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Steelers Keep Four QBs Behind Aaron Rodgers; USC Crowd Sparks LA Sports Town Debate · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor. Let's talk about my Steelers. Haven't talked about
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  Speaker 1: them in a while. And yes, I am also a
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  Speaker 1: Steelers fan. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh. Also
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  Speaker 1: a Dolphins fan. I'm pretty mad at both of them
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  Speaker 1: right now. But let's talk about the Steelers for a second.
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  Speaker 1: So they do have four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers in his
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  Speaker 1: announced last year in the NFL. And they have decided
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  Speaker 1: that they need to keep three backup quarterbacks for the
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  Speaker 1: 42-year-old quarterback. In addition to Rodgers, Pittsburgh kept Mason Rudolph,
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  Speaker 1: Will Howard, and Drew Aller on their 53-man roster. Only
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  Speaker 1: two other teams chose to keep four quarterbacks on the
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  Speaker 1: 53-man roster. So it must be something in the water
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  Speaker 1: because The Philadelphia Eagles also kept four quarterbacks. So did
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons, which as we've discussed at length, are really
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  Speaker 1: trying to figure out their plan with Michael Penix coming
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  Speaker 1: back from injury. A handful of other teams, Ravens, Browns, Chiefs,
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  Speaker 1: and Rams rostered three quarterbacks and stashed a fourth one
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  Speaker 1: on IR before the third preseason game last week. Mike
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  Speaker 1: McCarthy scoffed at the idea that possibly keeping four quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: could hinder the development of younger players. He said, we've
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  Speaker 1: talked extensively about the importance of the whole quarterback room.
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  Speaker 1: And if you have four quarterbacks in the room, especially
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  Speaker 1: the quality that we have currently, I think it only
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  Speaker 1: enhances the regular season and what it would look like.
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  Speaker 1: I'd have six quarterbacks in the building if it worked.
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  Speaker 1: I think that would be very healthy for the overall
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  Speaker 1: quarterback room with four quarterbacks. I mean, listen, I don't
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  Speaker 1: mind having more quarterbacks on the roster because we have
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  Speaker 1: seen things get disastrous before. When injuries happen, obviously you're
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  Speaker 1: making a choice there because you don't have to carry
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  Speaker 1: that many quarterbacks. This is the first time McCarthy has
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  Speaker 1: kept four quarterbacks on his active roster heading into week
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  Speaker 1: one of a season. For the three teams, including McCarthy Steelers,
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  Speaker 1: that kept four.
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  Speaker 2: Quarterbacks on the active 53-man roster, that's 7.5% of your roster.
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  Speaker 1: So you've got two developmental guys, late-round picks from the
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  Speaker 1: last two drafts, and then you have to keep Mason Rudolph, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: because he's got experience, and.
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers is 42 years old. So I'm not entirely
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  Speaker 2: mad about it.
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  Speaker 1: I just think, in general, I still just don't get
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  Speaker 1: the concept of this Pittsburgh Steelers season. I think the
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  Speaker 1: goal is obviously for none of these guys except for
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers to see the field, and if they do,
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  Speaker 1: it would be in a blowout situation. or obviously would
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  Speaker 1: be a nightmare injury situation for Aaron Rodgers, which no
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  Speaker 1: one is hoping for. But I don't buy into the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, this is good for the quarterback room thing.
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  Speaker 2: You don't need any experience.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has got all the experience in the world,
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL. So unless he's rubbing off on these
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  Speaker 1: young guys, which, you know, unless they have some sort
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  Speaker 1: of breakout moment, I don't see why it would be
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  Speaker 1: that big of a deal. They did have promising debuts
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  Speaker 1: against the Packers, but then their following performances.
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  Speaker 2: Weren't that great.
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  Speaker 1: Against the Jets, Howard threw two interceptions and Alar took
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  Speaker 1: three sacks. And a week later, Howard threw another interception.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know. I, again, just really do not
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  Speaker 1: understand the concept of this particular Pittsburgh Steelers season. You're
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  Speaker 1: rolling out a 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers. You're using 7.5% of
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  Speaker 1: your active 53-man roster on quarterbacks. And It just seems
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  Speaker 1: like this is not going to be the year for
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers. I do not think if they make the
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  Speaker 1: playoffs this year, I think that it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a very tough division again. And I just don't see
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  Speaker 1: how this particular year is one that we should be
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  Speaker 1: really excited about when it.
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  Speaker 2: Comes to the Steelers. Signals will fall by heading to college.
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  Speaker 1: Saturday's home opener at the Coliseum has people talking about
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  Speaker 1: USC's lackluster crowd to kick off this highly anticipated season
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  Speaker 1: against San Jose State. Trojans led 28-0 at halftime and
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  Speaker 1: cruised to a 42-28 win over the Spartans. But the
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  Speaker 1: conversation quickly turned to the sparse turnout. According to the
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  Speaker 1: official attendance, it was 51,000 there, but the temperatures were
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  Speaker 1: in the 90s for the noon kickoff.
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  Speaker 2: I can tell you, I was out here in California.
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  Speaker 1: I was not in LA, but I was about two
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  Speaker 1: hours away here in California, and it was extremely hot.
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  Speaker 2: And us LA folk, we don't really do extreme weather
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  Speaker 2: very well.
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  Speaker 1: So I can't imagine that people are going to sit
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  Speaker 1: out there and suffer through a blowout. Maybe people are
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  Speaker 1: just looking for some shade, but it didn't look great
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  Speaker 1: on TV and online backlash forced the university to respond.
