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#PMT-2022-0316-4626
HankHank

Billionaires should pay for their own stadiums

The Bills are getting a $1.4 billion new stadium. It's going to be right next to their old stadium, all paid for by the public... Billionaires should pay for their own fucking stadium.

The Buffalo Bills stadium deal eventually involved $850 million in public funding, a record at the time, confirming Hank's point about public footed bills.
Win
#PMT-2022-0316-4635
Big CatBig Cat

The Lakers are 'packing it in' and LeBron isn't trying on defense

The Lakers are so bad. It's awesome... LeBron... just doesn't try at all on defense. He's very close to packing it in... I watched the first quarter last night they were down 33 to 12 in the first quarter.

The 2021-22 Lakers finished 33-49 and missed the play-in tournament, confirming Big Cat's assessment that the team was failing.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0316-4628
Billy FootballBilly Football

The Jets are a wagon and will beat the Patriots in Week 8

Jets are a wagon, calling it. Week 8 at MetLife, they're beating the Pats, calling it right now. We're updated, upgraded... we don't have Mr. INT anymore.

The Patriots beat the Jets 22-17 in Week 8 (Oct 30, 2022). Billy's prediction was incorrect.
Void
#PMT-2022-0302-18275
Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson is a better player when he is fat

I'm going to say something controversial. I think that Zion Williamson is a better player when he's fat. I want him to get fat. Well, in fact, well he D he doesn't play right now. He's a better players to get fatter. Yeah. He just needs to get so fat that they roll them out there.

This is a subjective and satirical claim about performance vs. weight.
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#PMT-2022-0302-18276
Big CatBig Cat

Kyler Murray will go play baseball when he's 28 years old

It's wild. I don't know how this, I mean, yeah, they're going to pay him and then he's going to be upset and he's going to be more upset and they're not going to win. He's going to be more upset. And then he's going to, I feel like when he's like 28, he's gonna be like, I'm going to go play baseball.

Kyler Murray is currently 27. He has not left for baseball yet, though he is still in the NFL.
Void
#PMT-2022-0302-18277
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Derek Jeter sabotaged the Marlins on purpose

I, you know what I agree with Marlins man. Yeah. I think Jeter fucked up the Marlins on purpose.

There is no evidence Jeter sabotaged the team on purpose; it's a humorous conspiracy take.
Push
#PMT-2022-0223-14018
HankHank

The Winter Olympics ratings decline is due to a lack of NHL pros in hockey

The average total audience was 11.4 million viewers for the 2022. And that's a sharp decline... I'm convinced it's the hockey like it's, it's it's hockey, not having the pros and not having it as like a tentpole.

While viewership was at an all-time low, several factors contributed (timezone, Peacock streaming, COVID), making the NHL absence only one of many factors.
Void
#PMT-2022-0223-14019
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I want to invent soundproof 'fart pants' for airplanes

My idea was to get fart pants, to invent fart pants. And it would just consist of pants that were soundproof. So you could wear them... when I fart on an airplane, it's never smelly. It doesn't stink. It's just air. And it's just super loud.

The idea is physically impractical due to the need for airflow and pressure regulation, though sound-dampening fabrics exist.
Void
#PMT-2022-0223-14020
Big CatBig Cat

Restaurants should offer oversized sweatshirts for customers who want to keep eating

A restaurant should offer an oversized sweatshirt or even a blanket so that you can keep eating through that... somewhere between like appetizers maybe right after appetite is like, sir, are you, are you planning on eating past full well, yeah, always. Can we offer you this three XL sweatshirt?

A few novelty restaurants actually do this, but it is not a standard industry practice.
Push
#PMT-2022-0223-14021
Billy FootballBilly Football

Hank the Tank the bear cannot be relocated and will die if forced into the wilderness

Hank the tank is a 500 pound black bear... He doesn't know how to hunt because he's so dependent on humans. He cannot be relocated to the wilderness or he would die of starvation because he's completely has zero motivation... Plus he's fat as fuck.

