The Yak – Episode Summary

Episode Title: RG3 Stops by and Joins Cheah's Wine Tasting Adventure
Date: February 4, 2026
Hosts/Panelists: Big Cat, Stephen Cheah, Kate, Hank, Brandon Walker, Foley, Ian Cobbler (Master Sommelier), and others
Special Guest: Robert Griffin III (RG3)

Overview

This Super Bowl week episode of The Yak blends the show’s classic camaraderie, offbeat commentary, sports banter, and food adventures with a memorable wine tasting led by master sommelier Ian Cobbler—for the benefit (and confusion) of resident wine cynic Stephen Cheah. RG3’s casual drop-in sparks even more fun. Across two hours, the crew reflects on their flag football games, unforgettable dinners, and the “pathetic titans” legacy of Barstool. The show climaxes with a crash course in wine that’s both legitimately educational and riotously unorthodox.

Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Yak Super Bowl Week Vibes & Recap (00:31–13:58)

Super Bowl week energy is high. Stephen Cheah opens by marking the “day 3” leadup and welcoming sommelier Ian Cobbler.
The group recaps their flag football event, complete with legendary gaffes (White Sox Dave almost injuring a ref; Mincy’s random jumping).
Notable Super Bowl dinners: Mincy orders four appetizers before anyone else’s drinks; Roan orders fish at a prime rib house, scandalizing the table.

Memorable Quotes:

"He sat down, ordered four appetizers for himself — before people ordered drinks." (Kate, 05:00)
"He had his whole arm in the chocolate mousse." (Stephen Cheah, 06:05)

2. Barstool’s “Pathetic Titans” & Physical Ineptitude (24:03–27:28)

The crew ruminates on Barstool's roster of tall, physically-blessed men wasted on desk jobs, prompted by KB’s prior rant about “pathetic titans.”
Hogdale’s height (6'3") is spotlighted among Barstool’s “wasted” athletic potential.

Memorable Quotes:

"We just waste our height. We all should be the pinnacle of everything — and we’re nothing." (Big Cat, 24:19)
"Small Asian boy could do his job. We’re wasting 6’6 of man." (Big Cat, 25:30)

3. Food, Drink, and Restaurant Stories (15:57–20:31, 46:48–47:48)

Debates over prime rib: House of Prime Rib versus cut preference, prime rib’s tendency to look better than it tastes.
At House of Prime Rib, Roan scandalizes by ordering fish; Rico gets agitated over a prank involving glasses of milk.
The joys and dark arts of eating alone in hotel rooms: “The greatest pleasure.”

4. Sports, NBA & NFL Hot Takes (13:12–20:00, 38:07–39:41, 63:36–65:14)

Recap of Barstool’s flag football games, with self-deprecating commentary on game IQ and physical shape.
NBA chatter—Harden’s nomadic behavior: “He’s really good at getting traded.”
Bulls and Thunder trade news gets casually analyzed (“Most Gen Z superstar stars”).

5. Master Sommelier Ian Cobbler’s Wine Class with Stephen Cheah (67:35–123:45)

Introduction (67:35–69:39)

Ian Cobbler returns for a highly-anticipated wine tasting, joined by Cheah (wearing a Jaguars #69 jersey).
Cheah admits he doesn’t like wine but wants to “get to a point where I can comfortably talk about it and enjoy it casually.”

Notable Insight:

“I feel like 35% of lifelong wine drinkers don’t actually like wine…” (Hank, 02:58)
“I would like for the barrier to entry to be lowered so everyone can just enjoy wine.” (Cheah, 03:44)

Blind Tasting and Colorful Descriptions (69:56–99:06)

First wine: Cheah describes it as "smells like the outside of a fire extinguisher," “airy, like hydrogen," and "wet booze."
Ian gently interprets and translates Cheah’s wild notes (“fruit, under ripe pear, oyster shell, no oak”).

