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Frank Kaminsky and Spencer Hawes on the Conglomerate, White NBA Players, and NFL Week 9
We have officially turned the calendar over to November, which means the Chicago Cubs are World Series champions, the sun is choking in the clutch gene department by setting at 4:30 PM, and the NFL has pivoted from breast cancer awareness to pretending to care about the troops for a month. Big Cat and PFT are back from Chicago after a historic weekend, while Hank is barely clinging to life after a trip to Baton Rouge for LSU-Alabama.
The Return of the Raiders and Salute to Service
NFL Week 9 saw the Raiders climb to the top of the AFC West, a development that Big Cat is fully embracing as a win for the entire sport of football.
Big CatThe Raiders are officially back.
The Raiders. The Raiders are officially back. And it's fun. The Raiders are like Notre Dame or maybe even the Yankees where everything's more fun when they're back.
As the league transitions into November, the guys noticed the sudden shift in sideline aesthetics. PFT has some concerns about the coaching staff's new wardrobe choices during the league's 'Salute to Service' initiative.
PFT CommenterNFL coaches wearing windbreakers with flags during Salute to Service month is 'stolen valor.'
I like the windbreakers that the coaches are wearing on the sidelines. They have their name and the American flag on it. It's basically a military uniform that they're wearing. So you could consider it to be stolen valor.
Since it's Movember, PFT also clarified that he will be participating in his own version of the tradition, mainly because his facial hair genetics are a flat zero.
PFT CommenterI am celebrating 'Pubesimber' instead of Movember because I can't grow good facial hair.
It's a rough month for me and guys like me that are faceballed that don't have the genetic blessings to be able to grow good facial hair. So since you guys are out there celebrating Movember, I actually celebrate Pubesimber... grow out the winter coat.
Football Guy of the Week and Who's Back
Will Muschamp locked up the Football Guy of the Week early by placing actual mousetraps around the South Carolina facility to warn his players about 'trap games.' It’s the kind of literal motivation that makes the sport great. Not to be outdone, Norv Turner resigned from the Vikings, which Big Cat interprets as the ultimate sacrifice.
Big CatNorv Turner is a football guy for 'falling on the sword' and quitting to help his team.
Norv Turner doesn't look like a football guy for quitting, right? But... He said that he felt like he was holding the team back. So he killed himself for the betterment of the team. Fell on the sword.
In Who’s Back, the guys discussed the growing rumors that Chip Kelly might be eyeing a return to his old stomping grounds in Eugene after a dismal run with the 49ers.
Big CatChip Kelly will leave the San Francisco 49ers for the Oregon head coaching job.
So Chip Kelly rumors are back, and I think he's going to go to Oregon. Then again, he did say he's not interested in it, and as we know, as Nick Saban proved to us... if a coach in the NFL says they're not going to college, that means they're not going to college.
Frank Kaminsky and Spencer Hawes in Studio
Recurring guests and members of 'The Conglomerate' Frank Kaminsky and Spencer Hawes joined the show in person to talk about the Hornets' hot start and the struggles of being white guys in the NBA. Spencer was feeling confident about their record early on.
Spencer HawesThe Charlotte Hornets will be 4-1 by the time this interview airs on Monday.
Actually, we're probably not going to have this interview until Monday, so what's your record going to be then? [Spencer Hawes]: Probably 4-1.
They discussed the 'athletic pinnacle' of white basketball players, Sam Dekker, and how he set the movement back several decades by tripping over his own feet and hitting himself in the face with the ball. This led PFT to wonder how a hypothetical white-vs-black All-Star game would actually play out.
PFT CommenterA team of all-star white guys would beat an all-star team of black guys because of 'grit' and 'taking charges.'
Who do you guys think would win, a team of all-star white guys or black guys?... Like I said, a lot of grit on our side. Miles and miles of heart. You guys could just take charges every possession.
Spencer, a proud Washington Husky, also addressed the first College Football Playoff rankings, arguing that being slighted is actually the best thing that could happen to his team.
Spencer HawesBeing ranked outside the top four in the College Football Playoff provides motivation for the Washington Huskies.
I actually think that it's going to provide us some good motivation being outside of the top four. Don't let the kids get complacent. Don't let them start reading all the headlines. Flip the script on them a little bit. Control our own destiny.
The conversation took a turn toward the future of PFT’s gender identity, as he put everything on the line regarding the ceiling of Bulls star Jimmy Butler.
PFT CommenterIf Jimmy Butler wins NBA MVP, I will undergo a sex change and become 'Marlins Woman'.
If Jimmy Butler does somehow win an MVP, PFT is going to get a sex change. [PFT]: I'm going to become Marlins woman, officially, yeah. That's how confident I am that this will never happen.
Is He Still Alive? and Sabermetrics
The show debuted a brand-new segment called 'Is He Still Alive?' which was born from a collective realization that nobody was quite sure if Hank Aaron was still with us (he is). The first round featured an emotional rollercoaster regarding Liz Taylor and the confirmation that Bob Barker is still neutering pets and staying alive.
Finally, Big Cat took a victory lap for Chicago's massive World Series parade, which apparently saw 5.5 million people descend on the city.
Big CatChicago is the 'Parade King' city with the best fans in the world.
All I know is that we parade cocked everyone else... Chicago Parade Kings, best fans... Chicago one-upped it [Tampa Bay].
While the parade was a success, Big Cat remains skeptical of Anthony Rizzo's decision to give the final out ball to the team's owner.
Big CatAnthony Rizzo gave the World Series ball to Cubs owner Tom Ricketts to suck up for a new contract.
Kind of a nice gesture, but like, dude, you're just giving away $2 million? Weird, right? Well, maybe Anthony Rizzo signed a contract... He's wildly underpaid. So maybe he's doing a little brown-nosing to get the owner to rip up the contract and give him some more money.
Between the Cubs winning and PFT single-handedly funding a hospital through Kyle Rudolph t-shirts, it’s a great time to be a fan of the program.
See you in Canada if the election goes south.
