SKIIIIIP!!!

And this all comes a week after Stephen A. had to bust out the nametag for his new employee.

Look, I get it. I call my cohost by my wife’s name all the time and vice versa. It’s awkward and difficult to overcome. Imagine if Shania did this in his last gig. Like if he referred to Trent Dilfer as John Elway. That would just be awkward for everyone. And insulting to Elway. Maybe they need to bust out a swear jar at the Worldwide Leader. Best way to drive a point home is through their wallet. So listen, Shane. Take it from me. Start charging yourself a dollar every time you say “Skip.” Consider it an FCC violation. Even if it’s said in passing, like “I skipped breakfast this morning.” That way, Shawn, you eliminate that word/name out of your entire vocabulary. Trust me, Shakira. It’s the method that works best. When I first started on the air here in Chicago, I had a plethora of verbal ticks that I had to overcome, so we set up a jar. And once you have to start paying up, that’s when you really put thought into it, and before you know it, it’s muscle memory. It works, undisputed.

I also find it funny how Sharon dropped the ball in a segment where they were discussing Kadarius Toney. SKIIIIIIIIIIP!!!

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Finally, there’s a sports gambling podcast on the internet! Only this one talks about the sports side of sports that isn’t really sports. Each week, myself and Kyle Ayers will invited comedians and friends on to gamble on prop bets that we make up. If you like gambling, sports, or neither, you’ll like this podcast. It’s a fun time and the first episode has already dropped. Check it out, and subscribe. Why not?

Here are a few of this week’s props…

Skip Bayless Tweets on Sunday – O/U: 47.5

Tyreek Hill Mentions during Chiefs/Chargers – O/U: 8.5

Kyler Murray’s Studying Clause Mentions – O/U 4.5

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It’s been a huge week for telescopes. Dare I say it’s been the biggest week for telescopes. It’s all anyone has been talking about, aside from Zach Wilson new “Got Milf?” campaign.

NASA hit us with some new desktop wallpapers that are just mind-blowingly stunning and will leave you feeling like a pale blue dot. I don’t know if we’re alone in the universe, but it certainly feels like if you took that Fresh Prince meme of Will Smith standing in an empty room, but the made the room the size of an Amazon warehouse.

But with the rise of telescope talk, it’s brought up the age-old debate of which telescope is the GOAT (greatest of all telescopes).

Now a guy like Skip Bayless will probably vehemently argue that the Hubble is the GOAT (greatest of all telescopes), because of its longevity. For decades, Hubble was the one everyone in NASA turned to. He changed the game. They’ve made documentaries all about Hubble and it’s greatness. Sure, Hubble had a wealth of talent around him to get to where it’s at (which is millions of miles away),

But more modern telescope fans probably believe James Webb is the greatest. Is it recency bias? Maybe a little. But the J-Dub is just built differently than any other telescope we’ve seen in history. It can travel further than any other scope. It’s high def. Not to mention, it’s the best in an era where all technology around it is so much better. And speaking of technology, it’s lightyears ahead of where it was in Hubble’s day. However, naysayers will say it hasn’t produced nearly as much in its career as Hubble has. The images are only slightly more clear.

But the J-Dub stans will ask what did Hubble have to compete against in terms of technology? A few rotary phones, Victrolas, and radios? If you stuck Hubble’s photography in today’s game, it wouldn’t even compare. It would be cooked by today’s tech. Hell, iPhones provide better cameras in everyone’s pocket than Hubble has orbiting the earth. Not to mention, the Jimmy W. was groomed at a young age to ultimately be the greatest.

But then again, Hubble did more in an era where not as much tech was readily available and completely changed the ‘scope game. Jimmy Webb wouldn’t even be here today had it not been for the Hubbs.

Look, will we ever reach a conclusion to this debate? No. Of course not. The truth is not out there. But it’s an easy hypothetical for talk radio hosts to debate endlessly during the dog days of summer.

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Is there a more lovable figure in the sports media than Skip Bayless? Yes, several…hundreds. If we’re being honest with ourselves though, we’d probably say that he has some pretty on-the-nose sports takes, right? Yah, absolutely not.

I think my knee-jerk reaction every time Skip Bayless opens his mouth or sends a tweet is to punch a wall and scream “Shut the hell up, Skip!!!” He could be complimenting my mom or talking about how much he loves the CineBoiz Podcast, and that would still be my honest reaction. This also was my initial reaction last night when he joined along with the whole of twitter and began laying into Aaron Rodgers after the NFC Divisional loss to the 49ers. After I got past that though, I was able to step back and see that Skip was truly on a heater. The man was hosting a one-man Twitter roast and the tweets were truly something to behold. So without further a-do, let’s rank the top 5 tweets from “The Skip Bayless Roast of Aaron Rodgers.”

Number 5

This cute little entry came a little earlier on in the night. At this point, it was still anyone’s game but Skip decided to pull the ol’ “bait & bitch” on him. It had a very playground-insult vibe to it, and I can easily see Skip laughing to himself as he tweeted it from his couch. Probably shirtless.

Number 4

This was one of the first tweets we got from Skip after the game was over; this is truly where the fun started. There wasn’t a lot of fireworks in this one per-se, but Skip made up for it with the all caps. I also could see him saying OVERHYPED, OVERRATED over and over again to poor Ernestine. Again, probably shirtless.

Number 3

I’m gonna give it to Skip on this one, this one made me laugh. Is it low-hanging fruit? Absolutely, but if you follow The CineBoiz or KorkedKC on social media then you are well aware that I’m attempting to make a legitimate side-hustle out of low hanging fruit. Speaking of, *insert shirtless Skip Bayless joke here*

Number 2

Topical. Subversive. Pointed. Definitely not adjectives that describe Skip Bayless all that well, but this tweet was truly all three. I can’t help but think that Skip probably had this one saved in his drafts for a few months though; next to all of his shirtless gym-selfies.

Number 1

This one easily took the #1 spot. Why, you ask? It makes absolutely zero sense. It went off the rails quicker than Skip’s interview with Mark Cuban after the 2012 NBA Finals. I guess Aaron Rodgers is always in Jeopardy in playoff games at Lambeau? It’s a stretch, but I’m sure it made plenty of sense to Skip. Must’ve been a bit light-headed after all those shirtless push-ups. There it is, knew I could work that in.

Do you agree with our list? Were there any Skip tweets from last night you think we missed? Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram and let us know what you think. I’ll leave you with a little treat:

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We told you not to.

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Skip Bayless was drafted last.

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Throughout the years, LeBron has downplayed Skip’s criticisms, keeping his focus on the court instead of in the media. But it appeared as though Skip’s last criticism really got to James, who, in an effort to gain the fatherly gratification he so much desires from every single person, invented time travel.

Using his vast monetary and networking resources, James was able to fund a project that is able to send people up to fifteen years into the past or future. This could be used to prevent dire situations from every occurring, do more research to help cure disease, and be a fun way to spend a weekend with the kids. Skip Bayless was, still, not impressed, despite the fact that LeBron helped solve a question that had never been solved before.

“I mean LeBron sure did fine filling the stat sheet, inventing time travel and all, but if you really look at it, it wasn’t all that great,” Bayless moved his mouth and made sounds some more, “I’d seen time travel like this in movies before, and he’s basically just ripping that off.”

Bayless continued his rant, “Let me know when he can time travel more than fifteen years. I’m not sure that’s even that impressive. Wade could go twenty years if he wanted to. Batman.”

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