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Tom Kakert talks Hawkeyes, Mike Palm from Circa Sports & Trent's Picks · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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All right, good afternoon. Welcome to Miller and Condon on
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a Friday, the last non football Friday until early Feb.
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Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Miller and Condon with you. Trent Condon, Ken Miller talking
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sports with you for the next couple of hours.
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Appreciate your starting your afternoon here with us on the
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Iowa Sports Radio Network. Wherever you're listening.
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We're grateful that you are, whether that be in State 8 or on
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the iheart app. Here's what's coming up on our
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program in the next couple of hours.
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We'll start with our friend Eugene Repay covers Iowa State
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for the Des Moines Register. Matt Campbell's final press
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conference prior to the K State game was held yesterday.
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We'll recap that pick Eugene's brain on some of the training
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camp stories. But he's been able to glean
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where they started, where they're at, etcetera.
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But Eugene Repay on Iowa State when he joins us here coming up
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in about 25 minutes. Then we'll hear from Mitch
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Holtis. It is on tape today as the
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Chiefs are in Seattle for pre season game number 2.
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After that, we'll give 4 of you an opportunity to win some grub
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from the chicken coop. Three locations in Urbandale,
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12725, Meredith, West Des Moines, 60th and Ashworth and in
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Ankeny just southwest of the OR of the D Mac campus on oral
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labor. So that's coming up to at the
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end of the first hour of the show, Tom Caker will talk Hawks
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to kick off our number 2, and I'm guessing a very happy Mike
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Palm from Circa Sports will join us about 1:30.
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I'll go behind the counter and pick his brain.
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Circa had a major, major win here today.
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For those of you new to the show, yes, we talk about Circa a
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lot. The reason we're on the air is
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because Circa Sports, they are primary sponsor A.
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It's a real easy ask for both Trent and I to endorse something
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that we absolutely both believe 1000% in, in this in what they
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do both sports wagering and the property itself and just the the
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the human beings behind the property.
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But they were awarded circa circa David, the Goliath. 2 of
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them, FanDuel DraftKings, 3 entities for two non tethered
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sports wagering licenses in the state of Missouri, KC, Saint
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Louis, Saint Joe, Independence, Springfield.
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Who am I missing? You're getting a lot of.
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Them major major cities FanDuel ran third circa got one of the
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two DraftKings and circa. This is a huge win for this
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little engine that could well done Circa sports.
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So Mike Palm on that and of course we'll get some of the
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latest numbers what he's seeing etcetera, etcetera.
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Busy week out there as they hosted Best Bash 5 and their
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contest continue with both the millions of their Survivor and I
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think we'll probably stop there because I'm guessing a lot of
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our audiences. You never know, though.
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Yeah, you never know. How great would it be, though,
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if we find out that there is an Iowa entry?
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In that $100,000 buy in contest that's essentially the same as
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Survivor, but it's just obviously fewer people going for
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a, a nice prize but well done circle.
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We'll get to that at 1:30. So I guess we should start with
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the we do a little baseball. Owen Casey made it in time.
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Did you see his first swing in as a major leaguer?
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I didn't. Oh my God, Trenton it this had
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double extra bases written all over it.
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Dave Schneider, who's not a left fielder for the Blue Jays.
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He's kind of a utility guy. He's up and down between Buffalo
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and AAA and the big club in Toronto and he was in left
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field. He took a he kind of took a bad
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angle to the ball, but made an unbelievable recovery.
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Superman catch flying through the air, glove fully extended.
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He's a short little dude. He's like 5859, but robbed Owen
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Casey of a hit first pitch he saw from a Hall of Famer be Hall
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of Famer Max Scherzer did not fall and he would not get a hit
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for the remainder of the game. You found a price right as we
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were getting on here. So I I found it, it was minus
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180th FanDuel -155. So they expected him to, yes.
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-155 at a couple other places. So it was out there and it was
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right as it was announced. I was surprised to even see that
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in the prop market, but I think it was 4 different places that
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had it listed there. The smooth swing that he has.
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He really? Does that left-handed stick?
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It just lefties look better swinging a baseball bat.
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They do swinging a Golf Club. Do you agree?
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The left-handed? Shooting a hockey puck.
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Yeah, it just those lefties and he's got kind of everything that
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you're looking for. I'm I'm excited to watch him.
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Well, you can't won't get a chance today.
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Trent, as Craig Counsel in his infinite wisdom, is going to
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keep his ass staple to the bench.
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Give him a day, maybe to reconfigure himself.
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It's. It was a busy day getting.
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There Fairpoint Day game today. Council.
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Yeah, Council's getting killed for a number of things.
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His bat, his batting order. I mean, there's two guys are
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hitting right now, Nico Horner and Matt Shaw, and they're 7th
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and 8th in the in the batting order.
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But maybe he'll get an opportunity to pinch it.
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I'm guessing he'll get his opportunity tomorrow.
