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Super Bowl Champion Chris Long

Friday, February 10, 201711 takes

College basketball season is back and we miss Dickie V calling the big UNC/Duke game ( -). Charles Oakley vs James Dolan and a power rankings of ex-athletes you would least want to fight ( - ). Super Bowl Champion Chris Long joins the show to talk about Bill Belichick smiling, what the halftime locker room was like in the Super Bowl, and the first 15 minutes after winning the big game ( - ). Segments include Mike Greenberg's dumb rules, Sabermetrics, Perspective, Respect the Biz, As A White Guy, Emergency Who's Back, PR 101 for Sean Spice on how to deal with big J Journalists and Jimbos of the week.

Recap

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Duke will make a deep tournament run and possibly win the national title

This is a classic. Duke is going to make a run and then maybe win the national title. I'm going to hate everything.

Duke lost in the Round of 32 to South Carolina in the 2017 tournament. UNC won the title.
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Grayson Allen will be a first-round NBA draft pick

Were we saying before that Grayson Allen's going to be a top 10 pick? Top first round pick? No. He's going to be first round pick. Maybe very, very late.

Grayson Allen was drafted 21st overall (first round) by the Utah Jazz in the 2018 NBA Draft.
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James Dolan planted security to get Charles Oakley banned from MSG

I think it's James Dolan continues to disrespect the Garden by putting out awful teams and not caring. And I think, stay woke, that was all a plant to get him [Oakley] banned from the Garden forever because if you noticed, it was security guards all around him. He got mad because I think that's just Charles Oakley's resting heartbeat.

While Dolan did ban Oakley, there's no evidence it was a premeditated 'plant' rather than a spontaneous confrontation, though Dolan's management of the situation was widely criticized.
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Disrespecting Madison Square Garden should be a hate crime

If you disrespect the Garden, it should be a hate crime. There are certain places that, as an American, it's like Madison Square Garden, Lambeau Field, the gym where they filmed Hoosiers. If you disrespect those places, it's a hate crime.

This is a satirical opinion and cannot be factually correct.

Interview

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Bill Belichick is the greatest coach of all time

I do think he's the greatest coach of all time. And, you know, any curve ball you get on Super Bowl Sunday, you might think it's, the hill's too steep, but, you know, guys were just conditioned to be able to go out there, hit the curve ball, keep rolling.

While subjective, Belichick is widely considered the greatest or one of the greatest coaches in NFL history.
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Chris Long is not retiring after his first Super Bowl win

I'm not retiring, but I don't know what I'm doing. ... If I retire, you probably won't even know. ... Breaking news. I'm not retiring.

Chris Long went on to play two more seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, winning another Super Bowl, before retiring in 2019.
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Tom Brady has definitely heard the Pardon My Take podcast

Tom's definitely heard you guys. Statistically, I mean, statistically speaking, there's not that many people who haven't. So Hank, if you're listening, [Tom] knows exactly who you are.

While Brady has never explicitly confirmed being a regular listener, he has acknowledged Barstool and the show's existence in various media interactions over the years.

As A White Guy

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Take Slip·Feb 10, 2017·As A White Guy
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Mike Tirico replacing Bob Costas is a win for white media members

NBC announced that Bob Costas is handing over Olympic duty to Mike Tirico. And if you remember, Mike Tirico is a white guy, as he said. ... As a white guy, I'm happy that Bob Costas is passing off the Olympic coverage to another white guy. It's good to see the white guys keep their jobs in the media business.

This is a satirical commentary on Tirico's public statements regarding his race and Bob Costas's retirement.

Who Is Back

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The CFL is the perfect place for Johnny Manziel to start a comeback

Johnny Manziel is back. He has reportedly had a tryout with the CFL, which the CFL is exactly where Johnny Manziel needs to start his comeback.

Manziel did eventually play in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes in 2018, though his comeback was ultimately unsuccessful.

Other

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MLB's extra innings rule changes are a David Stern-style publicity stunt

David Stern used to do this all the time in the middle of the summer when the NBA wasn't getting any headlines. ... I think MLB is trying to do something. Super Bowl just ended. They're trying to get everyone back into baseball season, get some people talking about baseball. So let's just throw a stupid rule out there that's never going to work.

The rule was initially criticized as a gimmick but was implemented in the minor leagues and eventually the major leagues permanently in 2023.
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The NFL's concussion rate dropped because Peyton Manning retired

It's funny how the NFL, they dropped their concussion numbers after Peyton Manning left the league. Peyton Manning, he who would always lead Austin Collie and Tony Gonzalez into traffic, and Wes Welker. He was single-handedly jacking up the league's concussion rate.

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While Manning's style did lead to high-impact hits for his receivers, attributing the entire league's statistical drop to one player's retirement is satirical exaggeration.