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Take Slip·Sep 14, 2020
#PMT-2020-0914-8920
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady looks old and slow in the Buccaneers offense

How do you think your boy Tom Brady looked? He looks pretty old. It's the truth... he looked pretty old today. It actually proved that Tom's Drew Brees-ing it. I am officially [saying] Taysom Hill is the better quarterback there.

Brady threw 40 touchdowns and won the Super Bowl this season. This take was famously wrong.
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#PMT-2020-0908-14590
Billy FootballBilly Football

I'll gamble on Nathan Peterman winning a Super Bowl

There's a chance we see another Nathan Peterman. You want to get real fucking crazy with 2020? Get a Nathan Peterman tattoo. ... I'll gamble on Nathan Peterman winning a Super Bowl.

Nathan Peterman has never won a Super Bowl and has barely played since this take was made.
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#PMT-2020-0908-14598
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tennis players should get a point for hitting a line judge

I think they should just make a new sport where the lines are always live and if you hit a line judge, you get an extra point. ... A dodgeball tennis hybrid. ... I'm saying you should get a point added on.

Hot TakeTennisScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical suggestion for a rule change that obviously never happened.
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#PMT-2020-0831-17617
HankHank

Bronny James joining FaZe Clan is a money-laundering scheme for Coach K

So we're gonna snitch on Bronny. What percentage of FaZe Clan does Coach K own? It's dark money that's going into no one knows who finances it.

This is a comedic conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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#PMT-2020-0831-17619
Big CatBig Cat

Jimmy Graham and Cole Kmet will be a dynamic duo for the Bears

Everyone knows [Jimmy Graham] is an elite blocker... they got Cole Kmet and Jimmy Graham. Dynamic duo. If we just get half of their production from last year, we're going to be great.

Jimmy Graham had a mediocre season (8 TDs) and Cole Kmet was a rookie; they were not a dominant 'dynamic duo' in terms of league-wide impact.
Win
#PMT-2020-0826-6158
Billy FootballBilly Football

I started an OnlyFans for my feet called Billy Feetball

I actually have a confession to make. I have an OnlyFans. Ever since I wore my toe shoes, people actually started DMing me asking me for feet pics. They were offering money and I actually set one up. It's Billy Feetball. I've been making... around under $1000 but over... I've made $800 around there.

Billy actually created the account and discussed the earnings on the show; it became a recurring bit.
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Take Slip·Aug 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0824-3170
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL will use false positive COVID tests as cover to let star players like Patrick Mahomes play on Sundays

The NFL has muddied the waters enough that we can now safely go into the NFL season just assuming every test that is positive is not actually positive until it's negative. Patrick Mahomes test positive on a Sunday morning... they'll be like, it's a false positive. He's going to play and then two days later be like, well the for positive reading footballs good job NFL

While there were false positive clusters (like the New Jersey lab mentioned), there is no public evidence the NFL systematically faked test results to keep stars on the field.
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Take Slip·Aug 12, 2020
#PMT-2020-0812-3460
Deion SandersDeion Sanders

The Patriots have a better chance of winning with Cam Newton than they did with Tom Brady

I think they have a better shot with Cam than Tom. Well, that's the thing. Holy shit. You think about that?

The Patriots went 7-9 with Cam Newton and missed the playoffs in 2020, while Tom Brady won the Super Bowl with the Buccaneers. This take was historically wrong.
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Take Slip·Aug 10, 2020
#PMT-2020-0810-4267
Billy FootballBilly Football

One in 50 offensive linemen will die from a heart attack during a game

Billy told us a fact that one in 50 offensive linemen will die from a heart attack during a game which I don't know where he got that fact out of his ass literally just said that before the show.

There is no medical or historical data to support that 2% of all offensive linemen die of heart attacks during games.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 29, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0729-7458
Billy FootballBilly Football

Aliens come from the center of the Earth, not outer space

Honestly, there's aliens of courting the government but I don't think the aliens come from outer space. I actually think that they come from within the center of the Earth... they are beings at the center of the earth that are coming to the surface.

This is a non-verifiable conspiracy theory.
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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0724-8737
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Christian Pulisic is wasting his talent overseas and should play in the MLS to grow the game

I'm squatting on a take right now and that is getting mad at Christian Pulisic for not playing in the MLS. If he truly cared about American soccer, he would be over here... more people are becoming Chelsea fans than they are Charlotte FC.

