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College Hoops talk, What Iowa has to do to beat USC & Ferentz goes viral, NFL Week 10 thoughts, the Voice of the Chiefs Mitch Holthus · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Obviously the Bears do a little bulls in there, etcetera,
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etcetera. And then we're going to talk to
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a guy who covers USC for the Locked on network.
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We are USCI believe. Is that it?
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That's the website that he writes for and he hosts Locks
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Locked on Trojans. Culkin is his name, so we'll
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pick his brain on what he thinks to see and if there is a path
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for Iowa, and if there is, it's not an easy path by any means as
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the skill position of the players on the USA are really
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good. But again, I was not blown away
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by the Northwestern game. One game does not make a season,
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but we'll see. Not going to be easy.
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We know Ference's history and has been good when he takes his
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team. So the West Trent will make some
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Those are those coming up here at 1:50 or so.
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College basketball night, not the shiniest night.
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Last night was pretty good when it comes to college hoops.
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There was some marquee games. Obviously, Illinois, that was a
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big win for them. Kentucky and Louisville that
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drew Billis and Schulman courtside at the Yum Brand
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Center in downtown Louisville. Pretty good game there.
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And Gonzaga. Creighton.
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Yikes. Got away in a hurry.
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Oh. My God is is is Gonzaga.
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Look, I watched Creighton and I was.
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I didn't try to. The website crashed.
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The Nebraska Public TV couldn't get through.
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Couldn't get through, but but regardless of that, I mean, they
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gave Iowa State all they can handle and more, right?
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And then Gonzaga, are they you know for the longest time I bet
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him every year, yes, every year, Yep and I finally got divorced
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from Gonzaga. Still I'm from the we're still
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in a relationship with the Chargers and the Bengals, but is
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this the year I should be on this eggs?
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Did you see any of it? I.
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I watched most of the end of the first half and almost well until
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it just turned into a 30 point blowout.
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Yeah. I was incredibly impressed.
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Really. Yeah.
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It was eye opening, you know, Huff, I thought he was really
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good for them. He played really well.
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They still got Ek inside who was just a monster.
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Well, they lose. They used a ton of their guys.
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I mean, I guess it'll blow it like I can, right?
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And on the other side, Owen Freeman stunk.
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He was awful. Was he just brutal?
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Is he out of shape? Yes, yeah.
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I mean, it's hard to run when he got a finger injury.
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Yes, as we know Josh Dix, how did he play awful?
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Did he? He looked bad.
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So it leads me now good an interesting path perhaps.
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So the guys that left after McCaffrey left, is there any one
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of them that's a off to a good start?
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The one guy that I've seen to this point is, say, to Treori,
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who's out at Utah, I don't know. Yeah.
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And he got off to a good start, shot really well in the first
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game, didn't shoot as well in the second.
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But I think he's playing well for Utah.
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I love Harding, assisted turnover ratio, elite.
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I think he's like one of his first 12 from 3.
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Yeah. Prestigio is that Santa Clara
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only reason is because Santa Clara played Xavier the other
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night who Iowa plays on fire can.
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You watch some of that. Well, I just was looking through
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the box score. He is out with an injury right
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now and then who else is? Well, Price, safer over at
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Nebraska, is not shooting the ball very well either.
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So not a great start to the guys departing Iowa City.
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We'll get to see the Hawkeyes Friday night against Xavier.
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Yes, and somebody's going to win tickets to that courtesy for our
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buddy Doctor Stephen Fuller be listening for your queue to call
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probably later on in the show today.
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Yeah, that's the one game, Trent, that I was really
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surprised by. Illinois.
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Underwood's a good coach. Not really surprised that he did
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what he did last night with all that influx of European talent.
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Not sure how this will play out once we get into the Big 10
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play, but certainly a decent start for them last night.
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Kentucky goes down to young team.
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We'll see how they fit. I I think upside wise though.
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I think they're going to be good at the.
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I think once the calendar turns February into March, Pope will
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have that team figured out and they'll be just fine.
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We shall see. But it's kind of fun to get kind
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of a, a little bit of a gauge, you know, as as to who's going
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to be on top outside of just your, you know, your comfort
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zone, the Big 10 and the Big 12. So watching Texas Tech Illinois
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last night, why is Paige Stackovich's son coming off the
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bench? Because he was a stud.
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Was he? Oh, yeah, I mean, he had 23
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points, 11 to 15 from the floor. Just outstanding.
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He's coming off the bench there. Didn't quite understand that one
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from Underwood. On the other side, JT Topping,
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you see why he's going to advertise highest paid players
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in college basketball. He finished with 35, knocked
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down to 3, was just all over the place.
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Had six turnovers in the game, but that was nip tuck to the
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end. Was it Texas Tech going to
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champagne? You know, this wasn't in
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Chicago. This wasn't.
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This is going into the State Farm Center.
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So is Illinois doing the return visit what they name after a
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grocery store with Texas Tech plays?
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That's right. Yeah, isn't it?
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I think it is. I would guess yeah, this is a
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home in home, right? I walked away maybe more
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impressed by Texas Tech. Did you even in a loss?
