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I believe hunting in the Great American. A great Bengals victory last night,

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very easy victory for our beloved Bengals, very easy victory. Every time Joe

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Burrow went down, I was holding
my breath. But nonetheless, they have

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a short weekend. I'm ready for
Tennessee and then Arizona and then Seattle.

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A man with all the answers.
And by the way, the Reds kick

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it off at five ten to night
of two in Cleveland, fighting for the

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Ohio Cup. It's in the balance. They have to win both games and

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then out to Saint Louis for three. And there's still a heartbeat. According

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to the USA Today Today, the
Reds of eight percent chance of getting of

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the playoffs playoffs an eight percent chance. Once again, the Great Dan Horde,

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the voice of your Bengals. Welcome
to the Bill Cunningham Show, and

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I'll tell you what Dan on this
glorious Tuesday afternoon. I'm feeling good.

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It's skyline time. It's not too
bad. However, should I feel as

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good as I feel? Or should
I feel as bad as I felt?

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Should I feel good? Should I
feel bad? Should I feel somewhere in

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between? What should I feel?
Really you should feel fancast. It's the

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fun is shining. Joe Burrow still
has two calves. The Bengals have their

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first win of the season. I
don't know if I agree with the description

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of it as being easy, but
who cares. They got the job done.

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It was Willis Reid in the NBA
Finals. It was Michael Jordan in

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the Flu game. It was Carrie
Struck sticking the landing with an injured ankle.

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It was Tiger Woods winning the US
Open with a broken leg. It

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was Kurt Schilling with the bloody sock. Joe Burrow answered the bell. I

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don't know if I was thrilled at
the time that he decided to play,

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but I admire his toughness. And
the best news of all is it after

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the game he said he didn't tweak
it at all. It felt better after

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this game than it did after last
week's game against the Ravens. On we

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go to Tennessee looking to get to
two and two. Well, two and

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two would be I think in the
first place of they won zero and three.

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I always say, compared to what
somebody says, vote for this person,

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vote for that person, I said, compared to what imagine sitting here

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at twelve ten pm on Tuesday afternoon, and the Bengals are zero and three,

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and last night Joe Burrow said,
look, this was almost a do

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or die game and that if we
win zero and three it's possible to recover,

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but not really. And so going
back yesterday afternoon, did you know

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ahead of time before seven or eight
pm what was going to happen with a

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kickoff? And Joe Burrow I learned
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Joe did a pretty aggressive workout earlier
in the day, which isn't the

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norm on the day of a game, but obviously under his circumstances, they

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wanted to give it one more test. Normally before a game, he goes

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out a couple hours before kickoff and
does a pretty rigorous workout in the pregame

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warm ups before the rest of the
guys are out there. In this case,

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he did it earlier in the day. He passed every test in that

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workout, so at that point they
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it's kind of funny because not all
of his teammates knew that he was good

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to go. Jamar Chase walked out
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two hours before kickoff. Burrow is
sitting on the bench. Chase sat down

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next to him. Burrow said he
was going to play. Chase said,

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don't. He shouldn't meet Jamark.
Chase is the one guy who keeps telling

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Joe Burrow, don't play. Wait
as long as it takes until there's no

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chance of reinjuring yourself. But there
are a lot of smart people that Joe

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consulted with on this, and they
told him he wasn't at any real,

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you know, significant risk of re
injuring it just from playing. So they

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made the decision to go ahead and
play, and then thankfully it all worked

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out. And Jamar Chase said perhaps
his great as game as a Bengal.

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They were comparing it to one of
the great games ever played on Monday Night

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Football by any wide receiver. And
te Higgins had a terrible game. He

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had some difficulties with cramps. But
would you say that Jamar Chase game was

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the best he's ever played as a
Bengal. I wouldn't say that, Willie,

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because he had that game two years
ago late in the season against Kansas

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City where he had eleven catches for
two hundred and sixty six yards. That

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is the single game record for the
Bengals for receiving yards. Now, his

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twelve catches were one short of the
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But on the list of great games
by Chase and there have been many,

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I still have that Kansas City game
from twenty twenty one at the top

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of the list, and Burrow through
fifteen passes to Chase and he caught twelve

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or fifteen. There was one or
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hundred and forty one yards, which
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defense. It was unbelievable. I
think I don't know how good the Rams

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are going to be this year.
They're won and two last year there were

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I think they won five games last
year, having beaten the Bengals because of

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a referees call at the end of
the game against Zach Wilson. But nonetheless,

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I go back in time, how
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Their offense is really good, Willie. I don't know if their team top

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to bottom is great, but in
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their offense went up and down the
field against two good defenses Seattle in Seattle

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and San Francisco last week. The
forty nine Ers might be the best team

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in the NFL. I think they
are. Their defense is great, and

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the Rams had no trouble moving the
ball against San Francisco. They outgained the

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forty nine Ers, even though San
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The Bengals are the one team this
year. Now again, it's three weeks.

