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Duke is a formidable team, but their dominance is skewed by the fact that the ACC is currently a weak conference.

Duke is a problem, but the ACC fucking sucks. So I'm just gonna tell myself that they're good only because they're killing everyone in the ACC.

Analytic rankings like KenPom often support the idea of the ACC being top-heavy or weaker compared to the SEC or Big 12 in recent years.

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Jan 27, 2025
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I refuse to count Jayden Daniels' last interception against the Eagles as a real stat.

Jayden played awesome. I thought he played great. We're not counting that last interception. If he throws a pick on this last drive, it doesn't count. I agree with that. It counts for Quinyon Mitchell... but that doesn't go against Jayden's stats in my book.

Subjective fan opinion on how to weight stats.
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Jan 27, 2025
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Vic Fangio is an elite defensive coordinator whose game plan perfectly neutralized Jaden Daniels and the Commanders' offense.

Vic Fangio is an incredible defensive coordinator. It was very clear from the jump that their entire game plan was, let's just take away [Jaden Daniels'] first read and make him go through his progressions... Vic Fangio is just, I mean he's a great defensive coordinator and [he was] dialing up blitzes when he had to.

The Eagles defense held the Commanders to 23 points (much of it in garbage time) and forced multiple turnovers, supporting the claim of a strong game plan.
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Jan 27, 2025
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Nick Sirianni has proven he is one of the best coaches in the NFL.

Nick Sirianni as a head coach, this is his fourth season. He's the first head coach to win the NFC two out of his first four years in the last 40 years. He's 48 and 20 all time, which is the highest winning percentage of any active head coach... Sirianni has proven that he's one of the best coaches in the NFL.

The stats cited are accurate for the time, and he has reached two Super Bowls in four years.

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France is unstoppable in the 2026 World Cup

When we first got the bracket, I said I was gonna go chalk and just bet on France. They just seem like there's nothing that you can do to stop him. France looks unstoppable.

The 2026 World Cup final is likely still pending or just occurring around the episode date.
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The toxicity towards Christian Pulisic proves America is finally a real soccer country

I think with the amount of vitriol that has gone towards Christian Pulisic, we have shown for the first time we might be a real soccer country because that actually, it's nuts how he's gotten bashed by everyone. The fact that it's gotten so toxic towards this one guy, it's like, oh shit. Maybe we could become a country that people cared that much about it.

This is a subjective cultural take on fandom.
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LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third time

Pardon My Take... July 10th. We are the first to report that LeBron James is going back to Cleveland... LeBron James is a Cleveland Cavalier yet again for the third time in his career.

LeBron's 2026 team choice is pending the actual offseason events of that year.