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Take Slip·Mar 8, 2019
#PMT-2019-0308-6951
Big CatBig Cat

College coaches should only be punished for cheating if they win the national championship

I think you should only get punished for cheating if you win the national championship.

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This is a satirical philosophical stance on sports ethics, not a verifiable claim.
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#PMT-2019-0306-10719
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

All porn history will be public knowledge within 10 years

I'm very long woke on the fact that eventually all of our porn history is going to come out. Within 10 years, you're going to know what kind of porn your president watches.

We are currently 5 years into this prediction; large-scale public releases of individual browsing habits haven't become a standard political tool yet.
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#PMT-2019-0306-10721
Big CatBig Cat

I guarantee the Virginia Cavaliers will make the Elite Eight

I have decided that I'm going to take the Virginia Cavaliers for real. I'm guaranteeing an Elite Eight appearance. Because they'll get a one seed... they'll get a one seed, and I think Duke will get a one seed, and the only team that can beat him is Duke.

Virginia didn't just make the Elite Eight; they won the 2019 National Championship.
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Take Slip·Mar 6, 2019
#PMT-2019-0306-10726
Adam SchefterAdam Schefter

NFL owners, not Roger Goodell, will decide Robert Kraft's punishment

I don't think it's going to be Roger Goodell that does the things regarding Robert Kraft. I think it's going to be owners that do the things. The fellow owners. Roger Goodell, his bosses are the owners. And I believe his bosses will ultimately decide how the situation is handled.

Kraft was never officially sanctioned by the league for the incident, suggesting the owners/league chose to let it fade after the legal charges were dropped.
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Take Slip·Mar 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-0304-15473
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James is in 'playoff mode,' which means he will not win another title

Playoff mode for LeBron means that he's not going to win another title. So he is currently in playoff mode.

LeBron James won the NBA Championship with the Lakers in 2020.
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#PMT-2019-0304-15478
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If the US prioritized rugby, we would be the best football country in the world

At this point, if the U.S. took our best rugby players from a young age and taught them football, we would be the best football country in the world. That's how good our rugby team is.

The U.S. is already the best football country in the world (American football). If he means soccer (football), the argument about athletic crossover is a common but unprovable debate.
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#PMT-2019-0304-15479
Big CatBig Cat

Jason Witten was essentially fired by ESPN

Jason Witten just got fired. Let's just call it what it is. If he was good at his job, he would not have gone back. I think ESPN was essentially like, dude, we're not saying you're fired, but... you're fired.

Witten was widely criticized for his performance on MNF, and his return to the Cowboys after just one year in the booth suggests ESPN was likely ready to move on.
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Take Slip·Mar 1, 2019
#PMT-2019-0301-15674
Pete PriscoPete Prisco

Dwayne Haskins is the clear-cut #1 quarterback in the 2019 draft

Haskins is number one. Better than Kyler Murray. Clear cut, stand in the pocket, read the field quarterback.

Kyler Murray was drafted first and had a much better career than Haskins, who struggled in Washington and passed away in 2022.
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Take Slip·Mar 1, 2019
#PMT-2019-0301-15676
Pete PriscoPete Prisco

Antonio Brown is a quitter and only worth a third-round pick

What would I give up for him? The third round pick. That's it? No more. I tend to agree with you. He quit. He quit. He's a quitter. Let me say it again. He's a quitter. If I'm on his team and the Steelers players weren't happy about it, he quit on them.

The Steelers eventually traded Brown to the Raiders for a 3rd and a 5th round pick, almost exactly matching Prisco's valuation.
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Take Slip·Mar 1, 2019
#PMT-2019-0301-15677
Pete PriscoPete Prisco

Eli Manning didn't play as poorly in 2018 as the media portrays

Eli didn't play that bad last year. He did not. He did not. Dude, sir. The team stopped. His line was awful. I said he didn't play as poorly as you guys are portraying.

Eli Manning's stats in 2018 (21 TD, 11 INT) weren't his worst, but the Giants went 5-11 and he was benched early in 2019, supporting the 'washed' narrative.
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Take Slip·Feb 27, 2019
#PMT-2019-0227-702
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James has no friends left and even Carmelo Anthony is ducking his calls

He's such an unusual individual that he's lost all of his friends. ... Even Melo, it's gotten to the point where Carmelo Anthony is ducking LeBron James' calls because that's a toxic friendship.

