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Mario Cristobal and Tom Fornelli on College Football, Playoff Baseball, and the Mortal Chiefs
The Bronx is burning and Aaron Judge finally had his pinstripe moment. PFT admitted that even as a certified Yankees hater, seeing Judge hit a 450-foot bomb to tie the game was objectively cool, though he remains skeptical of the math coming out of the stadium.
PFT CommenterStatcast measurements for home run distances are a lie
Stack Cast said [the Aaron Judge home run went] like 473. I don't believe that for a second. ... When they say like 373 feet on their like internal measurement system, there's no way that was only 373 feet, right? No, I don't believe any of that.
While the Yankees staved off elimination against the Blue Jays, PFT has already run the numbers on how this ends. After 2,000 mental simulations, he’s convinced there is only one team capable of stopping the Dodgers' juggernaut.
PFT CommenterThe Blue Jays are the only team with the mental criteria to beat the Dodgers in the World Series
I ran a mental simulation last night to, 'cause I was pissed off. 'cause it seems like the Dodgers were gonna win the World Series and there's nothing anybody else could do about it. I did 2000 mental simulations. I was laying in bed envisioning a team that I could picture beating the Dodgers in the World Series. And the only team that fits my mental criteria is the Blue Jays.
Hank, however, isn't buying the organic drama. He’s convinced the league is pulling the strings to make sure these series don't end too early, specifically when it involves the big market teams.
HankMLB is rigging playoff games and juicing baseballs to extend series
If the Yankees had got swept, it's in like MLB needs to do something territory. Someone's, you know, someone's gotta extend a series. ... I'm saying like MLB is gonna rig games to advance the series. ... when the Brewers and Dodgers are pitching, they'd give him the, the juiced ones.
Playoff Desperation and 50/50 Jinxes
Things are significantly bleaker for Big Cat and Max. The Cubs and Phillies are both down 0-2, and the vibes are at an all-time low. Big Cat is already bracing for the worst-case scenario where his team is the only one heading home early.
Big CatThe Cubs will be the only team to get swept in the Division Series
I think the Cubs are screwed because I saw Tom Fornelli our good friend who's on later on in the show, who does not like the Cubs tweets. So we're gonna get three out of four of the DS series as sweeps, and now the Yankees won. That means a Phillies are gonna win and the Cubs are gonna be the only team that gets swept.
Max is ready to break out the emergency overalls for Game 3, mostly because he’s fed up with Rob Thomson’s decision-making. He wants the best arms on the mound, regardless of "big time" reputation.
MaxRob Thomson is coaching the Phillies like a loser
Rob Thompson is coaching like a loser. ... His reasoning for Aaron Nola is that he's a, he's a big time pitcher. Ranger Suarez is a big time pitcher. Pitch your best guys. ... it's the momentum that, that just really pissed me off. Is that it was the first time the stadium was feeling something and just ride it. Just ride it.
The drama even extends to the Wrigley Field 50/50 raffle. Big Cat is terrified that winning the raffle has become a cursed omen for the Cubs. He’s made a vow that if the pattern holds, his gambling days in the bleachers are over.
Big CatI will retire from 50/50 raffles forever if the Cubs lose when I win
If the Cubs lose tomorrow and I win the 50 50, I will 100% retire from 50 50 for the rest of my life. That's a fact. Because then it would just be like, you literally only won on losses, on big playoff losses. That is a fact.
The Chiefs Look Like Us
The Jaguars pulled off a win they usually find a way to lose, taking down the Chiefs on Monday Night Football. Trevor Lawrence was erratic but effective, while the Chiefs finally looked like a team that can actually be beaten. PFT thinks the "Chiefs Kingdom" aura is officially wearing off.
PFT CommenterThe Chiefs have regressed into a normal good football team that loses like everyone else
It's that the Chiefs, they're starting to lose games in ways that are familiar to every other team out there to every other fan base. It's they, they look like all of us now. ... I'm starting to think that it, it might kind of be their, their regression back to being just like kind of a normal good football team.
Watching the AFC South suddenly look competent gave Big Cat an idea for how the NFL should handle its image problem. He wants every division to have a dedicated hype man—and a dedicated hater.
Big CatThe NFL should have a commissioner for every division to run PR and attack ads
Wouldn't it be cool if there was a commissioner for each division? I mean, just had like commercials and stuff and you're like, yeah, hey, here at the AFC South, we actually played winning football now. ... I just wanna watch a football game and see just an attack ad on a certain division. Like, 'The NFC South sucks... they have the Bucs, but what else?'
Tom Fornelli on College Chaos
Tom Fornelli joined to break down a wild Week 6 and look ahead to the Red River Shootout. The conversation immediately turned to Penn State and whether James Franklin is finally on the hot seat. Fornelli thinks there’s one specific coach who would jump at the chance to take over in Happy Valley.
Tom FornelliCurt Cignetti would leave Indiana for the Penn State head coaching job
I think Penn State is one of the jobs [Curt Cignetti] would definitely leave Indiana for. I think there are a lot of jobs that have come open or or likely to come open that he's been mentioned for that I don't really see as upgrades over Indiana. ... I feel like if you're gonna replace James Franklin, you'd need to find your own Dan Lanning kind of hire.
Over in Austin, the honeymoon phase for Arch Manning might be ending before it even really started. Fornelli noted that despite the pedigree, the young QB still has a lot of growing up to do on the field.
Tom FornelliArch Manning looks like an unpolished freshman and is not ready for the SEC
I thought like the last few years sitting on the bench developing behind Quinn Ewers is like we were gonna see a much more polished player than what we have seen to this point. He just looks like a freshman even though he is now in his third year on campus. So I think that is very alarming.
Mario Cristobal and the Trenches
Miami Head Coach Mario Cristobal stopped by to talk about the Hurricanes' 5-0 start and the relentless culture he’s building in Coral Gables. He doesn't believe in the "Miami is back" talk, preferring to focus on the adults in the room setting the standard.
Mario CristobalThe adults and coaches set the tone for a program, not the players
People always saying, well, players nowadays bullshit. Right? It the adults, the adults set the tone right and the players will follow. And we have the right kind of players with the right kind of mentality is full throttle every day, man. And you and you're honest, don't, we don't sugarcoat anything.
Cristobal also shared his thoughts on the college football awards circuit, specifically why the timing of the most prestigious trophy in the sport makes zero sense to a football guy.
Mario CristobalAwarding the Heisman Trophy before postseason games are played is bizarre
The only thing I would wish for the Heisman Trophy that it was awarded when all the games were done. That whole award before these postseason games are played is absolutely bizarre to me. Like, I don't, I can't comprehend it. Never will.
We wrapped up with Jerry from the Meow Mix podcast, who gave a heartbreaking eulogy for his Panthers show. When a team is so bad it makes its most dedicated fans stop talking into microphones for fun, you know things are dire in Carolina.
Try not to think about Bryce Young too much today.
