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Week 1 Picks with Grant Shouse & Michelle Garmon (The HS Football Report, 3.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome back high school football fans to the Central Indiana Sports Report for the first high school football edition of 2020 6th as the season gets underway on Friday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I am joined by L. Wood, Colleater and Tipping Tribune Sports Editor Michelle Garmin here at stage 22 and I'm going on the Riverside.
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[SPEAKER_02]: by Grant Shows are I you guy and Brent you calling games again this year?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They got Eastern at Oak Hill week one coming up on Friday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh hey Grant that sounds like a great season opener.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh yeah, it's kind of been tradition for me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've done it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is my fifth year doing the game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Going to Oak Hill, I always grew up going to that game because it's always the first game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So this one kind of hits home for me I'm looking forward to Friday night out there at Oak Hill.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's one of the very good ones.
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[SPEAKER_02]: A little different format this year with what we're doing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What we're going to do every week is we have 12 teams that we cover and particular and we're going to talk about those 12 teams every week including the entire CIC and we're going to do 20 games every week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So however we have left over, we're going to pick the best games from Central Indiana no matter where it is in Central Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So we'll have more knowledge of the ones that we do first, but the ones that come last.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For example, our central Indian a game of the week is just an incredible game with his Brownsburg at Lawrence North could be the best two teams in the state right off the back, guys.
1:41
[SPEAKER_00]: I know a net game is going to be televised that I sold the ad for last night watching the reds game with my mother and I said, oh, Mom, I said, you can watch
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[SPEAKER_00]: the two best receivers in the state want on each team and they're both headed to you following call.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I said, he was a good chance to see and maybe the best running back in the state as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So we will get to that game, possibly the best quarterback in the state and ask your fry as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So yeah.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And we will get to that when in the second segment, first we're going to start with all the CIC team for fifth and county teams, lapel and Hamilton Heights are 12 teams that we consider.
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[SPEAKER_02]: are main core of teams.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Then we'll talk about the best games from the Cross-Cinful Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Sounds good.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Funny games every week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We will keep track.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We will get Kevin Helfrick's picks as well, and we'll keep track of his and he will join us from time to time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully, he'll have Khan to do that, but he's the defending champion in our picks competition, but I'm winning at this year's guys.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So here we go.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We're gonna start with our local game of the week, and that's the one that we're most interested here at Stage 22.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's Michelle's Tipton Blue Devils.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Greg's Franklin Eagles going head to head seven o'clock at Tipton Stadium last year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Tipton was six and five.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Franklin two and nine rough season for the Eagles.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think they're gonna be a lot better.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think Tipton is gonna be a lot better than six and five.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We'll talk about that here in a minute.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As Michelle and I did a podcast earlier this week, the history of the Tipton Franken series.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Tipton leads all time, six to one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Sagrin has Tipton by 20, but as we know in week one, Sagrin does anything.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Guys, I'm just gonna go ahead and tell you off the bat.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm taking Tipton.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, all right, grand.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I'm going to back you up here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to take tipped in as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They seem to have been kind of a consistent program year in and year out with Coach Tull.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I see them get to done.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Frank things a team here that in the last few years is the kind of struggle they've had ups and downs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I like tipped in at home on Friday night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll pick them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Michelle, tell us about the blue devil and he goes a little bit before you make your fit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Offensively, they return a lot other than I guess the offensive line that they're only returned two of the five starters from last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They are led by Quintole, who's a junior in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's going to start his third season behind center and pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he's got, uh, Aaron's name Garmin.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, he's got a kid named Garmin, the coded Garmin.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's got those Garmin, he's got those Garmin fast jeans, uh, by the way, he would be considered my distant cousin, but have he any of his older relatives know anything?
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Garmin brothers are seeing Jim, Jim, my dad are seeing the first man.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, they were pretty good and pretty fast.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The code is that Aaron is very high on the code.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You had players, which I wanted to maintain during him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's also had a great summer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He'll step into the running back.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's a good size.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's 62.
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[SPEAKER_00]: he can also catch them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's really good with the sand's catching them all out of the back backfield.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're moving him from outside the inside.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he's going to be garments returning at safety.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're moving germs, but I want to mention him because I think the work here does name a lot.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right, and tell me a little bit about the Franklin Eagle.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Franklin Eagles, of course, they get traded in it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Tight in, 6, 6, 2, 10, everybody knows where he does on the basketball court.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's pretty impressive on the football field too.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I also play some defensive end, or at least he did last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I haven't plucked Marty yet, so I don't know exactly what he's got.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Jackson Spalding, he had young freshman quarterback last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He'll be a sophomore.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He'll be better.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, money had to play a lot of young kids last year because of they graduated.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're best defensive players from the year before.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then they had injuries.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So he, his kids got a lot of experience.
