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Big CatBig Cat

Lindsay Vonn crashes every single time she is hyped up to ski.

I basically, every time they say, Hey, Lindsay Vonn's about to ski... she's gonna crash. I woke up and they were like, Hey Lindsay Vonn competed this morning and she crashed.

Vonn did crash in the race referenced in the episode.
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MaxMax

V.J. Edgecombe's NBA debut was the best since Wilt Chamberlain

VJ Edgecombe. Absolute beast. That's how, that's how you rebuild right there... Best NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain. Wow. It's crazy. It's a crazy stat. Most points in his NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain... 34 [points] in a win over the Celtics.

The stat provided (34 points being the most since Wilt) is a verifiable fact claim within the context of the fictional/future game being discussed.
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ZacZac

Opening Counter-Strike skin cases is officially back

My who's back of the week is going to be Counterstrike cases specifically opening them... They went CS:GO case unboxings, $590,000 in cases they unboxed. Unprecedented territory is what we're approaching there.

The data supports a massive surge in unboxing revenue for Counter-Strike in 2024-2025.
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ZacZac

Morgan Wallen is fully back after his recent controversies

Morgan Wallen... he had some controversies, you know, throwing a chair over their ledge... I just feel like he was a fantastic star. I think he's so back.

Wallen's chart dominance confirms he remained commercially successful.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Victor Wembanyama will kill everyone next season after training as a monk

I do feel like this is gonna be [Wembanyama] fucks everybody up next season because he's Yeah. He's figured out like secret ancient martial arts.

Wembanyama won MVP in the 2025-26 season.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jim Irsay was the first NFL owner with the 'balls' to stand up to Dan Snyder

I will never forget the fact that he is the first owner to have the balls to say fuck you to Dan Snyder when Snyder threatened to blackmail every other owner. And he goes, yeah, try me. 'cause everything that I've done is out in the open.

Irsay was indeed the first owner to publicly state at an owners' meeting that there was 'merit to remove' Snyder.
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HankHank

The Celtics are officially 'all the way back' as title favorites

The Celtics waxed [the Knicks]... it's back on. All, all the way back on. The last five, they've won each by minimum 13.

The Celtics are indeed the defending champions and performing at an elite level.
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL should not change the playoff format to strip division winners of home games

NFL might change the playoff format where division winners get an automatic entry but not necessarily home field in the first round. This would suck. NFL is what makes the NFL great. Winning your division should mean a lot. Don't overreact to one year.

The NFL has not changed this rule as of the current season.
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Big CatBig Cat

Ohio State will beat Oregon in the Rose Bowl

The Rose Bowl's gonna be awesome. I think I'm gonna take Ohio State in that game. And it's mostly based on the uniforms that Oregon picked. I didn't really like 'em, I thought they should have done more classic.

The 2025 Rose Bowl (College Football Playoff Quarterfinal) was won by Ohio State 35-31 over Oregon.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will fight anyone who says Indiana shouldn't be in the playoff

I will fucking fight. If you find someone online who's saying Indiana should not be in the college football playoff—tag me snitch. Tag 'em. I just—I wanna fight 'em. I just love the, on the streets of the internet.

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Indiana successfully made the 12-team College Football Playoff field.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will cut off the tip of my pinky if the Falcons win the Super Bowl

Falcons are not winning the Super Bowl. Guaranteed. Falcons are not winning the Super Bowl. That's, I I believe it end the season. Tip of the pinky. If the Falcons somehow win this game on Monday night, I have to also have the Rams.

The Falcons were eliminated from playoff contention in January 2025.
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HankHank

Team USA failing to medal in 3x3 basketball is a national disgrace

Our three on three basketball team got eliminated. Didn't medal... Disgraceful so bad... I don't even know. How the fuck is this possible? Also, why don't we just send our, why isn't Jalen Brown in three and three?

The US men's 3x3 team did indeed finish last in their pool and failed to qualify for the knockout round.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2024 White Sox are a historically bad anomaly, worse than the 1940s Phillies

The Chicago White Sox who are on a 20 game losing streak... If you just erased their 14 game losing streak and their 20 game losing streak, they would still have the worst winning percentage in baseball this year... Only two managers in baseball history have at least 200 games managed for the same team, and a winning percentage under 333... Pedro Grifol and a guy named Dr. James Prothro, who managed the Phillies during World War II.

The White Sox finished with 121 losses, the most in modern MLB history, and Pedro Grifol was fired shortly after this episode with a historically bad winning percentage.
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HankHank

The winners of the John Deere Classic always stay in the same rental home in Illinois

For the last three years, each winner of the John Deere Classic has stayed in the same rental home in Illinois. Whoa. It's officially the trophy house. Davis Thompson, SEP Straka, JT Poston.

