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Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, hour number three of our radio show.

Repackage in the podcast format, a rare and appropriate, rare and appropriate Malar Monologue from college football.

Michigan State was charbroiled by Ohio State recently, but they're still going to pay their football coach a new $95 million contract over the next decade.

What are our initial thoughts?

Now that the deal is done, what are our initial thoughts on this mega, mega, mega contract for Mel Tucker?

We'll get to that and more right now in our number three.

A big spark for Sparty.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mallor show.

We are together in the air everywhere, even on a Thanksgiving as we pinch and scrape

coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast.

And extremely powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the ground, the playground of life.

All turkeys are welcome.

The Fox Sports Radio Studios at a secret location somewhere deep in the Northwoods.

And we welcome you in here.

So the story to lead this hour is from college football,

the rare and appropriate, rare and appropriate,

Mallor monologue about collegiate football.

A day after Penn State forked over 10 years and $75 million of guaranteed money to James Franklin, making him the highest paid coach in the Big Ten.

Well, he said, wait a minute.

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