Hour 1: Dan Strangles Billy On Live Television

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Hour 1: Dan Strangles Billy On Live Television
Release Date: March 3, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Billy Corben, Mike Ryan, Jessica, Tony
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

In this lively episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, the hosts engage in a series of spirited discussions ranging from sports controversies to mysterious celebrity happenings. The banter between Dan, Stugotz, Billy, Mike, Jessica, and Tony ensures an entertaining and dynamic listening experience. Key topics include the debate over Pete Rose's Hall of Fame eligibility, the perplexing circumstances surrounding Gene Hackman's death, Travis Hunter's NFL aspirations, and Bill Belichick's recent career moves.

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Pete Rose Hall of Fame Debate

Timestamp: 02:01 – 04:27

The episode kicks off with a heated debate about whether Pete Rose should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mike Ryan expresses frustration over the President's involvement in potentially pardoning Rose posthumously, questioning the legitimacy and timing of such an action.

• Mike Ryan (02:03): “The man was literally dying to get into the hall of fame for 50 years. Dying. And as soon as he dies, now you consider pardoning him… like, what do we pardon?”

Dan Le Batard (02:24): "It's very rude to speculate on another man's tummy."

Stugotz clarifies that baseball has stated the President has no influence over Hall of Fame eligibility, emphasizing the autonomy of Major League Baseball in such decisions.

• Stugotz (03:36): “Baseball has come out and said the president has no sway over whether or not somebody is eligible to be on the hall of Fame ballot.”

The discussion highlights the tension between sports institutions and political interference, with Billy Corben advocating for Major League Baseball's authority.

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The Mystery Surrounding Gene Hackman's Death

Timestamp: 18:00 – 21:23

The conversation shifts to the mysterious death of Gene Hackman and his wife, coupled with the unexplained survival of their dog. The hosts dissect the unsettling details, including the presence of pills and the circumstances that suggest foul play.

• Mike Ryan (19:28): “The plot on that one thickens… on trying to gather. Is America, all of America and the Internet. Are we all now sleuths on finding out what happened to Gene Hackman at the end?”

Jessica (20:01): "Do dogs put themselves in cages and starve themselves? No, I don't think so."

The hosts express skepticism over the official reports stating no foul play was involved, questioning the integrity of the investigation and the bizarre behavior of the surviving dog.

• Tony (19:40): “I don't like that when you come out and say you don't even know.”

Dan Le Batard sympathizes with the sadness of the situation while acknowledging the lack of closure.

• Dan Le Batard (20:22): “It’s really sad and awful, but I don’t know.”

This segment underscores the hosts' curiosity and concern over unresolved and eerie celebrity deaths, blending humor with genuine intrigue.

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Travis Hunter's NFL Aspirations

Timestamp: 25:10 – 34:08

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing Travis Hunter's unconventional approach to his NFL career. Hunter claims that his role is more challenging than Shohei Ohtani's, aiming to play dual positions as both a wide receiver and cornerback.

• Mike Ryan (25:10): “Travis Hunter is looking to do something that no one in the history of the NFL has been able to do.”

Dan Le Batard (28:31): “What do you consider when you think about what it is that Travis Hunter is saying?”

Stugotz expresses skepticism about Hunter's ability to maintain peak performance across two demanding positions, suggesting that a compromise is likely.

• Stugotz (32:47): “I think what's going to happen with Travis Hunter is a compromise. He's going to be an NFL cornerback, but he's also going to be the secret weapon in the red zone.”

The hosts debate the feasibility of Hunter's ambitions, comparing him to legendary athletes like Deion Sanders and discussing the potential impact on team dynamics and his career longevity.

• Billy Corben (28:53): “Press a gas on wide receiver because if you get a franchise that people pay more for a wide receiver…”

This discussion highlights the challenges athletes face when attempting to redefine their roles within professional sports, emphasizing the balance between versatility and specialization.

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Bill Belichick's Career Move to North Carolina

Timestamp: 36:32 – 40:54

The episode delves into Bill Belichick's surprising decision to coach at North Carolina, a move that has stirred speculation about the future of his illustrious NFL career. The hosts analyze the potential risks and rewards of this unconventional shift.

• Mike Ryan (40:11): “Holy shit. Bill Belichick's about to put the end of his career on display with a fireworks show…”

Stugotz (38:12): “He doesn't have to win at Carolina. He's already won.”

The conversation examines Belichick's legacy and the possible implications of his transition to a college football environment, questioning whether it marks the beginning of his decline or an opportunity for revitalization.

• Jessica (37:59): “Everything that he's doing right now seems like it's going to end poorly for him.”

The hosts juxtapose Belichick's move with the current state of various NFL teams, discussing the broader landscape of football management and strategy.

• Billy Corben (38:55): “He doesn't have to win at Carolina.”

This segment underscores the uncertainty and excitement surrounding one of football's most respected figures and his latest career chapter.

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Notable Quotes

• Mike Ryan (02:03): “The man was literally dying to get into the hall of fame for 50 years. Dying. And as soon as he dies, now you consider pardoning him… like, what do we pardon?”
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• Dan Le Batard (02:24): "It's very rude to speculate on another man's tummy."
  (02:24)

• Mike Ryan (19:28): “The plot on that one thickens… on trying to gather. Is America, all of America and the Internet. Are we all now sleuths on finding out what happened to Gene Hackman at the end?”
  (19:28)

• Stugotz (32:47): “I think what's going to happen with Travis Hunter is a compromise. He's going to be an NFL cornerback, but he's also going to be the secret weapon in the red zone.”
  (32:47)

• Mike Ryan (40:11): “Holy shit. Bill Belichick's about to put the end of his career on display with a fireworks show…”
  (40:11)

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Conclusion

This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz offers a blend of serious debates and lighthearted banter, addressing pressing issues in sports and celebrity news with characteristic humor and insight. From the contentious debate over Pete Rose's legacy to the enigmatic circumstances surrounding Gene Hackman's death, and from Travis Hunter's ambitious NFL plans to Bill Belichick's unexpected career move, the hosts provide diverse perspectives that engage and entertain. Listeners are left with thought-provoking discussions and a desire for more clarity on these unfolding stories.