Panel reactions:

“There are 275 master sommeliers in the world, and he is sitting next to a guy in a #69 Jaguars jersey saying it smells like a church pew.” (Big Cat/Stephen Cheah, 72:07)
Second wine: Cheah: “Smells like a balloon… like New Shoe smell.” Ian: “It’s classic Riesling, honey, saffron, balloon is… not crazy.”
RG3 enters; jokes about notes of Hennessy and “Ethiopian wine” fly, further derailing the tasting.
Cheah’s descriptors escalate to “cold lava,” “wet,” “tastes like honey but not hot," “balloon, Vaseline.”

Masterclass in Wine Tasting & Education (91:00–106:12)

Ian explains the Master Somm exam process—including the theory, service, and blind tasting requirements.
Panel tries mimicking a professional tasting (chewing, swirling, sniffing) with frequent comic asides and missteps.
Ian exhibits patience while fielding questions about glassware, pouring technique, and odd sense-memory connections.

Final Tastes, Pairings, and Takeaways (112:18–125:20)

Crew pairs the red wine with Pizza Hut pizza (“definitely enhances it. I’m getting pepperoni, cheese.” —Cheah).
Ian’s personal wine (Napa Cabernet Sauvignon) is poured; panel showers it with praise.
Cheah earnestly hopes the barrier to wine appreciation lowers for average people, despite his off-label palate (“I’d like wine to be more accessible.”)
Panel learns about up-and-coming wine regions outside France/Italy: Croatia, Austria, Canada, Mexico.

6. RG3 Drop-In & Miscellaneous Banter (82:28–85:56, 88:32–88:45)

Robert Griffin III arrives mid-tasting: Sips, drops one-liners, and gets roasted. The crew jokes about "notes of Hennessy," “tastes Ethiopian,” and football–wine athlete crossovers.
RG3’s involvement is brief but energizes the segment with his presence and charisma.

7. Pepsi Challenge Segment & Spin the Wheel (127:51–131:44)

Brandon Walker and Kate participate in the Pepsi Zero vs. Coke Zero blind test. Kate picks the “wrong” cola despite sponsorship, much to the hilarity (and worry) of the crew.

Highlights, Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

On Mincy's Dinner Antics:
“He sat down, ordered four appetizers for himself — before people ordered drinks.” (Kate, 05:00)
On Flag Football Blunders and “Pathetic Titans”:
“We just waste our height. We all should be the pinnacle of everything — and we’re nothing.” (Big Cat, 24:19)
“White Sox Dave…almost swore the ref’s ACL on the first play of the game.” (Ian Cobbler, 09:46)
"I puked last night. ... I think I'm concussed from lack of oxygen." (Stephen Cheah, 21:54)
On Wine Tasting: “Smells like the outside of a fire extinguisher.” (Cheah, 71:14)
“I would like for wine to be more accessible.” (Cheah, 89:48)
“If honey was lava but not hot.” (Cheah, 83:28)
“Balloon and new shoe smell.” (Cheah, 80:49)
“Honey, wax, maybe a little green apple, and 10% not sure yet. Maybe Vaseline.” (Cheah, 74:02)
On Barstool Height Wastage: “A small Asian boy could do his job. We’re wasting 6’6 of man.” (Big Cat, 25:30)
On Room Service and Hotel Eating: “World’s greatest pleasure...” (Panel, 58:08)
On Food/Wine Pairing Myths:
“If you have steak and you have it rare…you could do it with white or Malbec. There’s a lot—it depends on the sauce.” (Ian Cobbler, 77:14)
On Sommelier Exams:
“You have to describe the color, clarity, reflection of light, viscosity, concentration of color...the speed of the tears." (Ian Cobbler, 91:10)
RG3’s Entrance:
“Who was he?" (Cheah, 88:39)
“Notes of Hennessy.” (Panel, 85:06)
Wine Tasting Summed Up:
“Every time you talk to go to the doctor, something’s really wrong.” (Ian Cobbler, 125:32)

The Yak’s Wine Adventure—Top Moments

Cheah’s “unique” tasting notes: Consistently compared most wines to random non-edible objects (balloon, Vaseline, hydrogen, fire extinguisher).
Ian Cobbler’s patience and encouragement as Cheah fumbles through wine tasting basics, all while wearing a #69 Jaguars jersey.
RG3’s surprise appearance, uniting the worlds of football and fine wine.
Educational crash course: Despite (or because of) chaos, genuine wine knowledge gets imparted, especially about wine geography, glassware, and how to spot “legs.”
Pepsi Challenge “fail”: HR and sponsor tension as Kate misses a sponsored taste test, to great comic effect.

