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Speaker 2: I'm telling you, welcome to the weekend. Everybody, Happy Friday night,

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Speaker 2: Tonight on radio. This is the Colts weekly off season

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Speaker 2: radio show, talking all things Colts in the NFL. The

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Speaker 2: Last Word Here inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry or

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Speaker 2: here on the home of the ninety three five one

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Speaker 2: oh seven five the Fan. I'm Matt Taylor, normally joined

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Speaker 2: by Casey Valley, but tonight he's on vacation. He's like

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl weekend. What are we doing?

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Speaker 2: Well, no case tonight. So that is the voice of

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Speaker 2: the great Lara Overton with me this evening. Lara, great

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Speaker 3: Energy level is high because I get the call.

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Speaker 4: haven't you know. Although it is you know, February and

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Speaker 4: It is exciting. Had NFL honors of course last night.

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Speaker 4: You have Super Bowl weekend coming up. You've got some

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Speaker 2: That's just said. I mean a lot of people around

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Speaker 2: We had the Hall of Fame announcements from last night.

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Speaker 2: but we begin with the Hall of Fame. As we said,

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Speaker 2: Should you got to answer the bell every single time out?

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Speaker 2: That's Adam Vinieri with a little social media shout out

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Speaker 4: And I was looking at it and Tory Holt is

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Speaker 4: In all of this, no doubt, and you know Michael

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Michael Pittman Junior just such a great locker

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Speaker 2: All right, Michael Pittman Junior. Will continue to follow that

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Speaker 2: But time now Laira for our weekly Rookie Report. This

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Speaker 2: just under nine hundred total snaps Lara. Technically speaking, he

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Speaker 2: lined up as a tight end four hundred and sixty

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Speaker 2: six snaps, or just fifty one percent of the time.

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Speaker 2: So I'm telling you he lined up at his natural

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Speaker 2: position just about half of the time. That's it.

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Speaker 3: It's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: That's it. He's listed as a tight end, but he

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Speaker 2: only played there half the time.

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Speaker 4: How many other tight ends in the league did that

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Speaker 4: this year? It'll be a good deep dive. That's conversation.

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Speaker 4: That's a good offseason.

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Speaker 3: We'll get into that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you talk about crunching the numbers right there, absolutely,

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Speaker 2: but that's yeah, wild stuff on Tyler Warren and his

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Speaker 2: versatility and his upside going forward. That was brought to

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Speaker 2: up with Andy Matis. He's the Colts football Development senior manager,

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Speaker 2: and he played a big time role in helping the

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Speaker 2: city of Westfield land the third annual NFL Flag Championships

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Speaker 2: coming up this summer. So Andy, he's going to talk

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Speaker 2: about that and the Colts worked to secure that event

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Speaker 2: and also the growth of girls high school flag football

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Speaker 2: in the state of Indiana, and it just continues to

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Speaker 2: get better and better and the numbers are on the rise.

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Speaker 2: That's coming up next here on the Last Word, the

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Speaker 2: weekly offseason radio home of the Colts. Here on ninety

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Speaker 2: three five and one oh seven five the Fan.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Last Word, the offseason radio home

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Speaker 1: of the Indianapolis Colts from the Indiana Union Construction Industry

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Speaker 1: Radio Studio.

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Speaker 2: Hey, welcome back to the show tonight. This is the

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Speaker 2: Last Word. We are the weekly off season home of

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Speaker 2: the Indianapolis Colts every Friday night here on ninety three

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Speaker 2: to five and one oh seven five the Fan. I'm

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Speaker 2: Matt Taylor with Lara Overton. Tonight, Casey Valier is on

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Speaker 2: vacation and as we said, joining us here on segment

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Speaker 2: number two creeping in studio is Andy Matis. He is

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Speaker 2: the Colts football Development Senior Manager. He played a big

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Speaker 2: role in helping the city of Westfield, Landy third annual

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Speaker 2: NFL Flag Championship that's coming up later on this summer

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Speaker 2: in July. So for background purposes, right at the NFL

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Speaker 2: Flag Championships. They are the largest youth flag football tournament

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Speaker 2: in the world and this year's event marks the biggest

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Speaker 2: iteration of that yet. More than three hundred and fifty

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Speaker 2: girls and boys teams across the globe participating in this

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Speaker 2: event and it's coming to Central Indiana. Andy, how we

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Speaker 2: doing man? Congratulations on this how are you, Bud?