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I like Texas Tech going into the game.
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I mentioned that yesterday. But to go into that environment,
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I thought that said a lot about Texas Tech.
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And when you're talking about a team a little bit deeper down
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with a national championship, that's a lot.
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For tech or for Illinois? Both.
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But Final Four, yeah, definitely Texas Tech I think needs to be
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amongst those that next year team, not the high level, the
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Dukes and the Houston's of the world, but Purdue do you?
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Buy Purdue still. I don't either.
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Trent No. To win a national championship
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now. St.
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John's Temple. He's got beat by Alabama.
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Yeah, it's been a lot of money. We'll see how it goes.
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But yeah, it's fun to get a little.
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But I I can't help myself. You know where I spent most of
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my night last night before The Jets and the Canucks dropped the
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puck at night watching. Hockey.
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No, I mean from 9 on I did OK. I can't.
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I can't give up action. What is it about?
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I don't know. You know what?
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It is. I've got a soft Sparta because
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I've told you my history before, right?
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Every three weeks. I had to go to Vegas for years,
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every three weeks, every 3rd week for a week.
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And it was awful and it was by myself.
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But you know what I had? I had my friend Maxion on those,
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on those November's that I would be there on a Tuesday when
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nobody's in town. I'm going to be sitting by
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myself in the book, at least there be something on.
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And that's kind of where I developed the relationship with
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Max and that I wasn't betting it.
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Yeah, I just watching it and now I can't give it up.
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I can't get there. It's and.
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I'm going to do it again tonight, I know.
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I am. I need weather, I need that snow
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game that that's what I need for me to really for Twitter.
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To alert you. Oh my God, get over there
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picture. Or you're going through during
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commercial, you get there and then you get sucked in.
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You get a decent game and both games were good last.
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Yes, absolutely. I I saw afterwards, I saw the
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box scores of them and I saw. One went to overtime.
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The Akron game went to overtime in Western Michigan.
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That was a hell of a game. Down to the wire.
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Yeah, I just can't do it. College basketball's going on.
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And maybe that's the reason for me that it's not there is.
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I'll watch a random college basketball game.
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Hawaii's late night tonight. We'll see if we can find a a
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stream for that one. As they take out Mississippi
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Valley State, they're favored by 41 and a half, 40. 1 1/2 is
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Hawaii. They're OK.
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They're they're pretty good. Are they a tournament?
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Team no, I mean. They're favorite by 40
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something. Well, Mississippi Valley State
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also has a win this year. They beat the Mississippi
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University for Women. I don't know.
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What they did and they put that on their on their on their
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Ledger. It's on there, it's a win.
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They won by like 37. This isn't an exhibition game,
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I. Have.
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To assume Mississippi Valley State played who?
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Mississippi University for Women.
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The Owls. That has that ever.
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Happened before. It has to be that it's still
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called the Mississippi University for Women, but men
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are allowed in it. Has to be the case.
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OK, so I I thought they were. Playing women, I don't think so.
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I I didn't see that one. That one didn't make the.
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The name of the school again is Mississippi Valley.
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Mississippi Valley State. For women.
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And the team they played was Mississippi University for
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Women. Mississippi University for
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Women. 41 1/2 tonight if you like the Rainbow Warriors.
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You know what? Now I'm going to check the.
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Score again tomorrow. I don't.
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At minimum you got to see. Why?
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Just actually. Can we find a box score?
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Yeah, yeah. See April, the Susie score,
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right? See what the names of this team
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was. I'm, well, I'm scrolling through
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here and I go to the very bottom of the list at Ken palm #365
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there is Mississippi Valley State.
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They are the worst team. Let's see if he's got that box
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score for that game, please. Here it is.
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Please have. It lead the way from Mississippi
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Valley State. Michael James had 35 on the
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other side for. This one more interested in the
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missus Patty have. Mississippi University for
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Women. Alright, we got a Tyler, a
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Jackson, a Tree, a Dev and a Trend a Joe.
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Yeah, so it's called for women. Yeah, but men are allowed in the
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university. Do they go to school there or is
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this just a girl? Is this like an intramural thing
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right? Is there a Mississippi school
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for for men? They're the basketball team.
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Yeah, I wonder, Yeah, things you learn this early in the season,
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right, when they're trying to fill some of these games and and
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get some competition. All right, so let's move on
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because we'd like to keep the audience.
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Yes, that. That's interesting.
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I'm going to. Watch the box score and you're
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going to try and actually find a feat for this tonight.
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We might. We might.
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I'm intrigued. A number that big.
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Just intrigued. Let's go to the College Football
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Playoff unveiling last night, and how much of the show did you
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watch? 0 minutes, 0 minutes as always.
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And to say that I was shocked when I see on social media that
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Iowa comes in still ranked. 2120 or 21?
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21 they were 20th last week. Drop a spot to 21.
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I thought maybe there was an outside path to them. 2425 you
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know something like that maybe see I'm 21 and then the
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conversation we had yesterday, that path that starts this week
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and it and it you. Know it starts and ends this
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week ends if they lose yes and again this is 1 per not even
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maybe 1%. This is AI don't know what you
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want to put it .5% everything has to fall right?
