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Dan Le Batard
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Stugatz
Football season is here and there is absolutely nothing better than Game day. But it can be a little bit stressful. You're placing bets. You're setting fantasy lineups. You're figuring out the most comfortable position to sit on your couch for the next 12 hours. No one has time to think about this part.
Lucy
Cooking.
Stugatz
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Lucy
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Stugatz
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Greg Cody
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Lucy
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Mike Ryan
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Greg Cody
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Mike Ryan
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Lucy
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Billy
This is the Dan Levator show with the Stuttgarts Podcast.
Stugatz
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Mike Ryan
I have been remiss in not telling people that Greg Cody Tuesday is not today is going to be tomorrow. Greg Greg Cody Tuesday is going to be Wednesday tomorrow. I'm sorry for not addressing it earlier.
Lucy
You should be.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, I've grown to expect him here on Tuesdays. They like their Cody Tuesdays. And to the degree that some of you didn't notice that he was gone, thank you for not noticing. Because I notice whenever he's not gone on Tuesdays because he's an endless fountain of content around here. But he will be tomorrow. For those of you who miss him, we will check in with Tony one more time and I will tell you again that this toy drive that we're trying to do a little bit at the last minute today with Cuban Santa Tony and tomorrow with Roy a Roy drive tomorrow. Stoic Santa. Not not going to be a lot of joy at that one, I don't think. Not going to feel like I mean, maybe. Maybe we can summon Santa's joyous Christmas time. And this Roy drive will escalate tomorrow at Vivo at Vivo Mall. But you guys. Do you guys. Excuse me. Vivo at Dolphin Mall.
Lucy
Vivo's a restaurant in the Dolphin Mall.
Mike Ryan
Forgive me. I'm just worried. Today's thing, I'm being told that they're being towed. Now that they're being towed. That's a famously small parking lot in Flanagan's. Now we've got Cuban Santa and our tow drive is being towed. But Tony's still there trying to keep things together. And when I walked into the other studio. And you guys are going to have to help me here. Lucy, Jessica and Billy, they were all laughing at Cuban Santa's insecurities. All of them were laughing. That's not. Falsehoods. Billy. Billy. Falsehood. Jessica. Jessica. You guys.
Billy
Lucy. Lucy.
Dan Le Batard
I was laughing at Rose trying to replug that inflatable thing. We don't know if it's happened. We don't know the situation there. I have a lot of questions.
Greg Cody
Look, it feels like you're trying to steal this segment away from Tony by making it Royce's top. Rose's top five.
Lucy
And Royce tomorrow.
Greg Cody
Yeah. Roy's tomorrow at Vivo Mall.
Billy
Dolphin Mall.
Mike Ryan
People really Miss Roy's top 10.
Dan Le Batard
I get warmed and fabulous.
Mike Ryan
They really missed Roy's top 10.
Greg Cody
Sorry, we wrote them all. There are no more Roy's top tens.
Lucy
Is work going to be there?
Billy
That's a good question.
Lucy
Yeah. Hockey.
Billy
Package deal.
Greg Cody
They're getting towed.
Mike Ryan
What about ice? Ice baby. So this toy drive is a bit of a gorilla outfit. Look, I want to say something real quick here. Stuff before we get into the sports tainment stuff that we need to be talking about.
Lucy
Okay.
Mike Ryan
I am really grateful for the group of people who have made this startup business something that can exist for three years when everyone's got their own hardships and it's been hard. And I just threw a toy drive at them and they're all overworked and they're tired and they would like not a whole lot of work. Like, it'd probably be better to stumble into the holidays without more work. But now I've insisted on a toy drive out of nowhere. So I need to support Cuban Santa even though I don't trust him with your gift cards or your cash. And I gotta trust stoic Roy to go to go to the Everglades. Stugatz.
Lucy
Right? This is.
Mike Ryan
You said you made a joke in.
Greg Cody
It's Terrell. Yeah, it's not even west of the turnpike.
Mike Ryan
Stugott's made a joke yesterday that his three weeks of travel this this season are equivalent to what Lucy has done because he went out to Dolphin Mall.
Greg Cody
I mean, there's a topgolf west of it now. After that, top golf, it's the Everglades.
Lucy
Yeah. My body hurts. I mean, it's been a long football season. I don't know how you feel, Mike, but my body hurts. We have made a lot of trips this year, and the trip to the Dolphin Mall is the one that really got me.
Greg Cody
Football season ended in Syracuse for me.
Billy
I still don't understand how carvana works, because there's one of those right next to topgolf. Like, they make it seem like it's a car vending machine, but it's not like that.
Greg Cody
It's like more of a car PEZ dispenser.
Lucy
Really. Huh.
Billy
Like, I don't swipe my card and then, like, push like a 15 and then it's quite the shot. Ram comes down.
Greg Cody
I'm always curious the logistics of a carvana.
Billy
Yeah, a lot to learn anyways. How many toys do you think we've collected?
Mike Ryan
I don't know. I think this is a tough thing, and I think you will enjoy if we don't collect any. I believe the anarchist in you would like the kids to be unhappy.
Lucy
I think it's not the kids.
Mike Ryan
It's Tony, I think. Well, is it Tony? Well, something is happening in the tension between everybody and Cuban Santa that makes me not get honesty about where it is. That Cuban Santa is not happy. How all of this has gone because Rose stole his limelight. I didn't do that. I mean, we all saw it.
Greg Cody
You did do it.
Mike Ryan
We all saw it happen. We all saw it happen.
Greg Cody
The 17th time you asked her to pronounce Luigi's name right on the line. Did you do that?
Mike Ryan
We were dancing on the line. Hey, look, we were dancing on the line. I was getting approval from the room because nobody quite knew. Are we doing something offensive? I don't know, but it's funny and offensive two ways. Because we've made light of, like, Murder in the street. Now we do that. Now we like. Yeah, it's just murder in the street. A murder is not a real thing. These aren't human beings. It's all. We all live in a simulation.
Greg Cody
Luigi, man, that's not vamp on this one.
Billy
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Luigi Mangione.
