Sweet 16 Night 1, Giants HC John Harbaugh, Max Homa Stops By For PMT Spring Break + Fyre Fest Of The Week

Episode of Pardon My Take · March 27, 2026 · 1 h 57 min

Pardon My Take's hosts recap Sweet 16 night one, then interview golfer Max Homa and Giants head coach John Harbaugh before Fyre Fest of the Week.

Summary

Recording from Arizona at the end of a "PMT Spring Break" trip, hosts Dan Katz (Big Cat) and PFT Commenter, with Hank Lockwood and producers, recapped the first night of the men's NCAA Sweet 16. They covered Illinois's win over Houston, Arizona's blowout of Arkansas, Iowa's upset of Nebraska behind coach Ben McCollum, and Purdue's narrow escape against Texas. The hosts also discussed Will Wade's return to LSU, argued that Jay Bilas's criticism of coaching movement was disingenuous, and reviewed MLB opening day, Luka Dončić's scoring streak and Nikola Jokić's triple-doubles. They promoted a live show scheduled for May 5 in Los Angeles as part of the Netflix Is a Joke festival.

Golfer Max Homa joined to discuss qualifying for the Masters, his team's loss in the TGL finals with Jupiter Golf Links, and his friendship with Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods. Producer Zach floated a hypothetical about replacing cars with golf carts for all non-highway travel, which Homa and the hosts debated. Homa, who grew up in Southern California and lives in Scottsdale, said he had seen snow fall only about three times.

John Harbaugh, newly hired as head coach of the New York Giants after his departure from the Baltimore Ravens, described the transition. He said he never seriously considered taking a year off, recounted his father's advice about knowing when to stop coaching, and explained that the Giants were building an entirely new offensive system. He praised Seattle's Mike McDonald and special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh, discussed signing sixteen free agents at mid-level spending, and shared anecdotes about Cam Skattebo and Jameis Winston.

The episode closed with Fyre Fest of the Week, in which PFT complained about Hank receiving a golf lesson from two instructors simultaneously, Katz described missing an awkward encounter with Ken Rosenthal and announced plans to attempt a 48-hour fast, and Zach complained about sunscreen smell and the absence of ice cream at the rental house.

Chapters

  1. 2:02

    Houston eliminated by Illinois

    The hosts discuss Houston's loss to Illinois, PFT's annual belief in the Cougars, and Illinois's rebounding and toughness.

  2. 5:15

    Arizona routs Arkansas

    Katz and PFT analyze Arizona's efficiency at the rim and argue that size, not three-point shooting, defines the best teams.

  3. 7:37

    Iowa's Cinderella run over Nebraska

    The hosts praise Ben McCollum and Bennett Stirtz, and recount Fred Hoiberg's four-man defensive possession late in the game.

  4. 10:31

    Coaching carousel and Will Wade

    Discussion of open jobs at Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and UNC, Will Wade's return to LSU, and criticism of Jay Bilas's tweet.

  5. 17:14

    Purdue survives Texas and MLB opening day

    Talk turns to Purdue's tip-in win, replay review problems, Nationals and Phillies opening day notes, and Paul Skenes's short outing.

  6. 30:11

    NBA notes and the live show announcement

    The hosts cover Luka Dončić's scoring streak and Jokić's triple-doubles, then announce a May 5 live show in Los Angeles.

  7. 37:35

    The Weather Channel bracket

    The group mocks a March Madness-style bracket of weather types and plans their own 64-weather bracket for the live show.

  8. 41:01

    Max Homa interview

    Homa discusses playing the Masters, his game, a golf-cart transportation hypothetical, snow, the TGL finals loss and Tiger Woods.

  9. 1:00:42

    John Harbaugh on leaving Baltimore

    Harbaugh describes his firing by the Ravens, his father's coaching advice, and why he chose the Giants.

  10. 1:10:05

    Building the Giants

    Harbaugh explains the new offensive system, free-agent signings, special teams and locker-room culture, plus Cam Skattebo and Jameis Winston stories.

  11. 1:30:32

    Fyre Fest of the Week

    Hank's double golf lesson, Zach's missing ice cream, the Ken Rosenthal near-miss and Katz's planned 48-hour fast.

Key points

What was said, by whom, with the exact words. Timestamps jump to the moment.

  • PFT Commenter

    PFT Commenter says Houston's tournament loss will not stop him from believing in the Cougars again.

    “If you think this is going to deter me from believing in the Houston Cougars for the next four years, you are sadly mistaken. I will never learn my lesson when it comes to this team”

    Listen from 2:18 · Houston Cougars men's basketball

  • Dan Katz

    Katz argues the Big Ten proved itself the strongest conference, with three of the first four Elite Eight teams.

