PMTPMT DB

Takes

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#PMT-2020-0701-300
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

New York City will have an eerie and calm Fourth of July because people used up all the fireworks in June.

Right now people have bought up so many fireworks and used enough of them already that there's not going to be enough left over for the fourth, at least in New York City. First, it'll be like a calm-ish, calmer than normal Fourth of July in New York City, which should be—that'll be kind of eerie.

While there were rumors of shortages, official displays and illegal fireworks remained very prevalent on July 4th in NYC.
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#PMT-2020-0701-301
HankHank

The Patriots will win 12 games this season with Cam Newton at quarterback.

I mean, we have Cam Newton now... how many wins do you think the Patriots will have this year? 12.

The 2020 Patriots finished 7-9 and missed the playoffs.
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#PMT-2020-0617-3256
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Stephanie Cmar will win Top Chef Season 17 because of the judge's reaction in the trailer

In the preview for the finale, they have Padma awarding the winner and saying congratulations you are top chef, but people have gone back and rewound it and they can tell by her inflection that she's genuinely surprised to be awarding it to this person. So now the internet is thinking the betting odds have shifted that it's going to be Stephanie... my money is on Stephanie.

Melissa King won Top Chef Season 17 (All-Stars LA). Stephanie Cmar did not win, proving the trailer-based inflection theory wrong.
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#PMT-2020-0617-3259
Billy FootballBilly Football

I want to create a giant mutant species of bullfrog using CRISPR technology

So African bullfrogs really cool... he sells these Gene I think it's and it's for frogs. So he does it on like home lab frogs... we could This frog which is already giant. We could make it even bigger. if I were Jack Ewing... Can we just I am backing to make a mutant frogs Yeah, but it's totally legal with science.

While CRISPR exists, a Barstool intern creating giant legal mutant frogs in a home lab is scientifically and legally improbable.
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#PMT-2020-0610-17459
Big CatBig Cat

Jameis Winston will be a Hall of Fame quarterback

Jameis Winston has told himself that he is one of the best quarterbacks... 'I know what I'm worth and I know day in and day out without publicly coming in and saying it that historically I'm one of the best quarterbacks to play the game.' ... Janice Winston has told himself that he is one of the best quarterbacks. According to history, Jamis is a hall-of-fame quarterback... Jameis Winston is going to be a Hall of Famer.

While Jameis has had a productive career, he is widely considered far from a Hall of Fame lock, primarily serving as a backup in later years.
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#PMT-2020-0610-17461
Big CatBig Cat

I will have the greatest gambling season of my life because of clovers in my new yard

I'm moving and I got a little patch of grass, shrubbery at the new place... Talk to the previous tenant, he said if you look close enough, there's a bunch of four-leaf clovers in there. So I'm about to have the greatest gambling season of my life.

Big Cat famously had a rough 2020 football gambling season (specifically with the Bears), contradicting the 'clover luck'.
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#PMT-2020-0603-18416
Big CatBig Cat

Saying the word 'fuck' improves pain tolerance, so Philip Rivers should start cursing to win a Super Bowl

researchers found that saying the word fuck can improve your threshold for pain... when you say fudge or dang it or gosh darn it, it's worse... could you imagine what he would be like as a quarterback if he actually said fuck? ... Do you think if Phil Rivers starts cussing, then he wins a Super Bowl? Probably.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Philip Rivers did not win a Super Bowl in 2020 and likely didn't start cursing.
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#PMT-2020-0513-13840
HankHank

I will sweep PFT 4-0 in our Thursday game

4 o'clock on Thursday. You can see, probably going to be a 4-0 sweep, so make sure you sweep it early because it's going to be over early. ... 4-1 or better. [Or] I'll do a show with no shirt on.

Hank typically lost these competitions to PFT, though the specific result of this Thursday stream isn't captured in the transcript, it fits his persona of overconfident predictions.
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#PMT-2020-0506-11515
HankHank

Elon Musk naming his kid a symbol will force teachers to learn code

Teachers are on the hot seat because this is going to start a trend amongst the nerd people community. Be like, oh, we don't even have to name our kids real names. We can just do symbols and codes. And so imagine being a teacher and getting an attendance sheet and being like, hey, Sam, Joe, X AE A-12.

