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Speaker 2: I am Tracy Sandler, joined by the wonderful Nikki k Nikki.

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Speaker 2: A week ago, you and I were in New Orleans

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Speaker 2: at a Nelly concert, which was amazing.

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Speaker 4: What a time that was and what a blur New

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Speaker 3: I would have to say that was It's gotta be

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Speaker 3: one of the top four Super Bowl host cities in

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Speaker 3: the rotation.

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Speaker 2: I one hundred percent agree. I kind of think all

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Speaker 2: super Bowls should be in New Orleans, just the ease

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Speaker 2: of getting around and the parents are the character of

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Speaker 4: It was. It was really fun.

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Speaker 2: I have been very blessed to be at a lot

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Speaker 2: of Super Bowls, and this was one of my most

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I've got to ask, okay before we get

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Speaker 3: into you know, the reaction from the week following. Okay,

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Speaker 3: let's say super Bowl rotation is narrowed down to four

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Speaker 3: cities for warm weather cities, right, what what are your

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Speaker 3: top four?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Man, I don't There'd be lots of cities mad at me,

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Speaker 2: but I'll just I'll just go to it. I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: go with New Orleans. I'm gonna say LA because I'm

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Speaker 2: based here. So it's a purely selfish situation, right Vegas, yes,

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Speaker 2: very spread out, and then so that my forty nine

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Speaker 2: go a tie with San Francisco and Arizona.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, I so I'm kind of out on LA

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Speaker 4: And where was I get?

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Speaker 4: Vegas? Vegas?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely and see to me, Miami is so spread out. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: but you know what, I just love the ocean goes round?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, right, go around. That's fair. Well.

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Speaker 2: Last week's Super Bowl Eagles win it all, as I'm

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Speaker 2: sure everybody knows right now. Championship parade was yesterday, and.

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Speaker 4: We have Valentine's Day nonetheless on.

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Speaker 2: Valentine's Day for Eagles fans to show their love to

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Speaker 3: How many how many women do you think heard from

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Speaker 3: from their significant others? Hey, honey, I'm just gonna go

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Speaker 4: I want to know how many men heard it from women?

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Speaker 4: For that is what show.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's filly. What a great way to celebrate this?

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Speaker 2: Is there anything that more romantic? Than the Philadelphia Eagles

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Speaker 4: And Jalen Hurts understood the assignment.

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Speaker 2: Wearing his Love Hurts sweatshirt on Valentine's eighth the parade,

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Speaker 4: He made it there. I just got goose bumps.

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Speaker 3: That's like a you know, a really cool delivery.

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Speaker 4: I guess on your words, right.

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Speaker 4: As the parade went on, it looked like he was

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Speaker 4: Howie Roseman got hit with a beer can. Oh right,

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Speaker 3: Absolutely. Were you around for the Rams Super Bowl parade?

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Speaker 3: It was an interesting time, right because it was coming

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Speaker 3: But drunk on the success of their accomplishments, and it's

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Speaker 2: And we saw with the Dodgers, who in twenty twenty

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Speaker 4: It's great for the fans in Philadelphia. Public schools level, Yeah, Philadelphia.

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Speaker 4: So a lot of fun, a lot of fun in Philadelphia.

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Speaker 2: But here's the thing with the NFL. Now everybody is

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Speaker 4: As what off season? Yeah right, I don't really know

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Speaker 2: But there are some questions coming out of the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: Right?

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Speaker 3: And I you know that man has every right to

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Speaker 3: just I would wonder if after his performance in this

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Speaker 4: That was a very nice way to say that, right, right?

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Speaker 3: Is that what you hang them up on? I like,

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Speaker 4: I don't.

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Speaker 3: I can can't imagine that's how he wants to leave

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Speaker 4: But I would also.

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Speaker 3: Give him his flowers immediately. You know, yes, sir, I

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Speaker 3: get it. You know it's time. But what would you

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Speaker 3: say if you were, you know, to maybe if you

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Speaker 4: What are you saying?

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Speaker 2: Well, I think there's there's two ways to look at it,

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Speaker 2: and then I'll get back to the dinner buying.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, where am I buying this dinner? Just so I

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Speaker 4: know how invested I am in this. I know how you.

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Speaker 3: I know you like your spots in Quijo. So let's say, like,

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Speaker 3: let's go Laurel Hardware. Okay, I think there are two

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Speaker 3: a great performance.

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Speaker 2: However, it wasn't a great performance for anybody, So at

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Speaker 4: You were the reason they locked the superle I think.

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Speaker 2: The other side of it is, You've had a tremendous career.

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Speaker 2: Buying dinner on it, all of that being said, if

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Speaker 3: I heard someone saying it is like for professional athletes,

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Speaker 3: But I was just trying to talk about how significant

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Speaker 4: He's washed, he's overrated, he's done at the end.

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Speaker 3: Of his career, Like, you know, is this where he says,

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Speaker 3: let me prove you wrong.

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Speaker 2: Well, first of all, we in sports media hyperbolic little

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Speaker 2: bit Mahomes is so far from wash. It was a

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Speaker 2: everybody had a bad game. He had zero time to

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Speaker 2: great season.

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Speaker 4: But this is something we do in sports media.

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Speaker 2: It is part of our charm and it gives us

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Speaker 2: there is more to talk about the next several months,

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Speaker 2: and I want to touch upon this. The NFL Combine

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Speaker 4: It is All Starreek weekend in the NBA, and all

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Speaker 3: It's a it's a party, and I feel like it's

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Speaker 2: It's an all star game, so I really love what they're.

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Speaker 2: Last night Friday Night's Rising Stars Challenge Team C one

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Speaker 3: Right, right, And so so let me as I'm kind

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Speaker 3: It's glitzy and it's but there is a talk right

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Speaker 4: excited to watch it.

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Speaker 2: I know that the team I'm going with, Okay, yes,

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Speaker 2: Steph's I'm not step Shacks Ogs, but Steph step but Ogs.

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Speaker 4: Who do you think is winning this thing?

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Speaker 3: Okay, you know what I'm going, mister worldwide here, I'm

449
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Speaker 3: going Chuck's Global Stars. I mean seeing Yokich and Wemby

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Speaker 3: with shape. You know, like I my mind, I feel

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Speaker 3: like is about to be blown.

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Speaker 5: But it is.

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Speaker 4: It does feel like a USA versus World moment. I

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Speaker 4: does I love it?

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Speaker 6: Well?

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Speaker 7: You did?

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Speaker 2: You mentioned the Avengers. I absolutely love it. It's gonna

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Speaker 2: be a lot of fun to watch. So tune in tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: But right now we are going to go to Martin Weiss,

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Speaker 2: who's got all kinds of updates for us.

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Speaker 8: You guys are just talking about the All Star Game

462
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Speaker 8: NBA midway through their festivities. Obviously, the Rising Stars Game

463
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Speaker 8: was last night. Well Spurs gar Stefaran Castle won the

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Speaker 8: Rising Stars MVP. He's also going to be in the

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Speaker 8: Slam Dunk Contest tonight, and because he won that Rising

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Speaker 8: Stars tournament.

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Speaker 9: He's playing on Sunday, which means he will.

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Speaker 8: Be the first player to participate in all three days

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Speaker 8: of All Star Weekend since twenty eleven. That was Blake

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Speaker 8: Griffin and his rookie year Bucks guard Damian Lillard. Also

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Speaker 8: going for his third story three point contest win tonight.

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Speaker 8: In the four nation face off, Finland beat Sweden four

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Speaker 8: to three in overtime. Cale mccarr is a game time

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Speaker 8: decision for the United States tonight against Canada.

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Speaker 9: That game, I believe eight Eastern.

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Speaker 8: The Saints are set to interview Deonte Jones for their

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Speaker 8: defensive coordinator position. Jones is the defensive backs coach and

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Speaker 8: passing game coordinator.

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Speaker 9: For the Vikings Falcons.

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Speaker 8: Tight end coach Kevin Cooger declined an opportunity to interview

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Speaker 8: with that same staff the offensive coordinator position in New Orleans.

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Speaker 9: Coger he did an interview for the.

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Speaker 8: Jobs in Cleveland and Dallas offensive coordinators this offseason. Men's

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Speaker 8: college basketball, we got some heavy hitters in play right now.

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Speaker 8: Number one verse number two an SEC matchup at Alabama

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Speaker 8: and Auburn. The Tigers the first ranked team in the nation.

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Speaker 8: Crimson tie second Alburn, leading fourteen to ten with fourteen

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Speaker 8: minutes left in the first half. The twelve forty Texas

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Speaker 8: Tech Red Raiders have a sixty five to forty lead

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Speaker 8: over Oklahoma State with ten twenty left in the game.

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Speaker 9: At the half.

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Speaker 8: Georgia leads from the twenty first ranked Missouri forty one

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Speaker 8: to thirty eight. Third ranked Duke has a twenty six

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Speaker 8: to seventeen lead over Stanford with about ten minutes twenty

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Speaker 8: seconds left in the first half. That game is we'd

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Speaker 8: played at home tenth rank to Iowa State with a

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Speaker 8: twenty seven to twenty three lead over Cincinnati eight minutes

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Speaker 8: twenty four left in the first half.

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Speaker 9: Earlier today, Texas A and.

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Speaker 8: M, the eighth RAN team in the nation, beat the

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Speaker 8: John Caliparis Arkansas Razorbacks sixty nine to sixty one. Arkansas

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Speaker 8: four and eight in SEC playing Cali Parties. First year

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Speaker 8: Clemson beat Florida State seven to two to forty six.

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Speaker 8: Fifth ranked Tennessee hung on to beat Vanderbilt eighty one

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Speaker 8: to seventy six.

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Speaker 9: A sixteenth rank Wisconsin upset seventh per Due ninety four

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Speaker 9: to eighty four, and.

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Speaker 8: Sixth thrank Houston beat thirteenth rank to Arizona sixty two

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Speaker 8: to fifty eight.

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Speaker 2: Back to you guys, all right, we are coming to

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Speaker 2: you live from the tiraq dot Com studios and super

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Speaker 2: excited to welcome our first guest, Marcus Thompson from The Athletic,

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Speaker 2: one of the best writers you will ever read in

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Speaker 2: sports or probably anywhere, coming to us from the All

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Speaker 2: Star Game. Marcus, Welcome to our show.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: I did not pay Tracy to say that.

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Speaker 4: Just for the record, that wasn't That wasn't me, Marcus.

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Speaker 7: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: We're gonna have to go double. We're gonna have to

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Speaker 4: check that, Marcus. We're gonna see it. We'll get the

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Speaker 4: receipts and see if it's true. But Marcus, you are

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Speaker 4: up at the NBA All Star Game in San Francisco.

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Speaker 4: What are the vibes. I'm a big vibe girl. What

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Speaker 4: are the vibes?

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Speaker 5: Well, actually, I am at Oracle Arena. Oh, for the

527
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Speaker 5: first time since twenty nineteen, since they the Warriors moved across.

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Speaker 5: They're having the All Star practice here at Oracles. So

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Speaker 5: the vibes are.

