Hour 1: That's Hard Time's Daddy

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz

Episode: Hour 1: That's Hard Time's Daddy
Date: September 8, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz (plus Mike Ryan, Greg Cody, Billy, Zas, Chris, Roy)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the crew delivers their signature blend of sports talk, cultural commentary, and humor, broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Miami. The central themes revolve around the continuing influence of sports media legends (with an extended discussion on Howard Stern's contract extension), generational shifts in pop culture relevance (highlighted by the VMAs' attempts to win back an aging audience), and a lively football roundup spotlighting NFL and college storylines, with particular focus on notable player performances and local teams.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Howard Stern’s Enduring Influence and Media Legacy

[02:44 – 08:53]

• The panel dives deep into Howard Stern’s surprising return and five-year contract extension with Sirius XM, dissecting the longevity and reinvention necessary for such a career milestone.
• Zas points out the media circus and erroneous speculation about Stern’s job security during his extended absence, noting, “People were reporting that he's being fired. He just synced a five year extension.” (04:18)
• The group debates whether Stern continues to be relevant in a rapidly shifting media world dominated by podcasts and younger voices.
• Dan Le Batard: “Even in your 70s, you could be this kind of valuable in a medium you helped change… an icon who's reinvented himself over four decades.” (04:46)
• They also discuss Sirius XM’s effort to maintain relevance in a paywall era, stacking their lineup with modern voices like Stephen A. Smith and Katie Nolan to chase a younger demographic.

Notable Quotes

• Mike Ryan: “The five year extension kind of thumbs its nose [at] 'he went woke and now he's going broke.'” (07:01)
• Dan Le Batard: "His value is not up for dispute." (07:13)

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2. The VMAs and Pop Culture Generational Shifts

[09:02 – 15:22]

• The team discusses how the MTV VMAs, for the first time simulcast on CBS, aimed to recapture the MTV generation by showcasing older artists and legacy acts.
• Mike Ryan accuses the others of pretending ignorance, playfully: "You're just a liar. The VMAs were simulcast on CBS.” (10:09)
• Discussion: The crew acknowledges the overt effort to appeal to older viewers, from bringing back LL Cool J to honoring artists like Ricky Martin and Busta Rhymes.
• Critique of Mariah Carey's performance becomes a comedic lightning rod, with jokes about her “dainty” style and inability to confidently cross the stage.
• The attempt by MTV (and other media, like Power 96) to refocus on nostalgic content is compared to what Howard Stern and Sirius XM are doing – chasing and retaining a loyal but aging audience.

Memorable Moments

• Billy: “She should be standing still when she sings.” (11:27)
• Mike Ryan: “They created new awards just to give more old people awards.” (11:06)
• Mike Ryan on MTV’s strategy: “The CBS simulcast in itself was an admission. We're done trying to get teenagers. We're trying to get their parents.” (15:11)

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3. NFL & College Football Roundup: Rapid-Fire Analysis

[18:11 – 30:46]

• Dan races through a list of football storylines he claims not to have time for, such as standout plays by Penix and Landman, and then pivots to larger narratives.
• The “who felt best” after NFL Week 1 debate centers on Aaron Rodgers’ successful debut in Pittsburgh and Daniel Jones’ resurgence, with extended talk about the Steelers’ revived prospects, the shifting power balance, and the emotional impact on these players.
• They further discuss the implications of Rodgers moving into a “set culture,” no longer controlling the offensive staff (“You're not going to be raising up the Joe Philbins of the world…” – Mike Ryan, 26:45), and the symbolic importance for the Steelers and their fans.
• The group briefly hits on notable college performances, scandals, and micro stories: Oklahoma State’s collapse, Miami’s win, and Florida’s struggles, often illustrated with inside jokes and digressions.

Notable Quotes

• Dan Le Batard (on Rodgers): “To eat the humbling of your ego is great... What you just saw is offense Pittsburgh hasn't had in a decade.” (27:35–28:20)
• Greg Cody: “He (Rodgers) goes for being a guy that Steelers fans think they can win with... he can be Brady 2.0.” (29:14)

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4. College Football, Fan Culture, and Unique Tailgate Stories

[37:39 – 44:29]

• Hampton Farms Peanuts segment ("nuttiest fan" contest): Features a fan who brought a lemur to a game versus a fan ready to use lottery winnings to fire Alabama’s coach.
• The crew riffs on how ridiculous college fandom can get, with Dan calling bringing a lemur to a stadium “animal cruelty.” (39:09)
• Football soundbites and regional radio nostalgia blend in, as they discuss how Power 96 has shifted to full-time throwbacks, paralleling MTV’s approach.

Memorable Moments

• Billy: “What do you think is nuttier, Dan? Bringing a lemur into a stadium or spending your lottery winnings getting a coach out of town?” (39:03)
• Dan: “You can’t bring a lemur into your stadium. That seems bad for the lemur.” (39:53)
• Mike Ryan: “Do you ever hear anything about football and you're like, I don't trust you? … you get some good nugget and you're like, damn it, I don't trust this person.” (40:50)

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5. Rapid Sports Miscellany and Running Jokes

[41:27 – 46:45]

