The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Billy Breaks

Date: September 30, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz & Company

Episode Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in downtown Miami, Dan, Stugotz, and their rotating cast deliver their signature, off-kilter blend of sports, pop culture, and absurdity. This hour features:

• Playful football talk and Miami Dolphins/Darren Waller discussion
• Tony’s live “Top 5” segment and failed field goal kicks
• Jeremy’s bail from a baseball livestream for a Yankees-Red Sox date
• Zaslow’s "Big Game or Not a Big Game" MLB playoff rundown
• Ray Hudson’s wild soccer call
• Greg Cody reveals childhood crimes and self-mythology
• Clippers’ Media Day drama dissected, featuring Kawhi Leonard and front office duckspeak

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Football Notes & Dolphins Chat (02:00–09:00)

• Dan highlights Darren Waller's Miami Dolphins performance: “The two touchdowns Darren Waller scored in 34 minutes last night with the Dolphins represent what what he did in 12 games with the Giants.” (02:20)
• The show needles Greg Cody for his gloomy prognostications on Tyreek Hill’s injury:
  • “You were uneven today, whether you were assessing that Tyree Kills injury was season ending and then you made it career ending. It was. I hope I'm wrong by the end of the Rossini interview. I believe you killed Tyreek Hill.” (03:10)
• On the shaky Miami defense: “Keep an eye on that Bills defense, stinky bad. They've been playing bad teams.” (05:50)
• Greg is accused of melodrama and poor statistical recall; friendly chaos ensues.

2. Tony’s ‘Top 5’ from the Field: Stunt Kicking Gone Wrong (09:40–40:15)

Setup & Antics

• Tony broadcasts live from Doral Legacy Park, planning “Top 5” football thoughts while attempting actual field goals (clearly ill-fated).
• The crew bets on how many he’ll make—optimism fades fast:
  • “What’s the over/under on field goals made? Half—over under’s 1.5. I think he’s gonna make two.” (12:00, Greg Cody)

Tony’s Top 5 with Each (Missed) Kick

• #5: Cam Scadterable “plays football the white— I mean, right way. Excuse me.” (15:00, Tony)
• #4: “Seattle is a sneaky playoff team. Best defense in the league right now, according to DVOA. McDonald’s a defense.” (18:10)
• [Field goal attempt #1: Wide right, short.]
• #3: “The Ravens are still going to win the division, guys. That division sucks.” (23:10)
• [Field goal attempt #2: Far left, all wind. Another miss.]
• #2: “Giants landed a bullseye with Jackson Dart. He’s got the attitude—he punched a dude with a stiff arm, danced in the endzone, yelled at Daboll…” (28:20)
• [Field goal attempt #3: “No, that's far to the left. Very short, too.”]
• #1: “The old dog, Matthew Stafford, still has it—and by ‘it’ I mean balls. The old dog, still got balls.” (30:12)

Physical Comedy & Carnage

• Tony pulls a hip muscle on his last attempt:
  • “As I was going for the approach, I felt the hip go—mmm, I don’t think so, Bobby. I had to pull up. My leg might go further than the ball.” (35:10, Tony)
• Fuentes heroically steps in for a ceremonial kick, fails.
• Dan (mock): “This is dad body situation…he’s not the athlete he used to be. Pathetic. Great teammate, Dan, you are.” (36:30, Dan)

3. Billy Bails on Baseball Livestream — FOR LOVE (or at least Yankees Tickets) (40:20–44:10)

• Jeremy Tashe ditches a promised baseball playoff watch-along for a spontaneous trip to Yankees-Red Sox with writer Jane Leavy:
  • “She was given tickets to the Yankees Red Sox game in New York… she says: ‘Would you like to go?’ and I said are you serious?” (41:55, Jeremy)
  • The crew teases: “That’s a big first date. It really is. Pressure’s on.”
• Light-hearted, slightly NSFW jokes ensue about age gaps and courtship.