    “I think we're finding out the Big Ten was really, really good, because three out of four teams... in the Elite Eight so far are Big Ten teams”

    Listen from 4:01 · 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

  • Linked moment · 7:19Skip to 7:19 using a listen link in the info box.

    Dan Katz

    Katz contends elite teams now win by assembling very tall players who score efficiently at the rim, removing shooting variance.

    “If you have guys that are all 6'10 and above and they can just dunk the ball and lobs and just score at the rim like that, it's not like, oh, we might be cold shooting one night”

    Listen from 7:19 · 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

  • Dan Katz

    Katz calls Iowa the Cinderella of the tournament, built from players who started at lower levels of college basketball.

    “Iowa is a Cinderella. Iowa is a bunch of guys who started in lower-level college basketball, and they are the Cinderella that everyone's looking for, a nine seed in the Elite Eight”

    Listen from 9:16 · Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

  • Dan Katz

    Katz predicts Ben McCollum will stay at Iowa because he is from Iowa City and considers it his dream job.

    “He gets a call to Drake. He's at Drake for one year, then gets his dream job at Iowa. I don't think he's going anywhere”

    Listen from 11:18 · Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

  • Dan Katz

    Katz criticizes Will Wade's character and the way he left NC State by email.

    “Will Wade's a scumbag. You can say that like he is. The way he left NC State after years, a scumbag move. He did it via email, too”

    Listen from 13:56 · Will Wade

  • Dan Katz

    Katz argues Jay Bilas is being disingenuous because people do criticize coaches who move, and complaints about the portal are harmless.

    “We're in a new reality where the transfer portal at NIL exists and it's not going away. So people are complaining. Who cares? Players can do whatever the fuck they want”

    Listen from 15:57 · NCAA transfer portal and NIL

  • PFT Commenter

    PFT Commenter argues college basketball replay review is broken and overanalyzes inconsequential plays.

    “It's a replay in college basketball is broken. It's the most painstaking thing to watch as a fan”

    Listen from 20:42 · 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

  • Dan Katz

    Katz explains the show avoided touring because they wanted a live show to be different from a regular podcast episode.

    “we want to do something different. We don't want to just go sit up there on a couch and do a podcast and... and take everyone's money”

    Listen from 36:07 · Netflix Is a Joke Festival

  • Max Homa

    Homa says he qualified for the Masters against expectations and feels his game is in good shape.

    “Against all odds, I am, yeah. I think this is the year”

    Listen from 41:18 · Masters Tournament

  • Max Homa

    Homa says Tiger Woods is treated as more than a person and that he wishes Woods could simply enjoy playing golf.

    “I try to tell everybody, man, Tiger's just like a guy”

    Listen from 55:16 · TGL

  • Max Homa

    Homa calls the TGL team walkouts the corniest part of the league and jokes that Jupiter's rap scene could not compete with Los Angeles's.

    “I mean, they the walkout, by the way, that is the corniest thing we do. I've never felt worse about myself every single week”

    Listen from 56:56 · TGL

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh says he never seriously considered taking a year away from coaching after leaving Baltimore.

    “one of the thoughts I did not have was not coaching. That was really not a thought”

    Listen from 1:02:36 · New York Giants

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh relays his father's advice that a coach knows it is time to quit when everything about the job is distasteful, and should then coach two more years.

    “Everything about it is just something that is distasteful to you. You hate it. When you get to that point, you coach for two more years, then you'll be done”

    Listen from 1:04:04 · Baltimore Ravens

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh says a coach does not own his job and should focus on doing it rather than keeping it.

    “You don't have a job. It's not your job. You don't own it. I guess you rent it maybe is what people say. You just try to do the job, not keep the job”

    Listen from 1:05:01 · Baltimore Ravens

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh says the 2025 season may have been his coaching staff's best work despite the results.

    “I thought, honestly, as a coaching staff, it might have been our best job this year coaching this team”

    Listen from 1:05:30 · Baltimore Ravens

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh says the Giants are constructing an entirely new offensive system with their own terminology and schemes.

    “We're building an offense out that has never been seen in the history of the National Football League. I mean, like literally because we're building the New York Giants offense”

    Listen from 1:11:06 · New York Giants

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh says the Giants signed sixteen free agents while spending at a mid-level rate, which he views as good value.

    “We were right in the middle, and we signed 16 guys with that. So I think the Ravens had about the same, and they signed eight guys”

    Listen from 1:12:09 · New York Giants

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh says Seattle had the best special teams in the league and that the Seahawks are the model of team he wants to build in New York.

