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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think

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<v Speaker 2>when we.

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<v Speaker 1>Are get off our show, idiot.

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<v Speaker 2>The kids are crying or turning off. The countries are.

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<v Speaker 3>Screwing it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Gold Play Inn Murals, Brother, gold Play Inn Murals. They're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you

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<v Speaker 3>kidding me? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Nick?

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<v Speaker 3>Coffee?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Happy hump Day, Welcome in Coffee and Company

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<v Speaker 2>field by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>you hanging out with us on a gloomy, kind of

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<v Speaker 2>kind of rainy Wednesday afternoon. But that's okay. We'll stay dry.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully you can stay dry as well. I always always

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<v Speaker 2>kind of walk myself into that because I do realize

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<v Speaker 2>there are folks who don't have the ability to, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, be inside in comfortable conditions throughout the day,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it be nice cool ac in the brutal summer

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<v Speaker 2>or nice warm heat when it's nasty and cold outside.

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<v Speaker 2>So whatever you're doing, I hope you're comfortable, and I

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<v Speaker 2>hope you'll stick with us for these next three hours,

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<v Speaker 2>because I mean, we're gonna We're gonna take advantage of

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<v Speaker 2>the final hours we have left here. So today, tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>and Friday, that's it for me, and then I'm making

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<v Speaker 2>the move to eight forty whas and really just two

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<v Speaker 2>more days left for Austin. He's out Friday with some

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<v Speaker 2>some some plans. Is it a graduation? Is that right?

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<v Speaker 2>Had the golf scramble? Oh yeah, that's right. I have

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<v Speaker 2>to leave early for they got your wedding, That's right,

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<v Speaker 2>they got you doing everything.

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<v Speaker 4>Man, I mean so of course that would be the

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<v Speaker 4>way that this show ends, right as me having to

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<v Speaker 4>go do some promotion stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I was a little late getting into this studio

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<v Speaker 2>just because I was down the hall talking to our

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<v Speaker 2>boss Gus just about the rest of this week. And

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't really have a whole lot of a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot of I guess resources to do something kind

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<v Speaker 2>of big for the sendoff. So I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>oversell it because that would be foolish. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>Friday is going to be a lot of fun, and

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<v Speaker 2>I wish you'd be here, but you'll be with us

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<v Speaker 2>in spirit. I'll be tuning in, I'll be listening for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>And I tell you what, I I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to at all insinuate that I'm keeping

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<v Speaker 2>this quiet until it's official, because man, it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be big news and it's going to blow you away.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not I'm not doing that. But I also don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to put something out there until I know for

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<v Speaker 2>sure that it's actually going to happen. So we'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm content with sort of how these last couple

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<v Speaker 2>of weeks have played out. I've been so focused and

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<v Speaker 2>so just ready, not necessarily like for this to end

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<v Speaker 2>in me to make that move to has but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just I'm so hungry and excited to, you know, take

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<v Speaker 2>on this new challenge, which will be a new challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>But because I've already kind of been focusing on that

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<v Speaker 2>and trying my best to be prepared and be able

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<v Speaker 2>to handle that adjustment as best as possible, it's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of left me just where I've always been with this show,

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<v Speaker 2>which is just making sure, you know, ready to rock

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<v Speaker 2>every day at three plenty to talk about and just

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<v Speaker 2>not overthinking it because I think if I spent a

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<v Speaker 2>ton of time just thinking, oh man, after this segment.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, with me being a very paranoid person in general,

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<v Speaker 2>like I worry about things way more than I ever

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<v Speaker 2>should and need to. It's just my nature. Unfortunately, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like without looking ahead to the challenge that is

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<v Speaker 2>the new gig, I would just be thinking, oh, Nick,

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<v Speaker 2>now you only have thirteen segments left and then it's

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<v Speaker 2>all over, which would be no way to go about

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<v Speaker 2>the last few weeks, because you know, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>live in the moment and enjoy it and not think

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<v Speaker 2>about it coming to an end. And my hope is

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<v Speaker 2>that I'll do that and that will make it to

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<v Speaker 2>make it to where it's a it's a it's a

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<v Speaker 2>fun and really doesn't you know it's a fun. But again,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not I'm not leaving this company. I'm just I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still gonna be here. I'm still gonna see Austin every day.

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<v Speaker 2>So I guess maybe that's why it hasn't really hit me,

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<v Speaker 2>because my wife asked me this last night. She was like,

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<v Speaker 2>have you like this is kind of crazy that you're

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<v Speaker 2>no longer going to be on seven ninety after a

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<v Speaker 2>few days, Like, I guess she just she knows me Austin.

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<v Speaker 2>She thought, yeah, she thought I'd be a wreck. She

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<v Speaker 2>thought I'd be you know, I'd be sad and all that,

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<v Speaker 2>which you know is a bummer. But the situation would

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<v Speaker 2>be totally different if I was like retiring, or if

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<v Speaker 2>I was leaving the market to go somewhere else, or

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<v Speaker 2>if I was just you know, I was leaving to

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<v Speaker 2>go do a different gig. But I'm not. I'm still

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be here every day, just not on this station

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<v Speaker 2>at this time, and I won't be able to say

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<v Speaker 2>a word about what happens here once I'm once I've

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<v Speaker 2>made the move, just because I know things aren't aren't

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<v Speaker 2>moving along that quickly. However, I mean, I feel much

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<v Speaker 2>better now than I ever did in the last couple

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<v Speaker 2>of weeks as far as just there's like there'll be

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<v Speaker 2>something here for you at some point, and I if

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<v Speaker 2>it's what I hope it is, then I think you'll

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<v Speaker 2>really enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 4>So anyways, and also, since like you said, we're still

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<v Speaker 4>going to be able to see each other, we're going

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<v Speaker 4>to be rubbing elbows, meeting each other in the in

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<v Speaker 4>the in the kitchen for a snack.

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<v Speaker 2>How do we keep ending up here or something exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>There's there's going to be that small talk live in

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<v Speaker 4>the dream, you know, but there's I'm also here in

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<v Speaker 4>the morning, too, So I mean, I can always pop

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<v Speaker 4>my head in the studio and sit down on mic

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<v Speaker 4>number two and chat about whatever's going on in the

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<v Speaker 4>world with you on the big stick, and I.

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<v Speaker 2>Wouldn't be I wouldn't be shocked at all. If if

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<v Speaker 2>there's if there's a point where you you're producing because

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<v Speaker 2>the company stands on vacation or somebody sick or you know,

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<v Speaker 2>something like that.

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<v Speaker 4>So I did get told I was going to be

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<v Speaker 4>uh starting to learn the w h A S stuff

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<v Speaker 4>starting next week on the mother ship. We are that

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<v Speaker 4>sort of the folks is going.

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<v Speaker 2>So you go, you have to be like the most

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<v Speaker 2>hybrid employee this company's ever had. I mean, think about it.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking. I mean, it's all the different. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a lot of shoes. More than just big shoes.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just I mean, yeah, yeah, we're talking sneakers, penny loafers,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe some work boots, like you got a

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<v Speaker 2>pair in your closet for whatever they need you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>My man, we I mean you've hosted, you've hosted radio

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<v Speaker 2>on this station, doing postgame show filling and whatnot. You've

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<v Speaker 2>been my producer. You've also been on AMZ for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time. Now you have your the official host of

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<v Speaker 2>the iHeart Radio the iHeart Media Wrestling podcast. You know

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<v Speaker 2>you you you're also again at all the events for promotions.

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<v Speaker 2>So you are you met the Derby? Yeah you've been, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you are. You were one of our reporters for the Derby.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm at the Young Center while they're putting the monster

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<v Speaker 4>truck dirt in and I'm I'm interviewing professional bull ri.

