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Hello and welcome.

It's our number for the fourth and final hour of the Ben Mather Show.

And it's almost Super Bowl week, Twas the week before the Super Bowl.

And Tom Brady's over-the-top praise of Coach Bruce Ariens.

We analyzed that.

It sounded like a shot at Bill Belichick.

We parse the words of Tom Brady.

We do that and we do it right now in our number four.

Tossing rose petals at your boss.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour.

It's the Bedmather show as we bloviate coast to coast, border to border, and beyond the Great Beyond, inside the magic radio box.

So our lead this hour comes from the Super Bowl lead up.

It was the week before Super Bowl 55.

And it's on.

It's on like Donkey Kong next week with the hype, although not the same because of COVID and all that.

But next weekend, in Tampa, the Buccaneers, the first team to officially play in their own stadium in the Super Bowl,

they will play host to the visiting Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 55.

And Tom Brady, now Tom Brady spent a few good minutes talking to the media.

Spent a few good minutes talking to the media on a Zoom phone call.

This is where all our sporting news comes from on these Zoom phone calls.

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