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But to sit here and say that they're out today is just not
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true. It's not.
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There is a path and it's. Do we think it's going to
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happen? I want to make this very clear
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for the Cyclone fans. We're going cyclo fanatic right
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now to log on and RIP us. We don't think it's going to
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happen. I think by 5:55 Central time,
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we're going to know it's not going to happen because I was
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going to get beat. By USCI think you're right and I
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like the Iowa, but the more I look at this USC team and that's
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why I'm excited to talk to our guest at 1:30 today.
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They've just got so many skill guys.
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Why it is OK the one that keeps bouncing back to me?
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And why I'm concerned about this game also for Iowa, it's not
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just the West Coast thing that I think they but it.
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Hasn't treated them. Right, it is USC high flying
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team, throws the ball around second in the country.
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They over average over 500 yards a game, 300 passing yards, 200
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rushing yards a game. It's going back to that Michigan
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game and the way that we know Michigan's going to do exactly
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what I want to do, right? You want to play bully ball,
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going to play physical. We're going to be the tougher
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team. USC was a tougher team that day.
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Against Michigan. Against Michigan.
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Against Michigan, and that's where my concern lies, is teams
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have tried this and this is not USC of a couple of years ago.
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No, that's not the USC team that Clark Ference was talking about
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a couple of years ago. And you see that's making the
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rounds now. No.
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Do you remember Kirk's comments two seasons ago?
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He was talking about Frost. He was talking about USC.
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He was talking about their lack of defense.
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I have the, I have the. And it's a bulletin board type
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of clip. Oh, they're using it much like
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the Oregon people used a very innocuous, not a whole lot to it
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comment from Phil Parker. And they used it as ammunition,
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USC, apparently. And Lincoln Riley apparently is
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using what Kirk Ferrett said here to rile up the troops.
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I'm really not worried about points per game, excuse me,
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passing yards per game, you know, all all the stats stuff.
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What's per game isn't is interesting.
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It's important, but you know, I got another one.
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I'll hold that in my pocket till January for you.
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But what is important is wins per game.
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You know, if you want to evaluate 1/4 in my opinion, you
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know, check the wins per game call because, you know, I can
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think of a guy that entered the conference recently that came
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with widely acclaimed, you know, offensive stats and all that.
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And that's usually how those guys get to become well known
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because of their, you know, whatever they're doing, throwing
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it, running at Wishbone. But you know, then you look a
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little deeper. So what's this guy's wins per
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game? And there's usually a
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correlation, you know, people that just throw the ball around,
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you know, it's it makes it tougher to win.
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It makes it tougher to be on good defense, good on defense.
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I think Phil would tell you that.
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So there there is a team concepts concept here that is is
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really important to me. It's the only way we can win in
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my opinion. And there's a school on the West
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Coast right now that's going to recommit to defense.
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You know, you have a 42 to 2 lane last year in a bowl game.
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So, you know, a place where like, you know, Ronnie Allen
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played. So I just find it, you know, now
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they're going to think about defense.
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Like, you know, to me that that was the first thing we thought
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about 25 years ago. That ain't going to change.
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Like that just ain't going to change.
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So so the coordinator coming in is going to understand like this
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is who we are. It's worked pretty well.
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We're looking to improve, always looking to improve.
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So that is after Brian moved on. New offensive coordinator
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talking about defense and Denton Lending Company apparently are
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using that as bulletin board material this week for USC.
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What'd he say was wrong? Lincoln Riley, Me.
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Well, no. What?
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Kirk said. Oh, OK, Nothing.
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No, I nothing. I don't get this.
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Now it, it drives me crazy. The biggest culprit of this is
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Kirby Smart. I mean, he uses motivation.
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Georgia, nobody believes in us. They were preseason #1 they go
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and win a national championship and afterwards, and to a man, I
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mean, you hear a half dozen interviews after the game and
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all of them, nobody believed in it.
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What the hell are you talking about?
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But Kirby made them believe that nobody believed in them.
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And that is the motivation. It still works.
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I don't get it. But I guess you're talking about
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impressionable 18 to 23 year olds or 24 or 25 anymore.
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But young men, impressionable, you're buying in and you're able
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to sell them something that in the grand scheme of things is
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absolutely correct, but you use it as a slight.
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Boy, Phil Parker's could have a game plan ready, man, because
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they're going to throw it around, they're going to try and
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run the ball. They're so good.
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I love lemon, by the way. Is he?
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He's not 6 feet. Is he no big dude?
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He's also the return man. He hasn't been great in returns
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this year. But yeah, he's a speedster on
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the outside. This is going to be a different
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kind of match up with the speed that they have on the outside.
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And I didn't think, you know, when they made the decision.
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We're going to move on, move on to quarterback.
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Maeva's going to be the guy. And I, I never loved Maeva.
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He's been really good this year. I mean, he's taken a step
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forward that I didn't think was there because he made so many
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boneheaded decisions. He was.
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So raw when he was at UNLV, but he showed some signs, but I
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wasn't sure how that would, you know, transfer to the Big 10.
