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Rob Lowe, The Mt Rushmore Of Stadium Jams And Monday Reading

Monday, June 22, 202018 takes

Soccer is our new king. (-) They tried to cancel Joe Rogan and it didn't work. (-) Who's back of the week including KPop and Leroy. (-) Rob Lowe joins the show to catch up about his new podcast, acting career, hanging with the showtime Lakers, and how sweet the 80's were.(-) Segments include stay woke,(-) Mt Rushmore of stadium jams, (-) and Monday Reading about using the F word (-)

Rob Lowe on Showtime Lakers, Podcasting, and the Mt. Rushmore of Stadium Jams

We are currently living in a sports hellscape where the only things keeping us going are soccer and horse racing. Big Cat is already theorizing that the entire global situation was a coordinated effort by Big Soccer to force the American public into caring about the Premier League.

Loss
Jun 22, 2020·Null
#27347
Big CatBig Cat

I'm starting to think the global pandemic was rigged so we would all be forced to watch soccer

I swear to God I'm starting to get to woke that this is all been rigged so that we all have to watch soccer... We're here, life is now just soccer with a little side of horse racing.

The lack of other sports was due to safety protocols, not a pro-soccer conspiracy.

While we wait for the major American leagues to actually return, the contract drama around Dak Prescott and Jamal Adams continues to dominate the headlines. Big Cat thinks Jamal Adams is essentially operating under the assumption that he’s already a free agent despite having years left on his deal.

Push
Jun 22, 2020·Null
#5222
Big CatBig Cat

Jamal Adams is the new Antonio Brown of contract disputes

Dak Prescott and Jamal Adams to figure out whose contract is going to be... he is the new Antonio Brown. Not on the mental side, I'm talking about the fact that he is all convinced that he's a free agent when he's still got two years [left] that they can control his contract.

Adams was traded to the Seahawks shortly after this, ending the dispute, but he never reached AB levels of off-field chaos.

Who's Back of the Week

PFT is leading the charge to rename the city of Columbus to Flavortown, arguing that Guy Fieri is the true cultural icon we need to be celebrating right now.

Loss
Jun 22, 2020·Who's Back
#27349
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The city of Columbus should be renamed 'Flavortown'

The city of Columbus is has a petition now. Columbus obviously not a great dude in history. So we're cleaning up history and were replacing it with real American history and rename Columbus 'Flavortown' now. That would be sick.

The city was not renamed, though the petition gained significant viral traction.

Billy Football also has a massive weekend update, informing everyone that he lost his Whoop strap while jet skiing on a lake. He tried to pivot this into a discussion about how Lacrosse is returning, which he views as the closest thing we have left to ancient combat.

Void
Jun 22, 2020·Who's Back
#5226
Billy FootballBilly Football

Lacrosse is legitimate tribal warfare

Lacrosse is sick, like everyone is looking at Lacrosse wrong, like Lacrosse is just like legitimately trying Tribal Warfare in the mud... Tribal Warfare is back in form of Lacrosse.

While poetic and based on the sport's Indigenous roots, this is ultimately a subjective stylistic opinion.

Rob Lowe Joins the Show

Recurring guest Rob Lowe stopped by to talk about his new podcast, *Literally! With Rob Lowe*. The conversation immediately went to the infamous NFL shield hat he wore to the NFC Championship game. Rob defended the look, explaining that it was the only piece of swag available in the Fox gift bag and he genuinely thought it was a revolutionary fashion statement.

Void
Jun 22, 2020
#5228
Rob LoweRob Lowe

The NFL shield logo hat is the dopest hat ever

There's no Team hat is their Championship hat nothing. Other than that NFL hat which by the way, I thought this is the dopest hat I've ever seen because I'd never really seen one other than on a ref.

Purely a matter of personal taste, though the internet largely mocked it.

As a massive Dodgers fan, Rob isn't ready to let the Astros off the hook for their cheating scandal. He shared a story about Jose Altuve throwing a water bottle at his head during the World Series, and both he and Big Cat agreed that the signs were there long before the scandal broke.

Loss
Jun 22, 2020
#5231
Rob LoweRob Lowe

Jose Altuve was clearly acting shady during his 2019 walk-off celebration

I remember watching it... and Going something's and this is before any of the there was even a whiff of the cheating scandal and I thought something was really bizarre about his behavior after that walk off... Greatest moment of his career and he tells he doesn't want to take his shirt off because his wife is shy.

MLB's investigation found no evidence of buzzers being used, though the theory remains incredibly popular among fans. Altuve's 'shy wife' excuse is still widely mocked.

Big Cat also used the interview to form a united front with Rob on the issue of men's grooming. While Rob has been in a makeup chair since he was a teenager, Big Cat is ready to stop the shaming of guys who just want to touch up their temples.

Void
Jun 22, 2020
#5232
Big CatBig Cat

We need to end the stigma around men dyeing their hair

I want to get out there and let people know it's okay to dye your hair as long as you're honest about it. I have gray I get the grades around the temple... Let's end the stigma. I dye my hair and I'm not ashamed of it.

This is a social opinion.

Rob also offered a scathing critique of the current state of Monday Night Football. He misses the era when the game felt like a national event, rather than just another broadcast with subpar production value.

