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Bill Burr

Wednesday, October 17, 201813 takes

Aaron Rodgers won't stop being good and Skip Bayless is making a lot of sense. Jason Witten has malfunctioned and we're concerned. Baseball playoffs are heating up and some of the Dodgers aren't even trying. A couple NBA over/unders that are guaranteed winners and a mini season preview. Hot Seat/Cool Throne. Bill Burr joins the show to talk about his upcoming show at MSG, why we care too much about sports, his favorite College venues across the country, why we've all been the guy he witnessed getting kicked out of bar Sunday for being angry at the Football game, and some conspiracy theories that only the wokest can understand. Hmmm for Coach K and Zion Williamson, Witch Hunt are the Astros cheating. Embrace Debate is Nick Bosa a Quitter and Guys on Chicks.

Recap

Void
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

America is sick of Aaron Rodgers winning games in predictable, dramatic fashion

He will win a game late, and he will do it in dramatic fashion, and he will drop dimes and all that. I'm sick of it. I think America is sick of it, to be honest, if I'm just going to speak for America here.

This is subjective, but Rodgers' style of late-game heroics continued to be a major NFL storyline for years, though 'America' was likely more entertained than sick of it.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018
#PMT-2018-1017-8407
Big CatBig Cat

Jason Witten was hired by ESPN solely to mend the relationship between the network and NFL owners

Jason Witten is in place to mend the ESPN-NFL relationship, which makes sense... they put him in there, and it doesn't really matter if he's bad for the audience. It just matters that the rest of the owners and Roger Goodell likes him.

While Witten's hire was widely criticized for his lack of experience, the specific 'mending relationships' motive is a matter of corporate strategy that hasn't been officially confirmed but remains a strong industry theory.

Nba Preview

Win
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·NBA Preview
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bucks will win over 48.5 games and win the Central Division

I have the Bucks over 48 and a half. I think the Bucks are going to be very good. I think they'll win the Central. I think Giannis is going to – do you see he shoots threes now?

The Bucks finished the 2018-19 season with 60 wins and won the Central Division.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·NBA Preview
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James and the Lakers will win 50 games this season

I have the Lakers over 47 and a half... LeBron's going to win 50 games. I just think there's no way. I think Brandon Ingram is very, very good.

The 2018-19 Lakers finished with only 37 wins after LeBron suffered a groin injury on Christmas Day and the team chemistry imploded.
Win
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·NBA Preview
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HankHank

The 76ers will win under 53.5 games because Joel Embiid will get injured

I have the under 76ers, 53 and a half. That's just a pure hate bias. No way they all say healthy. Embiid's probably going to get injured for 75 games.

The 76ers finished with 51 wins, hitting the under of 53.5.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·NBA Preview
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Wizards will go over their win total because John Wall, Bradley Beal, and Dwight Howard will have great chemistry

I'm also going to take the over on the Wizards. I think that Wall and Beal and Dwight Howard are going to have great chemistry. They're big three.

The Wizards imploded, winning only 32 games, and Dwight Howard only played 9 games for them.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Win
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Josh Allen's ligaments were too weak to support his rocket arm

His arm was too strong that his ligaments couldn't support all the muscle... the good news is he doesn't need Tommy John surgery.

Josh Allen suffered an elbow injury but did not require surgery in 2018, which aligns with the latter part of the take.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018
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Bill BurrBill Burr

The NFL is effectively becoming seven-on-seven flag football

Tom Brady threw for over 500 yards and lost the Super Bowl... I loved the doomsday defense, the steel curtain... Those guys, they just shut you the fuck down... and it's just all gone. I mean, the fucking guy, Tyreek Hill... runs across the middle of the field... nobody's going to hit him.

This is a widespread subjective opinion regarding the evolution of NFL rules and scoring trends.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018
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Bill BurrBill Burr

Ancestry.com is a data-collection scheme to map the population for future control

That stupid fucking Ancestry.com... These fucking people, you're sending your DNA into the internet? Are you out of your fucking mind? And now they find all they need is 3 million people to do it. They can map out everybody... There's no fucking way they're not talking about it and trying to come up with solutions [for population control].

Privacy concerns over DNA sites became mainstream news later, but the 'population control' element remains a conspiracy theory.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018
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Bill BurrBill Burr

Elon Musk is likely just a 'beard' or a public-facing prop for more competent tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is the idiot. He's a prop... everyone's like, oh, look at this guy. He's a fucking idiot. They can't figure out robots... Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is creating robots that are going to deliver packages from Amazon and spy on all of us.

This is a humorous conspiracy theory that cannot be factually proven or disproven.

Hmm

Loss
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·Hmm
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Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson chose Duke over Kansas solely for the free education

Zion... decided not to go to Kansas for said money or whatever occupational preferences... and instead decided he wanted to go get an education for free at Duke University... Can't a young person just change their mind and say, I'd rather not have money? I'd rather play for Coach K.

Fact ClaimCBBHotSarcastic
The literal claim is that he chose Duke for the education; the reality of high-level CBB recruiting makes this almost certainly false in the context of the FBI investigation details.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·Hmm
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Coach K has avoided the FBI investigation because his name is too difficult for agents to spell in reports

Coach K has somehow avoided all sorts of investigations and indictments because his last name is so difficult to spell if you're an FBI agent... you have to type out Krzyzewski probably 400 times... I'm saying no thank you, I'm going to investigate Bill Self.

Hot TakeCBBFireSarcastic
This is a joke. FBI agents are capable of copying and pasting a name, regardless of its difficulty to spell.

Embrace Debate

Void
Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·Embrace Debate
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nick Bosa is a quitter for withdrawing from Ohio State before the draft

I'm just saying it's a black stain on the OSU program... I kind of think he's a quitter... if you can't play for an egomaniacal lying psychopath [Urban Meyer], why could you ever play for Dan Snyder?

Whether Bosa is a 'quitter' is entirely a matter of perspective, though most NFL analysts agreed it was a smart business decision.