There's no actual proof Carmelo was ducking calls, and LeBron remained close with his circle, though Carmelo never joined that specific Lakers team.
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Take Slip·Feb 27, 2019
#PMT-2019-0227-703
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James will never win a championship without Lonzo Ball

Lonzo Ball is actually the most correct of anyone because he said that LeBron will never win without him... LeVar Ball said that LeBron will never win without Lonzo, and the Lakers are not as good of a team when Lonzo's out.

LeBron James won the 2020 NBA Championship with the Lakers after Lonzo Ball was traded to the Pelicans.
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#PMT-2019-0227-706
HankHank

The world will be over in 15 years

I think take away the zero [from 150 years]. Oh, 15. ... [The world's] done.

The world is still here several years later; it's highly unlikely it ends by 2034, but technically pending.
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Take Slip·Feb 27, 2019
#PMT-2019-0227-709
Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

Patrick Kane is the greatest American-born hockey player ever

Kane, holy shit, he keeps getting better. It's the best I think it's the best he's ever been. It's just he's the best American-born player ever. That's my hot take of the day.

Kane holds many scoring records for American-born players and has three Cups, making him a lead candidate in this subjective debate.
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Take Slip·Feb 27, 2019
#PMT-2019-0227-713
Dennis RodmanDennis Rodman

Michael Jordan never took days off or missed games whereas LeBron James does

Michael, no matter what, he compete, no matter what. LeBron, you can see LeBron, what he's doing. He don't even play defense anymore. He don't give a fuck. Michael played every fucking day, every day, every game. LeBron's taking days off.

Jordan famously played all 82 games in 9 different seasons. LeBron has only done it once. The claim of Jordan playing 'every day' is mostly correct in spirit.
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Take Slip·Feb 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-0225-2994
Big CatBig Cat

Adam Schefter is helping Robert Kraft by reporting there is a 'bigger name' in the prostitution sting

Adam Schefter says there's a bigger name involved, and somehow we don't have the bigger name, which leads me to believe that Adam Schefter is doing Robert Kraft a favor by basically sending everyone on a wild goose chase to figure out if Tiger Woods got jerked off.

While it's impossible to prove Schefter's intent, the 'bigger name' never materialized in a way that overshadowed Kraft, suggesting the report was either inaccurate or a distraction.
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Take Slip·Feb 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-0225-2996
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Prostitution and sports gambling should both be legal

Prostitution should be legal because gambling should be prostitution and we take all the bad things out of the shadows so that people don't get harmed. Yes, and you should be able to do both on sports. They should have prostitutes in stadiums.

Whether these things should be legal is a matter of public policy and opinion.
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Take Slip·Feb 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-0225-3009
Action BronsonAction Bronson

I am one of the top five hash makers/pressers in the world

I'm one of them. [Top five hash squishers]. For sure. There's no doubt about it. It's like the Kobe beef of making hash. I press the hash. I do the Revlon. But that's also a talent and an art in itself.

This is a claim of elite status in a specialized, unregulated field. Bronson is highly regarded in marijuana culture, but 'top five' is difficult to verify objectively.
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#PMT-2019-0225-3013
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James will fake a season-ending injury if the Lakers miss the playoffs

As soon as it becomes like this is a realistic thing [missing the playoffs], [LeBron James] will definitely be like, oh, my hamstring hurts because too much sheesh. My groin. His groin issue. All the sheesh has added weight to my groin.

LeBron did miss a significant portion of the 2018-19 season with a groin injury, and the Lakers ultimately missed the playoffs. Whether it was 'fake' is subjective, but the prediction that an injury would be the narrative was accurate.
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Take Slip·Feb 22, 2019
#PMT-2019-0222-12991
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Zion Williamson should not play another second of college basketball this year

I think that Zion, especially for a young man, an outstanding young man who has so much to gain, there's really no point in him playing another second of basketball this year.

Zion chose to return and played in both the ACC and NCAA tournaments. He was still the #1 overall pick, so while he risked injury, his draft stock remained unchanged.
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Take Slip·Feb 22, 2019
#PMT-2019-0222-13005
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would rather be a racehorse than any other athlete

Horse racing... You compete three times. If you retire at the top of your field, and then you just fuck for the rest of your life. That's all you do. You just get paid to fuck, fuck, fuck.

