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Take Slip·Jan 20, 2017·NBA
#PMT-2017-0120-16330
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

John Calipari will leave Kentucky to coach the Lakers and reunite Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook

John Calipari to the Lakers, and then he's going to get those two [Durant and Westbrook] together. John Calipari is like a better version of Billy Donovan anyways.

Calipari never coached the Lakers, and Durant and Westbrook never reunited on the Lakers under him.
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#PMT-2017-0111-7877
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alabama will vote Democrat in the next election because of the football loss

Fair or not, Nick Saban hasn't won a national title since Trump got elected... as we've learned, could be some funny business if your team doesn't do so well in Alabama. Therefore, look for Alabama to vote Democrat next election cycle.

Alabama remained a Republican stronghold in 2020.
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Take Slip·Jan 9, 2017
#PMT-2017-0109-15391
Paul FinebaumPaul Finebaum

Lane Kiffin is toxic and will never get hired by another school that matters

I argued in favor of Kiffin for a long time. I really liked him. But in being down at the national championship and being with all the people that matter in college athletics, he's even more toxic today than he was a year ago because of this incident. I don't think anyone else will hire him. He would have to upset somebody of epic proportion to get on a radar screen of a school that really mattered.

Lane Kiffin was hired by Ole Miss (a school that 'matters') in 2020 and has since become one of the most successful coaches in their history.
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Take Slip·Jan 9, 2017
#PMT-2017-0109-15400
Paul FinebaumPaul Finebaum

Alabama could beat the Cleveland Browns

I think they could, and every time I say that, these purists get crazy. And Danny Sheridan said the line would be 27, but I really think by the end of the season they could, yeah. I'm with Alabama over the Browns.

While it can't be tested, NFL teams (composed entirely of pros) are universally expected to dominate even the best college teams (composed of ~20% future pros).
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Take Slip·Jan 6, 2017
#PMT-2017-0106-1741
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pete Carroll is 'more woke' at night and believes 9/11 was an inside job

Day Pete Carroll thinks that 9-11 was an inside job, night Pete Carroll knows 9-11 was an inside job. Absolutely. He's more woke at night. He's a bat. He's nocturnal. Pete Carroll the owl.

The claim about Pete Carroll's night-time knowledge of 9/11 is satirical and unsubstantiated.
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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017
#PMT-2017-0104-6516
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Belichick and Tom Brady will retire together in a 2019 suicide pact

They're going to retire simultaneously. They might do a Romeo and Juliet-like suicide pact. Here's my prediction, okay? 2019, they both kill themselves and retire at the same time.

Brady played until 2022 and Belichick coached until 2023. They did not retire in 2019, nor did they enter a suicide pact.
Void
#PMT-2017-0103-7503
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nick Saban is using Hitler-style propaganda to motivate Alabama

This is actually a real technique that Hitler used. To just make up fake news and pretend that you're oppressed. It's called propaganda. Saban's Goebbels. So you're in charge of thinking of all these bad things to say about Alabama.

Satirical comparison that cannot be factually verified as a coaching strategy equivalent to geopolitical propaganda.
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#PMT-2016-1230-9934
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The only way to avoid male pattern baldness is to murder your grandfather before he loses his hair

Yeah, the only way to not inherit male pattern baldness from your mom's father is if you murder him before he goes bald.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically, murdering someone does not change the genetic traits you have already inherited from them.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 23, 2016
#PMT-2016-1223-15729
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Any movie made before 1990 sucks

Any movie that's made before 1990 can just piss right off because I don't care about it... It's movies with subtitles and movies that are either black [and white].

This is a purely subjective aesthetic opinion delivered as a parody of modern attention spans.
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#PMT-2016-1223-15746
Big CatBig Cat

Michael Floyd shouldn't be charged for his DUI because he was asleep

It's a bad visual, but I guess it's better that he was asleep behind the wheel than if he was fully conscious and was thinking to himself, I'm driving drunk the entire time he was doing it... He was asleep, so he couldn't have been thinking, I shouldn't be doing this. So technically, it's not really a crime. Also... Is sleepwalking a crime if you do something bad in a sleepwalk? No, you can't be charged. So he should get off for this one.

