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NFL 10 starts tonight, How good are the Packers? Lee Sterling's Weekly Picks & the Chicken Coop Contest · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hi, good afternoon. Welcome Miller and Condon.
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On a Thursday. It's the Iowa Sports Radio
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Network flag shipped out of Des Moines sports station One O 6.3
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KXNO. Trent Condon, Kent, Ken Miller
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with you for the next couple of hours talking sports with you.
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Thanks for starting your afternoon with us.
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Here's what's coming up on our program today.
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We will start. Our only guest in our number one
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is our buddy Lee Sterling from paramountsports.com.
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We'll have a handful of games that he'll opine on and then his
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game of the game of the week. If you want more information,
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he'll give you the details on how to get that.
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He is a sports handicapper. He'll join us coming up here at
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12:30. Talk about the games.
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I think we got five of them. Usually I haven't looked at the
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slate this week, but usually includes the two locals.
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We'll get to Lee at the bottom of the hour and then we will
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give 4 of you an opportunity to win some grub from the chicken
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coop. Three locations here in the Des
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Moines area, 60th and Ashworth, 12725, Meredith and Urbandale
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and Ankeny just southwest of the D Mac campus.
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Chicken coop coming up at 12:45. Four questions at a tie break.
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You get the most right. You get a $50.00 gift
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certificate to use as you please.
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The runner up will get 20 wings. Our number 2, we're going to
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talk college football and we're going to focus on college
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football, but also on Oregon. And Spencer McLaughlin, he has a
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couple of locked on podcasts going locked on Ducks and locked
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on college football. He'll join us on obviously an
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Iowa's opponent, but it will broaden the scope to talk
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college football with Spencer coming up here at 1:00.
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Oh, and I just forgot to just remind me to text Siple and
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remind him. As I look at the guest list,
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Stephen M Siple coming up here is we'll talk Nebraska with SIP.
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Where are they this week? Nebraska.
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Yeah, I don't even. Know I I think they gave up
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football. Well, I know Rayola snapped went
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off last week and that's certainly not good for them.
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I don't know the answer to that question.
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Are they out West? Yes, they're at UCLA.
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OK. All right.
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Good deal. So late late.
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Kick off 8. O'clock is it?
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Yes. On Saturday night?
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Saturday night? Big Fox or BTN?
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Big Fox. Good deal.
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I like it. So at the Rose Bowl for sip this
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weekend. So we'll talk to him about that
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and then Trent will have his plays of the day Thursday Night
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Football. It is the Denver Broncos and
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they're I hate the way they're not throwback you.
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Well, I guess they technically are.
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They should be their everyday uniform every game uniforms, the
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orange and the blue. OK, they do our throwback
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uniforms. But anyways.
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Why do you think? Throwback I think before me.
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You do kinda well, but that's there's not a whole lot of
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throwbacks anymore. I'm sorry.
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Yeah, thanks. But fair if if the shoe fits,
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you wear the damn thing. So we'll talk.
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We'll do trench plays of the day coming up here.
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The numbers going down a little bit, 8 1/2 boys.
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A lot of folks who love the Raiders out there, particularly
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with the points. It is a lot of points.
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And Brock Bowers is a massive difference maker that Raiders
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offense he really is. And without Sir Tan.
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Without Sir Tan mean Riley Moss. Come on down, I guess.
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Is it as simple as, as Bo Nix goes, this team goes, I mean.
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Defense is really good. It it is.
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Offensive line is really good. But but they don't.
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Did they run the ball to elite level with that good of an
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offensive line? Yeah.
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Dawpins is good. RJ Harvey from I Like It is
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good. Yeah.
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I think they swung and missed on Evan Ingram, the tight end that
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they brought over from Jacksonville.
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He's been. A Is he like 100 years old?
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He's 30 something. Yeah.
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For the NFL, that is. That's old.
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That is old. Pedestrian receivers and the
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quarterback. Yeah.
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I mean, I have a love hate relationship with Bonex.
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I do first three, first 3/4 of the game.
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I hate them. So just looking at total
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yardage, which doesn't, I know, paint the whole picture, we're
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not talking, you know, EPPEPA, the play and things like that.
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They're 7th and rushing offense. That's better than I thought.
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Yeah, me too. I just, you know, watching it
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from afar. 17th and passing yards.
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Yeah, that kind of marries. Why isn't Courtland something
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better? I just.
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Because I'm not sure he's a wide receiver one, and he gets the
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best defensive back on it. He's a nice player, don't get me
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wrong. If he had a running mate at
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early level and maybe. Mems will get there, but he's
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been concussed the last couple of weeks and Franklin, who was
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both teammate at Oregon, they just don't have the the kid you
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know who's going to be a good player.
