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AJ Hawk on NFL Comeback, Trestle Ball, and the First Ever Baby Pool
It is a massive milestone in the history of this program as Big Cat and PFT Commenter celebrate six months of existence. We are officially past the point where the show can be aborted, and to celebrate, Big Cat threw some serious shade at the sports media establishment regarding the show's massive growth.
Big CatPardon My Take has more listeners than Bill Simmons
We have over 40 million listeners in six months. That's crazy... I'm just going to say it's more than Simmons. Yeah, it's more than [Bill] Simmons.
With the NFL season finally kicking off, the excitement is at an all-time high. PFT is already looking at the Denver QB situation with a glass-half-full approach, even if the stats don't exactly jump off the page yet.
PFT CommenterTrevor Siemian is the Tim Tebow of the 2016 Denver Broncos
I don't even care that Trevor Siemian is the starting quarterback. Every game he's been in, they've won. Absolutely. So he's the Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos this year.
To help the award-winning listeners get through the season, the guys introduced Larry the Goldfish. Larry is a half-blind gambling savant who will be picking games in the Super Contest. To make things even better, the ownership structure of this fish is more legitimate than anything you'll find in Green Bay.
Big CatBuying a Pardon My Take shirt makes you a part-owner of Larry the Goldfish
If you buy a Pardon My Take shirt, you are an owner of Larry [the Goldfish] like the Green Bay Packers, except you actually own something, not fake own it.
The Tiger Woods Who's Back of the Week Memorial
In a new segment dedicated to the constant cycle of sports resurrections, the guys looked at the landscape of college football. PFT is fully bought into the Longhorns after a big opening win, but Big Cat isn't as sold on his own alma mater, describing Wisconsin as the most passive-aggressive neighbor in the Big Ten.
Big CatWisconsin is the mediocre pushover neighbor of college football
Wisconsin's never back. They're never gone. They're just there. We literally are just like the neighbor who you can be like, hey, can I borrow your lawnmower and just not give it back for three months? And you know he's never going to come ask. It's a total pushover.
While Wisconsin is just 'there,' Notre Dame is currently in a state of 'Are they back? Question mark.' Big Cat thinks the arrow is finally pointing in a definitive direction, and it's not the one Touchdown Jesus wants to see.
Big CatNotre Dame is heading in the wrong direction
If you had to describe Notre Dame for the last seven years, it's perfectly this. Are they back? Question mark. They've been almost back, sort of back, never fully back. But I think now they're going the wrong direction. Now they're set back.
AJ Hawk Joins the Show
Former Packer and Buckeye AJ Hawk joined the show for a first-of-its-kind 'swap-cast.' He started things off by clearing up his status for the 2016 season. He's currently training on his nine-acre property in Ohio, doing Rocky-style workouts and waiting for the phone to ring.
AJ HawkI am officially not retired and looking for the right NFL situation
I guess I am officially not retired at the moment. I think I'd pick up the right call, like the right situation that came about. I'm not completely done.
AJ gave some incredible insight into playing against Jay Cutler, noting that the 'gunslinger' label is both a blessing and a curse. He also reminisced about his time at Ohio State playing under Jim Trestle, where the strategy was often as exciting as watching paint dry, provided that paint was being punted.
AJ HawkJim Trestle believed the punt was the most important play in football
[Jim Trestle] sits in the punt meeting, special teams, he said, 'Punt, the most important play in football.' And he just kept repeating that... I believed him because that's how we played. They called it Trestle Ball.
As they moved into season predictions, Big Cat showed some rare optimism for the Bears, mostly because the rest of the division is falling apart around them.
Big CatThe Chicago Bears will win the NFC North because Teddy Bridgewater got hurt
I got the Chicago Bears [to win the NFC North]... Teddy Bridgewater got hurt. So, the only team I was worried about was the Vikings and now they're out of the way.
PR 101 and the First Annual Baby Pool
In PR 101, the guys addressed Chad 'Swag' Kelly's recent Twitter drama involving Mia Khalifa. While deleting the account was a coward move, Big Cat thinks the Ole Miss QB needs to lean into the brand and legally commit to the Swag.
Big CatChad Kelly should legally change his name to Swag Kelly
Legally change your name to Swag. No way that will ever backfire when you're out of the NFL selling car insurance in bumfuck Mississippi. You will be Swag Kelly for life and you're good.
Finally, Caleb Pressley joined for the debut of the PMT Baby Pool, where the guys try to predict who is going to procreate this year. While most people pick married couples, the PMT crew went off the board with some bold claims about late-in-life miracles and young Hollywood stars.
Caleb PressleyEllen DeGeneres will get pregnant this year
I would love to see Ellen DeGeneres get it done [get pregnant]. I think this might be the year she thinks she's sexy. And I would like to see a Skip Bayless Ellen DeGeneres kid.
PFT decided to take the 'chalk' route by picking the NFL's most famous celibacy advocate to finally break the seal and start a family by the time the Super Bowl rolls around.
PFT CommenterRussell Wilson will have a kid by February 2017
My new pick is Russell Wilson. Russell Wilson is deaf[initely]—now that I think about it, Russell Wilson is absolutely—he's going to have a kid. He for sure is having a kid. I'm going to call it February of next year.
Go download the HawkCast to hear the other half of the conversation where AJ tries to make sense of these two idiots.
