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Hank

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HankHank

South Dakota is the most unremarkable state in America

The most unremarkable State I don't even know if we have a listener here. If we do have a listener here tweet us. We'd love to hear from the listeners in the great state of South Dakota. who the fuck cares

This is a subjective opinion about the state's interest level.
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HankHank

Aaron Rodgers is the fourth greatest quarterback since 1980

My number four [is] Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback that I've ever seen in terms of like the throws he can make, everything that they can do. Now granted the last couple years not as great, but in his prime... the Packers were never out of a game.

Subjective quarterback ranking.
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HankHank

Ben Roethlisberger is the sixth greatest quarterback since 1980

Number six: Big Ben Roethlisberger. He has twice as many Super Bowls as Aaron Rodgers.

While Roethlisberger has two rings, most analysts would not rank him #6 since 1980, typically placing Brees, Elway, Marino, and others above him.
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HankHank

Calamari is a trash appetizer

Calamari. Everyone always orders it. I'm always at tables where they just like, oh, well, just get calamari, assuming I want calamari. I'm just like no... if you don't have sauce, it's disgusting.

Culinary preference is subjective.
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HankHank

The Bloomin' Onion is a disappointment; just order onion rings

Whenever you order it, it's always disappointment. The Bloomin' Onion. Think about it, like why? Just order onion rings.

Subjective food opinion.
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HankHank

Vincent Chase is a terrible TV character

I think Vincent Chase is a fucking terrible character. Vinnie Chase. I hate Vinnie Chase... What does Vinnie Chase do that's memorable besides make stupid decisions, box smoke shows, and hang out and smoke weed?

Subjective opinion on a character's quality.
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HankHank

Rolos are trash because they feel like they are going to pull your teeth out

Rolos are trash. You take a bite of Rolos, I feel like every time I take a bite of Rolos my tooth is coming out with it.

Subjective taste in candy.
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HankHank

The Kardashians will purposely look like assholes to go viral because they have no shame.

The Kardashians, no shame if they do something. It's clearly like you'll find out what they're doing two moves later... they release it themselves and even though they look bad, they don't care. They have an entire enterprise built off of a sex tape... they will look like assholes to go viral. They don't care.

This is a subjective assessment of a public relations strategy and cannot be definitively proven.
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HankHank

Mistaking a water bottle full of vodka for actual water is one of the worst experiences.

I will go with vodka that's in a water bottle that you [think is] water. That's the worst. You expect water and you get a throat full of vodka.

Inherently subjective.
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HankHank

Frosted Flakes is easily the worst cereal option

This is way more controversial than my last one. But easily my least favorite cereal Frosted Flakes... growing up and I go to my friend's house for sleepovers or whatever and they go on Frosted Flakes. No disgusting.

Completely subjective matter of taste.
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HankHank

Tom Brady leaving the Patriots is heartbreaking but I am mostly reminiscing about the championships

It was heartbreaking but it was more of like I kind of agree with reminisced. I was reminiscing More than I was crying in my Cheerios. . . You can never take away like the six championships.

Subjective emotional state of a fan.
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HankHank

Game of Thrones Season 8 was so bad that no one will rewatch it even during quarantine

I tweeted that the 8th season was so insultingly bad that people about to be locked in their houses for weeks on end and no one's going to rewatch Game of Thrones.

Data from HBO and streaming analytics actually showed Game of Thrones remained one of the most-watched shows during the 2020 lockdowns, despite the backlash to the ending.
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HankHank

Daylight Savings Time adds an hour of sun to the day

Hank thinks we've added an hour of sun with the change we have. [Hank:] We have an extra hour of sun this afternoon. Correct.

Daylight savings does not add more sunlight to the earth's rotation; it merely shifts the clock forward to provide more daylight in the evening.
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HankHank

Kyrie Irving is a coach killer who got Kenny Atkinson fired

My other whose back is coach killer Kyrie. Oh, so Kenny Atkinson who was many people were saying was one of the better coaches last year took a young group... He got fired yesterday and people are saying it's Kyrie and KD... Kyrie change seventh head coach in nine NBA season Kyrie Irving.

