Andy Staples on CFB Carousel, World Series Classics, and MNF in KC
The World Series is officially a heater. Big Cat and PFT opened the show buzzing over the 18-inning marathon in Game 3 and the Blue Jays' massive bounce-back in Game 4. Between position players warming up to pitch and Shohei Ohtani getting intentionally walked like he’s playing on rookie mode, the guys are convinced we’re watching an all-timer. Big Cat even went as far as to place Ohtani in the highest tier of sports legends.
Shohei Ohtani might be the best athlete we will ever see in any sport
[Shohei Ohtani] is getting into the territory of one, he's somehow underpaid. Two, he might be the best athlete we ever watch, play any sport. It's getting into the Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, these territories where in 50 years you could see yourself saying, remember when we got to watch Shohei Ohtani.
PFT noticed a strange trend with the national anthem and extra innings, pointing out that country star Brad Paisley might be the secret ingredient for free baseball.
Brad Paisley is the Scott Foster of Major League Baseball because he is an 'extender' who sings the anthem before extra-inning games
I'm not a big Brad Paisley fan, but maybe I should be. He's the extender. He's like Scott Foster for Major League Baseball. [Every game he sings the national anthem before] went to extra innings. Game two in 2017 went 11, game three in 2018 went 18, game one in 2024 went 10, and this game went 18. Brad Paisley [sang] the national anthem before all those games.
The conversation shifted to a somber note as the guys remembered the life of their colleague Cody "Beef" Franke, who passed away over the weekend. They shared stories about Beef’s relentless kindness and his role in the upcoming Internet Invitational, reminding everyone to be a little nicer to the people in their lives.
Back in the NFL world, PFT recapped his trip to Kansas City for Monday Night Football. Despite the Commanders hanging tough in the first half, the Mahomes experience proved to be too much. Big Cat is already writing the script for the end of the season, even if he’s still high on his mid-season darling Colts.
The Chiefs are definitely going to win the Super Bowl
Mahomes is back to being full on Mahomes... they're just really, really good. They're, they're, they're gonna win the Super Bowl. They, they're not, and I wanna clarify... the Chiefs are gonna win the Super Bowl. These are, these are facts.
The Colts are currently the best team in football
The Colts are the best team in football right now. The Chiefs are gonna win the Super Bowl. Those two things can exist.
Andy Staples joined the program to navigate the absolute chaos of the college football coaching carousel. With massive jobs like LSU, Florida, and Penn State potentially or officially open, Staples ranked the prestige and the pressure of each. He highlighted that while LSU is the big fish, schools shouldn't sleep on the financial power of Arkansas.
LSU is the premier coaching job opening in college football
I had LSU number one and I had Florida number two. And the reason I had LSU number one, three of the last four coaches have won national titles... every kid who lives in the state grows up in the state, wants a, wants to grow up and be a Tiger. LSU has an advantage that only Ohio State really has anywhere else.
Arkansas is a top-4 coaching job because of corporate NIL funding
My number four is, is gonna piss off some people... Arkansas. I looked at the John Calipari hire in basketball. Tyson Foods obviously putting a lot of the money toward that. They have massive corporate support there. Walmart's all over their field and all over their stadium. If they get their corporate money excited, you can be funded very well at Arkansas.
Staples and Big Cat also looked toward the Big 10, specifically the machine that is Ohio State. While Indiana is the feel-good story of the year, Staples argues that the Buckeyes have reached a level of depth and talent that is simply unprecedented in the NIL era.
Ohio State is currently a super team that is so good it's almost boring
Ohio State... they're so good. They're boring. Yeah. And their schedule's not helping. 'cause the teams that were supposed to be good on their schedule have kind of stunk... they're just loaded top to bottom.
Arvell Reese and Caleb Downs are the two best defensive players in the country
Ohio State is the one that feels different from the others. I think I can confidently say Ohio State has the best two defensive players in the country in Arvell Reese and Caleb Downs.
To wrap things up, the guys hit Hot Seat/Cool Throne, featuring a heated debate over whether Big Dom’s hospital visit to Cam Jurgens was a genuine act of pizzer-based kindness or a media play. Hank also threw some love toward a discontinued-then-returned snack staple while trying to recover from a bachelor party hangover.
Trix Yogurt is an elite-tier snack
TRX Yogurt is elite. The best. No free ads, but that's a good free ads. Do they exist? ... TRX Yogurt was discontinued in 2016... but it's since returned to the market.
We finished with a classic Guys on Chicks segment where PFT refused to believe a man would leave a date early for anything other than a gastrointestinal emergency. If the guy leaves, he’s either doomed or he’s blowing up a lobby bathroom.