While the name was real, the 'trend' of naming kids symbols hasn't broadly materialised in schools.
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#PMT-2020-0422-8358
Big CatBig Cat

The NBA will never play again in 2020

I don't think they're going to play again ever. I heard a nasty rumor today... I've canceled sports for 2020 you guys got mad at me for that.

The NBA did return in 2020 with the Orlando Bubble.
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#PMT-2020-0422-8362
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

College football will not happen in 2020

College football's not happening. I don't think it is until the spring. How can you make kids who are not getting paid go and play if there's a pandemic?

College football did happen in the Fall of 2020, though with varied schedules and some conferences (Big Ten/Pac-12) initially postponing.
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#PMT-2020-0401-6368
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NBA owners should marry their players to circumvent the salary cap

Could an owner theoretically marry a player in order to circumvent the salary cap? It's actually brilliant, isn't it? I don't think any holes in that... Michael Jordan could probably adopt his son or he could just have a son play and just write more and more into the will every year.

NBA bylaws have anti-circumvention rules that would definitely cover spousal gifts or inheritance-based pay.
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#PMT-2020-0325-7229
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dude Perfect is responsible for the coronavirus because their trick shot gong was made in Wuhan

I'm putting Dude Perfect on the hot seat. I don't know if you've seen them recently, but they were showing off the gong that they have in their Dude Perfect warehouse... and it says proudly made in Wuhan right on the big gong there. So many people are asking is Dude Perfect responsible for the stuff that's going on the world.

The take is a comedic conspiracy theory and not literally true.
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#PMT-2020-0311-3342
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The market for Tom Brady is not as hot as he thinks it is

I'm staying a little bit woke on the Tom Brady rumors everywhere. I feel like the market for Tom Brady is not as hot as he thought it would be.

Brady eventually signed a massive deal with the Buccaneers, showing there was significant interest.
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#PMT-2020-0205-4003
Big CatBig Cat

Urban Meyer would be a great fit at Michigan State so he can beat Michigan from another angle

How bad would it be if Urban Meyer went there? Oh, that'd be so fun and beat the fuck out of Michigan from the other angle. Yes, you know the thought has occurred to him in the last six hours.

Urban Meyer did not go to Michigan State; Mel Tucker was hired.
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#PMT-2020-0122-18596
HankHank

Tom Brady going to the Raiders would make them the most liked team in the NFL

Brady, I wouldn't even be mad if he went to the Raiders. And if he went to the Raiders, everyone would be rooting for the Vegas Raiders. If he decides to go to the Raiders, which would be shocking, that team would be electric.

Brady signed with the Buccaneers, not the Raiders.
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#PMT-2020-0115-4720
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am a better and more accurate kicker than Chad Ochocinco

I'm not scared of you Chad. I'm coming for you Chad. I'm a better Kicker than you. I'm more accurate. They call me mr. 35 yards. Hmm. That's what they call me because I go I go 99 percent from 35 yards so I don't care if I can't kick a 60-yarder but I can hit a 35-yarder twice.

PFT did not make an XFL roster, and Chad Johnson (Ochocinco) actually did kick in professional settings like the preseason.
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#PMT-2019-1204-14884
Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears are definitely going to make the playoffs

The Bears are going to make the playoffs. So Thursday night tune in. If the Bears lose, devastation... my team is still alive, just say fuck it and let's just hope that the best thing possible happens because then at least you get to watch games that feel meaningful. I've convinced myself fully.

The Bears finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs in 2019.
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#PMT-2019-1120-3490
HankHank

James Holzhauer will win the Jeopardy GOAT tournament

I'm going Jeopardy James [to win]. [Ken Jennings] is from Utah. I just assumed he soaked. He seems like a guy who soaks.

Ken Jennings won the Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time tournament in January 2020.
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#PMT-2019-1113-6607
Big CatBig Cat

Jeffrey Epstein is alive and the Clintons used Hillary's brother's body as a decoy

The newest Jeffrey Epstein theory out there, he's not dead He's Alive and the clintons used Hillary's brother... who died six months ago as the body for Jeffrey Epstein which they never did a DNA test.