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Note: Advertisements, sponsor segments, and non-content interactions were omitted to focus on the core discussions and key insights presented during the episode.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

You're listening to Giraffe Kings Network.

[Stugotz]

What is Dax?

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I've been looking for my phone for.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Greg Cody]

All of them?

[Billy Corben]

All of them.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Greg Cody]

That's a great offer.

[Mike Ryan]

I know. Sell.

[Stugotz]

Sell.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Jessica]

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[Mike Ryan]

Poof.

[Jessica]

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[Billy Corben]

This episode of Dan Lev Avatar show with Stegots is presented by Smirnoff. We do game days. Please drink responsibly.

[Mike Ryan]

The Smirnoff Company, New York, New York. Does anyone know where Billy is? Because he. Or Mark. Mark.

[Stugotz]

Mark.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes. Okay. We think he's got a bathroom emergency.

[Billy Corben]

I'll say. Tell me.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, we will ask.

[Tony]

I saw him with some medicine this morning. Came with the CVS bag. He had some medicine in there. I couldn't exactly read what the medicine was. Maybe it's something to stop or something to go. We don't know.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hipaa.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay. I'm sorry. Yes. We shouldn't be doing that. Illy. Yeah. Illy. Gill. Billy. Ill. I don't know any of these things to be true either. They might all be reckless speculation. I just don't know where he is.

[Tony]

I'm telling you what I saw, Jack. It's a fact.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's very rude to speculate on another man's tummy.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, okay. Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Is it rude to speculate on another man's tummy? I have not seen what any of the reaction has been to this, so I am just genuinely curious. As one of the great evergreen sports topics in the history of sp, a Hall of Fame topic of Should Pete Rose be in the hall of Fame? For the President of the United States to now pardon Pete Rose months after his death is not just posthumous. It's posthumous. Okay? The idea that Rob Manfred is now Saying, okay, I'll take it under advisement whether to bring him into the hall of Fame. The man was literally dying to get into the hall of fame for 50 years. Dying. And as soon as he dies, now you consider pardoning him from what he already served the sentence. Like, what do you. What, are we pardoned? That we are. We are forgiving Pete Rose's name after he's died doing exactly what good for.

[Tony]

Whom did the president always have the. The ability to pardon Pete Rose? They just never thought of it.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think he did. I think he overstepped his bounds.

[Tony]

Any president ever could have been like, you know what? I pardoned Pete Rose.

[Mike Ryan]

Was he just pardoning him for the crime, the tax evasion crime, like, posthumously? Or he wasn't pardoning him and saying, I get to decide whether Pete Rose is in the hall of Fame. Correct.

[Billy Corben]

I didn't know that this is how pardons worked, that you can just pardon people for making whoopsies that stain their reputation in their own sport.

[Mike Ryan]

Greg, do you have any thoughts here?

[Stugotz]

Well, baseball has come out and said the president has no sway over whether or not somebody is eligible to be on the hall of Fame ballot.

[Billy Corben]

Who would have had it as baseball being the one entity to stand up against one of these executive orders, like, no, no going too far. You're testing your power, pal.

[Mike Ryan]

You can't.

[Billy Corben]

We're Major League Baseball.

[Mike Ryan]

You can't.

[Billy Corben]

Damn it.

[Mike Ryan]

You can't put Pete Rose in the hall of Fame. Do you know how long we've been stubborn about this one dumb thing? But I'm with Trump on this one, too.

[Billy Corben]

Paper straws. This.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a museum. It's not a moral factory. Like, I want to ride behind Trump on this and then be, you know, get violently out of the way when we do what we did Friday to embarrass, like, the Ukraine like that. I don't know where Americans are on shame, but Friday, no.

[Stugotz]

It's humorous to me that we're now feigning outrage over the idea that Trump has an alliance with Putin. Not a surprise. Been going on for years. Why are we acting like we're so surprised that he's against Ukraine in this whole matter? Everything indicated that he was.

[Mike Ryan]

In terms of how horrified you are or embarrassed on behalf of the country. Where does Friday rank?

[Stugotz]

I think it's terrible. You know, for. For the past four years, we've been allies of Ukraine and giving them weapons and helping them fight Russia, and now we're turning heel like John Cena.

[Billy Corben]

Way too Soon. I don't know where we go from here. It feels like over the weekend, we reached a point of no return. Our strongest alliances falling by the wayside. The memories that we had getting along with so many across the globe, knowing that John Cena was our tried and true hero, knowing that he had every opportunity, maybe even flirted with a lion. You think back to ecw, One night stand. If Cena wins, we riot. Still going into the face of that and holding onto his principles now for what? Just so you can get a record breaking 18th world championship? Because you know you don't have it anymore. So you have to align yourself with the final.

[Mike Ryan]

Jessica, did you find out whether indeed while Billy was gone, there was a HIPAA violation?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, the problem with accusing someone of having tummy trouble is that even if they deny it, it's like no one really believes them because you've already put that thought into their head.

[Mike Ryan]

We were just hoping that you were okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony accused you of having diarrhea.

[Tony]

I did not accuse anybody of doing anything. I said that you came in today with a CVS bag of a medicine. I didn't know what it was. Whether to keep things in or keep things out. No.

