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Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to go back.
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Back to the Afternoon Drive with Jake Wimmerly. With the
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hottest sports stories of the day.
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For one of those moments, it only happens right here.
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On ESPN 105.9 The Zone and online at thezone1059. com.
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Taking in on a Friday, getting ready for your weekend. And,
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You can grab that steak on the roof if you
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want to do that. Don't forget about the Gurkha Cigar
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Lounge and the Bottleneck Blues Bar. Keith Hardy, astute sportsbook
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manager on your radio. Keith, welcome in, sir.
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How are you?
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My man, Jake Wimberly.
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Thanks for having me.
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Keith, it's hard to believe we're through one month. We're
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into month two, and that's where kind of the rubber
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meets the road, especially college football and the NFL, because
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we start churning through this. Boy, I tell you what,
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how much action, what are you guys seeing on Alabama-Mississippi State?
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Oh, man, it's coming in on both sides, Jake.
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Just like the book, we're getting tons and tons of action.
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On both sides.
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A lot of Alabama Moneyline and Mississippi State plus the points.
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But, yeah, probably the biggest game of the week in
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these parts.
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Oh, there's no doubt.
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Yeah.
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I'm pretty excited. And, Jake, I think we may have
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an upset. I smell an upset.
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Brewing, Jake.
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What we got?
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Mississippi State.
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Oh, you're talking about in that ballgame.
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Yeah.
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No, look, I like Mississippi State's chances. I think they're
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going to cover the points. I think they could win
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it outright. If they can cut back on the penalties,
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that's been the one thing with the Dogs is they've
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been a highly penalized football team. If they can cut
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back on the penalties, Alabama has played slow on the
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road under Kalen DeBoer since he's been in Tuscaloosa, so
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I think the Dogs have a puncher's chance. The weather
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looks like it's moved a little bit. It may not
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start raining until later in the afternoon. So I do
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like Mississippi State's chances in this game. Who do you
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got winning, though?
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I got State, Jake.
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Those Dogs are barking, baby. Cowbells ringing.
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I'm with State. I'd love to see it.
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Keith, there's several other games of interest tomorrow. You know,
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when you kind of look through here, Ohio State is
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taking on Iowa. Game day will be there tomorrow. Ohio
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State's given up 14.5. That total's 45.5. This has been
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a lopsided rivalry. We know that in the Big Ten.
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Ohio State is just about quadrupled them up in wins
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in the history of the two teams playing each other.
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Can Iowa muddy the thing up, though, and can they
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keep it into the fourth quarter?
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I like it, Jake.
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That's one of my plays for the week. I'm taking
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the points, 14.5. If it moves to.
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14, I'll add the hook on there. And I like
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the under. in that game as well.
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Another dog I like, tomorrow, Jake, I think this is
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a nice game, Michigan at Minnesota.
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Minnesota coming off a big win, Michigan.
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Coming off that tough loss. That's another dog I like, Jake.
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I think it's a dog day afternoon tomorrow.
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I think it very well could be. And a lot
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of people like Row the Boat, Sweater Vest, P.J. Fleck,
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our last guest did too. And, you know, Michigan has
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just not looked good. Bryce Underwood has not looked good.
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And it's just, for whatever reason, they don't have that chemistry.
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They don't have the dog in them, so to speak. Yeah,
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I like Minnesota in that ballgame as well.
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I tell you, Jake, we got a couple of good
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games tonight. Pittsburgh goes to Virginia Tech. Tough place to
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play Friday night. It's going to be hopping. This is
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Pittsburgh's first road game of the season.
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I got an unusual play for this game.
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I like Virginia. I think Pittsburgh can win the game.
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But I like Virginia Tech's first quarter, Jake.
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I like that.
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I like it. You're taking advantage of, you know, inner Sandman.
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That place is going to be crazy. You know, Virginia
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Tech coming into this ballgame, they're giving up 16 a
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game and averaging 43. They're sitting at 4-0. They've won
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a couple road games at Maryland and Boston College. Conversely,
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you know, Pittsburgh, they are 4-0. They're scoring right at
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39 a game, giving only nine points up. But, Keith,
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as you said, they've played at home. Miami of Ohio,
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UCF Central Florida, Syracuse, and Bucknell, they have not been tested.
