Chael Sonnen and PJ Fleck on MMA, Rowing the Boat, and Bowl Season
It is officially Hot Stove season and the guys are already looking toward the future of the MLB landscape. While the Nats might be ready to move on from Bryce Harper, PFT is looking forward to the inevitable arrival of the league's biggest heel in the Bronx.
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.
With Chris Sale heading to the Red Sox, Hank is feeling himself as the Boston championship window looks wider than ever. Sale only has to change the color of his socks, and as a noted white sunglasses guy, he should fit right in with the local crowd.
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.
Bowl Season and Bad Bets
College bowl season is upon us and Big Cat is already preparing his bankroll for a beating. While some people love to complain about the sheer volume of games, Big Cat has zero time for the negativity because more bowls means more opportunities to ignore your family and lose money on a Tuesday afternoon.
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.
As they rolled through a game of "BCS or BS," PFT admitted that this is actually the time of year when he shines most.
The first two weeks of bowl season are usually when I make my money in gambling
This is usually the time of year that I do really well in gambling, actually. First two weeks of bowl season. That's when you make your money.
Chael Sonnen and the MMA Grind
Chael Sonnen joined the show to talk Bellator and his upcoming Submission Underground 2 event. The conversation went everywhere from how much an armbar actually hurts to why boxing is a sport that apparently exists in a vacuum. Chael didn't hold back on the realities of the fight game, including his brutal weight cuts and his thoughts on the "scam" of nutrition science.
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.
When asked about the potential spectacle of Conor McGregor stepping into the ring with Floyd Mayweather, Big Cat was the voice of reason regarding the outcome.
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.
Chael agreed, noting that Mayweather's dominance comes in a sport that has very little actual participation compared to something like wrestling.
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.
To wrap things up, PFT and Big Cat asked for some "Fisher Price" level PED recommendations for two out-of-shape guys just looking for a little more energy. Chael was happy to provide a medical starter kit.
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.
PJ Fleck: Rowing into Turdville
Western Michigan head coach PJ Fleck brought a level of energy to the show that made everyone want to run through a brick wall. He broke down the philosophy of "Row the Boat," explaining that the compass is the most vital part because it determines who you surround yourself with.
You will become elite if you surround yourself with elite people, but you'll head to 'Turdville' if you surround yourself with turds
The compass... that's the direction of your life, which will be surrounded by the people that you put yourself around. So if you put yourself around elite people, you're going to be elite. Put yourself around turds or headed towards Turdville.
Coach Fleck also addressed the College Football Playoff snubs, arguing that undefeated Group of Five teams deserve their shot at the big time.
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.
Kings Stay Kings
Jeff Fisher remains the undisputed king of keeping a job despite being the losingest coach in NFL history. Big Cat pointed out that in the modern NFL, where coaches are fired after two bad years, Fisher's record is likely safe forever.
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. ... Once Gus Bradley gets fired, then there's no chance anyone will break Jeff Fisher's record.
PFT took the glass-half-full approach, noting that Fisher is actually a job creator for the league's roster bubble.
Jeff Fisher is lowering the unemployment rate by cutting so many players and creating new jobs for others
Since he's been such a bad coach, he's had to cut a lot of players, which means he's created new jobs for other players. So really, he's out there. He's lowering the unemployment rate.
Always remember to stay woke: if the news stopped showing crimes the same way the NFL stops showing streakers, we’d have world peace by Friday.
Row the boat, don't wash your apples.

