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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hello and welcome,

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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. It is Wednesday, January six, twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Hope everybody's having a great start to their new year.

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Speaker 1: Monster Day of Sports News on Tuesday. We got a

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Speaker 1: lot to cover. A lot happened last night. Uh in sports,

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Speaker 1: we'll get to everything every I do want to start

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Speaker 1: here with kind of a non sports note, but I

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Speaker 1: know we're out here in l A and this guy's

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Speaker 1: a big deal in California. I don't even know if

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Speaker 1: rob G was born when this guy's music popped. But

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Speaker 1: I saw some sad news overnight that Dr Dre, the

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Speaker 1: legendary rapper, was in the I se you after suffering

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Speaker 1: a brain aneurysm, and I was just stunned at that news,

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Speaker 1: like it instantly transported me back to the first night

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Speaker 1: that I got my driver's license as a young guy

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Speaker 1: growing up in Virginia. And of course you could drive

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Speaker 1: at sixteen, and the night I afternoon, it was a Friday,

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Speaker 1: I got my license. Obviously, I told my parents I'm

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Speaker 1: going out my friends, and you know I had already

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Speaker 1: bought I was so nerdy and waiting for get the

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Speaker 1: license nobody cares about a driver's license. In nobody wants one.

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Speaker 1: Young kids don't even want it. They're like, I'll just

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Speaker 1: uber um. At least out here in California, that's the vibe.

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Speaker 1: Nobody wants a license. And I had already put in

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Speaker 1: a portable CD player before I even got my license

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Speaker 1: into my dad's Volvo, and I would later add two

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Speaker 1: twelve in subs into the trunk, which I'm sure people

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Speaker 1: it could thump, uh sir Win Vega. Were the subs

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Speaker 1: just insane? And I take the car out that night

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Speaker 1: and we just kept playing Dr Dre the Chronic on

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Speaker 1: like repeat, you know, we pick up somebody. We had

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Speaker 1: like six people piled in the back. We drive to

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Speaker 1: the I guess it was like a varsity basketball game,

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Speaker 1: and you know, this is the suburban life. And I remember,

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Speaker 1: and we're like, oh shoot, what are we doing to night?

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Speaker 1: And of course there was nothing going on, but you

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Speaker 1: felt cool driving around bumping let me ride you know,

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Speaker 1: um these nuts. I mean, that album is legendary. I

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Speaker 1: can't introduce my kids to it yet, the Chronic Dr

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Speaker 1: Dre And I mean, I'll just always remember that. That

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Speaker 1: just start not it ain't nothing but a g think babe.

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Speaker 1: You know. Uh, so, Rob G, were you even born

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Speaker 1: when that album came out? Okay? I just had to check,

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Speaker 1: a music guy into the rap scene. But Dr Dre

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Speaker 1: is quite legendary out here, is he not? Oh, he's

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Speaker 1: a living legend and and you know, prayers up for

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Speaker 1: his family. Hopefully it's a speedy recovery with him. But

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Speaker 1: I mean, I can't. I'm just offended that you think

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Speaker 1: that I am too young for the Chronic album. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you were a member, but in

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Speaker 1: the G Thing video there's like a baby with going

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Speaker 1: he was coming. Right, it's time to get to sports,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know where to begin. I guess we

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Speaker 1: could start by glossing over the Hi Span trophy. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Heisman Trophy was handed out on UM Tuesday night,

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Speaker 1: and it went to Trevor Lawrence's brother who was wearing

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Speaker 1: It's just an awesome image. Um. But at all seriousness,

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Speaker 1: congrats to Davante Smith, the incredible receiver from Alabama who

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Speaker 1: captured the Heisman. It was one of those weird things

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Speaker 1: When Rob G and I were texting on Tuesday, Oh,

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Speaker 1: Devonte Smith won pretty convincingly. Trevor Lawrence finished second. It

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Speaker 1: But Peyton Manning incredible college career Tennessee, incredible talent, by far,

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, who's the best player in the country,

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Speaker 1: I've heard UM and I do mock drafts for Fox Sports.