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James Franklin really has a chance to put a stamp
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on this Virginia Tech program tonight. I think he does that.
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Yeah, and Jake, I was surprised that the total is
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54 and a half. I thought both teams could play
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some good defense. I'm leaning towards the under in that game.
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And in the second game, or actually the third game,
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because we've got Liberty and Delaware as well. But Penn
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State travels to Northwestern. Northwestern opening up a new stadium.
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And played Indiana pretty close. So I'm liking Northwestern. Another
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first-quarter play. New stadium, lots of excitement and enthusiasm. I
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think it may take Penn State a minute to settle in.
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Yeah, I'm with you on that. You know, Penn State
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shocked last week against Wisconsin. They lost 24-20. Northwestern, this
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is a team that's playing some pretty good football. They're
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sitting at 2-1. As you mentioned, they played within six
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points of Indiana. Opening the new stadium tonight. Weird things
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happen on Friday. I like Northwestern in this as well.
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My man.
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And Jake, you know, it's not just college football, right?
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Of course we've got the NFL on Sunday, but we've
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got Major League Baseball playoffs. We've got WNBA playoffs.
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And hockey has.
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Just gotten started. So lots and lots of action. You know,
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of course, there's golf, tennis, auto racing, all your favorites.
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But yeah, lots going on down here at the Sportsbook
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at AmeriSoc.
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Yeah, you've got everything kicking off tomorrow. You've got the
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White Sox and the Guardians. Guardians are the favorite tomorrow. And,
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of course, you've got Braves at Dodgers. Dodgers a pretty
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big favorite, minus 205 to plus 165. Yankees at the Rays.
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The Rays are the favorite, minus 132 to plus 110.
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And you've got the Padres at the Brewers. Brewers minus 240,
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plus 190. So, I mean, it'll be– I mean, you
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talk about just on steroids. I mean, October a lot
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of people feel like, and I agree, is arguably the
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greatest month in sports because you've got football, you've got baseball,
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you've got the puck dropping, you've got all this stuff happening. And, Keith,
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I know that you guys will have it on all
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over the place. If somebody wants one of these games,
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they can find it there.
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Oh, yeah, Jake, and that's the thing. We've got this
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big 30-foot video wall that's going to have all the
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college games on it. But we've got 40 other TVs
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all around.
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So we'll have every baseball game. We'll have the WNBA
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playoffs going on. I forgot to mention them.
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We'll have WNBA playoffs on. We'll have a hockey game on.
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It won't be on the big screen, but we can
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find a TV close to.
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Where you're sitting at one of our tables, and we
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can put it up there for you.
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Keith, another college football game while we've got a few minutes.
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Florida took Ole Miss out last week, and they just
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walked them right out of the swamp. They go to
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Missouri tomorrow. Missouri with a tough loss to Mississippi State.
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Eli Drinkwitz has not performed. His teams have not performed
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well in top 25 matchups. Can Missouri keep it close?
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Can they beat Florida tomorrow night?
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You know, I love the dogs.
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I said it was going to be a.
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Dog day afternoon, but I can't back Missouri on that one.
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Jake, I want to say a lot of hearties out.
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I want to say both edge rushes are questionable. There's
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an O lineman out. I think there's too many injuries
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for Mizzou to overcome Florida. Florida is one of the.
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Few favorites I like. I'll tell you another favorite I like.
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The U. Going up to see Dabo and the boys.
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I think they went by 20 or more.
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Jake, any thoughts on that one?
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Oh, absolutely. Look, Miami is a team on a mission.
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I know we're not talking a whole lot about Miami
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just because of their schedule. And, you know, they had
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some coaches, their offensive coordinator came out and took a
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shot at the SEC this week, and, you know, about
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all the top 25 teams, and nobody's talking about Miami. But,
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you know, with Darion Mensah, you know, there's obviously and
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rightfully so a lot of talk in this state about
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Camario Taylor at Mississippi State, Trinidad Chambliss at Ole Miss
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for the Heisman. Darion Mensah has thrown more touchdowns than
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he has incompletions. I mean, that is a 30-year– I mean,
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that spans– that's a 30-year watermark, high mark. You know, Tony,
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the wide receiver there, is likely one of the best–
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to me, the best player in college football. I think
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they will absolutely run Dabo out of the building. And
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this is the highest point total that a Dabo-Sweeney-Clemson team
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has had to face since he was hired there 17
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years ago.