[Billy Corben]

In many respects, it makes perfect sense that Cena would align himself with the Rock, being that he's always wanted what the Rock has had. He's always tried to get what the Rock has had, but he's never quite been able to push it to that threshold. Even in sports entertainment, he has never been able to take it to the heights that the Rock did. Now, he did a pretty good job. He was the face of the company, as we've all established, but he was just falling just short. Even in his pursuits of Hollywood. Falling just short, always compared to the Man. And now the man is offering his entire world to you. You get to my brain and you get to be a world champion for the.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, Mike, I got it. All right. I got it. You don't want me to talk about Russia, so let me talk about something that I've been wanting to talk about instead, and that you're not going to be able to run me off as obviously as you're doing on that one. Okay? Our contract, we're in a contract year here and we've got a few months left on our contract here with DraftKings. And I want to be open. Stephen A. Smith, you can't. You gotta let me talk openly about these.

[Tony]

I miss this.

[Mike Ryan]

I told our audience I would be open and vulnerable about everything.

[Tony]

How about you open what you need to open instead of telling us about the openness that you want.

[Mike Ryan]

Where is it? I haven't seen it in check.

[Billy Corben]

Under the 18 glass cases that you have under there.

[Mike Ryan]

I haven't.

[Billy Corben]

Maybe move away.

[Tony]

Partnership with a glasses company.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Your unscented lotion tubes.

[Tony]

Deep under there, huh?

[Dan Le Batard]

Confused about the Pete Rose take or it's not.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know.

[Billy Corben]

Say hi to Taylor for me. It was his birthday over the weekend. It's really buried under there, man.

[Tony]

Oh, there.

[Stugotz]

Oh, there we go.

[Jessica]

Hey.

[Billy Corben]

God, I hope the first question's about Cena. I can talk about this all day, all week.

[Mike Ryan]

How long has this been?

[Billy Corben]

It's Dusty. He was a baby face for 20 years. He kicked off the ruthless aggression era by slapping Kurt Angle in the face. And since then he's taken us on a whirlwind.

[Mike Ryan]

How? This has been years since we've been.

[Billy Corben]

But it's also been years since he's been a fixture in the main event scene. He's carrying quite the losing streak, which is why he would find himself in the situation to turn to the Rock knowing that he's not good enough anymore on his own.

[Mike Ryan]

Greg, go ahead and reach into the.

[Billy Corben]

I just don't know why Travis Scott was there.

[Mike Ryan]

How does the magic crate not stop you from talking?

[Tony]

Because it stops you from talking.

[Billy Corben]

It only relates to you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nothing ever stops him from talking.

[Tony]

Who, me?

[Mike Ryan]

He doesn't respect any of the properties we have around it. Yes, you read it close to the microphone like a broadcast professional.

[Stugotz]

Sorry. How close John Cena to the Rock?

[Billy Corben]

Great question. You mean in terms of friendship?

[Stugotz]

It's an open ended question in terms.

[Billy Corben]

Of like national and international stature.

[Jessica]

Hold on. I think this is for Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

That is not what this piece of paper says.

[Stugotz]

I misread.

[Mike Ryan]

What?

[Stugotz]

I apologize.

[Billy Corben]

All right.

[Mike Ryan]

Mark, where have you been?

[Jessica]

I'm here.

[Mike Ryan]

That's not an answer to my question. How much would I have to pay you to never talk to any of your friends again?

[Stugotz]

What?

[Billy Corben]

Can I make new friends with all my new money?

[Jessica]

I get money for free.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a great question. Yes. Yes. How much would I have to pay you to never talk to any of your friends again? It's not money for free, Billy. You'd have to get rid of all of your friends for me.

[Jessica]

It's money for free.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't have any friends.

[Tony]

You talk to me anymore.

[Jessica]

How much?

[Dan Le Batard]

He would still talk to you, Tony. Don't worry.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, you don't. You're saying that you. It would not cost you anything that for the price of $100 money for free.

[Jessica]

Well, no, I'd set the price much higher than that.

[Mike Ryan]

But just because you're negotiating your low point, what you're saying is, if this were a real thing, all you would need.

[Jessica]

I check in with my friends every once in a while, here and there, but it's not like you know a thing. I don't need them to live.

[Stugotz]

Can you still communicate? Like non verbally?

[Jessica]

Ooh, great question, Greg. That's why Greg's on. Or I was thinking text or email, but cue cards works.

[Stugotz]

Like I would hold up a card that said, hey, Billy, how you doing? And then you would scrawl a cue card.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I don't think you can't. It's not just literally talking, it's communicating in any way with your friend. If I said that's not what the.

[Jessica]

Question said, that's not what the question said.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, but I'm changing it for the purposes of this discussion.

[Stugotz]

Liar.

[Billy Corben]

No middleman.

[Mike Ryan]

Respectfully.

[Jessica]

What I said, respect the crate.

[Mike Ryan]

I am respecting the crate by no longer talking about our contract negotiations, which is what I wanted to talk about. Mike didn't respect the crate by just filling with more John Cena talk. Greg didn't. Greg didn't respect the crate by simply making up the question that misread it.

[Jessica]

Am I in witness protection in this instance?

[Dan Le Batard]

Like you're gonna die if you do talk to one of them. Cuz your identity will be revealed.

[Jessica]

Like I've been moved somewhere else in the world and I have to forget my past life because of something that's gone on?

[Dan Le Batard]

I think that's a different question.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, well, no, I don't think it's a different question. I think Billy is adding to the question by saying to us, will the people who I'm excommunicating for a price know that I've done it because I've just disappeared from one day to the next. Am I doing Billy translations correctly?

[Jessica]

How old am I when this happens Right now? And does the rest of my family, are they able to communicate with.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is your wife your friend? Because then you wouldn't be able to talk to her either.

[Jessica]

Sticky questions.