Floyd was legally charged and convicted for his Extreme DUI, regardless of his sleep state.
Void
#PMT-2016-1221-17530
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL is to blame for security guards masturbating because they put hot cheerleaders on the sidelines

Why do they put the cheerleaders at NFL games if we're not allowed to masturbate to them in the stadium?... It is the NFL's fault because they kind of asked for it. You don't put hot women on the sidelines and expect us not to masturbate. A bunch of alpha males just walking around.

This is a satirical moral claim rather than a verifiable fact.
Void
#PMT-2016-1221-17531
Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump is the Rosa Parks of white presidents

Donald Trump... he's basically the Rosa Parks of white presidents. He's healing our nation. We finally have a white guy as a president.

Satirical comparison that is inherently non-factual.
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Take Slip·Dec 16, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-1216-8441
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cats are soul-stealing witches that shouldn't be allowed around babies

This furthers my theory that cats are witches... it is true that cats, when you sneeze, they steal your soul... and they steal baby's breath, too, if you leave a cat in a room with a kid.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically and scientifically, cats do not steal souls or 'baby's breath'.
Void
#PMT-2016-1214-2703
Big CatBig Cat

Lane Kiffin took the FAU job to prevent himself from 'cucking' other men

If he wants to go fuck any guy's wife, it's probably like a 100-year-old woman, so he's not going to do it. It's kind of like... self-limiting behavior. Lane Kiffin's not going to go to a place where he just wants to cuck every dude he sees. It's like if you're an alcoholic, go take a job in Utah.

Void
#PMT-2016-1212-2662
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aqib Talib will accidentally shoot himself if he tries to fight Harry Douglas

If you have to have anybody that's looking to come after you, it's a guy that has unsuccessfully tried to shoot two people. So we know that at least Aqib Talib isn't very accurate with a gun. He'll just shoot himself with it. So that's good.

This is a comedic insult based on a past event, not a sincere prediction that he would shoot himself again at that exact moment.
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Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
#PMT-2016-1207-19624
Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

Nutrition science in athletics is mostly a scam to sell books

I don't know how much nutrition has to really do with anything. I think most of the guys that preach the book of nutrition are looking to do just that, sell books. I'm not sure that there's any validity that you can't eat fats or saturated or carbohydrates. ... There's really no proof that bananas and nuts are any better for you than Big Macs and fries. If you can make the weight, you can make the weight.

Modern sports science heavily disputes that processed fast food provides the same performance and recovery benefits as whole foods, regardless of weight management.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
#PMT-2016-1207-19627
Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

I recommend testosterone and growth hormone as the best starting performance-enhancing drugs

If you were to use, I would say use testosterone for a couple of reasons. One, it's very effective, but two, it's also very affordable. ... I'll go with testosterone and growth hormone as a second.

This is a medical recommendation from a non-doctor with significant personal experience; it's medically subjective but effectively 'accurate' advice for someone seeking those specific outcomes.
Void
#PMT-2016-1207-19630
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

News broadcasts should stop reporting on crimes to discourage copycats, similar to how the NFL stops showing streakers

The news should stop showing all the bad stuff that happens so it's work for me they should follow the NFL's lead once again Roger Goodell is a thought leader trying to improve society so hey news big news producers out there maybe stop leading with mass murders cut away from them and have Gruden just talk that's right and then and then there won't be any more murders

This is a satirical commentary on media psychology and social contagion.
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Take Slip·Dec 5, 2016
#PMT-2016-1205-9967
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Browns are a dark horse for the College Football Playoff

I think the Browns are a dark horse, too. They can make some noise.