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He is playing at a high level and this defense is much better.
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Yes, the defense has defensive front.
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Yes, Dentlin has done a good job.
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No surprise. He you look at the defensive
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numbers, the 48th in the country in total defense.
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And where's Iowa? I'd have to look 60th and rush
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defense 51st and passing yards allowed per game.
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Now what does Iowa have to do? What's the path?
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Does this have to be a game? Where it's it's, it's an Iowa
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win on the road. It's it's a couple of turnovers.
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Ouijian would kill you to take one back.
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That would help. That would help, right?
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Don't fumble. Don't fumble, just do enough on
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offense. Try try and hold them to what
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are they going to have to hold them to?
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Can they hold for 26/27/24 somewhere in that vicinity and
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and try and pull it out there? Look, there's a reason they're
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an underdog going into this game.
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They deserve to be. I would feel a whole lot better
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was a Kinnick but sadly it's not.
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You do have to play Rd. Games.
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No, I know. I get it.
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I get it. You know, I said this summer a
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couple of times to you, there's going to be a moment this year
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that I was going to have to win and not a 5451 shoot out.
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But they're going to have to score some points.
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They're going to put 30 up in the board to win a game against
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one of these big opponents. They need a 25 to get past Penn
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State. They got Oregon and Indiana both
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to play their style. But here on the road, I think
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this is the one, if I was going to win this football game, at
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minimum 2731, something in that range, I was going to have to
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score, I believe, in order to win this football game.
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I don't think this can be one, get a weird safety in there and
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we're going to get out of there and squeak out, you know, 22 to
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18. I don't think that's the case
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here. Points need to be up for Iowa.
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Seems like it. We'll see if they can do it.
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We'll take a time out, come back, get more into this
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conversation, maybe delve into the NFLA little bit.
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NFL because it is a really good schedule.
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look and you look at the different divisions, are there
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many that you would think multiple teams can win a Super
20:02
Bowl? Can win a super.
20:04
Bowl can win a Super Bowl, because that's all this bet is.
20:06
NFC East? No, there's one.
20:10
NFC North, Central. The North?
20:16
None. Not Detroit.
20:18
Detroit. Detroit South Tampa.
20:22
OK. But that's it.
20:24
But that's it. W is where it resides.
20:27
Yes, there's two and the Niners will get to the playoffs.
20:33
In the AFCI. Don't buy the Do you buy the
20:37
Patriots? That would be the only other
20:39
one, wouldn't it? Can you name 3 patriots?
20:43
Mike Frabel, Frank May, Tom Brady, Yeah, Gronk, Andre
20:50
Tippett. Yeah, Vilma, it's tough.
20:54
They're new. Christian Gonzalez is a stud.
20:56
He's really good player. He's a really good player.
20:58
He's going to be the one of the next, you know, the the shutdown
21:00
corner club. We.
21:01
Got Stevenson, who's coming back from injury.
21:03
They they got some guys, but but to win a super.
21:06
Bowl. You have to have some guys who's
21:08
their best defensive player. Probably Gonzalez.
21:12
Yeah, yeah, Yep. Have you ever heard of their
21:16
kicker Bargalis? No, I just picked him up in
21:18
fantasy for did you this weekend.
21:20
Need new kicker as Bagley was on the bye week with the Colts as
21:24
well. You know who's having a good
21:25
year for them is the rookie from Ohio State, Henderson, Yes.
21:28
He's well, he had a good week. He had a good week because he
21:30
was terrible before that. Was Stevenson out?
21:33
Is that why he got his chance to play?
21:35
Stevenson might have been Wally Pip He.
21:37
Absolutely might, yeah. Because he looked really good.
21:38
OK, so we're talking about winning a Super Bowl.
21:40
Bill's OK, but I can't say the Patriots.
21:43
No, no, I don't think. They are.
21:44
I'm not even sure the Bills will.
21:46
AFC North bolt. Yes.
21:50
But nobody else is winning the not.
21:53
With it not not not the Steelers, not the Bengals.
21:55
With that defence, I agree, Texans.
21:58
They're not winning. I don't think they are AFC West.
22:03
And then they get to the AFC West.
22:06
Now, obviously, Kansas City, yes.
22:07
Chargers. Yes, the Chargers offensive
22:10
line. That's bad.
22:11
That's a bad offensive line. They're not winning a super.
22:13
Denver with Bo Nicks No. They're not winning a super.
22:15
No. So the division that I would bet
22:19
it has to be favored as the NFC West.
22:21
That's the only one that I feel comfortable with multiple teams
22:24
that can win it because if you just think there's one teams in
22:27
all these other divisions, then just bit the team individually
22:29
and you're going to get a better price than you would here.
22:31
But if I give you plus 325. And those two teams?
22:36
And you get both the Seahawks and the Rams, two teams that you
22:39
absolutely love right now. You don't have to pick 1.
