Hour 2: Bryant McKinnie Puts Jeremy In a Headlock (feat. Andrew Santino & Bryant McKinnie)

Summary

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Podcast Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Hour 2: Bryant McKinnie Puts Jeremy In a Headlock
Air Date: January 15, 2026
Featured Guests: Andrew Santino (comedian), Bryant McKinnie (former NFL/UM star)
Location: The Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

This episode is a wild, energetic blend of Miami sports talk, comedic banter, and hijinks, featuring two memorable guests: former University of Miami football and NFL star Bryant McKinnie and stand-up comedian/actor Andrew Santino. The hour jumps between South Florida nostalgia, college and pro sports analysis, and plenty of laughs—culminating in McKinnie putting Jeremy in a playful headlock. Throughout, Dan, Stugotz, and the crew riff on cultural identity, athletic legacy, and the unpredictable nature of sports, all while retaining the show’s uniquely self-deprecating, fast-talking, and irreverent tone.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Miami Nostalgia and Cuban Culture (03:31 – 06:22)

• Tony is live from Havana Collection, describing a setting that's part gallery, part clothing shop, surrounded by classic Cuban cars.
  • Tony: “It’s half museum, half gallery, half guayabera shop…we’re in the back here with all these Cuban classic cars, from the 1960s and 50s.” (01:40)
• Playful banter about Cuba’s laid-back lifestyle and the quirks of Cuban car culture—including lawnmower engines in place of standard car engines.
• The team jokes about Dan’s Miami credibility and connection to Cuban culture, teasing that Tony should buy him a vintage Hurricanes jacket for future live events.

2. Language, Show Culture, and Ja Morant’s Downward Spiral (06:22 – 11:36)

• Jeremy suggests the team’s “Spanish Week” is affecting their English.
  • Jeremy: “I think we’ve been speaking so much Spanish as a show that we’ve forgotten how to speak English.” (06:32)
• Dan reflects on his own aging and declining verbal grace.
  • Dan: “You’ve seen me stumble…my ability to speak English has been contaminated by having to speak it too much every day.” (06:37)
• The crew switches gears to discuss Ja Morant’s latest drama, including near-fights captured on video and a possible permanent rift with Memphis.
  • Dan: “The guy was gonna be the one who replaced Steph Curry. And what’s happened since then is a poison stream of immaturity and social media…he’s sort of a broken, damaged product and possibly body as well.” (07:21)
  • The team speculates that Ja Morant’s trade value has crashed, and that the market for ball-dominant, small guards (like Trae Young) is collapsing.

3. The Grizzlies' Collapse and Trade Market Shifts (09:18 – 10:55)

• Stu: “He’ll never play for them again.”
• Analysis of how previously prized players are now “discount bin” material, and how the era of massive trade packages (five first-round picks, etc.) may be ending.
• Dan: “What a terrible ending for the Grizzlies… they were going to challenge the champions, and this is a proud basketball town… unpleasant at the center of this franchise.” (09:50)

4. Bryant McKinnie Joins – Talking Miami Legacy & Trench Play (16:12 – 18:55)

• McKinnie’s decorated college and NFL career is recounted, with Dan emphasizing his rare feat:
  • Dan: “I don’t think he ever allowed a sack at the University of Miami, I don’t think in practice either…” (16:15)
  • McKinnie confirms: “That seems like that’s true. Nobody’s ever said that—and they won’t.” (20:38)
• Discussion of offensive line’s importance—McKinnie likens O-linemen to an engine for the team, emphasizing physical dominance and time of possession.
  • “The trenches…are like the motor. You can’t go anywhere without the motor. The quarterback is the driver, receiver, tight end, running back, or the wheel. Everything starts out with the motor.” (18:30)
• Dan and Mike reminisce about Miami’s history of great linemen, and how current coach Mario Cristobal is restoring that tradition.

5. McKinnie vs. Jeremy – The Headlock Incident (19:04 – 19:34)

• The show playfully escalates as McKinnie stands up next to Jeremy to highlight their size disparity. Then, McKinnie physically lifts Jeremy in a playful display:
  • Jeremy: “You did ask when you came in here—why is [Jeremy] here?” (19:04)
  • Dan: “You can just go ahead and drop them.” (19:29)
• The crew laughs at Jeremy’s discomfort and inability to match McKinnie’s presence and strength.

