Welcome to the show.

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I'm Pat 40 joined as always, uh, leading into the weekend here by my colleague and friend, Gene Wojakowski.

Uh, many things to discuss in terms of the overall state of college football , where things could be headed, uh, major injury that could affect the national championship race, a first firing.

More bad picks to come, but Gino, I, I, I wanna start with a dramatic reading.

Are you ready?

Uh, it was the best of times.

It was the worst of times.

It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.

It was the epoch of belief.

It was the epoch of incredulity.

It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness.

It was the season of hope.

It was the spring of hope.

Sorry, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Now, Gino, when, when Charles Dickens wrote that.

Was he referring to London and Paris in the mid 1800s, A Tale of Two Cities, perhaps?

Or was he referring to college football just last week?

Your thoughts?

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