Takes

If UConn wins a third title in a row, they will officially be 'bad for basketball' like their women's team was

What happens if UConn wins a third in a row? ... At that point they become UConn women's team. Yeah. They're bad for basketball 10 years ago. They're bad for basketball.

Scott Drew will likely be the next head coach at Kentucky

It feels like Scott Drew's gonna be the name. Although again, it's college sports. So any coach saying they're out doesn't mean anything at all.

UConn will struggle next year because they return almost nobody

It also is crazy that everyone just keeps talking like UConn like three, they literally return nobody... Samson Johnson's a junior... Caravan's a sophomore... Caravan's is the only one I was wrong on.

The solar eclipse was overrated

So my Hot Seat is us. We're still in the third dimension. I was kind of looking forward to it. So that was, it was gonna be cool throne, but I kind of was hoping we were in the hot fourth dimension. So, well, eclipse sucked, overrated eclipse.

The Masters app is the greatest piece of technology ever invented

My cool Throne is the Masters app... I redownload the Master's app. Have to, it's a tradition unlike any other. And when you log into the, the first time, it just feels, it's such a great way to come down from the NCAA tournament being over... the greatest piece of technology ever invented. Yep. And you open it up and you're like, everything's going to be okay. 'Cause the Masters app's here and it's comforting and it's perfect.

The Celtics are lock for the NBA Finals

Celtics are in the finals.

My great golf is good enough to win a major

I know for a fact my great golf's good enough. It just needs to come out the right week. So let's just hope it's this week. It's a big difference. It's a little bit more calming knowing that like, it doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to be good.

The best way to play golf is to simply not think about anything

Three of your 10 lessons, were just don't think... that's honestly Fellas. That's the best way to be. It's like, I just kept on scrolling and I was like, wait, we're not, oh, just a reminder. But don't you think that if you're telling everyone to not think about anything now they're thinking about not thinking about anything, which is perfect. That's right where I want 'em.

I would not leave the Masters if I were winning, even for the birth of my first child

If I was winning the Masters, I would not leave. First kid. I agree with you. First kid. First kid. I would first kid if I was winning the Masters. If I was winning the Masters, I would not leave.

Jason Day is a solid longshot pick to win the Masters at 60-1

My long shot pick is Jason Day... He's Plus I think he's 6,060 to one... I like Jason Day.

Walking nine holes is the best way to experience golf

If you find a course and you find like a, a slot of time where You can walk, it's amazing. I sound kinda like the old like romanticism of golf guy... recently, within the last couple years I would walk nine holes, never 18. I'm gonna die out there if I walk. But if I walk nine holes, it's fucking beautiful. Yeah. Because in a cart you almost aren't looking at the scenery around you.

John Calipari leaving for Arkansas is a huge win for Kentucky because they avoid a massive buyout

I think it's actually a huge win for Kentucky. Kentucky fans like they wanted him gone two weeks ago. Not only that, but it's a huge win for Kentucky for a couple things. One, you don't have to pay him any money. So the part of the deal is that if Cal goes, there's no buyout for Arkansas to pay Kentucky, but there's also no money that Kentucky has to pay Cal.

I personally guarantee Kentucky will win a national title before Arkansas

I'll do my what's the Cavs owners name? Dan Gilbert. Sense. Personally guarantee it. Right. Personally guarantee... I just think Kentucky will be good. I think they'll be, they'll be fine immediately.

The next coach at Kentucky will win a national championship

I'm gonna go one step further. Big Cat, I'm gonna say the next coach at Kentucky will win a national championship. Yeah. Whoever you are. Whoever you're about to hire right now. Future National Championship coach sign up.

The obsession with velocity is destroying MLB pitchers' arms

Everyone's obsessed with velocity... everyone just looking at the numbers being like, you gotta throw a hundred, you gotta throw a hundred. And arms are just getting pushed to this max at a early age and everyone's destroying their arms.

The US will be under a massive cyber attack soon, and everyone should withdraw their cash

I suggest you take out all your money outta your bank and stop using credit cards for the next few months until I can give you the green light again. We will be under a cyber attack sooner rather than later... I'm in communication with the very important person for one of, if not the biggest software companies in the world... I met a guy on a plane... He's a higher end for a major major software company... he just pretty much said like, I know too much, but I don't at the same time.

Dan Hurley will be the coaching face of college basketball if he wins the title

Hurley would put himself as the coaching face of college basketball. You will have won each NCAA tournament game if, if you win this game in commanding fashion... He'll win each game by at least 13 points.

