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Speaker 1: you know, excuse me. Last night was tough. Don Our

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Speaker 1: to review the play in the third quarter where they

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Speaker 1: So what what did you see when you reviewed it? Yeah? Well,

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Speaker 1: aware of the rules. I don't think there's anybody in

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Speaker 1: I understand what the rules are. Um. You know, I

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much for your time. Thanks everybody much.