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The Infomaniacs: September 4th 2026 (7:00am) · WTAW - Infomaniacs

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  Speaker 1: Good morning from the WTAW newsroom. I'm Will Welch. The
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  Speaker 1: Texas A & M Board of Regents made sweeping changes
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  Speaker 1: to core curriculum offerings. Some of the classes removed were
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  Speaker 1: in the subjects of women and gender studies, African American studies,
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  Speaker 1: and Latinx studies. Students need to start paying attention on
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  Speaker 1: motorized mobility devices. Regents asked that safety on the devices
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  Speaker 1: be addressed at their next meeting. Here's Regent Sam Torn.
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  Speaker 2: They do not stop at pedestrian roads. And they're on
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  Speaker 2: the sidewalks. We get to observe it in front of
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  Speaker 2: the Board of Regents. I nearly ran over my dog.
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  Speaker 2: And my wife would not be happy. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to hearing your talk.
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  Speaker 1: But the bottom line of this is if we don't.
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  Speaker 2: Get it fixed soon, because this is a very old.
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  Speaker 3: Subject, We're going to ban them, and you're not going
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  Speaker 3: to have them at all.
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  Speaker 4: So we've got to get it fixed or it's out.
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  Speaker 4: There's a lot of cities now that don't allow them.
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  Speaker 4: And that's coming up in my mind. If we don't
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  Speaker 4: have it fixed a year from now, we're going to
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  Speaker 4: ban them.
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  Speaker 1: Blinn in Brenham does not allow them on campus. A
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  Speaker 1: woman has been arrested after being found with illegal drugs
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  Speaker 1: at a local school. College Station Police responded to IL
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  Speaker 1: Texas around 5.15 on Wednesday. An off-duty officer reported that
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  Speaker 1: a woman parked crooked in the school's parking lot and
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  Speaker 1: that he could smell marijuana coming from the car. 36-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Whitney Carson of Navasota told officers she was at the
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  Speaker 1: school to pick up her daughter. She failed a field
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  Speaker 1: sobriety test and a search revealed a marijuana cigarette and methamphetamine.
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  Speaker 1: She was charged with possession of marijuana in a drug-free zone,
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  Speaker 1: possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone, and
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  Speaker 1: driving while intoxicated. She is being held in the Brazos
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  Speaker 1: County Jail on $ 20, 000 bond. A man charged in the
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  Speaker 1: infamous Texas Killing Fields case has been sentenced to the
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  Speaker 1: maximum of 20 years. 61-year-old James Elmore Jr. was found
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  Speaker 1: guilty of manslaughter yesterday in a Houston court for his
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  Speaker 1: role in the 1984 death of Laura Miller. Her father,
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  Speaker 1: Tim Miller, founded Texas EquiSearch. Texas DPS is stepping up
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  Speaker 1: enforcement this Labor Day weekend with more troopers on the
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  Speaker 1: roads looking for dangerous drivers. Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort,
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  Speaker 1: or CARE, runs Friday through Monday, with Texas Highway Patrol
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  Speaker 1: troopers watching for speeding, intoxicated drivers, distracted driving, and other violations.
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  Speaker 1: Officials say Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer
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  Speaker 1: so many Texans will be hitting the road to celebrate
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  Speaker 1: with friends and family. During last year's holiday weekend, DPS
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  Speaker 1: issued more than 63,000 citations and warnings, so they're reminding
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  Speaker 1: drivers to buckle up, slow down, and make a plan
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  Speaker 1: for a sober ride if you plan on drinking. An
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  Speaker 1: ICE officer who was released from custody in Texas last
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  Speaker 1: week is facing new criminal charges in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 5: Christian Castro is facing state criminal charges in Minnesota over
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  Speaker 5: shooting and injuring Julio Cesar Sosa Saliz in January during
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  Speaker 5: an immigration crackdown. Those state charges include assault and falsely
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  Speaker 5: reporting a crime related to the shooting. He had been
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  Speaker 5: held in Texas until last week when Governor Abbott declined
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  Speaker 5: to sign extradition papers to send him back to Minnesota
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  Speaker 5: to face charges, so he was released. Now, sources tell
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  Speaker 5: the Associated Press that Castro is also facing new charges
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  Speaker 5: at the federal level. He's accused of making false statements
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  Speaker 5: to federal investigators. Stephen Pickering, TSN News.
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  Speaker 1: More news ahead at 7.30 or anytime at WTAW.com. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Lots of game days. We've got high school action tonight
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  Speaker 1: as well and tomorrow. You're going to be on the
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  Speaker 1: road to watch a little console console and a Huntsville tonight.
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  Speaker 12: Oh man.
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  Speaker 13: And as far as the weather holds up, I, what
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  Speaker 13: are they saying for the, the, what are they telling
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  Speaker 13: you to expect.
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  Speaker 7: For that one?
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  Speaker 1: For that game? It's about the same as it is here.
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  Speaker 1: It's just going to be a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 1: slight rain chance, certainly cooler than what it could have been. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: just fine.
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  Speaker 13: down to 73. Tomorrow, 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  Speaker 1: we're about to have an amazing sunrise. I cannot see
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  Speaker 1: anything but the color coming out from under the shades
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  Speaker 1: right now, but it looks like it's spectacular.
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  Speaker 13: Pretty nice time to be looking out a window.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thanks.
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  Speaker 13: Is what I say as I peek through the shades.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 14: That's not a bad start.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for blessing us with an incredible sunrise.
