Welcome to the Bucknuts Happy Hour.

It is the first college football playoff edition, though we've been talking about this game

for what feels like the last three months.

I'm Patrick Murphy.

I'm sitting here in the hospitality suite at our hotel in Atlanta.

I am joined to start by Dave Biddle, also a Bucknuts in two four seven sports.

Dave decided to take this in in his room, but let me tell you, Dave has spent as much time

as I have down in this room where they feed us great food and they give us good drinks.

There's no better place to record a Happy Hour themed podcast than where the beer flows

and there's some liquor and things like that.

Dave, how's your room?

Mine was really hot.

I couldn't get the air to turn on, so that was part of the reason I came down here too.

I'm happy with it.

I have mixed reviews.

I mean, the hotel itself is very nice, but I have mixed reviews about the rooms.

I actually like my room.

We have a great view.

This is the fourth largest or fourth tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere and the 30th

tallest in the world, 73 floors here at the Western in Atlanta, so yeah, I'm a happy

man.

Nice.

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