PMT DB
PMT DB
Mike Golic Sr. on ESPN Exit, NBA Playoff Predictions, and Joey Mulinaro
Big Cat is officially moving through the stages of grief as college football hangs by a thread. After cycling through denial and anger, he’s settled firmly into bargaining, trying to figure out if we can just swap some weird mid-week NFL games for a Saturday slate. The SEC seems to be the only thing standing between fans and a total autumn void, mostly because they refuse to acknowledge reality.
Big CatThe SEC will delay the college football season as long as possible to avoid canceling
I think the SEC is going to do... full on fucking mode, or at least like we're going to delay, delay, delay, delay until the very last second. They might even delay again. Right now the kickoff is September 26th... they might just push it back to October.
While the gridiron is in chaos, the NBA bubble is providing the stability we desperately need. The playoff bracket is set, and Big Cat isn't expecting much drama in the Eastern Conference opening rounds, specifically for the top seeds.
Big CatThe Bucks will sweep the Magic in the first round of the NBA playoffs
It's the Bucks first the Magic. Sweep.
Over in the West, things could get a lot more interesting. While everyone is penciling the Lakers into the Finals, the Blazers are entering the postseason with the kind of momentum that makes a first-round upset feel like a distinct possibility.
Big CatThe Blazers are a team that could beat the Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs
Although the Blazers... I think they are a team that could beat the Lakers first round. No I said could, yes.
Mike Golic Sr. on the End of an Era
Radio legend Mike Golic Sr. joined the show for an incredibly honest conversation about his Hall of Fame career and the recent conclusion of his morning show run at ESPN. After 25 years of 4:15 AM alarms, Golic admitted it’s been a bittersweet adjustment, mostly because he wasn't ready to walk away from the mic. He didn't hold back when discussing the end of *Mike & Mike*, noting that the relationship with Mike Greenberg was strictly professional and that the way the show ended didn't sit right with him.
The conversation naturally turned to the current state of college football, especially with the Big Ten and Pac-12 opting for a spring season. PFT and Golic broke down the sheer physical impossibility of asking players to play two seasons in a single calendar year.
PFT CommenterThe idea of a spring college football season is ludicrous because of the lack of recovery time
The pros get five and a half months off and college kids are college players are given two and a half months off from pad to pad... that is a ludicrous thought to say. Oh, yeah, the pros are getting over five months off before they put on pads and you're going to do it to college students in two and a half months.
Beyond the health concerns, there’s the obvious issue of the NFL Draft. Golic and Big Cat agreed that the star power would be non-existent in a spring league because the guys with actual professional futures aren't going to risk a life-changing contract for a February game against Rutgers.
Big CatTop college football players will not play in a spring season
The one thing you are going to miss is you won't have one big player, one top player... why would Justin Fields, Trevor Lawrence, any big time player? They're not playing in spring because the NFL is under no guidelines to move their draft back to help out.
Fyre Fest and George Kittle's Bag
In happier football news, our good friend George Kittle finally got paid, signing a massive $75 million extension with the 49ers. Big Cat was thrilled to see the league's premier tight end get his due, especially after the years of production he gave San Francisco on a fifth-round rookie contract.
Big CatGeorge Kittle is the best tight end in the NFL
George Kittle... signs a 75 million dollar contract... I'm going to say he's the best tight end in the game. He's the best tied in the game and he has played in the NFL for three years and he has made less than 2 million dollars total.
Fyre Fest of the week featured Bubba's existential dread about weekends having no purpose and Billy Football's continued descent into becoming a full-blown Call of Duty nerd. Billy's pre-workout habit led to a near-disaster in traffic, which he described with the kind of vivid detail no one actually asked for.
We closed things out with Joey Mulinaro stopping by to deliver some listener roasts in the voice of Colin Cowherd. From PFT looking like a hungover sorority girl to Big Cat's Ditka aspirations, no one was safe. It’s a good reminder that even when the world is falling apart, we can still rely on the guys to make fun of each other's facial hair.
Hopefully, Billy finds a way to play tennis in his Andre Agassi whites without shattering another ankle.