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Speaker 10: Very, very nostalgic.

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Speaker 5: I'm talking if you blink, you might shed a tear

532
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Speaker 5: type vibes. Right, Like, there's a lot of people who

533
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Speaker 5: just feel the old school aura of this place. I

534
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Speaker 5: just talked to Steph Curry at his old locker. Oh

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Speaker 5: my god, inside of Oracle Arena. Kyrie Irvin hit the

536
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Speaker 5: biggest shout of his life.

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Speaker 10: In this arena.

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Speaker 5: All of the Canadians are lit because the last game

539
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Speaker 5: ever in this NBA game here was when they won

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Speaker 5: a championship in twenty nineteen. So like it's very nostalgic

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Speaker 5: in here right now.

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Speaker 4: First of all, I can't believe it was twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 4: Like that feels a lot.

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Speaker 10: It sounds like a different decade.

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Speaker 2: Well it well it was second right, but it does

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Speaker 2: like almost a different century.

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Speaker 4: I mean it forever ago.

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Speaker 5: Crazy, it's been what six years?

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Speaker 10: I think, yeah, but it feels like thirty.

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Speaker 4: Did you cry?

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Speaker 10: I didn't blink, but I think that would have.

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Speaker 5: Okay, that's you be at that moment where it's right there,

553
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Speaker 5: you just hold on. If you blink, your crime.

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Speaker 10: So technically I didn't cry because I didn't blink.

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's fair, that's really fair. What are your thoughts?

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Speaker 2: Because you are been covered, You've been covering the NBA

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Speaker 2: a long time. You are I consider you like an

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Speaker 2: NBA extraordin there. What are your thoughts on this new

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Speaker 2: format and how it's all going to go?

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Speaker 7: Well?

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Speaker 5: Can I just be like honest about it, please?

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Speaker 10: I think it's the laying that it's needed. I think

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Speaker 10: they should just play hard, right, like this is real

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Speaker 10: simple okay.

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Speaker 5: But also I don't have like millions of dollars on

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Speaker 5: the line, right, I don't nobody's gonna troll me on

567
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Speaker 5: social media if I lose or I don't have all

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Speaker 5: of the concerns that they have. So I get while

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Speaker 5: they have the concerns, but as a person who just

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Speaker 5: grew up watching an All Star game, I'm like, yo,

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Speaker 5: just play hard.

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Speaker 10: They don't need to do all this.

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Speaker 5: But with that said, I do I do think this

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Speaker 5: has a chance to be interested in the NBA. They

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Speaker 5: tend to be pretty good about these ideas because it's

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Speaker 5: so collaborative. Like we thought the playing tournament will be trash,

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Speaker 5: right now, it's pretty good. They just do these things

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Speaker 5: pretty well. So I'm reserve and judgment, but they seem

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Speaker 5: to be excited about it. I do think anytime you

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Speaker 5: put embarrassment on the line, like money moves people and

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Speaker 5: not being embarrassed moves people. So they got these rookie,

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Speaker 5: these rising stars in there, and now you can't lose

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Speaker 5: to them because then you really get controlled, right, So

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Speaker 5: I feel like it's a smart play by them to

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Speaker 5: do something to reinvigorate it. But in the name of

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Speaker 5: the no style, JAB feel right now, how about this

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Speaker 5: play hard and then none of this stuff is necessary?

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Speaker 4: Marcus. I really feel that Nikki kay here pleasure to

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Speaker 4: be chatting with you.

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Speaker 3: I wonder, is this kind of you know, a smaller

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Speaker 3: arrow pointing in a bigger trend of direction that the

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Speaker 3: NBA is looking. I know they're always you know, you know,

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Speaker 3: moving things around, but like, what needs to change around

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Speaker 3: the league to engage more interest because we know the

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Speaker 3: ratings slump has been real?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean that.

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Speaker 5: That's the tough part. There's this transition to a new

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Speaker 5: generation that that feels like something needs to happen.

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Speaker 10: And the truth is, like, just to.

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Speaker 5: Somebody who's been around a long time, like it always

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Speaker 5: kind of finds its way. So the member, it was like, oh,

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Speaker 5: what is the league going to do after Jordan? And

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Speaker 5: then here comes a dude named Kobe who's kind of

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Speaker 5: just like him? Right, what is the league going to

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Speaker 5: do after Kobe? And there's a dude in high school

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Speaker 5: name Lebron who comes out of nowhere, and then it's like, oh,

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Speaker 5: my goodness, Steph was out of nowhere. So there's a

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Speaker 5: there's a bit of like, hey, just let let the

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Speaker 5: cards fall where they're made. This thing always works itself out,

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Speaker 5: but then there's also this need to be innovative.

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Speaker 10: I do wonder how they'll deal with this rating thing.

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Speaker 5: Because clearly it's an issue, but also people are still

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Speaker 5: lining up to buy the league. I mean, they just

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Speaker 5: had a bidding war with T and T in Amazon, right,

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Speaker 5: and they just got NBC. So it's almost like, yeah,

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Speaker 5: I feel the ratings are tough, but is it that

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Speaker 5: bad that people are willing to spend billions on it?

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Speaker 5: It's it's I think we're just in a weird landscape

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Speaker 5: scape of media where we don't know what the metric

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Speaker 5: is or the.

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Speaker 10: Rubric to determine success. It used to be ratings. Maybe

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Speaker 10: that's just an.

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Speaker 5: NFL thing though, right, maybe everybody else has to view

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Speaker 5: it differently. It's it's kind of weird, but it does

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Speaker 5: feel like something needs to.

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Speaker 3: Be done, Like something needs to be done, like writing

627
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Speaker 3: a conspiracy theory to get Luca to the Lakers?

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Speaker 5: Right? Is that all?

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Speaker 4: Is that all part of gauging interest in the league?

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Speaker 5: I feel like I feel like, whoever is in that

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Speaker 5: room with Aaron Sorkin and you know what I'm saying,

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Speaker 5: I feel like this, you know, Shonda Rhanz and SKA

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Speaker 5: and put them on the duty and let them figure

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Speaker 5: out ways to drum this up. Right, You go, oh

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Speaker 5: my god, there is a solution. It's take one of

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Speaker 5: the biggest young stars in the world and put them

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Speaker 5: in La or New York. I see, all this stuff

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Speaker 5: always just works its way out at some point, right,

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Speaker 5: like Shay Gilgis Alexander will end up on the Knicks

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Speaker 5: and then everything.

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Speaker 10: Is fine, right, like it's gonna happen somewhere or another.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, that's that's a very curious decision by Nico Harrison,

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Speaker 5: the general manager of the Mavericks, who not only did

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Speaker 5: did they do this, they get it under the cover

645
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Speaker 5: of darkness. It wasn't even like an open market sale.

646
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Speaker 5: Luca's available and they got this massive bounty, like they

647
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Speaker 5: traded Luca to the Lakers in the same way somebody

648
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Speaker 5: stoups tickets like it's crazy.

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Speaker 2: I was in Dallas this week and at least I

650
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Speaker 2: don't know a dozen people who asked where I was

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Speaker 2: visiting from.

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Speaker 4: Every one of them was like, oh, you have Luca.

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Speaker 2: We're devastating my granddaughters, my daughters, my nieces, my nephews.

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Speaker 2: I couldn't stop crying. It was they're devastated. I mean

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Speaker 2: they they are devastated. I am thrilled because I love Luca,

656
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Speaker 2: like absolutely love Luca. Little anecdote. I had a terrible

657
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Speaker 2: flu when he was traded. They were unrelated, but I

658
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Speaker 2: so I didn't know about the trade for like fifteen hours,

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Speaker 2: and when I was finally better, my mom was like,

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Speaker 2: I wanted to tell you, but you were so sick.

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Speaker 2: I didn't even know if you would comprehend it because

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Speaker 2: I love him. Sick am I being punk and I

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Speaker 2: being punk? Luca is a laker. But this does leads

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Speaker 2: me to something I want to ask you about Marcus

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Speaker 2: before we let you go. Jimmy Butler on the Warriors,

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Speaker 2: how is that going? Kind of when is that done

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Speaker 2: for the energy of the team?

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Speaker 5: First off, kid, I just acknowledged that was like the

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Speaker 5: most LA thing I've ever heard of.

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Speaker 10: Say like, yeah, poor Dallas, har for you. When I

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Speaker 10: got over the flu, it was wonderful.

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Speaker 3: Ripest tut Marcus adversity on and off the court.

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Speaker 4: I mean, sorry Raps fans, but I got to think

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Speaker 4: about myselfie.

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Speaker 10: You know what I'm saying, Pop your collar one time?

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Speaker 10: That was La right then?

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Speaker 5: That was it? You know, and you know La has

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Speaker 5: definitely earned the right to be La.

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Speaker 10: You know, you all endured some stuff. This this this

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Speaker 10: this win this spring winter. So yeah, yeah, go ahead

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Speaker 10: and pop your collar. But that was a very la thing.

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Speaker 5: But to the Jimmy Butler point, I do think that's

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Speaker 5: another situation where I wonder if this was in a

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Speaker 5: writer's room, right, because Jimmy Butler on one of the

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Speaker 5: Glory franchises, next to one of the greatest stars in

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Speaker 5: the league, the biggest stars in the league, has like

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Speaker 5: reinvigorated the Warriors, which is one of the ratings Giants

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Speaker 5: like Warriors Lakers Knicks right.

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Speaker 10: Rating, that's where you get the numbers at.

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Speaker 5: So it feels like this might have all been choreographed

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Speaker 5: by some writers, and perhaps I'm in the wrong profession.

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Speaker 5: Maybe I should be in that writer's room because Jimmy

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Speaker 5: Butler and Steph Curry and Draymond Green, like, there's gonna

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Speaker 5: be fireworks one way or the Either they're gonna be

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Speaker 5: really good and it's gonna be great, or it's gonna

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Speaker 5: like be really bad and it's gonna be great for us.

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Speaker 10: Right, well, either way, it's.

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Speaker 4: Gonna win, that is true. It is going to the

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Speaker 4: content is going to be spectaclic. You're coming one way

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Speaker 4: or the other.

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Speaker 2: Marcus, we appreciate your time. No, it's a super busy

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Speaker 2: weekend for you. Thank you so much for joining us today.

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Speaker 2: We are going to a break.

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Speaker 4: We are Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: You're listening No, Fox Sports Radio Radio.

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Speaker 2: We are coming to you live from the tire rack

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Speaker 2: dot Com Studios. I am Tracy Sandler, joined by the

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Speaker 2: incredible Nikki k Nikki.

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Speaker 4: Every time we come back, I'm gonna have a new

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Speaker 4: adjective to describe you. Oh, I love it, I love it.

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Speaker 2: I love it so right now it's incredible because you

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Speaker 2: are incredible, and it is time for our dues and our.

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Speaker 1: Don't highlighting the duh.

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Speaker 5: I love that.

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Speaker 1: Putting a spotlight on the don't.

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Speaker 11: The subject brings me no joy.

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Speaker 9: Don't.