UCLA will be a top 25 team next year and Mick Cronin will bounce back

I think I've got UCLA [in the way too early top 25]... I like Mick to bounce back. Cronin's. I having too bad either, but not bounce back too much. [Ranked] 19.

Samson Johnson is the X-factor for UConn in the National Championship game

So he's the ex factor to the game. I think we could come out of the game saying Samson Johnson is the man who emerged... He can run the floor, runs the floor like a deer. He could fly above the rim. He throws down some thunderous dunks.

Donovan Clingan will make a three-pointer in the National Championship game

Bold prediction for Monday night. Okay. Donovan Clingan makes a three oh... I could see a high ball screen and instead a roll and he slips back and makes and makes Edey pay for going all the way down there.

UConn will beat Purdue 83-70 in the National Championship game

UConn 83 Purdue. 70 83 70.

Villanova must make the tournament next year or Kyle Neptune is in trouble

It is time this upcoming year for Villanova to get back to the big dance floor or else... You can't go a decade of making the NCAA tournament and making runs... then miss it back to back seasons.

The eclipse and the CERN particle collider will send us into the fourth dimension

They're turning CERN on the day of the eclipse. And I believe the research is they're trying to reach a fourth dimension... Once the the moon covers the sun when it comes back, like we'll be in the fourth dimension. Like everything will be different.

Danny Hurley likely delayed UConn's flight on purpose to create motivation

It wouldn't shock me if Danny Hurley actually, oh, delayed that flight. Oh. yeah. False flag. So therefore he could complain about this. They, but whatever it is, they've got motivation.

Vivek Ranadivé is a hypocrite for helping the A's move to Sacramento after buying the Kings specifically to prevent them from being relocated.

Vivec, the owner of the Kings total scumbag as well, because he bought the Kings to keep the kings in Sacramento, which was admirable move. And now he's just basically laundering The A's for them... He also had a quote, Vivek, 'When I bought the Kings, I said that Sacramento would never play second fiddle to any other city.' That makes no sense. You're literally playing second fiddle to Las Vegas... total bullshit.

I will pay for John Fisher's hair restoration if he appears on the podcast

John Fisher because you're a bald fuck. Big Cat will pay for your hair restoration for one appearance on Pardon My Take. Because he is bald. Take it. You bald bitch.

Trading Stefon Diggs is a genius move for the Houston Texans

I do love this move for the Texans. I think it's a genius move for the Texans. They are basically going all in under CJ Stroud's rookie contract. This is what a team should do. Yeah. Like if you're a Texans fans, you should be really pumped.

The Buffalo Bills are forced into a hard reset but will be fine as long as they have Josh Allen

The bills should be criticized for going all in with this older team that wasn't able to win a Super Bowl. But now this is the reality. They have to, they have to hit their hard reset... But that's just the reality of it. And even still, if you're a Bills fan, as doom and gloom as it might seem to trade Stefon Diggs, you have Josh Allen and if you draft well you'll still have a shot.

Drafting Jaden Daniels despite his "fucked up elbow" is the new Moneyball.

The new Moneyball is drafting a quarterback with a fucked up elbow that looks like a modern art sculpture... [Jaden Daniels] has bursitis because he practices so hard. Yeah, that's a guy I wanted on my team. Fact.

Tiger Woods was better at golf when he was 'dirtier' and having more sex

Tiger was at his best when... the grip of his putter smelled like absolute shit from his hands. Perkins waitresses. The dirtier Tiger was the better golf. Yeah. When he was getting it in the hole. Now he's gonna not do, maybe he just can't have sex 'cause he like, he can't walk.

NC State will beat Purdue on the money line in the Final Four

The DJ Burns shirts we just put on sale are, are so far that I I have to bet NC State money line. Yeah. I have no choice. You know what? Fuck it. And rooting for Purdue is just so, so it's so fun to root against them. I just have to do it.

UConn only needs to play a 'C-minus' game to beat most teams

UConn is just a kind of a, there's levels and they're just at a different level right now if they come out and play. Like UConn would have to play what a c minus game to give Alabama a chance. Like if I think of, if UConn plays a B game, they beat everyone.

The NBA Bubble Championship is a legitimate title that requires winning difficult games

Gotta still play. The games gotta still show up and win the game. So I mean, there's something to play for, you know, like the NCAA tournament. Yeah. You know, I mean, it happened... I would say just for the, just for like the, like all the extra stuff that comes with it. Right. You know, like being able to celebrate with fans afterwards, being able to have a parade... it would've been different having 16,000 people.

