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Chael Sonnen and PJ Fleck 12/07/16

Wednesday, December 7, 201611 takes

Hot Stove season and the guys are ready to talk MLB and College Bowl Season ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne( - )). MMA Fighter Chael Sonnen joins the show to talk professional fighting, arm bars, Mayweather vs Pacquiao ( - ). Western Michigan Head Coach PJ Fleck joins the show to talk about motivation, bowl season, and rowing the boat ( - ). Segments include Battle of the Sexes, Kings Stay Kings, Hurt or Injured, Sabermetrics, and Stay Woke

Recap

Loss
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryce Harper will eventually sign with the New York Yankees

Bryce Harper is going to look great in pinstripes. ... If you look back over the course of history, this is the biggest prediction that everybody will get right.

Bryce Harper signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in March 2019, never playing for the Yankees.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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HankHank

The Red Sox championship window is currently two to three years

Yeah, it's like two or three years. ... Luckily, their third best pitcher [Rick Porcello] just won the Cy Young.

The Red Sox won the World Series in 2018, which was exactly within the two-year window predicted.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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Big CatBig Cat

Complaints about there being too many college football bowl games are invalid

Shut the fuck up, people who complain about too many bowls. Oh, there's too much football. Free football is always good. If there's something, oh my God, I don't want to have another game I can bet on on a Tuesday afternoon when I don't want to talk to my family over the holiday season. Shut up.

This is a subjective opinion about the volume of sports content.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Push
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ryan Fitzpatrick will spend the next ten years as a premier NFL backup

He's got another 10 years in this league as a backup. ... You get your name out there as a starter for four games. Little film. All of a sudden... You're one of the premier backups in the league.

Fitzpatrick played 6 more seasons until 2021, retiring in early 2022. He didn't reach 10 years, but he maintained the backup/bridge role for most of that time.

Interview

Loss
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

Nutrition science in athletics is mostly a scam to sell books

I don't know how much nutrition has to really do with anything. I think most of the guys that preach the book of nutrition are looking to do just that, sell books. I'm not sure that there's any validity that you can't eat fats or saturated or carbohydrates. ... There's really no proof that bananas and nuts are any better for you than Big Macs and fries. If you can make the weight, you can make the weight.

Modern sports science heavily disputes that processed fast food provides the same performance and recovery benefits as whole foods, regardless of weight management.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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Big CatBig Cat

Conor McGregor would be soundly defeated and unable to land a punch on Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match

I think Conor McGregor, if he had to box Floyd Mayweather in actual boxing rules, he would get beat so soundly, and he would not be able to touch Floyd Mayweather.

Floyd Mayweather defeated Conor McGregor via 10th-round TKO. While McGregor landed some punches, the result was a decisive and relatively comfortable win for Mayweather.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

Boxing is a sport that almost nobody actually participates in

Mayweather's very good at what he does, but he is in a sport that nobody participates in. ... I never met a man that boxed. I could go a step further. I don't know where a boxing gym is. ... I couldn't tell you where to go to buy boxing gloves. And now that I just said it, you guys and all your listeners are going, yeah, he's right. Nobody boxes.

While participation rates in boxing are lower than in some other major sports, millions of people still participate in boxing globally for recreation or competition.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

I recommend testosterone and growth hormone as the best starting performance-enhancing drugs

If you were to use, I would say use testosterone for a couple of reasons. One, it's very effective, but two, it's also very affordable. ... I'll go with testosterone and growth hormone as a second.

This is a medical recommendation from a non-doctor with significant personal experience; it's medically subjective but effectively 'accurate' advice for someone seeking those specific outcomes.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
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PJ FleckPJ Fleck

An undefeated Group of Five team deserves a shot in the College Football Playoff

Now, if you go 13-0 and 13-0, I think you deserve a shot in the Final Four. I really do. Same thing with a Boise State or a Houston or a Group of Five team that does that.

This remained a major debate for years until Cincinnati (a Group of Five team) was selected for the Playoff in 2021.

Kings Stay Kings

Loss
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016·Kings Stay Kings
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Big CatBig Cat

Jeff Fisher's record for most losses in NFL history will never be broken

Jeff Fisher's losingest head coach in NFL history might be the untouchable record. ... Because they fire coaches now instantly. If you lose, you get two years max. There's no chance.

Bill Belichick tied Jeff Fisher and Dan Reeves for the most regular-season losses by an NFL head coach (165) at the end of the 2023 season. Fisher's record was caught by a legend, but it is no longer 'untouchable'.

Stay Woke

Void
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016·Stay Woke
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

News broadcasts should stop reporting on crimes to discourage copycats, similar to how the NFL stops showing streakers

The news should stop showing all the bad stuff that happens so it's work for me they should follow the NFL's lead once again Roger Goodell is a thought leader trying to improve society so hey news big news producers out there maybe stop leading with mass murders cut away from them and have Gruden just talk that's right and then and then there won't be any more murders

This is a satirical commentary on media psychology and social contagion.