Hot TakeSoccerScorchingSarcastic
Pulisic continued to play in Europe (Chelsea, then AC Milan) to maintain a high level of competition, which is widely considered the better path for his development.
Push
#PMT-2020-0722-9790
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sports could save millions of lives by providing a model for solving COVID-19

Sports might save millions of lives. And this is definitely not just me talking insane because I haven't had any sports on TV... Because if you can test, if you have a test case and a model for how to solve it amongst a given population, you can expand that out.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
While the bubble model (testing/isolation) was successful for sports, it proved nearly impossible to 'expand out' to a general population in a democratic society.
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Take Slip·Jul 20, 2020
#PMT-2020-0720-19844
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

History will vindicate the claim that Bryson DeChambeau is roid raging

I think that history is going to vindicate our Bryson [DeChambeau] takes sooner rather than later. This is a classic roid rage type. If I'm on a witch hunt, he's roid raging out there. Guy stinks. Big time.

There has been no evidence or positive test indicating Bryson DeChambeau used performance-enhancing drugs.
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#PMT-2020-0720-19853
Big CatBig Cat

Mark Zuckerberg definitely has ass implants

Mark Zuckerberg surfing has hit the internet... I noticed right away. The dude's got a fucking donk. He has got cheeks. Big-time cheeks... I think it's an ass implant. Mark Zuckerberg is a nerd though... he can't just do something that's so obvious. What he can do is get a fake fat ass.

There is no evidence Mark Zuckerberg has had cosmetic surgery for ass implants.
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#PMT-2020-0720-19854
Billy FootballBilly Football

I can no longer be a Navy SEAL because I am too famous from the podcast

I can't be in the special forces because too many people know my taste nowadays. And I wanted to be... it's actually really disappointing. Every time more people recognize me, it gets me really freaked out. I can't be a Navy SEAL.

The idea that Billy Football would be disqualified from the Navy SEALs specifically because people recognize him from Barstool is absurd.
Void
#PMT-2020-0717-4323
HankHank

Washing Oreos with water is a delicious way to eat them

Would you wash an Oreo with water? Yes. Always... No, try it. Next time you get some Oreos. Hank does. It's actually delicious.

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#PMT-2020-0715-9904
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If a bear can use nunchucks, a gorilla can fly a Black Hawk helicopter

It turns out that bears actually can use weapons... If a bear can pick up a nunchuck, a gorilla can pick up a fucking rocket launcher. A gorilla would be able to fly like a Black Hawk helicopter if a bear is able to use these martial art weapons.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
While bears and primates can be trained to use simple tools, there is no evidence of a gorilla piloting aircraft.
Void
#PMT-2020-0713-16213
Big CatBig Cat

The 'Soup Tube' business idea is an absolute wave of the future

I would pay, I'd probably have like five or six different soup tubes installed in my kitchen right now... Out of the Monday readings we've done, Dave & Buster's guys is number one... Soup Tubes is number two... I would unironically purchase this.

Soup tubes have not become a reality as of 2024, but the take is about the 'genius' of the idea, which remains subjective.
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#PMT-2020-0710-17405
Billy FootballBilly Football

I thought the police were defunded so I could speed 89 in a 55

I got a really bad feeling, I got a speeding ticket. Turns out there was a speeding camera that caught me... I thought they defunded the police. I actually was like, 'no police.' I read the news, they defunded these guys. I'm good.

Police departments still exist and speed cameras are automated; he was objectively wrong that he wouldn't be ticketed.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 8, 2020
#PMT-2020-0708-1829
Big CatBig Cat

I would give up my left leg from the knee down to have Patrick Mahomes on the Bears

I think I'd give up a leg to have Patrick Mahomes on the Bears. A full leg, knee down... left leg. You don't need your legs in your 40s. I just couldn't imagine having [him]. Everyone would assume you were a veteran.

Subjective expression of fandom desperation.
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Take Slip·Jul 8, 2020
#PMT-2020-0708-1834
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There is a 5% chance the Giants or Jets sign me as an emergency kicker if their kicker tests positive for COVID

If the Jets or the Giants lose a kicker the night before a home game and they have to put him in quarantine and I'm available... I'll drive to MetLife Stadium every Sunday morning... it's a 5% chance that it actually happens.