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[SPEAKER_00]: great interesting thing about this season opener is both coaches really don't know much about each other because both of them has their scrimmages mother nature one last week and then neither one got to have their scrimmage so kind of unknown is going to be I think that kind of actually makes the a little more intriguing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So you're taking Frank to the right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh no.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right, I think Carol's point points may be a little under right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's about
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[SPEAKER_02]: I like Marty, and I think he'll do a really good job.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Hey, well, I just think for, I think it's for score score.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just think Tipton's passing attack is going to be so hard to stop.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The other game that was considered for Game of the Week is Hamilton.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Height that lapel, a lot of hype around Hamilton.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Height's this year should be a really good team and prove from last year's score in six lapel.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, was 13 and one last year, but they lost a
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[SPEAKER_02]: and all state quarterback and a lot of talent should be very good again this year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think this looks like it's going to be a very good game seven o'clock at the bone yard.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, Sagrin doesn't eat much but the, uh, Sagrin says lapel.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I kind of agree with the Sagrin here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to take lapel.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They come in preseason break number two into a, uh, they're kind of a well-willed machine again.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Similar like what I just had with tipped in a moment ago is the, you know, they've been a solid program over the last few years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They were supposed to scream each week in that one ended up getting rained out and they didn't end up playing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, it would be kind of interesting to see if they'll be able to, you know, come out strong.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I know, maybe you might be a little rusty, you know, you've been hitting your own guys for the last two and a half, three weeks.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So you're just looking to look forward to seeing another jersey lined up on the other side.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I started my day Tuesday at Hamilton Heights, what Joe would at Hamilton Heights, tennis for a little bit, and then I went back to Tipton to cover more stuff.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I got to see Heights practice a little bit, because our tennis courts are right there by their football field.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Caleb had the music pumping, they have a lot of kids out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll tell you what, I like Caleb Small a lot, I think he's done really good things, I think they got their skirmish in last week, I'm not real sure yet, Hamilton Highs does have a running back, named AJ Flanagan, who transferred from Elwood that before the last season so I might give a pel a slight edge because we're playing at home, I think this is a game that maybe a home field can make a difference, although I do know
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[SPEAKER_00]: How good coach Caleb Smaller is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We talked about what he did at Coca-Cola having to replace and he had them playing so well fit by the end of the year What he did at Northwestern in that one year heights has got a good football tradition to one thing is I expect them to pass more Maybe then what they have done in the past and spread it around a little bit more to different guys.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I guess then I'll take will pull but it's gonna be Maybe by a point or two.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just and I won't be surprised high twins.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I can
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it's a toss up and I'm taking Hamilton Heights.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I like Caleb Small.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Even when Lapella is really good teams and Hamilton Heights ends up 5 and 5.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's always a good game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Give me Hamilton Heights who in that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And now we go to the other one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It could have been seriously considered for Game of the Week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And that's Easter and I Oak Hill.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The game that Grant is going to be calling.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It should be a really good one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The games have been really good the last couple of years.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Eastern, 26, 22 last year in the season opener.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Seven o'clock at Oak Hill, Eastern, coming off a 10 and two season and a sexual championship the year before Coach Edwards really hasn't go on there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, the sad grin has Eastern winning this.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, I don't think in the first week, the sad grin means anything.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But Grant tells us a little bit about these teams as you prep for this week and who are you taking?
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is really tough.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's it's a coin flip.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just I mean, just because your your expectations aren't aren't really up to date.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I guess just because it's so early in the year, obviously.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I saw a kill in their scrimmage last week against Delta.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was impressed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm not so sure.
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[SPEAKER_01]: if they'll be 100% healthy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, say, with both teams, you don't know if they'll be 100% healthy, you could say that forever again here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But this is the 29th straight season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: These two teams have opened the year with each other going all the way back to 1997, August 20th, second 1997, was the first meeting and to to open the season with these two teams.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Last year,
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[SPEAKER_01]: on a game-winning touchdown Caleb hurts toward the game-winning touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_01]: When I look here at Eastern, I look at their dual threat quarterback, Gibson Eagle, last year through for two thousand two hundred and sixty-one yards, 28 touchdowns for in their sessions, over four thousand yards in his career.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And if he has a good game Friday, we'll get over the five thousand career yard bar in his, you know,
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[SPEAKER_01]: It is career and he was also the team's leading restaurant last year, 465 yards in the ground.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he returns his top target, Bentley hauling her is back.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He last year caught 45 passes for 1,032 yards, 18 touchdowns, 23 yards for catch 86 yards a game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're kind of a good 1,2 punch duo for O'Keele obviously jet-out three years starter is the quarterback.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's gone in his career.
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[SPEAKER_01]: 1,082 yards to the year, 14 touchdowns, 11 airs, sessions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is a no killed team that on my contrary to each turn is not going to pass the ball a whole line.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They'll keep it on the ground for the most part.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They'll belly it up and it starts with their running back.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Dylan Archer four-year starter Dylan Archer is last year he ran for just over a thousand yards 11 touchdowns over a 2000 career Russia on 332 carries 25 touchdowns on the ground in his career and he's two coaches a bit at it for a long long time They know each other real well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They know each other's teams real well Man, it's just it's real tough to pick I'm gonna stick with the old all-mobotter and take out kill
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[SPEAKER_02]: I believe this is going to be a really good okay team this year and like Michelle said earlier about La Pele Hamiltonites pass up give me the home team.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll take okay.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't take eastern Josh Edwards is I saw Josh Edwards go just for football practice.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I saw him go just first game at the age of 19 or 20 when he was It's right central.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No one is happier to see what he has done going back to his alma mater at Eastern and
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[SPEAKER_00]: through the years.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've seen the pictures of his boys and I've seen his white room attendance through the summer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's got some big boys and they're not big fat boys.
