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happy new year from the international

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space station

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i'm kevin ford currently commander of

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expedition 34

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and a proud alumnus of the university of

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notre dame

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i hope you don't mind me taking

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advantage of my little soapbox here to

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wish my irish their best game of the

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season during the upcoming battle with

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the crimson tide in miami

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now the first thing you're probably

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wondering is why am i wearing this kent

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state shirt and there are a couple

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reasons

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one is because kent state was awesome

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this year

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congratulations to them

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and another is because my trainer at

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nasa my strength and conditioning

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trainer is a graduate of kent state and

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he gave me this shirt to fly

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but i'm wearing it right this second in

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honor of a man who last coached the

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irish to a national championship back in

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1988 our living legend lou holtz who is

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also a graduate of kent state

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even as i prepared for and launched on

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this mission

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i've been following the irish on the

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gridiron this entire season

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from russia and then kazakhstan and then

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since october 23rd from space i've

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watched this team play about half their

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season from earth orbit and every time i

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go around this planet they're better

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even my russian cosmonaut crewmates oleg

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and evgeny have been following the irish

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along with me and we are pumped for this

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big game hey guys come here

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what do you have to say about the big

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let's go irish

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roll tight

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looks like there might be a little head