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  Speaker 13: So, yeah, a lot of, man, we were just talking
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  Speaker 13: off air about the, I mean, it's just now a
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  Speaker 13: comical soap opera between LSU and the world. The literal world. Like,
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  Speaker 13: I don't, there has not been a bad guy in.
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  Speaker 1: Are we going to talk about Lane Kiffin?
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  Speaker 13: Well, I just.
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  Speaker 1: Because I need a shower if we're going to talk
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  Speaker 1: about Lane Kiffin.
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  Speaker 13: So the, and correct me if I'm wrong, the story
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  Speaker 13: now is that they are cool to just bring back
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  Speaker 13: a couple of NFL boys.
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  Speaker 1: From what I saw from the Louisiana attorney general who
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  Speaker 1: started her. meeting with the press by saying, go Tigers.
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  Speaker 13: The attorney general of the state dropping the go Tigers.
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  Speaker 1: Go Tigers.
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  Speaker 13: Go Tigers.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, it's such a mess. And Lane is such
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  Speaker 1: a snake. God, I just, I hate him.
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  Speaker 13: What is that? Now, catch me up on this. I
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  Speaker 13: keep hearing, like, I listen to some podcasts, and they'll
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  Speaker 13: be like, hey, there could still be consequences to this.
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  Speaker 13: There still might not be.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not neck deep in sports like I was last year,
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  Speaker 1: but from what I understand, there's been a series of
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  Speaker 1: back and forths with, you know, some strongly worded letters
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  Speaker 1: and illegal actions. SEC says, no, you can't do it.
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  Speaker 1: Louisiana courts. I mean, shocker rules in favor of LSU.
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  Speaker 14: Right.
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  Speaker 1: So apparently right now at this moment, from what I understand,
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  Speaker 1: the player who was a professional football player.
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  Speaker 14: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Is now going to be on the roster for LSU.
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  Speaker 13: And you can't blame, you can't blame the kid because like,
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  Speaker 13: you know, they gave him a ton of money to
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  Speaker 13: do this. And, you know, how would you say no
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  Speaker 13: to that check?
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  Speaker 1: Like, I mean, if you don't have, if you don't
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  Speaker 1: have a job, he's, I don't, I don't think this
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  Speaker 1: helps him if he ever would have had a career
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  Speaker 1: with the NFL.
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  Speaker 13: Or Yeah, that's going to be– you'd have to think
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  Speaker 13: that– but see, that's true. The NFL could step in
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  Speaker 13: and say, like, okay, if you try to go backseas,
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  Speaker 13: then you're done. Like, we're not going to– Look, if
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  Speaker 13: you're trying to go backseas, you don't have the courage
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  Speaker 13: to try to get on an NFL roster. But we
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  Speaker 13: all know that the NFL doesn't really have morals and
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  Speaker 13: values either.
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  Speaker 1: They don't care.
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  Speaker 13: If all of a sudden one of these kids gets really,
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  Speaker 13: really good in the one year they're back in college.
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  Speaker 1: They don't care at all.
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  Speaker 13: How are you supposed– that's a genuine question. How are
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  Speaker 13: you supposed to solve this at this point? What are
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  Speaker 13: you supposed to do to get this under control?
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  Speaker 1: A lot of the cows are out of the barn,
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  Speaker 1: and it would be impossible to put them back in.
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  Speaker 1: I think, in my opinion, if you have signed a
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  Speaker 1: professional contract, your eligibility at the collegiate level should be done.
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  Speaker 13: See, I would agree with that, except these kids already
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  Speaker 13: have professional contracts. As soon as you get.
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  Speaker 1: Money for— Okay, professional contract with the NFL.
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  Speaker 13: Or, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Or any other professional. football league.
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  Speaker 13: I mean, do we have to get weird with it?
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  Speaker 13: Do we have to say something like when you get
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  Speaker 13: your first rookie, when you get your rookie card printed?
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  Speaker 13: Like if there's a rookie card of you floating around
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  Speaker 13: out there, then you're done?
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  Speaker 1: I just had a thought on this. Yeah. Does that
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  Speaker 1: player now have a target on his back? When it
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  Speaker 1: comes to other football.
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  Speaker 13: Players, you're talking about the, uh, the mythical bounty, which
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  Speaker 13: of course doesn't exist, but also, you know, it's been
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  Speaker 13: proven in the past. Totally exist.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't, I wouldn't, that, that it would
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  Speaker 1: not exist under coach Mike Elko. I guarantee you that,
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  Speaker 1: but there are other teams.
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  Speaker 13: Does like, are you telling me a guy like Glenn
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  Speaker 13: Kiffin and going to put bounties on people?
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  Speaker 1: You're going to tell me them Georgia Bulldogs might not
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  Speaker 1: do it? You don't think one of them Bama boosters
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  Speaker 1: is going to come through?
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  Speaker 13: But if you're that guy, again, honestly, some of these kids,
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  Speaker 13: the kid who was the quarterback for Miami last year,
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  Speaker 13: he made more money by far for one year of
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  Speaker 13: his work at Miami than he would have made in
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  Speaker 13: probably two seasons in the NFL if he had left early.
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  Speaker 14: Right.
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  Speaker 13: Arch Manning is making double what he probably would be
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  Speaker 13: making He probably will be making in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: And at least five times what he's currently worth.
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  Speaker 13: He's making a stupid amount of money. How are you
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  Speaker 13: going to tell that kid you can't get that money?
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  Speaker 13: And that's what the courts are saying. You're like, you
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  Speaker 13: can't tell him you're not allowed to earn a couple
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  Speaker 13: million dollars for your time.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's not. But that's not what they're telling. What
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  Speaker 1: they should tell me, you can earn money any way
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  Speaker 1: you want to, except for this.
