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Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The ain't nothing gonna break my stride.

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Speaker 1: keep on moving. Addition, as the Bengals come up just

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Speaker 1: short in their first game without Joe Burrow, a nineteen

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Speaker 1: seventeen loss to the New York Giants. Coming up, you'll

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Speaker 1: hear radio replays from Sunday's loss, postgame comments from players

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Speaker 1: the Bengals play by play announcer In twenty eleven, I

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Speaker 1: missed a game. I am currently quarantining at home due

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Speaker 1: their understanding, and kudos to Mike Watts, who did a

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Speaker 1: terrific job in my place. Now let's get to Sunday's game.

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Speaker 1: The worst kept secret of the week was that the

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Speaker 1: Bengals starting quarterback would be Brandon Allen and not Ryan Finley.

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Speaker 1: The former Arkansas star has been on the practice squad

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Speaker 1: that's how I've always prepared, whether I was on freshwater

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Speaker 1: But it took a while for Alan to even get

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Speaker 1: run made it seven nothing, but that lead only lasted

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Speaker 1: nineteenth return of the year, and he's put it right

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Speaker 1: It's Wilson going all the way inside the Tenny won't

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Speaker 1: be caught. Touchdown Cincinnati. That one hundred three yard kickoff

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Speaker 1: return by Brandon Wilson is a new Bengals record, topping

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Speaker 1: the one hundred two yard return that Eric Bienimy had

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Speaker 1: held by Tremaine Mack. It tied the game at seven,

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Speaker 1: and Josh bind says it gave the Bengals a huge lift.

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Speaker 1: Taylor on his team struggles on offense. Yeah, we never

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Speaker 1: my own worst critics, so There's gonna be a lot

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Speaker 1: of things that I think I can do better. Obviously

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Speaker 1: They take a tiebreaker with Washington by winning their two

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Speaker 1: pretty much what I'm saying, and execute at a higher

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Speaker 1: place short. You're down nineteen to ten in the fourth quarter,

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Speaker 1: and role, your offense hasn't done anything the entire game.

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Speaker 1: But but everybody just kept kept grinding and trying to

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Speaker 1: you look at it. The defense got a huge stop.

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Speaker 1: You know, offense goes down and score seven points. Defense

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Speaker 1: and it just didn't work out that way. But that

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Speaker 1: every day and know, and um, they're playing hard for

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Speaker 1: But we know that this tide is going to turn

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Speaker 1: this is a necessary part of our growth, but we

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Speaker 1: play football anymore. But I passed him up probably when

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Speaker 1: I was about thirteen years old. I came when did

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Speaker 1: you start playing football? And when did you start dreaming

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Speaker 1: about the NFL? Man, I've been playing football since I

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Speaker 1: was five six years old, and ever since then, it's

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Speaker 1: always been my goal. Just you know, growing up in Garland,

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Speaker 1: in the Dallas area, I watched the Cowboys. I was

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Speaker 1: a big Cowboys fan growing up my whole life, and

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Speaker 1: watching my brother play, I always wanting to do what

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Speaker 1: he did, and so you know those things right there.

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Speaker 1: Ever since you know, I started playing, it's been a

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Speaker 1: dream of mine for you know, almost two decades now.

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Speaker 1: Your older brother played at air Force and you were

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Speaker 1: going to follow him there, and then a few weeks

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Speaker 1: before you were set to report, everything changed. Describe what happened, man,

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Speaker 1: So you know, I still remember this day because it

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00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 1: was just such a big turning point. I got an

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Speaker 1: email saying that my medical way was declined because I

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00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,959
Speaker 1: have a cashiology, which is self seems small, but you know,

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00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 1: you know, the military, they have their certain rules and

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Speaker 1: things like that, and the football coaches couldn't do anything

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Speaker 1: about it. And so being at the Air Force, a

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Speaker 1: lot of schools had already reported, and I was waiting

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Speaker 1: to go into you know, basic training. So we're we're

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Speaker 1: a month into you know, most freshman being on campus

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Speaker 1: for football activities, and I have no clue where I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go. When did you learn of your cashew allergy

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Speaker 1: and what happens if you eat one? I learned pretty early,

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Speaker 1: not that early, I guess, I would say maybe around

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Speaker 1: nine ten years old when I just like I had

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Speaker 1: I never knew which specific that's it was, but I

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Speaker 1: mean I remember, you know, on a few instances, having

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Speaker 1: like small amounts of it and then just throwing up,

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Speaker 1: nauseating all of this, and I'm just like, Okay, I

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Speaker 1: can't do this. So I pretty much stayed away from

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Speaker 1: all of them until I finally got tested and realized

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Speaker 1: it was just just cashews. But yeah, I mean, when

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Speaker 1: I have them, intis not good, even like the smallest

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Speaker 1: amount can trigger a pretty big reaction. We're doing fun

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Speaker 1: facts with a chem identity. Do you look at labels

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Speaker 1: really closely to make sure that you never accidentally have one.

