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Put it on the poll please. Juju is 2 minute Mayfield a good nickname? Yes or no? Greg Cody shocked us during the break. He is 70 years old and he informed us he's never had Gator.
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I don't get it, man. Like when you were doing something athletic over the last 40 years. Yeah. Ever heard of water? Okay, that is rich coming from you. I can't get you to drink water. All you drink is Diet Coke and Coke and, and coffee. Diet Coke and beer. Okay? That's what you drink. I have cut out Diet Coke to a large extent. Mostly it's just not coffee and beer.
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Good.
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Okay, so don't, don't get that wrong. Yeah, but Gatorade's also a billion dollar business. Like you can't say.
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Oh, but what about water?
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People are drinking Gatorade. I know. It's a billion dollar business. Despite no business for me. Look, if I had a Gatorade drink when I was 17, I don't remember it. I've never been a Gatorade drinker. To my knowledge, to my memory, I have never had a Gatorade. Why is that weird?
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I do think it's odd. Put it on the Pol at Lebatard show. Is it strange for a 70 year old man to say he's never once tasted Gatorade?
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I mean, but Gatorade was introduced in 1965. You would assume if it was introduced in 1965. It wasn't very widespread and it wasn't like around the nation where every store had it and every athlete was drinking it. So it possible that Greg's age of athleticism was prior to the dominance of Gatorade. It's just hard to believe that someone who's 497 in dog years has never had Gatorade.
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Well, he told us earlier he's never sweat, he doesn't sweat anymore.
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So gave it up. You don't need it. So. So why would I? Yeah, I mean, Lucy was shocked.
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Lucy was shocked. She made a. The face that Lucy made when she learned that you've never tasted Gatorade.
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Yeah.
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Was a combination of horror and surprise.
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The others, they all learned from me. But doesn't Gatorade have sugar? Okay, so congratulate me. Why would I drink a bunch of sugar? Have you had Powerade? No. Have you had four Loco? I don't know. I don't know what that is.
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Lucy, what are your thoughts here?
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Um, that's crazy. Actually. I have like a different takeaway. How did you stop drinking Diet Coke? I'm like addicted and like a little worried about how much I need Diet Coke.
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I used to drink a ton of it. Actually, it was your coffee at one point. Did you not drink coffee at one point? I just remember you, like in the morning, like Diet Coke cans everywhere. I would drink a Diet Coke the minute I got up. It was my coffee for a time. Before you brush your teeth or after. Probably after. But here's the thing. I give Chris Cody credit. He. I think you were in high school at the time when all the news was coming out of how bad Diet Coke was for you. I gave my dad a lot of shit about it and he actually convinced me to wean myself off of Diet Coke. Now he drinks seven cups of coffee. Yeah. And then, and then beer because it's five o' clock somewhere. Miller Light. You know, I'm drinking coffee all afternoon. It's ridiculous. I'm drinking coffee at 4:30. But Gatorade. Have you ever heard of water?
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Yeah, he did hit you with that at Lebatard Show. No sugar and water at Lebatard Show. Is it disgusting to drink Diet Coke for breakfast? Lucy, we were talking college football here before you came on. And I was saying that very few teams have anybody they've actually beaten. It's a criticism you can file on just about anybody. And the team that I saw this weekend that was the best was Texas Tech. I was floored that Will Hammond is better than their starting quarterback. They're back. Backup quarterback, looked a good deal better than their starter.
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No.
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And that's crazy because Baron Morton was like one of the leading passers in the FBS last year. Texas Tech is the most like, just obvious example of if you spend money, good things will happen to you. And Texas Tech is in a much better position than most schools because they have like, you know, Texas money, oil donors, and they're able to do that. But this was such a clear example of, okay, they went out over the market during the off season, bought a new defensive coordinator, bought a new defense, and they looked really, really. They are a tough team to compete within the Big 12. And I know the Big 12 is crazy right now, but like Texas Tech, man, that's a life lesson. Spend a lot of money, be rich, good things will happen to you.
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Can you see a scenario where the Big 12 gets multiple teams in the playoff?
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No, because I think the Big 12 will cannibalize itself right now. If I had to look at the Big 12 and say, okay, here are two teams I think can make it in, it would be Texas Tech and Iowa State. But like Dan mentioned earlier, like you look at Iowa State and you're like, okay, well, that Kansas State win, that was supposed to be really good. That's not that good. Then I will win. That's not that Good. The Big 12 just does this thing every year where they just, like, completely just like they're parasitic of one another. And so I think we'll only get one team in the Big 12, and I think it's going to be Texas Tech, specifically, because they have a very easy schedule.
