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Speaker 1: cricket Recket. I'm here, Hey, everybody, Welcome to another episode

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Speaker 1: All the Tailgate right here on KFA and I'm your

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Speaker 1: host Cy Aminson, joined by the great Chad Daniels, my

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Speaker 2: Hello, Chatty, Chatty.

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Speaker 1: Last week we brought a real positive vibe in what

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Speaker 1: most people believed to be a very negative moment. And

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Speaker 1: do I think that we're the reason that we turned

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Speaker 1: it around in greater fashion than any first team since

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Speaker 1: what did they say? Two thousand and nineteen ninety two?

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Speaker 1: J What was it? Tell me?

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Speaker 2: The date?

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Speaker 1: Jay decades to have been you know, shut out and

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Speaker 1: then they turn around and shut someone else out. And

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Speaker 1: by the way, our shutout was better than their shutout

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Speaker 1: thirty one versus twenty six out.

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Speaker 2: Do you know that if we combined the last two games,

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Speaker 2: we would have won both of them thirty one to

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Speaker 1: I mean have won both of them thirty I just

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Speaker 1: think that a Obviously, our positivity played a huge role

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Speaker 2: No question, you don't believe in wishful thinking, think again.

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Speaker 1: By the way, he just Jay also just said, it's

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Speaker 1: the first time this last two weeks is the first

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Speaker 1: time since ninety two that it was the Broncos. They

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Speaker 1: got shut out one week and then they shut a

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Speaker 1: team out the next week. And we are airing on

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Speaker 1: a Thursday, and we're on the best sports station in America.

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Speaker 1: So people, I'm sure that's been brought up, and we're

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Speaker 1: sitting here like, let me tell you something.

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Speaker 2: Maybe, yeah, it's just on repeat for all week.

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Speaker 1: But secondly, I think we both know that I am

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Speaker 1: a disgusting enough level of superstitious that I'm gonna probably

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Speaker 1: run a very similar format back this week.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: Let's but here's the thing, it's a lot easier to

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Speaker 1: be positive than it was last week. It's also Cowboy week,

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Speaker 1: which is such an interesting week for a fan of

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Speaker 1: my generation. So you grew up, like you're like in

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Speaker 1: my dad's generation, Chad, you grew up with.

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Speaker 2: This, shut your dirty mouth. I grew up when we

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Speaker 2: That's when I was growing up.

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Speaker 1: But genuinely for the audio or the fan that are

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Speaker 1: older than us, I think they have this relationship with

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Speaker 1: of people of our generation don't like the Cowboys because

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Speaker 1: for them, it's the Hail Mary game sure, and feeling

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Speaker 1: like we got robbed of our best team ever. So

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Speaker 1: for our dad's generation, this rivalry hits a lot harder.

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Speaker 1: So when I was talking to my dad about this,

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Speaker 2: Right, I care about this game a ton too because

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Speaker 2: and I don't know if you're going to fact check

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Speaker 2: I heard, okay, I heard Also the herschel Walker trade

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Speaker 2: the reason we lost the North Stars. Yeah, they also

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Speaker 2: gave him the North Stars. I heard unbelievable. Norm Green

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Speaker 2: comes down from Calgary, when was it nineteen ninety one,

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Speaker 2: ninety three playing the Calgary Flames, end up going down,

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Speaker 2: Get out of here, seems.

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Speaker 1: Let's get let's get that conspiracy up on YouTube because

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Speaker 1: spend some time with fran Tarkentin, which this chad, This

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Speaker 2: Oh, no question his recall.

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Speaker 1: He sits and tells stories, and he does that thing

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Speaker 1: kfe An. It's that is for that generation, this is

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Speaker 1: Moss went down there in Thanksgiving and smacked the turkey

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Speaker 1: out of their mouths. That is my only connection to

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Speaker 2: I mean, I I here's what I have. I remember

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Speaker 2: watching herschel Walker and thinking like this is this is

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Speaker 2: the greatest athlete in the whole wide world. Yes, And

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Speaker 2: then they were like, we're gonna trade a bunch of

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Speaker 2: I was, you know, like my dad and his friends

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Speaker 1: Do you think in the history of people who were

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Speaker 1: So when they made that, like what did that do

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Speaker 2: Oh, I was so excited. Ninety two Fergus falls Otters

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Speaker 1: the Hail Mary that play, the invention of the Hail Mary,

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Speaker 1: the herschel Walker trade, and Randy Moss smacking the turkey.

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Speaker 1: What I will say about Cowboys fans is I find

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Speaker 1: I find them to be one of my least favorite groups. Really.

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Speaker 2: Oh man, I got a whole bunch on top of

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Speaker 1: But it's not a personal thing. I just have one

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Speaker 1: Like Pittsburgh Steelers fans literally believe that they worked hard

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Speaker 2: They also think they own their team. And I know

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Speaker 2: a lot of people are about to crash their cars

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Speaker 2: right now listening to this, but you don't if you

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Speaker 2: do make a trade.