This is a subjective life choice/hypothetical.
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#PMT-2019-0222-13007
Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving's leadership style is based on his Uncle Drew character

I think Kyrie Irving has just thought he is like now Uncle Drew because he was in that movie. He is like the old guy who's trying to teach everyone else on the team... he doesn't really know how to be like a true leader except for a really bad Hollywood movie.

This is a psychological interpretation of Kyrie's behavior, which is subjective.
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Take Slip·Feb 20, 2019
#PMT-2019-0220-5154
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Manny Machado is effectively early retiring by signing with the San Diego Padres

This is basically a — he almost is early retiring. He's quitting. It's a great situation for him because they're not going to win shit, and he doesn't really care about winning shit. He's going to be able to stomp on all the feet that he wants out there. He's going to be able to dog infield ground balls.

The Padres remained largely irrelevant for the first year of Machado's contract (2019), but eventually became a postseason contender, though they still haven't won a World Series.
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#PMT-2019-0220-5163
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Trevor Bauer is the smartest man in baseball, according to Trevor Bauer

The thesis that you can give after reading this is Trevor Bauer is the smartest man in baseball, according to Trevor Bauer. [Big Cat]: Jesus Christ. What a fucking wacko.

Bauer has spent much of his career making this claim about himself through his actions and social media, though many in the sport disagree.
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Take Slip·Feb 18, 2019
#PMT-2019-0218-6331
Big CatBig Cat

Jim Harbaugh is in actual trouble at Michigan because he can't get his team emotionally prepared for Ohio State

I think [Jim Harbaugh] is in actual trouble at Michigan... He doesn't have those guys emotionally prepared to play Ohio State, whereas Urban Meyer makes a bunch of kids from Florida and all over the country somehow hate the state of Michigan to a level that, like Jim Harbaugh, it feels like every time they get to that big game, they fall completely flat.

Harbaugh eventually corrected this, winning three straight against OSU and a National Championship, but at the time of this take, he was 0-4 against them.
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Take Slip·Feb 15, 2019
#PMT-2019-0215-13368
Big CatBig Cat

John Elway is officially canceled as a GM

John Elway has been canceled. He is obsessed with height. Height is not everything. He has traded for Joe Flacco... John Elway will not hear of anything unless you are a tall, rocket arm quarterback. And guess what? He's been canceled... He cannot find a quarterback.

Elway's tenure as GM ended poorly shortly after, failing to find a franchise QB until the team was sold and he left the front office.
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Take Slip·Feb 15, 2019
#PMT-2019-0215-13374
HankHank

If Duke doesn't reach the Sweet 16, I will buy and keep a cat

Sweet 16, you got a deal... So if Trey Jones is injured, they'll still get to the Sweet 16... No, you guys definitely fucking planned this before the show... I'm so confident in Duke that it doesn't matter.

Duke reached the Elite Eight in 2019, meaning Hank did NOT have to get the cat (though the 'Hank's Pussy' name lived on in show lore).
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Take Slip·Feb 15, 2019
#PMT-2019-0215-13376
Kyle Van NoyKyle Van Noy

I am not going to the White House to celebrate the Super Bowl win

No. I might make TMZ for that... People make it more big of a deal like this will probably get blown up.

Van Noy indeed did not attend the team's visit to the White House.
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Take Slip·Feb 15, 2019
#PMT-2019-0215-13377
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Zion Williamson should sit out the rest of the college season

I think Zion Williamson should sit out the rest of the year and save himself for the NBA. Honestly, though, seriously, all jokes aside, if he blows out a knee or something like that, he probably won't be a top five pick anymore... Your job is not to make Coach K another $10 million. Your job is to look after your own future.

Subjective opinion on career management, though Zion did famously blow out a shoe and get injured shortly after this episode.
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Take Slip·Feb 13, 2019
#PMT-2019-0213-17002
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Having a pass batted at the line of scrimmage is better than throwing an interception

I submit that getting your passes batted at the line of scrimmage is better because some of those balls would have turned into interceptions. So Brock Osweiler throws a lot of balls that don't get tipped. And he trips over himself. That's why he throws so many interceptions.

