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Dan Le Batard
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Spiro Deedes
Cuervo.
Dan Le Batard
What are you doing here?
Mike Reali
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
Dan Le Batard
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.
Mike Reali
Sweet, delicious Cuervo.
Dan Le Batard
Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.
Mike Reali
Cuervo.
Dan Le Batard
So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo. Cuervo, the tequila that invented tequila. Roximo. Cuervo.com Please drink responsibly.
Spiro Deedes
Cuervo.
Greg Cody
Zoo Experience.
Dan Le Batard
Dan doesn't make sense.
Greg Cody
What the was that? Dan is really weird.
Mike Reali
Spiro is here and Tony and Mike are very excited about that. But just before we get to him, and I'm sure maybe Spiro hasn't seen this, I'd be curious if he has. But when Mike mentioned Jeff Rahm, every single time anyone mentions him, all I think of with Jeff Rahm is not grizzled football coach who returns to Louisville heroically. It's XFL quarterback who played like two minutes after getting his neck just totally cranked and then gave one of the all time interviews in the history of the XFL.
Jonathan
Orlando Rager led by quarterback Jeff Brahms.
Dan Le Batard
17.
Greg Cody
Orlando Rager led by quarterback Jeff Brahms.
Mike Reali
No, I'm sorry, that's the wrong video. We'll get that in a second spirit. Oh, here it is. Here it is. No, he's coming off to the sidelines.
Dan Le Batard
No, this is a highlight package, which I'm appreciating. Yeah, let's rock. You know what a sicko I am about spring football is. I saw what was in queue and I'm like, that's not it. No, that's not. That's not concussed. Jeff Brahm saying, let's ride. That's not it.
Greg Cody
The Orlando Rage were so good that first season until Jeff Braum got hurt. Then the LA Extreme came in and Tommy Maddox ends up getting back into the NFL. What a name, man. And they had the sickest jersey. Look at those. Look at those other Lando Rage jerseys.
Zaz
He's a gurney on the field.
Dan Le Batard
This video is not for long because he was laid on his side.
Spiro Deedes
Yeah.
Mike Reali
Good for a guy to take a hit like that and then come back on the sideline. The cheers team on that really was touching. You know, I'm getting goosebumps not thinking about it.
Dan Le Batard
Me too.
Mike Reali
Yeah, man, he Was on.
Billy
There he is.
Greg Cody
Hold on, hold on. Taking that hit just six days ago.
Dan Le Batard
Well, let me answer. Let me answer that question by asking you two questions.
Greg Cody
One, is this or is this not the xfl? Yes, it is.
Dan Le Batard
Two, do I or do I not.
Greg Cody
Currently have a pulse? Yes, I do. Let's play football.
Spiro Deedes
Jeff.
Greg Cody
Bro, come on, Dan.
Dan Le Batard
I'm taking the plus 13 and a half. I'm sorry to say this.
Zaz
God.
Greg Cody
And that was before champion was back to being champion, too. Those jerseys, huh, Spiro? You know what we're talking about, right?
Spiro Deedes
N Brings back memories. I miss the xfl. How you guys doing?
Mike Reali
Thank you for your maiden voyage with our show spe.
Billy
It looks like a movie.
Mike Reali
It's an unbelievable injury. Like, his face was sideways and he was concussed in a way that. No, this was not.
Dan Le Batard
Where's his chin strap?
Billy
He's got a pulse.
Mike Reali
He played six days later. Spiro. Tony, Mike, explain to the audience and to Spearow why it is that you love him. Like, love him more than you guys love most announcers.
Dan Le Batard
This has been percolating for close to a decade. I think about seven years ago, I noticed that you got a lot of AFC south assignments. You've become basically the unofficial voice of the AFC South. And while those games may not scream at you at the start of the schedule, when. When the kickoffs begin at 1 o', clock, you're always a prominent fixture during the witching hour because this division is so competitive. And let me just say, when you say Mo Ali Cox, it's goosebumps. I don't know what it is specifically about Mo Ali Cox being in the back of that end zone when Spiro Adidas is on the call, but it's Magic Man. It's like he is your signature player. When I close my eyes and I think of an AFC south game, the soundtrack of it is Spiro Dede saying, touchdown Mo Ali Cox.
Mike Reali
Yeah, no question. We just wanted to shout that at you. Like it's what I associate you with. It's just that 14 syllable, beautiful name.
Dan Le Batard
I guess our question is, do you agree Mo Ali Cox?
Spiro Deedes
I do, Mike. Thank you. I just want to formally thank you for your support and your love over the years and know that we do have one fan around the country who appreciates what we do in the AFC South. We actually have a text group chat with M, my partner, Adam Archuleta and Aditi and my producers. Title of it is AFC south crew is the Good One is our group chat.
Dan Le Batard
I accept your invite.
Spiro Deedes
Yes, you will Be getting an invite as soon as this interview is finished.
Mike Reali
It is funny that to watch Chris Myers went to my high school and the highest he will get in broadcasting is I get some of these games over here because Jacksonville is where I have to go every once in a while. Why you're expecting him. For some reason, you guys were thinking you were going to hear him on. On the Raiders the other day.
Zaz
We thought it was going to be Colts, Raiders, which is when I close my eyes, I hear Spiro Adidas, Colts, Raiders, 425 in the afternoon window. And I'm like, all of a sudden.
Dan Le Batard
I'm locked into that game, basically. Spiro, you should have investment properties in Indianapolis. They must know you.
Spiro Deedes
We do. We do. Our Arch and I do check real estate trends in Indianapolis and Jacksonville at the start of every season. We've spent so many times, so many weekends there and so many days there. It's. It's. It's gotten almost comical at this point. But I will say, seeing the Colts, you know, go now to this higher level, it's almost like seeing one of your children grow up to do, like, wonderful and amazing things. So we. We are enjoying seeing some of these successes of our. Of our babies go on and do great things in the world.
