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Steve-O, CFB On The Ropes And The PGA Championship

Monday, August 10, 202020 takes

College Football is officially on the ropes. We talk about the lack of a cool billionaire to come save the day really fucking sucks and why cancelling the CFB season may not be as smart as people think ( - ). PGA Champion Colin Morikawa turned a thrilling tourney into a cakewalk on the final 2 holes ( - ). Who’s back of the week ( - ). Steve-O joins the show to talk about his new special, Jackass, his favorite stunt, how stunts get assigned and how he can puke just from thinking about puking (.- ). Segments include hockey talk, this league, and Billy’s list

Steve-O, College Football on Life Support, and PGA Championship

Big Cat and PFT Commenter are in mourning. The MAC has fallen, and with the Big Ten expected to follow any minute, the college football season is officially on the ropes. The tragedy of the situation isn't just the lack of Saturdays on the couch, it is the fact that the NCAA refuses to acknowledge the obvious solution sitting right in front of them.

Void
Aug 10, 2020
#4266
Big CatBig Cat

College football would happen if the NCAA paid the athletes and made them employees

This is the one sport where they don't pay their athletes and if they pay their athletes, I actually think it would happen. They wish it'd basically be like, hey, do you want to get paid? Okay... the problem is the NCAA will do everything including cancel a season before they pay their athlete.

This is a subjective labor theory, though history shows the NCAA fought pay until legally forced via NIL.

While the guys searched for a "cool billionaire" to save the sport, Big Cat noted that the real casualty of a canceled season might be the health and well-being of the coaches themselves. Without the structure of a game week, certain legends might not survive the autumn.

Void
Aug 10, 2020
#27719
Big CatBig Cat

Nick Saban is more likely to die from having no football than from COVID-1{9}

The likelihood that [Nick Saban] dies from having no football is actually way higher than the likelihood that he dies from coronavirus. Exactly. You are putting his life at risk people who are deciding to cancel this.

This is a hyperbolic and sarcastic claim that cannot be literally verified.

Despite the doom and gloom, we did have a major champion crowned this weekend. Collin Morikawa won the PGA Championship with an eagle on 16 that was pure filth. Big Cat was quick to jump to the defense of his good friend Brooks Koepka, who struggled on Sunday while clearly dealing with some physical issues.

Win
Aug 10, 2020
#4269
Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka was clearly injured at the PGA Championship and everyone mocking him should go fuck themselves

Brooks lost the course one. What the fuck do you want from us? Of course one this weekend. He didn't have he was hurt... if we were to make an excuse for Brooks, he was so clearly hurt and anyone who's talking bad about him right now can go fuck themselves.

Koepka did have knee and hip issues throughout 2020 that required surgery later, supporting the claim that he was physically compromised.

Steve-O Joins the Show

The guys were joined by the legend himself, Steve-O, for an interview that felt like a total Chris Farley moment. Steve-O talked about his new special, *Gnarly*, and what it’s like to be over a decade sober while still doing the most insane stunts imaginable. He explained that his motivation hasn't changed just because he's off the drugs.

Void
Aug 10, 2020
#4271
Steve-OSteve-O

I didn't need drugs or alcohol to do stunts because I am just a sober attention whore

I just learned that you take away the drugs and the alcohol from the waste an attention whore and then you get a sober attention whore and that's like really that's all there is to it. I never took painkillers for pain and I never did stunts because I was loaded. I just am an attention whore.

This is a personal characterization of his own motivation.

Reflecting on the legacy of *Jackass*, Steve-O shared his perspective on why the show resonated so deeply with people across the globe. While others saw it as chaos, he saw it as something far more positive.

Void
Aug 10, 2020
#4270
Steve-OSteve-O

The genius of Jackass is its wholesomeness and lack of mean-spiritedness toward third parties

There's also finally something I believe actually pretty wholesome about the fact that and there's nothing mean-spirited and what we're doing... we're Reckless or we do terrible things to ourselves and to each other, but we're never cruel to third parties or to anybody else. So, you know, It's weird to say Jackass is wholesome but I think it does apply.

While subjective, this is a widely held view among fans and critics of the franchise's longevity.

Big Cat pushed back slightly, arguing that the secret sauce wasn't just the stunts, but the chemistry of the cast.

Void
Aug 10, 2020
#27723
Big CatBig Cat

The true genius of Jackass is the genuine friendship and laughter between the cast

I think it is also just friendship like you guys always came across as, yeah, you'd fight or there be fucked up things you do to each other, but you'd always make each other laugh and when you make each other laugh it like kind of fills the room of like, oh my God, they're having a great time.

This is a subjective analysis of a show's appeal.

Steve-O confirmed that *Jackass 4* is indeed in the works, and despite production being halted by the pandemic, the footage they already have is some of the most intense they've ever filmed.

Win
Aug 10, 2020
#4272
Steve-OSteve-O

Jackass 4 will be a hit because the first week of production was explosive

We were one week into production where when she got shut down, but that's actually a good thing because that week was so barking explosive... in that one week we proved ourselves... there's full confidence for me that it's going to be a hit.

Jackass Forever was released in 2022 to critical acclaim and strong box office results.

Who’s Back and This League

Who’s Back of the week featured Phil Collins trending on iTunes and the return of Derrick Rose, specifically his new footwear. Big Cat wasn't exactly a fan of the aesthetic, comparing the new Yeezy collaboration to something you'd see in a Sunday morning cartoon.

