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Sonny Dykes on TCU’s Run and PFT Celebrates the End of Dan Snyder
We had to record this one early because Big Cat, PFT, and the rest of the crew were heading to Chicago, but the energy was high because the sports world is shifting. Before we could even get into the NFL slate, we had to address the elephant in the room: Max is absolutely going through it. After the Phillies got no-hit, the vibes in the room were split between Max’s genuine pain and the rest of the crew trying to predict a Game 5 bounce back. Big Cat went bold with a revenge prediction for the ages.
Big CatThe Phillies will no-hit the Astros in Game 5 of the World Series
I'm gonna say Phillies five Astros zero. They get no hit. Yeah, I just, I reversed it. I reversed the no-hitter on their ass.
PFT was a bit more grounded but still siding with the Fightins, predicting a high-scoring affair where they finally find some life at the plate.
PFT CommenterThe Phillies will beat the Astros 7-4 in Game 5 of the World Series
I do think that the Phillies come out and they win tonight. I think they mash again... I'm going with Philly's seven Astros four.
The Liberation of PFT
The biggest news of the decade for the DMV area dropped just as we were getting started. Dan Snyder is finally, potentially, mercifully exploring a sale of the Washington Commanders. PFT was practically floating, calling it the second-best sports day of his life behind only the Caps winning the Cup. After years of being held hostage by the worst owner in professional sports, the light at the end of the tunnel is finally visible.
PFT CommenterDan Snyder is officially going to sell the Washington Commanders
I've talked to enough people behind the scenes to know that Dan Snyder is in fact going to sell the Washington Commanders. Yesterday was no joke, the second best sports day of my entire life.
Week 9 NFL Picks and Preview
Moving into the NFL preview, the board is looking a little thin, but that didn't stop the takes from flying. PFT is out on Aaron Rodgers, noting that the "Covid Thumb" might be the ultimate built-in excuse for a guy whose play has fallen off a cliff.
PFT CommenterAaron Rodgers is legitimately bad right now and it is not a fluke
I think that this is like, it's not a fluke that [Aaron Rogers] sucks right now. If he wants to, this is a perfect excuse for him. Just be like, 'Yeah, my thumb is extreme. The doctor said that he is never seen a worse thumb than mine.'
Big Cat brought some heavy-duty analytics to the table, specifically regarding the Buccaneers. If you’re betting on Tom Brady, you better check the sunset times first because the GOAT apparently loses all his powers once the stadium lights come on.
Big CatNever bet on Tom Brady in a night game
The Tom Brady day verse night thing is very real and he is old. And so since he's gone to the Bucs, he's 22 and 12 against the spread at daytime and he's two and 11 against the spread at nighttime. So we gotta just make sure we never bet on Tom Brady at night again.
We also got a legendary "Billy being Billy" moment when discussing the Jets. Billy Football has managed to convince himself that Zach Wilson’s interceptions aren't a sign of poor decision-making, but rather a symptom of being too talented for the league he plays in.
Billy FootballZach Wilson is 'overqualified' for the NFL and that's why he struggles
The guy is so capable of throwing absolute bombs and dimes that when he can't and has to make the start decision and not make a gigantic play... he's just so good... he's overqualified for his job. Seriously. It's like, it's like he's so talented that he doesn't like other, I got it. Like people with less talented arms work on being game managers.
Big Cat also highlighted a truly bizarre trend involving the Carolina Panthers. Apparently, playing the Panthers is so physically or mentally draining that no one can recover in time for their next game.
Big CatTeams that play the Panthers lose their following game
Do you know that teams that play the Panthers the next week, they're 0-7. Every team that's played the Panthers the following week, they lose their next game... You either you get beaten up by them and you're still sore going to the next game or they're just so bad that you think that this is what NFL football is like.
Sonny Dykes on the Undefeated Horned Frogs
TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes joined the show to talk about the incredible run the Horned Frogs are on. He was incredibly candid about his staff’s "fake script" bits from the Texas Tech days with Mike Leach and Dana Holgorsen. Dykes also gave some major flowers to his quarterback Max Duggan, who has turned into a legitimate Heisman contender under his watch.
Sonny DykesMax Duggan is one of the best players in college football right now
I think now [Max Duggan] is really developed into into a great quarterback. And I think one of the guys that's probably playing as well as anybody in college football right now.
Dykes has a history of coaching absolute freaks, and he reminisced about his time at Arizona with a young Rob Gronkowski. Before Gronk was a four-time Super Bowl champ, he was a high school kid with a squat rack in his living room and a mono diagnosis.
Sonny DykesRob Gronkowski was the most dominant college player ever
[Rob Gronkowski] was just the most dominant college football player that I'd ever been around... I remember thinking, you know, he's gonna go some to some NFL team. If he can stay healthy, he's gonna have a hell of a career. And he even surpassed my expectations.
To wrap up the football talk, Dykes looked toward the future of the game. While everyone is obsessed with the Air Raid, he thinks the next evolution of offensive dominance involves going back to the basics and mixing in some old-school triple-option looks.
Sonny DykesThe next big football innovation is Triple Option integrated into the Spread
I think you're gonna start maybe seeing some teams start to run a little bit more triple option... get integrated in some of the spread things, you know, a little bit of veer concept as a run game into into a spread type of offense. You talk about a pain in the rear end defensively, that would be a tough thing to defend.
If the Horned Frogs keep this up, Big Cat and PFT might actually have to start watching more than just the fourth quarter of Big 12 games.
Hopefully, by next week, Dan Snyder is actually gone and Max has stopped crying about the Phillies.
