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#PMT-2017-1218-17330
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Rockets and Celtics will meet in the NBA Finals

Rocket Celtics calling it right now. [Warriors?] No. [The Rockets beat them] in seven.

The Warriors beat the Rockets in the WCF (in seven games, as PFT nearly predicted but with the wrong winner) and the Celtics lost to the Cavs in the ECF.
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#PMT-2017-1211-19435
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Fisher is a quarterback whisperer

Jeff Fisher is back in a big way because all of his quarterbacks are shining right now... Jared Goff just killing out in L.A... Number two is Case Keenum. He's back. Nick Foles. Playing well... He's a quarterback whisperer. He's like Johnny Appleseed. He's just going around and he plants all his little quarterback seeds. And then in like, you know, three to four years when he gets fired. They all just sprout into big trees.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
The literal claim is satirical; the reality is the 'Fisher Effect' where QBs thrive once free of his system.
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#PMT-2017-1120-6470
Big CatBig Cat

Wisconsin will beat Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship

I think Wisconsin could beat Ohio State. I really do. Halftime of the Michigan game, I was like, oh, fuck, but Wisconsin put it on them in the second half, and I was like, this defense can play with... hey, defense travels. I'm there. I'm going to enjoy these next two weeks where I'm like, it's just one game to get to the playoffs.

Ohio State beat Wisconsin 27-21 in the 2017 Big Ten Championship.
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#PMT-2017-1113-2227
Big CatBig Cat

The Miami Hurricanes are officially back

As a team, Miami is officially, officially back. Now, Hank said it last week. The U. But they are now back.

Miami lost their final three games of the season (Pitt, Clemson, Wisconsin) and haven't returned to that level of national relevance consistently since, showing they weren't truly 'back'.
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#PMT-2017-1009-5514
Big CatBig Cat

Coach Ed Orgeron was never on the hot seat at LSU

I'm staying resolute in my support of Coach O. I don't think he was ever on the hot seat. Don't think he's ever going to be on the hot seat.

Orgeron was famously on the hot seat multiple times and was eventually reached a mutual separation with LSU in 2021, despite winning a title.
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#PMT-2017-1002-6643
Big CatBig Cat

Alabama's second string could win the SEC

Alabama debates are back... could Alabama's second team win the SEC? Because they're deep. Real deep... the Hawaiian quarterback [Tua Tagovailoa], the second string, it would be unbelievable.

While Alabama's roster was historically deep, no second-string team could realistically win a major conference.
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#PMT-2017-0925-18169
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryce Harper will lead the Nationals to a surefire World Series title

He's coming back to lead the Nationals to a surefire World Series. It's the Nats year. This is the year that Natitude is back.

The 2017 Nationals lost in the NLDS to the Chicago Cubs. They did not win the World Series.
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#PMT-2017-0918-18063
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Fullbacks are officially back in a big way in the NFL

Fullbacks are back in a big way... I think it might be confirmation bias, but I've been noticing fullbacks more and more. Specifically, Derek Coleman, the fullback for the Falcons.

While certain schemes used fullbacks, the position has generally continued to decline in overall NFL usage since 2017.
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#PMT-2017-0821-1157
Big CatBig Cat

I almost got a tattoo of Javier Baez on the back of my neck after seeing his slide against the Blue Jays.

Javi Baez had such a good slide for the Cubs to win an extra inning... In that time, I almost got myself an El Mago tattoo. ... Maybe on the back of my neck like his MLB tattoo.

Big Cat did not actually get an El Mago neck tattoo.
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#PMT-2017-0814-10113
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The wind in Chicago will help Roberto Aguayo's accuracy by pushing the ball back to the uprights

He's so wildly inaccurate that the wind is actually going to push his balls back towards the uprights.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Aguayo's accuracy did not improve; he was waived by the Bears before the regular season even started.
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#PMT-2017-0814-10115
Big CatBig Cat

Darren McFadden will tear his hamstring immediately after taking over for Ezekiel Elliott

Darren McFadden looks like he's going to get a lot of carries for the Cowboys... And when I say a lot of carries, I mean a lot of carries in the first half of the first game. And then he's going to tear his hamstring. And everyone who drafted him is going to be really pissed off.

McFadden did not get 'a lot of carries.' He was a healthy scratch for much of the season and finished with 0 rushing yards before retiring.
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#PMT-2017-0717-4528
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lonzo Ball playing well in Summer League means the Showtime Lakers are back

The Lakers are back. Oh! The Lake Show is back. So Lonzo Ball's been playing pretty well in the Summer League, and so that can only mean one thing, and that's the Showtime Lakers are back.

