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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

Virginia will win the 2016 National Championship

I think Virginia [is the champion]. They're so tough. I watched them the other night, and obviously they didn't win the ACC championship, but I just think they have a good... they're a team I want to see, either Virginia or Michigan State.

Villanova won the 2016 National Championship. Virginia lost to Syracuse in the Elite Eight.

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Mar 14, 2016
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Big CatBig Cat

I'm not betting any over-unders in the NCAA Tournament this year

I've decided that I'm not going to bet any over-unders in the March Madness tournament. I had the realization that I lose all my money just betting overs because that's all I do. I never bet unders.

Big Cat frequently breaks these rules within hours, and specifically in this episode, Sam Dekker's advice later in the show convinces him to take overs.
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Mar 14, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Someone will eventually make a career out of just rewording Adam Schefter tweets

Some people are going to be really successful. There are going to be some people that make a career off of doing that [rewording other people's tweets] the best, and they'll eventually work their way to the top if they fake it long enough. The person who's going to be the best at marketing themselves doing that is going to be like a legitimate news source in 15 years.

This describes the entire modern sports media landscape of aggregation accounts like Dov Kleiman or MLFootball.
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Mar 14, 2016
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Big CatBig Cat

Every NCAA tournament team besides the 16 seeds is 'dangerous' and can 'make some noise'

The tourney is like I looked at the whole bracket besides the 16 seeds. Every team is dangerous. Every team you don't want to play. Every team can make some noise, which we will get into later. I have a list of all the make some noise teams.

This is a subjective mockery of sports media tropes, not a literal claim about team quality.

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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

James Harden has perfected the ability to get fouled whenever he wants

James has this unique ability to actually get fouled whenever he wants. It's unbelievable. He's asking for it. I don't know how he does it, but he has perfected it. ... If we're playing situational games in practice... I'll stick my arm out and he'll run through it and he can stop and start so quick... he does look for his little angles in practice to perfect it in a game.

Harden's high free-throw rate and the 'rip-through' or drawing contact on shots became a defining (and eventually rule-changed) part of his game.
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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

I'm a Packer through and through and Aaron Rodgers is excited about the team's new weapons

He's back in Green Bay getting ready for the season. He's been enjoying himself... He's excited. He likes the weapons we're getting. I'm a Packer through and through.

The Packers had just signed Martellus Bennett and drafted several players; Rodgers was publicly optimistic, though the season ended with his injury.
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Sam DekkerSam Dekker

The San Antonio River Walk is overrated and trashy

They are very proud of Alamo and a river that has trash in it. ... The river walk's overrated. ... Every building is gray and it's never sunny.

Subjective opinion on a tourist destination.

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