Notable Timestamps

05:00 — Mincy’s dinner antics
09:46 — Flag football: White Sox Dave “destroys” a ref
24:19–25:30 — Pathetic Titans, Barstool Height Rant
67:35–123:45 — Extended Wine Tasting Segment
71:14, 80:49, 83:28, 74:02 — Cheah’s wild wine notes
82:28, 85:06, 88:39 — RG3’s entrance and jokes
91:10–106:12 — Sommelier exam breakdown, wine education
127:51–131:44 — Pepsi Challenge segment
79:43 — Ian Cobbler: “You’re supposed to hold it by the stem.”

Tone and Style

The show is relentlessly irreverent, playful, and deeply self-deprecating—none more than Stephen Cheah, whose wine journey is an unfiltered parade of wild analogies and earnestly clumsy questions. The cast banters about sports, food, Barstool inside jokes, and shamelessly highlights their collective lack of athletic and culinary refinement. Moments of legitimate expertise (thanks to Ian) are consistently laced with humor, humility, and spontaneous pivots into the absurd.

Conclusion

This episode of The Yak is a quintessential Barstool experience: a blur of sports, food, travel, and inimitable group dynamic, capped by an engaging—and side-splitting—wine seminar. Whether you’re a sports fan, aspiring food/wine snob, or just enjoy group chaos, this is a must-listen.

The Yak – Episode Summary

Overview

Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Yak Super Bowl Week Vibes & Recap (00:31–13:58)

Super Bowl week energy is high. Stephen Cheah opens by marking the “day 3” leadup and welcoming sommelier Ian Cobbler.
The group recaps their flag football event, complete with legendary gaffes (White Sox Dave almost injuring a ref; Mincy’s random jumping).
Notable Super Bowl dinners: Mincy orders four appetizers before anyone else’s drinks; Roan orders fish at a prime rib house, scandalizing the table.

Memorable Quotes:

"He sat down, ordered four appetizers for himself — before people ordered drinks." (Kate, 05:00)
"He had his whole arm in the chocolate mousse." (Stephen Cheah, 06:05)

2. Barstool’s “Pathetic Titans” & Physical Ineptitude (24:03–27:28)

The crew ruminates on Barstool's roster of tall, physically-blessed men wasted on desk jobs, prompted by KB’s prior rant about “pathetic titans.”
Hogdale’s height (6'3") is spotlighted among Barstool’s “wasted” athletic potential.

Memorable Quotes:

"We just waste our height. We all should be the pinnacle of everything — and we’re nothing." (Big Cat, 24:19)
"Small Asian boy could do his job. We’re wasting 6’6 of man." (Big Cat, 25:30)

3. Food, Drink, and Restaurant Stories (15:57–20:31, 46:48–47:48)

Debates over prime rib: House of Prime Rib versus cut preference, prime rib’s tendency to look better than it tastes.
At House of Prime Rib, Roan scandalizes by ordering fish; Rico gets agitated over a prank involving glasses of milk.
The joys and dark arts of eating alone in hotel rooms: “The greatest pleasure.”

4. Sports, NBA & NFL Hot Takes (13:12–20:00, 38:07–39:41, 63:36–65:14)

Recap of Barstool’s flag football games, with self-deprecating commentary on game IQ and physical shape.
NBA chatter—Harden’s nomadic behavior: “He’s really good at getting traded.”
Bulls and Thunder trade news gets casually analyzed (“Most Gen Z superstar stars”).

5. Master Sommelier Ian Cobbler’s Wine Class with Stephen Cheah (67:35–123:45)

Introduction (67:35–69:39)

Ian Cobbler returns for a highly-anticipated wine tasting, joined by Cheah (wearing a Jaguars #69 jersey).
Cheah admits he doesn’t like wine but wants to “get to a point where I can comfortably talk about it and enjoy it casually.”

