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The Forgotten Mastery of Thorpe, Deacon, and Their Signature Gridiron Maneuvers · Sports History Network

• 0:52
  You're
• 0:52
  just
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  in
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  time
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  for
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  a
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  couple
• 0:53
  great
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  short
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  stories
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  about
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  American
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  football
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  history
• 0:56
  that
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  I
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  think
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  you're
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  really
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  going
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  to
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  enjoy.
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  Maybe
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  you
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  remember
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  these
• 0:59
  stories
• 0:59
  and
• 1:00
  maybe
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  it's
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  something
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  new
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  that's
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  going
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  into
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  your
• 1:02
  football
• 1:02
  brain
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  and
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  that's
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  why
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  we're
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  here
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  today.
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  I'm
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  Darren
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  Hayes
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  of
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  pigskindispatch.com
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  welcome
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  once
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  again
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  to
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  the
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  Pig
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  Pen,
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  your
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  portal
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  to
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  positive
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  football
• 1:09
  history.
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  And
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  we
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  do
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  this
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  a
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  lot.
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  We
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  try
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  the
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  great
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  players,
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  events
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  and
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  teams
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  in
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  football
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  history
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  and
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  bring
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  of
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  light
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  and
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  shed
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  that
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  remembrance
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  on
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  these
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  great
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  players
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  and
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  teams.
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  Well,
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  and
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  we
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  have
• 1:23
  some
• 1:23
  great
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  stories
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  for
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  you
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  today
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  that
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  just
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  take
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  of
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  your
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  time
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  and
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  fill
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  some
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  of
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  that
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  noggin
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  with
• 1:29
  some
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  great
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  gridiron
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  information
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  from
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  yesteryear.
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  Our
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  first
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  story
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  starts
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  with
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  a
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  play
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  that
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  worked
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  so
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  well
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  that
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  the
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  National
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  Football
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  League
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  had
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  to
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  slap
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  a
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  ban
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  on
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  it.
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  Before
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  1961,
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  there
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  was
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  no
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  such
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  thing
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  as
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  a
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  sack
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  in
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  football.
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  There
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  was
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  just
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  a
• 1:45
  tackle
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  behind
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  the
• 1:46
  line.
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  Then
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  came
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  David
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  Jones,
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  a
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  14th
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  round
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  long
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  shot
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  out
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  of
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  South
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  Carolina
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  State,
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  who
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  renamed
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  himself
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  Deacon
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  because,
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  as
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  he
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  put
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  it,
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  nobody
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  remembers
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  a
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  David.
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  Now,
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  he
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  didn't
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  just
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  change
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  the
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  name
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  of
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  the
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  game,
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  he
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  changed
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  the
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  physics
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  of
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  it.
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  And
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  his
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  primary
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  tool,
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  a
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  move
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  so
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  violent
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  the
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  National
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  Football
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  League
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  eventually
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  had
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  to
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  rewrite
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  the
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  rule
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  book
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  to
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  stop
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  it.
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  Deacon
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  Jones
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  called
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  it
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  the
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  head
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  slap.
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  He
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  studied
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  Muhammad
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  Ali's
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  hand
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  speed
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  and
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  realized
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  that
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  if
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  you
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  strike
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  an
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  offensive
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  lineman
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  across
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  the
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  ear
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  hole
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  with
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  a
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  cupped
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  hand,
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  two
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  things
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  will
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  happen.
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  First,
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  the
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  sound
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  will
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  be
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  like
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  a
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  gunshot
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  inside
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  the
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  helmet.
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  Second,
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  and
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  more
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  importantly,
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  human
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  biology
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  takes
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  over.
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  Deacon
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  once
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  said,
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  anytime
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  you
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  go
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  upside
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  a
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  man's
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  head,
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  they
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  have
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  a
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  tendency
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  to
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  blink.
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  That
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  split
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  second
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  of
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  darkness
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  was
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  all
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  that
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  he
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  needed.
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  By
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  the
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  time
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  the
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  tackle's
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  eyes
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  reopened,
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  the
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  Deacon
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  had
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  already
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  three
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  steps
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  past
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  him,
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  closing
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  in
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  on
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  the
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  quarterback
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  who's
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  about
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  to
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  be
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  put
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  in
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  a
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  burlap
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  sack,
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  as
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  he
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  would
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  say.
