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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

I have a good chance of winning a major in 2021

I think I got a good chance [to win a major]. I like, I feel good so yeah i'll be ready don't worry.

Brooks did not win a major in 2021; Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, and Hideki Matsuyama won the four majors.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am 100% confident I could beat up Darren Rovell

Listen, I'm going to beat the shit out of Darren Rovell. If you were to ask me, name one person in the world that I'm confident that I could beat up, it's Darren Rovell. I don't think anybody in the world couldn't kick Darren Rovell's ass.

The fight never occurred, so the claim remains unproven.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Darren Rovell should have to delete his Twitter account forever if I beat him in a fight

I will kick his ass. If he agrees to delete his Twitter account, I want to wipe them off the face of the internet. I feel like I am, I'm fighting for not just myself, but everybody that's had to wake up to Darren Rovell, tweeting out a video in 4k of JFK getting his skull blown off.

The condition (PFT beating him) never happened.
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Big CatBig Cat

Darren Rovell is only challenging PFT to a fight for the engagement and would weasel out of a real match

My first thought when I saw him say he would fight for $2 million is that Darren Rovell would get in the ring and literally sprint around for three minutes straight... And then as everyone called him a coward, he'd be like, whatever... I'm $2 million richer. Ha, ha, ha, ha.

The fight never happened, but Rovell never actually signed a contract to fight for anything less than $2M, supporting the 'weasel' narrative.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady has more Super Bowls than 18 NFL franchises combined

Tom Brady has more Super Bowls than the Bears, Jets, Saints, Rams, Seahawks, Eagles, Bills, Vikings, Bengals, Panthers, Falcons, Chargers, Titans, Cardinals, Browns, Lions, Texans, Jaguars combined. That's 18 teams combined. More than half of the league, and he has more Super Bowls than those 18 teams, 18 franchises combined.

At the time of his 7th win, the cumulative Super Bowl titles of those 18 franchises (many with 0, some with 1) was indeed less than 7.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Patriots were holding Tom Brady back

You do have to ask if the Patriots were holding [Brady] back, Hank. You get him and Gronk into a system that centers itself around making plays between your quarterback and your tight end, and all of a sudden he's blowing teams out, blowing out one of the best quarterbacks of all time, Patrick Mahomes, in the Super Bowl.

While Brady won immediately, calling the franchise that won 6 with him 'holding him back' is satirical in nature.
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Big CatBig Cat

I would not bet the under on Tom Brady winning more than 7.5 career Super Bowls

He's now three years, two years later, and he just won another one. And he could do it again, and he's still going to come back. And I wouldn't bet on the under [on 7.5].

Tom Brady retired with 7 Super Bowl rings, so the under on 7.5 was the correct outcome.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Antonio Brown will be arrested this summer

Antonio Brown is going to get arrested so hard this summer. It's going to be like the summer of Lindsay Lohan for him. Unbelievable.

Antonio Brown was not arrested during the summer of 2021; he played the 2021 season for the Buccaneers.
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Big CatBig Cat

Todd Bowles is an underrated defensive coordinator

Todd Bowles, very underrated. He got mentioned a lot, so maybe he's properly rated now. But he was incredible this entire playoff run because the Bucs' defense... They played at such a high level in the last four games.

Bowles' stock rose significantly after this win, eventually leading to his head coaching job in Tampa.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Patrick Mahomes' matrix incompletion was one of the best Super Bowl passes ever

He made the three best passes in this game. He made a matrix pass. Maybe three passes that would be the best passes of all time. ... The hipster reply in 10 years when someone's like, quote tweet this with the best Super Bowl pass you've ever seen. Yeah, I saw it. Didn't count. It was actually a turnover on downs. Hit his receiver in the face.

This pass is indeed still discussed as one of the most athletic and improbable throws in NFL history despite being an incompletion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Travis Kelce drop in the Super Bowl was a designed lateral play

I actually think that there was a chance it was a designed lateral play, and [Kelce] thought like a half second ahead of time. I might be completely wrong about it, but that's the first thing that popped out to me.