22:42
You get them both. And a little extra as he got the
22:45
Niners, just in case, yeah. Little insurance with the
22:47
Niners, Yeah. They get healthy 325 now I know
22:51
you like bigger. Prices, well, I'm going to add
22:52
to it. Yes, you're going to make a
22:54
championship. To win the Stanley Cup or higher
22:57
state or Indiana, to win the College Football Playoff, yeah,
23:01
that's the way I would do. It I, I thought, I thought you
23:03
would like that. One yeah, that's that's pretty
23:05
good because you know my how I feel about I think the Rams are
23:08
the best team in football. I think the Seahawks are an inch
23:10
behind them. So double that price though,
23:13
from plus 325 to plus 650. That is where the AFC East is.
23:17
If you are one of those people, Lucas Strain, that believes in
23:20
the Patriot. He he really does.
23:22
I don't think so. Well, that's his team.
23:23
Yeah, it's his team. Yeah, but if you do plus 650,
23:27
that's not bad with both the Bills and the Patriots.
23:30
If you are a believer though, either Ken and I are this week
23:32
in the NFL. Is this the best week of the
23:35
year? It's certainly on the list and
23:37
and it's highlighted by three late games.
23:41
Yes, the late window. Seattle and LA, Huge, huge
23:45
Kansas City and Denver, yes, and Detroit and Philadelphia on
23:48
Sunday Night Football. That's as good as it gets.
23:51
There's another couple. I mean the Bears and Vikings
23:54
aren't isn't brutal. Yes, and it's.
23:55
Important here. It's important here.
23:57
Tampa and Buffalo, both of these teams, right?
24:00
Tampa needs to get back on track.
24:02
Buffalo. Needs to get back on track,
24:04
Yeah, not getting blown out by Miami.
24:08
So yeah, I can make, I can make a case for five or six really
24:10
good matchups this week. Chargers, Jaguars could be huge
24:13
for seating come playoff time. Wild card.
24:16
Who's the five? Who's the six?
24:17
I don't. Buy the Jags, but I do buy the
24:19
Chargers for that reason. I think the Chargers are going
24:21
to be in the playoffs. I do.
24:22
And once again, we ship a crappy game overseas.
24:25
Well, that's a good place for it.
24:26
What have we got over there? Commanders, Dolphins getting up
24:29
early for that one. Make sure Jet's walked.
24:33
Yeah, no, you know what? Hey, Jet, we got to get up at
24:35
5:00. I'm sorry, we got to get that
24:36
walk in early because I got to get home and get settled in.
24:39
Yeah. There was only one game who
24:41
played the Broncos play over there, was it the Jet played The
24:43
Jets. They.
24:43
Played The Jets, yeah. And, and I wish I would have
24:46
slept in. That was awful.
24:47
That was absolutely terrible. And we get The Jets to open up
24:51
the schedule this week against those people.
24:52
You know what, Trent? And I'm kind of glad for one
24:54
reason because, and and we just mentioned it a minute ago, I
24:59
haven't watched the Patriots. Why would you go out of your way
25:02
to watch the Patriots? Now, I'll give you the fact that
25:04
they're sneaking up on everybody and they are going to be in all
25:07
likelihood a a playoff team. It's hard for them not to be.
25:11
They're going to win over Buffalo, by far and away their
25:13
best win of the year. What the the other teams that
25:16
they beat are certainly nothing to write home.
25:18
But let me get their schedule in front of me here.
25:22
Hang on, give me one second. Let me find the New England
25:25
Patriots and what they've done so far this year.
25:28
New England, they lost to the Raiders Week 1, beat the
25:31
Dolphins, lost to the Steelers, and then they went on their
25:34
winning streak. And that winning streak started
25:35
with Carolina. The win at Buffalo's really good
25:37
at New Orleans, That stinks. At Tennessee, Brutal.
25:40
Home to Cleveland, awful. Atlanta, middle of the pack.
25:44
And at Tampa Bay, That's a good win.
25:45
That's a good win, but I'm anxious to watch them tomorrow
25:50
because I don't know the team. I get to know them better.
25:52
Yes, absolutely, absolutely. Kale wants to chime in.
25:56
Hello, Kale, How are you? Yeah, hi.
26:00
There. Hi.
26:03
Yeah, I was just wondering why you didn't have the Colts on
26:06
your list to either go to the playoffs or possibly a Super
26:09
Bowl when you have like. Well, we're, we're trying to
26:12
find two teams. We're trying to find two teams
26:14
in in each division. Yeah, the culture, an absolute
26:16
thing, can. Come up in your conversation,
26:18
though you named a dozen other teams but.
26:21
We did loss of it just because it just because I don't see
26:24
anybody in the AFC S outside of them that has a chance.
26:27
That is a good conversation, though.
26:28
Can you? You're a believer that the
26:30
Indianapolis Colts can win a Super Bowl.
26:35
Depends on who they play. I think they can make it there.
26:38
They've got a that's the best chance they've had in years.
26:41
True, since Manning left. So this is The Who don't you
26:47
want to play? Because the AFC to me is wide
26:49
open. Who don't you want to play?
26:51
Kale? Who does?
26:52
Who worries you? You and your Colts in the AFC.
27:03
Chiefs. Yeah.
27:06
Chiefs. Broncos.
27:09
No, I'm not too concerned about the Broncos.