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  For
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  14
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  seasons,
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  the
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  head
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  slap
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  was
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  the
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  most
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  feared
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  maneuver
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  in
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  football.
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  While
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  the
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  NFL
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  didn't
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  track
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  sacks
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  officially
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  back
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  then,
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  modern
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  researchers
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  have
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  gone
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  back
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  and
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  checked
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  the
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  tapes
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  and
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  credited
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  Deacon
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  with
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  the
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  numbers
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  that
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  would
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  make
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  today's
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  pass
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  rushers
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  weep,
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  including
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  three
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  seasons
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  of
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  20
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  plus
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  sacks.
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  It
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  wasn't
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  just
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  a
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  move,
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  it
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  was
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  a
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  psychological
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  warfare.
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  Tackles
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  would
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  flinch
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  before
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  the
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  ball
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  was
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  even
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  snapped,
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  terrified
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  of
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  the
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  ringing
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  in
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  their
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  ears
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  that
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  would
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  last
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  well
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  into
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  Tuesday
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  morning.
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  But
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  every
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  reign
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  has
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  its
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  end,
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  and
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  by
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  the
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  mid-1970s,
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  player
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  safety
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  was
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  becoming
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  a
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  conversation,
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  and
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  the
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  open
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  hand
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  era
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  was
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  coming
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  to
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  a
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  close.
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  In
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  1976,
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  the
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  NFL
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  restricted
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  multiple
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  head
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  slap.
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  And
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  then
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  in
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  1977
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  they
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  banned
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  it
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  entirely.
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  They
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  called
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  it
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  the
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  the
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  Deacon
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  Jones
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  rule.
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  Deacon,
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  ever
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  the
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  provocateur,
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  took
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  it
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  as
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  the
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  ultimate
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  compliment.
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  He
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  joked
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  that
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  the
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  league
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  outlawed
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  it
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  because
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  they
• 3:45
  didn't
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  want
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  little
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  sissies
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  getting
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  their
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  necks
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  broken.
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  To
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  him,
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  the
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  ban
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  was
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  proof
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  that
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  he
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  had
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  broken
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  game's
• 3:52
  balance.
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  Today,
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  a
• 3:53
  defensive
• 3:54
  end
• 3:54
  can't
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  even
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  graze
• 3:55
  a
• 3:55
  helmet
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  without
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  a
• 3:56
  flag
• 3:56
  hitting
• 3:56
  the
• 3:57
  turf.
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  But
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  the
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  next
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  time
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  you
• 3:58
  see
• 3:58
  a
• 3:58
  speed
• 3:59
  rusher
• 3:59
  dip
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  his
• 4:00
  shoulder
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  and
• 4:00
  disappear
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  around
• 4:01
  the
• 4:01
  edge,
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  remember
• 4:03
  the
• 4:03
  man
• 4:03
  who
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  did
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  it
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  first
• 4:04
  with
• 4:04
  a
• 4:04
  cup,
• 4:05
  palm
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  and
• 4:05
  a
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  thunderous
• 4:06
  crack.
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  The
• 4:07
  Deacon
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  is
• 4:08
  gone,
• 4:08
  but
• 4:08
  the
• 4:08
  sack
• 4:09
  remains
• 4:10
  his
• 4:10
  eternal
• 4:10
  gospel.
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  Yeah,
• 4:13
  that
• 4:13
  was
• 4:13
  such
• 4:13
  an
• 4:13
  impactful
• 4:14
  maneuver
• 4:15
  by
• 4:15
  Deacon
• 4:16
  Jones.
• 4:16
  You
• 4:17
  know
• 4:17
  when
• 4:17
  you
• 4:17
  have
• 4:17
  to
• 4:18
  have
• 4:18
  the
• 4:18
  rules
• 4:18
  change
• 4:19
  and
• 4:19
  we've
• 4:19
  seen
• 4:19
  that
• 4:19
  happen
• 4:20
  before
• 4:20
  in
• 4:20
  some
• 4:20
  things.