Wildlife officials initially considered euthanasia because relocation often fails with habituated bears, but 'Hank the Tank' was later found to be three different bears, and 'Hank' was eventually moved to a sanctuary in Colorado in 2023.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0216-1506
MemesMemes

Sean McVay should retire and join ESPN's Monday Night Football for more money and fewer hours

I'm going with the ESPN Monday night crew on the hot seat because supposedly if McVay wants out, ESPN wants him in for Monday night football. Tony Romo makes 18 million... Why would he want to work? Like 100th of the amount of hours and time and stress for, for more money? Yeah. I, I think that's a pretty good deal.

McVay did not retire and stayed with the Rams.
Win
#PMT-2022-0216-1507
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Coach K blocked Tommy Amaker from the Duke head coaching job to protect Jon Scheyer's career

There's a report coming out a new book that Tommy Amaker was going to be named next head coach of duke... and coach K got on a zoom with them and essentially said, I can't have you taking this job because that would set John shier back in his career. So we want you to take your name out of consideration and out of respect for coach K Tommy Amaker realized that this job search thing was apparently he had been offered the job already until coach K stepped in.

The book 'Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski' by Ian O'Connor indeed reported this specific interference.
Void
#PMT-2022-0216-1508
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kyler Murray leads the league in nonsense

All of this nonsense is not what I'm about. Never has been, never will be... All that says it, all, all of this nonsense that I, that I directly caused is I'm not. And you can make the case that this is just more nonsense, correct? I think Kyler Murray leads the league in nonsense.

Subjective categorization of Murray's public persona and career drama.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0209-15064
Jake MarshJake Marsh

Home runs are going to increase because MLB stopped testing for steroids

My cool throne are yobbos, dingers, home runs, whatever you want to call them. Because for the first time in 20 years, Major League Baseball is stopping testing its players for steroids... I love it. Everybody use the ball and juice to go back and forth.

The testing pause was temporary during the lockout. While Aaron Judge hit 62 HRs in 2022, there wasn't a league-wide 'steroid era' spike in 2022 specifically attributable to this.
Win
#PMT-2022-0202-1217
HankHank

The MLB season will inevitably be delayed due to lack of progress in labor meetings

The MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association made little progress in their latest meeting, and a delay to the upcoming season feels inevitable.

The 2022 MLB season was delayed by the lockout, missing the first two series of the season.
Win
#PMT-2022-0126-9205
HankHank

Tom Brady is going to retire after this season

Tom Brady, Tom vs. Time... for my personal takeaway, it seems like he's gone. She [Gisele] deserves what she needs from me as a husband and my kids deserve what they need from me as a dad... from right now where I stand, I feel like he's gonna walk.

Brady announced his retirement on Feb 1, 2022, less than a week after this episode.
Void
#PMT-2022-0126-9211
Big CatBig Cat

Defense no longer wins championships in the modern NFL

I did, did you guys see that, that one tweet where someone was like, this must be what it feels like for kids to find out Santa Claus isn't real. And it was a text someone shared from their dad saying defense no longer wins championships.

Recent Super Bowl winners like the Rams (2021) and Chiefs (2023) had elite defenses, though offense is clearly more dominant.
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#PMT-2022-0126-9206
Big CatBig Cat

James Harden is unhappy living in Brooklyn

James Harden is upset. This is going well. I fucking love the Nets—they're going to Kevin Durant's hurt, Kyrie plays half the games. And I saw the quote... James Harden doesn't enjoy living in Brooklyn, not just because of the climate, but also the state income tax is different than Texas.

Harden was traded to Philadelphia on Feb 10, 2022, confirming his desire to leave.
Void
#PMT-2022-0126-9207
Billy FootballBilly Football

SEC stadiums are louder than NFL stadiums

Joe Burrow, mid controversial statement of saying SEC stadiums louder than NFL stadium... which was now brought up by an NFL veteran who thought that it was quite good.