The NFL never signed PFT Commenter during the 2020 season.
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Take Slip·Jul 6, 2020
#PMT-2020-0706-6792
Big CatBig Cat

I think Bryson DeChambeau is taking steroids

I'm out on Bryson DeChambeau. Yes, he's big the bombs. Guess he's put on weight, but he's artificially I'm going to say it right now. I think he's taking steroids. I think that it's artificial popcorn muscles.

While DeChambeau's transformation was extreme, there is no public proof of steroid use; he attributed it to weightlifting and caloric intake.
Void
#PMT-2020-0706-6796
Big CatBig Cat

I will inject myself with coronavirus if they cancel March Madness

Right before 24 hours before they decided there was going to be no March Madness. I said I would inject myself with coronavirus if they cancel March Madness.

They did cancel March Madness, and obviously Big Cat did not follow through.
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Take Slip·Jul 1, 2020
#PMT-2020-0701-297
Big CatBig Cat

Gambling on which celebrities or athletes will test positive for coronavirus should be a new sport.

They should let us start betting on these things. They should let us start betting on who tested positive and that will be its own sport... It's basically like watching reality television like Big Brother with celebrities and then the gamble is who will stay coronavirus free.

Prop bets on COVID tests were largely banned by reputable sportsbooks, though some offshore markets flirted with similar concepts.
Void
#PMT-2020-0701-303
Big CatBig Cat

Ranking Lisa Ann at #94 on an all-time porn star list is disrespectful to her legacy as a game-changer.

Shyla Stylez at 354 and Lisa Ann at 94 is absolutely atrocious... Lisa Ann at 94, like the committee got that one wrong. That's awful. Even if you missed her heyday, you got to know that she meant something to the game, right? She changed the game, a hundred percent. I thought that was a little bit disrespectful.

This is a subjective ranking of adult film stars.
Void
#PMT-2020-0629-16239
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am sexually attracted to the 'alpha' energy of Karens in public

I think I'm sexually attracted to Karens. Like I don't care what they're saying or what they're doing... Whenever I see a Karen video gets me going it's like a little bit of that craziness... They exude some kind of like, oh my God, like you just get a look from a Karen and you feel like you did something wrong.

This is a purely subjective personal claim used for comedic effect.
Loss
#PMT-2020-0626-9739
Billy FootballBilly Football

You can treat scabies by buying horse medicine (Ivermectin) at a tractor supply store

you just go to the Tractor Supply store and get Ivermectin if you think you have scabies... you get it like a tractor supply store because you get the horses. If you can't get from your doctor, they sell it in big tubes like toothpaste.

While Ivermectin is used for scabies in humans, using veterinary-grade horse paste is dangerous and not medically recommended for humans by the FDA.
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Take Slip·Jun 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0624-15725
Big CatBig Cat

Theo Epstein is a genius for not trading Kyle Schwarber because he knew a pandemic and 60-game season were coming

Theo Epstein is a fucking genius. He knew that we were gonna have a pandemic and then a 60-game season and that's why I didn't trade Kyle Schwarber in 2016.

Theo Epstein obviously did not predict a global pandemic four years in advance.
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#PMT-2020-0622-5235
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James intentionally sat out the end of the 2019 season because he was tipped off about COVID early

You remember that picture of LeBron James staying at the end of the bench far away from his teammates... knowing what we know now about LeBron James is financial ties to the Chinese government do you think he got tipped off ahead of time and was like hey I got to stay away from people so much that I'm going to try to send them all to New Orleans?

This is a satirical conspiracy theory with no factual basis regarding the timeline of the pandemic.
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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.
Open
#PMT-2020-0615-2851
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The world will end on February 10, 2045

The world's going to end—January? No, it's going to be after the Super Bowl, February 10th. When? 2045. Okay, that's my prediction... on my 80th birthday. 2045, I'm gonna go out with a prostitute and a bad batch of heroin. Boom.

The date hasn't occurred yet, but it's clearly a joke.
Void
#PMT-2020-0610-17460
Big CatBig Cat

I could beat Jameis Winston in a boxing match

Watching him box—I actually think I could beat up Jameis Winston and I'm not a good boxer. Wow. He looks like a beginner out there... I hereby challenge Jameis Winston to fight me in Rough N' Rowdy... I'm a wide five-nine. I'm like a chode. My arms are longer than those of a five-nine man... If I fought Jameis Winston straight up, I'd just double leg him and take him down.

