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All right, all right, I'm

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0:14

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Fosco and Tony. A huge

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first show of twenty twenty

0:21

five.

0:22

You know it all who celebrate,

0:25

but actually a strange show we got

0:27

here, Tony.

0:27

You know, we're gonna disagree

0:30

with people we usually agree with, and

0:33

agree with people we usually disagree

0:35

with.

0:35

It's gonna be very confusing, you know.

0:38

Honestly, I'm not sure

0:40

I know what you just said. Just now

0:42

you know me neither, just very confusing.

0:44

Anyway, We're gonna tell you why we disagree

0:46

with Nick Sirianni's decision to bench

0:49

Saquad Barkley it keeps him from breaking

0:51

the rushing record, and why we actually

0:53

agree with Eli Manning's

0:55

Hall of Fame supporters, and also tell

0:57

you why Ezekiel Elliott could be

1:00

about the reset the entire market

1:02

for the leaks. But you

1:04

know, with all this running back talk, Tony, you know,

1:06

we decided to invite on the show the

1:09

man who holds the single season rushing

1:11

record, you know, asterisk Erect

1:14

Dickison. But that coward

1:17

has yet to respond.

1:19

Chicken Chicken.

1:21

Eric Dickinson was a guest on the show a couple

1:24

of years back. You know, people say we treated

1:26

him rudely. I don't know what they What are you

1:28

talking about? Anyway, he hasn't shown his face

1:30

since, mostly because we haven't invited

1:33

him back. Anyway, We're gonna keep the phone

1:35

lines open out with Tony. Give him

1:37

a ten minutes there, we'll we'll

1:39

see if he shows up.

1:41

Yep, he better set the rushing record

1:43

to get to a phone.

1:45

Yeah.

1:45

Anyway, on the subject to someone who

1:47

shouldn't show his face on this show, one quick

1:49

matter we got to settle. We came

1:52

back from our vacation to find

1:54

that our idiot producer over there placed

1:56

a show in our podcast feed called.

1:59

Producer Jay's What

2:01

is That?

2:02

And as you'd expect, it was absolutely

2:04

unlistenable. It It was this

2:06

podcast he made on his own, of course,

2:09

using artificial intelligence.

2:11

Probably because he has no intelligence,

2:14

he needed to borrow somebody

2:16

else's.

2:17

Yeah, exactly.

2:18

Well, Oh, I thought the technology was pretty

2:20

amazing and worth sharing.

2:23

Oh well, I'm going to

2:25

show you some amazing technology

2:27

my machine gun.

2:28

Yeah, we've got something worth sharing with

2:30

you. Around the bullets. Yeah,

2:34

exactly, don't ever do that again.

2:35

I will delete it.

2:37

I would delete the episode if I knew which, but

2:39

we're not nerds.

2:40

We don't know what to do. Yeah.

2:41

Anyway, By the way, they's got clever comebacks,

2:44

just like the ones you just heard. That's what Scott is

2:46

nominated there for Best Sports Comedy in

2:48

the Sports Podcast Awards. Of course we want

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to last all go vote make

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because do it right now though.

3:01

Anyway, all right, look.

3:02

We got a lot to get though, so let's get right

3:04

into our top story story.

3:08

All right, First, out the gate controversial

3:11

decision by Nick Siriani.

3:12

Uh.

3:13

He says he'll probably sit Saquon

3:15

Barkley this Sunday against the Giants,

3:18

even though Barkley just needs one hundred and one measly

3:20

rushing yards to break Eric Dickerson's a

3:22

rushing record. Now, first of all,

3:24

this is a poor decision from Sirianni. Tony,

3:27

we gotta you know. It must be noted here

3:29

it's been about three months since

3:32

he's shaved his head and it seems

3:34

like that might be starting to affect his brain

3:36

function.

3:36

You know, you know, you have to wonder if those

3:39

clogged hair follicles are blocking

3:41

the nerves from firing and talking

3:43

to his brain.

3:45

You have to wonder. So it just makes such

3:47

scientific sense. And you know, while we usually

3:49

do agree with ninety nine

3:52

of Sirianni's decisions, he's

3:54

definitely wrong on this one, is it, he?

3:56

Dony yup, Nick, Sirianni needs

3:59

to remember there laying the giants.

4:01

So by my projection, Sequon

4:03

only needs three carries against

4:06

that defense to break the rushing

4:08

record.