• Quick hit reactions to ongoing baseball, more college football surprises, and Inter Miami's Luis Suarez suspension for a spitting incident. The Suarez ban's logistical weirdness is ridiculed (“He can't play in the league's cup anymore!” – Mike Ryan, 44:31).
• Lively banter ensues with Greg Cody and others inventing car names (“Plymouth Troy”, “Dodge Crystal Ball”) from college coach names.
• The hour closes with playful debate and a callback to the show's signature quirky humor.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Exchanges

| Time | Quote | Speaker | |--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------| | 04:46 | "Even in your 70s, you could be this kind of valuable in a medium you helped change..." | Dan | | 07:13 | "His value is not up for dispute." | Dan | | 11:27 | "She should be standing still when she sings." | Billy | | 15:11 | “The CBS simulcast in itself was an admission. We're done trying to get teenagers. We're... parents.” | Mike Ryan | | 26:45 | "You're not going to be raising up the Joe Philbins of the world." | Mike Ryan | | 27:35 | "To eat the humbling of your ego is great... What you just saw is offense Pittsburgh hasn't had..." | Dan | | 29:14 | “He goes for being a guy that Steelers fans think they can win with... he can be Brady 2.0.” | Greg Cody | | 39:09 | "You can’t bring a lemur into your stadium. That seems bad for the lemur." | Dan | | 44:31 | “He can't play in the league's cup anymore!” | Mike Ryan |

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Key Timestamps

| Segment/Topic | Start | |----------------------------------------------------|---------| | Howard Stern contract and media evolution | 02:44 | | VMAs, MTV, and generational pop culture nostalgia | 09:02 | | NFL rapid-fire, Aaron Rodgers/Steelers breakdown | 18:11 | | Football "who felt best" discussion | 23:11 | | Fantasy car names and nuttiest college fans | 37:39 | | Final college football, soccer, and baseball hits | 41:27 |

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Summary Tone & Style

• The conversation retains the irreverent, rapid-fire, and self-aware style fans expect.
• Banter, sarcasm, and inside references are frequent, as is self-deprecation and playful ribbing.
• The hosts move fluidly between cultural critique, sports analysis, and jokes, blurring lines for comedic effect.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This hour is a quintessential Le Batard Show blend—industry-savvy sports media commentary (Howard Stern), pop nostalgia (MTV VMAs), sharp but unserious football talk, and just enough absurdity (lemurs, fantasy car names). If you like your sports talk mixed with satire, social insight, and Miami flavor, this episode delivers.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Roy. You got it. I appreciate you allowing me to go.

[Roy]

Back to you, Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that. Zas wanting to talk about Howard Stern. For a week, people have been wondering how it is and where it is that a radio icon has been because he gets very long vacations. He is part of a dying medium, but behind a paywall at Sirius xm, he has kept an industry alive because of all of his power and reach. And he just signed a five year contract extension today after doing one last bit here where Andy Cohen pretended like something had happened to Howard just because he was sick for a week and delayed his return. The people who follow Howard Stern do so with such loyalty that they keep in industry something that's behind a paywall that he doesn't feel like he can even quit because he's holding up a great deal of Sirius XM with his constituency. You've been wanting to talk about this for a week. He returns today and signs up for five more years where he'll have a huge vacation and spend a lot of time complaining about not wanting to be on the air.

[Zas]

Well, and it's funny because he did his show today. He finally returned after they did a bit where Andy Cohen did, I think what was a pre recorded bit, as if he took over the show and people were free. Variety magazine put out a story and a tweet that Howard, he's gone. Andy Cohen's now. That was very embarrassing. But also like, how embarrassing for some of these publications over the last couple weeks who were reporting that he's being fired. He just synced a five year extension. And it was funny because on the show today he's talking about, even if I wanted to retire, I can't now we with all the reports, I have to stay.

[Mike Ryan]

It seems to be a long running bit where he's being forced to stay. Someone forced his hand to sign.

[Zas]

This is every five years he does this.

[Mike Ryan]

I wish I could.

[Dan Le Batard]

Charles Barkley.

[Mike Ryan]

I can't quit, right? I wish I could.

[Billy]

That's a great shout by Billy. It's the Charles Barkley thing.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, an out in your contract. Your contract expiring means you don't actually have to.

[Greg Cody]

This whole thing feels so calculated to me, like it's a publicity stunt, right? I mean, where's Howard? Why? Howard was supposed to Be back on today. Where is he?

[Dan Le Batard]

And still, I will not dismiss the forever reinventing of yourself. So in your 70s, you could be this kind of valuable in a artifact media that you helped change with some shock jock stuff that still, even though people make fun of where his politics are now and how he's gotten overrun by the young men in the Rogan sphere, still monster relevant at a place that's behind a paywall that's keeping up in the streaming game with everybody else and now is still trying to replace him with what feels like a radio lineup of Stephen A. Smith and Katie Nolan. And them trying to keep up in the modern age when behind a paywall is radio is not the most modern of ways to make business. But he is an icon who's reinvented himself over four decades. That's not up for dispute by anyone.

[Zas]

No, of course not. It was interesting though, these last couple of weeks while he was gone, and then a week, another week where he delayed his return and just all the talk about him being irrelevant and he doesn't matter anymore. I mean, look, this is. This is an all time radio giant who, who it feels like it's never going away. He's in his 70s. He's like 73 years old.

[Greg Cody]

He's older than I am, for crying out loud.

[Dan Le Batard]

And he has more time off than anybody because he can, because he is his own industry, like Nobod has. Almost no one has that power, although Conan o' Brien begins to accrue it now in the shadow umbrella of what Howard built over there when they revolutionized media.

