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That is it until September.

And it ended on an ass kicking is how it ended.

Seattle just dominated, dominated New England.

Good morning, Rick. How are you? Oh, I'm doing great, Dave. Yeah, I mean, Seattle, we kind of talked about this, although, for whatever reason, when Jake asked us the question of what was going to go on in the Super Bowl? I don't know why I lost my composure. Although in RJ's rundown, it was only me. I don't know why I lost my caboo. I did. Why wasn't prepared? He pops in at 9.45. He's like, all right, I need to video you. Who's going to win the game? MVP, final score, bad bunny. Like, okay. That was like, right at the end of the show then we had our meeting you're like

i just made a i just made a pick and i i don't like it i didn't like it at all because i don't know

what happened i lost my compulsion i i lost my compote he bamboozled me he came he came in

and he was just like all right right, let's sit down.

He got to do that.

I was like, okay, all right, all right. Who do you like to win? Patriots. And then I sat and thought about it. I was like, I was like, what did I just do? Why would I take the Patriots? I don't think they're going to win. It was the Patriots reflex, you know?

And not only did I take them.

I was like, I see very high scoring.

Like, nothing I truly believed. They're going to win? It was the Patriots reflex, you know? Not only did I take them?

I was like, I see very high scoring.

Like, nothing I truly believed.

But, like, when we were having... You did the same thing!

I know, I know.

When we were having, like, like, real conversations about the Super Bowl, it was, I mean,

Seattle was the better team. If they didn't make mistakes, then they were going to win the Super Bowl. And that's exactly what happened, right? I mean, I don't think either quarterback played great. I mean, Drake May was throwing the ball all over the place. Their offense, it didn't look like they were ever going to score any points. I thought both quarterbacks were poor, actually. Right, but I mean, for the Seattle side of it, I mean, there were plenty of, like, times where it was like, okay, they, everyone's realized that as long as they don't throw anything stupid here, they're going to win the football game because New England offense can't do anything against Seattle's defense at all.

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