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Speaker 6: Awesome, I'm doing great, Thanks and I appreciate it. It's

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Speaker 6: amazing to me out here today to talk about what

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Speaker 6: we're doing in the flag space.

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Speaker 2: So big time congratulations again. How long had you been

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Speaker 2: working on this? And just for those that don't understand,

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Speaker 2: how big of a deal is this for the colts

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Speaker 2: to help land this event for Central Indiana here?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, thank you. It's been about a little over a

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Speaker 6: year in the planning process and working with Hamilton County

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Speaker 6: Sports Authority and Grand Park Sports and Entertainment to get

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Speaker 6: this tournament here at Westfield Indian. So we're excited about this.

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Speaker 6: It's been a lot of meetings coming together on how

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Speaker 6: we can enhance this tournament and what benefits it brings

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Speaker 6: to our community and our flag participation as well too.

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Speaker 4: Andy. The Winter Olympics are ramping up everything getting ready

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Speaker 4: to start in that regard, I myself big Summer Olympics

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Speaker 4: girl of course, with the track and field, swing and diving,

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Speaker 4: and in twenty twenty eight in Los Angeles, flag football

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Speaker 4: will be a part of the Olympic Games with in

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Speaker 4: tandem the investment being made in the flag football space.

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Speaker 4: You know, at the grassroots level combined with the excitement

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Speaker 4: for this to be an Olympic sport. How much momentum

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Speaker 4: have you seen behind this sport entirely over the last

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Speaker 4: two years.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head

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Speaker 6: with the word momentum, right. I think it started and

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Speaker 6: jump started with the Olympics announcement. But with now having

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Speaker 6: seventeen states sanctioned on the high school level as a

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Speaker 6: varsity sport, you're seeing such a trickle down in trickle

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Speaker 6: up effect with more middle schools offering it. On the

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Speaker 6: youth level, you're seeing a huge rise in female participation,

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Speaker 6: but participation in general for the game of flag. But

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Speaker 6: it really adds that stamp of validity to the sport

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Speaker 6: and kind of carves that pathway out. And you mentioned

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Speaker 6: the announcement of the Olympics, the most recent announcement coming

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Speaker 6: out at the NCAA convention as well too. With it

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Speaker 6: being an emerging sport on Divisions one through three, Nebraska

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Speaker 6: being the first P four school to come out and

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Speaker 6: say that'll offer it as a varsity sport, you're seeing

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Speaker 6: now this pathway being carved for more specifically girls to

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Speaker 6: play flag at an elite level. From a young age

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Speaker 6: all the way up to adulthood, with the Olympics being

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Speaker 6: the ultimate mountaintop there.

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Speaker 4: In speaking about girls Flag, I've been so fortunate to

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Speaker 4: have a lot of conversations with the programs who you've

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Speaker 4: been involved with, in particular with the Road to one

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Speaker 4: hundred campaign and going around to local schools and speaking

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Speaker 4: to the coaches, the athletics directors, but most impactfully the

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Speaker 4: female athletes who are now participating in Girls' Flag.

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Speaker 3: And you're seeing it's two fold.

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Speaker 4: It's girls who have other sports they're participating in that

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Speaker 4: are adding Flag as part of the activities that they

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Speaker 4: already have, or girls who maybe hadn't found a great space.

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Speaker 4: We know a lot of girls tend to drop off

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Speaker 4: right around that twelve thirteen, fourteen age from if they

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Speaker 4: played organized sports to no longer competing, and this is

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Speaker 4: a great opportunity to have another avenue with which they

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Speaker 4: can participate. When you're speaking with the coaches and with

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Speaker 4: the athletes, what is the greatest benefit for them in

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Speaker 4: participating in flag that maybe they hadn't found in one

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Speaker 4: of their other sports.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it was the ultimate. If you build it,

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Speaker 6: they will come type of movement, love a field and

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Speaker 6: dream dreams, right, people will come ray because I think

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Speaker 6: you had these participants who really wanted to play the

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Speaker 6: sport but didn't have that opportunity, and then once the

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Speaker 6: opportunity presented itself, they came out in droves to play

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Speaker 6: the game. With a lot of our bigger schools having

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Speaker 6: to hold tryouts and cutting girls. I know several six

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Speaker 6: A schools in our area had over one hundred girls

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Speaker 6: come out to try out for twenty five roster spots.