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<v Speaker 2>You drive the iHeart vehicles in local parades here, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm not kidding when I say that you

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<v Speaker 2>you probably have done more role. You've you probably had

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<v Speaker 2>more roles here and there in your time as a

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<v Speaker 2>full time employee here than most have. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>just say that to gas show, but just think about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean again, like you probably didn't think about the

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<v Speaker 2>riding the vehicle in the parade, right, It's that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of escape from me. And what's crazy is that Veterans

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<v Speaker 2>Day parade. I'm not even a veteran. What's crazy is

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<v Speaker 2>that all of those different roles that we just laid

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<v Speaker 2>out like they're all, for the most part, from different departments, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Like one is considered you know, it's on air, the

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<v Speaker 2>others reporting, the other's producing the other's promotions. Like you

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<v Speaker 2>you've had your hand in a little bit of everything.

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<v Speaker 4>The guy that's putting in the keywords for iHeartRadio cash contest.

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<v Speaker 2>You go text in every day. What can the guy

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<v Speaker 2>not do? It's what I mean, it's it's it's what

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<v Speaker 2>THEO It's what the phone are asking. So anyways, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we'll we'll finish strong and with the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of this week, and uh, I will let you guys

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<v Speaker 2>know more about Friday whenever I feel a little better

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<v Speaker 2>about being able to, you know, share what and all

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<v Speaker 2>it is is potentially, uh you know, being somewhere and

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<v Speaker 2>giving folks the opportunity if they would want to even

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I don't know if you'd want to or not,

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<v Speaker 2>but uh, you know, it'd be nice to not be

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<v Speaker 2>in the cave for the final show. So if we

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<v Speaker 2>can make that happen, then we will. If not, then

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be in the cave. And it's not a bad

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<v Speaker 2>place to be. I've been here a lot. I enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is uh. This is a lot of fun. So

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<v Speaker 2>if you guys want to take us with to you

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<v Speaker 2>rever you go, you can. You can listen live right

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<v Speaker 2>now on the out radiop also listened live at seven

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<v Speaker 2>ninety Louisville dot Com. Plenty of ways for you guys

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<v Speaker 2>to listen in, also, plenty of ways for you guys

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<v Speaker 2>to be a part of the show today. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>that we can certainly get to. Let's go. Let's go

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<v Speaker 2>ahead and get the table set. I don't really have

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot to add about the Pacers and next

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<v Speaker 2>series that we haven't already said, other than just I

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<v Speaker 2>guess emphasizing once again how hilarious it is that the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA players believe that Tyrese Haliburton is the most overrated

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<v Speaker 2>player in their league. I'm not surprised they did that

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<v Speaker 2>at the time, just because I get it, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>think he kind of seems like, maybe at times a

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<v Speaker 2>little corny to other NBA players. He certainly benefits in

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<v Speaker 2>every way from the Pacers system. I'm not sure there

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<v Speaker 2>are many other players in the league as far as

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<v Speaker 2>the skill set that that would thrive more and what

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<v Speaker 2>the Pacers want to do. So I've always been a

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<v Speaker 2>big fan of him. I mean, he's just he's super skilled.

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<v Speaker 2>And what you're seeing now is he's on a team

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<v Speaker 2>that does make postseason runs and and you know he's

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<v Speaker 2>a competitor. He's clutch. I mean he's been He's been

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest factor in the Pacers comebacks throughout this entire postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Clearly Aaron Smith was insane, was insane in Game one.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're we're learning about this is the way because again,

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<v Speaker 2>I know a lot of people want to want to

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<v Speaker 2>want to bag on the NBA players who voted and

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<v Speaker 2>most underrated, And I'll be honest with you, I like

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<v Speaker 2>last night seeing him do what he did. If you

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<v Speaker 2>guys missed it, I mean you missed out because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure this is coming from not only the truth, but

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of maybe me being a Pacers fan here.

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<v Speaker 2>But you could argue his performance last night statistically is

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<v Speaker 2>mean thirty three points, fifteen assists, in twelve rebounds in

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<v Speaker 2>zero turnovers. He's the first player in NBA history with

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<v Speaker 2>a triple double on zero turnovers in the Conference finals.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's so again, these are things. I think

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<v Speaker 2>everybody knew that he was a skilled player. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>with the Kings for a while, and when he first

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<v Speaker 2>don't think they were that good right out of the gate.

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<v Speaker 2>But maybe I'm wrong here. But here they are back

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<v Speaker 2>to back Eastern Conference finals, one game away from getting

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<v Speaker 2>to the NBA Finals. He is the franchise player, certainly

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<v Speaker 2>has some good players around him. Siakam has been sensational

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<v Speaker 2>in this series. And see I mean Siakam was the

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<v Speaker 2>championship Toronto, which by the way, got to be the

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<v Speaker 2>most forgettable NBA title of all time. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy's this guy's insane, and they won me forty

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the Pacers and and Halliburton, I

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<v Speaker 2>the association views this guy as the most overrated When

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<v Speaker 2>when is you know, take away anything about overrated, underrated,

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<v Speaker 2>any kind of rating in any way, Just look at results.

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<v Speaker 2>And performance, and you know facts, this guy is delivering

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<v Speaker 2>as good as anybody in the NBA right now, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know it's satisfying to see him. I guess prove

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<v Speaker 2>those people wrong. But then again, sometimes people are just wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>like I've never maybe it's just because of the platform

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<v Speaker 2>we have here and what we do. Like I'm wrong

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, Like I'm not afraid to be wrong. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not I'm not embarrassed to admit when I'm wrong. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm very comfortable. I shouldn't say I'm comfortable being wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, I think you prefer to be right

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<v Speaker 2>much more than But I know that I can get

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<v Speaker 2>things wrong, and I will never hesitate to say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>my opinion was wrong. I've been proven wrong. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>can be wrong and not be at fault right and

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<v Speaker 2>not be a bad person. So, like, it wouldn't shock

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<v Speaker 2>me if there's NBA players that right now, although they're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to come out and say it, I would

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<v Speaker 2>not be shocked if there's been some thought among the NBA,

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<v Speaker 2>the players that voted him the most overrated player in

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<v Speaker 2>the league. Yeah, he's shown me that he's not. Because again,

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<v Speaker 2>like I think maybe they were just thinking, Okay, that

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<v Speaker 2>guy's good, but he's getting way too much hype. The

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<v Speaker 2>Pacers aren't that good. He's just putting up big numbers

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<v Speaker 2>in a good system and they're not. But now, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I would imagine if they're being real with themselves, they

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<v Speaker 2>would say, yeah, I now think that the rating he

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<v Speaker 2>that it's actually genuinely deserved, which maybe before this run

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<v Speaker 2>in the postseason they didn't see it that way. Regardless,

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<v Speaker 2>people can have an opinion and it can just be

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<v Speaker 2>their opinion and it doesn't mean that they you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you can have a bad opinion, but at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, like it's your opinion. So I do

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<v Speaker 2>take satisfaction seeing that be a storyline that everybody's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of thinking, how the hell the NBA get this wrong?