This is a wild conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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#PMT-2019-1106-14117
Big CatBig Cat

Anthony Davis will sign with the Bulls in free agency next year

Anthony Davis was at like a school speaking... and he called Chicago the mecca. And he said they asked about like him coming back to Chicago to play and he said I am a free agent next year, but we will see. Door is wide open. Those are just fans already sick LeBron. Those are just facts.

Anthony Davis signed a 5-year, $190 million contract extension with the Lakers in December 2020 and never joined the Bulls.
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#PMT-2019-1009-12929
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Zion Williamson won't be an explosive dunker anymore because he measured at 6'6"

Zion's on the hot seat because I don't think he's going to be able to be an explosive dunker anymore now that he measured in at 6'6".

Zion Williamson remained one of the most explosive dunkers in NBA history despite being 6'6".
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#PMT-2019-1002-17913
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James only supports NCAA likeness rights to keep elite competition out of the NBA

He wants to players to get paid. So they're more likely to stay in college the elite players so they don't come to the NBA and compete against him. That's what's really happening.

While funny, there is no evidence this is LeBron's actual motivation, and the NBA age limit is a league rule, not individual player influence.
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#PMT-2019-0925-19056
Big CatBig Cat

Elon Musk is actually a front for Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is actually Jeff Bezos. It's his front. So Elon Musk is like we're going to go to Mars... so everyone talks about him and then Jeff Bezos is in the background doing the real shit doing the drones doing all that.

This is a satirical conspiracy theory and not factually true.
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#PMT-2019-0911-10039
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Vaping is about to see a spike in use because it has become 'rebellious' again

My cool throw is vaping because there's been a real spike... in vaping deaths. So now vaping has kind of turned the corner. It's like it's a bad boy thing... well now vaping has entered that realm because it's killing people... I think it's going to see a spike in use.

PredictionLifeFireSarcastic
Vaping use among teens actually saw a significant drop following the 2019 EVALI outbreak and the 'T21' federal law raising the tobacco age to 21.
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#PMT-2019-0911-10040
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alabama could beat the Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins are trash. The Dolphins are trash and Alabama can beat them. What's a better, what's a better debate? That is Yukon women's basketball bad for women's basketball. Right. Or which school is the real DBU?

NFL teams are composed entirely of professional adults; the talent gap between any NFL roster and a college roster is insurmountable. This is widely considered impossible.
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#PMT-2019-0904-16412
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Jaguars (+3.5) will beat the Chiefs in Week 1

Every jackass out there is going to be better on the Chiefs. Not me. I'm going to take the Jags and win because I'm smart.

The Chiefs beat the Jaguars 40-26 on September 8, 2019.
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#PMT-2019-0828-11908
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kyle Sloter should start for the Vikings over Kirk Cousins

Kirk Cousins needs to be benched. Kyle Sloter needs to start the season for the Vikings... This guy's the best fucking player in the history of any league's preseason of all time... If he gets cut, there should be 31 hungry teams chomping at the bit to pick up Sloter.

Sloter was cut by the Vikings just days after this episode (August 31, 2019) and Cousins led them to a playoff win that year.
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#PMT-2019-0828-11914
Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs didn't need Bryce Harper because they need professional hitters like Nicholas Castellanos

Bryce Harper would be a very redundant talent to what the Cubs have right now, and the Cubs need professional hitters, not more guys who hit home runs and strikeouts... I wish they had more [Nicholas] Castellanos, not more Harpers.

While Castellanos was great for the Cubs in late 2019, Bryce Harper went on to win an MVP in 2021, and the Cubs offense stagnated and was eventually dismantled.
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#PMT-2019-0821-6480
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The United States should just invade Greenland if Denmark won't sell it

There are other ways to take over a country besides buying it like fuck it. Let's just ride. Well, what's Denmark going to do to stop us from invading green? Nothing. Absolutely. Nothing. Yeah. There's probably some treaty that would stop it. But that's a piece of paper. Denmark has bigger fish to fry.