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[SPEAKER_00]: His son's going to be a junior.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's going to be in the middle of that lineback and that defense and he's pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was good as a freshman.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's good last year and he's going to be even better this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just think, Eastern, I think physical strength they can probably handle skills physicality up front.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think the trenches are going to be key to that game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say whoever wins the trenches will definitely win the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm going to go ahead and I know it's on the road, but Josh is really trying to build something special.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There and that team's really confident after two seconds, you know, after.
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[SPEAKER_01]: is special teams has played a big part of in the last few years with these two teams.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Last year, a couple missed field goals, missed PATs could have kind of been the difference, especially last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then going back to two years ago, kickoff returns were big.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oak Hill scored on a on a fake reverse on a kickoff return.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's how they score their opening touchdown two years ago against Eastern, so special teams is going to be a huge key in this game on Friday.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Both teams are really good at special teams.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Another game that really kind of probably had toss up even last year when East Brooklyn 12 and one, it was one point when it gets Huntington North.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's Huntington North turned into a
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[SPEAKER_02]: Obviously makes Eastbrook the favorite grant because Eastbrook win this one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and and the reason they do is because you just said it you just said Adamsson If Jeff Adamsson's control map football team and his staff who's been with him for almost 40 years coaching that team there I like their chances hunting to North the solid 5A program.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They just moved up
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[SPEAKER_01]: Eastfork just moved up to three a but kind of a a youthful Eastfork team, but I expect Jeff out and said, I'll have him ready Friday night and I'm picking the panthers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh man, this is so tough.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's it's tough.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then it's because body how did so much for that team last year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I know I've covered teams like that in the past.
15:01
[SPEAKER_00]: And it's hard sometimes to replace that, especially with a team like Huntington North, if they return very much,
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I'm going to go with these for because the Jeff Adamson, but that's another one that's just really a toss up.
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[SPEAKER_02]: A game is not a toss up is Jay County at Blackbird.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll just go ahead and take Jay County Grant.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I'm going to take Jay County as well.
15:28
[SPEAKER_02]: I really hope Blackford football recovers one day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Hey, yeah, this is this will be a snoozeer.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh, what is other wells?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Interesting one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Elwood's won the last couple of years, but almost didn't have a team.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We're still not completely sure what's going on with the Elwood program.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Southern wells seem to get better over last year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think there's a lot of uncertainty here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just from historically, I know that both programs have struggled, but if you were to measure by the last two years, Elwood's still a little bit better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then southern wells, I'm going to pick the underdog, probably the underdog here and take Elwood.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking southern wells and here's why J.S.
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[SPEAKER_00]: R. E.L. would quarterback at Madison Green, blaze Jones, not playing football this year.
16:18
[SPEAKER_00]: And those are two of their some day, Jake Flanagan.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And AJ, well, AJ Flanagan went in their last year either.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But still, they do have kind of mutton of Matt love at front.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But it's just, it's not enough.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And those have been out scoring games.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Elwood, I feel sorry for Sammy having to get a brand new
16:39
[SPEAKER_02]: I will say this family had 17 kids when I was out there one day, but they did look like football players a lot of them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I think there's a chance they can have some success, but they're up against a huge, huge issue here with lack of numbers and I will take Southern Wills.
16:59
[SPEAKER_02]: Alexander at Greenfield Central last year, I think you probably take Alexandria and this one they lost an awful lot of talent.
17:06
[SPEAKER_01]: A lot of teams are going through some turnover here where they graduated a lot from 2025 a year ago and kind of tough to get a gauge early on here in the season now in a few weeks and we do this while the better gauge and kind of know and kind of know what we're talking about a little bit here and.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Um, I'm going to pick Greenfield.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We're talking about all the time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Great.
17:28
[SPEAKER_02]: What are you talking about?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I know.
17:29
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to pick, I'm going to still pick Greenfield Central though.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's on the road down there, probably bigger athletes, probably a bigger offensive and defensive line at Greenfield Central.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe a little bit stronger than Alexander.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to stick with the coogers.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to take Greenfield Central, although I did see Greg Harp this over the summer, and he did say Alexandria, he thought the fence will live, they would be all right, that their offense would take a while, a little bit, because of replacing what they have to replace.
17:59
[SPEAKER_00]: And when you replace that production, that four years, it's just really hard, week one, especially when you're on the road at a bigger school.
18:08
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
18:09
[SPEAKER_02]: And let's, Alexandria is going to be a lot better than I expected him to be, Greenfield's
18:16
[SPEAKER_02]: Belmont at Mattis and Grant.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Belmont of course is not one a game in a long, long time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't expect it to be this week either even if Mattis and Grant's not quite as good as they've been the last couple of years.
18:30
[SPEAKER_01]: I think Madison Grant gets this one done.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You mentioned Belmont has struggled over the last few years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They think they've lost almost 50 games in a row.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Madison Grant is going to be a young team here, but they've been in the program, or you know, these kids have kind of watched the guys before they and they've had some solid seasons the last few years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But Belmont is coming in a new coach, Blake Blaker.
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[SPEAKER_01]: one of the all-time great names in high school football coaching here we'll see if he's got the troops ready but i'm gonna stick with that as in grand i think they start season one and a
19:06
[SPEAKER_00]: Last ingredient, I mean, I felt like I came so close to canceling its football season last year, and I mean, I know you get new, but it's still those pieces.
19:14
[SPEAKER_00]: And I mean, they haven't won in so long.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They haven't had success, you have to change that culture.
19:18
[SPEAKER_00]: And they're not doing it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It gets last ingredient, who has developed we expect to win culture.
