Trace McSorley and Marty Summa on MNF Poop-Gate and the Art of the Blowout Tweet
Monday Night Football gave us the game of the year, a safety for a bad beat, and the greatest bathroom mystery in sports history. Lamar Jackson disappeared into the locker room while the world assumed the worst about his digestive system, only to emerge and save the season. While Big Cat is willing to give Lamar his flowers for the late-game heroics, he isn't quite ready to pull the fraud label off the Baltimore Ravens just yet.
The Ravens are still frauds despite their win over the Browns
I've been hard on the Ravens. I still think they're frauds. But what I've always said is I want to see Lamar [Jackson] come back late. And he did that last night. Yeah. So you have to give them credit for that. You can't be a hater when that happens.
The Browns looked impressive, but they are playing with fire. Big Cat isn't just worried about the defense; he's sounding the alarm on the ticking time bomb known as Cody Parkey.
Cody Parkey will miss a big kick in a playoff game and ruin the Browns' season
Cody Parkey will fuck you in the face. If the Browns make the playoffs, there is no sure bet in the entire world, then Cody Parkey doing this to the Browns. I'm nervous about Cody Parkey. I think he's going to fuck us. Cody Parkey will miss the big kick in a playoff game for the Browns and the Browns will have no one to blame but themselves.
PFT Commenter found a silver lining in the chaotic ending that saw a bunch of laterals turn into a safety. Even if you lost your bet, losing on a play that involves Lamar Jackson sprinting to the locker room for what we all assume was a Chipotle-related emergency makes for a better story than your average Sunday afternoon bad beat.
Losing a bet on a safety or scoregami play is a better story than a standard loss
If you had like a unit on it, it's not even that bad because that's a story that you can tell. I'd rather lose on that play and be like, 'Oh man, I can't believe I had the under in Raiders Colts.' This is a great story you can tell. I took the Browns to cover on that Monday night football game where Lamar Jackson spent half the time getting rid of the Chipotle that was in his anus.
Giannis Stays and Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Giannis Antetokounmpo decided to stay in Milwaukee, signing a massive $228 million supermax extension. Big Cat sees this as a massive win for NBA parity, keeping a superstar in a small market, but he warned that the loyalty only lasts as long as the winning does.
Giannis will eventually want out of Milwaukee if they suffer more early playoff exits
If they get bounced, like for years in a row, he'll be like, yeah, I'm out. He still has an out because it's the NBA and any player can say, I want out at any time.
Hot Seat Cool Throne covered everything from LaVar Ball finally being proven right about his sons to Coach K's weirdly threatening behavior toward Nate Oats. PFT also declared that the best time of year for a beverage has officially arrived: God's refrigerator season.
Outside beer season is the best beer season
Outdoor beers. It's outdoor beer season. When it's snowing outside, when it's cold, you don't have to take up space in your refrigerator, you leave the beers outside. It's God's refrigerator. You crack open a beer directly from your porch and it tastes colder than it does on the fridge. It's the best season of all.
Trace McSorley and Marty Summa
Ravens QB and Penn State legend Trace McSorley joined the show to discuss the madness of Monday night. He addressed the TikTok fame and the sheer insanity of the White Out environment in Happy Valley.
The White Out at Penn State is the best atmosphere in sports
I still think that, and from everyone I've talked to, they said that the white out's the best atmosphere that they've ever been in. Like it's one of the things that you have to go to it, to like actually experience it. Like it looks awesome on TV, but it's like better in person.
Of course, the guys had to ask the question on everyone's mind: what was really happening with Lamar Jackson in that locker room? Trace stayed a loyal teammate, insisting it was just cramps, but the guys weren't entirely buying the company line.
Lamar Jackson wasn't pooping during the Browns game; he actually just had cramps
No, it wasn't [pooping]. It was, it was cramps. It wasn't pooping. I was like—his forearm was cramping and then his—the run everyone saw where it looked like a poop run to the locker room, it was like his calf or something was cramped. And so he was trying not to let it lock up on him.
Later, former Maryland social media manager Marty Summa came on to talk about the trauma of being the person who has to tweet the final score of a blowout. Marty explained that you can usually feel the disaster coming before the first quarter is even over.
You usually know within the first two possessions if a football game is going to be a blowout
Going into every game you have that hope that maybe this is going to be that lightning in a bottle game. But you usually know going into it and then you'll really know within the first two possessions how—and my laptop usually closes around the first quarter.
PFT noted that when your team is down by 50, the punctuation of that final tweet is the most important decision a social media professional can make.
A period is the only acceptable punctuation for a social media blowout tweet
I've definitely noticed the Final period, period is the, the piece of punctuation you'd have to use. Like if it's a blowout, you can't do a comma. You certainly can't do a semi-colon because then that opens you up for more. Final period conveys like the right amount of sobriety and conveys, like we're not going to discuss this anymore.
Holiday FAQ and Final Thoughts
The show wrapped with a holiday edition of FAQ, where the guys gave advice on how to handle being the "party kid" when returning home from college and what to get a significant other you're planning to dump.
An Xbox is the best breakup gift to give during the holidays
What's the best gift to get someone that you want to break up with after the holiday season? An Xbox, I'm just going to say it. Like something that will keep them entertained. Because if you break up with him after giving him an Xbox, he's not going to be talking to you anyways. At that point it will just be obsessed with his new video game system.
Whether you're dodging poop jokes or dodging your parents' judgment, just remember to keep those beers on the porch where they belong.
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