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Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a somber day up in Minneapolis. UM.

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Speaker 1: Tony Sperano's funerals today and he was all about family,

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Speaker 1: all about football, lived a really good life and he

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Speaker 1: So I felt like I needed to say that. I

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Speaker 1: go through adversity, you quickly become friends. And that certainly

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Speaker 1: was the case with Tony. So that being said, UM,

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Speaker 1: I'll try to answer your questions with snacks limited yesterday

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Speaker 1: I think you'll see him out there this weekend. Why

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Speaker 1: so that's why something. Is that something with him that

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Speaker 1: that's that's really what it is. Nothing nothing more than that.

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Speaker 1: Because a number of practices, a number of practices and

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Speaker 1: that same thing. Odele would seems like he was in

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