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Footie Award Winners + Wild Card Reactions - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/16
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momentMike locks football time in the Disney vault
Mike refuses to deploy the show's special football-time phrase for the Footies. The hosts say he must protect it and compare its controlled release to Disney locking Aladdin and other VHS tapes in a vault.
momentMike's dynasty title survives the league reset
Mike has won the hosts' dynasty league and filled it with celebratory GIFs. Rolling the platform into the next season clears many of them, but he immediately resumes posting while the hosts use one another's messages as reminders to keep celebrating.
momentThe Footies arrive in heavy gold envelopes
Thousands of listeners vote in the annual Footie Awards. Gold envelopes hold the results, the show calls the physical trophies heavy and expensive, and winners are repeatedly promised that their Footie is in the mail.
momentPuka is Jason's keeper and franchise guy
As Puka Nacua wins consecutive Footies, Kyle supplies his rookie records and the hosts puncture Jason's supposedly neutral joy by pointing out that Puka is on his League of Record team as his keeper and franchise player.
momentBrett Rippin' Farts becomes the voted legacy
Brett Rippin' Farts wins Nickname of the Year and is assigned a mailed Footie suitable for the toilet. The show says the award will force the name to live on after the player, then imagines Jason financing the result through his children's education fund, robocalls, and server farms.
momentThe trade betrayal wins Show Moment of the Year
The final Footie category recaps Show 1500, Game Perv, the Alvin Wheel of Shame, geese talk, old-man feeling, and the Andrew/Josh trade betrayal. The betrayal wins with 47 percent, Game Perv is runner-up, and Brooks is credited with releasing the top ten as a YouTube reel.
momentThe annual Poopiest Pants Footie crowns Austin Ekeler
The annual award show defines Poopiest Pants as the high-expectation player who repeatedly let fantasy managers down. Kyle Pitts is identified as the prior winner, and Austin Ekeler takes the current Footie with a reported 50 percent.
summaryEpisode notes
The annual Footie Awards arrive in gold envelopes after thousands of listeners vote, and the hosts repeatedly call the trophies heavy, expensive, illustrious, and physically destined for NFL players through the mail. Before the ceremony, Mike refuses to spend the show's football-time phrase on the Footies, guarding it like Disney once locked special VHS tapes in a vault. Andy and Mike both wear championship shirts to welcome Jason back, while Mike's recent dynasty title has led to enough victory GIFs that reactivating the league temporarily clears them before he resumes posting. The award results become a map of show lore. The annual Poopiest Pants award goes to Austin Ekeler after Kyle Pitts won the prior year. Kyle sends Puka Nacua's rookie records into the show, and the hosts tease Jason that his joy comes from Puka being his League of Record keeper and franchise player. Nickname of the year goes to Brett Rippin' Farts with a reported 43 percent, preserving the nickname beyond Brett Rypien's playing relevance; Jason later jokes that he protected the vote with door-to-door campaigning, his children's education fund, robocalls, and server farms. The final category recaps Show 1500's musical, Jason's Game Perv bush-creeper, the Alvin Wheel of Shame, geese talk, old-man feeling, and the Andrew/Josh trade betrayal. The betrayal wins with 47 percent, while Brooks has already released all ten moments as a YouTube compilation.
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