Dan Le Batard
I. Look, the Colts might be too good. I don't want them to get Nance and Romo assignments here. This is not good. You got to ride the horse that brung you. All right, There is an official voice of the AFC south here. And now we have a team that appears to be AFC championship caliber. Spiro needs to be on these calls. Get Nance out of here.
Spiro Deedes
Yeah. I don't know if Nance and Romo on a Colts game sounds right. There's something off with that. I think I'm going to lobby my boss.
Dan Le Batard
I got to hear him say Mo Ali Cox. I've never heard him say it, but it just won't hit the same way.
Spiro Deedes
Spiro, it is a great. It is a great name to say. Just punch it, like, phonetically. It's just one of those nice names. You just enjoy it coming off your tongue. He calls games we love of.
Greg Cody
Colts versus Jaguars.
Mike Reali
That.
Spiro Deedes
This. This could. This is the highlight of my broadcast career, fellas. Thank you very much. Thank you for making me feel good. Well, you.
Mike Reali
But as someone who's as good as you actually are, though, you do hear the music and what it is you do. And as they make fun of you on Mo Ali Cox, it is a music.
Zaz
No, make fun.
Dan Le Batard
This is.
Spiro Deedes
I thought they were giving me a compliment.
Dan Le Batard
What are you doing?
Zaz
What are you doing?
Dan Le Batard
We are team here.
Spiro Deedes
Thank you. Dan just doesn't understand. He's more of a. Yeah, he's. He doesn't get it. He doesn't get our connection.
Mike Reali
Daniel Jones, everyone in the league, when you hear them talking about him the way they are presently talking about him and presently talking about Indianapolis as best team in the league, when we don't know who's good in the league, it's.
Spiro Deedes
Confusing to you, I think it's. It's. It's, like, wonderfully confusing. You know, I mean, this is a guy who got beat up as much as he did in New York with. With the New York press and the. And the fan bas out there, and it's just kind of cool to see him have a moment like this in the NFL because, look, for. Say what you want about Daniel Jones and his shortcomings and some of the stuff that happened with the Giants, the guy works hard, you know, he's. He stays out of trouble. And. And I think he's a, like, teammate in his locker. In his locker room. So I think to see someone, you know, have a. Have a moment in time like this is kind of cool to see, and, you know, who knows if it lasts? Obviously, it's. It's going to get tougher as the year goes on, but I think when you have a running game and a player like Jonathan Taylor, Dan in your offensive backfield and some of the other guys that they have around him, you know, who knows? You know, it's just. It's one of those wacky years, and you guys were just talking about it. I mean, there's no. There's no dominant, unbeatable team. And. And maybe this is a year that a team like the Colts can. Can get into the playoffs and win a postseason game and see what kind of crazy things might happen.
Billy
Spiro, we know it was a whole story a few weeks ago with Tom Brady and the production meetings and coaches. Are they going to give information? Do you ever feel like the coaches are not being completely forthcoming?
Spiro Deedes
I do. I think. I think some. Some guys are guarded, Jonathan, and I think that that comes across. Obviously, there's some coaches that. That are open books, and that will answer any question you have in some of those settings. And it is a different setting. I mean, we're. We're in their facility. We're in usually like, a little meeting room, a conference room, and it's very casual. It's very informal. But as you guys know, there's some guys that, that are very guarded and measured in what they, I always found interesting. It's the older coaches that have been doing it a long time that seem to be looser and more kind of open to answering our questions. And it's the young guys usually not, not off, not all the time, but it's the new guys. You know, the guys have been doing it only a couple of years that are a little bit more measured. And that's one thing that I've always found interesting. The whole thing with, with Tom Brady, I, I, I think it was maybe much ado about nothing. The one thing I will say that, that maybe I could understand how some teams would be a little, would have an issue with that is that he's now a partial owner obviously of the Raiders and he's gaining, he's gaining access to guys who are potential free agents who may be coming on the market. And that, that could give him maybe a little bit of an unfair advantage because it gives him a chance to maybe build a relationship with one of these guys. And so that, that was one thing that was brought up, that, that made sense. But all the other stuff I thought was, was maybe probably blown out of proportion a little bit.
Mike Reali
When you say though, that the younger guys are more careful, I would assume that's because they, as the young people treat it even more as if it's an information business and they don't want you to know anything and the old guys are just more comfortable doing it old school, that the young people think all information is important information, so that why would they give you any of it?
Spiro Deedes
Yeah, I think that's a good point, Dan. I think the other thing is they don't know who they can trust yet. And I don't think that they've done this long enough to know that we're not the local media, like we're not the local beat writer who maybe is looking to find that gotcha moment that I'm going to go write something negative. We know that if we, if we betray confidence is if a head coach tells us something about a player and we use that on the air, we're going to see this team probably two weeks down the road, four or five weeks down the road, and if it's an AFC south team, as you guys know, I'm going to see them probably very often. So if I betray that confidence, they're not going to maybe even want to see me again. So that's something that I think some of the younger coaches don't understand, but eventually it's explained to them that hey, you know the CBS crew that's in here to do the game, this is not the local beat writer. So I think most, most of them get it and I think when that happens, it makes for just a really nice free flowing conversation where we can get all kinds of good juicy tidbits on the team.
Jonathan
Spiro, as the official unofficial voice of the AFC south, tell us how good Cam Ward is going to be based on what you've seen. What's his ceiling in the NFL?