The fight never happened, but Winston is a professional athlete who is 6'4" and 230+ lbs, making it highly unlikely Big Cat would win.
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Take Slip·Jun 8, 2020
#PMT-2020-0608-3085
Billy FootballBilly Football

You can get a million dollars for selling a kidney

You can get like a million dollars for a kidney. It's way more than what you need.

The black market price for a kidney is nowhere near $1 million, and selling organs is illegal in the US. Legal donor compensation is also not $1 million.
Open
#PMT-2020-0526-9915
HankHank

A golf match featuring OJ Simpson and Tiger Woods would be the highest-rated television show of all time

Tiger Woods and OJ Simpson as a team? Who is not watching that? I do believe that that would be the highest-rated television show of all time.

This match will never happen, but the logic regarding the spectacle is sound.
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#PMT-2020-0518-7090
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The water cup from beer pong is the world's most powerful disinfectant and can help stop the virus

the most powerful disinfectant thing known to man, the water cup in beer pong. So we've had the solution in front of us our whole lives... it's scientifically proven that if you fill a red solo cup up two-thirds of the way with room temperature water and then get everybody in the party to dip their fingers in it over the course of the night, no one's getting sick. If that ball hits the ground, you dip it in the water cup, you're good to go.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
A beer pong water cup is notoriously unhygienic and does not act as a disinfectant.
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Take Slip·May 15, 2020
#PMT-2020-0515-5276
Big CatBig Cat

I think Ronnie Coleman was clean because you've got to believe in something

I think Ronnie Coleman was clean. Bro, you got to believe in something. Ronnie Coleman's a hero.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
While Coleman has never officially admitted to illegal steroid use in a way that led to sanctions, the professional bodybuilding world is synonymous with PEDs at that level. Big Cat is clearly joking.
Void
#PMT-2020-0511-15465
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Judas belongs on the Mount Flushmore of worst teammates of all time

I'm going to go with Judas. I consider Judas to be a teammate. Sold out Jesus. All about the contract situation. Really fucked things up for the rest of the world because he was so selfish.

This is a comedic/satirical application of sports logic to theology.
Open
Take Slip·May 8, 2020
#PMT-2020-0508-13350
HankHank

Seth Curry's son will grow up to be the greatest basketball player alive

Seth Curry's kid is going to be the greatest basketball player alive... He'll be taking down the Bronnies.

The child is still a toddler/young child, so this cannot be verified for at least 15-20 years.
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Take Slip·May 4, 2020
#PMT-2020-0504-9377
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Blake Bortles is being blackballed by the NFL because he drives a Tesla

I think that Blake Bortles is being blackballed by the NFL because he drives a Tesla and because the league sponsors are motor oil companies [like] Castrol, Havoline, other competing rivals against Elon Musk and Tesla.

Bortles' lack of a roster spot was due to performance, not his choice of electric vehicle or oil company conspiracies.
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#PMT-2020-0504-9392
Billy FootballBilly Football

My 'Crisis Fuel' supplement will provide enough energy and mass to survive 40 days in a wildfire or pandemic

I developed a proprietary blend... it's like 2,000 calories a punch. It's protein, carbs, good additive, cornstarch to it... if there's a wildfire approaching your house, screw the food, grab your 10-gallon bucket of Crisis Fuel which is all powder and a bunch of water, throwing your car, you have enough meals for 40 days.

PredictionLifeScorchingSarcastic
The product never launched, and surviving 40 days on a cornstarch-based powder and water is nutritionally questionable and medically dangerous.
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#PMT-2020-0501-4128
Big CatBig Cat

Animals likely understand everything we say but are collectively choosing to ignore us

What if all the animals actually understood what we were saying but just just ignoring us... like the minute they figure out that we know shit's gonna get crazy and they can't talk back.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically incorrect, though it makes for great comedy.
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#PMT-2020-0427-18388
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL teams should be allowed to use a draft pick to own the rights to a college coach

Is it possible that you could draft a coach? Could you use a draft pick on a college coach to prevent another team from hiring them to be on their roster? ... If you think that hypothetically the Los Angeles Chargers are going to hire Urban Meyer as coach next year, why wouldn't you if you're in the AFC West draft Urban Meyer and then you have his rights for at least the next year so they can't hire them?