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Speaker 1: That's insane. It's time for the dues and the don'ts

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Speaker 1: in sports.

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Speaker 4: All right, Nikki, would you like to go first? Or

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Speaker 4: would you like me to go first?

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Speaker 3: You know what, Tracy, thank you so much for being

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Speaker 3: so courteous.

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Speaker 4: I will go first. Do it, step right up.

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Speaker 3: Don't miss the moment, don't miss out, don't miss out

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Speaker 3: on the moment that women's college basketball is having right now.

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Speaker 4: And it's not just a moment because.

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Speaker 3: The level of play we are seeing is incredible, and

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Speaker 3: I'm specifically referencing the spectacle we watched with usc UCLA woman.

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Speaker 3: And I'm not going to get too much into it

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Speaker 3: because I know we're going to talk about it later,

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Speaker 3: but I did hear some you know, I have heard

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Speaker 3: that age old.

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Speaker 4: You know, Oh, I just can't get into the women's game.

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Speaker 3: But actually you're not watching then, because the quality of

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Speaker 3: half court possessions and basketball by these athletes has truly ascended.

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Speaker 3: It's not just a Caitlin Clark phenomenon anymore. No, it's

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Speaker 3: that game here to stay.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's funny that you bring that up in your

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Speaker 2: don't because my don't. One of my don'ts was don't

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Speaker 2: count out your superstars. Whither We're all with all this

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Speaker 2: talk about.

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Speaker 4: Ju Ju's lossage. Is it a sophomore slump?

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Speaker 2: And then she goes out against the number one team

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Speaker 2: of the country and absolutely nails it thirty eight points,

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Speaker 2: eleven rebounds, five assists, eight blocks.

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Speaker 4: I would say there is no sophomore slumping going on there.

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Speaker 2: We are going to talk more about it later, but

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Speaker 2: I can I just say right off the bat, I

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Speaker 2: love that this segment has started with us talking about

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Speaker 2: women's college basketball.

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Speaker 3: That's right, that's right, because I start, I'm starting to

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Speaker 3: recontextualize myself even when I say it's not it's just

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Speaker 3: college basketball now, right, and it's really special and awesome

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Speaker 3: to see it.

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Speaker 4: I think this score is just going to continue.

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Speaker 3: To attract viewers and engagement, and it's really really awesome.

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Speaker 4: And here we are talking about it top off the block,

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Speaker 4: all right.

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Speaker 2: I have one thing to add to that. I want

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Speaker 2: to just say. I had tweeted about Michigan. I said,

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Speaker 2: we're a football and basketball school again, and someone commented

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Speaker 2: on the tweet and said women's basketball too, and I said, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I said basketball, we are a football and basketball school.

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Speaker 4: And then everybody, hey, yep.

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Speaker 3: We gotta readjust the vernacular here, right, football and basketball.

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Speaker 3: So my next du is, do start dusting off those

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Speaker 3: college basketball brackets. Because the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee unveiled.

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Speaker 4: The top sixteen seeds in the March Madness bracket today.

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Speaker 3: We are one month away from selection Sunday, Tracy, I

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Speaker 3: love the Super Bowl, I love the NBA.

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Speaker 4: Finals, but.

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Speaker 3: March Madness is my favorite sporting event in the calendar year.

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Speaker 4: Well, the one and done of it all. It just changes.

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Speaker 2: It changes everything, and it's not a It's like you

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Speaker 2: have a seven game series the NBA.

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Speaker 4: That's why NFL playoffs are so fun. It is one

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Speaker 4: and done.

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Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan always says with the playoffs, and this is

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Speaker 2: true of March Madness not the best team. It's two

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Speaker 2: best plays for bloop his best for three and a

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Speaker 2: half hours.

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Speaker 4: March Badness is the best. It's also my favorite. Right,

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Speaker 4: I love it?

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Speaker 5: All? Right?

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Speaker 4: My do do keep your promises?

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Speaker 2: And that goes back to what we talked about at

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Speaker 2: the top of the show. Jalen Hurts promising to run

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Speaker 2: the Rocky steps when he was a champion and not

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Speaker 2: before he did it the other day. But he also

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Speaker 2: generally has kept his promises, and I think for an athlete,

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Speaker 2: that's pretty cool. They can all talk, everybody can talk

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Speaker 2: and say a lot of things, but can you deliver,

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Speaker 2: Jalen Hurst delivery my.

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Speaker 4: Next do do we think?

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Speaker 3: Show?

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Speaker 4: Hey, o'danie's gonna be? Do you know a force to

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Speaker 4: be reckoned with?

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Speaker 3: In this Dodger's pitching rotation, we just saw him throw

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Speaker 3: the first bullpen today.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely sensational.

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Speaker 2: We do, we absolutely do, and I'm really glad you

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Speaker 2: brought this up, because there are a few people I.

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Speaker 4: Love more in life than showing Otani that maybe his

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Speaker 4: dog decoy. It's gonna be kind of amazing.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be very interesting to see he had

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Speaker 2: such an incredible he's in the plate. What happens when

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Speaker 2: he's on the mound doesn't change anything. But I think, sho, hey,

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Speaker 2: o Tani. We'll add this to a do do exceed expectations.

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Speaker 2: It is very very rare that someone comes anywhere with

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Speaker 2: so much hype and then exceeds those expectations.

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Speaker 4: Will he do it? Do it again? My next I'm

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Speaker 4: going to keep it with do this is to the NFL.

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Speaker 3: I'd say, let's let's keep the super Bowl rotation to

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Speaker 3: for warm weather cities.

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Speaker 7: Fair.

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Speaker 4: That's that's fair, all right. I think that that's very baby.

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Speaker 2: Don't do the super Bowl where it's freezing, right, No,

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Speaker 2: if you've ever been to a super Bowl. And I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna not name a city, because I love the NFL

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Speaker 2: and I love the city.

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Speaker 4: We love cities. I love cities. But there was one

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Speaker 4: a few years ago where it was.

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Speaker 2: So cold that I was at radio road and called

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Speaker 2: U an uber and the man said could you wait outside?

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Speaker 2: And I said, sir, I am so sorry, but I

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Speaker 2: will not. It is zero degrees, so no, I cannot

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Speaker 2: wait outside.

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Speaker 3: I know a couple of girls who were in New

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Speaker 3: Orleans covering the Super Bowl. There was kind of a

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Speaker 3: running joke though about not doing your hair because the

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Speaker 3: second you stepped outside, right, So I guess that's a timesaver.

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Speaker 2: My eyelashes curled, which is kind of eyelashes off the

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Speaker 2: So there we.

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Speaker 4: Go an eyelash moment. I have do pack extra glue.

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Speaker 4: Do pack extra glue. I have one more do for you.

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Speaker 4: Do stay tuned because we have a lot more to.

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Speaker 12: Talk about as we people, as we go to the break.

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Speaker 12: We are Fox Sports Radio. Well and do stay with

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Speaker 12: us for another twenty second day with.

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Speaker 4: Us for another twenty seconds. But I like that Super Bowl,

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Speaker 4: warm warm weathers.

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Speaker 3: And I'm going to give another thumbs up due to

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Speaker 3: the NBA all start for madam.

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Speaker 4: I'm with it. I'm with it too. And when we

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Speaker 4: talked about March Madness, it made me even more with it. Exactly.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I want to see tournaments style tournaments are right,

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Speaker 3: all right?

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Speaker 2: Once again, I'm gonna say it, Do stay with us

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Speaker 2: don't stop believing this is Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 4: The amazing Nikki Ka. I'm used to kill it with

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Speaker 4: these adjectives all day long.

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Speaker 3: Watch out my egos, my egos getting bigger and bigger.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think I have something that might bring your

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Speaker 2: ego down, and I don't want to bring.

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Speaker 4: Me up just to knock me down. Trace I basically

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Speaker 4: that is that is what happening.

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Speaker 2: For what's happening For those of you who don't know,

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Speaker 2: Nikki is a UCLA Bruin. She loves her Bruins despite

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Speaker 2: the fact that some imes they struggle in sports. However, However,

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Speaker 2: now I'm going to bring you back up or down thin.

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Speaker 2: Her women's college basketball team in the number one in

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Speaker 2: the country. And then, as we mentioned earlier, they came

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Speaker 2: into the buzzsaw that was Juju in USC how was

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Speaker 2: that for you, how are you recovering from the law?

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Speaker 4: Well, here's the thing.

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Speaker 3: This is what head coach Corey Close called a dress

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Speaker 3: rehearsal for a final four matchup, right, or a final

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Speaker 3: four meeting with one of the.

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Speaker 4: Best teams in the nation.

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Speaker 3: Right, Okay, UCLA undefeated, number one seed USC no joke

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Speaker 3: in itself of number six, and it basically shows just

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Speaker 3: how small the margin is a top the best programs

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Speaker 3: for women's basketball in the country right now, and you're

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Speaker 3: looking at the Big ten's best offense in the conference

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Speaker 3: in UCLA going against the best defense in the conference

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Speaker 3: in USC and then the ascendant star in Juju Watkins.

885
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Speaker 3: And what a game like for a rivalry. It had

886
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 3: everything that lived up to the hype that this game

887
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 3: had been tapped for.

888
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 5: Right.

889
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 3: It was back and forth, it was close, it was

890
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 3: Juju taking over in the fourth quarter. And I think

891
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 3: as a Bruin obviously, you know a lot of people

892
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,360
Speaker 3: have this discussion if if you're undefeated, when do you.

893
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 4: Want to take that loss?

894
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 3: I want it as a fan, I want a loss

895
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 3: earlier than later, right exactly, But I also want, you know,

896
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 3: time to be able to go back to the drawing

897
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 3: board from a loss like this and coach saying after

898
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 3: the game like we were out toughed, especially you know

899
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 3: on the boards, those second chances, and then when you

900
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 3: when you have a defense like USCS that allows Juju

901
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 3: to get out in transition, it's game over. So I

902
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 3: think there were learning lessons for the Bruins. But most importantly,

903
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,320
Speaker 3: I think this was such a fantastic I don't I

904
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 3: keep trying to stay away from using the word moment

905
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 3: because it's not a moment. This is now for women's

906
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:06,359
Speaker 3: college basketball, and what a fun game to tune in too.

907
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 2: But I think it can be a moment because there

908
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 2: are moments in sports all the way around. Jaden Daniels,

909
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 2: who was at the game, I want to see what

910
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 2: I did there?

911
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, so get it back Daniels. He had moments throughout

912
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 4: the season that defined his rookie year. Right, moments of

913
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 4: Super Bowl could be a moment.

914
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 2: So I think it's okay to say moment because you're

915
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 2: not saying that women's college basketball is.

916
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:27,919
Speaker 4: Having its moment.

917
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,800
Speaker 2: But that game was a moment in a season and

918
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 2: with momentum in a sport that people have just fallen

919
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 2: in love with and I don't think that's a bad thing.

920
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 4: Momentum moment, and.

921
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,400
Speaker 3: We got to talk about Juju's line really quick. Thirty

922
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 3: eight points, eleven rebounds and eight blocks. Eight blocks is

923
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 3: absolutely insane, and that's going to go down as one

924
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:53,240
Speaker 3: of the most impressive stat lines in the sports history.

