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Speaker 1: Miss Lara Overton, Mister j J. Stankobitz, and what a

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Speaker 1: We're gonna bring in Mike Reese from ESPN, bring us

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Speaker 1: behind the drapery of the New England Patriots, get a

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Speaker 1: coming up Saturday night. I also, why not ho home.

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Speaker 1: We'll bring in the greatest place kicker of all time.

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Speaker 1: It's new England week So Adam Bennett TERI will join

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Speaker 1: us right now. But first and foremost, guys, we got

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Speaker 1: I get a quick rundown of how great it was

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Speaker 1: sitting on the couch watching your playoff chances improved? Well,

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Speaker 1: how about sitting on an airplane watching your playoff chances

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Speaker 1: send a fruit basket to George Kittle Ayuk and Brandon

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Speaker 1: to Tom Brady and Brashad Perriman will never happen. Did

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Speaker 1: for like a game this year. Those two games, those

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Speaker 1: the Colts up to sixth in the AFC playoffs standing,

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Speaker 1: so the Colts control their own destiny. Now. I know

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Speaker 1: That's that's where we stand right now. That is the initiative,

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Speaker 1: this game, to me, I'm looking at Kenny Moore the Second,

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Speaker 1: I love what you do at your job. You're informative.

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Speaker 1: I've been following you for years. You get inside that

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Speaker 1: You can't see me, but I'm just smiling, and I'm

430
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Speaker 1: going to tip off something that I am going to

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Speaker 1: write for the morning of the game on ESPN, And

432
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,280
Speaker 1: it's that, like the teachers haven't been to Lucas Oil

433
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 1: since two and we need to look back and appreciate

434
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 1: that rivalry and all those memories that these two organizations

435
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Speaker 1: have created. Like I know, like you mentioned lopsided and

436
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Speaker 1: it's interesting, Like I don't have the numbers off the

437
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Speaker 1: top of my head, but I'll never forget two thousand

438
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Speaker 1: and five when the right like in Foxborough, when Martin

439
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:18,159
Speaker 1: Harrison of all people like had that emphatic spipe of

440
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Speaker 1: the football, remember big time he scored like those at

441
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: Like we could make a list, maybe we should of

442
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Speaker 1: like twenty moments that like resulted because of the rivalry

443
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 1: between teams. So maybe the end result severed the Patriots

444
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,479
Speaker 1: in totality that I feel how I think it's been

445
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Speaker 1: great moments along the way for both teams with the rivalry.

446
00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: I'm so I adn't gonna look into that. See. Hey,

447
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: maybe this is like a chapter with Mac and Kersen

448
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,200
Speaker 1: to marry up all the great moments we had seen

449
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Speaker 1: in the past. Yeah, let's keep this rivalry rolling. Mike

450
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Speaker 1: Race from the ESPN cover in the New England Patriots,

451
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Speaker 1: trying to get you behind the curtain a little bit.

452
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Speaker 1: It's kind of a two part question, as Belichick ever

453
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Speaker 1: rolled his eyes at you at a press conference or

454
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Speaker 1: glared at you? And also also if you are are

455
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Speaker 1: in July, you're both on Martha's vineyard outside the ice

456
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Speaker 1: cream shop? Does Belichick say hi to Mike Reece? Okay?

457
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: Has he rolled his eyes? It's usually more of a growl,

458
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,960
Speaker 1: you know, And I can sense it when it's coming,

459
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Speaker 1: you know, it's right. I'm about to ask an injury claes, sure,

460
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Speaker 1: like I did this week with Adrian Phillips and Damian Harris.

461
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Speaker 1: Sort But the one thing I would say is it's

462
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Speaker 1: two different people from the press conference setting to the

463
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Speaker 1: non press conference setting, and it's Luber personal. It's always

464
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Speaker 1: just about the football with him, and this is a

465
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Speaker 1: little behind the curtain. And I hope he doesn't mind

466
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Speaker 1: me feeling it because I'm I've become more sensitive to

467
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: this over the years because I do think like the

468
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Speaker 1: personal relationships we have with people are somewhat sacred because

469
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Speaker 1: I'm not personal. But Bill does send out holiday cards

470
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Speaker 1: to people, UM, and that's when you know that, well,

471
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: things might get tense at times, UM, and it can

472
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Speaker 1: be uncomfortable at times that it's all sort of in

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Speaker 1: the course of um, you know, daily press coach relations

474
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Speaker 1: and it's never anything beyond it. Are you getting Christmas cards? Rees?

475
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Speaker 1: Yes or no? Are you your imagination? He's one of

476
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Speaker 1: his guys. I knew it. I knew it. I love it.

477
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Speaker 1: I love it. I'm just gonna that one there for you.

478
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Speaker 1: It's sort of just pass it out there, like I

479
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 1: love it. Man. Yeah, can't wait. Hey, you do a

480
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Speaker 1: great job on ESPN showing us what's going on in

481
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Speaker 1: New England. Obviously, it's fun to cover this team when

482
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Speaker 1: they're winning like that. And I can't wait to read

483
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Speaker 1: your book on Belichick when it's all said and done,

484
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,640
Speaker 1: because that's going to be a great one. But Mike Reece,

485
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 1: I sure appreciate the time we're We've got a national

486
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Speaker 1: television audience coming in a huge crowd every all eyes

487
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Speaker 1: are on this matchup again, and it's kind of like

488
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Speaker 1: Lara and Bed pointed, we're brewing up this rivalry again.