27:12
You beat them by a flu call at the end of the game in
27:13
Indianapolis, but let's not. Well, your Broncos were cheating
27:16
Chargers. No, Colts are better than
27:19
Chargers. Bills, yeah.
27:23
Bills. The bill I got to see more from
27:27
the Bills, they've kind of they have haven't been playing that
27:30
great, but yeah, they, I mean, come playoff time, you know,
27:32
Josh Allen can Josh Allen. So.
27:35
Is sauce going to make that big of a difference in that past
27:37
defense? We can't hurt.
27:38
We can't hurt. Absolutely 25th in the league,
27:40
Dale. Thanks for the call.
27:41
In past defense, maybe it's Daniel Jones too.
27:46
I like Daniel Jones and it feels like we're going to maybe head
27:50
to the same thing would. You rather have Herbert or
27:52
Daniel Jones? Herbert Yeah, it's just the
27:56
Chargers offensive line. It's so bad.
27:58
It's awful. It's terrible.
28:01
It's just it's just who's who wants to join us next.
28:03
Deval. Oh, Devin.
28:05
Devin. Hi, Devin.
28:06
How are you? Hey guys.
28:09
So yesterday I called in, talked about our good buddy Larry
28:12
Morgan. We forgot to mention he's a
28:15
Chiefs fan. So him and I got to talking
28:17
about the Broncos and Chiefs. I mentioned Kenny to him that
28:19
you were a Broncos fan. He thinks it's going to be a
28:22
close game. I think Chiefs won by double
28:24
digits. Unfortunately, I hate the Chiefs
28:26
as much as anyone else. I just want to get your thoughts
28:29
Kenny on that game. What do you what do you think is
28:30
going to happen with your Broncos?
28:31
It's my best bet of the week. Devin, nice to hear from you.
28:34
I love the Kansas City Chiefs, Singleton.
28:38
But did you hear about this Alex Singleton, the Bronco, one of
28:40
the Broncos inside linebackers? He was drug tested two weeks
28:44
ago. OK, You know, they random drug
28:46
tests after every game. The drug test showed elevated
28:50
signs of something. OK, He went to the He had
28:53
testicular cancer. Oh yeah.
28:56
They found out by doing a random.
28:59
He had no idea. Holy cow, I had no idea and now
29:02
he's out for a few weeks. But regardless of that, and I
29:05
pissed off, he's not playing. Don't get me wrong, that's not
29:07
the message I'm conveying, but just the way that he was, they
29:10
were able to define just a complete fluke.
29:13
JK. Dobbins is out, obviously Sir
29:16
Tan is out. Singleton's out there.
29:19
Ben Powers, they're starting. Left Guard is out, Andy read off
29:23
a bye at the top of the list, 21st and foremost. 22 and four
29:26
all time for. Is he?
29:27
So that would factor in his Eagles head here as well.
29:30
He's unbeatable. Yeah, he's unbeatable.
29:32
Well, I think if you're a Broncos fan, I think that they
29:36
get him in Kansas City on Christmas night.
29:38
Oh, get the Christmas night. Get the split.
29:41
Yes, get the split. Certain will be back at that
29:46
point, I hope. Yeah.
29:47
Is it? There's still questions though.
29:49
No, no, he'll be back by then. He'll be back after the bye.
29:51
Maybe not the first game after the bye, but certainly very
29:54
close after that. Here's it's it's bone ICS.
29:58
It's bone ICS. He looks awful.
30:00
He looks terrible and I hate to say it because I'm All in all
30:03
in. I thought that they got a steal
30:06
last year in the draft. I really did, and I still hope
30:08
that they do, obviously, but he's been God awful.
30:12
Overthrowing one guy after you're an NFL quarterback, you
30:15
can't do that. Missing the makeables.
30:18
Right, and it's not like the the the the core of receivers is
30:24
pedestrian. When Cortland Suttons your one,
30:27
where does he stack up in the in the 32 teams as far as WR1 in
30:31
the 20s? Oh absolutely.
30:33
Maybe the mid 20s? Probably.
30:35
If that's your number one, you're in trouble.
30:37
Absolutely. And now Dobbins is out.
30:39
RJ Harvey's a nice player, but he's a rookie and he's going to
30:43
have to carry a big load here and bone.
30:45
Their defense is absolutely Super Bowl elite.
30:49
They are. It's as good as there is.
30:52
Their offensive line is outstanding.
30:54
The kicker will let's is great. I can't get past them.
30:59
I can't get past it. Prove me wrong, Bonex.
31:01
Go out and win this game. We'll take a time out.
31:03
We will come back. We'll talk to the voice of those
31:05
Chiefs. Mitch Holtis will join us.
31:07
Papa John's sponsors that. And to Kate's point, Colts can
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Colts can win the AFC. Kale's Point.
31:14
They can get. They can get AFC is wide open.
31:19
In Indianapolis, Kansas and Daniel Jones.
31:22
I know Mahomes is against Daniel Jones.
31:24
Of course y'all like Mahomes. Jonathan Taylor's really good.
31:29
Yes, he is really, really good. I don't think the Colts will get
31:33
there. I got a lot of Colts tickets.