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It's going to be a part of the chicken coop giveaway here.
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Will Casey get a hit today or tomorrow?
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And again, the chicken coop rules, if you haven't played in
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the last 40 days, you're eligible whether you've won or
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not, you can't play for that 30 day period.
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So that will be one of the questions.
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Trent and I will get to it about 10 minutes or so before.
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Noon and gift certificates from the last couple of weeks will be
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going out. We're going to be catching up.
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Vacation, we're catching up. If you're been waiting or
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waiting for a call, we will get to you today, this afternoon,
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and those will be all going out this afternoon for the last few
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weeks. Stuff and you'll be in your hand
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in time for football season, which gets underway here next.
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Week And Speaking of the chicken coop, remember all August long?
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That's huge. Half price wings, the best wings
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in town has voted by by city view and Miller endorsement,
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Trent Condon endorsement. It is right there.
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Great wings half off here through August now.
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They extended it. It was only a July promotion,
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but so popular it's going to last through last through
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August. So I found the show last night.
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Thanks to one of our listeners. JA Scott, I I didn't know that
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the Kingdom was coming out. Did you know about it?
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I remember hearing about it. Did we talk about it?
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Was that the show that they wanted Taylor Swift to have a
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role in and she declined? I don't remember that.
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It wasn't that a talking point at some point last year anyways.
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I just knew that, yes, there were cameras filing around.
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There was going to be a documentary.
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I remembered that part of it, but until I saw the same tweet
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from J Scott last night, I didn't realize it was coming
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out. I I watched episode 1 last
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night. You might be aware I'm not the
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biggest chiefs fan shocker. Respect the hell out of them
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don't root for them with any bone in my body.
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He pains me to say that this team is as good as they are.
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It was pretty good. It was pretty good.
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You know why it was good A we know the part the all of them.
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We know we follow the team. Mitch joins us everyday he's a
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big part of it. Blair Kirkov has numerous
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appearances in the show. So it's good to see people that
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you know that we actually have on and no etcetera.
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But just the story in the behind and and their quest to, you
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know, become the first team to win back-to-back to back and
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what what impressed me last night not yeah, it didn't
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impress me because I didn't know the back story of how they got
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to Kansas City. I knew they moved from Dallas to
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Kansas City. The old.
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Texans. The old Texans, but I don't, I
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did not know what was behind it. So Lamar Hunt, what's the what's
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the the hunt now that owns it's Griff nuts Griffin.
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It's not a weird name. It's Clark Hunt.
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Clark Hunt is the face of them now.
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You and I probably wouldn't have hung out with in college.
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He doesn't look like he's the most fun dude.
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Sure, right. But he's the richest dude, so
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maybe. We would have.
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We would have found that out. Right.
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But you know, regardless of his the fun he's had in his life or
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not, he has pretty lot of fun because he owns the Super Bowl.
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But just but his I guess it would be his grandfather.
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You know, he saw the success of the NFL and this is in its
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infancy and tried to get an expansion team and in Dallas
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before the Cowboys. And they said, no, no, we're
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good. We don't need any more teams,
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we're good. But at this point there was
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mostly an East Coast league with, you know, the, the, the
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Giants and the, the, the Eagles and dot dot dot.
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And then the two teams out West, the, the Niners and, and the
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Rams and the old man, the Lamar Hunt, I got her name right.
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Lamar Hunt said, oh the hell with you, I'm going to start my
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own league. And they found 9 owners.
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That's how the AFL. And that's how the AFL started,
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and it started in Dallas. So you know what the NFL did?
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Screw you. Put a team there, we're going.
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To put an NFL team there and reading the writing on the
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proverbial hall a wall rather, Hunt decided to move his team to
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Kansas City and the rest is history.
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And the merger would soon happen and we'd have AFC versus NFC and
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we'd have the matriculating down the field and it's it was a
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really I'm glad I watched it. Baseball was over at that point.
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It was a light night of baseball.
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The Braves had dispatched the Mets.
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The Diamondbacks were kicking the crap out of the Rockies.
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So I. Blowing a lead against the
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Tigers. Yeah, I don't watch the end of
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that. God, just unbelievable.
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Picked our thrown out at home and Phil drawn in just it's just
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a well, you're going nowhere anyways, You may as well lose,
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right? But glad I watched it.
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Glad I was tipped off to it and obviously Taylor Swift is a big
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part of it without being part of it.
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Sure, right. The behind the scenes as to, you
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know, how they're going to, you know, get the most famous person
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in the world into the building, etcetera.
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And is this real or not? And the people that you know
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might MENA Kimes, this is this is just fabricated.
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This is just it's really it was really good.
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I'm glad I watched it. If you get a chance, I think you
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should. Speaking of Taylor, did you
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watch outside of any? Clips.
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No nothing. No, I'm not a big podcaster but
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but it was hard. Like you click on one and you're
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on that the. Algorithm gets you.