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It's a relatively small sample size,
but the only team this year to

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shut down that Rams offense, and
they thoroughly dominated the game. The Rams

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did not convert a third down until
their last one of the night. Chick

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sacks ten quarterback hits, two more
sacks that didn't count because of penalties.

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It was one of the best defensive
performances the Bengals have ever had since flew

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Anarumo has been the defensive coordinator.
According to Tony Bender, Joe Burrow should

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not have played. They should have
rested him last night. You put in

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mccaren or you put you put in
Jake Browning or whatever, because you got

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a good defense. Evan became Moneymac
once again missed the first field goal,

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then one, and made four in
a Row. I think he made two

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hundred yards and field goals and some
of them. Some of the smart money

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said, you know what, don't
play take off, But I contend,

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Look, it's been more than six
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He heard he tweaked his calf on
July twenty seven. We're about eight or

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nine weeks later, and at some
point you gotta let it rip unless there's

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out achilles difficulty. Some of the
experts. Dan Horde said last night,

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Look, he's got a bad calf, which is bad if you're an Adams

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County farmer, but for a football
player, it's even worse. And he

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could tear his achilles because take a
look at Aaron Rodgers. So where did

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Dan Horde stand on that issue?
Rest him, don't rest him, play

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him, don't play him. What
do you do with a twenty six year

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old worth a quarter of a billion
dollars. You trust Joe Burrow and you

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trust the medical staff, and I'm
sure they said there's no connection to a

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strained calf and the possibility of tearing
the achilles. Yesterday was exactly sixty days

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since he suffered that strained cast.
So there has been a lot of time

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for recovery, and it's not like
it went back to square one in the

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Baltimore game. He tweeked it it's
unfortunate that that happened. He obviously experienced

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some pain, but by the end
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It is funny, though, Willie. When I watched Joe Burrow go out

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to practice on Thursday last week,
which was the first day that they practiced

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before a Monday night game, I
said, no way, he's not going

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to play. He was not moving
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He didn't even jog in the pregame
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practice warmups. But he said it
started to feel better on Friday, got

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a little bit better on Saturday,
and by Sunday, Joe Burrow said,

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I knew I would be able to
play, So you got to trust him.

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You got to trust your doctors.
And like you said, it wasn't

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like this happened a week ago.
It's been a couple of months basically,

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and they needed to win at oh
and two. So from credit, he's

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tough, he's gutsy, and he
wanted to be there for his guys,

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and he knew the importance he weighed
the risk of future injury against an Owen

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three record. What did Mike Brown
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I don't know, but I'd be
willing to bet it was something along

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the lines of, Joe, we
admire your toughness, but we need you

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to be honest. You are the
franchise. We don't want you to play

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if you think it's risky, and
as much as we admire your willingness to

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go out there no matter what,
we want you to know that all we

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really care about is your long term
health. I would suspect Mike said something

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pretty similar to that. Any truth
to the rumors that Taylor Swift was in

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a box somewhere at pay Course Stadium
looking at Joe Burrow, who's not yet

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married, is that true? Is
no truth to that because she's been cavorting

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with four M Bearcat Travis Kelsey.
I'll say this based on what we know

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about Joe Burrow. I don't think
Joe Burrow would want anything to do with

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the spotlight that would go to dating
Taylor Swift, as much as he might

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like her music and think that she's
a lovely woman. Travis Kelsey on the

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other hand, nobody loves the spotlight
more than that guy. He's amazing.

