Dave Portnoy Reacts To Barstool's Most Controversial Podcast | Barstool Rundown - March 20, 2023

On today's Barstool Rundown, Dave Portnoy, Big Cat & KFC go over the March Madness tournament, the World Baseball Classic, the Mean Girl Podcast causing commotion at Barstool, and more.
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[@tylerbramhall6596]

Hahahahahaha “Gaz doesn’t play favorites”……. Meanwhile KB and Nick can’t get a main account tweet to save their lives. It’s just meangirls bs every Monday

[@haleyjames1465]

Despite never being promoted on the main channels ANUS averages 30K views and episodes while the Mean Girls average 15K. I also don't think Nick and KB want to / care about being on the main feed. Their youtube engagement is very high. In my opinion, being talented enough to carry a podcast with little to no promotion is much more valuable than getting views on social media that don't transfer to people actually watching your show.

[@WowsGaming]

@@haleyjames1465 kb also has a pretty big twitter of his own to promote if I’m not mistaken, I remember seeing his tweets before I knew what barstool was.

[@jdoggz151]

gaz literally posted another mean girl clip on main as soon as kelly finished her rant on the yak...gaz knows exactly what he's doing and it's working

[@ajd7121]

Dave is bending over backwards for these girls shtick. Kinda weird. The call outs from Keegs echo what Francis said when they cut his episode. It is what it is

[@ryansevenski8794]

@@jdoggz151 Getting the stoolies to hate the brand? Lets see how that works out for him Cotton

[@peterbranch1425]

JUSTICE FOR NICK AND KB

[@quinnleavey8603]

Nick is one of the funniest guys/writers & he gets nothing on this main account. People click on these girls just to say they’re idiots

[@bigbaby3012]

I see Nicky, I clicky

[@jc-xo8yd]

Hes ok

[@rooosterrr]

dave exposing himself as out of touch on this one, along with clancy (ofcourse)

[@sweetdezzy100]

who gives a fuck about nick he wasn't mentioned once in this rundown get his dick out of your mouth

[@the_snicklefritz]

I gotta think Nick enjoys these comments sections if he really is ghost writing for Mean Girls. Your ghost writing is so successful that people are mad that your other content isn’t being pushed. Well done lol

[@mattzbylicki4081]

Big Cats “that’s cool” after Kevin showed the tattoo was very funny

[@Ineedfwns]

Dave doesn’t realize the only numbers Mean Girls get is from people saying they’re dumb on main page. The girls actual podcast clips get no views on KZbin

[@hunterp5252]

Yup

[@zackjohns323]

💯 Never been more accurate

[@TheRealConMan98]

tbh i would pay for barstool gold just to never see another mean girl clip again

[@bigcscards4332]

Comparing mean girls to call her daddy is so wild. They get like 5k views an episode on KZbin and some of there KZbin clips have 300 views.

[@jamespatrick49]

No favoritism there

[@saturdaynightbinge2967]

call her daddy runs LAPS around those frauds. mean girls is insufferable.

[@Sam_guitar1999]

exactly. how many people do you think have sat through an entire mean girls podcast in it's existence?

[@chunky3iron]

The Means Girls aren't Call Her Daddy.... they can't even hold Fran and Ria's jock

[@Dragon-tc6ud]

they’re unironically the realist podcast their is… they’re bluntly honest about everything while at the same time every other podcast is fake and un-realistic

[@bryce6808]

The mean girl clips are so dumb and outrageous I find it impossible to believe people see it and think I want to hear more of that and go to listen their podcast.

[@barstoolstuff4531]

Never seen them. Don't Care. All these losers co workers need to slow their GD roll.

[@kooteckkirby1982]

Dave doesn’t realize how dumb this is. Anytime those mean girl pod clips come up now it genuinely does make the brand look desperate to get interactions. I hate keegs but she’s got a point that these girls are using the lowest of low effort to get clicks.

[@sorenovergaard4679]

Barstool was already desperate for interactions, they have sports takes just as outlandish. When you realize its all just kinda in the name of entertainment its funnier imo

[@PMTcommenter]

I unfollowed the main account early summer becuase all they posted was dumb shit like that and tik tok. Havent once looked back to refollow. This makes me even happier that I unfollowed.