Billy
Is Tony scaring people? Maybe. Can you just take off the beard? Why is he wearing a costume?
Mike Ryan
Because he's Cuban. Santa. What do you mean? What do you mean?
Lucy
Why is he wearing that time of year?
Mike Ryan
No, he's got. He's in. He's in performance as Cuban Santa. And look, you guys know what that Flanagan's is? It lives on a hill. It's a parking lot. It's a very small parking lot. Some people are being towed. We're trying to do a toy drive. Rose is holding up the inflatables that weren't put there by us. She ruined their property. That's not us. I don't know why she was even back there, but it reminded me of Billy at Tim Legler's house. It reminded me of Billy falling into the bushes as an eagle.
Greg Cody
Miss that less inflatable.
Mike Ryan
Somehow I don't understand what just happened. I really don't. Our toy drive has fallen into a puddle that Stugott is saying is filled with urine. He is not. But there is another pee story that for some reason, Jessica is desperate to get into.
Billy
What is happening?
Dan Le Batard
Thank you for setting it up that.
Greg Cody
Way you're not full of urine.
Lucy
There was a. I have urine in me. I mean, there was a photo that was full of it. Well, I am full of it.
Dan Le Batard
Around the Internet yesterday, it was a toilet with a grid over it, and the grid was numbered 1 through 9 on the top and A through J on the left. The Y axis, I guess. And people were saying where they aim when they piss. And I saw this picture and I showed it to my boyfriend, and I was like, everyone's like an E5, right? Like, is there anywhere else you would aim if you were aiming into the toilet? And apparently that's not the most common answer.
Lucy
Battle shits.
Stugatz
If this is late at night and I'm not trying to wake up my wife, I'm an E8 kind of guy.
Greg Cody
Yeah, there's a silencer technique. And also, you're not in control of how much water is in the bowl. If there is a bowl that has less water in it, you're probably going to want to go closer to D2 range.
Mike Ryan
I just left. There's a cabin.
Greg Cody
You could go D2. You go corners.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Lucy
I mean, depends where the water is.
Stugatz
I live in the 8, 9 zone.
Mike Ryan
What?
Lucy
Like, well, in the middle.
Stugatz
Like, not the top. I'm not peeing on the rim, but, like, I'm trying to hit the side of the wall. But that is the aiming.
Dan Le Batard
Why?
Lucy
Because it's. It's not loud.
Stugatz
Like, I don't want the.
Greg Cody
Like what? You want it to cascade off the side and it limits the sound. You can also sit.
Lucy
Hmm.
Stugatz
Well, that's. I think the women, I don't think, play this game. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong.
Greg Cody
I mean, you guys are all like. All the ladies are like J5, right?
Billy
What?
Dan Le Batard
You think we pee J5 off the front of the toilet?
Greg Cody
Yeah. Well, I guess my mistake. H5.
Billy
F5, huh?
Dan Le Batard
No.
Lucy
E5.
Dan Le Batard
I think probably closer.
Billy
Really?
Dan Le Batard
It depends.
Greg Cody
If I'm you lean back on it.
Dan Le Batard
Sitting with my back to the back of the toilet or if I'm squatting facing the toilet.
Greg Cody
What if it's a public restroom?
Dan Le Batard
Well, then it depends.
Lucy
There you go. It goes where it goes. I mean, I hover.
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Mike Ryan
Don LeBatard all of us who were watching college football elevated everything the weekend was because we missed football in general so very much.
Dan Le Batard
You didn't watch the ending of UTEP Jacksonville State.
Lucy
It was awesome. Adizzy. Boom.
Mike Ryan
Stugatz. It's such a lane for you. Just everything in college football is awesome. Any single thing that happens she gets deliriously happy about.
Billy
Don't you miss viewing sports through that. Let prism though. Like I'm envious of Lucy. Like I wish that I could still be happy. This is the Dan Levatar show with these two gods.
Mike Ryan
I'm glad I did that. Weekend observations. Please to share his game notes.
Lucy
No one in the media will tell.
Mike Ryan
You what happened better than my boy.
Lucy
St Weekend observations brought to you by Miller Light. Great taste. Just 96 calories available for delivery. DIN People were ready to write him off. They said he was washed. They said he should just go ahead and retire. But on Sunday. Sunday, Dan. He turned Back the clocks. Reminding everybody why he was a four time MVP. Dropping dimes all over the field with 289 yards and three touchdowns.
Mike Ryan
No.
Lucy
And even more impressively, at 41 years old, he could still scoot six carries for 45 yards. The team's leading rusher. And Dan, just like that. Make no mistake about it, Aaron Rodgers is back. Exciting. Hey, Navy, do it in the army. All the jets win did is give me hope for next season. I hate them. The Philadelphia Eagles, the rare 122 team that feels like a ticking time bomb.
Mike Ryan
I don't feel like anyone understood Navy, do it in the army.
Lucy
Well, you know, Navy beat army and I'm just telling the, you know, the midshipmen do it. As a cadet, a lot of people think the army is harder than the Navy. Dan, you know, you know the old joke from a few good men, we give you a ride. The army. You know, when Jessup says, you give us a ride when we want to go fight. That's all I'm saying. Do it in the army.
Dan Le Batard
It was a play on an old.
Lucy
Classic full of urine.
Greg Cody
Let's not vamp on that one either.
Lucy
Jesus Christ Almighty. Follow up questions. I probably need to let this one go, but every time I see Eric Crouch on the Heisman stage, it infuriates me. He has no business being there. Same with Jason White business is what I was trying to say. Why is Jason White on the Heisman stage?
Greg Cody
I know Crouch is there because Miami guys split the votes.
Lucy
That's so bad. He had no business winning that thing. Crouch, very few things in sports tug at the heartstrings quite like a good Heisman trophy speech. Top five sports things that tug at the heartstrings. Number five, a good Heisman speech. Thank you. Number four, a good retirement speech. Number three, the Hawkeye wave. Number two, Tom Rinaldi's voice. And number one, Gary Anderson's miss from 38 yards to keep the Vikings out of the 98 Super Bowl. That's the best team to not make a Super bowl in the history of the NFL. You agree, right? Do you feel bad for Gary Anderson? I'm wondering, Dan, do you? Because he was perfect that season.