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<v Speaker 2>Which I don't even know I remember what it was

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<v Speaker 2>how they determined it. I think it was some kind

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<v Speaker 2>of an anonymous poll. I don't think it was the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA Players Association Awards, but maybe it was because NBA

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<v Speaker 2>Players Association they do have awards that they give out

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<v Speaker 2>that the players specifically vote on. But I can't imagine

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<v Speaker 2>that the Players Association would find it to be productive

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<v Speaker 2>for their league to have everybody vote who they think

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<v Speaker 2>is the most overrated. But maybe they did it. But regardless,

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<v Speaker 2>the Pacers just one game away. And I already know

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<v Speaker 2>and I said it a couple of weeks ago, so

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<v Speaker 2>trust me, it's not like I am shocked to hear this,

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<v Speaker 2>but I certainly don't care as a fan. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the Thunder and the Pacers in the NBA Finals would

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<v Speaker 2>be a disastrous thing for the NBA ahead of time. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the reason I say that is because, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>know that the Knicks have a bigger brand than most

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<v Speaker 2>in the NBA just because of the Knicks. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's certainly not based off of anything they've accomplished. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Nuggets, they are a recent NBA champ, and they

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<v Speaker 2>also have a guy who is I mean, honestly, they've

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<v Speaker 2>got three big stars, well two two that are really

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<v Speaker 2>big stars in Jokic and Murray, but even you know,

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<v Speaker 2>even like Aaron Gordon, I mean he became a star

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<v Speaker 2>in Orlando and then also because he was the Dunk

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<v Speaker 2>Contest champ. So anyways, my point is, there are other

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<v Speaker 2>teams that have been eliminated or I guess are one

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<v Speaker 2>game away from elimination right now, that them being in

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<v Speaker 2>the finals would probably be a better thing on paper

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<v Speaker 2>going into the NBA Finals, And who knows, maybe if

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<v Speaker 2>it's the Pacers and it's the Thunder and you get

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<v Speaker 2>to the end of the series and the Thunder winning

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<v Speaker 2>six or the Pacers winning six or seven, and it

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<v Speaker 2>ends up being a dud when it comes to viewership,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't say that I'm going to be shocked, because again,

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<v Speaker 2>the Pacers don't have a they're not a big market,

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<v Speaker 2>and Halliburton is their biggest star, but he's still relatively

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<v Speaker 2>unknown to a lot of people that aren't big time

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<v Speaker 2>NBA fans. And obviously the Thunder that's just weird. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I now am fascinated by the Thunder being as good

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<v Speaker 2>as they are, but there clearly just doesn't seem to

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<v Speaker 2>be a ton of respect around them this year from

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<v Speaker 2>the casuals because you just don't know, like you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know enough about them. To THEEREM. You know they're good,

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<v Speaker 2>you see they're winning loss record, you see SGA being

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<v Speaker 2>the MVP, but you're just not exposed to them a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot unless you're really go looking for them, because

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<v Speaker 2>let's be honest, they didn't become really good until the

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<v Speaker 2>last couple of years, and they don't get the major

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<v Speaker 2>TV games that the other big market teams get. So like,

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<v Speaker 2>even if you wanted to be exposed to them like

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<v Speaker 2>you are the other great teams in the NBA or

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<v Speaker 2>just the other big markets in the NBA, you probably

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<v Speaker 2>need League Pass or something. And I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>act like they're never on TV, but I would be

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<v Speaker 2>shocked if SGA has the fewest national elevised games primetime

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<v Speaker 2>games I should say for an MVP, because you got

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<v Speaker 2>to keep in mind when KD won it, when RUSS

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<v Speaker 2>won it. I mean, the Thunder had already been to

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<v Speaker 2>the finals what twice I think it was, and that matters.

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<v Speaker 2>So all I'm getting at is it may end up

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<v Speaker 2>being a dud, and if so, I won't be surprised,

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<v Speaker 2>because again, this is just not ideal when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to reaching the most amount of people that you can

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<v Speaker 2>reach for your for your championship, right the seven game

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<v Speaker 2>series that determines who wins the NBA title, But as

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<v Speaker 2>anybody considered how entertaining it could be when you consider

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<v Speaker 2>how these teams play, are you kidding me, Like, the

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<v Speaker 2>Knicks have done a good job at making these games

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<v Speaker 2>competitive and really entertaining. They're down, They're down three to

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<v Speaker 2>one now, and look, they could come back and win

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<v Speaker 2>the series. I don't think they will, but the thunder,

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<v Speaker 2>the way they want to play, and the way that

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<v Speaker 2>the Pacers play, I mean, this could be take away

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<v Speaker 2>who you want to root for. This could just be

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<v Speaker 2>some really really high level entertaining basketball with a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of points scored and probably a lot of free throws too,

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<v Speaker 2>with SGA and whatnot. But I mean, maybe that's just

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<v Speaker 2>wishful thinking on my end, but I wouldn't be shocked

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<v Speaker 2>if Game one ends up being a really competitive game

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<v Speaker 2>that maybe goes to overtime or something and you feel like, damn,

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<v Speaker 2>that was the hell of a game. And if that's

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<v Speaker 2>the case, I mean, maybe that'll get more people to

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<v Speaker 2>tune in because the NBA Finals, I guess where you

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<v Speaker 2>could have a bad number as far as rating and

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<v Speaker 2>viewership would just be that the folks that annually will

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<v Speaker 2>tune into an NBA Finals game but don't really care.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess those people wouldn't maybe be interested because for them,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not about being really into the NBA or basketball itself.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just, Hey, the NBA Finals are here, let's turn

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<v Speaker 2>it on. But maybe you won't even remember or notice

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<v Speaker 2>that they're on, because again, the teams that are going

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<v Speaker 2>to likely be there are ones that you know. Somebody

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<v Speaker 2>said this on a national show I was listening to

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<v Speaker 2>last night, and it's true if you just take random

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<v Speaker 2>casual NBA fan in any place in the country. When

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<v Speaker 2>I say casual, I mean like probably more than most

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<v Speaker 2>of us, Like somebody who does keep up with it

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<v Speaker 2>and knows who's good and who's not. They've got a

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<v Speaker 2>team they root for, but they keep up with it

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<v Speaker 2>because they're interested in the league. Put it this way,

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<v Speaker 2>more than you, more than you hear it talked about

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<v Speaker 2>year round on this show. I bet you could ask

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<v Speaker 2>ten of those people, right, those that fit in that

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<v Speaker 2>demo if they know a Pacers fan or if they

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<v Speaker 2>know a Thunder fan, and they probably tell you no, right,

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<v Speaker 2>because like, you don't really become a fan of those

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<v Speaker 2>teams unless unless you're around you live around there. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the Thunder is still relatively new franchise. And another thing

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<v Speaker 2>I hadn't thought about until I heard this National show

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<v Speaker 2>talking about it if you were a big time Thunder

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<v Speaker 2>fan ten years ago and that's when you became a

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<v Speaker 2>big time fan, and you don't live in Okac, you

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<v Speaker 2>probably were no longer a fan once it blew up

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<v Speaker 2>and Kevin Durant left and Russell Russell Wilson, Russell Russell

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<v Speaker 2>Westbrook left, So you know, like they they're big in

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<v Speaker 2>their market, but their market small, and with the Pacers,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd never really thought about it, but it's true, like

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I mean, I'm a Pacer spim, but

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know many. I don't know many. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know many others. I really don't unless there are people

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<v Speaker 2>who just are from Indy, live in Indie and just

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<v Speaker 2>support the cults, the Pacers and the Hoosiers or the

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<v Speaker 2>or Purdue or whatever it is. And honestly, the best

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<v Speaker 2>era to become a Pacers fan as far as when

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<v Speaker 2>they were exciting and good. A lot of those kids

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<v Speaker 2>who didn't have a team that you know, didn't live

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<v Speaker 2>in a market that had an NBA team, you know who,

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<v Speaker 2>they became a fan of Michael Jordan. So the time

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<v Speaker 2>to really jump on and be a fan of the

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<v Speaker 2>Pacers during you know when you're a kid, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>somebody within my age range, you probably just became a

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<v Speaker 2>fan of Jordan. And the reason I'm a Pacers fan

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<v Speaker 2>is because my dad Indiana when I was a kid.

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<v Speaker 2>He lived there a lot growing up, and with his job,

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<v Speaker 2>we had access to some Pacers tickets and I was hooked.

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<v Speaker 2>I just became a fan, and you know, here we are.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm not going to be triggered by the talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the lowly washed NBA Finals between the Pacers and

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<v Speaker 2>the Thunder if that's what we get, because I understand it.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm also willing to at least leave the door

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<v Speaker 2>open to say that, yeah, when you get too teams

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<v Speaker 2>that nobody knows, not ideal, but man, if the play,

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<v Speaker 2>if the quality of play is at a high, high level,

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<v Speaker 2>people will tune that in more. They're going to go

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<v Speaker 2>tune into baseball in May and early June. So all right,

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<v Speaker 2>some other things we'll get into today. I mean, the

417
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<v Speaker 2>SEC just embarrassing itself with just all the whining and complaining.

418
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<v Speaker 2>And you would think that the SEC is the conference

419
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<v Speaker 2>in college football that has been a victim the way

420
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<v Speaker 2>some of these coaches are just bitching and complaining and

421
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<v Speaker 2>acting like it's unfit means it's insane. It is insane.

422
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<v Speaker 2>And there's plenty from the SEC meetings that are going

423
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<v Speaker 2>on that we can certainly get into, including Brian Kelly

424
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<v Speaker 2>of LSU talking about having a different opinion than apparently

425
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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the SEC has. As far as the

426
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<v Speaker 2>college football playoff situation, Kirby Smart's claiming that collectives are

427
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<v Speaker 2>out there paying high school kids from like sophomore year

428
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<v Speaker 2>on to be you know, silent commits. So it's it's

429
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<v Speaker 2>it's drama, but drama sells. Drama that works, and we've

430
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<v Speaker 2>got some drama in college football with a real I

431
00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:48.279
<v Speaker 2>was gonna say a power struggle, but I mean, it

432
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<v Speaker 2>really isn't about that. It's just about the SEC just

433
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<v Speaker 2>again living in their own world as if they are

434
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<v Speaker 2>they're and again they are better than everybody at football.

435
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<v Speaker 2>That's a best league in college football. It already was,

436
00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:04.960
<v Speaker 2>and then they added Oklahoma and Texas. But if that's

437
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<v Speaker 2>the case, why why are you just entitled to so much?

438
00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:13.839
<v Speaker 2>I mean, just go earn it, because that's really wean,

439
00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.960
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of what you it's what you do anyway

440
00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:18.319
<v Speaker 2>for the most part, all right, stick with us. We

441
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<v Speaker 2>got a lot more to get into before six o'clock hits.

442
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<v Speaker 2>So again, hang out right here on Sports Talk seven

443
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<v Speaker 2>ninety Apologies, How late was I Austin? I feel like

444
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<v Speaker 2>the music could have been playing ten minutes now and

445
00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:34.319
<v Speaker 2>ten fifty seconds good, perfect timing, ten fifteen seconds. That's

446
00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:36.440
<v Speaker 2>all I need, be honest, all right, that's all I need.

447
00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:39.640
<v Speaker 2>Behind But I mean sometimes I could, I could, you know,

448
00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:41.480
<v Speaker 2>some of I wish I could. You know, sometimes I

449
00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:43.880
<v Speaker 2>wish that I could give more time, But you know,

450
00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:46.160
<v Speaker 2>sometimes it just doesn't work out that way. Take that

451
00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:49.759
<v Speaker 2>as a compliment, you know, if we're being honest. But anyways,

452
00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:53.759
<v Speaker 2>did you see miss Joy was here? No, I did not.

453
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<v Speaker 2>She went to lunch with someone today and she she

454
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<v Speaker 2>stopped in and I chatted with her for a little bit.

455
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<v Speaker 2>And then also just you know, just chatting up with

456
00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:06.640
<v Speaker 2>the folks here as this big moves about to happen,

457
00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:09.559
<v Speaker 2>this big transition. So you know, sometimes you just lose

458
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<v Speaker 2>track of time when you're shooting the you know what

459
00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:14.480
<v Speaker 2>with your colleagues. And I literally opened the door and

460
00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:16.200
<v Speaker 2>heard the music, and I'm like, you know what, man,

461
00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:19.000
<v Speaker 2>my mind has been in a lot of places. I

462
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<v Speaker 2>could have been thirty seconds late. I could have been

463
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<v Speaker 2>thirty minutes late. I'm not really sure I would have known.

464
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<v Speaker 2>But anyways, let's keep it rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>Here.

466
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<v Speaker 2>It's Coffee and Company and we are feel about Thornton's

467
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<v Speaker 2>here on Sports Talk seven to ninety nit coffee, Austin Montgomery,

468
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<v Speaker 2>the travel chief taking you up until six o'clock. And man,

469
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<v Speaker 2>they never cease to amaze me. And I'm talking about

470
00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:42.319
<v Speaker 2>my friends over at Thornton's because all the different food

471
00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:46.000
<v Speaker 2>items that they've had over the years, they keep it fresh. Man,

472
00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:48.960
<v Speaker 2>there's there. It's not like they're just give like, let

473
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<v Speaker 2>me give you an example. They now got the bakery back open,

474
00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:55.839
<v Speaker 2>so they're fresh, delicious doughnuts. I mean they're voluptuous. Can

475
00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:58.319
<v Speaker 2>I say that about a donut? I just did. It's

476
00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:06.079
<v Speaker 2>a voluptuous donut, just plump, thick and perfect. So the

477
00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:08.640
<v Speaker 2>doughnuts have always been good. Now I don't even know

478
00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:10.839
<v Speaker 2>if it's considered like a classic, but to me, it's

479
00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:14.359
<v Speaker 2>been years. I've been getting the sausage, egg and cheese croissants,

480
00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:17.559
<v Speaker 2>such a dynamite breakfast sandwich. So you know, they keep

481
00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:20.240
<v Speaker 2>what I like. But then they'll just throw out something like,

482
00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.640
<v Speaker 2>I wish it was still there. But they had a

483
00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:24.720
<v Speaker 2>they had a pizza wedge. It was like a pizza

484
00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:27.880
<v Speaker 2>quesadilla and it they didn't have it a long time,

485
00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:29.599
<v Speaker 2>and I'm, you know, kind of bummed about that, but

486
00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:31.880
<v Speaker 2>it was so good. It was so good. I remember

487
00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:34.440
<v Speaker 2>one day I hit two Thorntons, they didn't have it.

488
00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:36.759
<v Speaker 2>I made sure I found one at the third because

489
00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:40.480
<v Speaker 2>I needed that pizza wedge. And now they've got breakfast

490
00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:47.440
<v Speaker 2>chariso tacos. I mean, think about that. This is high.

491
00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:50.039
<v Speaker 2>I mean you can't look at that. Can you see that?

492
00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:52.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm showing Austin a picture here? Like it's yeah hot?

493
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I mean you bring these breakfast chariso tacos.

494
00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:02.519
<v Speaker 2>I mean you could cater it for your for your girlfriend,

495
00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:04.319
<v Speaker 2>your wife, and she would think you went to some

496
00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:08.759
<v Speaker 2>real hipster brunch place to get a you know, teach

497
00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:11.519
<v Speaker 2>to an actual tacos. Yeah, because that's how good they look.

498
00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:16.680
<v Speaker 2>We're talking. They got the tortilla, the egg, the chiso,

499
00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:22.359
<v Speaker 2>ham bell, pepper onions, cheese, it is it's delicious soon yeah,

500
00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:24.759
<v Speaker 2>I mean, and I do see here that they actually

501
00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:27.440
<v Speaker 2>tell you how long they're gonna They don't keep everything

502
00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:31.119
<v Speaker 2>around the entire year. But from May seventh to September second,

503
00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:34.319
<v Speaker 2>you can get these breakfast Chariso tacos, a two pack,

504
00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:37.720
<v Speaker 2>two of them for just five bucks. Take advantage. It's Thornton's.

505
00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.759
<v Speaker 2>You know where feel about Thorton's.

506
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<v Speaker 4>They already loved their burritos anyways, because they got some

507
00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.319
<v Speaker 4>pretty good breakfast burritos.

