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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Current political polling is useless because voters cannot maintain a consistent opinion for more than three days

I think a snapshot of any polling number right now is the dumbest... the swings in a very short amount of time. It's because no one, no one side can keep their shit together for more than three days. I don't understand like, the polling of one phenomenon that we have. I don't know that the tides are turning nearly as fast as everybody's pretending as it does day to day.

This is a meta-commentary on media consumption and data validity, which is inherently subjective but reflects a common critique of polling.

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Angel Reese will be a 20 and 10 player every day and is the WNBA Rookie of the Year

Angel Reese. Yeah. Angel. I love Angel Reese. I think she has like Rodman level rebounding. I fucking love her. If I had to [vote Rookie of the Year], yeah. She'll be a 20 and 10 every day.

Caitlin Clark ultimately won the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year award in a nearly unanimous vote.
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Florida State will beat Georgia Tech in Ireland to prove they should have been included in last year's College Football Playoff

Florida State's an 11 half point favorite. Maybe this is them showing out that they should have been included in last year's playoffs. Gotta think that angle.

Georgia Tech defeated #10 Florida State 24-21 in the season opener in Dublin on August 24, 2024.
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The Matthew Judon trade was the best outcome for both the Patriots and Judon

Matthew Judon, that happened the day after we recorded. He did get traded. I mean, he's a little bit older. He wasn't probably gonna resign. I think, but they realize it's probably best for both parties to trade them. So it was good. You know, everybody's happy.

Judon was traded to the Falcons on August 14, 2024. Whether it's 'best' is subjective, but it facilitated the Patriots' rebuild.

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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Lincoln Riley still has no signature win at USC

If you go through the Lincoln Riley résumé, this is a really long time since starting in '22 to not have that signature win. Give us one. Beat Oregon once and be like, 'Hey, look.'

This is an assertion about USC’s results under Lincoln Riley that can be checked against the record as of the episode date.
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The SEC will regain its national-championship dominance

It was still hard for me to believe that they're just not gonna win national championships now because of NIL. That's the kind of parity. I think the SEC is gonna turn this thing back around where they're gonna start rolling through people again.

The SEC’s future national-title results remain unresolved.
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BYU is ranked far too highly to be trusted

I was arguing Texas Tech being overlooked because at least they have some P4 wins in there. They looked like shit against Colorado. BYU is eighth in both polls. I'm not putting them in there.

Whether BYU deserves its ranking and can contend is evaluable over the 2026 season, which is not complete.