Ep. 161 - Grading Preseason Predictions and Terrible Takes

No opening take for this episode because we are continuing on from the last episode. Back in August we made a bunch of preseason predictions after Florida played Miami. This leads Grant to making a very early hot take (1:35). We jump into all of our preseason OU predictions beginning with the running backs and then realizing we both whiffed on a freshman WR (4:05). Grant went outside the box for OU's leading tackler, and he was pretty close (6:55). Lee is obsessed with the theory that OU "goosed" tackle stats in 2018, and he's got some numbers to back it up (8:00). Without looking, who do you think led OU in sacks in 2019 (11:35)? Was this our worst predicition of the preseason (12:45)? Lee thinks he got the "sleeper offensive impact player" correct and we finally realize that Nik Bonitto was the "sleeper defensive impact player" (15:20). We've found Grant's best preseason prediction (20:05). Predicting OU's "trap game" didn't go well for us (21:20). OU's "worst case scenario" predictions from August make us realize a lot of that stuff happened in 2019 (23:05)? On the flip side, some of the "best case scenarios" also played out in 2019 (24:30). Lee nailed the Big 12's most underrated and overrated teams in the preseason (26:40). Looking at the national scene, Grant didn't understand why Oregon was getting a lot of preseason love and Lee was totally wrong about Ohio State (29:40). Pretty crazy neither Tua nor Trevor Lawrence were Heisman finalists. And we found a quote Joe Burrow related quote from Grant (31:25). Lee goes over some of his worst takes including Robert Barnes and JaMarcus Russell (34:00). Grant's turn as he brings up Baker Mayfield and the 2000 OU football team (35:10). Grant wants to talk about the most ridiculous current sports take in his mind: Eli Manning is a hall of famer (38:15). Lee remembers Rob Parker had a Peyton Manning take back in 2012 that was horrible at the time and looks even worse today (49:40). We go to Facebook and Twitter and read off some bad takes from listeners (53:25). Lee misses watching this Oklahoma City Thunder team play basketball and he looks back at his worst Thunder-related take (55:50). Thank God the NFL did not delay free agency, although Grant doesn't seem to think Tom Brady leaving NE was as big of a deal as expected (58:30). Was the Texans-Cardinals trade the most lopsided deal you've ever seen? And when will the NFL learn to stop paying running backs (1:02:00)? | Like the show on Facebook: @westofeverest | Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBenson25 | Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeBensonNews9