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We gonna go to games.
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Billion dollar stadium on Sundays.
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They don't close the bank.
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Fail rarely get your tail buried.
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Welcome into the scene, Project Sports Network.
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We are here tonight for Vikings United.
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I am joined as always by my cohost, Big B.
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B, what's shaking?
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I forgot today was Tuesday.
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He sent me the link.
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I'm like, what the heck?
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And then I was busy while I just got home.
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I sat down and watched some caroling because that's, like, my one of my favorite events in
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the winter Olympics is caroling.
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So and then it just, like, dawned on me after I sent you the text.
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I'm like, oh, shoot.
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It's Tuesday.
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Tuesday, it is, man.
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It's all good.
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The Sunday kinda screwed us up.
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Right?
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Having Super Bowl Sunday, we don't know Yeah.
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It could've been a long day.
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So
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It's been a long day.
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Coach Cody's in the house.
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Just got off a Zoom meeting with the defense, getting ready for his big game.
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Yeah.
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You know, I was heading out to Wyoming on Friday, so it's gonna be, quick quick.
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And, I mean, I'm just excited to see you know, it it is an exhibition game, you know, so I
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wanna see what we have.
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But at the same time, I'm trying to lay a 100 on these guys.
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Yeah.
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You gotta get your team ready.
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And, sir Picasso, welcome back to the show, brother.
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What is good?
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What is good?
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No.
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What day?
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It's been a while.
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On Sunday threw me off today.
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Man, to say I'm busy is an understatement.
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Right.
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I had nine meetings yesterday.
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Dude, the day where
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I had, like, four or five and did two live doing two live shows where it's like, oh, I
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wasn't that busy today.
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Just on air, you know, three hours out of the day plus an extra couple of podcasts.
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I spend way too much time in front of a camera.
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That's that's where I'm getting to.
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Like, most
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At least you got the camera look.
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I mean, me and, you know, maybe Cody might not have the camera face, but Style.
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And, like, we're gonna
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me out like that?
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Yeah.
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But but I was with Picasso.
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You could come out and face paint.
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You'll be perfect for the camera.
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You know?
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So
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That's alright.
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My wife tells me every day how beautiful I am.
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There you go.
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That's all that matters.
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At least at least
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you got somebody who thinks so.
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I'm so glad I'm back.
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How are you doing?
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Yeah.
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That was shot.
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Not a shot
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at you.
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That's a shot at my wife never saying nice things like that to
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me.
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Oh.
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She's probably listening.
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Ah, she ain't tuned in yet.
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Is now.
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Not yet.
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He's like, quick.
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Let me get this in.
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I'm sleeping.
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Sleeping.
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Edit.
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Right.
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Right.
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Edit.
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But yeah.
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Well, Dan Arnold is a
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Super Bowl champion.
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How do we feel about it?
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Yes.
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I I love it.
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I love everything about it.
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I love the fact that Kenneth Walker was MVP.
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Like, oh, man.
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I was starting to sweat.
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I was like, well, he hasn't scored.
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You know what I'm saying?
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And then even the announcer, when he did, score, but it was called back Yep.
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And the announcer was like, yep.
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Yep.
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That probably went his, took away his chances at MVP.
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I'm like, you've gotta be kidding me.
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I was about to freak and flip tables.
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Yeah.
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I mean, I mean, if the score would have stayed the way it was, I mean, who would you have got
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it to?
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I mean, you know, the kicker was five for five at the time.
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He kicks another one six for six.
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I mean
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He looked like he was running away with the MVP.
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Yeah.
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I mean three quarter Gonzalez on big.
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On the Patriots made two good two or three good plays that helped them not score.
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So Oh, yeah.
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It was everywhere.
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Yeah.
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I I'm not gonna be upset that Walker won.
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I mean, the Hunter's what?
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162, two yards, no touchdowns.
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I mean, I think I I honestly, I kinda think the kicker got robbed or even the tight end that
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scored the touchdown, but they're gonna go with the fancy names.
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So you know?
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I don't know.
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That game without Kenneth Walker in it, especially early on, they're not doing
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anything.
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Right?
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Well, that's what I'm saying.
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Yeah.
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You're right.
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I mean, we talked about it in our watch along.
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I mean, Cody
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Right.
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You know, said it over and over again that they're gonna live and die with Kenneth Walker,
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you know, if if they did.
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I mean, a 162 yards, you know, but, I mean, you take away those five field goals, and we're
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looking at what what the final score have been.
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I mean, nineteen seventeen or something like that.
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I mean Tom McCloud.
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Patriots win.
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So no.
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Proud perhaps to Seattle.
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I mean, they their fan base deserves it.
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The players deserve it.
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Not hearing so much chatter that we should have kept Darnold because he's the MVP.
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You know, he played good, but, you know, props to Darnold.
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I mean, you're the third overall pick.
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You boss around team to team.
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You finally found a home the last two seasons.
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You got to the championship game.
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You know, soak it up, live it up because you never know what's gonna bring, you know, next
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year.
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So
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Oh, he's getting that contract, brother.
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah.
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He's yeah.
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He's getting the contract.
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He's he's gonna he's gonna retire in Seattle.
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Danielle wants to know, Marcus, what we're painting tonight.
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I don't know if I can show it because they're Oh.
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Oh.
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Like I'm I'm giving it to him on Thursday.
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So, basically, there was a couple, and he asked he messaged me.
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He's friend of a friend and said, hey.
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Could you do a portrait of my wife and I?
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Sent me a picture.
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They were at Allegiant Stadium, and I'm like, dude, is that the background you want?
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He said, no.
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Yeah.
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Dude, can you put us in front of the bank?
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Of course, I can.
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He goes he goes, dude, could could you could you make me look a little, you know, a little
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thinner?
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I said, both both of you or just he goes, dude, could you both do both?
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I
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said, of
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course, could do that.
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Alright.
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Real quick.
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You ready?
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Y'all watching?
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Daniel, are you watching?
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Alright.
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Alright.
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Oh, nice.
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Nice.
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Unbelievable.
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Oh,
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man.
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100% everything's right on price.
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Yeah.
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That's great, man.
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Hey, man.
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On that.
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I don't know if it'll turn it around, bro.
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I'm super geeked about this hat.
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Yeah.
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That's so sick.
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To do fur, man, you're a wild individual.
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It turned out super dope.
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Yeah.
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Danielle's impressed.
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She's not impressed by much.
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So
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Yes.
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She is.
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No.
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I am We're actually working with, Jaheem Ward too.
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So waiting to get back a couple pics from him.
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So that'll be dope.
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Cody, we missed you, after halftime.
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What'd you think of the halftime shows?
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Which one were you watching?
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Did you get to watch both?
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What was your, what was your take?
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I just ended up watching the Bad Bunny one, but I was in and out, making phone calls, looking
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for coaches for this other semi pro team that I'm coaching.
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So I I mean, I didn't I paid attention here and there, but I couldn't I couldn't tell you,
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like, one moment that I remembered.
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You know?
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Even he isn't in the game, coach is coaching during halftime.
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Well, the funny thing is is watching the halftime show because I was watching it, and I
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was listening to Kid Rock in the background because I I was a little bit more impressed
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than I thought I would be because the dancing was always good.
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But I'm actually more impressed today because I saw the video of the setup.
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The trees and bushes were all people dressed up.
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So
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I'm right away.
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I said, I mean, as soon as they showed them, I'm like, that tree has feet.
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Oh, I didn't even pay attention to that, but I was just like I was very impressed that they
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made the scenery out of people.
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You know?
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Like, this is
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actually that whole field.
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I don't know if
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you know this.
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The whole field was his hometown.
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No.
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I I guess I didn't hear that.
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No.
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Didn't know that either.
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Yeah.
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It's cool.
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Brought us home and dropped it right in the middle of the field like that.
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And I understand that, like, in the stadium.
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Seeing the videos from the stadium, it wasn't as great, but the NFL is made for TV.
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We've all been to NFL games.
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During halftime, most people are heading to the bathroom.
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They're getting more beer.
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They're getting food.
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They're like, the halftime show is a very afterthought ish thing in the stadium.
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Those shows are for television, and that was produced as such.
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Right?
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Like, it's not that's why you don't see the halftime shows during the season broadcast as
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that.
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It's just something to kinda hold your attention to do to, like, keep the momentum
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while the while the real show is in the locker room getting rested up and recharged.
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So I thought the Kid Rock one was fine.
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I mean, it was a concert.
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It it is is what it is.
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I think it's been
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both Kid Rock and Jelly Roll?
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I didn't different people that joined, I think, dropped them.
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Yeah.
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I was in and out in between and getting my stuff and getting ready for our second half of
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coverage and everything.
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Next year, I'm doing a scene projects, Midwest original music organization halftime show.
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Like, if we're gonna do watch alongs like we did this time, then I'm gonna run my own
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halftime show with all my people out.
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I'm gonna bring my hometown onto the field.
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Right?
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Like, I'm gonna bring my people out there and put them on it, and we might not have, you
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know, a 132,000,000 people or whatever watching or another 6,000,000 people or whatever on
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YouTube watching that.
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But, like, to me, that is what I kind of that's what I got out of it.
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It's like if we're gonna use this as a a moment in time to hang out with our friends and our
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fans, then I'm gonna give them part of our world for that halftime show.
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If everybody's gonna find just, like, something to hate on, then you can hate on all of us
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then.
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Yep.
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And and, Steve, what's up?
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I would bet money that Cody does have his application in for the GM position for the
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Vikings.
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He better.
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He better.
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I want a front office job.
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I'll be coder secretary.
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I don't care.
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That's what I'm asking.
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Director director of art entertainment.
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Yeah.
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You already know.
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You already
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know, dude.
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You're paying murals all up in the bank.
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I've been trying to do that for a minute.
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Yeah.
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Well, that's gonna I don't know how they haven't hired you, man.
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I Well, my
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my the person I know on the, for the Vikings has definitely told me that they're they really
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want they just wanna do something really special.
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So it'll happen.
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I'm not worried.
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Oh, what's up, Rob?
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Welcome in, man.
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How you doing, Rob?
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What's up, Rob?
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We got new merch up.
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Shop.thesceneprojects.com.
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Make sure y'all are checking that out, supporting the show on there.
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We're gonna get some Sir Picasso.
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Obviously, if I can buy some licensing and get some Picasso merch up there, that'd be fucking
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dope.
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Yeah.
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I'm I'm working I'm working on that aspect too.
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We're, we're looking into actually purchasing a whole I don't know what the hell it's called,
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but it's a printing machine.
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You just put your shirts in it, and it prints right on the machine.
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There's no heat pressing, no nothing.
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So the shit can go on a sorry for cursing.
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It can go on a dryer, like, a thousand times and not lose anything.
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There you go.
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Steve,
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I could be seven feet away from a mic, and you would hear my voice loud and clear.
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I guarantee you that man was singing.
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I know people that know Bob personally.
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He don't fake it.
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So you can take that and do what you want with it.
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I thought I thought it was all good.
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I thought the game was good.
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It's funny me and Bea were joking because, it was after that we kinda shut our feed down
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after the third quarter that all the action started happening.
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Yep. I was
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I was was like, where's the the bubble?
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I think it was right after we Yeah.
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Well, I was, like, a minute behind his feet, so I'm kinda watching.
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You could see his TV behind him a little bit.
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I had him, like, sitting off to the side so I could see that TV.
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And, yeah, it it wasn't, like, the best viewing experience for me.
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But I I wasn't invested in the game.
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Right?
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Like, it was just the spectacle that was on that everybody's, you know, kinda participating
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in even if it's, you know, just to hang out with your friends, which is really what the
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watch along was all about.
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And Of course.
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It was really, it was really awesome, man, to spend the time with Cody, with Bea, with our
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fans out here.
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You know?
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It it was really cool just to have that moment.
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And like I said, next year, already making plans that I'm gonna put together a whole
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thirty five minute halftime show and nothing but artists that are in our world and having
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them, you know, getting to share their music videos and getting those out there and putting
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together a spectacle of our own, man.
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I think that's what that's why we do what we do.
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Right?
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And, you know, whether we continue to maybe do watch alongs for Vikings games next year or
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whatever that looks like, we'll see.
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I enjoyed watching the game and and participating in it that way.
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You know?
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Maybe we're eventually, PA is gonna retire eventually, man.
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So we're trying to set ourselves up for a a possible future in the booth and doing what
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we're doing.
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Looking forward to going to the VWO tailgate next year and doing this show live, you know,
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in the shadow of US Bank Stadium and being able to broadcast from there.
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Like, we got big plans for next season.
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This whole season has been nothing but a pilot, right, of, like, can we do this?
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Do we enjoy doing this?
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And what, you know, what does it look like moving forward?
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And I think it's been a freaking blast.
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No.
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It's been fun.
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I mean, do these watch alongs even though I'm close to close when we do them here and there.
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This is fun doing them and and pretending you're, you know, sitting in the box watching
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the game.
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We try to figure out what the office is gonna do.
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Hey.
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They're gonna run this play.
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No.
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They're gonna pass.
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So was that a penalty?
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I mean, it's it's a fun bicker back back and forth, and then and then you got coach Cody,
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you know, when he throws something to him, and he's gonna break it down.
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Be like, yeah.
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You know, is this this is the lineup.
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This is how they set up.
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This is formation.
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This is exactly what I would have done, you know, and stuff like that.
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So it's fun.
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It's it's definitely a blast.
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That's how I watch every single game.
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Yeah.
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I I have a feeling, Cody would get too intense during the game, so maybe we'll just do pre
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halftime and postgame from now on.
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We'll we'll see.
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No.
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I think it's been, you know, an overall success, way better than I thought it would be.
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And, you know, just, just a simple idea that he had.
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You know?
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Bubba, it was a it was this killer idea, and I'm just excited for, where it takes us, how
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much we grow, and, I mean, the opportunities that are coming with it.
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I mean, baseball hall of fame, let's get it.
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What are you what are you talking about, Steve?
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Our kicker and our punter are co MVPs of this team
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right now.
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Oh, god.
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We're gonna we're gonna get into that now.
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I mean The song snapper.
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We are
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moving into that.
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Right?
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In the draft talk.
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I mean, if you ask me, you already know.
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I'm it seems like that like, quarterback is gonna be the probably one of your most valuable
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picks in kind of the space that we're at.
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I'm all about them grabbing.
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It's like, there's so many needs on this team on the defensive side of
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the football right now.
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And not
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that there aren't needs on the offensive side, but I think it's easier to come up with I I
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think it's easier to come up with offensive players that can maybe fit into the system that
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KOC wants to run right now in free agency where you
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you need
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to get younger on the defense.
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Right?
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And I know that Flores doesn't typically play young guys.
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He hasn't young had young guys that were the most talented players on the field either.
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Right?
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And I think that if you can get younger there, even if they're not starters and you're maybe
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signing some guys and kind of amoebaing these this defense again, that you end up, you know,
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where where we need to be.
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I mean, there are a lot of question marks still.
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I'm still have they made a lot of cuts?
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Be I haven't really been paying attention.
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I haven't I haven't seen nothing big.
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I know, you know, listen to my you know, listen to PA and the group on the drive to work and
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home and stuff.
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They haven't done nothing.
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I think they're just kind of waiting to see who gets cut.
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I mean, I know the talk the last few days is, you know, Kirk Cousins.
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Where is he gonna come back?
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You know, because it Atlanta's already said they're gonna cut him before that deadline
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hits.
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So, you know, is that a possibility?
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Is that something that the Vikings are gonna entertain?
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I'm coach, I'm with you.
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You know, I I I don't think it's the right fit.
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I think we need, you know, something different there.
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I mean, we definitely need a backup.
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In the face of what they've said that they want to have somebody that can drive and push JJ a
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little bit.
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Like, to me, Kirk Cousins doesn't push JJ in a competitive way to, like, to it just doesn't
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he's not moving the needle for me right now.
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No.
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And at you, and you've got questions along that offensive line yet.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I mean, right now, the only guy that I think that would fit that, you know, hey.
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We need somebody to push JJ would be, I hate to say it, maybe AR from the Colts because he's
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still young, a young quarterback like that, or they swing for the fence and they give what
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Cincinnati wants for Burrow if it be Burrow.
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I I know I know Picasso, but, I mean, we need somebody in there that could do it.
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I don't trust me.
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I don't wanna pay the hall to get Burrow.
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I'd rather go with somebody that's still young, a veteran that's been around.
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You know, I know a AR has only been there for a couple years, but he's got that starting
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experience.
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I've heard Gino Smith being thrown out there, David Carr being thrown out there.
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None of those are gonna push JJ.
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So I I don't know what they're gonna do.
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That point He's a competitive kid,
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so you put anybody in there where he's gotta feel like he's gotta fight for his job, I think
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he's gonna stand up and prove people wrong.
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Right.
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I I think he ends up being there, but you want somebody that actually pushes him, not what you
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had last year with the you know?
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I mean, they had three or four different quarterbacks in camp.
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Right?
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Like, you finally landed on Carson Wentz, like, three days before the season started.
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You know?
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And that's where the downfall that's where I think the downfall the downside went with
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Quacy, and I think we kinda touched on that a couple weeks ago that that was the downside.
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Is that you chirping, Bea?
23:36
That's didn't know if I don't think we have a fire alarm in here.
23:41
I only have one.
23:42
Well, it's it's our it's our extension off of we we built a little family room, so off of our
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mobile home.
23:50
So but there is some kind of, like, like, alarm going off.
23:57
I don't know if it's here, though.
23:58
So My, my cohost on unsigned spotlight today, Michael Cagle, he it's been going on in the
24:05
background for them, so he didn't even notice it.
24:07
And I was like, you still ain't got a new battery for that old smoke alarm yet.
24:11
And he's like, what are you talking about?
24:15
I was like, you hear that.
24:16
So funny.
24:18
So funny.
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Coach, you got a big game coming up this weekend, man.
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I I don't wanna wait till the end of the show to talk about it.
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No.
24:26
Let's talk about it.
24:27
We got we got cavalry football, Wyoming cavalry.
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Obviously, you're the defensive coach.
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I know you had your meeting tonight.
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How are the guys feeling in the locker room?
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I mean, defensively because I it was a defensive meeting, but defensively, we're ready
24:43
to go.
24:43
We know what we got.
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We know, you know, most of them had played under me before, so it's just gonna be smooth
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sailing.
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We just gotta communicate.
24:54
I heard just earlier today that there are only four tickets left, so it's gonna be loud.
25:02
You know, we've we've always had a loud environment coming in with the fans booing
25:08
against us and stuff.
25:09
So it's gonna feel weird having them on our side for a change, But I'm excited.
25:15
Just hoping that we can go come out and gel and make a statement, you know.
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Not just win, but I wanna I wanna make a statement this game.
25:26
Yeah.
25:26
That's crazy, man.
25:27
Preseason action and already getting sellouts.
25:31
It's it speaks to the support you guys are gonna have during the season as well.
25:37
That's gotta be a good feeling for you.
25:39
I know, especially with the start up with the Saint Paul Bears this year that probably didn't
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have a lot of fans in attendance when you were at, you know, playing even home games, you
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know, in the few that you did.
25:50
I don't did you even did you coach a home game?
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No.
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Nope.
25:53
How could I say?
25:54
I don't think he coached one.
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Two away games, but I did see, I did see some of their games, you know, still got love for
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the players.
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You know?
26:04
So but, yeah, this is that this is a whole different ballgame.
26:09
Like, whole different atmosphere and actual arena.
26:13
So let's go.
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I'm I'm
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That complex is cool, man.
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Like I said, I'm from around out in that area, very familiar with the arena you're playing in.
26:22
And, yeah, really awesome what they're what they're doing out there.
26:26
So, coach, I mean, it is it is a preseason game.
26:31
You you know, you wanna go in and and put your foot down.
26:34
I mean but outside of that, what I mean, what are you looking for with the team?
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I mean, cohesiveness.
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I mean, I know these guys are all traveling with you.
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So what are you looking for in the in the in preseason game number one with your team and
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with the offensive side of the team?
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Yeah.
26:52
I'm just you know, I'm looking for us to get that rust off and fast.
26:58
I want us to come out fast.
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I want us to come out hitting and just playing smart, you know, gaining that trust.
27:07
We have a few new players, on the defense.
27:09
So, just getting them up to speed and then, you know, having confidence in them.
27:15
So, that's basically what I'm trying to see.
27:18
I wanna see who's who's really about it and who's gonna shy away from the hits or the wall
27:24
or something like that.
27:25
So, this is gonna be a game to, you know, evaluate and make more cuts.
27:31
No one's safe ever really in the arena football.
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Yeah.
27:38
Yeah.
27:38
I just wanna address this, Steve.
27:39
I don't think there's any way that the Vikings are up for sale.
27:42
I think the Welsh
27:43
will be
27:43
this this franchise as a business is printing money hand over fist, man.
27:47
Like, they would be they would be crazy.
27:50
And I don't know what this other Vikings pod is saying.
27:52
I I saw some post and I saw some fake news.
27:55
I mean, there's so much AI generated content and people that are just trying to get a rise
27:59
out of people.
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I don't think there's any validity to that whatsoever.
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Yeah.
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No.
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The bikes are not up for sale.
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And and if they are, it's very private knowledge right now.
28:09
So And it would be they're But but realistically, we we house.
28:14
Right?
28:14
It's not your mobile home that you're listing.
28:16
I
28:16
like your mobile home.
28:18
Well, and the thing is as Sale.
28:20
The whole thing goes, everybody got everybody has their price.
28:24
So, I mean, you know, but who you know, they're not looking.
28:28
I mean, if an offer falls on their lap, yeah, then they're probably talking, but they're
28:33
they're not act now unlike the other Minnesota sports team that does need to sell the twins
28:38
Yeah.
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I mean, they need to sell.
28:40
I mean, but that's the other story for a different day.
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Yep.
28:45
Yeah.
28:45
We're gonna get into
28:46
the baseball talk.
28:47
Don't worry.
28:47
We got plenty we already got the color scheme for some some twins baseball too.
28:53
So we're gonna go.
28:55
That was it was some smart branding by one Bubba starts.
28:58
Who cares?
29:01
The owners like money.
29:03
Like, you know, like, I heard nobody likes the owners of the packers.
29:10
Oh, no.
29:11
The wolf the wolves are loved here.
29:13
I mean, I haven't heard anything negative about the wolves except for the GM hire recently, but
29:23
you know?
29:24
So yeah.
29:24
So, no, they they're probably one of the best owners I've had since I've been a Vikings fan.
29:30
You know?
29:31
They're they're willing to do their thing.
29:33
So we'll see.
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Yeah.
29:34
It's not like they won't spend money.
29:35
I I don't know what I I don't know what fans aren't happy with the like, I don't know.
29:42
Maybe they're a little more hands off than other owners are, but I think The
29:47
the the only negative that I've heard is that the ticket prices are so high.
29:51
Well, that's life.
29:54
You know, everything's high.
29:55
So
29:56
What up, Norsefias?
29:57
What's up, man?
29:59
What's up?
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Yes, sir.
30:01
Norsvios, what'd you think of the Super Bowl?
30:04
How do you feel about Sammy d getting his ring?
30:12
We we did a nice little watch along party.
30:16
Had a great time for that, and Cody's in the background doing his thing.
30:21
I love watching him
30:23
Multitask.
30:26
It's just that big booming voice that he has, man.
30:29
I can't do something about it.
30:31
I can't.
30:32
I've tried.
30:33
Let me see if I can do something on my side here.
30:37
Nobody's ever said my voice is loud.
30:39
So
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Yeah.
30:43
And I the, I can turn off the automatic and try to turn you down.
30:49
Yeah.
30:54
Let's get it.
30:56
Yes, sir.
30:57
What's up, buddy?
30:58
Cody,
31:01
so you guys head out on Friday and head out there to Gillette, Wyoming.
31:07
Who are you guys playing again?
31:09
The CNY Blue Devils.
31:11
06:30 kickoff on Valentine's Day.
31:15
Will there be a link?
31:17
Yes.
31:18
Yes.
31:19
I don't have it right now, but I do know we're gonna be live streamed on YouTube.
31:25
So if you just type in cavalry, you should be alright.
31:28
And then we're also gonna be on the radio, and I can get that radio station here.
31:34
Yeah.
31:34
Make sure we got it so we can share it, man.
31:36
Norsvius, never, never any offense taken here, man.
31:39
We always appreciate the help, and, you know, it sounds different to everybody.
31:43
I'm listening, on my, you know, studio monitors in my studio here, so things sound differently
31:49
to me.
31:50
I hate to pull them out and then you can't hear them at all.
31:52
So we always appreciate you, man.
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Yeah.
31:55
Thanks thanks for the update.
31:56
We'll definitely keep eyes on that or ears on that.
32:00
Do, do wanna apologize to you fellas about that phone call I had to take.
32:04
Originally, I was only able to take nine players, out of my 13, and I just got a call.
32:11
I'm able to add two more.
32:13
So, that makes life a little bit easier.
32:16
How is that?
32:17
I, downsized my volume a little bit.
32:20
Is that better?
32:20
Yeah.
32:21
It seems like it's
32:22
a little too low.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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I'd say we're looking like I'm gonna put you at, like, 50%.
32:30
I think if we hit that
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50 Oh, okay. Percent
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Percent Oh, you get a test right here.
32:34
That's it.
32:34
Yep.
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Alright.
32:36
Cool.
32:37
Yeah.
32:37
50 is good.
32:38
That's clever.
32:39
Alright.
32:39
Just in case anybody wants to know, US is down one to two or two to one in the curling
32:45
championship game that I'm watching.
32:49
Bobo just didn't even lost it.
32:53
Alright.
32:54
You know what, b?
32:55
I was I was worried about not being able to watch it.
32:58
It's gold medal game for the mixed doubles
33:01
That's awesome, man.
33:02
Currently.
33:02
US.
33:03
Who are they playing?
33:04
Canada?
33:05
No.
33:06
They're playing Switzerland.
33:08
We're still in the Steve, we will fight you.
33:12
We will fight you over Cody.
33:15
Yeah.
33:15
I wanna see you try to be that guy over the green and gold.
33:20
Couldn't do it.
33:21
Couldn't do it.
33:23
Not only am I happy for Sam indeed, but I'm proud of him.
33:26
All the slings and arrows he's had to take.
33:28
He's indeed, man.
33:30
He does deserve it.
33:31
And his whole career, not just in Minnesota, but we talked about a lot on the show.
33:37
And let's go.
33:39
Like, hey.
33:40
You're gonna be fighting the whole SPSN crowd for Cody, man.
33:44
Ew.
33:44
They would probably cut me in a heartbeat, but you you can't have Cody.
33:48
He's our he's our ace.
33:52
No.
33:53
I you know, especially with the way that Sam got treated by the fan base kinda thrown under
33:57
the bus like AOC, we we went over that quite a bit.
34:02
That and Stephen a Smith kinda went scorched earth on him today on his show I saw.
34:08
And, I mean, well deserved because you you kinda gave up on the guy.
34:13
How do you expect someone to come back from that?
34:15
Like, he doesn't have ears to hear and eyes to see.
34:19
And to me, it was I better think he got treated with some disrespect.
34:23
I I think they made a massive mistake by not signing him during the season Mhmm.
34:28
And putting an offer on the table, and then you never have the Seahawks being able to make an
34:33
offer.
34:33
Right?
34:34
You're putting it out there before anyone else has a chance to.
34:37
So, yeah, some mistakes were made by this Vikings organization, but the mistake was not
34:42
believing in the guy that you gave the contract to that led you to 14 wins the year before.
34:47
Right?
34:47
Well, you know, it it is unfortunate, you know, especially with I don't think it would have
34:54
been a slight to JJ McCarthy with the injury he had suffered during the season either.
35:00
I and, you know, I I think Kwasey and KOC deserve all the smoke.
35:05
I mean, Kwasey obviously lost his job over it, whether you know, I mean, it was obviously a
35:09
stack of things there.
35:10
But, yeah, right now, KOC and to a certain degree, the Vikings fan base deserves a lot of
35:16
smoke right now for the way they treated Sam Darnold.
35:19
And the ultimate get back for him to go to a team that knew his skill set, that was aware of
35:26
what he could do, what he couldn't do, and they built a team, that could win ball games.
35:32
And at the end of the day, that's what it's about.
35:34
It's not about a system.
35:36
It's not about an a one person's ego, whether that's the quarterback himself, the head coach,
35:42
the GM, the ownership.
35:44
It's about that entire team, meaning the whole team from the front office to all the 53 on the
35:51
field, to all the training staff, everyone playing as one.
35:56
Well, the thing with all fan bases is they wanna be right.
36:00
I mean, they if they wanna be like, oh, I told you we should've went this way and not this
36:05
way.
36:06
You know, everybody was being wanting a young quarterback.
36:10
We need to stop saying these old guys that have been here for a you know, been around.
36:14
You know, we need to find a franchise quarterback.
36:16
We found a franchise quarterback.
36:18
Now could we have kept Sam and had him had JJ another year as a backup?
36:23
That probably would have been a better plan.
36:26
Did did Sam wanna be here?
36:27
Like, Bubba said, we could have signed him during the regular season.
36:31
We could have franchise tagged him.
36:33
Could have done a couple other things, but, you know, maybe, you know, overall, Sam didn't
36:38
wanna be here after that one year because he knew JJ was the guy.
36:42
So, I mean, a lot of factors play into why Sam's not here.
36:46
So
36:47
Yeah.
36:47
Well and good for him finding a team after, you know, what's this?
36:52
His fourth stop, you know, in six years?
36:55
Fifth and sixth?
36:56
Drafted drafted by the Jets, the Panthers, the Niners, the Vikings, and now to land in
37:01
Seattle.
