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Speaker 1: Really great episode this week. Chris Schlichten, die hard Kansas

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Speaker 2: I don't know what Tom is.

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Speaker 3: Hey, we gotta go here, we gotta go. Let go

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Speaker 3: so Tom.

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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of The Tailgate presented

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Speaker 1: by Continental Diamond. I'm your host Scion, and your Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings are fresh off their first victory of the season.

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Speaker 1: My sports emotional meltdown has been put on hold, but

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Speaker 1: unfortunately the team that's in front of us is daunting

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Speaker 1: and the man that is joining us fantastic comedian, good

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Speaker 1: friend of mine, Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Schlichten, High chrass.

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Speaker 2: Hello, I am honored.

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Speaker 3: I like to think it came down between me and

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Speaker 3: Paul Rudd, and you made the executive decision to go

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 1: Paul wanted it. Paul wanted it, but I was like,

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Speaker 1: do you think too many people know? Paul? Yeah, now

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Speaker 1: here's I'm I'm gonna be very honest with you. You're not

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Speaker 1: But here's the thing, Chris. The reason that I thought

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Speaker 3: It's my rule, is sy that when they win, When

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Speaker 2: It's we I let people know that we did win.

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Speaker 1: I grew up in southwestern Minnesota, and the drive to

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Speaker 3: And I also think just the process because I'm not

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Speaker 1: This guy kidnapped Sean McDermott's dog. Yeah, that's the vibe

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, I'm very proud of my Chief's collection,

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Speaker 3: my man cave. However, side lately, I've been looking over

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Speaker 3: Have seventeen seventeen Chiefs jerseys, all home, all read. I'm

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I look at it. And there was a

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Speaker 2: But lately I'm like, dude, I'm forty one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm an adult. I don't wear these anywhere else.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, Like, for instance, I won't wear a Travis Kelcey

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Speaker 1: Ah see now, daddy, Chris, now you're see this is

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Speaker 1: I've gotten Anthony Carter. I can't find it. But I

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Speaker 3: You had a brief run. He did this awesome thing

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Speaker 3: For me, it was Derek Thomas. He played my position

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Speaker 1: He wasn't like, no, no, no, no, no no. I think you

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Speaker 1: did it right. Chris. Everybody at home, in your cars,

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Speaker 3: Growing up where I grew up, it was it was Bears, Packers, Vikings,

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: needs we need to get this show on the internet.

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Speaker 1: We need to, we need to, we need to step

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Speaker 1: into the into the modern times because if somebody was like, hey,

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Speaker 1: check it out over there, that's Andy Reid's nephew, I'd

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Speaker 1: be like, oh cool, you do have a redish vibe

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Speaker 1: to you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think the only thing we have in common though,

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Speaker 3: is the love of cheeseburgers, though I don't think that's

446
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Speaker 3: like the knowledge. That's where it kind of ends there.

447
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Speaker 3: But Andy Reid is another guy that I just have

448
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Speaker 3: been so grateful. I think I personally think you can

449
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Speaker 3: say something. I think he's underrated. I think people paint

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Speaker 3: him out to be this goofy cheeseburger eating uh kool

451
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Speaker 3: Aid man looking guy. I think he's brilliant and I

452
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Speaker 3: think he's on the Mount rushmore of the greatest coaches ever.

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Speaker 1: I said it, Well, what a way to go out

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Speaker 1: on the limb there, I uh, the guy with the Super.

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Speaker 2: Bowl winning I'm gonna put that's a big winning guy.

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Speaker 1: Here's I loved talking about this sort of stuff. I

457
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Speaker 1: think in sports, the confluence of factors to make something

458
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Speaker 1: special happen. It's so so so rare. And the Hunt

459
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Speaker 1: family is an incredible ownership group. They are they are

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Speaker 1: an incredible ownership group. And they went out and they

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Speaker 1: hired they have a fantastic general manager. And they went

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Speaker 1: out and they hired a Hall of Fame coach, and

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Speaker 1: then they landed a Hall of Fame quarterback. So when

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Speaker 1: you have an organization that is behind you know, your

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Speaker 1: front office and your coach and those positions are elite,

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Speaker 1: and you look, it just doesn't happen very often. You know,

467
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Speaker 1: you've got great owners. In New Orleans, Drew Brees is fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton, you know, despite how Vikings fans feel about him,

469
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Speaker 1: is fantastic. Same thing in New England. But that's that's

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Speaker 1: a rare thing to happen. And even in some other places,

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Speaker 1: you know, you see him get two out of the

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Speaker 1: three pieces and it does didn't quite work right. So

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Speaker 1: I it's a really cool It has to be a

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Speaker 1: really cool thing to experience.