489
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Speaker 1: So it's an exciting time. I can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: on the field come Saturday. I love it. And I'm

491
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Speaker 1: keeping an eye on the turnovers, like you want to know,

492
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Speaker 1: the Colts plus third teams over differential best in the league,

493
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Speaker 1: Patriots not far behind Tips a third in the league

494
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Speaker 1: plus ten. So we often say turnovers will determine the game,

495
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: like this is one of those where it's probably true

496
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Speaker 1: right right on those statistics. Absolutely, I kind of think

497
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Speaker 1: you're you're liking the Colts in this one the way

498
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Speaker 1: you came up with that turnover stats. So I mean,

499
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Speaker 1: I'm just trying to read between the lines here. I'm

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Speaker 1: not doing the same thing I didn't conversation. I know

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Speaker 1: Adam na Ryous possibly he's coming up next. Say hello

502
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Speaker 1: to him for me. What a great story and what

503
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 1: a great perspective like he has on this whole scene

504
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,639
Speaker 1: and just just awesome stuff. And I love beat fashion.

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Speaker 1: Were awesome, man, So much fun with you. Mike Reese

506
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 1: at Mike Reese on Twitter at Mike Reese Patriots on Instagram.

507
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 1: Follow him. He's a great one. Have a good day, sir.

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Speaker 1: We'll see on the field come Saturday. Thanks Nike, looking

509
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Speaker 1: florid to it. Thank you so much. Now we bring

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Speaker 1: in Royalty yet again, Adam vene TERI joining the Colts

511
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Speaker 1: Official podcast, brought to you by our friends at wind

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Speaker 1: Beat A V. I love seeing you. Last time I

513
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: did it, we were at a party celebrating Peyton Manning

514
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Speaker 1: getting into the Hall of Fame. We had a nice

515
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Speaker 1: chat there and I gotta, I gotta start there, V,

516
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: I gotta start right there. Did it get your juices

517
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Speaker 1: flowing a little bit? Seeing what goes on at the

518
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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame? Because you know this, okay, and I'm

519
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 1: not gonna I know you're gonna be humble and everything,

520
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: but you're going in, brother, So you gotta think about parties.

521
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: You got to think about invites and all that stuff.

522
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Speaker 1: Does that stuff come up when you're down there in Canton? Well,

523
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: it was fun. We definitely had an enjoyable time there,

524
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Speaker 1: seeing all of old teammates and people from across the

525
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: league that wanted to come in and celebrate and you know,

526
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Speaker 1: just just enjoy their time with with Peyton and doing that,

527
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: So that was that was all first and foremost that

528
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Speaker 1: we had an amazing weekend seeing a bunch of the guys,

529
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Speaker 1: and that was a lot of fun as far as

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Speaker 1: I'm concerned. Yeah, hopefully I make it. You know, I

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Speaker 1: got my fingers crossed, and if I'm fortunate enough to

532
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Speaker 1: do it, my party should be pretty fun as well. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: ills Adam Venatari the best to ever play his position

534
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Speaker 1: as our guest here on The Colt's official podcast, we

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Speaker 1: Know What's coming up on Saturday night National television audience

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Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium. Does this thing get you? You know,

537
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Speaker 1: you've been out of the game for a little bit,

538
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 1: you played for both teams, obviously, does this thing still

539
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: get you fired up? When these two teams meet? Oh,

540
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: for sure, this will be a This will be a

541
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Speaker 1: huge game. You mean, obviously it's playoff implications for both

542
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Speaker 1: teams teams, you know, you know, Patriots are trying to

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Speaker 1: keep that number one seed and the Colts quite frankly,

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Speaker 1: you know, the way I look at it, we probably

545
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Speaker 1: need to win at least three of the last four

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Speaker 1: to have a shot of getting in. So this is

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Speaker 1: a huge game for both teams. Um, you know, and

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Speaker 1: the way I see it is h the better team's

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Speaker 1: gonna you know, it's gonna be a fun game to watch.

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00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: Nationally televised games are always exciting, you know. I know,

551
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: most of the guys that are there don't remember the

552
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 1: whole Josh McDaniel's debacle and all that stuff when when

553
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: Frank got hired, and so you know, that probably doesn't

554
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Speaker 1: mean a whole lot to the players, I mean, honestly,

555
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Speaker 1: because it's so far removed and a lot of them

556
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: weren't there. But I know it means something to the fans.

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Speaker 1: It will be loud and crazy and everybody will be

558
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Speaker 1: fired up. So it's going to be a playoff type atmosphere.