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Wow, how about that? Well, you know, Jake, he's going
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to have to get into the portal.
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You know?
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They may put him in the portal, Keith.
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Yeah, you're right, Dick.
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Keith, tell everybody to come see you this weekend. We
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want them to get out there.
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Well, Dick, you know, like I tell your listeners, Akron, Craps, Roulette,
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we've oh we got great restaurants you get down here
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all day you're gonna get hungry you want a.
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Bite to eat fellas got burgers wings pizza if you
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want to sit down and just get full and and
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eat all you can eat well that's the heritage buffet
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looking for a nice something fancy a nice steak dinner
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We've got asian cuisine at the red lotus Tons of
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stuff to do.
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Bottleneck, blues bars, great entertainment. And, Jake, if you come
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down and say, I heard you on the radio. I
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heard you on Jake Wimbley's show. You know what I'm
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going to do? I walk you into the Gurkha Cigar Lounge,
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let you pick out a stogie, and get you an
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adult bevy on the house.
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What do you say to that, Jake?
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Keith, you're always the best at entertainment. Get out there.
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Of course, grab that Vicolo Vulture Bud Light, courtesy of
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Southern Beverage. Drink it responsibly. Just tell Keith you heard
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him on the radio. He'll take you into the Gurkha, too.
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And if you haven't been in there, it's a fantastic,
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fantastic lounge as well. Keith, enjoy the weekend. It should
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be good. Tomorrow at 11 o'clock will be fun. And
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have a great weekend. We'll talk soon.
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All right.
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Thanks for having me, Jake. Take care.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to go back.
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Back to the Afternoon Drive with Jake Wimmerly. With the
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hottest sports stories of the day.
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For one of those moments, it only happens right here.
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On ESPN 105.9 The Zone and online at thezone1059. com.
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Taking in on a Friday, getting ready for your weekend. And,
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or the counter. Grab something good to eat. Four great restaurants. Also, bourbons.
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You can grab that steak on the roof if you
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want to do that. Don't forget about the Gurkha Cigar
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Lounge and the Bottleneck Blues Bar. Keith Hardy, astute sportsbook
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manager on your radio. Keith, welcome in, sir.
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How are you?
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My man, Jake Wimberly.
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Thanks for having me.
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Keith, it's hard to believe we're through one month. We're
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into month two, and that's where kind of the rubber
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meets the road, especially college football and the NFL, because
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we start churning through this. Boy, I tell you what,
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how much action, what are you guys seeing on Alabama-Mississippi State?
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Oh, man, it's coming in on both sides, Jake.
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Just like the book, we're getting tons and tons of action.
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On both sides.
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A lot of Alabama Moneyline and Mississippi State plus the points.
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But, yeah, probably the biggest game of the week in
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these parts.
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Oh, there's no doubt.
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Yeah.
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I'm pretty excited. And, Jake, I think we may have
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an upset. I smell an upset.
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Brewing, Jake.
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What we got?
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Mississippi State.
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Oh, you're talking about in that ballgame.
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Yeah.
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No, look, I like Mississippi State's chances. I think they're
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going to cover the points. I think they could win
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it outright. If they can cut back on the penalties,
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that's been the one thing with the Dogs is they've
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been a highly penalized football team. If they can cut
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back on the penalties, Alabama has played slow on the
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road under Kalen DeBoer since he's been in Tuscaloosa, so
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I think the Dogs have a puncher's chance. The weather
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looks like it's moved a little bit. It may not
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start raining until later in the afternoon. So I do
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like Mississippi State's chances in this game. Who do you
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got winning, though?
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I got State, Jake.
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Those Dogs are barking, baby. Cowbells ringing.
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I'm with State. I'd love to see it.
