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Joe Tessa Tour.

Yes, golden voice there at ESPN as we enter the holiday season. Those are real palm trees behind you. Are they not? There is. They are right there. Remember, the original Christmas included palm trees. So that's where we're out here. So we are, we are in, I live in Naples, Florida. So this is, this is the scene here. And that's as specific as we want to get with address.

How are you doing, man? You've been making the speaking circuit lately. You've been in the booth,

and then you came down and you graced the mic there for the Tallahassee quarterback club, I believe

I saw. And the thing about it is, I didn't know, because you don't run your schedule by me, but all

the sudden I start getting texts from down Seminole away. Hey, Joe walked into the belly of

the beast. And I was like, what are you talking about? Oh, he came to the quarterback club.

So I went and watched it. And I thought it was, you do a lot of boxing. I thought you

returned very well. You took, you gave. I thought it was surgical. Oh a lot of boxing. I thought you returned very well. You took, you gave.

I thought it was surgical.

Oh, thank you.

And excuse me laughing here as we come on because you and I were just talking before

you start recording.

The two of us could BS all day long, as we often do by text or phone call.

Yeah, that was interesting.

Wasn't it the beehide that was buzzing for those 48 hours, which has not dissipated.

It may have only gotten worse because that's what Twitter fuel and conspiracy theories do.

But the people there at the Touchdown Club in Tallahassee are absolutely wonderful.

And that was a great night to celebrate some high school football players to

celebrate the phenomenal season that FAMU had and that Florida State had. So it was a wonderful

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