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  Speaker 13: Until you do this. And then that changes the equation.
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  Speaker 1: How much until you want to know what's going to
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  Speaker 1: fix all of this to completely nuke it and build
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  Speaker 1: it back. Just like English soccer.
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  Speaker 13: I have heard this. You're going to have to explain
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  Speaker 13: it to people.
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  Speaker 1: So promotion and relegation. So essentially you've got, instead of conferences,
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  Speaker 1: you've got leagues, right? Levels, right?
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  Speaker 13: Like English premier league, which is the best of the best.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're in the premier league, And you lose consistently.
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  Speaker 1: Like you're at the bottom of the barrel. You are
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  Speaker 1: relegated to the league below you.
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  Speaker 13: So D2.
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  Speaker 1: And therefore, you can also be relegated lower.
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  Speaker 13: Like D3.
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  Speaker 1: If you win your league... you can be promoted to
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  Speaker 1: the league above you.
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  Speaker 13: Like those little schools like Rutgers and, and, and Boise state,
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  Speaker 13: they start getting hot. Hey, guess what? You get to
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  Speaker 13: play with the big boys next year.
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  Speaker 1: Now, now everybody's got a prayer. I don't care what the,
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  Speaker 1: what the school is, how big it is. Yeah. You
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  Speaker 1: got a prayer.
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  Speaker 15: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And if we're going to be, you know, paying players
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  Speaker 1: and whatnot, why not?
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  Speaker 14: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Why not?
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  Speaker 13: Because at that point it's a, you know, it's a,
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  Speaker 13: it's a different thing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 13: And you bet. Honestly, You've got to get rid of
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  Speaker 13: the conferences. It's got to be one big organization. It's
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  Speaker 13: got to be one thing that you can govern, have
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  Speaker 13: rules around it, and then, yeah, you could set that
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  Speaker 13: up where basically, okay, all schools are in top 50
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  Speaker 13: or in top, you know, the tier one, 50 to 100,
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  Speaker 13: tier two, so on and so forth, whatever. And all
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  Speaker 13: the money goes in one place. All the money comes
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  Speaker 13: out of one place. But they're never going to be
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  Speaker 13: able to pull that off.
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  Speaker 1: No. Genuinely. Never, ever, ever. I honestly believe– I cannot
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  Speaker 1: wait for this weekend yet. college football is back, but
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  Speaker 1: more than anything else, the idiot talking season is essentially
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  Speaker 1: over because we're going to, we're going to get to
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  Speaker 1: see what teams look like, even though most of it
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  Speaker 1: is against inferior competition, we're actually going to get to
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  Speaker 1: see a product on the field and we'll be able
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  Speaker 1: to talk about that. And that can be the headlines
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  Speaker 1: rather than talking about that slime ball. in the swamp
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  Speaker 1: it's like could.
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  Speaker 13: You have gotten a better bad guy he's a super
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  Speaker 13: villain could you have he is a super villain he
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  Speaker 13: is like if he they they don't have super villains
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  Speaker 13: as as creepy as lane kiffin is genuinely uh more
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  Speaker 13: enraging than probably half of the people you hate in
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  Speaker 13: movies and tv shows absolutely he's a real human How
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  Speaker 13: wonderful is that?
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  Speaker 14: Is he?
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  Speaker 13: some of that participation coming up. So I want to
• 15:45
  Speaker 13: tell you a story. I got a lecture last night.
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: You got a lecture?
• 15:47
  Speaker 13: I got a lecture from my wife.
• 15:49
  Speaker 9: Oh.
• 15:49
  Speaker 13: And here's what happened. So she was going to run
• 15:53
  Speaker 13: an errand to lab, do a little work in the evening.
• 15:56
  Speaker 13: And I had parked behind her at the home, so
• 15:59
  Speaker 13: she was like, can I take your car? Of course
• 16:01
  Speaker 13: you can take my car. She gets there, and one
• 16:03
  Speaker 13: of the tire pressure lights comes on. And she's like,
• 16:09
  Speaker 13: where do you keep your quarters? And I say, what
• 16:12
  Speaker 13: quarters are you referring to? She says, the three quarters
• 16:17
  Speaker 13: that you keep in your car so that you can
• 16:20
  Speaker 13: use an air machine If need be. And I said,
• 16:23
  Speaker 13: I have no idea what you're talking about. Why would
• 16:26
  Speaker 13: I ever keep quarters in my car? Now, keep in mind, first,
• 16:32
  Speaker 13: I will ask you, do you keep quarters in your car?
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: There's probably some change running around in my car.
• 16:38
  Speaker 13: But no designated emergency quarters.
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: No, because I shall chastise you now. I will tell Rain.
• 16:45
  Speaker 21: Yes.
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: She's going to get chastised, but she can chastise you
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: because you did not take care of this.
• 16:50
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: They make lovely little air compressors. Right. That you can
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: plug into your vehicle or that are pre-charged.
• 16:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: And they will air up your tire.
• 17:00
  Speaker 13: See, I do need it. See, but this is why
• 17:02
  Speaker 13: I want it.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: Get that and the battery jump pack in both your vehicles.
• 17:06
  Speaker 13: So the automatic tire, the mini air compressor.
• 17:09
  Speaker 14: Yes.
• 17:09
  Speaker 13: And the battery jump pack, which by the way, if
• 17:11
  Speaker 13: you're not familiar with this, this is just a little box.
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: They're incredible. They're incredible. And they will jump a car anywhere.
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: I jumped an airplane with one once.
• 17:18
  Speaker 13: Jumped an airplane?
