Pardon My Take – NBA Preview With Ryen Russillo, Hank Is Back From San Francisco and Super Bowl Clean Up + Guys On Chicks

Date: February 11, 2026
Hosts: Big Cat, PFT Commenter (Barstool Sports)
Special Guest: Ryen Russillo
Episode Theme: Super Bowl breakdown, Patriots fan misery, NBA trade deadline and playoff preview, inside Barstool drama, and "Guys on Chicks" Q&A

Quick Episode Overview

This episode kicks off with Hank's return from a harrowing Super Bowl trip to San Francisco after his Patriots' loss. The crew reflects on the game, its fallout, bad beats, and Barstool-infused Super Bowl week. Ryen Russillo then joins for a detailed, often hilarious, NBA trade deadline recap, playoff predictions, and league gossip—sprinkled with Barstool humor and inside jokes. The episode closes out, as always, with wild and earnest crowd Q&As in "Guys on Chicks"—plus, Zach's quest for love and the invention of "promies."

Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. The Super Bowl Hangover: “Tough Loss for Hank & the Patriots”

• 00:20 – 16:00
• Hank is back from San Francisco, reeling from the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss.
• He talks about the grind of being a die-hard fan, the emotional toll, and the relentless trolling from co-hosts.
• Reflects on the “too good to be true” Super Bowl week: "It was literally too good to be true...everything outside the game was beyond perfect." [06:10 – Hank]
• $40,000 wager lost on the game—Hank takes it in stride: “It’s worth it for the Patriots to lose. That’s a hell of a deal.” [07:20 – PFT]
• Patriots and Drake May’s arm injury are debated: “He was a warrior. His shoulder was the difference.” [11:51 – Big Cat]
• Team optimism lingers, with Hank looking forward to the Patriots’ future, undeterred by outside hate.

Notable Moment

• [13:30] Blind QB Playoff Stats: PFT runs a blind resume comparing playoff QBs to illustrate Drake May's tough playoff stretch, leading to debates about injuries and excuses.

2. Post-SB Reflection & Barstool Dynamics

• 16:00 – 41:00
• The crew jokes about Super Bowl rituals: the weirdness of the winning QB at Disneyland, tax takes from Boomer Esiason.
• Sympathy for injured players (Will Campbell), discussion of media coverage then and now, especially how offensive linemen are defended by ex-players on social.
• “We do need loud voices from the O-line community.” [18:50 – PFT]
• The crew roasts Hank for becoming a meme due to his Bad Bunny halftime show "international games" criticism. Internet takes it out of context, leading to classic Barstool in-fighting.
  • “People who listen to our show understand exactly what you’re saying...People who have never listened are just wrong.” [26:01 – Big Cat]
  • "Patriots got beat so bad it made Hank racist. That was the takeaway for a lot of people.” [28:47 – PFT]
• The team breaks down how memes, trolling, and quote cards can make (or break) their reputations.

3. Hot Seat, Cool Throne (with Sneaky NBA Preview)

• 43:00 – 62:00
• Hot Seat: Love (Diggs & Cardi B broke up after Instagram “unfollows”, wild Super Bowl week rumors); John Shire/Duke for “punched staffer” controversy; John Shire gets trolled for lack of video evidence.
• Cool Throne: Mark Cuban may be poised to reacquire the Mavericks; U.S. Figure Skating Team (Zach’s “Winter Olympics” detour); NBA’s OKC Thunder after LeBron coronates them.
• NBA Segment Seeds:
  • “The Oklahoma City Thunder—they’re asking the current king of the sport, and he says it’s pretty much over…” [61:34 – Zach]
  • Sidebars about LeBron’s hold on the league, top players, and current playoff race intrigue.

4. NBA Mega-Preview with Ryen Russillo

• 66:00 – 136:35
  [Full segment timestamped for quick reference]

NBA Trade Deadline Winners & Losers

• 72:21 – Russillo: Pacers praised for adding a top-five center and setting up future assets. He predicts a tank-off between 10–11 teams down the stretch.
• 74:05 – “Indiana wants nothing to do with anything that lands from five to nine [in the draft]...if I’m Utah, I’m losing these games.” [74:09 – Russillo]
• 76:27 – Brief debate: Is Presti (OKC) basketball’s Howie Roseman? Is he always fleecing opponents?

League Power Rankings & Playoff Faves

• 92:26 – East power rankings: Detroit (“defensive identity”), Knicks, Boston, Cleveland contending. Cat’s role in New York, and the defensive/offensive ceiling debate.
• 97:30 – Surprised at Boston’s dominance; Tatum’s health cautions for playoffs. “Would [Stevens] risk anything just for one playoff run?”
• 100:14 – Can Philly crack the top tier? Russillo likes Orlando as a sleeper, but questions Embiid’s playoff defense and general health.
• 110:06 – Out West: OKC/Denver debated. Injury rundown: “Do you get to 40 wins before 20 losses? Every champion of the last 5 years...OKC’s done that again.”
• 111:31 – Lakers “dark horse” question: “What point do we do the thing where it’s like ‘watch out for the Lakers’ and they lose in five games, but almost win them all?”
• 113:50 – Suns, Rockets clutch offense issues dissected. Durant’s frustration as a late-game playmaker.
• 115:27 – Top 15 NBA players rapid-fire: Jokic, SGA, Giannis, Luka, Wemby, Ant, Book, Kawhi, Brunson, Jalen Brown, Cade, etc.