Mike Ryan
Perfect.
Lucy
Had a 38 yard field goal to put him in the super bowl against the Falcons. He missed it.
Mike Ryan
It's a one loss.
Lucy
Talk to the Heartstrings.
Mike Ryan
Isn't that the reason that you and Billy say that the Lions had to lose a game? Isn't that team the reason that you guys say that?
Lucy
Yes, it was heartbreaking. Chris Chandler went to the Super Bowl. Is he the quarterback for the Falcons?
Billy
We also didn't say that. Dan Campbell said that.
Lucy
Yeah, here come the Senators. Can we stop saying every player is generational?
Mike Ryan
You were mad about this before the show.
Lucy
You can't have 20 players be a once in a generation type player. You can't.
Mike Ryan
You were stomping around, you were like furious around the bacon that you were eating with your bare hands. Just stomping around about this.
Lucy
There's one generational player, that's it. Can't have 20 from one generation. Defeats the purpose. Supposed to wear a glove to eat bacon. I'll get your point.
Mike Ryan
Well, I don't I the point. I'm sorry. I would say that most people eat bacon when walking around with a plate or a napkin or something. It's not just bacon. Do I have this wrong?
Lucy
I think you eat bacon with your bare hands. I mean, you walk.
Mike Ryan
I kind of delight in the fact that you're walking around with bacon fingers that are covered in cigarette smoke, but I'm not even judging it. I'm not even judging it. I'm just saying I don't think most people do it that way. It's more observational, honestly, than judgment.
Lucy
You're observations, huh? Being aggressive and going forward on fourth down. You know what the Bills did to the Lions, Dan? They gave him a taste of their own medicine.
Mike Ryan
They really did.
Lucy
Dan Campbell is going to cost his team a Super Bowl. How much longer are we going to pretend to care about the NBA Cup? I'm tired of it, Billy.
Mike Ryan
Why does that delight you so much?
Billy
It's a big day today. Today's championship day in the NBA Cup.
Lucy
Christ, enough.
Billy
Yeah, today's a championship. Bucks against someone.
Lucy
Oh, LeBron didn't make it.
Billy
Well, he took vacation.
Lucy
The Bucks against somebody.
Billy
Who are they playing?
Greg Cody
I think it's okc.
Billy
Oh yeah, the Thunder. That's right. Yeah, Big one.
Mike Ryan
Amin is joining us from Vegas because he thinks this is an important game.
Billy
He got one over on you, buddy.
Lucy
Jesus.
Billy
Free trip to Vegas.
Lucy
Congratulations to the Carolina Panthers for being favored for the first time in 32 games. Also good loss. There's nothing like screaming free play at your TV when you see somebody jump off sides.
Mike Ryan
Put it on the pole, please. Judge show. Do you shout free play at your television when someone jumps off sides?
Lucy
Room, room.
Mike Ryan
The whole room does this.
Lucy
You have to.
Billy
Caleb had one yesterday.
Lucy
Yep.
Billy
Made the most of it. 20 yards or so.
Lucy
Dan. I thought after Desean Jackson it would never happen again. Why does it keep happening why does it keep happening? Cross the goal line and then celebrate your touchdown.
Mike Ryan
Would you guys watch a 30 for 30 on that? Would you guys watch a metal arc documentary on why does it happen? Jason Whitlock said, do white people ever do that? Is it ever a white person who drops the ball before the goal line? We can turn that in.
Greg Cody
How many touchdowns they scorn?
Mike Ryan
A mockumentary. We can turn this into a mockumentary. We can.
Greg Cody
Not really a representative sample you're basically counting on Cooper Cup, Mike Allstock quarterback sneaks.
Lucy
All stop.
Mike Ryan
I mean, Jalen hurts.
Greg Cody
Most of the white guys are scoring from like an inch out.
Mike Ryan
Can I.
Greg Cody
They don't have the time to drop it before the goal line because they don't have 80 yards.
Lucy
I'm trying to think the last white guy that could, you know, go for 80 yards, Ricky Pro.
Greg Cody
It's just cop. Just cop.
Mike Ryan
Oh, McCaffrey.
Greg Cody
Well, they haven't done it. It's the two guys sample.
Stugatz
Ricky Prole.
Lucy
That's all I had.
Mike Ryan
God, you didn't have anything.
Lucy
I mean, Ricky Broll was a deep.
Greg Cody
Threat and it checks out. He's definitely white.
Lucy
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Long time ago.
Lucy
Where was I? I have no idea. Dan, you know what the D in Detroit stands for? Not defense.
Mike Ryan
Oh, I thought you were going to say done or something. Something more dramatic.
Lucy
They're just getting started. Eagles with a 21 play drive to ice the game. You know what that is, Dan?
Mike Ryan
No.
Lucy
It's football. Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King announced he'll be back next season. That sound you just heard was Mario crystal ball shuddering in fear even though the Canes don't play Georgia Tech next season. You were quick. You were coming for that, weren't you? He's still nervous.
Greg Cody
I'm still scared. Yeah.
Mike Ryan
Mike hasn't given us the real heartbreak of that. You still feel it. You still like, you still physically feel that's a season you cared about.
Greg Cody
Yeah, it was a. It's a bummer for a 10 that way, but I watched part of the show yesterday trying to make light of Miami season. It was a good season. It was a real good season.
Billy
You get a cool trophy. That trophy's awesome.
Greg Cody
I hate the Pop Tart.
Billy
Why? It's awesome. Yeah, it's like the biggest bowl outside of the ones that matter.
Greg Cody
I understand that, but like I said, don't get me started on it.
Lucy
All right.
Billy
Needs a better name. What's better than Pop Tart Bowl?
Stugatz
It just needs a better one.
Lucy
Timing is everything. Once I saw the new trophy for the Pop Tart Bowl. I declared it a must win for Miami.
Billy
You hate Camping World Stadium, right?
Greg Cody
That's an awful stadium.