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I think the kid they drafted from Illinois in the third
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round, Pat Bryant, remember him, got a little size to him. 6364
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had a nice career at Illinois. There was a third round pick
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this year starting to use him a little bit more.
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But I think it's a tough spot tonight.
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I think it's a game Denver should win if they are truly a
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playoff team. You got to beat these teams at
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the bottom of of the standings and that's where the Raiders
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reside. So we'll see tonight.
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Amazon has that one. Let me look at the slate.
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We have that one as well. Because right now I'm not even
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sure why I'm about to say this, because you're not listening on
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the stream. I was about to.
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Alert the streamers that you we're not on the stream today
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because it's Iowa Wild Hockey here this morning anyways, a
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Thursday Night Football. If you can't be in front of your
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TV and you want to listen to the game and you're out driving
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around, keep it here on Des Moines Sports Station.
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You you'll be happy. I'll I'll give you a precursor
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TO150I. I'm going to be on the Raiders
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tonight. Are you?
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Yeah, I think that's the move. I've been awful.
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I mean, really, I'm taking it to another level of.
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Bat just football or? Everything.
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Everything. I went on three in college hoops
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last night. I just, I can't see it.
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You talked me into Northern Illinois.
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That was not even close. That was absolutely awful.
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I flipped that over. You know what I watched?
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I watched the golden flashes of Kent State last.
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Did yeah. I couldn't get into it.
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I watched about four plays. I'm like, this is too bad a
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football. Last week I'm 12:24 and 1:00.
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And yet you're winning the picks contest this week in in
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football, you were three and two, which is great, but better
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than any of the other three we're.
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We're battling for the top spot as I'm down just a game behind
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you. Are you knock, knock, knock,
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knocking on that door. But college basketball, I said
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it last year and I said it by the time we got into marching
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into April with the transfer portal, do I need to kind of
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reconfigure the way that I. Tap the brakes a little bit.
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Well, no, I'm still going to pet a ton of games, but just the way
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that I go about handicapping them because last year was
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pushing money around. I think eventually I was either
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a couple units up or down, but not like it was a couple years
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previous when I was over 100 units up in college basketball.
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The way the portal has gone, and I think more importantly, I like
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playing small conferences. I like playing made men majors.
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Usually that's where. The pros, and I'll back you up
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on that because that's where the pros make their money, is the
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month of November betting small colleges.
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And at this point, though, these rosters we talked about at the
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major conference level, but at the small conference level, if
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you have any guy I can fog up a mirror, he's gone.
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Yeah. And just the way that the the
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roster churn that is happening, I think it's leading me having
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to go under the hood a little bit more and look at the way
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that I do things because, I mean, there's some spots that
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I've loved here this first week and they weren't even close.
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It's not that they got beaten on free throws late.
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You got no, just absolutely obliterated.
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And teams that were run off the floor that I like coming in.
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I like the coach. This is a a program that
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historically I think I needed to do some work 'cause what I'm
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doing right now in college but not working, it is not working
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at. All but you go back to the well
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tonight because you know, you don't back up.
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You stack up. And that's coming up here at
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about 10 minutes before 2:00 the end.
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The slate of NFL games this week is pretty darn good.
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After a couple of weeks where, yeah, the games, you know,
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you're going to find a couple that'll maybe exceed
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expectations. But there's some big spots this
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week. I can find a handful easily find
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a handful of meaningful games this week in the NFL.
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Baltimore, Minnesota, not the shiniest records, but big for
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both teams. New England and Tampa Bay is a
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big spot. Jacksonville and Houston both
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chasing the Colts. One of them could take a step
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closer, potentially. Seattle will try to fend off
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Arizona, the Rams and the Niners, maybe for the Battle of
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the NFC West, Pittsburgh and the Chargers.
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Pittsburgh trying to stay on top of the North, the Chargers
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trying to hold their position. And then Monday night with the
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Eagles and the Packers, just huge, just, I think it's a huge
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spot. I don't think it's for supremacy
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in the NFC because I don't believe the Packers belong
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there. I I don't want to call them
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fraud because the record's better than that.
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But Super Bowl teams don't lose to Cleveland and Carolina.
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You may have. A loss, you're like, how did
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that happen, right? But two of them and then tied.
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I mean, if it would have should have hit the Cardinals and then
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tie with the Cowboys, that's not a team that's going to win a
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Super Bowl, I don't think. I I think I'm there too with
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this squad and maybe the biggest factor as we look going forward,
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the loss at tight end. Is a.
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Significant. Tucker Craft is, I mean, he's,
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he's unbelievable. He's an absolute stud and now
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with that injury, just how important he has been to what
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they are. Loss likely for the season.
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He is. He's out, Yeah.
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Musgrave is. OK, they drafted him before
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Tucker, correct? That's what I thought.
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He's. All right, and now he's.
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Not Tucker Craft. Right.
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Tucker Craft is a different level tight end.