• 4:21
  But
• 4:21
  yeah,
• 4:22
  that
• 4:22
  was
• 4:22
  really
• 4:23
  quite
• 4:23
  the
• 4:24
  blow,
• 4:24
  both
• 4:25
  in
• 4:25
  player
• 4:25
  safety
• 4:26
  but
• 4:26
  very
• 4:26
  clever
• 4:27
  than
• 4:27
  you're
• 4:28
  studying
• 4:28
  the
• 4:29
  boxing
• 4:29
  techniques
• 4:30
  of,
• 4:30
  you
• 4:30
  know,
• 4:31
  Mr.
• 4:31
  Muhammad
• 4:32
  Ali
• 4:32
  the
• 4:32
  time
• 4:33
  was
• 4:33
  really
• 4:34
  kind
• 4:34
  of
• 4:34
  brilliant
• 4:35
  when
• 4:35
  you
• 4:35
  think
• 4:35
  about
• 4:35
  it.
• 4:36
  And
• 4:36
  it
• 4:36
  was
• 4:36
  legal
• 4:37
  when
• 4:37
  he
• 4:37
  did
• 4:37
  it.
• 4:37
  So
• 4:38
  can't
• 4:38
  say
• 4:38
  he
• 4:38
  did
• 4:39
  something
• 4:39
  dirty
• 4:39
  because
• 4:40
  he
• 4:40
  was
• 4:40
  playing
• 4:40
  by
• 4:40
  the
• 4:41
  rules.
• 4:41
  They
• 4:41
  just
• 4:42
  changed
• 4:42
  the
• 4:42
  rules
• 4:43
  midstream
• 4:44
  and
• 4:44
  he
• 4:45
  really
• 4:45
  took
• 4:45
  it
• 4:45
  as
• 4:45
  a
• 4:45
  compliment,
• 4:46
  as
• 4:46
  we
• 4:46
  said
• 4:46
  earlier.
• 4:47
  So.
• 4:47
  So
• 4:48
  a
• 4:48
  great
• 4:48
  story
• 4:48
  there.
• 4:49
  So.
• 4:49
  And
• 4:49
  a
• 4:49
  great
• 4:50
  play
• 4:50
  of
• 4:50
  Deacon
• 4:51
  Jones
• 4:51
  and
• 4:52
  if
• 4:52
  you
• 4:52
  like
• 4:52
  great
• 4:53
  play.
• 4:53
  Well,
• 4:53
  you
• 4:53
  might
• 4:54
  be
• 4:54
  interested
• 4:54
  in
• 4:54
  some
• 4:55
  things
• 4:55
  we
• 4:55
  got
• 4:55
  cooking.
• 4:55
  Over
• 4:56
  at
• 4:56
  pigskindispatch.com
• 4:57
  we
• 4:58
  have
• 4:58
  an
• 4:58
  entire
• 4:59
  game
• 5:00
  section
• 5:00
  now.
• 5:00
  We
• 5:01
  told
• 5:01
  you
• 5:01
  about
• 5:01
  the
• 5:01
  pigskin
• 5:02
  trivia
• 5:02
  Dr.
• 5:02
  Drive
• 5:03
  a
• 5:03
  few
• 5:03
  weeks
• 5:03
  ago
• 5:04
  and
• 5:04
  that's
• 5:04
  going
• 5:05
  strong.
• 5:05
  I
• 5:05
  think
• 5:05
  that's
• 5:05
  great
• 5:06
  to
• 5:06
  take
• 5:06
  your
• 5:06
  football
• 5:07
  knowledge
• 5:07
  and
• 5:08
  apply
• 5:08
  it
• 5:08
  in
• 5:08
  there.
• 5:09
  And
• 5:09
  an
• 5:09
  interactive
• 5:10
  game
• 5:10
  to
• 5:10
  play
• 5:10
  football.