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Speaker 6: But getting out to the benefits and sorry to go

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Speaker 6: back to the numbers too, what we're seeing when you

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Speaker 6: bring up multi sport athletes, we're seeing two fifty percent

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Speaker 6: of the girls that are playing high school girls flag football.

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Speaker 6: It's their first ever high school sport. So you're getting

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Speaker 6: a pool of girls that haven't played the sports. And

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Speaker 6: to your point, Larra, with that drop off around twelve

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Speaker 6: or thirteen, the more opportunities you have in high school,

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Speaker 6: the better and the benefits. We know the benefits of football,

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Speaker 6: playing a team sport, being a part of a group,

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Speaker 6: and having that certain role in that as well too.

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Speaker 6: We've seen it from story of girls who are maybe

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Speaker 6: on the wrong path academically getting involved in this sport

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Speaker 6: and kind of changing their trajectory and going on to

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Speaker 6: play flag collegiately and continue their academic and athletic career.

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Speaker 6: It's been really cool to.

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Speaker 2: See it's Andy made as he is the Colts Football

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Speaker 2: Development Senior Manager. That's quite the title man. That basically

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Speaker 2: means Andy's important and he's good at what he does,

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Speaker 2: all right, And that's a big reason why the Colts

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Speaker 2: have landed the third annual NFL Flag Championships coming to

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Speaker 2: Westfield again later on this summer in late July July

579
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Speaker 2: twenty third through the twenty sixth. How many other teams

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Speaker 2: wanted this for their community. How many other NFL teams

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Speaker 2: were you in the mix with? And what kind of

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Speaker 2: work went in to make sure that the Colts in

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Speaker 2: Central Indiana outbid everybody and outshine everybody like they always do.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't know the specific numbers. I know it

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Speaker 6: was a highly sought after program.

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Speaker 2: You could just say everybody, we beat everybody.

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Speaker 6: It might be it might be, I know, down toward

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Speaker 6: the end, it was down to about three to four

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Speaker 6: specific locations. The last two years it's been held at Canton,

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Speaker 6: so had some involvement from the Bengals and the Browns there,

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Speaker 6: but yeah, being able to put our heads together and

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Speaker 6: show how we can enhance this event and what it

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Speaker 6: means to be in the city of Westfield.

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Speaker 4: We've seen a lot of colts players in particular involved

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Speaker 4: in the growth of flag I know Zire Franklin is

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Speaker 4: a global flag ambassador. Jack Doyle is coaching his kids

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Speaker 4: in flag football.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've heard them. God bless those kids too, by

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Speaker 2: the way.

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Speaker 3: Right, And then you think about it.

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Speaker 4: I know that there was an opportunity where there was

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Speaker 4: a flag game that was held at the stadium and

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Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson and Zayra out there rooting for the kids

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Speaker 4: and you know, kind of helping to coach them, coaching

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Speaker 4: against one another. And we've heard so many guys say

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Speaker 4: this fields. I've heard from Zaire in particular, I think

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Speaker 4: flag might be harder than some of what we do

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Speaker 4: in tackle.

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Speaker 3: How much appreciation have you seen from guys.

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Speaker 4: At the NFL level for what is happening in the

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Speaker 4: game of flag and what is unique and special about

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Speaker 4: this now being another facet for people to be involved

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Speaker 4: in flag football and it's not just the traditional tackle route.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, we've seen, like you mentioned, just a lot of

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Speaker 6: support from our players and alumni on the growth of

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Speaker 6: this sport. Talked to got to talk to Zaire after

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Speaker 6: he played in the Pro Bowl last year. He brought

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Speaker 6: up that, and I think it can kind of be

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Speaker 6: overlooked just how much of a skill pulling that flag is.

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Speaker 6: So when you talk about the Olympics and NFL players

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Speaker 6: possibly being involved in that defensively, it'll be very interesting

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Speaker 6: to me to see just how that translates, because it

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Speaker 6: is a whole kind of different skill there. Offensively, I

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Speaker 6: think it translates a little easier on that side of

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Speaker 6: the ball, but just the speed of the game, the

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Speaker 6: high scoring aspect of it too, And that's what we've

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Speaker 6: been seeing too and trying to get high schools to

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Speaker 6: onboard this. When you get an athletic director or coach

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Speaker 6: to come out and just see the quality of the

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Speaker 6: gameplay too, it's really kind of changing the minds of

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Speaker 6: a lot of people who see this traditional football and

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Speaker 6: having flag be a part of that game type of football.