This is a purely speculative theory about a single play that cannot be definitively proven.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Patrick Mahomes will have surgery on his foot

I think [Mahomes] is probably going to have surgery on that foot. ... The turf toe reared its ugly head a little bit. I'm serious. He was not able to scramble effectively.

Patrick Mahomes underwent surgery to repair a torn plantar plate (turf toe) on February 10, 2021.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Devin White should have been the Super Bowl MVP

Devin White should have been the MVP, I think, of this game.

While Devin White had a monster game, Tom Brady won the official MVP award.
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Big CatBig Cat

HD cameras in sports broadcasts are now too realistic to handle

The HD cameras have gone too far. ... Something about the new HD cameras is just too much for me. I can't handle it.

This is an aesthetic opinion on broadcast quality.
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Big CatBig Cat

Bears GM Ryan Pace constantly bids against himself in negotiations

Some of these reports about the Bears treating a fucking first, maybe even two first-round picks for Carson Wentz, no one out-negotiates themselves quite like Ryan Pace. There's nobody else that's bidding that high. Anywhere close to that high. He bids against himself.

Subjective opinion on Pace's management style, though widely shared by analysts during his tenure.
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Big CatBig Cat

The San Francisco 49ers are a great value bet to win the next Super Bowl

I'll tell you what my pick is. San Francisco 49ers 14-1. ... I'm just looking for a team with a good coach, good defense. There's tons of injuries [this year].

The Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl 56, defeating the Bengals.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jason Pierre-Paul should retire now to protect his perfect Super Bowl record

[JPP] probably should retire. Walk away, otherwise it just becomes, you're going to lose it. You're going to put it down like a cell phone and walk away.

JPP did not retire; he continued playing for the Buccaneers and later the Ravens.
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Big CatBig Cat

The hosts are starting a strict 'no carbs' diet for February

Tomorrow, we're starting our diets. ... No carbs for the month of February. ... If you see a carb in my mouth, slap it out. Serious. Except for Saturdays. Those are cheat days.

The hosts famously fail these diets almost immediately, as evidenced by future episodes.
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HankHank

The Vince Lombardi Trophy should be renamed the Tom Brady Trophy

Vince Lombardi only won one. You're so greedy, Hank. It's true. He won one trophy. He won one Vince Lombardi trophy. Tom Brady's won seven. Like, come on. ... It's a crime that the championship trophy isn't named after Tom Brady.

The trophy remains the Vince Lombardi Trophy and there are no current plans to change it.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brooks Koepka is officially back

Brooks Koepka. Bruxy is back. He went lights out today.

Koepka won the 2021 Phoenix Open shortly before this episode aired.
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Big CatBig Cat

Duke will opt out of the rest of the college basketball season

I would be shocked if Duke plays the rest of the season. They're going to opt out for sure. They might opt out like halftime when they're down by 20.

Duke played their entire regular season, though they did withdraw from the ACC tournament due to COVID issues later.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I am going to buy an albino cobra

Bro, I went down to Florida, and I'm about to buy an albino cobra. ... Dude, they can ship it. ... [I'm] not going to bring COVID back [to the office].

Billy did not actually purchase or keep an albino cobra as a pet in the Barstool office or his home.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I will spend my Rough N' Rowdy winnings on Dogecoin

So, Billy, what are you going to spend the winnings on? ... Dogecoin.

While it's unverified if he put every cent into it, Dogecoin peaked in May 2021, so if he did buy it in February and held, he would have made a significant profit before the crash.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If Tom Brady wins a 7th Super Bowl, he is officially the greatest athlete of all time over Michael Jordan

If Tom Brady wins the Super Bowl, is he then the greatest GOAT of all time? ... they're saying, like, that would put him over Jordan. And I do think that that counts.

Subjective comparison of athletes in different sports.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Secretariat is the greatest of all time

Secretariat. Well, exactly. Secretariat. It's got to be. American Pharaoh. It has to be Secretariat.