This was a widely reported coincidence in 2024 following Davis Thompson's win.
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Big CatBig Cat

Charles Barkley's retirement announcement is just a leverage play

I don't buy it. I don't buy it. I don't buy it. He's too good. That's just what you say at the end of the year. He's just doing, he's he's said a million different things. He's like, well maybe I'll just hire everyone and we'll have a new, we'll bring it over here. Maybe I'll retire. Maybe w he's just, I love Charles Barkley. I love, love, love Charles Barkley. I don't buy it. Charles Barkley could talk about anything on TV and I would watch. Yeah. It doesn't matter what it could be.

Barkley later clarified in August 2024 that he would remain with TNT Sports for the remainder of his contract, effectively 'un-retiring' shortly after the initial announcement.
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HankHank

Bryson DeChambeau will win the U.S. Open as an homage to Payne Stewart

I think this is it for Bryson [DeChambeau]. If Bryson comes and wears, because remember he used to wear the scaly cap. Payne Stewart. I could see it happening. As a homage to Payne Stewart. I'll call my shot right now.

Bryson DeChambeau won the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
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Big CatBig Cat

Oleksandr Usyk was the deserved winner over Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury lost, Usyk beat him in 12 rounds. It was an awesome fight... the right fighter won... Tyson Fury's in Deep Water because I knew he's the type of guy that if you're like Tyson Fury's done. Yeah. He'll come back and he'll just knock someone else out.

Usyk won via split decision to become undisputed champion.
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HankHank

Rory McIlroy only wins the tournament immediately preceding a Major

Rory, I feel like he's the king of winning the championship right before Major. Then everyone talks about him. It's a major week. Rory's back. He's gonna win a major and then he like misses the cut. Rory fooling us about him being back.

Rory won the Wells Fargo Championship but finished T12 at the PGA Championship and second at the U.S. Open later that summer.
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HankHank

MLB will fix the uniform lettering and sweat-wicking issues by the 2025 season

There was a report that came out that basically said Nike fucked up the uniforms. We're working to fix 'em. We're gonna get the bigger names in the back of the jerseys and everything should be fixed at the latest, at the start of the 2025 season.

MLB confirmed they will be returning to larger lettering and better materials in 2025.
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Big CatBig Cat

The obsession with velocity is destroying MLB pitchers' arms

Everyone's obsessed with velocity... everyone just looking at the numbers being like, you gotta throw a hundred, you gotta throw a hundred. And arms are just getting pushed to this max at a early age and everyone's destroying their arms.

This is a widely held opinion among baseball analysts and experts as the data shows a correlation between max effort velocity and ligament damage.
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Big CatBig Cat

Spring football (UFL) will never be relevant because the sports calendar is too crowded

I'm, I've never been more confident in my take that spring football. I just don't care. I, I feel very good about that because I've, every, every few years they try to pop one up and be like, you should care. I respect the sports calendar more than anything. This is March Madness. This is gonna be masters. This is gonna be NBA and NHL playoffs. Football is king. I love football more than anything, but not spring football.

The UFL did struggle for ratings compared to major spring sports, validating Big Cat's 'calendar' theory.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'pregnant' stingray Charlotte isn't actually pregnant and is just fat

Charlotte, the pregnant Stingray has still not given birth, which makes me think this might be a publicity stunt... if a shark had relations with a female Stingray who is pregnant even though she hasn't seen a male stingray in eight years... we need a conclusion to this. Otherwise she's just fat.

The aquarium eventually announced that Charlotte was not pregnant but actually suffered from a rare reproductive disease, confirming Big Cat's skepticism.
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Big CatBig Cat

Joel Embiid ducked Nikola Jokic in Denver

We were robbed of Joel Embiid playing in Denver against Jokic. 15 minutes before the game, he's like, no, I don't wanna play. I wanna duck... He hasn't played in Denver since 2019. He likes to play Jokic at home and then he's an 'out' guy... when they get to Denver, his knee hurts.

Embiid did indeed miss the game in Denver in late January 2024, continuing a streak of not playing there since 2019.
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#PMT-2023-1227-1438
Big CatBig Cat

Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers is not more impactful than Jackie Robinson

Ben Verlander... said that Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers is the most important signing in Dodgers history... Jackie Robinson? ... Pretty impactful. The word impactful was really interesting to us. Most important, most impactful.

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier is universally considered the most impactful event in Dodgers (and arguably MLB) history.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jayden Daniels should and will win the Heisman

Jayden Daniels. Eight touchdowns... against Georgia State... He is now the favorite to win the Heisman... I don't think that you can honestly make a case that it should be anybody except for Jayden Daniels.