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Speaker 2: You know, you just mentioned it. I think you're an

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Speaker 2: expert on this game and the quality of the game

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Speaker 2: and the nuances and the differences that there are between

636
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Speaker 2: flag football and tackle football. Right, it's football, but it's different,

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Speaker 2: it really is. Do you think NFL players, specifically what

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Speaker 2: you just said on defense, do you think NFL players

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Speaker 2: will make the best flag football players to possibly represent

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Speaker 2: the United States in the Olympics coming up in two years.

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Speaker 6: It's interesting with not knowing exactly what's out there from

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Speaker 6: who's funneling into the team. But I think from what

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Speaker 6: you saw at the Pro Bowl too, right with the

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Speaker 6: amount of flags being thrown, it is a whole different game.

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Speaker 6: It's a whole different set of rules that you would

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Speaker 6: have to learn. And from Jamar Chase being able to

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Speaker 6: be thrown on the other side and get that pick six,

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Speaker 6: I think you may see some guys who may offensively

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Speaker 6: play defensively when it comes to flag football. So it'll

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Speaker 6: be interesting to see just to get especially when you

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Speaker 6: get to like the linebacker side right and you get

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Speaker 6: the thumb person there, it's like you got to track

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Speaker 6: that flag.

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Speaker 2: You gotta have that athletic key.

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Speaker 6: Absolutely, it's a little different of a skill there, so

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Speaker 6: it'll be I'm excited to kind of see how that

657
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 6: plays out, no doubt.

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Speaker 2: All Right. Lastly, Andy made us last one. For me

659
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Speaker 2: give us an update here, right because here in Indiana,

660
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Speaker 2: the Colts have led the charge on the growth of

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Speaker 2: youth flag football across the state. You guys have launched

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Speaker 2: the Colts Flag Football Leagues. That's a statewide network that

663
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 2: connects young athletes to NFL flag sanctioned programs. And this

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Speaker 2: is what I love. And this has been you know,

665
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 2: going on the last couple of years, and I know

666
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 2: you've really been in the trenches as far as this goes.

667
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 2: The commitment there the one million dollar commitment to support

668
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Speaker 2: roles high school flag football across the state of Indiana.

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Speaker 2: How many high school programs have you helped set up

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Speaker 2: with girls flags football so far? What's that number? And

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Speaker 2: what are you kind of projecting as far as the

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Speaker 2: sports growth going into the fall.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, So in three short years of really kind of

674
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Speaker 6: putting cleats in the ground, seeing what interest we have

675
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Speaker 6: in developing our league in the fall, with assistance from

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Speaker 6: the IHSA and our Flag Football Coaches Association, we have

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Speaker 6: seventy eight schools that participated in the past fall.

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Speaker 2: Hell yeah, let's go, and.

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Speaker 6: We held our first ever postseason had sixty two of

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Speaker 6: those seventy eight play in the full postseason. Eight high

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Speaker 6: schools hosted sectionals for US. Penn High School was our

682
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Speaker 6: first ever state champion. We're able to hold that tournament

683
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Speaker 6: at Grand Park and really kind of culminate with over

684
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Speaker 6: six hundred and fifty games being played this past fall,

685
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Speaker 6: which is a gigantic number from where we were the

686
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Speaker 6: pre two years. But projection wise, and what we need

687
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Speaker 6: in our state with the importance of the road to

688
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 6: one hundred, is that one hundred school number is really

689
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 6: where we need to get to qualify us for a

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Speaker 6: sanctioning vote to be a varsity sport, and we are

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Speaker 6: projecting well over one hundred schools anticipating in this upcoming

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Speaker 6: fom Nice well done.

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Speaker 4: It was huge because we had a big unveiling at

694
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 4: the stadium where there's this really cool installation and if

695
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:29,959
Speaker 4: you're at Lucas Oil, make sure you take some time

696
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 4: to go over Andy would be what on the west

697
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 4: side of the southwest side of the stadium that marks

698
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Speaker 4: really the growth of the game. And when we had

699
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 4: the unveiling, New Albany, my High School, proud Bulldog right here,

700
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,800
Speaker 4: jumped on board as the fiftieth school.