While it prevents a specific interception on that play, an incomplete pass is still a failed play. Interceptions can and do happen on tipped balls at the line.
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#PMT-2019-0213-17005
Big CatBig Cat

Matthew Stafford will own major passing records and still be considered a bad quarterback

Matthew Stafford is going to be a real problem for the NFL Hall of Fame. when he plays 10 more years and has every record and is the shittiest quarterback of all time. Matthew Stafford was basically the most perfect, terrible quarterback to come along and play as much as he is. If he plays for like 10 more years, he will have every record.

Stafford has won a Super Bowl since this take, changing his 'shittiest' narrative, but the volume records vs. HOF debate remains active.
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#PMT-2019-0213-17006
Big CatBig Cat

The Jets will sign Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell but still win only six games

This is going to be just the Jets getting Antonio Brown in, Le'Veon Bell, and then still winning six games, right? Yes. Because that's going to be... It's going to be so funny.

The Jets did sign Le'Veon Bell but not Antonio Brown (who went to Oakland). The 2019 Jets finished 7-9, very close to the 6-win prediction.
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Take Slip·Feb 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-0211-19616
JJ WattJJ Watt

I honestly thought I could be a Premier League goalie with one year of training

I swore I could be a Premier League goalie. And she's [my girlfriend, Kealia Ohai] a soccer player. So I was like, give me one year to train. I think I can do it. So she goes, okay, come to the field... She smoked a ball past my face so fucking fast. And I was like, no chance. You can give me five years to train. No chance.

He literally tested this theory and immediately realized he was wrong, admitting 'no chance'.
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#PMT-2019-0211-19617
HankHank

The Celtics should trade whatever it takes to get Anthony Davis in his prime

If you can get a player like Anthony Davis in his prime, you do whatever it takes to get him. It's the exact same thing as the Khalil Mack situation. I don't want them to blow the whole thing up, but the reality is that they are most likely going to try and blow the whole thing up.

The Celtics did not trade for Anthony Davis; he was traded to the Lakers later that summer. Hank's prediction that they 'most likely' would trade for him was incorrect.
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Take Slip·Feb 8, 2019
#PMT-2019-0208-19454
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James screwed over the Lakers by trying to tamper for Anthony Davis

LeBron screwed the Lakers. LeBron screwed the Lakers... This was like the most blatant act of tampering of all time... And now everyone hates him on the Lakers. And it's hilarious.

The 2018-19 Lakers were indeed in turmoil after the trade deadline, missing the playoffs despite having LeBron. The chemistry was widely reported as toxic.
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Take Slip·Feb 8, 2019
#PMT-2019-0208-19456
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James will fake an injury down the stretch to avoid the embarrassment of missing the playoffs

I'm predicting right now LeBron will have some kind of injury coming down the stretch... There's no way LeBron James is going to play the rest of the season and miss the playoffs. Like, willingly do that.

LeBron James was officially shut down for the final 6 games of the 2018-19 season to manage his groin injury once the Lakers were mathematically eliminated.
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Take Slip·Feb 8, 2019
#PMT-2019-0208-19462
Peter BergPeter Berg

Roger Goodell has a difficult job and is deserving of respect

I've known Roger for a long time... The job is a job, you know, and he's caught up in a complex tsunami of drama and players and egos and obviously complicated owners... I'm a fan of Rodgers. I don't think he gets everything right all the time, but I think if either of us, three of us had that job, we'd probably be vilified.

The difficulty of the job and Berg's personal fandom are subjective, though Goodell's survival and the league's financial growth support the argument.
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#PMT-2019-0208-19468
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A ground rule double in baseball should count as a home run

I also think that a ground rule double should be a home run. Not the weird one where it gets stuck in the ivy, but just if it bounces over, I think that should count as a home run.

The rule has not been changed; it remains a ground-rule double.
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#PMT-2019-0208-19470
Big CatBig Cat

The QuadrigaCX Bitcoin CEO fake-died in India to steal everyone's money

The Bitcoin guy... Big Cat goes, he's still alive. And they are investigating his death because they don't think that he's actually dead... This guy is alive. He has all your Bitcoin. If you have Bitcoin with him, I'm sorry, but he's fake dead and you're shit out of luck.

