With the knockout bracket now set, the PMT crew digs into the World Cup group stage finale. PFT argues the Turkey loss is completely irrelevant since the US already advanced in first place, and praises coach Poach's coffin-corner kickoff system ^{[1] — PFT Commenter "For 40 years, the US kicked the ball around in the back to retain possession. Now under Poach, every kickoff goes straight to the corner fl…" 19:40 Play} — a tactical revolution away from 40 years of possession-based soccer. Big Cat recaps the wild Algeria-Austria pact game that broke apart in stoppage time, and notes Messi's seven-consecutive-game scoring run. The crew's funniest story is Uruguay: eliminated from an easy group, their players attacked referees, and the federation's punishment was ice-cold — private charter cancelled, good luck getting home ^{[2] — PFT Commenter "Uruguay got eliminated from an easy group, then their players attacked referees and had to be ejected. Their federation's response was ice-…" 10:00 Play} . The hosts also mock a Los Angeles TV reporter, Abigail Velez, who admitted she couldn't find Bosnia on a map, siding with her over the media pile-on.

The crew digs into Alan Shipnick's explosive investigation of Phil Mickelson, detailing two alleged incidents: Mickelson paying a young club member $500 to drive the course carrying his phone so his wife couldn't track his location, and showing Pat Perez's wife a nude flexing photo at dinner while Perez was in the bathroom ^{[1] — PFT Commenter "Phil allegedly showed his friend Pat Perez's wife a photo of himself flexing — with a bonus feature — while Perez was in the bathroom. He r…" 28:00 Play} . PFT notes the PGA Tour went out of its way to exclude Mickelson from the LIV reinstatement policy by requiring major wins from 2022 onward. The conversation pivots to Tiger Woods as a comparison — both childhood golf heroes wound up in similar places — and PFT offers a darkly funny theory that golf's strict gentlemanly culture represses its best players, causing them to go 'buck wild' off the course.

The crew's Who's Back segment sprawls entertainingly. Big Cat spotlights a Philadelphia fan who defecated in their seat at a Noah Kahan concert at Citizens Bank Park, then made it worse by trying to push the evidence into the floor with their foot — Noah Kahan tweeted his sympathies the next day. Zach from PMT nominates Messi's free kick goal as the tournament's most electric moment, though with significant conspiracy caveats: multiple camera angles show the keeper in a strange position behind his own wall, and online speculation about cryptocurrency accounts immediately followed ^{[1] — Zach from PMT "Messi's free kick goal against the keeper who wandered behind his own wall generated immediate conspiracy talk — crypto accounts, late-nigh…" 57:00 Play} . Bryce Harper's ring-finger gesture to Nationals fans also gets dissected — he was holding up his ring finger to signal his desire to win a ring, not actually flipping anyone off.

Inspired by World Cup visitors experiencing America, the crew debates the definitive Mount Rushmore of attractions foreigners must see. The drafting is immediately derailed by Hank's car getting broken into and a heated discovery that Disneyland Paris exists, disqualifying Disney. The final four land as: Las Vegas (the most excessive American city), an SEC college football game (foreigners' minds get blown by stadiums that are bigger than entire European cities), Waffle House (unpredictable, uniquely American), and the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid in Memphis ^{[1] — Big Cat "After an extremely chaotic debate, the crew lands on Las Vegas, an SEC college football game, Waffle House, and the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid i…" 1:00:00 Play} . PFT's picks include a shooting range and Buc-ee's. The honorable mention list — rodeos, Daytona infield, Chili's, Costco, the Sphere, Bills Mafia tailgate, Texas State Fair — goes on for several entertaining minutes.

Portnoy opens by explaining the grueling writing process: 5-6 months, 8 hours a day, almost entirely solo after ripping out ghostwriter Francis's 'inaccurate' work ^{[1] — Dave Portnoy "The ESPN deal falling apart didn't hurt Barstool — it saved it. Portnoy says it created a shared enemy that united everyone: Dave, Big Cat,…" 1:41:40 Play} . Big Cat and PFT reconnect on the ESPN Barstool Van Talk collapse and Portnoy's account in the book — how the deal falling apart created a common enemy that united everyone ^{[2] — Dave Portnoy "I don't think we're like the behemoth if ESPN didn't ironically like create a common enemy for all of us to unite against." 1:42:37 Play} . PFT shares his memory of the first dinner with Portnoy in San Francisco after the Chernin deal, where Portnoy worried PFT hated him over an old joke, while PFT thought they were just having a direct conversation. The chapter on BVT is praised as essential reading. Portnoy is candid that the book was 'pound for pound the least profitable endeavor in the history of endeavors' but he's glad the Barstool story is documented.

Big Cat officially introduces Grammy winner Zach Top, and PFT immediately gets his Grammy story — Top wandered in late, sat in the back of the auditorium, missed the first two categories, then had to jog 100 yards to the stage after his album won, arriving out of breath ^{[1] — Zach Top "There's a new Grammy category for Best Traditional Country, and its first-ever winner jogged out of breath to accept the award — then had t…" 2:47:30 Play} . The crew is delighted to learn he beat Willie Nelson. PFT, a self-described '90s country fan, asks about the genre's evolution, and Top delivers a sharp analysis: country has always been cyclical, from Kenny Rogers supposedly ruining it in the '70s to Florida Georgia Line opening the modern chapter in 2010 to Morgan Wallen's current peak — and now the pendulum swings back toward traditional sounds ^{[2] — Zach Top "Country music has always been cyclical. Back in the '70s, Kenny Rogers was ruining country. Then Strait and Randy Travis saved it. Now Kenn…" 2:42:00 Play} . Top explains that his sound isn't calculated; growing up on a Washington farm with George Jones box sets and George Strait, that music just comes out of him.