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Speaker 1: Well, Bill's fans, now we could talk about fan base.

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Speaker 1: I like, Bill's fans are like your wildest uncle at Thanksgiving. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I know I'm not talking about like the political

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Speaker 1: Is he gonna show up with six dogs for some reason,

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Speaker 1: Willie park his truck on the lawn? Yeah, what's he

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Speaker 2: Like, they're your buddy that started drinking sophomore year and

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Speaker 1: That's a Bills fan, So they are a wild card uncle.

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Speaker 2: Well that's Texas football anyways.

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Speaker 1: Dude, the guy who is twenty five and was still

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Speaker 1: gotta let you're coasting acting cool. All that coolness happened

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Speaker 1: Aikman thing. You gotta so like their superiority complex being

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is a lot of Uncle Rico's cheering for

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Speaker 2: the Cowboys, where you just asking me, like, I could

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Speaker 1: Literally, Jay just texted us. You and Jay have a

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Speaker 1: very similar mind frame. He just texted, they are the

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Speaker 1: They come straight to me.

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Speaker 2: I've tried to give Jay my number several times. Won't

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Speaker 1: We got to talk about the actual game itself. Lost

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Speaker 1: in the whole Chad, we we got shut out and

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Speaker 1: and it is the rise of the defense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't do many impersonations, but here's my impersonations

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Speaker 2: Ginkle is healthy. Okay, guys, no screen passes this week?

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Speaker 2: It's incredible. I was watching the Vikings game with I'm

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Speaker 2: it's fun to see a defense that's so good that's

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Speaker 1: And it's an excellent opportunity because you got this week.

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Speaker 1: He's got some crazy amount of hurries, pressure sacks in

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Speaker 2: We can see you guys. Yeah, we can see most

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Speaker 2: ask you. This is Cede Lamb. Is he out of

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Speaker 2: concussion protocol? I don't pay attention anymore to other teams

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Speaker 2: though I destroyed everybody in my division, but my record

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, I'm telling you, come to the dark side,

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Speaker 1: join the chop, become a Guillotine League guy. We can

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Speaker 1: get I bet Zach Martine would do it. I bet

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Speaker 1: our boy Bozman would do it. Tim Harmston, all people

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Speaker 1: Tailgate Fantasy League guillotine style. You gotta stop playing this

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Speaker 2: Answer my question.

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Speaker 1: Jay can tell us if I mean, we're putting a

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Speaker 1: Do our job, Jay, go learn our stuff. Find out

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Speaker 2: I want I want it to be. Give me all

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to see where we're going from this point forward.

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Speaker 1: Give me the best team in the offense or in

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Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a big week

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Speaker 1: for Justin Jefferson. Can I can I make the case?

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Speaker 2: about always so frustrated this and that do. He's also

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Speaker 1: It was very clear last week, even for a stupid

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Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson is not going to beat us. He is not.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when you have that many tight end receptions

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Speaker 1: gonna let Justin. I'm gonna let my guys play Justin Jefferson.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna play my records. I think if you try,

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Speaker 1: this team is too good that if you put all

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Speaker 1: And last week's seeing JJ just drop back first read

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Speaker 1: And that's what last week looked like. And at the

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Speaker 1: I think, justin Jefferson, especially with Ceedee Lamb on the

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Speaker 2: I can't wait. I'm gonna go ahead and write this

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Speaker 2: that has Jefferson in their league still that made the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: And you're doing that because you just want to push

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Speaker 1: that's what it feels like. You're saying.

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Speaker 2: I love sending people your way when you're wrong.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, am I winning you over with my caseoute.

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Speaker 2: I mean you can tell right with these little these

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Speaker 1: I would love I would love a seventy in the

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Speaker 1: you can we do? Uh, let's just jump right into it.

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Speaker 1: Let's do predictions. Let me get your score, let me

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Speaker 1: get your player prediction, and then we'll do the personal predictions.

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Speaker 2: Okay, my score. Now, as you know, we were shut

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Speaker 2: I don't think we can do two shutouts in a row.

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go with Cowboys one somehow Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I assume they'll get a safety and then they'll

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Speaker 1: take one of those points away for excessive celebration or

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Speaker 2: Yeah, smart, I.

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Speaker 1: Think the Cowboys are a much better offense than you're

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Speaker 2: Nice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I'm gonna stick with Jefferson. I'm gonna say

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with the the entire offensive line giving

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Speaker 1: Ooh, I enjoy that me too.

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Speaker 2: I can't wait for it to come true.

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Speaker 1: Personal prediction. I am in the final four of Paul

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Speaker 1: out very early. But I've never been to the final

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Speaker 1: four in a chop league before. I've taken it a

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Speaker 1: level of serious that is pathetic. And yes, the biggest

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Speaker 2: My personal prediction is Jefferson gets all your points, but

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Speaker 2: you still take fourth.

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Speaker 1: Ah, that would suck. Appreciate you doing the show. I

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Speaker 1: to everybody for listening. We appreciate it each and every week.

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