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  Speaker 1: They said, we understand the factors that impacted Saturday's attendance.
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  Speaker 1: We have high expectations in a premier home schedule this season.
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  Speaker 1: We know the competitive advantage in an electric Coliseum atmosphere
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  Speaker 1: can provide our program We thank our fans who showed
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  Speaker 1: up on Saturday and look forward to seeing increased attendance
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the season. The university also plans to
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  Speaker 1: counter the heat as much as possible by setting up
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  Speaker 1: additional cooling stations. And fans are also permitting attendees to
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  Speaker 1: bring in more water. I've been to the Coliseum when
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  Speaker 1: it's rocking. And it's a really, really fun environment. This
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  Speaker 1: probably had to do with the fact that it was
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  Speaker 1: going to be a blowout and it was extremely bad weather.
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  Speaker 2: Weather, uh, extremely, extremely hot weather.
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  Speaker 1: Um, of course the online backlash got our, uh, my,
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  Speaker 1: my good friend and, um, former colleague Colin Cowherd involved.
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  Speaker 2: Um, cause you know, he loves him from USC.
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  Speaker 1: He posted on social, uh, the annual LA is a
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  Speaker 1: bad sports city. Chorus is strange in a city with
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  Speaker 1: 31 music venues, packed beaches and unlimited outdoor options. The
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  Speaker 1: LA Dodgers lead the MLB in attendance again. Rams Chargers
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  Speaker 1: average over 70,000. LAFC among league leaders. NBA teams draw
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  Speaker 1: as well. Don't confuse standards with apathy. People in LA
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of options. If you're in the California
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  Speaker 1: sucks crowd, I mean, I don't know what to tell you.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't suck. The taxes are high. The traffic is bad.
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  Speaker 1: That's because a lot of people live here because it's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a great place to live. And there's a
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  Speaker 1: million things to do, as Colin said. And I just
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  Speaker 1: want to entertain the LA is not a good sports
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  Speaker 1: city conversation. As he said, the LA Dodgers lead the
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  Speaker 1: MLB in.
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  Speaker 2: Attendance and not by a little.
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  Speaker 1: So that's just one example of why I will never
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  Speaker 1: entertain that LA is not a sports town. The Dodgers
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  Speaker 1: alone shut down that conversation hand over foot.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going back and forth to and fro with
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  Speaker 2: anybody about that.
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  Speaker 1: Dodgers games are not only an unbelievable experience in a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful stadium that admittedly is a pain in the ass
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  Speaker 1: to get to with traffic, but nonetheless, most places that
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  Speaker 1: are in cities have traffic. They are always widely attended.
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  Speaker 1: It is a massive Dodgers city. Everyone here is a
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  Speaker 1: Dodgers fan and the games are spectacular. So it's not
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  Speaker 1: really a conversation and the numbers support that. I do
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  Speaker 1: think that when it comes to USC and all of
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  Speaker 1: the options that you have for entertainment out here, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Unless you are winning at the highest.
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  Speaker 1: Level, you're going to have moments where people are not
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  Speaker 1: going to suffer through a game that they know is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a blowout unless they're super hardcore fans.
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  Speaker 1: And sorry, like congrats to the places that have hardcore
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  Speaker 1: fans that sit through bad games.
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  Speaker 2: Like, gold star for you? I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I don't, I don't know what the point of that
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  Speaker 1: conversation is. Like you're better fans because you enjoy suffering.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. LA, Kellen is right.
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  Speaker 1: There are a lot of options for entertainment in this city.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of options for your entertainment dollar. I
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  Speaker 1: am always on the side of people should spend their
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  Speaker 1: money and their time on the things that they want
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  Speaker 1: to spend their money and their time on. And if
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  Speaker 1: I am a hardworking family and I have something to
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  Speaker 1: do with my kids in the afternoon and I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to take them somewhere they're going to have fun rather
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  Speaker 1: than sitting and suffering in the sweltering heat to watch
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  Speaker 1: USC smash San Jose State. Oh, well, I'm a bad fan,
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  Speaker 1: I guess. In a place where there are no other options, cool.
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  Speaker 1: But in California, particularly Los Angeles, where there are endless
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  Speaker 1: options of things to do, endless options for places to
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  Speaker 1: bring your kids, why would I spend my money on that?
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  Speaker 2: And if you do, great.
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  Speaker 1: But if you don't, that's okay, too. It doesn't mean
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  Speaker 1: you're any less of a fan. And it doesn't mean
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  Speaker 1: that LA is a bad sports city. And there's just
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  Speaker 1: too many examples of that. The Rams are going to
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  Speaker 1: be probably the most talked about NFL team in the
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  Speaker 1: league this year, and rightfully so, with the roster that
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  Speaker 1: they've put together. The Lakers constantly dominate conversations, even if
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  Speaker 1: they're not winning.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I can go on and on. So I really...
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  Speaker 2: I get it why, why there was low attendance for
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  Speaker 2: that game.
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  Speaker 1: USC will host Fresno state this Friday at 6 PM.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe there will be a better showing for that. I
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  Speaker 1: doubt it will be much better. Although Friday at six,
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  Speaker 1: they won't be able to say anything about the heat
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  Speaker 1: being unbearable in the sun. But you know, again, like
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  Speaker 1: pretty sure we know how that game's going to end too.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that's a reflection of LA being a
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  Speaker 2: bad sports town, but yeah, you know, sure.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: There's going to be some people that disagree. Thanks for
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  Speaker 2: joining me.
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