Hour 1: The Dan Lemontard Show (feat. Lucy Rohden & Tony Calatayud)

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Hour 1: The Dan Lemontard Show (feat. Lucy Rohden & Tony Calatayud)
Date: October 28, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

Hour 1 is a chaotic, laugh-heavy trip through the world of college football fandom, coaching firings, and NFL musings. The core focus is on LSU's wild scene, the firing of Brian Kelly, the pressure-cooker world of high-profile college football coaching jobs, and the state of NFL contenders. The hosts are joined by Lucy Rohden, Tony Calatayud, and various LSU fans—plus the usual cast of the show—riffing on sports, traditions, and the fine line between local color and riotous dysfunction.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Baton Rouge Tailgate Vibes & LSU Fandom

• Lucy Rohden is on site reporting from LSU’s Tiger Stadium, bringing in local flavor and candid interviews with LSU fans about game day, traditions, parking frustrations, and rivalry banter.
• Tailgating traditions and outfits get as much discussion as the outcome of the actual games, painting a picture of the college football experience as much more than what happens on the field.
• “Overall bros” and ritualized animosity towards Texas A&M get big laughs.

Memorable Quotes:

• “LSU overalls, bro Verrall overall bros back.” – Mike Ryan (02:19)
• “No, I don't want to [meet an A&M fan] today.” – Dan Le Batard (03:00)
• “They're weird, right?” “Very weird.” “Little culty.” – Lucy Rohden & LSU Fan 2 (03:02)

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Brian Kelly’s Firing & Toxic Coach Culture (05:35 – 13:55)

• Much of the hour is dedicated to LSU's firing of Brian Kelly, with Lucy Rogden and the panel gleefully dissecting both Kelly's disposition and the university’s decision.
• Lucy frames Kelly as universally disliked, recounting how his refusal to bend to the athletic director or show basic human decency sealed his downfall.
• Multiple anecdotes and first-hand stories from former players and their families are shared, reinforcing the perception that Kelly's unpleasantness overshadowed any on-field success.
• A lively discussion follows about LSU’s appeal as a coaching destination and the fierce competition across college football for elite coaches.

Notable Quotes:

• “I think that's the most appropriate answer. It was hilarious...his commitment to being the worst is why he got fired.” – Lucy Rogden (08:16)
• “Genuinely one of the worst humans I’ve ever been around.” – Quoting player Matthew Langlois via Mike Ryan (10:17)
• “No, I think that’s accurate. It’s been a little funny to watch...there’s truly not one nice word said about him.” – Lucy Rogden (08:57)

On the College Football Coach Carousel & LSU’s Value

• LSU is praised as an elite job (best open one, besides maybe Ohio State), due to its unique recruiting position and passionate fanbase.
• Lucy warns other programs: think twice before firing your coach, because with the LSU job open, you might not get your first, second, or even third option.

Quote:

• “LSU, you can recruit, you can win. LSU is like a vessel. You just have to drive the ship and you will get to a national championship.” – Lucy Rogden (11:44)

Timestamps:

• Kelly’s firing and player/parent anecdotes: (08:16 – 11:24)
• Coaching carousel/LSU job market implications: (11:24 – 13:55)

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Internet Bits, Rubber Chickens, and Halloween (20:02 – 21:25)

• Lucy presents her "Internet Minute": this week’s online energy is all about Halloween costumes, tarot card readings, and—a show favorite—viral videos of a man playing songs on rubber chickens, which inspires banter about which host the chicken guy most resembles.
• The panel debates whether it's ducks or chickens in the video, with mock-serious deductions and playful accusation.

Quotes:

• “I got tweeted this video a bunch of times.” – Mike Ryan, on being compared to the rubber chicken musician (20:27)
• “It’s got the surface area of forehead that would appear if you ever took off a baseball cap.” – Greg Cody (21:02)

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Shohei Ohtani, Baseball Legends, and Bandwagon Fandom (22:19 – 24:33)

• A digression compares Shohei Ohtani’s historic game to previous baseball legends: everyone in a suite (Gary Sheffield, Prince Fielder, Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard) insists the only strategy is to walk Ohtani.
• Justin Bieber’s presence at the game, and Tony’s “newfound” Dodgers fandom, gets mocked as bandwagoning.
• Transition into NFL content with promises to cover more on Ohtani, the “greatest baseball game ever played.”

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Tony’s Top Five NFL Observations (29:18 – 36:18)

Key Points:

1. Best Defensive Showing:

   • “Miles Garrett had the best defensive performance from a rusher I’ve ever seen with my own two eyes.” – Tony (29:45)

2. Travis Kelce’s Chiefs Record:

   • “Salute to Travis Kelce for his 83rd touchdown, tying Chiefs legend Priest Holmes.” – Tony (30:59)

3. Packers Flying Under the Radar:

   • “Packers continue to just kind of hover under the radar. They're 5, 1 and 1.” – Tony (31:21)
   • Brief back-and-forth about whether their record reflects reality.

4. Tyler Huntley Saves the Ravens:

   • “Snoop Huntley just saved the Ravens season. They're gonna go on a streak here.” – Tony (31:47)
   • Ravens and Dolphins discussed as AFC powers; disagreement over Tony’s “homering.”

5. Tight Ends Day and Drake Maye’s Emergence:

   • “12 touchdowns scored by tight ends...Shout out to the tight ends. I love tight ends.” – Tony (33:13)
   • Drake Maye called the “most fun to watch” and “fearless” new quarterback.

6. Colts Offensive Efficiency:

   • “The Colts have the best record in the league, the best point differential by 49 points over second place.” – Tony (35:42)
   • Spirited debate: Is Daniel Jones’ offense really better than Peyton Manning’s Colts? Consensus: stats say so, but the eye test (and fan hearts) say no.

