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Speaker 1: The NFL never sleeps.

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Speaker 2: The roster is ever evolving, and it's all about finding

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Speaker 2: the edge. This is the Last Word, the off season

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Speaker 2: home of the Indianapolis Colts. Now here's Jeffrey Gorman and

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Speaker 1: He here we go. What's up Friday night is upon

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Speaker 1: us TGIF out there and welcome to the Last Word.

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor. No Jeffrey Gorman. Tonight, little false advertising

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Speaker 1: right there. We apologize for that. He's on vacation with

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Speaker 1: his lovely fiance out west in Arizona. But he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be back next Friday. As we do the show every week,

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Speaker 1: here with you on a Friday evening on the Home

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Speaker 1: of the Colts ninety three to five and one seventy

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Speaker 1: five the fan. That means tonight, I'm joined by the

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Speaker 1: greatness of Casey Valier showcase. How we doing that?

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Speaker 3: I'm good, Matt. You went to the bullpen. My right

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Speaker 1: Here we go. Are you've been warming up for a while,

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Speaker 1: You're flexed and ready, mane ready to roll everybody for

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Speaker 1: like four innings coming out of the pen. The long man, as.

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Speaker 3: They said, four innings. That might be a stretch. Maybe

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Speaker 1: Happy to have you again. We are the last word

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Speaker 1: of the off season radio home of the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 1: We are airing inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio

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Speaker 1: studio every Friday evening again here on the Home of

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Speaker 1: the Colts. And you know, my voice is a little

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Speaker 1: bit raspy. I think I have whatever your kids have,

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Speaker 1: Casey tell yeah, you got the sickness going around here?

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Speaker 3: around there? Their voice is the least of my concern.

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Speaker 3: It has been just like it's like, you know, the

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Speaker 3: I mean we've had I think every day since Tuesday

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, we'll see what happens next week.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna power through as we always do. We got

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Speaker 1: a busy show here for you tonight, So we're not

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Speaker 1: gonna beat around the bush. We're gonna talk a lot

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Speaker 1: of big things, as always with the Indianapolis Colts. Casey,

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Speaker 1: how's your German?

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Speaker 1: because the Colts are headed back to Germany in twenty

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Speaker 1: next season. And we're also gonna put Chris Ballard's into

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Speaker 1: This week, Casey announced that the Colts have been designated

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Speaker 1: But the game will be held in Berlin's historic Olympic Stadium,

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Speaker 3: It was one of those things where I knew at

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Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously it all stems from from last year the

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Speaker 3: You know, it was one of those things that I

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Speaker 3: Welcome to it here, Matt.

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Speaker 1: Not good, not good. So we'll formulate a game plan

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Speaker 1: and with Chris's comments from last week, case he just

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Speaker 1: going to throw it out there. How do you expect

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Speaker 3: I think definitely you're going to see a change. There's

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Speaker 1: Right to what degree we'll find out, right, but there's

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Speaker 1: who wouldn't want to exactly? You know, the Colts had

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Speaker 1: Chris's point was there was almost too much continuity. It

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Speaker 1: And Chris said that too many players didn't have to

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Speaker 1: been made of the Colts culture the last couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: and culture case is a big buzzword. We hear it

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Speaker 1: and it sounds like the Colts need more competition. That

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Speaker 1: means adding more talent to the roster in a lot

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Speaker 1: We know he's missed nineteen games. You know, the questions

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Speaker 1: terms of what that means for Chris ballor that has

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Speaker 1: him hinting that he's ready to add competition to the

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Speaker 1: I'm Matt Taylor, No Jeffrey Gorman tonight, but we're back

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Speaker 1: for the final time close out the show with you

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Speaker 1: until seven o'clock. You're on the Home of the Colts

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Speaker 1: ninety three to five and one oh seven five the Fan.

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Speaker 2: This is your weekly fix on Colts football, The Last

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Speaker 2: Word with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor from the Indiana

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Speaker 2: Union Construction Industry Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, welcome back to the Last Word. We are

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Speaker 1: the offseason radio home of the Indianapolis Colts inside the

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Speaker 1: Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio Studio. Matt Taylor here, Casey Valier,

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Speaker 1: filling in for Jeffrey Gorman, who's back next week, Casey,

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Speaker 1: for any amount of money you want. Do you know

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Speaker 1: who sings this home?

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Speaker 3: I had a feeling that you're gonna ask.

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Speaker 1: I had no idea who who sang this song? But

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Speaker 1: I was driving home from work about a week ago

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Speaker 1: and I heard this on Sirius XM. And this thing

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Speaker 1: just drives, man, it kind of it kind of cooks

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Speaker 1: a little bit. This would be Johnny Kidd and the Pirates.

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Speaker 1: And if you ask me the Pirates, yeah, Johnny Kidd. Right,

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Speaker 1: that's the new one from Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

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Speaker 1: from the background. Now I have I mean, if you

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Speaker 1: ask me for another Johnny Kidd in the Pirates song,

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Speaker 1: I'm coming up empty on Jeopardy Buddy, Wow, I did

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Speaker 1: like that Pirates all right? Yeah, that one cooked a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Hey, it's time now for the Forum Credit

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Speaker 1: Union Question of the Week, Casey. My question to you

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Speaker 1: is this we tease this in terms of continuity. All right, So,

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Speaker 1: for the second straight season, the four remaining teams in

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Speaker 1: the AFC entering the divisional round are the Chiefs, Bills, Ravens,

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Speaker 1: and Texans against same four teams as last year in

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Speaker 1: the final four in the AFC. Two thousand and eleven

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Speaker 1: marked the last time the NFL saw the same four

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Speaker 1: teams in a conference in the divisional round and back

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Speaker 1: to back seasons. Also, since twenty twenty one, AFC home

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Speaker 1: teams in the playoffs. Casey are twelve and oh in

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Speaker 1: the wild card round. My question is, who was the

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Speaker 1: last AFC wild card team to win a road game

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs?

