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Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast on this day after Christmas.

I hope Santa was good to everybody.

As we look ahead to a very, very busy week in the NFL, week 17, the playoffs

coming very quickly into focus. And obviously all the bowl games, and we will touch on

those a little later in the week as the bigger ones start to come your way. The early

balls really have lost any appeal because of how many of these players just sit out, how many

go into the portal, how many don't play with injuries.

I mean, it's so erratic.

It's almost impossible to predict what's going on with those games.

And to me, those bowls have completely lost any appeal when there is so little participation

in these games. It really is sad. There's empty seats so little participation in these games.

It really is sad.

There's empty seats and nobody's in the stands and nobody's on the field.

The games are a joke.

Let's be honest.

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