37:02
And to be on a team that knows how to use, his skill set and I was waiting I was waiting for
37:14
it, Norris.
37:15
Somebody said it.
37:17
Well, the thing too is Seattle got rid of their couple good receivers and couple other people.
37:23
You know?
37:24
So going into the season, myself included, didn't think Seattle's gonna do much.
37:29
It's just like, okay.
37:30
Let's see what Sam can do.
37:31
And Good.
37:32
It just it just shows that that offensive line is the next key component to having a solid
37:38
quarterback play.
37:39
You know?
37:42
How about that Will Campbell for the Patriots just catching straights for his game?
37:48
Yeah.
37:48
Oh, man.
37:50
Have you have you seen those memes?
37:52
No.
37:52
I haven't.
37:53
No.
37:53
I missed them.
37:54
Will Campbell in his, like, college interviews and stuff, he's like, if you're a defensive
38:01
lineman and you get a sack a game, you know, you're, for the whole season, you're gonna be a
38:09
top five pick.
38:10
You know, if you're your alignment giving up a sack a game, you're gonna be bagging groceries
38:16
or something.
38:17
And then when he got drafted to the Patriots, he's like, I'm a protect I'm a live and die and
38:22
give up my life to protect, Drake May.
38:25
And then in the Super Bowl,
38:26
he just got worked.
38:27
Absolutely rocked.
38:29
Oh my goodness.
38:31
Everybody on that Patriots office got worked.
38:34
I mean
38:34
Yeah, man.
38:35
And that's
38:36
one of the things that I I said about the the Seahawks team was the rotation they have on
38:42
that defensive line.
38:44
The dogs they had on that line made a whole, whole, big, massive difference, man.
38:50
So
38:50
Well, and, Cody, I brought that up to you, you know, watching one of the bears' first games,
38:55
And I think you get I think it was, like, towards the halftime of the first game, and,
39:00
you know, there the team was on a chance to score, and one of your guys just blew up the
39:05
middle and had, like, a 10 yard sack loss.
39:09
Took them out of field goal range and stuff like that, or I I just you know?
39:14
I mean, yeah, they get worked.
39:16
I mean, you know, that defense definitely worked out of the patriots all over that field.
39:22
Yeah.
39:22
Yeah.
39:22
No.
39:23
It wasn't just Campbell.
39:24
It wasn't just Campbell, but it just just because of what he was saying in the past, they
39:29
brought it up and just catching strays.
39:32
So Yep.
39:33
But, yeah, that all And the pass is all from from all get you, especially in the media
39:36
world.
39:36
They're everything's recorded.
39:38
So if you say something bad, you know Oh my god.
39:42
If this
39:42
show ever if this show ever, like, gets some traction, we're gonna get roasted daily.
39:48
Right?
39:48
Like, there's gonna be people that make shows just talking about our bad takes, And I I look
39:54
forward to those days.
39:56
Right?
39:56
I
39:58
It's not a bad take if it I mean, if it happens, it's not a bad take.
40:02
I mean, you know, we all, you know, we all have our own peace of mind and, you know, we're
40:08
gonna talk about the draft coverage.
40:10
What should the Vikings do at 18?
40:11
I guarantee all three of us is gonna have a different player on the board that we wanna
40:14
take.
40:15
You know, or what move they wanna make.
40:17
Do we wanna trade up?
40:18
Do we wanna trade down?
40:19
You know, and stuff like that.
40:20
We're all gonna have different takes on that.
40:22
I wanna address that comment real quick.
40:24
Alright.
40:25
That last one.
40:26
That's a
40:27
good point.
40:28
Like, why why wouldn't you?
40:29
We we had him, and, I mean, you blow you just blow his direction, and he falls over.
40:36
Like
40:37
and what?
40:38
What's he?
40:38
Six foot something?
40:39
Six foot maybe?
40:41
Like, he just undersized.
40:43
I thought they
40:44
could have taken advantage of him.
40:45
Yeah.
40:46
And he was supposed to be the anchor when he came here to Minnesota.
40:48
That was supposed to be the new centerpiece to the Mike's offensive line.
40:52
You know?
40:52
Yep.
40:53
Yep.
40:55
Yep.
40:56
That's alright, Steve.
40:57
We can take them.
40:57
I got tough skin.
40:59
I got thick skin, man.
41:01
We don't mind it.
41:02
And that's what it's all about, man.
41:03
Yeah.
41:04
I've been called I've called worse by better people.
41:06
So
41:08
I I I miss the like, I don't work in the factory anymore, so I kinda miss the locker
41:13
room talk.
41:15
I I miss the, you know, the ribbon.
41:18
You know?
41:18
It just it is what it is, man.
41:21
It it me and my friends used to say, we ain't talking shit, we ain't talking.
41:25
So Right.
41:27
It does You you ain't trying.
41:29
You know?
41:29
That's all I'll say there.
41:30
I mean Yeah.
41:35
There you go.
41:35
Alright, Steve.
41:36
You're putting yourself out there.
41:38
We'll see.
41:39
We'll have
41:40
coach go the the man.
41:41
I mean You want me a quarterback coach or a secondary?
41:44
That's, two different sides of the ball there, man.
41:46
I mean Alright.
41:48
Steve knows the policy.
41:49
Steve doesn't know football.
41:54
Oh, I said.
41:55
Just playing, man.
41:56
You you you do alright.
41:58
You're just fine.
42:01
That's one thing about sports is we all have our own own opinions, agree with them or
42:06
disagree with them.
42:07
So Oh my.
42:12
I do wanna give you guys a heads up.
42:14
I will need to dip off at nine.
42:17
I got a team meeting here and a Zoom just going over some film.
42:21
Alright.
42:22
Good.
42:23
You, Steve.
42:24
Love you, coach.
42:24
Yeah.
42:25
We didn't need to go for a long tonight.
42:26
Just wanna recap the Super Bowl.
42:28
Yeah.
42:28
Give us a little break, a a little buffer here week in between before we really dip into draft
42:34
coverage and all that.
42:36
Obviously, you have a busy week, so me and Bea might actually have to do our own damn homework
42:40
and come up with some things.
42:41
No.
42:42
No.
42:42
I got I got mine I got mine about half done.
42:46
You know,
42:47
I it's been a busy week.
42:49
I my sister gave birth yesterday to a healthy baby boy.
42:55
So
42:56
Congratulations, man.
42:57
Congratulations to mom, and and happy the baby.
43:00
Just love that.
43:04
On, man.
43:05
Yeah.
43:05
We appreciate Steve.
43:06
Oh, no.
43:06
We don't mind.
43:08
We don't mind.
43:09
We we like having a good time.
43:10
Norsfius, we love having you here too, man.
43:12
And if you're interested in coming on, talking some draft coverage with us, shoot me an email
43:18
or something.
43:19
My email's on my on all the YouTube channels as well, so you can find me there.
43:25
Drop me a line.
43:26
Would love to have you on.
43:28
And, yeah, there we go.
43:30
See you at the end of the day, man.
43:31
We can talk smack, but we still we still love god and babies.
43:35
Right?
43:36
Like,
43:37
It's gonna be it's gonna be a busy weekend, you know, heading straight out there, from about
43:44
you know, we'll we'll probably get there Saturday morning, and then from noon to six, or
43:49
noon to four, we got, events leading up to the game.
43:53
They shut down the whole, town and make it a big thing.
43:57
And then pregame, the game itself, and then we're heading right back because I got a baby
44:04
shower that I cannot miss Saturday.
44:06
Yeah.
44:10
It's gonna be like that.
44:12
So you're saying there's gonna be a police escort once you get to the Minnesota border
44:16
back to, Cannon Falls here.