31:35
Do you a lot of Colts finalist tickets?
31:38
You got a lot of tickets in. General I do.
31:39
Yeah, I do. Miller and Condon.
31:41
And I make money on everyone. If the Patriots get there, I get
31:44
killed. Miller and Condon on the Iowa
31:46
Sports Radio Network. Mitch Holtis next.
31:49
I'm glad you're with us. I'm Millie Condon, welcome back
31:59
the Iowa Sports Radio Network, wherever you're listening.
32:02
Grateful that you are. Trent and I take you until 2:00.
32:06
At that time off the bench with Sean and Lucas.
32:09
He's the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs back with us every
32:13
Wednesday now as the Chiefs have finished their bye week.
32:16
How many Wednesdays will there be?
32:17
Well, in the last couple years, you've been with us right to the
32:20
bitter end. And he joins us again, Mitch
32:22
Trenton, Ken, thanks for coming on.
32:24
Chiefs favorite to win the Super Bowl yet at this point, not even
32:28
in the playoffs, which is kind of crazy.
32:30
But that's the boat that we're in.
32:32
Here come the Denver Broncos. It's Broncos and the Chiefs in
32:36
Denver should be a good one. Hopefully so.
32:38
So tell me that Andy Reid took the took the week off do a thing
32:44
because we know how he is coming up by weeks.
32:47
Having a cheeseburger. Yeah, but that's probably not
32:50
the case, is it? I thought he was going to drive
32:53
up to Okoboji and just have some time.
32:55
That had been great. Stare at the stare at the leaves
32:59
falling. No, he's 22 and 4 after byes
33:03
best in NFL history. Nine and three with the Chiefs.
33:07
But this Denver team is just, it's a really interesting study,
33:10
Ken. I know you've watched them and
33:11
that's your team. You know, look at them from a
33:13
glance until we scuba dive into them the week you play.
33:16
It's really one of the more interesting teams, I think in
33:19
this league. Oh gosh, in a span of 20 to 25
33:23
years, when you look at what they've done and how they've
33:27
done it, we all know there's a flesh eating defense
33:30
offensively, It's just kind of hard to when you look at these
33:34
guys of like, wow, that's really good and they're like really
33:37
this side. So there's just a lot going on
33:39
with this team. But but they're good and they're
33:41
kind of the chiefs of 24. The fact that with the 11-1
33:45
score wins last year by Kansas City to get to 15 and two near
33:49
the Broncos obviously with six one score wins this year.
33:53
Defense is incredible, defensive front incredible, on pace to
33:57
break the 84 Bears record for sacks in a regular season.
34:01
They're on pace for 78 of them at this point in time.
34:03
That means the Chiefs offensive line needs to be ready to go and
34:07
some reinforcements on the way. The return possibly of Josh
34:10
Simmons. Let's start right there and
34:12
obviously we know how talented this guy is.
34:15
What can you tell us about his availability for this weekend?
34:19
I can't tell you that yet. I'm not saying it's something I
34:22
know. I really don't.
34:23
I don't. I think it's going to see how
34:25
this week transpires. You know, this is the first big
34:28
practice day for Josh. And the other thing, if you're a
34:33
Chiefs fan listening to this, how realistically can you be
34:37
that Josh is going to go out and play at the level he was playing
34:39
out five weeks ago against going to swimming lessons with Piranha
34:44
in the pool? Just I mean, what you mentioned
34:48
the sack total the most after 10 weeks since the 89 Vikings.
34:52
But there's other things with this team.
34:54
One of the things that most intrigues me about, and this
34:57
gets to answer your question, is there a quick pressure rate?
35:01
Now, their pressure rates the best in the NFL.
35:03
The Broncos at 42.9, they have the most quarterback hits, the
35:07
most overall pressures, 3 players with six plus sacks.
35:11
We know who those three are. There are nine with two plus
35:14
sacks and 14 with the sack. It's just really unique group.
35:17
So the offensive line has got to be in concert.
35:19
Now, one thing that will help Simmons if he plays and how much
35:22
he plays will be the emergence of Kingsley Somatia.
35:26
He really has, I mean, a year ago at this time, somewhat
35:30
embarrassed his left tackle out of the game.
35:33
What's he going to do? He started his first game at
35:35
left guard last year when we played the JV's in the 38.
35:38
Nothing lost to the Broncos but catching up with Kingsley.
35:41
The offensive line has got to work together and Kingsley's
35:44
confident, especially now that he's shoulder to shoulder with
35:47
his teammates. Just being out there with the
35:49
guys, I'm like I say, I'm very blessed to have the coaches and
35:53
all the guys next to me be out there with them.
35:57
But just being out there and being able to play the game that
36:00
I love, that's that's the biggest how.
36:02
Close. Are you guys?
36:03
Because it seems like you've got your own little kind of
36:05
fraternity. Very close.
36:06
Everyone's always checking on everybody, making sure
36:08
everybody's always 30 minutes early before work, so everyone's
36:12
always on each other. So yeah, we're very close.
36:16
Yeah, they're going to have to be close just because you've got
36:19
Cooper that people don't talk about enough.
