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Ravens QB Trace McSorley, Maryland Social Media Editor and MNF Recap

Wednesday, December 16, 202020 takes

The game of the year happened on MNF and Lamar Jackson overcame diarrhea to keep the Ravens in the playoff hunt.(-) Giannis signs his mega deal.(-) Hot Seat Cool Throne including Ray Lewis threats and Coach K. (-) Ravens QB Trace McSorley joins the show to talk about MNF, playing with Lamar Jackson, Penn State, Tik Tok and more. (-) We have former Maryland Social Media editor Marty Summa on the show to talk about what it’s like to have to tweet through blowouts and the dreaded “Final” tweet. (-) We finish with holiday FAQ’s (-)

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.

Void
Dec 16, 2020
#21320
Big CatBig Cat

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 Ravens finished 11-5, won a playoff game against the Titans, but lost in the Divisional round to the Bills. Whether they were 'frauds' is subjective.

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.

Loss
Dec 16, 2020
#19276
Big CatBig Cat

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.

In the 2020-21 playoffs, Parkey was 3/3 on field goals and 8/8 on extra points across two games. He did not miss a kick, and the Browns' season ended with a competitive 22-17 loss to the Chiefs where Parkey was perfect.

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.

Void
Dec 16, 2020
#19278
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.

This is subjective; some gamblers value the story, others only value the money.

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.

Loss
Dec 16, 2020
#19282
Big CatBig Cat

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.

Giannis won the NBA Championship the very next season (2021) and stayed with the Bucks long-term, signing another extension in 2023.

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.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.

Subjective preference for beer temperature and storage.

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.

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Dec 16, 2020
#19292
Trace McSorleyTrace McSorley

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.

Subjective opinion on stadium atmospheres.

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.

Loss
Dec 16, 2020
#21324
Trace McSorleyTrace McSorley

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.

While Lamar Jackson officially claimed cramps, the visual evidence and later cryptic social media posts have led to a near-universal consensus that it was a bathroom break.

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.

Void
Dec 16, 2020
#21325
MS
Marty Summa

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.

This is a subjective observation from a professional in the field.

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.

Void
Dec 16, 2020
#19294
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.

Subjective take on digital communication style.

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.

Void
Dec 16, 2020·FAQ
#19298
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.

Subjective life advice.

Whether you're dodging poop jokes or dodging your parents' judgment, just remember to keep those beers on the porch where they belong.

Don't forget to use code podcast at the Barstool store for 10% off your next hoodie.

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Void
Dec 16, 2020·Null
#19280
Big CatBig Cat

Giannis staying in Milwaukee is a major victory for NBA parity

I think this is actually great for the league. It's a win for the league because you have a little bit more parity. You have the small market teams like teams drafting a superstar and be able to hold on to them is important for the league.

Subjective opinion on league health.
Win
HankHank

LaVar Ball is a man of his word for getting all three of his sons into the NBA

Alvar [LaVar] called the pistons a raggedy as hell franchise. He had his head—it was a week where he had all three sons in the NBA. So I guess, I guess you can say he's a man of his word he was proven correct.

In early December 2020, LiAngelo signed with the Pistons, briefly putting all three brothers in the league simultaneously as LaVar predicted.
Void
Jake MarshJake Marsh

Duke should have changed their shoe contract after Zion Williamson's shoe exploded

Duke should have changed his shoe contracts after Zion [Williamson], huh?

Duke remained with Nike and has not had a similar high-profile equipment failure since.
Void
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Roger Goodell saved thousands of lives by not allowing NFL employees to skip the COVID-19 vaccine line

I think that we should be appreciative of Roger Goodell for saving lives. Probably thousands of lives by not having NFL employees skip the line to get the coronavirus vaccinations first. Goodell has made the announcement that he will not have his employees go to the front of the line as essential service workers to get to the [vaccine]. So thank you to Roger Goodell.

This is a satirical moral judgment that cannot be factually proven.
Void
Billy FootballBilly Football

Jake Paul is a fraud and I want to fight him

Jake Paul... everyone's mad at him... I'll just say it right now... he's a fraud. One step closer to me beating his ass.

Jake Paul continued his career with significant success, proving he wasn't a 'fraud' in terms of draw or ability to beat non-boxers, and the fight with Billy never happened.
Void
Jake MarshJake Marsh

Twitter's decision to discontinue Periscope is a mistake

Hot Seat Periscope. It's been discontinued in March. The Twitter made the decision to, it's going to be Twitter live. So the memories that the Cat caves there. Twitter does that. They choose the wrong thing to do and do it more than any company that's ever existed.

Subjective opinion on business strategy, though Periscope's core functionality was integrated into the main app.
Loss
Dec 16, 2020
#19290
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No quarterback has ever won a Super Bowl wearing a visor

It adds up though. We don't think that any quarterback has ever won a super bowl wearing a visor. It's true. [Trace McSorley]: I guess we got to change that. [PFT]: No, I mean, I think we've got a, when it, with the visor, that's what I'm saying. We need someone to do it.

Jim McMahon (Bears XX) and Jim Plunkett (Raiders XV/XVIII) both occasionally wore visors, though McMahon is the most notable for wearing one during games.
Void
Dec 16, 2020·FAQ
#21326
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dads love it when their sons come home from college for the first time because they see them as their "party kid"

I think what you can do is, especially with your dad, dads love their sons going off to college for the first time. Cause they come back that first break and dad's like 'there's my party kid right there.' Your dad will probably drink with you on the first night. Maybe be a little hungover... and then you've already established that you drink in his house now.

A humorous social observation that is widely recognized as a trope but inherently subjective.
Void
Dec 16, 2020·FAQ
#19296
Big CatBig Cat

Thin sugar cookies with sprinkles are the superior Christmas cookie

I just like the sugar cookies with the, the like the straight up like the thin sugar cookies with the sprinkles on it that you can eat like a thousand of them.

Subjective food preference.
Void
Dec 16, 2020·FAQ
#21327
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Fire Fest segment is a better version of the old Jimbo segment

Fire Fest sounds a lot cooler. I think that if you just keep saying Fire Fest, it will be at the beginning of when it's cool again. We're waiting it out. We're squatting on Fire Fest. Eventually people will start saying Fire Fest again and they'll be like, 'Oh wait to rip off Pardon My Take.'

Purely a matter of show branding preference.

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