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00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 2: Okay, so milestone absolutely so.

702
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Speaker 4: It's been really cool because when I was able to

703
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Speaker 4: call the ad with the support of Andy and he

704
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 4: equipped me with everything, the athletic structure was immediately, Hey,

705
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 4: we're in This is awesome.

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Speaker 2: This Why would you not be exactly? Why would you

707
00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 2: not do exactly?

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00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 4: Because so many girls are eager to get the opportunity,

709
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 4: they see it happening, they see other schools around them.

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00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 4: So that's been really really cool to see firsthand some

711
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 4: of the perspective and the work that's gone in and

712
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,959
Speaker 4: the excitement behind the growth of the game.

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00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 2: No doubt, this guy's killing it. Andy Matis, Colts Football

714
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 2: Development Senior manager, Again, well done on this. Again the

715
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 2: Colts and Andy, they played a major role helping Westfield

716
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 2: land the big event, the third annual NFL Flag Championships

717
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 2: coming to Graham Park in the city of Westfield later on.

718
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Speaker 2: This summer Championship game is scheduled for Sunday, July twenty six, Andy, congratulations, man,

719
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 2: you're doing great work. You're a grinder. I know you.

720
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 2: I mean, I've seen you in diapers growing up.

721
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:40,399
Speaker 5: Man.

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00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 2: You have been an absolute grinder your entire existence. Man,

723
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 2: absolutely so keep your head down, keep killing it. And

724
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 2: we'll continue to hype this thing up as we get

725
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:51,760
Speaker 2: closer to July. My friend awesome.

726
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 6: Appreciate you guys, thanks for having me.

727
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,839
Speaker 2: One of the best guys the Colts have right there

728
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 2: in terms of the roster, Andy matis inside the Colts

729
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 2: youth football depart Now, Lara, you are a tremendous athlete.

730
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 2: You are a tremendous athlete in college, quite generous. You

731
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 2: ran in the Big Ten. You're still running now. You're

732
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 2: still an unbelievable athlete, and you're an unbelievable shape. Okay,

733
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 2: running track for the Hoosiers. Yes, serious question. If flag

734
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,760
Speaker 2: football were an offering to you as a young woman

735
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 2: in high school back in the day, how much do

736
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 2: you think you would have done it?

737
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 4: I would have loved at least the opportunity because I

739
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 4: loved watching football and we had powder puff when I

740
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 4: was in high school. But it was just a one

741
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,320
Speaker 4: night event and like a fundraiser right for like junior

742
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 4: senior classes.

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00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 3: But it was during the fall.

744
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 4: I was running cross country at the time, so it

745
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 4: wasn't able to participate.

746
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 3: I would have loved it.

747
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 4: Now here's the thing I think I lacked the hand

748
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 4: eye coordination to have been like a QBR receiver. What

749
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 4: but I do think that quickness, the agility, I think

750
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 4: that as a running back, I do think I could

751
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:54,840
Speaker 4: have juked.

752
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:55,720
Speaker 3: Some people out of their cleats.

753
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Speaker 2: Oh no, Dad, I had the opportunity, your competitiveness, your drive, passion.

754
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 2: I mean also you would have been successful one way

755
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:04,280
Speaker 2: or another.

756
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 6: Man.

757
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 3: I would love to throw like a little Derrick Henry.

758
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 2: Steff telling you know, Oh, I can see it on

759
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:10,240
Speaker 2: my mind right now.

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00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 3: That's probably yeah.

761
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,400
Speaker 2: We got to go out in the parking lot at

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00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 2: the very least here on the frozen let's go.

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Speaker 4: I mean, hey, Jonathan Taylor, fellow former Big Ten track

764
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 4: and field athlete, I think if if JT put me

765
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 4: through some reps right, a little training, Jonathan, I could

766
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:28,360
Speaker 4: be ready.

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00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 3: I'm ready.

768
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 4: You know what. Training for twenty twenty eight Olympic game

769
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 4: starts right now. For Lara Overton, Olympic hopeful, tried to

770
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 4: do it, wanted to do it in the fifteen hundred

771
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 4: or the eight hundred. Maybe my calling is going to

772
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 4: happen in flag.

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Speaker 2: Football, all those flags, it's a it's an art form

774
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 2: right there. Opportunity missed. I would love to have seen

775
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 2: you seriously dominate on the flag football field, like so

776
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 2: many young women get the chance to do. Now.