While noise levels are subjective and vary by venue, the claim is a matter of record for Burrow.
Void
#PMT-2022-0126-9208
Jake MarshJake Marsh

Using an 'all-star' officiating crew for the Super Bowl is a bad idea due to lack of chemistry

Penalty flags... they announced a Super Bowl crew, Ron Torbert—they are collabing. It's not a crew he's worked with... chemistry is more important than—you want a crew that's been solid together. They're greater than the sum of their parts.

Subjective opinion on team dynamics, though Super Bowl LVI officiating had some controversial late calls.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0119-12606
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Andy Reid's food metaphors mean the entire NFL is in trouble

Andy Reed really put cake on the hot seat... He just thinks of everything his life as it's related to food. Once he starts thinking about food, he physically gets hungry and then he's going to mentally get hungry. And then the entire NFL, next thing he knows in trouble.

The Chiefs did not win the Super Bowl this year (lost to Bengals in AFC Championship), but Reid's dominance remained high in subsequent years.
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#PMT-2022-0119-12607
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is the ultimate coach killer

LeBron and the coach killers back. It looks like Frank Vogel might get fired. There's a lot of rumors right now. No one does it better than him. No one kills a coach better than LeBron... Bron is going to come off the court and just be like, all right, he keeps his job one more game. Give him a look like, yeah, he's just doing the fucking gladiator up and down after every game for Frank Vogel's life.

Frank Vogel was indeed fired by the Lakers on April 11, 2022, shortly after the regular season ended.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0119-12608
Billy FootballBilly Football

5G radars will ground all US air travel

Turns out a bunch of the airline CEOs said that the new 5G radars that are getting put on for telecommunications, once they get turned on, it's going to affect a bunch of their planes landing. And that they're going to have to ground all US air travel tomorrow.

While there were some flight delays and cancellations, US air travel was not grounded 'all' at once, and 5G rollouts were managed with buffer zones around airports.
Win
#PMT-2022-0112-7411
Big CatBig Cat

Andrew Luck looks extremely happy and appears to have zero interest in returning to football

Andrew luck shows up out of nowhere... and he looked like he's lost about 70 pounds. My God, I actually don't think that Andrew luck has picked up a football in the last three years. And he looks really happy.

Luck has remained retired and has since spoken about his happiness post-football, confirming this observation.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0105-10905
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The new Washington team name will be the 'Red Hogs'

I'm thinking it's going to be the red hogs, which I, which I love actually, because you're given a throwback to the hogs, the old offensive line. And you can do so much cool shit with pissed off looking pigs.

The team officially became the Washington Commanders on February 2, 2022.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0105-10906
Big CatBig Cat

Johnny Davis is the National Player of the Year in college basketball

Johnny Davis, right? National player of the year, if you had a vote, yeah. Number one, you would build on it.

Johnny Davis won many awards but Oscar Tshiebwe won the Naismith and Wooden awards for 2022.
Win
#PMT-2021-1229-10991
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Josh Allen is defying statistics by winning 13 out of 16 coin tosses

My hot seat is statistics and probability because Josh Allen has won 13 out of 16 coin tosses this season. That's wild... The probability of hitting nine straight is .1953. So Josh Allen is defying all the stats nerds.

The stats were widely reported during the 2021 season.
Win
#PMT-2021-1229-10992
Big CatBig Cat

I will cut off the tip of my pinky if the Colts win the Super Bowl

I've seen some people being like, you're not actually going to do it. First of all, it's the tip of my pinky. It's the nail up. Second of all, it's essentially like a tattoo... The Colts started 0-3 in 2021, and they won the Super Bowl. It will suck, but I will do it.

The Colts did not win the Super Bowl in 2021; they didn't even make the playoffs.
Void
#PMT-2021-1229-10993
Big CatBig Cat

Failing NFL teams should always flush the whole staff and front office out

The Jaguars, and this goes for the Giants as well, I do not understand teams that don't flush it all out. If your team is an abject failure, just... Flush the fucking thing out.

