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NFL Preview With Dan Orlovsky, CFB Week 1 Recap + The Mt Rushmore Duel Between PFT And Hank

Tuesday, September 3, 202416 takes

Football is back and Brian Kelly is yet again making headlines. We talk winners and losers from Week 1 of College Football and no one had a better weekend than Notre Dame fans (-). Billy Napier is basically fired and Dabo has lost his way (-). FSU is down bad and a fan is refusing to eat shit after he promised to (-). Who's back of the week including Scottie Scheffler, Joey Chestnut and Kirk Herbstreits dog, Ben (-). Dan Orlovsky joins the show to preview the 2024 NFL season, his top quarterbacks, teams that may surprise us and Super Bowl winner (-). We finish the show with the first ever Mt Rushmore duel between PFT and Hank to decide the loser of Mt Rushmore season (-).

NFL Preview with Dan Orlovsky, CFB Week 1 Recap, and the Mt Rushmore Duel

Football is officially back, and that means it is time for Brian Kelly to lose a standalone game and turn a shade of red that shouldn't be biologically possible. LSU dropped their third straight season opener, and Big Cat and PFT couldn't be happier to see the Notre Dame fans celebrating the departure of a coach who seemingly hates his own roster.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brian Kelly is not built for the SEC and does not belong in the conference

I'm gonna stand on that take. That's my official take on Brian Kelly. You could put this on a quote card. He ain't supposed to be SEC. No, he's [Jerry DiNardo]... hired him and it was like, dude, what are you doing here? You don't know our culture.

Kelly has continued to struggle in high-stakes SEC openers and big games, reinforcing the perception of a mismatch.

While Big Cat was all-in on the Irish, Hank was busy defending his right to actually enjoy his life on a Saturday. Hank took some heat for golfing instead of watching every second of Week 1, leading to a heated exchange about whether watching Pittsburgh vs. Kent State is actually a requirement for being a sports fan.

Void
Sep 3, 2024
#8591
HankHank

I am not spending 12 hours of my Saturday watching mediocre college football

I'm not locking in my entire 12 hours of a day on Saturday, the only day we're not in the office, to to watch a random ass week one game when there's only like three good ones... Your happiness comes from watching 12 hours of football and watching State Pittsburgh. Your happiness is from golfing. You should do what makes you happy.

This is a personal preference that cannot be objectively proven true or false.

Hank did manage to catch enough of Big Cat’s Wisconsin Badgers to deliver a scouting report that hit Big Cat right in the soul.

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Sep 3, 2024
#8592
HankHank

Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Van Dyke is not good and shouldn't be starting

Wisconsin's QB is way too old to be playing... he's just not good. He's just old enough where he's like, he's clearly not good enough. He's just like holding on and costing Wisconsin.

Van Dyke suffered a season-ending ACL injury in Week 3, making it difficult to fully evaluate his performance, though he struggled early on.

The rest of the college landscape saw Florida State falling to 0-2 and a fan deleting his digital existence to avoid eating dog shit out of a solo cup. PFT is convinced the Seminoles are cursed until that debt is paid in full.

Win
Sep 3, 2024
#8595
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Florida State won't win another game until the fan who promised to eat dog shit actually does it

Coward, coward deleted his account. You gotta follow now that, listen, they're not gonna win any more games until this guy eats the dog shit out. That's facts. That's how it works.

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FSU went on to have a historically bad 1-11 season, losing many more games as PFT predicted.

NFL Season Preview with Dan Orlovsky

Our good friend Dan Orlovsky joined the show to give us the definitive guide to the 2024 NFL season. He started by dropping his top ten quarterbacks, which featured some notable absences that will surely have Philly and Dallas fans calling for his head.

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Sep 3, 2024
#8598
Dan OrlovskyDan Orlovsky

Jalen Hurts and Dak Prescott are not currently top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL

I'd probably say Jordan Love [at 8], Nine Tua, 10 Rogers... I would put like the Trevor Lawrences, Hertzes, Daks, Her Cousins, Herberts, those guys are writing that like kind of next group.

This is a subjective ranking of player ability at a specific point in time.

Dan gave his thoughts on the Steelers' quarterback room, arguing that while Russell Wilson is the safe bet, he doesn't actually raise the ceiling for a team stuck in the toughest division in football.

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Sep 3, 2024
#8601
Dan OrlovskyDan Orlovsky

The Steelers should start Justin Fields because Russell Wilson doesn't give them a chance to contend

Are you with Russ playing fine at 35 or 36 really going to contend against Cincinnati and Baltimore in the division? Really? No. Like, so my thing was if it really was a little bit of a competition... why not just say, you know what, the only real chance we have is if we strike Lightning at a bottle with Justin.

Wilson eventually started and performed well, leading the Steelers to the playoffs and the AFC North title, suggesting Orlovsky's 'no chance' claim was incorrect.