Hot TakeCFBScorchingSarcastic
The Browns are an NFL team and cannot play in the College Football Playoff.
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Take Slip·Dec 5, 2016
#PMT-2016-1205-9976
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Fisher's next job should be Supreme Court Justice or the Pope

We're trying to figure out a fun game to play is what's Jeff Fisher's next job. How can he up this one? The first one is Supreme Court Justice. He basically is a Supreme Court Justice right now... He could be the Pope. Pope Fisher? Yes, Pope Fisher.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Fisher never held either role; he was fired by the Rams a week after this episode.
Void
#PMT-2016-1205-9980
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steve Kerr is directly financing terror by admitting to using marijuana

By buying that marijuana... Steve Kerr is directly financing terror. So I don't know if there's a case to be like a Rico thing they could investigate, the Warriors, but it's not a good look.

This is a satirical accusation.
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Take Slip·Dec 2, 2016
#PMT-2016-1202-1267
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Every person who hasn't chewed tobacco has eventually died

Every person that hasn't chewed tobacco has died in history. A little sabermetrics word. Or will die. Just written facts, dude.

Literally true because everyone dies eventually, but functionally irrelevant to the safety of tobacco.
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Take Slip·Dec 2, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-1202-1272
Big CatBig Cat

Girls actually like guys who fart and burp in their face

Girls actually like a guy that farts. A lot. And burps in her face. That shows a certain level of masculinity.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The vast majority of women would find this behavior repulsive, making the literal claim incorrect.
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Take Slip·Dec 2, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-1202-1273
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A visible semen stain on your pants is proof that you are in your sexual prime

It means, it's a confirmation that you're sexually, that you're in your sexual prime... Girls, they're biologically tuned to seek out guys that look fertile. What better proof is there than just having your boys dripping out of your fly?

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Socially and biologically, this is not an attractive trait for human mating, making the literal claim incorrect.
Push
Take Slip·Nov 28, 2016
#PMT-2016-1128-8216
Danny KanellDanny Kanell

The average lifespan of an NFL player is longer than an average American

The average lifespan of an NFL player is longer than an average American. No, even an average American. Like, it's longer. They live longer, healthier lives than an average American. CTE or not.

While some studies (like NIOSH 2012) showed NFL players had lower overall mortality rates than the general population due to higher fitness and socioeconomic status, the claim is highly debated regarding quality of life and brain health specifically.
Void
#PMT-2016-1128-8221
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Roger Goodell's failure to suspend Aaron Hernandez is encouraging other players to mimic him

Players are starting to do the Aaron Hernandez crack the safe money toss touchdown celebration. I have. So stay woke. Roger Goodell in his negligence and failing to suspend Aaron Hernandez despite being convicted of murder... he's emboldened the players to mimic Aaron Hernandez. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some more murders.

The NFL technically never suspended Hernandez while he was in prison because he was no longer under contract, though they had no intention of letting him play.
Void
#PMT-2016-1123-17901
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If the NCAA vacates Notre Dame's wins, they should also vacate Brian Kelly's scandals

Notre Dame managed to lose an NCAA record 21 games in a single day today. They had 21 wins vacated... If they vacated all these wins, then [Brian Kelly] never killed that kid... If you're going to take away the good stuff, you've got to take away the bad stuff.

This is a satirical logical exercise, not a factual claim that can be verified as 'correct'.
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#PMT-2016-1120-1496
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL and Roger Goodell are making kickers miss extra points to save money on charitable donations

The NFL donates $1,000 to the three core nonprofit partners for every point scored. Roger Goodell... is trying to save a little coin. The NFL ratings are hurting... How can we cut some costs so I don't have to fire you guys on Christmas Eve? We'll get some kickers to miss some extra points. Boom. $11,000 saved today.

Satirical conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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#PMT-2016-1120-1500
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Every quarterback is born with a set number of wins in their body and Aaron Rodgers used his up too early

Every quarterback has a set number of wins that's in their body by the time they hit the NFL... you're born with that number, and then once you lose them all, then guess what? They're gone forever. So Rodgers won too many games too early.