Spiro Deedes
It's a great question. You know, he has these moments as you guys have seen, where, you know, he, he just shows this crazy potential where he's running all over the place and he makes these throws that shows you the kind of arm talent that he has. But now, you know, like we've seen guys with so many of these first round high draft pick quarterbacks. He's going to have to go through the trauma of, of a coaching change and, and everything that comes along with that. Because the NFL, professional football is so different than all of these other sports. A coaching change. It's not like it is in the NBA where, you know, a new guy comes in and you know, everything pretty much stays the same. In football everything changes. I mean it's a new regime, it's a, it's a whole new playbook. He's got an entire off season of preparing to play in a Brian Callahan led offense. Now he's going to have to completely turn the page. Who knows what they do in the off season. You know, I don't think Anyone thinks Mike McCoy is going to be the long term coach there. And so how does he, how does he handle that? You know, from, from everything we saw, we had them, I think it was week two or three. They said that he processes really fast. He is very bright, he's got a high iq. That lends me to think that he will eventually be okay. But you know, I just think that, that they need to make, I mean these decisions that they've got coming up in the off season are going to be vital and will go a long way in determining what kind of player he becomes. Because I'll say this, the other interesting thing is we travel, we go into all these different NFL buildings. You can very quickly, after just spending an hour, a couple hours there, seeing how they run their practices, seeing what the, the, the infrastructure is around these young quarterback, it becomes very quickly evident why certain teams have success and why other teams don't have success. And, and I said, and I Think Tennessee is at a crossroads right now. They got to make some big decisions. Coming up, Don LeBatard. Greg, how's your birthday going so far?
Jonathan
It's going fantastic. My wife and I are staying home tonight. We're watching the debate on tv. We're gonna do something special for. It's a nice day for me so far.
Spiro Deedes
Stugats.
Billy
That sounds like a.
Dan Le Batard
Not a super nice night, the debate.
Greg Cody
Old people love that shit.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah.
Jonathan
That'S exactly right. Yeah, that's exactly right. Old people do love that shit. And I'm old now. I can't deny it anymore.
Spiro Deedes
Now this is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.
Dan Le Batard
Spiro, correct me if I'm wrong and chatgpt is wrong, but I remember this about you. You went to Fordham, and I think you went to school at the same time. Tony Reali did you guys called games together?
Spiro Deedes
Yep.
Dan Le Batard
That's a lot of mediterranean energy on one broadcast. Was Tony always like that?
Spiro Deedes
Tony was. Was. He was probably crazier when we were at Fordham. He was a little wilder back in those days, but yeah, yeah, he was. Tony was a year ahead of me. So we did for a lot of Fordham games together. A lot of traveling up to, like, Olean, New York to do St. Bonaventure, Fordham games and these wacky long bus rides. So. So it was great fun, man. And just to see him, I mean, never in my wildest dreams did I think that we all knew Tony was. Was very talented, obviously, but he wanted to do games, you know, he wanted to be a play by play announcer. So to see him, like, go eventually become, you know, like stat boy, we're like, holy crap. Tony's on espn. He's working with. With Kornheiser and Wilbon. That was incredible. And then to go to the next level and to have this, you know, crazy long running show, man, it's just amazing to see. And he's just. He's one of the sweetheart guys, just as you guys know. He's just incredible. So I hope. I hope he's doing well, and I can't wait to see what he does next.
Mike Reali
You shouldn't be on this Cleveland Miami game. Right.
Dan Le Batard
Feels good.
Zaz
Even though he does do a lot of AFC east games. Also, I one time saw Spearow at an unnamed resort over in Fort Lauderdale. I'm not gonna say which one it was, but I saw him at the. At the coffee shop, went up to him and me and my brother said, hey, Spiro, big fan of yours. He said, thanks, man. Gave me A thumbs up and then kept going.
Dan Le Batard
Super lucky.
Greg Cody
You remember that?
Mike Reali
Really?
Dan Le Batard
Do you remember that, Spiro?
Zaz
If I say the name of the resort, you're gonna know.
Spiro Deedes
Wait. In Fort Lauderdale. So that would have been a couple years ago.
Dan Le Batard
We don't want anyone to know where he stayed to 15 years ago.
Spiro Deedes
So we. We were at. We were there for a Dolphins game.
Zaz
You were there for a Dolphins Patriots game. You were there with the whole crew.
Spiro Deedes
Was this the Diplomat?
Jeremy
It was.
Zaz
Attaboy.
Greg Cody
Don't say it. We are gonna know where Tony was 10 years ago.
Zaz
No, it's not 10 years. It was two years ago. But I'm protecting Spiro, not me.
Dan Le Batard
By the way, this is. This is part of this.
Spiro Deedes
It's. It's. It's not a secret. It's the CBS hotel. That's where all the crews.
Zaz
Okay, anytime Spiro's in town, cover the Dolphins. He's at the.
Greg Cody
That's why they can't send him the big game. Yes, the security risk.
Dan Le Batard
Well, you call.
Spiro Deedes
I do, I do. I do have a security detail, too. Let aut seekers.
Dan Le Batard
You calling Dolphins Browns. I'm sure you're going to do a great job with it, but this is the problem with the Colts being too good, man. This is not my AFC south, boys.
Spiro Deedes
By the way, I feel like a fish out of water.
Dan Le Batard
What was the group chat like when Callahan got. Got fired? Was it popping? Was it buzzing? God, I can't wait to.
Spiro Deedes
You know, honestly, we. We were a little sad. I mean, we like Brian. Brian's a good dude. I mean, we. He's been great with us.
Billy
He.
Spiro Deedes
He was actually one of the few young coaches that would give us great stuff in our meetings. And, you know, it just. For whatever reason, it just. It just didn't work out. So. A little. Little sad, to be honest with you, to see Brian go. I think he's a good guy. He's really, obviously really good offensive mind. And I don't think there's any doubt he'll probably be an OC somewhere next year. But, you know, you don't want to see a guy lose his job like that, especially the good guys. Brian's definitely one of the good ones, Mike.
Mike Reali
You didn't get what you wanted because he's just saying he gave us information in the meetings and that's why he lost. That's. The other guys weren't giving him information.
Dan Le Batard
He's got relationships with him. Although I can assume that you like Liam Cohen. He speaks like he's a breath of fresh air when it Comes to media availabilities. Spiro, you are famously Greek. We can tell this by your name. So I would like to run like a culinary king of the mountain with you, because I'm part of a big Greek family, so I would like to know what Spirodides thinks by process of elimination is the top Greek dish. Will you indulge me here?