Additional Banter:

• Running back value is revisited. Jonathan Taylor’s production and MVP odds get praised, despite the league’s changing attitudes towards the position.
• Greg Cody: “How can you tell me the running back's not valuable when I believe all of us would say that Jonathan Taylor would be in the MVP conversation?” (42:21)

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• Lucy Rohden’s Brian Kelly Epitaph:
  “If he had just not been deeply unpleasant for one conversation, he would probably still have a job right now. But his commitment to being the worst is why he got fired.” (08:16)
• Summing Up LSU Fandom:
  “We haven't even asked people to talk to us. I just stand here and...people come up and they start talking to us.” – Lucy Rohden (05:35)
• Tony’s Existential Podcast Moment:
  “We. One day, you know what? When I'm dead and gone, you guys will appreciate me. I promise you that.” – Tony (32:58)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------| | 01:33 | LSU tailgate reporting with Lucy Rohden | | 05:35 | Local LSU color, traditions, and fans’ expectations | | 07:47 | Lucy reflects on coach-firing “streak” | | 08:16 | Brian Kelly’s firing: why, and the aftermath | | 10:17 | Player and parent stories about Kelly's reputation | | 11:44 | The LSU job market, college football's hierarchy | | 20:02 | Lucy’s Internet Minute and rubber chicken video | | 22:19 | Baseball legends debate Ohtani, bandwagon talk | | 29:18 | Tony’s NFL Top Five | | 35:42 | Colts’ efficiency, offensive explosion debated | | 42:06 | The value of elite running backs |

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

• Tone: Irreverent, quick-witted, heavy on inside jokes and playful mockery; the show blends serious football talk with signature banter, local color, and absurdist humor.
• Key Takeaway: The show leans into the culture of sports as community, spectacle, and drama—whether it’s firing a head coach or evaluating NFL “efficiency.” Lucy’s on-the-ground reporting illustrates that football’s emotion often overshadows the scoreboard.
• For Listeners: This episode is a treat for fans of sports talk that cares as much about the stories and personalities as the final score. If you want insightful, funny, and sometimes brutally honest commentary on both college and pro football, this is the hour for you.

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End of Hour 1 summary.

Transcript

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[Greg Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cody]

Smirnoff.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, here's the deal. Game day is everything. The noise, the rituals, the passion, the dip, the wings, the dip again.

[Mike Ryan]

Smirnoff.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Lucy Rogan]

Me?

[Greg Cody]

No.

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[Lucy Rogan]

How many times have you shaped LSU into the side of your dog for 24 seasons? Like, how did you get the inspiration for this? It was during 9 11, Dan. We are here at the mecca of college football, Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

[Mike Ryan]

It's unbelievable. Unfathomable. Nothing you will ever see in college football compares to LSU Tiger Day.

[Lucy Rogan]

We came here to ask fans the tough, serious questions, like, what's parking like on campus?

[LSU Fan 1]

Yeah, the parking has been really bad this semester.

[Lucy Rogan]

The parking's been bad?

[LSU Fan 1]

Yeah. No, they took away the engineering. Parking.

[Lucy Rogan]

What?

[LSU Fan 1]

Yeah. No, no, no.

[Lucy Rogan]

What are you wearing? What's the fit today?

[Mike Ryan]

LSU overalls, bro Verrall overall bros back. Whenever my bro fit in them as well. It was LSU overall bros. Like the.

[Lucy Rogan]

Sisterhood of the traveling pants.

[Tony]

I'm class of 25.

[LSU Fan 2]

I'm a dead zip with former lane decor. But on My left leg. I got our hit list. We're currently undefeated, so lots of kills and obviously beats the hell out of tu. There's no other answer.

[Lucy Rogan]

How's it been seeing Texas struggle this year? It's been a little funny, right?

[LSU Fan 2]

Number one preseason to unranked in record time was satisfying.

[LSU Fan 1]

They're adding a parking garage, hopefully.

[Greg Cody]

Okay.

[Lucy Rogan]

Okay. So we have a positive.

[LSU Fan 1]

They haven't said that they're going to do it, but we're hoping they're going to do that.

[Lucy Rogan]

Have you met any A and M fans?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, don't want to today.

[Lucy Rogan]

They're weird, right?

[LSU Fan 2]

Very weird.

[Lucy Rogan]

Little culty.

[LSU Fan 2]

Yeah, very culty.

[Greg Cody]

I don't know if I should be scared of them.

[Mike Ryan]

I just try to stay away, honestly.

[Lucy Rogan]

Yeah, they'll whoop. They'll whoop at you.

[LSU Fan 1]

They put people in outside apartments and was like, yeah, yeah, it's okay. And so the parents were complaining, as they should. Right. And they were like, yo, this is filled with rats and roaches. No, that's what the parents were saying.

[Lucy Rogan]

I saw a TikTok about this.

[LSU Fan 2]

We're here for our buddy's bachelor party. Staying in New Orleans. We got in on Thursday night, did all the Bourbon street, everything, took the bus down here.

[Tony]

Now we're ready to go.

[Lucy Rogan]

Bachelor party in Baton Rouge is kind of sick. Like, that's sort of the dream.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

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[Tony]

Pretty awesome.

[Lucy Rogan]

So do you guys walk around and people just stop? You take pictures? Yes.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Yes.

[Lucy Rogan]

Are you guys like celebrities here?

[Greg Cody]

The dogs are.

[Lucy Rogan]

The dogs are celebrities. Obviously, A and M, more traditions than any other school. Times like a thousand. What is your personal favorite?

[LSU Fan 2]

First Tuesday of the month, Silver taps on Academic Plaza. And we honor those who Any students who passed away. And then going out and supporting is a big part of who we are as Aggies and that Aggie family.

[Lucy Rogan]

Damn, that was beautiful. I thought you were going to say the thumbs up. I thought you were going to say what?

[LSU Fan 2]

Yeah, obviously.

[LSU Fan 1]

Giggle now. They took away our parking from the PFT in the business college because they're like, oh, yeah, we're going to build a dorm here because we need dorm room for people because we put them in the apartment.