4:08

Yep.

4:09

Just down the kickoff at the one yard line,

4:12

handed to Saquon and boom, ninety

4:14

nine yards right there. He's basically done.

4:16

It could be two carries, really, you.

4:19

Know, Tony, I don't want to be controversial here,

4:21

but it must be said, even that scientist

4:23

guy in the wheelchair, Stephen King, he

4:25

could rush for one hundred and one yards

4:28

against the Giants, no question. I think the NFL

4:30

should just go ahead and just give Saquon the rushing

4:32

yards and just move on.

4:33

Give him the rectly. It would be the right

4:35

thing to.

4:36

Do, absolutely the right thing to do, and

4:38

he got to hand it to Saquon.

4:40

He's handling this well.

4:41

In his locker room press, he was talking

4:43

about how he's not going to have a chance

4:45

to break the record, and he said, quote, it

4:48

wasn't in God's plan. But

4:51

again, Tony, you know we have to

4:53

push back here.

4:54

Don't we.

4:54

Yeah, you know, usually I agree

4:57

with God like ninety nine point nine

4:59

nine nine cent of the time. You know, God

5:01

made clearly smart moves like making

5:04

human beings that was good, and

5:07

you know, also making the earth

5:09

that was good too, and also

5:12

getting rid of the dinosaurs that was

5:14

very smart. But you know this, I

5:16

gotta say, I'm questioning God's

5:19

judgment lately. First there

5:21

were all the hurricanes, then

5:23

the Dodgers winning the World Series, and

5:26

now this decision to bench

5:28

Saquan. I hate to say

5:30

it, but it's just really poor formed

5:32

by God lately. And you know, God's

5:35

got that long hair, so you gotta wonder

5:38

maybe he needs to shave it to like

5:40

Nick Sirianni did.

5:42

Just staggering theological

5:45

perspective that Dony. And you know, we

5:47

got to say we're not just talking about football

5:49

here, No, we're talking about

5:52

human history exactly.

5:54

There's nothing more important than

5:56

making history. I mean, imagine

5:58

if NASA told neil Or Trunk and Buzz

6:00

light Year to turn around the Space Shuttle.

6:03

And not go to the moon.

6:04

Or what if Julius Caesar told Christopher

6:07

Columbus, sorry, the trip to America's

6:09

canceled.

6:10

Go home. There'd be no America.

6:13

No.

6:13

So I think this just shows we

6:15

need to start putting history first.

6:19

Just terrific historical perspective that Dony.

6:21

And you know, I gotta say though, in all of this,

6:23

there may be a silver lining here

6:25

for Sakwon Barkley. I mean, you know, if

6:28

he did break the rushing record, well,

6:30

he would be on the same list with OJ

6:32

Simpson.

6:33

That's true.

6:33

Generally you don't want to be in the same conversation

6:36

with OJ. Now you know somebody says,

6:38

hey, you remind me of OJ Simpson.

6:41

Well that's never a good thing, isn't ever that?

6:43

You know what?

6:44

That's definitely a silver lining

6:46

right there.

6:47

Absolutely. Yeah.

6:48

Well, anyway, the more big running back news

6:51

the Cowboys announced they are cutting

6:53

Ezekiel Elliott so he could clear waivers

6:56

and pursue potential opportunities with

6:58

a playoff team. And well, Tonty, you

7:00

broke this down. What do you'll see happening

7:02

in Zeke's the future?

7:03

This could be big for Zeke.

7:05

I've analyzed the market and by my

7:08

projections, an NFL team

7:10

will sign Ezekiel Elliott for negative

7:12

two point four million dollars.

7:15

Wow, you heard that right.

7:17

He'll become the first player in NFL

7:19

history to pay a team for

7:21

a roster spot. This is gonna have

7:24

a huge ripple effect that could reset

7:26

the whole market. So many

7:28

decrepit over the hill running backs

7:30

like Adrian Peterson or Clinton

7:33

Portis or even Eric Dickerson

7:35

could soon have a strong chance

7:37

to grab a roster spot.

7:39

Well.

7:40

Just a huge development here, Tony. And

7:42

you know, by the way, people they're saying that

7:44

Ezekiel Elliott would not be

7:46

a good fit for the Eagles. Yeah, at

7:49

running backs, ach, but there are a lot of

7:51

other positions he could play. I mean, think

7:53

about it. He could be the water boy,

7:55

you know, he could fetch water faster

7:58

than the average water boy.