Spiro Deedes
Yeah. Wait, you're Greek?
Dan Le Batard
No, I married into it. Big Greek family.
Spiro Deedes
Okay, Gotcha.
Greg Cody
All right.
Dan Le Batard
Okay, we begin with dessert. Luca Mattis versus Baklava.
Spiro Deedes
Baklava.
Dan Le Batard
All right, so Baklava versus Pastizio.
Spiro Deedes
Well, the ones that deserve.
Dan Le Batard
I know, I know. We're playing king of the mountain, though, Spiro. That's a rule.
Mike Reali
Play the game. Come on.
Spiro Deedes
Pastitio.
Dan Le Batard
Pastitio.
Billy
You know how he pronounces it, too?
Dan Le Batard
Pastitio versus gyro.
Spiro Deedes
Pastichio.
Dan Le Batard
Basticio versus Souvlaki.
Spiro Deedes
See, it just depends what the quality is. You know, I'm. I would say probably. I'll. I'll go. I'll go. Souvlaki.
Dan Le Batard
Souvlaki versus Musaka.
Spiro Deedes
Souvlaki. I'm not a Musaka guy.
Dan Le Batard
Souvlaki versus Saganaki, which is just cheese.
Jonathan
Oh, we love that.
Spiro Deedes
Well, I love Saga. A good Saganaki is very, very good. I'm gonna stick with souvlaki, though.
Dan Le Batard
Souvlaki versus Spanakopita.
Spiro Deedes
Spanakopita.
Billy
Wow.
Greg Cody
That's the champion.
Mike Reali
And look at this beefcake from Hofstra right here. It's Reali. Look at these two guys. And Reali was the one who. What did I say?
Spiro Deedes
That's got to be the worst haircut ever in the history of broadcasting.
Mike Reali
Jesus Christ. I'm sorry. I made.
Spiro Deedes
No, my. My haircut.
Dan Le Batard
No, your hair is killing it, man. Ah, man, you've been doing this.
Spiro Deedes
I look like Paulie D. From Jersey Shore.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, it was so. It was. As a Mediterranean man myself, it really cool seeing you get your start really early. Yeah, Mediterranean. Got that olive skin. You know about that? Olive skin, Zaz. You don't know about that?
Spiro Deedes
I don't know about that, Z, But.
Dan Le Batard
Spiro has been doing this for a really long time. His voice has been associated with the NFL, and he's still a very young man. It was crazy that you got your break so soon. That doesn't happen like that.
Spiro Deedes
Yeah, no, I was very lucky. Very lucky. Well, I. I had the good fortune one of my college professors at Fordham worked in PR in New York City, and so when he heard my tape at the local Fordham radio station called fuv, which a lot of the. You know, a lot of the pro guys have come out, like Mike Breen, Bob Papa Michael K, all those guys. And so when he heard my tape, he. He said that, you know, he. He knew a lot of people in the business, and he thought he could help me, and he actually got my. My gig doing the xfl. So that was like, my first foray into. Into the pro ranks, and that everything started from there. It was a wild, crazy ride.
Billy
Spiro, when you're doing the tournament and you're doing what, three, four games in a row, I mean, it's gonna be so hard, right?
Spiro Deedes
Crazy, yeah. The first day of the tournament is probably the most taxing experience that you could have doing this, because, you know, it's. It's not only the amount of games, but it's also the fact that, like, you want to. This is, like, the big moment for these players and these teams. So you want to. You know, you're studying, you're preparing, like, around the clock leading up to that first day of the tournament. So you've got, like, the mental stress of, like, wanting to do these guys justice and to give them their proper due. And so it's. It's unlike any event, any assignment that any of us get, any of us that are fortunate enough to do the tournament, and it's great. And now to add to the craziness, my partner, Jim Spinarkel, and I, the last couple of years have done both nights of the first four in Dayton, and then we. So. So it's. It's the multiple games Tuesday, two games Wednesday, get on a plane, go to our first round site, and then four more games on Thursday. So it's. It's pretty bananas. And. And I just got to get sleep, man, that week before the tournament, because, you know, you're going to be catching, like, an hour or two if you're lucky.
Mike Reali
Last question before we let you go here. In terms of the runs that you've been associated with, whether it's multiple Laker championships or Linsanity, like, what do you regard as the highlight of what it is that you've been around where you're getting the most goosebumps because you get. You're like. You can't believe that you've arrived in a place. I don't even know how old you would have been during Linsanity, Right, that.
Spiro Deedes
Yeah, man, Linsanity got, you know, 2012. So I was probably 30, maybe 35. 36. That, that Dan was, was crazy. Just as like this little brief sustained run. But I think when I'm at the end of my career and I'm thinking about like the big moments it's got, it's probably going to be this, the. The run with the Lakers and just, just because thought it was a touchdown.
Dan Le Batard
A Mo Ali Cox in the back of the head.
Spiro Deedes
That's number three. That's number three.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Spiro Deedes
But like to. Just to be. To experience the NBA Finals at that young age was, was wild. But then for it to be Lakers, Celtics, you know, the, the ultimate rivalry in the history of the NBA and to experience it twice, to experience like what the fans were like throwing rocks at our bus, getting in and out of the arena, shaking the bus as we were coming out after they had beaten us in, in 2008, all of that stuff, man, it was just incredible. Just like to be behind the curtain when they eventually won it and to like be at the championship because you know, you see these teams celebrating championships in the locker room as a kid, then all of a sudden you're in that locker room and then you're at the post game celebration where, you know, everything just is just incredible. So to experience all that stuff with Kobe and Phil Jackson and all those guys was quite something.
Dan Le Batard
Now typically Dan likes to pretend this is a piano bar, but you're not on a Colts game this week. So I have a request. Can you give us a foe? Alley Cox just for your boys one last time here in the back row that love, the unofficial voice of the AFC South. Can you call us a foe Alley Cox touchdown in the back of the end zone.