19:23
[SPEAKER_00]: So pass and grant.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And they should expect to win.
19:26
[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to be a good team.
19:27
[SPEAKER_02]: Just not quite sure there's good as the last couple of years.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We'll see.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They might be, if everything comes together, they might be real.
19:36
[SPEAKER_02]: And then a series that has become what lopsided over the last couple of years, two programs that have had success over the years, but right now, soon to be at two different places.
19:45
[SPEAKER_02]: Norma is at Mr. Sinawal, Mr. Sinawal, 135 to nothing the last two years.
19:52
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and I think they're going to win again this year, you know, they've got a really good head coach, young head coach and Jeremy Lockner.
19:59
[SPEAKER_01]: They've got a great offensive line.
20:01
[SPEAKER_01]: They return all five of their offensive line from last year's sexual runner-up team that had a chance to beat Fort Wayne Bishop Loor's last year.
20:10
[SPEAKER_01]: They are going to be a tough group up front on both sides of the football.
20:14
[SPEAKER_01]: They're going to be more physical.
20:16
[SPEAKER_01]: I'd like Mr. Sittalawal to win probably by two or three touchdowns.
20:21
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I like Mississa and I want to win too.
20:23
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm interested to find out who they've got to replace some of the speed from the when they kids, but like you, Grant, I mean, they're just going to be so physical up front, especially early in the season.
20:34
[SPEAKER_00]: That's huge.
20:36
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's a sweet, Mississa and I are easy.
20:41
[SPEAKER_02]: And our final local game, Tri Central at Westell another game that's kind of shrouded in mystery.
20:46
[SPEAKER_02]: Let's start with Michelle on this.
20:48
[SPEAKER_00]: It's really much mystery, because Tri Central played two varsity games last year and the JV schedule and coach laughed and up and air, but they do have an upgits, they did skrimmage on Saturday, Colva was supposed to come down the Tri Central in Friday night, but they couldn't do it.
21:09
[SPEAKER_00]: tries to throw into Colver, and they actually went, I believe, on Friday evening too, and went up there and played.
21:14
[SPEAKER_00]: But I think what I'm going to say Westdale, because Westdale was pretty competitive last year, tries to throw their kid I do know this.
21:21
[SPEAKER_00]: I thought to him, Heineman.
21:24
[SPEAKER_00]: New athletic director.
21:25
[SPEAKER_00]: I also had to talk to Adam, not a whole lot about equipment.
21:29
[SPEAKER_00]: Came to me.
21:29
[SPEAKER_00]: This is a kid who's never, never played quarterback before.
21:33
[SPEAKER_00]: So that's just learning.
21:35
[SPEAKER_00]: And at this stage West up, plus West Hill, they had an assistant coach left and came to Elwood, and I thought he really did a nice job while the reasons Elwood was better defensively.
21:43
[SPEAKER_00]: He's back at West Hill this year.
21:46
[SPEAKER_00]: So another reason I kind of think Elwood,
21:49
[SPEAKER_00]: I lose and I think with Westel, having him back in the fold even, you know, my starter progress a couple of years ago, but I say Westel.
21:59
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm going to pick Westel to try to say I don't know a whole lot about the teams, but I'm never a bit that grant where you're.
22:10
[SPEAKER_02]: Haven't I taught you can never admit that you don't know well.
22:17
[SPEAKER_02]: And I have no idea to be honest with you, but I do know that Westel is pretty good at football from time to time, so give me the Warriors.
22:28
[SPEAKER_02]: And now we're back with the 10 best games in Central Indiana, not in our local coverage area and it starts Central Indiana game at the weekend.
22:36
[SPEAKER_02]: There's no doubt about what's the game or the week is this week.
22:41
[SPEAKER_02]: Brownsburg, the defending state champion at Lawrence Morp expected to have its best team
22:46
[SPEAKER_02]: both ranked in the top five, both considered state championship contenders, and this could determine who's number one in week two.
22:57
[SPEAKER_01]: This is, I think, the one that's, you know, circled here on everybody's, everybody's week one slate Michelle mentioned that it's going to be televised.
23:06
[SPEAKER_01]: What channel is this game going to be on?
23:09
[SPEAKER_00]: It's it's like local antenna, you know, great, great straw style, but you think they do it, but it is going to be if you have, if you have capabilities for antenna, but there also it'll also be on their network, which I believe you can go online.
23:24
[SPEAKER_00]: I know I'm going to get the letters all confused.
23:29
[SPEAKER_01]: I see.
23:30
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, there you go.
23:31
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so you can go in there and it is going to be there too.
23:34
[SPEAKER_00]: And telling you why, if you're not going to game over Friday night, you just want to sit at home, sit in your comfortable seat.
23:41
[SPEAKER_00]: Get your popcorn on your nachos.
23:43
[SPEAKER_00]: This is the game to turn on your TV.
23:47
[SPEAKER_01]: And we kind of alluded to it at the start of the podcast is that, you know, these are probably the two best receivers going at it in the state, one of the best quarterbacks in the state for Brownsburg, one of the best running back to the state at Lawrence North.
24:01
[SPEAKER_01]: The athletes on both these teams are just incredible.
24:05
[SPEAKER_01]: My heart wants to go with Lawrence North because of Montenegro sales.
24:10
[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously going to Indiana.
24:12
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, Brandon Sharpe for Brownsburg, obviously going to Indiana.