36:21
We know Benito right now is the lead.
36:23
And then and then Zach Allen, the most underrated player maybe
36:26
at any position in the league. Yeah, he's unbelievable.
36:29
Julius Cooper was the 7th round pick.
36:31
I think he had a heart condition that scared some teams away when
36:34
he came out in the draft, but he's been unbelievable.
36:37
Wish Sir Tan was playing. Hopefully he's back for the
36:39
Christmas rematch, Christmas night in Kansas City.
36:43
So offensively they're they're going to have to work to score
36:46
their points. But Bo Nicks has not been good.
36:48
Mitch, when you look at the offense for the Broncos and how
36:51
the Chiefs and companies bags will go about trying to shut
36:54
them down and a lot of teams have so far this year, what do
36:57
you think they will do to try and stop Denver's offense?
37:00
Well, in one dynamic, here is the injury to JK Dobbins.
37:03
Huge. And what?
37:05
Yeah, what does that do? Although RJ Harvey's been really
37:08
good, but Nicks is the most interesting study here.
37:10
He's not been good. They don't take this wrong until
37:14
he has to be. He's been phenomenal in the
37:16
fourth quarter. If you look at what this team
37:18
has done, then the 30 point fourth quarter they had against
37:21
the Giants skews the stats a little bit.
37:23
But Knicks right now is 30 completions at 10 yards or more
37:27
in the fourth quarter. That's tied with Baker Mayfield
37:30
of Tampa Bay for the best in the league.
37:32
And Nicks has 9 total fourth quarter touchdowns and he's got
37:36
four fourth quarter comebacks. That's all the best in the
37:38
league. So it's like, what is he doing
37:40
for the other 3/4? It was not good.
37:42
I mean, he's got six games he's won in his career with a passer
37:46
rating under 70. That's what I'm saying.
37:48
It's really a unique look at and can you know this, but others
37:52
might. But they the Broncos have
37:54
trailed for 206 offensive plays during their seven game-winning
37:58
streak. That's the most since 1991 and
38:01
both bottom 5 and throws A10 plus yards and eight picks on
38:05
those throws, their 20th and 3rd down percentage.
38:08
But the fourth quarter numbers, it's like they wait till finals
38:12
week and then they ace the final.
38:13
But incredible defense and a great fourth quarter team.
38:16
It's Weather 8, too. Our first conversation since the
38:20
trade deadline. A lot of people are hoping for
38:22
Breece Hall, maybe help at running back.
38:24
I think defensive line. I saw the numbers mentioned him
38:26
a week ago. Just the amount of snaps that
38:29
we've seen along that front. Chris Jones amongst the leaders,
38:32
same with Carloftis, just not getting a little bit of depth
38:35
there. Is there somebody maybe waiting
38:38
in the wing, somebody on the practice squad?
38:39
Because that was a surprise to me.
38:41
They didn't go out there and at minimum try to get a depth piece
38:44
on that defensive line. But Trent, here's the thing, and
38:47
I tell fans this all the time, and this is really the case
38:49
here, if the Chiefs don't get a deal done, it doesn't mean they
38:53
weren't trying. And so in your and fans, we
38:57
will. Wait a minute.
38:57
It doesn't even count if you don't make it happen.
38:59
Yeah, yeah. But doesn't.
39:01
Don't make the assumption they weren't trying.
39:03
I would love to have Bruce Hall. It's the least he could do by
39:07
not going to K State and going to Iowa State that he could
39:09
lease it to Wichita. Northwest get come here.
39:12
It's what's not Northwest. Come on.
39:14
But you've touched on a point and I spent potentially D line
39:20
rotation of not grinding guys into the ground in these next 8
39:24
weeks. The other part I should have
39:26
mentioned about the Broncos and the Chiefs are going through a
39:29
gauntlet here of maybe the top five or six offensive lines in
39:33
the league. We just had Buffalo and that
39:36
planet group, but this one of the underrated stories of
39:39
Denver's eight and two start is the improvement of Mcglinchey
39:42
and Garrett Bowles, a tackle and then Quinn Minors right now is
39:46
maybe the number one right guard.
39:48
We've got Trey Smith when minors pressure rate allows only 3.6
39:53
and that's by far the best in the league for right guards.
39:57
The offensive line of Denver can wear you down.
39:59
I think that goes to the fourth quarter staff that they've got
40:02
Denver, but so defensive. You've got to somehow rotate
40:06
keep guys. Fresh and that's the challenge
40:07
specs has in this game. Well, let's not let the audience
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He's he's setting with you. Papa John's has these awesome
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dipping sauces now. So I don't care if it's you know
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what you got, high school football playoffs or huge
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college games. And this gigantic game, which
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will happen at 3:25 and the stadium of Ken's favorite team,
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all is just made better with these incredible dipping sauces
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that Papa John's has now. So check on the Papa Dippa
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special at papajohns.com or just check them out.
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We will talk to you in a week. Thanks Mitch Holtis, have a good
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week. OK, may the best man win.
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Indeed, we'll talk about it next week.
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Hour 2 is next, Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio
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Network.