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He is an elite level tight end and now you take him away
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coupled with that wide receiver group that's got a bunch of C
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pluses, they got maybe a couple B minuses and they're much just
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a bunch of Christian Watson never can stay healthy.
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He's fast, he's big, but has there ever been that huge
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breakout? Is that like a game or two?
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But that's it. There's didn't he?
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Drop the first pass of his career.
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I think you're right, yeah. Against the Vikings.
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You know, I don't remember that part, but I remember he was wide
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open. And would it still have been
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Rogers that laid it out there? Probably.
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I think it was at the time he was wide open down the right
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hand side of the field. I can remember that.
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It might have been the Vikings, now that you mentioned that.
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Dobbs is the best of the group. At this point, yeah.
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But he's not a number one, I don't think.
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Kind of mind if Denver's receiving, yeah?
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They're just, it's not there. We we've also seen the guy that
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I think is maybe the biggest thing.
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Outside. Is Josh Jacobs, but he's dealing
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with that calf injury and it feels like they're trying to
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keep the the wear and tear off of him.
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I mean, they had to run him more last week I think than they
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wanted to. We were in the ball 17 times but
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they're just something off. Is Matthew Golden emerging yet?
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Or is. He how are you?
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Have you seen, I mean, Caleb Williams has more receiving
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touchdowns than he does? He he hasn't scored a touchdown
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this year. He's got 23 catches for 262.
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Yards and no touchdowns. No touchdowns.
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And do you remember how crazy they went when they drafted?
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They might get, I mean, they hadn't drafted a receiver in a
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long time and drafted the fastest one in the draft.
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So we'll see. I love and, and, and I know
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you're on the other side of this, at least you were
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yesterday. I love the Eagles on Monday
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night. And the number is less than a
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field goal at this point. The Tucker craft that that's
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that's a tough blow to overcome. It really is.
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I don't know. I don't trust.
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I mean, I I saw that. What what was the game that he
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that Jordan loved was flawless? It was it the Pittsburgh game?
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I think it was the Pittsburgh game a couple of weeks ago where
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the first first half of the game was kind of meh. second-half he
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was like 20 for 20 or whatever it was.
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It was a crazy number that he put it was it was perfect, but I
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just don't trust them. I don't I don't know.
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I just don't when I look at this Packers team and I know there's
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a lot of people that love them. I'm not one of them.
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But yet when they beat Detroit week one, number one, I think
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the first thing I said to syndicate and we talked to them
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the next week they've syndicate. Our Packer guy said I got egg
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all over my face. I, I badly missed the mark on,
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on this team. Let's get a couple of calls in
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here, 515-284-5966. If you want to join the program,
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you're welcome to do so. Chicken coop is coming up, also
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Lee Sterling. We'll talk to Lee from
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paramountsports.com. Mark, you just hung up.
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I did not do that to you. That was on you.
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Mark. If you want to call back, you're
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welcome to do so. And hit the wrong switch.
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Was not me. Anyways, that's what we are with
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the Packer. Are you still leaning Green Bay
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in this game Monday? Oh, absolutely.
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I think it, I think it's a bounce back spot.
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I like it. And you know, my thoughts on
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Eagles. I just I can't trust this team
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now. AJ Brown's banked up.
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There's something, if there's something off with Green Bay, I
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think there's more something off with the Eagles.
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See OK. And it's this exactly you think
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green. Bay's the lesser of two evils
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kind of a thing. That's interesting.
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I think the NFCI think both conferences, you know, this time
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over the last, I don't know, half decade, maybe more.
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You know, when you when you would want to talk about the
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AFC, well, it's it's Kansas City, right, Get that.
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But the NFC was always that division or that conference
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rather they can make a case for ABC and D.
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This is this Super Bowl 60. It's really tough to get a grasp
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on it. This what are we halfway through
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the season? And I'm good with that.
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It's fun. It's fun, absolutely.
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Mitch joins the program. Hi, Mitch, welcome to the Miller
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Incontinent. How are you?
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I'm good, Ken. How are you guys doing?
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Fine, what's on your mind? Hey, you've pointed it out just
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the week before. Jordan Love was 2020 in the
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second-half. Yeah, to take the training
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wheels off. Let Jordan Love be Jordan Love.
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He's good enough. Yeah, so.
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So help me out because I don't watch Packers every week, does
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he? I remember when I was watching
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Elway and Dan Reeves. Absolutely.
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And I'm using Elway and Jordan Love in the same sentence.
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I get that, but but Reeves stunted Elway's growth.
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Do you think that the Lafleur is doing that with Jordan Love?
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No, I mean, two weeks ago when they were in Pittsburgh, they
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were behind. They let him throw the ball and
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what what happened? He was unbelievable.
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Yeah, yeah, most consecutive completions in Packers history.