[@Sam_guitar1999]

yeah it's nauseating. the main page is pretty much either mean girls clips or kfc and feits interviewing that porn star. like keegs said, i'd be embarassed to be associated with it

[@Dragon-tc6ud]

their podcast is content and it sounds like you’re a hater lmao

[@kooteckkirby1982]

@@Dragon-tc6ud You're right, their podcast is content...extremely pathetic, low effort, uninteresting content that if anyone finds enjoyable, is a Tard and a half.

[@jabo6835]

The only numbers they get are thousands of likes on every comment saying “get this trash off the main page.” That is the definition of a bad look for barstool as a whole. This is what happens when barstool goes corporate, the watered down clickbait content doesn’t matter, only the number of social media “impressions.”

[@Jwitzzz]

Dave confusing FAU for FDU was pure GOLD

[@sbg95ifty]

Smitty will forever be dragged by Dave even when he has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation.. I love it 😂

[@cblain8480]

Kfc is acting like the WBC wasn’t televised on FOX, and he isn’t just butt hurt because his closer went down

[@StarveAnArtist]

KFC being butt hurt over a pitcher on his team getting injured while also claiming that MLB isn't sending their best pitchers is chefs kiss.

[@adamneedles8122]

Stroman was mad because KFC said he hopes everybody on the roster gets injured. KFC tweeted that and Stroman responded.

[@pgh11]

Yea KFC white washed that situation quite a lot. Pretty much comes down to him being a jackass who only cares about his team.

[@Qwerty19367]

Odds the cut at 2:10 was discussing Brandon’s glowing and honest review of high noon tequila

[@jdoggz151]

100%, that was WAY too abrupt of a cut lol

[@erichanna8616]

Most definitely, after the cut he says “and that gets us into match madness” no doubt in my mind they were talking about it

[@Dropkick065]

How do they not address it? Ridiculous

[@Kristin_182]

@@erichanna8616 p

[@johndekenipp1063]

What’s all this mean/about ? I noticed the cut too wasn’t sure why

[@therealchannelrap]

this one hurts my head. The numbers are coming specifically because of what they are creating. they are conjuring a way to make numbers via annoyance and in retrospect People hate it. Mean girls is not close to Call Her Daddy, they need clips. and even then... they aint got shit

[@tylerwilliamson868]

KFC held the biggest L this weekend. Props for dying on the wrong hill though I guess.

[@alexreichline]

Barstool shouldn’t be chasing the numbers this way. Look at every other company who has tried it. All failed. Authenticity Always Wins.

[@rooosterrr]

look at whats happened to faze... couldnt be more accurate. sad state of barstool

[@mattlemire4856]

Great fit Big Cat, matching teal sweater and hat logo

[@phillyphan595]

I dont think Keegs would have the same reaction if the mean girls clips were just getting posted on their own socials, as opposed to the main account with millions more eyeballs on each post. it's not just that they exist or have those clips, its that those are the clips going to the largest audience

[@CB-ke5xx]

Agreed. I just looked up some rankings of PMT, Twisted History, ANUS, SOABD, and Mean Girls to see where they stack up. Every other pod is ranked higher than mean girls in their lane. So it begs the question Kelly Keegs is asking: if these jabronis don't have any listeners for the product they are making, why are they on the page? Cool, your dumb ass short got a bunch of views. That does nothing for thr channel, hell it probably drives people away, and it obviously isn't growing their podcast. Ad rev isn't awarded based on an IG short on an acct with 4 million followers already. It's based on your repeatable audience. How many people download and listen to your pod each week. And Kelly has a very valid point. Not only are they not worthy of being on the main acct page, they are bringing down the image of women at the company, and in my opinion probably driving away core subscribers.

[@timbotime5949]

This is it

[@RustyShackleford997]

100% on point

[@djmilehigh7472]

Dave literally compartmentalizing on a whole new level to justify the mean girls favoritism…. Mean girls get 15k views per podcast while they make it out that they go viral everyday, thats chopped liver buddy, the “viral” clips arent converting to podcast views, barstool inoculation of new fans, or merch sales at all… not to mention it turns off the hardcore stoolies who have been this companies bread and butter for over a decade and to see dave championing the idiocy is the cherry on top that proves this isnt the barstool we once loved anymore

[@silkeden1]

It's found me disenchanted lately too

[@haleyjames1465]

Exactly then there are podcasts that receive 30k views per an episode with no promotion from social channels. But, yeah Means Girls performs better 100%

[@kobespilot8009]

Never skipped more of a rundown that when KFC started talking about the WBC…

[@JohnnyGingy]

They need to bring back the DPS and just have the three of them talk once a week.

