run in the finals. But

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Speaker 1: the only key is gotta have a healthy A D.

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Speaker 1: Gotta have a healthy Lebron. You look at the rest

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Speaker 1: of those other parts, they are starting to fit in nicely.

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Speaker 1: Remember we're fifty games into Darvin Ham's career. He's figuring

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Speaker 1: things out. The Slaker team is dangerous, all right. I've

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Speaker 1: gone on way too long at a rough night in

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Speaker 1: college basketball. Just it wasn't a good one. The machine,

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Speaker 1: Viva la Machine. Not a good start through the month

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Speaker 1: of February for the machine in college hoops. But alas

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Speaker 1: we plow on, no football to gamble on this weekend,

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Speaker 1: a lot of college hoops get back in this way.

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Speaker 1: March Madness is like four weeks away. Guys get excited

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Speaker 1: talk to you tomorrow.