[Lucy Rogan]

Yeah. Do you have anywhere to park?

[LSU Fan 1]

No, of course not. What do you think this is?

[Lucy Rogan]

What has your experience been so far?

[Greg Cody]

We literally just parked like two minutes ago.

[Lucy Rogan]

Do you think Brian Kelly should get fired?

[LSU Fan 2]

If they lose today, Maybe. But they're not going to lose today because it's always been the tigers.

[Tony]

Money line plus 112.

[LSU Fan 1]

Oh, yeah. I like Brian Kelly.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I Think Brian Kelly's a good coach? I think the pieces under him need to change.

[LSU Fan 2]

Even if we walk out of here with a victory, LSU fans should be able to thank us for getting rid of Brian Kelly.

[Mike Ryan]

Fire his ass.

[Lucy Rogan]

They're coming for Brian Kelly.

[Mike Ryan]

Look at last week.

[LSU Fan 1]

Pavia had a whole five minutes back there by himself.

[Mike Ryan]

He could have pulled out a lawn chair and sat down and drank a pina colada.

[Greg Cody]

Bring back Coach O.

[Lucy Rogan]

You know, it's okay if he's. Who has it.

[Mike Ryan]

Brian Kelly's a bum. He was nyah nyah last season or his first season.

[Greg Cody]

We got a guy that's six, eight.

[Mike Ryan]

Throw the ball up and let him catch it.

[Greg Cody]

And you haven't used him in two games. Get outta here.

[Mike Ryan]

The booster club will pay the bill.

[LSU Fan 1]

Please help us.

[Lucy Rogan]

Go Tiger. That has been what every single interview has been like today. We haven't even asked people to talk to us. I just stand here and I go like this and people come up and they start talking to us.

[Mike Ryan]

My last name is Cavucci. I'm the only Italian you ever see with a mullet.

[LSU Fan 1]

Yes, and a real gold chain. The football games are fun. You know, we have a good time. Have a great time. But I mean, you know, I wish the parking was cheaper. You know, you realize they get. They give tickets for $100 a parking ticket.

[Lucy Rogan]

What? In a college area?

[LSU Fan 1]

That's the price to get parking pass. I mean.

[Greg Cody]

Lsu.

[Lucy Rogan]

What do you think about the parking on campus?

[Greg Cody]

Oh, my goodness.

[Lucy Rogan]

I keep hearing them, like, play this song Neck, and I can't tell what the lyrics are. Suck that tiger. That's what I thought they were. Just download the game time app and use code Lucy for $20 off your first order term supply.

[LSU Fan 1]

Yo, the Den Lamartar Show. Mess with it. Yo, this where it's at.

[LSU Fan 2]

Go Tigers.

[Mike Ryan]

Go Tigers.

[Lucy Rogan]

And last night in the bars of a girl in the Louisiana Dan. Man, we have never gone to a game here where it has not ended up with LSU losing by 30 points. And it's happened again. What are you gonna do? There does seem to be a common denominator in this, and it's not me. It might be Brian Kelly. His time could be up. We already got Sam Pittman at Arkansas fired. I do believe that I was responsible for James Franklin getting fired as well. So I wrote this song. Pareto, why don't you put me on through? Got in the caught. Talk to the AD to get Brian Kelly fired. Hurry up, won't you Put him on the line? Got to get someone to coach this team, Combat Rouge.

[Greg Cody]

She's on a run here of getting coaches fired. She met Zaz for the first time in Baton Rouge. How'd that go, Zaz? You. You hadn't connected with Lucy Rogan.

[Mike Ryan]

It was great. She. She. She made her debut on my podcast, Zaslow Show 2.0 last week, and we were at the rare site together and, yeah, ran into her. We were sitting next to each other at the press box.

[Greg Cody]

She represents the Dan Lemontard show very well. Wherever it is she goes. What did you think, Lucy? Welcome. Of the Brian Kelly firing?

[Lucy Rogan]

Oh, I thought it was funny. What do you mean? I think that's the most appropriate answer. It was hilarious. It was. I think. What was so funny to me about this? It was like, such, like, a perfect little example of what Brian Kelly's career was where, like, if he had just not been deeply unpleasant for one conversation, he would probably still have a job right now. But his commitment to being the worst is why he got fired.

[Greg Cody]

Chris Cody thought we should do a segment sponsored by, I don't know, a toilet paper company of. Brian Kelly is a piece of bleep that he is not. He is not a kind person, and people are happy to see his arrogance humbled.

[Lucy Rogan]

No, I think that's accurate. It's been a little funny to watch, sort of like online, the reaction to this, where it's just been a bunch of people sharing their Brian Kelly horror stories, and there's truly not one nice word said about him. And I think you can kind of see that. And normally, what happens when a head coach gets fired, you see a ton of D commits the following day or people entering the transfer portal. You haven't seen that. Because people were going to LSU in spite of Brian Kelly, not because they wanted to be around him. So, like, truly his demise, not winning enough football games for LSU standards, but just being so deeply unpleasant that when he had the chance to keep his job, he could have talked to the AD and just done what he had asked. The AD was like, please just fire your offensive coordinator and we can move along. And he was like, no, I want to fire more people. And the AD was like, I don't need you to fire more people, just the offensive coordinator. And he was like, no, I'm going to fire everybody. And it started this big fight. And that's why they decided to let him go on Sunday. He could have still been there had he just been not the worst for 10 minutes. But he physically can't do that.

[Mike Ryan]

He really comes off like a Total asshole. Like, there, like, there's the one clip during the game the other night where they. You have the. The big punt return by A and M, and you see him go up to his special teams coach mid game and tells him, this is what's going to get you effing fired.

[Greg Cody]

And.

[Mike Ryan]

And then you have this tweet by this Matthew Langlowis, who. Who mentioned I was forced to medically retire before I can get a second or third opinion. When I was playing very well before my injury, I'd hear from Coach Kelly quite often the second I got injured, not a word since. Genuinely one of the worst humans I've ever been around.