6. Andrew Santino Call-in: Bears Fandom and Self-Deprecation (21:34 – 32:32)

• Santino "returns" to apologize for missing Bears duties, analyzes a rare exciting Chicago season, and riffs on suffering through a quarterback drought.
  • Santino: “Before I entered the earth, I think we had a quarterback. Since then, we’ve had 32 schlubs and the Packers have had two Hall of Famers…” (22:49)
• Santino dreams of a playoff upset: “I’m sure the Rams are slotted to win…but I think the Bears have something special going on right now, and I think magic is in the air.” (26:40)
• Multiple jokes about Dan’s “Cuban-ness,” ginger pride, and potential anatomical endowments.
  • Santino (repeatedly, playfully): “You're Cuban the way that I’m Puerto Rican…I want you guys to know that Santino is a Puerto Rican name…so I’m Puerto Rican!” (40:03)

7. Raunchy Banter, Self-Awareness, and Comedy Careers (31:50 – 38:52)

• Santino plugs his podcasts (Whiskey Ginger, Bad Friends, No Bad Lies), discusses the business of comedy, and reflects on how stand-up will survive the digital age.
  • “Live performance will never die…we love performing live. I think we’re going to be okay.” (37:19)
• The show devolves into deep, crass humor about “units” and size, with Santino insisting:
  • “You’re still a better man with a bigger unit. And that’s something Dan’s just got to deal with.” (34:01)
  • Dan: “Cubans do not have this reputation…I don’t know where you gingers come off thinking that you’re thicker, but that is not a thing.” (34:39)

8. Reflections on Friendship, Special Taping, and Final Bears Prediction (38:52 – 39:30)

• Santino articulates pride in Bobby Lee as Lee tapes his special, sharing about the importance of friendship and support:
  • “I am really proud of my friend, man…he’s put together the right puzzle pieces…I’m going to send him a little sweet gift for the night of his taping. It’ll make the night or ruin it—we’ll see.” (38:20)
• Santino ends on an optimistic—if not entirely rational—belief that the Bears are destined to upset the Rams.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Miami Offensive Line Legacy:
  “I feel like I’ve always said this—that the trenches are like the motor…everything starts out with the motor.”
  — Bryant McKinnie (18:30)

• On Ja Morant:
  “The guy was gonna be the one who replaced Steph Curry. And what’s happened since then is a poison stream of immaturity and social media…”
  — Dan Le Batard (07:21)

• Bears Quarterback Suffering:
  “Before I entered the earth, I think we had a quarterback…since then, we’ve had 32 schlubs and the Packers have had two Hall of Famers.”
  — Andrew Santino (22:49)

• On the Fate of Live Standup:
  “Live performance will never die…We love performing live. There’s nothing like that feeling, connecting with people.”
  — Andrew Santino (37:19)

• Headlock Hijinks:
  [After McKinnie picks up Jeremy]
  “You can just go ahead and drop them.”
  — Dan (19:29)

• On Cuban Authenticity:
  “You're Cuban the way that I’m Puerto Rican…Santino is a Puerto Rican name…so I’m Puerto Rican!”
  — Andrew Santino (40:03)

• Signature Show Self-Awareness:
  “People know this week—fake Cuban, fake, fake sports fan. I’m being accused of nothing but grifting off sports this week.”
  — Dan (33:02)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Miami Nostalgia/Live On-Location: 03:31–06:22
• Language/Show Banter; Ja Morant Discussion: 06:22–11:36
• Grizzlies Trade Conversation: 09:18–10:55
• Bryant McKinnie Joins/Offensive Line Talk: 16:12–18:55
• McKinnie Puts Jeremy in a Headlock: 19:04–19:34
• Andrew Santino Interview (Bears, Comedy, Banter): 21:34–39:40
• Comedy Industry & Friendship: 37:19–38:52

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Tone and Style

True to the show’s DNA, this episode is fast, irreverent, and a bit chaotic. Dan and Stugotz are both thoughtful and self-deprecating; the atmosphere is loose and genuinely funny, with recurring in-jokes and Miami nostalgia. Sports are discussed with a mix of honesty and comedic detachment—no one’s afraid to call out failures, and the guests (especially Santino) perfectly match the vibe, mixing sports takes with stand-up-worthy barbs.

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This recap captures the essential moments, memorable quotes, and natural flow for anyone who missed the episode—delivering both insight and entertainment in classic Le Batard Show fashion.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

OG to sweet chili, you can put that on everything.

