# The host of ESPN First Take proved this morning she has Oatmeal for Brains **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 26, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969 "2016-09-26T20:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/1 "2016-09-26T20:26:55Z")
This dipshit asked a question this morning the wrong way which even had a guy on the panel like…HUH? She asked are the Broncos the biggest threat to the Pats?:smack: The guy was like…"correct me if I am wrong but didn’t the Broncos win the SB last year? So why are we talking about the Pats? The host was too stupid to read the question the right way and had no idea she sounded like a fool especially since the Pats lost twice to Denver last season ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/2 "2016-09-26T20:38:06Z")
No way! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/3 "2016-09-26T20:38:37Z")
What did you think about that? When that happened. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/4 "2016-09-26T20:51:41Z")
Yes, this thread certainly highlighted someone acting like a fool. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/5 "2016-09-26T20:52:10Z")
Posts like the OP are why I love _The Dan LeBatard Show_ and _The Right Time_, and hate, like, ninety-nine percent of the rest of sports media. Like, it’s not that serious, man! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/6 "2016-09-26T20:55:59Z")
If the Broncos won the Superbowl last year, and beat the Pats twice, then yes, that would indeed make them a big threat to the Pats. What’s wrong with the question? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/7 "2016-09-26T20:57:34Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > What did you think about that? When that happened. Turned the channel because I could not believe she could be that stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/8 "2016-09-26T20:59:01Z")
Yeah. I’m thinking about her saying it right now. What a stupid idiot. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/9 "2016-09-26T20:59:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If the Broncos won the Superbowl last year, and beat the Pats twice, then yes, that would indeed make them a big threat to the Pats. What’s wrong with the question? The pats haven’t won shit, the Broncos are the team defending the title not the Pats. Plus they are 3-0 and hasn’t missed a beat from last season so why would she read that question out loud? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/10 "2016-09-26T21:06:39Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > The pats haven’t won shit, the Broncos are the team defending the title not the Pats. > > Plus they are 3-0 and hasn’t missed a beat from last season so why would she read that question out loud? Actually, if someone asked me who the biggest threat to the Pats is, I would also say the Broncos. I wish I could say the Steelers, but not after yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/11 "2016-09-26T21:12:20Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Actually, if someone asked me who the biggest threat to the Pats is, I would also say the Broncos. I wish I could say the Steelers, but not after yesterday. The Pats are not defending champs so why would someone be asking you that? And Brady and Belechick is allergic to playing in Denver and never won there ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/12 "2016-09-26T21:20:04Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > The Pats are not defending champs so why would someone be asking you that? And Brady and Belechick is allergic to playing in Denver and never won there So only the defending champs can have threats? :dubious: And Brady/Belichick have won in Denver. Not often, thankfully, but they have. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/13 "2016-09-26T21:22:02Z")
Sooooooooo…no one is allowed to talk about the Pats and speculate what a threat to the Pats might be, at all, under any circumstance? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/14 "2016-09-26T21:22:10Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > So only the defending champs can have threats? :dubious: And Brady/Belichick have won in Denver. Not often, thankfully, but they have. What other team would it be if the defending champs haven’t lost a game yet since winning the SB???😕 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/15 "2016-09-26T21:23:44Z")
Yup, stupid question. The Pats are the [favorite pick](http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/futures/) for SB LI, and the Broncos are down tied for 6th. If the dipshit didn’t have oatmeal for brains, she would have asked if the Packers were the biggest threat to the Pats. Or the Steelers, or the Seahawks, or the Vikings. Not those idiot Broncos. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/16 "2016-09-26T21:24:00Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Sooooooooo…no one is allowed to talk about the Pats and speculate what a threat to the Pats might be, at all, under any circumstance? Not when they have the same record as the team they lost to the AFC championship. HELL NO ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/17 "2016-09-26T21:28:59Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Yup, stupid question. The Pats are the [favorite pick](http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/futures/) for SB LI, and the Broncos are down tied for 6th. If the dipshit didn’t have oatmeal for brains, she would have asked if the Packers were the biggest threat to the Pats. Or the Steelers, or the Seahawks, or the Vikings. Not those idiot Broncos. No the dipshit would have asked, “are the pats the biggest threat to the Broncos” like she was supposed to ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/18 "2016-09-26T21:32:01Z")
Injuries during sack dances, DUI arrests, domestic violence arrests, drug dealing arrests, gun violence arrests, suspensions for steroid use, and other typical pressures related to being a football player are another big threat. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/19 "2016-09-26T21:33:11Z")
How do you know she was supposed to read it the way you think? The favorites are usually determined by the oddsmakers in Vegas, right? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969/20 "2016-09-26T21:36:18Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > How do you know she was supposed to read it the way you think? The favorites are usually determined by the oddsmakers in Vegas, right? Because 1. Denver has not lost a game since 2015 2. Denver beat the Pats twice in last season 3. Denver has the same record as the Pats on 9/26 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-host-of-espn-first-take-proved-this-morning-she-has-oatmeal-for-brains/766969.md?page=2)