Subjective strategy for team management.
Loss
#PMT-2021-1222-11231
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Washington Football Team will beat the Eagles 13-9 with Garrett Gilbert at quarterback

I feel like it's shock the world time. Oh see, you're predicting a win. I'm thinking 13, 9, 13, 9 tonight the Washington football team over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Washington lost to the Eagles 27-17.
Win
#PMT-2021-1222-11237
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

JNCO jeans are officially back in style

My cool throne is JNCOs. Yeah. And JNCOs are also back... there was a, a trend piece in the Wall Street Journal, you know, something's real cool when it's written about in the Wall Street Journal.

Wide-leg pants did indeed see a massive resurgence in Gen Z fashion and TikTok trends during 2021-2023.
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#PMT-2021-1222-11234
Big CatBig Cat

The Arizona Cardinals are officially cursed for failing to tweet the final score of their losses

The Arizona Cardinals just did not tweet the final score after they lost the lions... I'm demanding they treat the final score. I don't think they ever will... It's going to be a dangerous all out battle... as far as I'm concerned, the lions have one. An official.

The Cardinals continued to lose and famously faded at the end of the 2021 season, reinforcing the 'curse'.
Win
#PMT-2021-1215-17832
HankHank

The ACC is a bad basketball conference this year

My hot seat is the ACC... they're the only team [Duke] that's even decent in the ACC... they've lost six buy games.

The ACC was historically weak in 2021-22, receiving only 5 NCAA tournament bids, though Duke and UNC did reach the Final Four.
Void
#PMT-2021-1215-17833
HankHank

Robert Kraft's investment in a Call of Duty team is a genius move

Robert Kraft bought a Call of Duty team... everyone says that buying these roster spots is a waste of money... I would have agreed with them until Robert Kraft bought the top spot. Now genius investment.

The value of Call of Duty League franchises has been highly scrutinized since 2021, with many organizations struggling for profitability, making the 'genius' label subjective and likely premature.
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#PMT-2021-1215-17834
Big CatBig Cat

Steph Curry will break the all-time three-point record tonight at Madison Square Garden

Steph Curry is going to, by the time you're listening to this, Steph Curry has already broken the record... I'm actually going to go to the game. I'm excited for it.

Steph Curry broke the record in the first quarter against the Knicks at MSG on December 14, 2021.
Void
#PMT-2021-1215-17835
Billy FootballBilly Football

U.S. politicians should settle disputes in MMA matches

Two politicians down in Brazil... had a three round MMA fight, which was sick... I really wish I kinda wish that would happen more in the United States and other places.

This is a purely subjective lifestyle/political opinion.
Loss
#PMT-2021-1208-7203
Billy FootballBilly Football

NFTs are becoming more valuable than diamonds

Turns out there's a bunch of new diamonds that are fake, but no one can tell the difference... De Beers is totally panicking because now diamonds have no value. So Hot Seat: Diamond... NFTs are kind of more valuable than diamonds, I think about it.

The NFT market crashed significantly after early 2022, while diamonds maintained value.
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#PMT-2021-1201-18374
HankHank

John Wall to the New York Knicks would be 'fucking sick'

John Wall was injured. He's now healthy. He's trying to play. And the rockets are just saying, no. ... So John Wall to New York would, would be fucking sick.

John Wall did not go to the Knicks; he eventually went to the Clippers and then back to the Rockets before being waived.
Win
#PMT-2021-1201-18375
Big CatBig Cat

The Bears vs. Packers Sunday Night Football game in Week 14 will be 'fucking terrible'

They put out the schedule for week 14 and they're not flexing bears, Packers Sunday night football. So that's going to be fucking terrible. ... It's going to be so miserable.

The Packers beat the Bears 45-30. While it had points, it was a typical Bears loss to Rodgers, fulfilling Big Cat's dread.
Push
#PMT-2021-1201-18382
Billy FootballBilly Football

Robots can now reproduce

Cool throne is robots. They lost their virginity. Not much more that we need to explain there. Robots can reproduce now. They just released it. There was a scientific research experiment. There was a scientific green robots that created. It's a thing.

