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The Vikings aren't total frauds, but they are "fraudulent adjacent"

I don't believe that the Vikings are complete and total frauds. I think that they're partially frauds. They're fraudulent adjacent. I am worried that they would get to the NFC championship game... because the way the NFC is shaking out, it feels like if the Vikings will get that second seed and whoever is the seven seed is going to be a team that we think about as like, 'ooh, watch out for them.'

The Vikings finished 13-4 with a negative point differential and lost at home in the Wild Card round, largely validating the 'partially fraudulent' label despite their win total.

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Nov 14, 2022
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Justin Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL

Justin Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL and, and I'm confident in saying that what he did in that game, the catches he made, the fourth down catch he made was one of the craziest catches I've ever seen.

Jefferson finished the 2022 season as the NFL Offensive Player of the Year, leading the league in receptions and yards.
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Nov 14, 2022
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The new "Moneyball" is pairing fast wide receivers with quarterbacks who only have 95% arm strength

I think that's what Mike McDaniel learned. He's like, we can absolutely hack the rule book if you just run faster than everyone and then probably maybe get underthrown just a little bit... and then you start working your way back to the ball you get interfered with. I'm just saying... that is the new Moneyball. It's just fast, fast wide receivers with like 95% arm strength quarterbacks.

This is a satirical observation about offensive strategy and the utilization of speed to exploit defensive rules.
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Nov 14, 2022
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The Vikings will win at least one playoff game this season

The Vikings will probably win a playoff game and we, we will get nervous at that point. I'm worried about the Vikings because they will have home, home field advantage to the NFC. They will probably win a playoff game.

The Vikings lost at home to the Giants in the Wild Card round, failing to win a single playoff game despite their 13-4 record.

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Ohio State moved senior night because it is scared of Michigan

If you're saying, 'Hey, we can't do it for the Michigan game because it's something that's just totally different and separate unto itself,' do it the last home game before that, which would be Northwestern. But that senior night though should be—you'd basically just be saying, 'I'm scared of doing it against Michigan.'

This is an interpretation of Ohio State's motivation and cannot be definitively verified.
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Michigan is closer to 7-5 than a playoff team

If Bryce Underwood doesn't take a massive step forward, this is closer to a seven-five team than a playoff team.

Michigan's 2026 season outcome has not been established at the time of this episode.
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Wisconsin has to win eight games

He's gotta win eight. I think he would tell you he's gotta win eight. Because if you win seven, that means you probably lost to Penn State, Iowa, USC and UCLA or Minnesota, and it's like some of those are not okay.

Wisconsin's 2026 final record has not yet been determined.