The US did not invade Greenland.
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#PMT-2019-0814-17432
HankHank

Michael Porter Jr.'s spine is made of dust

My hot seat is Michael Porter Jr. You guys remember him? Remember he's in the NBA? Has yet to play a minute. His spine is made of dust.

While Porter has had multiple back surgeries, he has played 5+ seasons and won a championship, proving his spine is not literally dust.
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#PMT-2019-0807-2335
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Michael Crabtree didn't sign with the Cardinals because he feared Aqib Talib

My cool throne is Michael Crabtree. So Michael Crabtree decided not to sign with the Arizona Cardinals yesterday... It would have been a terrible move for him because he would have had to play against Aqib Talib twice. Oh, he didn't want that chain snatched. Yeah, the Dunn chain was about to hang over his neck, and Aqib Talib was about to swipe it off.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
While funny, Crabtree eventually did sign with the Cardinals later that August and played against Talib's Rams, so the 'thanks but no thanks' didn't stick.
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#PMT-2019-0724-5832
Big CatBig Cat

Roger Goodell should suspend Tom Brady for cliff diving with his daughter

It would be the ultimate troll move by Roger Goodell to suspend Tom Brady for one game after Tyreek Hill gets zero and just be like, hey, there's videotape... wouldn't be right, but it would be fucking funny.

OpinionFootballHotSarcastic
Tom Brady was not suspended for this vacation video.
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#PMT-2019-0612-18698
Big CatBig Cat

If Brooks Koepka wins the 2019 US Open, he is the 'new Tiger'

I want Brooks to win... If Brooks wins this one, he's the new Tiger. I'm going to say it. He's a Blake and a Tiger and a Brooks.

Brooks Koepka finished 2nd at the 2019 US Open, losing to Gary Woodland. Since then, while Koepka has won more majors, he hasn't reached Tiger-level ubiquity or sustained dominance.
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#PMT-2019-0424-11005
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ant-Man will defeat Thanos by crawling up his butt and expanding

Either Ant-Man's going to crawl up in [Thanos's] butt and expand, like we said on the show, or he's going to get defeated using logic and reason by fact-checking super reporter Clark Kent.

The 'Thanus' theory did not come true in Avengers: Endgame.
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#PMT-2019-0424-11006
Big CatBig Cat

Robbie Gould will quit football if he isn't traded back to the Chicago Bears

Robbie Gould, I think, is demanding—I think he's essentially demanding that he will quit football if he doesn't get to be a Bear again. ... I'm all for it when it helps the Bears especially with how bad they the Bears have three kickers right now on their roster.

Robbie Gould did not quit football; he signed a long-term contract with the 49ers in July 2019 and continued his career there.
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#PMT-2019-0424-11007
Big CatBig Cat

Odell Beckham Jr. is genuinely happy to be in Cleveland and away from Eli Manning

Odell Beckham Jr. because he wants everyone to listen he is totally happy in Cleveland... Odell Beckham is probably just happy he's away from Eli Manning. He truly actually is happy that he doesn't have to play with Eli Manning anymore.

While he may have been happy initially, Beckham's time in Cleveland was famously frustrating, leading to a mid-season release in 2021 after his father posted a video of Baker Mayfield missing him on routes.
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#PMT-2019-0417-2795
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Archie Manning is behind the Daniel Jones hype to protect Eli Manning's job

Very clearly Archie Manning [is behind this] because the Manning family is fucking in love with Duke's coach [David Cutcliffe]... And this guy is just somebody that's been around Peyton and Eli for long enough that Archie's like, he's my third boy... He knows how to keep this guy under control and not be good enough to take Eli's job for at least five years.

Hot TakeFootballFireSarcastic
While Jones did go to the Giants, he took Eli's job in just two weeks of the 2019 season, debunking the theory that he was there to protect Eli.
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#PMT-2019-0306-10722
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Virginia Cavaliers will lose to a 16-seed again

The Harvard of the South is not in a position to win anything this postseason... They'll lose to a 16. I'm a big trends guy, and right now in their last one, the Cavaliers are 0 for 1 against 16th seeds.

