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The World Cup knockout stage is officially here, and Big Cat and PFT are ready to ride with Team USA. Despite a late loss to Turkey in the group stage, PFT isn't sweating the small stuff. He’s convinced the path through Belgium and Senegal is exactly what the doctor ordered, even if he’s already looking past a few opponents.
PFT CommenterThe US loss to Turkey in the World Cup group stage means absolutely nothing
The second that we got scored on by Turkey in the last minute, don't really care at all that we lost that game. That game means less than nothing to us. No one's gonna remember what you did in that third game. We already advanced first in our group.
PFT CommenterBelgium's national soccer team isn't that good
I don't think that Belgium's that good. I'll say it. Maybe I'm looking past Bosnia and Herzegovina, but in Senegal path, I love it.
Naturally, the conversation turned to the absolute mess that is VAR. PFT reached a breaking point with the technology, especially after seeing goals called back for a literal pinky toe being offsides.
PFT CommenterVAR makes soccer a lot worse, especially for offsides calls.
I think that soccer is one sport that we can say the VAR it makes a lot of stuff worse. Yeah, the offsides on the VAR is so much worse.
Big Cat, meanwhile, took a victory lap on his Cristiano Ronaldo hate, calling him an absolute bum after his lackluster group stage performance.
Big CatCristiano Ronaldo is an absolute bum
But yeah, Ronaldo's, I mean, he's an absolute bum. I think we can all agree, right? Zach?
Phil Mickelson and NBA Drama
Outside of soccer, the world of golf is buzzing with rumors that Phil Mickelson is getting kicked out of exclusive clubs for some truly unhinged behavior, including allegedly showing a teammate's wife a very specific flex photo.
PFT CommenterThe walls are closing in on Phil Mickelson
Walls might be closing in on Phil a little bit. It wasn't just the kid, it was like everybody at that club. He was known for going up to them and just being like, Hey, I'm just gonna leave my phone in your cart for a couple hours. Hope that's cool.
In Who’s Back, Hank defended Jaylen Brown after an anonymous analytics guy ranked him as only the seventh-best player on a team. Hank is ready for a scorched-earth campaign from the Finals MVP.
HankJaylen Brown will go on a revenge tour next season.
Jaylen Brown is gonna be on a revenge tour this year and I want him on the Celtics.
Big Cat backed him up, noting that there isn't a single roster in the league where Brown isn't a top-two option.
Big CatJaylen Brown is the best or second best player on every team in the NBA.
It is insane that anyone would say that [Jaylen Brown] is the seventh best player on an NBA team. He's gonna be the best or second best player depending on what team you pick. I don't think you can pick a team that you'd be the, I actually don't think you could pick a team that you'd be the third best.
Dave Portnoy: Cancel Me If You Can
Dave Portnoy joined the show for a heavy-hitting interview to promote his new book. The conversation got real when discussing the "sliding doors" moments in Barstool history, specifically the fallout from the ESPN and Barstool Van Talk debacle. Dave credits that disaster with creating the "common enemy" mentality that fueled the company’s massive growth.
Dave PortnoyBarstool wouldn't be as big as it is if ESPN hadn't cancelled Barstool Van Talk
I don't think we're like the behemoth if ESPN didn't ironically create a common enemy for all of us to unite against. That is a huge moment. That was the moment that realigned kind of everybody and forced us down the path where it's gonna be us kind of together.
He also admitted that without the legalization of sports gambling, he might have walked away from the company entirely when his first contract after the Chernin investment was up.
Dave PortnoyI probably would have left Barstool Sports if sports gambling wasn't legalized.
I didn't think I would stay [at Barstool], I don't know what would've happened with Barstool. I don't know what they would've done with you guys contracts, but I think I probably would've been on my own.
Dave stood by the brand's history, arguing that while critics love to cherry-pick old content, the sheer volume of material they produced without editors is actually a testament to their track record.
Dave PortnoyBarstool's track record of avoiding offensive content is actually very good considering how much was published without an editor.
I actually think our track record is so good for the amount that we're publishing trying to be funny with no editor. And it's like that I always, it's like you going back to 2010 for one blog when you've got read everything I've ever written. But you just try and make people laugh.
Zach Top and the Return to Tradition
Country music phenom Zach Top stopped by the studio to talk about his rapid rise and his Grammy win for Best Traditional Country Album. Even as a winner, Zach admitted that taking home a trophy over a legend like Willie Nelson felt a little wrong.
Zach discussed how he never consciously chose his sound; he just grew up on the greats and feels like the genre is finally swinging back away from the "bro-country" era.
Country music is currently cycling back toward its traditional roots
Now people are kind of, alright, let's, kind of get back to come back home where this came from. I feel like that's kind of where we are right now. Country music finds some new wacky edgy sound, chase that for a little while and then people eventually feel like, ah, yeah, but let's get back to what we know and love.
To wrap things up, he gave us a very specific and very traditional Mount Rushmore of country songs that would make any old-school fan proud.
The Mount Rushmore of country music songs is 'Amarillo by Morning', 'If Drinking Don't Kill Me', 'Between an Old Memory and Me', and 'Today I Started Loving You Again'.
My Mount Rushmore, I'd go Amarillo by morning and then I would probably go, if drinking Don't Kill Me, George Jones, her memory will. And then I would go, there's gotta be a Merle Haggard song in there. Let's go with Today I started Loving You Again.
Always remember: if you’re at the game and the national anthem starts, don't call your teacher "mom" and don't miss your note.