7:59

You know, and or food runner

8:02

again, he could get to the catering

8:04

tent and back and a good amount of

8:06

time. And you know, also

8:08

he could be the fall guy. You

8:10

know, if a players at a party getting a little

8:13

too handsy and maybe starts breaking laws.

8:15

That player could say, no, that wasn't

8:17

me, that was Zeke. Then Zeke

8:20

gets arrested, and everything's COPA

8:22

said.

8:22

Everything's COPA said, this great

8:25

roster analysis that Dony and Oh

8:27

Walter more Cowboys and those you

8:29

know. After the Eagles smashed the Cowboys

8:31

forty one to seven on Sunday, Dallas

8:34

linebacker MICHAEH. Parsons came out

8:36

and said, quote, if you take away

8:38

the scoreboard, it was about

8:40

five plays that decided

8:42

this game.

8:43

Wow.

8:44

Yeah, you know, Dony, this is

8:46

one of the rare times we actually

8:49

agree with Michael Parsons, don't we absolutely?

8:52

You know, I remember Super Bowl twenty

8:54

eight when the Cowboys beat the Bills fifty

8:56

two seventeen, and I said

8:58

that game was only this decided by about

9:01

five or six plays. There was that

9:03

touchdown, and then the other

9:05

touchdown, and then the other touchdown

9:08

other than that, and then there was like three other

9:10

touchdowns. But if you don't count those,

9:12

it was really anyone's game.

9:14

Yeah, thirty years later and just still undeniable

9:17

analysis that don'ty oh

9:19

to other big NFL news, The Hall of Fame

9:21

nominees were announced, and as expected, Eli

9:24

Manning is on the ballot for the

9:26

first time. Now many people they're

9:28

saying he's a lock for the Hall of Fame

9:30

because what they say is, you quote, can't

9:33

tell the story of the NFL

9:36

without him, you know, Dony,

9:38

I gotta say, I one hundred percent

9:40

agree with this logic, don't you don'ty.

9:43

Yep, this is the exact argument I make

9:45

when I say Randall Cunningham belongs

9:47

in the Hall of Fame because you can't tell

9:49

the story of the NFL without him. Look

9:52

at nineteen eighty nine Eagles play

9:54

the forty nine Ers. Hall of Famer

9:56

Joe Montana throws five touchdowns

9:59

and a win for the forty nine Ers on

10:01

their way to a Super Bowl winning season,

10:03

against which Eagles QB Randall

10:06

Cunningham. You see, you

10:09

can't tell the story of the NFL

10:11

without him.

10:12

You can't.

10:13

Just a perfect way to prove your point, that Tony,

10:15

thank you. Oh one quick NBA

10:18

story we gotta get doya.

10:20

You know.

10:20

Lebron James turned forty the other

10:22

day to say this.

10:24

In a surprising quote, he said

10:26

he could probably play for at least five

10:29

to seven more years wow,

10:31

but Tony Unfortunately, that's

10:33

just not gonna cut it, is it?

10:35

Yeah? Unfortunately, No, you

10:37

know, we know this is because Lebron

10:39

wants to play with Bronny again. But

10:41

by my calculations, Bronni's

10:43

gonna need at least nine to eleven

10:46

more years of development if he wants

10:48

to make the Lakers roster. However,

10:51

if Lebron does get himself traded

10:54

to the Wizards, then Bronny could

10:56

potentially make the team's roster and

10:58

say, you know, the year twenty thirty

11:00

three, so if Lebron can hang

11:02

on for eight more years, it

11:05

could all work out this.

11:06

Very sound analysis sound

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let's check the phone lines on producer.

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You see, is Eric Dickerson.

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On the line?

12:38

Yes?

12:38

Here, he's not on the line.

12:42

Well, have you tried him again? Called them?

12:45

Of course?

12:46

Why wouldn't I do that?

12:48

Because you suck at your job as you stink anyway,

12:50

how about this stony here's what we're gonna do. Uh,

12:52

why don't we just give Eric Dickerson a couple more

12:55

minutes. We're gonna take a quick break, commercial

12:57

break. Kid, they'll come back and the c if he

12:59

shows up, but chickens out. All right, we'll be right

13:01

back. Okay,

13:04

all right, we're back. Uh any

13:07

action back?