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The algorithm gets what's it called?
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It's not the for you. It's the whatever it is on
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Twitter, you click, it's for you.
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Is that what it is for you? Yeah, for you and following,
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Right. So, so I click on one and I get
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a million of them. It was really good.
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It was so Tara was watching. The whole thing started at 6:00,
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so I had to record a podcast of my own for the lockdown at 6:00
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when I got back with Jack. And so she started up right
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away, went upstairs, had dinner. She hit pause.
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And then I'm doing things I had to like change the air filter in
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the car. Had a couple of just errands
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around the house that I'm running around with.
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So you're pretty handy. Yeah, not.
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At all. Not at all.
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I took a lot of I. Didn't know where the air filter
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was. Well, YouTube goes a long way in
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helping you figure out all of their point.
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Yeah, yeah. Back in the old days, there was
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no chance that was going to be happening.
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But I'm. And every time I come back in
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and she's she's still watching. The thing was a couple hours.
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It wasn't. That long, It was that long.
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And so I'd sit there and watch for 5 minutes.
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Or what are they talking about now or anything interesting.
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But she loved it as a huge Taylor Swift fan.
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My daughter loved it as a Taylor Swift fan.
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There were I think some entertaining parts about it, but
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it's just so weird. And then you see the views.
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I she pointed at one point, there's 1.4 million people
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watching at that time that were watching that thing on YouTube,
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watching it live. It just, it takes it to another
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level. So from there, since we didn't
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get a chance to talk about it yesterday, we got something
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coming out next week. Speaking of documentaries, as
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we're waiting for football, we are deep into.
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Another football documentary. And this one I'm as excited
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about, sight unseen. Bigger than the SEC the any
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given Saturday. Bigger than that, more excited
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about that and it's about this is exciting as I've been since
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we go back to 2020 at MJ. Oh my God, last, never forget
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that. This is, and that was for
12:03
different reasons. That's all we had.
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This is about the 1990s Dallas Cowboys.
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Really. The White House How?
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Do they get into the White House?
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From a review that I was reading last night, they don't the the
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Michael Irvin talks about everything, does he?
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You want to talk about the hookers, You want to talk about
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the blow, you're going to get it.
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Plenty of both. Yeah, Michael Irvin is going to
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talk about it. I read, then another review
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afterwards. Heard incredible things on that
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one. This is I mean Apex for me 90s.
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Football. It just it, it felt like it was
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the biggest thing. It was my age.
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It was me becoming a sports fan at that kind of level, kind of
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everything together. And I hated the Cowboys because
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they were so good. And that would kind of take it
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to another level. But the stories, the mystique,
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all those things are all together.
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One thing I also did here is maybe it's the first 5-10
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minutes, a little bit slow. Getting out of the gate feels
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like, oh, is this just going to be a Jerry Jones production?
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After those first 10 minutes, though, it gets past that and it
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becomes really, really good. So I wonder if there was ever a
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way to measure this, and I'm guessing there isn't.
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The 90s Cowboys versus the 86 Mets because they put the fun
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meter in the red zone. They did that.
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They did, yes. Doc Gooden and Strawberry and
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even Keith Hernandez and Lenny Dykstra and dot dot dot.
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Throwing firecrackers at people. So on, so on and so on and so
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forth. This guys were they pushed the
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boundaries. Now they really and truly did
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it. And we know from listening to
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the history of the Cowboys, they did as well.
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So what? So what's this on?
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Is it one of the? Netflix.
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So it's another Netflix. It's a Netflix one.
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It will be premiering I believe next Tuesday, August 19th.
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Is that next? Next Tuesday?
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Let me bring up my calendar quick.
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Yes, that is on Tuesday as it'll be premiered.
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How many episodes do you know? Great question.
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Let me see if I can find a little bit more about the
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episodes and kind of the nuts and bolts about it.
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I believe, I'm almost positive it's multiple, multiple episodes
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though. Let's see how many episodes.
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Let's see if anything pops up here.
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What's a I got 10 episodes? Holy mackerel, how are we
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supposed to get through that before the football season?
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Well, it's the week zero, and then there's nothing until
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Thursday. We're gonna have a busy week
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next. Week.
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Yeah, it's. Real tough being us.
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Watching really is. I can't wait.
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Even as A10 parter, I am pumped up for this one.
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And each about less than an hour I'm guessing.
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I would think, yeah. Good stuff.
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All right, I'm glad you glad you clued me in on that one, as I
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was glad I was clued in on the Chiefs last night.
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I guess two of them, two episodes came out last night.
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I got through one, but I plan on, you know, getting back to
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it. Did you see that we are retiring
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an icon today? The news from Hawkeye Land.
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Yes, Hawkeye, Elvis is hanging it up now, Is it?
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Do you know what it's related to?
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I read David Eichel's article about it.