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Keith, there's several other games of interest tomorrow. You know,
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when you kind of look through here, Ohio State is
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taking on Iowa. Game day will be there tomorrow. Ohio
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State's given up 14.5. That total's 45.5. This has been
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a lopsided rivalry. We know that in the Big Ten.
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Ohio State is just about quadrupled them up in wins
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in the history of the two teams playing each other.
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Can Iowa muddy the thing up, though, and can they
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keep it into the fourth quarter?
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I like it, Jake.
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That's one of my plays for the week. I'm taking
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the points, 14.5. If it moves to.
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14, I'll add the hook on there. And I like
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the under. in that game as well.
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Another dog I like, tomorrow, Jake, I think this is
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a nice game, Michigan at Minnesota.
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Minnesota coming off a big win, Michigan.
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Coming off that tough loss. That's another dog I like, Jake.
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I think it's a dog day afternoon tomorrow.
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I think it very well could be. And a lot
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of people like Row the Boat, Sweater Vest, P.J. Fleck,
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our last guest did too. And, you know, Michigan has
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just not looked good. Bryce Underwood has not looked good.
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And it's just, for whatever reason, they don't have that chemistry.
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They don't have the dog in them, so to speak. Yeah,
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I like Minnesota in that ballgame as well.
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I tell you, Jake, we got a couple of good
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games tonight. Pittsburgh goes to Virginia Tech. Tough place to
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play Friday night. It's going to be hopping. This is
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Pittsburgh's first road game of the season.
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I got an unusual play for this game.
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I like Virginia. I think Pittsburgh can win the game.
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But I like Virginia Tech's first quarter, Jake.
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I like that.
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I like it. You're taking advantage of, you know, inner Sandman.
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That place is going to be crazy. You know, Virginia
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Tech coming into this ballgame, they're giving up 16 a
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game and averaging 43. They're sitting at 4-0. They've won
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a couple road games at Maryland and Boston College. Conversely,
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you know, Pittsburgh, they are 4-0. They're scoring right at
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39 a game, giving only nine points up. But, Keith,
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as you said, they've played at home. Miami of Ohio,
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UCF Central Florida, Syracuse, and Bucknell, they have not been tested.
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James Franklin really has a chance to put a stamp
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on this Virginia Tech program tonight. I think he does that.
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Yeah, and Jake, I was surprised that the total is
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54 and a half. I thought both teams could play
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some good defense. I'm leaning towards the under in that game.
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And in the second game, or actually the third game,
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because we've got Liberty and Delaware as well. But Penn
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State travels to Northwestern. Northwestern opening up a new stadium.
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And played Indiana pretty close. So I'm liking Northwestern. Another
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first-quarter play. New stadium, lots of excitement and enthusiasm. I
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think it may take Penn State a minute to settle in.
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Yeah, I'm with you on that. You know, Penn State
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shocked last week against Wisconsin. They lost 24-20. Northwestern, this
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is a team that's playing some pretty good football. They're
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sitting at 2-1. As you mentioned, they played within six
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points of Indiana. Opening the new stadium tonight. Weird things
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happen on Friday. I like Northwestern in this as well.
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My man.
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And Jake, you know, it's not just college football, right?
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Of course we've got the NFL on Sunday, but we've
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got Major League Baseball playoffs. We've got WNBA playoffs.
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And hockey has.
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Just gotten started. So lots and lots of action. You know,
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of course, there's golf, tennis, auto racing, all your favorites.
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But yeah, lots going on down here at the Sportsbook
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at AmeriSoc.
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Yeah, you've got everything kicking off tomorrow. You've got the
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White Sox and the Guardians. Guardians are the favorite tomorrow. And,
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of course, you've got Braves at Dodgers. Dodgers a pretty
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big favorite, minus 205 to plus 165. Yankees at the Rays.
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The Rays are the favorite, minus 132 to plus 110.
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And you've got the Padres at the Brewers. Brewers minus 240,
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plus 190. So, I mean, it'll be– I mean, you
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talk about just on steroids. I mean, October a lot
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of people feel like, and I agree, is arguably the
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greatest month in sports because you've got football, you've got baseball,
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you've got the puck dropping, you've got all this stuff happening. And, Keith,
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I know that you guys will have it on all
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over the place. If somebody wants one of these games,
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they can find it there.