The claim refers to Xenobots (biological robots made of frog cells) which can 'reproduce' by gathering loose cells, but it's far from the sci-fi implication Billy suggests.
Void
#PMT-2021-1124-6389
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James got off easy with a one-game suspension for punching Isaiah Stewart

LeBron James basically owns the NFL [sic], which we already knew, but the fact that he got suspended one game for assault is fucking ridiculous... He looked him dead in the eye and then punched him in the face. Like if you watched the replay, he knew exactly what he was doing.

LeBron was suspended for one game for the strike to the face, while Stewart received two games for his reaction.
Void
#PMT-2021-1117-2647
HankHank

LeBron James is an absolute fraud for how he handled the Alex Caruso departure

Last night was a perfect encapsulation of how LeBron is just an absolute fraud. The story came out that the Lakers basically asked Caruso to take less money... LeBron is the GM. Everyone knows this... then it's all over him hugging them on social media like 'love you bro'.

This is a subjective opinion on LeBron's character and management style.
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#PMT-2021-1117-2645
Big CatBig Cat

Giannis Antetokounmpo might leave the Bucks in two years for a new challenge

Yannis is already planting the seeds to maybe leave Milwaukee... He said 'one challenge was to bring a championship here and we did.'... He said 'in two years that might change. I'm being totally honest with you.'

Giannis signed a 3-year extension in 2023, keeping him in Milwaukee past the 2-year window mentioned.
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#PMT-2021-1117-2646
Big CatBig Cat

Coach K should retire immediately over his grandson's DWI

Coach K [should] retire right now if he had any backbone and stood for anything that he says that he stands for. You can't have this... Step down right now. Institutional chaos before someone gets hurt.

Coach K finished the season as planned and retired after the 2022 tournament loss to UNC.
Void
#PMT-2021-1117-2648
Billy FootballBilly Football

Mac Jones is the Grayson Allen of the NFL

Mac Jones is sort of gotten the, some people are calling them the Grayson Allen of the NFL... Because he's a tripper.

Subjective comparison of reputation.
Void
#PMT-2021-1110-19906
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Never mess with a family from the former Yugoslavia

As a general rule of thumb, don't fuck with any family from the former Yugoslavia. It's great just because it's taking this... Yeah, they're like if the Ryan twins were in the movie Taken.

This is a general comedic assertion based on the intimidating reputation of the Jokic brothers.
Void
#PMT-2021-1103-4448
Big CatBig Cat

Never trust anyone who owns a monkey or a snake as a pet

Never trust anyone who owns a monkey or a snake as a pet. They're not trustworthy... A monkey is just, it's basically you buy a monkey, it sits in your house, and it's just you set the timer for when it decides it wants to rip your face off. That's all it is.

This is a hyperbolic personality judgment that cannot be factually proven.
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#PMT-2021-1103-4449
Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving is refusing the vaccine as part of a viral marketing scheme for the new Matrix movie

My cool throne is Kyrie Irving, because I'm pretty sure he's not getting vaccinated for an entire like prolonged ad for the new Matrix thing that's coming out in December... I think he's not getting vaccinated as part of a viral marketing scheme for the new Matrix.

Kyrie Irving was not actually a paid marketer for The Matrix Resurrections; his refusal was personal/political.
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#PMT-2021-1103-4450
Billy FootballBilly Football

Sam Ehlinger will replace Carson Wentz as the Colts' starter

My hot seat is Carson Wentz. Brett Hundley was recently released from the Colts, and Sam Ehlinger was promoted to QB2... Who knows if Carson Wentz gets benched, Sam Ehlinger comes in.

Wentz started all 17 games for the Colts in 2021. Ehlinger did not replace him mid-season.
Void
#PMT-2021-1027-7728
HankHank

Peyton Manning essentially admitted to cheating by doctoring footballs on the ManningCast

Peyton Manning starts going off this rant about how the ball boys in Indianapolis use the special sauce and they did all these tricks of the trade and did all this shit with the ball... and it's just crickets. Why not have that conversation when Brady is on the air... and Peyton is just like, yeah, we had our special sauce.

Peyton Manning did indeed describe elaborate processes for preparing footballs, which Hank interprets as being fundamentally the same as what Brady was punished for.
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