Void
Jun 22, 2020
#5234
Rob LoweRob Lowe

Monday Night Football has lost its sense of occasion and gone to the dogs

For whatever reason they've let Monday Night Football go to the dogs and it's been that way for a while... Five six seven seasons, they don't have the cameras. They don't have coverage... There's no sense of occasion. They're literally telling you this is Monday and this is football, but you feel like you're watching a game that could be on any day anywhere.

This was a common media criticism at the time, which eventually led to ESPN spending big to hire Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to restore the 'sense of occasion.'

Mt. Rushmore of Stadium Jams

The guys drafted the ultimate list of songs that get a crowd moving. Hank started things off with a literal approach by picking "Hey Hey Hey Goodbye," which PFT pointed out isn't really a pump-up song as much as it is a victory lap. Big Cat went with the heavy hitters like "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Enter Sandman," while PFT secured the crowd-favorite "Zombie Nation."

Monday Reading

The episode wrapped up with a legendary Monday Reading featuring the New York Post’s Phil Mushnick. Mushnick is currently losing his mind over Pete Alonso and the Mets using the phrase "LFGM," which he finds to be a sign of a decaying society. Big Cat pointed out the hypocrisy of the Mets using a censored version of the word.

Void
Big CatBig Cat

The Mets should either fully commit to using the word 'fuck' in their branding or not use it at all; 'LFGM' is a half-measure

You got to either own it or not. Don't give me the 'F' go all the way just to emphasize anything. If you're going to say it, say it. Either fucking say it or don't... If you know the f-word is so vulgar and inappropriate that it must hide behind its initial, why use it?

This is an aesthetic/moral opinion on branding and vulgarity.

Despite Mushnick's constant complaining about the "vulgarity" of modern athletes, Big Cat admitted that the sports world is actually better off having a villainous columnist to laugh at.

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Big CatBig Cat

Shitty sports columnists like Phil Mushnick make sports more fun

We need shitty columnists. Shitty columnists make sports more fun while they're trying to make it less fun. Every time I see [Phil Mushnick's] column pop up online it's always for the same reason, which is this column sucks ass, but you know what, he's out there doing it.

This is a subjective opinion on entertainment value.

Don't let your torso being too long stop you from hitting the gym.

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Win
Jun 22, 2020·Null
#5224
Big CatBig Cat

Joe Rogan is officially uncancellable

Twitter decided to go full send and I'm going to tip my cap to the cancel brigade because they went for the final boss, Joe Rogan, and failed... He is uncancellable because he would actually let's say that Twitter was able to get his contract with Spotify canceled, right? He would just take that wave of publicity, go back to what he was doing before and still make a shitload of money.

Rogan remained the #1 podcaster globally despite multiple large-scale 'cancellation' attempts over the following years.
Loss
Jun 22, 2020·Null
#27348
Big CatBig Cat

Every college football program is going to attempt to reach herd immunity to ensure the season happens

Pretty much every football program is having is going to go for herd immunity and it's good at we're gonna have a football season that just every team that already got it out of the way.

While many players did contract COVID, 'herd immunity' was never an official or confirmed athletic department policy; seasons were managed through testing and distancing.
Void
Jun 22, 2020
#5230
Big CatBig Cat

Barry Bonds is the best baseball player of all time, regardless of steroids

Barry Bonds is the best baseball player of all time. I have no problems, I'm fine with it. I don't care if you want to throw in steroids, whatever you want to say. If you watched him in his prime, he was the best baseball player of all time.

This is a subjective historical assessment of talent.
Win
Jun 22, 2020
#27350
Rob LoweRob Lowe

Sign stealing is baked into the DNA of baseball; the Astros just took it to a different level with technology

If people get really really honest, sign stealing and that kind of low-level stuff is baked into the DNA of the game, but the institutionalized sign stealing with camera and once electricity becomes involved in the situation as ran into problem totally different thing.

Sign stealing has indeed been part of baseball for over a century, which is a verifiable historical fact.
Void
Jun 22, 2020
#5233
Rob LoweRob Lowe

Every man should try to be the best version of himself, including skincare and manicures

I believe that every guy should try to be the best version of themselves. Not just with how they look but with everything manicure and pedicure... you know I started a men's skincare line because their egos... guys need to take care of the skin.

This is a subjective lifestyle recommendation.
Void
Jun 22, 2020
#27351
Big CatBig Cat

Watching Tom Brady suck at golf during 'The Match' made him more relatable

I think it was interesting to watch superstar athletes like Tom Brady suck at something. I think a lot of people enjoyed watching Tom Brady really stink it up for the first few holes and it kind of made him a little bit more relatable.

This is a subjective opinion on how the public perceived Brady's performance.
Win
Jun 22, 2020·Stay Woke
#27352
Big CatBig Cat

The Cristiano Ronaldo statue should be taken down because he looks like an 'emaciated seagull'

The Cristiano Ronaldo's statue... where he looks like... an emaciated seagull. Let's take down that statue.

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The original bust at the Madeira airport was actually replaced in 2018, before this episode aired, but the general opinion that it was hideous remains.
Loss
Jun 22, 2020·Stay Woke
#5235
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James intentionally sat out the end of the 2019 season because he was tipped off about COVID early

You remember that picture of LeBron James staying at the end of the bench far away from his teammates... knowing what we know now about LeBron James is financial ties to the Chinese government do you think he got tipped off ahead of time and was like hey I got to stay away from people so much that I'm going to try to send them all to New Orleans?

This is a satirical conspiracy theory with no factual basis regarding the timeline of the pandemic.

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