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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chris Paul will never win a championship

Second pick is gonna be Chris Paul. Chris Paul can't win the big one. Just can't do it. He's never gonna win the big one.

Chris Paul is still active (as of mid-2024), but nearing retirement without a ring.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I bet Hank $50,000 that the Patriots won't make a Super Bowl in the next five years

Hank and I have a five year Super Bowl bet. If the Patriots don't get back to the Super Bowl in the next five years... If they do get there in the next five years, I owe Hank $50,000. If they don't, he owes me 20 grand.

The Patriots made Super Bowl LX (February 2026), losing to the Seahawks 29-13. PFT lost the bet — Hank collects.
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Big CatBig Cat

The losing team of Mount Rushmore season must do a 24-hour solitary confinement stream in a white padded room

The punishment that I am offering up for Mount Rushmore season is the losing team has to do a 24-hour stream in a white padded room. Solitary confinement. Obviously you're not solitary because you're with someone else. 24 hours. Nothing else in the room.

This punishment was eventually modified but served as the primary motivation for the season. The 'white padded room' concept was a major talking point.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will eat a pound of corn if the Billy/Jake/Memes team wins the Fruit Mount Rushmore

If you lose, I wanna see you eat five pounds of corn... Alright, how about a pound of—I'm talking about by the way, loose corn? Not ears of corn. A pound of corn. Deal.

The results of these polls are determined by fan voting on Twitter. If the listeners voted for Team Billy/Jake, Big Cat would be on the hook for the corn.
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HankHank

Derek Carr will win NFL MVP in 2022

MVP 2,500. Oh wow. Jersey Jerry... Jersey Jerry gave it to me. I put it in. It's the first future I have. MVP the whole league... With one of the best wide receivers actually. And one of the best offensive coordinators. And they had a lot of promise last year.

Derek Carr had a poor season, was benched late in the year, and was eventually released. Patrick Mahomes won MVP.
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Big CatBig Cat

Russell Wilson will win NFL MVP in 2022

I think I'm gonna pick Russell Wilson because it's like, you know that the narratives there... If the Broncos are incredible, Russell Wilson will get all the credit. Yeah. All of it. Everything... Peyton Manning his first year in Denver what happened? He went fucking nuts. Exactly.

Russell Wilson had a career-worst season in 2022 and the Broncos were a disaster.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Green Bay Packers will win the 2023 Super Bowl

The green bay Packers won the 20, 23 super bowl. Congrats. Aaron Rodgers super bowl MVP. Yep. He did it. So when that happens, you guys all remember that it was team cat com that picked that.

The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII (2023). The Packers did not make the playoffs.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will break my wrist if I attempt to ride a skateboard during the tandem bike tour

I'm bad at balancing in general. So I've always wanted to surf or skateboard can't do it. If I get on a skateboard, I guarantee you within probably less than a second, I will break my wrist very bad.

The tandem bike ride occurred, but PFT did not break his wrist while attempting balance-related activities on the show.
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Big CatBig Cat

Wisconsin will never win a national title in football or basketball

Personal one, Wisconsin will never win a national title in football or basketball... I accepted it when Coach K paid off the refs at halftime [in 2015], but that was the moment. It will never happen.

Since 2019, Wisconsin has not won a national title in either sport. This remains a 'pending' but currently 'correct' prediction based on results to date.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant is going to come on Pardon My Take eventually

I'll go with well i i mean i think this guy's gonna come on but i'll go with kevin durant as my first pick i think he is gonna come on but i really really want him to come on.

As of late 2024, Kevin Durant has still not appeared on Pardon My Take.
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Big CatBig Cat

Bronny James Jr. is a 'buy' stock for future greatness

This is the anti-pander pick, Bronny James Jr. I'm going to squat on that one. I'm going to buy that stock.

Bronny James was eventually drafted by the Lakers in 2024. While 'greatness' is still pending, making the NBA as a second-round pick is a significant achievement, though many would argue his career has been underwhelming relative to the hype.
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HankHank

Bronny James Jr. will be a bust

You are forgetting that this is all about a mountain of greatness. Not predicting future greatness... Plus, [Bronny James Jr.]'s going to be a bust.

Bronny was drafted in 2024; his career is in its infancy, so whether he is a 'bust' is still pending.
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Blue suits will be out of style in two years

I think in two years, everybody's been looking at their closet going, why do I have seven different blue suits? So I would get out of the blue suit game right now.

Blue/navy suits remain the most common staple in men's formalwear years after this prediction.
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The Odell Beckham Jr. hair trend is officially over because Zac Efron has it now

How do we feel about Odell Beckham hair? Is that going to be around two years? No way. That's over. Zac Efron has it now.

The bleached-top look indeed faded out of fashion shortly after 2019/2020.
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Big CatBig Cat

Rick Pitino will not survive Twitter

Rick Pitino even plans to start a Twitter account. Rick Pitino, listen to me right now. Do not create a Twitter account. You are not going to survive Twitter.com. This is not going to work, Rick. He is going to hate it.

Rick Pitino did join Twitter and, while often mocked, has remained active and survived on the platform for years without deleting it due to backlash.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Wisconsin Badgers will never win a national title in football or basketball

Wisconsin ever winning a national title in anything... Basketball and football, yeah. So that one, that chip failed the night [of] the Duke game [in 2015]. I actually said it... I was like, that's it. We're never coming back... It's never happening.

As of 2024, Wisconsin has not won a national championship in either sport since this take.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am going to win the 50-50 raffle eventually

One dream I'm going to hold on to, winning the 50-50. I'm going to win that. Never let go.

Statistically unlikely and has not happened to date.
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HankHank

I could make the pros in five years as a knuckleball pitcher with seclusion and a personal chef

I said if you put me in a cabin in the middle of the woods with a personal chef and a knuckleball specialist, I could be in the pros within five years. I think with some training, seclusion, and just a lot more training, I could make it to the double A's and then, you know, who knows what happens from there.

Hank never pursued this and remains a podcaster; he did not make the pros.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bruce Arians should win a Super Bowl in Arizona and then return to Pittsburgh to win another with Ben Roethlisberger

I want him [Bruce Arians] to win a Super Bowl. I want him to win three. Actually, I want him to win one with Arizona and then go back to Pittsburgh and win one there with Big Ben.

Arians never won a Super Bowl as head coach of the Cardinals or returned to Pittsburgh. He won Super Bowl LV with the Buccaneers.
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HankHank

Lacrosse will be the fourth major sport in America in 30 years

Should lacrosse take over soccer as the fourth major sport? I think it's got to be us. I think we've got to take it upon ourselves... 30 years.

Lacrosse has not surpassed hockey or soccer in terms of viewership or revenue since this take was made.

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