508
00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:44.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and again I don't I don't. I don't think

509
00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:46.519
<v Speaker 2>they have competitions. I don't know what to compare it to,

510
00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:49.359
<v Speaker 2>but they always I mean, they have a lot of

511
00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:51.720
<v Speaker 2>options when it comes to breakfast, and that, you know,

512
00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.200
<v Speaker 2>that makes sense as to why when I go in

513
00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.920
<v Speaker 2>there on any morning, it's it's packed because you know,

514
00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:59.960
<v Speaker 2>people know they can get a lot of different things there,

515
00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:01.720
<v Speaker 2>and of course they can get their day started to

516
00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:04.680
<v Speaker 2>get a cup of coffee, and you know, just take

517
00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:07.160
<v Speaker 2>the vibes from Thornton's with you, and I bet your

518
00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:10.720
<v Speaker 2>day will be better. I can't prove it, but I

519
00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.160
<v Speaker 2>believe it.

520
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<v Speaker 4>I've always been one of those guys where the gas

521
00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:18.440
<v Speaker 4>station is the trip to the gas station is therapeutic.

522
00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.640
<v Speaker 4>A man's trip to the gas station is just going in.

523
00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:26.039
<v Speaker 4>There's something about pouring your own soda from the fountain

524
00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:29.119
<v Speaker 4>and picking out what kind of snacks that you want, right.

525
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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's like a I mean it's like a

526
00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:33.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean technically it is for kids, but even for

527
00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.960
<v Speaker 2>an adults, it's like our candy store. Yeah, and I

528
00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:37.319
<v Speaker 2>don't mean that quite literally. Clearly you realize you can

529
00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:39.200
<v Speaker 2>get candy, but like you can get anything.

530
00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

531
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<v Speaker 4>You once you the thought occurs that you have free

532
00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:45.440
<v Speaker 4>will and you're an adult, you could do anything. The

533
00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:48.119
<v Speaker 4>possibilities are endless. If they let me, I'd live in

534
00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:51.359
<v Speaker 4>the beer cave. I just take up take up space

535
00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:53.799
<v Speaker 4>and just you know, call that my home.

536
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<v Speaker 2>Start crushing Modello's. Yeah, and I could be wrong here,

537
00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.240
<v Speaker 2>and I mean this about Thornton's. But don't con or

538
00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:03.759
<v Speaker 2>this continuously just me gassing up our fine sponsors because

539
00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:06.200
<v Speaker 2>Austin said something that I that I hadn't thought of

540
00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.480
<v Speaker 2>until he just put this in my mind, and that

541
00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:12.440
<v Speaker 2>is there's a lot of places you would want to

542
00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:16.279
<v Speaker 2>avoid going. Not all the time, but just like, oh man,

543
00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.319
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to go to Walmart today. I don't

544
00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:20.400
<v Speaker 2>want to go to the grocery store. I don't want

545
00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:22.279
<v Speaker 2>to go to the DMV. I don't want to. I mean,

546
00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.200
<v Speaker 2>I don't even know people still do it now. But

547
00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:26.839
<v Speaker 2>like the mall, it can either be something you really

548
00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:29.079
<v Speaker 2>want to go because the mall used to be cool,

549
00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.960
<v Speaker 2>or it can be or it can be like a

550
00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:34.119
<v Speaker 2>task that's like you know, oh, it's going to be

551
00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:36.279
<v Speaker 2>a mess because it's two weeks till Christmas. You know

552
00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:39.279
<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying. Have you ever dreaded having to go

553
00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:41.680
<v Speaker 2>into a gas station? I mean maybe you have because

554
00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.680
<v Speaker 2>it was not Thornton's or and it was gross or

555
00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:47.240
<v Speaker 2>something like that, But it's convenient. Therefore, you know you

556
00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:49.000
<v Speaker 2>can get in and get I mean, like, no joke,

557
00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.599
<v Speaker 2>I don't just say this here. I am circling it

558
00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:53.279
<v Speaker 2>back around to my friends at Thornton's. But I even

559
00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:57.799
<v Speaker 2>when there are eighty five percent of the spots taken

560
00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:00.039
<v Speaker 2>up in the parking lot and at the pump, I

561
00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:02.440
<v Speaker 2>can walk in and be out of there in ninety

562
00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:06.519
<v Speaker 2>seconds or less because they have the self checkout. Like

563
00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:09.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't know why that wasn't a thing sooner, And

564
00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.839
<v Speaker 2>I don't mean like for Thornton specifically. And I feel

565
00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:16.400
<v Speaker 2>as if I am in a different era, in a

566
00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:20.440
<v Speaker 2>different generation when I go into a convenience store and

567
00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:22.759
<v Speaker 2>they don't have self checkout. I know that sounds like

568
00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, hoiity toity, because a lot of them, I

569
00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:27.720
<v Speaker 2>guess still don't. But I only go to Thornton's and

570
00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.759
<v Speaker 2>the majority of them that I go to, they have

571
00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:32.559
<v Speaker 2>a self checkout and it's convenient as can be. And

572
00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:35.359
<v Speaker 2>it also makes me wonder why are there so many

573
00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:38.920
<v Speaker 2>people that don't use it? I mean, I shouldn't say

574
00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.680
<v Speaker 2>so many people, but.

575
00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:43.000
<v Speaker 4>Because they just get around technology and they're gonna press

576
00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.920
<v Speaker 4>the wrong button.

577
00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but like I mean, we're talking about people like younger,

578
00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:49.640
<v Speaker 2>younger than me, Like it's got to be because they

579
00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:53.480
<v Speaker 2>need cigarettes, right, cigarettes are scratch offs and and there's

580
00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.880
<v Speaker 2>nothing wrong with that. I mean again, that's one of

581
00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:57.240
<v Speaker 2>the things that makes those Yeah, that's one of the

582
00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:01.000
<v Speaker 2>things that makes those convenience to like Thornton's. I mean

583
00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:04.240
<v Speaker 2>it's I mean, I've been I've been trying to get

584
00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:09.119
<v Speaker 2>some final clips. I'm working on a video for Thornton's,

585
00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:11.920
<v Speaker 2>and well, I mean, i'm I'm, I'm I'm working on

586
00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.759
<v Speaker 2>it and it's just gonna be me, you know, showing

587
00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.480
<v Speaker 2>how great Thorntons is because they're a great partner. I

588
00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.799
<v Speaker 2>don't want to act like they hired me to do it,

589
00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:19.519
<v Speaker 2>because I don't. I'm sure they could find somebody much

590
00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:21.799
<v Speaker 2>better than me when it comes to the creative stuff.

591
00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:24.839
<v Speaker 2>But either way, like it's it's hard to find any

592
00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:27.519
<v Speaker 2>Thorntons nearly any time of the day where I can

593
00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:29.839
<v Speaker 2>get I can get the cameras set up and get

594
00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:31.640
<v Speaker 2>some good stuff without there being a ton. I mean,

595
00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:33.400
<v Speaker 2>there's just a lot of people to go there, because again,

596
00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:37.599
<v Speaker 2>what can you not get? Cigarettes, beer, scratch off tickets,

597
00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:40.720
<v Speaker 2>good food items, candy. I mean they've they've they've got

598
00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:44.839
<v Speaker 2>it all. In fact, I saw somebody checking out this morning.

599
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:47.759
<v Speaker 2>They had I guess they were running low on oil.

600
00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:50.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, again makes sense you can get some oil

601
00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:52.400
<v Speaker 2>at a gas station, but I've never purchased it before.

602
00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:55.640
<v Speaker 2>But you know, just another enough, just another example of

603
00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:58.400
<v Speaker 2>all the things you can get. It's just something about it,

604
00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.720
<v Speaker 2>no doubt about it. All right. So let's I mean,

605
00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:04.400
<v Speaker 2>I guess the latest on the college football playoff stuff.