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For those listening who have never been to Texas Tech, it is all tumbleweed. They are buying softball players as well. Explain to me how it is. It's just oil money. Texas Tech is now going to be serious about athletics that spends. In a way that's. I mean, Texas gets everything and everyone they want. Texas Tech is in that game.
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Yeah. So they have one rich donor. I can't remember exactly what he does, but he has, like, more money than any person ever needs. And he's like, you know what? I'm just gonna spend it on the Red Raiders. Let's go. And that's fine if that's what you want to spend your money on. Hell, yeah. So they just have, like, a small group of incredibly rich alumni and fans who are spending money on this, and it's clearly working.
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Lucy, how good is John Matiere?
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I think John Mattier is really good. I think right now it kind of feels like the Heisman favorite. But my takeaway from that Oklahoma, Auburn game was, oh, man, Auburn can't give up 10 sacks. Can't give up 10 sacks in one game. That's not good. Also, my takeaway from this was, like, I think Oklahoma made the right call. And moving on from Jackson Arnold, he's had a couple moments this season. I thought that Baylor game was pretty good, and he really showed off how he can use his legs. But it's very clear that Oklahoma has upgraded the quarterback position, and Auburn is still an incredibly stupid football team.
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Lucy, that was a record for Oklahoma for sacks, and I honestly thought it was a lot more than ten. They had eight at the half. And I think the statistician got some numbers wrong. Like, I really felt like there were more sacks in the second half than.
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There were in the first. I think, like, so much of it was like, I don't. Auburn was supposed to have, like, a pretty decent offensive line coming into this season. Jackson Arnold would just sit there and he'd just take his sweet time. Like, he's reminiscent on the old days. He's like, oh, my God, do you remember When I was back here in Norman, that bam, he would get hit. And the thing about those is a lot of them were like, mean, nasty, like hate filled. We remember what you did to our team sacks. It was just like one of the more physical things I've ever seen.
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Wisconsin this weekend, I was expecting more out of Wisconsin. How and why? And I don't very often expect anything out of Wisconsin. Why is Wisconsin so bad, dude?
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Wisconsin is such a fascinating team. One, they are like kind of the reverse of Texas Tech, where in this day in nil, they haven't really spent the money. They haven't been a team that's really increased the money they're putting into their football program. So a few years back when they made that Luke Fickle hire, which we all thought was an amazing hire, we all thought that was phenomenal and going to be like one of the best sort of like hires of that off season. Luke Fickle came and said, you know what I'm going to do, guys? You know what I'm going to do? The air raid at Wisconsin. Hope you like it. And I was like, are you sure? Like, is that a good idea? Are you really 100% confident in that? And so they completely destroyed their offense, ruined, like the entire identity of that football team, which always has had a strong identity. Wisconsin has always been a good football team. They've always been great defense, run the ball. And then Luke Fickle came, blew the whole thing up. And now they are a truly terrible football team because they completely tried to change their identity. They're trying to change it back. And in the meantime, I know this is not a good example after what happened this weekend, but Brett Bilma, Illinois, Iowa, these schools have gone in and taken those guys that Wisconsin used to get and they are a completely lost football program. Luke Fickle got a weird, like one year extension in the off season, but I don't foresee Wisconsin winning another game this season with how bad they are.
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Speaking of Illinois, can you still be ranked when you lose by 50?
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Should it be? That was, that was the ass kicking of all ass kicking. It was like such a statement win, which like a lot of people are like, oh, my God, it's like Kurt Signetti trying to be like, screw you to Brett Bielema just because they both have like really big personalities. But I think Indiana has like taken this sort of like, you didn't belong the playoff conversation kind of personally that, okay, we're bringing, we'll rank you again this season, but you're going to be in the 20 range because we really don't believe in that was just insane. Illinois have been a top ten team like ever. That was a team that won a lot of games last year but they won a lot of games by like they needed like five fourth quarter comebacks. They were just getting really lucky in a lot of situations. Illinois is a fine football team but I think Indiana is a really, really good one.
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Lucy, we were debating whether Miami or Florida State has really proven themselves yet. How do you see that 2 vs 8 matchup in Tallahassee turning out?