[A]

So make every dish the greatest and eat the goat.

[C]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats podcast. Cane's insight is a live, vibrant thing every day, and it's a big week. This is a big week for business. Check it out on YouTube where you will get your Miami cafecito and fandom unfiltered as opposed to essay. Arrepantido levitard. John Morant. News, news, quotes, news. What are we doing with John Morant? Because I don't. Before we go back out to Tony and this is a great place he's at right now. Visually, visually stunning. There are not a lot of places like this in America. You La Guaya Vera. So explain to people where it is that you are, Tony, before I get to John Morant and what's going on with the dolphins. Dan Soder is ripping the dolphins. Explain to people where that you are. I will get to in a second.

[B]

All right, all right.

[C]

No, hold on a second. You know what? You're right. It's a good decision. It's a good decision.

[D]

Follow your first instinct. Let's set it up. Come on. Let's just go. Tony, where are you? Where are you, pal?

[E]

Hey, buddy. I'm at the Havana Collection right now. We are at a very unique place. It's half his, like, history of museum, half gallery, half wayavera shop. And then we're in the back here kind of in, like, a little back parking lot where they have all these Cuban classic cars. So you're looking at cars from the 1960s and 50s. Look at this Ford. I mean, come on, Fairlane, you got a 98. I don't even know what the brand is. It's just called 98 Dano. So we're here.

[C]

That's good. That's good reporting.

[D]

It's.

[E]

It's an Oldsmobile, Dano. Remember Oldsmobile?

[C]

Yes.

[D]

All right, so confirm. Not a car.

[E]

The funny thing in Cuba, if you. If you open. Oh, it's on the front. What do you want to do? If you would open this in Cuba, there would actually be A lawnmower engine. They don't have regular engines. They have lawn mower, lawnmower engines that push these around so they don't actually go too fast. But again, in Cuba, where do you got to go? Yeah, there's nowhere to go. What do you got to do?

[C]

No, you do have places to go. There are distances to travel, you know?

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

You don't have nothing to do in Cuba.

[D]

Come on. What are you doing?

[E]

That's why everything's tranquiliz topic. Because why? Because it's communism. There's no. There's nobody. There's nothing to do, nowhere to go. But Mike said it. For now.

[D]

For now.

[C]

Casinos, ports. Oh, my dad. With my dad as a casino, perhaps.

[D]

A DraftKings sports book or two.

[F]

Promo code.

[D]

Libertad. No, Harold, no problem.

[E]

Hey, hey, come on now.

[A]

This guy's talking.

[E]

Look at the beautiful murals that are back here, too.

[D]

Dan.

[E]

Look at this. Patria, evida.

[A]

Let him.

[E]

Let him know, Dano. Let him know. I know, I know, I know. You know about this kind of stuff. This is not the first time you're reading about patria, right? Just making sure.

[C]

Well, I'm more interested in the graffiti parts of it. Right. My brother. My brother painted this town, so it's cool to see art reflected there. Are you gonna go inside and buy guayabera or. Ye. You're gonna go inside? Yeah. Are you gonna take us with you? Are you.

[E]

What size are you?

[C]

Yeah, I'm Excel.

[E]

I have the owner. I have the owner of Havana collection right here. He could show us around to the people. I got you.

[G]

Deal.

[D]

Yeah, just.

[B]

Theo.

[E]

I got you.

[D]

When he says xl, you know what to do. Dumb. Yeah.

[E]

Look at this. Beautiful. See right here. Oh, hold on. Let's stop right here, because this is a very cool situation. Look at all the. Look at all the patriots on this. On this. Look at this artist. Hemingway, in a way.

[C]

George Bush. Wow. Ah, a great patriot.

[B]

Oh, it's a prince.

[D]

That's a guy from TikTok, right? For a second.

[E]

For a second.

[C]

Thought this was Carson Wentz. Tony, you. That's the one you're looking at.

[E]

This isn't Carson Wentz.

[C]

You need to keep your politics out of the show, Tony.

[E]

I'm just saying, I had a Patriots.

[D]

One of the greats.

[C]

There's so many words you could have used there. Patriots is what you said for George Bush. Whoa.

[E]

I don't know what's happening to me.

[D]

Yeah, that laugh was a little too sincere.

[E]

Oh, come on. Hello. Hello.

