Big John and Salim join Spittin' Chiclets on November 13

The golf show's 2 favorite new faces are now on the hockey show, and the timing makes sense. Big John and Salim are what everyone is still talking about from the Invitational.

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Salim and Big John Golfs on Spittin’ Chiclets today!!

Quick refresher on how they got here. The Internet Invitational is Barstool and Bob Does Sports' made-for-YouTube team golf tournament. Season 2 was played at Big Cedar in Missouri for a $4 million purse, up from $1 million in Season 1, and it was shot with 82 cameras. Big John was only in the field because of a late invite, and he became the star of the whole thing. He was tied in a sudden-death playoff on Day 1, needed a birdie putt to send Ryan Ruffels' Team White through, and dropped it over the edge with the Reaper, a backwards blade that might be the weirdest putter in golf. That clip ran up millions of views almost overnight.

By the time the Fore Play guys sat down to recap Episode 2, Big John's putt was already the centerpiece of the season. Nobody was handing out participation trophies. He'd come through when it mattered.

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“Just the biggest moment you can have. And he met the moment and he's the man of the hour and he deserves it.”

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Big John wasn't just a clutch putter, either. He spent the run going back and forth with Dave Portnoy, and Fore Play gave him a whole episode to explain what actually happened between the 2 of them. That makes him a natural guest for a show like Chiclets. He'll talk, he's got a real story, and the people at Barstool clearly don't all agree on him.

Salim got famous the other way. He wasn't the clutch guy. He was the chaos. Big Cat said on the Yak that his own Invitational legacy was the worst hole in the history of golf, a par 3 he played with Jerry, the Duke and Salim. Kevin Kisner couldn't stop laughing about that group on Fore Play.

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“The most fun I've ever had in my life is watching that clip of Jersey Jerry and Trent and the Duke and Salim put out for a 9 to win a hole.” – Kevin Kisner

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There's another reason Chiclets fits. The hockey guys were in the middle of this tournament too. Ryan Whitney played in the Invitational field, and on Fore Play, Kisner talked about how one night he 'stayed up all night with the Spittin Chiclets guys' before having to play the next morning. So booking Big John and Salim doesn't really count as a crossover. It's more like the after-party getting its own episode.

Watch for 2 things now that the episode is out. First, whether Big John's version of the Portnoy beef gets any spicier away from the golf shows. Second, whether Salim actually remembers the parts of the tournament everybody else can't stop replaying. Either way, 2 guys who weren't household names at Barstool before Big Cedar are now doing the company's podcast circuit.