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Hello and welcome.

It's our number four.

Our number four of a radio show.

And for the second time, a rare and appropriate, John Gruden monologue, the forever coach,

the 10-year, $100 million man for the Raiders, is out.

We examine the money part of this story.

What happens to all that money?

Does John Gruden still get that money?

What happens next in the Raider saga with Gruden as he is removed?

The company line is that John Gruden resigned as coach of the Raiders,

but did he turn down all of that money? We take a closer look at that and more right now in our number four.

Flying high in September and out of work in October. Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are together in the air everywhere.

As we serve it fresh, every hour, every day, coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast.

And mighty powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the coaster,

the roller coaster of the nocturnal life, the Fox Sports Radio Studios,

at a secret location in the North Woods.

And oh, what a story it is.

I very rarely go back to a place we've been, but there's much more to discuss involving

John Gruden, John Gruden, the story of the day here that has trumped Monday night

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