Barstool & NBA/League Sidebars

• 120:28 – LA fan indifference to LeBron, Cleveland homecoming possibility.
• 122:00 – Russillo gives an LA “Erewhon” review, athleisure fashion, and thoughts on boat ownership: “Appreciate your own boat. Stop looking at other boats.”
• 128:58 – “I can’t see you retiring. You don’t seem like a guy that’s retired.” [PFT to Russillo]
• 134:05 – All-Star Game: “I hate the All Star Game a lot. It’s for kids…Getting mad at the All Star Game is as boring as the game itself.” [135:00 – Russillo]

Notable Quotes:

• "There's probably someone looking at your boat going, that's good enough for me. I should stop looking at the other boats." [128:50 – Russillo]
• “Detroit is in its own tier in the East right now...I love their default decade with his size...” [94:43 – Russillo]

5. Guys On Chicks / Zach’s Quest for Love

• 138:57 – end
• Premier Q&A: heavy gambling boyfriend, Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day land on the same day in 2027, and how to properly schedule romance around football.
• Hank and the crew riff on fake holidays, Valentine’s brunch, the hierarchy of football > love.
• Zach answers for his relationship status:
  • “Chicks haven’t been talking to a lot of chicks…interpersonal relationship conversations, I’m not against that.”
  • The crew tries to set him up: "We need a strong alpha type female who’s ready to take control of the relationship and just tell Zach what to do.” [151:32 – Big Cat]
  • “What if we start with a safe word, then talk to women?” [151:21 – Zach]
  • Zach’s type: “I would like women. I’m down with that.” [153:09 – Zach] – collapse into classic Barstool absurdity about preferences, open relationships, dating in 2026.

Memorable Quotes & Moments (by timestamp)

• 06:35 – Hank: “There’s just nothing I can really say or do now. I don’t have anything else left to give. PFT and the haters, they won this round.”
• 07:20 – PFT (on the price of Patriots losing): “$40,000 is a lot…it's worth it. That is a fair price to see the Patriots lose in the Super Bowl.”
• 26:35 – Big Cat (on meme drama): “People who listen to our show understand…people who have never listened are just wrong. They don’t know the inside jokes.”
• 28:47 – PFT: "Patriots got beat so bad it made Hank racist. That was the takeaway for a lot of people."
• 70:26 – Big Cat (to Russillo): “That is why I had no choice but to jerk off to your Instagram story on Friday morning.”
• 92:26 – Russillo (Bulls as stock market analogy): “You feel absolutely cursed when you’re like, the second I sell, it takes off…the worst day trading experience.”
• **111:57 – Russillo:“I can’t wait [for Lakers fandom hype]. It definitely happened last year…Then you watch that Minnesota series…overnight you’re just going, why did everyone pick this team here again?”
• 128:50 – Russillo: “There's probably someone looking at your boat going, that's good enough for me. I should stop looking at the other boats.”
• 135:00 – Russillo (on All-Star Game outrage): “I actually think getting mad at the All-Star Game is as boring as the game itself.”

Timestamps of Main Segments

| MM:SS | Topic/Segment | |------------|-------------------------------------------| | 00:20–16:00| Super Bowl breakdown, Hank’s pain/trolling| | 16:00–41:00| Media aftermath, Super Bowl memes, Bad Bunny drama| | 43:00–62:00| Hot Seat, Cool Throne, NBA seeds | | 66:00–136:35| Ryen Russillo NBA preview & Barstool hang | | 138:57–End | Guys on Chicks, Zach’s love life, closing bits|

Episode Tone and Style

• Classic Pardon My Take: irreverent, brutally honest, heavy on inside jokes and Barstool personality.
• Hank’s Patriots devastation is mercilessly mined for laughs, balanced by moments of real emotional honesty.
• Ryen Russillo matches the hosts’ energy: basketball savant analysis with frequent veers into life advice, LA culture, and self-deprecating humor.
• Show moves seamlessly from high-level NBA analysis to “promies” and safe words.

Final Note

If you’re tuning in for deep NBA season insights, the aftershocks of one of the wildest Super Bowl runs in memory, or just to hang with some of Barstool’s best as they riff on everything from meme culture to brunch strategy, this is a quintessential PMT episode.
Pardon My Take is brought to you by never taking yourself seriously, even when your team just lost you $40,000. [07:20 – PFT]