Bill Belichick’s failed Oscar campaign lost him the Hall of Fame

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Madeline and Charlotte are back with a complete timeline of the reasons people are saying Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee this year. The gals go through a timeline of Spygate, Deflategate, and Belichick’s relationship with Jordon Hudson and his disastrous season with UNC. Is there a simple answer to why Bill Belichick was left off? And does it have to do with PR, yet again? Listen to find out!

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0:00.0	Testing, testing.
0:02.8	Oh, my poor Madeline is not feeling good.
0:06.3	I'm not feeling quite, and I'm recording with a microphone in a mug from a dentist office.
0:13.1	And that's also, that's on me because I did not bring you the...
0:18.0	Oh, no, no, please.
0:18.9	All right, please.
0:19.8	Let's see how this sounded.
0:22.2	Okie-doke.
0:22.7	Okay.
0:22.8	We're not feeling so.
0:27.6	Hi, Charlotte.
0:32.6	Madeline, hello.
0:34.4	We're back.
0:36.0	We're back.
0:37.1	You're not feeling so hot. No, I'm not feeling amazing.
0:40.9	Not feeling like a 10, maybe about a five and a half. Maybe a six. Where are the vibes?
0:47.1	The vibes are, ooh. What are what's not, my brain is fragile.
0:55.0	Fragile, where is fragile the word?
0:57.0	Fragile's in between, right?
0:59.0	Right.
0:59.2	Yeah, it's immaculate, decent, not great, fragile, horrific.
1:04.3	I think I'm going fragile.
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