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The Ben Simmons holdout is unique because for once, the team is good and the player is the problem

This is uncharted territory because whenever you have a holdout or a guy demanding a trade it's because he's really, really good. And his team sucks and he's like the franchise won't support me. It's the exact opposite. The team is good. And Ben Simmons sucks. So it's like you have all the support. You are just the problem.

This is a subjective assessment of the Simmons/76ers dynamic.

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Oct 1, 2021
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Trevor Lawrence has officially arrived in the NFL

Trevor Lawrence has officially arrived in the NFL. He played very well. This was officially his first game.

Lawrence played his best game to date at that point, though the Jaguars still lost and his rookie season remained difficult.
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Urban Meyer looks miserable and doesn't like coaching in the NFL

Urban Meyer, what are you doing? Urban Meyer doesn't like coaching football. It was pretty apparent like in the first half... He just looks like he's miserable out there all the time. I don't know why he does it to himself.

Urban Meyer's tenure was a disaster and he was fired on December 16, 2021, following poor results and off-field scandals.
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The Bengals are officially on 'frisky watch'

The Bengals, I think are officially on frisky watch. Who is more frisky? The Bengals or the Panthers. I think the Panthers... The Bengals just joined the Panthers in the frisky watch.

The Bengals were much more than frisky; they won the AFC North and represented the AFC in the Super Bowl.

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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.