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Frankie Muniz, The Open Championship + Billy’s Return For Mt Rushmore Of Things That Kick It Up A Notch

Monday, July 18, 20229 takes

Cam Smith wins the Open Championship robbing it from The feel good Rory McIlroy storyline. We get a comment from Cam for all the AWL’s live from Scotland. (-) Who’s back of the week including Fox making the worst graphic ever and Lebron at the Drew League. (-) Frankie Muniz joins the show to talk about his career as a child actor, race car driving, clapping back at people on twitter and tons more. (-) We finish the show with the return of Billy Football from his 1 month suspension and the Mt Rushmore of things that kick it up a notch (-)

Recap

Open
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Rory McIlroy will not finish in the top 10 at the 2027 Open Championship at St. Andrews

I don't think in 2027, I'm putting him, [Rory McIlroy] is not gonna finish in the top five... Okay. I mean, but 38 is not out of his, like he still will be very good at five years... Fine, top 10.

The Open Championship will return to St. Andrews in 2027 (though sometimes the rotation varies, PFT assumes a 5-year gap). This is pending.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022
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HankHank

Rory McIlroy did not deserve to win the 2022 Open Championship

If you're Rory and you're leading the Open and in the back nine, you only have one birdie... He didn't necessarily choke, but he didn't, he didn't deserve to win. Like he didn't, he didn't play the back nine like a champion.

This is a subjective assessment of a golfer's performance.

Who Is Back

Void
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James only played in the Drew League because he wants to be like Kobe Bryant

The Kobe one was awesome when he hit that game winner and everyone just mobbed him and LeBron just wants to be Kobe. So that's why he [played in the Drew League].

The motivation of LeBron James is inherently subjective.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022
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Frankie MunizFrankie Muniz

I was the last person to talk to Dale Earnhardt before his fatal crash at the 2001 Daytona 500

Dale Earnhardt came up to me and he goes, 'I just have to say, you've brought me and my daughter so much closer, your show.' ... Other than his crew chief essentially, I was the last person to talk to him.

While impossible to verify every single interaction Earnhardt had on the grid, Muniz's role as Grand Marshall and the timing of the interaction are well-documented.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022
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Frankie MunizFrankie Muniz

IndyCar has a better pool of drivers than Formula 1 because of car parity

I would say the best series of drivers, in my opinion, and this might get me in trouble, is IndyCar. Because there's 24 guys who race every week and all 24 of them could win... Where in Formula 1, it really is contingent upon what car you're in.

The relative skill of drivers across different disciplines is an ongoing debate and cannot be definitively proven.

Mount Rushmore

Void
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022·Mt. Rushmore
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Billy FootballBilly Football

The story about Zach Wilson sleeping with his mother's friend is a lie

The reason why it was never clarified is because it's a lie. It was said by a [Sod] lover... They just threw out that slander. Homey hopper. Exactly. I think that Zach is an outstanding man on and off the field.

While Wilson never explicitly confirmed the specific 'mom's friend' detail, his ex-girlfriend's public comments were the source, and the truth remains largely in the realm of celebrity gossip.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022·Mt. Rushmore
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Jack Nicklaus' name is actually pronounced 'Jack Naus'

First thing, Jack Nicklaus is pronounced Jack Naus... I think that those clips were the original way they pronounced his name and just over time it's been butchered.

Fact ClaimGolfScorchingSarcastic
The name is definitively pronounced 'Nick-luss'. Billy's claim is a running joke based on a single old broadcast clip.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

Putting a monster bet on a primetime game kicks it up a notch

It is going to be putting a monster bet on like a prime time or big game when you're like, all right, Sunday night football. Let's go fucking all in here... That feeling, that rush you have where you're like, this is gonna be awesome.

The quality of an experience based on a bet is purely subjective.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2022·Mt. Rushmore
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

60% of bank robberies go unsolved

My theory about bank robbers is I think you get away with robbing banks way more than we're told... I think like 60% of bank robberies go unsolved. It's a great business model.

According to the FBI, the clearance rate for bank robberies is typically around 50-60%, meaning PFT's claim that 60% go *unsolved* is roughly the inverse of reality.