Anthony Davis should have won the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year award over Giannis Antetokounmpo.

He [Anthony Davis] should have won DPOY that year. I think they gave it to Giannis and he gave him MVP too. But like, literally that was our defense. Like we would just be super aggressive. And then when AD got on somebody, it's like, just let him guard him.

I believe I have a 40-point performance in me if the circumstances are right.

I think 40 is in me. It would have to be the right circumstance. Like I'm only getting that many attempts up if there's like a couple people out or it's like end of the year... I'll make sure whenever I get the 40 ball, I'll give you the shout out for [Pardon My Take].

Approximately 27 to 30 NBA players could lead a 16-seed to a National Championship

I was gonna go like triple. Way more triple, triple that maybe. 30, maybe 40... guys in the NBA are so good, man. Yeah, yeah. Like you gotta automatically think bigs have an advantage 'cause it's college. So like the big is back, right? Yeah... We'll go with this. 27. 27.

The worst shooter in the NBA would be the best shooter on any college team

I've seen JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard go shot for shot from the three point line to five spots... and y'all would never trust them to shoot like outside in the game... the worst shooter on the NBA team would be the best shooter on a college team. Yeah. And like that's even including big men.

The average person has zero chance of recording five rebounds in an NBA game, even if offered $10 million to do so.

You could give you $10 million right now... or you had to go get like five rebounds in the NBA game for like $10 million. And people are like, I think I could do it. You couldn't, bro... I'm six five and somewhat athletic and like pretty heady... I average like three and a half rebounds at night... you're not getting five.

Michael Jordan and LeBron James are 1A and 1B in the Greatest of All Time debate.

It's one A, one B. I don't know... I've gotten asked this [before]... [Jordan] played there [Chicago] a couple times.

Billy Football is a legitimate candidate for Congress and is taking it seriously

I regret to inform you Billy football is a hundred percent legitimately running for this seat. And my fire Fest is that I feel like Oppenheimer, that by, by putting this into motion, I've affected the course of the United States for the foreseeable future.

Paige Bueckers might be my women's basketball GOAT

Paige Bueckers might be my goat. Yeah. We love women more than any other podcast in America.

UConn will beat Iowa because Gino Auriemma has a better game plan for Caitlin Clark

I actually, I think UConn's gonna beat [Iowa] though, because I think Gino, like, if you watch the second game, Gino had a game plan for Juju Watkins that Kim Mulkey just didn't have for Caitlin.

Quarters are a better format for basketball than halves

I think I like the format of the women's game better. The quarters. I like the quarters. fouls reset... my one knock against the NCAA tournament on the men's side, is that down the stretch... it just turns into a foul fest.

Moving the Oakland A's to Las Vegas should be illegal

It should be illegal. What he's doing, he's, he's taking away joy from an entire city... He's taking away the community because he wants to make a little bit more money. Even though this, this guy, he's, he's a fail son.

Providence fans will successfully gaslight Ed Cooley into addressing his fake resignation

I actually think if there's one fan base that could get someone to be like, wait, am I resigning? It's the Providence basketball fan base... he has to do a press conference saying he's not resigning. That at least has to happen.

Max Abmas changed his name pronunciation to help his Naismith Award campaign

I think [Abmas] changed the pronunciation of his name to rhyme with Naismith... like Joe Theismann? His name used to be Theisman and he changed his name to Thaman so that he would help a marketing campaign for winning the Heisman trophy.

Fanatics MLB jerseys are complete pieces of shit

It's starting to bother me now that I'm watching a little more baseball. Just like not being able to read the pitcher's jersey. And it seems like every single night there's a new example of the jerseys just being pieces of shit.

Caitlin Clark should have returned to Iowa for another year instead of going to the WNBA

I still believe Caitlin Clark could have gotten a better deal for herself and a better deal for us sports fans if she returned to Iowa versus going to the WNBA. She's got a shot to change WNBA, but it's still a long shot.

Russell Westbrook looks foolish for arguing with a fan in a balloon hat

Never get in a fight with someone who has nothing to lose. Yeah. That guy has zero to lose in life. He's a diehard Hornets fan in a balloon hat... Russell Westbrook looks like a much bigger fool than the balloon hat guy.

I am officially over no-hitters

I'm so over no hitters. Remember when no hitters used to be like you, they'd even go to bonus coverage... I became over no hitters at right at opening Day 2023.