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Hindsight is 20/20 but with the help of Twitter, we know have records of who said which hot takes and when. This week, we’re taking a look back at some of the most freezing cold takes from the past seven days and enjoying just how wrong some of these predictions were.
JOE MIXON GUARANTEES PLAYOFF BERTH NEXT SEASON (12/30/18)
The Cincinnati Bengals started their 2018 campaign 4-1 and were 5-3 before the wheels came off the bandwagon. They ended the year with losses in seven of their final eight games – partially due to injuries like the one to starting quarterback Andy Dalton. A day after the season ended, 1000-yard rusher Joe Mixon declared that the Bengals would make the playoffs in 2019. While they’re technically still in the race (haven’t mathematically been eliminated), they are the only winless team in the NFL at 0-10. Needless to say, his prediction was a tad off.
SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS BREAKOUT HOT TAKE (8/2/19)
Michael W. Bratton joined the Paul Finebaum show early in August to make a bold prediction:
“I see the Gamecocks as one of the biggest surprises of this season…we’re talking about a potential 10-win team. They’ve been building toward it.”
South Carolina did earn a credit win by beating No. 4 Georgia – they’re the only team that has beaten them – but unfortunately that’s just one of four wins for the team. At 4-7, they’re nowhere near the 10 wins necessary to make this bold prediction come true.
THE “RAIDERS WILL BE BAD” HOT TAKES (9/7/19)
John Middlekauf is a former NFL scout and a current contributor to The Athletic. In September, he – among many others – made the bold prediction that the Oakland Raiders would be a failure in 2019. “They won’t sniff 5 wins. You are high,” he said.
This old take has been exposed quite well as the Raiders have already won six of their first 10 games and are pushing for a playoff spot.
KANSAS JAYHAWKS MAKING A BOWL GAME? (8/30/19)
Normally, it’s Lee Corso who makes the bold predictions on ESPN’s College Game Day but for this freezing cold take, we turn to his cohost, Desmond Howard. He was so high on the Kansas Jayhawks and the Les Miles hiring that he predicted the team would make a bowl game this season.
Considering the Jayhawks had won a total of six games in their previous four seasons combined, it was a bold prediction. While they’ve been close in a number of games, they won’t be bowling this year as they’re currently 3-7.
DAMIAN LILLARD SAYS CARMELO ANTHONY AIN’T COMING TO PORTLAND (9/3/19)
Just over a year ago, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard when on the Joe Budden Podcast and told everyone that Carmelo Anthony wouldn’t be coming to Portland. He predicted that ” … he ain’t coming here…” but just one year later, Anthony signed with the Blazers.
The team has had a disastrous start, so they need all of the help they can get.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS HOT TAKES WHEN TRAILING 20-0
There were a lot of hot takes flying during Week 11 when the Minnesota Vikings trailed the Brandon Allen-led Denver Broncos 20-0 at home. Everyone figured it was over.
“#Vikings have a better chance if they don’t even come out of the tunnel in the 2nd half”
@Vikeologist and many others were proved wrong when Cousins led the Vikings back for the win. It was the first time in the last 99 games where a team dug themselves out of a second half deficit of 20+ points.
CLAY TRAVIS BETS TEXANS TO BEAT RAVENS OUTRIGHT
Talking head Clay Travis talked up the Houston Texans last week in their showdown with the Baltimore Ravens. On FOX Sports 1’s Lock It In, he was pretty adamant that he thought Deshaun Watson and company would leave Baltimore not only covering but winning outright.
As it turns out, the Texans flopped miserably, losing 41-7. They didn’t score their first points of the game until fourth quarter when the Ravens were up 34-0.
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