4. Zaslow’s ‘Big Game or Not a Big Game’ – MLB Playoffs Edition (44:20–48:20)

• Jonathan Zaslow determines the “bigness” of the playoffs:
  • Tigers at Guardians: “That’s a big game.” (45:10)
  • Padres at Cubs: “Wrigley Field, that’s big game.” (46:10)
  • Red Sox at Yankees: “Obviously, that’s a big game… Like, I’ll be there.” (46:50, Jeremy)
  • Reds at Dodgers: “Reds, Dodgers, Game 1? That’s not a big game.” (47:50)

5. Clippers’ Media Day: Kawhi Leonard’s Clumsy Defense and Lawrence Frank’s Dodge (52:00–60:30)

Kawhi Q&A with Ramona Shelburne

[Notable Quotes & Timestamps:]

• Ramona: “What is your understanding of the endorsement deal that you had with the company that was listening to Aspiration and did you perform any services for them?” (53:30)
• Kawhi (confusing, defensive): “I understand that full contract and the services that I had to do...like I said, I don’t do deal with the conspiracies or the clickbait analysts or journalism that’s going on. So that’s what it is.” (54:00)
• On the bankruptcy: “No, but the company went belly up. It was fraud as everybody knows.” (54:30)
• The crew notes the lack of clarity or specifics, mocking the athlete’s evasiveness.
• Zaslow: “First off, he understands the full contract, but then...did he perform or not perform what he was supposed to do? ‘I don’t think that’s accurate.’ If you understand the full contract, you know if you performed or not.” (55:00)

Lawrence Frank’s ‘Prepared’ Dodge

• Reporter (paraphrased): “Did [Kawhi’s uncle] ever ask for extra benefits not allowable?” (59:20)
• Frank (stonewall): “Look, Dennis knows the rules. Kawhi knows the rules. Mitch Frankel knows the rules. And we know the rules.” (59:40)
• Dan, unimpressed: “Is that a yes or a no? … That’s with preparation. Like, they had weeks to prepare for this day and that’s the best they could do?” (60:00)

6. Classic Show Bits & Ray Hudson ‘Call of the Day’ (48:20–51:30)

• Ray Hudson delivers a typically wild soccer commentary:
  • “Mickey Underwood like Dracula onto a plate of liver, and he absolutely detonates this. One touch, the control. Second one to send it home with a dozen roses tied around it.” (49:00, Ray Hudson)
• Greg Cody reflects on setting a field on fire as a child, and his self-produced legends about athletic prowess (“I can kick field goals like my Idle Faudre V. I'll hit from 50 yards at least, even though I'm missing PATs.”)

Notable Quotes with Attribution & Timestamps

• On Waller’s Dolphins debut:

  • “That was a Big dub for you. I'm happy for you. That is a big win for Dan Lebatard. Colon ball knower.” (03:00, Stugotz)

• Football and injury melodrama:

  • “You were uneven today, whether you were assessing that Tyree Kills injury was season ending and then you made it career ending... I believe you killed Tyreek Hill.” (03:15, Dan)

• Tony, post-injury:

  • “On the last kick...I felt a little bit of a click in my...in my hip...My leg might go further than the ball...I felt the hip go—mmm, I don’t think so, Bobby. And that’s how I had to pull up.” (35:10, Tony)

• Live, Kawhi bombshell:

  • “I understand that full contract and the services that I had to do...like I said, I don’t do deal with the conspiracies or the clickbait analysts or journalism that’s going on. So that’s what it is.” (54:00, Kawhi Leonard)

• Ray Hudson, on a goal:

  • “Mickey Underwood like Dracula onto a plate of liver, and he absolutely detonates this...send it home with a dozen roses tied around it.” (49:00, Ray Hudson)

Memorable Moments

• Tony’s disastrous top 5 field goal attempt, culminating in a real or ego-bruising hip injury (35:10)
• Jeremy surprisingly bailing on the scheduled baseball live stream for a Yankees-Red Sox date with Jane Leavy (41:55)
• Jonathan Zaslow’s insistence that Reds-Dodgers playoff isn’t a big game, breaking Dan’s all-playoffs-are-big streak (47:50)
• Kawhi Leonard’s cryptically evasive media answers and Lawrence Frank’s legalese stonewall plucked apart by the crew (53:30–60:30)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Football talk / Dolphins-Waller stats: 02:00–09:00
• Tony’s Top 5 & Field Goal Fails: 09:40–40:15
• Jeremy’s Yankees-Red Sox Adventure: 40:20–44:10
• Big Game or Not a Big Game: 44:20–48:20
• Ray Hudson Call of the Day / Greg Cody Fires: 48:20–51:30
• Clippers Media Day + NBA Coverage Critique: 52:00–60:30

Tone & Style

As always, the hour careens from playfully combative (especially with Greg Cody and Tony), to deeply unserious (field goal shenanigans, Ray Hudson), to sharply critical (NBA/Clippers media coverage), while maintaining the show’s signature irreverence and layered in-jokes.

For anyone catching up: Expect irreverence, sandlot-style football banter, local Miami flavor, real-time sports opinions interspersed with comedy, and uniquely chaotic insights on everything from baseball to NBA media paralysis.