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That's a. It's Miami's in such a weird spot because like it's kind of with the way the ACC is played out with like SMU is probably not as good as they once was. Like once we're Clemson is not very good. It's kind of like a one game season right now at this point for Miami because they've proven that with their, their like improvements on defense the chance of them blowing a dumb game is always there. It always exists. But I don't think it's as likely so like this game means a lot right now. I have to lead with Miami. I just think that they are like top three most talented team in the country. Carson back, he's not going to like he's not winning games but he's not losing games. You have a defense that is really, really improved. Like they're just a really sound football team and I just like I still feel like we're early enough in the season where I don't really know how good everybody is. Like I don't know how good Alabama is so I don't really know how good Florida State is but I feel pretty confident that I know Miami is very, very good.
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Nebraska incidentally is now 0 29. In their last 29 games against ranked opponents they haven't won. They have not won a game against a ranked opponents in 10 years.
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Wow.
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It is awesome. They are the funniest football team. They haven't had like a positive turnover margin since like 2016. I don't know what no it 100%.
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For the season or. I just thought you meant for the season. Okay. I'm like that.
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Honestly made I as far as I know it's the season but that might be possible with just how unlucky that football team is. And during that game when that Hail Mary had I was like oh my God, this is it. This is the turning of the tide was the Nebraska is now going to be a lucky football team. They've put up with 10 years of this crap for to finally like you know, have things go their way. And then of course it all went downhill. They gave up a ton of chunk run plays to Michigan. That is just like a team that I don't know what they did. I don't know what God they pissed off but there is something like fundamentally cursed about Nebraska football.
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Lucy, your guess right now which which conference would have the most playoff teams and how many.
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I think that the SEC will have the most playoff teams. Not because I think they deserve to have the most playoff teams but because I think that's just the way things roll. I think the Big Ten is the better confidence. I think there are more like playoff contenders within there. So there's 12 teams in the playoff, five automatic bids. I think it'll probably be four SEC teams not counting the automatic bids.
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Anything else stand out from the weekend for you? I thought the best game was Arkansas. Memphis.
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Arkansas. Memphis was stupid and we're actually going to Arkansas next week which or this weekend which is exciting. Who picks? Yeah Arkansas. That is like their Arkansas and Nebraska are in the same side kind of both with me if they're both like it just incredibly cursed programs across the board like that punch out it just only would happen into Arkansas.
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Don Lerd I want to talk to Hannah the astrophysicist and I want to make bets with so smart. I want him. No, no. See, this is what I want to do with our show. No, not no. Don't let Billy's team of dumb demons spew all over the bottom of this company and piss all over the show stugats.
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Ian broke down everyone that was drafted on the offensive line except centers because the jets didn't need one.
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Let's have Ian go against the astrophysicist head to head and let's see. Let's put some money on it. You're informed, idiot. Or Lucy's actually smart person who doesn't know anything. But at least we're going to choose an astrophysicist and not Taylor's roommate who's not named Ian.
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I do want to talk about something that's completely uncollege football related, if you guys want.
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Sure. But first let's show you and listen to Michigan's interim coach Biff after. Hold on.
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No, we don't have that yet. They're having technical issues.
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Okay, let's not do that then. Let's go to what it is that Lucy was saying. Then let's do that.
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Apparently, TikTok has told me that today is the Rapture.
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I heard about that yesterday. It snuck up on us again. I can't wait. Every rapture, I never know about it.
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And I got some tips from some of the rapture people. So what? Don't wear skirts. Don't wear skirts because you're going to float up and you don't want your skirt to float up. That would be embarrassing.
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If you get called up for the rapture, do you actually care about the.
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Skirt at that point?
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Well, because all the people who didn't get called up for the rapture, they're going to be below and they're going to be looking up and you're like, oh, you don't want to see that. And number two, don't grab on to anything because you're going to like go around in the air. We're all getting prepped for it in different ways, but those are the tips I have to give you guys. Happy Rapture. I won't see you next week.
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You know, speaking of TikTok, me and Jeremy wanted to start a new segment called the Internet can be fun sometimes. And this is a guy doing onside kicks in his kitchen. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure he's doing this on the first take. I'm sure this isn't multiple takes where he just edits it together, but it is just adorable. Who cares? It's the coolest he's doing. Onside kicks into all sorts of different stuff and he's really good at it. It's really nice. Sometimes the Internet can be great. Not a great place these days, but sometimes it could be great.