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: Small plane, but yeah. That's wild.
• 17:21
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 17:22
  Speaker 13: So I wanted to take this as an opportunity. And again,
• 17:24
  Speaker 13: this is for you guys to inform the rest of
• 17:28
  Speaker 13: the Brazza Valley. What do you carry in your vehicle
• 17:34
  Speaker 13: for preparedness? I knew it was a long list for you.
• 17:40
  Speaker 13: And I thought to myself, I bet it's going to
• 17:43
  Speaker 13: be a long list vehicle. For other people, too.
• 17:45
  Speaker 6: Oh, sure.
• 17:46
  Speaker 13: I want to see what other people have on their list.
• 17:50
  Speaker 13: 979-695-1620 is our phone number. So, again, this is your
• 17:53
  Speaker 13: must-haves that you always have in your vehicle. And do
• 17:59
  Speaker 13: not worry about getting too into the weeds on this.
• 18:02
  Speaker 13: Give us the full list. If it's easier to call
• 18:06
  Speaker 13: us and tell us because typing it out might take
• 18:10
  Speaker 13: a minute. Please just dial 979-695-1620. Do you need time
• 18:16
  Speaker 13: to prepare a list or do you have one on
• 18:18
  Speaker 13: the top of your head?
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: I was just reaching for a pen to write one down.
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: And then you gave me a great idea that I
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: have a laptop in front of me and I should
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: just type out a list. Go ahead.
• 18:27
  Speaker 13: You start working on that.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: OK, you want to work on it or start going
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: off the top of my head?
• 18:30
  Speaker 13: Start because I don't want you to miss anything.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: And I know I'm going to miss something.
• 18:34
  Speaker 13: We're going to miss something. And again, like we said,
• 18:37
  Speaker 13: everything in the car, garbage bags, all that stuff can
• 18:42
  Speaker 13: go in there. And I will tell you, I carry
• 18:45
  Speaker 13: none of it. I carry literally none of it. The
• 18:48
  Speaker 13: only thing in my car, in case of emergency stuff,
• 18:52
  Speaker 13: and it's just always been that way because I'm just not,
• 18:54
  Speaker 13: I don't know, I'm an idiot, is a spare tire.
• 18:57
  Speaker 13: That's it. I still have a car with a spare tire.
• 19:00
  Speaker 13: So if it gets flat, I might be able to
• 19:02
  Speaker 13: change it.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: Yay me.
• 19:04
  Speaker 13: Everything else, no. There's nothing else in the car that
• 19:07
  Speaker 13: would be useful. So, 979-695-1620. Bruce, starting in, and a
• 19:16
  Speaker 13: short list from Bruce. He says, I got good tires.
• 19:19
  Speaker 13: I got a good battery. Always keep good tires in
• 19:22
  Speaker 13: the car. Always keep a good battery in it.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: Prevention is key.
• 19:25
  Speaker 22: Yeah.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: But even how, you know. You have to have something
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: else going on for other situations. Yeah, again. Keeping your car.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Keeping your car.
• 19:34
  Speaker 13: Oh, he says sometimes a pew-pew.
• 19:36
  Speaker 14: Yeah.
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so keeping your car in good condition is a
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: way you prevent having to use some of these things.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: But we all know Murphy's Law.
• 19:43
  Speaker 13: Things happen.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: They do.
• 19:44
  Speaker 13: And, you know, a lot of it comes from experience
• 19:47
  Speaker 13: over the years. Maybe you've had something happen. You're like,
• 19:49
  Speaker 13: we're gonna do that again i'm gonna go get something
• 19:51
  Speaker 13: to fix that uh martha uh texts in in her
• 19:55
  Speaker 13: vehicle her must-haves a spare tire a fire blanket.
• 20:00
  Speaker 23: Yep fire extinguisher fire extinguisher and jumper cables martha great
• 20:04
  Speaker 23: list there i would encourage you however to to swap
• 20:07
  Speaker 23: the jumper cables with one of the battery packs simply
• 20:10
  Speaker 23: because they are very reasonable and you don't have to
• 20:12
  Speaker 23: have anybody else nearby to help you start your vehicle.
• 20:15
  Speaker 13: And I told you guys, this doesn't have to be
• 20:17
  Speaker 13: in case of dire survival emergencies. Sally texts in, we
• 20:21
  Speaker 13: carry an ice chest everywhere in the event that we
• 20:25
  Speaker 13: pass a favorite restaurant out of town and need barbecue
• 20:30
  Speaker 13: or pie along with fast food napkins.
• 20:33
  Speaker 14: Sally.
• 20:34
  Speaker 13: That's smart, Sally.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: Sally, that's fabulous. Not all preparedness items are life or death.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Sometimes in crisis, comfort can be one of the best
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: things that you have in your toolbox.
• 20:48
  Speaker 13: I will also tell you, I've been lectured by my
• 20:50
  Speaker 13: wife about the lack of fast food napkins. That's another one. None.
• 20:56
  Speaker 13: Why would I have a thing of, again, you always
• 21:00
  Speaker 13: have to, you never know when you are going to
• 21:03
  Speaker 13: need some napkins, so whenever you have them, stow them away. Michael,
• 21:09
  Speaker 13: texting in a multi-tool, a large folding knife, jacket, knee pads,
• 21:14
  Speaker 13: because I'm old as dirt.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: You see? That's thinking, Michael.
• 21:18
  Speaker 13: Pen and a pad, and also a 9mm pew-pew.
