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CFB With Brandon Walker, CFP Rankings, Patriots Crush The Giants, Hot Seat/Cool Throne + Listener FAQ's

Wednesday, December 3, 202512 takes

The CFP rankings are out and James Madison is finally ranked in the Top 25. We talk about the dumb committee rankings (-) and then talk MNF with the Patriots killing the Giants (-). More coaching carousel and Hot Seat/Cool Throne including the Steelers in a bad bad place and Lebron stat padding plus we try to figure out F1 for the thousandth time (-). Brandon Walker joins the show to talk rivalry week, Lane Kiffin out of his state, his predictions for this year, why he's obsessed with Oklahoma and who could win the National Championship (-). We finish the show with listener FAQ's (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

James Madison is a better team than Notre Dame

Does that mean that JMU is better than Notre Dame? I have no choice but to say yes. It does mean that because we would be in, Notre Dame would be out.

This is inherently subjective, but JMU being ranked #25 as a Group of Five team vs Notre Dame is a massive talent gap. The committee would never genuinely rank JMU ahead on merit alone.
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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The College Football Playoff will eventually expand to 16 teams

We knew it was gonna be chaotic and weird for the first couple of years of this. I think it eventually will get to 16 and then people will stop bitching as much because you're getting closer and closer to where the natural rankings are.

The playoff has already expanded from 4 to 12. 16 is the logical next step for revenue and to include more at-large teams.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The Steelers have become a retirement home for players

The Steelers did sign Adam Thielen today, who is a 2018 pro bowler... Mike Tomlin has gotten to the point where you can just perfectly troll him and predict everything he does... the Steelers are just become a retirement home for, for players. It's crazy.

The signing of Adam Thielen, Russell Wilson, and Justin Fields supports this narrative of taking chances on veteran reclamation projects.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Younghoe Koo's terrible field goal attempt was a check swing, not the yips

It looked like the yips. I thought he had the yips... But when I heard his explanation after the game, I watched it again... it was his holder Gilliam, he caught it. And then the ball started to fall a little bit. And so at the last second, Younghoe pulled up... It was a check swing.

While it was a terrible kick, the visual evidence of the holder fumbling and Koo stuttering supports the 'check swing' theory over a pure mental block.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Drake Maye is not in the elite 300-yard passing club yet

Drake Maye is not on it. There's an elite club and all the players know about it. The 300 club, the 300 yard club... he hasn't thrown for 300 yards yet. What's up with that?

As of the recording date, Drake Maye had not yet surpassed 300 passing yards in a single NFL game.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Mike Tomlin and the Steelers are likely to break up after this season

My Hot Seat is Mike Tomlin and the Steelers. Because I actually think that he might, this might be it... they don't change anything. And it's, I mean, TJ Watt said it. I think the bills ran the same play 27 times on Sunday. Yeah. That's insane. It feels like this is finally [the end].

Tomlin signed an extension through 2027 in the real world, but the sentiment of the 'break up' is a recurring narrative every time the Steelers struggle.
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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is officially in his stat-padding era

My Cool Throne is LeBron because congratulations to LeBron. He kept his streak alive of scoring 10 games, which is a totally made up streak... Can we just admit that LeBron's in his stat padding time, like it's fine. It's fine.

This is subjective, but LeBron's emphasis on scoring streaks and playing with his son Bronny supports the narrative of focusing on legacy milestones.
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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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ZacZac

The 'Blob' weather pattern could mean the end of the world

B-Big Cat, We are Earth could be finished. We could be done... There's a world, the blob never goes away... I do wanna say you're right. I was being dramatic there. Blob will go away, but it's sinking its toes right now.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The Earth is not literally ending due to a seasonal weather pattern, though 'The Blob' is a real meteorological phenomenon.

Interview

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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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Brandon WalkerBrandon Walker

Lane Kiffin will leave LSU for an NFL job in four years

He's gonna leave for the Dolphins job or the Bills job. He's gonna leave an NFL job in four years... he's proven he could do it in the SEC... but he's just a guy doing a job.

Kiffin just started at LSU in this transcript's timeline. Whether he stays 4 years is a future event.
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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Texas should not be in the College Football Playoff because they lost to Florida

I have a take and, and people will probably say this is wrong, but it's my take... Texas is out... That Florida lost. I know they have three very good wins... that's not a playoff team.

Texas did end up making the playoff in reality, proving Big Cat's 'should be out' stance was contrarian to the committee's actual logic.
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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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Brandon WalkerBrandon Walker

Texas A&M is a fraudulent team

Texas a and m has the classic look of a fraudulent team... Their first seven SEC games where they started seven and oh, they played teams ranked nine through 16 in the sec. The second they played somebody in the Top half league, Texas stumped them. This looks like a team that feels like a fraud.

A&M's late-season losses often validate Brandon's 'fraud' labels, but 'fraudulent' is ultimately a subjective sports descriptor.
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Take Slip·Dec 3, 2025
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Brandon WalkerBrandon Walker

Michigan is a poorly coached team and Sherrone Moore is a mistake

They are a poorly coached football team in for 2025... they just, they, they're going to a gunfight with a, with a knife. They just can't do it. And Sherrone Moore is, they're wasting their time with Sherrone Moore as the head coach.

Michigan's performance in the 2024 season (and looking toward 2025 in the transcript) has seen a noticeable drop-off in offensive production and discipline.