Absurdist biological theory for sports performance.
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#PMT-2016-1118-1852
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Being a father makes LeBron James' workload effectively 72-hour days

LeBron's a father. He's got three kids. Being a father is a 24-hour-a-day job. So really, LeBron James works, what, 72-hour days? He works every, yeah. Doesn't get paid for it? Yep. So I can understand why that would take a little bit out of you.

This is a satirical take using impossible math (72 hours in a 24-hour day).
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#PMT-2016-1118-1856
Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump paid 'creepy clowns' to create chaos in America before the election

What happened to the clowns?... Chaos is good for Trump. You don't think Trump bought some clowns and had them kind of have some panic around America? Because that's coincidental that the clowns are just not here anymore... they just disappeared.

There is no evidence that Donald Trump engineered the 2016 clown sightings, and the phenomenon was largely attributed to social media trends and Halloween marketing.
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#PMT-2016-1116-8018
HankHank

Brad Stevens is on the hot seat

My hot seat, Brad Stevens. He's 5-5. He's coming into the season, predicted to be number two. He's coaching for his job.

Stevens was never fired by the Celtics; he coached them until 2021 and then was promoted to President of Basketball Operations.
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#PMT-2016-1116-8023
Big CatBig Cat

A team of college basketball players could beat an NBA team because they try harder

NBA players don't try. They don't try like the college kids... I can't be the only one who thinks that a team of college players could put together a team and beat an NBA team. At least they would try harder.

This is generally considered impossible in modern professional sports due to the talent and size gap, regardless of 'effort'.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sweating is just your skin having an orgasm

My first take is saying sweating is making your skin cum. So that was funny when I wrote it down at the time.

OpinionLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically incorrect and absurd.
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Take Slip·Nov 14, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-1114-10534
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Magic Johnson is healthier than LeBron James because he conquered AIDS

I would make the case Magic Johnson might be a little bit more healthy [than LeBron]. Like the guys, he's conquered AIDS. 25 years. But I guess they didn't factor AIDS into this equation. But still.

The take is a joke comparing the ability to survive a once-terminal illness with general athletic longevity. It's not a serious medical comparison.
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Take Slip·Nov 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-1111-8898
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is due to get busted for steroids at any time

And LeBron's due to get busted for steroids any time now.

LeBron James has never tested positive for steroids in his NBA career.
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Take Slip·Nov 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-1109-1403
Big CatBig Cat

Barack Obama will admit that aliens exist before he leaves office in 2016

In 2016, as we switch presidents, the current president is going to admit that there are aliens out there which will probably spurn a world government because we'll all have to get together and be like, it's bigger than just us.

Obama did not officially admit to the existence of extraterrestrial life before leaving office in January 2017.
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#PMT-2016-1109-1410
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jay Mariotti will be the White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump

Jay Mariotti is going to be White House press secretary, and he's going to make sure that only respectable journalists get a seat in that crowd. It all makes sense to me. He was playing the long game.

Jay Mariotti was never named White House Press Secretary.
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Take Slip·Nov 7, 2016
#PMT-2016-1107-790
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If Jimmy Butler wins NBA MVP, PFT Commenter will get a sex change.

PFT says that Jimmy Butler is not a top 20 player and that if he – he's not going to win MVP, but he has thrown this out there that if Jimmy Butler does somehow win an MVP, PFT is going to get a sex change.

Jimmy Butler has not won an NBA MVP award as of the end of the 2023-24 season.
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#PMT-2016-1102-13869
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will get a sex change if Jimmy Butler wins NBA MVP

I'll put this out. I will go ahead and I'll have a sex change if Jimmy Butler becomes the MVP. I will become Marlon's woman. Done.

Russell Westbrook won MVP in 2017. Jimmy Butler has never won an MVP award.
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#PMT-2016-1031-12625
Big CatBig Cat

Roger Goodell is orchestrating NFL ties by having kickers miss short field goals on purpose

These teams are tying on purpose. Roger Goodell has the kickers in his back pocket... There's been five missed field goals in the entire season, 30 yards or less, and two of them happened in the same game [Seahawks-Cardinals]? ... He's going to fix the ties. We're going to get another tie. I'm telling you.

