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Ryen Russillo on CFB Chaos, Blue Jays World Series, and Lions Dominance
The Toronto Blue Jays are officially headed to the World Series after an electric Game 7 win. Big Cat and PFT were riding high on George Springer’s heroics, noting his insane climb up the postseason home run leaderboards. While Canada is celebrating its team returning to the fall classic for the first time since Joe Carter, not everyone in the studio is buying the hype. Max is leaning fully into his Dodgers bias, convinced that the pitching mismatch is too great to overcome.
MaxThe Blue Jays have no shot at beating the Dodgers in the World Series
I think [the Blue Jays] got no shot... I just don't think they have the—the Dodgers are too good. They don't have the pitching. [Kevin] Gausman would be [the Dodgers'] fifth starter.
Big Cat thinks the vibe in Toronto is too strong to ignore, specifically citing Vladdy showing up to the game in an Austin Matthews jersey as the ballsy move that defines this team’s aura.
Monday Night Football and the Lions Machine
The Monday Night doubleheader was a tale of two very different vibes. The Lions handled the Buccaneers in a game that felt like a vintage Dan Campbell statement. PFT is ready to declare Detroit a Tier 1 heavyweight again, especially with Aidan Hutchinson terrorizing backfields and the defense looking violent.
PFT CommenterThe Lions are officially 'back' after their decisive win over the Buccaneers
The Lions defense was, they were, they was getting after [Baker Mayfield]... Hutchinson was getting after him and hitting him. I feel like the Lions are officially back, back, back.
While the defense was elite, the offense showcased why they are so dangerous. Big Cat is tired of the national media sleeping on the most explosive weapon in that backfield, officially planting his flag on Jahmyr Gibbs being the premier back in the league.
Big CatJahmyr Gibbs is the best running back in football
I have a take... Why are we never saying, and I'll fix this going forward, Jahmyr Gibbs is the best running back in football? Because I think he is. I think it is partially because his first two years he split a lot of carries with David Montgomery. Now it feels like they're like, alright, he is—that's one of the fastest I've ever seen someone on a football field.
On the other side of the doubleheader, the Texans and Seahawks played a game that felt like a personal attack on the viewers. Big Cat reached his breaking point with several "theoretically good" teams that continue to play frustrating football.
Big CatI am officially sick of the Texans, Jaguars, Chargers, and Falcons
I have four teams that I put in the Texans category of, in theory I like them, but in actuality I'm sick of their shit. And it's the Texans, it's the Jaguars, it's the Chargers and the Falcons. Those four teams in theory, theoretically I like 'em, but then they play and I just get so frustrated watching them play.
Ryen Russillo Joins the Colleague Circle
Our good friend and new colleague Ryen Russillo stopped by to dump out a few weeks' worth of takes after his brief hiatus. The conversation immediately went to the madness in college football, specifically the absolute wagon that is Curt Cignetti’s Indiana program. Ryen wasn't just impressed with the win at Oregon; he thinks it’s the gold standard for the entire season.
Ryen RussilloIndiana winning at Oregon is the best college football win of the season
The Indiana win at Oregon I think is the single best win of the entire college football season. And I also think Oregon's getting dropped down too far in the polls after the fact, 'cause I think Indiana really is that good this year.
Russillo also pushed back on the idea that the SEC is the clear-cut dominant force this year. While the depth is there, he isn't seeing the top-end title threats that usually define the conference, even going as far as to put Oregon above the entire SEC field.
Ryen RussilloOregon is better than every single team in the SEC this season
That team [Indiana] went into Autzen and was the better football team against the Oregon team that... look like they have seven weapons again and their quarterback looks like he's one of the best in the country... I have Oregon in my rankings ahead of all those SEC teams still because I think that much of Indiana.
As the talk shifted to the Big 10, Big Cat had to confront the reality that his Wisconsin Badgers have become an unmitigated disaster. After failing to score a touchdown in two weeks, Big Cat is bracing for a long, dark decade in Madison.
Big CatWisconsin Football will be bad for at least the next five to seven years
I'm starting to think now they're gonna be bad for five to seven years minimum. And if they just keep going down this path, it's gonna be a decade. To the sunk cost fallacy of essentially saying, we made a mistake... let's throw more money at it.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne and FAQs
Hank used Hot Seat to call out the fake "meet-cute" story involving Dua Lipa and her boyfriend reading the same book on a plane, while Memes and Max had to answer for the Amazon Web Services outage that delayed the podcast's release. Zach also came to the defense of Baker Mayfield, suggesting that Baker’s uncharacteristically high throws might have had more to do with the chemistry of the air inside the balls than his actual arm.
ZacBaker Mayfield's poor performance was due to helium-filled footballs
The rational side of the internet and sports fans understand that this is an inflategate situation. Those balls were getting thrown high for a reason, and I think it might be helium based... I think a back room equipment room job might have went down.
We wrapped up with some FAQs where the guys admitted that after years of podcasting, they have become functionally useless for any real-world jobs. Between not knowing what a P&L statement is and PFT's revelation about what they actually make perfume out of, it’s probably for the best that the show keeps going forever.
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