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Just let him be Jordan Love. He tries to scheme up too many
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things. Just like last week, we're
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throwing a bubble screen to where they ended up fumbling
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Savion Williams. Just let Jordan Love be Jordan
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Love. You know, that kind of changed
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the game last week. That was Fluor not kicking the
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field goal cost the Packers the game last week.
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Does he trust McManus? I think the the better kicker.
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I agree. I agree with you.
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Yeah, the kid that came in when McManus was her what's have a
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have a have a What is How do you say it?
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Have a sick? Haversack, Haversack.
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But one one thing, Ben McConnell or Ben McCollum, absolute
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basketball psychopath. That energy that he brought on
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Tuesday was unbelievable. Mitch, I think.
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Iowa has a good one. I do too.
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I do too. And I'm glad you brought that up
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because it triggered my what I wanted to ask Trent, because I
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thank you for the call. Mitch.
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I saw something on Twitter and I thought, oh, this guy's taking a
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shot. But the more I think about it,
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the more I actually like the comparison.
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OK. Ben McCollum in college
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basketball in the Big 10 reminds you of what football coach in
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the Big 10? The raw Rodness, the rah rah PJ.
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Don't, don't see, I'm telling you.
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Oh. God.
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No, I I get the PJ Fleck. It's not about cliches though,
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no. Not cliches, not cliches, but
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just the the enthusiasm, the unbridled passion.
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That's what you cut. It's not the row, the boat or
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ski you mothers. None of that is that stuff.
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But he kind of does remind me a little bit It's.
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Gross. I I can't.
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I can't. I knew you wouldn't.
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No, absolutely not. But, and I think, I think it was
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a Cyclone fan. I saw it on Twitter.
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I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure what I thought.
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Kirk Zanetti. Confidence.
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Little brashness, little arrogance.
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I mean, he's got sick. Yeah, OK.
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That's where I thought, OK, And maybe I was hoping you're going.
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No, but I get that too, right? Yeah, Google me.
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Yes. And Ben McCollum, Google him.
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He was everywhere. Yes, that's where I was hoping
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you're going. I just I can't.
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You know what, I like Signeti better not to mention that, but
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I get the PJ flex thing on one hand.
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It's just the used car salesman of Flex.
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And I don't, and I don't get that from a It's a lot more
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genuine, yes. From a column, yes.
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Or at least it feels that way. I don't, I'm not saying that
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there's only been 1 basketball coach the first year they ever
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got the job, help breaking down the tables at the banquet in the
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summertime, right? I'm sure there's been others,
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but when you compare it to what? That his predecessor, right?
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Yeah. He's not helping.
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He's getting back in the car and he leaves and we both like Fran
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McCaffrey. He's not throwing him under the
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bus. But.
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But. It was time for a.
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Change. It was time for a change and.
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They made the correct change and they got the right guy.
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More than Darren Debris? Yep, More than anybody else.
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Yeah, I agree. This was the right guy at the
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right time. Did you watch Indiana last
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night? I forgot I did for oh.
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Maybe it was at the end of the half.
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They're already up like 40. Were they?
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Yeah, yes, I'm glad I didn't. Check 5418.
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Tried to do the math Yeah, that's gonna be a tough one for
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you, buddy. Kindergartener tried to do that
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kind of math. Yeah, before the.
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Eights always threw me too that age.
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So I I get that. You know, somebody asked me
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yesterday I and I think I've seen this before.
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I know what it is in football. I guess Southern played Jensen's
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bunch. I were women and then they were
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over in Ames last night to get bludgeoned again.
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How much are they getting paid? So for men's basketball, the
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guarantee is at least within the last five years is anywhere
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between 75,125. That's kind of the guarantee
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that you get for that. That was a while ago.
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I remember when I saw those numbers.
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Maybe it's a tick higher I want to say.
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Women half. Of that 3/4 that probably 3/4.
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OK, so maybe between 50 and 100? Yeah, that's I'm sure.
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So Thunder for their trip through the state of Iowa maybe
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made $80,000 for their probably offers, maybe more.
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Yeah, maybe 120 a 130, yeah, I would guess more in that range,
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but get your and you know that Southern team watching them the
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other night against Iowa, they they hung around, you know, they
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they went out there and they got bludgeoned last night, of course
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against Iowa State, you know with that this.
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Is family's best team in a while.
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You're buying into. That I think so, yeah.
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Yeah, I hope so. They can, they can beat you in a
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myriad of different ways. It's now we know what Brown can
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do. And she's so versatile inside,
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outside, tough, rugged. Crooks is a Unicorn, right?
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I mean, just what she is. But now you look at that
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backcourt, what they have with the Arizona transfer, William,
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like Jada, their speed, because so many of Fenley's teams kind
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of know what they were, right? There were going to be many
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times in the Big 12 and when they got to the tournament, they
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got a couple rounds in, they were going to be out athlete.
