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Speaker 3: your fault, Kyle, this is my fault for somehow understanding

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Speaker 3: that Ben now went in and reported and Thayer was

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Speaker 3: not reporting that he was the tackle.

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Speaker 1: So that's how quickly the things happen.

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Speaker 3: And you know, give give all the credit to the

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Speaker 3: players and the assistant coaches for having them ready and

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Speaker 3: being able to help us win.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys, thank