CBB With John Fanta, Daymond John In Studio, US Loses WBC + Guys On Chicks
We stayed up to watch the WBC Final and Team USA lost in tragic fashion. We give grades for the WBC overall (-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Roger Goodell getting a contract extension (-). College Basketball Insider John Fanta joins us in studio to talk Tourney, Rick Pitino to St Johns, Ed Cooley to Georgetown and tons more (-). Our old friend Daymond John joins us to talk about his new children's book and teach us economics like we're 5 years old (-). We finish with Guys on Chicks (-).
Recap
Big CatThe St. Louis Cardinals lost America the World Baseball Classic
The St. Louis Cardinals have lost America. I mean, Paul Goldschmidt just hitting into a double play when we had a little rally going... if we're doing the blame, I think I'd start with those guys. Get some hits in some big moments and maybe we can be sitting here bragging about the US being the best in baseball.
PFT CommenterThe Los Angeles Angels were the biggest losers of the World Baseball Classic
I felt really the big loser of tonight was the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim because... that last at-bat... Showhey Ohtani striking out Mike Trout... it was an electric atmosphere.
Big CatI would rather watch March Madness 100 times out of 100 over the WBC
If you tell me, would you rather watch World Baseball Classic or March Madness? I'd say March Madness a hundred times out of a hundred times.
Big CatMLB should play 140 games and hold the WBC every year
Why don't they play 140 games, Major League Baseball season, and then we can have a World Baseball Classic every year and you can expand the tournament. I'd be down for that. That would be cool.
Interview
Daymond JohnTake $500,000 over a dinner with Jay-Z
[$500,000]. Because most likely Jay-Z has said it a million times in various different ways. So it would be like me saving $500,000 just to spend two days looking at every single interview he's ever done... why do I need to listen to him? I could save $500,000.
John FantaUCLA will beat Gonzaga in the Sweet 16
I'm going with the Bruins because they're defensively, I think they're in line even without Clark. And to me, as good as Gonzaga is, I don't trust their back court. And I do trust Tiger Campbell.
John FantaMiami will upset Houston and make the Final Four
Hot Take Miami can beat them. Ooh. And I'm gonna be the one guy that picks Miami to win... Miami is a bad matchup for Houston... I am going to go out on a limb and pick them. Wow. Because I think I, I don't trust Houston's offense.
John FantaJohn Calipari and Kentucky should part ways
Cal at Kentucky has run its course. It's run its course. I think for both sides it might be best for their best versions of themselves going forward to not be together.
John FantaUConn will win the National Championship
My national champion... is the Connecticut Huskies... There was something I saw from Yukon last week and that made me say they could do it. I'm gonna take Yukon.
John FantaSt. John's will make the NCAA Tournament in Rick Pitino's first year
I think, and we can revisit this a year from now, I think they will have found a way to make the NCAA tournament... I really believe that.
Daymond JohnParents should buy a share of stock that matches every toy they buy their kids
Buy him a little Caterpillar truck, right? Buy him a share in Caterpillar. Ooh. And then show him what that truck is equal to... Buy him a share in maybe Disney and a Disney product that he likes... he's gonna start to understand [finance].
John FantaRick Pitino will get St. John's to a Final Four before he retires
Rick Pitino in the Final Four will happen at some point again before he calls it quits.
Guys On Chicks
PFT CommenterStan Musial invented the fist bump
I learned something the other day. I don't know if you guys heard this. Do you guys know who invented the fist bump? Stan Musial invented the fist bump. How crazy is that?
Hot Seat Cool Throne
PFT CommenterNick Saban's 'wrong place, wrong time' comment was a direct shot at Nate Oats
Nick Saban has just suspended freshman defensive back, Tony Mitchell... and Nick Saban said everybody's got an opportunity to make choices and decisions. There's no such thing as the wrong place at the wrong time. Seemed like a direct shot at Nate Oats for using the wrong place, wrong time excuse for Brandon Miller.
Big CatRoger Goodell is actually awesome at his job despite everyone hating him
For everything that he has hated for and he's hated for a lot... he does an incredible job. It's like he was designed in a lab just to absorb blows and make a shitload of money for the NFL. And he's done both, like basically the best you could possibly do.
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