[Lucy Rogan]

And.

[Mike Ryan]

And then you also have that story from. I think his name's Greg Brooks, his player last year who had to leave the team. Brain cancer and like, he can't walk anymore. He's very sick. And the family claims that they've never heard from Coach Kelly. It was on like, ABC was a whole thing earlier this year. Like, he seems awful. Lucy.

[Lucy Rogan]

No, I heard the same thing from Kyron Lacy's parents. After everything that happened with him, they did not hear a word from Brian Kelly. And I have probably seen 10 to 15 similar stories over the last 24 hours of people who are just like, he's worse than you think he is. Like, there is not a redeeming quality at all with this guy. And the real bummer is like, Damn, he gets $56 million for being the worst. That doesn't seem right. That's not cool.

[Greg Cody]

How does this affect all the other. The other firings? Like, what. What is happening? Which are the good jobs out there? This is the best one out there.

[LSU Fan 2]

I think that's the best job right now by far, outside of Ohio State. And Texas is one of the best jobs.

[Greg Cody]

No, but best job available. Best job that's actually in play for somebody.

[Mike Ryan]

Lucy, you think it's by far the best job out there right now?

[Lucy Rogan]

Absolutely. Brian Kelly is the only coach within the last 20 years that has gone to LSU and not won a national championship. And I think that's because of Brian Kelly and because of, like, he operates and who he is. If you look at LSU, they're the only Public Power 4 school in the state of Louisiana, which is a great recruiting area. And I know people say recruiting doesn't matter, but I think it still very much does. They have close proximity to Texas. There is money at lsu. There is a lot of those fans. You saw those fans on the video. They're insane. They give so much money to that school. They care deeply. They have a good nil. Like, it is a school that is destined to do well. And there's this cool factor with LSU that Brian Kelly definitely messed up quite a bit. They're going to have to rebuild that significantly. But like lsu, you can recruit, you can win. LSU is like a vessel. You just have to drive the ship and you will get to a national championship. There is so much just potential and talent and resources with that school that like, okay, you look at Florida, yeah, that's a good job. But you're competing with Miami, Florida State and then everybody who comes into the state of Florida and you have just. It's a little. I know LSU is messy when the governor gets involved with firing the head coach, but Florida is also very messy. Penn State's in the Big Ten. I don't necessarily know if you, you don't have the same sort of recruiting level that you do at LSU than you would Penn State. So it is the best job available. I think it's like one of the best jobs in college football, period. I would put it up there with Ohio State, one, two for me and just like how good of a job that is. And because of that, if you're Florida State, if you're Auburn, if you're Kentucky, Michigan State, Wisconsin, all these schools, they're in a weird spot where you're very clearly unhappy with your head coach. You're looking around and you're seeing this, this coaching carousel cell get more and more competitive. Are you comfortable firing who you got right now, knowing that you're probably not going to get your first choice, your second choice, your third choice, maybe not your fourth choice. It kind of like leads this sort of weird decision making for some of these ad some of these schools of like, okay, well, we know we're not going to get who we want. If LSU is in the mix, if Florida's in the mix, Penn State's the in the mix. Do we just suck it up, have another really crappy year, pay a smaller buyout and then wait when this coaching market is way less competitive?

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[LSU Fan 2]

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[Tony]

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[Mike Ryan]

Don Lebatard he seems like a not.

[Lucy Rogan]

Nice guy and he's always been a not nice guy. I don't care for him and I hope he has the day he deserves.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, let's see.

[LSU Fan 2]

Stugatz.

[Greg Cody]

I hope he has the day he deserves.

[Lucy Rogan]

That's how I get People when they're really mean to me. I'm not like, go f yourself. I'm like, I hope you have the day you deserve.

[Greg Cody]

It's a great kind. It's a great kind. Insult. Yes. It's beautiful. It's leaving it to the cosmos to sort it out.

[LSU Fan 2]

That's a less Southern.

[Greg Cody]

Bless your heart.

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[LSU Fan 2]

Gods.

[Greg Cody]

Lucy is headed back to Columbus this weekend for Ohio State. Penn State in the Horseshoe. Mike, who would your first call be to if you're lsu?

[LSU Fan 2]

I think this one's obvious, and they're one of the few places that have the balls to make this call. I think it's Nick Saban, folks. Nick Saban says he's had one career regret. He's had one career regret, and it was leaving lsu. I think it should have been the first call that they made. Whether or not he was receptive, that's another discussion. But they kind of owe it to their fan base and that program. First call you make is to Ms. Terry.

[Mike Ryan]

And you heard Ms. Terry said she hasn't seen the numbers yet. You know, you know, Wives Love Lucy.

[LSU Fan 2]

What do you think there?

[Lucy Rogan]

No, I agree. Ms. Terry is the first call you make. And you give Nick Saban a blank check. You say whatever you want. Come on down home. We've seen you on college game day. Clearly you miss ball. I don't know if Nick Saban goes. Not. I really have no sort of read on that situation. But first call you make outside of that, I think you call Joe Brady. I think you have to call Lane. Lane's going to coach six different teams next year. I'm excited to see how that works out. And then also I'd call Summerall at Tulane because I think that's sort of what you've got going on right now. Nick Saban is obviously the best option. And it's funny because, like, normally that sounds like a joke, but it's a legit possibility that LSU could get Saban.

[Greg Cody]

I think Texas A and M is good. I'm not sure about the rest of the conference. What do you make of the fact that Texas is squeaking past and Alabama are squeaking past teams like South Carolina and Mitch Mississippi State.