925
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 3: Hopefully we keep seeing numbers like this from these athletes.

926
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,720
Speaker 3: But talk about a sophomore who rose to meet the moment.

927
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 4: She you know, she's a star.

928
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 3: And that's why this sport is and women's sports in general,

929
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 3: has more engagement and more interaction from fans because in.

930
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 4: The women's game, you're not getting a lot of movement.

931
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 3: You're having these stars grow and establish their brands where

932
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 3: fans can become and invested, right. And so I think

933
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 3: when what we're going to continue to see in the

934
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 3: landscape of the coverage and the exposure of women's sports

935
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 3: is companies starting brands starting to pour in money, right

936
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 3: because they realize that's where the eyeballs are and that's

937
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 3: where the engagement is.

938
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 2: When you talk about Juju's line, I want to go

939
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:42,879
Speaker 2: back to that for a second, because the first half

940
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,800
Speaker 2: so much offense and then show what a tremendous athlete.

941
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 5: She is.

942
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 2: The second half, she's like all defense. I mean, still

943
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 2: obviously scoring points, but she was able to carry. She carried,

944
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 2: she carried the team both ways. It's just pretty incredible

945
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 2: and it is going to be so fun to watch

946
00:44:58,680 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 2: no sophomore slump.

947
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 4: Sorry those of you that were well, of course.

948
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 3: What a great, great time to break out of her

949
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 3: slump that against UCLA in the brightest spotlight. So I

950
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,840
Speaker 3: think as Bruins, yes, they're you know, you lick your wounds,

951
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 3: but you rise up and you know that you got

952
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 3: another chance for redemption. March first, already a sold out

953
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 3: crowd at poly Pavilion.

954
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's that's amazing.

955
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,720
Speaker 2: So we're about a month away, as we talked earlier,

956
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 2: month away from the tournament. I'm going to go through

957
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:28,360
Speaker 2: the schedule just a little bit perfew to get everybody

958
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 2: really fired up here. Selection Sunday, March sixteenth, your first

959
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 2: four March nineteen twentieth, first round, twenty first, twenty second,

960
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 2: second round, twenty third, twenty fourth, the Sweet sixteen, that's

961
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 2: when it really starts to get exciting. Twenty eight, twenty ninth,

962
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:45,720
Speaker 2: the Elite eight thirty thirty first final four is Friday,

963
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 2: April fourth, and the championship game Sunday, April sixth. Those

964
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,879
Speaker 2: are both from Tampa, Florida. Warm Weather city by the way,

965
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 2: I'm just since we've been talking about that, definitely a

966
00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 2: warm weather city. Right now, your top four teams are UCLA, Notreed, Texas,

967
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,879
Speaker 2: and the defending champion South Carolina.

968
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 4: Nikki kind of how do you see this playing out

969
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 4: over the next month?

970
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 3: Well, I have, And it's interesting, right We're based in

971
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:14,879
Speaker 3: LA right now, and talking about USC UCLA could seem

972
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 3: very you know, city centric of us. But I do

973
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 3: think these two programs will be back in the final rounds.

974
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 3: We will be watching them late late in March, early April,

975
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 3: you know. And I would be for the script, put

976
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 3: for the plot, put USC and UCLA in that final

977
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 3: four as well. I don't know, you know, South Carolina

978
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 3: is rounding it out. I don't know if they're going

979
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 3: to have the gas to make it back. But also

980
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 3: that's what's so wonderful about this tournament. It's like survive

981
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 3: in advance, Right, who do you have in your final four?

982
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 4: I'm so bad at this. I so it's also really early,

983
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 4: it is very early. But for the plot, yes, I'm.

984
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:03,799
Speaker 2: Going sc and Ucla because the plot, it would be fine.

985
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,880
Speaker 2: I want to put South Carolina kind of okay, Caroline

986
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 2: back there. I would like to see them. That's a

987
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 2: great story for the plot. That's also the defending champs.

988
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:11,840
Speaker 1: Could they make it?

989
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 4: It didn't look like it. And then they go on

990
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:13,839
Speaker 4: this run.

991
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: And then.

992
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 4: I'll go with Texas. Okay, mainly because you know some

993
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 4: in Dallas they're so upset about Luca.

994
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 2: Let's give them something to smile about. Because the Cowboys

995
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 2: ain't going to do it. So I think it would

996
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 2: be great to give them something to smile about.

997
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 4: Here's a bone for you, State of Texas.

998
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:32,800
Speaker 2: I'm really like a backhanded complimenter today in this segment specifically.

999
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:33,800
Speaker 4: I will take it.

1000
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 3: And right now we're watching on the men's side, number

1001
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 3: one and number two Auburn and Alabama. It's a three

1002
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 3: point game as as the first half has about three

1003
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 3: minutes left, so I know a lot of hype was

1004
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 3: built up around this SEC just absolutely dominating in the

1005
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 3: men's college basketball space right now.

1006
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,879
Speaker 2: Well, on a conference note, earlier, when you were talking

1007
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 2: about Ucla, I seed you said big ten.

1008
00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 4: I still was it? Were you like Nikki Zilla was like,

1009
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 4: what are we going to talk about Michigan?

1010
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 2: Like, I still can't quite wrap my head around it.

1011
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 2: I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm sure by

1012
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 2: the year, you know, twenty thirty, I'll have it done.

1013
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 3: And I was. I was supposed to be at the

1014
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:18,480
Speaker 3: Michigan UCLA men's game earlier in January. It's I mean,

1015
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 3: it's really cool having these schools and fan bases in

1016
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:25,200
Speaker 3: the mix.

1017
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 4: Now, it's really fun. It's not a Big ten Pride

1018
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:30,400
Speaker 4: on the line, a lot of Big ten pride.

1019
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:31,959
Speaker 2: And by the Big Ten, it's like the Big twenty

1020
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 2: seven because they're eight million schools.

1021
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 3: And then I used to cover the Big twelve, and

1022
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,399
Speaker 3: even now I like that same stutter step you're brained

1023
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:43,880
Speaker 3: in with the Pac twelve Big Ten, with the Big twelve,

1024
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 3: Big Ten, I'm like, wait, but there's like so many

1025
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 3: more schools in the Big ten.

1026
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:50,160
Speaker 4: It, you know, we're all over the map literally and

1027
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 4: figure it literally.

1028
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,960
Speaker 2: And figured let's talk a little bit about the men's

1029
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 2: We're going to talk about it later, but we may

1030
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 2: we may have a little change based on a guess

1031
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:00,839
Speaker 2: that we have talked about this all we could talk

1032
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:02,440
Speaker 2: about this all day long. You guys, if you want

1033
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 2: to tune in for the next several hours, Nick, you know,

1034
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 2: to take over and we'll talk about it all day long.

1035
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,360
Speaker 2: But let's talk about about the men's You mentioned the

1036
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 2: Auburn Alabama game, which is definitely not disappointing.

1037
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,880
Speaker 4: Who else has been exciting to you?

1038
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 2: I think we all know who's been exciting to me,

1039
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,440
Speaker 2: But I want to know who else has been exciting

1040
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 2: to you in the men's game.

1041
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 4: Well, I just I think as we.

1042
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 3: Look at like what, you know, the March Madness Gods

1043
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 3: came out with their sixteen you know, top seeds, it

1044
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:33,320
Speaker 3: was really interesting. First of all, looking at the dominance

1045
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:37,320
Speaker 3: of the SEC. I think historically, yes, these programs have

1046
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 3: you know, had had momentum and foundations of success, but

1047
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,799
Speaker 3: we always think of SEC as football.

1048
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:47,319
Speaker 4: Collect really, right, I think, like looking at that the.

1049
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 3: I guess pull rankings that came out today, we saw

1050
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 3: you know, a good, big ten pecking order in how

1051
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:58,800
Speaker 3: they were perceived in a seating perspective, right, Like, so

1052
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 3: Purdue look good, and let's see what other schools have

1053
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:07,360
Speaker 3: I written down here in my I have it, Yes, give.

1054
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:08,279
Speaker 4: Me some in front of me.

1055
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 2: We have our top sixteen, and I'm not necessarily going

1056
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,720
Speaker 2: into orders going to the top sixteen. Auburn, Texas, tex Texas,

1057
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 2: A and a lot of Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama, Kansas, Perdue,

1058
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:25,839
Speaker 2: Iowa State, Florida, Michigan, Michigan, Houston, Kentucky. He's so much Texas, right,

1059
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 2: Duke Saint John's Tennessee and Arizona Tennessee. I love the

1060
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,279
Speaker 2: Tennessee of as Ault just because I've always truly thought

1061
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,240
Speaker 2: of them as a football school and they're really becoming

1062
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 2: a basketball school last several years.

1063
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,200
Speaker 4: And Saint John's being releive.

1064
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:43,680
Speaker 3: I love that, and I think, yeah, Michigan crashing the party,

1065
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:48,799
Speaker 3: that's what we do right right watching your team up

1066
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:52,360
Speaker 3: close as a Michigan alum, what has the evolution of

1067
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 3: their season looked like?

1068
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:57,560
Speaker 4: The turnaround is unbelievable.

1069
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 2: With Dusty may is done, it's kind of a moment,

1070
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 2: the moment Sam. But it's not just that they're winning,

1071
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 2: it's how they're winning. It's the energy, the energy at

1072
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:13,560
Speaker 2: Chrysler Arena. They're selling it out again. People are excited,

1073
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 2: the players are excited. It's been a long time, so traditionally,

1074
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:18,719
Speaker 2: after a Michigan win.

1075
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:21,920
Speaker 4: You see in the locker room, all right, you know

1076
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 4: what to do. Hey, I'll do the victims.

1077
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:27,320
Speaker 2: We haven't seen that as much in college basketball, and

1078
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:31,360
Speaker 2: it's been for Michigan, and it's been so fun. My

1079
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,920
Speaker 2: friends who get nervous about things say they hope he

1080
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 2: doesn't leave for Indiana, and I'm like, I don't think

1081
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 2: he's gonna do that.

1082
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 4: But let's enjoy the moment, right, Let's enjoy it.

1083
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:43,719
Speaker 2: But but he's turned the program around so quickly it's

1084
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 2: pretty impressive.

1085
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,800
Speaker 3: Right right, And then how about this Duke just remaining

1086
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 3: right back up there, right back up at the top

1087
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 3: of the pyramid, and talk about a funky ACC matchup

1088
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 3: Duke and Stanford playing right now, and Duke just crushing

1089
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:01,239
Speaker 3: Stanford's show, and I meanwhile, we have USC in Minnesota.

1090
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 3: It is it is like just so, it's gonna take

1091
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,760
Speaker 3: a little minute to get used to these conference matchups

1092
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:10,719
Speaker 3: that we've got. So I know, as a UCLA fan,

1093
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 3: I think there's some frustration that I also see this

1094
00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,080
Speaker 3: because it's my Twitter timeline, right or x timeline. Sorry

1095
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 3: that they've been left out of the top twenty five rankings,

1096
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:25,480
Speaker 3: but like you know, keep underestimating.

