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Barry Alvarez, Big Wave Surfer Garrett McNamara And NFL Week 3 Preview

Friday, September 24, 202112 takes

Davis Mills may not be the guy and an update on the Subathon(-). NFL Week 3 Preview and picks where we talk about each game Sunday(-). Fantasy Fuccbois(-). Former Wisconsin Badgers Head Coach and AD Barry Alvarez joins the show to talk about Wisconsin/Notre Dame, College Football landscape, not using vacation days, running the football and more(-). Big Wave surfer Garrett McNamara joins the show to talk about surfing 100 foot waves, how he changed the world of surfing and traveling the world chasing waves(-). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week(-).

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Davis Mills is not an NFL-caliber quarterback.

There's a lot of stuff that I'm sure Davis Mills is really, really good at... but playing NFL quarterback isn't one of them.

Mills proved to be a fringe starter/backup rather than a franchise guy, making this largely correct.
Win
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Tyrod Taylor is more valuable than he is generally credited for.

I think that this game actually showed us that Tyrod Taylor is probably more valuable than we gave him credit for because the Texans did not look good.

The Texans went from competitive with Tyrod to non-competitive with Mills in the short term.
Loss
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Carolina Panthers are a legitimate team and could win the NFC South.

I'm going to say something right now. This is crazy... Panthers plus 500 to win the NFC South. The bucks are old.

The Panthers finished 5-12 and last in the division. The Bucs won the division.

Picks

Loss
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

The Las Vegas Raiders are the most fraudulent 2-0 team in the NFL.

The Raiders are the most fraudulent 2-0 team... I don't know if they're that good. I think they're okay. They're not that good.

The Raiders finished 10-7 and made the playoffs, which usually disqualifies 'fraudulent 2-0' status.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021·Picks
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jalen Ramsey is the only cornerback who can physically cover Rob Gronkowski.

Jalen Ramsey is really the only person who fits Jalen Ramsey's description of a quarterback that can cover Gronk. Cause Jalen is a big dude. He's strong, he's got coverage skills and he can tackle.

Subjective football analysis about player matchups.
Loss
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

NFL teams should sit their starting quarterback when playing against Aaron Donald to avoid injury.

Anytime a team plays Aaron Donald, they should sit their starting quarterback.

While funny, teams do not actually do this.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021·Picks
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Zach Wilson's interceptions were caused by a groin injury.

The groin really impacts your ability to drive your hips into throws. Those last two interceptions were both just short arms, short throws that got picked off.

Wilson was dealing with various ailments, but attributing specific picks to a groin injury is speculative.
Loss
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears defense will successfully slow down the Browns' running game.

The one thing that I'm at least a little confident about is that the bears do, they will be able to like slow down the run game.

The Browns ran for 215 yards against the Bears in this game (Sept 26, 2021).

Fantasy Fuccbois

Loss
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021·Fantasy Fuccbois
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Big CatBig Cat

Kirk Cousins is statistically the best quarterback of all time.

Statistically, the best quarterback of all time.

Literally incorrect in terms of records/rings, though Cousins does hold high completion percentage rankings.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021
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Barry AlvarezBarry Alvarez

The College Football Playoff should expand to eight teams, but not twelve.

I liked the expanding to eight, not 12... eight is my number. I think 12, you look at the number of games and I think coaches would manage that... but I think selfishly for our league [Big Ten] eight is better.

Subjective opinion on playoff format, though the CFP eventually chose 12.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021
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Barry AlvarezBarry Alvarez

Officials changed how they called the game in the second half of the 2015 National Championship.

I'm pissed because the officials changed out. They called the game from first to second half... Coach K worked really hard... and they changed how they called the game and I will say that to my dying day.

This is a matter of perception and officiating analysis that can't be objectively proven right or wrong, but it's a strongly held 'fact claim' by Alvarez.
Open
Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021
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Garrett McNamaraGarrett McNamara

A 120-foot wave is the upper limit for what can be surfed.

I think 120 [feet] would do it... I'm really interested and excited and can't wait... I don't know what it does once it gets that big and breaks further out.

As of now, the world record is roughly 86 feet (Sebastian Steudtner), so 120 remains unreached.