Max

The Phillies will beat the Orioles in the World Series

Phillies over Orioles. Okay. So Max has the Orioles.

I would trade the rights to Jay Wright for John Calipari to coach Villanova.

I do have a, a trade in place for the rights to Jay Wright for John Calipari. Well, yeah. 'Cause he is not gonna come back. So I'll give up the rights to get [Calipari].

The Mountain West stinks and the conference's teams will lose every game in the NCAA Tournament

The Mountain West stinks. Mountain West loses every game. UAB plus six and a half. ... UAB is a pretty good program. ... I think UAB's pretty good.

Jason Kelce's retirement is a major problem for the Eagles' locker room

He was Philadelphia. Like he is the most Philadelphia athlete I think that there's ever been... And I think that like him being gone is a real problem for the locker room. Like he was the leader for so long.

Villanova will make the NCAA Tournament

They're gonna be in. They started the day yesterday at first four out. They finished the day at first four out... If you [beat] Georgetown and then win two of the next three we're in.

Big Dom is the most important person in the Philadelphia Eagles organization

Big Dom is the most important person in the Philadelphia Eagles organization. I think we can all agree on that. He's a leader of men. Big Dom is a leader of men.

Reports from the Philadelphia media about Jalen Hurts being a 'diva' or standoffish are disgusting fabrications

There's been bullshit coming out of the media from the Eagles all year. So it's all a bunch of crap. Everyone knows the Eagles gets clicks right now, so they're making stuff up or they're fabricat—or they're embellishing what is going on in that Eagles locker room and it's disgusting.

The Eagles should fire everyone on the coaching staff except Big Dom

I want every one of them go ... Big dom stays. Big dom has stayed through multiple coaching generations. ... We need a leader of men on this team.

The Eagles' end-of-season collapse is the worst in the history of sports

This is also the worst collapse in like the history of sports. It really is actually... the Eagles were very good last year and went to the Super Bowl and then the 10 and 1. It was a coin flip Super Bowl game.

Jalen Hurts is still a top 10 quarterback despite the poor season ending

Jalen is still a good quarterback. ... I would say I, I, I, well a thousand percent say that. I think he's top 10. I think he was borderline top five going to this year. I think he's probably between five and 10.

I would take Mike Vrabel for sure to be the next head coach of the Eagles

I would take [Mike Vrabel] for sure. Leader of men. Leader of men. Leader of men.

The Cowboys losing takes a lot of pressure off the Eagles locker room

The Cowboys losing has changed everything. It has changed everything. The entire vibe of Philadelphia. ... Nothing the Eagles can do tomorrow is worse than what the Cowboys did today. ... A lot of pressure has been taken, taken off out of that locker room. ... they're not going to say it out loud, but inside of their, inside of their head. Yes.

Bill Belichick might have wanted to leave the Patriots to find a team with a roster ready to win now.

I think that there's a chance he did wanna leave. I think that he might be at a point where he doesn't want to do a rebuilding coaching team and he wants to go to a, a place that has guys. I think that like, if the Cowboys are on the table... he may be willing to go to a give that up for a team. A team that could win now.

The Flyers were right to trade Cutter Gauthier after he refused to meet with the front office

The team of the Flyers are in the right for trading him. He told Philly that he wanted to play for Philly and then change his mind two months later... He ghosted every phone call... The front office of the Flyers flew to Sweden to meet with him... He refused to meet with them.

Cutter Gauthier is a 'pussy' for refusing to play for the Flyers

That guy's a cutter's a pussy. That's a, that's a fact. Because... he told Philly that he wanted to play for Philly and then change his mind two months later.

The Eagles are legitimately the worst team in football right now

The team's bad football team right now. I don't care what they were doing at the first 11 games... They're legitimately the worst team in football right now.

Nick Sirianni should be fired if the Eagles lose in the first round of the playoffs

If they lose in the first round... gone. Gone. I don't know what he does. Shane Steichen going on and doing what he's doing and then the offense looking what it is without him is insane. Like he has to be gone.

The third-and-20 conversion to A.J. Brown saved the Eagles' season

There was one play that saved the season. It was after the pick six. They go to third and 20. That was the third and 20 to A.J. Brown was the play that saved the season. Because if they don't pick that up, they're fucked.

The NBA is back to being irrelevant

Who's back? NBA being Irrelevant.

The Eagles will not be winning the Super Bowl this year

The Eagles will not be winning the Super Bowl this year.

The coaching staff is ruining the Eagles' Super Bowl window

The window continued into this year, but the coaching has been fucking horrible. This was a window ruining year.

Bronny James will win an NBA Finals before the Patriots make the playoffs again

Bronny James will win an NBA finals before the Patriots make the playoffs again.

The 49ers are definitively the best team in the NFC right now

Obviously the Niners shit-pumped the Eagles. They're the better, they're the better team right now without question. But they had 10 days of rest. It's a fact. It's not just obvious to be like, 'oh yeah, we just saw what happened, that's what's gonna happen in the NFC Championship game.'

James Franklin is a soft coach who will never win big games at Penn State

James Franklin... he's never gonna win the big one... he's not going anywhere [because of his contract]... but it's just gonna be the same thing. You'll get to the 12 team playoff and then you'll just see what happens against Ohio State and Michigan... He plays so soft. He coaches so soft.

I failed my own podcast production system by not pressing publish

I was the one who did not press the publish button... The system broke, but the, the system will not break again... My system is that I check before I do the [tweet]. I'll never tweet the tweet without seeing, seeing. It's up on, on Apple... I broke my system.