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00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,920
Speaker 1: And you know, when you get to December, every game

560
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Speaker 1: starts to become playoffs. Is implications anyway, So might as

561
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Speaker 1: well start to start Saturday night, Adam. This team has

562
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,479
Speaker 1: been you know, very local and very candidate about Hey,

563
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 1: we know, we dug ourselves into a hole. We put

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Speaker 1: ourselves in position where we basically, you know, all things considered,

565
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 1: kind of have to win out or at least certainly

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Speaker 1: be playing our most consistent best ball in December. Not

567
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Speaker 1: leave this to the scoreboard. Watching at the end of

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Speaker 1: this season, and you were part of you know, that

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Speaker 1: deficit the team drug dug themselves into back in twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Then you know, went into the playoffs, had like an

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Speaker 1: incredible finish to close out this season. What have you

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Speaker 1: seen in the last month or so from this team

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Speaker 1: in particular that indicates they're capable of going on that

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Speaker 1: type of run that we saw from that group that

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Speaker 1: was so special that you were a part of a

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Speaker 1: couple of seasons ago. Well, you're absolutely right. I think

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00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: this team has a ton of talent. I mean, obviously

578
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: our defense is I really love watching our defense because

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Speaker 1: we're super aggressive. We've got guys on the backside like

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Speaker 1: Annymore and some of those guys that seem to make

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Speaker 1: big plays and turnovers and change the momentum of the

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Speaker 1: game and really give advantage for us. Jonathan Taylor a

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Speaker 1: man having so much fun watching this guy play is

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Speaker 1: he is dynamic and and hopefully he's still you know

585
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Speaker 1: in the talks for the for the league MVP. I mean,

586
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 1: it's it's it's awesome watching us. You know, that's the

587
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 1: formula good defense, being able to run the ball. You know,

588
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: obviously Carson's playing very well. And if you have a

589
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Speaker 1: quarterback that can make plays and and uh, and you

590
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: can run the ball, you can go a long way.

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Speaker 1: So you know, I see it this way. You're absolutely right.

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Speaker 1: We lost a couple they lost a couple of games

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Speaker 1: early in the season that you look back at and

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Speaker 1: you go, oh, my gosh, how did we let that

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Speaker 1: one get away from us? I think there's been maybe

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00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: three different games that we probably should have won that

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00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,479
Speaker 1: we didn't kind of thing. Um, And you know, if

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Speaker 1: you win those games, you're sitting really really good. But

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Speaker 1: the nice thing is is that when you're in December

600
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Speaker 1: and all the goals are still sitting there in front

601
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Speaker 1: of you, you've got reasons to come to work and

602
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: bust your butt every single day. You know they've got

603
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 1: they've got everything in front of him, and I'm sure

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00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 1: this week is no different. There. It's all about business

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00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: and trying to trying to get a big win this weekend.

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Speaker 1: So you know, yeah, you know, ultimately, ultimately, at this point,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's it's almost you know, every game is

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00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: super important, but they're all important early in the year,

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Speaker 1: but now it comes down to the you have to

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Speaker 1: keep winning. So this will be a good one. This

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Speaker 1: will be a fun one for everybody as a kicker.

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Speaker 1: Is there's something that you can appreciate about how rare

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Speaker 1: it is to play these final four games, none of

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Speaker 1: which are going to be in the elements, because you're

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Speaker 1: at Lucas Oil against the Patriots and against the Raiders,

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Speaker 1: and then you go to Arizona and you fish things

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Speaker 1: up at Jacksonville, so you don't have any of those

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Speaker 1: wild Buffalo or Foxborough or Green Bay type of situations

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Speaker 1: that you know you're kicking into in month of December

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Speaker 1: and January. Yeah, it's a little bit more comfortable, I guess,

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Speaker 1: thinking that you can just rely on your skills and

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Speaker 1: not have to worry about elements and what the kicking

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Speaker 1: surface is going to be. I watched that Buffalo game

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Speaker 1: and I just laughed. I saw past tweets about you know,

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Speaker 1: the weather and all that stuff, and I just kind

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Speaker 1: of laughed and said, man, I remember, you know, my

627
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,239
Speaker 1: twenty some years of playing, I played up there at

628
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Speaker 1: least ten or fifteen times, and it seems like, damn

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Speaker 1: near every time you're having some sort of weather and

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Speaker 1: I don't care if it's September, it could be snow

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Speaker 1: and so yeah, there are certain places that you just

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Speaker 1: you look at and you hope that you get lucky

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Speaker 1: and get some good weather. But it's nice when you

634
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Speaker 1: have a couple of dome games at home and then

635
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: Arizona should be great weather. Jacksonville is probably gonna be nice.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, not having to worry about some of that

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Speaker 1: stuff and just and quite frankly, just the best team

638
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Speaker 1: wins rather than having to worry about weather conditions and

639
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Speaker 1: changing your game plan as a beautiful thing. Hey, Adam,

640
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Speaker 1: we were talking earlier before we had Jon about the

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Speaker 1: biggest games at Lucas Oil Stadium recently, And you know,

642
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Speaker 1: we talked about that game in twenty thirteen against Denver

643
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,919
Speaker 1: where Peyton came back. In the atmosphere of that game,

644
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: maybe this game Saturday will be the biggest game, the

645
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 1: best atmosphere at Lucas Oil Stadium since that game. What

646
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 1: is it like at Lucas Oil Stadium when you've got

647
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 1: that intensity from the crowd and that buzz and that

648
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: juice for these big games. What is it like as

649
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: a player in those games? Oh, it's you know, honestly

650
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: home field and when they're loud and electric, it it

651
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: just so much for you, you know it, you know

652
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: the levels of a game. You know, everybody's excited at

653
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: the very first play of the game and then it

654
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: kind of wears off and gets into a normal game.