1097
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,439
Speaker 4: Us and go and we'll continue to prove you wrong.

1098
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 4: I'm going to ask you a question that I absolutely

1099
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,480
Speaker 4: don't know the answer to. I might not either, you

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00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:34,640
Speaker 4: might not. But this is the fun thing here.

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00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:36,319
Speaker 2: I get to put you on the Spiders kick right,

1102
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 2: the best part of marchmadness, of course, And I know

1103
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:42,560
Speaker 2: we're a month away and it's super early, but is

1104
00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:43,920
Speaker 2: the upset? It's actually I'm going to do it a

1105
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 2: different way. What is your favorite upset historically? What is

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00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:50,600
Speaker 2: one where you were watching where you were like, oh

1107
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,840
Speaker 2: my gosh, this was this was incredible, well from.

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00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:58,239
Speaker 3: A passion and career standpoint one that I mean, and

1109
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,320
Speaker 3: I will wax poetic about this Bruin squad.

1110
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 4: It was twenty twenty one.

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00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:08,359
Speaker 3: They were in the first four, meaning you know they're

1112
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 3: playing to get into the tournament.

1113
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:10,799
Speaker 5: Yep.

1114
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:15,759
Speaker 4: They beat Michigan State and then they went all the

1115
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:18,120
Speaker 4: way Michigan State right well, and.

1116
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:20,680
Speaker 3: They went all the way to the final four. I

1117
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 3: got to I got to go to Indianapolis to cover

1118
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 3: that game. Obviously, they lost to Jalen Suggs and Gonzaga

1119
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:33,880
Speaker 3: on that bail, that buzzer beater, that was just absolutely wild.

1120
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 3: But the fact that these bruins and we're talking Hi

1121
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:41,440
Speaker 3: may Hawk is oh my gosh, why am I blanking

1122
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 3: on this?

1123
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:46,480
Speaker 4: Johnny Joosang? You know, it was just such a magical.

1124
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:49,000
Speaker 3: Run and one of the coolest things I've been able

1125
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:54,279
Speaker 3: to witness as a like fan and up close, you know,

1126
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,920
Speaker 3: understanding what this moment meant for this program.

1127
00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:00,360
Speaker 4: I love that. Yeah, So that's that's a very highest

1128
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:02,640
Speaker 4: upset story. What about you?

1129
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 2: Well, my favorite moment would be the Jordan Poole last

1130
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:08,240
Speaker 2: second shot and for Michigan and that that wasn't an upset,

1131
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:09,800
Speaker 2: but that just is one of my favorite moments and

1132
00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 2: I will forever love him.

1133
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 4: My favorite upset before we go is.

1134
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:17,120
Speaker 2: The Gonzaga upset a long time ago that made Gonzaga

1135
00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:20,320
Speaker 2: Gonzaga perfect. You brought them up and that that is

1136
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:22,279
Speaker 2: the one. We are going to take a break and

1137
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,600
Speaker 2: then we'll be back with much more. This is Fox

1138
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:25,239
Speaker 2: Sports Radio.

1139
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 4: We are coming to you live from the tyrack dot

1140
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 4: com studios.

1141
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:33,400
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1142
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,000
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1143
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 3: check out the pod. Just search Fox Sports Radio wherever

1144
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:41,240
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1145
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:42,040
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1146
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:42,800
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1147
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,320
Speaker 3: Just search Fox Sports Radio wherever you get your podcasts

1148
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:48,759
Speaker 3: and you'll see this show posted right after we get

1149
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 3: off the air.

1150
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:56,880
Speaker 2: Fantastic Tracy Sandler here with the sparkling Nikki Kay Razzle Dazzle,

1151
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 2: Baby Razzle Dazzle.

1152
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 4: You said glitz earlier, and I think it's really inspired, big.

1153
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 3: Perfect it is. I am staring at your bedazzled. Is

1154
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:05,400
Speaker 3: that a a stanley?

1155
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 2: It's not an it is a stand free height No,

1156
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:12,359
Speaker 2: but it's it's just a big dazzled cup that looks

1157
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 2: like that and holds a lot of water.

1158
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,480
Speaker 4: But ye's fantastic. It is actually well, here's a fun

1159
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:19,760
Speaker 4: fact that is gonna lead right. This is really amazing.

1160
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:23,240
Speaker 4: My mom got it for me in Dallas.

1161
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 3: Oh, where as we talked about earlier, there's a funeral

1162
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 3: there very for an NBA franchise.

1163
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 4: No, I'm joking, very very.

1164
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:35,279
Speaker 2: Sad about Luca and we're going to talk about NBA,

1165
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:36,880
Speaker 2: so that not even on purpose.

1166
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:39,320
Speaker 4: There's such a good segue. I told you that you

1167
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:40,000
Speaker 4: were sparkling.

1168
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:42,520
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, the stars are aligning. Here's the Star

1169
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:43,880
Speaker 3: Sports Radio studio.

1170
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:45,320
Speaker 4: They are aligning.

1171
00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:48,800
Speaker 2: So second half of the season coming up. He's obviously

1172
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:50,360
Speaker 2: the huge trade. We talked a little bit about it

1173
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,520
Speaker 2: earlier All Star break. The Maps can't catch a break.

1174
00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:56,560
Speaker 2: They got Daniel Gafford out at least six weeks. They're

1175
00:55:56,600 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 2: just really really struggling right now in Dallas. They are ready,

1176
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:03,080
Speaker 2: They're like onto twenty twenty five, twenty six is what

1177
00:56:03,239 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 2: they are onto there.

1178
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 4: But also break, you were saying, there are some funny

1179
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 4: questions being right you wanted to talk about. Okay, yes,

1180
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:10,960
Speaker 4: right now.

1181
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:14,640
Speaker 3: So one of my favorite parts about these big sports

1182
00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:18,600
Speaker 3: weeks right media days. So I guess Draymond Green has

1183
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:23,719
Speaker 3: been asked who would win an NBA one on one

1184
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 3: tournament one B one, who's coming out with the crown

1185
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:32,759
Speaker 3: of all the stars? Think of any answer. He had

1186
00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:35,279
Speaker 3: a very distinct answer. I want to hear who you.

1187
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:41,719
Speaker 4: Would pick to win? Aw Man, everybody's healthy.

1188
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:46,480
Speaker 3: Yes, everybody's healthy. Just talent on talent and survive in advance.

1189
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 3: And who at the end is left standing atop the hill.

1190
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:51,640
Speaker 2: This is one hundred percent with my heart. Yes, I'm

1191
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:55,040
Speaker 2: going to just be really honest about that. Yes, Luca,

1192
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:56,000
Speaker 2: all right.

1193
00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:58,439
Speaker 4: All right, well, Lebron said without a doubt.

1194
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:02,680
Speaker 2: Sorry, Mon said without a doubt Lebron James, I mean

1195
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 2: Lebron would also say without a doubt Lebron, So I

1196
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 2: think that was really fake exactly.

1197
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 3: No, It just it's so funny when you think of

1198
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:11,720
Speaker 3: how these guys regard each other's skill sets, right, and Lebron,

1199
00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:15,359
Speaker 3: even at forty years old, is being thought of as

1200
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:18,680
Speaker 3: the indisputable for sure, You're right, right, And I get

1201
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 3: it too.

1202
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 4: He knows every player's book like the back of his hand.

1203
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:24,800
Speaker 4: So I think I'd.

1204
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:28,000
Speaker 3: Probably lean with Draymond's inclination on this one as well.

1205
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:31,000
Speaker 4: He definitely I would go Draymond over me as one

1206
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 4: hundred percent. I going with with my heart. I'm just

1207
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:34,240
Speaker 4: so happy he's here.

1208
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:36,520
Speaker 2: But yeah, I think, I mean, Lebron is the He's

1209
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:39,960
Speaker 2: the greatest, and he's the greatest of this of this generation.

1210
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 3: Do you do you tune into the slam Dunk contest

1211
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:44,480
Speaker 3: three point shooting?

1212
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:44,800
Speaker 5: Like?

1213
00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:47,560
Speaker 3: Do you do you watch those? Are you excited to

1214
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:48,920
Speaker 3: see who emerges victorious?

1215
00:57:49,160 --> 00:57:51,360
Speaker 2: I'm probably gonna watch more of the highlights right mainly

1216
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,160
Speaker 2: because I'm gonna be driving during them. I'll see it

1217
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:55,360
Speaker 2: on TikTok and you'll see how TikTok? I yeah, that's

1218
00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:58,720
Speaker 2: basically what has happened. And this is interesting goes back

1219
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,400
Speaker 2: to the conversation about the MP and switching things up,

1220
00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:04,400
Speaker 2: because where are people watching their content? And are people

1221
00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:06,120
Speaker 2: going to watch a whole contest or they gonna watch

1222
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 2: a TikTok? But I think it's fun. You see such athleticism,

1223
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,040
Speaker 2: and that's the fun part of the game. Maybe when

1224
00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:14,000
Speaker 2: you're at a basketball game and someone hits a major

1225
00:58:14,040 --> 00:58:16,439
Speaker 2: three point shot, is everybody jumps up? Is there anything

1226
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:18,720
Speaker 2: more exciting? So, you know, I think it'll be fun

1227
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,240
Speaker 2: or slam dunk. I mean, it'll it'll be fun.

1228
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:24,480
Speaker 3: But what and mac McClung on the line for a

1229
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:27,400
Speaker 3: three pet here I believe for the see and we

1230
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:29,600
Speaker 3: thought this week we weren't going to see any three peats,

1231
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 3: and here we go.

1232
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:35,040
Speaker 4: We have another potential three on the horizon. Twenty five

1233
00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:39,400
Speaker 4: was craving. Oh my, everybody was talking.

1234
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 3: About it and there you go, you know, and I'm

1235
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 3: just so intrigued, like with you know, all the stars

1236
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 3: assembled and All Star Weekend is truly a time where

1237
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,280
Speaker 3: networking and schmoozing goes on in the League. Of course,

1238
00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 3: I wonder what the if the discussions and the reverberations

1239
00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:58,560
Speaker 3: around this Luca trade, if we're going.

1240
00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:01,960
Speaker 4: To get any more like this is what really happened.

1241
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:05,440
Speaker 3: But I honestly feel like in the last two weeks

1242
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:09,240
Speaker 3: since the trade that it really was just Nico Harrison

1243
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:14,200
Speaker 3: didn't believe that Luca was going to be the generational

1244
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:17,120
Speaker 3: star that everyone else seems to think he is.

1245
00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:19,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think there was a script. I mean,

1246
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:22,240
Speaker 2: it was always fun we talk about that. I totally

1247
00:59:22,360 --> 00:59:24,440
Speaker 2: agree with you. We think this is a basketball decision.