[Lucy Rogan]

So for. For Texas, look, I will give Texas credit to start off with. You came back from down 24 points in Starkville, which is a ridiculously difficult place to play. I don't know if y' all have ever been to a game with those cowbells. They're awful. They really do fry your brain. And I think it's genuinely the toughest environment one of them in the SEC because of those things. So you come back. Archbanning actually played really well that game. Like, you have things to look for forward to. I understand he got hurt. Texas has needed three overtimes to be Kentucky and Mississippi State, who I believe combined have 1sec win over the last year. Like, this is not a position that you want to be in. And then you have all this stuff with. There's rumors coming out that Sark's like, you know what? I'll. I'll take the Titans job. I don't care. I'll fail upward. That's fine. He comes out, he's like, absolutely not. I would never do that. That's so fake. Which, like, it's whatever. I don't take any of that stuff that coaches say seriously. I think that, like, we are not giving enough credit to how embarrassing this Texas performance is. Like, Texas should not be ranked by any means right now. They are not a good football team. You are struggling against teams that cannot win SEC games. And you're. What you're going to tell you is like, this shows you how deep the SEC is. What I think it really shows you is how bad Texas is.

[LSU Fan 2]

Oh, that means you unload on Texas this weekend against Vanderbilt belt.

[Greg Cody]

What means that the. Oh, no. Go ahead, hit your image. Time to get in it.

[Mike Ryan]

It's Lucy's Internet minute.

[Lucy Rogan]

I really do love that. I always forget the voice every single time. So the Internet has not been vibing this week. Dan, I hate to tell you, they're. They're only working on Halloween costumes. So really, my feed has been kind of weird. It's been a lot of tarot card readings. There are a lot of big things coming up for me. Excited about that. And then this guy that plays songs on rubber chickens.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't like. I don't like how many people on the Internet say that this guy looks like me. I got tweeted this video a bunch of times.

[Tony]

You guys can hit it here.

[Mike Ryan]

That's you.

[Lucy Rogan]

He does look like you.

[Sports Analyst]

Watch him.

[Tony]

Just squeezing a bunch of rubber ducks.

[Greg Cody]

Rubber chicken.

[LSU Fan 1]

All right.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't want to get us binged.

[Lucy Rogan]

How does he tune them?

[Mike Ryan]

That does not look like me.

[Sports Analyst]

It does.

[LSU Fan 1]

I thought it was you.

[Lucy Rogan]

So much like you.

[Mike Ryan]

I think it is you.

[Sports Analyst]

I thought it was you.

[Tony]

All right, maybe it does.

[Greg Cody]

It's got the surface area of forehead that would appear if you ever took off a baseball cap.

[Mike Ryan]

Chris, how do you make the Ducks sound Like that.

[Greg Cody]

Really?

[Tony]

You tune them?

[Greg Cody]

The chickens? They're not ducks. They're rubber chickens.

[Mike Ryan]

They might be ducks. It should be ducks.

[Greg Cody]

They're not ducks.

[LSU Fan 2]

Morago is dialed. I got him doing chopsticks Suey on mine.

[Sports Analyst]

Very thin ducks.

[Greg Cody]

Lucy, thank you. Enjoy. Enjoy Ohio State. Good seeing you. Good talking to you.

[Lucy Rogan]

Do you think I get Ryan Day fired? He's done after I'm there.

[Greg Cody]

You've got a hot streak going.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, no. We didn't get her to settle the debate if, um runs the ball up the middle too often. We didn't spend enough time on it in the local hour.

[Lucy Rogan]

I didn't know you looked like that, Jeremy. Oh, my God.

[Tony]

How do you feel about that?

[Greg Cody]

It's on the line, right? It's a little bit. It's a dark. It's borderline. Borderline.

[Tony]

Safer out.

[Greg Cody]

Problem.

[Mike Ryan]

First base umpire Lucy Roy said it's okay.

[Greg Cody]

No, well, he doesn't. He's not the decider for everybody.

[LSU Fan 2]

Wait, what? On this front, he better be.

[Lucy Rogan]

I'm going to go.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. She's going to go. I thought she was going to select whether or not what Jeremy was wearing as a costume was problematic or not. We've got to get to more Ohtani, more greatest baseball game ever played. And we're going to do so by going to Tony's top five on the NFL. Poor Jeremy. We really should be talking about 18 innings.

[LSU Fan 2]

Greatest athlete that's ever lived whiteboard the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greatest game that's ever been played.

[Greg Cody]

Before we get to Tony, wherever it is that Tony is, can you guys just put up for me a couple of different video things that we have of Justin Bieber's response, Justin Bieber's reaction to Ohtani's home run last night. And also get for me, if you do not mind the legends who were in the skybox telling everybody in baseball that you needed to continue to walk Ohtani. He made. He was on base nine times. It's a ridiculous thing to say. I did not think it was possible to be on base nine times.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's not the only one to do.

[Greg Cody]

It in a tough.

[LSU Fan 1]

And he's pitching today.

[Tony]

Must be a tough ticket based off where Justin Bieber was sitting.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. That is not particularly close to the field, but. No, he's in a skybox in a suite.

[Tony]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

It looks like just club level to me.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah, it does.

[Greg Cody]

So what. What happens? He's down on Ohtani.

[Tony]

He's.

[Mike Ryan]

He's from. He's Canadian, so he's a big Blue Jays guy.

[Greg Cody]

How about the guys in the skybox. Let's see all the legends who were just saying, you gotta walk Otani in this spot. You've got. Who do you have in this. In this box you've got Gary Sheffield.

[Tony]

Prince Fielder, Shane Victorino, Flying Hawaiian.

[Greg Cody]

I see there just a bunch of legends.

[Mike Ryan]

Just everyone holding up four fingers like, no, no, you don't pitch to this bunch of cowards.

[Greg Cody]

I don't know, man. Ryan Howard, it didn't go well when they did pitch to him. Like, you rather give him one one base freely than have him take all four against your will. I think. Where is Tony? Do we know where Tony is as we go to him for Tony's top five?