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Speaker 1: Should be one coming out today, actually, UM, DeVonta Smith

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Speaker 1: Colts Hall of Fame receiver who's obviously immensely talented. I

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Speaker 1: love Davante Smith. I think I have him in the

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Speaker 1: on the Heisman Trophy. A quick note on the college

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Speaker 1: football National Championship Game. It's scheduled for Monday, but there

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Speaker 1: Of course, this led to outrage on the Alabama side. Well,

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Speaker 1: if I'm wrong with Cardale Jones came in and absolutely

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Speaker 1: funny that you mentioned postponing only because the College Football

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Speaker 1: Playoff Committee already secured January eighteen that a hard rock

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Speaker 1: saw this, but Nick Saban's daughter, when this news came out,

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Speaker 1: I call bs on the COVID cases, they're just worried

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Speaker 1: if he's hurt, putting your backup. You didn't see us

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Speaker 1: not falling out of Absolutely not. And um you know,

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Speaker 1: next Monday's podcast, we will wrap up the weekend with

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Speaker 1: all the NFL fund hopefully giving out a lot of

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Speaker 1: be without their head coach, Kevin Stefanski because he tested

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Speaker 1: positive for COVID. They will be out without their offensive

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Speaker 1: I gotta go mobile quarterback. I'm one of the best

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Speaker 1: defensive ends of the league already. I think Chase Young

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Speaker 1: on for Chase Young. Now, if it sounds like I'm

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Speaker 1: betting on Washington here, I'm not there, but I'm getting close. Okay,

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Speaker 1: um and started to go to gambling heavy rob g

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Speaker 1: but interesting stats, so playoff teams that are five hundred

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Speaker 1: or worse. Okay, there's only been nine of them since

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Speaker 1: two thousand three. The team that's five or worse seven

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Speaker 1: thousand three, seven and two against the spread. So basically,

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Speaker 1: you know what that says. The market knows no gamblers

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Speaker 1: going to respect the under five team. They're gonna bet

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Speaker 1: the other team, so they inflate the Tampa Bay number

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Here's the other thing. If you think

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Speaker 1: Everybody knows it that Seahawks team was below five and

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Speaker 1: they were huge underdogs in that game against the Saints.

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Speaker 1: team covered the spread, Like I just be careful thinking

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Speaker 1: Tampa's automatically gonna win this game. I do believe Tampa

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Speaker 1: but if you are super confident in langon wood and

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Speaker 1: be a little careful. Chase Young is gonna get his

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Speaker 1: I I don't know, rob G. Did I sound like

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm talking Washington into an upset because I'm not there.

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Speaker 1: I don't think Tampa is losing this game. No, you

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Speaker 1: definitely don't sound like you're talking on an upset. But

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Speaker 1: you do sound like you're trying to talk yourself into

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Speaker 1: any way that you can put some money on this game,

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Speaker 1: on every game. Based on what we talked about off

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Speaker 1: the air, I know that you'll be on every game anyway.

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Speaker 1: So you've been on every game. No, no, no. So

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Speaker 1: the other angle is, um, you know, if you think

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Speaker 1: should take the under because we know Washington can't score

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Speaker 1: one of the most anemic offenses in the league. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, Alex Smith is a checkdown king, like their

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Speaker 1: best hope they're bad. Their path to victory is like

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Speaker 1: not talking a big biteum because listen, we've seen Tom

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Speaker 1: thing though. Washington's defense is top ten in Football Outsiders

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Speaker 1: Tampa has fared against those top ten defenses, m hm.

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Speaker 1: Look at Tom Brady against the Bears. Look at Brady

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Speaker 1: in two games against the Saints. Alright, anyways, I've gone

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Speaker 1: on too long. Rob g Any parting thoughts as we

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Speaker 1: wrap up this Wednesday podcast. Uh yeah, quickly, just I

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Speaker 1: want to apologize to our listeners. If the audio quality

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Speaker 1: the microphone exploded. So apology anybody if it sounds any

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Speaker 1: any bad. But you know, a quick shout out to

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Speaker 1: um former Raider Raider legend. I don't care that he

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Speaker 1: played for the Packers. Charles Woodson headlining the list of

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Speaker 1: to him. Silver and Black is gonna be back in Canton.

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Speaker 1: Very excited about that. That's the saving grace of the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: That's where you guys are getting fired up about some

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Speaker 1: guy who played two decades ago and it's now going

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Speaker 1: to the Hall of Fame. Congratulations Raiders fans. All right, everybody,

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Speaker 1: we will talk to you tomorrow,