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I will wait to hear from him. Okay. I mean, Saturday was so tough, knowing that the juice is back here and the DMV for the Terps. And he was on vacation, and I didn't. I didn't reach out.
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And this is probably... And I don't think I... I don't think we texted until I got to... Or saw him until we did the podcast Monday. So... I could see him having to deal with things differently because he was with all family members, and he was with, you know, his other side of the family is all Florida people.
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So as much as I wanted to, I've been there before, and I know that I will wait to be spoken to, and that's how I handled it. Okay, smart.
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That's what he does.
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He had to call in wings. I gave him 72 hours.
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Yeah. He's that healthy where you put a little fried food and good sauce in you, and that's what it does to you?
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Yeah. You get so much sand between your toes when you're in California too long. Things start happening. Your body starts getting affected outside in, whereas we're building it from the inside out. Where we have that inner strength. That's our version of playing in altitude. Just keep adding layers from the inside out.
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I would tap out. Couldn't do it. I'm out.
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I wasn't sure. Are we going to talk about the crown? Because I saw Villanova made the crown.
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Oh. Don't say that down here. Don't say that down here. Oh, man.
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All right. Well, you got pretty good sources, it sounds like. But also, Max, I'm going through the bracket. And there's no teams from the great city from Philadelphia. Like, not one. Like this hotbed, you know, the Palestra you always hear about. I think it's three straight years, no teams from Philadelphia. Is that right?
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Yeah. That's bad. For sure.
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This is a combination, too, because I do want to congratulate Max. I saw him the night before the Super Bowl, and I just told him, like, you know, try and enjoy it, try and enjoy it. And he had nothing. He was on one. And I just want to say congratulations to Max because I know how invested he is. But I do – then I started thinking, guys, like, we've come a long way at Super Bowl week.
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Like, hanging out, like – You know, the Greenlight guys are on another level, and, like, they basically hosted us all week, and they were great, but it was great. Dan and I had a romantic dinner next to a guy who didn't say a word and wouldn't move, and no one knew who he was, but we moved on.
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But, like, having, like, no injuries, no fatalities, and I just keep going back, guys, to that house you guys had in Houston. Yeah. Do you remember the debauchery of that house? I mean, there were some big-time people there, and they didn't care what they were doing. I mean, Hank was a little pipsqueak back then, too. But, like, we've matured. Like, PFT, we were out, you know, hanging out.
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I never know where you're going to show up, but you always do.
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And I really feel like we've grown for Super Bowl. Our – Our intake is way more established, and we know what we're doing now.
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Oh, yeah. And then, you know what? There's no taking the air out of that sale the second win, too. Yeah. That thing just goes. It keeps going. But, yeah, I think we've come a long way. And, like, I compare Dan at the Super Bowl to Duke. Like, I'm a Duke fan, and these Duke teams, you know, whether it's Zion's team, you know, Jason Tatum's team, I love those teams. But I always wanted more.
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And, like, to get Dan solo for our romantic dinner, like, he had nowhere to go. Like, it was just me. So it was like, all right, you ready for another one? Yep. And he was a trooper. I give him all the credit.
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Yeah. No, fantastic. It always lives up. We got our crew. But I would say, like, we've come a long way. That house you guys had, man. Oh, man.
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Yeah, NFL quarterbacks had a weekend there, boys. Yeah, they did. Oh, my God.
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Nice. Actually, no, I didn't.
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Big win over CSUN last night. Love our coach. Almost came close to 20 wins. Had Louisville on the ropes. Bad whistle in the ACC tournament. But when you have to travel from Palo Alto to play in Charlotte in your conference tournament, you know, you're going to get those kinds of things. So, no, we're on the up. We're on the up. We actually had people at the game for the NIT.
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Haven't seen that in about 15 years. So it's a process. We're moving along. We got Andrew in charge of football. That'll shed light on everything else. So we're good on the farm.
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First of all, when you wake up today, make sure you brush your teeth and look yourself in the mirror and say, I'm going to do it today. I'm going to do it today. It's the most important part of the day to be happy with yourself when you're brushing your teeth and looking yourself in the mirror. Have that confidence. It starts right there. This is the toughest game of the day, I believe.
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Yeah, I know. Like Hubbard, Hubbard has no conscience. Like he leads, I think he shoots over nine threes a game. And Baylor, to your point, Dan, I always look at that. And you look at the eights and nines in this tournament. You know, it's all the, in the seven and ten, there's all the previous national champions. And Baylor's in that category. I love Edgecombe.