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Speaker 4: I also I also would like to think like now,

778
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 4: having learned from Philip Rivers, I would have induced some

779
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 4: of that like trash talkability maybe as well, like I'd

780
00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 4: like the opportunity.

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00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, but he did a clean I'm uh here if

782
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 2: you're doing it clean, all right, there's a big difference there.

783
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 2: Both ways are effective, there's no question about that. Speaking

784
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 2: of effectiveness, that's Meyer. It's a one stop shop. It's

785
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 2: your official supercenter of the Indianapolis Colts and they are

786
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 2: proud sponsors of hundreds of local sports teams across the Midwest.

787
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 2: All Right, when we come back, we're gonna give you

788
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 2: the Forum Credit Union Question of the Week. We're gonna

789
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 2: wrap things up with the question this week is We're

790
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 2: gonna tease it. Give Lara some time to think about it.

791
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 2: We also want you to participate in it and kick

792
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 2: this around in your head as well. What is Lara

793
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Speaker 2: Overton's utopian super Bowl spread? How does that apply to you?

794
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 2: All right? What is your ideal spread of food watching

795
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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl coming up on Sunday? We'll discuss when

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Speaker 2: we come back right here, closing things out on the

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Speaker 2: Last Word here on ninety three five and one oh

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Speaker 2: seven five the Fan.

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Speaker 1: We now return to the offseason radio home of the

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, the Last Word from the Indiana Union Construction

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Speaker 1: an industry radio studio.

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Speaker 2: Hey, welcome back. This is the final time here on

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Speaker 2: the Last Word Tonight's segment number three. Embarking on that

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Speaker 2: here in the Last Word ninety three five and one

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Speaker 2: oh seven five the Fan, Lara Overton in studio tonight

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Speaker 2: for Casey Valier out on vacation. I'm Matt Taylor. Last

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Speaker 2: Union question of the week on the last segment. Now

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00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 2: we have to deliver here. So Super Bowl Sunday is

813
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 2: this weekend. Patriots taken on the Seahawks Sunday at six

814
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 2: point thirty. Lara Overton, I need to know what does

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00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 2: your perfect Super Bowl spread look like? What are you

816
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 2: eating during the biggest game of the year in the NFL?

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00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 4: There are no wrong answers here because I love everything

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00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 4: I love. I love a spread. Are you familiar with

819
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 4: the term girl dinner? Do you know a girl dinner?

820
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 4: It's like think like a charcooterie board type of you

821
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,479
Speaker 4: have like a sample of like some cheese, some fruit,

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00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 4: some sort of meat, and you kind of grays.

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Speaker 3: I'm a grays girly like I love it.

824
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Speaker 4: So I love a good spread with lots of like

825
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,760
Speaker 4: great little like grabbables throughout.

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Speaker 3: So so everything plays at my.

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Speaker 2: Table a couple hours, oh.

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Speaker 4: Like two hours pregame we're start. I will say for me,

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Speaker 4: it centers on absolutely everything at anything Buffalo chicken.

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Speaker 3: I'm talking wings.

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00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 4: I love the buffalo chicken dip myself. Make a Buffalo

832
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 4: chicken slider that comes on those like kings, Hawaiian roles, bacon,

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00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 4: and yeah, they pare apart. You get the cheese, you

834
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Speaker 4: know what the key is there? Make it with the

835
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 4: shredded white cheddar cheese.

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Speaker 3: And then that you pull apart like I am.

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Speaker 4: I love every variation of a buffalo chicken possible.

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Speaker 3: Key to it all.

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Speaker 4: I always have a hearty amount of celery of carrots and.

840
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 3: Homemade blue cheese. I'm a big fan of the blue cheeses.

841
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 2: Blue cheese over ranch. Most people would disagree or at

842
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 2: least some of that.

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00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 4: Well, then those people have not had the cheese. Well

844
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Speaker 4: it's not mine, it's not mine. I like to go

845
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:15,719
Speaker 4: to either the Ale and Porium and get their blue

846
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 4: cheese or Keystone Sports review their blue cheese.

847
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Speaker 3: I'll also give a shout out.

848
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,840
Speaker 4: Psalms has great blue cheese dressing. There's a lot of

849
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 4: good local places with some blue cheeses that I that

850
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 4: is my absolute go to for Super Bowl Sunday.

