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Coach Jim Calhoun, Grit Week 2021 & Mt Rushmore Of Songs To Listen To While Driving

Monday, August 16, 20219 takes

Grit Week 2021 is here. We’re about to hit the road through the rust belt but first want to talk some preseason football and our lacrosse team being the best ever ( - ). Who’s back of the week ( - ). Coach Jim Calhoun joins the show to talk about Grit, his coaching style, old school Big East basketball, Calhoun vs the media and lots more ( - ). Mt Rushmore of songs to listen to while driving and Monday Reading Billy’s Mintz Experiment

Recap

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Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL preseason should have a full Sunday slate with RedZone to help fans practice for the regular season

I think that the preseason should mimic the regular season and that we should have a full Sunday of football with a red zone to get us ready because the random start times... Give me, let me actually practice what it feels like to get up on a Sunday and get my body ready and watch every team play.

The NFL has not changed the preseason schedule to a uniform Sunday block; it remains spread across various days and times.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL's new taunting rule is going to be brutal and should be complained out of the league

The taunting rule fucking sucks. It's going to be brutal and we're going to all... It is the dumbest rule ever. We need to [complain it away].

The rule was heavily criticized and enforcement was somewhat softened in subsequent seasons, though it remains on the books.
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Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mac Jones might win NFL Rookie of the Year

I think I'm going to Zig while everybody's eggs. I think Mac Jones might be the rookie of the year... If Mac Jones gets in week four, then how many games? 13 games. If he goes nine and four, see, I think he gets rookie of the year.

Ja'Marr Chase won the 2021 Offensive Rookie of the Year. Mac Jones finished second in the voting.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Saints should start Jameis Winston over Taysom Hill

There was one article that said that Taysom Hill is the assumed starter for the year. It is bullshit. Hashtag start Jameis bullshit. Give me Jameis, feed me Jameis. How can you start Taysom Hill? Cause then you can't use him for the gadget plays.

Jameis Winston was indeed named the starter for the 2021 season.
Win
Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

I don't want the Waterdogs to win the championship if it is played on an NFL Sunday

If the Waterdogs want to be the best dogs possible, they would lose in the semifinals. So we don't have to watch them in the finals... I don't want to have to be burdened with them on an NFL Sunday.

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The Waterdogs lost in the semifinals in 2021, meaning Big Cat's 'wish' to not have to watch them in the final on an NFL Sunday was granted.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Tony La Russa will win MLB Manager of the Year

He's gonna win manager of the year. It's going to be so funny when that happens and everyone's going to be [pissed].

Kevin Cash (AL) and Gabe Kapler (NL) won the awards in 2021. La Russa was a finalist but did not win.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021
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Jim CalhounJim Calhoun

Winning a Big East regular season and tournament championship meant more than a National Championship

I think that actually might mean more than the national championship. Deep down it is... Boy did we all miss, you know, Jimmy and all of us... it's much better fighting your own neighborhood. The guys you know, the guys you have to recruit against.

This is a subjective opinion from a Hall of Fame coach about his own career priorities.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021
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Jim CalhounJim Calhoun

The 2004 UConn team had the best talent of any I ever coached

I th I think the magical team might've been all for... Because number two in draft Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Josh Boone, Hilton Armstrong, Marcus Williams, six first round draft choices not all at once, but that was the best team I should say. Best talent.

This is the coach's subjective professional opinion on his rosters.

Monday Reading

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Take Slip·Aug 16, 2021·Monday Reading
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I can turn Ben Mintz into a 'lab rat turned muscle hamster' by controlling his diet and supplements

I now have the perfect opportunity [to] control all the variables and turn Ben Mintz into a lab rat turned muscle hamster... Basically I control all the variables. Like literally he's not going to be able to eat a meal without me. I'm going to pump this guy full of creatine, get him squatting heavy and see what happens.

Ben Mintz did engage in some fitness content with Billy, but he did not undergo a massive, lasting transformation into a 'muscle hamster' as Billy described.