655
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: But having that loud atmosphere on you know, when it's

656
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: third down for the other team or or a big

657
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: play happens, it's just you just love that that that

658
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: emotion and that excitement in the in the stadium and

659
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: being able to feed off of that or quite frank

660
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 1: it makes it tough on a quarterback if if if

661
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 1: they can't make their calls and stuff. So you know,

662
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: it's still eleven on eleven. It always has been, always

663
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: will be. But having that home field advantage when they're

664
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Speaker 1: when they're alloud, and the key is Colts have to

665
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: play well enough to keep the crowd fired up. And

666
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: you know everybody alays talks about it, you know, take

667
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: the crowd out of the game by making plays. Well,

668
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 1: we have to make plays to keep the crowd excited

669
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: the whole game long. And if they can do that, yeah,

670
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: that's a huge advantage and it makes a big difference

671
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: in my mind. The future Hall of Famer and a

672
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Speaker 1: great follow on Twitter at Annam Venetari again as it

673
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: sounds at Adam Venetia the future Hall of Famer. Follow

674
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: him on Twitter. I'll get into aj Vinetaria. We may

675
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: have another Venetarian's kicking on Sundays, but give me a

676
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 1: minute on that one. What did you learn from Belichick?

677
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: Here's what Belichick said about you when he was winning championships.

678
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: The best player on our football team is our kicker. Okay,

679
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: that's what you meant to New England. I want to

680
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: know what Belichick instilled into you that brought you into

681
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 1: your career with Indianapolis where Adam VENITERI you were a

682
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 1: team leader in that locker room as a place kicker,

683
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: you were a team leader. What did Belichick teach you

684
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: about being a pro and the consistency and longevity of

685
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 1: your career? Well, you know, ultimately, I've got a huge

686
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: admiration and respect for Coach Belichick. He always seemed to

687
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 1: be able to get the best out of all of

688
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: his players, you know what I mean. So if you

689
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: were he just what I thought he did really well.

690
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: And it reminds me of guys like Brady and Peyton Is.

691
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 1: They understand xs and ohs so well. They can they

692
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: can make a game plan with hey, these are my

693
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: best players, these are maybe my you know, weaker spots,

694
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 1: maybe not the dominant spots, and they can make a

695
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,959
Speaker 1: game game plan to make I remember Belichick, I always

696
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: used to say, you know, they're gonna have to beat

697
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: us left handed, so I'm going to take your best

698
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: players away, and if you can find a way to

699
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: still beat us, well great. And I think ultimately that's

700
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: what makes his team so good is they always find

701
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: a way to stay in the game at the end

702
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 1: of the game. And you know, ultimately, I think, you know,

703
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: for him to say that, I laugh. There were so

704
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: many great, great, great players on that team. But I

705
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: think what what he appreciated in me is in all

706
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: of his players is he could trust us that they

707
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: were going to do their job when the time came,

708
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: and and and ultimately, there was a lot of games

709
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: that the way his philosophy and the way he set

710
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: up a game plan, it was going to be a

711
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: tight game at the end, and he expected me to

712
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: make a kick at the end to win the game.

713
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: And and more times than not had happened that way.

714
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 1: So Alter damn right, it did well. Hopefully when I

715
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Speaker 1: came to came to India, it worked the same way too,

716
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Speaker 1: so U But yeah, now, I just I just think

717
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: that that he has a very unique way of keeping

718
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,359
Speaker 1: his team composed and playing at the best of their

719
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: level and never and never dipping down and and like

720
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: never like getting complacent. They're always ready to play. And

721
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: that's the challenge that that the Colts have this weekend

722
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: is is and I don't think there's much of a

723
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: challenge in that because honestly, if you can't get fired

724
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: up for this game, uh, you know, you can't get

725
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: fired up at all. This is gonna be this is

726
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 1: gonna be to may your heavyweights, you know, shooting for

727
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 1: I don't want to say for the title, but this

728
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: is a this is a game that's going to feel

729
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: like a playoff game, and you've got to find a

730
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: way to win this one. So for sure, I think

731
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 1: that's that's the game plan. There are so many storied

732
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: battles between these two franchises, and this is an AFC

733
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: picture that continues to be pretty wide open as we

734
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 1: head into this final quarter of this season. How much

735
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: better is football? How much better is the AFC? When

736
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 1: you have a situation in which the Colts and the

737
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: Patriots are both relevant teams and this stretch of the

738
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 1: season battling, contending and looking to kind of bring out

739
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 1: the best in each other. For sure. I tell you what,

740
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: this season has been exciting because, like you said, just

741
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: just this weekend alone, three or four teams went from

742
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: being you know, if the season ended today, what worked

743
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 1: what teams were in the playoffs before this weekend versus

744
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: which ones were out. I mean there were three or

745
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: four teams that jumped around, and you know, there's not

746
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 1: a clear number one team out there, so December, everybody's

747
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,919
Speaker 1: fighting for a playoff spot, for the number one seed,

748
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: for for what it went in their division. I mean,

749
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: it's that's what football is kind of supposed to be about,

750
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: you know. It's every every fan across the country can

751
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: still be cheering for their team for the most part,

752
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,239
Speaker 1: because there's so many teams that are still in this

753
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: So uh yeah, it's it's exciting. It's a it's a

754
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 1: heck of a lot of fun, you know, for for

755
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: for people that that love fantasy football and whatever, but

756
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,800
Speaker 1: just for for us people that just watch our hometown

757
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 1: team and and cheer them on, it's it's a ton

758
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 1: of fun watching and and ultimately there's going to be

759
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: so much movement in the next four weeks. It's it's

760
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: gonna be kind of cool to see how it ends up.

