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Speaker 1: to the City of Good Neighbors in Buffalo, New York,

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Speaker 1: looking forwards seventh straight victory of the season. Welcome inside

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by PEPSI. I go by Gabe

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Speaker 1: Henderson and as always I am joined by Tatum Everett

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Speaker 1: and producer Eric Davison here and Egan and helping us

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Speaker 1: break down the Vikings versus Bills matchup tonight. Is a

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Speaker 1: who actually beat the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo, mister Robert Smith,

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Speaker 1: former Vikings running back an analysts for Fox Sports. Tatum,

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping he can give us some mojo to help

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Speaker 1: us change the course of history, simply because ever since

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Speaker 1: that Week one game in nineteen ninety seven where he

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Speaker 1: have come up short in nail biders against the team

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Speaker 1: formerly known as the Bison. Was it the Bison when

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Speaker 1: Robert played them? It was not the Bison. Robert kay

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Speaker 1: I was like, when was that happen? Forty seven is

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Speaker 1: when they change their name to the Bills. I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna lie to you. I did not even know that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's my NFL history knowledge for him, because his name

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Speaker 1: was like Bill Cody. It was like Buffalo Bill, Buffalo

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to have Robert on. Obviously, he did the

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't think Robert was bad luck, but

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Speaker 1: I'm just sorry. No, I'm kidding. We love Robert Smith

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Speaker 1: and the fact that he always is able to talk

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Speaker 1: I mean, it is pretty remarkable that it's been you know,

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Speaker 1: His name is Robert Smith, and Robert, thanks for joining.

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Speaker 1: We started this show off talking about your famous one

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Speaker 1: back in nineteen ninety seven. But since that game, the

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Speaker 1: Vikings have yet to beat the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: when things aren't going the way that you want them

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Speaker 1: to go, how do you play? And I think that's

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Speaker 1: But yeah, it's just been it's been a blast. It

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Speaker 1: it was just so frustrating and now seeing the team

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Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's just been fun to see. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: very fun to see. And I think the most fun

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Speaker 1: part is the fact that this Vikings team is seven

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Speaker 1: into Buffalo, so hopefully we get a win up there,

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Speaker 1: and Robert I, hopefully your chairing got home for the

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Speaker 1: team in Prople. Appreciate you joining us today. You got it.

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Speaker 1: That is former Vikings running back, Vikings legend Robert Smith.

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Speaker 1: Vikings fans, thank you for tuning into another edition of

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings Podcast presented by Pepsi or Tatum Everett,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Davidson, and our guest of the night, mister Robert Smith.

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Speaker 1: My name is Gay Henderson. Talk to you next week.