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They were going to have teams that just physically it was
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incredibly difficult for them and kind of everything had to
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go. Right now, it's still the same
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kind of thing. However, I think because of the
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athleticism of this team, some of the shooting coupled with it
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that they have with some of those athletes, because Brown
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doesn't back down from anybody. Crooks can match up with any big
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in the country. Then you throw Williams into the
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mix. Harris, Kenzie.
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Hair, yes. The hair girl who sat out last
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year with the injury, they got a lot of different kind of pieces.
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And that's why I think you could be right that this is just,
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they're built so differently that I think the upside maybe is
19:40
higher than some of the past. Yeah.
19:42
I'm looking forward to I told you this over the summer when
19:45
you were gone. I interviewed a bunch of like
19:48
long in the tooth kind of thing, you know?
19:51
Old Man Radio. Yeah, yeah, I met Bernie beyond
19:53
here just and I had Bill Finley and I can't tell you how much I
19:56
enjoyed that conversation with him.
19:57
Yeah, I it really was. I I didn't want to attend.
19:59
It was really good. So I hope this is it for him or
20:02
not it for him. I mean, this team is it for him.
20:05
I don't. This is the team that that takes
20:07
him. Look, Cyhawk, for both men and
20:10
women, that week's going to be fascinated.
20:12
Right. Both of them, I mean, I thought
20:14
the men I will I was going to get blown out and you know when
20:18
have not even thinking about what the team's going to be,
20:21
what the rosters are going to look like.
20:22
Well, this going to go clones way.
20:24
It's going to be tough. And likewise with the with the
20:27
women. Both of these games I think got
20:28
a chance to be really competitive, really fun games to
20:30
watch. And by that time, we'll also
20:32
know. I loved it.
20:33
Absolutely yes, because the men, Iowa State men are going to be
20:37
in Vegas. Boy that that sounds like a.
20:38
Fun. Well, before that, they're going
20:39
up to the Pentagon. They.
20:40
They got a tough game, Mississippi.
20:42
State Mississippi State Christmas next week.
20:44
It is Monday. No be Tuesday, it's.
20:48
Monday, 7:00 ESPNU will have that one from the Pentagon, so
20:53
we'll get that one. Also Drake Simpson that night,
20:55
so I'll see you at the nap center.
20:58
No, no, not that night, not that night.
21:00
Monday Night Football, Iowa State on TV.
21:03
Yeah, that's probably. Not going to make the cut.
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Probably not. All right, Lee Sterling, he's
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going to make the cut. He'll join us next.
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Chicken coop is coming up. Just real quick.
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Rocco Bect is not on the injury report again.
21:13
Yeah. I, I think we just have to go
21:15
that he's fine. And if he's fine, then there is
21:18
problem with regression. If if he's not even showing up
21:22
even as probable, it shows you OK.
21:24
He's, he's, he's not 100% cuz nobody's 100% November.
21:28
OK, that aside, you know, I think it tells us that this is
21:32
just a guy that is either struggling, not having the same
21:34
weapons that he did before, or this a guy for whatever reason,
21:38
has taken a step back because he doesn't look like the same guy.
21:41
He doesn't. And here's the thing that
21:45
bothers me. It's the injury report.
21:48
His name has not been on all year long.
21:51
Matt Campbell's quote on Tuesday.
21:53
Yeah, you guys have no idea, said vaguely about his health.
21:57
Rocco's worked through what? Rocco's worked through real
22:01
physical challenges over the course of the season.
22:05
But he's not in the injury report coach.
22:08
That's fine because he's going to play.
22:09
You don't have to be on the injury report if you're going to
22:11
play even because probable is still that that slight chance
22:15
they're not going to be there. He's going to be there.
22:17
He's going to play. So he doesn't need to be on the
22:18
injury report. That's where I, I, I step away
22:21
from you. I guess.
22:24
All right, because he's 100% going to play Saturday against
22:27
TCU, right? I don't know.
22:29
He's in, he's got some things he's working through.
22:32
But not enough physical challenges, but not enough to
22:34
keep him out of the. Game.
22:34
Well, it hasn't been to this point.
22:37
That's I think we're getting into semantics and you want, I
22:42
mean, a guy's got a turned ankle.
22:43
No, he's going to play. He's going to play on Saturday.
22:46
You want him on the inter report probable, but he's going to
22:50
play. It's not probable.
22:51
He's in. That's not probable.
22:53
If you're 100% going to play, that's not probable.
22:56
And Rock Go Back, according to Matt Campbell, is 100% going to
22:59
play on Saturday. So he's 100% good to go.
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That's what he has told us. If he's not on that intra
23:04
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Hi, Millory Condon, Welcome back Nazareth.
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No. Is it good pull?
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How about that good one. I'm Millory Condon.