Jayden Daniels did indeed win the 2023 Heisman Trophy.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jim Harbaugh will leave Michigan for the NFL after this season

I think that him accepting his punishment is a sign. He might be on the outs, which I'm excited for. Except he might go to the Chargers, which I'm not excited for.

Harbaugh won the National Championship with Michigan and then left to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Big CatBig Cat

The entire PMT crew should campaign for Jaden Daniels to win the Heisman

I think as a group we should get behind Jaden Daniels plus 550. I think we should get behind Jaden Daniels make that bet and try to bang on that drum... we have to do is basically propaganda stats of Jaden Daniels to get everyone in the world being like, did you know Jaden Daniels actually better than everyone else?

Jayden Daniels did indeed win the Heisman Trophy in 2023.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Dylan Brooks is successfully embracing the villain role in the NBA

My who's back of the week is Dylan Brooks being a villain... I think he's embracing being the villain. I think it's good.

Brooks became one of the most talked-about players in the league for his antics and defensive intensity, effectively serving as the league's primary heel.
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HankHank

The Celtics are back to being the favorites to win the NBA championship

The Celtics today acquired Jrue Holiday... And they're back to being the favorite to win the NBA championship. It's an elite defensive back court with him and Derrick White. Tatum, Brown, it's gonna be exciting.

The Celtics finished with the best record in the NBA and won the 2024 NBA Championship.
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Big CatBig Cat

Novak Djokovic is the GOAT and Federer is a boy toy

The Joker 24 and counting. Joker's the best. He's the goat. I root for winners. I am a winner. I root for winners. Joker the man. Your little fucking boy toy. Roger Federer. Joker's Got you. Bitch.

Djokovic holds the record for most Grand Slam titles (24) and weeks at #1. While 'GOAT' is subjective, the statistical argument is definitively in Djokovic's favor.
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Big CatBig Cat

Herm Edwards is a total fraud for the mess he left at Arizona State

My who's back is Herm Edwards being a fraud because Arizona State has a bull ban... He's on ESPN giving speeches about, you know, upstanding character and doing the right thing. And he just left this mess in his past. So he is a total fraud.

Edwards was fired mid-season and the program later self-imposed a bowl ban for violations committed under his watch.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Yankees should extend both Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman

I think they should extend Aaron Boone. Yeah. I think he's the steady hand and Cashman. I think Aaron Boone is a steady hand that the Yankees need to control their franchise. ... We official vote of confidence as they should extend both of them. Yes.

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Cashman remains employed and Boone's contract was eventually extended through 2024 (with a 2025 option), so technically PFT's mock-wish came true.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Texans offense will be much better than people think this year

He's [John Metchie] back in training camp. He looks awesome. ... I'm just saying, I think, I think the Texans on offense this year are gonna be way better than we think. I like Stroud. How do you do that? I'm a Stroud boy.

This was a massive hit. The Texans went from 3-13-1 to winning the AFC South, and CJ Stroud won Offensive Rookie of the Year.
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HankHank

The Vegas Sphere is the coolest thing ever and the future of advertising

It's maybe the coolest thing I've ever seen. Like, I feel like it's gonna be everywhere all the time now. Like it's the, it's the future. ... However much it costs to advertise on it is like it's better than a billboard.

The Sphere became an immediate global sensation and remains a high-demand advertising platform.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

There are more trees in Canada than there are stars in the Milky Way

You know what I learned today? There's more trees in Canada than there are Stars in the Milky Way. Is that true? Damn. Yeah. I went to a museum today.

There are estimated to be 318 billion trees in Canada. The Milky Way is estimated to have 100-400 billion stars. So this is scientifically accurate.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'pervert' chant at Max Homa is officially canceled and banned

We have to stop saying to Max Homa on the golf course that he's a pervert because it's getting a little weird... permission to shame that person, take a picture and send it to us... no more pervert. That is officially canceled.

The hosts successfully suppressed the meme, and calling Homa a 'pervert' largely faded from the gallery following this episode.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brooks Koepka is the hottest golfer in the world heading into the Masters

My, who's back of the week is Brook's Koepka. Yes. Brooks. Shout out Brooks. He won. He's hot. He's the hottest golfer in the world going into masters week. He's back. He won on the live tour. He battled off Patrick Reed to finish first place in Orlando.

Koepka finished T2 at the 2023 Masters, leading for much of the weekend before Jon Rahm won. He then won the PGA Championship in May 2023, validating that he was indeed 'back'.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

The Lakers are a legitimate threat as they climb the Western Conference standings

The Lakers... they are climbing up the west... Seeds four through 10 right now are separated by four and a half games. Damn. And Lakers are right there at eight. Are the Lakers back? They have LeBron and AD.