24:17
[SPEAKER_01]: My chance sales is the number one receiver in the nation for a reason, but I'm still going to pick with the defending champs.
24:23
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to take Brownsburg.
24:25
[SPEAKER_01]: They're, they're a well-oiled machine says, Lord, it's North.
24:28
[SPEAKER_01]: Don't get me wrong.
24:29
[SPEAKER_01]: And the game being at Lord, North makes me kind of question that, but Brownsburg is a team that, you know, isn't going to beat themselves.
24:36
[SPEAKER_01]: They're not going to make hardly any mistakes.
24:38
[SPEAKER_01]: And so,
24:40
[SPEAKER_01]: If they play mistake free football, I like their chances and I think they'll come out of the game on Friday 1 and 0, but we'll definitely be keeping an eye on that one.
24:49
[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's going to be a shootout.
24:51
[SPEAKER_00]: I'll probably be wrong.
24:52
[SPEAKER_00]: It'll be a defensive battle.
24:53
[SPEAKER_00]: But I think it's just going to be fun.
24:55
[SPEAKER_00]: And you know, months on sales and Brendan Sharp, they're going to be the adversaries on Friday night.
25:01
[SPEAKER_00]: But I think they really are supportive of each other.
25:03
[SPEAKER_00]: And they must really be because
25:06
[SPEAKER_00]: to choose I, you know, to go down there and want to be at I, you together and go through that system together as pretty special and I think it's going to be a a heck of a game and I do think it's going to be a shootout.
25:17
[SPEAKER_00]: I wouldn't be the surprise to see like a 38 35 type game.
25:22
[SPEAKER_02]: Guys, I tuned in to watch every Lawrence Mark game I could last year.
25:26
[SPEAKER_02]: and it started to check out Monchoon sales, but it ended with the checkout and Zaymore every week.
25:32
[SPEAKER_02]: He is the most fun running back to watch.
25:34
[SPEAKER_02]: I've seen in a long time, of course headed to Purdue a little undersized, but so much fun to watch.
25:41
[SPEAKER_02]: If you watch any Lawrence North game last year, you would say that Zaymore was the best player on the field.
25:48
[SPEAKER_02]: And I love that guy.
25:50
[SPEAKER_02]: the Brownsburg man.
25:51
[SPEAKER_02]: They are so good.
25:52
[SPEAKER_02]: And I'm going to take Brownsburg.
25:54
[SPEAKER_02]: I really want to take Lawrence North.
25:55
[SPEAKER_02]: And I think they might get him here.
25:57
[SPEAKER_02]: But I think Brownsburg can best keep in the state.
25:59
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, I didn't.
26:00
[SPEAKER_00]: Like I said, when I say 3835, that's Brownsburg on top.
26:03
[SPEAKER_00]: In my opinion, Brownsburg isn't number one of the state till they get made and I almost think they have to get me twice this year before I would say they're not the best team.
26:12
[SPEAKER_00]: I just think that they just have so much talent and athletes.
26:16
[SPEAKER_00]: And there's a team that can match up as likely and be able to help got, you know, the cover, lunch and sales, it's going to be Brownsburg.
26:27
[SPEAKER_02]: So it's a sweep, even though we all three really think it could go either way.
26:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes.
26:37
[SPEAKER_02]: And the big game in Hamilton County and another state championship
26:42
[SPEAKER_02]: Dark Horse Contender Officers a program that seems to be on the edge of contention the last couple of years.
26:50
[SPEAKER_02]: Last year, Carmel surprisingly won this game by 25 points announcing themselves as a state championship contender.
26:56
[SPEAKER_02]: And of course, they were in the top three all year.
27:01
[SPEAKER_02]: Carmel is the old time series seven to one.
27:03
[SPEAKER_02]: And.
27:05
[SPEAKER_02]: There should be a great game, Michelle.
27:07
[SPEAKER_02]: You have some inside knowledge on the Greyhounds.
27:10
[SPEAKER_02]: So what did you start on this?
27:11
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, probably I'll ask myself, and they did it as a way that they called her who became Carmel's all-time letting you pass her.
27:16
[SPEAKER_00]: And when you think to that, and you realize that that's where Mark Herman graduated from, that's pretty great accomplishment.
27:24
[SPEAKER_00]: Anthony is now freshman at Ball stick college.
27:26
[SPEAKER_00]: Little bro, though, I think is getting even more heavily recruited than Anthony.
27:32
[SPEAKER_00]: He plays on the defensive side of the ball.
27:34
[SPEAKER_00]: And he is one of the top safety's instead of Indiana, and I think he's in the country.
27:40
[SPEAKER_00]: I said, I didn't always say, I think he's on inside that top 50 in the country, Oklahoma, Michigan.
27:46
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he's taken visits everywhere.
27:48
[SPEAKER_00]: He's just to do your folks.
27:50
[SPEAKER_02]: What are they going to do with quarterback though?
27:52
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, here's the thing, I would say that, but Kevin Wright has just had success.
27:59
[SPEAKER_00]: That's why it's been said, I think people forget that Kevin Wright came back and coached Carmel last year might not be expecting it, but Kevin Wright wins wherever he goes at the high school level, he wins.
28:11
[SPEAKER_00]: And you'll have a replacement.
28:13
[SPEAKER_00]: When you're a Carmel and you have a between four or almost 5000 student enrollment, you're going to find a quarterback.
28:21
[SPEAKER_01]: caramel.