[Mike Ryan]

The Andy Cohen thing was a good bit. It was a good idea.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, it fooled a lot of people.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I saw it first. I'm like, this seems like acting a little bit. Is this a work or is this legit? Because it did kind of lean into all the uncertainty surrounding. The biggest bit of uncertainty was probably him delaying his return a week because you assumed, well, what's going on? Are they trying to get some kind of exit in place? I thought it was a cool idea to stay relevant. People are talking about him today. Can he continue that discussion? Can he use this established narrative that he's kind of done and look, he went woke and now he's going broke. The five year extension kind of thumbs its nose at that. But what kind of voice will Howard Stern have at this age of his career? You cited the manosphere. His voice doesn't resonate with a younger audience. His audience is aging with him. How much influence does that audience now have?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, we now know though that the echo chambers, all of them, if you've got a giant loyal audience and contingency, and you take it with you from place to place, you have enormous value. And so his audience, though older, there's no disputing that it's been overrun. The podcast sphere has been overrun by an assortment of young comedians who have altered everything up to and including a presidential election, because some of them in the young man sphere fed bad information to young people who weren't thinking for themselves. And then Andrew Schultz recused themselves from any of it by backing off. Howard Stern is an artifact from a different time. There is no disputing that. But his value is not up for dispute either, because I'd love to see the numbers on what that five year extension is. They are trying to help him keep up with Mad Dog and with Conan o'. Brien. And it's hard to keep up behind a paywall as the streaming game changes and everyone's in the podcast industry. I saw a podcast, Mike. I saw. I don't even know what this is. I saw Shaquille o' Neal talking to. I think it was Kendrick Lamar, Tom Brady, Dana White on the roof of something. Cuz everyone's come to the podcast fear saying, I'll make daily shows.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know what that was. You asked. I haven't seen that. But I assume that the numbers lower, possibly much lower. Otherwise the number would have been out there.

[Zas]

But he's not going to keep doing it for into his late 70s.

[Mike Ryan]

It stands to reason that the number would be lower given how often he actually shows up, which is fewer and further between the deeper he gets.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's got the whole summer off.

[Chris]

Yeah. At 71. If they say, you know what, let's give you 40 million instead of 100 million, you're like, nah, I can't live off $40 million.

[Mike Ryan]

It was obviously a good enough deal for Howard, who says he wish he could quit but can't right now. For him to still take the money, it's got to be worth his time. He's made a ton of money. But that wasn't the only thing going for an older audience last night. The VMAs tried to get us back.

[Zas]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Dan, I don't know if you broke your 15 year streak of not watching award shows last night, Mike.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the first I'm hearing that the VMAs were last night.

[Mike Ryan]

It's impossible. They were. They were advertising it in game on your NFL slate.

[Chris]

I didn't know they Were like bathroom for it.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys didn't see it. It's imposs.

[Mike Ryan]

You're just a liar. The VMAs were simulcast on CBS. This is the first time in the history of the VMAs that they've done that and it took the 60 minutes time slot. So there's two pretty big heads up that.

[Dan Le Batard]

That Mike, I was watching nothing but Red Zone yesterday.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, but this was after that. No one believes the commercial football out of control on Red Zone.

[Zas]

I didn't know.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't see.

[Billy]

No, no one believes every CBS game had multiple.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why? Why?

[Mike Ryan]

Why is talking about the.

[Dan Le Batard]

About our experiences that me, Roy and Zaz are all telling you. We didn't know it was last night. You're just calling us liars. And we're not lying.

[Zas]

What do I have to gain by telling you I didn't know the VMAs were last night?

[Dan Le Batard]

Even Greg.

[Greg Cody]

Everybody knew.

[Mike Ryan]

You two are just lying. Yeah, you're just lying. Anyways, so the VMAs were there and they were very clearly trying to get us back. Us by the MTV generation. Even Dan. They were trying to grab you back. LL Cool J was kind of hosting. There was like a run where Jessica Simpson was a presenter and Busta Rhymes was performing.

[Greg Cody]

And Ricky Martin performed in a tribute to Ozzy.

[Mike Ryan]

The tribute to Ozzy where they kind. Where Steven Tyler and Joe Perry showed up. They try to recreate the magic of youngbloods for Ozzy tribute across the pond. He did the. He did a couple of Ozzy numbers.

[Zas]

I wish I knew it was on.

[Mike Ryan]

So they were.

[Zas]

They were.

[Mike Ryan]

You actually knew a ton of the people were on, like, who were featured in this show. They were. They created new awards just to give more old people awards. And in the lead up to this, MTV was showing. Oh, the Mariah Carey thing was rough. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be, but that didn't mean it wasn't so rough. Let's not walk and sing, LL Cool J. Yeah.

[Billy]

She should be standing still when she sings.

[Mike Ryan]

Whose idea is it to have her walk?

[Zas]

It's just so hard.

[Mike Ryan]

She can't be walking anymore.

[Zas]

Whose idea was it to have her walk?

[Mike Ryan]

She can't walk.

[Zas]

How's she supposed to get around?

[Mike Ryan]

She can't walk.

[Chris]

Who can't walk? She can't walk.

[Mike Ryan]

She can't walk. Without it being super awkward. Well, there are theories, but, like, there was even one time where she was. The plan was for her to walk across the stage and she had to be her hand had to be held. It was.

[Zas]

Oh, she's dainty.

[Mike Ryan]

It was very. No, Ariana Grande. Introduce her. She's dainty. Mariah's got something else going on. But it was actually a pretty cool show. And they played Toll.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hold on, hold on. Go ahead.

[Billy]

Cameras did not catch that.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, please. Greg Cody, you're doing a visual here. Greg Cody is taking from the ways that you're describing this.

[Mike Ryan]

That's not the way that I've been describing Mariah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look, he is doing what I believe is the universal symbol. Everyone should see it.

[Mike Ryan]

Guys, that was plenty reckless. We don't need to go there and fixate on it, all right?

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Mike Ryan]

What I'm talking about is the same thing that's been talked about Mariah Carey for 25 years.

[Billy]

Glass House over here, throwing stones.

[Mike Ryan]

These are. These are not new allegations when it comes to Mariah Carey being able to just walk and, you know, act a certain way. This is. Are you, like. Are you guys just learning about this like a diva?

[Zas]

Yeah, like, that's her stick.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. No, that. That's what I'm talking about. Either way.

[Billy]

Why'd you make this awkward?

[Greg Cody]

I didn't say a word.

