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CFB Mega Preview With Tom Fornelli & Brandon Walker, Joey Chestnut + Mt Rushmore Of Things In A College Guys Apartment

Friday, August 30, 202414 takes

Football is back and we have another blind poll to dig into this time by agents. Is having urgency for a quarterback good (-)? The finale of Mt Rushmore season with the Mt Rushmore of things in a college guy’s apartment (-). Tom Fornelli and Brandon Walker join us to break down the upcoming 2024 CFB season with some hot take, playoff picks and Heisman + we have a competition between the two to decide our college expert (-). Joey Chestnut joins the show ahead of his eat off with Kobayashi and to talk about what happened this summer (-). We finish with Fyre fest of the week (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jacoby Brissett is an eight-win quarterback guy under the radar

[Jacoby Brissett] is a good quarterback. He'll get you probably eight wins if he starts the entire season... I'm just saying Jacoby Brissett feels like an eight-win quarterback guy under the radar.

The Patriots finished the 2024 season 4-13. Brissett started roughly half the games but did not reach 8 wins.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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HankHank

I won't get FOMO about Drake Maye sitting because the Patriots are in a rebuilding year

I'm not gonna get FOMO about Drake Maye not starting. Our offensive line's bad. I think our roster's not great. It's okay. It's a rebuilding year. I think you let's embrace it for what it is.

This is subjective, but Maye became the starter in Week 6, and Hank was very excited about it once it happened.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Patrick Mahomes would be worth over $100 million a year on a truly free market

If the NFL was truly free market capitalism, [Mahomes] might go to the Panthers. David Tepper... he might go for over a hundred million dollars.

This is a hypothetical claim that cannot be verified, as a salary cap exists, but several agents in the Athletic poll agreed.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL should have a separate salary bucket for quarterbacks to keep rosters competitive

Separate salary bucket for quarterbacks. That makes sense. Basically let the quarterbacks get paid something completely separate so it doesn't, again, the cap is, doesn't make sense, but they're so out of control compared to everything else.

This is a policy recommendation/opinion.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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MemesMemes

Georgia is going to beat the absolute f*** out of Clemson

I'm feeling fantastic. [Georgia is] gonna beat the absolute fuck outta Clemson.

Georgia defeated Clemson 34-3 on August 31, 2024.

Picks

Win
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024·Picks
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HankHank

Eastern Michigan +2.5 is a lock because UMass should never be favorites

I saw the one that jumped out: Eastern Michigan plus 2.5. UMass football should never be favorites against anyone.

Eastern Michigan beat UMass 28-14 on August 31, 2024.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Brandon WalkerBrandon Walker

College football is better off with a 12-team playoff and it doesn't diminish the regular season

I think this day is a long time coming for college football. Anybody that says college football is worse off for the playoff is lying or just grifting... it doesn't diminish the regular season at all. It makes us have way more games that matter in November.

This is an opinion about the state of the sport.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Brandon WalkerBrandon Walker

Florida State is just an average football team, not a playoff contender

That team that we saw play on Saturday [Florida State] is not a playoff team in a 14-format, a 12-team format, a 30-team format. That's an average football team we saw.

Florida State finished the season 1-11, making them significantly worse than even an 'average' team.
Loss
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Tom FornelliTom Fornelli

Clemson will win the ACC

I have Clemson winning the ACC too. I do think receiver-wise they're gonna be better than they were last year... I think Dabo can win the ACC without using the portal because I don't think the ACC is that good.

Clemson did not win the ACC; SMU defeated Clemson in the regular season and won the conference title over Clemson/Miami/FSU.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Brandon WalkerBrandon Walker

Utah will lose its toughness advantage moving from the Pac-12 to the Big 12

Utah's main advantage in the Pac-12 was physicality... they could bully those teams. Now most of the Big 12, you probably can do that too, but you ain't doing that to Kansas State... Oklahoma State. That toughness advantage is gone now.

Utah finished 4-8 and struggled physically in the Big 12, validating Brandon's skepticism.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Tom FornelliTom Fornelli

No team in the Big 12 will finish with fewer than three losses

My hot take about the Big 12 is that nobody is coming outta that league with fewer than three losses. I think it's gonna be a one-bid league.

ASU, BYU, and Iowa State all finished with 3 losses overall. No team had 2 or fewer, so this was technically correct.
Loss
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Tom FornelliTom Fornelli

Nico Iamaleava is the best quarterback in the country

I'm telling you, Nico's [Iamaleava] the best quarterback in the country. Size-wise, talent-wise, ability-wise, fit in the offense that he's in... I already have the future on Nico's Heisman.

Nico Iamaleava was solid but far from the best QB in the country (e.g., Cam Ward, Dillon Gabriel, Ashton Jeanty outshined him).
Loss
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Tom FornelliTom Fornelli

Oklahoma will finish with a better SEC record than Texas in their first year

Oklahoma finishes with a better SEC record than Texas. I think Jackson Arnold will be a step forward for them... my concerns about Texas are shared.

Texas finished 11-2 (7-1 SEC); Oklahoma finished 6-6 (1-7 SEC).
Win
Take Slip·Aug 30, 2024
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Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut

I am going to smash the hot dog world record against Kobayashi

I'm gonna smash [the record]. I'm gonna eat more hot dogs than ever before... Right now the over-under is like 66, and I'm gonna blow that out.

Joey Chestnut ate 83 hot dogs and buns in the 'Unfinished Beef' event on Sept 2, 2024, setting a new world record.