The Lakers were not 'back' immediately; they missed the playoffs in 2017-18 and 2018-19, only returning to prominence after signing LeBron James.
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#PMT-2017-0619-18079
Big CatBig Cat

Icing Bros will inevitably make a comeback

I'm going to call it right now. Icing Bros is going to come back. That's going to suck. Take a knee and chug. That was a tough summer of 2008 or 9, whatever it was.

Icing has seen periodic ironic resurgences but never returned to its 2010 peak of cultural dominance.
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#PMT-2017-0530-16845
Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods' hair plugs are working

His hair did not look as bad as it has in the past... No, but it looks like the hair plugs might be working. Because Tiger Woods is a notorious guy who went balding pretty early.

Tiger Woods' hair remains a topic of speculation, but his mugshot showed significant thinning, contradicting the 'working' claim.
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#PMT-2017-0522-19446
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Love should be the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns

Kevin Love should be the Browns quarterback. He does have unbelievable passing. He'll throw one or two a game where it's like, how the hell did he do that?

Kevin Love remained a basketball player and never played for the Browns.
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#PMT-2017-0508-2621
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bees aren't actually dying at an alarming rate

And people keep saying that they're dying at an alarming rate like you did. But I don't think that they are. I'm woke on the whole bee thing, the whole bee scare of 2016.

Population trends for bees vary by species, but colony collapse disorder remains a real scientific concern.
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#PMT-2017-0320-17168
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jay Wright is a big-time choker if you take away his one ring

Jay Wright on CBS coverage... People forget if you take away that one ring, it's a big-time choker.

Hot TakeCBBHotSarcastic
Wright won another championship in 2018, further debunking the 'choker' label.
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#PMT-2017-0313-11696
HankHank

Johnny Manziel is officially back and committed to a comeback after getting engaged

My who's back of the week is Johnny Football... Comeback season. He just got engaged to show that he's committed and he's making his comeback. So it seems like he's got everything going for him heading forward.

Manziel never played another snap in the NFL. He played in the CFL and AAF but the 'comeback' to professional relevance largely failed.
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#PMT-2017-0306-3983
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Hometown saviors always work out well for the Cleveland Browns

He said that he would go play in Cleveland. He's a hometown kid. We all know that hometown quarterbacks work out really well for Cleveland. They're always saviors.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Trubisky never actually played for the Browns, and Cleveland's QB carousel continued for years, proving the sarcasm correct.
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#PMT-2017-0130-1687
Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods missing the cut is actually good because he can't get injured during the final two rounds

Other spin zone, he only played two rounds because he missed the cut. So that's two less rounds you could injure himself in. Less wear and tear. Smart move getting ready for the Masters. Way to save yourself.

Hot TakeGolfHotSarcastic
While literally true that you can't be injured in a round you don't play, missing cuts is objectively bad for a professional golfer's performance and ranking.
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#PMT-2016-1107-786
Big CatBig Cat

Chip Kelly will leave the San Francisco 49ers for the Oregon head coaching job.

So Chip Kelly rumors are back, and I think he's going to go to Oregon. Then again, he did say he's not interested in it, and as we know, as Nick Saban proved to us... if a coach in the NFL says they're not going to college, that means they're not going to college.

Chip Kelly stayed with the 49ers through the end of the 2016 season and then took a year off before joining UCLA in 2017. He did not return to Oregon in 2016/17.
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#PMT-2016-1010-11112
Big CatBig Cat

Oregon will be back on top of college football in four years when Chip Kelly returns

I'm going to call my shot. I'm going to say Oregon's going to win. If we can do like four years to call who's back, in four years Oregon's going to be back to being back. ... When they get Chip Kelly back, right?

Chip Kelly became the head coach of UCLA in 2018, not Oregon. Oregon did eventually return to relevance under Mario Cristobal, but the Chip Kelly part was wrong.
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#PMT-2016-1010-11114
MillmoreMillmore

This is finally the breakout year for Reggie Bush

I think this is the year for Reggie Bush. ... So on the year, his year average is negative four. So today he had three, so I think that was the rush he needed.

Reggie Bush finished the 2016 season with -3 rushing yards, becoming the first NFL player to have 10+ carries and finish with negative yardage in a season.
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#PMT-2016-0907-17190
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Texas is back

I'm going to ask the question right now. Is Texas back? Texas is back. I think Texas is back. I mean, it was a statement win. Charlie Strong, he needed a statement win, right? Now he's back.

Texas finished the 2016 season 5-7 and Charlie Strong was fired. They were definitively not back.
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