Notable Insight:

“I feel like 35% of lifelong wine drinkers don’t actually like wine…” (Hank, 02:58)
“I would like for the barrier to entry to be lowered so everyone can just enjoy wine.” (Cheah, 03:44)

Blind Tasting and Colorful Descriptions (69:56–99:06)

First wine: Cheah describes it as "smells like the outside of a fire extinguisher," “airy, like hydrogen," and "wet booze."
Ian gently interprets and translates Cheah’s wild notes (“fruit, under ripe pear, oyster shell, no oak”).

Panel reactions:

“There are 275 master sommeliers in the world, and he is sitting next to a guy in a #69 Jaguars jersey saying it smells like a church pew.” (Big Cat/Stephen Cheah, 72:07)
Second wine: Cheah: “Smells like a balloon… like New Shoe smell.” Ian: “It’s classic Riesling, honey, saffron, balloon is… not crazy.”
RG3 enters; jokes about notes of Hennessy and “Ethiopian wine” fly, further derailing the tasting.
Cheah’s descriptors escalate to “cold lava,” “wet,” “tastes like honey but not hot," “balloon, Vaseline.”

Masterclass in Wine Tasting & Education (91:00–106:12)

Ian explains the Master Somm exam process—including the theory, service, and blind tasting requirements.
Panel tries mimicking a professional tasting (chewing, swirling, sniffing) with frequent comic asides and missteps.
Ian exhibits patience while fielding questions about glassware, pouring technique, and odd sense-memory connections.

Final Tastes, Pairings, and Takeaways (112:18–125:20)

Crew pairs the red wine with Pizza Hut pizza (“definitely enhances it. I’m getting pepperoni, cheese.” —Cheah).
Ian’s personal wine (Napa Cabernet Sauvignon) is poured; panel showers it with praise.
Cheah earnestly hopes the barrier to wine appreciation lowers for average people, despite his off-label palate (“I’d like wine to be more accessible.”)
Panel learns about up-and-coming wine regions outside France/Italy: Croatia, Austria, Canada, Mexico.

6. RG3 Drop-In & Miscellaneous Banter (82:28–85:56, 88:32–88:45)

Robert Griffin III arrives mid-tasting: Sips, drops one-liners, and gets roasted. The crew jokes about "notes of Hennessy," “tastes Ethiopian,” and football–wine athlete crossovers.
RG3’s involvement is brief but energizes the segment with his presence and charisma.

7. Pepsi Challenge Segment & Spin the Wheel (127:51–131:44)

Brandon Walker and Kate participate in the Pepsi Zero vs. Coke Zero blind test. Kate picks the “wrong” cola despite sponsorship, much to the hilarity (and worry) of the crew.

Highlights, Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

On Mincy's Dinner Antics:
“He sat down, ordered four appetizers for himself — before people ordered drinks.” (Kate, 05:00)
On Flag Football Blunders and “Pathetic Titans”:
“We just waste our height. We all should be the pinnacle of everything — and we’re nothing.” (Big Cat, 24:19)
“White Sox Dave…almost swore the ref’s ACL on the first play of the game.” (Ian Cobbler, 09:46)
"I puked last night. ... I think I'm concussed from lack of oxygen." (Stephen Cheah, 21:54)
On Wine Tasting: “Smells like the outside of a fire extinguisher.” (Cheah, 71:14)
“I would like for wine to be more accessible.” (Cheah, 89:48)
“If honey was lava but not hot.” (Cheah, 83:28)
“Balloon and new shoe smell.” (Cheah, 80:49)
“Honey, wax, maybe a little green apple, and 10% not sure yet. Maybe Vaseline.” (Cheah, 74:02)
On Barstool Height Wastage: “A small Asian boy could do his job. We’re wasting 6’6 of man.” (Big Cat, 25:30)
On Room Service and Hotel Eating: “World’s greatest pleasure...” (Panel, 58:08)
On Food/Wine Pairing Myths:
“If you have steak and you have it rare…you could do it with white or Malbec. There’s a lot—it depends on the sauce.” (Ian Cobbler, 77:14)
On Sommelier Exams:
“You have to describe the color, clarity, reflection of light, viscosity, concentration of color...the speed of the tears." (Ian Cobbler, 91:10)
RG3’s Entrance:
“Who was he?" (Cheah, 88:39)
“Notes of Hennessy.” (Panel, 85:06)
Wine Tasting Summed Up:
“Every time you talk to go to the doctor, something’s really wrong.” (Ian Cobbler, 125:32)

