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MaxMax

I have zero confidence in the Phillies beating the Mets in the NLDS

I wanted nothing more than to play any team but the Mets going into yesterday and like the way everything has gone in the past two days, it's like I have zero confidence in that series.

Max's lack of confidence was justified as the Mets defeated the Phillies in the NLDS 3-1.
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MaxMax

There is a chance Nick Sirianni doesn't make it through the bye week

I think there's a chance that Sirianni doesn't make it, make it through the bye... there's a problem between coach and quarterback.

Sirianni made it through the bye week and remained the head coach throughout the season.
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MaxMax

Jalen Hurts is addicted to turning the ball over

And Jalen Hurts is addicted to turning the ball over.

Hurts continued to struggle with turnovers in 2024, leading the league in giveaways for several stretches.
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MaxMax

Bryce Huff sucks and I am already done with him

Is this a get right game for Bryce Huff? Nah, he sucks. I'm done with him. I hate Bryce Huff. He sucks.

Huff struggled significantly early in the season and was benched from his starting role, partially validating Max's frustration.
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MaxMax

I would take Jayden Daniels over Jalen Hurts due to the rookie contract, and I wish Daniels were not in the NFC East.

I wish Jayden Daniels was not in the NFC East... he looks very good... [I would take] any rookie on a rookie contract [over Jalen Hurts].

Daniels won Offensive Rookie of the Year, validating the 'rookie contract value' sentiment for 2024.
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MaxMax

Fox's Big Noon Kickoff is 'bullshit' because it ruins the atmosphere of Penn State's White Out games.

That's Fox's fault. Big 10. Fucking Big 10 kickoff is big Noon kickoff is bullshit... it's like a really big thing in college football... they burn your whiteouts on, on Lame Games.

The sentiment that morning kickoffs diminish the White Out atmosphere is inherently subjective to fans.
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MaxMax

The Eagles' coaching staff is currently talentless and should just consist of coordinators with no head coach

[The Eagles] are a player led team. It's true. Just coordinators. No head coach. [The coaches] are not talented right now... talent's not something you can just, like, it doesn't go up and down. No. Yeah, it's not a hot and cold thing.

Subjective opinion on coaching quality, though Nick Sirianni remained the head coach for the rest of the season.
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MaxMax

Bryce Huff is a terrible player

I have a guy that you guys can get, he was first in pressure rate in 2022 and third in rate in 2023. And you can have him, do you want him... Oh no, he sucks.

Huff struggled significantly in the first half of the 2024 season, validating early concerns, though 'sucks' is a harsh subjective term for a pro edge rusher.
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MaxMax

The Eagles defensive line is horrible

I took notes... D-line. Mega bad. [Bryce Huff] is horrible. Like horrendously bad. Like he shouldn't be.

Subjective assessment of defensive line quality, though Bryce Huff's early stats in Philly supported this at the time.
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MaxMax

The 2024 Philadelphia Eagles are most likely an average team

I revised the overall team maybe 18 times before I came to a final version... Not terrible, not great. A possibility to still be good, but most likely average. Like fighting like wild cards. Yeah. Seven seed. Yeah. Six seed.

The Eagles currently have an 11-6 record and are in the playoffs as a wild card, which matches Max's prediction of 'average/wild card' despite the talent.
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MaxMax

The Lions and Buccaneers will have a high-scoring shootout that goes over 51.5 points

I'm gonna go Lions bucks over 51 and a half... a lot of points but fun.

The game ended in a 20-16 win for the Buccaneers, totaling only 36 points, well under the 51.5 line.
Loss
MaxMax

The Eagles fleeced the Commanders in the Jahan Dotson trade

I like Jahan Dotson, a Penn State fan who's a beast at Penn State. Good wide receiver three. Give up a third, get back a fifth. Very happy. Fleeced. Fleeced.

Dotson has been largely unproductive for the Eagles through the first half of the 2024 season.
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MaxMax

Garrett Wilson will lead the NFL in receiving yards

I'm going Garrett Wilson. Oh, at 14 to one. Garrett Wilson has had a really good, he hasn't been a big touchdown guy, but he is never really had a big a quarterback like Aaron Rogers. I think that that's good value.

Garrett Wilson finished with 1,284 yards, well behind the leader Justin Jefferson who had 1,600+.
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MaxMax

JJ McCarthy will be back in two months from his meniscus injury but it will linger

[JJ McCarthy] could be back. He'll probably be back in like two months and then it'll linger for a little bit longer... And it'll come back like within the next couple years. Like there'll always be the worry of, you know, the meniscus to, it could tear again. It probably will tear again.