Void
Aug 10, 2020·Who's Back
#27721
Big CatBig Cat

Derrick Rose's new Yeezy shoes look like a cartoon fish skeleton

The ye ziddi roses... It looks like a fish in a cartoon after they eat it. Pretty much... like a herringbone that's been sucked dry by a cartoon cat.

The appearance of footwear is entirely subjective.

In the NBA bubble, Damian Lillard has been on a tear, not just on the court but in his post-game beef with the Clippers. After Patrick Beverley and Paul George clowned him for missing free throws, Dame reminded everyone why he's the one guy you don't want to talk trash to.

Void
Aug 10, 2020·This League
#27727
Big CatBig Cat

Damian Lillard's loyalty gives him the right to call out Paul George for switching teams

And then Dame obviously said Paul George like you keep, you know, switching teams. You don't want the hard work, which if you're Damian Lillard you get to say that argument because you are you have it in for the Trailblazers your entire life. You get to make that argument.

This is an opinion on the relative standing of two NBA stars in a public feud.

To wrap things up, Billy Football returned to the show after his brief exile to warn the world about the "murder seeds" being mailed from China. According to Billy's deep dive, we are currently facing an agricultural threat specifically targeted at our most precious fall traditions.

Loss
Billy FootballBilly Football

The seeds from China are 'murder gourds' designed to destroy American pumpkins and cancel Halloween

He planted him seeds and a gourd pops out. Personally I think that the gourd was... going to try to harm American gourds with some sort of disease or murder gourds. And guess what's a very American gourd? Pumpkin. Trying to cancel Halloween exactly.

The mystery seeds were later determined to be a 'brushing' scam and were typically standard garden seeds, not biological weapons designed to kill pumpkins.

If the college football season is truly dead, at least we have Billy's impending athletic comeback to look forward to.

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More Takes

Win
Aug 10, 2020
#4265
Big CatBig Cat

The Big Ten will announce they are canceling the college football season on Monday

As we're sitting here right now, it feels like the Big Ten is going to announce that they're canceling on Monday. And then who knows what's gonna happen? Like I could still see the SEC being like fuck everyone were playing.

The Big Ten announced the postponement of the fall season on August 11, 2020.
Loss
Aug 10, 2020
#4267
Billy FootballBilly Football

One in 50 offensive linemen will die from a heart attack during a game

Billy told us a fact that one in 50 offensive linemen will die from a heart attack during a game which I don't know where he got that fact out of his ass literally just said that before the show.

There is no medical or historical data to support that 2% of all offensive linemen die of heart attacks during games.
Win
Aug 10, 2020
#4268
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler on Monday Night Football will be phenomenal

One positive. Let's finish this with one positive Kirk Herbstreit, Chris Fowler on Monday Night Football will be phenomenal. They're a great Monday Night Football both they and they're going to call Monday night.

The duo called the first game of a Week 1 doubleheader and were generally well-received.
Void
Aug 10, 2020
#27720
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

In a baseball brawl, if you call a pitcher out and they charge the mound, you are obligated to fight them yourself

I think that that's bullshit. If you call a guy and you say come over and the guy starts running at you to fight you have to fight that guy. You can't rely on your spry young players to like catch the guy and intercept them on the way in and let them fight them. You initiated the fight you got to finish it.

This is a subjective opinion on unwritten rules of sportsmanship.
Void
Aug 10, 2020·Who's Back
#27722
Big CatBig Cat

Under Armour shoe designers get their design inspiration from the $10 shoe aisle at Walmart

I think the Under Armour shoe designer just goes to Walmart and sees like all the, you know, the $10 shoes you can buy at Walmart and the star berries are there... and says cool, I'm just going to model all my shoes off of this.

This is a satirical jab at a brand's design philosophy.
Void
Aug 10, 2020
#27724
Steve-OSteve-O

Any stunt is automatically cooler if the person doing it is on fire

My rule was always like no matter what you do, it's cooler if you're on fire. I was always on fire so that sold out a ton of footage.

This is a subjective artistic preference for stunt design.
Void
Aug 10, 2020
#27725
Steve-OSteve-O

TMZ's journalistic integrity is solid because they don't get stories wrong

I've always had a pretty good relationship with TMZ. And that's where I get my news, you know? It's not anybody smoke anybody says the TMZ is like tabloid trash because doing there and their journalistic integrity is so solid. Yeah, you know, they don't get anything wrong.

Journalistic integrity is a qualitative judgment, though TMZ is often cited for its speed and accuracy on breaking celebrity deaths.
Void
Aug 10, 2020
#27726
Big CatBig Cat

I will take the immediate gratification of playoff hockey over a top draft pick every single time

I know you could have gotten the first overall pick, but you know, what, would you rather have like a week and a half? Oh a combination of misery and pain and maybe a couple glimpses of Awesomeness now or You rather wait for years to maybe have a good player. I would take the immediate gratification every single time.

This is a personal preference regarding team management philosophy.
Void
Aug 10, 2020·This League
#4273
Big CatBig Cat

Draymond Green's $50,000 fine for recruiting Devin Booker was worth it

Draymond get fined $50,000 for saying Devin Booker needs to get out of the Phoenix on the set of TNT. Well, so people are saying that there shouldn't be these tampering laws anymore like $50,000 of Draymond Green is absolutely nothing. It's actually probably worth it in terms of just the message that he was sending to Booker.

The value of a fine is subjective to the player and the goal of the tampering.
Loss
Billy FootballBilly Football

I am going to make a comeback in college football

I've actually been having very vivid dreams of playing football lately... I went camping over the weekend... I really just started... I think I'm gonna make a comeback. I'm not sure how that's gonna happen.

Billy did not return to play competitive college football after this date.

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