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Brady Quinn on his Fuckable Spiral and Alex Armah on Citizen Arrests
Big Cat and PFT are coming to you live from the Meadowlands sportsbook, where the air is thick with the scent of bad parlays and AC units. They have officially transitioned into their final forms as professional viewers of college basketball, surviving a 15-hour marathon of games that saw Murray State dominate and Tom Izzo nearly enter the Octagon.
PFT CommenterWatching college basketball for 15 hours a day is a sport in itself
Watching college basketball for 15 hours a day is a sport. It is. It is literally a sport, and we're pretty fucking good at it.
While the first day lacked the massive 16-over-1 upsets we crave, it gave us plenty of storylines. Big Cat is already eyeing Ja Morant as the savior of his Chicago Bulls, while PFT was mesmerized by the sheer rage of Tom Izzo.
PFT CommenterI would have taken Tom Izzo in a fight against his own players
[Tom Izzo] was going at him. And you know what? I would have taken Tom Izzo in the fight. He looked like he should be on the sidelines wearing a white tank top with a stain on it. He was on Cops holding a pint of Jack. He was very, very angry.
They also checked in on Darren Rovell, who managed to keep his most impressive streak alive: not participating in any form of joy. Rovell claimed he "forgot" to fill out a bracket, which the guys see as a tactical brand move rather than a memory lapse.
PFT CommenterDarren Rovell's brand is being the guy who 'forgot' to fill out a bracket
Darren knows brands. And my suspicion is he realized at the very last minute that his brand is being the guy that doesn't fill out a bracket and tells you that he didn't. And so he was like, it'd be bad. It would just be a bad change of pace.
Brady Quinn on the Art of the Spiral
Former NFL QB and Notre Dame legend Brady Quinn joined the show to discuss a career that spanned from being the golden boy in South Bend to the chaotic revolving door of the Cleveland Browns. Big Cat didn't waste any time asking the hard-hitting questions, specifically inquiring about how Brady developed such a "fuckable spiral" during his college days.
Brady QuinnThe stripes on a college football enhance the look of a spiral compared to an NFL ball
The stripes on the college... because the college ball has extra stripes. It does enhance the ability of what a spiral looks like. Because you get the NFL, you really can't tell.
Brady offered some incredible behind-the-scenes looks at the 2007 draft class, including his time training with Jamarcus Russell. Despite Jamarcus's well-documented NFL struggles, Brady remains adamant that the raw power was unlike anything he’s ever seen, even comparing him to current arm-strength king Josh Allen.
Brady QuinnJamarcus Russell had a stronger arm than Josh Allen
I watched him [Jamarcus Russell] throw. I was like, holy hell. That dude had the strongest arm I've ever seen. I know you guys are big Josh Allen fans. I'm a big Josh Allen fan. Jamarcus Russell had a stronger arm than Josh Allen.
Beyond the arm strength, Brady got into the weeds on the Tim Tebow era in Denver. He provided a fascinating perspective on how the constant media scrutiny of Tebow’s mechanics actually became a self-fulfilling prophecy of inaccuracy.
Brady QuinnTim Tebow's inaccuracy was caused by over-thinking his mechanics after constant criticism
The problem is the biggest thing is if no one told him his throwing motion was messed up, he'd probably throw the ball with so much more confidence. What happened with him is... everyone started doubting him and his ability to like actually be accurate... if you're already thinking that before you throw the football, game over.
Fullback Energy with Alex Armah
Panthers fullback Alex Armah joined the program to discuss the most fullback headline of the offseason: the time he caught a man trying to steal his car and held him in an armbar until police arrived. It is truly the dream of every PMT listener to perform a citizen's arrest, and Alex didn't disappoint with the details.
Alex ArmahI was definitely willing to break the arm of the man trying to steal my car
Were you willing to break his arm? Because that's a true armbar. Oh, yeah. I was definitely willing to break his arm. Yeah, but he basically was like, stop and cry. He basically verbally tapped. Yeah, he verbally tapped, but that didn't stop me.
To celebrate the dying breed of the lead blocker, the guys did a special Mount Rushmore of Fullbacks. PFT used the opportunity to stump for John Kuhn, arguing that the fullback is actually the secret sauce behind Hall of Fame quarterback play.
PFT CommenterThe fullback is the one who actually makes the quarterback successful
Well, [John Kuhn] played, if you look at who he played with, his quarterbacks, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre, and Drew Brees. There's an argument to be made that the fullback makes the quarterback.
Way to Stay Relevant: Baseball
In a move that surprised absolutely no one who follows the sport's marketing blunders, MLB decided to have Ichiro—one of the most iconic players of the century—retire in the middle of the night during the first round of March Madness.
Big CatThe MLB retiring Ichiro at 7 AM in Japan is the worst way to stay relevant
Way to Stay Relevant Baseball, having one of the most liked superstars in the past probably 50 years retire at 7 a.m. when no one was watching in Japan... And on top of all of that, I actually woke up and... I went to Twitter to try to find some clips. Well, another one, MLB. I forgot. No one can tweet any clips from your product. So I couldn't even see Ichiro's last thing until you uploaded it on yourself. So good job, MLB.
The guys also touched on Bill Belichick showing up at Alabama's Pro Day wearing Crimson Tide gear. PFT has a theory that this wasn't just a friendly gesture between Nick Saban and Bill, but a calculated recruiting ploy to attract a very specific type of player.
PFT CommenterNick Saban paid Bill Belichick to wear an Alabama shirt to help recruit white wide receivers
I think that Saban paid him to wear the shirt because Saban knows they need to do a better job recruiting the Hunter Renfros of the world... What better way to recruit the, like, scrappy little white wide receivers than have Belichick be the new face of your program?
Good luck to everyone's brackets except Greeny's, because a perfect bracket is far too much power for one man to hold.