[LSU Fan 2]

I saw it in preview and I know exactly where he is. I recognize it inside of three seconds.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, look at this. This is very exciting. He's at Flanagan's. He's where we're going to be on Thursday night because Miller Light is helping us throw a block party. We're going to have a watch party on Thursday night. And there is Tony right there celebrating tailgating two days early. Look how happy he is. Look at him. He's a Giant Ohtani fan all of a sudden. What a bandwagon.

[Mike Ryan]

Giant Ohtani fan.

[Tony]

What a Dodger all of a sudden.

[Greg Cody]

What a bandwagon. Or you are there. What are you doing wearing a Dodger cap today.

[Tony]

Dan? I'm a massive Dodgers fan. What are you talking about?

[Greg Cody]

You are.

[Sports Analyst]

Since earlier this morning.

[Greg Cody]

Absolutely.

[Tony]

18 innings. 18 innings last night. Probably one of the most incredible games I've ever seen. Freddie Freeman does it again. He did it again last October and he does it again now. Ohtani, the best baseball player we've ever seen. I'm excited to see him tonight on the mound. And we got Yamamoto one more time at the end if we don't kill him in two. So I'm very excited.

[Mike Ryan]

He's one of the liars. Tony's one of the liars from last night.

[Greg Cody]

You don't think he saw the game last night?

[Mike Ryan]

The whole game? No.

[Greg Cody]

You think he is.

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[Greg Cody]

Tony. How many? And no, that's not true.

[Sports Analyst]

Players.

[Greg Cody]

That's not.

[Sports Analyst]

They were napping. The players were napping.

[Greg Cody]

7Th inning nap.

[Sports Analyst]

Sleeping during a nap. 17th inning nap. And you know it.

[Greg Cody]

The useless contribution from you, like, fundamentally empty. So, so proud of himself for being useless. How can you be proud of yourself about what it is that you did? Let's do Tony's top five. Top five NFL off.

[Tony]

Wait, hold on. Daniel. Hold on a second. Wait, wait, wait. Oh, hold on, hold on. I'm here in front of the flannies because I want to promote what we're doing on Thursday night. Presented by Miller Light Watch party for Thursday night football. Dolphins versus Ravens. Right here, right literally right here. I'm boots on the ground right now. Right in front. There's gonna be people as far as you can see. Danny, pan that way, pan over that way, pan over that way. There's gonna be people that way all the way down this block. Party is gonna be absolutely insane. Party starts off at 8 o', clock, kickoff at 8:15 plus. Come in a costume because there's a fifteen hundred dollar costume contest. Presented by Flanagan's. Presented by Miller Lite. Dan. This is my home Flanagans right here. We're gonna do my top five. I'm gonna walk over in a second. So I'm gonna filibuster for about 15 seconds underneath the tiki hut. That's where I pick up my Flanagans. You could see me on a random Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, wherever. I'm right there.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, the chicken nachos.

[Tony]

Very exciting.

[Greg Cody]

You I'll filibuster for you now as I turn the show over to Greg Cody who they're cooking the ribs right now.

[LSU Fan 2]

By the way, Dano, I think Greg.

[Greg Cody]

Cody is mad that the Ravens are a 7 1/2 point favorite at Miami for the game that we will be there for on Thursday night.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah, I'm not mad. I'm a little surprised. I think the Dolphins getting seven and a half at home off their performance Sunday is a good buy. I'm surprised.

[Greg Cody]

You always think. You always think that. You always pick the Dolphins. You always pick the Dolphins to cover. You are one of the world's great homers.

[Sports Analyst]

Totally false. I did pick the Dolphins to cover last week and I was right.

[Greg Cody]

You always do.

[Sports Analyst]

I do not always do. Quit lying.

[Mike Ryan]

You take against the Browns, you always.

[Greg Cody]

Think they're going to be better than they are.

[LSU Fan 2]

That's because.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

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[Mike Ryan]

What about COVID You're killing him, Dan.

[Sports Analyst]

No, I think Baltimore is going to win the game. I think LJ's going to have a big game. I wish he was still a Lobo. But I do think the Dolphins plus seven and a half is a good buy. Good home dog. I'm sure I'm not the only one in America. Matter of fact, I'm going to say the line might go down to six and a half, that kind of thing.

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[Greg Cody]

Don LeBatard.

[Sports Analyst]

I want to address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public.

[LSU Fan 2]

STS don't do it.

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[Greg Cody]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Tony]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Tony]

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[Tony]

Dan, I'm here underneath the tiki hut. Very exciting. Not many Flanagans have tiki huts. This is one of a rare few that has a beautiful tiki hut. And as you can see, big daddy over my left shoulder, my right shoulder here we've got a couple olis. I'm going to hit them to you real quick. Boom, boom, boom. And then we'll start with the top five. All right. First, Oli Miles Garrett had the best defensive performance from a rusher that I have ever seen with my own two eyes. Hashtag save him. I'm joining Mike Ryan.

[Greg Cody]

I couldn't find it yesterday. I looked all over. I'm going to spend. I'm going to dedicate my life to finding Mike Ryan's initial reaction to Miles Garrett's trade request because he didn't want him rescued. Back when I was arguing he needed to be rescued.

[LSU Fan 2]

The player empowerment. Guys like, yo, you're saying stuck, you're stuck. If you don't perform. They can cut you. But you.

[Greg Cody]

You perform.

[LSU Fan 2]

You're suck.

[Greg Cody]

That's what I was arguing. That's what I was arguing back when I was talking about player empowerment. And you were on the other side of it.

[LSU Fan 2]

False A. You couldn't find the audio to back it up.

[Greg Cody]

I got to find it. I'm going to. I'm going to keep looking.

[LSU Fan 2]

Plenty. And it resulted in the greatest contract ever at the time.

[Greg Cody]

And he's going to suffer for the remainder of his career in some something below mediocrity because he chose the money. He is going to suffer all the way to the bank.

[Tony]

All right, Another Oli. We had this conversation yesterday. Daniel, you can. You can. You can talk about Mike with it after the break. Salute to Travis kelsey for his 83rd touchdown, tying Chiefs legend Priest Holmes for most touchdowns in Chiefs franchise history. Next one. He is the record holder. Shout out to the boy, Travis Kelsey.