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That's very cool. He's definitely getting called up for the rap show.
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I ask you if you could jud judge who's going to survive the Rapture and who you would not. I'll be here.
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I don't think I'm going to get called up because I only found out about the Rapture two days ago and I feel like you would have to know about it ahead of time to get called up for the Rapture. But I think that guy's going to make it for sure. Because, like, he just has talent. And I think that God wants the talent.
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I would think that the people that get called up for the Rapture are surprised by it, so that they don't have enough time to try to do, like, fake preparation to trick God, you know? So, like, you're probably in a good. A good position here to get called up, because God knows you're not now doing, like, these false nice things just to survive the Rapture.
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Oh, that is a good point. But then I feel like I maybe I have subconsciously, over the last two days, tried to be a nicer person because I want to go.
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What?
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Here's the thing. I don't know if I want to go up to the Rapture.
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Does it depend on who goes up?
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It depends on who goes up. I don't like the idea of floating through the air. That makes me uncomfortable. I don't like the lack of control. Also. No, I want to bring my stuff.
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You don't zip line or anything. You won't. You won't do anything up in the air that is adventurous.
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I mean, I take a flight to a different college town every week.
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Not adventurous.
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Oh, yeah. Depends on how you look at it.
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Wait, we. We zip line together in Las Vegas? That was the worst thing I've ever done with this show. Dude. Lucy was honestly the bravest of the bunch. When we were ziplining, like, if she. She looked over at me and Chris and she's like, what the hell's wrong with these people? Because we were like, can we go? Because they kept a strapped to the thing for, honestly, like, a good 20 minutes. Because the camera crew, I would have said an hour. They were about to unstrap us and then have other people go because it took the camera crew so long to set up on the other side. I have never been more of a diva. I was just like, this is ridiculous. Are we. I've been dangling up here for 20 minutes. Yeah. And it was raining. It was a whole thing. How are you in caves? Yeah.
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Oh, no, no.
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So hold on a second. Like, you have to decide, like, at heaven or hell, do you want to be, like, in the. The caves of hell, or do you want to be in the heights of heaven?
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Maybe there's a third option.
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I thought the Rapture was just everybody else goes up and the rest of us stay here. Like, traffic's gonna clear up. I'm definitely not going up for the Rapture. I'm actively celebrating Russia Shunna. So they're not Gonna call me up. But ultimately, like, there will be some benefits for us if we're still staying here. Less traffic. That's what I'm saying. Like, it'll be nice to drive into work. And I gotta imagine there's still some of us who are gonna be here. I mean, let's be real. Lucy. Bruce Perogen called up for the Rapture.
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Oh, Bruce Pearl is not getting called up. So if you guys haven't heard, Bruce Pearl announced his retirement. His retirement from college basketball. He's stepping down as the Auburn coach with a couple weeks left before the season starts, which is convenient because his son will now be taking over that program. I won't say anything about the timing, whatever. I'm sure it worked out really perfectly that Auburn would not have been able to find another head coach. So now it's his son, Steve. Bruce. Yeah, he does. He does. Steve does. Bruce. I don't know how to put this delicately. He's. He's going to go into politics. He's pretty much said it that he wants to run for a Senate seat or the Alabama governor seat, which is just the last thing we need. Like, that's why I'm really looking forward to the Rapture, because, like, it's just going to be done. And we don't even have to go through this. Bruce Pearl, like, trying to be a politician base. And he's already been loud with his opinions and you can kind of guess which way those go. But I don't know what it is with Auburn coaches leaving their sport to become politicians, but it's got to stop. We got to knock it off.
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He's going to be a hall of famer, right? Bruce Pearl?
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Yeah, for sure. He's the leadingest or the winningest head coach in Auburn basketball history. You know, he was really, really good there. Good enough that you're like, why don't you stay and not. And not make everyone's lives worse?
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Lucy, I've never heard this asked or answered before, but is Bruce Pearl any relation to Minnie Pearl?
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Pearl. Who's Mini Pearl?
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Greg, your questions today.
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The comedian from the 50s and 60s.
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Oh, yes. Mini Pearl, who I'm super, super familiar with. I believe they're cousins.
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Nice. I can confirm that. Yeah. We're breaking news.
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I don't believe they are. That's not confirming. It's not accurate. I don't.
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Steve Pearl. Steve Pearl doesn't roll off the tongue like Bruce Pearl does. She was on a TV show called Hee Haw. Yes, yes. It's all coming around. Yes.