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Speaker 3: And I agree with you there because my big pet

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Speaker 3: peeve is when people tell me, oh, you know, if

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Speaker 3: the Bears would have drafted Patrick Mahomes, they would have

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Speaker 3: probably had as much success, or people might say hypothetically.

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Speaker 1: If there's no chance.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I agree with you because I think, like

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Speaker 3: you said, there are so many factors that come into play.

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Speaker 3: I think any Reid was the perfect coach to really

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Speaker 3: you know, I also think Patrick Mahomes sitting a year

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Speaker 3: and not, you know, behind Alex Smith, who, in my opinion,

485
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Speaker 3: played his played out of his mind all of a sudden,

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Speaker 3: wasn't like a game manager, was like having a great year.

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Speaker 3: And I was kind of like, I kind of like

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Speaker 3: Alex Smith. I liked this new Alex Smith. And then

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Speaker 3: when Patrick Mahomes you know, had that great phenomenal your mind,

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I wanted him all along.

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Speaker 1: I promise you. The Chief's Kingdom is littered with people

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Speaker 1: who are like, you're gonna put him this guy, you

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Speaker 1: think he's ready. Look at how Alex Smith is playing.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of those cold takes out there.

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Speaker 1: You've gotten to You've gotten to go to a lot

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Speaker 1: of games. But you know, I'm fortunate working for the team.

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Speaker 1: I get to get down on the field every once

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Speaker 1: in a while, and that's a pretty unique and special

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Speaker 1: experience for someone like me who grew up really following

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Speaker 1: and loving the team. I know you've gotten down onto

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Speaker 1: the field a couple times. Legally, yes, legally, this was

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Speaker 1: very legally, very you have legally been on the field.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, I've seen a lot of Chiefs games. But twice, twice,

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Speaker 3: for some reason or another, I have been offered the

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Speaker 3: opportunity to go onto the field and.

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Speaker 2: Actually do a series like take a couple of no.

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Speaker 3: Hold the flag, like hold the flag during the national anthem.

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Speaker 3: The first time I did it was when we play

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Speaker 3: the Cleveland Browns, and while I was on the field

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Speaker 3: holding the flag, I was literally I could have high

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Speaker 3: fived Johnny Manzel, who was warming up next to me

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Speaker 3: and initially said, this is kind of funny. When I

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Speaker 3: was first offered this, do you want to hold the flag.

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Speaker 2: On the field?

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Speaker 3: I said no, because I thought it was just gonna

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Speaker 3: be me holding a flag, holding a flag like on

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Speaker 3: a stick in the middle of the field and waving it.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know it would be like a group of

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Speaker 3: like fifty people with a huge flag. That's how sure

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Speaker 3: ignorant I guess it was. And I just I love

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Speaker 3: attention side, but not that was just too patriotic, and

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Speaker 3: I didn't want to like drop the flag or you know,

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Speaker 3: do something stupid.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's you don't. Here's the thing that's that's that's

525
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Speaker 1: high risk, low reward. You know that holding the flag

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Speaker 1: on the field, although by yourself, although in extreme honor

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Speaker 1: you can, it's kind of like being a kicker. If

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Speaker 1: you hold it right, everybody's like, yeah, that's what should happen.

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Speaker 1: You gotta hold it right. Yeah, and if you screw

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Speaker 1: it up, people are gonna have some hard opinions.

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Speaker 3: It was an incredible experience and it's kind of hilarious too,

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Speaker 3: because you know, I took as many pictures as I

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Speaker 3: possibly could, and my wife, I think, resented the fact

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Speaker 3: at how happy I looked.

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Speaker 2: She was actually mad because she said I looked.

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Speaker 3: Too happy in the photos, implying that maybe I didn't

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Speaker 3: look that happy at other times with her, and I

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Speaker 3: didn't know how to defend myself.

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Speaker 2: Sigh, I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not It's not a good thing when people

541
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Speaker 1: who have loved you for a long time are like,

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Speaker 1: I've never seen you experience joy like that, and I

543
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Speaker 1: I'm in a loving relation. We own a home together.

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Speaker 2: She was like, why are you smiling? And your eyes

545
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Speaker 2: are involved. That's how I know it's genuine. Your eyes

546
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 2: are squinting. I'm like, oh my gosh, are you a detective?

547
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Speaker 2: Like what is happening?

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Speaker 3: But it was an incredible experience, and fast forward to

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Speaker 3: the beginning of this year.

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Speaker 2: I got offered the same opportunity, and I was more prepared.

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Speaker 2: I was way more professional. I could have held it

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Speaker 2: by myself.