The Yak’s Wine Adventure—Top Moments

Cheah’s “unique” tasting notes: Consistently compared most wines to random non-edible objects (balloon, Vaseline, hydrogen, fire extinguisher).
Ian Cobbler’s patience and encouragement as Cheah fumbles through wine tasting basics, all while wearing a #69 Jaguars jersey.
RG3’s surprise appearance, uniting the worlds of football and fine wine.
Educational crash course: Despite (or because of) chaos, genuine wine knowledge gets imparted, especially about wine geography, glassware, and how to spot “legs.”
Pepsi Challenge “fail”: HR and sponsor tension as Kate misses a sponsored taste test, to great comic effect.

Notable Timestamps

05:00 — Mincy’s dinner antics
09:46 — Flag football: White Sox Dave “destroys” a ref
24:19–25:30 — Pathetic Titans, Barstool Height Rant
67:35–123:45 — Extended Wine Tasting Segment
71:14, 80:49, 83:28, 74:02 — Cheah’s wild wine notes
82:28, 85:06, 88:39 — RG3’s entrance and jokes
91:10–106:12 — Sommelier exam breakdown, wine education
127:51–131:44 — Pepsi Challenge segment
79:43 — Ian Cobbler: “You’re supposed to hold it by the stem.”

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Summary

The Yak – Episode Summary

Overview

Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Yak Super Bowl Week Vibes & Recap (00:31–13:58)

2. Barstool’s “Pathetic Titans” & Physical Ineptitude (24:03–27:28)

3. Food, Drink, and Restaurant Stories (15:57–20:31, 46:48–47:48)

4. Sports, NBA & NFL Hot Takes (13:12–20:00, 38:07–39:41, 63:36–65:14)

5. Master Sommelier Ian Cobbler’s Wine Class with Stephen Cheah (67:35–123:45)

Introduction (67:35–69:39)

Blind Tasting and Colorful Descriptions (69:56–99:06)

Masterclass in Wine Tasting & Education (91:00–106:12)

Final Tastes, Pairings, and Takeaways (112:18–125:20)

6. RG3 Drop-In & Miscellaneous Banter (82:28–85:56, 88:32–88:45)

7. Pepsi Challenge Segment & Spin the Wheel (127:51–131:44)

Highlights, Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

The Yak’s Wine Adventure—Top Moments

Notable Timestamps

Tone and Style

Conclusion

Summary

The Yak – Episode Summary

Overview

Key Segments and Discussion Points

1. Yak Super Bowl Week Vibes & Recap (00:31–13:58)

2. Barstool’s “Pathetic Titans” & Physical Ineptitude (24:03–27:28)

3. Food, Drink, and Restaurant Stories (15:57–20:31, 46:48–47:48)

4. Sports, NBA & NFL Hot Takes (13:12–20:00, 38:07–39:41, 63:36–65:14)

5. Master Sommelier Ian Cobbler’s Wine Class with Stephen Cheah (67:35–123:45)

Introduction (67:35–69:39)

Blind Tasting and Colorful Descriptions (69:56–99:06)

Masterclass in Wine Tasting & Education (91:00–106:12)

Final Tastes, Pairings, and Takeaways (112:18–125:20)

6. RG3 Drop-In & Miscellaneous Banter (82:28–85:56, 88:32–88:45)

7. Pepsi Challenge Segment & Spin the Wheel (127:51–131:44)

Highlights, Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

The Yak’s Wine Adventure—Top Moments

Notable Timestamps

Tone and Style

Conclusion