13:08

Update? Where is he?

13:10

Eric?

13:10

You there? Hello? No, he's not here.

13:13

Oh, well, you're angry. He's angry at

13:15

us because his job exactly.

13:18

Sorry, we apologize for disrupting

13:20

whatever.

13:21

You'reologizing for making you do your

13:23

job.

13:24

He's probably angry because of the way you treated

13:26

him the last time.

13:28

Spoken like a true whimp.

13:29

Yeah, what was wrong with the way we treated him

13:32

last time? We're perfectly reasonable.

13:34

Look, I could play some clips from

13:36

the last appearance and maybe you'll see why he

13:38

doesn't respond to your text anymore. Oh

13:41

it's already only though, because you told me not to

13:43

record the video.

13:44

That was your fault. Yeah, your

13:47

job is. We don't have to tell you how to do

13:49

your job here. That's bad producing

13:51

by you, exactly. Well, why

13:53

should we play these clips where they aren't even

13:55

remember what happened? How about

13:57

this?

13:58

You people out there, you listen to this, you

14:00

decide how yourself.

14:01

He's put together listen for yourself. See

14:04

how we treated him last time. I thought it was perfectly

14:06

fine. All right, play those clips.

14:07

Go ahead. You know we mentioned it in your

14:09

intro. Let's just get it out of the

14:11

way.

14:12

You never played in a super Bowl, never even

14:14

really sniffed the Super Bowl.

14:16

Help us out a little here.

14:18

What can you tell us about playing in a big

14:20

game when you never actually played

14:22

in a big game.

14:23

Well, you know, I think it's more than playing

14:26

the super Bowl when you play football. I mean, that's a team

14:28

sport and it's not just about one guy trying

14:30

to play in a super Bowl.

14:31

But right now, look, there are a

14:33

lot of people out there who think running backs

14:35

don't help teams win Super Bowls,

14:38

that they actually keep teams from

14:40

winning Super Bowls.

14:41

Do you subscribe to that idea?

14:44

And also, do you feel kind

14:46

of guilty that you cost the Rams

14:48

three or four Super Bowl appearances?

14:51

Are you so ridiculous? Man?

14:53

Absolutely not. Personally, I thought that was

14:55

a great question.

14:58

Without the running game, you

15:00

couldn't even make it to the super Bowl. You have to have a running

15:03

game. I could tell you guys to know it all, I

15:05

mean you the guys that Soma said. I

15:07

could have made that catch. Oh I could have read through

15:09

that hole, no question. Oh yeah,

15:12

through that hole. You couldn't have made that catch.

15:14

You go read our scouting report from middle

15:17

school. Wait until you'll see you'll

15:19

change your mind. Now, look, we all know you

15:21

broke OJ Simpson's rushing record.

15:24

You know, were you ever afraid that OJ might

15:27

come after you for that? You know, as payback?

15:31

I have to say no, I was never worried about OJ

15:33

coming after me. But you know what OJ man to come

15:35

after you, guys, I'll tell you that. How about

15:37

that? Oh would you be afraid of OJ? No?

15:40

I could outrun OJ easy

15:42

even in his prime.

15:43

You know, don't you think that OJ? He

15:45

might be angry because he only got fourteen

15:48

games, and you know you broke the record

15:50

in fifteen games, you know, which

15:53

might upset a madman like that.

15:55

Well, I give you credit.

15:56

You did do your homework on that.

15:57

I give you credit on that because I always say that too. So

15:59

so you sound

16:01

like you're talking a little bit more sense right now, are you

16:03

right? Oh? What you did in fourteen, I did it in fifteen

16:05

and had one extra game to go. So I always

16:07

give him that hummute Because that was my favorite player?

16:10

Oh he was? He was your favorite player?

16:12

OJ is my favorite player? Yes?

16:14

And does he still do? Does he still hold

16:16

that high regard in your in your estimation?

16:19

There?

16:19

I still like OJ? I mean I played golf

16:21

with OJ, you know, about six months ago. I mean I

16:23

still like it. Oh yeah, you know, hey, hey,

16:25

oh okay?

16:26

And how that you know, you know, do you do

16:29

you? Come on? You know, I don't know here.

16:30

You know, when you're out there playing golf with OJ, you

16:33

know, do you ever bring it up?

16:35

You know, you want to win a hole?

