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Speaker 3: But I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I don't know how any show can't lead. Can't lead

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Speaker 4: with his twenty minutes into the program, thanks blink, But

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Speaker 4: can't lead without having a conversation about one of what

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Speaker 4: I thought was the best stories in the NFL this season.

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Speaker 4: Turning into an absolute bleep show. But what else would

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Speaker 4: you expect from anything involving Stefan Diggs. He is facing

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Speaker 4: now a felony charge of strangulation and a misdemeanor charge

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Speaker 4: of assault from an incident that is now four weeks old.

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Speaker 4: According to a police report, a woman went to police

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Speaker 4: on December sixteenth and shared that she was working as

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Speaker 4: a private chef on December second, as the date of

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Speaker 4: the incident, when Diggs entered her unlocked bedroom and allegedly

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Speaker 4: smacked her across the face after they had discussed money

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Speaker 4: owed to her. According to police, she said she attempted

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Speaker 4: to push Digs away when he allegedly tried to choke

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Speaker 4: she had not been paid. After the alleged assault, According

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Speaker 4: to this report, she left her position and the residence

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Speaker 4: to stay with a friend. When she returned on December

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Speaker 4: ninth to rech to Reever property, Diggs referred her to

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Speaker 4: his assistant, who told the woman she had to sign

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Speaker 4: a on disclosure agreement before she would be paid. She

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Speaker 4: didn't sign. She didn't sign it for the report, and

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Speaker 4: in foreign police on December sixteenth that she didn't want

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Speaker 4: twenty second, diggs attorney said in a statement that the

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Speaker 4: allegations are unsubstantiated. Now, as somebody that has absolutely fallen

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Speaker 4: in love with the story of the Patriots this year,

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Speaker 4: Stefan Diggs has been one of those. I don't know

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Speaker 4: if the term would be bounced back, but you know,

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Speaker 4: truly kind of reminding you that he's a dude.

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Speaker 3: I'm the dude. He's a dude, And.

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Speaker 4: The last few weeks, I think it's fair to say

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Speaker 4: has been some of his best ball all season long.

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Speaker 4: Had ten catches in the win over Baltimore, one hundred

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Speaker 4: yards in the Jets game, though, who hasn't had over

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Speaker 4: know what to think about this because it is a

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Speaker 4: massive distraction leading up to the playoffs. And again, the

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Speaker 4: Patriots are going all in this weekend to try to

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Speaker 4: get the one seed and we'll see how that pans

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Speaker 4: out for them. They don't control their own destiny because

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Speaker 4: somehow they lost to the Raiders.

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Speaker 3: So props to you, Coop for beating the Raiders twice

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Speaker 3: this year.

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Speaker 4: A very big task with the way things have gone

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Speaker 3: But I again, I don't know what's true and what's not.

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Speaker 4: I take people at their word, but what a terrible

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Speaker 4: Stefan Diggs, who has been one of the great stories

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Speaker 4: this year, guy that has been questioned was Apparently the

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Speaker 4: dude at about three different places resurrects his career in

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Speaker 4: New England and on the week of I guess you

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Speaker 4: I promised at the bottom of the hour a quick

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Speaker 4: preview of the playoff games that are coming up over

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Speaker 4: the next twenty four hours. First tonight, you get Ohio

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Speaker 4: Jeremiah Smith, the very talented wide receiver for the Buck Guyes.

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Speaker 4: Whenever he made his collegiate decision, it came down to

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Speaker 5: You find out about the people that are around you.

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Speaker 3: You know, how how tight your group is.

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Speaker 5: And I think that it's been said before Ohio State

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Speaker 4: they've had incredible turnover in people last year. Jim Knowles,

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Speaker 4: Your offensive coordinator, Chip Kelly wins a national championship with

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Speaker 4: Chip Kelly today became the offensive coordinator at Northwestern. What

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Speaker 4: do they do they have Matt Patricia a chance in

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Speaker 4: Meanwhile, on the offensive coordinator side of things, that turnover continues.

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Speaker 4: Brian Hartline takes over as their O seed, does a

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Speaker 4: constant turnover, but they've had good people in places that

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Speaker 4: they've got a chance to repeat, and they're doing it

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Speaker 4: Last couple of years we saw cam Ward develop into

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Speaker 6: Certainly, I think all of us saw some of the stuff,

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Speaker 6: day one, one thing that really stands out. He's all

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Speaker 4: So media day today didn't really give us any good

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Speaker 4: gotta be a fun one tonight. The number wildly has

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Speaker 4: might have. But Ohio State Miami tonight six thirty Central,

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Speaker 4: seven thirty Eastern the Cotton Bowl first quarterfinal game. Ohio

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Speaker 4: State looking to repeat and looking to do something in

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Speaker 4: these playoffs that hasn't happened yet in the very short

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Speaker 4: buye no team of the first round by one last year.

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Speaker 4: But also remember no team that played on the road

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Speaker 4: Alabama They came here to Oklahoma beat Sooners, but should

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Speaker 4: be a fun one tonight. Miami might be getting hot

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Speaker 4: at the right time. Ohio State, I mean again, consistently

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Speaker 4: has been one of the best teams, if not the best,

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Speaker 4: Big Ten Championship game lost to Indiana Exercise the Demons

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Speaker 3: It's really good football team. It's going to be a

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Speaker 3: fun one tonight.

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Speaker 4: Bottom of every hour, I've promised a quick preview of

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Speaker 4: the college football playoff games if you missed last hour,

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Speaker 4: we went in depth on what to expect in tonight's game.

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Speaker 4: That's Ohio State in Miami and the Cotton Boll should

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Speaker 3: One. Number hasn't moved, it's nine and a half.

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Speaker 4: Meanwhile, the other big game, I'm real excited about Texas

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Speaker 3: I haven't seen a lot of Texas Tech this year.

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Speaker 4: I live in and lived past tense in Big twelve

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Speaker 4: But man, Joy McGuire and Texas Tech have something special

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Speaker 4: a way to slow down the unique and challenging running

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Speaker 3: Who's Joey McGwire is.

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Speaker 8: They're very creative. You know, Will Stein does a great job.

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Speaker 8: I know Will very well, excited for him getting a

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Speaker 8: Kentucky job. And then one of the old line coaches

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Speaker 8: is Max little brother, you know when he's going with

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Speaker 8: him in Kentucky, and I think he has a lot

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Speaker 4: I see my man, Mojo Rising is on the phone

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Speaker 10: we're never where. You're never going to be in a

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Speaker 3: I appreciate the phone call.

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Speaker 4: I've been in a great mood. I have a good life. Well,

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Speaker 4: Arnie Spanier would say, go get Fernando Mendoza, Go get

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Speaker 4: Evaluate your quarterback and get him, because I do think,

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Speaker 4: The best edge rushers, if not the overall best defensive

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Speaker 4: Now. By the way, it would help if we didn't

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Speaker 3: I did not know this.

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Speaker 3: I think it's the smartest thing that anyone could ever do.

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Speaker 4: Now, if you wanted to fight it, you'd probably win

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Speaker 3: You're out.

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Speaker 4: You've aged out. Can we normalize seventy being an age

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Speaker 4: Life is good. My life is great. I've never been

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Speaker 4: I gotta see Coop be all happy with his Broncos,

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