44:18
Hopefully.
44:20
Hopefully.
44:21
The, yeah.
44:21
See if I get lucky.
44:23
The South Dakota speed limits are 80 miles an hour on the interstate, so you're gonna haul
44:27
ass in South Dakota.
44:29
Right.
44:30
You gotta go drop some of the guys back off in North Dakota again, though?
44:35
No.
44:36
Thank god.
44:38
I figured out a way to make them come here.
44:42
So Or even meet you in Sioux Falls or you know what I mean?
44:45
Like, drive drive south to Sioux Falls, so we'll park your car at the mall or something,
44:49
and let's go, man.
44:51
Like
44:51
Right.
44:52
But, of course.
44:53
Especially if you're Cannon Falls, like, you're on the Southeast Side Of Minneapolis.
44:57
That is way out of your way to go up and into far it's like you're in Saint Cloud already.
45:02
Right?
45:02
Like, you're not on the way out there.
45:04
You know?
45:05
And then, of course, when I tell people that we're switching up the route and this and that,
45:09
then people are instantly trying to get map quested or something and just get directions
45:14
and be like, oh, am I on the way?
45:16
It's like, no.
45:17
Meet at the meeting spot.
45:19
We'll pick you up, and we're going.
45:23
So so They got a bomber wing up there, Norris Fiest.
45:26
What what branch were you?
45:28
Because we got the big, b one bomber wing.
45:30
So those, b ones that flew over on the flyover, those were from Rapid City.
45:35
Those were from the bomber wing that stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base out there.
45:42
So, coach, drive this Saturday.
45:46
What's it gonna be like in the car?
45:47
What do you what do you plan on just letting the guys do their thing, quiet ride?
45:52
I mean, music jamming.
45:54
I mean, what do you plan on doing?
45:56
I mean, it it goes in waves.
45:58
It's kinda weird.
45:59
I've been traveling with these fellas for going on three years now, most of them.
46:04
And, you know, for the first two hours, three hours, it's hyped.
46:11
This loud in that van, you can't hear nothing, like, laughing.
46:16
You know, everybody's just it's like a big family, honestly.
46:20
And then it'll kinda die down.
46:23
We'll stop, get gas, or whatever.
46:25
You know, more, hypeness, and then they start to fall asleep.
46:30
And and they're out.
46:33
And, you know, we got a couple that'll probably, you know, sleep with their eye open
46:37
like this.
46:37
You know what I'm saying?
46:38
Like, our first time, we, you know, we've ran into a snowstorm, and it, you know, it was just
46:45
those flakes coming right at you.
46:47
So high beam, low beam, it doesn't really matter.
46:50
All this all the roads were coming It
46:52
It all
46:53
looks like you're flying the damn Millennium Falcon, man.
46:56
Like So I, I'm not gonna lie.
47:00
I was cooking.
47:01
I was cooking, and this this corner came up.
47:04
And I tapped on that brake so quickly, but, like, it was smooth, and it was perfect timing
47:11
because we were not gonna make that corner.
47:13
I'm not even gonna lie.
47:15
Oh my goodness.
47:17
Yeah.
47:17
We need a progression after that.
47:19
I see it.
47:20
On a bus.
47:21
We need to hurry up, get this tour on the road, and get that Netflix money, and do it.
47:27
I got some really, man.
47:29
I was on I don't know if you guys are aware of who Radio Raheem is, big podcaster, and, I was
47:36
on the phone with him today, probably taking our show into his studio in Dallas.
47:41
So, that was pretty cool today.
47:43
My shout out to my friend, Nini, who we were talking about working in one of our other
47:47
clubs.
47:48
And I had mentioned, you know, hey.
47:49
Maybe we wanna go into the studio instead.
47:52
We really don't have the money to do, the big club.
47:55
And she's like, well, the owner just walked in.
47:56
I'll put you on the phone with him.
47:57
And, literally, we're just talking.
47:58
We're just talking.
47:59
And then
47:59
at the
48:00
end, I was like, yeah, man.
48:01
So, like, what was your name?
48:02
It's like Radio Raheem.
48:03
And I she had mentioned his name before, but I didn't know that's who I was on the phone with.
48:07
I'm just talking, and we're talking about the support of the independent music scene and
48:11
everything that they're doing down there for, you know, independent creatives.
48:15
And, yeah, man, it's just really cool.
48:17
I was like, oh, yeah, man.
48:18
I think I saw you on a podcast one time.
48:20
I think over three years, you
48:21
know, he was on Rogan.
48:26
Dang, man.
48:27
It's every day.
48:29
Yeah, man.
48:29
Rap rap was awesome, man.
48:31
We loved having him on the show with us.
48:33
Appreciate his takes.
48:35
It seems like as far as creators go, you know, us independent creators, he's got a really
48:41
sound, football mind.
48:43
And, but he's very aware of, like, the the fan.
48:47
Right?
48:47
And and the fans takes on things and for for better and for worse.
48:52
Right?
48:52
So it was really awesome to have Rap on, man.
48:54
Incredible individual.
48:56
Got a got an awesome platform, of his own, and we're just feeling our way through this, man.
49:02
I I got to talk today.
49:03
Another phone call I had today was with the guy who's the, director of sales for half a day
49:08
tequila drink.
49:09
And that is actually owned by the guys from Bob Does Sports, which I kinda reference a lot with
49:14
our with our golf talk.
49:16
And so it's cool being on the phone with him and chatting and that yeah.
49:24
That, you know, just this world is tightening up.
49:27
Right?
49:27
Like, we're we're starting to branch out and end up, connecting with a lot of really awesome
49:34
creators.
49:35
I think people appreciate our authenticness.
49:38
We're not trying to be somebody that we're not on here, and, we are just who we are.
49:43
And we're pretty, we're pretty cool to food dudes.
49:45
Right?
49:45
Like, we're we're not we're not bad guys.
49:47
We're good people.
49:48
And I think that's all that, you know, people really want is to to be around good people.
49:54
We're not trying to be, you know, outrageous just for the sake of being outrageous.
50:02
Right?
50:06
I I don't know that I do.
50:08
Do you guys remember at all?
50:09
Catch 84?
50:10
No.
50:11
No.
50:11
No.
50:14
But, I mean, like you said, this this is you know, we're not trying to, you know, like, copy
50:22
anybody.
50:23
We're just trying to, give people a platform to be, and talk football and just be relatable.
50:31
You know?
50:31
Like you said, we're just three three dudes who love the sport, love the Vikings, came
50:36
together, and we're just hanging out.
50:39
Honestly, I'm just trying to make you famous so you get that job at the Vikings, and, we all
50:43
get to hang out and get free tickets.
50:45
That's what Well,
50:45
mean, that's the whole thing is, you know, we watch all the sport networks and stuff, and a
50:51
lot of their takes are just based on because the team is popular and all this stuff.
50:56
And, you know, we're just three average Joe's that our takes matter in our opinion, and, you
51:03
know, we're not gonna hit you know, we'll have debates here and there, but, you know, it's all
51:08
for fun.
51:09
Like that poor man's Ben poor man's Ben Wallace.
51:14
Yeah.
51:17
Oh, man.
51:18
You gotta keep your basketball takes off the show or you're just gonna get killed, man.
51:23
Nobody's gonna respect Cody after his basketball takes get out there.
51:28
Well, I didn't mean that I wanted
51:30
guy who might have a close personal relationship with the Jones family and kinda
51:37
waiting to see what happens with him.
51:40
I know there've been a lot of talk about him possibly being a cap casualty.
51:43
I think if he ends up getting cut from the Vikings or doesn't have a restructure on the
51:47
table, that he probably retires.