[@RyanMiller-hj7wl]

i cant stand the mean girls as much as the next person but the people that comment just add to the fire bc that interaction just makes gaz post it more

[@silkeden1]

Gaz is an unscrupulous ass

[@danielalvarez4879]

you guys are dead wrong on World Baseball Classic - this is how the game should be played with this much passion. MLB has taken out all the passion of the game. These guys get to represent their country and be themselves in a world wide tournament. This gives guys on a shit team a chance to compete in something meaningful. Injury is a risk in anything they do. Trevor Bauer botched the WS start because a stupid drone. KFC cant even run a 40 yd dash - this dude needs to keep his sports takes in his TMZ gossip studio.

[@kieranr2527]

Promote Nick and KB! They are the best content at barstool!

[@bross1802]

The three of them not knowing who the bill Clinton is made the javale mcgee story so much funnier

[@owenlamacraft2740]

Dave putting Alex's name with Cooper is the most outrageous thing ever.

[@chrishaswell4405]

Aren't they the same person

[@owenlamacraft2740]

@@chrishaswell4405 Alex Bennett and Alex Cooper sorry

[@owenlamacraft2740]

@@nolansdead4217 realize that after

[@SCORPAIN88isme]

KFC is a Mets fan not a Baseball fan. I'm a Stro's fan and we're missing Altuve for half the year at least and I'm not mad. He's a god in Venezuela

[@silkeden1]

Interesting to hear your perspective inre to Altuve 👍 Houston has known success in recent years. Mets not so much. Their fan base is apoplectic

[@logozervos1717]

What a call by Dave to have Miami going Final Four

[@johnamazing1746]

Keegs who is annoying is right. Clickbait diminishes content. The mean girls dinosaur thing was stupid. Now the no washing hands thing is beyond stupid. It does 100 percent diminish the quality of content at barstool. This isn't genuine takes like Glenny balls who i think is over rated but he says he isn't a strip club guy. However he can name strip clubs in random parts of the country. Cheah has crazy takes but you believe he is genuine and that he is just dumb or maybe lacks the ability to think outside his tiny box. Jersey Jerry has them as well. Nick and Kb have skits where you know they are smart but you can never tell when what they are saying is real or fake but they do it in a way that is very very funny. Keegs is right that the mean girls content actually harms barstool more than it helps. Dave talking about call her daddy and the athletes sleeping with whoever is not comparable. One is making a fictitious list the other is like Dave saying i don't wipe my ass after shitting.

[@salvatoregizzo3232]

DIAZ CARES MORE ABOUT THE DR THEN THE METS THATS THE THING YOU DONT GET THESE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR COUNTRY NOT JUST THEIR TEAM!!!

[@dougieefresh1829]

Tbf KFC does the exact same thing the mean girls do but just not intentionally or strategically.

[@whileimhere.6177]

I see why Dave doesn’t do his show anymore with Eddie , it was basically a very similar version of the run down .

[@adolfocastillo6254]

Nah Eddie is just boring and has no personality

[@aaronoldham6661]

34:18 that kid filming Javale McGee looks like the same kid that crashed the end of the video game awards talking about Bill Clinton

[@Matthew36959]

It is.

[@tysonsvoboda]

RELEASE THE UNCUT EXTENDED RUNDOWN 🎞️

[@55Tybo]

Remember when the rundown came out at 6:30?

[@randomidiot6278]

Mean girls views are super inflated by the shorts. Remember looking when gaz was saying it was most viewed podcast. It doesn’t to the mad numbers but the clips with them being stupid on TikTok and KZbin shorts make the numbers say way more than it actually is

[@qwerty112311]

I tend to think the people who have access to all the data and have the most experience looking at the data are best situated to say who puts up the best numbers. And that ain’t you, brother.

[@randomidiot6278]

@@qwerty112311 anybody has access to the numbers.

[@horizonfios]

@@qwerty112311 are you really trying to say mean girls is a podcast people care about and the numbers show that 😂

[@rymal576]

Mean girls are actually dumb and thats what puts hate watchers in the seats. the clips numbers dont translate and its their only relevance so no need to get upset

[@raeyadmasu1590]

Bro was that the Bill Clinton kid lmao. Dude is everywhere

[@bendajet1979]

The mean girl thing is one girl who knows what she's doing and another that most likely is actually having a real conversation....not really amusing tbh. Genuine stupidity is hilarious (Steven Cheah) but when it's being played into, it tends to jump the shark pretty fast.

