"There are only about five schools in the country that are actually capable of winning a national title" — Big Cat

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There are only about five schools in the country that are actually capable of winning a national title

Essentially what these both these moves [Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly] are saying is that the difference between getting in the playoffs and actually winning the national title... there are only a select few teams, schools, programs that can win the national title and Notre Dame and Oklahoma... basically were like, no, we can't do it here. We're at the ceiling. We got to go to one of the five spots in the country that actually can do this.

Opinion CFB Medium Subjective

This is a subjective assessment of program ceilings in the modern CFB era.

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The Washington Football Team is 'good-ish' and trending toward being a genuinely good team

I actually think that if you're talking about the entire teams of this show, we are the Roy G. Biv, we're the colors of the rainbow in terms of football teams. ... I think the Washington football team is good-ish. ... I do think the Washington football team, if they are good, they are not good like yet. I think if they win next week... they're good. Good-ish trending towards good.

Opinion Football Mild

The 2021 Washington team finished 7-10 and missed the playoffs, failing to sustain the 'good-ish' momentum.

Win

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Big Cat

Russell Wilson is no longer a top five NFL quarterback

It's just very bizarre to me that like Russell Wilson, he's not a top five quarterback right now. ... If you're talking about like the guys that are difference makers weekend and week out, he's not that. He hasn't been that for a little bit right now.

Opinion Football Hot

Russell Wilson's performance continued to fluctuate and eventually led to a disastrous trade to Denver, confirming he had fallen from the elite top-5 tier.

Loss

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I would rather have Taylor Heinicke on my team moving forward than Russell Wilson

I would rather have Taylor Heinicke on my team right now, moving forward than Russell Wilson, which it sounds insane to say, especially thinking back like four or five weeks ago when he looked so bad, but he's, he's legitimately fun to watch.

Hot Take Football Scorching

Heinicke had a decent run but never became a franchise starter, whereas Wilson, despite his Denver struggles, remains a much more accomplished and generally more valuable asset, making this a classic PMT 'of-the-moment' hot take.