{"time":1792351194417,"blocks":[{"id":"mve7kfwz","type":"video","data":{"url":"https://media-cdn.roundtable.io/media-service/videos/7825c5da-851a-47aa-a62e-8dbd22312ca0/mp4","caption":"","autoplay":false,"controls":true,"muted":false,"stretched":true,"width":0,"height":0,"image":{"url":"https://media-cdn.roundtable.io/media-service/videos/7825c5da-851a-47aa-a62e-8dbd22312ca0/thumbnail"},"cdn":{"videoId":"7825c5da-851a-47aa-a62e-8dbd22312ca0","libraryId":"372172","collectionId":"30032062-eefd-4041-a355-12ad05bc987b","cdnBaseUrl":"https://vz-052fc010-b27.b-cdn.net","mp4Url":"https://media-cdn.roundtable.io/media-service/videos/7825c5da-851a-47aa-a62e-8dbd22312ca0/mp4","thumbnailUrl":"https://media-cdn.roundtable.io/media-service/videos/7825c5da-851a-47aa-a62e-8dbd22312ca0/thumbnail","previewAnimationUrl":"https://vz-052fc010-b27.b-cdn.net/7825c5da-851a-47aa-a62e-8dbd22312ca0/preview.webp"}}},{"id":"WOpyNuOvfN","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Texas A&M finally delivered the kind of 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