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You can call it a close shave stirring the pot.

Welcome in the beginning of the Ben Mather Show. We are in the air everywhere.

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Think of this as a throwback.

It's like we're on the hot tub time machine.

We've gone back to the year 2004.

And who was the leading point of conversation in sports radio 2004?

Are you old enough to remember when Michael Vic was the king of sports talk chatter? And he is back in a big way Michael Vic getting a

reaction out of people. Now, I don't know if you've heard about this, if you were not paying attention.

But Michael Vick, for some reason, was on Fox Sports One.

He made an appearance on speaking or speak for yourself, rather, and he was on that show with a Jason Whitlock was on there, a bunch of other people.

And what Michael Vick said during that guest appearance had everyone buzzed, became a

trending topic of conversation.

Now, the former Atlanta quarterback was asked about Colin Kaepernick.

And what Michael Vick said about Colin Kaepernick created a firestorm.

Let's go to the audio tape, as they say.

First thing we got to get Colin to do is cut his head.

I mean, listen, I'm not up here to try to be politically correct,

but even if he puts cornrows, and I don't think he should represent himself,

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