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Chris BermanChris Berman

Joe Burrow can win the Super Bowl just two years after winning a National Title

Two years ago [Burrow] won the national title and now he can win the Super Bowl... he might win. It's crazy.

Joe Burrow and the Bengals lost Super Bowl LVI to the Rams 23-20.

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Feb 7, 2022
#12872
Billy FootballBilly Football

My cross-country road trip changed my life

It unlocked something in my brain that I don't think will ever go away. We just discover a lot about myself, which... [the road trip] saved, it changed my life.

This is entirely subjective to Billy's personal growth, but the hosts treat it with skepticism.
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Feb 7, 2022·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Five years is the official amount of time for a meme to become funny again

It's the perfect time for it to come full circle. Cause we've, we've predicted, we've had this conversation off air many times. Like when do you think Harambe jokes are going to be funny again? I think five years is now officially the amount of time when something can become fun again.

While comedy is subjective, the five-year 'nostalgia' cycle for memes is a recognized phenomenon in internet culture.
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Feb 7, 2022·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Athletes only get into fights at 'nightclubs,' never at 'bars'

Have you ever noticed that when it's an athlete getting into a bar fight, it's always a nightclub. Yeah. And it's never like, they never just say like at a bar it's like at, at a local nightclub establishment.

Media framing frequently uses 'nightclub' for high-profile athletes to add gravity or descriptive detail to the scene.

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Chris BermanChris Berman

Sam Darnold was never the problem during his tenure with the Jets

I said, can I just say one thing to you? There are a lot of people in New York rooting for you. Parentheses. I didn't say it. But he got it. Like, he goes, it's nice for you to say. I said, no, no, I grew up at Shea Stadium... They figured out you're not the problem.

Darnold's performance leading the 2025 Seahawks to the Super Bowl provides strong retrospective evidence for this opinion.
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Chris BermanChris Berman

Bill Belichick is an obvious Hall of Famer and the voters look foolish for his snub

They look pretty foolish... I had my speech half written for Bill. Not that I'm sitting there writing it in January... 11 people [voting against him] is a lot. It's a lot of people. I understand. Willie Mays wasn't unanimous... but duh. He's in... Oh God yes. [He should be in the Hall].

While the vote is subjective, Belichick is widely considered one of the greatest coaches ever, making his exclusion highly controversial.
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Chris BermanChris Berman

The Seahawks will beat the Patriots 26-17 in Super Bowl 60

I would, I made the spread five... Somewhere in the game there will be a one yard touchdown run by the Seahawks... I had, and we can massage it, 26 17... Seventeens a normal score. I like to make it enough. Three or four. So that opposite... who's covering. I just think Seattle's [going to win].

Berman correctly picked the Seahawks to win, but predicted 26-17. Actual score was 29-13 - a bigger blowout than expected.

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