The 'GOAT' debate is inherently subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

Super Bowl 55 is a game where you should hammer the live over and the live underdog

I'm going to bet the over, but this is definitely a game, most Super Bowls are like this, where the first quarter is a little bit slow. This is a live, hammer the live over game. It also is, I have the Chiefs, but if the Bucs go up or the Chiefs go up early, I think it's going to be somewhat of a close game at the end... so it's also hammer the live underdog game.

The total was 40, well under the 54.5 closing line, making the over a loser regardless of when it was placed. The Bucs won by 22, so the live underdog (Chiefs) also failed.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There will be over three and a half field goals in Super Bowl 55

I'm taking the over for field goals. Over three and a half field goals.

There were exactly 4 field goals in the game (3 by Harrison Butker, 1 by Ryan Succop), making the over a winner.
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Big CatBig Cat

I'm betting the over on a half-interception for Tom Brady in the Super Bowl

Tom Brady over a half of an interception. So he's got to throw one. I think he's going to throw – I think Tom Brady's going to play well, but I also think he's going to take his shots.

Tom Brady threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions in Super Bowl 55.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tails never fails on the Super Bowl coin toss

I usually go with tails never fails. ... It's tails. I'm betting tails. There you go. Tails never fails.

The Super Bowl 55 coin toss was Heads.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Gatorade dumped on the winning coach of Super Bowl 55 will be orange

I'm hearing orange. My sources have told me orange... I'm hammering orange.

The Gatorade color for Super Bowl 55 was blue.
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HankHank

I am betting the biggest bet of my life on the Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl

You're going biggest bet of your life on the Bucs responsibly? Yep. I packed the vest. That's all you need to know. ... The man of vests is in the building.

The Buccaneers won Super Bowl 55, 31-9.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The National Anthem for Super Bowl 55 will go over the allotted time

I'm betting the over on [the National Anthem]. If you bet the under, then that's very anti-patriotic. You're a terrorist if you bet the under in the National Anthem.

The performance by Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church clocked in at 2:17, which hit the over (set around 1:59).
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Kurt WarnerKurt Warner

The Chiefs defense has the advantage over the Buccaneers in the Super Bowl because of their speed

I'm going to say the Chiefs defense. ... very few defenses are going to be as fast as this Chiefs offense. ... I think the Chiefs defensive backs match up better from an athletic standpoint against these Bucs receivers. ... I give the slight advantage to the Chiefs because of complexity and because of who they're facing.

The Bucs defense was the dominant unit in the game, holding the Chiefs to 9 points and 0 touchdowns. The Chiefs defense allowed 31 points.
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Kurt WarnerKurt Warner

Marshall Faulk was both the best and most important player on the Greatest Show on Turf Rams

If there was one guy that changed the complexion of everything that we did, it was Marshall Faulk. ... he was such a distinct mismatch. ... he was, A, the best player on our team. So he was the best player, but he was also the most important.

This is an expert opinion from the team's quarterback; while subjective, it's a high-authority claim.
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Kurt WarnerKurt Warner

The current Kansas City Chiefs are the closest thing the NFL has seen to the 'Greatest Show on Turf' Rams

I would [say the Chiefs are the closest thing]. And probably the closest thing that we've seen since the greatest show on turf. And the reason I say that is just because the ability to attack down the field... they scare defenses. They make defenses play on their heels. And that's exactly how we played.

This is a subjective historical comparison from a Hall of Fame quarterback.
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Kurt WarnerKurt Warner

The Chiefs' tendency to 'get too cute' with play-calling is actually a benefit that keeps defenses off balance

I ultimately think the two cute works in their benefit way more than then it's a negative... down inside the 10 yard line, they are so great at doing special, unique, different things... that creativity is a bigger benefit than it is a negative.