[C]

They're gonna let you go wherever you want. This is another one of these things, Tony, where you can. Because you got a microphone in your cube and you can get in anywhere to do whatever you want.

[E]

Is that the Felden crisis here too?

[D]

Is this the one that Speed went to during his stream?

[E]

Yes, this is exactly right. Just like I show speed, I am here to show not speed. What's the. What's the opposite of speed?

[D]

Slowness.

[E]

Vintage Hurricanes jacket, by the way. Yeah, the pasito.

[D]

Find out what.

[E]

They're beautiful.

[C]

Oh, that's a good one.

[E]

I. Jesse.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Can you. Can we, can we. Oh, Dan, you know, we should buy it. If it's xl, you should buy it and bring it back to me so I could wear it on Monday.

[D]

And you know what he means by Excel.

[E]

How much can we get for this?

[D]

Do we know.

[E]

Do we know how much we can get for this? We'll buy it right now.

[D]

This instance.

[E]

We'll buy it. Dan, you know what? I can fit you in. You should come here with me, Dan, so I can put you just 100% Cuban. I think Dan needs to wear a cup like this. Right here with Dan would be.

[C]

Well, so, Tony, let's do this. Okay. For Monday's live. Live stream, go in there and find an outfit for me that I'm gonna wear as you and Mike try to repair my image with Cuban Miami. Because. Because I haven't been doing enough to celebrate the University of Miami, you know. Go ahead and buy it now.

[E]

Told me that the jacket is not for sale, by the way. The jacket is not for sale.

[D]

Display only. Everything's got price, Dan.

[E]

Exactly right, Dan. You've got. You've got pockets. You've got big pockets, Dano.

[A]

So Tony put on. Tony, why don't you pick out an.

[G]

Outfit and we'll come back to you.

[A]

In like 15 or 20 minutes and we'll find out what Dan's going to be wearing.

[D]

Yeah, Model one for us. Okay. Beautiful. I'll kick it over to Jeremy because we were just chewing on a theory. Given the week that we've had speaking into these microphones. Jeremy said something that I had not considered.

[A]

Yeah, I think we've been speaking so much Spanish as a show that we've forgotten how to speak English.

[C]

I mean, this has been happening to me for a handful of years through my terrible aging process. You have seen me stumble. I used to be somebody who could have some grace around words, and now I accuse Danish act of being a yammering knob because it's a mirror. And my ability to Speak English has been contaminated by having to speak it too much every day. Look.

[D]

And what's Zaz's excuse?

[C]

Well, Zaz is Zaz. You've had a stellar week, but Tony has had a more stellar week. Is that correctly said?

[B]

It's not a competition.

[A]

Stellar.

[C]

John Morant, though, being available to the Heat at a discount. It's messy there. It's bad.

[B]

Well, it's officially gotten bad, I think.

[C]

Oh. It's just. But it's super unpleasant. Right. So you get this is the story. This is a little bit crazy. At least you're talking about Face of the league stuff. The guy was gonna be the one who replaced Steph Curry.

[B]

So likable.

[C]

And what has happened since then is a poison stream of immaturity and social media and whatever it is that's happening in his life that now makes him sort of a broken, damaged product and possibly body as well. That seems a hard way to play that sport at that body type or any body type. Trying to get those numbers of free throws. I don't know what he is anymore as a player. He's never been three point shooter of any of. Of any real consequence. And I don't know how hard he's trying in Memphis, but the. The Memphis punctuation is going to be dirty. Is already dirty.

[B]

It is already. So at 2pm today, Lord's time zone, the Magic are playing the Grizzlies. They're in Berlin. Was it at 2pm Lord's time zone? They're in Berlin. And so yesterday they had shoot around the Grizzlies did. And there is video footage of Ja Morant and his teammate Vince Williams, who at first glance, you know, it's this heated argument. And I remember when I first. I'm like, why do we. How do we know it's a heated argument? Like maybe they're debating something. Except when you watch it long enough, it's pretty clear that. That. That Vince Williams is telling John Rand, let's go. Take this to the back. And John Rand is telling him why, I'm right here. I'm right here. I'm right here. You're not going to do anything. I'm right here. You're not about that. Like they're. They're close to fighting there. And John. And John Rand is telling him. I don't f. With you all.

[D]

This is nuts for coworkers. Even though Dana and I almost fought yesterday. This is crazy.

