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Pardon My Take · 2026-09-30

CFB With Stanford Steve, Bears QB Case Keenum, Bears Crush The Eagles, Baseball Playoffs And FAQ's

Our read of the tone: Mixed — shifts registerOur read of the candor: mediumlow confidence

This is Wakewire's analysis, based on the recording and the passages quoted here. Tone and candor labels are our read, not a finding about anyone's motive. Our standards

Source
Pardon My Take · Episode page
Released
2026-09-30
We read it
2026-09-30
Recording
Recording has gaps
Read confidence
low
Review
Passed automatic checks

What the episode covered

The hosts said Case Keenum and the Bears beat the Eagles, while Max and Big Cat processed Phillies, Cubs and Eagles losses. The recording mixes candid fan frustration with polished sponsor copy, and several breaking-news items are stated without sourcing in the excerpt. Watch whether Chicago names its next quarterback and whether the J.J. McCarthy and Manchester City items get documented outcomes.

Our summary, written from the transcript. Not the speakers' words.

The episode, in order

  1. 01Opening sponsor reads and show setup

    The commercial frame is explicit before the sports talk begins, and the show tells listeners the episode will move across NFL, college football, baseball and recurring bits.

  2. 02Baseball playoff losses

    This is the most emotionally candid section, because the hosts are speaking as fans and naming disappointment, coping and frustration in real time.

  3. 03Bears over Eagles on Monday Night Football

    The Bears win becomes both a fan celebration and an Eagles concern segment, with the next quarterback decision left unresolved.

  4. 04College football with Stanford Steve

    This section carries more analysis than the fan-reaction sections, but it still uses caveats and informal framing rather than documented sourcing.

  5. 05Case Keenum interview and FAQs

    The interview provides the most direct primary-source signal in the excerpt, because Keenum describes his own preparation and game experience.

Sponsors named in this episode

Sponsor statedWhere, claim and disclosure
YouTube TV
  • pre-roll · product claimNo disclosure stated
  • mid-roll · product claimDisclosure stated
Chevy
  • pre-roll · product claimDisclosure stated
DraftKings
  • mid-roll · discount codeDisclosure stated
State Farm
  • mid-roll · product claimDisclosure stated
Venmo
  • mid-roll · product claimDisclosure stated

No sponsor named doesn't mean no ads. Each row was taken from the ad break as it was read on air. The verbatim passage behind every row is checked against the transcript character for character. Short excerpts appear below.

Roles and stated affiliations

Stated affiliation. Big Cat: He speaks as a Bears, Cubs and Wisconsin fan in the excerpt, so several segments carry open emotional investment. · Stanford Steve: He appears as a college football analyst guest, so his stake is in explaining team performance and schedule context. · Named sponsors: DraftKings, YouTube TV, Chevy, State Farm and Venmo are promoted in ad reads, so those segments have customer acquisition or brand-promotion stakes.

Wakewire's read of interests

Recording limits

Claims that need more support

Claims made on air that the episode itself did not back up.

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The read

Charitable read: the show is doing what it says it does, sports fans and guests reacting quickly, joking heavily, and letting team loyalties sit on the table. Boring read: it is a broad sports-talk episode with ad inventory, recap segments, one analyst guest, one player guest and recurring bits. Skeptical read: the least grounded parts are the breaking-news style items, especially Manchester City and the J.J. McCarthy trade, because the excerpt gives little sourcing while the hosts treat them as conversation starters.

This read assumes: That the excerpt order reflects the recording despite repeated platform insertions. That named ad reads are commercial segments because they use sponsor copy or brought-to-you language.

Every opinion labeled as one. This is Wakewire's analysis of the recording, not a finding about anyone's motive.

What was said

Our paraphrase, not the speakers' words.

The passages we relied on

"Baseball is so dumb. Baseball is so dumb. I love watching baseball, but it's like you invest so much time in a season and you hope, like I talked to my, I knew the Cubs had major, major flaws going…"

"Hey, it's PFT. Look, we all know NFL Sundays are sacred, and"

"And it's brought to you by our friends at Chevy. Football season"

"It is brought to you by our friends at DraftKings. The football"

"We're also brought to you by our friends at YouTube TV. Guys,"

"Stanford Steve was brought to you by State Farm. Every football player"

Short excerpts, credited to the show, at most 40 words each and 150 per episode. We do not publish transcripts. We link to the episode so you can hear it from the show itself.

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