While Kyrie's influence on the firing is widely speculated upon by NBA insiders and fits the pattern of his career, it remains a subjective interpretation of front office dynamics.
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HankHank

I refuse to consider the possibility of Tom Brady leaving the Patriots until it actually happens

I don't want to think about living in a world where Tom Brady isn't on the Patriots. I'm not going to consider it a possibility until it becomes a reality. So that is my official stance.

Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just weeks later on March 20, 2020, making Hank's refusal to consider it a 'reality' a failed strategy of denial.
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HankHank

Justin Bieber's 'too bad' DM to Ria on Valentine's Day was a 'flirty' response.

He just like it was in one of those Twitter moments... and her tweet was in there... so he said what do you say to her? Too bad. Too bad. That's a little flirty.

Subjective interpretation of a two-word DM. Bieber was married at the time, so 'flirty' is a bold interpretation of 'too bad'.
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HankHank

I am not worried about Tom Brady leaving the Patriots

I'm absolutely not worried. I'm not even letting myself get worried for a second... I still think he's going to end up a Patriot. I'm not letting myself even consider that a possibility.

Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on March 20, 2020, ending his tenure with the Patriots.
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HankHank

Andy Dalton is a better quarterback than Jimmy Garoppolo

I was going to say Andy Dalton greater than Jimmy G... If [the Patriots] had Andy Dalton, they probably would be winning as well. [He is] better than Jimmy G.

Dalton and Garoppolo's careers both trended toward high-end backup/bridge starter status after this, making it a very debatable subjective comparison.
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HankHank

Al Horford might be a locker room cancer

It could be Al, though. I mean, he was part of the Celtics last year. They were a locker room disaster. People think it was Kyrie. They're a locker room disaster. What's a common denominator?

The 2019-20 Sixers were indeed a disaster, and Horford was a poor fit, but he is widely regarded as one of the best locker room presences in the league (as evidenced by his successful second stint in Boston).
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HankHank

The Red Sox trading Mookie Betts makes no sense and is a repeat of the Khalil Mack trade

The Red Sox seems like what they did, what they got for it is, at best... a Mookie Betts. It's kind of like the Raiders trade when they traded Khalil Mack. They're trading assets that they hope will eventually turn into a player the caliber of Mookie Betts. ... no one is as good as Mookie Betts except for Trout.

Mookie Betts went on to win a World Series with the Dodgers and remain an MVP-caliber player, while the Red Sox struggled to find equal value in return.
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HankHank

Tom Brady will return to the Patriots on a $30 million per year deal

He said he's not going anywhere in the advertisement, and then a report came out today that the Patriots are willing to pay him $30 million a year... I feel good about Brady coming back.

Tom Brady left the Patriots and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March 2020.
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HankHank

Coach K yelling at Duke fans is a great example of leadership and loyalty

I think it was a recruiting thing, and I think if you're a prospective player and you see that, you see a coach that fights for his guys, even if they're on the other team, that is a great leader. It was because of loyalty. It's a brotherhood for life, and that's a great example of showing that.

Whether it constitutes 'great leadership' is subjective, but the move was widely criticized by media for being performative and targeting students.
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HankHank

The Chiefs will win and the game will go under the point total

My official prediction is basically a repeat of last year. The old-timer is going to beat the new guy. Under and the Chiefs.

The Chiefs won 31-20 (51 points). The Over/Under was 53.5, so the Under hit. Andy Reid also won his first Super Bowl.
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HankHank

Dante Scarnecchia's retirement makes Tom Brady less likely to return to the Patriots

Dante Scarnecchia, the Patriots offensive line coach, legend of the game, retired today. [If we're doing percentages], I would say that Dante Czarnecki retiring takes that percentage [of Brady returning] down.

Tom Brady did eventually leave the Patriots in free agency in March 2020, just a few months after this take.
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HankHank

Peyton Manning's Super Bowl win with the Broncos doesn't really count

Peyton won two... The Broncos [win] didn't really count. That's an asterisk per Hank.

Peyton Manning officially won Super Bowl 50; declaring it doesn't count is purely subjective (and biased).
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HankHank

Tom Brady going to the Raiders would make them the most liked team in the NFL

Brady, I wouldn't even be mad if he went to the Raiders. And if he went to the Raiders, everyone would be rooting for the Vegas Raiders. If he decides to go to the Raiders, which would be shocking, that team would be electric.