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Speaker 3: Actually sure, I got to hold it for the Detroit

554
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Speaker 3: Lions game, which, like you said, an incredible experience, and

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Speaker 3: the only thing that did go as planned is we

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Speaker 3: ended up losing the game, which Zach Martinez reminds me of.

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Speaker 1: So on a consistent basis. Last thing we have to

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Speaker 1: do it. Let's talk swift y who Here's what I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna tell you. I'm here. I'm here for the conspiracy theories.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard the whole She started

561
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Speaker 1: dating him because there's a game coming up against the Jets,

562
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Speaker 1: and then because people track her jet and her usage

563
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: whenever they google Taylor swift jet, all the stories will

564
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: be about her going to a Jets game. I don't

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Speaker 1: think that's true. I don't buy it, but I love it.

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Speaker 1: Pour the conspiracy theories on top of me. I think

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Speaker 1: I don't think she's coming. I don't think she's coming

568
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Speaker 1: to Minnesota. I feel like we would know that at

569
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Speaker 1: this point. Yeah, but as a as a Chiefs fan,

570
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Speaker 1: is this a fun thing or is this a not

571
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Speaker 1: fun thing? Or is this an indifferent thing for you?

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Speaker 3: Well, I will tell you I always defend my Chiefs,

573
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 3: and now I find myself defending not only Taylor Swift's side,

574
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Speaker 3: but love.

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Speaker 2: Like why are we to deny they're both human beings?

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Speaker 3: I know, I'm not even joking, Like I literally people

577
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 3: are like, oh.

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Speaker 2: It's a conspiracy.

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Speaker 3: You know, she's only doing this for publicity, And I'm like, Oh,

580
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 3: they just couldn't have fallen for each other, like that

581
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 3: still exists in this sport.

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Speaker 2: I'm being dead serious. Side, Can they not love me?

583
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Speaker 2: Can they not date?

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Speaker 3: I just you're getting me worked up because if it

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Speaker 3: wasn't a chief. Let's say Taylor Swift was dating someone

586
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Speaker 3: on the Vikings, I would be in the knee deep

587
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Speaker 3: in the.

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00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 2: Conspiracy stuff too.

589
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 3: But because it's Chiefs Kingdom, I believe that they are

590
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 3: in love and they're trying to make it work, which

591
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 3: is because you know, she's so huge, he's so huge.

592
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 3: Everyone wants to know their business. It's gonna be difficult,

593
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Speaker 3: but they can make it work. Nodding Hill, Julie Roberts,

594
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 3: there's another for you.

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Speaker 1: Here's it. I think I think it's the right time

596
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: for for this relationship because you know, on the trajectory

597
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: that is the Taylor Swift journey. I'm a big swift guy.

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not gonna do I'm not a swift y,

599
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Speaker 1: but I'm a big Swift guy. And I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: with her prominence in the pop music world, because you

601
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Speaker 1: gotta remember she started in country, yes, and I think

602
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: this is happening at the right time. I think Travis

603
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Speaker 1: Kelsey fits into this moment in her career. I don't

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Speaker 1: think he fits back into country music. Taylor. He's he's

605
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: got way too much of a white rapper vibe to

606
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 1: have ever fit in with CMT Taylor Swift. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a good match that will totally, definitely and absolutely

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00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: last past week nine for sure.

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Speaker 3: And the only reason it won't last is because of

610
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 3: all the other outside people like you, talking conspiracies, and

611
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 3: they're gonna just like, we can't do it.

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00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 2: We can't do it.

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Speaker 1: It's like Ghostbusters. It's our negative energy that's ruining. It's

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Speaker 1: not them, it's us, right, it's obviously the haters. Chris.

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Speaker 1: It means a ton to me that you did this.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining the show. We always

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Speaker 1: end with I make no one likes it, but I

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00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: make everybody give a prediction. So I'm gonna ask for

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Speaker 1: a score prediction from you and then I'll give mine,

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Speaker 1: and then we'll go.

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Speaker 3: We'll go our separate ways, Okay, Chiefs Vikings, we'll.

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Speaker 2: Go twenty eight to twenty one. I'm gonna go Chiefs

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Speaker 2: twenty eight twenty one.

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Speaker 3: It'll be close, But like I said with Patrick Mahomes,

625
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 3: we're gonna win.

626
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Speaker 2: That's a new slogan.

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a little bit more. I

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Speaker 1: think you're gonna see a little bit more of a

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Speaker 1: defense of presence. Then you might be indicating so I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go Chiefs fourteen Vikings one hundred and thirty eight. Chris,

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you doing this. Thank you for joining us,

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