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Friday Winners With Stanford Steve, Recapping Day 1 Of March Madness, Bonus Mt Rushmore Of March Madness Things + Fyre Fest Of The Week Including Possible Severance Spoilers (We Haven't Seen The Finale Yet)

Friday, March 21, 202512 takes

Day 1 of Madness is over and McNeese State wins the day. We recap everything that happened on Day 1 including some teams flexing their muscles and Will Wade's boys with a huge win (-). While watching basketball we missed another couple Georgia Football arrests and a creepy Michigan story (-). Bonus out of season Mt Rushmore of March Madness things (-). Stanford Steve joins the show to break down the entire Friday card, helps us find some winners, and some stories from Super Bowl Week. We finish with fyre fest of the week and some Severance talk. None of us have seen the finale yet so there are no spoilers about that but we make predictions so if you aren't caught up before the Finale fast forward.

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

McNeese State dominated Clemson despite the close final score

McNeese State I think leads the, leads the storyboard because what a day for Will Wade... and gives us a classic 12 5 upset where I know it looks like a two point game, but they were dominating Clemson for, for the majority of the game.

The speaker is recapping a game that occurred in the fictionalized/future context of the episode (2025).
Void
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Will Wade being honest about leaving for NC State is better than coaches who lie

I'd rather will Wade be transparent about it. Yeah. It's awkward that he took a new job before his team even played in the tournament... I'd rather have the Will Wade where you're just upfront about it and saying, yeah, I'm talking to NC State. Oh yep. I got a new job.

This is a subjective moral judgment on coaching behavior.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Self is on the hot seat after losing in the first round as a preseason number one

Is Bill Self on the hot seat? I don't know if he's on the hot seat... Kansas also, they became the second AP preseason number one to lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Obviously Bill self not on the hot seat, but it's fun to have the conversation.

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Bill Self is objectively not on the hot seat despite the loss.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Kansas was not built for a long tournament run this year

I think most Kansas fans saw this coming in the fact that they just weren't built for a long run... Moreover, they won one tournament NCAA tournament game in this time there. [Hunter Dickinson] is done.

Kansas's performance in the 2025 tournament is part of the show's context.

Interview

Open
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Stanford SteveStanford Steve

Mississippi State will beat Baylor because Hubbard can shoot over the zone

I'll stick with the SEC. I'm gonna go Mississippi State. [Hubbard] leads, I think he shoots nine over nine. Threes a game and [Baylor] plays zone over 20% of the time and Hubbard will just shoot over it.

This is a prediction for a 2025 game that has not occurred in reality.
Open
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Stanford SteveStanford Steve

Take Colorado State to upset Memphis

I still think, you know, as a player, like I said, I, I have Maryland advancing anyway. I would just take the 12 here. So you have your 12 5.

Prediction for a 2025 tournament game.
Open
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Stanford SteveStanford Steve

BYU is a legitimate threat to win the National Championship

BYU's a team that everyone's picking against, but they they were on the list. [PFT: BYU can win the national title?] Yes.

Prediction for the 2025 tournament outcome.
Open
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Stanford SteveStanford Steve

Alabama and Tennessee are the two best bets to win the National Championship

I'll give you a they're on the same side. Alabama and Tennessee. I do feel different about Tennessee... they're better offensively. It's not even a question.

Prediction for the 2025 tournament outcome.

Fyre Fest

Void
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025·Fyre Fest
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HankHank

Bill Chisholm is a smart business mind and will be a great owner for the Celtics

Clearly a very smart business mind. And I'm excited to, to see what he's got in store. Hopefully he likes the Celtics and isn't doing this as a business.

Subjective opinion on a business figure's potential as a sports owner.
Open
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025·Fyre Fest
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HankHank

Helly is going to kill her father in the Severance Season 2 finale

I want death. I want multiple deaths. Oh, I think Helly's gonna kill her dad. No, I mean, she's showed... she tried to kill herself. They think that she's her daughter who's like the whatever of the company, but they don't know Hellie down there.

This prediction would be resolved by watching the Season 2 finale of Severance.

Other

Void
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

T. Higgins signed a fake one-year contract that is essentially a mega-franchise tag

This is a fake contract. Well he is getting a lot of money this year over what would've been the franchise tag... essentially he got mega tagged. Yeah, he got mega tagged.

The interpretation of a contract as 'fake' or a 'mega tag' is an analysis of its structure.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 21, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

TV networks must fix scoreboard spoilers that show scores ahead of the live broadcast

I don't understand how it's still an issue... if you're watching four games at once, half the time you see the scoreboard on one game and it will be ahead of the actual game you're watching... figure it out. Don't let it spoil us.

This is an opinion on broadcast quality.