Subjective evaluation of coaching philosophy.
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Kurt WarnerKurt Warner

The modern NFL is not full of great quarterback play despite inflated completion percentages

I still don't believe that the league is full of great quarterback play. And so you have to be able to delineate the two... there was 18 or 19 quarterbacks that were completing the ball at a rate higher than than I did the years that I led the league... numbers get inflated and it looks like teams are playing better or quarterbacks are playing better because of the rules. But when you really break down the quarterback play, it's not necessarily as good as we've seen at times in the past.

Subjective analysis of generational skill levels.
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Kurt WarnerKurt Warner

The Chiefs will beat the Buccaneers by double digits in Super Bowl 55

I am going with the Chiefs in this one. ... I will say that it will be a double-digit win for the Chiefs. ... I will put the Chiefs as mid-30s and the Bucs probably kind of mid-20s. ... 60-some, 65-point range.

The Buccaneers won by 22 points (31-9), and the total score was 40, far below the 65 Warner predicted.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

I will beat Billy Football easily in our Rough and Rowdy fight

He's going to beat you? Yes. Would you like to put a side bet on that? ... Five grand that I beat him easily. ... If he runs from me, I'm not going to chase him.

Jose Canseco went down in the first 15 seconds of the fight and quit, resulting in a TKO victory for Billy Football.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

I'll fight all three of you tomorrow at the same time — MMA rules

How about if I fight all three of you tomorrow? At the same time. But we do MMA. How's that?

The three-on-one bout was not sanctioned. Jose then lost the one-on-one to Billy Football.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

Everyone in their mid-30s should be on steroids/testosterone therapy

I think everyone should use it at our age, for sure. ... Recommended by doctors with a prescription. That's how you should be using it.

This is a medical/personal opinion and controversial hot take.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

Alex Rodriguez is a piece of shit and a liar

A-Rod, you know what I'm talking about, you piece of shit. ... He's a scumbag. I don't like that. He was cheating on Jennifer Lopez. ... I was there when it happened.

These are personal insults and unverified claims about private relationships.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

I'm a six-four, 270-pound genetic freak — women want to breed with me just for the kids

She wanted to have, you know, my daughter's supermodel. So I breed super kids, obviously. I'm six foot four, 270 pound super athlete. So I'm a genetic freak. So I have, I've had plenty of women wanted to breed with me just for the kids.

The 270 pounds were not all factory original.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

Barry Bonds belongs in the Hall of Fame

Barry Bonds. Of course. ... there are probably 10 in the Hall of Fame right now that use PEDs. A couple I injected myself. I won't mention who they are.

Bonds has still not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as of 2024.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

I ran a 4.29 40-yard dash back in my prime

I ran a 4.29 40. That's 30 years ago.

There is no official record of this time, and it would be faster than almost any NFL combine record, making it highly improbable for a 240lb baseball player.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

I shot my own finger off because I was cleaning four guns at once

Cleaning four guns at once. Very quickly.

He did indeed shoot his finger off in 2014, though the 'four guns at once' detail is part of his personal lore.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

I have never benched over 225 pounds in my life

I've never benched over 225 pounds. [Maybe] 40 times, but... I don't know.

This is a personal claim that cannot be verified but contradicts his well-documented strength training history.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

I'll take a dive tomorrow if you guarantee me A-Rod in the ring

If you guarantee me I can fight A-Rod here in Barstool, I will take a dive tomorrow. That's how bad I want that punk bitch.

PMT did not arrange an A-Rod fight. Canseco then lost to Billy Football anyway.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

Would have hit 760 home runs if he stayed healthy

Now, if you would have done my home runs per bat ratio over a 24-year-old period, I would have had 760 home runs if I would have stayed healthy.

Canseco hit 462 home runs in 7,057 at-bats. Extrapolating that rate over 24 seasons yields approximately 570 home runs, not 760.
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Jose CansecoJose Canseco

Big Cat and PFT are just little intern peons — Hank is the real boss

Hank is the boss, people. Jake is the boss. These two are just a little intern peons. And I'm talking to these guys.

Big Cat and PFT are the hosts. Jake and Hank are their producers.

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