[LSU Fan 2]

Yeah.

[Tony]

Attaboy. Packers continue to just kind of hover under the radar. They're 5, 1 and 1. They kind of pop up and they're like, oh, they lost to Cleveland. Oh, but wait, they beat Pittsburgh. They're 5 and 1. I'm keeping an eye on those Packers.

[Mike Ryan]

Why did they lose to Cleveland?

[Greg Cody]

They lost to Cleveland and tied Dallas, stupid. And otherwise they'd be seven and oh, and we'd be saying they're better than the Colts.

[Tony]

Last Oli here. Poor Andy Dalton. That's all. It's good. All right, number five. Speaking of those Ravens, don't look now, but Snoop Huntley just saved the Ravens season. They're gonna go on a little bit of a streak here. Pittsburgh on the way down. Baltimore is rising. They're gonna win that division. Remember I told you that Lamar's going to come back. They're going to beat the Dolphins. They're going to be all right. You also, Huntley just saved the Ravens. You also said Davis Mills was going to be good. And who. And who said. And who said something today mentioned Davis?

[Greg Cody]

No, wait a minute. Diana said both. Diana said both things. First of all, she said that if anyone calls the Texans on Davis Mills, the answer is no way. And she said, like Tony about an hour before Tony, the Ravens are going to make the playoffs.

[Mike Ryan]

They're the favorite by DraftKings right now.

[Tony]

To win that division.

[Sports Analyst]

Yep.

[Tony]

Well. Well, here's the thing, Dano. I told you three weeks ago that the Ravens were going to make the playoffs. So I actually beat her by three weeks. So if you want to go back and do that math, you can you can give me the source on that? Thank you. Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Continue.

[Tony]

We. One day, you know what? When I'm dead and gone, you guys will appreciate me.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

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[Tony]

I promise you that.

[Greg Cody]

Whoa.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

No.

[Tony]

You guys attribute all these great takes to other people. And I said it three weeks ago. It's crazy.

[LSU Fan 2]

It's because you take all the takes anyways.

[Tony]

Take. Thank you. Number four, Feliciadis. To a belated national tight ends day over the weekend. 12 touchdowns scored by tight ends. Tucker Craft. Dallas Goddard scored two each. Shout out to the tight ends. I love tight ends. Remember, I. Andrew Hawkins says I could have played tight end in college. We're still going to work on that. By the way, where is Hawk?

[Greg Cody]

It's a good question.

[Tony]

Guy was in every Friday. Now he's a ghost. Halloween's Friday. Come on, buddy. All right.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Number three.

[Tony]

Broncos are combined six points away from being undefeated. Circle the date, 11:16. Dano. A who's who game in the AFC. Way in the AFC West. Broncos versus Chiefs, 11:16.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, they're gonna miss Zirtan, though. That one really hurts. I. I thought that Denver closed the gap, but you cannot lose that player and be the same defense, especially when you're chasing Kansas City.

[Tony]

Kansas City's chasing them, Dano.

[Greg Cody]

No, they're not.

[Tony]

Number two. We'll see about that. Number two. Drake May has quickly become the most fun to watch quarterback and fearless quarterback in the league. Dan, you've been talking about guys throwing horizontally here, horizontally there, low A dots. Patrick Mahomes isn't the guy he used to be throwing the ball 50 yards down the field. Drake May is that guy. He's the next evolution of. We were nervous to throw deep. Now all we do is throw deep. That's the guy right there. Really like Drake May.

[Greg Cody]

There are a couple of guys in the league. Can you guys think of them off the top of your head? Because Burrow used to be this. There are a couple of guys in the league who have the pocket presence. Aaron Rodgers used to have this. It's not the same anymore. Drake May can absolutely feel what's going on behind him in a way that is really confident in the pocket. Jordan Love has some of this. That. That long play to Tucker Kraft the other day was absurd that he was able to flout. You know, Flo. The ball was floundering out there and it went for 50 yards. Give me the guys that you think of happen having in that league the feeling that they know someone is behind them. They're only like four or five of them.

[LSU Fan 2]

Baker's gotten there.

[Mike Ryan]

I think Dak's pretty good at it.

[Tony]

Stafford.

[Greg Cody]

There aren't many Stafford, I would say.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah. Plus he didn't have great receivers. Drake May. I mean that's all. Not all him, but a lot of that. What's happening right now is Drake May. He's great.

[Greg Cody]

Number one.

[Tony]

Number one. Dano. The Colts have the best record in the league, the best point differential by 49 points over second place, the aforementioned Patriots. Through eight weeks they stand at 3.46 in points per drive. Only training the 2007 Patriots at 3.57. And they have more points to eight weeks 270 than Andrew Luck and any Peyton Manning led team only trailing Johnny Yu, the boy. So the Colts are legitimately probably the best Colts team we've seen in the last 60 years.

[Greg Cody]

It's good. That would be a crazy thing to say how. Thank you, Tony. We will be out there Thursday night. All of us. We are. We will be out there on Thursday night at Flanagan's. Appreciate the top five every week. Appreciate that you are hustling all over South Florida. Thank you, sir. That is crazy. The stats he just gave. I. I believe the offensive age makes it so that we have to be careful how we do some of this stuff. I don't think anybody listening to this would believe that this Daniel Jones offense is better than all of the Peyton Manning offenses that allowed Peyton Manning to win MVP of the league. But statistically, what he's saying is, so through half a season, how do I convince America through half a season? You've seen several seasons of Daniel Jones. How do I convince America through half a season? Hey, Daniel Jones is better than any offense the Colts had with Peyton Manning.

[Sports Analyst]

I think you show a photo of Jonathan Taylor. I think Jonathan Taylor is continuing the running back renaissance in the NFL. Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, Jonathan Taylor, if you have an extraordinary running back, your quarterback is much better.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but it's not like Peyton Manning didn't have Marshall Faulk and then Edward James. You know, these are great. These guys were just as good, if not better than Jonathan.