Lucy
Yeah.
Billy
Every year it feels like it's there. Or at least every other year. It's weird.
Lucy
The Duke's Mayo bowl can only dream of being the Pop Tarts Bowl.
Mike Ryan
Marshall, hold on, if I may. Stugatz. If I can just do this. I'm sorry to interrupt the precious sacred ground that is weekend observations always respected around here. But we as a show made fun of the Pop Tarts Bowl. And Jessica reminded us a couple of times on Monday, hey, that's a good bowl. But Miami season ending against Iowa State in a bowl for pop star Pop Tarts is something that's getting the best Miami season in 25 years and the best Miami offense we've ever seen. Made fun of for ending up in a Pop Tarts Bowl. That's a thing that's happening. The University of Miami's last game ends as Pop Tart punctuation that people are laughing at because they didn't get to one of the big games. They're stuck with the Pop Tart.
Greg Cody
You're really trying to get me started. And I said don't.
Billy
It's probably a must win. Like you don't want to lose the Pop Tart.
Greg Cody
I'd rather lose it.
Billy
No, you wouldn't. Oh, please. Mario, Crystal Lash. I don't want to go to a bowl game, okay?
Greg Cody
I'd rather. I'd rather opt out of it. I don't know.
Lucy
What. What are you. Marshall. I mean.
Greg Cody
Okay, you got me started on it. My whole thing about the Pop Tart bowl is Jess is right when she says it is supposed to be a prestigious bowl and that it' supposed to be the top ACC team that's not going to a CFP game. And if this was a seven win season, this was an eight win season. Look, last year I was all about the bad boy mowers, Pinstripe bowl. All about it. You can lean into. It's a Meme Bowl. It's a bowl that exists for memes. And the teams that are playing in it are used as punchlines for the Toasters and the Pop Tarts. And it's just when you come that close to the cfp, you see the bowl game that is most active making a joke of itself on the Internet. It's just kind of like a bummer.
Dan Le Batard
I haven't seen them using Iowa State as a punchline. It's pretty much just been Miami.
Mike Ryan
You're happy with the Pop Tarts Bowl. Isn't that the one you'd want to go to?
Dan Le Batard
Oh, heck yeah. I mean, like, I understand Mike's sort of take of it does feel very meme ified.
Greg Cody
I feel like they make fun of the team.
Stugatz
It's too fun.
Dan Le Batard
In the day and age where there are. There's the playoff now, and the bowl games that used to be a really big deal are now playoff games. Like, and there are so many bowl. There are a million and ten bowl games. You kind of have to find a way to differentiate yourself. And Pop Tarts has done that by being fun and quirky and having a live, edible mascot in a toaster and. I don't know.
Stugatz
We respect college football.
Dan Le Batard
Let's have fun.
Stugatz
We respect the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Stugatz
Pop Tart doesn't get off Tostitos.
Billy
It's gonna get there, though. It's not the Tony the Tiger Bowl.
Greg Cody
Give me an old white guy in, like, a royal blue blazer handing me a normal looking trophy and saying, congratulations on your season. That's how you actually stick out these days, everybody. You got to dump mayo, you got to dump potatoes, you got to dump coffee. Like, I get it. Like, it's all. It's all fun and games for everybody. But it's just, you know, if this is supposed to be one of the more prestigious ones, how about we stop making fun of the teams that are in it?
Dan Le Batard
I think that all the bowls should have a fun little element. Iowa is playing in the Music City bowl in Nashville, and I think whoever wins that game should get to throw a chair off a bar like Morgan Wallen did, and that should be the trophy.
Mike Ryan
Just spitballing Lucy. I believe that we should get you all access to the Pop Tart Bowl. Like, if they're in on the joke, you should be the media renegade who is selling Pop Tart Bold to the country because of how fun the Pop Tart Bold seems to you.
Dan Le Batard
I would go if you paid for it. I would go and, like, it's. It's fine. I don't have a problem with it. Like, I think if my team were in it, I would still enjoy it quite a bit, but I think it's fun.
Mike Ryan
Let's do it.
Billy
Iowa State's in it, so Lucy might be rooting for Miami.
Dan Le Batard
I actually kind of like Iowa State.
Lucy
Oh, no.
Mike Ryan
Whoa.
Dan Le Batard
Dessert Judas. They're super nice fans. First tin win season ever. This is actually a very, like, I know it's a bummer for Mike, but this is a huge deal for Iowa State. It's a huge deal for them, and their fans are going to travel really well. I think I'm excited for them.
Billy
Is also a mystery Pop Tart to be revealed.
Lucy
I'm with Mike, though. I don't like gimmicky bowls, you know, Give me the Gator Bowl. Give me the Cotton Ball. Give me a Rose Bowl. Give me an Orange Bowl.
Greg Cody
I mean, with the gimmicky ones for, like, bad teams. For, like, teams that are just eligible.
Dan Le Batard
But Orange bowl, you got to go to the playoff.
Greg Cody
No, I understand that. And that's a. That's a sick bar, dude.
Lucy
Give me a Gator Bowl. I mean, in.
Billy
The Rose bowl has a parade. It's about football and Pop Tarts.
Greg Cody
I'm jealous. I'm jealous. Other teams get to go to a normal, like, Holiday Bowl. Give me that. Their whole thing is like, are they still Culligan? Give me that.
Billy
What about the Wasabi Fenway Bowl?
Greg Cody
That one seems fine.
Lucy
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Two college basketball programs playing in a baseball stadium. That's what I like.
Dan Le Batard
North Carolina, Yukon.
Lucy
You can't spell Jameis Winston without the ints. Yankees forcing Devin Williams to shave his beard.
Mike Ryan
There's not a T in Jameis.
Lucy
What do you mean?
Mike Ryan
There's not an.
Lucy
You can't spell Jameis Winston without the int.
Mike Ryan
Okay, I'm sorry. My bad. I'm sorry.
Lucy
No T in Winston.
Mike Ryan
My bad. I thought it was.
Lucy
Are these your observations or mine?
Mike Ryan
I'm so sorry. Oh, so sorry.
