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WWE Legend Kane, Russ Mic'd Up, And Baby Yoda

Wednesday, December 4, 201911 takes

We start the show with an explanation of Baby Yoda mania. (-) MNF clean up, Russ Wilson's MVP year and his awkward mic'd up. (-) Ron Rivera fired. (-) Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Big Cat actually believing the Bears can make the playoffs. (-) WWE Superstar and Mayor of Knox County, TN, Kane joins the show to talk about his career, burning Undertaker alive, working with Vince McMahon, and choke slamming people. (-) Segments include trouble in Paradise Cowboys, (::13-) Kickers Psychology Couch, (-) Just Chill Out Man Dabo Swinney, (-) and Guys on Chicks with a Bonus New Segment "We call Russillo and see what he's doing". (-)

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No one actually underrates Russell Wilson except maybe 49ers fans

I think that no one really to this day underrates Russell Wilson with the possible exception of maybe... San Francisco 49ers fans. That's probably the only fan base that won't give Russell Wilson credit because with the exception of that one play in the Super Bowl, he's had an exceptional career.

Wilson was a consensus top-tier quarterback and MVP candidate in 2019.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Russell Wilson is naturally corny, which makes his mic'd up segments awkward

For Russell Wilson, it's extra weird because I think that is his real conversation. I don't think they left anything on the cutting room floor. Like when Russell Wilson is mic'd up the editor who approves everything, he takes a night off... whatever he says it's going to be corny and it's going to work.

This has been a long-standing joke about Wilson's public persona.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Firing Ron Rivera in early December is actually a favor to him

Brutal to do it. And I know is—I just want to get this out. It's kind of sad. I disagree. I think this is a great time to get fired. If you're a head coach, you still have maybe one or two weekends of golfing weather down in North Carolina. You get a head start on the job market. Ron Rivera is not going to stay unemployed for long.

Rivera was hired by the Washington Football Team (now Commanders) less than a month later on January 1, 2020.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Jerry Jones keeps Jason Garrett around just so he has someone to lie about firing on the radio

Jerry Jones keeps him... because he loves going on the air and and lying that he will fire his coach... The more you keep people distracted from the real issues, probably the better overall you are if you have just a lot of skeletons in the closet.

Garrett was eventually fired at the end of the 2019 season.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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The decline in high school bullying is making kickers mentally weak

I actually think that the decline in bullying is making high school kickers more mentally weak... They're not able to be bullied at a young age. Nature would say if you're a kicker, you should get bullied a little bit in high school. You should start to weather that storm that way when you get to the NFL where you're getting death threats by strangers online, it's not affecting you as much because you got shoved in a locker when you were in ninth grade.

This is a satirical sociological take that cannot be objectively verified.
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Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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NFL kicking will improve in 10 years because kids are giving up on American soccer

In 10 years kicking will be back because they all be like 'we suck at soccer, I'm not playing soccer anymore.' The giving up of soccer... any kid with a giant leg right now is 'fuck this, get this futebol shit off my television.'

Outcome pending; 10 years from the episode would be late 2029.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Dabo Swinney is doing 'loser talk' by complaining about hypothetical playoff snubs

This is loser talk by Dabo Swinney because what he is doing is he is setting the table... for everyone to be like it's unfair that they're not in the college football playoff if they did happen to lose to Virginia. So he's just so far deep in his own mind of perceived hate that he's getting mad about an outcome that's not going to happen.

Clemson beat Virginia 62-17 and made the playoff, rendering the complaint moot.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Loss
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears are definitely going to make the playoffs

The Bears are going to make the playoffs. So Thursday night tune in. If the Bears lose, devastation... my team is still alive, just say fuck it and let's just hope that the best thing possible happens because then at least you get to watch games that feel meaningful. I've convinced myself fully.

The Bears finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs in 2019.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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KaneKane

The Kane vs Undertaker storyline is the best in WWE history

I agree with you. It was the best story WWE has ever done, not because of what I did but because they did such a great job telling it... four months before Kane ever debuted, you had Paul Bearer talking about it and you have all this backstory.

Inherently subjective, but widely considered one of the most iconic storylines in wrestling history.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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KaneKane

Shawn Michaels and Daniel Bryan are the best performers at connecting with an audience

As far as connecting with the audience overall, Shawn Michaels and Daniel Bryan are the two best people that I've seen that can just like pull an audience in like no one else can do.

Subjective opinion from a professional peer.

Other

Win
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
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Baby Yoda is the breakout star of The Mandalorian

Baby Yoda is the breakout star. It's basically the main character of the show, but he's electric. If you watch the show, he is so cute.

Baby Yoda (Grogu) became a massive cultural phenomenon and the face of the series.