McCarthy underwent a full repair and was ruled out for the entire 2024 season, making the 'two months' timeline incorrect.
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MaxMax

Cheese is orange, not yellow — I looked it up

I like cheese and I wanted to take it, but I looked it up and the first color it said was orange.

Cheddar cheese ranges from pale yellow to deep orange depending on annatto coloring. Calling it orange is defensible but most people would call standard cheddar yellow.
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MaxMax

Nick Saban does not have a great track record for developing quarterbacks

Nick Saban not a great track record when developing quarterbacks. He's not a QB whisperer. They were just like showing Nick Saban as like this wise, like tell all Coach, which he is. But if you were to say one thing about Nick Saban it, that he is not like a quarterback whisperer.

Saban has produced several NFL starters (Tua, Hurts, Mac Jones, Bryce Young), though their success varies. It's largely a matter of opinion.
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MaxMax

Joel Embiid is still a top three player on Team USA

He's still the top three player on this team. Steve Kerr has said that himself. Sometimes there's matchup things and guys who don't know Ball are going to try and criticize Joelle Embiid... he's gonna drop 30 against Puerto Rico.

Embiid did not drop 30 against Puerto Rico (he had 15 points), and most analysts would place LeBron, Steph, and KD above him in performance during the games.
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MaxMax

Jason Kelce will return to play for the Eagles this season if there is an injury at center

If he wants to come back, I would love to have him... [PFT:] If you have an injury, God forbid, at the center position... you think Jason Kelce's not gonna come back if he has an office in the building? [Max:] I want the rest of the NFL to think that [he won't].

Jason Kelce remained retired throughout the 2024 season.
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MaxMax

Breakfast burritos are better than breakfast tacos outside of Austin

In Austin, you are correct [that tacos are better]. But the rest of the country breakfast burrito is always better than a breakfast taco. Where have you had a good breakfast taco outside of Austin? Breakfast tacos are good, but they're like a, they're a treat for like certain parts of the country.

Purely a matter of taste and regional culinary availability.
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MaxMax

Meatball salad is an excellent Italian staple

I'm gonna go mushrooms... I always pick meatball. Great salad. Meatball salad is an excellent salad. It's an Italian thing. Meatball salad.

While meatball salads exist in Italian-American cuisine, its quality is subjective.
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MaxMax

Pete Alonso is the biggest loser in sports when the Home Run Derby comes around

Pete Alonso with the home run Derby is the worst. He is the biggest loser in sports when the Home Run Derby comes around. ... He, dude, he gets laser focused.

This is a subjective character judgment on Pete Alonso's attitude toward the event.
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MaxMax

The Sixers must make the NBA Finals or beat the Celtics within the next two years for the Paul George signing to be a success

It's a two year window to at least make we have to at least make a finals. Make a finals play for. NBA finals beat the Celtics NBA finals. We have to beat the Celtics one of these next two years.

Success is subjective, but the specific goal of making the Finals or beating the Celtics is testable over the next two seasons.
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MaxMax

The Celtics' current ownership spending spree will lead to the franchise's downfall

This is actually the downfall of the Celtics though, because they're just pay—this owner is just paying everyone a billion dollars and then he is like someone else deal with it... Things are going downhill. It'll look fine [now], but things are going downhill.

The Celtics won the 2024 championship and retained their core, though the long-term financial fallout of their contracts remains to be seen.
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MaxMax

Gunnar Henderson was a massive steal in the second round of the Dingers Only draft

I'll take Gunnar Henderson. Fuck. I didn't—I don't know how he lasted that long... I was hoping that PFT was gonna take judge and I was gonna take Gunner, but I had to—he left me Judge and I had to take him. I wanted Gunner. Gunner slipped to the second round.

Gunnar Henderson finished the 2024 season with 37 home runs, validating his high selection in a home run league.
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MaxMax

I am going to replace Hank as the person who gets killed and fucked in this Dungeons and Dragons adventure

I just know how this is gonna go. I'm just gonna replace Hank is the guy who gets killed and fucked.

Max's eagle dies in this episode, though Max himself survives, successfully fulfilling the 'suffering' part of the prediction.
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MaxMax

The Philadelphia Eagles should have saved their 'double eagle' for late in the season instead of starting hot and crashing

I don't wanna double eagle too early like the football team did last year. We gotta a double eagle late in the season.