Lucy
That's okay. Yankees forcing Devin Williams to shave his head. Hey, Yankees, why don't you worry about winning a World Series and not about facial hair? Taylor. The jets were 05 against Mac Jones. You know what that means, right?
Mike Ryan
Dan had their number.
Lucy
It means they were due. I hate them. Jets awful win. Also, I want Aaron to come back. I hate them. The jets lose. Must win games and win. Must lose games. I hate them. And Devonte. I'd like him to come back as well. I hate them. I feel fancy every time I say the name Zach Charbonneau.
Mike Ryan
Put it on the poll, please. At Lebatard show.
Lucy
Juicy, right?
Stugatz
Charbonnet.
Lucy
Charbonnet, that's right. Do you or Charbonneau? I was thinking of geek Carbonneau. That's who I was thinking of.
Mike Ryan
How would you like me to phrase Charbonnet on the poll at Ler show? Do you feel fancy when you say the name Charbonnet?
Lucy
Top five names in sports. That when I say them, they make me feel fancy. Oli David Benoit. A lot of people think it's Benoit. It's not. It's Benoit. Yeah, yeah. David Benoit would be weird.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, well, not weird, but just not as Fast.
Lucy
Right. Number five, Guy Carbono. Number four, Jesper Parnavik. Fancy Schmancy. Number three, Zach Charbonnet. Number two, Bryson DeChambeau. And number one, Rodrique. No idea if I said any of those correctly. I feel fancy though. Rodrique, I think it is. Baker Mayfield Goods Geno Smith, the rare quarterback that is more likely to throw an interception in the red zone then a touchdown. Dan, last week I said you couldn't do better than Tommy DeVito for tanking. I was wrong because the Giants put in Tim Boyle. The T in Tim Boyle stands for tanking. As long as Mike Evans is playing football, he'll be open. He's so good. First ballot hall of Famer Brandon Aubrey attempting a 70 yard field goal. Ambitious. Sam Howell can sling it sometimes to the other team, but sling it nonetheless. You agree?
Mike Ryan
Yeah, yeah. And he gets sacked a lot.
Lucy
And yeah, I left out Taylor, death, taxes and Lewis Riddick popping up as a GM candidate every year. The jets, now Lewis Riddick. He's never gonna get one.
Mike Ryan
Really? Why are you doing that?
Lucy
I mean, he's been up for five.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Lucy
And he doesn't get him.
Mike Ryan
I mean, but you really.
Lucy
Okay, he's up for a job. And the next season, what I do is I see him standing next to Steve Levy calling a game. I mean, that's what I do. I would like him to get one. He's always the bridesmaid.
Mike Ryan
Oh no, he is.
Lucy
It's not fair to Lewis Riddick.
Greg Cody
It's often with shoes and who you said is your dear friend.
Lucy
I love Bob. You guys still have that chat going on?
Billy
Oh, yeah.
Greg Cody
Still on fire after last night.
Lucy
Klay Thompson, revenge game. Jackson Smith and Jigba. Dangerous name to say. I was nervous just approaching it.
Billy
Because of the X and Jackson, of course we're gonna.
Lucy
Kyle Tucker traded to the Cubs. Dan, the stove is heating up. Taylor. Congratulations to the jets for getting their first ever victory against Mac Jones. I hate them. Mac Jones has a 1930 record for his career. He's 5 and 1 against the Jets. 14 and 29 against everyone else. I hate them. If Mac Jones only played against the jets, he'd be a first ballot hall of Famer. Indianapolis Colts. The rare trick. Play that trick. No. 1, Dan. You know what Dan Campbell gets to do? Hit the reset button when Dan Campbell is humbling his team. He's got you right where he wants you. Mike Lombardi strolling into a kid's house and saying, hey, you ever heard of Brady Collision Course? He's going to do that, right? That's his recruiting pitch. A new report on the Joe Burrow home break in. Apparently the robbers tried to enter via the super bowl window, but it was closing too quickly. I hope the jets told Belichick no via napkin. Lions, Bills, Steelers, Eagles, first half split screen football heaven. Dan, if you decide to get a blizzard from Dairy Queen, what you've decided is that you are okay spending the next 12 hours in hell. Speaking of hell, Art Briles Dan, those are the weekend observations.
Mike Ryan
You're basically saying of the blizzard. One of the great delights in dessert anywhere in the history of sugar.
Lucy
Yeah.
Mike Ryan
You're saying that the lactose situation on that. If you have that at night, it's not going to be a resting situation. You're going to get the gurgling stomach for the rest of the evening. That's what you're.
Lucy
Rest of the evening. It, you know, goes into the next day, perhaps an entire day. But you know what you're getting when you get. I mean, it's delicious going in.
Mike Ryan
But is that true for everybody or do you might. Maybe you have a specific lactose into tolerance here? Like, I don't think that's true for everybody, is it?
Lucy
I'm just saying I eat a blizzard and I go to E6 on Jess's toilet chore.
Dan Le Batard
I mean.
Mike Ryan
That'S so gross.
Greg Cody
Kind of feel like the map would be all over the place then. No, it'd be. It'd be like a one.
Lucy
It could go anywhere. Yes. All right.
Dan Le Batard
I'm actually crying. Y9, why is there a cat in this picture?
Billy
What do you think that cat thought he was doing?
Dan Le Batard
Why are you taking a picture of your toilet and your cat is looking at you like, why are you doing that?
Mike Ryan
That cat.
Greg Cody
Out of the way, Sue. God says a blizzard. I'll tell you that. Right?
Billy
For remnants.
Lucy
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Stugatz
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Lucy
Cooking.
Stugatz
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Billy
Don Levitard so, like, there was a time that, and I'll tell you who this person is that I admired and I said that'd be a great career for me. Ryan Seacrest, Stugots. And then to take it a step further, you know, just a couple weeks ago, James Corden was stepping down and said, you know, be a great replacement for him. Me, I could do that. I could replace James Corden.
Greg Cody
I actually agree with you on that.