[Dan Le Batard]

You accused her of drinking. That's.

[Greg Cody]

No. What drinking? What are you talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

You accused. That's the symbol that you.

[Greg Cody]

That's. That's not a symbol.

[Chris]

Well, what was.

[Dan Le Batard]

You were saying. She was throwing them back.

[Mike Ryan]

That's unfair.

[Greg Cody]

Over my shoulder.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not. Okay. I don't.

[Mike Ryan]

It's just because someone can't talk the same way that they used to and can't walk without assistance doesn't mean that they are.

[Greg Cody]

Exactly.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't do that. Roy, we need. We need to settle down here and have Mike stop complaining about us lying to him. Me and Zaslo and Roy.

[Zas]

Why would I lie?

[Chris]

We don't know.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are not lying to you. I guess we were watching. I don't. Maybe I watch commercials more passively than you do, okay? Because when I'm in the red zone, I'm not watching commercials.

[Chris]

Yeah, we were yesterday. A whole minute of them.

[Dan Le Batard]

I wasn't. What? I didn't see commercials yesterday is what I'm telling you. The way that I was watching Red Zone and I didn't see any commercials for the VMAs. Is there anything else here worth talking about instead of the reckless things we're saying about Mariah Carey?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I think it's pretty cool. And also, have you ever seen a 60 minutes in game promo.

[Zas]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay. In place of the 60 minutes in game promos were the VMA promos. You guys are liars.

[Zas]

All I'm saying is they should have.

[Mike Ryan]

Done a little bit of promotion for the sizable liars. Here's the news, though.

[Roy]

They have the ticking stopwatch. That's how I noticed.

[Mike Ryan]

Here's the news, though.

[Chris]

Someone's awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and you guys are unaware that it's happening is insane to me.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, we don't believe them.

[Chris]

Insane.

[Billy]

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

[Greg Cody]

So they gave.

[Mike Ryan]

They gave Busta Rhymes a. Something called the Rock the Bells legend. It was just because they wanted to get old people over there to watch it. They gave Ricky Martin the Latin American Legend award.

[Chris]

Wow.

[Zas]

Who was he up against?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, that's the thing about a legendary award. You're not up against anybody. They just bring you over here. By the way, Ricky Martin, he did a great compilation of his. He does look great. He did like six songs. People were out of their seats.

[Zas]

Six songs.

[Billy]

Medley.

[Mike Ryan]

One was medley. Yeah. Bussa did too. It was awesome. It was a great show. And for me, the news is, is this setting up something to come? Is that MTV finally getting away from trying to be. For the kids, realizing it's never gonna be that, and just trying to get the people that are now in their 40s and above to rekindle some of that magic.

[Zas]

You know what they should do? You know what would really help? Do a little promotion. So I knew it was on.

[Chris]

Power 96 did, by the way. Now it's just throwbacks. Evie's still there.

[Mike Ryan]

You've lived long enough in this market to see Power 96 just punt on being contemporary. And just said, in our glory days, we had a core audience just like Howard. We're just gonna cater to that core audience. And I'm thinking maybe, just maybe MTV has made this decision because it was aggressive and overt how they were trying to get people north of 40 to watch this. And I don't know if that was just because the CBS simulcast, although the CBS simulcast in itself was an admission. We're done trying to get teenagers. We're trying to get their parents. Howdy, folks, it's Mike Ryan. It's also NFL season. Lots of big time matchups. You know, your boy is an NFL free agent, so he's looking all across that NFL schedule for the very best games. And when I do, my very first and only stop is the Game Time app. Because the Game Time app gives the advantage back to the fans It's a hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences in just a few taps. It's incredibly easy to use and the Game time guarantee means that you can trust that you'll get 100% authentic tickets on time and at the very best price. Plus fees are always included. So what you see is what you pay. You have incredible features such as zone deals. You get to save even more when you choose a section and let gametime choose the seats. You get panoramic seat views. If you know nothing about the venue you're about to buy tickets for, this is a huge tool. Take the guesswork out of buying NFL tickets with with Game time. Download the Gametime app, create an account and use code DAN for $20 off your first purchase terms apply. Again, create an account and redeem Code D a n for $20 off swipe tap ticket. Go download the gametime app today.

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[Chris]

Don Lebitard I may take it one step further.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. You're getting sexier by the moment. Slow down. We haven't even gotten stugats.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm gonna Jason Sanders, you're unnoticed.

[Greg Cody]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh God.

[Zas]

What?

[Mike Ryan]

In spite of him.

[Greg Cody]

Oh wow.

[Mike Ryan]

I love you Duke.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with.

[Mike Ryan]

The St.

[Dan Le Batard]

Roy I've got a top five football things that I'm not even going to be able to get to because we've got too many other football things to talk about. So number five and I've got an oli to this list as well because there's just no time to talk about all of the football things from yesterday. So Oli Debo Samuel looks weird in Washington Again. These are just things I'm not going to have time for this is also Oli. It's weird and I wasn't expecting it. I don't understand it. It's confusing to me. Young way ku. I'm not used to him missing those. Don't have time for anything involved with that Saints game.

[Roy]

It wasn't a bad game.

[Chris]

It was competitive.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't have time for anything in that Jags Panthers game. All still Oli. These are all Oli.

[Greg Cody]

Lot of Oli.

[Dan Le Batard]

Trevor Lawrence also Oli. The 49ers are gonna really miss George Kittle but they've got the easiest schedule in the league. Don't have time for any of that.

[Greg Cody]

Seattle should have won that game.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't have time for that either. Don't have time for Raiders Patriots. None of it. Even though Geno Smith probably we should talk about that. I think they're going to be Brock.

[Roy]

Bowers but we don't have time.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don't have time to talk about any of that.

