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Paul Bissonnette, Mike Miller, and Chuck Liddell on Thanksgiving Traditions
We have officially reached the best stretch of the calendar year. Big Cat and PFT are ready to mail it in for five straight days of gambling, eating, and avoiding family interaction. PFT is already looking ahead to the New Year, declaring that the corporate world is effectively shuttered until January.
PFT CommenterNo work gets done in corporate America between the day before Thanksgiving and January 3rd
I would go one step further than that and say the year's over. No work gets done in corporate America between the day before Thanksgiving and, you know, after New Year's... and January 3rd. Get those out-of-office replies ready.
The Monday Night Football shootout between the Rams and Chiefs set the stage for the week, though Big Cat couldn't help but notice the inevitable overreactions regarding the "death of defense." Despite the 54-51 scoreline, Big Cat remains skeptical that some players are truly as dominant as the box score suggests.
Big CatI'm still holding onto my take that Aaron Donald is too undersized to be successful
What Aaron Donald is doing as an interior lineman is insane. I still think [Donald] is too undersized to be successful... the people who are yelling that this is not football anymore, I think that's a little bit of an overreaction.
Thanksgiving Picks and Takesgiving
The slate for Thursday is loaded with storylines, specifically the Bears traveling to Detroit on a short week. PFT is backing the Monsters of the Midway to handle business against the Lions, even with questions surrounding Mitch Trubisky’s shoulder.
PFT CommenterI'm taking the Bears -3.5 against the Lions on Thanksgiving
Right now the Bears are favored by 3.5 points. I like the Bears. The defense looks legit... I would take them by 10.
Moving to the afternoon window, the guys looked at the NFC East clash between the Redskins and Cowboys. While PFT is riding with the "Cowboy Killer" Colt McCoy to keep things close, Big Cat is eyeing a defensive struggle in Big D.
PFT CommenterI'm taking the Redskins +7.5 against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving
Listen, 7.5 is a lot to give to Colt McCoy. Colt McCoy, he's a cowboy killer... I'm going to take the Redskins.
Big CatI'm taking the under in the Redskins-Cowboys Thanksgiving game
I think the under's the way to go here. 40 and a half? Yeah, I feel like both these teams are going to struggle often. They both have good defenses.
In Hot Seat/Cool Throne, the guys checked in on the dumpster fire that is the Washington Wizards. After reports of John Wall and Bradley Beal feuding with everyone from the coaching staff to the front office, Big Cat thinks it's time to pull the plug on the current roster.
Big CatThe Washington Wizards need to blow up their roster because the players hate each other
Washington Wizards are a dumpster fire... The whole team just hates each other. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result... Why wouldn't you trade someone? Because, I mean, they tried, and it still hasn't worked. Just blow the whole thing up.
Meanwhile, PFT has a radical solution for Markelle Fultz’s ongoing shooting woes that involves a trip to the Amazon jungle rather than a shooting coach.
PFT CommenterAyahuasca could help fix Markelle Fultz's mental block
That could actually probably help Markelle Fultz because it's all in his mind. [Ayahuasca] will clear you up... his brain is broken.
Paul Bissonnette on NHL Parity and Judge Judy
Our good friend Biz Nasty joined the show to discuss the NHL season and his budding media empire with Spittin' Chicklets. Biz broke down why the NHL's structure creates a better product than the super-team era of the NBA, even if he admits the NBA wins the drama category.
Paul BissonnetteNHL parity is what makes it superior to all other major sports
To me, the parity is what strengthens the NHL over all the other major sports... things are constantly shaken up because of those rules... in the NBA, it's just like, hey, who's going to play the Warriors?
Paul BissonnetteThe NBA off-court drama is more entertaining than the actual games
The NBA is like – I find the off-court stuff more entertaining than the actual product itself and that's why I think that it's it's such a [successful] league... because people are just obsessed with the drama. It's like an episode of WAGS but you don't even need the wives or girlfriends, you need the players.
The conversation turned to Jalen Ramsey’s claim that he could play pro hockey. Biz gave the Jaguars cornerback some credit for his freakish athleticism but suggested he might want to keep his day job before trying to grind it out in the minor leagues.
Paul BissonnetteJalen Ramsey could eventually play in the fourth-tier SPHL with six months of training
If he had six months of elite training as far as becoming a hockey player, I think that he could maybe make the ECHL... I'll bump that down even more. Maybe the SPHL, which is the fourth league. And at that point, you're making $250 a week... but mentally he wouldn't understand the game much.
Beyond hockey, Biz used his platform to air a very specific grievance against a television icon. After hearing a story about a friend’s encounter with Judge Judy at a restaurant, Biz is officially off the Judy bandwagon.
Paul BissonnetteJudge Judy is extremely rude and needs to mind her own business
I'm not a big Judge Judy fan. She's just very rude to people. Like, 'no, shut up.' I'm not down with that... [She] grabbed my friend's hat and took it off and said, 'you know, take your hat off in a restaurant' and walked away. I was fuming when he told me this. My blood was boiling... I would have given her the finger wave and I would have went back at her.
Mike Miller and Chuck Liddell
Double NBA Champion and noted LeBron apologist Mike Miller called in to talk about his new gig on Penny Hardaway’s staff at Memphis. Big Cat and PFT tried to get the scoop on the nation’s top recruit, and Big Cat isn't waiting for an official announcement to declare victory for the Tigers.
Big CatJames Wiseman is going to sign with Memphis
He's going to sign with Memphis on Tuesday... He's going to sign with Memphis.
Miller also shared some incredible insights from his time playing alongside LeBron James, including a weighing-room story that defies the laws of biology.
Mike MillerLeBron James weighed more after playing a game than he did before it
I literally watched the man. He was actually seven pounds [heavier]. In Miami, you weighed in before games and after games. The man weighed at 260 before the game, and he got done playing 42 minutes and had crazy stats and ended up weighing in at 267. He's not human.
To wrap things up, the Iceman himself, Chuck Liddell, hopped on to preview his trilogy fight against Tito Ortiz. There is zero love lost between the two legends, and Chuck expects the night to end very early for Tito.
Chuck LiddellI'm going to knock out Tito Ortiz in the first round
I actually am thinking I'm going to knock him out in the first round... I don't expect to make that [past] the first round.
Make sure you deep fry your turkey correctly this year by following PFT’s foolproof, totally safe instructions.
PFT CommenterThe best way to deep fry a turkey is to make sure it is completely frozen
The best way to prepare a turkey, in my opinion, is by deep frying it... If you deep fry it, make sure that it's completely frozen... A lot of people burn their house down every year, so make sure it's totally frozen. And then drop it from a high surface area and make sure it all spills over and do it indoors.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except Darren Rovell.