    “They built the kind of team that we would like to build here. I mean, if you watch the way they played, that's the kind of team that we would like to build in New York”

    Listen from 1:18:24 · Seattle Seahawks

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh describes putting 'relentless persistence' and 'finish everything all the time' signage in the Giants facility to set the mindset.

    “I put up relentless persistence. It could have been persistent relentlessness. That was a little too long for the wall”

    Listen from 1:26:47 · New York Giants

  • John Harbaugh

    Harbaugh recounts seeing Jameis Winston working out at 5 a.m. with gospel music playing at full volume.

    “the last time I saw Jameis was a couple days ago in the weight room, 5 in the morning with the gospel music blaring, full blast. It was energy, man. It was pure energy”

    Listen from 1:28:25 · New York Giants

  • Hank Lockwood

    Hank says he switched to playing golf left-handed because he was not improving right-handed and believes his ceiling is higher.

    “the thinking was like I have a much higher ceiling and I can progress faster and we're on that trajectory”

    Listen from 1:35:45 · TGL

  • Dan Katz

    Katz announces he intends to attempt a 48-hour fast on water and black coffee to test himself.

    “I think 8 o'clock on Sunday night, I'm going to start. I'm going to go 48 hours”

    Listen from 1:45:09 · Intermittent fasting

  • PFT Commenter

    PFT Commenter is skeptical of fasting, saying claimed clarity is just the body's excitement at eating again.

    “people talk about like a sense of clarity i think they're just their bodies are just excited that they're allowed to eat food again”

    Listen from 1:51:36 · Intermittent fasting

People

In the conversation

  • Dan KatzBarstool Sports personality known as Big Cat, co-host of Pardon My Take
  • PFT CommenterBarstool Sports writer and co-host of Pardon My Take
  • Max HomaAmerican professional golfer on the PGA Tour
  • John HarbaughNFL head coach, formerly of the Baltimore Ravens and, in this episode, of the New York Giants
  • Hank LockwoodPardon My Take contributor and Boston Celtics fan

Discussed

  • Ben McCollumHead coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team, formerly of Drake and Division II Northwest Missouri State
  • Will WadeAmerican college basketball coach who left NC State to return to LSU
  • Jay BilasESPN college basketball analyst
  • Fred HoibergHead coach of the Nebraska men's basketball team
  • Tiger WoodsAmerican professional golfer and TGL team owner
  • Charlie WoodsJunior golfer and son of Tiger Woods
  • Jim HarbaughNFL head coach and brother of John Harbaugh
  • Jack HarbaughFormer college football coach and father of John and Jim Harbaugh
  • Jay HarbaughSeattle Seahawks special teams coordinator and son of John Harbaugh
  • Mike MacdonaldHead coach of the Seattle Seahawks and former Ravens defensive coordinator
  • Mike TomlinLongtime Pittsburgh Steelers head coach
  • Cam SkatteboNew York Giants running back known for physical play
  • Jameis WinstonNFL quarterback on the New York Giants
  • Luka DončićNBA guard on a high-scoring stretch
  • Nikola JokićNBA center for the Denver Nuggets known for triple-doubles
  • Joel EmbiidPhiladelphia 76ers center and former NBA MVP
  • Paul SkenesPittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher
  • Ken RosenthalBaseball reporter for The Athletic and MLB Network
  • Jerry O'ConnellAmerican actor and recurring Pardon My Take guest
  • Steve SarkisianHead football coach at the University of Texas
  • Matt RhuleHead football coach at the University of Nebraska
  • Ben McAdooFormer New York Giants head coach, subject of a rumor about a small office door
  • Peyton ManningRetired NFL quarterback whose 50th birthday was mentioned

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From the publisher

Sweet 16 night 1 delivered on the first 2 games. Illinois beats Houston in convincing fashion and Arizona whoops Arkansas. Iowa and Nebraska play in a classic and the Cinderella Hawkeyes keep rolling. Purdue holds on against Texas and opening day in MLB (00:00:00-00:35:37). Our first big live show is a month away and tickets are on sale (00:35:37-00:41:42). Max Homa stops by to talk with the boys, a Zac hypothetical and TGL (00:41:42-01:01:18). We then have on Giants Head Coach John Harbaugh to talk about his end in Baltimore, new beginnings in New York, building his staff, Jameis and more (01:01:18-01:29:31). We finish with Fyre fest of the week (01:29:31-01:54:21). You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Summary, chapters and key points were generated from the episode transcript on September 27, 2026. Quotes are checked word for word against the transcript.

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