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Minnie Pearl was born in 1912.
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Damn right she was. Damn. She probably never had Gatorade either.
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Yes, we're going out to get Gatorade now so that Greg Cody can taste Gatorade.
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Gave him the zero sugar one.
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No. Yes, please. Full experience.
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Okay.
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Nevermind.
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Lucy, you were at Rutgers this weekend. I could not believe that your Iowa offense, I assume they scored all 38 of the points. I was really confused by seeing Iowa and and a three in front of. In front of their score without the three being just the only number. What happened there?
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Well, first we ran back the opening kick. So special teams was a part of that. They just kept scoring. Rutgers defense is insanely bad. So that's how I was scoring points. And it turns out Iowa's defense might be bad. Something I want to talk about with Rutgers. It's one of the weirder game day experiences I've ever seen. One they had the situation from Jersey Shore throwing out T shirts. That was awesome.
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He was so bad at it.
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It.
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He was throwing them all like to the same three people.
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It wasn't good. And like I was an Iowa fan obviously. And I was really sad cause I was like, you're not. He's not going to throw a T shirt to me. But it was still very cool. Rutgers also has a petting zoo outside the stadium before games. Sure, why not? And it was the highest attended game in Rutgers history. Like 55,000 people. And there was one point in the game where they were just giving out free flat screen TVs. Like they had cheerleaders and the basketball coach going through the stands and giving people free flat screen TVs for going to a records game.
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How do you hold that the rest of the game?
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Oh, I know. That was my question. I didn't get one. And so they were like, okay, everyone and every. So we have one person in each section who gets a free tv. And I was. And me and my brother. So I took him. This was like his graduation gift. Congrats on graduating Jack. That we got front row tickets for like 50 bucks on the Game Time app. So they are desperate for people to go to games. So they were like, yeah, we're just going to give out some TVs.
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What is the most unwieldy thing that you could give someone that would be hard to get back to your car in the parking lot lot? Like a fridge, Like a giant. What. What are some of the things TV seems hard?
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And it was like in the student section, that's where the like the men's Basketball coach was giving out, and I was like, that has to be dangerous. Like, someone's gonna take that TV or they're gonna jump on that TV or the puke on that tv. And so I don't know the logistics of it, but I thought it was really cool.
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We have Tony out in the field. We're gonna get his top five in a second. But they've been. They've been kind enough to bring us three different Gatorades here. We have lemon lime, we have fruit punch, and we have orange.
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First sip, you gotta go. Those are the classics. You gotta go orange first go. Two flavors.
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Sip.
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Has to be. Wait a minute.
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First sip, do red.
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Lemon lime is the first.
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Orange has to be your first. Do the red. Red?
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You think red is the first.
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Wait, hold on, Greg. I'm gonna get you water to cleanse your.
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Is everything gonna get worse after he has the red? Shouldn't he start with the classic lemon lime?
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I don't want to drink from all three. Then I'm just take.
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First take a sip. Wait. We're gonna all stand here. We're gonna watch here as coda. Which would you like to have first?
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Okay, first of all, let me ask a question. Is this the one that ruined Diana Rossini's carpet? Yes. Okay, now, look. They all say on it, there's fruit punch, orange, and I believe lemon lime.
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Put it on the poll, please. At LeBatard show, best Gatorade flavor. Lemon lime, orange or fruit punch. Let people chew.
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You should probably get it.
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Yeah, there you go.
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This, to me, is the least repulsive looking.
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Okay, Orange.
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I'm telling you, you're a Cody. I'm a Cody. I'm an orange man. Okay, I'm gonna try the orange. You're gonna try all three. Am I? Okay?
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Okay. But you're gonna give us your historic. He's lived 70 years without sipping Gatorade. We will see what his thoughts are on this.
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I don't get. Other people could drink. Like, why wouldn't you just drink it out of it? But okay, well. Cause then it's wasted immediately. Am I judging these three in order?
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Well, you're gonna first give us your assessment. Let's have you do the classic. This is the original. Lemon lime is the original. So you try that one first. Us what you think of lemon lime.
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A
I can't believe you've never had a game.
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I worry he's not gonna like any of these.
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Okay, this was invented at the University of Florida. True? Yes. Because this looks like Billy Napier's urine Not Santa Fe, the yellow one. Are you ready?
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B
How do you know what Billy Napier's urine?