The 2023 Eagles famously started 10-1 and finished 11-6 with a wild card exit, so the 'crashed and burned' assessment is factually accurate.
Loss
MaxMax

The ogre likely swallowed the key to the vault

What if [Great Ulf] swallowed the key? Who swallowed the key? The the fucking guy we're trying to kill.

The key was found on the Aog's body after it was exploded by a fireball.
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MaxMax

A wasp and a bee are the same thing

I'm a wasp. It's the same thing [as a bee]. ... I'm a wasp. It's the same thing. It's not. Yeah, I would like to go into that chest.

Wasps and bees are distinct families within the order Hymenoptera with significant biological and behavioral differences.
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MaxMax

Jared McCain is the best shooter in the draft and the best shooter since Steph Curry

I like Jared McCain. I think he's good... he's the best shooter in the draft. He's the best shooter since Steph Curry. There have been two freshmen in NCA history with a 0.611 plus true shooting percentage, two hundred ten three-point attempts and 150 plus rebounds. And that's Jared McCain and Steph Curry.

Comparing any rookie to the greatest shooter ever is likely to be incorrect, but McCain's career is just beginning.
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MaxMax

Jalen Hurts is definitely a good NFL quarterback

Everyone knows that Jalen Hurts is good quarterback. Is he? Yeah. Jalen Hurts is the guy.

Subjective evaluation of talent, though supported by Hurts' record.
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MaxMax

Jayson Tatum's poor shooting in the Finals needs to be a bigger story

Tatum won 15 five and three on four of 10 shooting. He is now shooting 36% from the field and 29% from three. This series. I just like thought that we should have talked. We should talk about that.

Tatum finished the series shooting 38.8% from the field and 26.3% from three. While the Celtics won, Max's point about his poor shooting stats was statistically accurate.
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MaxMax

The NBA Finals are already over after Game 2

What you need to transition your brain to, because this, this series, the Celtics are just better. Yeah, no, this is over. I'm over.

The Celtics won the series 4-1.
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MaxMax

Jayson Tatum was 'terrified' to shoot in Game 2

Jayson Tatum just needs to play horrible. That's all I care about. The biggest He sucks. You guys were sucking his dick. He sucked tonight. I mean, he didn't suck. He's terrified. He was terrified to shoot the ball tonight. He's shooting his spin back. It is weird. He had open looks at the rim and then he would just pass out every time.

While Tatum's shooting percentage was low (27.3%), calling him 'terrified' is an editorialized opinion of his mindset.
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MaxMax

There is zero chance Dan Hurley leaves UConn for the Lakers

There's zero chance he goes to the Lakers. The hype video tomorrow is going to be a crazy 'I'm not fucking leaving'. He's a man of theater and he's very good at it.

Dan Hurley did indeed turn down the Lakers to stay at UConn later that same day.
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MaxMax

Joel Embiid is a top-three NBA player and his stats prove it

33, 11 and six in the playoffs this year. Better than fucking Tatum's averages in the playoffs... his [PER] was on track to be like the greatest single PER of anyone.

Stats-wise Max is correct, but ranking him top 3 over Jokic, Giannis, or Luka is highly debatable.
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MaxMax

The Mavericks will win because Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić are better closers than the Celtics' stars

I think that this is gonna be a very close series. It's going to come down to very tight games at the end. And one team has two guys that have proven to be excellent closers against very good teams in this playoffs. And the Celtics have looked a little Iffy.

The Celtics won comfortably in 5 games, and their stars performed well.
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MaxMax

Kyrie Irving is a better player than Jrue Holiday

Kyrie's better... than Jrue Holiday? Yeah. Because I don't think he's better than Tatum but has hasn't been playing out of this, out of his mind. Their championship experience supersedes the Celtics because their championship guy is better.

Subjective player comparison, though Kyrie is generally considered the more skilled offensive player while Jrue is a defensive specialist.
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MaxMax

The EA Sports College Football franchise is the best video game franchise ever

The EA Sports College Football franchise... Best franchise in all video games. I agree. That's a solid take. That's good take.

Subjective opinion on video game quality.
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MaxMax

The Philadelphia Eagles will have a great 2024 season

[The Eagles season is going to go] Great... Couldn't be more sure. A hundred percent the guy [Jalen Hurts]... I'm going into this season optimistic with [Nick] Sirianni. We got good coordinators this year. We didn't have good coordinators last year.