16:37

You know, as he's lining up a putt there, do you

16:39

say, hey, OJ, remember

16:41

what happened in June nineteen ninety four.

16:43

He don't bring it up. And so you know, we

16:46

cool like that. I just don't bring that up just in case.

16:48

You know, I don't want to make that uncomfortable.

16:51

Well, that's why you're not in journalism like us.

16:53

You know, you got to ask the hard Hey hey OJ? Does

16:55

that?

16:56

Does that golfing glove fit OJ?

16:58

And then he misses the putt out to get

17:00

in his head?

17:01

Many now you can call him and tell him that we'll

17:04

take a rain check on.

17:05

Yeah, I didn't think.

17:06

So that's what's Who's

17:10

the greatest running back of all time?

17:12

Come on, tell me who' And it's my opinion

17:15

the person does not exist because everyone

17:17

has guys that they'd like. Everyone has a

17:19

person they like they like. They're like, oh, j You're

17:22

like Jim Brown, You're like Barry Sandwitch. You might like

17:24

Eric Dickison're like Eric Earl Campbell. So how

17:26

do you say who's the greatest because everyone

17:28

has the guys they like.

17:29

Terriboy, answer, educate this man, Tony.

17:32

Now we know why you had to wear

17:34

goggles because you can't see Lashawn

17:37

McCoy. McCoy

17:41

is the greatest Sean McCoy.

17:44

Two super Bowl appearances, that's

17:46

what matters.

17:48

You're just jealous because you don't have the

17:50

super Bowl appearance again.

17:52

So so y'all just y'all eagle

17:54

booty liquors, that's what y'all are.

17:57

Well, you're gonna be licking the back of this show

18:00

because guess what, ed you're

18:02

not getting an erection, You're

18:04

getting an ejection because you're

18:06

off the show. Your

18:12

non super Bowl appear appearances

18:15

for.

18:15

You, including on this show. You

18:19

know, I don't know what

18:21

I'm dumb producers I was talking about. I thought that was

18:23

a perfectly fine in of you. Totally

18:26

anything.

18:26

That just shows that Eric Dickerson is

18:28

jealous of all Eagles running

18:31

backs exactly.

18:33

Yeah, that that backfired on

18:35

you totally. I

18:37

wish you didn't show up like Eric Dickerson

18:39

didn't show Even

18:42

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18:44

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18:45

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I need to download a bomb onto your head?

18:57

Yeah? What are you gonna say? What?

18:59

What?

19:00

Oh? Why? Hurry up? You

19:02

said?

19:02

The Cowboys beat the Bills fifty two seventeen

19:05

in Super Bowl twenty eight. Yeah,

19:08

bro remember it? Well, Bro, no

19:11

you don't. That was actually super

19:13

Bowl twenty seven in Pasadena.

19:15

Super Bowl twenty eight was when they faced each other

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the following year in Georgia.

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Well you know, after the show, who's going to

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be following you? A

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well paid hit man?

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Yeah?

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And Pasadena is what every

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woman says when they see you on Tinda.

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Oh there you go. Don't

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wait, he's still talking. What you

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said?

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The astronaut who walked on the Moon was

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buzz light Year.

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History bro a legend.

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Bro.

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Yeah, no, his name

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was buzz Aldrin. Buzz Lightyear

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is a character in the movie Toy Story.

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Oh yeah, well, you know what's gonna go buzz

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the toaster, I drop in your bathtub.

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Yeah, They're gonna make a movie about you.

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It's going to be called Virgin Story.

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What you

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know, I'm thinking about science?

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Why what?

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It wasn't a space shuttle that went to the moon.

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It was a rocket. And the scientist

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is Stephen Hawking, not Stephen

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King.

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Oh well, you're the Stephen

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King of douchebags.

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Your social life reminds me of a space

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shuttle the Challenger, Oh

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great one, so.

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Oh and going up like a space shuttle?

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Is this show? Because guests who has

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booked for next week? Starting off the

20:39

new year?

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Right Eagles Legend, super Bowl

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Hero future Hall of Fame and Nick.

20:44

Follers will be here. What a way to start

20:46

the great and review this podcast.

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Vote for us, Vote

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for us in the Sports Podcast Awards,

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by All the Market, by All

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the March.

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You got a lot to do with people moving

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away. Great job has always

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done. Same to you, Pouie. Another

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floorless show. There you go, We'll see if

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people next week see your