Football With Booger McFarland, NFL Preseason Week 1, Lebron Is A Golf Youtuber + Mt Rushmore Of Jobs That Should Deserve Walk Out Music

August 17, 2026

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The hosts of Pardon My Take spent the first half of August in a familiar state: buzzing with the return of football, but with very little actual football to analyze. The NFL preseason kicked off with a whimper, offering mostly second- and third-stringers running base defenses. The crew’s verdict was resigned but practical: preseason is for hoping no one gets injured, spotting one random wide receiver who will never be heard from again, and watching a defensive end get two sacks against players who will be cut. The episode’s throughline is the tension between the hype of a new season and the thin gruel of August football, with the hosts filling the void by diving deep into college football predictions, the absurdity of jersey number politics, and the eternal question of whether a YouTube golf channel will ruin LeBron James.

The Preseason and the NFL’s Wag Campaign

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1 (00:05) **Episode Kickoff & Ad Reads** - The hosts open the show, run through listener-supported ads (TickPick, DraftKings, YouTube TV/NFL Sunday Ticket), and preview the episode's segments: Booger McFarland, NFL preseason, baseball, YouTube golf, and the Mount Rushmore of jobs that deserve walkout music.
2 (03:28) **NFL Preseason Week 1 Reactions** - The crew discusses the return of preseason football, making hyperbolic proclamations about backups, and the changing structure of preseason game importance.
3 (07:05) **More Preseason Banter & Injury Updates** - The hosts continue their review of preseason week one, discussing the limited utility of watching these games and providing injury updates on key players.
4 (09:53) **The NFL's "WAG" Content Campaign** - The hosts discuss a report that the NFL is coordinating a content campaign featuring players' wives and girlfriends to attract more female fans.
5 (17:23) **LeBron James Becomes a Golf YouTuber** - The segment shifts to Hank's favorite subject: YouTube golf creators, specifically discussing LeBron James's new channel and the thumbnail strategy.
6 (26:44) **Monday Reading: The Mom and the Condoms** - The crew reads a hilarious and awkward post from a Facebook parenting group, where a mom asks for advice on what size condoms to buy for her 121-pound son heading to college.
7 (32:00) **Baseball Talk: Joshua Baez's Historic Debut & the AL Mid-Off** - The hosts discuss an incredible MLB debut and the current state of the American League playoff race, which features a historic "mid-off."

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Show Notes

NFL preseason week 1 is complete and we've got some hot takes and dumb ideas (00:00:00-00:17:20). Lebron is officially a golf youtuber and Joshua Baez had the greatest MLB debut of all time as the AL has a mid off for their final wild card spot (00:17:20-00:25:09). Monday reading on condom size (00:25:09-00:30:24). We then do some serious idiot jazz on arm sizes (00:30:24-01:01:18). Who's back of the week including Big Cat being at the center of an impostor insider and Scottie Scheffler winning (01:01:18-01:17:00). Booger McFarland joins the show to talk football, both CFB and NFL, who he likes to win the Natty, Jayden Daniels NIL saga, his surprising AFC team and more (01:17:00-02:11:08). We finish with the Mt Rushmore of professions that deserve walk out music.

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