Tyrese Maxey is currently the best player in the NBA Eastern Conference

Tyrese Maxey is the best player in the Eastern Conference. Fact or fiction? ... hang the banner of the week. Hang, there's only been one week. If the MVP was given out today, he would win it.

Every game for the rest of my life is a must-win

Every game ever. For the rest of my life is a must win.

Julio Jones is currently 'Prime Julio Jones' again

I'm also fully back on Julio Jones... He's Prime Julio Jones... He said he is gonna dominate and if he says he's gonna dominate, then [I'm in].

I would rather the Phillies play the Rangers than the Astros in the World Series

I would rather play the Rangers. [than the Astros]

Jalen Carter is already better than Aaron Donald

Jalen Carter will be back next week... [Big Cat: Jalen Carter's already better than Aaron Donald?] Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh, okay.

The Diamondbacks are scary and should not be taken lightly

The [Diamondbacks] are scary. The Diamondbacks are scary. They're very scary. I'm not—Zac Gallen is for real. I'm not looking at that team lightly at all.

I only enjoy watching baseball when my team is on offense

What I said was... I like when my team is on offense, and I don't like when my team is on defense. [It's because] in the short series, every [pitch] is so important. You lose one and you're just back that much.

The Phillies losing Game 2 was a 'better way to lose' than a bad loss because they showed fight

I would much rather see go down like that than if they were to roll over. It's not a good loss. It was a bad loss... but the team showed enough fight to win that game. The Braves just played better in the ninth. I would rather see [that].

Aaron Nola's upcoming Game 3 start defines everything for his Phillies legacy

This is the everything Aaron Nola game. This defines everything because I'm kind of an Aaron Nola hater, but if he pitches well, I'll love him forever. If he pitches poorly, I never wanna see his face again... Mentally he will be dead in my brain.

The Phillies home environment is unlike anything else in professional sports

I stand by it. I mean, I'm not the only one who's been saying... like, that video of the crowd singing Bryson Stott's walk-up song as he walks to the plate and then five seconds later hitting a grand slam is like one of the coolest sports videos of the year.

Playoff baseball at Citizens Bank Park is one of the hardest environments in all of professional sports

Playoff Baseball at the bank is one of the hardest environments in professional sports. It's different. It's different than any other stadium. I mean, you just see it, the feels different. It sounds different.

Booing doesn't work for baseball players because it's a game of confidence, but it works for football players

Baseball's a different sport. It's about confidence. Booing doesn't do anything for a Baseball player, for a football player. Getting booed gets a little driving, you get a little angry. You, you maybe get a little push on the guy next to you and Baseball. It's a mental game, it's a game of confidence.

James Harden will do something so egregious that he ends up in jail by the end of the week

I think that James Harden will end up in jail by the end of this week. I think he's gonna do something. He's gonna do something so ridiculous that someone in the front office is gonna call the cops on him. Like I think he may just like show up on the court naked.

I would understand if the 76ers decided to trade Joel Embiid

It's not that I want to trade Embiid, but if we were to get like a very great offer... The Sixers are nowhere near [winning a title] right now... If that did happen, I wouldn't be like devastated. It would make sense to me.

Penn State will make the College Football Playoff this year

My overly direct take. Not NFL, but Penn State will be going to the college football [playoff].

Penn State is going to smoke Iowa this weekend

I think we're [Penn State] gonna smoke Iowa.

Budda Baker will be an Eagle by the end of the week

Budda Baker will be an eagle by the end of the week... he practiced all week and then today he was a late add to the injury report and inactive for the game. Okay. You know, they don't want to get him hurt before a deal's coming. Eagles cleared two guys off of their practice squad to make room for potentially bringing somebody else in.

Drew Allar is the best Penn State quarterback I have seen in my lifetime

Best, best quarterback Penn State quarterback I think I've seen in my lifetime. [Drew Allar] better [than Christian Hackenberg].

I cannot run a 5K in under 33 minutes

I'm not gonna be able to run under 33 minutes. I'm not gonna be able to do that and I can't do that. Physically... I'm going to end up, I'm gonna get an injury.

James Harden is still the better option for the Sixers compared to the alternative

I think [Harden] is better than the alternative, but I think Daryl Morey's just gonna do this thing... I'm just going in. We're gonna do the whole Ben Simmons thing again.

Philadelphia fans giving Trea Turner a standing ovation is strategic and genius

Philly being the big sports town that they are... rallied together and said instead of booing [Trea Turner], we're going to give him a standing ovation every time he gets to the plate... all of our boos are strategic... that's just like us being a very smart sports town and knowing that.

LOL is the most used acronym in the world

LOL is pound for pound the number one most used acronym of all. Most notorious. I put notoriety in there... mass appeal. MASS APPEAL.

Titty fucking is only fun to do once

I think guys, if you guys, the one person will agree with me... It is the man. We're doing it. Drum roll: titty fucking. It's simply fun [only] once. That is something that like you're in middle school, you dream about and then you do it and it's like, this isn't that fun. I've literally only done it once 'cause I was like, I don't need to do this shit.

Blue raspberry is the best flavor of everything

[Blue raspberry] is like the best flavor of every cake. It is. Exactly. Everyone wants the blue raspberry. Like Jolly Rancher.

Shohei Ohtani's viral bat flip against the Yankees was awkward and forced

I'll stand by this take. I didn't think it was a good flip. He looked awkward. It looked like an awkward bat flip. Everyone was freaking out about it. I thought he looked awkward. It didn't look natural. It looked like he forced that bat flip.