Tiffani Thiessen on Saved By The Bell, CFB Chaos with Andy Staples, and Week 15 Picks
The Chargers and Raiders kicked off the weekend with a game so fundamentally broken it could only be described as drunk football. Anthony Lynn continues to be a marvel of modern science, proving that a head coach can actually be allergic to the concept of time. Big Cat and PFT watched in real-time as Justin Herbert bailed out a coach who seems to have a dead bird for a brain.
Anthony Lynn is the dumbest coach in football history
Anthony Lynn is the dumbest coach that has ever been created in coaching history. And he fumbled again. He had a bird brain. He has a goddamn bird inside of the skull. Now the bird's dead because even the bird can't stand hanging out with him.
While Herbert looked like a superstar, the other side of the ball left much to be desired. Jon Gruden’s Raiders are sliding back into the abyss, and despite the nostalgia people have for the Silver and Black, the numbers don't lie about Gruden's second stint. Big Cat isn't buying the hype that this team has actually turned a corner.
Jon Gruden is not a good head coach
Is Jon Gruden a good head coach? Jon Gruden, his last six seasons as a NFL head coach... Jon Gruden is 40 and 61. That's really bad. Everyone routes for the Raiders to be good because it's fun when the Raiders are good. I think we've willed it to happen a little early here.
Week 15 Preview and The Cant Lose Parlay
Looking ahead to the rest of the NFL slate, the Bills are the talk of the league after dismantling the Steelers. While the world is finally waking up to how good Josh Allen is, Big Cat is worried that the collective media hype is going to ruin the good vibes in Buffalo. We've known they were a wagon for months; we don't need talking heads jinxing the process now.
The Buffalo Bills are in danger of being jinxed by media hype
I am slightly nervous about the hype for the bills. It feels like too many people... decided here's my hot take: the bills are really good. It's like, yeah, we've known they've been really good. As soon as everyone starts saying the bills are incredible, I feel like they're jinxing them.
In the NFC, the Packers are sitting pretty at 10-3, but there's a nagging stat that suggests they might be a paper tiger when the playoffs arrive. They haven't exactly been world-beaters against the league's elite, and Big Cat thinks their lack of wins against winning teams will eventually be their undoing.
The Packers will not win the Super Bowl if they continue to struggle against teams with winning records
The Packers are 10 and 3. They're 1 and 2 against teams with winning records. Okay. That's I mean, that's not, if they go 1 and 2, and then they go 1 in 2 in the playoffs, they will not win the Super Bowl. That's true. In fact... but he still wouldn't wear this to win the Super Bowl. That's a fact.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, the hope that kills is back. After a few weeks of Mitchell Trubisky looking like a functional human being against terrible defenses, the playoff math is actually starting to look feasible. It's a dangerous place for any Bears fan to be.
The Bears have a 90% chance to make the playoffs if they win out
If the Bears have a 20% chance to get to the playoffs right now, if they win this game against the Vikings, they have a 43% chance. If they win the following week against the Jags, it's now 53% chance. If they win against the Packers, 90% chance. So if they win out, they have a 90% chance to go to the playoffs.
Andy Staples on CFB Championship Weekend
Andy Staples joined the show to break down a massive weekend of college football. With the playoff committee lurking, the debate between Ohio State’s short schedule and Texas A&M’s resume is reaching a boiling point. Big Cat, for once, is actually pleading for a lack of drama just so we can get the four best teams on the field without having to listen to Dabo Swinney complain about being an underdog.
I'm rooting against chaos this College Football Championship Saturday
I am rooting against chaos. I do not want any chaos. I think the best four teams are very clearly Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Ohio State. I do not want to talk about trash Texas A&M and their only good win being against Florida. I don't want to talk about Iowa State losing by 17 to Louisiana.
They also discussed the coaching carousel, specifically the "Choose Joy" tweets coming out of Knoxville. Andy Staples thinks the writing is on the wall for Jeremy Pruitt, and there’s one specific coach who would crawl to Tennessee if the job opened up.
Hugh Freeze would jump at the Tennessee head coaching job
I think he'd like to be the next coach at the University of Tennessee. I think that's the job he's wanted for quite some time, probably since before he became a college coach... if that opportunity came available, he would jump at it.
Tiffani Thiessen: The Legend Herself
Bucket list moment for the 90s kids as Tiffani Thiessen joined the program. She’s hosting *Deliciousness* on MTV, a food-based spinoff of *Ridiculousness*, which gave her the perfect excuse to talk about her own kitchen fails and the science of Salt Bae.
Salt Bae’s high-sprinkle technique actually seasons meat more equally than seasoning it from a close distance
There is a reason why he [Salt Bae] does that, right? He just wants to not because it just looks awesome. If you actually salt your stuff too close your salt and pepper tend to only go in that one specific direction. If you go up higher, it actually falls. So it actually seasons your meat a much more equally.
Of course, they had to go back to The Max. Tiffani was a great sport about being the collective crush of an entire generation of boys. PFT and Big Cat tried to play it cool, but referencing the iconic "Jessie’s Song" episode was mandatory. Tiffani admits that while the show holds a special place in history, it might not have the same edge for kids growing up today.
Saved By The Bell wouldn't stand up as a new show today
I have to be honest, it didn't pique [my daughter's] interest. I mean, she laughed because she saw me at her kind of like a little bit older than her, but I don't think it's the TV that they would want to watch right now. That show would not stand up today.
We wrapped things up with a somber Fyre Fest of the Week where Billy Football may or may not have been responsible for a backyard chicken massacre involving a raccoon and a questionable alibi.
Go Bills, go Bears, and keep your shoes on your feet.