While investigations found evidence of fraud/Ponzi-like behavior, an exhumation has not occurred as of late 2023, and officially he is dead. Big Cat's 'alive' claim is a conspiracy theory.
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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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Take Slip·Feb 6, 2019
#PMT-2019-0206-5454
Mark TitusMark Titus

This is finally Virginia's year to win it all

I actually believe in Virginia this time. Honest to God, hand to God... This is their year. No, I don't know if they're going to win. Their offense is better this year than it has been every year.

Virginia won the 2019 National Championship after the UMBC upset the year prior.
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Take Slip·Feb 6, 2019
#PMT-2019-0206-5457
Mark TitusMark Titus

The Pac-12 is just soft because the weather is too perfect

The Pac-12 is just soft. Their only hope is to like import kids from the East coast... who wants to go to UCLA and like be in a gym all day, every day and work on your game? No, that's not why you go to UCLA.

While subjective, the Pac-12's performance in basketball continued to decline relative to other major conferences until its eventual dissolution.
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Take Slip·Feb 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-0204-2426
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Roger Goodell is the stupidest person in the world for having Dave Portnoy arrested

I'm starting to think that Goodell and this whole crew, he's the stupidest guy in the world... How could he not realize... the fact of the matter is, it's one thing if they were to stop them and they saw him when he got in there, but apparently they were hunting them down during the game.

Goodell's intelligence is subjective, but the marketing consensus was that the arrest was a PR win for Barstool.
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Take Slip·Feb 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-0204-2430
Chad OchocincoChad Ochocinco

I can still kick a 60-yard field goal and play in the NFL on third downs

I think I could play maybe third downs... I'm good from 60 right now still. [The Bears need a kicker] Yes, they do. Come back.

Johnson never returned to the NFL. While his kicking ability in practice was notable, he was not signed by an NFL team for his leg.
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#PMT-2019-0204-2431
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Winning Super Bowl 53 means Rob Gronkowski has three rings because of rounding rules

If Gronk had lost that Super Bowl, he'd still have one Super Bowl ring, but winning that Super Bowl means he has three... if you weigh 250 pounds, you can say, I'm pretty much 300 pounds... everybody would be like, yeah, you definitely look like you weigh 300 pounds.

OpinionFootballHotSarcastic
Gronkowski literally had 3 Super Bowl rings after this game (SB 49, 51, 53), though the math used to get there is fictional.
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Take Slip·Feb 1, 2019
#PMT-2019-0201-3042
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL is running a 'long con' with referee John Perry to make the Patriots win

In Rams games, [John Perry is] 7-0. In Patriots Super Bowls, Patriots are 0-1. So is this also an NFL long con where they planted John Perry in 2007 to basically ref for a decade-plus and be really biased towards the Rams so that everyone would be like, oh, the Rams are going to win this because the NFL is corrupt. Oh, switcheroo, the Patriots won.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
While meant sarcastically, the Patriots did indeed win the game, 'correcting' the referee trend Big Cat mentioned.
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Take Slip·Feb 1, 2019·Null
#PMT-2019-0201-3060
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tony Romo will be the Cowboys head coach in 2020

I did hear, though, that the Cowboys aren't going to extend [Jason] Garrett. So he's going to be a lame duck next year. You know what that means. Coach Romo. Coach Romo in 2020.

Tony Romo never became the Cowboys head coach; Mike McCarthy was hired in 2020.
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#PMT-2019-0130-6024
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James clearly tampered with Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis and LeBron James had dinner together. Wouldn't that seem kind of perfect that they waited about a month after their dinner for Anthony Davis to demand a trade? ... LeBron James probably doesn't have to pay an agent's fee. He probably owns part of Clutch Sports. And guess what? Anthony Davis is going to go to the Los Angeles Lakers... LeBron James completely tampered here.

While never officially proven as 'tampering' in a way that led to a fine for LeBron, AD was indeed traded to the Lakers following this orchestration.
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#PMT-2019-0130-6026
Big CatBig Cat

I will not view the Lakers with Anthony Davis as a real team

I'm going to say something right now. It's bullshit, and I will not let it stand... I will not view the Los Angeles Lakers with Anthony Davis as a real team. Asterix on all of it.

This is a subjective emotional stance that cannot be proven right or wrong.
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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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