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Chris Long On UVA's Title + Blake Bortles Wikipedia Club Is Back, EMERGENCY UPDATE - Magic Johnson

Wednesday, April 10, 201916 takes

The Virginia Cavaliers are your National Champions. Recapping the improbable Virginia run from last year to this plus instant replay is getting scorched online ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Space Jam 2 and Patrick Reed's Masters menu ( - ). 2X Super Bowl Champion and UVA Grad Chris Long joins the show to talk about the National Title Game, and the end of Virginia jokes online ( - ). Rams QB Blake Bortles joins the show to talk about his move to LA and choosing the Rams plus we read the Wikipedia's on Famous Floridians and the San Andreas Fault ( - ). Segments include Kings stay Kings for Skip Bayless, trouble in paradise Aaron Rodgers/Mike McCarthy, and Petty Wars Antonio Brown + Guys on Chicks.

Recap

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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Virginia's national title run is one of the coolest stories in sports history

UVA now becomes one of the coolest stories in all of sports going from the loss to UMBC last year as a one seed to a 16 seed never happened before to then get all the way back and go to the national title and win the national championship. It's all like one story. And it all kind of erases. I feel like if they don't have that low, they don't get to this high.

Virginia did win the 2019 National Championship after losing to a 16-seed in 2018.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The best sports teams are usually the luckiest ones

To me, it seems like the best teams are always the ones that get the luckiest. You can make the case like, oh, Tom Brady shouldn't have as many Super Bowls because the interception bailed him out at the end of the Seattle game... But it turns out that if you have luck that adds up a lot, you're probably just good.

This is a philosophical observation about sports success that is inherently subjective.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019
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Instant replay should have a shot clock to keep the game moving

We should just have a shot clock on the replays because that would be thrilling. If the ref only has a certain amount of time... if they can't find the replay fast enough, guess what? Tough shit.

This is a policy recommendation for sports broadcasting and officiating.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019
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HankHank

Jimmy Kimmel is no longer a 'guy's guy' because he thinks 'One Shining Moment' is bad

That's when Jimmy stopped being a guy's guy. [When he said] that one shining moment lived out its one shining moment 15 years ago... that it's not cool anymore.

The quality of a song and a person's status as a 'guy's guy' are subjective.

Emergency Update

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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Emergency Update
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Magic Johnson resigned because he wants to spend more time tampering

Magic Johnson... announces that he is stepping down as president of basketball operations from the Lakers... We all thought when he did it, we're like, oh, he is upset because he can't tamper as president. And so he wants to retire to spend more time with his tampering.

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Magic literally said in his resignation press conference that he wanted to be 'free' to congratulate players and do things that would be considered tampering as an executive.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Emergency Update
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LeBron James will eventually fire everyone in the Lakers organization, including Jeannie Buss

I think LeBron is going to fire everyone if they don't get another star. He'll go all the way up the ladder. He'll probably tell Jeannie Buss she's fired.

LeBron didn't actually fire Jeannie Buss (which he can't), but Luke Walton and Magic Johnson both left shortly after. The team eventually traded for Anthony Davis.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

LeBron is struggling to find co-stars for Space Jam 2 because players don't want to deal with him

He's having a very hard time recruiting co-stars to join the movie... Giannis denied him said he doesn't he doesn't like being Hollywood... they're worried about if they go to the movie then they're gonna have to potentially play with him on his team.

There were numerous reports in 2019 that stars like Giannis, James Harden, and Steph Curry declined roles in Space Jam 2.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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The Masters deserves all the hype it gets and cannot be overhyped

You can't overhype the Masters. Take your microphone off. That's a bad take. The Masters deserve all the hype.

The level of 'hype' an event deserves is subjective.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Patrick Reed's Masters menu is what a 14-year-old thinks an adult dinner looks like

This menu really is like what a 14 year old would think an adult's menu looks like. He basically was forced to be like well I like steak and and I don't really like anything else I like macaroni and cheese I'm surprised chicken fingers weren't on here.

This is a subjective critique of a food menu.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Tiramisu is an overrated dessert

The dessert is weird. It's tiramisu. Tiramisu is overrated, by the way.

Taste in dessert is subjective.

Interview

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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019
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Chris LongChris Long

Tony Bennett has revolutionized Virginia's style of play using Wisconsin's influence

I mean, Dick Bennett, you know. Indirectly a little bit. I mean, you guys, you know, kind of revolutionized our style of play, right?

Tony Bennett explicitly credits his father's 'Pack Line' defense and coaching philosophy, which was developed at Wisconsin, for his success at Virginia.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019
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Being a sports fan is way harder than being a professional player

It's totally different as a fan. It's almost more nerve-wracking. You just feel so hopeless... As a fan, I am just, man, I, uh, I'm, I'm a basket case... being a fan is way harder than being a player.

The psychological difficulty of being a fan vs. a player is subjective.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019
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I chose the Rams over meetings with Denver and Baltimore

The Rams was the first one. And after kind of spending the day there, I knew that was where I wanted to be, so I kind of just shut it down and got it done... I had a meeting with Denver and then Baltimore were the next two.

Bortles actually signed with the Rams on a one-year deal in March 2019.

Kings Stay Kings

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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Kings Stay Kings
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Skip Bayless won by getting the Virginia Cavaliers to talk about him after the title game

Anytime a championship team talks about an analyst, a troll analyst, they won. Mission accomplished. No matter who it is, no matter what it is that's giving Stephen A. Smith attention, Stephen A. is basking in it.

The goal of these analysts is engagement and relevance, which Ty Jerome provided by mentioning them in his post-game press conference.

Trouble In Paradise

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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Trouble in Paradise
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Aaron Rodgers isn't a malicious teammate, just passive-aggressive

I don't think that Aaron Rodgers is as bad as the article might have made him out to be. I don't think he is a maliciously bad teammate. I think he is very passive-aggressive and will cut someone off probably pretty quickly.

The internal personality traits of a player are subjective and debated among former teammates.

Petty Wars

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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2019·Petty Wars
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Antonio Brown is actually nuts and the Steelers will benefit by moving on

The bottom line is both Aaron Rodgers and Antonio Brown are a couple of messy bitches who love drama... It's come out that [AB] is basically like... yeah, he is insane... I could see an addition by subtraction.

The Steelers traded AB and he played only one game for the Patriots before a series of off-field issues essentially ended his peak career. The Steelers remained competitive while AB's tenure in Oakland never even reached the regular season.