51:51
I think he's had a pretty solid career.
51:52
I think that ankle injury was probably a a lot worse.
51:57
And yeah.
51:58
Oh, we're we're sad to hear that, man.
52:00
Curtis with catch 84 passed away in a car crash.
52:04
So we're sad to hear that.
52:07
And the Vikings fandom is, you know, is worse for it.
52:13
Right?
52:14
The these fans, this the Vikings fans are why I became a fan.
52:18
Right?
52:18
Not just the Viking world order, but everyone else around the team.
52:22
You know, Minnesota nice isn't just a saying.
52:24
Right?
52:25
You're open you're welcome with open arms wherever you go.
52:28
And, you know, I know there's been a lot of bad press on the city of Minneapolis, but I don't
52:33
think that that reflects Minnesota, you know, especially Vikings fandom as a whole.
52:39
I don't know what the rest of the teams are like.
52:42
I know we had a great time when we were up there to watch the twins, been to a
52:47
Timberwolves game as a bulls fan, been to a wild game as a black hawks fan, never got
52:52
treated disrespectfully.
52:53
Not the same, can be said of, like, fans of Cody or, you know, the the Eagles and, you
53:00
know, some other fan bases that are kinda just flagrant.
53:03
So for real, Norsfias.
53:08
And, yeah, sorry that we never got the chance to meet him or check out his content.
53:11
And, we are not I I don't think there's any way that Cody is trading jade either one of the JJs
53:21
on this team.
53:22
No.
53:22
I couldn't do that.
53:24
No.
53:24
I couldn't do that.
53:25
No.
53:26
And even Drake May who who people had, you know, pegged in as a possible MVP candidate,
53:31
candidate, you see the limitations that a a young quarterback is going to have.
53:35
You just haven't seen enough.
53:37
Right?
53:37
You you haven't been through it all to be able to react in the time you you need to to be able
53:43
to maybe see some things at the lines to make that extra call, to to be able to break one
53:50
play open.
53:51
And I know they made some plays down the stretch, but he also had a absolutely terrible
53:55
decision to throw it up, you know, in that fourth quarter.
54:00
That ball was going nowhere.
54:01
Right?
54:01
Like, I I don't even know, and I don't know that he's made any comments on it after that
54:06
either.
54:07
You know?
54:07
The guy zigged when he should've zagged, but, those are mistakes that young quarterbacks are
54:11
are going to make, and there's only one thing that kind of fixes that, and it is experience,
54:18
or, like, the best coaches in the world.
54:21
Right?
54:22
But, you know, e even Mahomes would make, made mistakes.
54:27
He just had a team that could bail him out.
54:31
Right?
54:32
And and the whole thing is is, I mean, as a Viking fan watching JJ struggle, I mean, look
54:40
at where that quarterback class draft is at.
54:44
You got May that just wasn't a Super Bowl.
54:48
You got Bowenix that went down the game before the championship.
54:52
You had Caleb Williams in that.
54:54
You had Daniels the year before almost make the Super Bowl in his rookie year.
55:00
So the thing is is just we just gotta be patient.
55:03
We gotta build around JJ, both JJs, keep them happy, queue them upright, and the sky's the
55:10
limits for this.
55:10
I mean, so
55:15
I'm interested to see what Steve says about that.
55:18
Cody Cody, trade away JJ from
55:20
the horns.
55:20
I mean, they're
55:23
just kinda throwing crazy stuff out there.
55:26
Saying that s a nine.
55:27
You can't even make that up.
55:29
Not nothing wrong
55:30
with You pull that off and you
55:32
add those green and gold glasses on your face too tight, my friend.
55:36
Hey, pal.
55:37
I gotta get going.
55:38
Yeah, man.
55:39
Enjoy your meeting, coach.
55:40
Yes, sir.
55:41
Good luck.
55:42
Be good.
55:43
Good luck this weekend.
55:44
We'll be looking forward to it.
55:46
I got a show Saturday night, but I will be with you in spirit.
55:49
And, I'll I'm gonna put the I'm a put my in ears on on the stage.
55:53
I'm a have the game on in my ear while I'm playing while I'm playing music.
55:58
So
55:58
Yeah.
55:58
As soon as I get that
56:00
radio station and the link, I'll be posting it.
56:04
So Alright.
56:05
Appreciate you, Brian.
56:06
Everybody have a great night.
56:07
Man.
56:07
See you, coach.
56:11
Let's go.
56:11
Nothing wrong with JJ Love.
56:13
That is just come on now.
56:15
I mean, to say he
56:19
I mean
56:20
I I get kind of thing that you wouldn't say
56:23
no no no regurts.
56:25
No regurts.
56:25
I mean, he's a good quarterback.
56:27
But
56:29
yeah.
56:29
But but, again, you know, we've talked about this before, you know, here a couple times.
56:34
They went from Farr.
56:36
They had Rogers sit behind Farr for a few years.
56:38
They went to Rogers.
56:39
Love sat behind, you know, Rogers for a couple years.
56:42
So they they've had a good solid quarterback room there, you know, as starting quarterback.
56:49
So, you know, Love is doing his thing.
56:51
He's probably, what, the number two quarterback, maybe number one quarterback in
56:56
the division itself.
56:58
So, I mean, you know but right now, he's trailing Marvin Rogers' star in some ball
57:06
rings.
57:06
So, you know,
57:14
Yeah.
57:14
And I don't think Jordan loves a bad quarterback.
57:16
I'm just like, he's awful.
57:18
But to just, like, to say there's nothing you know, I he's he's not perfect.
57:24
I said
57:24
Everybody's got their ups and downs in their you know, once they find out what that I mean,
57:30
the thing is is once they find out what your weakness is, now you gotta fix your weakness
57:35
and and make changes, you know.
57:37
You know, just in any sport, they find out what your weakness is, you gotta fix it, you know.
57:42
You know, you can't dribble to the left.
57:43
Okay.
57:44
We gotta work on that, you know.
57:45
You can't you can't hit that outside pitch, you know, you gotta work on it.
57:49
It's just one of those things where you just have
57:52
do young man.
57:56
We, my kids are are young, nine and or I guess 10 and nine now.
58:02
And the, I got them just drove.
58:06
Like, when we go and walk to the park and stuff, like, they only dribble with their left
58:10
hand.
58:10
Right?
58:10
Where I'm like, no.
58:11
You gotta you gotta work on this.
58:12
So you gotta get used to it.
58:13
But my wrist hurts.
58:14
My arm hurts really.
58:15
Yeah, man.
58:16
Like, it it ain't never gonna change.
58:17
Right?
58:18
Until you build up those muscles and get it.
58:20
And then I go watch them when they play, you know, pickup games for open gym or they're, you
58:27
know, playing on there.
58:28
And just a little bit of work that we've done and how much better they've gotten because
58:31
they're always working on what they're not good at, dribbling to the left and then eventually,
58:36
you know, left handed layups and doing all those things from a very young age instead of
58:40
trying to wait until you're in high school to work on those is just yeah.
58:50
Well, you never know.
58:52
You never know, man.
58:53
From one green and gold to another.
58:55
Right?
58:58
NDSU moving up in classes, I heard too.
59:01
Right?
59:01
Going to FBS?
59:03
Yep.
59:04
Yeah.
59:04
I heard something about that.
59:05
So yeah.
59:07
That mystery relevant plays a factor.
59:10
You know, you impressive.
59:12
I mean, you know, there's more and more, you know, people that are being signed because
59:18
they're undrafted to practice squads improving themselves and moving on.
59:22
So
59:22
Yeah.
