The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Hour 1: Back In My Day Returns
Date: January 6, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Roy, Greg Cody, Chris Cote, Evan Cohen, Heather Dennich, Jeremy

Episode Overview

This episode features the return of "Back in My Day" with Greg Cody, lively conversations about sports analytics, memorable play-by-play moments, quirky debates about statistics, and a bit of light-hearted nostalgia. The show is thick with the signature blend of chaotic banter, South Florida sports commentary, and irreverent humor, with extended debates about football running backs, broadcast legends, and even the etiquette of grocery store baskets.

Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. Sports Betting, Hockey Stats, and Analytics Fatigue (00:21–06:09)

• NFL, NHL talk & "Against the Spread" picks

  • Chris Cote sets the stage with betting lines: Panthers at Maple Leafs, home/away stats, and Colorado Avalanche’s excellence.
  • Disagreement on “home team” terminology and the meaning of various streaks in hockey.
  • Discussion of Panthers' missing Olympian Seth Jones—how absences affect betting lines and team performance.

• Stat Fatigue and Sports Analytics

  • Greg Cody’s skepticism:
    “Greg Cody is anti-information, he's anti learning, he's anti getting better, he's anti improving, he's anti wisdom, he's anti open mind.” (Dan, 04:01)
  • Debate over the value of advanced stats like “yards after contact” and “OPS” — when is data helpful vs. excessive?
  • Evan Cohen: “Who the hell keeps track of [ice time]?” (03:29)
  • Discussion spirals into tracking player movement on the ice and how much technology vs. old-fashioned human observation is in play.

2. Jokes, Quibbles & the Stat-Tracking Rabbit Hole (06:09–09:58)

• How is “Yards After Contact” Actually Measured?

  • Confusion about what constitutes contact—grazing a shirt, real hits, or missed tackles.
  • Stugotz lampoons:
    “Is yards after contact, like any touch? ... Am I getting yak if you just grazed my jersey?” (09:09–09:23)
  • The crew riffs on all the imprecision, leading to Greg Cody’s gripes about defender incompetence boosting running back stats.

• Tech in Hockey Broadcasts

  • Ongoing skepticism about the technology that registers time-on-ice and other in-game measurements.
  • Roy: “You don't think it checks out? You think Seth Jones may be on the ice for 13 minutes and not 12?” (07:14)

3. Iconic Sports Broadcasts: Snoop Dogg, Lamar Thomas, & Evan Cohen’s Brush with Chaos (14:36–21:27)

• Snoop Dogg as NBA color commentator:

  • Clips from Snoop Dogg commenting on Steve Kerr’s outburst and getting hyped on air.
  • Callback to the infamous Lamar Thomas “we ready” brawl call (FIU vs. Miami)—a heated moment that ended his broadcast career.
    • Lamar Thomas (16:08): “You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. ... I was about to go down the elevator and get in that thing.”
  • Evan Cohen’s “war correspondent” field report during a Boca Bowl brawl.
    • Dan Le Batard (17:35): “Evan Cohen did what passes for the closest thing sports will ever have to war correspondent reporting.”
    • Evan Cohen (19:01): “I am standing at the 15 yard line ... 14 police officers, rough count. ... I talked to one of them. I said, how is there only two penalties?”

• Why does Dan listen to radio college football?

  • Dan: “I love listening to college football in the car because invariably somebody is selling furniture ... I just want to be amused by the number of sponsorships that they try to keep radio alive with…” (20:58)

4. Legendary Miami Play-by-Play Parodies (21:37–24:02)

• Mike Ryan’s Parody of the Wild “Duke-Miami” Lateral Play:
  • Rapid-fire, South Florida in-jokes referencing local mascots, businesses, and children’s venues during a notoriously wild finishing play.
    • Jeremy (as Mike Ryan, 22:29): “Kornelder crossing El Palacio de Los Jugos midfield ... so what, your kid has ringworm? Dandy Bear Elder inside the Guswit shadow.”
  • Discussion about legendary calls, the art of live broadcasting, and respect for local legends Joe Zagacki and the enduring culture of South Florida radio.

5. Greg Cody’s “Top 50 Catchphrases” & Nostalgic Self-Celebration (26:09–30:50)

• Greg Cody’s Self-Referential Podcast Bit
  • Introducing a countdown of Greg’s 50 all-time catchphrases on his own podcast, revealing the bottom two.
    • #50: “I’m fuller than Vern Fuller.” (Reference to a 1960s Cleveland Indians infielder; Greg guesses his batting average to within .002)
    • #49: “Where’s my click click?” (Childhood seatbelt reminder)
  • Discussion about the arbitrary and narcissistic nature of self-made catchphrases and the humor in slow-rolling their reveal.
    • Greg Cody: “Many [catchphrases] have been popularized on this show, some on my own podcast. Some in just everyday life.” (28:08)
    • Stugotz: “Self involvement. It's just him being able to celebrate him.” (28:04)

6. The Return of “Back In My Day” — Greg Cody Classic (32:05–34:42)

• Monologue Theme: “Cliffs Notes” and the Death of Learning the Hard Way

  • Greg Cody (33:07): “…Cliffs Notes was the academic equivalent of Rosie Ruiz running a marathon. Only these shortcuts and cut corners were perfectly legal … CliffsNotes was the start of us having it easy. Too easy.”