The Lakers reached the Western Conference Finals in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, proving they were indeed a threat.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ja Morant will relapse if he plays poorly after his brief rehab

And the toughest part is the relapse where if he, if he gets back and he's not that good, you're gonna fall back in old habits and you're gonna be like, I need to, I need to have a gun in strip club again.

Ja Morant was suspended for 25 games at the start of the 2023-24 season for another gun-related social media video in May 2023.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Oleksandr Usyk will beat Tyson Fury when they fight for the unified heavyweight title

I actually think Usyk could beat Fury. That's why I think Fury's been trying to duck him for the big belt, for the all the belts.

Usyk defeated Fury by split decision on May 18, 2024, to become the undisputed champion.
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Big CatBig Cat

LIV Golf will never be a team sport because golf is inherently individual

My four-year-old son Chris walked in the other day and he was like, dad, can we watch the ACEs? He's a Big ACEs player. I don't know why they thought like, golf is not a team sport. No. It's never gonna be a team sport. Ryder Cup is countries, America. People are watching for America on that one.

LIV continues to use the team format, but viewership and fan engagement with the 'teams' remains much lower than individual leaderboards.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mike McCarthy taking over play-calling is the beginning of the end for his time in Dallas

Mike McCarthy is saying that he's going to now take on play calling rules. So this is awesome. ... It's also just, it's the beginning of the end. And if it's because when you get this job, they're basically saying, now you have to fucking do this. Yes. And you're gonna, so it's, it is shuffling the, the deck chairs on the Titanic.

McCarthy's contract was not renewed after the 2024 season, confirming it was indeed the 'beginning of the end'.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Caleb Williams is already better than the current crop of NFL draft prospects

The UCLA USC game was fucking awesome. Caleb Williams is insanely good. Insanely good... I saw some people saying like, why are we talking about this next year's draft? Why aren't we talking about the year after with Caleb Williams?

Williams won the Heisman in 2022 and was the consensus #1 overall pick in 2024.
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HankHank

LeBron James is lying about when he started listening to Migos

LeBron today wore an outfit... a reporter asked him... he said 'I love Migos. I've been listening to them since I was in Miami in 2010.' The Migos didn't start putting music out until 2011 and they weren't really popular until 2013... just no reason to lie whatsoever.

Migos' first mixtape, 'Juug Season', was released in August 2011. While they formed earlier, LeBron saying he was listening to them in 2010 is chronologically unlikely.
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HankHank

The Warriors will struggle to recover from the Draymond Green punch video

I don't know though. I think this is something that it's gonna be hard for them to get over as a team. I don't know if they're gonna be able to come together. This is probably it for them.

The Warriors' 2022-23 season was plagued by chemistry issues and poor road performance; Poole was traded to Washington the following offseason.
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HankHank

Max Homa must be on the Ryder Cup team

If max isn't on the Ryder Cup team... we riot. It's a travesty of justice... He went four and oh in his matches, he had an electric walk in putt on the 18th green on Friday to win his match and the USA dominated and won the Presidents Cup.

Max Homa was indeed selected for the 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup team.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Zach Wilson is officially cleared and the Jets will beat the Steelers

My 'who's back' is Zach Wilson. He's officially back and cleared to play next week against Pittsburgh... a game we can win... Sola said after in the press conference. I broke the fucking news. If anyone else tries to say they broke the news on Sunday... Billy football had it 1:00 AM Monday morning. Facts.

Zach Wilson did return for Week 4, and the Jets did beat the Steelers 24-20.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Aaron Judge will break the AL home run record in the final two weeks of the season

Aaron Judge, two more home runs today. He's at 59, two shy of Roger Maris. These final two weeks got to be locked in. Even if you're not a Yankee fan, it's history. 61 home runs the Yankee record and the non-steroid record.

Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs, breaking the record on October 4, 2022.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

UNC is the most fun team to watch in college football

I think UNC might be the greatest team to watch in college football. There's so I feel like it's just gonna, you wanna talk about maximum chaos? I feel like that's gonna be UNC every single weekend.

UNC games remained extremely high-scoring and chaotic throughout the season.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Boxers and porn stars never actually retire

Boxers in porn stars never really retire. They always say they do. They're always ready for one more. It just always, you know what I mean? You'll see. You just be like, no, no, if you're there's one more you just age into becoming a MILF.

Tyson Fury famously retired and unretired multiple times after this. Most legendary boxers (Mayweather, Tyson) also take exhibition bouts long after their prime.
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