[Billy Corben]

It's a stabilization.

[Jessica]

Yeah. So can my family talk to my friends on my behalf? Can we play telephone where I say, hey, tell. You know, tell Chuck. Yeah, I say, whatever, and then my wife goes, chuck you. Billy said. And then it comes back and passes to me.

[Stugotz]

Yep, there's a way around it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, it depends on the intent of the question. Is the Question that you would never communicate to your friends ever again, or is the question just talk to them?

[Jessica]

If I write on a cue card and give it to my wife, can she vocalize that, or does she have to give my friends the cue card?

[Mike Ryan]

Billy thinks X. He's not talking. You're again trying to get through loopholes on this? I thought the question was. Yeah, you go federal witness protection, you're not talking to any of. You're not communicating with friends anymore.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you think you died?

[Jessica]

It was technically, how close are John Cena and the Rock if we're gonna ask the actual question?

[Billy Corben]

And what were Travis Scott's motivations? Because he wasn't just, like, standing idly by. He took an active role in the attack.

[Jessica]

Wait, hold on. Do my friends know that I accepted money in exchange for not speaking to me?

[Mike Ryan]

That's why I thought you wanted that.

[Jessica]

I'm just a jerk.

[Mike Ryan]

That's why I thought you wanted to be in witness protest protection so that they would never know Billy just disappeared. Now he's not talking. They'll never know that you paid that off for a price.

[Dan Le Batard]

What if you set the price of, like, $5 million and you never talk to your friends again, but they each get, like, $500,000? I think everyone would take out of my 5 million.

[Jessica]

Out of my 5 million or someone else's money.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have, like, two friends.

[Jessica]

I'm not paying my friends to not talk to me.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're talking.

[Jessica]

Friends cannot talk to me for free.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're not talking about acquaintances, though. We're saying, like, maybe there's a couple people. Because my friends would take that deal.

[Jessica]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, I'll take the 500 grand.

[Jessica]

I have a follow up question to this question, which is what the magic cray was intended for. So if I take the money, do my friends know that I took the money or not? And Dan, if you were someone who had a close friendship and then your friend stopped speaking to you, and they say your friend decided to stop speaking to you for $250,000, would you then understand them taking the money or be more upset with them for taking that money to never speak to you again?

[Mike Ryan]

These are good questions. It is why the magic crate, even after a long layoff, produces magical things. I believe we've answered one of these. If you are indeed respecting the crate and the question, not semantics and loopholes, you have to get rid of your friends. You've asked a question that's very controversial. Is your wife your friend? You did not answer it.

[Jessica]

Jess asked that I don't know. She's my family. Technically married, but.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, you're married.

[Dan Le Batard]

Some people are married. They're like, oh, my wife's my best friend.

[Billy Corben]

Right?

[Jessica]

Come on.

[Tony]

Well, two became one, though, Billy, So.

[Jessica]

They haven't been married very long.

[Mike Ryan]

Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Is your spouse lying if they say you are their best friend?

[Jessica]

Everybody knows that.

[Mike Ryan]

You. You are just saying, though, that you're now in federal witness protection. I thought the value of that is that you would never have to tell your friends that you sold them out for a price.

[Jessica]

Well, there's two instances here. I did witness a crime, which is why I'm in witness protection, but now have this double offer. So I have two things going on here in this scenario.

[Mike Ryan]

But you are valuing money above friendship is what you are saying.

[Billy Corben]

There is a accolades, too. That's why I think John Cena did this, because he's got all the money in the world. Like, what is it that the Rock can offer him that he can't get on his own? A superstardom that is unattainable if he just stays in his lane. That's why learning at the knee of the Rock has its. Certainly its benefits. What I don't understand is Travis Scott came to the ring looking for a fight. Like, he had already showed up to the Squared circle, not liking Cody Rhodes.

[Jessica]

So accolades can be included with the money. So, like, I can take less financially, but here's a Grammy also. In exchange for not talking to your friends? Is that what you're asking?

[Mike Ryan]

That's not what I'm doing. And I'm gonna regret. I regret bringing any of this up with you. Greg, can you tell me? I don't think it would cost you anything to get rid of all of your friends. I don't think. I don't think you have that many friends. You need that much contact. And so you would simply say there's a very low price on this?

[Stugotz]

You know, I don't even know how to answer that. What'd you win a Grammy for, Billy?

[Jessica]

Well, no, it'd be. Part of the deal is I'd take a Grammy. I'd have to put out a song, obviously, and then they rigged the Grammy.

[Mike Ryan]

What do you mean, you don't know how to answer? It's the question that was in the crate.

[Jessica]

What.

[Mike Ryan]

What would it cost for you to never talk to your friends again?

[Stugotz]

It's a difficult question for me because I don't have a lot of friends, but I do have a lot of Money. So I don't particularly need the money. Do I need friends? Debatable. You know, so it's a conundrum.

[Mike Ryan]

It doesn't sound like it's a conundrum. It sounds like, for a cheap price, you would never talk to your friends again. One of.

[Stugotz]

One of what? You know, why do I need 500 bucks?

[Mike Ryan]

It's not 500.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, you set the bar where you want to. Like, it could be, like, $10 million is your price. Could be $100 million.

[Jessica]

Yeah.

[Billy Corben]

What's the price of your soul? Because that's what John Cena gave up to the Rock. That was the asking price from the Rock to Cody Rhodes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Please get him out of here.

[Billy Corben]

I'm not gonna do that. And, you know, we keep invoking, so.

[Jessica]

Two minutes, rambling.

[Mike Ryan]

You gotta get out.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is why I'm saying the best version of the answer to this question is you get some money and your friends, and you're helping people out.

[Jessica]

What was your answer, Dan? Because it was asked of you, and you've just spun it on us.