28:22
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, just right off the bat here.
28:24
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, yeah.
28:25
[SPEAKER_01]: I like them.
28:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Like just like Michelle's that Kevin Wright.
28:29
[SPEAKER_01]: He wins and Google and he wins.
28:32
[SPEAKER_02]: It's right.
28:33
[SPEAKER_02]: If you weren't convinced by Kevin Wright before last year, you are now.
28:37
[SPEAKER_02]: I'll tell you that.
28:38
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I just, you know, there, they're going to be a well-oiled machine.
28:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, again, like Michelle just said, when you have 5,000 kids, I guarantee you can find 11 in that school that can play football at the highest level.
28:51
[SPEAKER_01]: But I mean, the thing can be said for Fischer's too, you know, it's the same deal.
28:56
[SPEAKER_01]: And Kurt Funk was a great coach at Mrs. Sennelwald for a long time.
28:59
[SPEAKER_01]: And he's been at Fischer's Pillow at six, seven, five, six, seven years.
29:03
[SPEAKER_01]: And I really like Carmel, though, and that out, Mingi, and I think they'll start the year one and a half.
29:09
[SPEAKER_00]: Great.
29:09
[SPEAKER_00]: You think I'm excited because now with Carmel coming back into in Senator of being back in that conference.
29:15
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, that's going to be a meat grinder conference every week.
29:21
[SPEAKER_00]: It's the best conference in the state of Indian.
29:23
[SPEAKER_02]: That's right.
29:24
[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I've been coming up too.
29:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
29:28
[SPEAKER_01]: And when you pair that with the HAC or the HCC, there's so much parity between those two leagues there.
29:38
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm really looking forward to see, I mean, there may not be an end-to-feated team in sixth day this year.
29:44
[SPEAKER_01]: However, when the state championship may not go undefeated and there's just so much debt and classics, and certainly circling the Carmel Center Grove matchup coming up on September 4th and just two weeks, and it's a Carmel Sweep.
30:03
[SPEAKER_02]: Let's move to Class 5A, although probably not for long.
30:07
[SPEAKER_02]: Illinois 5A state champion,
30:12
[SPEAKER_02]: Indiana by the state champion, but this is a big big one against another state champion.
30:19
[SPEAKER_02]: Grant.
30:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm going to take new pal here just because them buy something to pick the Indiana team if they're playing the out of state.
30:27
[SPEAKER_01]: Now, when you ask me the question of when they're playing I am G Academy later this year, which is happening by the way, you just want people know that they are
30:38
[SPEAKER_01]: later this season.
30:39
[SPEAKER_01]: I think I knocked over.
30:40
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna pick the team from Indiana.
30:42
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna take a new pal.
30:43
[SPEAKER_01]: Kyle Ralph is an incredible coach.
30:47
[SPEAKER_01]: Probably could etch himself into the conversation of the greatest of all time.
30:52
[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, I don't want as many games as guys like Bud Rider or Reed May at Brownsburg or Jeff Adams Center, those guys.
31:00
[SPEAKER_01]: But
31:00
[SPEAKER_01]: He's one champion ships.
31:02
[SPEAKER_01]: This is a championship program and new pals are going to start the year strong taking out the Illinois state champions wheat and St. Francis and new pal is really beef that schedule up Greg.
31:13
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they are just I mean, that schedule is loaded here like with wheat and St. Francis and East Central next week and their conference is kind of, you know, their conference is what it is.
31:23
[SPEAKER_01]: But then later in the year, they play Ryan Colling and they play IMG Academy.
31:27
[SPEAKER_01]: This is such a good tune up game to start the year.
31:30
[SPEAKER_00]: Great, he kind of touched on when I was going to open a web with us going to say, I'll allow for really knows he's got a probably going to be moving up to six a very soon.
31:39
[SPEAKER_00]: Be it, you know, so what he wants to do is beef up that schedule because when that team moves up and I mean, they've already moved up, you know, they're 5A, you want you
31:53
[SPEAKER_00]: You want to play the best that you can.
31:55
[SPEAKER_00]: So you're going to add some gains.
31:57
[SPEAKER_00]: They give you that competitive level because swiftly his confidence does not for, you know, strong 5A if they get end up at 6A.
32:08
[SPEAKER_00]: Um, but I was going to say, Kyle Ralph is kind of like a significant type guy.
32:13
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he's very esteemed confident.
32:16
[SPEAKER_00]: They do the little things right.
32:17
[SPEAKER_00]: A lot of discipline, a lot of confidence in the man just
32:28
[SPEAKER_02]: And probably the biggest contender in class 5A to new pal is the Cater Central there at home.
32:34
[SPEAKER_02]: I guess the other one of those HCC teams A-von.
32:37
[SPEAKER_02]: It's had a renaissance the last few years.
32:40
[SPEAKER_02]: Last year the Cater Central started 0 and 2, including a 30 to 20 overtime loss to A-von.
32:47
[SPEAKER_02]: Then one nine games are up for eventually losing to 2.
32:54
[SPEAKER_02]: Send them a clock at the Cater Central Grant A-Bon at the Cater Central, who you got?
32:59
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, well, if you guys remember last year, I hate an A-Bon and I'm gonna hate him this year, so I'm faking the Cater Central.
33:06
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to take the cater central too.
33:07
[SPEAKER_00]: I think gave on shock some people last year.
33:09
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if I'm going to do that this year.
