PMT DB
PMT DB
March Madness Madness, NFL Trade Chaos, and White Boy Summer
The brains are officially melting in Detroit. Big Cat and PFT are deep in the tournament trenches, gambling responsibly and trying to make sense of a Sweet 16 that saw favorites flex while some Cinderellas finally saw their carriages turn back into pumpkins. The energy is high, the sleep is low, and the takes are flying as fast as a Javon Quinerly behind-the-head pass.
Oregon State and the Team of Destiny
Oregon State is doing things that shouldn't be possible for a team that lost to Portland State earlier this year. Wayne Tinkle has gone from the hot seat to being the greatest coach in the history of the universe in a three-week span. Big Cat is fully bought in on the Beavers' run, regardless of how they looked in the regular season.
Big CatOregon State is the greatest team of all time
Oregon State, Loyola Chicago. Oregon State is just the greatest team of all time. And I'm going to say that about pretty much every team, just be warned that I don't have a lot in my repertoire right now, but they are the greatest team as of right now.
While Oregon State rolls on, Baylor managed to survive Villanova despite a horrific shooting performance from deep. PFT isn't entirely sold on the Bears being an untouchable juggernaut just yet given their streakiness.
PFT CommenterBaylor is beatable because they are a streaky shooting team
I'm caught between that they [Baylor] didn't play their best and still won, so they're really good, and they're beatable because they went three for 19 from three, and they were a little bit streaky. Their best players didn't play their A games.
Then there was the end of the Oral Roberts run. It was a fun ride while it lasted, but the guys are mostly glad the "Oral sex" jokes from random guys at the bar are finally over. Of course, the sportswriting community couldn't just let the 15-seed be a fun story without digging into the school's handbook to find something to be mad about.
PFT CommenterSportswriters are the only people capable of ruining the Oral Roberts feel-good story
And we finally got actually Oral Roberts' bad takes coming from some of the sportswriters who dug into the history of the school, found all the quotes from all the people there. And only sportswriters could make Oral not a feel-good story. They could suck the fun out of a blowjob.
Gonzaga is an Absolute Wagon
Moving to the other side of the bracket, Gonzaga is making everyone else look like they're playing a different sport. After they dismantled Creighton, Big Cat started drawing comparisons to one of the most dominant tournament runs in recent memory.
Big CatGonzaga is the 2018 Villanova of this tournament
Gonzaga's starting to feel like the 2018 Nova team that beat everyone by double digits and just blitzed everyone. We were at that championship game. They were an absolute wagon. It's starting to feel like that. Because you thought like, oh, Creighton, they hit the three... They didn't hang with them at all.
PFT CommenterI've accepted that Gonzaga is winning the National Championship
Gonzaga is probably not going to lose. I've just accepted the fact Gonzaga is probably going to win this NCAA championship.
It wasn't all highlights, though. Alabama’s exit was particularly painful to watch, mostly because of their 11-for-25 performance from the charity stripe. Big Cat thinks their analytical approach to practice might have backfired when they actually needed to hit a standard, boring shot.
Big CatAlabama's refusal to shoot mid-range jumpers hurt their free throw shooting
I would ask maybe the lack of mid-range jump shots in practice and making it one point and saying everyone has to only shoot fours or twos had something to do with them going 11 for 25 from the free throw line in a very important situation.
Beyond the results on the court, the scheduling is still a major point of contention. Staying up until 1:00 AM to watch college kids play basketball while the afternoon slots are empty is a crime against fans everywhere.
Big CatThe NCAA tournament scheduling is stupid and ignores the fans
The NCAA's scheduling of these games, not to sound like an old man, but fuck, man. Why did I have to wait till 2:30 to watch a game and then I have to stay up till midnight to finish? ... Think of the kids. Think of all the kids that want to watch these games. Thursday, Sunday, please.
NFL Trade Volatility and NBA "Super Teams"
The NFL world exploded while the guys were in the air, with the 49ers moving up to #3 and the Dolphins and Eagles playing musical chairs with first-round picks. It’s the season of lying, but Big Cat isn't buying the "Jimmy G is our guy" talk for a second.
Big CatThe 49ers definitely traded up to the #3 pick for a quarterback
The biggest ramification from all this is it's clear the 49ers traded up for a quarterback. John Lynch said afterwards, like, no, Jimmy Garoppolo is still our guy. Okay, no, but whatever. Thanks for saying it.
PFT CommenterAt least four quarterbacks will go in the top 10 of the 2021 NFL Draft
It's going to be like 2011 all over again, I think, where we're going to see four quarterbacks go in the top ten.
In the NBA, the Nets signed LaMarcus Aldridge, and the internet reacted like the Monstars had just landed in Brooklyn. Big Cat is tired of the fake outrage over a guy who is deep into the back nine of his career.
Big CatPeople are overreacting to the Nets signing LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Aldridge signing with the Nets had everyone upset. I still don't understand why. Everyone does the tweet where it's like, look how many All-Stars the Nets have... This is they're doing everyone who's upset about this is doing my Kevin White bit being like Kevin White's a top 10 pick. Eventually you get old and LaMarcus Aldridge, great career, but he's not LaMarcus Aldridge of five, ten years ago.
Who’s Back and Navy SEAL Billy
Who’s Back of the week featured a very special entry: Billy Football’s delusions of grandeur. Billy tweeted that he would "trade it all" to be a Navy SEAL, which prompted a long discussion about what exactly Billy has to trade (a Jose Canseco belt and some animals) and why his lifestyle isn't exactly "Tier 1 Operator" material.
Big CatBilly Football doesn't have the punctuality to be a Navy SEAL
Billy drunkenly tweeted... 'I would trade it all to be a Navy SEAL.' Now... rule number one of being a Navy SEAL is punctuality. And Billy fails at that all the time.
Finally, we had a quick look at the UFC world where Francis Ngannou's dominant victory had Big Cat calling for the prestige documentary treatment for the new heavyweight champ.
Big CatFrancis Ngannou's life story deserves a 30 for 30
We do need a 30 for 30 on Francis Ngannou's life. It's crazy. He worked in a sand mine when he was 10 years old in Cameroon... traveled to Europe, took 14 months, failed a bunch of times, had to go to prison because he illegally crossed the border... and now he's a world champ.
If Billy actually manages to hold his breath for more than thirty seconds in the East River, we might have to start taking his military aspirations seriously.
