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MLB Playoffs With Jeff Passan, CFB With Matt Leinart, Bears Beat Commanders In The PMT Bowl + Guys On Chicks

Wednesday, October 15, 202513 takes

The Dodgers are unfair and have dudes on dudes on dudes. Mariners team of destiny and a serious not about our friend Nick Mangold (-). We kick it back to ourselves back in studio to talk about Monday Night Football, the Falcons big win over the Falcons and the PMT Bowl as Jayden Daniels fumbled away the game and the Bears move to 3-2 (-). We talk some CFB and Brian Callahan fired (-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne (-). MLB Insider from ESPN Jeff Passan joins the show to talk playoff baseball, Mariners team of destiny, the impending lockout, can anyone beat the Dodgers and more (-). Matt Leinart joins the show to talk USC/ND, the 2025 Football season, best Quarterbacks, Indiana being for real and more (-). We finish with guys on chicks (-).

Intro

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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Mariners are a team of destiny

I do feel Team of Destiny Vibes from the Mariners. Now their destiny might be to just get waxed by the Dodgers in the World Series. But I do think that Seattle's gonna get there.

The Mariners reached the ALCS in this 2025 timeline, but the World Series outcome remains pending.

Recap

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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The Falcons are really legit

I think they [Falcons] might be really legit. They had two interceptions, four sacks, like they were all over the place. Held the Bills to two for nine from third down. I think they're really legit.

The Falcons are 4-1 in this timeline; season outcome pending.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I still think the Commanders are going to make the playoffs at 3-3

I still think when all is said and done, 'cause it's a long season, we do have a very hard schedule from here on out. I still think that we're gonna make the playoffs at three and three. I think that that's definitely a possibility.

Commanders season outcome pending.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bears are unequivocally no longer a bad football team

I would say the Bears are not a good football team, but they're unequivocally no longer a bad football team. And that is a very important distinction to make in the progression of a team.

Subjective tiering of a team's quality.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Indiana is going 12-0

America, be ready and maybe have a sit down and have a conversation with your children... about 12 and oh Indiana, because Indiana is so fucking good. Indiana is gonna go 12 and Oh get prepared.

Indiana's remaining schedule includes Ohio State, making a 12-0 finish a major challenge.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Luke Fickell will be fired soon

I think Luke Fickell is fired by the way soon and maybe Macintosh the AD. Wisconsin's a dumpster fire, maybe worst program right now in Power four.

Fickell is still the coach; firing would be a major mid-season or post-season move.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

The NFL is rigged to favor the Chiefs

The NFL is rigged. There was a study, UTEP did a study. It's statistically proven that the Chiefs... have gotten way more favorable calls in that timeframe. And they did the research that that did not happen with other dynasties in the past.

The UTEP study existence is a fact, but the claim that the 'NFL is rigged' is a subjective interpretation of officiating data.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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The World Cup draw will be rigged for the United States

If anyone could pull it off, Trump doesn't care about soccer. Oh he does. He he's, he took the ball from FIFA. He's been bragging to everybody about how he got the World Cup. Make that happen buddy. Iceland is the smallest country to qualify for the World cup.

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The 2026 World Cup draw will reveal if the USA gets an unusually easy path.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Sherrone Moore wearing a blue-collar jacket is a cheap knockoff of Jim Harbaugh that won't work

He has his blue collar jacket on and he basically was like, Hey, I'm back to work. It worked for Jim Harbaugh because Jim Harbaugh had won... This feels like a cheap knockoff and it's not gonna work. He's appropriating working man culture.

Michigan's performance under Moore will determine if the culture 'works'.

Interview

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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Jeff PassanJeff Passan

The Dodgers vs. Brewers series is a proxy war for the future of baseball's economic system

This is not just the Brewers versus the Dodgers. This is the future of baseball as we know it in a proxy war because whoever ends up winning this series, the other side will use this when the MLB goes to a lockout and fights for a salary cap.

Postseason outcomes are frequently used as talking points in CBA negotiations.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Jeff PassanJeff Passan

The impending MLB lockout will be the defining story of baseball next year

This is going to be the defining story of baseball next year. So hopefully people understand that this is gonna be a big deal... owners essentially lock players out, say you cannot report to work. And then it just becomes a staring contest.

The current CBA expires after the 2026 season; Passan is predicting a lockout-heavy 2026.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Matt LeinartMatt Leinart

CJ Carr will be a top-five draft pick

CJ Carr's a stud. I think that this dude's gonna be a top five pick in the next couple years. So if you do take away the run now you gotta deal with the pass. That's something they didn't have to do last week.

CJ Carr is a true freshman in 2024/2025; his draft status is years away.
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Take Slip·Oct 15, 2025
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Matt LeinartMatt Leinart

Virginia will make the College Football Playoff

Virginia guys is like Brady, Quinn. Like, they, they might make the college football playoff dude. Their schedule's awesome. They'll be 11 and one. And if they lose to Miami in ACC like 11 or 10 and two, whatever it is, they might be, that's the one team dude I think that's the one team that no one is talking about.

Outcome depends on Virginia's 2025 season finish.