• 21:22
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 21:22
  Speaker 13: So, okay, alright, we're working on that. Jennifer, in a motorcycle,
• 21:27
  Speaker 13: in the motorcycle, you're going to have to explain to
• 21:30
  Speaker 13: me how this works.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: I will.
• 21:32
  Speaker 13: Air compressor, small tool kit, first aid kit geared toward
• 21:35
  Speaker 13: life threats, tourniquets, splints, bandages, barrier for rescue, and trauma
• 21:39
  Speaker 13: scissors in the bike.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: So you can have tool bags on a bike. You
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: can also have hard bags on a bike. The bike
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: that I owned, I had two side saddle bags there.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: I could strap additional things on there. There is a
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: lot of storage on certain motorcycles. Certain motorcycles will come
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: with a lot of things that are on Jennifer's list. Really?
• 22:01
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: And so, you know, someone will come with a toolkit.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: But I think this is a great list that Jennifer
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: obviously has thought through those things she might need.
• 22:10
  Speaker 13: Steve, a back scratcher to slide between my seat and console.
• 22:15
  Speaker 13: If you ever get driving alone, it's worth that. Brilliant, Steve.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 22:19
  Speaker 14: All right.
• 22:19
  Speaker 13: Look, we're going to give you some time to get
• 22:21
  Speaker 13: yours in. Again, typing. You can always call us 979-695-1620
• 22:25
  Speaker 13: if that's easier. Just don't call us now if you're
• 22:28
  Speaker 13: going to take a break. Just be ready. But we
• 22:30
  Speaker 13: do want to hear some more of yours. And then
• 22:32
  Speaker 13: we're going to compare that to Wills, who is still
• 22:36
  Speaker 13: typing over there.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: I haven't started typing.
• 22:37
  Speaker 13: Oh, you haven't even started laying it down?
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: We were talking, and I didn't want to miss anything.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: It appeared that I was not interested in the conversation.
• 22:44
  Speaker 13: No, no, we'll give you a few minutes.
• 22:45
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• 22:47
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  Speaker 1: Good morning from the WTAW newsroom. I'm Will Welch. The
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  Speaker 1: Texas A & M Board of Regents voted Thursday to
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  Speaker 1: adopt sweeping changes across the university system regarding classes offered
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  Speaker 1: to meet core curriculum requirements. While a small number of
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: classes were added, the majority of the changes were to
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: remove offerings. Classes removed involved subjects in women and gender studies,
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  Speaker 1: African American Studies, Latinx Studies, plus classes like Religious and
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  Speaker 1: Ethnic Foods, the History of Blacks in the U.S., and
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  Speaker 1: curricula at least once every five years. The board certified
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: that the approved general education courses comply with Texas Education Code.
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  Speaker 1: Tarleton is losing classes like Monsters in Literature, Crime Fiction,
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: Texas Literature, Death and Dying in Literature, and Comics and
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: Games as Literature. Regent John Bellinger has questions about the
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: lack of awareness of students on scooters and other motorized vehicles.
• 29:13
  Speaker 25: First, no one, and I mean no one, wears a helmet.
• 29:19
  Speaker 25: Why not is one of my questions to you is. Second,
• 29:23
  Speaker 25: almost everyone on a scooter was either A, talking on
• 29:26
  Speaker 25: their phone, or B, listening to something on their headphone
• 29:30
  Speaker 25: while paying little, if any, attention to their immediate surroundings. Again,
• 29:35
  Speaker 25: why is this not regulated? And finally, virtually nobody none
• 29:40
  Speaker 25: of these operating schooners obeyed any basic traffic laws. They
• 29:46
  Speaker 25: didn't stay where they were supposed to stay. They constantly
• 29:49
  Speaker 25: cut in front of both automobiles and pedestrians, and they
• 29:52
  Speaker 25: virtually never paid attention to things as routine as a
• 29:55
  Speaker 25: stop sign.
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: The board also named John Barton vice chancellor for business affairs.
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: The veteran engineer and public sector leader has served in
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: an interim role since January, overseeing the offices responsible for
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: facilities planning and construction, risk management, real estate, land management,
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: and system training. Brazos County Crime Stoppers announced a $ 5, 000
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: the death of a teenager last month. 14-year-old DeAntoine Miles
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: died after suffering a gunshot wound during a party in
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: Bryan on August 8th. Three others were injured in that shooting.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: Anyone with firsthand knowledge of the individual or individuals responsible
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: and or the incident itself is encouraged to reach out
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: to Brazos Valley Crime Stoppers or Bryan PD. A woman
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: has been arrested on several charges after she was reportedly
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: intoxicated at a local school. College Station Police were called
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: to IL Texas in the 3600 block of Longmire Drive
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: around 5.15 p.m. on Wednesday after an off-duty officer reported
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: that a woman parts crooked in the school's parking lot.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: The officer said he could smell marijuana coming from the car.
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: 36-year-old Whitney Carson of Navasota told officers she was at
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: the school to pick up her daughter. Officers say she
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: was unsteady on her feet with delayed and slurred speech.
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: She failed a field sobriety test. A search of Carson's
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: car revealed a marijuana cigarette and officers found methamphetamine in
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: her purse. She claims that she had taken prescription medication
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: at 7 o'clock that morning and blamed her condition on
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: those medications. Because the drugs were found within 1,000 feet
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: of the school, Carson was charged with possession of marijuana
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: in a drug-free zone and possession of a Penalty Group
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone. She was also
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: arrested for driving while intoxicated. A blood sample was obtained
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: before she was booked into the Brazos County Jail, where
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: she is being held on a $ 20, 000 bond. There's a
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: federal crackdown on commercial truck driving schools and some of
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: the drivers they're turning out. It's all about safety on roadways.
