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Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest

Friday, May 15, 202614 takes · Transcript ↓

Football is back, sort of. As we finally have a full schedule after a week of teases (-). PGA Championship and Scottie is hot, Rory is not and Blocky loves the camera (-). Cavs win a great OT game on Wednesday, Avs are going to win the Cup and we have a Zoo trade (-). Ryen Russillo joins the show to talk playoff hoops, traveling alone, Big Cat gives him a sentimental gift and more (-). We finish with Fyre fest of the week.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Recap

Void
May 15, 2026
#30495
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Getting excited for the NFL schedule release is for pussies

I can't get it up for the schedule release because it's—if you explained what the schedule release was to Vince Lombardi, he'd call you a pussy and spit in your face.

The schedule release is a highly watched media event, though many analysts share the sentiment that it is overblown.
Void
May 15, 2026
#30496
Big CatBig Cat

The 2026 Thanksgiving Day schedule is the best single day of football ever

Wednesday night is the Packers versus the Rams. Then Thursday, Thanksgiving day is Bears, lions, Eagles, Cowboys, chiefs bills. That will be great. Like the day of Thanksgiving? Yeah. That's the best day of football I think maybe ever.

Whether it's the 'best day ever' is a matter of personal opinion and game quality.
Open
May 15, 2026
#30497
HankHank

The Jets in Week 16 are a layup win for the Patriots

We get the, the Jets, which is a nice, like layup week 16 leading into the Broncos and the Dolphins. So we got like kinda two easy wins and then a tough challenge week 17.

Outcome depends on the 2026 NFL season results.
Open
May 15, 2026
#30498
Big CatBig Cat

The Colorado Avalanche will win the Stanley Cup

Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche on winning the Stanley Cup. I'd like to say congratulations to the abs. Pretty good bet to the abs. Pretty good. It's a pretty good bet if you, if you're a betting man, which I am. Congrats to the abs. You did it.

The 2026 NHL playoffs are hypothetical here, but he is stating it as a certainty.
Void
May 15, 2026
#30499
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Preakness Stakes should move its date to three weeks before the Kentucky Derby

Why doesn't the Preakness just say, screw it to the Kentucky Derby and schedule their main race for like three weeks before the Kentucky Derby? You wanna play hardball? Yeah, you could play hardball. I feel like if you, if your horse wins the Preakness, if it was scheduled for before the Derby, you're not skipping the derby. No, you gotta run in the derby.

This is a hypothetical scheduling proposal to solve the issue of horses skipping the second jewel of the Triple Crown.

Zoo Trades

Void
May 15, 2026·Zoo Trades
#30500
Big CatBig Cat

Pittsburgh fleeced Boston in the gorilla trade

I think Boston got fleeced. Frankie got traded, 7-year-old. Frankie got traded to the Boston Zoo. He's going to just be chilling with a bunch of other dudes. Little Joe got traded to Pittsburgh because he's going to be mating and making new gorilla. Pittsburgh's the one that's gonna be making more gorillas. You guys are do everything all wrong. They're, they're making a gorilla factory in Pittsburgh.

Evaluating zoo conservation efforts through the lens of a sports trade is inherently comedic and subjective.
Void
May 15, 2026·Zoo Trades
#30501
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Little Joe the gorilla forced a trade out of Boston to Pittsburgh

I see from little Joe's perspective, he probably forced this trade. Like little Joe probably demanded a trade so he could go somewhere and start to fuck again. You're getting rid of a locker room case. He's had some issues, some, some character concerns and distraction issues.

Gorillas do not literally demand trades or have 'locker room' concerns in the human sense.

Interview

Void
May 15, 2026
#30502
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

James Harden is still a prime candidate for a massive playoff collapse

Last night with Mitchell not playing well, all the points off of turnovers, which again, he was, he was guilty of. But look, I just have a super hard time with the way he's officiated. It gets so bad with him that I'm like, well I expect there's gonna be some kind of 30 point game. Yeah. I mean he's got the ball in his hands the entire time. But at the end when he needed the free throws, it's like he missed two of the last four. 'cause it—that tells me there's just something about him.

Harden's playoff legacy is a matter of intense debate, and a single game rarely changes the long-term narrative.
Void
May 15, 2026
#30503
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The Spurs benefited more from a tough first-round series than the Thunder

I feel like San Antonio needed to be challenged more than OKC did. I think San Antonio needed to learn some stuff about themselves that they weren't gonna learn in the Portland series for their first time ever going through it. So even though it's gonna go longer than maybe you'd expect, I, I think there's a benefit to it for them because all of this is just like still new.

This is a philosophical take on 'rest vs. rust' and developmental value in the playoffs.
Open
May 15, 2026
#30504
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Washington Wizards will be a top 8 seed in the Eastern Conference in 2027

We made a bet that the wizards are gonna finish, I think in the top eight next year. And now this is assuming that ad sticks around, which I think he is. And it's assuming that they keep the number one pick. I think that they're gonna be a top eight seed in the east next year.

Predicting a bottom-tier team to make the top 8 seeds within one season is a very bold claim.
Open
May 15, 2026
#30505
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Peterson is a significantly better NBA prospect than Banso

I feel like it's—I I just wouldn't, I don't know anything, but I'm, I'm just telling you like I don't, Peterson is so much better than Banso when they played against each other. And if you don't believe me, gni, who's really good on this stuff, like he had a clip that came out this week where he just goes, Hey, I've watched him play like eight to 10 times in person. I've never once thought Banso was better than him.

Draft outcomes and career trajectories will eventually reveal the better player.
Void
May 15, 2026
#30506
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Chicago is the best city in the U.S. to find an attractive, approachable partner

I'm telling you right now, Chicago is the most attractive slash approachable, fair sex of any major city in the United States. And I'm telling you right now, like you don't have to deal with the northeast thing. You don't have to deal with the Southern... you don't have to deal with the southern California thing. Midwest values, Midwest sensibilities and girls that are cute that you can actually talk to.

This is purely subjective based on Russillo's travels and personal preferences.

Fyre Fest

Void
May 15, 2026·Fyre Fest
#30507
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A blood alcohol content between 0.04 and 0.06 is the peak for performance in precision sports

My hypothesis is that you have to be between like a 0.04 and a 0.06 and that's when you achieve like the best results. Like when you're playing beer pong or you're playing darts or you're playing a, a game like that, maybe even golf.

There is anecdotal evidence (the 'Ballmer Peak') for this, but as a scientific claim, it is subjective and varies by individual.

Softball Drama

Void
Big CatBig Cat

You shouldn't swing as hard as you can in 16-inch softball

It's a 16 inch softball. If you swing as hard as you can against a 16 inch softball, it will always—the entire roster had never played six unit softball before. And the first game, every guy get got up and tried to hit as hard as they could and they all popped out. And I was like, guys, six inch softball is not about swinging hard.

In 16-inch softball, the ball is softer and larger, often making 'swinging for the fences' less effective than line drives or grounders.

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