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Speaker 3: Because it's something you don't have a whole lot.

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Speaker 4: And actually I might have to run it back on

853
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 4: the blue cheese sliders, no doubt, because I've had those

854
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 4: during the National Championship game. The I you National chis

855
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,799
Speaker 4: so obviously, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It all hits now you're superstitious.

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00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 3: About it, no question. How about you? What do you

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Speaker 3: what's on the tailor spread?

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Speaker 2: Same thing? You can't go wrong, I mean, pizzo wings,

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Speaker 2: any appetizer, right, I've got some. I got some facts

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Speaker 2: and figures about Super Bowl Sunday eating. Okay, it is

862
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 2: the second largest out the second largest day in the

863
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 2: United States for food consumption behind only Thanksgiving. Of course,

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00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 2: more than one point two billion billion with the bee

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Speaker 2: chicken wings are consumed. Ranch is the top dipping sauce

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Speaker 2: by Americans like unofficially we go Ranch more than Blue Cheese.

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Speaker 2: Pizza restaurants Lara. They sell twice as many pies as

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Speaker 2: a normal day. Twelve and a half million pizzas are

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Speaker 2: bought on game day of the Super Bowl, and three

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Speaker 2: hundred and twenty five million gallons of beer are consumed

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Speaker 2: on Super Bowl Sunday. So just think how many more

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Speaker 2: how big those totals would be if the Super Bowl

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Speaker 2: is played on Saturday compared to Sunday. Are you with me?

874
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 2: Are you with me on this? I know, I know

875
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 2: you're a tradition.

876
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,880
Speaker 4: You're long standing on this, I know I feel you.

877
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 4: Or just make Monday a holiday.

878
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 2: Or free day, Jack, I want to go back to

879
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:52,760
Speaker 2: the wings really quickly.

880
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 4: This might be more of the controversial debates to way

881
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 4: ahead of Blue Cheese versus Ranch.

882
00:42:58,200 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 3: Are you drums or flats on your wing?

883
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 2: Either one? Either one? I know most people prefer you

884
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 2: know one or the other. I like both, I really do.

885
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 2: I don't care to have this conversation with are you

886
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 2: the person that goes to the restaurant and orders one

887
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,439
Speaker 2: specifically for your entire word.

888
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 4: No, because my husband is incredible. We always split the

889
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 4: wings and he gives me most of the flats because

890
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,000
Speaker 4: he knows those are my favor flats. So we I

891
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 4: don't like to get too picky at the restaurant, like

892
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 4: they've got enough to deal with, like, you know, so

893
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 4: we just figure it out where like we're gonna do

894
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,120
Speaker 4: like a split order where you know, we kind.

895
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 6: Of divvy them up.

896
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. The week of the Super Bowl is considered

897
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 2: the Black Friday of the snack industry, and the stats

898
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,439
Speaker 2: back it up for sure, no doubt about it. All right,

899
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 2: So what are you eating out there on Sunday? Get

900
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 2: your menus ready to go for the big game. We

901
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 2: have Seahawks and Patriots, and give us your address. Layers coming,

902
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 2: all right, She's coming with blue cheese, dipping sauce and

903
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 2: all the fixings. All right, you invite her, She's gonna deliver. Hey.

904
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Speaker 2: Visit the forum credit Union fanforum section of Colts dot com,

905
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 2: there to interact with other fans online post a topic.

906
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,360
Speaker 2: Participated various discussions on the Colts Forum credit Union helping

907
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 2: members live their financial dreams. LARO, wonderful job tonight as always.

908
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 2: Hope you have a great weekend and we'll see you

909
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 2: back here next week. Enjoy the game. Thanks you too,

910
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 2: all right. Thanks again to Andy Mtis who joined earlier

911
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Speaker 2: tonight on the program as well, and thank you to

912
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Speaker 2: you for listening. I'm Matt Taylor. We got to run.

913
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Speaker 2: We're up against at ESPN Radios coming up next, followed

914
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:27,759
Speaker 2: by Pacers Action tonight, Pacers in Milwaukee this evening. Have

915
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 2: a great weekend coming up everybody. Thanks for getting in

916
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Speaker 2: the last word with us tonight on ninety three five

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Speaker 2: and one oh seven five the Fan. Good Night,