• 31:54
  Speaker 26: The crackdown is over commercial truck drivers that don't speak
• 31:57
  Speaker 26: or read English. The Department of Transportation says that's a problem.
• 32:01
  Speaker 26: Thirteen driving schools here in Texas are accused of knowingly
• 32:05
  Speaker 26: passing drivers through that are not proficient in English. Texas
• 32:09
  Speaker 26: Trucking Association CEO John Esparza supports the move.
• 32:13
  Speaker 21: It's a new opportunity to ensure that we're putting that
• 32:16
  Speaker 21: information ahead of those safety professionals so that our most
• 32:20
  Speaker 21: professionalists of individuals out there, they work to continue to
• 32:24
  Speaker 21: maintain that certification, and that makes them attractive to any
• 32:27
  Speaker 21: trucking company.
• 32:28
  Speaker 11: DOT says nationwide over the past 18 months, thousands of
• 32:32
  Speaker 11: commercial truck drivers have been taken off of the road
• 32:35
  Speaker 11: for not being able to communicate in English. Russell Scott,
• 32:39
  Speaker 11: TSN News.
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: Completely extinguishing the Ross Fire in North Texas could take
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: two more weeks. That's according to the Texas Department of
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: Emergency Management.
• 32:49
  Speaker 15: Governor Abbott credited the fact that there have been no
• 32:51
  Speaker 15: deaths or injuries due to the Ross Fire to the
• 32:54
  Speaker 15: advance preparation and quick response of state and local authorities.
• 32:58
  Speaker 12: We knew that weather conditions in this area were such
• 33:00
  Speaker 12: that this was a possible location for a fire.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: As a result of that, we were able to pre-position
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: both firefighters as well as equipment.
• 33:08
  Speaker 25: The state provided over a thousand firefighters and other personnel,
• 33:11
  Speaker 25: but the.
• 33:11
  Speaker 14: Fire is still burning. Texas Department of Emergency Management Chief
• 33:15
  Speaker 14: Nim Kidd.
• 33:16
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  Speaker 1: Is it a coincidence, Tucker? that our conversation here on
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  Speaker 13: Blows my mind, dude.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, for the good of all.
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  Speaker 13: All right, now, speaking of preparedness, let's talk about what
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  Speaker 13: you have in your car. WTAW, what you got here
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  Speaker 14: Hey, good morning, y'all. Apparently... My list of truck supplies
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  Speaker 9: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Impressive.
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  Speaker 13: All right, well, let's walk through it. Give us yours. Again,
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  Speaker 13: what are the items that you keep in your truck?
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  Speaker 1: Hit me.
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  Speaker 14: Toilet paper, dude wipes, paper towels, contractor bags, rubber gloves,
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  Speaker 14: mechanics gloves, a couple of koozies. The jump pack, but
• 37:47
  Speaker 14: a pair of jumper cables in case the jump pack
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  Speaker 14: battery is dead.
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  Speaker 1: Always going to have a backup. Okay. Yep.
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  Speaker 14: Full-size spare along with a small floor jack. Can't affix
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  Speaker 14: a flat WD-40 four-way tire iron, 154-piece toolkit, ratchet straps,
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  Speaker 14: tow rope, tow pulley, some hemp rope, nylon rope, and
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  Speaker 14: 550 cord. My truck rifle, spare mags for the truck
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  Speaker 14: rifle and the EDC carry pistol, Swiss Army knife and
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  Speaker 14: a Leatherman and a full tank survival blade. I rock
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  Speaker 14: an axe and a hatchet.
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  Speaker 21: Wow.
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  Speaker 14: And a couple of files and a sharpening stone.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 14: Fire starters, lighters, weatherproof matches, fire extinguisher, emergency blanket, a
• 38:30
  Speaker 14: couple of life straws, a big 250-piece responder, first responder,
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  Speaker 14: first aid kit with a tourniquet and quick clot. Tarps,
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  Speaker 14: bug spray, my skinning kit, rain jacket, hoodie, battery lantern,
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  Speaker 14: glow sticks, a couple of flashlights, hand sanitizer, a bar
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  Speaker 14: of Irish spring soap, camping towel, stainless steel water bottle,
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  Speaker 14: a small propane stove along with spare propane bottles, volt meter,
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  Speaker 14: small electrical repair kit, an OG road atlas, a couple
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  Speaker 14: of compasses, a map and a lens attic, spare eyeglasses,
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  Speaker 14: walking stick, and a couple of old man grabbers.
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  Speaker 1: My man!
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  Speaker 13: I cannot.
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  Speaker 1: I aspire to be you.
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  Speaker 13: This is a real one right here, dude. How do
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  Speaker 13: you fit it all in the truck?
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. You are invited, sir, to my compound
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  Speaker 13: You just made the team!
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  Speaker 1: You made the team.
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  Speaker 13: Dude, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 14: You're welcome.
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  Speaker 13: Have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: That is awesome.
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  Speaker 13: I will never be that cool.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I was looking at my list. And he
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: has a few items that I need to consider adding
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  Speaker 1: to mine that I didn't think that there was much
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  Speaker 1: that needed to be added.
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  Speaker 13: All right, let's go back to some of yours. Again,
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  Speaker 13: we're just going through, like, what do you keep in
• 39:51
  Speaker 13: your car for any level of preparedness? And it doesn't
• 39:53
  Speaker 13: have to just be the emergency stuff because, like, some
• 39:59
  Speaker 13: of the– again, just what is important to you?
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  Speaker 1: What do you call an emergency? Yeah.
