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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. I'm your host, Tatum

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Speaker 1: Everett and the Purple close out the regular season at

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Speaker 1: home on Sunday, trying to end the year with a

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Speaker 1: winning record. It's a Border Battle finale when the Vikings

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Speaker 1: welcome Green Bay to US Bank Stadium for a noonkick

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Speaker 1: on CBS. We're so excited about the guests that we

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Speaker 1: have on the show. This week, we sit down with

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Speaker 1: Lauren Pinter, who's one of our many talented game presentation

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Speaker 1: staff members. That team is instrumental to our award winning

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Speaker 1: in game experience, and they really outdid themselves with the

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Speaker 1: Winner white out on Christmas Day. Lauren will give us

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Speaker 1: all the behind the scenes tea on what went into

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Speaker 1: such a spectacular game day. But first we check in

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Speaker 1: with Good Morning Football host Mantiteo, who was at Sunday's game.

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Speaker 1: He spent a morning at our TCO studios to host

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Speaker 1: Good Morning Football with Jamie Erdall, and then they were

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Speaker 1: on the broadcast team for the Vikings Life game. So

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Speaker 1: we asked him all about that, as well as his

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Speaker 1: thoughts on fellow former Notre Dame defensive standout and Vikings

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Speaker 1: current legend Harrison Smith joining us now is a Good

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Speaker 1: Morning Football's co host, Manti Tale Mantai, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for being here. I feel like this place looks

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Speaker 1: a little familiar to you though.

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Speaker 2: We miss it.

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Speaker 3: We miss it.

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Speaker 2: We're there obviously. Last week for those of you who

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Speaker 2: don't know, we actually had the opportunity to bless you

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Speaker 2: have shooting Good Morning Football from the Vikings facility and

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Speaker 2: everyone there was just so welcoming and just lovely, and

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Speaker 2: I thought you guys were just tremendous hosts, and so

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Speaker 2: thank you so much, guys, We really appreciate it. We

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Speaker 2: miss you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it wasn't your first time in the

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Speaker 1: practice facility either. You said you had visited at winter Park,

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Speaker 1: which I thought was super interesting.

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Speaker 2: Well, actually it's my first time in that one, the

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Speaker 2: one that I visited coming out in twenty thirteen. I

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Speaker 2: had a little pre draft visit. It wasn't that facility.

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Speaker 2: And let me just say, that's more than just a facility.

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Speaker 2: That's like a resort over there. It's I got lost,

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Speaker 2: I mean, thank goodness, I had some help to get

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Speaker 1: Speaking of work of art, how about the Vikings defensive

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Speaker 1: performance against the Lions. What stood out to you the.

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Speaker 2: Most, Well, what stood out to me the most has

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Speaker 2: been what stood out to me, you know, since Brian

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Speaker 2: Flores has been a defensive coordinator. I love and I

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Speaker 2: don't just say that because I'm on this show, but

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Speaker 2: I love watching the defense. I think it's pure art

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Speaker 2: is as when it comes to just the tech, the

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Speaker 3: I am.

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Speaker 2: I was blessed to be in a defense my first

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Speaker 2: four years were disguising. Was was huge in our approach

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Speaker 2: and to see Brian Flores how he utilizes his players,

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Speaker 2: especially guys like Harrison Smith. He gives them the luxury

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Speaker 2: like that. So it was beautiful to watch. I know,

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Speaker 2: Jamie Earla, I had a blast watching her team do

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Speaker 2: like to admit that it's it was. It was, It

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Speaker 1: Well, let me pick your brain then, because I want to.

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Speaker 1: You know, everyone talks about how difficult it is to

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Speaker 1: like from your perspective, when does it click and how

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Speaker 1: hard is it to to to be able to pull

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Speaker 2: Well, it takes very very smart players, it takes a

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Speaker 2: very very good coach, and so there's layers to it.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 2: Number one, I have to know my job as as

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Speaker 2: If if one guy's doing something, a quarterback will look

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Speaker 2: Like the defensive structure fits like a puzzle. If one

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Speaker 2: the pro level is played pre snap. And what I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it looked like that was exactly what the

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Speaker 1: commit six turnovers, and of course one of those was

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Speaker 1: a beautiful interception by your guy, Harrison Smith, former Notre

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Speaker 1: Dame guys, and a chance for you guys to kind

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Speaker 1: of connect a little by know, you wore the jersey

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Speaker 1: But of course, I mean it felt like Harrison was

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Speaker 2: Well, I saw a guy who was just relishing in

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Speaker 2: it was. It was so nice to watching my cheered on.

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Speaker 2: I cheered him on during the game. I actually mentioned

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Speaker 1: What made you feel that way so strongling.

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Speaker 2: Well, when you have the defense that Brian Flores has,

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Speaker 2: Number One is because there's so many moving parts, there

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Speaker 2: And so I wasn't only just talking about Harrison's ability

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Speaker 2: so for this whole thing to work the way that

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Speaker 1: A lot of Vikings fans are already rilling the cries

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Speaker 1: for a gold jacket for him. What would what would

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Speaker 2: You know, it's funny. I was hoping that we had

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Speaker 2: Jamie and I were pushing to get Harrison one, but

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Speaker 2: We played together at Notre Dame. I told him pregame.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks for sharing that. That's really really cool. One

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Speaker 1: more question for you before I let you get going,

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Speaker 1: because uh, you know, here here in Minnesota, we do

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Speaker 2: Well, just to give everybody for those people who didn't

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Speaker 2: I looked at Jamie. I was like, Jamie, screw it,

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Speaker 2: It says a lot about the Minnesota Vikings fan base

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Speaker 2: for them to to to show up for their team

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Speaker 2: like that, a game where you know you're not going

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Speaker 1: Welcome back into the Minnesota Vikings podcast, I'm your host

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Speaker 1: Tatum Everett, and that was Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell

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Speaker 1: following that Christmas Day win over the Lions. A big

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Speaker 1: It was a massive lift to combine the holiday with

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Speaker 1: How you feeling? That was? That was a massive undertaking?

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Speaker 1: It was It was huge. But we're doing good.

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Speaker 4: We you know, we had a long week in following,

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Speaker 4: Honestly, the second that the Bacelli started singing, I had

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Speaker 1: So how hard was it to keep that secret? Because

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Lauren, congratulations seriously on like an amazing show.

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Speaker 1: I think everyone there thought it was just so much fun,

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