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Speaker 1: If there's anything that I know might having in there

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Speaker 1: or I'm at a restaurant, I'm very skeptical, especially with like, um,

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Speaker 1: some cultural dishes, like whether it be like a Mediterranean

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Speaker 1: type of dish. I'm very like cheating because I know,

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Speaker 1: you know, certain people like to cook with certain foods.

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Speaker 1: So the air force went down the drain because of

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Speaker 1: the cashew allergy and you wound up at Kansas. What

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Speaker 1: was your initial impression of Lawrence, Kansas? It was different.

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Speaker 1: It was different from what I'm used to. There's not

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Speaker 1: nearly as much to do out there, but you know,

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Speaker 1: ultimately I had a lot of fun and made a

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Speaker 1: lot of friends and had a lot of good time.

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Speaker 1: What was the best part of your college experience? Me

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Speaker 1: and my girlfriend who who probably be my wife here

483
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,880
Speaker 1: soon and that I definitely that takes the cake for sure.

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Speaker 1: That's a good answer, especially if she's nearby and can hear.

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Speaker 1: So the basketball team was a powerhouse you were in Kansas.

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Speaker 1: Did you go to the games at Alan field House

487
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Speaker 1: and become buddies with any of the basketball players. I

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00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: went to a few games. I didn't go to a

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Speaker 1: whole lot just because it gets so packed in there

490
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Speaker 1: and you have to get you have to get to

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Speaker 1: the game like maybe three four hours before to even

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Speaker 1: get a decent seat, and obviously we have stuff to do.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean I got I have one real

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Speaker 1: good friend that he's in the same class, and so

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Speaker 1: he'll he'll be getting drafted here pretty soon, my boy, dope.

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Speaker 1: But but yeah, he's a real good friend. And the

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Speaker 1: basketball games were always fun. There were such a such

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Speaker 1: a good team. Do you know why KU fans say

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00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,880
Speaker 1: rock chalk Jayhawk? I found out and I don't remember,

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Speaker 1: though I remember when I heard the reasoning behind it.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't that significant to me, but it sounds cool.

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Speaker 1: Though it does sound cool. It's one of those stories

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00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: where the answer is not that great, so I can

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Speaker 1: understand why you would forget so original late it was

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00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 1: raw raw Jayhawk, and then a professor suggested they change

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Speaker 1: it to rock chalk Jayhawk because there's limestone in the area.

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00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 1: Oh okay, yeah, yeah, good, Okay. Now if you get

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00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: quized on that again, you'll be all set unless I

509
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:24,160
Speaker 1: forget again. Describe your NFL draft experience, Man, This year

510
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 1: was was so different because of you know, COVID and

511
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 1: then just everything going on. Um, it was. It was

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00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 1: fun though. I mean I always say that, you know,

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Speaker 1: I tell my buddies in this draft class and everybody,

514
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,360
Speaker 1: I'm like, we're gonna be able to say we had

515
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 1: the first virtual draft, Like you know what I'm saying,

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be wild. Yeah, hopefully the first and only.

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00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: Yeah for real, but we'll be you know. That's that's

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00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 1: pretty special though, I think so. All right, a few

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Speaker 1: more fun facts for Hakimadnagy? What do you like to

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00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: spend your money on? I am cheap. I did not

521
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: like to spend my money at off. I like to

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00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 1: spend my money on my bank account and just put

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Speaker 1: it in there. If I don't have to spend money,

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Speaker 1: I won't. I guess if I had to say something

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Speaker 1: I like to spend my money on, you know, if

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Speaker 1: I had to get something nice from my mom and

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00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: my brother and my girlfriend. I find more pleasure in

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00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,680
Speaker 1: that than just spending my money on me. That's good.

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00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: That's frugal. That's not cheap. That's frugal. That's fine. Who

530
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 1: is the greatest athlete in any sport? That has to

531
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 1: be Lebron James for sure, he has to be. He's

532
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: just he's a freak. Uh, he has the production to

533
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 1: back it up. Just I mean, you just watch him.

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Speaker 1: I think we'll look back one day and be like,

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00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: you know how how the old folks before is they're like, oh,

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00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: we saw George, We're gonna be like we saw Lebron.

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00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 1: You're never gonna You're never gonna get this again. Yeah,

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00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: I'm one of those old folks that would have said

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00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: that about Jordan. So so you go on, Jordan and Lebron.

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00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: You know what, this championship this year swung me over

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00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: to Lebron. Okay, this one broke the tie. All right.

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Speaker 1: Final fun fact for Hakim Idenagy. If you couldn't meet

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Speaker 1: anybody in history, athlete, entertainer, statesman, whatever, who would that

544
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: person be. Oh, that's a good question. Anybody in history.

545
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: I guess the person who invented football. I don't even

546
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: know who that is. It's simple, but it's very There's

547
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: so many things too us. So I'll say, yeah, you

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00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: are officially off the hot seat, Hakim. I appreciate your time,

549
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Speaker 1: best of luck the rest of the year. Thanks Dan,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Here's a quick reminder to join lap

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Speaker 1: Hand Lance McAlister for Bengals Line Monday night from six

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