33:11
[SPEAKER_00]: The cater central.
33:13
[SPEAKER_02]: Those fans have no idea of what they've done.
33:16
[SPEAKER_02]: Big Grant Shows and his picks against Avon.
33:19
[SPEAKER_01]: They, they absolutely, they absolutely ruin my dinner at the cheesecake factory one day.
33:25
[SPEAKER_01]: It just, it can't be forgiven.
33:27
[SPEAKER_00]: I wish I was a fly on the wall at night.
33:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, my God.
33:31
[SPEAKER_01]: There's embarrassing.
33:32
[SPEAKER_01]: I got second aid embarrassment watching these people.
33:38
[SPEAKER_02]: We are at a game of two Indiana State Powers, Warren Central at Senator Grove, wasn't quite the same last year, but a couple of years ago, this was a huge game, and it's another one again, this year, Senator Grove coming off a 10-in-two-year, Warren Central 64-grant.
33:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I like center group here.
33:59
[SPEAKER_01]: The games at center grove there.
34:02
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, this is the team that's coach like a college football team.
34:05
[SPEAKER_01]: Again, David, another one of the all-time great coaches in the state history, Eric Moore.
34:10
[SPEAKER_01]: He's going to lead them to victory Friday night.
34:12
[SPEAKER_01]: I just, I really like center grove to come out of that one against Warren Central.
34:16
[SPEAKER_00]: One central was probably the best 6 and 14 in the state last year, by the way, they're really good.
34:22
[SPEAKER_00]: They've got some good D1 talent, some guys going to D1 schools, sort of center growth.
34:29
[SPEAKER_00]: I think this is going to be great.
34:30
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm like you, Grant, I'm taking center growth because they are at home and this is kind of, I don't know that this will be the shootout necessarily that I said that it's more
34:46
[SPEAKER_00]: Final margin.
34:47
[SPEAKER_02]: I agree with that, but give me war and central the number five warriors over the number four trod.
34:56
[SPEAKER_02]: Then we go to number two Westfield at home stead.
35:00
[SPEAKER_02]: Grant should be a pretty easy win for Westfield.
35:04
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think Westfield is.
35:07
[SPEAKER_01]: certainly disappointed with how the last two seasons that ended losing two heartbreakers in the state championship both to Browseburg.
35:15
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure they're on a revenge tour this year and I think that revenge tour starts with a win on Friday.
35:20
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll take the sham rocks to travel up to Fort Wayne and take down the Spartans home stead.
35:26
[SPEAKER_00]: Yep, I agree.
35:27
[SPEAKER_00]: Westfield's going to go up there.
35:28
[SPEAKER_00]: It's not going to be close and come back.
35:31
[SPEAKER_00]: We want to know.
35:32
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, Westfield is another one of
35:41
[SPEAKER_02]: a game that definitely a toss up.
35:43
[SPEAKER_02]: Pintleton Heights coming off a 10 and 2 season Lebanon coming off a 10 and 3 season and their first sexual championship.
35:51
[SPEAKER_02]: And I can't remember now 30 years or something like that.
35:54
[SPEAKER_02]: Two really good programs at this point with two really good coaches and last year.
36:00
[SPEAKER_02]: Pintleton Heights, one 22 to 14 grand.
36:02
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm gonna take, I'm gonna take Lebanon here at home.
36:08
[SPEAKER_02]: I'll give it a edge to the home team.
36:10
[SPEAKER_01]: you know, these are two solid programs.
36:12
[SPEAKER_01]: It's been kind of an interesting match.
36:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I've believed these two teams are going to be in the same conference next season.
36:19
[SPEAKER_01]: If I'm not mistaken, if I'm not mistaken, or in a couple years, so I'll take Lebanon just just because they're at home, but it wouldn't be shock if Hamilton Heights or not Hamilton Heights.
36:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Pettleton Heights didn't win the game, but I'm just going to stick with the Lebanon Tigers for now.
36:35
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, Grant, I'm going to agree with you again.
36:37
[SPEAKER_00]: That game is being played at Levinon.
36:39
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to go with Levinon.
36:41
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to go high-set it.
36:42
[SPEAKER_00]: A nice run, but so to Levinon last year.
36:46
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think Phenoton heights may have lost a little bit more than what Levinon did.
36:51
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'll take the pie, your sister, home.
36:53
[SPEAKER_02]: Phenoton heights did lose a lot, but you know what?
36:55
[SPEAKER_02]: They didn't lose.
36:56
[SPEAKER_02]: Chad Richmond, give me Phenoton heights.
37:03
[SPEAKER_02]: Cathedral at Bend Davis, another clash of two great Indiana programs.
37:08
[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, two different classes.
37:10
[SPEAKER_02]: Last year, Cathedral 7 and 4, Bend Davis 3 and 7 and Cathedral beaten in Davis 8 to nothing in week one after struggling the year before that said does the Cathedral new power going to play each other for what turned out to be the state championship.
37:26
[SPEAKER_02]: And that was right.
37:28
[SPEAKER_02]: The Cathedral beat Bend Davis again this time at Bend Davis
37:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, um, I think they will.
37:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll take cathedral.
37:37
[SPEAKER_01]: Um, you know, these are two again, really two good programs and, you know, this is a fun time and year because you get matchups like these were these, you know, power programs out, you know, had a conference here in the first two or three weeks of the season, you know, makes things really interesting, makes things fun, but, uh,
37:57
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to take a, I'm going to take a feeds role here to go over to Ben Davis, Ben Davis was three and seven last year, you know, Cathedral's a solid program, but I'll take the Irish to beat the giants.