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But again, if you wanted more from Baylor, the thing that Baylor does, they play zone over 20% of the time. And Hubbard will just shoot over it. So it's all about Hubbard making shots. I do trust Stans in this spot. And Drew has been hot and cold in this kind of deal. But, Dan, the other part – and you love conspiracy theories – Baylor's point guard. Jeremy Roach. No replay the last four years.
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Makes me think there's something cooking in the books, seeing how the bracket got set. But I'll stick with the SEC. I'm going to go Mississippi State. Stands the style of play. I believe it frustrates Baylor.
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No, and the problem is that's how I feel about all the 7-10s this year, too. Yeah. Like Scott and I talked about, he loves the 8-9 matchups because of the namesake. And I just look at trying to pick games, and I'm like, I hate the 7-10s more than the 8-9s. But, yeah, it'll kick us off. The tempo's the whole thing in that game. Baylor likes to get up and down.
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Mississippi State is good playing slower. So I can't even give you a total there because it's about who dictates tempo.
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Understood. The Hunter injury is enormous. He's a kid that's played at Texas, Iowa State, plenty of experience. The reason Memphis got a five is because of what they did in the out-of-conference. They went to Maui and, I believe, went all the way to the final, beat UConn, beat a bunch of teams out there. And I actually love what Penny has done.
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Obviously, you carry around the name Penny Hardaway in that area. There's nothing bigger. And he basically fired his whole staff before the season. It was like, we got to change some things because this ain't working. They've had a great season. The issue with this game is it's an automatic loss for me because Maryland's in the next round. San Diego State, you saw that Mountain West.
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Not great, but is that a one-game scenario? Mountain West teams – I'm sure you guys know this – when seeded 11 or lower, going into San Diego State's game Tuesday night, were 1-29 in their last 30. Now they're 1-30. So Vegas obviously is dictating here because the 12s favored over the 5. I still think, as a player, like I said, I have Maryland advancing anyway.
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I would just take the 12 here so you have your 12-5.
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Not one?
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Did you bet it yet? I have not. Okay, because I heard you guys and Titus talking about the ball. You know, Friday we get a whole day of seeing the balls, you know, Thursday. Right. So that's key, obviously, with the issues that we've seen in balls taking caroms we've never seen. But I have more of the belief that's because of a backboard and brand-new rims. for every site. I love the over here.
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I love it. Both teams are going to be guns blazing. UConn, we know the intensity is going to be there. Hurley will have those guys ready. The issue is UConn against good guards, and that's the toughest thing with UConn this year. Forever in my life growing up there, they've had a point guard that just makes plays and can get to the hoop and make shots forever, and they don't have it this year.
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But on the other side, that's what even hurts them even more is they really struggle defending good point guards. And fears for Oklahoma is tremendous. This will be an up-tempo game. I think Oklahoma likes to play that style. And UConn could get caught up. It feels like every game you watch them, there's a 10-0 run each way, and then it's just how are they going to respond.
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So Oklahoma's been really good. Unbelievable cover at the end of that SEC tournament against Kentucky. I mean, they had them on the ropes. But, yeah, I love the over in this game. The point spread's getting crazy high. Yeah. I mean, I thought I saw you. UConn won it open. I was thinking I took a minus three, and now I'm seeing like five and a half. Five and a half.
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So that scares me off there, but I expect UConn to win the game, but I really like your over there.
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Well, the one year I will go back that I joined you on the Sunday before the tournament, on Selection Sunday, I believe, or it was the day after, and then that spot got hijacked. I was just going to – I think I gave out first half unders that day, and it crushed. Like, I think it started 8-0. Yep.
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And I kind of tapped out after that because I was like, I'll take 8-0 because there's that little space before the night games. And I'm like, I'm good with 8-0 on the unders. You could have this. But it feels like it comes around on Friday. It balances out. It always does. If there was that crazy of a trend, the crazy tournament bettors would have it. But I look at more of the teams, PFT.
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And, you know, I'm going down this Friday, so I see a lot of teams that Dan has rode overs of. I do expect a lot of points on Friday.
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The issue is Norfolk. When does Florida call the dogs off? Because they have 12 of them. Norfolk's got to get to 60, I would think, for you to be good. They're so good. You get the ball underneath the hoop against Florida, you can't even get it over your shoulder. It just gets punched right back in your face. So good luck to Norfolk State. They have a great year.
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They come in scoring a bunch of points. I have looked at that over. So you're going to need like a 95-55 right around there, I think, because it's in the 160s. I think Florida's going for 100.
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Yeah, and you have to take the ball out of bounds after it just got slammed in your head.