Spiro Deedes
You ready?
Greg Cody
I don't know.
Mike Reali
Oh my God. He's going to do it for us.
Spiro Deedes
It's going to be a third and 10. Indianapolis down six, 27 seconds left. Daniel Jones from the gun, takes the snap, drops back, rolls right. He's got a guy back corner of the end zone, fires and it's caught. Mo Ali Cox.
Billy
And the Indianapolis Colts in front are.
Spiro Deedes
Gonna win it on a last second toss. And again it's Mo Ali Cox.
Dan Le Batard
Well, they need the pat.
Mike Reali
Yeah, they got a kick. Oh no, they do need a pat. He blew the call.
Jonathan
Tie game over.
Greg Cody
Why he's doing Browns games?
Spiro Deedes
Man, you guys are sticklers, man.
Dan Le Batard
Well, the next time the real.
Spiro Deedes
That's why I'm the AFC South. I blew it.
Dan Le Batard
The next time the real thing happens, put a little extra on it. Your boys will be listening.
Spiro Deedes
I will, I will.
Mike Reali
Thank you, Sparrow. Appreciate the time.
Spiro Deedes
Thanks Guys, thank you.
Dan Le Batard
Efkaristo, because.
Greg Cody
This is Jaguars.
Billy
Don Lebatard.
Dan Le Batard
Jaz. You can't talk about double digit national titles when every single call of you winning the national title sounds like this. Oh, there's. There's Chubby Jack running down the sideline if the audio. Yeah, that's not true.
Spiro Deedes
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
And there's a World War II veteran pitching into another white guy. And he avoids another white guy. Oh, my God. Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have done it again for the eighth time, only paying white people.
Mike Reali
Still got Chubby Checker.
Dan Le Batard
Sorry, he's black. He's black.
Spiro Deedes
And I was really.
Dan Le Batard
What's white named Chubby Checker? I picked up like, I'm sorry, man. I'm improv in here. It's a pretty cool riff.
Mike Reali
Running down the side.
Dan Le Batard
He spells it differently. All right. His name is Chubby. Maybe you didn't hear me correctly. His name is Chubby Checkers. There's an S at the end.
Greg Cody
I feel like that should be the largest of five.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, Chubby Checker. It sounds like a college football.
Spiro Deedes
This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stu Cats.
Mike Reali
Jeremy has been cooking in the other room. He badly wants to talk baseball.
Greg Cody
I like this version of jt.
Mike Reali
He's been warming up the entire game, trying to get in the game. We have not allowed him in the game. So, Jeremy, go ahead and give me whatever thoughts you have on last night's baseball games. You know, pitch, clock, and in other places. You have a very confined space here to talk baseball.
Jeremy
Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Dan. He was spectacular. And what he taught everyone once again is that throwing strikes is really all you need to do as a pitcher. Mix quadrants. Up, down, left, right, stay in the zone. Give the team an opportunity to hit and great things happen. He was dominant after Blake Snell was technically better the night before. Complete game. Three hits. It was insane.
Billy
Insane.
Jeremy
Dodgers are unbelievable, Dan.
Mike Reali
Yeah, that's part of the problem. Greg is now officially in the mode where the only thing that he's interested in is baseball. In baseball, I'm guessing would be, will the Dodgers lose? Why are you. What's happening? Did you get bored by Spiro? Like, what do you laying gc.
Greg Cody
You just pulled the mic lower.
Billy
He's creeping lower and lower.
Greg Cody
His leg is killing him, guys. He has it up.
Jonathan
Gets me. Yeah, My leg is hurting very much.
Mike Reali
Roy. Roy's asking if you want an ice pack.
Jonathan
That'd be great actually, if you got one. No, no. I thought Spiro was great. Dodgers against Mariners is my Ideal World Series as long as you can guarantee me a Mariners win. Nobody outside of LA wants to see the Dodgers win again. Nobody, except in Canada, wants to see the Toronto Blue Jays win. Milwaukee is a popular Cinderella type team, but nothing like Seattle with the dumper. Big dumper. You got to have. We're a Mariners nation right now, okay? We are. That is America's team, the Mariners. They have to beat the Dodgers because right now, the World Series matchup is foregone.
Billy
I don't. Foregone.
Jonathan
I don't think you can foregone.
Mike Reali
You can't do that in baseball. You can't do that. It's not like the Dodger. You can't do that in baseball.
Jonathan
Yeah, you can.
Dan Le Batard
Thank you.
Spiro Deedes
Roy.
Jonathan
Can I get a Roy that's kind of half ass? You can't just give him a Miller like.
Zaz
You got to put a towel around that at least.
Mike Reali
I mean, Roy, but you got to put it on Miller Light.
Jonathan
I didn't think anybody heard me.
Mike Reali
Oh, that was good analysis, Greg.
Jonathan
Thank you. Mark my words, if it's not a Dodgers. I almost said Mariners, World Series. I will walk from here to Seattle. Yeah, but only if I get my knee. Only if I get my knee.
Greg Cody
How long?
Dan Le Batard
Mariners are like minus 650.
Mike Reali
Craig. Craig.
Dan Le Batard
All right, it's a bet.
Greg Cody
And if not, Dan has to do it.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, right? Or no.
Greg Cody
If not, Dan has to buy you a white Camaro, Right?
Mike Reali
He's right there for you.
Greg Cody
Where are we on that?
Jonathan
Where are we on the white Corvette?
Mike Reali
You got to get me a Vin.
Jonathan
I'll do it. Vin Scully.
Greg Cody
That kind of in.
Jonathan
Thank you.
Spiro Deedes
Man.
Dan Le Batard
I'm beaming from Spiro, dude. He's so.
Mike Reali
That was.
Dan Le Batard
That was a thrill. I can't believe you saw him years ago in person, man. The diplomat, and you didn't tell me?
Zaz
Me and my brother were there, and we're like, dude, I think that's Spiro Dees. And then he turned around and we were like, oh, my God.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, my God, it's Spiro Deis.