There were no more ties in the 2016 regular season after this episode, and the idea that the commissioner fixes games via kickers is satirical.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 28, 2016
#PMT-2016-1028-3076
Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Joe Paterno is 'looking up' proud of the Penn State Nittany Lions

Somewhere, somewhere, Joe Paterno is looking up so proud of his former team, the Penn State Nittany Lions.

A theological/humorous claim that cannot be verified.
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Take Slip·Oct 26, 2016
#PMT-2016-1026-2456
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James is indestructible because he is using steroids

Well, if they somehow outlaw steroids in the next few months, LeBron... I mean, that's exactly what steroids would do, I think. When everyone's kind of out of gas and you have that extra gear... The hoop looks three times bigger when you're juicing.

There is no proof for this claim.
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#PMT-2016-1026-2461
HankHank

Kyle Schwarber used steroids to recover from his ACL injury in six months

Kyle Schwarber... Been doing a little literature research... I was reading an interview with a doctor from April. He said there's very, very, very, very little chance he comes back. He would need a superhuman recovery to make it back for the World Series... Literature research says Kyle Schwarber's on steroids.

Schwarber has never tested positive for PEDs; he simply had an elite medical recovery.
Push
#PMT-2016-1021-7073
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun is on the Hot Seat because its glare could cause the Bills to lose

Miami Dolphins to beat the Bills this weekend because she [USA Today podcast host's mom] doesn't think that the Bills are going to be able to handle the glare of the Miami sun. It's a fair point. Developing situation. Let's keep an eye on it... The sun is on the hot seat right now, so this could really be it.

The Dolphins did beat the Bills 28-25 that Sunday, though glare's contribution is unquantifiable.
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Take Slip·Oct 21, 2016·Roast
#PMT-2016-1021-7075
HankHank

Stephen Hawking is a government propaganda myth who was replaced years ago

Stephen Hawking, I think, is similar to PFT's JJ theory. Stephen Hawking died many years ago, but the government needed to keep up his... His propaganda so they just put a replacement Stephen Hawking in that chair. Whatever it's like yeah He just like invented space and shit.

Stephen Hawking was alive at the time of the recording and passed away in 2018; there is no evidence he was a government-controlled replacement.
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#PMT-2016-1017-16633
Big CatBig Cat

Odell Beckham Jr. has officially matured because he proposed to a kicking net

Thoughts and prayers to Odell Beckham's immaturity because he's clearly grown up now. He's just a tremendous young man... because he learned his lesson. The lesson was stop making it about you and having all these antics. And so he did that by proposing to the net.

Beckham continued to have high-profile sideline antics throughout his career, making the literal claim of his 'maturity' incorrect.
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Take Slip·Oct 14, 2016
#PMT-2016-1014-6734
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

'Big Fawcett' started the myth about washing apples to sell more water

I think this is where the whole myth of why you need to wash your apples got started... [poisoned candy myths]. I think this is where Big Fawcett really sunk their teeth into the situation, tried to convince people to wash them.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical conspiracy theory.
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Take Slip·Oct 14, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-1014-6735
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ken Bone should immediately cash in and do a 'Prego porn' video

Ken is definitely going to get some propositions from a porn company to be like, hey... do you want to do some Prego porn? And you got to do it. Cash in. Just got to cash in.

Ken Bone did not do porn; he largely faded into obscurity after his 15 minutes of fame.
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#PMT-2016-1012-10652
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tim Tebow is causing seizures in order to 'save' people

Maybe Tim's got some metal in him... He's either causing the seizure... He's basically a human Pokemon. He is a Pokemon, and he's giving people seizures. He's causing the seizures and he's treating them, which is... a good position for business.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
There is no medical evidence that Tim Tebow is a human Pokemon who causes seizures through electromagnetic interference.
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