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  Speaker 13: Texas 979-695-1620. Jay, pew-pew, battery jumper, five flashlights, all brightness, beer. Water,
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  Speaker 13: small propane heater, small air compressor, fire extinguisher, fish and rod,
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  Speaker 13: a few lures. So many tools, they couldn't even list them.
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  Speaker 13: First aid kit, insulated coveralls. And that's just off the
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  Speaker 13: top of my head, but there is much, much more,
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  Speaker 13: good Lord, Jay.
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  Speaker 1: Insulated coveralls, I will say, are on my list, but seasonally.
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  Speaker 13: Let's go to Jennifer's list.
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  Speaker 1: A little different.
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  Speaker 14: To contrast.
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  Speaker 13: Pillows, blankets, jackets, dominoes. playing cards, sunscreen, umbrellas, koozies of
• 40:35
  Speaker 13: all sizes, snack bag, cooler bag, jumper, cables, first aid kit,
• 40:38
  Speaker 13: ice scraper, paper towels, feminine products, scissors, bottle opener, wine opener, kit, pens, pencils, Sharpie, mascara,
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  Speaker 13: eyebrow brush, hairbrush, charger, cords of multiple types of locks,
• 40:49
  Speaker 13: box of tissues, activity books, word searches, sudoku, trash bags,
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  Speaker 13: used to keep a phone book, along with sunglasses and
• 40:56
  Speaker 13: extra pairs, lint roller, allergy and allergy meds, sometimes Dayquil,
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  Speaker 13: measuring tape, toothpicks, deodorant, body spray. Are you sure that's
• 41:01
  Speaker 13: not just in the purse?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 13: That's the very first slight list.
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  Speaker 1: We got right here. As many contrasts as we have
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: between our last two callers, I want to point out
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  Speaker 1: that one of them carried beer, and the other one
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: carried a bottle opener and a wine opener kit. I
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  Speaker 1: love this. The things that we have in common. Will?
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  Speaker 1: Are we ready?
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  Speaker 13: Lay it on me.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 13: This is Will's truck.
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  Speaker 1: This is my truck, okay? Pew-pew with spare mag, flashlights, knife,
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  Speaker 1: box of tissues, leather gloves, rubber gloves, MREs, water, air compressor, small, battery,
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  Speaker 1: jump box, tool kit, sleeping bag, fire extinguisher, small tarp. paracord, rope,
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: tow strap, first aid kit, trash bags, they are the contractor,
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  Speaker 1: and tall kitchen variety.
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  Speaker 12: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Multi-tool hatchet machete, compact fishing kit, rain gear, change of clothes,
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  Speaker 1: paper towels, ratchet straps, toilet paper, fix-a-flat bug spray. That
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: is 31 items. There are three that were on a
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: previous vehicle that I have not added to this one yet.
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  Speaker 13: Columbus didn't have that much stuff on the three ships combined.
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  Speaker 1: Metal fuel cans. floor jack, and what I consider to
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: be the most important, my CB radio.
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  Speaker 13: You still got the CB radio in there, do you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it was in my last truck. I have
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: not installed it on this one yet because... You know,
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: new trucks being aluminum now, my magnetic antenna does not work.
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: So I've got a hard-mounted antenna, which I've done before.
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  Speaker 1: I've just got to get to it. All right, fine.
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  Speaker 15: Let's just start with things going on in and around
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  Speaker 15: the program. Really excited for the R.C. Slocum statue reveal.
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  Speaker 15: That'll be Friday at 2 o'clock. Really, really unbelievable accomplishment
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  Speaker 18: Kickoff for the A & M vs. Missouri State game
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  Speaker 18: The Aggie soccer team was on the losing end of
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  Speaker 18: Shuttleworth spoke about the physicality of the match.
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  Speaker 12: It's a tough one. I don't think we, from minute one,
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  Speaker 12: in all phases of the game I think there were
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  Speaker 18: Did that tonight coach shuttleworth also talked about what he
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  Speaker 12: A young team. I think it's a new group. I
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• 48:39
  Speaker 18: Up next, the Maroon and White ends its four-game home
• 48:42
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• 48:48
  Speaker 18: men's and women's cross-country teams kick off their 2026 season
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  Speaker 18: beginning tonight at 645, followed by the men's 5K at 715.
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  Speaker 18: In high school football, last night Brian lost to Belton 48-23. Tonight,
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  Speaker 13: us or text us, we still have a lot to
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  Speaker 13: get through today.
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  Speaker 1: So many.
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  Speaker 13: Before we do that, weather. I mean, basically yesterday, about
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  Speaker 13: 30-40% chance of rain today. A 30-40% chance of rain
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  Speaker 13: tonight and tomorrow. Get up to the low 90s today.
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  Speaker 13: Down to the 70s tonight in 93. And at least
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  Speaker 13: by game time should be pretty nice.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, not bad.
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  Speaker 13: go to unitedroofingpros.com. Let's get back to it. What do
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  Speaker 13: you keep in your truck? Because a lot of controversy here.
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  Speaker 13: Terry says some of these people are ridiculous. They're just hoarders.
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  Speaker 13: is what this is my truck has a few restaurant
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  Speaker 13: napkins in the door package first aid kit roll of
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  Speaker 13: tp the tp is a trip man i guess emergencies happen.
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  Speaker 1: I mean and and i i carry tp i'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: swap to dude wipes just to save a little space.