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Because. Hold on. Lay out here. I want to hear the sip. Wow. A little tart. It's lemon. Lime. Okay. I know it's appropriately tart. Sugary, as expected. I think you like it. I don't hate it. You are smiling. I don't hate it. I gotta admit.
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All right, let's see.
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I think that it's not carbonated. I'm glad. It's smooth.
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Yes. Did you think it was car. You thought it was carbonated? Okay. You weren't sure. You're gonna have more of it, though. You're gonna sip even more of it.
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Okay, that's not bad.
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All right. So you like. Which one are you going to now?
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You want to do like a number?
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Score.
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Well, cleanse your palette. I gave you some water. Your pallet. This is the orange. Too much will get your heart racing. Wait, are you cleansing right now or is that the orange?
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That's cleansing.
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Okay, good. Orange doesn't throw me as much as the yellow.
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Turns you on.
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Yellow bit better. You're right.
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He likes the lemon.
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Has a little bit more.
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Now let's try fruit punch. Let's see what you've got after you cleanse. A good cleansing.
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A
Now you're getting the best one.
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This is the worst. You guys all believe I'm an orange guy.
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Don't taint the jury. Yeah, exactly.
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Quiet sip.
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No yellow.
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The classic.
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Wow.
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That's crazy.
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Nobody. Nobody agrees with you because that's a little tart.
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Okay, My tongue.
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My. My taste buds. Could it be that the first one, the way it jumped at his tongue, like that's what he like.
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Or it can just be his opinion, and he's entitled to that as an adult man who knows what his tastes are as opposed to his. So who knows better than him about all things?
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They're all. They're all too sweet. Like, this would not be my go to drink. They do have a Gatorade zero, Greg with no sugar. I would try that. Yeah. Okay. I would try that. You didn't get a four Lo. Next week. Yeah. You know what? I'm going to combine all three.
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No, don't do that. Lucy. Don't do that.
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I like that.
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Lucy, good talking to you. Thank you for being on with us. We'll enjoy your work next week. That's the Kool Aid. That's the Kool Aid. You just did the Kool Aid, man.
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Yeah, baby.
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C
Okay, now I got to get out of here.
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A
I got to go.
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He's watching lion videos. All of a sudden.
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B
Tony is out in the field. And we're gonna get to his top five here in just a second. But before we do so, I did want to talk about something that we have not yet talked about today. And I was very loud in my criticism when Disney and ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air. So last night the news broke that Jimmy Kimmel was returning tonight. Tonight, he was returning Now. A couple of interesting and funny things about this one. In their zeal to kill late night television, they've just rejuvenated it because I suspect a whole lot of people will be wanting to hear what Jimmy Kimmel has to say. Big number tonight you would have seen.
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A
But online the next day, probably on Twitter, they watch what he said.
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B
Yeah, I also. Yeah, but I think this might be one. Actually one of. One of the rare ones. I think America will give it a bigger number than has been gotten at by that show. And while, because people want to know immediately and not wait until the morning what Jimmy Kimmel has to say about everything because it's been such a public thing, I also think that Colbert is looking around like, what about me? You made mine about money. The way that you framed mine was exclusively about money. When I don't believe it was exclusively about money. I believe money was one of the factors. But Jimmy Kimmel and I had this conversation last week with Mike Ryan in which he was saying that Disney and Bob Iger were in a tricky spot. That's why he's paid $65 million a year. Like it's real easy to lead in not tricky spots. You're asking a CEO, I should say he made 65 million a year the year he was paid the most. Now he's merely in the 30s and 40s because Disney is doing less.
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I know dad's a lot of money.
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But Disney executives got together, ABC executives got together and they made the correct decision because of public pressure, not because of actual courage. These corporations just put a finger in the air. They wet their finger, put it in the air, and then see which way the customer is blowing. And in this particular case, you had almost total alignment in a way that made me hopeful between Republicans and Democrats. That only seems to have been caused by Epstein. Seen so far in terms of issues where we can have total agreement, it seems like a core principle here in free speech. We're against pedophilia.
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We're for and release the list.
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So free speech. No, but I'm just saying that Republicans and Democrats have been in consensus. Are they wanting the list?
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A
I mean, there's been votes and come out. Yeah.
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B
Wanting the Epstein list. You don't think that that's something that people want? You don't think that public opinion has.