Brady signed with the Buccaneers, not the Raiders.
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HankHank

Peter Weber is not cut out for the bright lights of being The Bachelor

Pete's acting like a mopey little bitch. ... He's crying over the fact that these girls... He can't handle the drama. He doesn't want any of the smoke. But he also signed up to be The Bachelor. He's not cut out for the bright lights.

This is a subjective critique of a reality TV participant.
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HankHank

Lamar Jackson might simply not be able to get it done in the playoffs

He just might not be able to get it done in the playoffs. Peyton Manning, another MVP caliber quarterback, couldn't get it done in the playoffs [early on]. It might not just be like that he has weaknesses in his game. He's clearly the MVP. He just might not be able to get it done in the playoffs.

Lamar Jackson's playoff record has remained a major talking point, as he is 2-4 in the postseason through the 2023 season, though he did reach an AFC Championship game.
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HankHank

College bowl games are boring and pointless

Good riddance. Bowls are boring. What's the point?

Subjective opinion on the entertainment value of bowl games.
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HankHank

Madison Prewett will win The Bachelor because her dad is the Auburn coach

My prediction is there is a girl who is a four-time state championship basketball player, and she goes to Auburn, and her dad is the coach of Auburn... My money's on her. Clearly, she knows the long haul, the grind.

Peter Weber initially became engaged to Hannah Ann Sluss; while he and Madison Prewett attempted a relationship after the finale, she did not 'win' the show.
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HankHank

The Patriots dynasty is not over despite losing to the Titans

The season is finished. The dynasty is not done. ... I don't see Brady going anywhere else. I understand that it's the first time in his career he can do whatever he wants, but realistically, it's one of those things where you can do whatever you want, but you don't want to leave your job.

Tom Brady left the Patriots for the Buccaneers in March 2020, and the Patriots failed to win another Super Bowl in the post-Brady era, effectively ending the dynasty.
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HankHank

The Patriots are on the verge of starting a third dynasty

They've had two dynasties. People aren't really giving it like, the dynasty's over. The second dynasty's over. Double dynasty. Started the third act for the Patriots. ... I think if they win next year, it would be part of the second dynasty. But then if they win the year after that, then it's like... a third dynasty.

The Patriots did not win another Super Bowl with Tom Brady (he left and won with the Bucs), and they entered a period of significant struggle following his departure.
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HankHank

Jameis Winston is worth more money than Tom Brady right now

Who's worth more money, Jameis Winston or Tom Brady? Jameis. ... He's just got more years. Yeah, he's 26. And he's a future Hall of Famer.

Jameis Winston became a career backup shortly after this while Brady won another Super Bowl. Winston is not tracking toward the Hall of Fame.
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HankHank

I would rather have a bad quarterback than draft Tua Tagovailoa

I don't want to deal with the bullshit media for like a year being like Tua and Tua and Tua. ... I'd rather have a bad quarterback than a good quarterback. ... A Big Ten, some Big Ten, or like random MAC quarterback.

The Patriots eventually drafted MAC QB Mac Jones in 2021, and while Tua has faced media scrutiny, he has been significantly more successful than Jones.
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HankHank

Shitting is an essential mental break during the work day

I feel like the art of going to the back, even in high school before I had a cell phone, I was still just like, let me get out of the class and go take a shit for 30 minutes. It's a mental break. So I don't even know that the cell phone thing would work as much. Like, people back in the day, before cell phones existed, were still taking long shit breaks.

Whether it's an essential break is a matter of personal opinion on work-life balance.
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HankHank

The Rams are a lock to beat the Cowboys.

My favorite is the Rams. That is the Lockwood lock of the week. Jared [Goff] has found it. They have bounced back. They're going to be making that push.

The Cowboys beat the Rams 44-21.
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HankHank

Troy Aikman and Joe Buck look like slobs for wearing casual clothes on Thursday Night Football

Are we as a nation going to talk about Troy Aikman's hoodie that he's wearing. I don't like casual Troy. These guys are really taking the job and Joe Buck. We're talking to you too... have some fucking class man like this is disrespectful... he looks like a slob I'll be honest with you.

Purely a matter of taste regarding fashion.
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HankHank

If the Patriots lose to the Chiefs, they are heading for a disappointing end to the season

I'm just going to go all in all the way in on the Patriots. They're either going to blow this game out or if they lose I'm going to start to emotionally prepare myself for maybe a disappointing end to the season.