Zaz
We were like. We kind of. To give him a thumbs up. Spiro, big fan.
Jonathan
He's like, thanks, bro.
Dan Le Batard
Boys, we should. Let's have him on again and have Reali on. That'd be nice. A little class reunion for Hofstra. For Hofstra. Like to put it.
Zaz
You're on one today.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, yeah.
Mike Reali
The thing that I wanted to ask Zaz. Okay. Because I've been asking Chris Cody for a couple of hours now to get me the sound of Billy ripping Europe. It's a SUI Award winner, and I wanted to get to some of Zaz's stories from Europe, because I cannot think of anyone in our world more ill equipped to appreciate the finer points in Europe. And we've got two Cody's around here and a Billy, then.
Greg Cody
Zaz, I have that sound for you, and I will play it in a second. I want to update you, DL, that it would take approximately 60 days to walk from Miami to Seattle.
Jeremy
And just to be clear, that's the end of my bullpen outing. That was the full extent I want more music did.
Mike Reali
You want to give us more baseball? I'll trade you. I'll trade you. I'll trade you a baseball. 30 seconds for every bit of music you make. That Billy deems worthy.
Jonathan
That's 58 days I like. That's a guarantee.
Greg Cody
Yeah. 58 days.
Jonathan
Yep.
Greg Cody
Not 60.
Jonathan
I'm gonna be race walking like an Olympian.
Greg Cody
Mm. You are one.
Jonathan
I know. Thank you. I know that racewalk thing. I can do that.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Mike Reali
I think he's already forgot his Olympian joke.
Jonathan
No, I get it.
Mike Reali
You're.
Jonathan
You're olympy in. I'm a limp. Ian. Yeah.
Mike Reali
Greg, why would you make the bet that if this happens, if, If. If the Toronto Blue Jays, who have been very good all season at offense, win four out of five games, that you will be walking across the country on your bad knee to Seattle? That's an asinine thing for you to say.
Greg Cody
Or the brewers, because I think he said that it's going to be the Dodgers and the Mariners or he has to walk. So two different things could mess this up.
Jonathan
Yeah. No. No, they won't. That's my assuredness, my confidence that it's going to be in la, Seattle World Series. You know, it's in the stars. It's done. Okay. Bet it. Bank it.
Mike Reali
Bet it. Bank it. Mark your words. Book it.
Greg Cody
Forget it.
Jonathan
That's right.
Mike Reali
Go ahead and play the sound, please, of Billy ripping Europe so I could get Zaz's thoughts on Europe.
Greg Cody
Europe sucks. I don't know if you're aware of this. Like, we keep saying, like, well, in Europe, this would. Europe is terrible, which is why all of us left Europe. That's why everybody's here in America, because everyone decided, you know what? Europe is terrible.
Spiro Deedes
Terrible.
Greg Cody
Like the English decided, the Spaniards decided, the Italians decided. Every single person came together at one point in time and said, you know what? We may not disagree on a lot of things, but we can all agree Europe sucks. Let's just jump on this boat. And see where it takes us. Because we can't be here anymore because Europe, again, terrible. No air conditioning. Everything is old, horrible. All they do is try to steal American culture, then tell you all of their old crap is so great. Europe, terrible. And it takes forever to get there. Forever to get there. If I'm boarding a plane for eight hours, Europe better not be where I'm landing.
Billy
I'll tell you, you're pretty spot on there, Billy. All right, this. Now, I'm wearing this beret right now that I got from Paris. I got it right on the streets there a couple days ago. Because you know, it. I mean, look, it looks good at me, Dan. But besides that, Europe, what's going on there, that's not going on in Cooper City? Let me tell you a couple things that I noticed there. Number one, in order to watch any sports, and I don't understand, they only do soccer there, apparently, like NBA, NFL, NHL. They're missing out on all the good things. All right? Their time zone sucks. It's not a good time zone. Getting there is terrible. But here's the thing. In order to just watch anything, because I did watch a little bit of football last weekend, Dan. I had to get a vpn. You know what a VPN is?
Mike Reali
I don't.
Billy
That's like the thing you put on your phone and it hides your location. So you could watch. You could stream whatever you want, sports, you know, like you normally do on your phone. How is that even legal? I don't know. Come at me, bro. What I did may have been illegal, but I had to order a vpn. So, like a. Watch the sports.
Zaz
You don't have to order it. It's already built in your phone.
Greg Cody
I feel like TC knows about.
Billy
All right, like I said, a couple guys. Like I said, come at me, bro. I'm not scared.
Jonathan
All right?
Billy
Right. Do what you got to do to watch sports while you're there. And here's the thing. All these tours, man. Multiple, Billy. Multiple what?
Dan Le Batard
You said the F word.
Zaz
No, no, he didn't say.
Billy
He goes, yeah, no, I did it.
Mike Reali
It sounded like.
Billy
No, it didn't. All these tours, multiple five hour trials. You're gonna say five? That's what happened there?
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Billy
Multiple five hour tours.
Mike Reali
Five hours.
Zaz
Terrible.
Billy
Jay Z, five hour tours.
Greg Cody
Gilligan got lost on one of those.
Billy
And the walking. It's too much walking. There's steps everywhere. What's with all the steps? Going up steps and down steps. Whatever happened to just flat land?
Greg Cody
Europe hates the cripples.
Billy
And, you know, all the floor like the concrete is. It's uneven, you know.
Zaz
Cobblestone.
Billy
Can we put cobble? Nobody was ever walking on the street, said, you know what I'd love right now? Some cobblestone.
Zaz
How about asphalt? Where'd that go?
Billy
Who cares?
Greg Cody
Can I ask you something? Have they ever heard of Benjamin Franklin? Because he invented electricity, as I understand it. And they have their own outlets over there. How about you respect the guy that invented electricity? Benjamin Franklin.
Mike Reali
Right.