761
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: How do you or how did you as a player

762
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,360
Speaker 1: when you know you needed some help for whether it

763
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: was seating home field advantage or just making the playoffs,

764
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 1: How did you handle quote unquote scoreboard watching? Is that

765
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: something that we on the outside kind of makeing do

766
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: a bigger deal than it actually is, or were you,

767
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: you know, watching these games on you know, Thursday night

768
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 1: month like a right chargerstely we're watching. I remember there

769
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:09,160
Speaker 1: was one time where we we I think I wasn't

770
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: actually in New England at the time, that we needed

771
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: to win and somebody else had to lose, and then

772
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 1: it got even I think I remember one game. It

773
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 1: had nothing to do with with me or our team,

774
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 1: but I think it was like Green Bay was one

775
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 1: of the teams and somebody else and they had all

776
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 1: the tiebreakers. It came down to who scored more points

777
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 1: and it was like a shootout. They weren't playing each other,

778
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: they were playing two different teams and both teams were

779
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: trying to make more points. And it was forty five

780
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 1: to whatever and all this other team score, so now

781
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: we need to score another touchdown. They already won the game,

782
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: if you will, but they were dealing with that and

783
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 1: and that's kind of the fun thing when you're when

784
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 1: you're watching the scoreboard. I mean, you're you're it's always

785
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,919
Speaker 1: best to have your your own destiny in your own hands,

786
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: and you can if we win, we're in kind of thing.

787
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,760
Speaker 1: But it's always a little hair raising when you're sitting

788
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 1: back there going, hey, we need X y Z to lose,

789
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: and you know, hey, are they And the crazy thing

790
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 1: is when there's nothing to play for that last week

791
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: or two now, they're not playing their starters, So are

792
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: they gonna win versus this? You know? That's the that's

793
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: the part that that really sucks. When you're when you're

794
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,879
Speaker 1: expecting a team that should win but they're resting their

795
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,879
Speaker 1: players and they're not going to play those guys. That's

796
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: when it's kind of like, oh my gosh, you know,

797
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: so yeah, no, there's there's a ton of scoreboard watching.

798
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: There's a ton of watching who plays. Um, you know, hey,

799
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: if we're playing Saturday night, who's gonna play Sunday that

800
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: could potentially make a difference for us, that kind of thing.

801
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's. It happens for sure. It even

802
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 1: happens during the game when when when the scoreboard or

803
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: the or the big screen kicks on, the scores around

804
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 1: the league. Trust me, people are paying attention. The players

805
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: are definitely paying attention. At Adam Venetari on Twitter, he

806
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 1: is now considered a friend of this show. I so appreciated. Hey,

807
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 1: b I brought up your son, aj Benetari, who's having

808
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: success at the high school level. How tough is that

809
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: for a kid like that, when your dad's given your

810
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: pointers and he's the very best ever to do something

811
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: like you've done? Is that tough? I I put you,

812
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 1: you and Peyton in the same sentence saying, I think

813
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: it'd be tough for you guys to be coaches because

814
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,400
Speaker 1: they can't do it as good as you guys did it.

815
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So how is that, uh,

816
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: you know, teaching your son your craft and obviously this

817
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 1: huge success that he's having in high school. Well, I'll

818
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: tell you what. I'm probably the world's biggest critic when

819
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: it comes to that. So I always I always tell

820
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:30,919
Speaker 1: him I take it with a grain of salt. I said,

821
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 1: when you get my phrase, you're doing a very good job.

822
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: And I have to remember when I when I come

823
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: home and I'm like, man, that was just just an

824
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 1: average day. And I go, wait a second, He's an

825
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 1: eighteen year old kids, not a He's not Pat McAfee

826
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Speaker 1: or Riga Burto Sanchez or whoever. You know. I sit

827
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 1: there and I look at it, and I go, you know,

828
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: consistency is what keeps guys in the National Football League,

829
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: but high school guys who haven't played nearly as long

830
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: or not usually quite as consistent. So I always I

831
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: am a huge critic. And but but the other part

832
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: is is I've i've i've we worked out with with

833
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: some of the other guys that are in the league

834
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: and stuff, and and for them, they they say some

835
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: stuff to him too, to kind of CoA sign on

836
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: how I'm trying to coach a little bit. And uh,

837
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: I think I think he respects it. I think he understands,

838
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: you know, the deal, and uh, it's it's tough for

839
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: him at times though. You know, honestly, we were playing

840
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:28,399
Speaker 1: against other other teams and they're heckling him because he's