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Oh, yeah, Jake, and that's the thing. We've got this
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big 30-foot video wall that's going to have all the
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college games on it. But we've got 40 other TVs
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all around.
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So we'll have every baseball game. We'll have the WNBA
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playoffs going on. I forgot to mention them.
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We'll have WNBA playoffs on. We'll have a hockey game on.
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It won't be on the big screen, but we can
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find a TV close to.
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Where you're sitting at one of our tables, and we
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can put it up there for you.
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Keith, another college football game while we've got a few minutes.
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Florida took Ole Miss out last week, and they just
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walked them right out of the swamp. They go to
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Missouri tomorrow. Missouri with a tough loss to Mississippi State.
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Eli Drinkwitz has not performed. His teams have not performed
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well in top 25 matchups. Can Missouri keep it close?
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Can they beat Florida tomorrow night?
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You know, I love the dogs.
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I said it was going to be a.
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Dog day afternoon, but I can't back Missouri on that one.
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Jake, I want to say a lot of hearties out.
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I want to say both edge rushes are questionable. There's
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an O lineman out. I think there's too many injuries
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for Mizzou to overcome Florida. Florida is one of the.
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Few favorites I like. I'll tell you another favorite I like.
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The U. Going up to see Dabo and the boys.
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I think they went by 20 or more.
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Jake, any thoughts on that one?
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Oh, absolutely. Look, Miami is a team on a mission.
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I know we're not talking a whole lot about Miami
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just because of their schedule. And, you know, they had
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some coaches, their offensive coordinator came out and took a
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shot at the SEC this week, and, you know, about
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all the top 25 teams, and nobody's talking about Miami. But,
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you know, with Darion Mensah, you know, there's obviously and
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rightfully so a lot of talk in this state about
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Camario Taylor at Mississippi State, Trinidad Chambliss at Ole Miss
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for the Heisman. Darion Mensah has thrown more touchdowns than
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he has incompletions. I mean, that is a 30-year– I mean,
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that spans– that's a 30-year watermark, high mark. You know, Tony,
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the wide receiver there, is likely one of the best–
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to me, the best player in college football. I think
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they will absolutely run Dabo out of the building. And
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this is the highest point total that a Dabo-Sweeney-Clemson team
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has had to face since he was hired there 17
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years ago.
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Wow, how about that? Well, you know, Jake, he's going
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to have to get into the portal.
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You know?
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They may put him in the portal, Keith.
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Yeah, you're right, Dick.
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Keith, tell everybody to come see you this weekend. We
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want them to get out there.
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Well, Dick, you know, like I tell your listeners, Akron, Craps, Roulette,
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all your favorite slot machines, video poker, live poker, right here.
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Next to the end zone. And when you come down,
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we've oh we got great restaurants you get down here
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all day you're gonna get hungry you want a.
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Bite to eat fellas got burgers wings pizza if you
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want to sit down and just get full and and
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eat all you can eat well that's the heritage buffet
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looking for a nice something fancy a nice steak dinner
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that's bourbon and if.
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You're looking for something a little different.
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We've got asian cuisine at the red lotus Tons of
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stuff to do.
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Bottleneck, blues bars, great entertainment. And, Jake, if you come
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down and say, I heard you on the radio. I
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heard you on Jake Wimbley's show. You know what I'm
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going to do? I walk you into the Gurkha Cigar Lounge,
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let you pick out a stogie, and get you an
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adult bevy on the house.
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What do you say to that, Jake?
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Keith, you're always the best at entertainment. Get out there.
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Of course, grab that Vicolo Vulture Bud Light, courtesy of
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Southern Beverage. Drink it responsibly. Just tell Keith you heard
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him on the radio. He'll take you into the Gurkha, too.
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And if you haven't been in there, it's a fantastic,
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fantastic lounge as well. Keith, enjoy the weekend. It should
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be good. Tomorrow at 11 o'clock will be fun. And
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have a great weekend. We'll talk soon.
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All right.
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Thanks for having me, Jake. Take care.
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