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Yeah, and it's not health. It's not because I thought there
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was an issue there. He's just, he said he's slowing
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down. So basically he just wrote
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through kind of all his reasonings and more than
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anything it's just that, well. Isn't isn't he located now in
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San Francisco? Doesn't he live in California?
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Well, he was in Minneapolis for the longest time, was he?
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And yeah, I'm not. Sure where he is.
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He's a California. Resident that's tough to pull
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off. You sure it is?
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Even Minneapolis is difficult to pull off the the number of
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games. I saw him.
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Remember seeing him at the Pentagon in South Dakota.
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Do you? And when he did it there, yeah,
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he was kind of like the Marlins man.
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He is. He was all all over the place,
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every football game obviously, and what he did, and it was
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something that my kids always got a crack out of.
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Did they? I mean a big smile.
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He looked. The part I gotta give him
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credit, man, he pulled it off. He did and put a lot of miles
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on. I didn't realize Freddy was a
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bit based in Minnesota before he got.
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I'm pretty sure he's in California now.
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End of an era. So when did it start?
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Do you remember? When?
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About 15 years ago. So it's been that long.
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Yeah. So going back to 2010.
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Do you know why he started? No.
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Did the article I did. I saw the article I didn't read.
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This and I'm only about halfway through.
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OK. So yeah, that didn't get into
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kind of the nuts and bolts of it just the beginning, I mean.
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Did he, did he make a living being a fake Elvis prior to
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that? Did he working?
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Oh, is it for the No, no, no. Now we know how he's able to
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travel to. These gigs and yes in I'm
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reading a skimming through here, he has moved to California a
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couple years. Ago, that's what I thought,
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that's what I. Thought one of my favorite
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memories though is the picture when Iowa goes to Carolina with
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Woodbury and Giselle. Giselle hits the late shot for
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the only time in his career, and they're chest bumping and in the
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background of the picture he has Elvis.
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There's Hawkeye Elvis just screaming about as loud as both
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of those guys were as he was seated underneath the basket.
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That's still what have I. That's my favorite and what I
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think. Hawkeye, Elvis.
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That's the image that always pops into my head.
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No, that's good. Hopefully they'll come a time
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when basketball games, you know, the that, that that portion of
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the fan base, we're not looking at him.
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We're actually looking at students doing something crazy
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behind close to the floor, you know, as as it's long overdue
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because I I guess that would be you know what, trying to find an
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an example, an Iowa State related one.
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What would it be a particular personality?
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Cyclone Larry on Twitter. He's one, absolutely.
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X. But that's Mike in Waterloo.
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Yeah, but I'm talking about it, yeah.
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At the game. At the game, though.
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I can't think of anything. I can't think of anything would
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be, what do they call it, cyclone?
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Well, we had the the Waldo guy, the Jim Carrey look alike.
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Oh, that's yeah, yeah, yeah. That was short lived, though.
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That was short lived. That's not bad.
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He Yeah. Nobody's been able to stretch it
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like Hawkeye. Alps.
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No, no, no, no. You're right.
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You're right. The Jim Carrey thing.
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And he kind of annoyed me. Like the kid umpire after a
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while. Yeah.
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Went too far for it. He was seeking the camera.
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Oh, gotcha. Yeah, the another one.
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Remember, a couple years ago, there was a kid dressed up as
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the Pope. He was in the Hawkeye student
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section. And I think it was maybe just
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one game. That was it.
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Don't remember that. Yeah.
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He was just up as a Pope. And he'd be, he had a Twitter
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account then right afterwards, and I don't think he wore the
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outfit again, or at least the TV cameras.
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That that would be the thing, too.
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You get seen once, all right, Then TV cameras start to pick
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up. What if you get seen once and
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you just keep wearing it and TV doesn't pick it up again?
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Yeah. He's wearing a Pope outfit every
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game. Yeah, that.
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That does sound very fun. Good stuff.
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All right, underway on a Friday. We're going to talk to Eugene.
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Repay covers Iowa State. Matt Campbell met the media
18:26
yesterday. We're going to be previewing a a
18:28
real game that's. Unbelievable, isn't it?
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It's truly unbelievable. I I think August might fly by as
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any as fast as any of the months.
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I really do. Once you get to that point, it's
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just like, whoa, whoa. And no, no, yeah, The fair ends
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this week, right? And kids go back to school when
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this is the 15th. Do they have another full week
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at home? Yes, another full week at home
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before things start, at least for us in West Des Moines on the
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25th. 25th So they got 10 days left.
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All right, it's 1220 on a Friday.
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We'll take a break. We'll come back.
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Eugene Repay, We're here from Mitch Holtis this hour. 4 of you
19:02
will get a chance to win some grub from the chicken coop this
19:05
hour. Lots to get to Miller and Condon
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underway on a Friday. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
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Network. I'm Mary Condon coming up on
19:22
12:30 on a Friday, the Iowa Sports Radio Network momentarily
19:27
Eugene repay from the Des Moines Register on Iowa State.