Virginia won the national title, defeating Gardner-Webb (the 16 seed) in the first round after a brief scare.
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#PMT-2019-0220-5158
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

James Dolan will eventually find a way to ruin a Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant pairing

You know what I'm really excited for? To see how James Dolan can fuck up Kyrie Irving and KD together. Yeah, that's never going to work.

The take is based on the false premise they would join the Knicks; they joined the Nets instead. However, the Nets tenure was also largely seen as a failure.
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#PMT-2019-0206-5452
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Bitcoin exchange CEO who reportedly died with the passwords is not actually dead

There's no way he's dead, right? There hasn't been a good fake death in a while... He is living it high with, he's probably fucking whales with John McAfee in wherever the hell they are.

The death of Gerald Cotten was officially confirmed by doctors in India, though skepticism remains in the crypto community.
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#PMT-2019-0130-6030
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jerry Jones should hire Tony Romo as the Cowboys head coach

I think that Tony Romo would be a great coach... because we would get the chance to see Tony Romo blow more fourth quarter games... And Jerry Jones will never fire him. No, make it happen, Jerry.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
This never happened; Mike McCarthy was hired later.
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#PMT-2019-0116-13940
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The cold weather in Kansas City favors the Chiefs over the Patriots in the AFC Championship.

My hot seat is the New England Patriots. Because it is going to be 5 to 10 degrees in Kansas City... It favors the Kansas City Chiefs. This is their home field. The Patriots, I don't know if they can do it in the cold. We'll see about that.

The Patriots beat the Chiefs 37-31 in the AFC Championship in Kansas City to advance to the Super Bowl.
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#PMT-2018-1205-18833
Big CatBig Cat

Our next breaking news scoop is 100% guaranteed to be correct

The next piece of news that we break, 100% guarantee that it's correct. 100%. We are not going to take any more risks. We're going to get back in the winning streak.

Their track record remained hit-or-miss as intended for a comedy show.
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#PMT-2018-1121-2913
Big CatBig Cat

I'm guaranteeing Duke wins the national championship

I'm guaranteeing Duke wins. [Big Cat] is guaranteeing Duke wins.

Duke lost to Michigan State in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Tournament; Virginia won the title.
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#PMT-2018-1121-2915
Big CatBig Cat

I am rooting for Washington State to get into the College Football Playoff

I now am rooting for Washington State to get into the playoff just to piss off... Mike Leach... is going to make [Saban or Harbaugh] so angry because they're all serious.

Washington State lost the Apple Cup to Washington and failed to reach the CFP in 2018.
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#PMT-2018-1114-4674
HankHank

Steph Curry might leave the Warriors for the Lakers

Aisha Curry recently followed Vanessa Bryant on Instagram. So what if Steph was the one to leave the Warriors, go to the Lakers, and leaves KD to deal with Draymond and all the trash in Golden State?

Steph Curry remained with the Warriors and has signed multiple extensions since then.
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#PMT-2018-1107-6190
Big CatBig Cat

Duke is guaranteed to win the national title this year

Duke is going to win the national title. Mark this down. Write this down. Post it. We'll replay this in the spring. Duke is going to win the national title. Guaranteed. Big Cat guarantee. There's nothing that will stop him.

Duke, despite having Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett, lost in the Elite Eight to Michigan State in the 2019 tournament.
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#PMT-2018-1031-8700
Big CatBig Cat

Urban Meyer will coach the Packers and Mike McCarthy will coach the Browns

The tip that I got, I think I said it last week, that the dominoes have started to fall. Hugh Jackson gets fired. Urban Meyer goes to coach the Packers. Mike McCarthy gets fired, coaches the Browns because of John Dorsey. And then Bob Stoops comes and coaches Ohio State.

Urban Meyer retired (briefly) before later going to the Jaguars. Mike McCarthy eventually coached the Cowboys. Ryan Day took over Ohio State. Matt LaFleur went to the Packers.
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#PMT-2018-1031-8701
HankHank

Nebraska will upset Ohio State

Nebraska's been really bad this week. They're fixing for a big upset. If they lost this game, Urban Meyer's out. I think they're going to lose. I think he's out.

Ohio State won the game 36-31 on November 3, 2018.
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