841
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: my kid, you know, not beaure bverything that's happening on

842
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,439
Speaker 1: the game. And and I just said, hey, no matter

843
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,719
Speaker 1: what the platform is, if you continue to play in college, um,

844
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 1: it's only going to get worse because your name's not

845
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 1: gonna go away. And yeah, they're gonna give you a

846
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 1: hard time. So you either either handle it or you

847
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,840
Speaker 1: find something else to do if you can't. But he

848
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: embraces it. He loves it. He thinks it's fun and funny,

849
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: and so I'm proud of him. He's had a he

850
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 1: had a nice high school career, and I'm excited to

851
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 1: chase him around in college somewhere and see where he's

852
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: gonna go. I remember having a conversation with your former

853
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: teammate Jeff Saturday. We went down to Georgia to cover

854
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: him as he was coaching high school football, and he

855
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: talked about having to dial it back from working with

856
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:09,919
Speaker 1: you know, Peyton for so many years and then Aaron

857
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 1: Rodgers and then you go in kind of with that

858
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 1: same intensity, and he said he was bringing all this

859
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: information and the kids were like drinking out of a

860
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: fire hose, like they're like just so overwhelmed. So He's like,

861
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 1: I just had to start dialing things back, you know,

862
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:22,840
Speaker 1: keeping it more simple. But that was like one of

863
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 1: the bigger adjustments from him was scaling it back from

864
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 1: of course, playing with some of the greatest players of

865
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 1: all time and then going to coaching, you know, to

866
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 1: small high school in Georgia. But your son, very interestingly,

867
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 1: one of his teammates this year and Zionsvill went to

868
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: the state championship game played at Lucas Oil Stadium Eugene Hilton,

869
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,800
Speaker 1: the son of t Y Hilton. How cool is that

870
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: for your son to have a teammate of yours on

871
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 1: his team as well, and to see kind of this

872
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 1: next generation coming up. Because I remember talking with t

873
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 1: Y earlier in the season and he was so excited

874
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: to watch Eugene and what he was doing on the

875
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: I think he was playing JV at the time. Up

876
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, Well, well, the apple doesn't fall

877
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: far from the tree in the Hilton family because Eugene,

878
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 1: although he was just a freshman this year, he worked

879
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: his way all the way up to the varsity team

880
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: and he is a dynamic I mean, you can see

881
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 1: a lot of similarities with him. His his fluid motion,

882
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 1: his I mean he can just joop guys out. He's

883
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:20,960
Speaker 1: just like, man, where do you Oh? Yeah, I got it.

884
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 1: Yeah you're a Hilton. That makes sense. But hands are

885
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 1: so good. He was one of our punt returners that

886
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 1: he just caught the ball cleaner than most any high

887
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 1: school kid could. I mean, just you just watch that

888
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,880
Speaker 1: and you go, is it is it genetics or or

889
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 1: or well, you know, he's he's a very good athlete.

890
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 1: And going back to what Jeff Saturday said about daland down,

891
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 1: I started laughing when you were saying it because so

892
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 1: many times you're exactly right. I had to I had

893
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 1: to not dumb it down, but just make it a

894
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: little bit more basic and then reteach it and reteach

895
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: it every week. And I just sat there and I

896
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: was like, how many times I got to teach the

897
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:59,279
Speaker 1: same thing. But it's just a different It's just a

898
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: different level. And these these young kids maybe haven't heard

899
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,880
Speaker 1: certain techniques and we've heard them for twenty years. So

900
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:10,720
Speaker 1: now I did remember calling Bubba Ventron, you know Special

901
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: Team's coach at the Colts and tomc Man who's in

902
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 1: Denver now, I called him and I said, hey, really

903
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:20,080
Speaker 1: appreciate you guys. I did realize the frustration levels and

904
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 1: I started coaching these guys and now I get it.

905
00:47:23,239 --> 00:47:25,360
Speaker 1: So they both laughed and told me, well, good, you know,

906
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 1: keep it up. But but yeah, it's a it's a

907
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: different level. It's it's football at its purest level, when

908
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 1: it's just about fun and not about money and this

909
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: and that and all the different stuff. So high school

910
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: is when it's super pure and super fun. But yeah,

911
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: it I was pulling my hair out a lot this

912
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:44,919
Speaker 1: year thinking about, oh my god, why don't you guys

913
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: know what you know how to how to do this?

914
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 1: But but to their credit, they they were hanging on

915
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: every word and they did. They did a damn good

916
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 1: job and really paid attention and really tried to learn.

917
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: So I really loved the experience there. It was so

918
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 1: much fun. So you know, everybody's got to be on

919
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:01,879
Speaker 1: that high school level if they can get a chance,

920
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 1: because that's when it's just just about football and just

921
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,680
Speaker 1: pure fun. Pure fun, is right Adam Vinetaria, the best

922
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,919
Speaker 1: place kicker in the history of the game, is here

923
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: on The Colt's official podcast. We got the Patriots on

924
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 1: Saturday night, so to hell with them. I know they're

925
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,720
Speaker 1: a big part of your storied career in the NFL.