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Well, I'm beating over the head every night watching games with a former ACC guy and just hearing how bad the ACC is year in and year out. And then they had like three teams. They've gotten the most wins the last five years, I think I saw, of any conference in the tournament, which is mind-blowing to me, knowing how everyone shits on it. And I get it.
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The bottom of the conference is terrible, but I still think the top is good. To me, it's Dan O. It's still about matchups. It really is. Now, if you're going with the bracket and everybody's already filled out, like I said, you can't have Florida or Duke. You know, you got to be different and just hope because everyone I mean, everyone has Florida Duke in the final. And that's that's scary to me.
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And if you're trying to get, you know, people go about the bracket different ways. And I just go against the trends. You know, it's it feels like everybody had the ones and twos playing the elite eight. So, you know, it's Florida. I mean, as impressive. I mean, the conference that they just stormed, they won every game by double digits.
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And we you know, you hear about all the power ranking numbers and everything. I mean, they just dominated that conference. So there is impressive as you know, UConn last year. You wondered because I think the Big East only got three teams, so it was like, all right, well, when they start playing some better teams, how are they going to respond?
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But Florida's played the best of the best, and I expect them. They're going to have to get tripped up in a game where a team is an A-plus and they're like a C, C-minus. That's the only way I see them losing.
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That was my – because as soon as it came out, I bet Carolina goes Sweet 16 because of the matchup. Like, I just can't do it with Mountain West teams. And then you look at Ole Miss, who's a six, played in the SEC, but they don't have – like, Carolina, you watch them, and the biggest jarring thing – They don't have any bigs that are like pros.
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Like forever in your life, Carolina's had pros that are bigs. But Ole Miss doesn't have any bigs really either. So, like, I love the matchup for Carolina here. And, yeah, it's probably a conference pride deal. And that's the other thing, PFT, is like you know the SEC haters.
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having to hear that they set a record for 14 teams, and you know they are just waiting because they're going to set the record for most losses in a tournament. Right, right. Only one team ends the season with a win. So I just know that that is starting. It's just a matter of how fast it accumulates, but you know that Army is coming to jump on the SEC.
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Oh, but they got the record for the most losses. Yeah, no shit. Yeah. So, no, it's definitely a big conference pride deal. Where is this game? This game is in. Let's see.
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Milwaukee. So, yeah. South got to travel north.
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Give it to me. There's one I absolutely love.
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Yeah, this is probably the most interesting 13-4 when I look at the matchups. I know you guys were heavily invested in the MAAC tournament. It's one of my favorite tournaments. I really think those teams are legit. They played in Cleveland. Every team's from freaking Ohio. So the building's packed. It's an awesome atmosphere. And Akron, to your point, they just want to go.
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Like, all right, we gave up a hoop, but they make threes. Right. That's the problem with the MAAC teams when they get to this level is their three-point shooting falls off. And with that, I love the defense that Arizona guards play. But Akron's style, it's not like they prefer the three. Everybody prefers an open three.
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But Akron's like, all right, fine, you want to take away that, we'll go to the hoop. So their pace is incredible. And it's getting, you know, it's a pretty trendy dog. I've heard plenty of people pick the upset. I just, I like Arizona's personnel. And I love the fact, if they move on, that they already played Duke. And they've seen that length in athleticism.
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So Arizona's kind of a sneaky team for me. I knew, I knew you were going to take the highest over. on the board. You never look at an Ivy League over or something like that. You always want to go with the over. I don't see how you take the under in that game knowing the pace that those people play.
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He's probably the biggest outlier in the tournament because his good has brought a team to a national championship game, and his bad has not been good, and that's Caleb Love. I thought he was really good against Houston in the final, and Arizona made it. I was really curious about them in the Big 12 tournament, but they were impressive. That bracket, I do my teams that can win the national title.
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I have five teams in that bracket that can win it. What are they? Give them to us. Wisconsin hanging by a thread. Yeah. Hanging by a thread because of the draw. We will know how we're doing there. But BYU is a team that everyone's picking against, but they were on the list.
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Yeah. Yeah. That's huge, Mames. The Denver spot I like, but the VCU thing is kind of hard to do now. But our chips are in. Don't worry about it. And the other over that I love is Kentucky Troy. Kentucky is not interested in playing defense. Now, with Butler back, he's their, like, only – line of defense because he is a really good defensive point guard. He's got plenty of tournament experience.