19:31
Mitch Holtis will hear his recorded piece as he sets the
19:35
scene for Chiefs in Seattle. And then four of you will get a
19:38
chance to win grub from the chicken coop Eugene Repay.
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Des Moines Register joins us. Matt Campbell met the media
19:44
yesterday for the final time prior to headed to Double it
19:47
where Travis Hines will be on location covering for the
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register. Eugene Trenton.
19:53
Ken, thanks for coming on. How are you?
19:56
I'm great, I'm great. We're almost almost there, guys.
19:58
Almost there until season kickoff.
20:00
Yeah, absolutely. Ready or not, here it comes,
20:02
right? You know what I want to start
20:04
with you is a guy that I forgot about really transferred in.
20:09
You know, we, we obviously the two receivers took our our
20:12
center stage when it comes to the to the need area of
20:16
replacing Higgins and Noel and obviously McDonough on the
20:19
defensive line going to play a big role.
20:21
What kind of camp did Trey Bell one of the corners?
20:23
Is he a JUCO? I don't recall.
20:25
Regardless of of where he transferred him from.
20:29
What if? What kind of fall has Trey Bell
20:32
had and will Do you believe he's earned one of those starting
20:35
spots? Yeah, Trey Bell is a fascinating
20:39
player. He he came in from the FCS level
20:41
Lindenwood, where he was actually originally A2 sport
20:45
athlete committed to play both basketball and football before
20:49
deciding he actually loved football more, even though he's
20:51
primarily a Hooper and decided to go full time with it.
20:54
And and now here he is at Iowa State.
20:56
He's a guy that comes in with some athleticism, some length,
20:59
some speed. For him, the biggest adjustment
21:02
will be getting used to the the tempo and the physicality and
21:05
just the faster pace of play at the Big 12 and FBS level.
21:09
But so far the the reviews for him has been great since he came
21:12
in during the spring. They really lauded his his
21:15
smarts, his IQ and they felt like it'd only be a matter of
21:18
time for just got acclimated to the demands of the physicality
21:22
and the and the speed of the game.
21:24
And now here we are about what, like 5 months after he came in
21:28
or four or five months after he came in and he's just continued
21:31
to just draw a good praise. He's coming along well.
21:34
I think he's a guy that will definitely need to watch him and
21:36
him and Quentin Taylor Junior seem to be the the leading
21:39
candidates for that corner spot betting to go yeah as well.
21:43
But I I think Terry Bell's a guy that that they're high on and I
21:46
think we're going to have to get used to seeing him starting
21:49
alongside John, says Williams. They won't say exactly who it'll
21:52
be yet, but I think he's a guy that will definitely get a good
21:54
piece of the action this fall. You know, you can just mention
21:57
the transfers of one of them, Townsend.
21:59
I think we've been talking about so well, so much more than
22:01
Townsend, but something that was brought up that it was kind of
22:04
the back of my mind too is the return game and just how good he
22:06
was at Central Florida. That was a huge piece of last
22:10
year and a big conversation. You Jean, you're new, we're on
22:12
the beat. But for years and years under
22:14
Campbell, they struggled mightily in so many aspects of
22:17
special teams. Really felt like that that was
22:20
they they wrapped a bow on that one a year ago and getting
22:22
Townsend there to help out in returns feels like that's going
22:25
to go a long way as special teams being good again this
22:27
year. Yeah, Travis Hines showed me
22:30
some clips and and some low light plays on special teams and
22:33
and got to be up to speed on that front.
22:36
I know Jalen Noel was was great in in that regard.
22:40
And they want to use Townsend in a similar manner with the way
22:43
that they use Noel. Just a guy that can line up
22:45
almost anywhere on the field, but then also be a guy that can
22:49
help out on the return game. I think Townsend will help give
22:52
that continuity. Sure.
22:54
Well, you know, we'll we'll have to see how it how it translates.
22:56
We haven't seen him yet in action, but they're very high on
23:00
him and just what he can provide was just that versatility and on
23:03
offense, but also just another returning threat that will help
23:06
out and and kind of take the torch from Jalen Noel.
23:09
I appreciate it, whoever it was in the media.
23:11
The first question that was posed to Coach Campbell
23:14
yesterday was regarding the new availability, the new injury
23:17
report, whatever you want to call it.
23:19
Seemed like he I, I don't know if he didn't want to answer it
23:23
or he was certainly wasn't comfortable in answering it.
23:26
What did you take away from his really his non answer?
23:29
And I think he said that he's just not up to speed on it.
23:32
And I'm paraphrasing up to speed on it enough to to comment it on
23:36
it at that point. I, I kind of found that strange.
23:38
That just kind of caught him off guard, seemingly.
23:42
Yeah, no, I think we've seen that that gamesmanship from
23:45
Campbell before where, you know, it's just never really a
23:49
straight up answer with how guys are feeling.