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  Speaker 13: Jumper cables leather gloves bag of ropes and straps extra
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  Speaker 13: knife to one in pocket blankets, umbrella, rain jacket, pullover, hoodie, towels, koozies,
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  Speaker 13: and miscellaneous items that's in our console like gum and mints. Terry,
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  Speaker 13: how dare you call these other people hoarders?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Terry, I mean, your list is... Terry, you're one
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  Speaker 1: of them. Which one are you, pot or kettle?
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  Speaker 13: Continue, what do you got?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think this is brilliant right here. James texting
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  Speaker 1: and says, I need nothing because I grew up watching
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  Speaker 1: my guy.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, that's my excuse too, James.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, when you guys are trying to use a piece
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  Speaker 1: of wire you found on the side of the road
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  Speaker 1: with some chewing gum to start your vehicle, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know how you're going to pull it off, but hey.
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  Speaker 13: Renee, I haven't heard anyone say these items, but they're
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  Speaker 13: on my list. Duct tape.
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  Speaker 1: I forgot duct tape, so I'm going to add that.
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  Speaker 13: Neon reflective vest. Zip ties.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I've got zip ties too.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: How do you fit all of it?
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  Speaker 13: I mean, that's why.
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  Speaker 1: I've got a toolbox. I've got a toolbox. Almost all
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  Speaker 1: of that is in the toolbox.
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  Speaker 13: Let's talk about, obviously, week one, Aggie football back this weekend,
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  Speaker 13: which is great. A lot of great football on TV,
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  Speaker 13: which is great. There's football on TV.
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  Speaker 1: There's football on TV. Which is great.
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  Speaker 13: But you've decided, or someone decided in your home, that
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  Speaker 13: you had a family member that did not have enough
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  Speaker 13: Aggie memorabilia to properly celebrate game day. Am I correct
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  Speaker 13: in that?
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  Speaker 1: I'm not picking up what you're putting down.
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  Speaker 13: I heard that you needed to get an Aggie jersey.
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  Speaker 1: For your dog. I'm just trying to put it out
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  Speaker 1: of my mind. Look, I am morally opposed to clothes
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  Speaker 1: on animals. I know it's cutesy, whatever. I'm opposed to it.
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  Speaker 13: My question to you, So was it your wife's idea
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  Speaker 13: to get that?
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  Speaker 1: Wife said, we left dinner last night. We went over
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  Speaker 1: the crust pizza at a profit share for the consult cheerleaders.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, nice.
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  Speaker 1: So as we were leaving, the wife said, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to stop in at this store. I'll see you at
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  Speaker 1: the house. And of course, an hour plus later when
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  Speaker 1: she showed up, she had a little Aggie number 12
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  Speaker 1: jersey for Annie. And she just she couldn't wait to
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  Speaker 1: put it on. Of course, Annie's fighting her the whole time.
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  Speaker 13: So I was going to ask is how does Annie
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  Speaker 13: feel about this attire?
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  Speaker 1: She doesn't like it as predicted. She doesn't like it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't look she when she was itty bitty puppy
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  Speaker 1: and she, you know, she's after Wawa. She's got the nerves, right? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: She had a sweater. Plus, it was cold. She kind
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  Speaker 1: of got used to the sweater and kind of liked
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  Speaker 1: it more from a security standpoint, I think, than anything else.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of like a thunder blanket or a thunder vest.
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  Speaker 13: Some people have, I get the idea that they don't
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  Speaker 13: really need clothes. But see, my wife is also very
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  Speaker 13: big into making sure the dogs have multiple layers of clothes,
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  Speaker 13: specifically in the winter. They have sweaters and they have
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  Speaker 13: puffer jackets. And part of it I get because of
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  Speaker 13: the fact that one of my dogs has barely any fur, dude.
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  Speaker 13: Like she's just a very fine haired dog. And so
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  Speaker 13: there's almost nothing in between her and skin and the cold.
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  Speaker 13: I get that. But then the other ones, once they
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  Speaker 13: get fur, I just wonder to myself.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think they need it. First of all, me
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  Speaker 1: and Annie aren't, you know, scaling Everest.
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  Speaker 21: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Right. So we don't we don't need a puffer jacket
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  Speaker 1: in this climate. You know, the little sweater, I can
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  Speaker 1: see it. And I'm completely leaving out a whole category,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, of PPE for animals, personal protective gear.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, what? PPE. Yeah. So, like, they make little
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  Speaker 1: boots for if you have to be on hot sidewalks
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  Speaker 1: and things like that.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, now that's a thing.
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  Speaker 1: For when Task Force, Texas A & M Task Force,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, this came up on my feed, the Bastrop Fires.
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  Speaker 1: We had to try to help them find little boots
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  Speaker 1: because they might be stepping on coals in the fire zone.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, I get that.
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  Speaker 1: That's understandable.
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  Speaker 13: But how many of you guys, like, again, my question
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  Speaker 13: to you is, do you have an animal that actually
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  Speaker 13: likes the clothes that are on it?
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure there's some out there, but I don't think
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  Speaker 1: they'd like it for the vast majority of them.
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  Speaker 13: I don't know that I've ever met one that genuinely, like,
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  Speaker 13: I'd look at and I'm just like, oh, no, they
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  Speaker 13: just love it. I know you think they do. I mean,
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  Speaker 13: I could be wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Mandy last night was like, Andy, don't bite your sweater.
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  Speaker 1: Don't bite your jersey.
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  Speaker 13: You don't have to tell Will not to bite his shirt.
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  Speaker 21: No.
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  Speaker 13: I like this shirt.
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  Speaker 1: He likes his shirts. Now, if I spill some barbecue
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  Speaker 1: on one, I bite you on it a little bit.
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  Speaker 13: That is a completely, completely different story.
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