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Shown the votes have. Have stopped it from coming out? Public has wanted it, but the people who have the actual authority do not. Yeah, that's all we're saying.
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Okay. And I'm talking about Republican and Democratic voices. I wasn't actually talking about the power. I'm talking about the consensus in the public opinion of how it is that people align to put pressure on corporations so that they fight back when the corporations won't fight the bully. What just happened here is Disney got scared of the amount of cancellations and the amount of noise and just went with public opinion here. They've still got a problem because these Sinclair, if you know how the local affiliates work, Sinclair and others are still gonna do what they did when Sesame street originally, a long time ago, dared to have minorities on television. You still have local power. That's not gonna air Kimmelt tonight. There are going to be plenty of places that don't air Kimmel tonight. And again, it'll. It'll be something of a rejuvenation for late night television because people will be wanting to see. It'll be temporary, but people will be wanting to see what it is that everything that's going to happen around Jimmy Kimmel going forward. But this is fairly seismic. The idea that they would reverse course on what was federal interference, censorship. They reversed course because of public opinion. That's encouraging that the public made Disney fight.
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Absolutely. I think. I don't think it's overstating it to consider this a very small, very small victory for democracy and freedom of speech. I know that sounds ridiculous, but in the times we're living in, I don't. I don't think it's an exaggeration. I think the people spoke. I know people in my life who canceled Disney over this because it was such a. First of all, Jimmy Kimmel sent condolences to Charlie Kirk's family. Okay? Jimmy Kimmel never criticized Charlie Kirk. He criticized MAGA for capitalizing on the Charlie Kirk assassination. So the whole thing was misconstrued. Kimmel did not deserve to be let go. It was a violation of every tenet of freedom of speech. And so this feels good. It feels like a small victory. So if you cancel, do you resubscribe so then they can boast that their subscription numbers are way up? Or do you now just miss the show that you were fighting for coming back on air? And then the Numbers are down. That's a good question. I don't know. We're in quite the pickle right now.
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B
Put it on the poll at Lebatard show.
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A
Do my movie theater sells pickles. How much? It's 299. Damn. Really? Movies. Theaters sell pickles. Mine. My God. That is so weird. I never knew. Haven't been in a movie theater in 10 years. Dill. Maybe about five years ago during the pandemic, we went to see Rocket Man. Of all times to go to the movie theaters. You went during the pandemic? It was weird. He's a big Elton John guy. Before that it was swing vote. It was indeed.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard show. Do the people who canceled their hulu subscription now un cancel their Hulu subscription because of the news that Jimmy Kimmel is indeed returning tonight? Let's go out to Tony here. Tony is on Biscayne Boulevard. Tony's top five. He's got a. He's got a sign he's holding up. Honk if the Falcons clowned. Clowned you. 30 to nothing. Panthers.
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Oh, Dano. It's Tony's top five and it's presented by Smirnoff, the official vodka sponsor of the National Football League. Smirnoff. Please drink responsibly. The Smirnoff Company, New York, New York. Vodka, 40% alcohol by volume.
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Let's listen here closely. You're going to turn the music down real low so we can hear if anyone does indeed honk if the Falcons clowned. Clowned you. Clowned you. Tony, explain to me the sign that you've got up there, please.
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Yeah, Dan, thank you. Started raining a little bit earlier, so my makeup might. Might have come off here on my nose, but the sign is honking if. If the Falcons clowned you last week in my Tony's top five. Oli, I said the Falcons are going to surprise people, and boy, did they. They surprised me and made me look like an idiot. After I said they were going to be good, they lost 30 nothing to the Panthers who haven't been good in three years. Come on, buddy. You a lot of hesitant honkers. By the way, how many honkers, how.
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B
Many honks have you gotten so far?
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I've gotten 10. 10. I've gotten a good 10 honk. Honks. I think people read the sign, then realize what the sign says, and then at about the light back there is when they honk.
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B
The. The situation that you're in, though, is this is the same one that Greg Cody is In that did not sound like a real honk. That sounded like Chris Cody produced a shitty honk from. From artificial intelligence. I want real honks. I want authentic honks. I want to be a criminal. Honking, assault. All right, on hold.
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A
Hold on. Here we go. Come on. This guy's got it right here, buddy. Let's go. Here we go. Here we go. Oh, he pointed. He pointed at me.
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B
Yeah, that is not a real honk. That is.
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A
Wow.
