Nobody Gets Fired For Bad Predictions
SilentPunt Podcast 221 / August 20, 2026
Fred Segal has spent a decade preserving the predictions sports media would rather forget. As the creator of Freezing Cold Takes and author of the new book Freezing Cold Takes: College Football, he has built an archive of certainty gone bad—from coaches crowned too early to games declared over before they were.
In this episode, Fred and I talk about why coaches rely on “coach speak,” what Bobby Ross’ journey from “Bobby Loss” to national champion reveals about judging people too soon, and how Fred’s years as a lawyer—and his father’s enormous…
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