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But, you know, the shoulder, you know, it seems like it's not to the extent of Malik Brown for Duke, but they need him to go far. But they're still going to shoot. I mean, they're like my favorite team to watch in college basketball, the way they play five out. And Barea is an unbelievable shooter. And they could shoot it from all over. So I look at that. And Troy's a team.
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that beat Rico's Arkansas State team that he quickly jumped off the bandwagon of. And they gave it to him. I mean, they go with the hoop, and they're pretty fearless. So I like that over.
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Duke, Arizona, Bama. Duke, Arizona, Bama. That's all in that. But I have said all year Duke will not win the national championship if they don't have Malik Brown.
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And he's out. I don't think he's coming back. It's dicey. Yeah. So that's – yeah. I have the list every year, PFT, and then I'm doing the – when you get the bracket, I go through that, and I'm like – Oh, my God. So all this talk about Duke having an easy draw, I don't believe it at all. We touched on Baylor and Mississippi State. They're a pain in the ass.
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And that's the least amount of talk about the 8-9 versus the 1 than any other. Like, you go through the other bracket. Everyone's talking about UConn getting a rematch or, you know, two-time champ going against the last two-time champ in Florida. Gonzaga's getting plenty of talk. And then Louisville gets to play in Lexington. but no one's talking about Creighton in that game.
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So all those eight nines against the one have gotten more steam, I feel, and Mississippi State and Baylor winners is dangerous to me to do.
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We got the UConn over. You want to talk about?
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Oregon's always in that game, too. Yeah. That game they had last year was brutal when they had five guys. The one I'm interested in here is Michigan State. I look at their team total under because they don't care how they win. Does that make sense? You want to shoot some threes? All right, we know we've got to shoot some threes, but you know what?
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You're not going to make threes, so we're going to slow it down and make it methodical. But they're not interested in scoring high numbers. And you know with Michigan State, and plenty of people have picked them to the Final Four, they've had a great season, overachieved from what they were at the beginning of the season. There's a bunch of those teams, but they come to mind at the top.
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But, like, it's pretty high. Like, it's in the 80s, I think I had. Yeah. 85 and a half. Like, there's no way. Yeah. I don't see that. And Bryant's got some guys. Like, Bryant's got some size. They got a point guard at 6'6". That could do it. So, that's a really interesting game to me. And I feel like Michigan State, they dictate a lot.
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And if they want to, let's make that team defend you in the paint.
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And they don't violate the three-point line. Right. They're pretty methodical, and it's been successful, so why are you going to get away from that? So that's one that stuck out to me.
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I know. Well, now we know they cannot win.
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There's only going to be one standing. Midwest, Houston, Kentucky, Tennessee. West, Florida, St. John's, Tech, Terps. South, Auburn, Iowa State, Sparty.
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I really like it because they know what they got, Dan. You know, I even look at Florida and it's just like, I don't even know how they do substitution patterns because you don't argue with who's on the floor. And then you look at it like, oh, so-and-so only played 12 minutes. Well, does it matter? You scored 90 and you won by 20. But Maryland knows what they have to get from guys.
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And I think it's only six points they get from the bench a game. And I thought that was even high because I watch them every night. And it's like no one scores on the bench. Geronimo's a great backup big man. The issue is Queen. You saw him get refereed differently in the Big Ten tournament. Went to the hoop a bunch against Michigan and didn't get calls. But Willard's got plenty of experience.
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He is a guy that if a player gets two fouls, they sit in the first half. That's a fact. So does he change his ways there? But I just love their shot making. Their guards are tremendous. They run great stuff. The issue with Maryland in that starting five is their guards don't rebound. But they're such an offensive team that I don't think they worry about that. But I really like their draw.
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And at some point, when you're a four, you play the one, hopefully. Yeah. And, you know, you get a week to prepare and you roll the balls out. So it's been really, really cool. The Crab Five thing, what these guys have done, how Willard has constructed this roster. I mean, they were abysmal shooting the ball the last couple years. Just couldn't do it. It was tough to watch.
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And now here they are, one of the best scoring teams in a power conference. So I love the Terps.
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With the apps now, it's kind of like, do you want to look at how bad it was? You know, like everything's in there where you look at it, and it's like, oh, I still got this to play, and I still got this in play.
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There's some pen and paper, but, you know, if you're going out to the bars with the guys, kind of leave that pen and paper home because you don't want that getting out or losing it because they're – You've got to instill it in your head already, and you've got to have a mindset going in and worry of the intake of accumulating over the course of a day. And now, I mean, what do we got?
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We got a 10 o'clock tip and a 10-10 tip?
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Yeah, everyone does. Everyone does.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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