[@rando2548]

Bummed they didn’t have the Mean Girl and Keegs going at it. Could have been an electric rundown.

[@caseyjmaguire]

This is when you need the Portnoy show.. which he for some reason banged.

[@nickwolding7426]

"welcome to the thunderdome" Where the AFC east was was a high school division during Brady's career lol.

[@dillanmorris2115]

Get it together with the times goddamn

[@darthtrabia]

You guys talking about the barstool Sportsbook at Hollywood casino in Columbus.?

[@the_snicklefritz]

Laughed out loud when KFC tried explaining his WBC argument. Not being able to just admit people can care about it as Americans is hilarious

[@Rayzzed]

Dave loved Kevin’s monster truck tattoo. High key jealous

[@mattsean6164]

KFC failed to explain his argument AGAIN. He had days to prep for this and he couldn't explain his side coherently.

[@brodykonz4768]

His argument is that he doesn’t care so that means it doesn’t matter

[@lukeut8680]

He doesn't care so no 1 does in his mind. He is a narcissist. And Carrabis bodied him.

[@johnsolly5838]

@@lukeut8680 not 1 American cares about the world baseball classic

[@seanryan230]

nah he’s right. if the WBC and the world series were happening at the same time no one would pick the WBC

[@tonymarinelli5392]

@@johnsolly5838 I care. I was at a bar Saturday night they had the game on and everyone there cared too. All the dudes in fantasy baseball league talk about it non stop. It may not be popular but people do care abs more and more do care each time it’s played

[@coreymorrison6669]

Only 1.5 hours late. Great job, John Rich

[@GregWithTwoGsNotThree]

Cry about it Corey

[@coreymorrison6669]

@@GregWithTwoGsNotThree that's exactly what I'm doing

[@wrstler2012]

Monday rundown might be the most entertaining thing at barstool

[@oompa765]

If I learned anything during this podcast it’s that everyone should stop clicking on mean girl shit

[@TCDAVIS22]

The guy that was filming Javale is the guy who snuck on stage during the video game awards and said something about overlord Bill Clinton in the microphone.

[@darthtrabia]

KFC being a hater. I didn’t follow the WBC when we used to send college kids and AA players. I think our team is pretty legit, minus the pitching

[@levikeller7916]

3:50 not a buzzer beater but yea hitting the 3 off the Clarke mistake may even be more crazy

[@levikeller7916]

13:02 Oh Nooo don’t take “Frank’s Tank” 😅

[@cg3399]

Im so pissed I can’t find high noons anywhere around my area! He walks in a store and theres a volcano of them!? WTF

[@wrz4581]

There should be a barstool entertainment page and a barstool sports page. Mean girls should be on the entertainment page, not the sports.

[@dalebies6201]

Buckle up here we go 😁

[@juliantaylor1819]

If you do care, USA vs Japan in the title game of the wbc Tuesday night 7pm, FS1

[@phillipshines5187]

Kfc with the ice cold take

[@bmjakes11]

Saddest part was Dave watching Big Cat and KFC sharing a moment about their children and him realizing he’s going to die alone.

[@juniorutah6066]

um guess he wanted a empire kids weren't in his mind he was banking on be rich & successful. kids get in the way of life

[@bmjakes11]

Sad

[@PatSmith-eu3ig]

The fact they don’t know the kid with McGee is nuts

[@Too_Easy2424]

Is it? The vast majority of people don’t know either

[@IBuhZerK]

chronically online

[@rooosterrr]

agreed, huge huge swing and a miss. irl form of the biscemy "sup kids" meme

[@rbjones1996]

How did you not ask Dave for his take on Sas/Feits?

[@FMxHavick]

Highnoons are the best but you pay more money for less cans which can’t be over looked

[@josegreene7623]

Very true . $18-20$ for 6? Yea. Too much. BUT they are VERY GOOD. so I guess lol plus it's el prezz go to so.

[@joelquidort6527]

Who the hell is the guy speaking on behalf of “we don’t care”? Plenty of American mlb fans are watching the wbc. Why is that dude on the show??