[B]

I think the fact that no one is intervening tells you the entire team is sick of him.

[C]

And so now where do we go? Look, we, he's in the discount bin.

[B]

He'll never play for them again.

[C]

Well, but beyond that, what's his value?

[B]

I think it's incredibly low. I, I, it's incredibly low. But I also think, and the Trey Young stuff, I believe, was a precursor to this. I think things are about to change in the NBA when it comes to what some of these guys are worth in trade, especially smaller players who maybe aren't great defensively, that's for sure. I don't think that these trades anymore are going to be what we saw over the summer with his former teammate Desmond Bane, you know, five first round picks. I think those days might be over.

[C]

What a terrible ending for the Grizzlies, by the way. Just like Desmond Bain, like, think about what all that was. Dylan Brooks, they were going to challenge the champions, and this is a proud basketball town. They care about their basketball. Man, it must be unpleasant at the center of this franchise to have this splinter this way.

[A]

It's so weird, right? Because the Dylan Brooks stuff blows up and you're like, oh, well, clearly it's.

[B]

This guy they blamed, they publicly blamed Dylan Brooks.

[A]

Yeah, their front office, everybody publicly blaming Dylan Brooks.

[B]

You look at it now, Dylan Brooks looks like a winning player.

[A]

He, he's been, he's been really helpful to the Phoenix Suns. Like he is all the things that he is. He lost them the, the game the other night down here with some of the antics, but you take some of that for what he can provide. You look at what's happening with ja, they trade Desmond Bain away. But the irony in what you're talking about and what these values are, it's, it's strange because it almost seems like it's more often that it's not that it's like a superstar who's maybe on a downturn and is having frustrations when he's the guy with the ball in his head.

[B]

That's been Riley's ML getting the who.

[A]

Who'S getting the lower trade value than the guy. Who is the complimentary player who they think can take you over the top. So Desmond Bain becomes that guy. Mikhail Bridges becomes that guy. Where the Knicks say, hey, we're over the top. If we get this guy and add him to what we already have, where you look at a guy like Trae Young who needs the ball in his hands and a lot of teams shy away from that. The Wizards say, all right, that cool. That's good for us. You need a team like the Heat or maybe the spurs the types of teams where the reports are saying, Jaws craving that leadership, that veteran presence, it feels like the perfect fit. And if you can get him for.

[B]

The type, I don't know, Perfect fit, I think it's about the value and. All right, we may as well take a swing.

[D]

That's.

[A]

That's the point.

[C]

Yesterday, the lunacy of you guys. The shows are moving too fast. Like, is that Bryant McKinney? Like, who the hell is.

[D]

Who else could it be?

[B]

Dan?

[C]

Who?

[D]

Seriously, who else could that be?

[C]

That's a good point by you, actually, now that I think about it.

[D]

Can we bring him in here?

[A]

He knows Paul.

[D]

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[E]

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[C]

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[E]

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[C]

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[E]

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[C]

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[E]

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[B]

Wow.

[E]

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[G]

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[E]

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[A]

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[C]

Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself. Oh, come on.

[D]

Yeah, I would be.

[A]

Aggressive.

[C]

Description. I mean, what is it? What is that? I'm just saying. No, that's just saying what that's mean.

[D]

I see that photo of Daniel Day Lewis Looking like Lincoln before he's about to start filming. Lincoln. And you know what I do? Amin stugats. I jerk off all over myself. That's what I do.

[C]

Lincoln, who you outed the other day.

[D]

Don'T make this a rejoin.

[C]

This is the Dan lebatar show with the stugats. Let's get Bryant McKinney in here. Played for the Dolphins. This is. Well, not just the Dolphins.

[B]

Maybe we introduce him as former Kane first.

[C]

Thank you. Bryant McKinney. Yes. I don't think he ever allowed a sack at the University of Miami. I don't think in practice either. I know it wasn't. I know he never allowed a sack.

[D]

Tis the legend.

[C]

But I don't think he's allowed one in practice either. Mike. I've never associated University of Miami with offensive line play. It's Leon Searcy. It's Bryant McKinney.

[D]

You never did. I mean, the 101 was pretty great.

[A]

Especially he just said, why is he here To Jeremy?

[D]

We say that daily, pal. Yeah, don't let him.

[B]

You don't know what to do. Right next to him. Yeah, don't worry about it.

[A]

I don't know what to do. I'm a little bit panicked.

