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“I think it boils down to the guys we have in the clubhouse,” said Muncy earlier this week in a pregame news conference.

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The controversy boils down to the esoteric rules that govern the game’s rating system.

“This historical tradition boils down to a simple proposition,” she added: “This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.”

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But it really boiled down to one thing: Stop Barkley.

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It was the 2025 season boiled down into three hours of roars, then screams, then sighs.

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