When it came to the Super Bowl, Dan sees a historic three-peat on the horizon. He’s buying the hype on the Chiefs' improved weapons and thinks they’ve actually managed to get better despite losing key pieces on defense.

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Sep 3, 2024
#8604
Dan OrlovskyDan Orlovsky

The Kansas City Chiefs are better this year than they were last year

They're better this year than they were last year and that's with all due respect to L'Jarius Sneed. L'Jarius is great. But... their offense is gonna be significantly better specifically just like speed and catching the football.

The Chiefs finished the regular season with the best record in the AFC (14-3) and a much-improved offense compared to the previous year.
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Sep 3, 2024
#8608
Dan OrlovskyDan Orlovsky

The Chiefs will beat the Lions in the Super Bowl and achieve the first three-peat

I'll say Kansas City and Detroit [in the Super Bowl]. What happens in the Super Bowl? Kansas City wins. Ugh. Brutal. Which is somehow some incredible, somehow some way. Patrick, you know, has the ball last type of thing.

The Super Bowl was Eagles vs. Chiefs, not Chiefs vs. Lions. The Lions lost in the Divisional Round to the Commanders. And the Chiefs lost the Super Bowl 22-40 to the Eagles.

The Mount Rushmore Duel

To settle the tie for last place in the Mount Rushmore season standings, PFT and Hank entered a first-of-its-kind duel. Three categories, blind polls, and all the pressure in the world. The categories were HBO Shows, Quarterbacks, and PMT Mount Rushmore moments.

Things got weird immediately. In the HBO draft, PFT tried to sabotage the voting by picking "Real Sex," while Hank forgot that "Succession" or "Entourage" existed. The drama peaked during the final round when PFT used some masterful graphic manipulation to frame Hank’s past failures, specifically the time Hank refused to draft boobs in the "Round Things" draft.

After a narrow and controversial victory for PFT, a red-redo has been scheduled for Wednesday to settle the score once and for all.

May the best man win, but more importantly, may Hank have to do a punishment.

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Win
Sep 3, 2024
#8590
Big CatBig Cat

Notre Dame is already a lock for the College Football Playoff

Notre Dame won a game that was the biggest win of the weekend. Probably If you look at their schedule, they don't have a ton of tough tests after this. They're in the driver's seat... I'm fine with saying right now they're in the playoff.

Notre Dame finished the regular season 11-1 and secured a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff.
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Sep 3, 2024
#8593
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Miami Hurricanes are officially back

The U is back. Cam Ward is electric. He was electric last year. He he's awesome in the U. Yeah. It does feel like they're another team where a week one win on the road in the SEC, they now are in the driver's seat.

Miami finished the regular season 10-2, won a playoff game, and Cam Ward was a Heisman finalist, though they didn't win the National Championship.
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Big CatBig Cat

There is a zero percent chance Clemson wins the national title this year

There's 0% chance Clemson is winning the national title this year. No, because you saw what it looks like when it's the best teams... Clemson was never in that game... as soon as the dam breaks, there's just nothing they can do about it.

Clemson failed to make the College Football Playoff and was eliminated from national title contention.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tennessee will be a legitimate contender in the SEC this season

Nico [Iamaleava] looks so good that I feel like Tennessee's gonna compete in the SEC. I feel like they'll be right there.

Tennessee remained in the hunt for the SEC title and a playoff spot for the entire season.
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Big CatBig Cat

Michigan definitely cheated in the Connor Stallions scandal, but everyone else in college football probably cheated too

I love Connor Stallions... he's essentially just every fan ever who's like, I'll do anything for my team to win... But yeah, I mean they definitely cheated. I think everyone cheated, but they definitely did too.

The NCAA investigation confirmed advanced scouting violations occurred at Michigan, though the 'everyone cheated' part is subjective.
Win
Sep 3, 2024
#8603
Dan OrlovskyDan Orlovsky

The Atlanta Falcons will win the NFC South

I'm super high in Atlanta, dude. Oh, like I really am man. I think they're gonna be so good... That team not no question can win their division. And certainly just if Zach Robinson is their play caller... I think they're gonna be really, really, really good.

The Falcons won the NFC South title in the 2024 season.
Loss
Sep 3, 2024
#26718
Dan OrlovskyDan Orlovsky

The Rams will have the best offensive line in the NFL this season

I expect the Rams to be really good. I think the Rams should have the best offensive line in football. The interior of their offensive line is freakishly big and dominant.

The Rams suffered catastrophic injuries to their offensive line early in the season, preventing the unit from reaching its projected potential.
Loss
Sep 3, 2024
#26719
Dan OrlovskyDan Orlovsky

The Patriots should sit Drake Maye and follow the Jordan Love developmental model

I wouldn't play [Drake Maye] this year. I think New England's offensive line... they don't have a plus offensive line or plus skill player. So I wanna play him, but not in meaningful games. Maybe at the end of November or December.

The Patriots abandoned this plan and started Maye in Week 6 (October), contradicting Orlovsky's advice.

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