[Chris]

He's not hurt for long.

[Dan Le Batard]

Number five thing I don't have time to talk about. Penix's first down run at the goal line. That's number five. Number four. Pennock's insane physicality of stretching out like that on fourth down to actually get to the goal line.

[Zas]

The broadcasters were stunned.

[Dan Le Batard]

With the right. I don't know. Defied physics.

[Chris]

People forget three yards is nine feet.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Chris]

You can't just lay down on one three yard line and get to the goal line like it's nine feet. That's like. Like dunking a basketball standing up plus minus a foot.

[Dan Le Batard]

Number three thing I cannot get to. There is no time. Is Jake Landman just having what has to be the greatest feeling a defender can have. There's a running back in the open field. I'm not going to try and tackle him. I'm simply going to perfectly punch the football. I'm not playing football. I'm simply punching someone who's coming out after me and I'm winning the game in my first game. Is a big acquisition for a team that still has a quarterback. That's Ram tough.

[Greg Cody]

Great series.

[Chris]

I think his name's Nate but we got it.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's Landman.

[Greg Cody]

Landman.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow. Landman. Just no time for it though. We don't have time for that.

[Greg Cody]

Billy Bob Thornton also don't land man.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. It's a pop culture reference.

[Greg Cody]

Great.

[Chris]

It was on the VMAs last night. You missed it Dan.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. We all were there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Number two. I don't have time to talk about why is Puka Nakua bleeding from the eye Is it the eye? Is it above the eye? Why is there blood all over his face? And number one thing I do not have time to talk about is if it had been in the super bowl to end a game or just in a game that people were watching and not at the end of a loss where the Lions were embarrassed against the packers, would we be arguing that Tesla made the greatest catch any of us had ever seen in a professional football game? I don't know how to pronounce that person's name. He's got two A's at the end of it. I thought that the catch that he made in that game seemed as impossible to me as the one that Odell Beckham made a bunch of years ago. A one handed catch of straight absurdity. I don't know how he got inbounds.

[Mike Ryan]

And then the DeAndre Hopkins one blew.

[Dan Le Batard]

It out of the water. Right?

[Greg Cody]

And the Canes kid in the opener, C.J.

[Mike Ryan]

Daniels.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, even better.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, no time to talk about any of those things because I want to talk about four time MVP Aaron Rodgers going into New York and how good that had to feel. It had to feel every bit as good as Garrett Wilson felt bad at the end of the game. Who felt best yesterday? Is it Josh Allen at the end of that game knowing that his team that yeah, he pulled it out. But we're all watching that and saying, oh, Baltimore's better than them. Baltimore. Baltimore just ran up and down the field and if Baltimore didn't have one of the weirdest Achilles heels you've ever seen, which is that a good defense somehow at the end of the game, somehow, somehow gets trampled again and again. To introduce us to tua, you know, so many fourth quarters ago when he did it to Baltimore and to do it to Baltimore more than any team.

[Zas]

In the league, Aaron Rodgers, number one, feels the best about what took place yesterday. And maybe a close second, I think is Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones is, you know, however many years in New York, everyone telling him he sucks. And the first time he went to a different team, now look, it was the Dolphins, it was against. But the very first time that he's played on a different team, he had the best game of his career. So I think Aaron Rodgers is one, but I think Daniel Jones close number.

[Mike Ryan]

Two, it's gotta be Josh Allen. That was an impossible comeback. And I know that this is a thing with the Ravens. It's been a thing for several years. Since 2021, they have lost eight games, having a 90% and over win pro. This is A thing. And they're kind of built to salt the game away. They have the greatest running threat ever at the position that touches the ball every time.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was averaging 10 yards a carry last night.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm not sure how this even happens. And you have to look at the other side of the field and understand, yeah, they did things to blow that game. Josh Allen stole one. He had no business winning that. And yes, the Ravens are more talented than Buffalo, but they were more talented than Buffalo last year. I think loss in the Lamar Jackson discussion because he's so impressive, he's so great running, he does so many amazing things, but that is as loaded as there is on offense in the league. They have really helped this guy out. There is no excuse for Lamar to not get this done. There is no excuse for Lamar to blow games like that. The other guys finding ways to win it. Lamar seemingly finding ways to blow it.

[Zas]

The thing that I would push back about Josh Allen feeling the best yesterday was what we saw from Josh Allen there yesterday. He was just being Josh Allen, like. Like Aaron Rodgers was able to say, see my demise. You spoke a little bit too early. I'm still really good. Daniel Jones, like, you think I suck.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nah.

[Zas]

Now I'm on a competent team like Josh Allen was being Josh Allen yesterday.

[Billy]

Aaron Rodgers, I could argue, wasn't even the happiest guy on his roster. Jalen Ramsey, that had to feel pretty good for him yesterday.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll at LeBatard show who felt better at the end of yesterday's game, Aaron Rodgers or Jalen Ramsey. It's a great question, Chris, because excellent, sure, four time mvp. But in that sport, when you've gone from one team to another with the Dolphins, you as a Dolphin, Jalen Ramsey, you all your life have known how to win. You're really excellent at what you do. Indisputably, you came and offered Miami your services and had problems with just about everyone in the locker room because you know how to win. And not a whole lot of people around you in that locker room outside of Tyreek Hill also know John Ou Smith and him yesterday in Pittsburgh winning that way and Jalen Ramsey getting the moment late in his career, that is. I'm still more physical too. And I just robbed Garrett Wilson's soul in his own stadium to end this game and announced to all of Pittsburgh, hey, a winner came to town. You guys win, I win. Our MVP quarterback wins. How about we tell a different story than the one Tomlin's been telling on defense, 10 wins a season, but can't do anything in the playoffs because at the end he's getting the most he can out of his team. But he doesn't have historic winners on his team. They haven't had one of those since Roethlisberger. And so Jalen Ramsey comes to town and that's how he introduces himself.