[Sports Analyst]

Yeah, but. But that's going back a long ways.

[Greg Cody]

And, and Marvin Harrison is better than Pittman. But statistically, what, what do you do with the information that he just presented you, which is he's saying best colts offense in 60 years. He's saying best Colts offense since Johnny unit is. And I don't believe I can convince anybody who or anybody who doesn't know football that through eight games, Daniel Jones is better than the offense that Peyton Manning ever ran, that's not something I'm not going to be able to convince anybody of that.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I'm not sure how you do that. Because at least like in the NBA when the numbers are inflated, it's like, okay, they play a lot faster now than they did back then. The NFL hasn't changed that way. Like, you can't really play faster. There's no real.

[Greg Cody]

It's not faster, but passing offense is something that, that can be more explosive.

[Mike Ryan]

Passing numbers are down this year, but.

[Greg Cody]

They are down this year.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it's efficiency. Right. And it's almost like the NFL now needs a stat. Sort of like OPS plus in baseball where it goes in comparison to your own era. Right. So when you look at ops, yeah, those numbers are way up now because guys are trying to slug the ball more. But when you look at it in comparison with your own era, it's based on a scale of 100 and you can know how great you were at that time.

[Mike Ryan]

Not baseball. We're talking about football.

[Dan Le Batard]

Shohei Ohtani would be better than any of these guys.

[LSU Fan 2]

But don't you trust it's going to come down to in the postseason they're going to be an underdog because the betting public is just going to decide. Daniel Jones has to prove us wrong. But you keep waiting for these moments in games. They're just running through TCB games like nobody's business. They're just performing well on the road and he's not making the mistakes. He looks fantastic.

[Tony]

Very comfortable.

[LSU Fan 2]

We're at the midway point of the season.

[Greg Cody]

Very comfortable. They are making it look easy. They are scoring 30 points a game. But we have not caught up to what the Colts are. They're scoring 30 points a game the way the Chiefs used to score 30 points a game. And over the last three or four games, the way the Chiefs look. But back when all the overs on the Chiefs were always they will score. The betting number on the Chiefs for several years was 31, 31 and a half for a game. That's where the Colts are. They are super efficient on offense.

[LSU Fan 2]

I'm at the point now where I still look. It's a Daniel Jones led team. I guess I got to see it too, just like everybody else. But if they do end up getting eliminated in the playoffs, I think it's more likely that it's the defense and you could throw all over those guys. I trust the offense way more than I trust that Indianapolis defense.

[Mike Ryan]

I think it's a similar spot as Sam Darnold last year where the Vikings had this great. I mean, they won 14 games without winning division. Vikings had this great regular season. Sam Darnold was really good. It's like, okay, but in the biggest game of your career, which was twice, it was week 18 against Detroit, he was terrible. And then the wild card, he was terrible. I feel like we're kind of in the same spot with Daniel Jones. You can have this great regular season. Your team can have a great regular season. But let's see what you do.

[Greg Cody]

Well, correct me, Correct me here, Mike, please, can you look this up for me? Because as I recall, the Vikings had a lot of wonders score games. The Colts, by a wide margin, have the best point differential in the league. They're not playing close games. They won the one against Denver. That was close. They scored a lot in the one against Denver and lost the game at the end. And only a penalty on a field goal ended up nullifying the miss that. That would have ended up in a loss at home for the Colts to the Broncos, the team or a team that they are likely to face in the playoffs. Can you guys walk me through what you think on this, though? Well, the running back, in a way that has been really, really precipitous, has lost value. The four running backs in the league and Derrick Henry has not been this this year. But the four running backs in the league that people look at and say those are the four best, the most elite by a wide margin are Saquon Barkley, in whatever order you want to do this. Saquon Barkley, Derrick Henry, Bijon Robinson, and Jonathan Taylor. The Colts are winning because of Daniel Jones and Jonathan Taylor on offense. How can you tell me the running back's not valuable? How can you tell me when the running back looks like that and is that hard to tackle, has that center of gravity, has that kind of balance? I guess I'd put James Cook in.

[Mike Ryan]

There somewhere, too, but you only mentioned four. Like, there are 32 teams. So, like, wouldn't that be why the running, like, okay, those. Those are freaks. Those guys are a cut above everybody else. I don't know that there's this resurgence in running backs when we only named football.

[Greg Cody]

But you can't say it's that disposable and that unimportant when I believe all of us would say that Jonathan Taylor would be in the MVP conversation.

[Sports Analyst]

Well, that's exactly what I said. And I also said he's the reason why Daniel Jones is doing as good as he is and to amplify that according to DraftKings NFL MVP odds, Daniel Jones is only 6 in the MVP category which is not great for his stats. Jonathan Taylor is the number one running back in the MVP race which is unheard running back never win. Yeah, by far. So Jonathan Taylor, you can disagree is the key to Daniel Jones doing what he's doing.

[Greg Cody]

The Vikings last year played 10 one score games that were nine and one in them. It's easier to unmask Sam Darnold in the playoffs on the the road when that happened.

[LSU Fan 2]

But what Sam Darnold had going for him was a defense. Colts don't have that defense sack oh the football season. Cruel beast. Sometimes it gives, sometimes it rips away. Sometimes you got good times, sometimes you got bad times. But one thing that'll always lift your spirit is making it Miller Time. Because game day just hits different with Miller Lite in your hand. 50 years of great taste, simple ingredients, and that iconic golden color that you can spot from across the room. It's a real eye catcher, folks. And here's the kicker. Just 96 calories, 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. The original light beer since 1975 and still hitting different five decades later. So whatever your game day looks like, remember Miller Time is always a good time. Miller Lite Great Taste, 96 calories. Go to Millerlight. Com Dan to find delivery options near you or you can pick up some Miller Light pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller Time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.