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B
No, that is that. You made the Falcons also made Greg Cody look bad this week because he said the Falcons were good after they beat the Vikings. And then all of a sudden I see Kirk Cousins out there last week.
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A
Yeah. Awful. Yeah, that was a bad sight. That's a little wordy, that sign. I think people read the word honk. They're going by 40 miles an hour. They read the word honk, and by the time they get to if falcons, they're past, they don't know. What's he honking about? Yeah, what am I honking about?
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Nobody's gonna honk here at. Oh, yeah.
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Let's go one more right here. Here we go. That guy was on his phone. No biggie. Here we go. Here we go.
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Do we have Oli?
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We're going to start off. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. We're starting off in the Oli Falcons didn't surprise anyone but me with how bad they played. That was first. Oli right there. Falcons clown the boys. What do you think about that, guys? Yeah, Thumbs up.
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B
I think you need to stop interacting with the traffic and just plow through these.
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A
Are you sure I can get one more.
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B
No, please, please, just stop.
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A
Oh, that guy gave me a thumbs up. Give me a thumbs up. That's not the finger I saw.
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B
Not helpful. Thank you. Don't. Don't interact with.
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A
This guy's reading it. Hold on.
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B
Give me the top five.
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Yes, sir. Yeah, shout out to them.
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All right, enough.
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All right, all right, all right, all right. Okay, okay, okay. Serio, serio. By the way, there is a big mahong here on the floor that I have to navigate and make sure that I don't step on it. You can stay anywhere.
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Number two, why is there.
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I know, but the thing is, I get cold. Closer.
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A dog turd. Somebody just left a dog.
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Probably a dog. Yeah, a Mahone. Yeah, Patrick Mahone. Mahong.
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That's what he's looking.
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A
All right, blur that. All right, we don't need it. We don't need it. The thing is, as. As I get closer. As I get closer Like, I. I can step on it, but. All right, Oli. Number two, Dallas. More like Dal ass. Nice. Thank you. Thank you, Greg. Very nice.
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B
Mini pearl. Number five.
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Number five. I want you guys to throw up on the screen. Lewis, throw up on the screen for me. I love the throwback jerseys around the league this week. Patriots were in the reds. I love that the Bucks were in the creamsicle, but, like, the alternate creamsicle with the white and the. And the cream, which was beautiful. The Jags had, like, their old school Jags logos. Very, very fun around the league to see what teams were throwing, throwing it back.
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B
The Bucs uniforms were really cool.
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A
Number four. Beautiful. Number four. Lions steadied the boat, Dan. Lions steadied the boat.
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B
The boat was rocking.
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Boat was rocking. After week one, it was like, okay, wow, Ben Johnson's gone. What is this team gonna be with? No Ben Johnson with no offense that they had for a long time. That lady's not paying attention.
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Number three.
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Then they obviously. Oh, okay. Number three. Hold on. Let me see if I can get this bus. Here we go, buddy. Here we go. Here we go.
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B
I want you to stop.
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A
Gave me a peace sign.
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B
That is not there.
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A
It is. Thank you.
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B
I don't believe that's a real honk.
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A
Number three. Number three. Dudes like that should not be running 19 miles an hour.
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B
Yeah, that's the truth. Truth.
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Dan. I got in my car yesterday and I. And I went 19 miles an hour, and I was like, oh, this is what he was running. Wow. Number two. Oh, the guy didn't honk. Number two. Baker's a top five QB in the league. Train coming by.
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B
I've asked you to stop interacting with the traffic and mercifully get us to the end of this, please. Number one.
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A
There was a train. There was a train coming. I had to get out of the way. All right, Justin Herbert, number one. Justin Herbert has already had the best throw of the year. Rolling to his left, throwing around the linebacker on a strike, to a touchdown to Keenan Allen. Best throw of the year. We can send it in already. Nobody's going to beat that throw. Best throw of the year. That's Tony's top five. Let's see if I can get one more honk out here. Here, Dan. Greg.
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B
Cody agrees with you on that.
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A
What a throw against his body. He throws a rope. Thank you, Greg. Thank you, Greg.
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B
See you later, Tony. Thanks for being the clown.
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Here we go. One more. Yeah. Thursday Night Football is on, and it's only on prime video. This week, the Seattle Seahawks face the Arizona Car Cardinals in an NFC west showdown. Birds vs. Birds coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with football's best party TNF tonight. Not a Prime member? Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. It's the Seahawks and the Cardinals Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com Amazon prime for details.