The Patriots lost this game 23-16 and went on to lose to the Titans in the Wild Card round, marking a 'disappointing end'.
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HankHank

The Patriots will dominate the Texans

Yep, this is the game. Patriots get back on a roll. They always dominate the Texans... I think this is a game they win by 10 to 14 points.

The Texans beat the Patriots 28-22 on SNF.
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HankHank

The Bills -4 against the Broncos is a thermite accelerant flaming lock of the week

This one's going to be my thermite accelerant flaming lock of the week. So this is a big fucking fire. It's the Buffalo fucking bills -4 at home against the Broncos.

The Bills defeated the Broncos 20-3, easily covering the 4-point spread.
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HankHank

Antonio Brown will return to the Patriots following his apology to Robert Kraft

Did you see that every single Patriot basically liked it? And he used a semicolon, which means there's a chance that someone wrote it for him, which means that it was like, hey, post this apology. And maybe you'll come back... do you guys think it's a coincidence that after the Patriots' offensive performance on Sunday that this all of a sudden comes very early the next week?

Antonio Brown never played for the Patriots again after his release in September 2019. He eventually joined the Buccaneers in 2020.
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HankHank

Gronk will not return to the Patriots this season

My hot seat is anyone who actually thought Gronk was coming back to the Patriots. He did a little teaser similar to when he was on this show. It was like, I have a big announcement tomorrow. Turned out he's just doing a party in Miami... he's not coming back to the Patriots this year, which is sad.

Gronkowski stayed retired for the 2019 season, eventually returning to play for Tampa Bay in 2020.
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HankHank

If Matthew Stafford had played, the Lions would have beaten the Cowboys

If Matthew Stafford starts this game, the Lions probably win.

Inherently subjective as it relies on a counter-factual, but given Jeff Driskel only lost by 8 points, it's a reasonable opinion.
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HankHank

The 49ers are overrated and will have an ugly loss in the playoffs

I think they're overrated. I think they're going to have some troubles in the playoffs... They remind me very much of the Texans. Deshaun Watson last year where they have all the hype, first round of the playoffs, have an ugly loss. I see that happening with the 49ers.

The 49ers went to Super Bowl LIV, winning two home playoff games convincingly. They did not have an 'ugly loss' in the first round.
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HankHank

The Patriots will beat the Eagles by at least seven points

I'm going to take the Patriots... minus three and a half. It is the classic. I think I wouldn't be surprised if they lose. So I'm going to take them because I mean they'll probably win by seven plus.

The Patriots beat the Eagles 17-10, exactly a 7-point margin.
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HankHank

The Bears vs. Rams Sunday Night Football game will have at least eight combined touchdowns

Sunday Night Bears Rams absolute slugfest the quarterbacks would be going back and forth touchdown touchdown lighting it up minimum eight touchdowns combined between them.

The Rams won 17-7, a low-scoring defensive battle with only 3 total touchdowns.
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HankHank

The Lions should realistically be over .500

And the Lions got fucked over by the refs twice. They should realistically be over .500.

The Lions finished the 2019 season 3-12-1, far below .500 even accounting for officiating.
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HankHank

The Chiefs are not going to do anything real this year

We're getting to that point of the season where the Chiefs losing to the Titans makes me think the Chiefs are not going to do anything real this year... Just my gut feeling like a divisional round letdown that type of season.

The Chiefs went on to win Super Bowl LIV this season.
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HankHank

Baker Mayfield has a broken hand

Baker's hand might be broken. That's why he's not playing so well... Are you reporting that Baker Mayfield might have a broken hand? From sources.

Fact ClaimFootballHotSarcastic
Mayfield did suffer a hand injury on Dec 1, 2019, later in the season, but there was no broken hand at the time of this episode (Nov 8).
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HankHank

The word 'Boomer' has jumped the shark

Boomer just the word Boomer has invaded like meme and American culture to a point where like I'm sick of it. It's kind of jumped the shark a little bit. But now it's at one of those things where it's like so mainstream it's like harambee after like two months where I was funny in the beginning.

Memes by nature have short lifespans, and 'OK Boomer' did indeed fade from mainstream cultural relevance shortly after the 2019 peak.

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