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Welcome back Iowa Sports Radio Network flagship Des Moines
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Let's get right to him to pine on a handful of games.
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paramountsports.com for Lee. Lee, good to talk to you.
25:08
How are you? Oh, I got to press the button.
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Let me try that again. How are you, Lee?
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I'm good except for my website getting hacked last.
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No. What happened?
25:21
Yeah, yeah. Certain country that the United
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Yeah, Yeah. So got a nice message, everyone
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that went to the website. So we got it back up within a
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day, but still not working 100%. You would think people just want
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to work and then do it, but still not the best people still
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around the world. So we're making our way through
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it. So, yeah, got to blame it on
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someone. So who was that song?
25:54
Who was that that sang that coming out of the break?
25:56
Nazareth. Nazareth, Yeah.
25:58
OK, OK, One of the one of the rare groups I haven't seen in
26:02
concert. Really.
26:04
They were what, 70s I think? I think 70s.
26:07
Yeah, yeah, yeah. There were 70s.
26:09
So a lot of a lot of the other groups that they toured with,
26:12
but not Nazareth. Haley, Speaking of that, you're
26:15
a big concert goer and you're a big gambler.
26:18
Have you been to the Sphere in Vegas?
26:19
Have you checked out a show there?
26:21
I haven't. I haven't.
26:23
What's funny is I have a list of always 10 things I want to do
26:28
and I, as you get them, cross them out.
26:30
So I will be doing it. I know I'll be at my place in
26:34
Park City this coming summer, so either before, during or after,
26:39
I'm going to make sure. Been there.
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Have you guys been there yet? Not to this fear.
26:42
No, no, it's on the list. OK, we get to Vegas off.
26:46
Amazing, yeah. Eagles, Rolling Stones.
26:51
I'd love to see one of those two bands.
26:53
Or heck, anybody. Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, a
26:55
little bit different era, but yes, regardless, we I think
26:58
we're all we're going to make that happen sometime.
27:00
All right, Lee, let's get into the games and let's kick things
27:02
off, which is an absolute monster for the Big 12, not just
27:05
to get to the conference championship game, but for the
27:08
future of this conference, the possibility of a multi bid
27:10
league. It's a huge number.
27:12
Texas Tech laying the 10 against BYU.
27:16
Yeah, it's a lot. It's almost like they're
27:18
tempting you to take BYU. I thought this line was going to
27:21
come like 7 and a half. Eight text defense is good, +8
27:26
takeaways, but BYU actually a little bit better.
27:29
Plus 10 bear Bachmeier has been playing like like like the guys
27:34
at junior senior not a true freshman.
27:36
I got got to give him credit here and they've given up just
27:41
19 points per game. I mean, some of the rules I look
27:44
at when I handicap team that plays good defense and you're
27:47
getting double digit points. You take it here and I think
27:51
Tech is good and a lot of their guys, they got like four or five
27:53
guys on defense that ranking the top 10 far as Pro Football Focus
27:58
at their position. So they are not overrated at
28:02
all. But you know, maybe Baron Morton
28:04
has a little bit of an off day here.
28:06
Special teams could be a factor and I would favor BYU there.
28:11
I think Tech wins the game 2824 but I'm taking the double digit
28:14
points here and BYU. All right, Iowa State, the
28:18
defense injuries really starting to pile up.
28:21
ICU there are 6 1/2 point favors.
28:24
The clones go on the road to take on the frogs.
28:27
Yeah, and and Iowa State, you just look at their quarterback
28:31
Rocco Beck, last two years, 25 touchdowns, 9 interceptions, 23
28:36
and eight this year, 11 and seven.
28:39
That kind of gives you the bottom line reason why they're
28:42
having a drop off, especially with the offense here now, Josh
28:47
Hoover quietly putting his really Goodyear 22 touchdowns, 6
28:52
interceptions and the frogs actually have two year old
28:55
revenge from A4 interception day by three quarterbacks.
28:59
The freshman version of Hoover have been one of the three
29:03
quarterbacks that day. So I think you got to serve it
29:07
up cold here, baby. I like TCU here 3821.
29:13
TCU in that match up. Well, let's stay in Iowa this
29:17
time, actually in the state. Kiddix Stadium is the scene.
29:20
It's going to be cold, it's going to be rainy.
29:22
It's going to be a November game at Kiddix Stadium with the top
29:25
ten team coming to town. Hawkeyes getting 5 1/2 against
29:28
the docks. So the improvement with with the
29:31
Hawkeyes can't be understated. Look at their offense.
29:34
At least 25 points or more and five the last seven games, a
29:38
little bit deceiving. The last game, 41 points scored
29:42
versus Minnesota, only 274 total yards was fueled by the three
29:46
turnovers. I like their second year
29:48
offensive coordinator Tim Lester, He's LED that
29:52
improvement here. The only thing is I just think
29:56
that Oregon has more playmakers and they got guys that can break
30:00
a tackle, go 7080 yards, catch a pass, you know, get some some
30:05
distance between them and the DBS.
