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The Penny versus the Penny, which was almost Benny versus Roscoe the Parrot, although we believe that Roscoe the Parrot never existed.

We believe that Roscoe the Parrot was a figment of a listener's imagination. There was no parrot that we got hoodwinked by a fake parent. That was our Mante Tao moment. Manteaio had the fake dead girlfriend.

We had the fake parrot that picks games, which are equally embarrassing,

although I do not believe Notre Dame gave the parrot a game ball.

So it was Sodom and Gomorrah on Sunday.

Early on did not go well.

The early television window on Sunday was a complete debacle.

But, because you bet every game, it got better.

The late television window, it got pretty good.

We did good in the primetime Sunday night game, and then Monday night had the Broncos,

and the Broncos cover the spread.

So if you're a Bronco gambler with the point spread, you won.

But Kansas City does win the game.

Patrick Mahomes up and down the radio dial all over the boob tube.

It's Patrick Mahomes this, Patrick Mahomes, that.

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