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Mac & Bone Show - Lee Sterling Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Lee Sterling, Paramount Sports. That's where you find his picks. ParamountSports.com.
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  Speaker 1: The great Lee Sterling here to break down games this
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  Speaker 1: weekend for you. Lee, how you feeling this Friday night, man?
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  Speaker 1: Your canes, your canes couldn't have taken it a little
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  Speaker 1: easier last night on old FAMU?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the FAMU, if they had probably dressed out some
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  Speaker 2: of their band members, it would have been game.
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  Speaker 1: That is a hell of a band.
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  Speaker 2: They got to start doing away with these games. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's just, it's, it's just too one-sided and, uh, I
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  Speaker 2: think they eventually got to say, you know, the FCS teams,
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  Speaker 2: they can play other FCS teams, but you've got to
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  Speaker 2: play at least a Division I school.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, and I know FAMU gets a check
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  Speaker 1: and everything, you know what I mean, out of it,
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  Speaker 1: but it was hard to watch. Like, it was so,
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  Speaker 1: it was such a beatdown, it was tough to watch.
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  Speaker 1: We've got much better matchups on the slate this week, Lee,
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  Speaker 1: plenty of them. And I mentioned that they're at the top.
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  Speaker 1: Can't wait to watch Texas and Ohio State, the rematch
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  Speaker 1: of last year's game. This one is in Texas, though,
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  Speaker 1: and the Longhorns are a one-and-a-half point favorite. What are
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  Speaker 1: you thinking about this?
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  Speaker 2: So I think the game means a lot more to Texas.
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  Speaker 2: If they lose this game, and let's say they lose
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  Speaker 2: another game, they could be sitting on the outside looking in.
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State, they lose two games. They lose this game close,
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  Speaker 2: lose another game. I think they're in no question about it.
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  Speaker 2: So I went back and watched the tape from last
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  Speaker 2: year and it was painful to watch from Texas perspective.
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  Speaker 2: They dominated. They ran between the twenties up and down
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  Speaker 2: the field. They had a 336 to 203 yard advantage,
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  Speaker 2: but in the red zone specifically inside the 10, the
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  Speaker 2: play calling by Steve Sarkeesian was horrendous. The execution was deplorable.
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  Speaker 2: But what did they do? They said, okay, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to fix that. They had Auburn's stud-wide receiver, Cam Coleman,
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  Speaker 2: maybe the third-best receiver in the country, behind, like I said, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Smith and Tony from Miami, and they added Hollywood Smothers. And, boy,
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  Speaker 2: does he look good. I mean, he catches the ball
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  Speaker 2: out of the backfield or runs the ball. He'll almost
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  Speaker 2: always make that first guy miss. So that will help
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  Speaker 2: them out here. And now guys like Ryan Wingo, who
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  Speaker 2: is their number-one receiver– They can be matched up in
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  Speaker 2: the red zone against the slot cover corner or the
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  Speaker 2: number three guy. So I think they actually own the
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  Speaker 2: advantage there. And I think Miami exposed Ohio State in
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  Speaker 2: the trenches in that quarterfinal game last year. And I
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  Speaker 2: think Texas is every bit as good as Miami here.
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  Speaker 2: Texas finally wins. A big game here. Longhorns, 27-21.
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  Speaker 3: We love to hear that on this show. Anytime Ohio
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  Speaker 3: State loses, Lee, we're all for it. A game in Champaign,
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  Speaker 3: Illinois between the Illini and Duke. Which team, Lee, will
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  Speaker 3: be popping the bubbly after this game?
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  Speaker 2: So there's some warts here on both sides. Oh, no.
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  Speaker 2: The passing debut of Walker Iggett for Duke didn't go well.
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  Speaker 2: Only 50%. of his passes were completed for all of
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  Speaker 2: five yards per attempt. The good news here for Manny
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  Speaker 2: Diaz is that it didn't matter. Nate Shepard was a
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  Speaker 2: one-man wrecking crew on the ground. And Illinois, when they
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  Speaker 2: tried to stop that running game, not so fast. They
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  Speaker 2: allowed UAB, not much of a runner, to run for
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  Speaker 2: 194 yards. Roy came favored. Luke pulls the upset 24-23
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  Speaker 2: in champagne, and they'll be drinking champagne after the game.
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  Speaker 3: God, I love you. God, I love Lee.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Bone loves that. A wrong team favorite is an
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  Speaker 1: eight-and-a-half-point dog.
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  Speaker 2: Bone, how about that?
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  Speaker 3: Two weeks in a row I've not been rubber-roomed.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, now.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, settle down.
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  Speaker 1: One of your guys, one of your clients that listens
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  Speaker 1: to us, AC, is saying Lee's off to a great
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  Speaker 1: start this weekend. Said Seattle and then the under yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: So just want everybody to know when Lee tells you
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  Speaker 1: how to get a hold of him. he's off to
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  Speaker 1: a good start let's get into some NFL games here
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  Speaker 1: you also have a game of the week which happens
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  Speaker 1: to be Charlotte very intrigued by this of all the
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  Speaker 1: games you pick Charlotte Ole Miss as your game of
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  Speaker 1: the week so I know you're going to tell everybody
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  Speaker 1: how to get a hold of stuff but let's start
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  Speaker 1: with the NFL games and we'll build to this Panther
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  Speaker 1: Bears pick Cincinnati is a three and a half point
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  Speaker 1: favorite at home against Tampa what's what's the play in
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  Speaker 1: this one All right.