Billy
If I don't have to move to LA and I could just do this somewhere near the Tamiami area. Like they have an old, you know, theater that's kind of abandoned right now. Maybe we do something there. I mean, people like to come to Miami, right?
Greg Cody
Kmart, into your Late Late show studio.
Billy
I didn't even think about that. Wow, that's a theater right there. This is the Don Levatar show with the Stugats.
Mike Ryan
There were two things in Stugatz's weekend observations that I thought were worth revisiting. One was that play in Colts, Broncos. Because everybody is so safe with the football now that when something like that happens in professional football. Ye. To understand what these people are doing, right? Like they're super precise military complexes trying to march down the field carefully protecting the football. The packers have a meeting about the football every week. Every Thursday. They get together. The packers get together and like, who turned the football over? It's a meeting about just the football.
Lucy
Makes sense.
Mike Ryan
They bring the football, they talk about the football. You can't. And then you watch. Oh, look, the cold season. They're in the mix. They're right there.
Dan Le Batard
Broncos.
Mike Ryan
I don't believe in them. But, oh, where's this game going to turn? Jonathan Taylor is going to just flip the ball at the goal line and also. Oh, shit, right after that, look what happened. The Colts are playing flea flicker ball and the perfect play goes in the other direction like that.
Lucy
The dream.
Mike Ryan
The dream for any kid playing football in the history of defensive football since the beginning of time happens, it just lays out for Bonitos and he runs 60 yards with the football. But the other conversation that I wanted to have, where are we on the goods and Baker Mayfield? Because this has been an argument for 10 years between Mike Ryan and Stan Van Gundy. It's been one of the great arguments around here that we've ever had.
Lucy
I think Mike wins.
Mike Ryan
Well, but Baker Mayfield's going to throw you occasional interceptions. But we cannot dispute that. Baker Mayfield is very good at quarterback. Correct?
Lucy
Like exceptional. According.
Mike Ryan
I don't know if it's exceptional.
Lucy
No, it is.
Mike Ryan
But it's good enough for Goods. Good enough for goods.
Greg Cody
He's got the goods. He's got proven worthy of that contract. He's a good player, you know. Ever going to be confused with the best in the sport? No. But can you win with him? Absolutely. I hope they do because it'd be a really great story for him. This guy was playing defensive end on scout team for the Carolina Panthers.
Lucy
Crazy.
Dan Le Batard
And in Baker versus the Browns, like, unequivocally, he won that one.
Greg Cody
No doubt. No doubt. This guy's big sin was to play through an injury and maybe could have been a little bit more professional about his time over there. But they shoved him out the door and replaced him with DeSean Watson. And for a team that was struggling for 20 plus years to find a quarterback for them to have one for them to have one who was runner up. And AP offensive Rookie of the Year. Said all sorts of passing records as a rookie. Won a wild card game at Pittsburgh, made Ben Roethlisberger all sad, like that's the stuff that you were dying for. As a Browns fan. And you couldn't wait to push him out the door.
Lucy
Dan, he's been so good. 3,600 yards completion percentage is 70%. Two quarterbacks have a higher completion percentage. Can I golf and tua. All right.
Mike Ryan
So if I may, Joe, just for a moment, because I know this stuff happens super fast in that sport. Just real quick grabbing, you know, great college player, putting him in the pros and then putting him through the furnace of. We're going to slice this up real quick. You better be value at quarterback or you're going to break up our defense. So you got about three years to figure this out, and these rookies better figure it out faster than faster. And Bryce Young, you're getting a bench fast. Anthony Richardson, you got about five seconds over here. Let's hurry it up. Baker goes into the furnace of all of that and was this far from having his career basically be over before he resuscitated it on Monday night. Because McVeigh at the end of a season is saying, all right, we'll try this for a minute or two hours.
Greg Cody
After he flew into town and now.
Mike Ryan
He'S going to get. Now we're looking at. And wait a minute. That's better than Sam Darnold money. And that's a sentence I just said. That's a sentence I just said that.
Greg Cody
Lands so harshly to Carolina Panthers fans as both of them excel.
Mike Ryan
But. But can we now step back for a minute and just say, hey, it might take a minute to be the guy who can go 20 for 30 and there might be some blemishes. Blake Baker's going to play in a way. You might get three turnovers in a playoff game and you can't be too surprised.
Lucy
Oh, we need to slow down what we're doing with quarterbacks, Dan. When we were growing up, you would have guys sit behind the starter for three or four years. Geno Smith is a great example.
Mike Ryan
What I'm saying is he left the.
Lucy
Jets a decade ago.
Mike Ryan
I would just ask you to step back from all of it. No matter how much we make the finances of it, the important part of the early part of the cur career. And just know what you're throwing all these people into the maw of because it's gotten faster and crueler about how it disposes people in that backfield. When you can replace the running back salary with Josh Allen because he runs and throws. When you can be what the Ravens are because you figured out the finances of your backfield.
Greg Cody
I've asked people in the know, independent of the injury, which is, I think, a huge part of this, which made him play worse, which if he's not playing worse, then you don't open the door to him leaving. But by all accounts, it seemed as though Baker's time at Cleveland was at an end. Like there were. There were divisions in the locker room. He had worn out his welcome. He was at a different point in his career. But you could make a quick evaluation on Baker Mayfield. In retrospect. He was really good as a rookie. He wasn't as good when he had Freddy Kitchens, one of the worst head coaches of all time, as his head coach in that second year, really good. His third year wins a playoff game. And then his fourth year, he battles through multiple bad injuries and tries to tough it out, which affects his performance. You could look at at the first four years of his career and say, I can explain why he's bad and I'm pretty confident this guy is good. That's what I kept saying as it was happening. I did not want Deshaun Watson. I wanted to keep Baker. I was team Baker all the way. I didn't want to replace him. While other people were saying, this team is just a quarterback away. No, they're just a healthy Baker Mayfield away.
Lucy
That's interesting. You saw enough in the first four years where you're like, there's something there. If we just stick with this guy.
Greg Cody
I had a quarterback that we drafted number one winning Pittsburgh in the playoffs.
Lucy
Mike, you're right because you can make the argument his third season was his best season. Even better than.