926
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: But right now, I say, to hell with them. Could

927
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: you give our fans a little insight of what it's

928
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: like playing in this city. Going back to the Bill

929
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: Polian days, obviously with Tony Dungee, through a couple of

930
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:31,760
Speaker 1: different regimes, the Hersey family always intact what's so special

931
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: about being in Indianapolis, Colt, Well, I'll tell you what.

932
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 1: It is. Definitely a special place here and it starts

933
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: it obviously starts at the ownership Jim Rsey in the family,

934
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,759
Speaker 1: they do anything and everything they can to help us

935
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 1: be as successful as possible. And that that's everything from

936
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,839
Speaker 1: making sure the nutrition in the in the cafeterias there

937
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:58,399
Speaker 1: to some of the finest locker room training room facilities.

938
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:01,640
Speaker 1: They do anything and everything they can to give us

939
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 1: a competitive edge, and that goes a long long way,

940
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 1: because I don't think every organization's that way. So Jim Mercy,

941
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,440
Speaker 1: thank you so much for for for doing that and

942
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: keeping our team competitive. And then I tell you what,

943
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 1: you know, our fans, you know, India is one of

944
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: those places that they're they're you know, you play at

945
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,120
Speaker 1: different areas, you play Buffalo or you play in New England,

946
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 1: you play in you know, Philly and those fans are notorious,

947
00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 1: or the black Hole in Oakland. You know, those fans

948
00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 1: are notorious for throwing stuff and cussing you out that

949
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:36,839
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. Colts fans different. I mean, they're just supportive,

950
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:40,839
Speaker 1: super loud, super loving on the players, and it's it's

951
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: a different atmosphere. Like I know, when we first moved here,

952
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 1: my wife's like, Wow, I can bring the kids to

953
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: the game and I don't have to worry about all

954
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: the customers. Wow that I'm going to have to shelter

955
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:54,839
Speaker 1: them from, you know, And that's that's saying something. So uh,

956
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: you know, Colts fans are awesome. The family, the organization's awesome.

957
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,880
Speaker 1: It's starts. I mean, you have to have great players,

958
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,319
Speaker 1: you have to have great coaches. That goes without saying

959
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, when Bill Polian was here,

960
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,320
Speaker 1: I think he was literally the master at at bringing

961
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 1: in personnel that just I mean when I look back

962
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 1: at that Super Bowl run team, and even when I

963
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 1: was in New England playing against the Colts, I mean

964
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 1: the whole team, You'd go down the list and you're like,

965
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 1: oh my god, every one of these guys are Pro Bowl.

966
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:26,799
Speaker 1: Not Pro Bowl. There's all pro guys. I mean, they're

967
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,840
Speaker 1: just the best in the league. So you know, to

968
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: be able to find the personnel and to be able

969
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: to do that under under a salary cap, to make

970
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 1: sure that you can keep an organization together like he did,

971
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,239
Speaker 1: you know. And then you know, you talk about you

972
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,800
Speaker 1: talk about guys, and we mentioned you know, Peyton Manning.

973
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,319
Speaker 1: You got a quarterback like him, Um, you're gonna win

974
00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: a ton of games. I mean, I just think that

975
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: he is one of those, you know, and Tom Brady

976
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,319
Speaker 1: when he was in India. I mean, there's there's guys

977
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 1: out there. Wentz is playing great, too, But I just

978
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,560
Speaker 1: think a guy like like like Peyton man I can't

979
00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: say enough good stuff about him because I know when

980
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:02,880
Speaker 1: I came here, obviously the Dungee staff and all them

981
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:07,840
Speaker 1: great coaches. But when you have basically a head coach,

982
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 1: coordinator anything as your quarterback, you know, when you've got

983
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:14,839
Speaker 1: a guy that's that smart, that knows everything that what's

984
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,000
Speaker 1: going on, you just have such a huge advantage. And

985
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:19,320
Speaker 1: I you know, when we had Peyton, a figure like

986
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna win twelve games every year, and it's a

987
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,000
Speaker 1: given healthy we're gonna win a lot more. Yeah, no,

988
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: I mean it's a given almost. So you know, it's

989
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:30,560
Speaker 1: been an unbelievable run. What the what the Colts have

990
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:32,879
Speaker 1: done the last couple of decades, and I don't see

991
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:35,600
Speaker 1: it going away anytime soon. The way that the way

992
00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:38,319
Speaker 1: that they've built this team back up there, they're gonna

993
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:39,920
Speaker 1: be good for a long long time, and it starts

994
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 1: this weekend. I'm gonna give you a little heads up here,

995
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:43,920
Speaker 1: Adam Beda Terry. If you are at the Barn on

996
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:47,200
Speaker 1: Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, those cameras are gonna

997
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: find you and put you up on the big screen.

998
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 1: So you better be ready because you're gonna have over

999
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: sixty thousand people cheering for you come Saturday. Well, I'm

1000
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 1: gonna be cheering right along with them, all right, Adam,

1001
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,320
Speaker 1: So appreciate the time. The best to ever do it

1002
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 1: in the National Football League place kicker, Adam Veniteri, and

1003
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 1: we know he'll be going into Canton the Hall of

1004
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,560
Speaker 1: Fame soon enough, and hopefully with a horseshoe on his shoulder.