[Billy]

It's all the baggage with the Dolphins and in that game him and Garrett Wilson almost got into a fight. So like that was just what a feeling.

[Mike Ryan]

I know we're in love with the multiple time MVP and the narrative and want to give all the credit to Aaron Rodgers too. But this is the first time in Aaron Rodgers recent career where he's coming into a set program. We'll tell you who the offensive coordinator is. You're not going to hand pick some guy that you're going to keep relevant. All right, who's going to tell us, hey, let's just keep Tim Boyle around. You're not going to, you're not going to be raising up the Joe Philbins of the world. You're going to conform to our way of doing things. This is the way it goes. And I actually do think Aaron Rodgers is being aided there. He is being boosted by the set culture of Pittsburgh because if he has a say in who that offensive coordinator is, he has proven time and time, time again it'll be some mid dude. Now I know people have their opinions about Arthur Smith, but Arthur Smith's a lot better than the Joe Schmoes that he's been putting at OC before.

[Dan Le Batard]

It has been something to watch what happened in one game. I think all of us in all the over analysis around football and where it is the coach is responsible for someone's success and where it is the quarterback is responsible for a coach's success. We've seen what happened with Brady and Belichick and Belichick is now winning his first game and saying more than he ever said as Patriots coach when he's saying, yeah, the reason that the Patriots aren't invited on our campus is because I'm not invited. Their facility. Most revealing quote this man has ever had publicly because he's hurt at the end of his career because it's got a sting to have your quarterback get all of the credit for the success that you contributed to. For Aaron Rodgers to eat the humbling of your ego is great. Four time MVP and I know you think you can improve a historically dysfunctional organization where the young kids are running things with Woody Johnson and for it to swallow you. You needed Aaron Rodgers to Suffer that humbling in order for him to be receptive to all of the things where Pittsburgh can help him as much as he helps Pittsburgh to get a new ending to the rest of his career because he's on a prove it deal. And what you just saw is offense Pittsburgh hasn't had in a decade like and they've. They've had skilled guys who can run up and down the field. But down the field is not something I have seen from Pittsburgh in 10 years. And it's because they haven't had this quarterback since Roethlisberger.

[Zas]

And we think the jets are a good defense.

[Dan Le Batard]

I, I think everyone knows the jets are a good defense and, and for.

[Greg Cody]

All of this, that's why my vote goes to Aaron Rodgers as well for best feeling of the weekend. 41 years old, everybody's writing him off in one game. He goes from not just being, you know, a big name stopgap quarterback for a year. He goes for being a guy that Steelers fans right now think they can win with this guy, he can change this team. He can be around for a couple of years. He can be Brady 2.0. That's what that opener meant.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think. It's not just that though, Greg. I don't think people understand what just happened in Pittsburgh because it's not just that. They're tired of Mike Tomlin because they think where their standard is, that 10 and 7 is mediocre because it can't win a playoff game. What they just injected into that city, a football city, is inordinate hope because can the offense be that on the road? They still needed a 60 yard field goal in that game. They could have easily lost that game.

[Mike Ryan]

That's why I wanted to jump in here because who knows what these two teams are going to be at the end of the season. And you say their offense hasn't looked like that in 10 years? Well, their defense hasn't looked like that in 10 years. That was a. No one was expecting Justin Fields in the New York jets to move the ball like that on Pittsburgh. So I'm not. You're saying with certainty we think the jets defense will be. I'm not quite sure anymore. I thought it was a weird ass game and the defense is going to have to be a hell of a lot better for Pittsburgh for this actually be a real conversation because I'm not sure they fixed all that much.

[Roy]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Your birthday going so far?

[Greg Cody]

I invented it. It's going fantastic. My wife and I are staying home tonight. We're watching the the debate on tv. We're gonna do something special for baby. It's a, it's a nice day for me so far.

[Mike Ryan]

Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

That sounds like a, a not a super nice night. The debate.

[Mike Ryan]

Old people love that. Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

That'S exactly right. Yeah, that's exactly right. Old people do love that. And I'm old now. I can't deny it anymore.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now this is the Dan lebatar show with the stuff.

[Chris]

It also seems impossible for Aaron Rodgers to keep up that pace and do that every week. So like this is a good story for Aaron Rodgers but I don't think he's gonna be able to do that every week. Can I suggest, can I make a nomination for a person who I think felt the best yesterday? DeAndre Hopkins, one handed touchdown catch. It was one of two catches. I don't think he catches that. They lost. He had that one handed catch. Everyone wrote him off last year. They said oh wow, he's going to come to Kansas City. He's going to, he's going to win a Super bowl with the Chiefs. He was kind of non factor with the Chiefs and he has that one handed catch for the touchdown yesterday. Oh, I think he had the best day out of everyone yesterday. He didn't care that he lost. If you think DeAndre Hopkins cares whether he won or lost, he doesn't care the outcome of that game. Yeah, he had two catches. But you see the one handed touchdown catch, I think yesterday DeAndre Hopkins considers a win for himself.

[Billy]

I would think he went to Baltimore only to win.

[Dan Le Batard]

Win. Billy, you're not wrong when you simply say of Aaron Rodgers because it's the proper analysis. It's one game. I'm merely saying that that's the best way for a one game to go for him to create the maximum amount of hope about the things that I'm talking about that Pittsburgh can feel like we're going to be able to win shootouts and not have TJ Watt need to take the ball from the other quarterback in order to win. It couldn't have gone more hopefully than it did.

[Zas]

Easy schedule for them to start, too. They have Seattle and New England the next couple of weeks. You're probably 30 if you're Pittsburgh.