1248
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 2: I think this was the Mavericks looking at their team

1249
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 2: and looking at the future and kind of seeing what's

1250
00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:32,400
Speaker 2: happened to this point. I disagree with him, but I

1251
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,160
Speaker 2: also think it's going to be so interesting to see

1252
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:37,160
Speaker 2: with Luca surrounded by other people. I mean, you think

1253
00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:39,520
Speaker 2: of that image of him last year in the finals,

1254
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 2: like iced up, completely just completely kind of a mess,

1255
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:48,120
Speaker 2: trying so hard to carry this team. So I don't

1256
00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 2: think it was a big conspiracy, but it's certainly fun

1257
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:52,480
Speaker 2: to think of it that way.

1258
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:53,920
Speaker 4: But it was kind of interesting.

1259
00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 2: I'd love your opinion on this, and I know the

1260
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:57,280
Speaker 2: trade is a couple weeks old, but his first game

1261
00:59:57,360 --> 00:59:59,880
Speaker 2: was the other night in La I was there were

1262
01:00:00,280 --> 01:00:02,640
Speaker 2: so that's why I wanted to get your repition on this.

1263
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:04,919
Speaker 2: It did feel like in the beginning when Luca was traded,

1264
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:06,800
Speaker 2: he felt a little shell shocked. He looked ill shel

1265
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:09,880
Speaker 2: shoans were too, fans totally shell shocked, and he almost

1266
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:12,440
Speaker 2: looks a little sad or he didn't know how to

1267
01:00:12,520 --> 01:00:14,960
Speaker 2: deal with it. Then when he got to his first game,

1268
01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:18,200
Speaker 2: even before he played, the the welcome, the reception from

1269
01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:19,880
Speaker 2: the fans, he'd make him happy. And then the other

1270
01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:22,800
Speaker 2: night he looked comfortable. But you were there and you

1271
01:00:22,960 --> 01:00:25,080
Speaker 2: told me offline it was electric. So if you could

1272
01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:26,000
Speaker 2: kind of say, right.

1273
01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:29,040
Speaker 3: Absolutely, And that was Monday, which seems like ages ago.

1274
01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, it was it that long. Yeah, it

1275
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:34,040
Speaker 4: just you know, the way everything continues to move.

1276
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:37,880
Speaker 3: Super Bowl Sunday, Luca's debut in a Lakers uniform on Monday,

1277
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:42,040
Speaker 3: and so interesting, right. He revealed that he had had

1278
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,760
Speaker 3: an inner you know, in exchange with Lebron earlier in

1279
01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:47,600
Speaker 3: the day, and Lebron said, you choose, you know, do

1280
01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:50,120
Speaker 3: you want your name announced last in the you know?

1281
01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:53,959
Speaker 3: And Luca said, you know, like something along the lines

1282
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:55,920
Speaker 3: of like can I just have it last tonight? And

1283
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:57,400
Speaker 3: then it goes back to you being last. So it

1284
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:00,720
Speaker 3: was so cool moment for him being in reduced to

1285
01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:03,520
Speaker 3: Laker fans, and what I meant by fans were shocked

1286
01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:08,280
Speaker 3: was obviously Dallas fans in misery and understandably so. But

1287
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 3: I would have to say the exchanges I've had with

1288
01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:14,000
Speaker 3: Laker fans over the past two weeks have been like

1289
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:19,360
Speaker 3: people almost didn't think, like it hadn't hit yet. That

1290
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:21,560
Speaker 3: was the moment it really hit. And I'll tell you

1291
01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:28,120
Speaker 3: I have in Crypto dot com slash Staples Center's history,

1292
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:32,120
Speaker 3: I have never seen so many people in the arena

1293
01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:36,200
Speaker 3: wearing the free T shirt. There were so many number

1294
01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:39,440
Speaker 3: seventy seven shirts being worn in the lower bowl too,

1295
01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:42,760
Speaker 3: where you know is the razzle, dazzle, the glitz and

1296
01:01:42,840 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 3: the glam wearing the free T shirts. And it was

1297
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:50,440
Speaker 3: really I mean, right off the bat, you see Luca

1298
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:54,000
Speaker 3: is just IQ on display. And I do have to

1299
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:56,240
Speaker 3: I think a lot of I heard some people being

1300
01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:58,960
Speaker 3: like I didn't realize what a good passer he was, And.

1301
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:00,880
Speaker 2: It will kind of go back to what I said,

1302
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:04,240
Speaker 2: what happens when there are people around him, and it's

1303
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:05,840
Speaker 2: not just the Lucas Show, right.

1304
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,320
Speaker 4: I think that's something that was on display and it's.

1305
01:02:08,280 --> 01:02:14,440
Speaker 3: Comparable to the Show Hey arriving to the Dodgers' impact

1306
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:18,640
Speaker 3: of having this international superstar come to the biggest market,

1307
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:22,600
Speaker 3: one of the biggest brands in sports period and it's

1308
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 3: now everything's just so much more like brand, I guess,

1309
01:02:30,160 --> 01:02:32,960
Speaker 3: is what you want to say. So it's obviously going

1310
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 3: to take some time. He's on a minute's restriction, around

1311
01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:38,280
Speaker 3: thirty minutes. I think he played twenty four that night,

1312
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:42,040
Speaker 3: So really exciting, really exciting for the league and all

1313
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:43,200
Speaker 3: the intrigue that's to come.

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Speaker 2: We are going to talk more Show Hey with our

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Speaker 2: next guest, but first we have an update from the

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Speaker 2: Grade Martin.

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Speaker 8: Wise men's college basketball Anti c matchup between the number

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Speaker 8: one and number two team in nation, the Tigers of

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Speaker 8: Auburn Tigers number one hat Alevocrimson Tide second right now

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Speaker 8: Auburn with a forty two to thirty three lead at

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Speaker 8: the half, that game about to start the second half

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Speaker 8: any minute now, eleven forty five left in the game

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Speaker 8: for Stanford and Duke the Blue Devils, third ranked team

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Speaker 8: in the nation, with a seventy three to forty eight lead.

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Speaker 9: Over the Cardinal.

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Speaker 8: Tenth ranked Iowa State lead Cincinnati fifty two to forty

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Speaker 8: eight with twelve minutes thirty seconds left in the game.

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Speaker 8: Earlier today, we saw Texas Tech annihilate Oklahoma State. Missouri

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Speaker 8: the twenty first ranked team in the nation with a

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Speaker 8: eighty seven to seventy four win over Georgia. Fifth rank

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Speaker 8: Tennessee beats Vanderbilt, Houston beats thirteenth ranked Arizona. The Cougars

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Speaker 8: themselves the sixth ranked team in the nation, sixty two

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Speaker 8: to fifty eight. Wisconsin upsets per Due ninety four to

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Speaker 8: eighty four, Texas A and M, the eighth ranked team

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Speaker 8: in the nation, im cruise to ninety three, and SEC

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Speaker 8: play is they beat Arkansas coach Cow's first year coaching

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Speaker 8: the Razorbacks.

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Speaker 9: They fall to four and eight and SEC play sixty

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Speaker 9: nine to sixty one the final score there.

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Speaker 8: Twenty three ranked Clemson improves teen and two in the conference,

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Speaker 8: beating Florida State seventy two to forty six. NBA is

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Speaker 8: in its All Star weekend activities Bursguard's defon Castle, one

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Speaker 8: of the Rising Stars. MVP Castle will also be in

1344
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Speaker 8: the slam Dunk Contest tonight, Bucks guard Damian Lillard going

1345
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Speaker 8: for his third straight three point contest win. The Saints

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Speaker 8: are set to interview Derante Jones their defensive coordinator position.

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Speaker 9: Jones right now is.

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Speaker 8: The defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator for the

1349
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Speaker 8: Vikings in that same coaching staff. Falcons tight end coach

1350
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:33,680
Speaker 8: Kevin Coger declined an opportunity to interview for the offensive

1351
01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:36,840
Speaker 8: coordinator position in New Orleans. Coger did interview for the

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Speaker 8: OC job in Cleveland and in Dallas this offseason.

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Speaker 9: In the Four nation face.

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Speaker 8: Off, Finland beat Sweden four to three in overtime, and

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Speaker 8: Cole mccarr is a game time decision for the United

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Speaker 8: States tonight against Canada.

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Speaker 9: That puck drops there at eight o'clock Eastern.

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Speaker 2: Back to you guys, Thank you so much, Martin. We

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Speaker 2: are coming to you live from the tyraq dot com studios.

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Speaker 2: Super excit I to welcome our next guest, Kirsten Watson

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Speaker 2: of Sports in LA, who was at spring training with

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers and show.

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Speaker 4: Here's welcome to no but intended welcome to the show.

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Speaker 7: Literally that there's a few times now, but I'm so

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Speaker 7: excited to tell you guys, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely we understand because it was posted that show he

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Speaker 2: had his first bullpen session today.

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Speaker 4: What was that like? What was the evitable like, tell

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Speaker 4: us everything beginning again?

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Speaker 7: Honestly, Well, first, I just I think it was like

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Speaker 7: the most watched in the highly anticipated bullpen I think

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Speaker 7: I've ever seen. There were so many people and I

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01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:44,480
Speaker 7: think there yes this Saturday, so a lot of fans

1374
01:05:44,560 --> 01:05:46,680
Speaker 7: were out. I candled back Branch today as well. But

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Speaker 7: I think just like there was so much excitement just

1376
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Speaker 7: seeing how everything was going to play out. He looked amazing.

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Speaker 11: I mean for it being his first one, he isn't

1378
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Speaker 11: doing a lot of like.

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Speaker 7: It's playing catch on flat ground, has had bullpins like

1380
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Speaker 7: here and there, just kind of getting off the mound,

1381
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,840
Speaker 7: but like this was his first one of spring training

1382
01:06:06,920 --> 01:06:10,280
Speaker 7: and really like diving in to prepare himself for the season,

1383
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Speaker 7: so just to be able to see it, honestly, like

1384
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Speaker 7: he looked like he just hasn't been hurt. He looked phenomenal,

1385
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Speaker 7: to be honest. He threw like proa like fifteen to

1386
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Speaker 7: twenty pitches. After every pitch, he was very adamant about

1387
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Speaker 7: getting feedback and just kind of seeing where he's at.

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Speaker 7: Dave Robertson at the velocity was in that like ninety

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Speaker 7: four ninety five range, which I was assumed, I know,

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Speaker 7: I would have assumed he would have been in the

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Speaker 7: like I don't know, maybe I was like, oh, like

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Speaker 7: eighty five to ninety you know, yeah, he could go

1393
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Speaker 7: there in a baseball game tomorrow, to be honest, but no,

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Speaker 7: in all seriousness, like he looks he looks phenomenal, and

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Speaker 7: he was excited everyone, all of the players than like

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Speaker 7: at the same time of his bullpon it was Kirby

1397
01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:07,960
Speaker 7: Yates and Blake China, Blake Snell I'd just thrown before,

1398
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Speaker 7: so it was.

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Speaker 11: Kind of like all eyes were on him. So it

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Speaker 11: was it was a special one, that's for sure.

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Speaker 2: What was it like for the other pictures on the

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01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:20,440
Speaker 2: staff as they were watching him. Were they just so excited?