Max predicted the Eagles would have a great 2024 season. The Eagles went 14-3 in the regular season and won Super Bowl 59, crushing the Chiefs 40-22. That qualifies as a great season by any measure.
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MaxMax

The Celtics will sweep the rest of the playoffs through the Eastern Conference Finals

We're the Boston Celtics. We're gonna beat the fuck out of 'em the next game. Beat the fuck out of 'em again. Beat the fuck out of 'em again. And then the Pacers and Knicks are both gonna be dead by the time they come to us. That's a clean sweep, clean sweep.

While the Celtics did dominate, they didn't 'clean sweep' everyone. They beat the Cavs 4-1 and then swept the Pacers 4-0 in the ECF. Since they lost Game 4 to the Cavs, the 'clean sweep' through the rest of the conference was incorrect.
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MaxMax

This off-season feels different for the Sixers because they finally have significant cap space to build around Joel Embiid

This is the first off season where we have Cap space and We have some room to make some, a difference in our lineups. [Even] if we don't [get Paul George or LeBron James], just using that Tobias [Harris] money to go get guys like Dante [DiVincenzo], like the role players that the Knicks had who are really good, that go and get guys like that who can surround [Embiid] and hit shots.

The Sixers did use their cap space to sign Paul George and several key role players (Eric Gordon, Caleb Martin) in the 2024 off-season.
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MaxMax

Tyrese Maxey is better than Jaylen Brown

I mean, Tyrese Maxey is better than Jaylen Brown for sure. Ooh, for sure. [Hank] would trade Jaylen Brown for Tyrese Maxey immediately.

While subjective, Jaylen Brown went on to win Eastern Conference Finals MVP and NBA Finals MVP in 2024, making this take age poorly in the short term.
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MaxMax

Joel Embiid is having a better series than Jalen Brunson

Joel Embiid is scoring 35 points a game. 45% from the field and a plus 34 when he's on the court... Jalen Brunson is scoring 33 points a game 40% from the field and is a minus three when he's on the court. And the difference that people are talking about Jalen Brunson and Joel Embiid is absolutely insane.

While the raw plus/minus favored Embiid, the Knicks won the series 4-2 and Brunson had several legendary performances (including a 47-point game) that led directly to wins.
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MaxMax

The Sixers are a better basketball team than the Knicks, the Knicks just want it more

The Sixers are a better basketball team. It's just that [the Knicks] want it more. They are just dogs. They want, it's just that they want it more.

The Knicks finished higher in the regular season and won the head-to-head playoff series; in basketball, results usually define who the 'better' team is.
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MaxMax

Caleb Williams is the Ben Simmons of the NFL

I've been thinking about Caleb Williams. There's, there's a player that he reminds me of. Little bit of a diva off the court. Really big into the fashion life, the pop star life. A can't miss prospect. ... Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons was the next LeBron. ... Ben Simmons was a can't miss prospect. ... Both teams missed the [college] playoffs... Think about Ben Simmons.

This will only be resolvable after Caleb Williams' career progresses to see if he 'quits' or underperforms like Simmons.
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MaxMax

The 76ers will win their series against the Knicks despite being down 2-0

And then the final act, new tweet: Sixers will win this series.

The Knicks defeated the 76ers 4-2 in the series.
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MaxMax

The Sixers will win their series against the Knicks

Sixers are gonna win the series. Oh plus I think it was plus two 50... I'm already really invested so I don't think that I have to do any bets.

The Knicks defeated the Sixers in 6 games.
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MaxMax

The 76ers will beat the Clippers in six games in the 2024 NBA Finals

Sixers over Clippers and six.

Both the Sixers and Clippers were eliminated in the first round.
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MaxMax

UConn will struggle next year because they return almost nobody

It also is crazy that everyone just keeps talking like UConn like three, they literally return nobody... Samson Johnson's a junior... Caravan's a sophomore... Caravan's is the only one I was wrong on.

While UConn lost several players to the NBA, they returned key pieces like Karaban and brought in talent, but they did not win a third title.
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MaxMax

The Phillies hanging a banner for losing the NLCS is pathetic loser behavior

They didn't even win the division. They were like, they won nothing. They hung like, I don't know what, like... it's the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. I am. I might go, go to Citizen's Bank Park, scale that poll and take it down myself. All right.

The Phillies did hang a banner for the 2023 season despite not winning the division, league, or World Series, which was widely mocked by fans.

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