[Stugotz]

Dan never answered.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, Valerie's his best friend, so that makes it complicated.

[Mike Ryan]

That is. That is true. Yes. Yes. She's become my best friend.

[Stugotz]

That's so cute.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, the previous best friend died.

[Jessica]

Oh.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, did I ruin it?

[Billy Corben]

Yeah, kinda.

[Jessica]

It was a previous best friend.

[Stugotz]

Oh, dark place.

[Dan Le Batard]

I've had a best friend die, too. Dan. It's okay.

[Jessica]

Well, it's not a contest. Geez Louise. What are we doing now?

[Billy Corben]

Comparison.

[Stugotz]

I've had three or four good friends die.

[Jessica]

Oh, Greg wins.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

Then again, I'm old.

[Billy Corben]

The circle of life.

[Dan Le Batard]

Which is why I feel like maybe, I don't know, $500,000 for you.

[Mike Ryan]

I was talking about Gene Hackman.

[Billy Corben]

Ah, yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I was talking about him, too.

[Jessica]

We're never going to get to the bottom of that, are we?

[Mike Ryan]

The plot on that one thickens, because when the details came out, you've got him in one room, dead. His wife around, pills in the bathroom, dead, a. In a cage. So it's not a pact between all of them. A dog died a really gruesome death with no food or water while the other two dogs ran around. And he's been dead since, according to recent reports, since at least February 17th. So for two weeks, we don't know how the dog stayed alive. We do know how the dog died, but we don't know how Gene Hackman and his wife died. And the presence of pills and the time elapsed on it make it all a mystery. That a Lot of people are checking in on and I've noticed. And this. This is recent here. This is another way that the old people get tricked with new, new habits. The way that YouTube monetizes keeping you around for 20 minutes, not answering questions about Gene Hackman's death, while just delaying a video that is meant to just keep you there longer and longer as AI talks about some of the facts around the death, but so few that they're just meant to keep you there for 30 minutes, not giving you any new information on a story that all of us would like out of just curios. Hey, what happened over there? Something happened that is at the very least, mysterious and at the very top, suspicious. The rest of you are aware. On trying to gather. Is America, all of America and the Internet. Are we all now sleuths on finding out what happened to Gene Hackman at the end? Absolutely.

[Tony]

Dan. I think what I don't like was from the original jump, the police saying that there was no foul play. I don't like that when you come out and say you don't even know.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Tony]

You guys haven't done the investigation yet. You're still starting the investigation.

[Jessica]

Keep an eye on that cop.

[Tony]

For you to come out and say there was no foul play. Fishy. I don't like that.

[Jessica]

Yeah. There was also another dog roaming around. Right. What was that dog?

[Tony]

Two dogs.

[Jessica]

What did that dog know?

[Mike Ryan]

No, it was two dogs.

[Stugotz]

It was.

[Mike Ryan]

Two dogs were alive? Yes. Two dogs were found alive. One was in a cage.

[Jessica]

What did they see?

[Stugotz]

Yes.

[Jessica]

How do we know the dog didn't put himself in that cage?

[Stugotz]

I'd be talking to the dogs if.

[Jessica]

I was to come.

[Mike Ryan]

I think we do know that he wouldn't put himself in that cage.

[Jessica]

You don't know that.

[Mike Ryan]

I do know that. I can rule that out, that the dog didn't put itself in the cage and then starve.

[Jessica]

And you're not a copper.

[Stugotz]

Dogs do that. Charlie does it all the time.

[Jessica]

Thank you, Greg. All dogs go to heaven.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dan, weren't you the one that was like, ooh, it was a love pact. Right when it happened, the dog.

[Mike Ryan]

I was. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

And we were like, oh, it's like the scene in Air Bud where they all put their hands in and then the dog puts its paw in at the end, we made that joke.

[Jessica]

And then the dog put himself in the cage.

[Mike Ryan]

What was your theory, Jessica?

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know. It's really sad. Kind of makes me bummed out. Especially because it seems like they were dead for a while and their Family didn't realize it, which is, like, really sad and it's awful, but I don't know. And the other thing is, like, yeah, the dog makes me sad. Just must have been a horrible, horrible way for them all to die.

[Tony]

I'm surprised that the dog didn't start eating things that they weren't supposed to be eating, because, you know, that happens. Dan. Elderly people pass away, they have a dog. All of a sudden the dog's hungry. It's not getting fed. They take a couple bites.

[Jessica]

Things like that happen all the time. To go back to Dan's initial question, I think that my friends. I could die and my friends wouldn't know for two months.

[Mike Ryan]

It wasn't my initial question. It was the. It was the mystery.

[Dan Le Batard]

Christmas would jump and Charlie eat you if you died? Greg?

[Stugotz]

Probably.

[Jessica]

Where'd he start?

[Mike Ryan]

Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Would your dog eat you if you died at Lebatard Show? Mike Ryan is dying to chime in from the penalty box where he only got two minutes. And he's got a lot of thoughts on Gene Hackman because he's always got a lot of thoughts on everything.

[Billy Corben]

Well, the mystery aspects of this story, you learn something new every day. However, it seems like we're not gonna really get some closure to this for quite some time as John Cena has already traveled back to Africa to finish filming. So we don't know if the Rock has not been advertised for wrong.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, enough. Get him out of here. I can't keep doing this.

[Stugotz]

He just got big ears, huh?

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Tony]

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[Jessica]

Okay, check this Deli Boys on Hulu Two brothers, Raj and Mir, are living the high life, not a care in the world. When their old man dies, it all vanishes.

[Mike Ryan]

Poof.

