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Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, hour number three of the podcast.

It's a football hour.

It's one of the high-profile matchups on the weekend card.

The Pittsburgh Steelers hadn't played anybody all that good.

The Cleveland Browns hadn't really beaten anyone all that good in a long time either.

Something was going to give here.

Well, Odell Beckham ended up having a hissy fit.

He took his shoes off on the sidelines.

He threw his helmet down as the Cleveland Browns were exposed by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

We take a look at the fallout from that particular game and what the future holds for both Pittsburgh and Cleveland this hour

in hour number three.

It was a measuring stick

kind of a day for the Cleveland Browns

and the Pittsburgh Steelers. One of them

feeling pretty good. The other one

needs medical attention. Welcome

in the beginning of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere.

The beginning this hour, coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast.

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