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Speaker 1: All right, that's still we Rockapella. Saint Patty's Week, feeling lucky.

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Speaker 2: Brolet mean, listen, we're gonna talk about being lucky. We'll

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Speaker 2: talk a bunch of March madness, not our specialty.

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Speaker 1: So we bring in an expert.

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Speaker 2: I'm more excited about baseball starting NBA playoffs before you know.

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Speaker 1: Hell yeah, ell time. Maybe a little vacation action right

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Speaker 1: spring cleaning. Anyway, I'm Cavino. That is Rich Covino and

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Speaker 1: Rich Fox Sports Radio Monday through Friday, two to four

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Speaker 1: out here on the West side, five to seven on

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Speaker 1: the east. And this is our bonus podcast. And we

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Speaker 1: said happy Saint Patty's Week. But yeah, the madness is here.

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Speaker 1: The madness is a stupid People are coming up to

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Speaker 1: you about your bracket. You filled out my brackett to

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Speaker 1: know the bragget bragging, bragget bragget. So we got to

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Speaker 1: do our best to keep you post on what to do.

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Speaker 2: In fact, you can see our brackets Fox Sports Radio

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Speaker 2: dot Com posting all the hosts brackets.

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Speaker 1: We do it every year.

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Speaker 3: It's guessing games or is it.

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Speaker 1: Well, people come out of the woodworks like they're the experts.

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Speaker 1: It's like, do you really know all these teams's amazing.

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Speaker 1: People are really impressive that with their expertise on social

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Speaker 2: No matter what happens in the world of life, sports, politics, yeah,

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Speaker 2: social media experts.

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Speaker 1: But we're bringing in a real ex a real expert.

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Speaker 1: We have a guest. Let's welcome at Kelly in Vegas.

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Speaker 1: Kelly Stewart from Splash Sports is on the show. We

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Speaker 1: caught on with Kelly at the Super Bowl and now

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Speaker 1: she's here to break down some March madness. Baby, baby,

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Speaker 1: gipsy dude, don't guru, baby, how are you? Kelly? Hey, Kelly,

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Speaker 1: Oh good.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna have to redeem myself from the Super Bowl though.

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Speaker 2: Man, that was well, you know what it was they

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Speaker 2: I didn't know how deep you were going to go

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Speaker 2: to all these prop bets. And I was like, I

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Speaker 1: So it was like's nott No.

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Speaker 4: The props were fine. It was just the the way

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Speaker 4: I said, I gott to redeem myself with some basketballs.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know though, because we had such a good time,

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Speaker 1: here to explain what's going on this year with the

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Speaker 1: March madness and with all the brackets all right now, first.

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Speaker 2: Thing I want to start with is when you see

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Speaker 2: this bracket come out, are you are you looking at

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Speaker 4: So I did a live show yesterday during selection Sunday.

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Speaker 4: The power ratings set by Vegas matters so much more

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Speaker 4: Sianna being a sixteen seed was kind of funny. We

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Speaker 1: Kelly in Vegas. If you want to follow and play

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Speaker 2: What is the strategy, Kelly, I mean, let's talk about

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Speaker 2: Kelly gamblers seem to have a I can't think of

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Speaker 1: On ourselves at Kelly in Vegas. Now there's a lot

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Speaker 4: Listen, if you're doing five dollars brackets around the office

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Speaker 2: It's like your fantasy football team no one really cares about.

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Speaker 4: Okay, leading about my fantasy football team to my group

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Speaker 4: I'm like, all right, fair enough, I lost by half

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Speaker 2: Yeah. No, It's it's like when you tell your fans

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Speaker 3: And you just know everyone else is thinking, who gives

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Speaker 2: No one cares. But I do have a one thought

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Speaker 4: Because Master's weekend is the weekend you're supposed to get

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Speaker 4: That's really hilarious. I should just like schedule like an

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Speaker 4: You know, I'm trying to think of what I mean.

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Speaker 2: Yet, of course, by the way, Vegas no better place

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Speaker 3: We've been there.

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Speaker 1: So you're going to be having a lot of fun.

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Speaker 4: Hull Kelly, oh man, my liver is already crying. I

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Speaker 4: No, you know what I am doing. We did get

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Speaker 1: We're talking about March Man is Kelly and Vegas at

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Speaker 1: Kelly in Vegas on social media. Kelly Stewart here on

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Speaker 1: the caven O Rich Show over promised. Now you're part

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Splash has always been great. I've been a commission

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Speaker 4: Regardless if it fills, it's gonna fill. But regardless if

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Speaker 2: is she is so well versed in those everything and

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Speaker 2: probably like old Barbara in accounting, will win the U inevitably.

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Speaker 2: It's always like it's always like you know, some old

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Speaker 2: lady in accounting that wins the office pool.

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Speaker 4: Well, especially last year when all four one seeds end

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Speaker 4: up in the final four. Come on, do you think

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Speaker 4: anybody else predicted that? Absolutely, good luck to the Barbara.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much Kelly in Vegas for being on

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Speaker 2: over promise. We appreciate you.

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Speaker 3: We'll see soon.

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Speaker 1: Okay, thanks guys, thank you. I don't know about you.

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Speaker 3: I took notes. Maybe a couple upsets, that's.

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Speaker 2: Not my thing, but hey, we wish you the best

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Speaker 2: of luck. Maybe we try to win some money. Thanks luck,

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Speaker 2: to make some money. And I hope you took some notes.

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Speaker 1: Your college is not in it this year. Montclair State

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Speaker 1: University didn't get there, so maybe next year.

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Speaker 3: Well enjoy and we'll see you guys next time.

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Speaker 1: Until that, are we with there? She Baby, see you

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Speaker 1: in the over promise March Madness Baby, Enjoy the Madness

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Speaker 1: bet