38:10
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, look at it, I mean, they've been Davis for such a football powerhouse, I'll tell you why I'm taking cathedral too, and I don't think it's going to be, you know, catheterals offense took a while to get started last year, Ben Davis were ain't never found their offense.
38:24
[SPEAKER_00]: I think if these rules are going to be better offensively to start the season than what they were a year ago.
38:29
[SPEAKER_00]: So it's going to be two or more scores, I'll take a catheter.
38:33
[SPEAKER_02]: Give me Ben Davis at home.
38:40
[SPEAKER_02]: and a really big game, a really big rivalry, western boon coming off at 11 and 3 season try West coming off a 7 and 4 season.
38:49
[SPEAKER_02]: Western boon won this game last year at 35 to 7, but try West has a ton coming back a lot of expectations for a great program, two great programs grant.
38:59
[SPEAKER_02]: Have you taken western boon or try West?
39:03
[SPEAKER_01]: Man, this is tough to put me on the spot.
39:05
[SPEAKER_01]: I originally put Western boon, but I'm going to change it up.
39:08
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to take, I'm going to take try West to take down the Western boon stars and get off to a 1-0 start.
39:16
[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, Michelle, try West ranked six, so I think the media sees it as well that this is going to be a good try West.
39:22
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, Western movies, bumping up.
39:26
[SPEAKER_00]: The thing is, you have to be careful because when Justin Pellie went to Western, and his turn at Western boom as a coach, when they're overlooked is when they've been had played some of their best football, but I do believe Try West has been an open season with a win over the, it says shooting stars shooting up, they're gonna be the falling stars coming up.
39:51
[SPEAKER_02]: And I agree, it is a sweet for dry west.
39:57
[SPEAKER_02]: And our last game, we picked this one over probably some actual better games, but it's my podcast and I really like Western.
40:03
[SPEAKER_02]: So we went with Western and Indian Creek, very interesting series.
40:08
[SPEAKER_02]: Last year, Indian Creek won 20 to 13 extending westerns, losing streak to 14 games, and then the next week, Western beat, Northwin Gummery.
40:17
[SPEAKER_02]: And then,
40:18
[SPEAKER_02]: be Indianapolis Lutheran by 32 points.
40:21
[SPEAKER_02]: So the Western comeback was completely end up doing eight and four and making it to the sectional championship game.
40:28
[SPEAKER_02]: Indian Creek always good was eight and four last year after meeting Western.
40:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Western it didn't be in Creek where you take you know I I really want to pick Western here.
40:38
[SPEAKER_01]: Benjamin take Indian Creek instead travel and down there and and playing against
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[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe a little bit of a bigger school in Indian Creek could be interesting, but right now I'm going to rock with Indian Creek to take take down the Panthers week one, but I expect Western to be an improved team this year and I probably won't be picking against them a lot this season unless, you know, things don't go their way.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And if I'm not mistaken, they graduated.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't mean they can't be replaced.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think when it's week one, and you have a wall road trip, it favors the home team, especially if you get new players filling in.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I will say this, I thought that Western coming close to Indian Creek last year was an indication that when that they were going to have a much better season a year ago than they did the previous year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I'm taking the Western Panthers and Austin Colby.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it's going to be a nice year for Western guys.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This was a lot of fun.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Final thoughts grant.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm really excited here to start the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is one of my absolute favorite parts of the year is football season and you know, when you sit back and really analyze it, I mean, you think about it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As the broadcaster, you may be only get 12 football games
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then of course, you know, the cultural phenomenon, it's, you know, it's taken on here, especially in the last few years in Indiana, Indiana is slowly becoming a football state.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, it is always going to be known for its basketball heritage, but the football right now is the best that's ever been with high school.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then, of course, college football, your home to the defending national champions and then this
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[SPEAKER_01]: But high school football has been amazing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm really excited.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's back and then Kyle's football's back next week with the week zero.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But my fair part is putting the preparation together and getting information together.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then you send me this stuff over.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It really helps for, you know, talking about stuff on the podcast and looking forward to doing this with you guys every week.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks, Grant.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I enjoy our high school of football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's it's really fun.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then we don't get it done as much in basketball, just too hard with all the games throughout the week football is great because it's every it's on a weekend and very pretty.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And what's week, you know, but I will say this, Grant, I agree with you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think in the end it is becoming a football state, you know, and I will say this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Mr. McClellan, you're a new idiot for dude.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Monchelle and Siddles have been in charge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They want to be national champions, so they are going to the national champions in the end of university.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I don't believe for, well, I know Purdue didn't make one shell sales top 10 less maybe brand in charge, maybe because, you know, he probably felt bad for him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I mean, you know, he kind of, he was,
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[SPEAKER_00]: people knew he was, but it was really last year that he really up the level to where he was going to be recruited by the Indiana's and Ohio states.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I say that within the Indiana's now, because it seems so weird because Grant, oh, I've never ever dreamed this when I was your age that I would be saying that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's so surreal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I wouldn't have dreamed it, you know, two years ago at this time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks everyone for listening and everybody's also
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[SPEAKER_02]: A Suzy.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Central Indiana Sports Report is a product of ITG media, and I love Suzy.