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Kyle Wiltjer 03/25/2016

Friday, March 25, 201612 takes

The guys talk about RG3 signing with the Browns, Big Cat's irrational fear of Jeff Fisher leaving the Rams, and what it means to be a "football guy". Gonzaga player Kyle Wiltjer joins the show to talk about his game against Syracuse and an Adam Morrison story that you will not want to miss. Segments include People forget that and Jimbo of the week.

Recap

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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016
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Robert Griffin III performs best when there are no expectations

He performs really well when he has low expectations. So I think it's a good fit for that. Like he went to Baylor. Nobody expected him to do shit at Baylor. Played well there. Played well his first year in Washington. I mean, nobody expects a Redskins quarterback to be very good. And then once they got to the playoffs, all of a sudden he had expectations.

While RG3 was a Heisman winner (high expectations), his first year in Washington was a surprise success. However, his tenure in Cleveland was a failure, starting only 5 games.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016
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Robert Griffin III will start 6-8 games for the Browns, win three, and become a career backup after getting injured

Griffin will start six to eight games this year, and he'll win three of them. So it'll be like RG three and three. And then he'll get injured again, and then they'll bring in, you know, whichever quarterback that they draft at the second overall pick. And then Griffin will just be on the bench again, and then he'll be a career backup after that.

RG3 started 5 games for the Browns in 2016, went 1-4, and was placed on IR after Week 1. He did indeed spend the rest of his career as a backup for the Ravens.
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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016
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The NFL told the Rams they wouldn't have to do 'Hard Knocks' if they drafted Michael Sam

What came out yesterday was that the Rams, when they were drafting him [Michael Sam], they got a call from the NFL league office and the NFL said, hey, if you draft Michael Sam, we won't make you do Hard Knocks because they were one of like three or four teams that could possibly do Hard Knocks that year. And so they drafted Michael Sam. This report says to avoid having the HBO cameras in their locker room the whole time.

Both Jeff Fisher and the NFL vehemently denied this report. Howard Balzer, who reported it, stood by it, but it remains a disputed conspiracy rather than a proven fact.
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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016
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If Jeff Fisher is fired, he will spend six years on CBS before coaching the Raiders

What will happen to Jeff is if they go like 3-13, if they have fewer than six wins this year, he'll get fired. And then he'll be on CBS for like the next six years pretending to laugh during the pregame show. And then he'll go back to the Raiders or something like that.

Fisher was fired later in 2016 after starting 4-9. He did not become a CBS mainstay or coach the Raiders; he essentially retired from NFL coaching.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016
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Jeff Fisher helped move the Rams to LA specifically to have excuses for poor coaching performance

I am absolutely convinced that Jeff Fisher was instrumental in like moving the entire franchise of the Rams to LA because Jeff knew that once he gets to Los Angeles, he's coming off a big move. He's got some excuses. If things don't go well, he's like, I'm still unpacking my shit... you can't fire him if he just has the cable guy at his house all the time.

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While funny, Fisher was actually fired mid-season in the very first year in LA, proving the move didn't buy him much time.
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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016
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True 'Football Guys' don't actually poop because their bodies are too efficient

Real football guys, their bodies operate so efficiently that they—first of all, they don't really eat meals because they're just too busy watching film. They eat like a couple granola bars... their bodies are just so efficient at burning everything, converting everything to energy. They just like—they don't crap. It just all goes right into the muscles or the fat... I don't think that Jeff Fisher can crap his pants because I would submit that Jeff Fisher doesn't crap.

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Biologically impossible, though a legendary piece of PMT satire.

Interview

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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016
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Adam Morrison is an apocalypse prepper with a bunker and guns in Spokane

The guy is fully equipped. If there was an apocalypse, he's got food stashed in the way, everything. So he could survive anything. Yeah, he's got guns, everything. He's got a bunker, everything. He's a pro... He thinks something's going down with politics or something. Because if you ever ask him a political question, you will get a great answer. I'd probably say he just thinks there's basically, he thinks everyone is corrupt.

This story has been corroborated by multiple people close to Morrison over the years, including other former Gonzaga players.

People Forget That

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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016·People Forget That
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The NCAA banning the slam dunk for nine years was the most racist rule in sports history

So people forget that college basketball banned the slam dunk for nine years. And they banned it because of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar because he was dunking on all these white guys. I think that's probably the most racist rule to ever be enacted—like blatantly racist rule to ever be enacted in sports is that you're not allowed to dunk the ball anymore in basketball.

The rule was indeed enacted from 1967-1976 and is widely cited by historians as a reaction to Lew Alcindor's (Kareem's) dominance. Whether it is the 'most racist' is subjective, but it is a widely held historical view.
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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016·People Forget That
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Banning the home run in baseball would make the sport unwatchable

I would love that rule [banning the home run]. That would be a great rule. Could you imagine? Actually, that would basically make baseball unwatchable, now that I'm saying it out loud.

This is an inherently subjective opinion on entertainment value.
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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016·People Forget That
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If a pitcher ever dies on the mound, MLB will force pitchers to wear helmets and face contraptions

Well, so if a pitcher dies on the baseball mound, the game is going to like completely change. Right. They're going to make pitchers wear helmets and there may be even like some sort of weird face contraption. I don't know.

While no pitcher has died on the mound in MLB recently, the league did introduce optional protective headgear for pitchers in 2014, and some minor leaguers wear it.
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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016·People Forget That
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The best way to cure a hangover in Las Vegas is to breathe the oxygen pumped into the casinos

Actually, the best thing to do in Vegas if you're hungover is to go down to the casino and start playing some cards or go to the sports book because they pump oxygen into the casinos. And so if you want to not be tired anymore, just go down there and breathe that thick-ass air, and you'll be okay much faster than if you got an IV.

The idea that casinos pump oxygen is a myth; it would be a major fire hazard and is illegal. Most casinos just use heavy ventilation and scenting.

Jimbos

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Take Slip·Mar 25, 2016·Jimbos
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I am almost completely done with the 2016 Chicago Bulls

I thought there was no way in hell that the Chicago Bulls would lose two back-to-back games against the New York Knicks. Boy, was I wrong. So that one was a big-time Jimbo. Hurt me in the wallet. Hurt me in the heart. Hurt me in the soul. I am so close to being hashtag done with the Chicago Bulls.

The 2015-16 Bulls did indeed miss the playoffs, proving Big Cat's frustration justified, though he never actually stops being a fan.