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I saw yesterday that sales at his
jersey went up four hundred percent after Taylor

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Swift was seen in the luxury box
at Kansas City on Sunday. Four hundred

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percent, Willie, I think Kelsey
gets a cut of those jersey sales,

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so that's great marketing. Did you
have much a relationship with Travis Kelsey when

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he was here playing for UC,
because of course I was here, but

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I vaguely recall the guy, and
I'm thinking, you know, he wasn't

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okay. He came here as I
think a quarterback or a running back became

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a tight end. Did you have
any relationship with him when he was here

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playing for the Bearcats. I did. I wouldn't say a super close relationship,

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but I obviously interviewed him many times. I think we probably had more

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of a friendly relationship. Since his
career ended, I've seen him at some

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UC functions. He's been a great
ambassador for UC athletics and man a first

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ballot Hall of Famer. It's really
interesting right now. You could make the

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case, Willie, that there are
three former Bearcats who are the best player

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at their position in the NFL.
Travis Kelsey, his brother Jason Kelsey,

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who's the best center in the NFL. And Sas Gardner, who might be

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the best cornerback in the NFL.
That's pretty amazing for UC to have three

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guys who could very well be the
best player at that at their position in

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the entire league. And Taylor Swift
did play. I mean, she's sang

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at paid court. Did you go
see her at that point? I know,

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I had two tickets I game away
to a couple of girls. They

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wanted to see her a lot more
than I want. So you went there,

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So there's something. There is a
relationship between you and Taylor Swift.

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You went to the concert, well, if you want to put it that

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way. If you want to put
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say this, I went. It
was great, but I do think of

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the sixty thousand plus in attendance,
I knew the least number of her songs

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of anybody there. I wanted to
go to see the spectacle. You know,

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when somebody like that performs in your
town. I always want to see

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the greats perform in person, whether
it's sports, music, acting, whatever.

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If I have the opportunity, so
I went, I enjoyed it,

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and now maybe I know three of
her songs instead of one. Will there

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be one about Travis Kelsey in about
six months? You know, she does

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have that reputation for the bad breakup
song, So I hope Travis behaves well.

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If things do not go well long
term, well we'll see what occurs.

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But do you hit bracelets? Did
you stand up? Did you sway?

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Did you sing well? What happened? How would you rate then?

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How would you rate the con cert? I enjoyed the concert. I did

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get a Who Day Friendship bracelet,
which I have not worn. Said,

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I did wear at the concert that
night, an orange and black Who Day

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Friendship bracelet. I did not sing
because, like I said, I didn't

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know the words to the songs,
but it was fun. I'm glad,

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I went. I'm not sure I
would pay that ticket price to see her

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a second time, but like I
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perform in person whenever possible, and
I'm glad I had that opportunity with her.

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Was Dave Lapham with you? I'd
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with the Taylor Swift bracelet. I
mean you have to turn in your main

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card, I think, But was
Lapham with you? Lap with not with

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me that night? I don't know
if a Lap and his lovely wife Lynn

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attended either of the Taylor Swift shows. I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

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I know they liked to go to
concerts at River Bend. So I

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have to check with Lap when I
see him later today. Now, lastly,

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of course, this past week was
a long week. This coming this

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week is a short one breakdown the
Tennessee Titans, who got way laid by

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the Cleveland Browns. Break it down. Here's what you need to know about

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Tennessee based on that Cleveland game last
Sunday, Willie, they had more punts

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than first downs Devin punts, six
first downs ninety four yards of offense,

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which is anemic by NFL standards.
Now, the Browns defense has a lot

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to do with that. They have
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of the year. It obviously began
with the Bengals an opening day and their

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defense played well and their loss to
the Steelers, but the offense gave up

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two touchdowns that were scored by the
Steelers defense, but still six first downs

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in a game, ninety four yards
in a game. Their offense isn't very

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good. Ryan Tannehill seems to have
regressed a little bit since Arthur Smith is

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no longer their offensive coordinator. I
think the Bengals defense should fare pre pretty

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well this Sunday. You've got to
shut down the King Derrick Henry. But

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assuming they can do a reasonably good
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can get it cooking a little bit
better than it's been through three weeks.

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And it's so, I think the
Bengals even the record at two and two.

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One of the classic moments is when
Travis Kelsey, holding the hand of

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Taylor Swift, walks out of the
Kansas City locker room and jumps into his

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convertible and they almost like Barbie style, they pull away from the stadium waving

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to people and they're convertible with Travis
Kelsey and Taylor Swift. That was the

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best. I will see what happens. But Dan Horde, thank you very

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much and a great call with you
in the LAP and talk to the Lap

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about Taylor Swift and get some analysis. You got it, Willie, thanks

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for having me on. Always a
pleasure. God bless America. Thank you

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very much. Dan Hoard, the
voice of your Bengals. Classic moment.

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I don't know what the hell Travis
Kelsey was wearing. The suit looks ridiculous,

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but she is wearing a Kansas City
pull over. They get into his

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convertible outside of Arrowhead and everyone is
cheering and they wave as they pull off,

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and it was it was the moment
I think of the weekend. Let

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us continue with more your reaction five
point three seven four nine seven thousand Red

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