[@schultz25]

Do the Americans care sending these ass pitchers?

[@connorjames8807]

The Mean girls have 40k subs and their last 2 podcasts barely broke 9k views. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@adolfocastillo6254]

Results ? They get 3-5k on their episodes on KZbin and podcast doesn’t even crack the top 180 of podcast on Apple lol

[@stevengraczyk5409]

Big Cat is wild for that holocaust comment 😂😂😂

[@codydoorn376]

Cael sanderson 4 timer undefeated spencer is damn good tho yanni also won 4 national championship and is the one of 5 ever 4 timer national champion

[@FSUBrando]

Not sending your best pitchers proves how “important” the WBC is to the USA/MLB

[@RealWordKeepa]

KFC is such a bum

[@maryschuler6572]

Mean Girls shouldn't be posted under "Barstool SPORTS"

[@Bo-pn2pg]

I like how they don’t even know who the bill Clinton kid is. 😂

[@CJS496]

Lmao kfc with the worst take of all time lmao

[@boootybounce420]

WBC doesn’t matter but we will have a segment on Spencer Lee. Make it make sense.

[@klangs2353]

as an M's fan I hope altuve plays in every meaningless game he can

[@JCR93]

Do the mean girls make money for the company via merch and social views? I don’t think they have a ton of ad revenue via podcast listens… They’re never in the charts and their KZbin views aren’t great.

[@alexreichline]

Completely funded by Graham. Alex has her own videographer. Dude is a billionaire whatever his lady wants she’s gonna get and Barstool is not above taking the money.

[@tylerw1800]

how did all three barstool veterans completely miss the point of why people hate this podcast + the click-bait on the main channels. I have to believe that this is because the new bottom-line is: Merch, alcohol sales, clicks and betting. It used to be that these things were accessories to the central machine of broadcasting sports ans sports news in a way thata suitable for the youth and for the internet. it seems like the antics and gimmicks have replaced sports as the bottom line. I dont think Dave wants that but that's what we have now. Sports Kardashianism.

[@spy4628]

Read em for filth

[@gregtwomey3242]

That edit ooof someone def said something juicy

[@marcpelu2558]

Brandon Walker said high noons taste like shit

[@Mikepolanconyc]

Kevin we’ll diaz would have been playing i spring training any ways .. look at this guy from the Mets roll his ankle after talking shit about not wanting to play in the wbc and bomb rolls ankle .. tell me where is the difference

[@ryanwilkinson571]

A-team rundown!!!!!

[@noflonowshow]

World Cup isn’t the highest level of the football mate.

[@dblain2729]

Comparing those girls to Manny Ramirez has to be the worst analogy of all time.

[@levikeller7916]

43:10 Alex is BIG TIME now I’m guessing

[@dbsuper2928]

Dave is a big skeet shooting guy

[@brian4878]

Not on Spotify

[@JamesbaconFiyah]

Swimming kev looking cool

[@tyleroconnor1534]

lol i think that kid filming Mcgee went viral on a podcast roasting OnlyFan chicks

[@dannyroberto2106]

Nice

[@Squires85]

I wanna like KFC and I guess sometimes i do....he's not great on these and I get he's a man on the outside with Dave/Dan + gambling....he just spent more time leading a convo on the world baseball classic that he says he doesn't care about....than the time they spent talking March madness

[@chunky3iron]

God Bless Smitty!

[@levikeller7916]

39:50 she’s a looney tune 40:52 then KFC says the “type of bitch” lol 😅

[@newguycanada]

mean girls are just not my thing... Also not into two not so smart folks asking each other stupid questions. I ignore them like all other things dumb on the internet.

[@jakeschneck3364]

If Trea Turner gets hurt all of Philly will agree with Kevin

[@ARKP409]

Why don’t people understand.. the more you interact with the clips the better the numbers are so they keep dropping them… stop interacting with them

[@mjdub23459]

Disappointing response to the mean girls stuff guys. Quantity over quality just ain’t it

[@iamyeyo]

It’s a sign how week barstool is now a days. They rely on terrible Mean Girl podcast clips just to generate engagement. They can’t rely on their real sports/gambling talent anymore..

[@jonnyrocket1018]

Never disagreed w portnoy more than the mean girl discussion…Alex had barstool circled? So do thousands of applicants..chicks from the family that moved the OKC Thunder - Think she’ll make it