59:22
Like, kick her in the Super Bowl.
59:24
Guy guy scored 15 points in the Super Bowl, was playing arena football a few years ago or last
59:31
year, like
59:32
Well, I mean, Kurt Warner back in the day, he was a Super Bowl or arena football guy.
59:37
So you just never know where this count's coming from.
59:39
I mean, you know, you just gotta get out there and work hard.
59:43
Yep.
59:43
And, ultimately, the game of football is the same, and it's how bad do you want it.
59:49
Right?
59:50
And right now, I I wanna get some sleep be the freaking kitten woke me up at midnight after we
59:56
didn't get back in till, like, 10:00.
59:58
I had, like, no sleep last night.
1:00:00
I did get a bunch of websites done for the Midwest Talent Awards and everything that we
1:00:04
got going on on that side.
1:00:06
We've made a ton of progress here with our with everything we've been working on, man.
1:00:12
I plan this big tour.
1:00:14
We've obviously had SPSN coverage that we're doing, working on some golf coverage.
1:00:18
We're working on some baseball coverage.
1:00:20
A lot of big things coming down the pipeline.
1:00:24
Stop yawning, B.
1:00:25
And we had a late night with the Super Bowl on Sunday and everything happening.
1:00:31
So with Yeah.
1:00:32
It's always good to get out and, you know, just be consistent with our show here and other
1:00:38
podcasts.
1:00:39
Just getting out, getting our name out there.
1:00:41
You know, it's gonna be a fun time.
1:00:43
I you know, not just growing with close to close, but growing with you and Cody and
1:00:48
everybody else from SPNN.
1:00:50
So it's gonna be fun.
1:00:52
Yeah.
1:00:53
I'm I'm very grateful for this, for this crew that we got, man, and what we're building.
1:00:58
And it's, it's really a great time.
1:01:01
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Let them know this is the spot to hang out on Tuesday nights, talk some ball.
1:01:12
We're gonna get heavy into the draft coverage.
1:01:14
Starting next week, I'm gonna do my homework over the course of the next few days and at
1:01:19
least get it started up.
1:01:20
I think what I'd like to do is we're gonna start with the outside, start with maybe the
1:01:24
secondary, the cornerbacks, the wide receivers because I think this team's gonna need a wide
1:01:29
receiver at the end of the day too and get a little younger at that position whether you're
1:01:33
gonna be able to keep Naylor or not.
1:01:36
I mean, that's gonna be the factor right there is Naylor and Addison.
1:01:39
I think it'll be two factors.
1:01:41
But
1:01:41
Yeah.
1:01:42
Well, I'm ready for him to start doing something.
1:01:44
Right?
1:01:45
Like, I kind of expected cuts to be made, and maybe that's, you know, later this week and
1:01:50
moving into next week as they really start to plan into that.
1:01:55
I know there's a
1:01:55
lot of
1:01:56
resignations that make sense as well as far as when a guy gets cut to to maximize the money
1:02:04
that you're getting back.
1:02:05
So
1:02:08
Yeah.
1:02:08
I I think after the Super Bowl, though, the few weeks is just them getting back getting back
1:02:13
doing their homework, starting, you know, start from, you know, square a again.
1:02:18
Vikings, on the other hand, you know, probably have to go a different route because they don't
1:02:23
have a GM, so they gotta kind of maneuver on what they're gonna do.
1:02:26
And, you know, I think, you know, KLC and Flores is gonna have a big input this
1:02:30
offseason.
1:02:31
That's why it kinda scares me to not have a g up and then, okay.
1:02:36
What are we gonna do?
1:02:37
You know?
1:02:37
Because we know quarterback's our biggest issue.
1:02:40
Are they gonna make that big splash and stuff like that?
1:02:42
Or are they gonna stay with JJ and go with the safe route and get in a veteran that could push
1:02:48
JJ a little bit.
1:02:49
I mean so it'll be interesting to see what they do.
1:02:52
They got 10 picks.
1:02:53
They're over the cap right now, so they definitely gotta fix that.
1:02:57
But, you know, is football, you know, right around the corner.
1:03:02
What?
1:03:03
Actually, what?
1:03:04
Four days, I think, pitchers and catchers report to spring training, so that's coming
1:03:09
around.
1:03:10
So got a lot going on this month.
1:03:12
Yeah.
1:03:13
It's it's crazy.
1:03:14
It's really picked up today too.
1:03:16
Today, I don't wanna say that I
1:03:17
was feeling sorry for myself, but, like, we didn't necessarily see a lot of movement on
1:03:22
our, like, you know, the submissions over the weekend and things that we were, you know,
1:03:28
trying to do, things that we've been pushing hard on that maybe just not getting that
1:03:32
traction.
1:03:33
And then, yeah, today, we had, like, two back to back calls where we pretty much, like,
1:03:36
locked in all of our venues for Texas.
1:03:38
And I was like, oh, you know what?
1:03:40
Sometimes you just don't see the momentum that you've created.
1:03:44
And sometimes you push, push, push.
1:03:47
You don't see any movement.
1:03:49
And then you kinda wake up one day and you've experienced that growth.
1:03:52
It's like watching your kids, man.
1:03:54
Right?
1:03:54
Where it's you know?
1:03:55
You're like, damn.
1:03:56
You haven't grown in a year, and then in in the next two months, they grow six inches.
1:04:01
Right?
1:04:01
You're like, oh, it's always been there, and maybe we're a little blind to it because we're
1:04:06
so head down in the work.
1:04:07
I think I got another, like, nine or 10 meetings tomorrow to kinda just back to back to
1:04:12
back.
1:04:12
And, yeah, man, trying to get them in.
1:04:14
I'm trying to touch as many points as I can right now, get out there in the business world,
1:04:19
connecting with people that are decision makers out there, offering you know, always kinda
1:04:24
offering now instead of knocking on everybody's door and being like, hey.
1:04:28
Give me money.
1:04:29
More being like, hey.
1:04:30
Would you like to be on our award winning platform?
1:04:32
Can I what can we do?
1:04:34
So get them on a meeting, talk about positioning on where what they're trying to get
1:04:37
out of the podcast, what network and stuff that we're gonna put them on.
1:04:41
So we're gonna have some more interviews coming out here on the Scene Project Sports Network.
1:04:45
A lot of really exciting interviews coming out on the Scene Projects, our sister station, our
1:04:50
parent station with the scene projects.
1:04:52
So, yeah, just check out everything that we're doing, guys.
1:04:55
I appreciate you tuning in with us.
1:04:58
Lot of great stuff to come.
1:04:59
I reached out to, like, a 100 a 100 golf companies that were on this on quoted and,
1:05:07
asking for free samples of their stuff.
1:05:10
So I got I gotta let's see how many responses I get reaching out and kinda putting it out there
1:05:15
that, hey.
1:05:15
We're we're looking for some products to feature, and, let let's get this thing popping.
1:05:20
Waste management open was a great time.
1:05:23
That's bucket list, man.
1:05:24
I'm trying to get us in for next year, be really trying to work on PGA credentials and to
1:05:29
just be part of the part of the spectacle at these big events and figuring out how we're
1:05:35
gonna pay for us to not have to go back to work.
1:05:37
Right?
1:05:38
And to just do this full time and to build off of that.
1:05:42
So a lot of work to do.
1:05:44
So, yeah, that's why I look them all up and and do the damn thing.
1:05:48
Alright, bud.
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Well, you take it easy.
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Get some rest.
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You got a lot of important stuff going on, and we'll see everybody here next week for Vikings
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United, I guess.
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You got it.
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Appreciate you, Beef.
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We'll see you.
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