Mike Ryan
Let's see if we can get Stan Van Gundy on the line to concede. This would be a holiday treat. Two people who never admit they're wrong, Stan Van Gundy and Mike Ryan having to go back and revisit did or does Baker have the goods, yes or no? Because it's been an age old argument around here. I'd like to settle some of these one day.
Lucy
My guess is Stan, knowing Stan the way I do, knowing the type of player that he likes, he's going to concede this to Mike because he likes Baker.
Mike Ryan
All right, let's see if we can get Stan Van Gundy on the line. But let's go back out to Flanagan's here for the final time today and I will ask the audience. We're trying to do an old time radio remote type of thing where we send somebody out locally and you bring them toys. Tony is at Flanagan's today. In the next couple of days, we're going to be at Vivo at Dolphin Mall. Before we go out to Amin, who is stealing the company's money in Vegas, let's go out here to Tony at Flanagan's, the legendary Flanagan's.
Lucy
There are actual toys behind him.
Mike Ryan
That's right. Well, whenever we ask our audience for anything, they always do this. And we didn't give them much notice. So now we're giving you notice on the next couple of days. And Roy will be joyless somewhere in the Everglades in the coming days. But, Tony, what is going on there? Give us a last report. I'm mortified to tell you that the group has learned that there are some insecurities involved in Rose and how well she did during your segment.
Tony
Thanks, Dan, for coming out. We're going to be here until about noon. So a couple more minutes here just hanging out at 2721 Bird Avenue. The Flanagans here in Coconut Grove. As you can see, toys have been dropped off. We got a beautiful woody. We've got some trucks. We've got some lip balms over here. We got a football for football guys. Excuse me. We've got a Nerf gun. We've got Amazing Spider Man Uno people have come through and brought some amazing gifts. I've had to transition from Santa with the mustache to a more Dagestani Santa with the no mustache look because of the mustache was starting to get twirled and I couldn't speak without getting hairy.
Mike Ryan
Amateur Santa. Move. Cuban Santa. We are asking again for new and unwrapped twirl toys for the charity branches. Branches fl.org if you're outside of Miami, Tony, what has been the peril? I'm sure you've met anytime we ask listeners for help, they do moving things. We're asking for building toys, Legos, jewelry, craft kits, educational toys, action figures, play food, tea sets, board games, Nerf toys, remote control cars. It's a really nice thing to think of this time of year. Just basically one kid who might not have somebody think that a lonely kid might be getting somebody, that somebody's thinking about them. So, Tony, what are you finding there? Cash is not good, Tony. No, no. There are people we cannot give to him. No, Tony.
Tony
Dan. Yeah, No, I will update you on this, Dan. We've had people bring a lot of stuff, as you can see. We're very happy with that. One thing to report is that it did start raining and the sun is out now, so it's making it very steamy. So that's one thing to report that's going to be tough for Cuban Santa to keep on. On his shirt and his. And his beard, because you know how it is when it gets steamy on the other.
Greg Cody
Trying to take your shirt off.
Mike Ryan
Is this what's happening right now? You're gonna. No, you're gonna puncture.
Tony
I want to take the beard off.
Lucy
Take it off, Tony.
Mike Ryan
Come on. This is uncomfortable. You keep doing this. This is. Okay, but this tone.
Lucy
I'm just trying to help.
Billy
You don't want to be sweaty, Dan.
Tony
I'm wearing shorts. I'm wearing shorts.
Mike Ryan
Okay. So is Rose still there?
Tony
Yeah, Rose is here.
Mike Ryan
All right. Can I. Can I get Rose real quick? Can I get Rose to just get in front here? And I just want to ask her one more time.
Tony
Of course.
Mike Ryan
I want to see if I can tickle Lucy here, because.
Tony
Okay, hold on.
Mike Ryan
Nothing. Nothing makes Rose. Nothing makes Lucy more Lucy. This is the funniest person in the world to you.
Greg Cody
You're the one that keeps pushing this Rose thing, and you keep saying Lucy. I think you're the biggest Rose guy here.
Lucy
Yeah. Yep. Yep.
Mike Ryan
Say the name, please. Try to say the name again.
Rose
Luigi Migini.
Greg Cody
Does Tony want to say it now, too? Or.
Tony
Luigi Mangani.
Lucy
Nailed it.
Greg Cody
It's close.
Lucy
Yeah. Rose.
Rose
What?
Mike Ryan
Rose?
Dan Le Batard
What did Mike Ryan get wrong in his recap of Miss Congeniality?
Billy
Yeah.
Rose
Oh. There is no beauty pageant. And Sandra Bullock comes back, and she's in the FBI and she's the face because now she's famous. And then they kidnap her best friend by accident because she was not to be the one to be kidnapped. So she goes to Vegas. To Vegas to rescue her.
Greg Cody
What's in Vegas?
Rose
What's in Vegas Uses the.
Greg Cody
What's in Vegas?
Billy
She was dressed like a showgirl, right? Not like a pageant. I think that's the mistake we made.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. Yeah.
Greg Cody
But what's going. Is there a show in Vegas? Is there a show in Vegas that she goes to?
Rose
Yeah, there's a show that she dresses up, and then she dresses up at.
Greg Cody
A show in Vegas.
Rose
Yeah, because she did. She had a big thing here.
Greg Cody
Kind of feels a little formulaic, if you ask me.
Lucy
Also feels like Vegas.
Greg Cody
It feels like a pageant.
Billy
Is she at the Emirates Cup?
Rose
But then there's a pageant.
Greg Cody
I mean, it's a competition. It's a show. It's in Vegas. It feels a lot like a pageant.
Rose
No, because she was there because she needed to have information from a fake Dolly.
Dan Le Batard
Who is fake Dolly?
Rose
Who is fake Dolly?
Tony
Tell me.
Billy
You just said it.
Lucy
You just said it. Yeah.
Rose
Yes.
Tony
Dolly. Parton.
Rose
Oh, Dolly Parton. Sorry.
Greg Cody
Oh, yeah, that's. You could see how I'm confused.