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Speaker 2: Were they kind of been awe Were they like, well,

1404
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:24,640
Speaker 2: it's show, hey, so obviously he's amazing. What was what

1405
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Speaker 2: was that like among the pitching staff?

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Speaker 7: You know, I think first and foremost it was just

1407
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:33,000
Speaker 7: seeing it up close and personal. You know, a lot

1408
01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:36,200
Speaker 7: of guys have had the upstrade to especially on the

1409
01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:41,240
Speaker 7: hating standpoint, like facing him. But I think this is

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Speaker 7: the first time.

1411
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Speaker 11: Essentially, all yeah, all these things are just going to

1412
01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:50,040
Speaker 11: be their first time being his teammates as a pitcher.

1413
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Speaker 11: So I think just seeing it up close and personal,

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01:07:56,040 --> 01:07:58,720
Speaker 11: it was they were engaged, like that's the best.

1415
01:07:58,600 --> 01:07:59,960
Speaker 7: Way to put it. I don't know if it was

1416
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:02,640
Speaker 7: like excitement things like that. I think they're all very

1417
01:08:02,760 --> 01:08:06,480
Speaker 7: understanding of like timelines and everyone's on a different timeline.

1418
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:09,760
Speaker 7: Whereas like Blake Snell, like for example, Yoshi Noobian Moto,

1419
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Speaker 7: he threw in a live bullpen yesterday, but she did

1420
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Speaker 7: live batting practice yesterday and he was striking out the

1421
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Speaker 7: hitters left and right.

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Speaker 11: So we were like, hey, great, he's ready to play

1423
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Speaker 11: in the real game.

1424
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Speaker 7: Blake snell bullpins have been so sharp and the execution

1425
01:08:22,960 --> 01:08:26,840
Speaker 7: has been phenomenal, but they're also going to be available

1426
01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:29,120
Speaker 7: come opening day, you know. Whereas for a.

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Speaker 11: Show made, he does have more time.

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Speaker 7: So I think it was more of just like there

1429
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Speaker 7: was definitely some awe in it. I accomplished that, Like

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Speaker 7: Dave Roberts is definitely excited and.

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Speaker 11: Probably a little giddy, you guys know his personality.

1432
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Speaker 7: I think he was definitely like over the moon, but

1433
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Speaker 7: teammate wise, I would say they were just lost in

1434
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Speaker 7: Like everyone was definitely engaged. Everyone was giving him five

1435
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Speaker 7: fives afterwards, and so yeah, so it definitely some excitement,

1436
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:03,040
Speaker 7: but more just like I feel like we're taking in

1437
01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:04,519
Speaker 7: information and kind.

1438
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Speaker 6: Of what it looks like.

1439
01:09:05,720 --> 01:09:09,679
Speaker 3: Yeah, Kirsten, I am smiling from ear to ear because

1440
01:09:10,280 --> 01:09:12,400
Speaker 3: I first of all, camel Back Ranch is such a

1441
01:09:12,439 --> 01:09:15,320
Speaker 3: special place bring training is such a magical time, and

1442
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:19,160
Speaker 3: like the excitement it sounds like there is around this

1443
01:09:19,520 --> 01:09:23,160
Speaker 3: this club right now, and and the fans and I

1444
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:25,719
Speaker 3: know we joked about you not having an off season

1445
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 3: at all because the Dodgers acquisitions.

1446
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:31,519
Speaker 4: You're like, I was like another one, another one.

1447
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 3: But I love what I love what Dave Roberts said

1448
01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:38,960
Speaker 3: at FanFest about like the new talent coming in is

1449
01:09:39,360 --> 01:09:44,880
Speaker 3: the fuel to the fire that that basically counter counter

1450
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:48,400
Speaker 3: acts like a world championship or World Series complacency.

1451
01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:50,639
Speaker 4: Right, Like these new guys cut.

1452
01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:54,519
Speaker 3: Right, So I guess what what's the vibe around you know,

1453
01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:58,439
Speaker 3: outside of what you just witness, like the the overall

1454
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:00,680
Speaker 3: feeling around the Dodge right now?

1455
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Speaker 6: You know what this is.

1456
01:10:05,640 --> 01:10:07,320
Speaker 7: This is a fun team, and you both got the

1457
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:09,080
Speaker 7: privilege of being around them, and like.

1458
01:10:10,600 --> 01:10:11,920
Speaker 11: They get along really well.

1459
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:16,720
Speaker 7: But I have never seen them like so. The infielders

1460
01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:21,880
Speaker 7: were doing drills maybe like two days ago and after

1461
01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:27,120
Speaker 7: like literally just a generic ground ball up a seconds,

1462
01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:28,920
Speaker 7: throw them all over to the coach at first, like

1463
01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:32,519
Speaker 7: routine plays, just kind of doing some reps. These boys

1464
01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:39,600
Speaker 7: were like jumping up and down like and I was

1465
01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:42,600
Speaker 7: literally just smiling at them. I was like wow, like

1466
01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:44,519
Speaker 7: you know, it's like, you know, boys is being boys,

1467
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:48,400
Speaker 7: having the time of your life, and like reminding yourselves

1468
01:10:48,439 --> 01:10:51,560
Speaker 7: that this is just just it's a sport.

1469
01:10:51,400 --> 01:10:53,400
Speaker 11: And they're having fun and this is their dream to

1470
01:10:53,479 --> 01:10:54,160
Speaker 11: be playing.

1471
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Speaker 7: At the highest of levels. But like watching them just

1472
01:10:57,200 --> 01:11:01,559
Speaker 7: jumping around in a circle and yelling, and they were

1473
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:04,920
Speaker 7: either yelling I love LA or like oh something like that,

1474
01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:07,280
Speaker 7: or like welcome to LA. I don't remember specifically what

1475
01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:10,000
Speaker 7: they were saying, but I think that's a perfect example.

1476
01:11:10,720 --> 01:11:13,000
Speaker 7: And it was funny because the guy who was who

1477
01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:15,720
Speaker 7: had made the play was heys On Kim. He's a

1478
01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:19,639
Speaker 7: new doctor, and seeing all of the guys just rally

1479
01:11:19,720 --> 01:11:23,599
Speaker 7: behind him with so much joy and energy, I feel

1480
01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:27,160
Speaker 7: like that's just what we are seeing this year completely

1481
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:30,080
Speaker 7: and that's not that they didn't have that advantage last year.

1482
01:11:30,160 --> 01:11:33,080
Speaker 7: It's just totally different. And with having new faces and

1483
01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:36,320
Speaker 7: new guys on this team, it does bring a different

1484
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:41,240
Speaker 7: drive because just as you said, Nikki, like not all now,

1485
01:11:41,320 --> 01:11:43,400
Speaker 7: there are players on this team that have never won

1486
01:11:44,280 --> 01:11:47,040
Speaker 7: a World Series championship and they want that hardware and

1487
01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:49,800
Speaker 7: they came to this team to win that hardware. So

1488
01:11:51,479 --> 01:11:54,360
Speaker 7: there is a different drive. I also think that this

1489
01:11:54,520 --> 01:11:57,439
Speaker 7: team is really hoping to achieve something that hasn't happened

1490
01:11:57,520 --> 01:12:01,439
Speaker 7: in twenty five years by going back to back. It's

1491
01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:06,040
Speaker 7: no easy feat, but I do think it's another It's

1492
01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:09,360
Speaker 7: another motivator they need many they don't need much, but

1493
01:12:09,439 --> 01:12:11,880
Speaker 7: it's another motivator to just add to the fire.

1494
01:12:11,960 --> 01:12:15,000
Speaker 3: I think, Oh it's that is what I would define

1495
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:17,240
Speaker 3: as joy. What the picture you just painted and and

1496
01:12:17,720 --> 01:12:20,240
Speaker 3: really and speaking of joy and good vibes, I mean

1497
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:23,360
Speaker 3: the Dodgers just bringing back Kik and play and like

1498
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:26,120
Speaker 3: like that's got to be such just like a value

1499
01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:29,120
Speaker 3: add in terms. I mean, I remember Clayton like after

1500
01:12:29,160 --> 01:12:30,040
Speaker 3: the World Series.

1501
01:12:29,800 --> 01:12:31,679
Speaker 4: Being like I didn't do much, but I love being

1502
01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:35,960
Speaker 4: so I mean, how heartwarming is that, I guess in

1503
01:12:36,120 --> 01:12:39,599
Speaker 4: terms of just the culture, Yeah.

1504
01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:41,439
Speaker 7: No, I think it's huge. I think when it comes

1505
01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:48,600
Speaker 7: to seeing when Clayton Kersa after he after he resigned,

1506
01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:52,840
Speaker 7: when we spoke to the media, he was in years past,

1507
01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:54,599
Speaker 7: there's been the question is set to go to the Rangers?

1508
01:12:54,680 --> 01:12:57,160
Speaker 7: Is he gonna stay with the Dodgers kind of There

1509
01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:59,320
Speaker 7: are obviously a lot of perks for him with the Rangers.

1510
01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:01,680
Speaker 7: It's considering and that's where home is, and so his

1511
01:13:01,800 --> 01:13:04,880
Speaker 7: kids are getting older and being around for more things.

1512
01:13:05,479 --> 01:13:09,080
Speaker 7: But I love what he said that there's something really

1513
01:13:09,240 --> 01:13:13,000
Speaker 7: special about playing with one organization for your entire career,

1514
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:15,680
Speaker 7: and when you have the privilege to do that, like

1515
01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:19,600
Speaker 7: you shouldn't take it lightly. And so for Kershaw specifically,

1516
01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:24,280
Speaker 7: he is someone who he brings so much to the game.

1517
01:13:24,520 --> 01:13:28,040
Speaker 7: He's a first Belt Hall of Famer. Yes, he's been

1518
01:13:28,120 --> 01:13:30,960
Speaker 7: battling injuries here and there, but when he's been on

1519
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:34,320
Speaker 7: the mound, he has been excellent for this team. When

1520
01:13:34,360 --> 01:13:36,559
Speaker 7: he's been off the mound, he's also been I mean,

1521
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:38,679
Speaker 7: he's been a huge mentor to some of these guys.

1522
01:13:38,760 --> 01:13:41,040
Speaker 7: I mean, even Blake Snell coming in his first year

1523
01:13:41,080 --> 01:13:43,840
Speaker 7: with the Dodgers this year. He was adamant that he

1524
01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:46,640
Speaker 7: wanted to be next to Clayton Hershaw in the clubhouse

1525
01:13:46,720 --> 01:13:48,920
Speaker 7: and have a locker right next to him and sook

1526
01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:52,519
Speaker 7: up as much information as he possibly can. So there

1527
01:13:52,640 --> 01:13:55,040
Speaker 7: is multiple benefits of having a player like him, not

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Speaker 7: only his skill on the field, but what he brings

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01:13:58,040 --> 01:14:01,080
Speaker 7: off the field, whether it's just like experience in the game,

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Speaker 7: experience in big moments, helping kind of really not necessarily developed,

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01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:11,320
Speaker 7: but just to give advice to some of the younger guys.