Mike Florio calls in later to confirm this is absolutely not allowed under NFL rules as coaches must be signed to contracts, not drafted like players.
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#PMT-2020-0427-18389
Billy FootballBilly Football

Contracting toxoplasmosis from cats will make you a fearless 'Berserker' warrior

45% of the population has this parasite called toxoplasmosis that comes from cat feces... it makes mice not fear predators so they just wander on and then the cats eat it... I want to be fearless. The Berserker cult has to contract toxoplasmosis and we'll all just be fearless Berserker warriors... when I contract toxoplasmosis, I will be an absolute fearless warrior and it will be sick.

While toxoplasmosis is linked to behavioral changes in rodents and some studies suggest links to risk-taking in humans, intentionally contracting a parasite for 'warrior' traits is medically ill-advised and doesn't function as a superpower.
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#PMT-2020-0424-15172
HankHank

There is no difference between 1%, 2%, and whole milk.

Drinking whole milk is disgusting... I do [drink it]... I bet you big guy, we do a taste test, I would be able to... there's no difference.

Fat content significantly changes the viscosity and flavor profile of milk; most people can easily distinguish whole milk from skim or 1%.
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#PMT-2020-0420-14039
Big CatBig Cat

Jim Harbaugh dominates the Ohio State rivalry if judged on values instead of scoreboards

I love that Jim Harbaugh has gotten his dick kicked in by Ohio State year in and year out. But if we're only judging on the values imparted to those he leads, he has dominated this rivalry. Michigan fans... are definitely going to count this as a national championship, hang the banner.

Hot TakeCFBScorchingSarcastic
Harbaugh eventually started winning on the field, winning three straight games against Ohio State (2021-2023) and a National Championship, rendering the 'moral victory' spin obsolete.
Void
#PMT-2020-0420-14044
HankHank

Ketchup is a disgusting mask for people with bad taste

Ketchup period. Ketchup is disgusting. Anyone who jumps—it's a mask. It's the same as buffalo sauce. If you need to have ketchup like people that eat ketchup get addicted to it... I need to have a ketchup I need to have like chips but I need to have ketchup. It's just a masquerade.

Ketchup is the most popular condiment in America, making this a statistically very unpopular opinion.
Win
#PMT-2020-0415-5357
Big CatBig Cat

The 49ers and Bears saved lives by not winning the Super Bowl or drafting Mahomes

My cool throne is the Niners because they saved lives by not winning the Super Bowl... the Bears saved all the lives by not drafting Mahomes because it was funny. Chicago would never celebrate anything ever. Tear down the Jordan statue.

The statement is a joke, but technically true that a parade didn't happen in those cities.
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Take Slip·Apr 10, 2020
#PMT-2020-0410-19239
Big CatBig Cat

Stephen A. Smith can now win the Presidency after condoning legal marijuana

Steven Naismith just condoned legal marijuana. I think he actually now can win election as president of the United States... No one is going to beat him in a debate unless he's going up against Skip Bayless.

Stephen A. Smith has not run for or won the presidency.
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Take Slip·Apr 6, 2020
#PMT-2020-0406-12652
Danny WoodheadDanny Woodhead

The Kansas City Chiefs are a dark horse destination for Tom Brady to mentor Patrick Mahomes

I think the Chiefs have the upper hand right now... there's rumors that they're not happy with Mahomes and his leadership. They want Tom there for a year have him grow... They pay Tom and just wait for a year for an extension with Patty give him a one-year deal.

Brady signed with the Buccaneers, making the Chiefs prediction (the one Woodhead highlighted as having the 'upper hand') incorrect.
Void
#PMT-2020-0406-12656
Billy FootballBilly Football

Vikings used magic mushrooms to cure concussions and it could save modern football

Essentially Vikings might have caught cured concussions and save football. If they do the research and develop a drug where it's like, okay, this would actually speed up the process... these Berserkers definitely had CTE and like a lot of them lived to super old ages... we could save football.

While there is modern research into psilocybin for brain injuries, the claim that Vikings 'cured concussions' is historical conjecture.
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