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Shane Gillis on SNL, Notre Dame Football, and New NFL Rules
The NFL is back to its favorite hobby: changing the rules of the game to confuse everyone. The big news out of the league meetings is the banning of the hip-drop tackle, a move that Big Cat and PFT are already predicting will lead to a 15-yard disaster in a crucial playoff moment. It’s a subjective call that’s going to make life a nightmare for defensive players who are just trying to stop a 250-pound tight end from steamrolling them.
PFT CommenterBanning the hip drop tackle is a massive mistake for the NFL
Banning that [swivel hip drop tackle] would be a massive, massive mistake. Mistake, mistake... It's such a subjective call because you have to have certain elements that are involved in the speed that the game's played at. You're gonna have referees that are like, 'I think that was a hip drop tackle. I'm not really sure.'
PFT thinks the referees are going to be guessing half the time, while Big Cat is looking at the ripple effect on the field. If you can't bring a guy down from behind by dropping your weight, certain positions are about to see a massive boost in production.
Big CatBanning the hip drop tackle makes tight ends even more valuable
I also think this now makes the tight end position even more valuable because a lot of the hip drop tackles are defensive back, smaller guys getting beat a little bit and trying to slow down a bigger guy with a hip drop tackle where he is trying to, you know, don't ride on top of him and let him get a couple extra yards. Try to stop his momentum and bring him backwards. I now that you can't do that, I think tight ends are gonna eat in the flats.
On the brighter side, we’re finally getting some life back in the kickoff. The NFL is adopting the XFL-style kickoff where everyone stands still until the ball is caught. PFT is convinced the league played a long game here by making the old kickoff so boring that we’d accept literally anything else.
PFT CommenterThe NFL intentionally made kickoffs unwatchable for years to force fans to accept the new XFL-style rule
What the NFL did was they made kickoffs so shitty for the last couple seasons that now we're welcoming anything that involves a return... The NFL, it was a good job on their part in the long term to make kickoffs unwatchable and so shitty that now they add any sort of element that has return game in it and people are like, 'yeah, this rocks now.'
Shohei and the Sweet 16
Shohei Ohtani finally spoke to the media about the gambling scandal involving his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Big Cat is taking the path of believing the face of baseball until the forensic accountants prove otherwise, but PFT is skeptical of the timing regarding Shohei’s surprise marriage reveal right before the news broke.
PFT CommenterShohei Ohtani revealed his wife as part of a crisis management strategy to distract from the impending gambling scandal
Shohei found out about the investigation, hired a crisis team and then part of their crisis team was like, we need to get ahead of the negative publicity. Let's show everybody your superstar wife.
In college hoops, the Sweet 16 is set. Big Cat is looking for an ironic champion to punish the show for their lack of respect toward a certain ACC program. He’s already preparing to eat a massive amount of crow if the Tigers keep dancing.
Big CatClemson is the most likely underdog to win the national championship because it would be the perfect ironic ending to the tournament
I think Clemson is most likely because Clemson has been ignored by this podcast... So when we say we put out that graphic listing every team but Clemson as teams that could win the national title, they have that bookmark that will be the perfect ending to March Madness if Clemson wins it all.
Shane Gillis in Studio
The long-awaited Shane Gillis interview finally happened. Shane came by the Chicago studio to talk about the whirlwind of hosting SNL, his upcoming Netflix series *Tires*, and his deep-rooted obsession with Notre Dame football. Despite being a superstar, Shane is still the same guy who quit West Point after three weeks and spent his early twenties coaching peewee football to fulfill community service requirements.
Big Cat asked the tough questions, specifically about which championship Shane would value more: his beloved Eagles or the Fighting Irish. Shane didn't hesitate.
Shane GillisI would trade an Eagles Super Bowl victory for a Notre Dame National Championship
Wait, would you rather have a Notre Dame national title than an Eagles Super Bowl? [Shane Gillis]: Yes. Without a doubt. No doubt. Yeah.
They also got into the return of the NCAA Football video game. Shane is planning to go off the grid once it drops, though PFT has some theories on why Arch Manning decided to keep his likeness out of the game for now.
PFT CommenterArch Manning opted out of the college football video game to protect his teammate Quinn Ewers from fan pressure
I think it's because... if you're a Texas fan, every Texas fan that plays the Longhorns would [put in Arch]. And then everyone's gonna be like, yo fuck Quinn Ewers. Why is he playing in real life? Because everyone's playing his Arch in the video game. And I think Arch was trying to be a good teammate to be like, I don't want all this pressure on my teammate Quinn.
Shane shared what it was like returning to SNL years after being fired, including the awkwardness of sitting in the same offices where his "cancellation" originally went down. He credited Lorne Michaels for having his back during the monologue and letting him be himself, even if that meant making some people in the front row a little uncomfortable.
Shane GillisThe upcoming election cycle will swing the comedy pendulum back toward censorship and sensitivity
I think this election's gonna swing it back. It'll go back to being [sensitive]. It'll go back... It's gonna get hot on the streets.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Hot Seat is Jontay Porter, who is currently under investigation for prop betting irregularities. It’s a bad look for the NBA when a guy’s "under" becomes the most popular bet of the night right before he leaves a game with an eye injury.
HankThe NBA investigation into Jontay Porter for prop betting irregularities is a bad look
My Hot Seat is Jontay Porter. Raptors center is under an NBA investigation into irregularities on his prop betting involving him. There was a couple times where he basically started a game, took himself out because of a eye injury. And on those games there was a bunch of action on his prop bets. Unders... This is bad.
Cool Throne is Caleb Williams, who showed up to a USC game with a pink phone and matching nails. While the internet was losing its mind, Big Cat was busy defending his future quarterback’s honor.
Big CatCaleb Williams having a pink phone and pink nails is cool and masculine
Speaking of Caleb Williams, he's got a cool pink phone... He was at the USC game last night. He has a pink phone. Got people really upset. I say maybe think differently. He's so advanced. He knows that pink phones are cool.
We wrapped things up with some Mad Online, where Hank expressed the frustration every golf fan feels when they realize they still can't watch the most important tournament of the year without navigating five different apps.
HankMasters TV coverage is a joke because fans can't watch it all live
Best golf tournament of the year. And we cannot watch all of it live in 2024. It's a joke. Put it all on TV or online. I don't care. But I wanna watch it Thursday morning.
Keep an eye on those tight ends this fall, because the hip-drop ban is basically an invitation to run through everyone in the secondary.