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Speaker 3: Wo Man, that's a great question.

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Speaker 1: So you have to start at least in twenty twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: All right, the Colts made the playoffs that year.

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Speaker 3: By the way, Okay, I'm gonna go with the Chargers. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: let's go with the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: That would have been the rookie year of one Justin Herbert,

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Speaker 1: and that is flat out incorrect. Could not be more wrong.

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Speaker 1: The answer are the Ravens and the Browns both won

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Speaker 1: road playoff games that year, So I had two teams

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Speaker 1: from the AFC North. Okay, that's the last time. So

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Speaker 1: it's been home domination and a lot of chalk at

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Speaker 1: least in the AFC in terms of the playoffs in

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Speaker 1: the first round on Super wild Card weekend, if you will.

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Speaker 1: And also, why does that matter for the Indianapolis Colts, casey,

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Speaker 1: because those teams aren't going anywhere exactly right, And Chris

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Speaker 1: Ballery was pretty honest in saying, hey, the Colts aren't close.

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Speaker 1: We got a lot of distance to make up. Well,

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Speaker 1: only one win last year for the Colts in the

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Speaker 1: regular season against a team that made the playoffs. And

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Speaker 1: the AFC is full of teams that are just loaded

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Speaker 1: because of quarterback stability.

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Speaker 3: And also when you mentioned twelve to zero for the

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Speaker 3: home teams, that is another one. You know, it shows

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Speaker 3: the importance of winning the division and having a home

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Speaker 3: playoff game you can venture out even to the NFC.

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Speaker 3: Think about the Vikings. You know they're a wild card team.

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Speaker 3: They won fourteen games, but to go on the road

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Speaker 3: and they lose.

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Speaker 1: So how about that.

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Speaker 3: You know they have won the same amount of playoff

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Speaker 3: games as all those teams that didn't make the playoffs

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Speaker 3: this year. And that is a team that was one

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Speaker 3: of the best in football. So it is so vital

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Speaker 3: to be able to win a division.

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Speaker 1: No question. Hey. Visit the forum Credit Union fanforum section

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Speaker 1: of Colts dot com to interact with other fans online.

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Speaker 1: You can post the topic, can participate in various discussions

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Speaker 1: on the Colts Forum credit Union helping members live their

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Speaker 1: financial dreams. All right, we're closing it out. Let's go

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Speaker 1: back to the playoffs. Casey. We don't have a lot

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Speaker 1: of time to spend on this, but we got two

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Speaker 1: matchups Saturday, two match on Sunday. Give me the game

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Speaker 1: you are most looking forward to watching this weekend.

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Speaker 3: I'm really excited about Ravens and Bills. I think the

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Speaker 3: Chiefs run away with it. I think Lions win Rams

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Speaker 3: Eagles doesn't move the needle for me, but I'm really

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Speaker 3: excited to see the Josh Allen Lamar Jackson battle on

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Speaker 3: Sunday night.

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Speaker 1: Do the Texans have anything for the Chiefs?

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Speaker 3: I don't think so. But you know, the Texans are

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Speaker 3: a team that I thought they were kind of fluttering

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Speaker 3: into the postseason, and they were able to pull off

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Speaker 3: a big victory over the Chargers last weekend. So who knows.

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Speaker 1: With a win for Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes would break

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Speaker 1: a tie with Hall of Famers Troy Aikman, John Elway,

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Speaker 1: Joe Montana, and Terry Bradshaw Casey for the third longest

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Speaker 1: quarterback winning streak in NFL playoff history. The only guy

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Speaker 1: that has more wins consecutively in NFL postseason history would.

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Speaker 3: Be Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Hall of Famer Bart Starr.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady won ten in a row from two thousand

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Speaker 1: and one to two thousand and five, and then Bart

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Speaker 1: Starr got it done nine consecutive victories from nineteen sixty

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Speaker 1: one to nineteen sixty seven. I like it. That's got

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Speaker 1: me fired up.

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Speaker 3: Can you see?

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Speaker 1: We do this every Friday? What's got you fired up?

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Speaker 1: On a Friday going into what should be a long

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Speaker 1: weekend for a lot of folks.

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Speaker 3: So it's gonna start off a little somber because I

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Speaker 3: want to, you know, give my condolences to Bob Uker.

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Speaker 3: He was a great voice like that for for me

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Speaker 3: so long. So honestly, my fired up Friday is I'm

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Speaker 3: going to watch Major League because it's been too long

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Speaker 3: and all I think of when I think of Bob,

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Speaker 3: you all of that. So that is what my fired

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Speaker 3: up Friday is gonna be.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you, man, it's a three day weekend. I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm fired up to not have to shovel my driveway. Then, God,

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Speaker 1: I hear you first time on like four weekend, so

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Speaker 1: we'll see how that goes. And excited to watch some football.

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Speaker 1: So life is pretty good. But that's all we've got

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Speaker 1: Tonight again, we're up against it. We got a run.

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Speaker 1: But thanks for getting in the last word with us

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Speaker 1: tonight for Casey Valley. I'm Matt Taylor. Jeffrey Gorman is

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Speaker 1: back with us next week back in the saddle. Have

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Speaker 1: a great weekend, everybody, stay safe, stay warm, and again

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Speaker 1: ESPN Radio is coming up next. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: about the next Friday and getting more in on the

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Speaker 1: last Word here on the Home of the Colts ninety

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Speaker 1: three five and one oh seven five the Fan. Good Night,