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The pride, passion, and pageantry of college football lives here.

This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Our 3 podcast.

This might be college football.

Yeah.

Collins in Columbia, Missouri.

What an afternoon this has been, and it just got better because for the first time this season, we've had a chance to say what to Katie George. Hi. It's been forever. I know where you've been because I've seen you at a million different places, but we just haven't been anywhere near. Which is surprising because I feel like every year, at least every other week of a season, we're with you guys. Last year we were in the same... I didn't want to get rid of us, especially Joe Tess. Yeah. So he's not here today? He's here. He's just elsewhere. Got all the things to do. He's big-timing us, essentially. Yeah. Katie, I tell Paul. Tell Paul. I wanted to be there. I wish I could have been there, but other duties, duty calls. Some things came up. Exactly. I'm glad you're here. Nothing against him. He's one of them. He's like a brother to me, but he hogs all the time. Would you say a brother? Is that? Yeah. I mean, you know the background. Yeah. Why I'm glad to be here. We're close. Never see them, but we're close. Have you been? How's the season gone for you? Things are great. Just nothing much going on. It's been a quiet season. No. I've had a lot of fun covering football this season. Yeah. What do you think of the state of the conference so far?

It's muddled.

Muddled, fair.

You're from Kentucky, you would understand that.

A mutter.

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