  • Bemoaning the modern world’s shortcuts: GPS, AI, Google. Cliffs Notes as the gateway drug to slackerism.

  • Greg Cody: “Ban everything that gives you free information fast. Make learning laborious again. Bring back dictionaries, atlases, roadmaps … I’m Greg Cody, and that’s how it was in my day.” (34:42)

  • Crew reacts with giddy respect to the long-awaited bit.

    • Roy (34:45): “Let’s go see Jeremy. That’s like listening to Abbey Road right there.”

7. Is College Still Worth It? AI, Cheating & the Value of a Degree (34:53–37:32)

• Dan Le Batard:
  • “What I had not accounted for recently, that's happened with AI, is that it is a plague in our college system ... So you're paying for college, but you're farming out all the work to computers and you're rendering college kind of useless.” (35:41)
• Greg Cody and Heather Dennich:
  • Argue fewer jobs demand a degree, more practical knowledge learned in internships or trade schools.
    • Heather Dennich: “[S]o many jobs where going to a trade school would be better ... but a lot of the time, that's your only choice ... is I need to physically have a degree, whether you cheated your way through it or not.” (37:05)

8. Lane Kiffin Can’t Grocery Shop — Modern Celebrity Oddness (37:32–41:04)

• Lane Kiffin, head coach, caught on video unsure how to deal with grocery shopping, especially when told to pay for bags.

  • He brings home the entire hand-held basket, sparking a debate about whether that counts as “stealing.”
  • Dan (39:14): “Is it stealing to take home the basket from the grocery store? ... Is it stealing, to take home the basket the way Lane did?”
  • Stugotz: “If it's my Publix, yeah, I'll be back. This thing will be back,” defending the act. (39:26)

• Jokes about "electrified" grocery carts that freeze up if you try to leave the parking lot.

9. The Transience and Mercenary Nature of Modern College Football (41:04–43:02)

• Lane Kiffin’s career moves as a symbol of instability and absurdity in college football—coaches jumping jobs, players in transfer portals, $3 million quarterback salaries.

  • Dan (42:39): “To me, it won't dilute Miami winning a championship, but having this kind of business around College football where 30% of the players are in the portal and a coach can do this... is a total mercenary.”
  • Debate over how much regret coaches feel leaving a "special" team for supposed greener pastures, only to see their former team succeed.

• Roy’s summary: “This is one of the biggest college football stories of our time ... I can't imagine how difficult this is to balance for those coaches that are still there, for the coaches that are traveling back and forth and to the players who this is totally unfair for.” (42:39)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Greg Cody (On Cliffs Notes):
  “Cliffs Notes was the academic equivalent of Rosie Ruiz running a marathon. Only these shortcuts and cut corners were perfectly legal, accepted. Even...” (33:07)
• Dan Le Batard (Reflecting on Technology in Education):
  “It is a plague in our college system that college students aren't actually doing the work, they're just farming it out. So you're paying for college, but you're farming out all the work to computers...” (35:41)
• Snoop Dogg Broadcasting (15:18):
  “Steve banging Inglewood right now. Inglewood. Get him. Steve. You in Englewood, Steve!”
• Lamar Thomas Brawl Call (16:08):
  “You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked ... I was about to go down the elevator and get in that thing.”
• Mike Ryan's Play-by-Play Parody (22:29):
  “Kornelder crossing El Palacio de Los Jugos midfield. Corn Elder speeding now to the 40. Speeding ticket. Vichower.com ... your kid has ringworm? Dandy Bear Elder inside the Guswit shadow.”

Structure and Flow

• The episode opens with sports talk and wagers, flows into spirited arguments about sports analytics and the meaning of stats, launches into famous and infamous broadcast moments, segues to a lengthy, comedic self-tribute by Greg Cody, and lands back on broader social observations about education, technology, and the oddities of sports celebrity culture.
• Banter is quick, biting, and self-referential—auditory callbacks and inside jokes abound, but major topics are explained and contextualized for new listeners.

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:21–06:09: Sports betting, hockey picks, stat skepticism
• 06:09–09:58: What is “yards after contact”? Tracking stat debates
• 14:36–21:27: Snoop Dogg & Lamar Thomas in the booth, Evan Cohen's sideline melee
• 21:37–24:02: Parody calls of legendary Miami moments
• 26:09–30:50: Greg Cody’s “Top 50 Catchphrases”
• 32:05–34:42: “Back In My Day” – Cliffs Notes
• 34:53–37:32: College value, AI & cheating
• 37:32–41:04: Lane Kiffin, grocery baskets, and stolen shopping
• 41:04–43:02: Modern college football’s instability

For fans of sports, nostalgia, and the strange crossroads of pop culture and analytics, this episode blends wisecracking humor with genuine critique of the ways technology and celebrity have upended both games and society.