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Ryen Russillo, Mt Rushmore Of Best Feelings, Hank Lit The Lighthouse And Preseason Hype

Monday, August 19, 202410 takes

Hank is back and we get the full recap of his big day as keeper of the lighthouse. Patrick Mahomes is not fair. We talk preseason football and Simone Biles jacket (-). Who’s back of the week and we may have found the Busters guy (-). Ryen Russillo joins us in person on the RV to talk everything, including the untold BVT stories (-). We finish with Mt Rushmore of best feelings (-).

Interview

Loss
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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HewyHewy

Angel Reese will be a 20 and 10 player every day and is the WNBA Rookie of the Year

Angel Reese. Yeah. Angel. I love Angel Reese. I think she has like Rodman level rebounding. I fucking love her. If I had to [vote Rookie of the Year], yeah. She'll be a 20 and 10 every day.

Caitlin Clark ultimately won the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year award in a nearly unanimous vote.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Current political polling is useless because voters cannot maintain a consistent opinion for more than three days

I think a snapshot of any polling number right now is the dumbest... the swings in a very short amount of time. It's because no one, no one side can keep their shit together for more than three days. I don't understand like, the polling of one phenomenon that we have. I don't know that the tides are turning nearly as fast as everybody's pretending as it does day to day.

This is a meta-commentary on media consumption and data validity, which is inherently subjective but reflects a common critique of polling.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

College football realignment has killed the cultural and visual identity of the sport

What I loved about the sport was that a PAC-12 game looked like a PAC-12 game. And then culturally, when you would visit all of these different places, the fan bases were lined in a very conference... It just made sense. Now it feels off. It feels weird. The death of the PAC-12 is sad. It's sad. It is sad.

While realignment is a fact, the 'sadness' and loss of 'feel' are subjective opinions on the quality of the product.
Open
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The Denver Nuggets will win the 2025 NBA Championship

I think it's really, really tough to repeat. So I'll just say Nuggets.

The 2024-25 NBA season has not concluded.
Open
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The 12-team Playoff expansion will only move the goalposts for ranking arguments without solving them

I just can't wait for the 12, 13, 14 team arguments. Maybe Tulane. And there's gonna be a 14 Colorado, like a team ranked 14th. You're gonna be like, you stink. You haven't beaten anyone. And you won a chance for the national championship. I don't know that the projection of the 12 teams is like... it's not that fucking hard.

Based on past history of expansion (NCAA tournament), the bubble argument always exists regardless of field size.

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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HankHank

The Matthew Judon trade was the best outcome for both the Patriots and Judon

Matthew Judon, that happened the day after we recorded. He did get traded. I mean, he's a little bit older. He wasn't probably gonna resign. I think, but they realize it's probably best for both parties to trade them. So it was good. You know, everybody's happy.

Judon was traded to the Falcons on August 14, 2024. Whether it's 'best' is subjective, but it facilitated the Patriots' rebuild.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Patrick Mahomes is so good at football that he is throwing behind-the-back passes out of boredom

I said that it should have been taunting running that play because Patrick Mahomes is now bored of football. He's so good at football that he he can't play like a normal quarterback because it's too easy for him. So he just ups the difficulty level. Now he's throwing behind the back passes.

Mahomes literally said in a post-game quote that he threw it out of spite/frustration with Kelce's route, supporting the 'not a normal play' theory.
Open
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

Caleb Williams will be the Bears' quarterback for the next 15 years

I was in the car with my kids and I was just thinking like, what if Caleb Williams is awesome for like the next 15 years and my kids like, go to college and Caleb Williams is still the Bears quarterback. Yeah. It could be. What if they're like literally starting college and they're like, yeah, it's more just, I just grew up with Caleb Williams.

Only time will tell if Williams lasts 15 years in Chicago, which is rare in modern football.
Open
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jaden Daniels' floor is Josh Allen

My biggest fear now is that Jaden Daniels is gonna be so goddamn good and that Jaden Daniels is gonna be awesome. Like I'm talking Joe Burrow, I'm talking Josh Allen... I'd say minimum, minimum, Josh Allen.

Daniels has had a promising start to his rookie season, but claiming Josh Allen is his 'minimum' remains highly debatable and likely incorrect regarding his actual floor.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 19, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The worst NFL team would win gold in Olympic flag football with only one hour of practice

I think if you took the worst NFL team and then made them the flag football team, they would probably win the gold. An hour. They'd probably pick it up an hour.

Flag football has different rules, but the athletic gap between an NFL practice squad and non-pro flag players is immense.