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Coach K is using bizarre 'freshman roommate' pitches to recruit Zion Williamson

This is a weird move by Coach K. He's telling Zion Williamson, at a school like Duke, it's tough to get in. So he said, you never know who you could be living with. You might be on the hall with a person who will be the president one day or a brain surgeon.

While the pitch happened, Zion only stayed one year, making the 'lifetime roommate' pitch irrelevant to his actual career path.

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Void
Apr 14, 2017
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Overtime hockey is the worst experience in sports when your team is playing

You know what else is bad is overtime hockey when your team is in it. If another person's team is in it, it's great... But when it's your team, you just want to eat a gun.

The stress of overtime hockey is a well-documented sentiment among NHL fanbases.
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Apr 14, 2017
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There is no such thing as home ice advantage in the NHL playoffs

You know what I don't like about playoff hockey is that there's basically no home ice advantage. It doesn't exist. The ice is the same everywhere you go.

Statistically, home teams do win at a higher rate in the NHL playoffs, but PFT is arguing the physical environment doesn't change.
Win
Apr 14, 2017
#15187
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The Bulls will give the Celtics a good series in the first round

I think the Bulls are going to give the Celtics a really good series.

The Bulls famously took a 2-0 lead as the 8th seed before losing the series 4-2 following a Rondo injury. The series was much more competitive than predicted.

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The Chargers' game against the Raiders is a must-win

The Chargers might have the most must-win game of all time playing the Raiders with the schedule they have. If they don't win this week, it's over.

The Chargers' season outcome and whether the loss effectively ended their season had not been resolved at the time of the episode.
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Texas won; Ohio State choked

I'll say Texas win, Ryan Day choke. The play calling, I don't know, maybe they got too conservative. I think they probably did.

This is a retrospective interpretation of the game rather than a purely objective claim; assigning primary blame is subjective.
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Oregon is probably out if it loses to USC

The USC game will be massive. If Oregon loses that game, they're probably out.

Oregon's playoff status after the USC game was still unresolved at the time of the episode.