[Jessica]

And they find out he didn't just own a deli, but he was a drug kingpin. And they're like, what the throw in their ruthless aunt some guys who want to kill them and keeping dad's drug business going. Sounds amazing, right? Deli Boys premieres March 6th streaming on Hulu. Don Lebatar we didn't get to your guys's against this. You're right, you're right, you're right.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't have it against the spread because I wasn't prepared for this segment.

[Jessica]

You need an Ian in your life.

[Mike Ryan]

You have actively played defense against me today in a way that has rarely been this undercutting stugats.

[Jessica]

Defense wins championships, baby. That's show business. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Mike Ryan]

Travis Hunter came out and said that what he does is more difficult than what Shohei Ohtani does. Travis Hunter, what are you shaking?

[Tony]

I agree. What, because Ohtani's not getting hit every single time he touches the field? He's never getting hit, actually.

[Mike Ryan]

Travis Hunter. So let's discuss this for a second. Travis Hunter is looking to do something that no one in the history of the NFL has been able to do. There are a lot of conversations happening around what is going to happen at the number one pick. I thought that this was a weak draft, but this part of it is fascinating. The top three is fascinating. Between Shador Sanders, Cam Ward and Travis Hunt. Hunter, which order do you put value? Where when you start deciding about who's going to trade up to decide? No, I think Cam Ward is the best of these three, or Sher Dwarf is the best of these three. And Travis Hunter making the argument as the best player in college football that I can be an unprecedented football player. I know I'm not a quarterback, but I can cover two positions for you. People think I'm a better wide receiver than I am as a cornerback, but I intend to play all of the downs. I intend to increase my injury risk by double. I intend to test the limits of the human body on what stamina can be in an NFL football game. In the fourth quarter, when they're driving down the field, how tired am I because I'm running sprints all game and I'm going to be twice as tired as the next guy. There are limits on the human body. He intends to do this, and he's saying that it's harder than what Shohei Ohtani does. Hitting a baseball is widely regarded to be the hardest thing, but in sports, But I would say close nearby is trying to cover an NFL receiver. When the quarterback and the wide receiver know where he's going and you don't like, that'd be really close to as hard as hitting a baseball. If you can get a guy in the salary cap age to play two positions for you at an elite level, I don't see how it's possible. I mean, Deion Sanders is the closest I've ever seen try to do it. And. And they just played him occasionally at wide receiver. Like, I don't. It's not something I've ever seen in the sport. Troy Brown, I guess, did some of it, but asking somebody to play, just the stamina level of that. What do you consider when you think about what it is that Travis Hunter is saying?

[Stugotz]

I don't think it's going to happen. And unless I'm mistaken, he has yet to give an ultimatum to teams. He has yet to say, if you draft me, I'm playing both ways and if you don't want me to play both ways, don't draft me. I don't think he said that yet because he knows that 90% of NFL coaches are going to go, nope, but wait, I don't want you gassed in the third quarter.

[Mike Ryan]

What about the idea of it though? The idea of the Deion Sanders model is coming to this sport and there's someone, there's, there's a family trying to sort of shake the power structure at the top of we'll play where we want, we'll do what we want. Look at the value these two players had at this team. If Travis Hunter decides to press the gas on I want to be paid like a cornerback and a wide receiver, I want to go up the draft. I want to, hey, I'm a value because I'm going to play both positions for you. If I'm an agent or a manager, I'm pressing the gas on all of that stuff. If I'm Travis Hunter, widely available to you all over the field, I probably.

[Billy Corben]

Press a gas on wide receiver because if you get franchise that people pay more for a wide receiver prime, top of the top of the food chain type wide receiver. So that's where you probably start. And I think a lot of teams, it may not actually be up to Travis Hunter. They may see that the value is so strong in one direction that they don't even run the risk of putting them on the opposite side of the ball.

[Dan Le Batard]

I see all the pre draft stuff as just like politics. Like he's just trying to position himself in the best way possible. Whatever. Yes, Tony, politics. Whatever happens after the draft, like, he'll have some say and obviously not the final say. But right now, making yourself seem like, you know, you think that you're capable of doing all these things is something that we know NFL front offices really like to hear. They like that he's open about playing both positions. They like that he's versatile. They like that he's not shutting off one part of his game or turning down an idea for him. So I kind of just see it as like a political angle right now.

[Tony]

There's a lot of talk but he actually does it right. Like he was an excellent corner. He was probably one of the best wide receivers in the country outside of Jeremiah Smith. Like he's a guy that can go on the field and make either of those happen. I don't know if this is report if I saw something where he's going to play a little bit more corner than he is wide receiver. I think it's dependent on the team that he goes to. But he's already done it.

[Mike Ryan]

I think you need to do better on your sourcing then. I don't know if this is a report or if it's something. I'm not a journalist. Dan, you were thinking Greg Cody, he's.

[Stugotz]

Never banged the drum. I was thinking that the choice is not going to be his on where he plays and I'm thinking that Colorado is a second tier college team with a schedule inherently built in with a handful of very easy opponents. He's not going to have any easy opponents in the NFL. I think the step up in competition is going to affect him at both of his positions. I'm not saying he's not going to be a great NFL player, but he's not going to dominate and be Heisman Trophy great in the NFL.

[Mike Ryan]

If I can ask the rest of you this because it is something I'm a little bit baffled, baffled by all of you mentioning the choice isn't going to be his when it comes to having power in sports for the athlete and it harder to come by in football where all of you are like Myles Garrett asked for a trade. Is he going to be able to execute that? He's Myles Garrett. We're going to waste his career there with Deshaun Watson when Travis Hunter and Deion Sanders and I say want to shake the system and all of you are like he's not going to get to choose it for himself. Well, if he's that valuable and good at both of those things, he will be able to choose it for himself. And my guess is he thinks he is is. And my guess is he'd like to choose for himself. Is there any particular reason you guys are reminding me of how he doesn't get to choose for himself?