606
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<v Speaker 2>To me, the most logical way of setting it up

607
00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:14.359
<v Speaker 2>as far as who gets in, which conference gets auto

608
00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:17.440
<v Speaker 2>bids that kind of stuff. I mean, this is one

609
00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:20.440
<v Speaker 2>of those things where if you told me. There was

610
00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.920
<v Speaker 2>a lot of discussion all about a lot of different

611
00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:25.119
<v Speaker 2>scenarios as far as what it could look like, meaning

612
00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:28.680
<v Speaker 2>the future of the college football playoff. And by the way,

613
00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.480
<v Speaker 2>there are a lot of different things being thrown out there,

614
00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:34.160
<v Speaker 2>and we got to this model. I would say, yeah,

615
00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:37.559
<v Speaker 2>why would it be anything else if you're gonna go

616
00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:42.759
<v Speaker 2>to sixteen teams a college football playoff with five auto

617
00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:48.039
<v Speaker 2>bids power conference champs and one G one from the

618
00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:51.720
<v Speaker 2>G six plus the rest of the field. The rest

619
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<v Speaker 2>of the field filled with late at large, like with

620
00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:58.559
<v Speaker 2>teams that just get in because you know they were

621
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<v Speaker 2>in that next tier and win a championship in their conference,

622
00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:04.599
<v Speaker 2>but man, they're that good. And then obviously Notre Dame

623
00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:07.079
<v Speaker 2>would be a part of that too. Why would we

624
00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:09.319
<v Speaker 2>not do that? Like, and if you don't do that,

625
00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:12.240
<v Speaker 2>just eliminate auto bids and just seed it one through

626
00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:16.440
<v Speaker 2>sixteen based off of the best sixteen teams that you

627
00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:20.759
<v Speaker 2>you know that you believe are deserving. I mean, you've

628
00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:24.319
<v Speaker 2>now got people saying, just like people, I don't think

629
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<v Speaker 2>you become an athletic director, a president of a school,

630
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<v Speaker 2>a commissioner of a conference. I don't think you become

631
00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:36.480
<v Speaker 2>someone with that type of position, you know, unless you

632
00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:39.880
<v Speaker 2>are really really smart or at least, you know, just

633
00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:42.160
<v Speaker 2>not stupid. Maybe you're not. Maybe they're not all smart,

634
00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.799
<v Speaker 2>And I guess how smart somebody is can be viewed

635
00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:46.799
<v Speaker 2>in a lot of different ways. But it felt like

636
00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:50.240
<v Speaker 2>it'd be hard for you to be a dummy when

637
00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:54.240
<v Speaker 2>it comes to, you know, that role that you have.

638
00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:56.880
<v Speaker 2>And yet some of these people are saying really stupid

639
00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:00.480
<v Speaker 2>stuff like who is it the U the missioner or

640
00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:05.240
<v Speaker 2>not the commissioner. I'm sorry, it's the it's the Yeah,

641
00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:07.200
<v Speaker 2>I'll make sure I got it Right's Florida's athletic director

642
00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:10.599
<v Speaker 2>Scott Strickland. He said recently a committee is not ideal

643
00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:15.039
<v Speaker 2>to choose a postseason I question whether it's appropriate for

644
00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:20.000
<v Speaker 2>college football. Does he not understand that everyone like literally

645
00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:24.799
<v Speaker 2>every single I can't I shouldn't say every single because

646
00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:27.319
<v Speaker 2>I genuinely don't know about some of the non revenue

647
00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:30.799
<v Speaker 2>sports really at all, but sports that people you know,

648
00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:33.960
<v Speaker 2>follow a lot or at least a little bit. As

649
00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:36.960
<v Speaker 2>far as having a reach at the college level, it's

650
00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:39.799
<v Speaker 2>a committee of people who decide who gets in. Like

651
00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:43.000
<v Speaker 2>that's that's the way it's always been, and it just

652
00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:45.559
<v Speaker 2>to me that screams more of the SEC noise of

653
00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:47.599
<v Speaker 2>just how well you know you guys. It's almost like,

654
00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.839
<v Speaker 2>well you, I mean, you guys hear yourself and we're

655
00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.400
<v Speaker 2>thinking on our end, like do you hear yourself? Like

656
00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:54.839
<v Speaker 2>why would like why would you be entitled to it?

657
00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.039
<v Speaker 2>And again I don't need to say the same thing

658
00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:01.039
<v Speaker 2>I've said a billion times as far as it's not

659
00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:06.200
<v Speaker 2>about the SEC not being the best league, but just

660
00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:10.240
<v Speaker 2>because they've been the best league for you know, a

661
00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.200
<v Speaker 2>good chunk of the last twenty five, thirty years or

662
00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:15.200
<v Speaker 2>maybe even longer, what would that have to do with

663
00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:20.200
<v Speaker 2>the following season. You should never be rewarded as a

664
00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:24.240
<v Speaker 2>league or as a program based off of performances from

665
00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:29.079
<v Speaker 2>a year ago or fifty years ago. Now again, your

666
00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:33.000
<v Speaker 2>brand doesn't. That's human nature. That's not avoidable to an extent, right,

667
00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:35.079
<v Speaker 2>there's just no way around that people are going to

668
00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:37.200
<v Speaker 2>take a team more serious that has in fact been

669
00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:40.640
<v Speaker 2>there before. But having it automatically set up to where

670
00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:44.359
<v Speaker 2>those that came before you long long ago have grandfathered

671
00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:48.519
<v Speaker 2>you four automatic spots, really half the field of the

672
00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:52.480
<v Speaker 2>big ten in the SEC, it just doesn't make any sense.

673
00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:54.839
<v Speaker 2>I mean, again, it makes sense if you just want

674
00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:57.599
<v Speaker 2>to make it a popularity contest, and I just they

675
00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:03.000
<v Speaker 2>needed to come out and say that. I mean. So, anyways,

676
00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:08.159
<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the discussions going on, I doubt

677
00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:10.119
<v Speaker 2>we're going to get any kind of clarity here in

678
00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:12.119
<v Speaker 2>the coming days as far as what the plan is,

679
00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:18.199
<v Speaker 2>because clearly there's there's there's I was gonna say confusion.

680
00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't really think it's confusion. I think actually it's

681
00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.199
<v Speaker 2>pretty clear we know what the SEC wants, and then

682
00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:25.360
<v Speaker 2>we also know that others are going to sit back

683
00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:29.360
<v Speaker 2>and say why would we do that? You know, and

684
00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:32.280
<v Speaker 2>in fact, it could work out to where, like I'm

685
00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:35.280
<v Speaker 2>not saying that the SEC shouldn't get four or six

686
00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:37.760
<v Speaker 2>or eight in. There could be years where it turns

687
00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:41.119
<v Speaker 2>out to where the SEC has ten. But just to

688
00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:44.239
<v Speaker 2>say there's automatically four that get in, like that's that's

689
00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:47.000
<v Speaker 2>really stupid. And again, unless you want to make it

690
00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:50.199
<v Speaker 2>a popularity contest, and last I checked, I don't. I

691
00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:53.000
<v Speaker 2>don't think that's what people want, but what do I know?