23:52
Are they actually going to be available?
23:53
Are they actually on the mend? Are they dead a day or are they
23:56
actually suffering through a more serious injury and it'll be
23:58
longer than that. I think that The thing is, is
24:01
everyone just curious from media to to fans and to coaches, you
24:06
know, what are the penalties, right?
24:08
You know, how strictly is it going to be enforced?
24:09
Is it actually going to be enforced?
24:11
When I saw the report come out about the the Big 12 move, I'm
24:14
like, this is great. But then also we've seen guys
24:17
like Bill Belichick in the NFL where everyone's questionable.
24:20
And what does that even mean? Like does that even actually
24:23
change anything? If if guys are just going to be
24:25
day-to-day or questionable? I think you know, what was it
24:28
for six or eight years Tom Brady was listed as day-to-day like
24:31
and we all know he played. So I, I would love to know what
24:35
exact, what the exact protocol is, what are the penalties and
24:39
and just how you know, is there still going to be an element of
24:42
gamesmanship from coaches or, or just how direct and how honest
24:45
and how forthcoming it'll be? One of the position groups we're
24:49
trying to figure out because of all the injuries last year and
24:51
now so many guys with experience is linebacker didn't feel like
24:55
Coach Campbell was quite ready to to even really give you a too
24:58
deep and how it looked. He mentioned seemingly every
25:00
single guy. What do you believe?
25:02
What? How is this thing going to
25:03
shake? Who are going to be the starters
25:04
at the linebacker group? Without, you know, they, they
25:08
keep the the doors closed for practices and scrimmages.
25:11
But my, my guess is that there will definitely be go to guys,
25:14
guys like Caleb Bacon, maybe a guy like Will McLaughlin, Carson
25:18
Willis or Caleb Rosina, and then you'll have guys that come in.
25:23
One thing that Colby Cratch and Campbell had talked about during
25:25
the offseason was figuring out guys strengths and specialties
25:29
and, you know, potentially utilizing different guys or
25:32
mixing guys in depending on the down and distance.
25:35
If you need someone who's maybe better pass coverage or someone
25:38
who's better as like blitzing on short yardage, maybe you'll put
25:42
those guys in. I think that they'll they
25:44
definitely have their their primary line.
25:47
But you know, I thought it was interesting.
25:49
Chavez hide asked. What are you going to lean on
25:52
certain people or is it going to be like hockey lineups where you
25:55
you just sub them in and sub them out?
25:57
So I think that they they got to have their go to guys, but I
26:01
wouldn't be surprised if they mix guys in and just have a
26:03
rotation and kind of keep all those mouths happy and then keep
26:06
everyone engaged in it. One of the guys that got a lot
26:10
of a lot of chatter is as this this August has been James Neal.
26:16
I wonder if his trajectory is similar to where Jalen Travis
26:20
was. Obviously Travis just got there,
26:22
played one year after coming from the Ivy League and turned
26:24
himself into fourth round pick. I wanna say you think with the
26:28
Colts? Yeah, and, and, and seemingly
26:32
listening to to Coach Campbell and to Clanton, Neil is, is
26:36
maybe following in those footsteps a little bit that
26:39
maybe, you know, that light bulb that that takes different
26:42
people, different lengths of time to come on.
26:45
It might be shining brightly for James Neil that he may have an
26:48
opportunity to continue playing football after his eligibility
26:52
expires this year. Yeah, One thing with James
26:55
O'Neill is he was primarily a basketball player growing up.
26:58
Didn't get into football until the senior season of high school
27:02
when friends would ask him, coaches would beg him to play.
27:04
And then finally, when I was senior of high school, he was
27:07
like, all right, you know, I'll give it a shot.
27:09
Let's let's go. Ends up helping his team win a
27:11
state title in Georgia, Goes the JUCO route.
27:14
And now here he is at Iowa State.
27:16
So this is only really his fifth or sixth year of playing
27:19
football and there's just so much room for him to grow.
27:23
Going into the spring football session, he talked about just
27:27
being overly hungry, getting that starting job back.
27:30
And so far it seems like he's his undying determination has
27:34
paid off. He's put in a lot of work this
27:37
offseason. Coach Clinton and Coach Campbell
27:40
have both been very, very high on on just the way that he
27:44
performed this fall and and through spring camp.
27:48
Coach Clinton called him the most improved player that he's
27:51
seen of anyone in the offseason. And so it sounds like this is a
27:55
guy that's going to be locking down that left tackle spot.
27:57
His athleticism, you know, he waited his time behind Jalen
28:02
Travis probably picked up a thing or two from him.
28:04
I think with him also playing a guard and tight end, that also
28:07
just helped his overall development as a player.
28:10
And now he's a guy that's looking to reclaim that full
28:12
time starting spot in 2025 as a senior.
28:16
Him and Tyler Miller just anchoring those tackle spots.
