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Football field goals go farther at night when it's cold

Kicking sucked at the start of the year. I didn't feel it. Now I'm starting to feel it. The weather's getting a little bit colder. I do think that that has something to do with the ball going farther at night. So I do like over three-and-a-half field goals in the Sunday night game.

Physics dictates that warm air is less dense, allowing balls to travel further. Kicking performance generally drops as the temperature falls.

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Oct 16, 2020
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Big CatBig Cat

If Alabama loses to Georgia without Nick Saban on the sideline, it shouldn't count as a loss

If Alabama loses does it count? Is it a Coach K thing? Does Nick Saban not get this on his record? ... I unironically think yes. I think Nick Saban will get in front of the press and say exactly that. Be like, 'Hey, guess what? That wasn't my team. That was Steve Sarkisian's team.'

Alabama beat Georgia 41-24, and Saban ended up coaching after testing negative three times, so the hypothetical loss never occurred.
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Oct 16, 2020
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Nick Saban is worth seven points to the betting line in an Alabama game

I do kind of think that Nick Saban is definitely worth seven points in a game. So if they lose by fewer than seven points, then I would say this does not count as a loss.

The line didn't move 7 points when Saban was briefly out, suggesting the market value of a coach is lower, though Saban's actual impact is subjective.
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Oct 16, 2020
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Peyton Manning is definitely using HGH

Billy football spotted that he's got the Omaha Beach... Omaha Beach nipples... possible HGH. ... He's obviously taking always multiple nipples like a pig. ... Definitely juicing, definitely realizing I feel like a lot of retired guys just start juicing because they could never do it during their career.

This is a scandalous claim based on a beach photo and hasn't been verified by any credible source or testing.

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The Ravens' fourth-quarter problems are moving earlier

Historically, the fourth-quarter Ravens have not been a great team. That fourth-quarter Ravens has started to creep its way into the third-quarter Ravens. And I think eventually it's going to keep creeping earlier and earlier in the game. I don't think it's going to get better because the defense does not look good.

This is a season-long assessment that can only be judged against Baltimore's eventual 2026 performance.
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Baker Mayfield has a real revenge game against Cleveland

This is like a big Baker revenge spot too. This is not a made-up Baker—I have a perceived slight against me because some team didn't trade for me when I was on the market. This is Baker Mayfield against Stefanski, and they haven't talked since he left Cleveland.

Whether the personal history materially affects the game is subjective, though the stated public grievance is part of the episode's context.
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The NFL should reduce the season to 16 games

I'm going to say it. I think that 17 games is too much. I like the scarcity. I like if you brought it back to 16, because the NFL's also been playing this game for a long time where they have to find safer-looking ways to do a dangerous activity.

The preferred NFL schedule is a policy judgment, though the player-safety rationale is grounded in the discussion's cited study.