692
00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:57.400
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, this is something that Greg Sankie had said

693
00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.320
<v Speaker 2>in the last I don't think it was yesterday, might

694
00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:04.440
<v Speaker 2>have been the day before, but he did say that

695
00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:07.800
<v Speaker 2>the SEC. I'm reading directly from Brett McMurphy here. Sorry

696
00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:09.039
<v Speaker 2>for spinning my wheels. I just want to make sure

697
00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:11.840
<v Speaker 2>I had it correct. But SEC's Greg Sankie said deadline

698
00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:14.920
<v Speaker 2>for finalizing the twenty twenty six college football playoff format

699
00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:18.880
<v Speaker 2>by contract is either November thirtieth or December first, So

700
00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:22.800
<v Speaker 2>there is there's a long way to go, and looks

701
00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:28.719
<v Speaker 2>luckily there's time to get there. But I just I

702
00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:32.320
<v Speaker 2>don't really see either side caving And in fact, what's

703
00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:36.000
<v Speaker 2>sad as I see the have nots of this group

704
00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:39.800
<v Speaker 2>of power for caving before the SEC. But why like,

705
00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:43.000
<v Speaker 2>stand your ground because I think what's clear here is

706
00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:46.440
<v Speaker 2>that the pushback that we're now getting that wasn't there

707
00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:51.400
<v Speaker 2>initially about this College Sports Commission where Donald Trump met

708
00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:55.679
<v Speaker 2>with Nick Saban, the booster who's become super successful and

709
00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:58.239
<v Speaker 2>appears to have a really good plan in place as

710
00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:00.159
<v Speaker 2>far as how you regulate college sports, the guy from

711
00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:03.920
<v Speaker 2>Texas Tech. There was interest in, oh, yeah, this could

712
00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:06.320
<v Speaker 2>be good. We could have somebody that actually oversees everything.

713
00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:10.119
<v Speaker 2>Well then now it's the SEC folks, including Saban, that

714
00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:12.519
<v Speaker 2>don't feel like it's needed anymore. And maybe it's just

715
00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:15.280
<v Speaker 2>because you truly don't believe it's needed, or maybe it's

716
00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:18.599
<v Speaker 2>because you want to continue to just do things the

717
00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:20.679
<v Speaker 2>way you want because you're the big bully on the block.

718
00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:25.760
<v Speaker 2>And I can't really fault people like Greg Sankee for

719
00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:29.239
<v Speaker 2>doing that because again, you know, your job is to,

720
00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:34.199
<v Speaker 2>no matter what, look out for your league. But that's

721
00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:37.679
<v Speaker 2>the same thing for the ACC, the Big Twelve, and

722
00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:41.800
<v Speaker 2>the Big Ten too. I mean, it would be foolish

723
00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:45.519
<v Speaker 2>to expect any of these leaders from these different conferences

724
00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:49.079
<v Speaker 2>to It's one thing to collectively work together and to

725
00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:52.960
<v Speaker 2>come towards an agreement that you know you could you

726
00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:55.199
<v Speaker 2>know you work together on, but you don't work together.

727
00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:57.599
<v Speaker 2>You compete with each other. And it's a super competitive

728
00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:01.039
<v Speaker 2>and caddy like business meaning college football. Like when you

729
00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:03.960
<v Speaker 2>hear some of the quotes, and I don't mean that

730
00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.280
<v Speaker 2>these people are just like the worst, but just the cattiness,

731
00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:11.079
<v Speaker 2>Like when I read quotes from guys like Brett McMurphy,

732
00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:14.199
<v Speaker 2>even my guy Zach Barnett, who covers college football, when

733
00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:16.559
<v Speaker 2>I read things that they share that coaches say, I

734
00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:18.840
<v Speaker 2>feel like that's something you'd hear somebody in the seventh

735
00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:23.280
<v Speaker 2>grade Hallway say it's just Caddy and Petty. So the

736
00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:25.960
<v Speaker 2>belief that we can all just get along and make

737
00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:28.119
<v Speaker 2>it all work, I just don't think that's realistic because

738
00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:33.320
<v Speaker 2>whatever the SEC pushes for probably isn't going to be

739
00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.599
<v Speaker 2>in the best interest of another league. Whatever the Big

740
00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:39.320
<v Speaker 2>twelve pushes for may not be the way that the

741
00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:43.719
<v Speaker 2>SEC or the Big ten c fit as far as

742
00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:46.519
<v Speaker 2>what's best for them. Now, I do think what's clear

743
00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:49.400
<v Speaker 2>here that needs to be said that probably actually doesn't

744
00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:51.679
<v Speaker 2>need to be said. I think it's obvious here nobody

745
00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:54.199
<v Speaker 2>from the other side is asking for anything guaranteed. It's

746
00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:56.360
<v Speaker 2>just the SEC, and I guess the Big ten is

747
00:37:56.880 --> 00:38:00.519
<v Speaker 2>not against it. But Sankie's already playing VICM like he's

748
00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:02.559
<v Speaker 2>the bad guy, and technically I guess the Big ten

749
00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:05.840
<v Speaker 2>is not going to say no to having four automatic spots.

750
00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:08.400
<v Speaker 2>But anyways, there's a lot of drama. We'll talk to

751
00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:11.960
<v Speaker 2>more college football because coming up in the four o'clock hour,

752
00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:16.320
<v Speaker 2>the highest win totals as far as the power for

753
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:18.719
<v Speaker 2>and the lowest. There's some surprises here, I believe, So

754
00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:21.079
<v Speaker 2>we can take a look at that and see if

755
00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.119
<v Speaker 2>there's any other updates. I do want to talk about

756
00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:27.840
<v Speaker 2>Kirby Smarts comment about what collectives are doing to get

757
00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:34.320
<v Speaker 2>in really early with recruits paying their families' salaries just

758
00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.079
<v Speaker 2>because their kids are in high school and look like

759
00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:38.960
<v Speaker 2>they're going to be five star recruits at some point.

760
00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:42.559
<v Speaker 2>I mean, again, that's just an example of how, no

761
00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:45.119
<v Speaker 2>matter what, you're going to try to find an edge

762
00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:48.519
<v Speaker 2>and an advantage because it's that competitive and it means

763
00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.840
<v Speaker 2>that much to people, No pun intended. The sec just

764
00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:54.239
<v Speaker 2>means more. Also, we got to get to I mean,

765
00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:56.199
<v Speaker 2>I don't think there's been an update since the show started,

766
00:38:56.239 --> 00:39:00.840
<v Speaker 2>but Otega Away still has yet to announce what he's

767
00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:03.199
<v Speaker 2>going to do. And I'm now hearing people that I

768
00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:09.079
<v Speaker 2>know in respect saying that they believe, not that they're hearing,

769
00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:11.159
<v Speaker 2>they're not reporting it, they're not even mentioning a rumor,

770
00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:14.679
<v Speaker 2>but they think that this late last minute situation means

771
00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:16.519
<v Speaker 2>that he wants to go pro and that's what he's

772
00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:18.960
<v Speaker 2>going to do. I just I'll be stunned. I will

773
00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:21.199
<v Speaker 2>be stunned if he doesn't decide to come back to Kentucky.

774
00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:23.039
<v Speaker 2>But again, as of right now, it doesn't look like

775
00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.880
<v Speaker 2>he's made that decision unless I've just missed it in

776
00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:28.559
<v Speaker 2>the last few minutes. All right, quick, Bright, keep a

777
00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:31.000
<v Speaker 2>locked right here on Sports Talk seven ninety Now back.

778
00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:34.920
<v Speaker 1>To coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk

779
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<v Speaker 1>seven nine day.

780
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<v Speaker 2>That's right, it's coffee and company here on Sports Talk

781
00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:42.199
<v Speaker 2>seven to ninety Fieldbeth Thorton's we are wrapping up the

782
00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:45.079
<v Speaker 2>three o'clock hour as we take you up until six o'clock.