30:07
So that's how you score. It generally takes Iowa, you
30:10
know, 781012 plays to score or more.
30:14
And I thought Oregon was dominating.
30:16
I mean, Penn State it was it was going to be a 2530 point win.
30:20
And then they relaxed in that game and Iowa did did handle
30:25
Penn State, but different quarterback there for Penn State
30:28
in that game. I think the Ducks here who were
30:31
top 6IN scoring on both sides of the ball will come ready.
30:34
I know it's the West to East Coast or central time zone thing
30:38
involved here, but as long as it stays 7 or less I like the ducks
30:43
here 2716. All right, Thursday Night
30:46
Football, Denver's hosting the Raiders.
30:49
It's an AFC West rivalry. Another chapter in that one here
30:53
today. The Raiders had the Broncos
30:54
number as of late as well. Denver's a big favor about 9
30:57
points, Lee. Yeah, double revenge.
31:00
Last last year Raiders lost by 16 and 10 points.
31:03
The games are actually closer if you watch the game from
31:06
different personnel this year. But problem here for Denver,
31:10
Seven and two playing the Raiders who were two and six,
31:15
another team that can't score. I mean, their offense is, I
31:19
mean, just stuck in the mud except for when they were
31:21
playing. The Cowboys had trouble last
31:24
week obviously playing though a a much better defense here.
31:27
So this line started 7. It's up to 9 1/2.
31:30
I mean, is it based on Jacoby Myers being traded?
31:34
The public may be leaning a little too heavy on Denver.
31:38
You know what, I'm going to take the take the Raiders enter
31:40
division here. I think it's a great situation
31:43
here for the Raiders. I think Denver survives and wins
31:47
2117. Think 9 1/2 points too much.
31:50
Grabbing the points in that one, we go to Monday Night Football
31:53
where the Packers are back at home after another head
31:55
scratching loss against Carolina on Sunday.
31:58
They welcome in the Eagles coming off a bye.
32:01
Yeah, so this is a situation here where Green Bay, who can
32:06
figure them out. One week they look great, one
32:08
week, terrible. Last week, how did they lose?
32:10
A lot of people had them. A survivor I know to win against
32:14
the Panthers didn't come through.
32:16
But you know, when you watch Matt Lafleur, some games he is
32:20
on his play calling is on point some weeks not.
32:23
I think he and Jordan Love will be on here also playing at home.
32:27
I think the receivers starting to get separation.
32:30
I think Philadelphia made some moves before the deadline which
32:33
could help him, but it might take him a week or two to really
32:37
start get things going. So I'm not a Jane Lynn Hurts fan
32:40
here. I think that, you know, there's
32:42
some things going on with this team and I think Green Bay, I
32:45
catch him at home, at home here might be that zigzag theory.
32:48
There's a couple teams every year back and forth and I think
32:51
the Packers are one of them. Packers 2823 all.
32:54
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I'm Miller Condon. Welcome back Iowa Sports Radio
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Spencer McLaughlin kicks off hour number two, locked on
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D Mac campus. Ryan, Jake, Randy and Corey,
35:15
here's the tiebreaker. Drake, you and I and Iowa State,
35:18
the men's teams all play tonight.
35:21
Bulldogs, Panthers and Clones will combine to score how many
35:24
points? Just them, not the opponents.
35:27
Bulldogs, Panthers and Clones, their combined score tonight.
35:31
Hello, Ryan. How are you?
35:33
I'm doing well. How are you, gentlemen?
35:36
Good. Denver is an 8 1/2 point
35:38
favorite over the Raiders tonight.
35:41
Oh, man, I hate to do it. Let's go.
35:43
Raiders TCU 6 1/2 to Iowa State. I'm gonna ride the clones.
35:50
Oregon, a 6 1/2 point favorite over Iowa.
35:55
Let's go, let's quack, quack. Quack, quack.
35:58
It is Sunday. The Bears host the Giants.
36:01
The Bears are a 4 1/2 point favorite.
36:05
Let's take them there all. Right, Drake, you and I and Iowa
36:10
State, just them. How many combined points tonight
36:13
for the Bulldogs, Panthers and Clones?
36:17
It's called My Birthday 220. 8228, there you go.
36:20
Thanks, Ryan. Appreciate it.
36:22
Yeah. Thank you.
36:23
Yep, thank you. Hello, Jake.
36:25
How are you? Hey, good.
36:28
How are you? Good Broncos 8 1/2 to the
36:30
Raiders. Yeah, I gotta get the Broncos.
36:33
TCU is a 6 1/2 point favorite over Iowa State.