28:19
It should should be fun to watch.
28:21
And of course, the the interior line is still being worked out.
28:23
But when you have those two guys as a foundation, that should
28:26
vote for good. Thanks for the Cyclones.
28:28
Eugene, as you go into another year on the beat, where are your
28:32
expectations with this squad getting to know him as you have
28:34
here over the last year or so, where where do you see this team
28:38
at this point in time? Because, boy, it feels like the
28:40
variance can be very high for this Iowa State team.
28:43
Yeah, I think the ceiling can be very high.
28:46
You know, of course there you have to replace those those
28:49
studs wide receivers that are on the NFL and also the secondary
28:52
lost some great leaders and a couple of pieces are also now
28:55
playing on Sundays. I think with Iowa State, the
28:59
ceiling is very high, but also the floor is very high as well.
29:01
Like I think that this is a team that should win at least eight
29:04
games this this fall. You know, of course, 11 win
29:07
season and and everything I happened last year is just such
29:10
a big thing to follow. And the schedule is a little
29:12
tougher this year. But I still think that Iowa
29:14
State has a lot of pieces back. I think if the linebackers and
29:18
and just the new starters on defense, if that D line can
29:21
start to get more pressure on the quarterback, they should be
29:23
in good shape. You know, with the way that I I
29:26
see Iowa State, like people ask me if you had to guess like a
29:30
record, I have them at at 9:00 and 4:00 just kind of early,
29:34
early season, you know, without seeing any action.
29:37
I have them finishing nine and four and winning a bowl game.
29:40
But you know, which is which is good.
29:41
I think that they'll still be in the race with the Big 12.
29:44
Big 12 is just very wide open this year.
29:46
So we won't really know until the game start.
29:48
But I, I do see my, I do see Iowa State just kind of in the
29:52
mix in the run, in the running as one of the top five, six
29:56
teams. And, and just I think we'll
29:58
really like one of those what we saw last year where it really
30:01
came down to the last game of the season to see who gets into
30:03
those, the title game. Good stuff, Eugene.
30:06
Appreciate it. Eugene repay Des Moines
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Register, desmoinesregister.com. Eugene covers Iowa State.
30:12
Thank you, bud. We'll talk to you in a few
30:13
weeks. Appreciate Eugene.
30:14
Thank you. Thank you guys.
30:16
Yeah, good to talk to you, Gene Repay, as we check in on Iowa
30:19
State. All right, we'll hear from Mitch
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31:52
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hope, Ken, you're wearing your game jersey in the hallway.
31:59
Same with you, Trent. But anyway, here's your
32:01
checklist going into the night's game against the Seattle
32:04
Seahawks. One who can keep the consistency
32:08
with the younger receivers, Jalen Royals, Taekwon Thornton
32:11
and Nico Ramijo. We're all good last week at
32:13
Arizona, but can they do it again against a good Seattle
32:16
secondary? Remember, there's 14 wide
32:19
receivers in camp, but only 6 probably will make the 53 man
32:22
roster on Labor Day weekend. And receivers #5 and number
32:26
Dicks on that list must be special teams contributors.
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We're going to talk about all that tonight.
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The battle at running back will be influenced tonight.
32:34
Carson Steele is fighting to get a spot.
32:37
But can Elijah Mitchell, the free agent from the 49ers, show
32:40
a burst? Kareem Hunt probably won't play
32:42
tonight. He's got a minor quad injury.
32:44
Tight end. Can Robert Tonyon, the former
32:46
Packers star, can he become the new Blake Bell on this team?
32:50
Tonyon led the Chiefs in receiving last week at Arizona,
32:53
but can he do it again tonight? And then their second year tight
32:56
end, Jared Wiley. The seven rookies in the 2025
32:59
draft class are next on the list.
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They all have left an impression in this camp and it last week at
33:05
Arizona, but can they do it again?
33:08
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33:10
Brownlee now especially Josh Simmons, will be under the
33:13
microscope again, expected to get more repetitions.
33:17
And then there's also the rookie defenders, cornerback Noel
33:20
Williams and defensive in Ashton Gelati.
33:23
And then finally, we're going to get into more detail on who's
33:25
going to play and who won't play tonight.
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33:30
Gardner Minshew. Those snaps will be valuable,
33:33
especially the snaps he gets with the number one offensive
33:36
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33:43
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right? Obviously, Simmons, the
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many of them. You're going to have to do
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There are two NFL games tonight. You know, one of them, the
35:26
Chiefs in Seattle, the other one the Titans and the Falcons.
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So we're going to put those together.
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Combined score closest without going over is the tiebreaker.
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Jason is up first. Hello, Jason.
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How are you? Good.
35:39
How are you guys? Doing well, The Padres and the
35:42
Dodgers have a huge three-game series in Los Angeles starting
35:45
tonight. Who Will Win this three-game
35:47
series? Dodgers.