783
00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:50.559
<v Speaker 2>And it looks as if the biggest names in college

784
00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:54.519
<v Speaker 2>basketball that have yet to make a decision as of

785
00:39:55.559 --> 00:40:00.239
<v Speaker 2>I guess within the last hour otake aways the the

786
00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:02.239
<v Speaker 2>biggest just because one, he's a really good player and

787
00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:05.679
<v Speaker 2>obviously him coming back to Kentucky would be huge. And

788
00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.199
<v Speaker 2>it does feel as if this would be and I'm

789
00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:11.840
<v Speaker 2>probably wrong in saying this, because I just I wouldn't know,

790
00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:14.800
<v Speaker 2>because I don't follow every program, but this would be

791
00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:18.519
<v Speaker 2>a rare thing in the new world, even though we're

792
00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:21.159
<v Speaker 2>still again very young in early stages in this new

793
00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:23.760
<v Speaker 2>world where you just assumed the guy didn't have good

794
00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:26.599
<v Speaker 2>enough draft stock and yet he can make a lot

795
00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:29.079
<v Speaker 2>of money in college at a big time place like Kentucky.

796
00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:31.960
<v Speaker 2>So I mean, you would have never thought he was

797
00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.599
<v Speaker 2>going to go pro. I mean, but technically that's just

798
00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:36.840
<v Speaker 2>the assumption that he's going to not take a chance

799
00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:42.039
<v Speaker 2>on himself because he doesn't have great draft stock, or

800
00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:43.920
<v Speaker 2>maybe you just think that he needs all this money

801
00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.480
<v Speaker 2>when maybe I mean, I don't know, I'm just I

802
00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:47.360
<v Speaker 2>just think if there is a scenario where he does.

803
00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.920
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know anything about this young man other

804
00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:51.440
<v Speaker 2>than he's a really good player. But you know, maybe

805
00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.360
<v Speaker 2>he is somebody that really just doesn't know what he

806
00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:56.280
<v Speaker 2>wants to do, or maybe he likes the thought of

807
00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:58.199
<v Speaker 2>leaving people on the edge of their seat because it'll

808
00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:00.760
<v Speaker 2>lead to a bigger reaction when he doesn'tnce he's coming back.

809
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:03.480
<v Speaker 2>Who knows other than him, But he has yet to

810
00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:06.280
<v Speaker 2>make a decision at least as of as of right

811
00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:09.880
<v Speaker 2>now at three point fifty four, Aduth Thierro did just

812
00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:12.760
<v Speaker 2>make a decision to stay in the NBA draft, And

813
00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:16.719
<v Speaker 2>then r J lewise no clue if he's made any

814
00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:19.159
<v Speaker 2>kind of decision just yet. And then there's some other

815
00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:20.800
<v Speaker 2>names that, like, I gotta be honest, I don't really

816
00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:23.719
<v Speaker 2>know much about them, like Miles Bird at San Diego State,

817
00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:26.079
<v Speaker 2>Nate Biddle at Oregon, like those are the other guys

818
00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:29.239
<v Speaker 2>listed here as far as being names that if they

819
00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.920
<v Speaker 2>come back to college, it would be a big thing

820
00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:34.719
<v Speaker 2>for the school that they're currently with, or like r. J. Lewise,

821
00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:36.360
<v Speaker 2>who doesn't currently have a school, he'd be a big

822
00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:38.280
<v Speaker 2>player to go get. Here's something I could see happening,

823
00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:41.159
<v Speaker 2>because you know that this is true, and I've heard

824
00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:43.119
<v Speaker 2>a lot of Kentucky fans say, and by way, I

825
00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:45.760
<v Speaker 2>should have mentioned this initially, but I didn't. I forgot.

826
00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:48.519
<v Speaker 2>He did work out today for the New Jersey Nets

827
00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:50.239
<v Speaker 2>I think it was, or the Brooklyn Nets, I should say.

828
00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:53.079
<v Speaker 2>So maybe he just wanted to get that final feedback

829
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<v Speaker 2>from a team or whatever that process looks like day

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<v Speaker 2>of and then decide. But he is still in fact

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<v Speaker 2>going through this process us until the last minute. And

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<v Speaker 2>it maybe because look again, if he decided to pull

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<v Speaker 2>out of the process two days ago, like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of players did, he wouldn't have been able to work

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<v Speaker 2>out for the Nets today. So my guess is still

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<v Speaker 2>that he's just absolutely utilizing this experience to the fullest

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<v Speaker 2>extent and really getting everything he can as far as

838
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<v Speaker 2>feedback from the NBA and whatever else that comes with

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<v Speaker 2>the process of testing the waters because he doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>good draft stock. So again I just to me, I'd

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<v Speaker 2>be stunned. But he's yet to make a decision. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you're a Kentucky fan and you're nervous, I get it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have her Kentucky fans mentioned well, if he

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<v Speaker 2>does leave, that would be a bummer. But man, you

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<v Speaker 2>now have a lot of money to go replace him. True,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's not many great players out there. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>most players have decided where they're going to go. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the portal's pretty empty, is it not. Maybe you could

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<v Speaker 2>use it to bring somebody from overseas, although we need

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about that in the next hour. If there

851
00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:08.360
<v Speaker 2>really is a complete stop on student visas and players

852
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<v Speaker 2>expecting to play college hoops next year have yet to

853
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<v Speaker 2>get student visa, that could become a big problem. I

854
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<v Speaker 2>feel like I'm already on has hear that talk about

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<v Speaker 2>student visas Austin coming up your news top of the

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<v Speaker 2>hour and can wasting no time. We could still be

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<v Speaker 2>childish and immature here until Friday, but I could see

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<v Speaker 2>it playing out where if O take Away does decide

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<v Speaker 2>to stay in the draft and knock going back to Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 2>R J. Luiz just takes a spot, takes his money

861
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<v Speaker 2>like that. That would be a transaction. I could absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>see happening. Although I think Oway is a better player,

863
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<v Speaker 2>and I'm not just you know, trust me, this is

864
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<v Speaker 2>not a I'm gonna guss him up as a great

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<v Speaker 2>player now and so when you lose him, I can

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<v Speaker 2>say that you guys think because if you listen to

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<v Speaker 2>me even a little bit, I've always felt like this

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<v Speaker 2>guy was not getting the proper love that he that

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<v Speaker 2>he should have. Nobody said he was bad at all,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just felt like throughout the season there was

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<v Speaker 2>so much talk about other guys when I felt like, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>this is our best player. Like he's the best athlete.

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<v Speaker 2>He's physical, he's a scorer, he's tough. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not a great shooter, but he can make him He's

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<v Speaker 2>not an elite defender, but he can. But he can guard.

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<v Speaker 2>It's big. I mean, he's you know, he's He's the

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<v Speaker 2>reason why Kentucky is viewed as a top ten team

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<v Speaker 2>next year. Yes, they've got Jalen Low, who I think

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be good for them, just a talented player.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really know how he fits with Mark Pope

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<v Speaker 2>like they've they've got good pieces, trust me, but the

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<v Speaker 2>one guy that makes them a preseason top ten team

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<v Speaker 2>by just about everybody, your top fifteen team is is

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<v Speaker 2>O takeaway? Now? If he isn't there, do they fall

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<v Speaker 2>out of the top twenty five? I would imagine not,

886
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<v Speaker 2>but I don't really know, because again, you got good pieces.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean, he was arguably your best player last year,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's expected to come back unless you know, he doesn't,

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<v Speaker 2>And it is wild like he didn't have to say anything,

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<v Speaker 2>right like, I'm sure he will. I'm sure he'll announce

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<v Speaker 2>that he's coming back, but you know, if he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>file paperwork that gets I guess handled or submitted like

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<v Speaker 2>it's supposed to before midnight, it's just over. He's just gone.

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<v Speaker 2>Now again, I don't see that playing out. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't have He didn't have to walk up to

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<v Speaker 2>a podium today. He didn't have to actually show up

897
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<v Speaker 2>and say anything like he has declared for the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>The actual action that needs to take place for him

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<v Speaker 2>to come back would be filing something and getting it

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<v Speaker 2>submitted before midnight tonight. All right, quick break, we got

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<v Speaker 2>two hours left and a lot more to get into,

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<v Speaker 2>so stick around. It's coffee and company we're feel about

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