Lucy
Rose, what is the song you like to sing from? Wicked.
Rose
Either Defy Gravity or Popular.
Lucy
All right, let's hear it.
Dan Le Batard
Popular.
Rose
Yeah, Popular. You're gonna be popular.
Mike Ryan
All right. What she's got?
Billy
We faded her down. But we listen to Jeremy all day.
Mike Ryan
Why did we fade that down?
Billy
What is this? This is a crime against humanity.
Mike Ryan
Music.
Stugatz
I mean, we in trouble.
Billy
Oh, please. They're not watching.
Mike Ryan
You just ruin the moment.
Dan Le Batard
I've heard her sing a little.
Billy
They can't sue us. It's a toy drive.
Greg Cody
Back up Chris's judgment here. Do you want to go do it again? Howdy, folks. It's Mike. And guess what? It's Miller time. The holiday season brings around lots of joy and also lots of family. Lots of family gatherings at your home. You're inviting people in there and you want to make sure they're happy. Why don't you make their time at your place? A Miller Time. Pass around that beautiful white can of triple hops brewed Miller Lite and watch the smiles adorn those faces. Make Miller Light the official drink. The official beverage of your holiday get together. You know why? Because it is a perfect beer for the holiday season season. You'll take a sip, you'll look around and you'll think immediately, yeah, I made the right call. It's got tastes that you can depend on. No games, no gimmicks. Just great beer. For people who like beer, making memories at year end gatherings. Tastes like Miller time. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. Fewer calories and carbs than premium regular beer.
Summary of "Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid" – The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Release Date: December 17, 2024
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Mike Ryan, Lucy, Greg Cody, Billy
In this lively episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, the hosts navigate through a mix of community initiatives, viral internet trends, and in-depth sports discussions. From organizing local toy drives to dissecting quarterback performances and debating the legitimacy of certain bowl games, the show delivers a blend of humor, insight, and spirited debate that keeps listeners engaged from start to finish.
Timestamps: 01:23 – 43:44
The episode opens with the hosts discussing their ongoing toy drive efforts, highlighting both successes and unexpected hurdles. Mike Ryan expresses frustration over logistical issues at Flanagan's, a local venue, where space constraints have led to towing complications. This sparks a humorous back-and-forth about the effectiveness of their community outreach.
Mike Ryan (01:41, 02:27):
"We're trying to do a toy drive... but Tony's still there trying to keep things together."
Greg Cody (03:36):
"Look, it feels like you're trying to steal this segment away from Tony..."
Despite the challenges, Tony from Flanagan's provides updates, showcasing the variety of toys collected and the dedication of volunteers. The team emphasizes the importance of these initiatives, blending humor with heartfelt commitment.
Timestamps: 07:25 – 31:34
Shifting gears, the conversation turns to a quirky viral trend known as the "Toilet Grid," where individuals aim their urine at specific points on a grid overlaying the toilet bowl. This segment is both humorous and surprisingly analytical as the hosts debate the best practices and social implications of the trend.
Dan Le Batard (07:25):
"Everyone's like an E5, right? Like, is there anywhere else you would aim if you were aiming into the toilet?"
Stugotz (08:25):
"I'm trying to hit the side of the wall. It limits the sound."
Lucy (08:43):
"I mean, depends where the water is."
The discussion delves into personal preferences, gender differences, and the social etiquette surrounding bathroom habits, all while maintaining a lighthearted tone.
Timestamps: 10:16 – 24:43
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to college football, with a focus on the Pop Tarts Bowl—a game that has garnered mixed reactions from fans and pundits alike. The hosts analyze Miami's performance, the prestige of bowl games, and the broader state of college football.
Lucy (12:56):
"Must win the Pop Tart Bowl for Miami."
Greg Cody (22:43):
"How about we stop making fun of the teams that are in it?"
Dan Le Batard (22:16):
"We respect college football. Let's have fun."
The debate centers on whether the Pop Tarts Bowl is a legitimate showcase for college talent or merely a "Meme Bowl" that serves as a punchline for certain teams. The hosts weigh in with personal opinions, industry insights, and a desire to see more respectful treatment of participating teams.
Timestamps: 35:03 – 40:33
One of the episode's highlights is the spirited debate over quarterback Baker Mayfield's career trajectory and his fit within his current team. Mike Ryan champions Mayfield's abilities and argues against the notion that he should be replaced, while other hosts like Greg Cody and Lucy offer counterpoints regarding consistency and performance under pressure.
Mike Ryan (35:03):
"Baker Mayfield is very good at quarterback. Correct?"
Greg Cody (36:07):
"He's got the goods. He's got proven worthy of that contract."
Lucy (38:21):
"Oh, Devonte. I'd like him to come back as well. I hate them."
The discussion underscores the complexities of evaluating quarterback performance, the impact of coaching decisions, and the balance between potential and consistency.
Timestamps: 40:26 – End
The episode concludes with final updates on the toy drive efforts, featuring Tony's on-site report from Flanagan's. The hosts encourage listeners to participate and contribute, emphasizing the positive impact of community support during the holiday season.
Mike Ryan (40:26):
"We're at Vivo at Dolphin Mall. Tony is here... What is going on there?"
Tony (41:28):
"We've had people bring a lot of stuff... We're very happy with that."
The segment wraps up with lighthearted banter and reaffirmation of the show's commitment to community service, leaving listeners both entertained and inspired to give back.
Greg Cody (19:48):
"Every year it feels like it's there. Or at least every other year. It's weird."
Dan Le Batard (22:55):
"I think if my team were in it, I would still enjoy it quite a bit, but I think it's fun."
Mike Ryan (35:51):
"Baker Mayfield is very good at quarterback. Correct?"
Lucy (15:17):
"There's one generational player, that's it. Can't have 20 from one generation."
This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz masterfully blends community engagement with engaging sports discourse. Through a mix of humor, genuine concern, and passionate debate, the hosts offer listeners a comprehensive look at both local initiatives and broader sports narratives. Whether discussing the nuances of a viral trend or the intricacies of quarterback performance, the show maintains its signature blend of entertainment and insightful commentary.