Billy
I gotta go buy all these different kinds of outlets. And because we went to London and to Paris, I gotta get a London type of outlet and then a Paris type of outlet. What are we doing here? Give me one outlet that works, everyone.
Zaz
My God, you know about that? Chunky?
Billy
No, man, I never heard of that. Chunnel. The hell is that?
Jonathan
Food?
Billy
What is a Chunnel?
Mike Reali
Sounded like you said the F word.
Billy
Says I definitely did not.
Jonathan
FCC issue.
Greg Cody
He said chunnel.
Mike Reali
The telephone number, if you want to do boldest take with us is 305486, got 305486 4689. Oh, the plane ride. I heard about this. So listen to this. We'll get to boldest take in a second second. Zaslo on the plane gets creeped out, filled with anxiety by the movie Paul Rudd with Tim Robinson. Friendship makes Zaslo so uncomfortable. It's just total. It's comedy. And Tim Robinson is doing. He's got the new show on Max the Chair company, where like he's the hottest thing. As the world's most awkward comedian, I'd.
Billy
Never seen any of his stuff yet.
Mike Reali
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, really?
Spiro Deedes
No, no.
Billy
Like, I knew what I was getting into, but I had never seen any of his stuff.
Mike Reali
Yeah, he's doing comedy differently than everyone else is doing it. But in this particular movie, why did it freak you out on the plane?
Billy
So I'm like, okay, I'm gonna watch this movie friendship. You know, I have like 40 hours to kill on this plane. So I put on the movie. And I gotta tell you, from like a minute in, I didn't know if I was gonna be able to watch the whole movie. Like, I. It gave me odd.
Mike Reali
I'm with you.
Billy
I had anxiety right from the get go. Now we'll about talk you. I enjoyed the movie. I liked it a lot. But the entire movie I had very, very. I get secondhand embarrassments really easily. Even if it's not something that's real in front of me. If I'm watching a TV show or a movie, like, I want to run and hide I don't know. I. I have a hard time handling it and this movie was like peak for me. I had Ajita the entire movie.
Dan Le Batard
So it gave you anxiety?
Spiro Deedes
A little bit.
Billy
Lot of anxiety.
Dan Le Batard
Well, I have a top five. Five anxiety inducing films. Oh, Oli. Whiplash. That movie is canced.
Billy
Can I ask you something about whiplash? Is the teacher played by J.K. simmons, is he a good teacher or is he a bad teacher?
Dan Le Batard
He's a bad teacher.
Billy
He is.
Dan Le Batard
He's a bad teacher.
Billy
Got the best out of his student. He hit the guy.
Dan Le Batard
He got fired. He hit him.
Spiro Deedes
Wow.
Mike Reali
Really?
Billy
You're supposed to get the best out.
Mike Reali
Of your student, but really abusively. He got it out. He got it out of him. Like.
Dan Le Batard
Okay, the reason my tempo.
Greg Cody
Just a question. Like I'm listening the big dog talk about Jonathan Gannon.
Spiro Deedes
He hit him.
Mike Reali
So. Oh, I just. On that movie, I thought the whole reason for the anxiety is because they were basically gk. GK Simmons was going for maximum abusive. That's why it made you anxious.
Billy
He was one of those single tear.
Jonathan
Criers, you know, J.K. simmons, voice of the yellow peanut. Eminem.
Dan Le Batard
That is right, Greg. Good job, Craig.
Greg Cody
That was a Three facts Jack on the Greg Cody show recently.
Spiro Deedes
Thank you.
Jonathan
Really.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, lie. Don't breathe. You know what this movie is?
Billy
It's a horror movie.
Dan Le Batard
I haven't seen it. It's about, you know, not breathing. Don't breathe. Don't breathe around him. He can hear you. He's got really good hearing. And also might inseminate you. Creepy lasso alive. The Lighthouse.
Billy
Well, that's Willem Dafoe.
Dan Le Batard
Right? That's an overall. It's a Christmas rom com.
Mike Reali
It's awful. It's awful.
Billy
It's an awful movie.
Mike Reali
Crawl around in your skin. No, it's a great movie, but only if you want to feel unpleasant. Like you. You have to be craving.
Greg Cody
Who wants to feel unpleasant? Who wakes up and says I want to feel unpleasant?
Zaz
Dan. I've never seen the movie, but the synopsis is basically a pahuso lives in a lighthouse, right?
Dan Le Batard
No, it's a Christmas rom com. Number five, Buried. That's a good. That was a good.
Billy
That's a good movie.
Jonathan
That one is great.
Billy
Yep.
Dan Le Batard
Number four, Requiem for a Dream.
Billy
I'll never watch that movie again. Again. The Heroin Arm, please.
Dan Le Batard
They should rename that film the Heroin.
Mike Reali
Should. That is put it on the poll at le show. Should Requiem for a Dream be renamed the Heroin Arm?
Dan Le Batard
Number three. BO is afraid.
Mike Reali
That one was really good too.
Dan Le Batard
This movie's about someone that suffers from anxiety and it puts you in their shoes. Number two, uncut gems. Yeah, that movie is just one big panic attack.
Spiro Deedes
It is.
Dan Le Batard
And number one, the coffee table.
Mike Reali
Still haven't seen the coffee table. Still afraid of the coffee table. Let me hear the Booster Mobile hot take line of love the mo.
Greg Cody
The Boost Mobile boldest take is presented by Boost Mobile, the newest 5G network in the country.
I
Want to see a three man cage match? Corn O', Brien, Pablo Turre, Mark Cuban in one cage.
Spiro Deedes
Go.
I
Hey, Dan, keep the Carolina Panthers name out. Your a four day work week is more exciting than a three day weekend. We need to start treating the uprights in football like the fair pole in baseball. If you clang it against the upright. Good job. Three points to you. I always thought CVS stood for convenience store. Cam Scatterboo and Jonathan Taylor should switch names. Patrick Mahomes is to Mario as Josh Naylor is to Warrior. This is me. Or is anyone else uncomfortable drinking soda after you guys shamed everybody with a soda drinker's body? If I was trapped on an island with Pablo Torre, I'd swim. This is my limited fake Dan Campbell, man.