[Greg Cody]

And that game was all Aaron Rodgers. He had no ground support. I think they ran 25 times for 60 yards or something like that. He doesn't have a Derrick Henry on that team. That's all him.

[Chris]

Gets a little dicey, though, after the Patriots.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Let's take a look at this thing.

[Chris]

Hosting the Vikings. And then you host. Then you host the Browns, which two home games. And then you travel to Cincinnati, which. That one's anyone's guess.

[Greg Cody]

17 0.

[Billy]

I'm listening.

[Chris]

Then you host the Packers. They looked good yesterday.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ooh.

[Chris]

Well, then juggernauts come into town.

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[Chris]

You don't know what that one's gonna play out. Travel across the country to the Chargers.

[Mike Ryan]

Now. They're a game under.

[Chris]

Now Bengals again. Game under at Chicago. We haven't seen Chicago yet. Again, the Tumblr and the Bills.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, I don't want the Ravens. I'm sorry. All right. Point taken. Point taken. I'm talking football, too. Seriously. You're doing Detroit Scheduled talk.

[Billy]

Oh, is it snack time?

[Dan Le Batard]

It is. I'm gonna interrupt what he's saying.

[Chris]

Last game is the Ravens.

[Dan Le Batard]

I. All right, I heard you. Okay? But I'm sorry I have to do this to you.

[Chris]

Who's that for?

[Mike Ryan]

Minor penalty.

[Dan Le Batard]

Two minutes for verbal diarrhea.

[Chris]

Chris.

[Mike Ryan]

Get out of here. Chris.

[Chris]

Hit the road, Jack.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's for you, Billy Gill for minutes. Yeah. I'm sorry to do that to you. I'm having the dill peanuts. I really like these peanuts. They've been around the offices here for a couple of days. The flavored ones. I like the hot ones, but look, my mouth watering. These are good peanuts.

[Billy]

The Hampton Farms peanuts are the best. We are going to have our weekly. Let's see who the nuttiest fan is in college football. It's brought to you by Hampton Farms, the official nut of the tailgate. Vote for your favorite nutty fan at Le Batard show on Instagram. Keep an eye out for Lucy at West Virginia this week if you think you are your team's nuttiest fan. All right, Dan, here's what we got this week. We had a fan with a lemur at the UM game. There was a fan. I don't know if they snuck this in. I don't know if you're allowed to bring this in. We had a, um.

[Dan Le Batard]

You can't be allowed to bring that in. Well, talking about. Well, no, that can't be the emotional spot.

[Zas]

It's not on the ban list. You think it says lemur.

[Billy]

So we have a, UM fan with a lemur and going against an Alabama fan. Now, this was before their last game against UL Monroe. And you know, an Alabama fan asked what she will do if she wins the lottery.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'll tell you exactly what I'd do with the first 70 million. I'd pay off Kalyn DeBoer and get him the heck out of the University of Alabama. And then I'd take whatever else it took to get rid of the ad. Wow.

[Billy]

Well, that's not what I would do. Like, I'm out on the Dolphins right now. If I win the lottery, I'm not putting any of it towards getting rid of Mike McGee.

[Zas]

She has different likes than.

[Billy]

That's true. So we have these two fans.

[Dan Le Batard]

We have.

[Billy]

What do you think is nuttier, Dan? Bringing a lemur into a stadium or spending your lottery winnings getting a coach out of town?

[Dan Le Batard]

I think that feels like animal cruelty. I'm sorry. Because I was chewing into the microphone. I don't think people like that. I think that's an unpleasant thing.

[Greg Cody]

That's whatever.

[Roy]

And I heard that crunch, by the way.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I just. I tried not to eat into the microphone because it's pretty disgusting to eat into the microphone. But. But these are delicious, delightful Hampton Farms peanuts. And they also trigger for me a childhood thing, because this was. The peanut was the greatest of the delicacies in my childhood. It's sporting events, fun. It's baseball games with my father. It's being able to throw things on the floor and not have to pick them up.

[Zas]

That's the best Part I used to love going to Roadhouse Grill. Wait, I get to have the peanuts and just throw it on the floor?

[Dan Le Batard]

But you can't bring a lemur into your stadium. That seems bad for the lemur. I don't care what we're doing with.

[Billy]

The lemur seemed to be enjoying itself.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no. You think an animal is in a. In a bag is going to be happy to be with 80,000 roaring people.

[Mike Ryan]

Did you see that pass that Carson beck had to C.J. daniels?

[Billy]

Lemur seems intrigued.

[Dan Le Batard]

It wasn't 80,000, was it, Mike? You're very happy with Carson Beck's accuracy. You should be.

[Billy]

That lemur doesn't seem freaked out at all.

[Greg Cody]

Lemur sounds like a car. I Drive a 1978 Ford Lemur all the time.

[Mike Ryan]

I am very excited about Carson back in the Miami hurt. They look good. Hey, did you see that Oregon score? Hell's happening with Oklahoma State.

[Dan Le Batard]

I told you this last year. They're the worst team I saw anywhere in power football last year.

[Mike Ryan]

There were. There were really strong indications.

[Dan Le Batard]

You gotta fire Mike Gundy.

[Mike Ryan]

There were really strong indications that he was gonna be gone. In fact, there were people that I trust saying like, he's pretty gone. And then he had a Hail Mary to save his job at the last second.

[Billy]

Do you ever hear anything about football and you're like, I don't trust you. Because you said people you trust. Yeah, everyone. You get some like a good nugget and you're like, damn it, I don't trust this person.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, no, you can be skeptical.

[Greg Cody]

Who's your worst source?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I never thought of it that way.

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't want to. I didn't want to talk very much college football, but I did. I. I'm telling you that I was watching last year o Oklahoma State and I'm like, oh, my God, they've left Mike Gundy behind. His.