• 5:11
  But
• 5:11
  we
• 5:11
  also
• 5:11
  have
• 5:12
  some
• 5:12
  other
• 5:12
  games
• 5:12
  that
• 5:13
  maybe
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• 6:48
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• 6:48
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• 6:49
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• 6:49
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• 6:50
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• 6:50
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• 6:50
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• 6:51
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• 6:51
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• 6:51
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• 6:52
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• 6:53
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• 6:53
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• 6:54
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• 6:54
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• 6:55
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• 6:55
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• 6:55
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• 6:56
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• 6:56
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• 6:57
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• 6:57
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• 6:57
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• 6:58
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• 6:58
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• 6:59
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• 6:59
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• 7:00
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• 7:00
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• 7:00
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• 7:01
  a
• 7:01
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• 7:01
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• 7:02
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• 7:02
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• 7:02
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• 7:03
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• 7:03
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• 7:04
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• 7:04
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• 7:04
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• 7:05
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• 7:05
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• 7:05
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• 7:06
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• 7:06
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• 7:07
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• 7:07
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• 7:07
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• 7:08
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• 7:08
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• 7:09
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• 7:09
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
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• 7:11
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• 7:11
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• 7:12
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• 7:13
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• 7:13
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• 7:13
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• 7:13
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:15
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• 7:16
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• 7:16
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• 7:17
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• 7:17
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• 7:17
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• 7:18
  Harvard
• 7:18
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• 7:19
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• 7:19
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• 7:21
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• 7:22
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• 7:22
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• 7:22
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• 7:23
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• 7:23
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• 7:23
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• 7:24
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• 7:25
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• 7:25
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• 7:25
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• 7:26
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• 7:26
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• 7:27
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• 7:27
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• 7:27
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• 7:27
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• 7:28
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• 7:28
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• 7:28
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• 7:29
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• 7:29
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• 7:29
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• 7:30
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• 7:30
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• 7:30
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• 7:31
  Arcossa
• 7:31
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• 7:32
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• 7:32
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• 7:32
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• 7:32
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• 7:33
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• 7:34
  finally
• 7:34
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• 7:34
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• 7:34
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• 7:35
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• 7:35
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• 7:35
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• 7:35
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• 7:36
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• 7:37
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• 7:37
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• 7:37
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• 7:37
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• 7:38
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• 7:38
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• 7:38
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• 7:38
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
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• 7:39
  Panic
• 7:40
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• 7:40
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• 7:40
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• 7:40
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• 7:41
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• 7:41
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• 7:42
  Coach
• 7:42
  Hotten
• 7:43
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• 7:43
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• 7:43
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• 7:43
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• 7:43
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• 7:44
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• 7:44
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• 7:44
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• 7:45
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• 7:45
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• 7:45
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• 7:45
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• 7:46
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• 7:46
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• 7:46
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• 7:47
  the
• 7:47
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• 7:47
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• 7:48
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• 7:48
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• 7:48
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• 7:49
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• 7:49
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• 7:49
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• 7:50
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• 7:50
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• 7:50
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• 7:51
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• 7:51
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• 7:52
  his
• 7:52
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• 7:52
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• 7:53
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• 7:53
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• 7:54
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• 7:54
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• 7:55
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• 7:55
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:56
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• 7:57
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• 7:57
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• 7:57
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• 7:58
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• 7:58
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• 7:58
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• 7:58
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• 8:00
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• 8:00
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• 8:01
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• 8:01
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• 8:01
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• 8:02
  field
• 8:02
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• 8:02
  the
• 8:02
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• 8:02
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• 8:03
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• 8:03
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• 8:04
  Harvard
• 8:04
  managed
• 8:05
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• 8:05
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• 8:05
  depth
• 8:06
  score
• 8:06
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• 8:07
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• 8:07
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• 8:07
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• 8:07
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• 8:08
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• 8:08
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• 8:08
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• 8:09
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• 8:09
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• 8:09
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• 8:09
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• 8:10
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• 8:10
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• 8:11
  read
• 8:11
  Carlisle
• 8:12
  18,
• 8:12
  Harvard
• 8:13
  15.
• 8:14
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• 8:14
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• 8:14
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• 8:14
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• 8:14
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• 8:14
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• 8:15
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• 8:16
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• 8:17
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• 8:18
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• 8:18
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• 8:21
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• 8:21
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• 8:22
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• 8:22
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• 8:23
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• 8:23
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• 8:23
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• 8:25
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• 8:25
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• 8:25
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• 8:26
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• 8:26
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