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  Speaker 2: So Cincinnati opening week has been the worst. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: if you have your survivor pool, you might as well
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  Speaker 2: already be hoping for a second chance pool. But I
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  Speaker 2: think they're going to be a little bit better this year.
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  Speaker 2: Offensive line looks slightly better. Defense looks better. The question is,
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  Speaker 2: are they up to stuff and do you want to
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  Speaker 2: lay three and a half points? I'm not so sure.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if the Bucs can win the game here,
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  Speaker 2: but just look at their last five games. Every game
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  Speaker 2: was decided by four points or less here. I have
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  Speaker 2: some questions about the back end on defense, but Reuben Bain,
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  Speaker 2: one-man wrecking crew here, and Baker Mayfield's healthy here. I
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  Speaker 2: think the Bengals win this game 28-26, but I'm taking
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  Speaker 2: the Bucs here on the points.
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  Speaker 3: What a segment for Lee right now. I'm just nodding
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  Speaker 3: the whole way through this thing.
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  Speaker 1: This is going well.
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  Speaker 2: This is going well.
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  Speaker 3: The Bengals there. What about Lions Saints, another team in
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  Speaker 3: the NFC South we're rooting against? On the road, Lions
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  Speaker 3: favored by seven. What's the play here?
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  Speaker 2: All right, so I'm going to go with a different
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  Speaker 2: approach to this game. I'm going to take the total,
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  Speaker 2: total 50. I think the Lions will hit the ground
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  Speaker 2: running just like they did last year. Their offense is
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  Speaker 2: almost unbeatable. Unstoppable. Problem is their defense, their back end.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to be without their two safeties out for
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  Speaker 2: this game. Their star cornerback committed a little crime. He
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  Speaker 2: was cut. So we're down three out of four guys.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, starting guys, you just can't play at this
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  Speaker 2: level against the Saints team, which is much improved. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they started the season last year with Spencer Rattler. That
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  Speaker 2: didn't work out. They found themselves a quarterback. They have
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  Speaker 2: a dual head running game now with Etienne added here.
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  Speaker 2: You know what? I think I'm going over, over 50
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  Speaker 2: total points. I get this game lined at like 61,
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  Speaker 2: over 50, the best way to approach it. Okay.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: I like that. I like that. Let's talk about Bears-Panthers, Lee.
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  Speaker 1: We've been talking about it all week. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: talk about it all day. It feels like a hell
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  Speaker 1: of a matchup, and it would be huge for the
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  Speaker 1: Panthers to get this win, but they are underdogs. They
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  Speaker 1: have performed bad of late in these season openers. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think? Bears minus three is the line.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, if you listen to Ben Johnson, he's
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  Speaker 2: talking about, you know, they're going to set the record
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  Speaker 2: for points scored. I don't see it happening. Why? Their
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  Speaker 2: star center, all-pro center, said, you know what, I've had enough. 28,
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  Speaker 2: 29 years old, doesn't want to play anymore. Huge loss.
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  Speaker 2: I also think that DJ Moore, even though he was
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  Speaker 2: not the perfect fit, it's going to make it tough
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  Speaker 2: for them. I mean, he is good catching the ball
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  Speaker 2: and also yaks yards after catch. So, I think the
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  Speaker 2: secondary is still not great. They had trouble. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of teams were crossing their receiver, crossing the field. The
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  Speaker 2: safeties had trouble, and they lost one of their star
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  Speaker 2: safeties for at least six to eight weeks. So I
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  Speaker 2: think that there are some different ways that they can
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  Speaker 2: approach this team, this Bears team, and have success. So
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  Speaker 2: I think the Bears, now everyone wants to go after them.
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  Speaker 2: They were the surprise team last year. Caught teams off
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  Speaker 2: guard here, but I think the offense is good enough
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  Speaker 2: and the defense might come up with a turnover here.
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  Speaker 2: A couple fourth down stops here. Another team favored. Give
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  Speaker 2: me Charlotte. Give me here, I think that the Carolina
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  Speaker 2: Panthers here, get the job done, 27-24. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1:
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 3: God, Lee, it's great to have you back, baby. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: my gosh. I don't recommend smoking cigarettes, but if I could,
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  Speaker 3: I would right now. What a segment bone, Duke. And Panthers'
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  Speaker 3: wrong team favorite for you. I'll take my shirt off
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  Speaker 3: here soon. Oh, my goodness. All right, Lee.
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  Speaker 1: You got us in a lather, and you also have
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  Speaker 1: a ton of guys texting in what they think about
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  Speaker 1: your picks and their own picks and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, football's back. You know what so many
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  Speaker 1: guys are doing. They're playing a little action. They're having
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  Speaker 1: a little fun. So how do they get a hold
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  Speaker 1: of your picks this weekend? And your game of the week,
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss-Charlotte.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so is this going to be an absolute blowout
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  Speaker 2: out of Miami, FAMU, you know, 60, 70-point blowout? Or
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  Speaker 2: is this a trap game with Ole Miss playing LSU
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  Speaker 1: All right, Lee.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome.
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  Speaker 1: You got us all fired up, man. Best of luck
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  Speaker 1: on your picks this week. We'll talk to you next Friday.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, guys. Take care.