36:38
TCU. Oregon, 6 1/2 at Iowa.
36:43
Going to take Iowa. Bears are a 4 1/2 point favorite
36:46
over the Giants. Going to go Giants.
36:51
Drake, you and I, Iowa State, those 3 closest without going
36:55
over their total points tonight. 250.
37:00
Thanks Jake, enjoy the rest of your day.
37:03
You too. Bye.
37:03
Appreciate it. Hello, Randy.
37:05
How are you? I'm good.
37:07
Good. Denver's an 8 1/2 point favorite
37:10
over Vegas in Denver. TCU 6 1/2 to Iowa State.
37:17
I hate to say TCU Oregon gives 6 1/2 to Iowa.
37:22
I'll go to Oregon. Bears a 4 1/2 point favorite
37:25
over the Giants on Sunday. Yeah, Bears tiebreaker closer
37:30
without going over. Drake, you and I and Iowa State,
37:33
they'll combine to score how many points tonight?
37:38
235. Thank you, Randy.
37:41
Have a nice day. And Corey brings the two
37:46
clothes. Hi, Corey.
37:48
Hi. Hello.
37:50
Denver's an 8 1/2 point favorite over the Raiders.
37:54
Denver, TCU, 6 1/2 point favorite over Iowa State.
37:59
TCU, Oregon, 6 1/2 to the Hawkeyes.
38:03
Iowa Bears 4 1/2 to the New York Giants.
38:08
They're getting 4 1/2. Bears give 4 1/2 to the Giants.
38:11
I'll take the Bears. Bears it is and lay the points.
38:17
Drake, you and I and Iowa State combined score tonight.
38:20
Just those 3 closest without going over.
38:22
Oh. Shit, let's go. 220 all.
38:29
Right. Thank you, Corey.
38:31
Appreciate it. Take care.
38:32
I got it. Did we get them?
38:37
And the good news is, is nobody on the stream.
38:39
We're all listening to the hockey game.
38:41
That's right. What did Corey take 220 for
38:44
those 220 at home that as we had to bail on Corey said one of the
38:48
magic words. Yeah, it's all right.
38:50
We got it, We got it, added the quick trigger.
38:52
Over here immediately looked at you and you had your hand on the
38:54
butt. And we were getting there
38:55
quickly. I want to remind everybody next
38:57
Saturday, a week from Saturday, I was out at USC and an event
39:01
happening up with our friends at Wild Rose Jefferson as Dallas
39:05
Clark will be in attendance meet and greet with him.
39:07
Also, they have a card show that's going to be happening
39:10
throughout the day from 10:00 until 4:00.
39:11
Any Dallas Clark cards you could buy?
39:13
Maybe you could sign? That's a pretty good idea.
39:16
I think you're thinking through things and Hawkeye fans, you
39:19
want to have a little game watch.
39:20
Yeah, Dallas Clark's going to be there.
39:22
I'm going to be there. I'll be on coming live right
39:24
afterwards with my rapid reaction locked on Hawkeye's
39:26
podcast. So be up there all throughout
39:29
the day. Meet and greet with Dallas
39:30
Clark, though, 11 to 1 before the game.
39:33
And then of course, the 230 kickoff with USC, all at Wild
39:36
Rd. It was Jefferson and.
39:37
That's at Coach's Corner there, I'm assuming, right?
39:40
The race and sports book? Yep.
39:42
And DraftKings is is the physical book part of it.
39:45
So that's pretty cool. Yeah, gonna be fun time.
39:48
I saw Dallas couple of times this summer.
39:50
Did you softball fields? Really.
39:53
He coaches his daughter up with the Humboldt team up there, so
39:56
our paths never crossed. We were in the.
39:58
Same brash a couple times a week from Saturday.
40:00
And we'll have plenty of scouting on 10U softball as
40:03
well. So TuneIn Monday.
40:05
Through that everyone you want to talk Hawkeyes, you want to
40:07
talk 10 U softball Dallas and I got you covered on both fronts
40:10
you do I'm going to guess there's more people that want to
40:12
talk my. Guess is probably yes.
40:13
I would lean that direction. No, don't.
40:16
Hey, is Dante Morehart? He broke his, well, I don't know
40:21
if he broke his nose. He hurt his nose against
40:22
Wisconsin. Because I'm getting text
40:24
wondering if he's playing on Saturday.
40:27
What I just, I just asked you that.
40:29
He left the game, his nose got busted open.
40:31
Did. He get back in.
40:32
He didn't go back in after the game.
40:34
Landing said he could have. OK.
40:36
It was just caution, all right? That was two weeks ago.
40:39
Yeah, they were off. Yeah, Dante Morris playing.
40:41
Yeah, Dante Morris playing. Well, where are you getting
40:43
this? In I'm just I.
40:45
Report some of your some of your friends in the desert, I wonder.
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