1005
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: So well that's for another discussion, but we'll get there.

1006
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,680
Speaker 1: Adam Benetarian. I appreciate the time, brother, appreciate you. Thank

1007
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:17,400
Speaker 1: you guys for having me Adam Venetery right there. And

1008
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, could not have a better guest

1009
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: on for a game like this, because, as JJ said earlier,

1010
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: Lara said earlier, this one is the biggest game in

1011
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,759
Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium could be in seven eight years. You

1012
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:32,520
Speaker 1: are right, Jeffrey. Get to Lucas Oil Stadium this Saturday,

1013
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:35,360
Speaker 1: watch it on TV, do whatever you can. This is

1014
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:38,360
Speaker 1: the biggest game we have seen in Indianapolis in a

1015
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:40,279
Speaker 1: really long time. I'm fired up. I don't know that

1016
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:45,080
Speaker 1: there's a better like Saturday for Indianapolis sports fans, Central

1017
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 1: Indiana sports fans. You've got Crossroads Classic going on over

1018
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:50,880
Speaker 1: at Gainbridge Field House and ned you know, the premier

1019
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:54,280
Speaker 1: event of the evening is going to be Patriots at Colts.

1020
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,960
Speaker 1: Like what a great day like watch some incredible college

1021
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,839
Speaker 1: basketball early on in the day, enjoy that You've got

1022
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,080
Speaker 1: you know, Purdue, Utter Dame, I, even Butler all playing.

1023
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 1: They're facing off, and then you know headlining the whole

1024
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 1: deal is gonna be clear. Of course, everybody shows up

1025
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 1: to touchdowntown to listen to JJ Stankovitz right, and the

1026
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:14,000
Speaker 1: pregame shop. Also want to you know, tailgate a little

1027
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:16,839
Speaker 1: and you know peruse and all of that. Come see

1028
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 1: Jeffrey and the pregame show. And bring food too if

1029
00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:22,880
Speaker 1: you're out there. Yeah, jeff Jeffrey Half the time. I

1030
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,719
Speaker 1: try to involve him in my segments on the pregame show.

1031
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 1: Food in his mouth. Yeah, bring some more food for Jeffrey.

1032
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 1: Just gotta get ready for the game, folks. I haven't

1033
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:32,040
Speaker 1: fueled up, Yeah we do. Hey, real quick, I want

1034
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 1: to end this segment. See, people are like, end the show,

1035
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:36,239
Speaker 1: and the show I want. I want your favorite song

1036
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 1: with Saturday in it, because Saturday is such a huge

1037
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:41,400
Speaker 1: game at Lucas Oil Stadium. It's the only game at

1038
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:43,960
Speaker 1: eight o'clock. All eyes will be honest. So I'm gonna

1039
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,680
Speaker 1: start with an old Bass City Roller classic that goes

1040
00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: you guys are too young to remember this, but it

1041
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:54,280
Speaker 1: goes as hey du dah, Yeah I remember that commercial.

1042
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:57,279
Speaker 1: Why Yay, Why night. My MIC's going out. I'm singing

1043
00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:58,840
Speaker 1: so a lot, So give me something, folks, this is

1044
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:00,879
Speaker 1: a big Saturday. Give me some. I'm sure it's gonna

1045
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,440
Speaker 1: be from Jay Z, possibly Alicia Keys, who knows it

1046
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 1: could be Harry Chapin. I don't know. I mean, you

1047
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 1: know ludicrous from Jimmy it's he's got a song called

1048
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,279
Speaker 1: Saturday Yeah. Can you sing it? That's what I'm trying

1049
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:16,000
Speaker 1: to get into. I can't. J J Yeah, Laram. I mean,

1050
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:19,719
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pay homage to the music greatness and the

1051
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:22,919
Speaker 1: Jim Urse collection and one of you know, the very

1052
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:27,400
Speaker 1: best UH performers that we have, and that is Elton

1053
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,320
Speaker 1: John Saturday Nights all right for fighting it. Indeed in

1054
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: Lara Fight Saturday Night. You know, I'm always ready to

1055
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:35,839
Speaker 1: throw a punts. You win, and do not get into

1056
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:38,480
Speaker 1: square and do not get into a scrum. Don't get

1057
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:40,839
Speaker 1: into scrum with Lara Overton because you'll lose. For JJ

1058
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,200
Speaker 1: stak events and miss Lara Overton, I'm Jeffrey Gorman. A

1059
00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:46,560
Speaker 1: big thanks to Mike Reese from ESPN who joined us,

1060
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:48,720
Speaker 1: and of course the greatest kicker of all time, Adam

1061
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,920
Speaker 1: VENETI here on New England Week. I appreciate both of

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Speaker 1: their times. Folks. It's easy to follow us. You can

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Speaker 1: find us at colts dot com. Also download the Colts app.

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Speaker 1: Follow JJ Stankovitz on Twitter at jj stank If it's

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Speaker 1: also miss Lara Overton at Lara Overton, I'm at Hey Gorman.

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Speaker 1: We do a weekend and week out. A big thanks

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Speaker 1: to our friends at win Bet. We are presented by

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Speaker 1: them the Colts Official podcast, Go Colts, We'll see you

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Speaker 1: next week.