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Owen Casey, who's not scheduled to start today, will he get a
35:54
hit either today or tomorrow? Tomorrow.
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Well, if so, you're going to say yes.
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Either one of those. You get them both.
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Yeah, you get them both. Seattle is a 3 1/2 point
36:06
favorite over the Chiefs tonight.
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I'll take Seattle. Does Vladimir Guerrero junior
36:13
hit a home run tonight versus Texas?
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Not bigger, but you know what, Jason?
36:18
This weekend, this weekend, three-game series against Texas.
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Does he hit a home run this weekend?
36:24
I'll say yes. OK.
36:25
And the tiebreaker? Four teams, two games combined.
36:30
Score closest without going over. 64.
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Jason, have a good weekend, man. Thank you.
36:36
You too. Thanks.
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Appreciate it. John's with Miller and Condon.
36:40
Hi, John. John, are you there?
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Hey, how are you? Good.
36:46
How are? You good?
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Padres, Dodgers. Who wins this three-game series?
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Will Owen Casey get a hit today or tomorrow?
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Yeah, Seattle's a 3 1/2 point favorite over the Chiefs
36:57
tonight. Go Chiefs.
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Vladimir Guerrero. Does he hit a home run this
37:02
weekend? Yeah, I think he will.
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Combined score. Atlanta, Tennessee, Seattle,
37:09
Kansas City closest without going over.
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I'll say 67. Thanks, John.
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Have a good weekend. Yep.
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Jay is with Miller and Condon. Hi, Jay.
37:21
What are you doing? Good.
37:23
Padres. Dodgers.
37:25
Who wins the three-game series? Padres.
37:28
Owen Casey. Will he get a hitter either
37:30
today or tomorrow? I'm sorry.
37:33
One more time you broke up. No.
37:37
I think that's a no. That's a no.
37:38
OK, Seattle gives 3 1/2 to Kansas City tonight.
37:43
I will take Kansas City. Does Vladimir Guerrero hit a
37:45
home run this weekend against Texas?
37:50
Think that was another no. That's another no.
37:52
Yeah, OK. That's OK Combined score closest
37:56
without going over the two NFL games tonight, Jay. 50. 353 I
38:01
heard. All right.
38:03
Thank you, Jay. Have a good weekend, you.
38:05
Bet you too. Thank you.
38:06
Thank you. And Daniels next.
38:08
Hi, Daniel. Howdy.
38:11
All right, Padres, Dodgers, three-game series.
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Who wins? Let's go, Dodgers.
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Will Casey get a hit today or tomorrow?
38:19
Yes. Seattle gives 3 1/2 to the
38:22
Chiefs tonight. Let's go Seattle.
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Vladdy Junior home run this weekend against Texas.
38:31
Yes. Combined score the two NFL games
38:34
tonight closest without going over Daniel.
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Let's go 51. 51 You have a good weekend, Daniel.
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38:52
No consensus this weekend. I was taking a peek though to
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see what the odds are for the series this weekend with the
38:58
Dodgers. What is it?
38:59
And the Padres? Take a take a guess, Padres.
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Come into the weekend as a as the leader in the division, but
39:08
it's the Dodgers and they just, people just love to bet on them.
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What is it? -210.
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That's crazy. Now it's also plus 160 on the
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buy back. This is at DraftKings.
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A $0.50 gap between the two. That's what you.
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a series price. That's nuts.
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Absolutely nuts. Who do you like?
39:34
At that price, the Padres, Yeah, I do too now.
39:36
King was supposed to start for them tonight.
39:38
Oh, he's not. No, he's back on the IL.
39:40
He made one start after being out since May.
39:43
And it's. Kershaw for the Dodgers tonight.
39:45
So I think they're going to go. Was it Vasquez, the guy that
39:48
they sent down when King got brought?
39:49
I think that's who it is. But yeah, Michael King, who was
39:52
so good the first six weeks of the year and I got hurt.
39:55
Then he comes back and now he's got a knee problem.
39:57
At least not another arm problem.
39:58
Yeah, I guess. But at plus 160 still I I.
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At that price I would definitely be shopping on the pod.
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Dylan sees versus Blake Snell tomorrow and then in the finale,
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Darvish Glass. Boy, that's good.
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Darvish Glass now 310 Sunday afternoon Sunday Night Baseball,
40:13
Seattle at Mets. Love that that Seattle gets an
40:16
opportunity there. That is going to be the Little
40:18
League game though, isn't it? Oh, is that where it is?
40:20
I think this is that. Well, it's that.
40:22
Time of year seemingly, right? Yeah, that's going on.
40:24
You're probably right. All right.
40:26
Great that the Mariners are in it though.
40:28
I'm I'm with you. Some new blood.
40:29
Yep, I'm with you. Hour 2 coming up next, Tom Caker
40:32
leads it off Mike Palm from Circus Sports, about 130 Trent's
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plays of the day. Miller and Condon, thanks for
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