[Zas]

They weren't supposed to be good last year.

[Dan Le Batard]

His whole team is in tatters. And then you see that against Oregon where there are. They're a 30 point dog and they're out of the game in the first half. They've got nothing.

[Mike Ryan]

That's as bad as you'll see like a P14 look on the road and.

[Zas]

Going into the game, Mike Gundy's complaining about, oh, Oregon. There's so much nil money.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Did you loser talk. Did you see what happened with Duke over the weekend?

[Dan Le Batard]

Quote, they lost at home to Illinois by 30 points. Illinois is good, right?

[Zas]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, quote from Manny Diaz. Illinois does this to everyone. I Mean, we can, we can slow down a little bit.

[Zas]

Hey, he's such a loser.

[Mike Ryan]

Duke spent $4 million on their quarterback to establish a crazy quarterback market this off season. All for that quarterback.

[Dan Le Batard]

Take the peanuts away from him.

[Billy]

Yeah, I mean, like, what are we.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, you know, all for that quarterback to now be an underdog at his former school against Tulane. Tulane is favored against the quarterback that left there and established a crazy market at $4 million.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys didn't see that Orioles game? Game, Jackson Holiday.

[Zas]

No.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nobody, nobody cares. Nobody cares about last place.

[Billy]

Basically Matt Holiday's kid, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, the Dodgers are there, The Padres are game back. The Dodgers don't look like.

[Mike Ryan]

You see that Clemson game? That was a little scary for Clemson, huh?

[Dan Le Batard]

Troy.

[Mike Ryan]

I was just a guy named Troy.

[Dan Le Batard]

30 point. 30 point dog.

[Mike Ryan]

Guy named Troy was up 160 at Clemson.

[Greg Cody]

A4 Ford. Troy.

[Billy]

That's a car too.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, does sound like a car.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Ford Lemur. What? Sounds more like a car. The Ford. Was it the Ford Lemur or the.

[Greg Cody]

Ford Lemur and the Chevrolet Tagliaboo.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, tag number one.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to. All right, this is what I want to do. I want to have a contest here for Greg Cody in which we pair off what he believes to be the best car names that he could produce based on what it is that he believes sounds like a car name. So was it the Ford Lemur?

[Greg Cody]

Is that Ford Lemur?

[Dan Le Batard]

The Chevrolet tag Leboo.

[Greg Cody]

Actually, I think that's a Ford too. Let's make it a Ford Lemur versus a Ford Tagu.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, and what was the third one? There was a third one here you're not going to remember because you're too busy. The Ford. The Ford Troy.

[Chris]

No, that's not a Ford.

[Dan Le Batard]

What is it?

[Greg Cody]

What is a Troy? Chevrolet Troy?

[Dan Le Batard]

Maybe.

[Chris]

Maybe a Plymouth.

[Zas]

I think it sounds like a Dodge.

[Greg Cody]

Plymouth, Troy.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, probably Dodge.

[Dan Le Batard]

Troy.

[Greg Cody]

No, I think Chrysler. Plymouth, Plymouth, Troy. No, no. Do they make Plymouths anymore?

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Chris]

I can see a Plymouth Sarkeesian.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, I like that.

[Billy]

What about a Dodge Crystal Ball?

[Greg Cody]

I would drive that.

[Chris]

Would you?

[Greg Cody]

A Dodge Crystal Ball? Sounds like a pickup. Like an F150 type thing, you know, crystal ball. I like that.

[Roy]

GMC.

[Dan Le Batard]

One more college football thing before I move to other things. I believe Mike never said this publicly, but I believe that last week he was to going to put the town on alert. University of South Florida over Florida. Billy Napier is in big trouble there. Losing that game, losing it that way and losing it again with another spitting incident, another spitting Incident like, what the hell? The last 10 days Inter Miami. And finally there's been some sort of punitive measure. Oh, please. From. From spit that dried up 10 days ago.

[Mike Ryan]

You can't play in the league's cup anymore.

[Dan Le Batard]

Luis Suarez.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, big deal. Big deal. Now they do this across the world where you're randomly, like suspended for competitions that are exclusive to that competition. He's got a Champions League band, but he can just show up with his regular day job on the weekend. But those are, you know, competitions that are taken seriously, whereas this is a league scup and I. It's very strange. Yes, but now they're suspended. Next year going forward, Luis Suarez, the next six leagues cup games out.

[Greg Cody]

He can't be in this country next year.

[Chris]

Wait a minute. Hold on a second. Yeah, I don't know what that meant. Well, hold on a second.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wait a minute.

[Chris]

He must be suspended for like four years worth of tournament games.

[Mike Ryan]

That's right.

[Chris]

That's insane.

[Mike Ryan]

But be readily available for the next time they take the field.

[Chris]

Okay, this is definitely a really ridiculous.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was talking about the spitting incident in the Florida game.

[Greg Cody]

I need some water. My mouth dry.

[Chris]

Not because of the nuts. The nuts. Water your mouth.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good news.

[Mike Ryan]

Marked improvement for Florida, though. They only surrendered seven tackles for loss. That is a huge Upgrade over the 11 they surrendered to Long island last week.

[Zas]

Dan, you see these next three weeks for the Gators at lsu.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, that's a win.

[Zas]

At Miami, that's a loss. Hosting Texas, that's a loss.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't got them beating LSU. I was like, wow, it's a win for LSU. That's owing three.

[Zas]

That's hard times, Daddy.

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[Dan Le Batard]

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What are you doing here, Cuervo?

[Dan Le Batard]

Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think he could lay out. Especially for one of our great partners.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cuervo.

[Mike Ryan]

The tequila that invented tequila. Proximo. Cuervo.com Please drink responsibly.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cuervo.