[Billy Corben]

Is there any particular reason why you're making this a hill to die on for Travis Hunter? Because he's actually played the game quite well so far.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's quite simple. Like every player wants to be in for every snap. Like every, every wide receiver wants to be in for every snap count him saying he wants to play every single snap at wide receiver and corner in a game is like that's every player would tell you that they want to do that and it's not their choice because the coaches decide who goes in for what play plays.

[Jessica]

He also doesn't really have any leverage as a rookie, right? As soon as he gets drafted, he's stuck in that contract until he's a free agent. So like he can try to exercise his power four years from now or whenever, but like this year he can't really do that.

[Billy Corben]

The reason why it was such a big storyline that Deion Sanders was going to influence this whole draft process so much is because at the time it looked like, oh, Shador and Travis Hunter, they might be 1 and 2. That is not the case anymore. Their odds to be drafted number one are long and you have a situation now for the first time that you have three players that are vying for number one. The last time there was this much mystery surrounding the number one pick, I think it was a year that Baker got drafted where the Browns were very good at keeping that a secret. But there's all sorts of uncertainty now, especially with the injury. And you don't know if like I know Rosenhaus has come out and said that Abdul Carter should be fine, does not need surgery. He's actually been advised against surgery. But that is a pretty big, big thing. I think ultimately if you're looking for job security, the safe thing might be take the bonafide pass rusher, the number 11 from Penn State. That always works. And you could always throw up your hands and say, look, we know we have a quarterback issue to address. We can handle that next year, which is top to bottom, a better draft class for that position.

[Stugotz]

Right? No, you're right about that. I mean neither Shedor or Cam Ward are considered that absolute franchise make. I think what's going to happen with Travis Hunter is a compromise. And if I had to predict, I would say he's going to be an NFL cornerback, but he's also going to be the secret weapon in the red zone. He's going to get eight or ten snaps a game in scoring situations and that would satisfy him, that would satisfy his talent, but it would not overwork him to do two full time positions and always be on the field.

[Mike Ryan]

But he is a better offensive player than defensive player. He is widely regarded as a more valuable player on offense. You're saying he's going to play offense more even though it's not what most people think he's best at.

[Stugotz]

I mean, what, what I've read from the experts is that the NFL generally sees him as a cornerback more than a wide receiver. I. That could prove inaccurate.

[Mike Ryan]

I thought he was, I thought it was consensus that we all understood he wasn't good as at corner as he is at wide receiver. I thought that was a given. Known.

[Stugotz]

Okay. But if you're going to do what I say, which is a compromise situation, it makes more sense to have him play full time corner and be your secret weapon on offense.

[Mike Ryan]

It doesn't though, if he's better at offense. I think you're. I think you've got your information backwards. You're putting him on the field more at a less valuable position that he's less good at.

[Jessica]

It also depends where he goes, right. And the depth that each of those teams has at those positions, how much time he's actually going to play at either of the positions.

[Mike Ryan]

Let me, let me do this another way with you guys because if you notice what happened over the week, I think a lot of people were like, ooh, Debo to Washington. While Philadelphia talks about, hey, we got to keep the commanders away from us. Do we need to go in on Myles Garrett? This as the Dallas Cowboys fall way back and at the very bottom of the standings over there in a town that kind of matters. The Giants are talking to Aaron Rodgers because It's only Tommy DeVito under contract. And you guys are telling me here there's no franchise quarterback. And the GM that lost hard knocks for the NFL to Bill Belichick is saying he will look under every rock for a franchise quarterback. That doesn't tend to be where they are. They don't. You can look under all of them. You're never there. There's never one there. In the history of rocks, there's never been a franchise quarterback. Kurt Warner.

[Billy Corben]

No, no, no.

[Stugotz]

There is Tom Brady.

[Tony]

He's at a supermarket.

[Billy Corben]

If you look under Dwayne Johnson right now, you'll see a franchise player in John Cena. You turn over that rock, he has John Cena's soul.

[Jessica]

Minor penalty, two minutes. Rambling.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't want to hear about John Cena anymore.

[Jessica]

What is the value of owning one soul like that? Seems like a commitment. I don't want to own someone for all of eternity. I get tired of people very quickly.

[Dan Le Batard]

Pretty good soul as Gnos Furatu.

[Mike Ryan]

Great love story. Get out of here.

[Dan Le Batard]

I saw a comparison being made about Eli Manning and Adrien Brody on the Internet. You stay in here for this one because Eli Manning won she do that Widely considered. Not one of the greatest.

[Mike Ryan]

Both of you.

[Dan Le Batard]

I can play for best actor awards.

[Jessica]

Mike's here as a cornerback right now.

[Dan Le Batard]

What's his third best movie?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't need to tell you.

[Billy Corben]

I could not tell you. Adrien Brody's he was good at peaky blindness. Angels in the outfield.

[Jessica]

As good as Pat Rowley.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, he was in Angels in the outfield.

[Billy Corben]

By the way, it is documented Adrien Brody did in fact have the longest acceptance speech in Oscars history.

[Jessica]

That's unbelievable.

[Billy Corben]

5 minutes and 40 seconds.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wanted to ask you, Zoe Saldana, when she accepted best supporting actress for Emilia Perez, as she shouted out her husband having great hair. Did you see his hair?

[Billy Corben]

I did see his hair. I thought it. I thought his hair was great hair.

[Jessica]

Has she always been Saldanya or is this a Laranyaga thing?

[Billy Corben]

I think it's a Laranyaga thing, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Minor penalty, two minutes high sticking. Both of you out of beer.

[Billy Corben]

Do you think it's John Cena?

[Jessica]

Sena. Sena.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll be see.

[Dan Le Batard]

Please don't make me sit next to you.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll be seeing you. Both of you.

