Thanksgiving Special With Northwestern Coach Pat Fitzgerald And Mark Titus

Tom Brady cannot play after 8 p.m. at night

I'm starting to believe the theory that Tom Brady cannot play after 8 p.m. at night. [PFT: I really do think this is true.] And as the game goes on, he gets worse.

The Buccaneers are a team full of names rather than a cohesive football team

It feels like they have a team full of names and not a football team. You know what I mean? They have some great players, but as a cohesive football team, sometimes it's looked bad against really good opponents.

Bruce Arians needs to start yelling at Tom Brady again

Arians was kind of treating him with kid gloves after the game. He was saying, like, he was taking responsibility and saying that those picks weren't Tom Brady's fault. And it's like, you want Bruce Arians to yell at you and call you a shithead. When he stops calling you a shithead, that's when it becomes an issue.

The Rams are a Super Bowl winning threat because of their matchup advantages

I've been talking about the Rams being a team that I put a future on them to win the Super Bowl like three weeks ago. I think they are a matchup problem for a lot of teams.

The media will start blaming Antonio Brown if the Buccaneers struggle

If the Bucs struggle, they're going to start saying that Antonio Brown, what you get on the field isn't worth what you lose in the locker room. Because – now, I don't fully believe that, but – I do think there's a point where you might have too many weapons.

The winner of Washington vs. Dallas will win the NFC East

I predict the winner of this game [Washington vs Cowboys] wins the NFC Beast.

The Steelers will kill the Ravens on Thanksgiving

The Ravens got the cocoa. The Steelers don't. The Steelers are going to kill them. We thought the Ravens had a chance, but now it's no.

Bill Belichick always beats franchises that historically stink

I also think that Belichick is really good against teams that historically have sucked. Like, I'm always going to look at the Cardinals franchises: Oh, they'll always stink. There's no chance that they can beat Bill Belichick at home.

The Bears are a bad franchise and it is embarrassing to root for them

They're such a bad, bad team. Bad franchise. Fuck, man. It sucks... It's so painful. No one wants to see it... I wish their games were at fucking 3 in the morning. Honestly. On pay-per-view. So you have to choose to opt in to subject yourself to Bears games.

The Washington Football Team pass defense is not actually number one in the NFL

The going from one to five when you say we're number one hurts. [PFT: Out of 32.] Yeah, I know, but that's not number one. It is good, but it's not number one.

Pat Fitzgerald is the most disrespected coach in America

I actually had a spin zone that you are the most disrespected coach in America... Pat Fitzgerald is a great coach and has a very good program, and people should recognize that... They are a good program that is consistently good, and you are a great coach, and people need to recognize that.

Gonzaga has the best potential to win the national title because of their multi-player talent

I think it might be [Gonzaga's year]. Gonzaga's going to be really good. I really do... They have like four guys who are the best player, and I love that because – Yeah, you get these situations that you only get with college sports where you pretend like the guy who's not that talented is actually the best player just because he dies on the floor for you.

Iowa will have the best offense and worst defense of the elite college basketball teams

Iowa is going to be the most fun team in the Big Ten... Iowa is going to try to score 100 points every single time they get on the floor. They're going to give up 93 probably every single game... They might have the best offense in the country, but of all the good teams, they might have the worst defense.

Michigan basketball is energized by the failures of the football program

Michigan's football season [will be more disappointing]. Michigan football sucking powers the basketball program. I really think there's something to that. The worse the football program does, the more people shit on Harbaugh by saying Michigan is a basketball school now, which is good because you're saying that to shit on Harbaugh, but what's happening is a real-life narrative is building that Michigan really is a really good basketball school.

Illinois has the highest ceiling and is the most likely Big Ten team to win a national title

Illinois is the team that is the most likely to win a national title, I think. That, now having said that, they could flame out, but like the, the ceiling, if we're talking like ceilings and floors, Illinois has the highest ceiling to me... I think Illinois is the team I'm the highest on in the Big Ten going into the season.

Rick Pitino will eventually become the head coach at Boston College

I'm calling my shot, is going to be Boston College. Because Boston College is about to fire their coach... It's a Catholic school. Iona's a Catholic school. Rick Pitino's a Catholic man. It all lines up. Old Big East ties. Boston College has like some, you know, they had the 1979 point shaving scandal. They have a little checkered past themselves.

UConn is a blue-blood mid-major

UConn is the only blue-blood mid-major we have in college basketball. I think that's what's so unique about them. They are simultaneously a blue blood, but also a mid-major.