Spiro Deedes
Come on.
Dan Le Batard
I like the Panthers observation. You piss them. That guy. Hey, audience, I got a special treat for you because I want to talk to you about Miller Lite. But I want to talk to you about Miller Lite with my good friend Rose. Hey, Rose.
Mike Reali
Hi, everybody.
Dan Le Batard
When we hang out, and we hang out often, we're friends. I consider us friends. Yeah, me too. We're often toasting the good times. And what am I toasting with?
Spiro Deedes
With Miller Light.
Dan Le Batard
That's right. Miller Lite. Whether you're hanging out with your dear friend Rose or at game day, it just hits different when you got a Miller Lite in your hand. From jaw dropping touchdowns to fantasy heartbreaks, it's a beer that has been there for every moment. 50 years of great taste, simple ingredients, and that iconic golden color that you can spot across the room. And it's just not the color of the beer, which is brilliant. That beautiful white can. How beautiful is that? Is that you doing the sound of a can opening? Is that your favorite sound? No. It is a horsey. A horsey. All right, we'll stop doing that. And here's a kicker. Miller light is just 96 calories, 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. The original light beer since 1970.
Greg Cody
1975.
Spiro Deedes
That's right.
Dan Le Batard
And still hitting different five decades later. You're so good at this, Rose.
Billy
I know.
Dan Le Batard
So whatever your game day looks like. Remember, Miller Time is always a good time. Look at us. We're a great tag team. High five again. Can you do that? That beer sound one more time? And the horror sound one more time. Regret asking you about that one, but the Miller Light sound is good. Miller Light great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com in to find delivery options near your you. Or you can pick up some Miller Light pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller Time. Celebrate responsive Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee with scun sin 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 oz. Ounces. No, it says. Oh says.
Greg Cody
Thursday Night Football is on. And it's only on Prime Video. This week, the AFC north takes center stage as the Pittsburgh Steelers battle the Cincinnati Bengals. Rawr. Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with football's best party TNF tonight. Not a Prime member? Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. It's the Steelers and the Bengals Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com amazonprime for details.
Dan Le Batard
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo what are you doing here?
Mike Reali
Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
Dan Le Batard
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.
Mike Reali
Sweet, delicious Cuervo.
Dan Le Batard
Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.
Spiro Deedes
Cuervo.
Dan Le Batard
So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo Cuervo. The tequila that invented tequila. Broximo cuervo.com Please drink responsibly.
Spiro Deedes
Cuervo.
Episode: Hour 1 – The AFC South Group Chat (feat. Spero Dedes)
Date: October 15, 2025
In this lively hour from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan, Stugotz, and the regular crew welcome play-by-play legend Spero Dedes, unofficial voice of the AFC South, for a free-ranging, hilarious conversation. The group dives deep into AFC South football lore, the unique joys of calling those games, production meeting stories, college reminiscing, culinary debates about Greek food, and even a love letter to the simple magic of Spero calling a "Mo Alie-Cox!" touchdown. Along for the ride: musings on sports broadcasting, awkward movie picks, and an epic rant on why "Europe sucks."
[03:34]–[06:30]
The hosts celebrate Spero Dedes as "the unofficial voice of the AFC South," associating his calls with cult-favorite players (Mo Alie-Cox!) and classic Colts/Jaguars/Titans/Texans showdowns.
The group jokes about Spero’s identity being tied to the region: "You should have investment properties in Indianapolis. They must know you." [05:29]
Discussion of Spero's signature broadcast moments, particularly how the cadence of “Mo Alie-Cox” has become a meme among the crew.
[08:49]–[11:48]
[11:48]–[13:51]
[14:26]–[15:31]
[17:25]–[18:49]
Spero ultimately crowns spanakopita the champion, after much agonizing between souvlaki, saganaki, and musaka.
Notable culinary debate excerpt:
[19:27]–[23:01]
Spero recounts his early, lucky break (“I was very lucky...my college professor at Fordham...got my gig doing the XFL”), with nods to the legacy of Fordham’s radio program. [19:37]
Discusses the mental and physical intensity of covering March Madness—especially the “taxing” first weekend, with eight games in three days. [20:19]
Asked about career highlights:
[23:01]–[23:47]
[04:13] Dan Le Batard:
“When I close my eyes and I think of an AFC South game, the soundtrack of it is Spiro Dede saying, touchdown Mo Ali Cox.”
[06:03] Spero Dedes, on the Colts:
“It’s almost like seeing one of your children grow up to do wonderful and amazing things.”
[10:52] Spero Dedes, on young coaches:
“They don’t know who they can trust yet...the CBS crew that’s in here...this is not the local beat writer.”
[17:59] Dan Le Batard:
“Spiero, you are famously Greek. We can tell this by your name. I would like to run a culinary king of the mountain with you.”
[23:25] Spero Dedes (Mo Alie-Cox call):
“It's gonna be a third and 10. Indianapolis down six, 27 seconds left...fires and it’s caught. Mo Alie-Cox!”
[31:04-31:50] Billy & Greg Cody, on Europe:
[31:04]–[33:51]
[36:05]–[38:11]
Throughout, the crew mixes sports with inside jokes, irreverent tangents, and running gags—including a bet that if the Mariners don't reach the World Series, a member will “walk from Miami to Seattle. …on my bad knee.” [28:00]
As always, the energy is irreverent, insider, and affectionate—equal parts sports geek-out, playful mockery, and genuine affection for each other's quirks (and for Spero’s legacy voice). For sports fans and casual listeners alike, this episode is a master course in the joy of sports storytelling and the camaraderie it creates—punctuated by loving jabs, ludicrous bets, harsh (but funny) travel takes, and a tribute to the singular thrill of a well-called Mo Alie-Cox touchdown.