[Jessica]

Well, you can't see John Cena.

[Tony]

Or maybe you can now both.

[Mike Ryan]

You both need to leave. Belichick got in and stole Hard knocks. It was such a gangster move, the news that came out. I, I cannot tell you how much I'm enjoying the buildup to North Carolina being must see television next year simply because this man has decided to manage the end of his career with a 24 year old manager slash girlfriend. How does he stay relevant in the modern age when competing against the NFL for things? He's going to do the opposite of the patriot way. He's going to allow all the cameras into his life to film the end of his career. The end in the streaming age when everyone will crawl all over themselves to compete to see. Can we see the insides of the end of the end of Bill Belichick's career? What do you mean? He's going reality star at the end end.

[Jessica]

Everything that he's doing right now seems like it's going to end poorly for him. The relationship probably won poorly for him. The show will probably end poorly for him. I don't know if they're going to be must see. Like I just, I worry about Bill's ticker, you know what I mean? Because like how much heartbreak can one man take? Cuz these seem like all not the best decisions at this moment.

[Tony]

Don't worry about his ticker ticker's. Doing just fine.

[Jessica]

Clearly.

[Tony]

Clearly, it's doing fine. All right. But if they go to a 02 start, 03 start to start the season, there's a lot of deflation there that could happen. Deflation.

[Stugotz]

You know, look, it was just a couple of years ago that Deion Sanders goes to Colorado. He's the talk of football. I think he won Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year that year. What did he go? 3 and 9, 5 and 7? You don't. Bill Belichick doesn't have to win at North Carolina. He's already won. Eventually he's. The recruits are going to come after him. He's not going to need to recruit.

[Mike Ryan]

Roy, why are you making faces at Greg?

[Billy Corben]

He doesn't have to win at Carolina.

[Stugotz]

Not immediately.

[Billy Corben]

Who's he hired for?

[Stugotz]

Not immediately. He doesn't. You don't think Bill Belichick's career survives a 57 season at North Carolina? Of course it does, because everybody's going to go, all right, he's getting going now.

[Mike Ryan]

Career survives so that he may have a couple of years at North Carolina. If he has a couple of bad years of North Carolina, it will then be over.

[Stugotz]

It'll be over as soon as he gets another offer from the NFL.

[Mike Ryan]

He's not going to get five years to fix North Carolina. This is the end of Bill Belichick's career. It is a large risk he is taking. He wants to coach so badly that he's going into totally foreign territory. Billy, why are you making faces?

[Jessica]

Well, a couple of things. Bill Belichick is going to be fine. I'm not going to shed a tear over Bill Belichick in his career. He's done just fine his entire life. Also, like the hard knocks thing kind of feels like, and I don't mean this to be rude, I think we're going to see a lot of Mike Lombardi. I. I don't know how much Bill Belichick is going to be participating in the off season. Front office, hard knocks. I think we're going to see a lot of Lombardi as GM of this team kind of making decisions, which is fine. Mike Lombardi, good friend of ours, but I don't know how much he's not.

[Mike Ryan]

A good friend of ours.

[Jessica]

Football twice a year at least. Yeah, we got. We got like the first sit down with him after he took that North Carolina job. Lombardi, Billy Line.

[Mike Ryan]

Billy and Greg, I want you to explain and defend the fact that both of you are out here very publicly on all things Belichick here are about to fail every Belichick.

[Stugotz]

No, I didn't say that.

[Jessica]

I did.

[Stugotz]

I said his first season is gonna be rough.

[Mike Ryan]

I believe that you guys are set to downgrade hate on and not enjoy as much as I'm enjoying. Holy shit. Bill Belichick's about to put the end of his career on display with a fireworks show that runs the antithesis of being against everything he's ever been. Can the old man keep up in a young man's game? Please show me all of that on television.

[Billy Corben]

Oh, so you're talking about Cena still? Yes. These are all the very same notes.

[Tony]

But does it.

[Billy Corben]

He acknowledged that he doesn't, so he has to turn to the Rock. Yes, and it's for the world to see.

[Mike Ryan]

This has never happened before.

[Jessica]

I know what you want to do, Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

Hold on. Let me do it real quick. Minor penalty. Two minutes.

[Billy Corben]

Asshole.

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[Billy Corben]

We've got a penalty.

[Tony]

Five minutes.

[Jessica]

Major.

[Billy Corben]

Seven minutes. Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

It's never happened before.

[Jessica]

So what you want to do is you want to do wins and losses of North Carolina.

[Tony]

I think so too.

[Jessica]

Yeah, because, like, I'm looking at it and you're saying, oh, he's gonna read. He's gonna be must watch television, rebuild that. Blah, blah, whatever. So I'm looking here. Tcu.

[Tony]

That's could be a fun game.

[Jessica]

That's a W. We'll say that's a.

[Tony]

W. Charlotte, the 49ers.

[Jessica]

That's a. That's a W. Richmond. Spiders.

[Tony]

W. Watch the Spiders, though.

[Jessica]

Then we have UCF now. Ucf.

[Tony]

Tough game.

[Jessica]

No, that's a W. Clemson. We don't know. We're going to figure out where is it that Bill lies in terms of Bill and Dabo. Dabo. Some people thought maybe he lost a step last season. Uncertain whether or not he lost a step last season. We'll find out this year. What is happening now? Then California. Oh, Cal. Dan, that's where you went with the judge in the car and you crashed in a taxi. Remember that? And then he said that you had to go. You cannot leave. Then Virginia.

[Billy Corben]

The who?

[Jessica]

Syracuse. Oh, Syracuse. ACC champion.

[Tony]

Stanford's the acc.

[Jessica]

Stanford, the tree. And then Wake Forest. And then Dude.

[Tony]

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[Billy Corben]

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