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Speaker 7: So I think that's a big thing just on for

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01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:18,400
Speaker 7: Clayton Kershaw with Heka, I mean he is truly he's

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Speaker 7: a fan favorite.

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Speaker 11: He's a fan favorite.

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Speaker 7: I think he's a clubhouse favorite. He is someone who

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01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:27,320
Speaker 7: he brings a different energy, he brings a different playfulness

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01:14:27,400 --> 01:14:30,639
Speaker 7: and one sixty two is a grind to get. Then

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01:14:30,680 --> 01:14:34,600
Speaker 7: you add spring training, then you add the postseason, he

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01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:39,640
Speaker 7: shows up and clutch moments. He I mean that might

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01:14:39,720 --> 01:14:44,479
Speaker 7: be mister October get someone who he shows up in

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01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:47,880
Speaker 7: huge moments, and I think he does a really good

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01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:51,400
Speaker 7: job of Yeah, he's playful and he can be goofy

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01:14:51,439 --> 01:14:54,720
Speaker 7: and silly, but he's also very serious he like navigates

1545
01:14:54,760 --> 01:14:58,960
Speaker 7: that fine line very well, but he built really good

1546
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:03,920
Speaker 7: relationships with Miguel Rojas and Tayoska her name, is very

1547
01:15:03,960 --> 01:15:07,400
Speaker 7: adamant about his return, and I think when guys are

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01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:10,720
Speaker 7: like that, that's very telling of who they are like

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01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:13,360
Speaker 7: behind closed doors, who we don't always get to see

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01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:16,360
Speaker 7: on the public side. And so that to me has

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01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:19,960
Speaker 7: always been so telling. When your teammates are like fighting

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01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:22,719
Speaker 7: for you to come back, I think that that's a huge,

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01:15:23,320 --> 01:15:26,360
Speaker 7: huge symbol of who you are as individual. So everyone

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01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:29,400
Speaker 7: was thrilled that he was back. He you know, he's

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01:15:29,439 --> 01:15:31,639
Speaker 7: having to be back. It's it's just it's a great

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01:15:31,680 --> 01:15:33,800
Speaker 7: fit for him and his family. And so we'll see

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01:15:33,840 --> 01:15:35,640
Speaker 7: how it all plays out though, because obviously it's a

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01:15:35,680 --> 01:15:38,519
Speaker 7: lot of depth on this team. I think his line

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01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:45,200
Speaker 7: specifically was the Dodgers roster is more crowded.

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Speaker 11: Than a Bad Bunny concert, which we all know.

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01:15:47,680 --> 01:15:51,280
Speaker 7: It's possible to get into. So I love that we'll

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01:15:51,320 --> 01:15:52,200
Speaker 7: see what happened.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that is that is That is awesome.

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Speaker 2: Thank you tomorrow, Thank you, Thank you for sharing that

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Speaker 2: with us. You guys, we are heading to a break, Karsip,

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01:16:01,400 --> 01:16:03,360
Speaker 2: thank you for joining us. We are Fox Sports.

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Speaker 4: Radio coming to you live from the Tyraq dot Com studios.

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01:16:07,800 --> 01:16:08,960
Speaker 4: This is Tracy Sandler with.

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Speaker 2: My last advocate for the day, the spectacular Nick Carty.

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01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:14,240
Speaker 4: Wrack Nikki.

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01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:17,719
Speaker 2: We just talked to Kirsen Watson talking about Dodgers spring

1572
01:16:17,800 --> 01:16:22,400
Speaker 2: training show, Hey pitching his first bullpen being incredible. But

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01:16:22,479 --> 01:16:24,920
Speaker 2: she brought something up that I thought was interesting. Dodgers

1574
01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:28,080
Speaker 2: obviously coming off a World Series win, lots of news faces.

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01:16:28,400 --> 01:16:29,599
Speaker 4: That brings some fresh energy.

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01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:31,600
Speaker 2: And also the Dodgers can go back to back and

1577
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:33,160
Speaker 2: that's the first time any team will have done it,

1578
01:16:33,240 --> 01:16:34,559
Speaker 2: I believe over twenty years.

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01:16:35,120 --> 01:16:37,000
Speaker 4: It's something I'd even think about.

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01:16:37,120 --> 01:16:39,320
Speaker 2: But it does take away any sort of not that

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01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:42,040
Speaker 2: I thought there would be, but any sort of complacency. O,

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01:16:42,120 --> 01:16:44,040
Speaker 2: we won the World Series. You've got all these guys

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01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:46,680
Speaker 2: who haven't won the World Series now joining this team, right.

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01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:49,320
Speaker 3: And I think the biggest shift that we saw in

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01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:54,040
Speaker 3: the Dodgers last season was the commitment to one another.

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01:16:54,200 --> 01:16:56,559
Speaker 3: And the guys talked about that in the space between

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01:16:57,040 --> 01:16:59,840
Speaker 3: the regular season and the postseason. They had a meeting

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01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:03,040
Speaker 3: and they locked in and they said, we love our families,

1589
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:05,920
Speaker 3: but can we commit to each other for you know

1590
01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:08,680
Speaker 3: the next three four weeks and that was.

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Speaker 4: Really the difference.

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01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:13,320
Speaker 3: And that chemistry is rolling right on into Camelback and

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01:17:13,720 --> 01:17:16,960
Speaker 3: with the aggressive nature with which the Dodgers fro an

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01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:19,760
Speaker 3: office attack this off season, the rest of the league

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01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:20,200
Speaker 3: should be on.

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01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:23,920
Speaker 2: Notice because this front office said, yeah, we won the

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01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:26,040
Speaker 2: World Series, we want to win more and we're going

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01:17:26,160 --> 01:17:28,760
Speaker 2: to win more. And they they made sure and I

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01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:31,000
Speaker 2: think we talked about this last time we did this

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Speaker 2: show together that people were thinking, Oh, the Dodgers are

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01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:34,240
Speaker 2: runing baseball.

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01:17:34,600 --> 01:17:36,519
Speaker 4: They're just they're doing the work that maybe other people

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01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:36,960
Speaker 4: aren't doing.

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01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:40,680
Speaker 2: You go to Camelback Ranch this week, just share a

1605
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:42,880
Speaker 2: little bit what the excitement level is.

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01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:46,719
Speaker 3: To me, it's always a I use the word magical

1607
01:17:46,880 --> 01:17:50,000
Speaker 3: to describe camel Back Ranch, and this time not just

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01:17:50,120 --> 01:17:51,960
Speaker 3: that it's the start of a new season, but the

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01:17:52,120 --> 01:17:54,960
Speaker 3: aura and the vibes and you got good weather and

1610
01:17:55,240 --> 01:17:58,280
Speaker 3: everyone's fresh because there is the excitement of something new

1611
01:17:58,600 --> 01:18:02,800
Speaker 3: and promising on the horizon. But this year I was

1612
01:18:02,920 --> 01:18:07,760
Speaker 3: like getting giddy listening to Kirsten describe it, and Dodgers

1613
01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:10,439
Speaker 3: at spring training like your time and time again. It's

1614
01:18:10,479 --> 01:18:13,519
Speaker 3: been bringing Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman just making big,

1615
01:18:13,640 --> 01:18:16,680
Speaker 3: big moves, and yet here's one where it's it's like

1616
01:18:17,280 --> 01:18:19,360
Speaker 3: the bar continues to raise there.

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01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:23,080
Speaker 2: So I can't be more excited to go to Cammel

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01:18:23,160 --> 01:18:26,599
Speaker 2: Back Ranch. You're also gonna see Justin Verlander. Oh yes,

1619
01:18:27,120 --> 01:18:29,400
Speaker 2: for as a Giant for the first time. So there's

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01:18:29,479 --> 01:18:31,880
Speaker 2: there's a lot of exciting things right going on in

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01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:33,680
Speaker 2: spring training. As we look ahead of the season. The

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01:18:33,720 --> 01:18:36,280
Speaker 2: Red Sox have had a really good off season. Jack

1623
01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:38,560
Speaker 2: Clarty back with the Tigers. As we look out of

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01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:41,080
Speaker 2: the season, it's a lot of a lot of fun

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01:18:41,160 --> 01:18:42,200
Speaker 2: things going to happen.

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01:18:42,120 --> 01:18:44,640
Speaker 3: Right And I do think coming off last season with

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01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:48,200
Speaker 3: like the faster pitching clock, and you know, I think

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01:18:48,439 --> 01:18:53,320
Speaker 3: baseball has has some hype right now and it's it's

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01:18:53,400 --> 01:18:53,920
Speaker 3: really fun.

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01:18:54,320 --> 01:18:57,200
Speaker 4: So I'm thrilled for something new.

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Speaker 3: I'm also as we're watching these March Madness games, I'm

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01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:03,680
Speaker 3: sorry college basketball games, I'm thinking about March Madness as

1633
01:19:03,720 --> 01:19:07,040
Speaker 3: my brain shorts are getting there. Like I just yes,

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01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:10,519
Speaker 3: we are, you know, putting a bookend to you know,

1635
01:19:10,800 --> 01:19:13,720
Speaker 3: the NFL season, although we do have the combine right

1636
01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:14,320
Speaker 3: around the corner.

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01:19:14,400 --> 01:19:16,400
Speaker 4: But like this this time of year is so fun.

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01:19:16,840 --> 01:19:18,719
Speaker 2: It is really fun and it is fun to focus

1639
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,519
Speaker 2: on other sports. For personally, it's really fun. I get

1640
01:19:21,560 --> 01:19:24,599
Speaker 2: to be a fan. I do not cover a baseball team,

1641
01:19:24,640 --> 01:19:26,960
Speaker 2: so I get a flo a fan, fan of March

1642
01:19:27,080 --> 01:19:30,840
Speaker 2: madness at So much to look forward to over these

1643
01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:34,479
Speaker 2: next several months in sports. As you mentioned, combine just

1644
01:19:34,560 --> 01:19:38,479
Speaker 2: around the corner. So you can still get your NFL fixes,

1645
01:19:38,680 --> 01:19:41,120
Speaker 2: but we've got some good stuff coming right.

1646
01:19:41,439 --> 01:19:44,439
Speaker 3: I am fixed not to mention the NBA All Star

1647
01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:49,040
Speaker 3: Game tomorrow, absolutely, and we certainly cannot sign off.

1648
01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:51,320
Speaker 2: We would be remiss if we did not acknowledge that

1649
01:19:51,439 --> 01:19:57,200
Speaker 2: today is the anniversary of Caitlin Clark breaking the scory wrecker.

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01:19:57,360 --> 01:19:59,920
Speaker 3: Talk about a game changer. We got to give her,

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01:20:00,439 --> 01:20:03,080
Speaker 3: you know. I mean, I can't say your name enough.

1652
01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:06,280
Speaker 4: That is very true. It has been so fun hanging

1653
01:20:06,360 --> 01:20:08,519
Speaker 4: with you, Nikki at all of you. We are Fox

1654
01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:09,639
Speaker 4: Sports Radio Live.

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Speaker 7: Laugh.

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Speaker 3: Love,