[C]

Yes. It's nice to see him. You think I have it wrong though, Mike, when I say I don't associate generally the University of Miami with producing first round offensive linemen like Bryant McKinney.

[D]

Well, that's not what you said. You said that you don't necessarily associate offensive line play for the University of Miami. Now, if you've only been watching for the last 20 some odd years, I kind of understand where coming from very few high draft picks. But when this program was rolling back in the day when Mario was either in those trenches or helping bring some of those guys in the trench along, Bryant can speak to it plenty. That early 2000s offensive line was something special. And this is probably the closest thing we've had since then.

[F]

Oh, absolutely. I think Mario has done a great job, him and Maribel bringing in bigger guys who are athletic, who can move and who can block and who can run, block, pass, protect. So I feel like this is the closest thing that we've seen in a while.

[C]

And what do you make of it? Just I don't know how you watch the football games. Are you, when you watch football games, are you watching them like a fan or are you watching to see what the right guard is doing?

[F]

I kind of watch it. I watch the line first and I see who is getting off the ball. See if there's a misassignment because I can tell there's a lack of communication somewhere. So I'm watching it kind of more of as a player first and then once we get into the secondary with the running back or something, I'm watching as a fan.

[C]

So how are you watching it though, on the offensive line? When you see what Miami has done I didn't have before all of this started. Oh, really? Miami's going to try and reinvent the game by just having the toughest team in the trenches. It makes sense with their coach, but that's not how a lot of people are doing it.

[F]

Right. But I feel like I've always said this, that the trenches, so far as the offensive line, they are like the motor. You can't go anywhere without the motor. The quarterback is the driver, receiver, tight end, running back, or the wheel. So everything starts out with the motor. Like they got to get the engine going first and then we can move forward. So getting those big guys to be able to move and you see they're getting like four or five yards per carry and they're able to control the time of possession, that's big for us.

[C]

Can I ask a favor of you? Can I ask you to stand up just so that people can see the size disparity between you and Jeremy? You did ask when you came in here. Why is he here?

[F]

Does it look like he has an Indian? He does have on the Indiana sh. What's going on?

[A]

Ah, doing a thing.

[C]

What do you mean you're doing. No, wait a minute. You're not real. Look at what's happening me, guys. You can't just apologize, man. Pick him up for real.

[A]

Like jumping. Minor penalty.

[C]

The show.

[A]

Oh, no.

[C]

Oh no.

[D]

You can just go ahead and drop them.

[C]

You're doing a thing. You're not supposed to be doing a thing.

[A]

I do love Fernando Mendoza. That guy rocks. He's just like me.

[C]

Bryant, when you're watching these games and I tell you Miami has a. I want you to stand up again, a 50 pound advantage. What does that mean? An average 50 pound advantage. I think Indiana's probably had something like that most games and has fared just fine.

[E]

Right.

[F]

I just feel like with as far as the. The weight advantages on run blocking, I feel like it should be more of our favor to be able to drive these guys off the ball and then just keep leaning and wear and tear on guys after a while. By the fourth quarter they should get a little tired.

[B]

There must have been games when you were playing at the U where you look across the line of scrimmage, you're big, and you look at the other guy like, what is this? Right.

[F]

Just some. Some guys, if they were like, you know, freshmen. That was my senior year or something like that, kind of.

[C]

Well, but hold on. So Dwight, I remember the game. Dwight Ferney got caught in your belly button. You. You had never allowed a sack and still haven't allowed a sack. But is the legend true that you never allowed one in practice either?

[F]

That seems like that's true. And you would definitely somebody from practice and somebody would have stepped up and said, well, I got one, you know, so nobody's ever said that and they won't.

[A]

Did you ever hold at practice because.

[G]

You were close to giving one up.

[C]

And you're like, I can't.

[F]

I don't know. Like, that's not something I would want to remember. I don't know.

[C]

But that's not lore. Like, that seems to be. If I were to wander around and say, give me an impressive statistic from the history of University of Miami football. Any statistic you like. Bryant McKinney never allowed a sack in a game or at practice. Playing against sounds good. No, but playing, yeah.

[B]

Give us some of the names. Who was lined up against you in practice.

[F]

You had Jamal Green, you had Andrew Williams. I think Quincy Hipps was over there, like in my earlier years.

[E]

McDougal.

[F]

Yeah. McDougal would come over every once in a while. He played on the other side. But when I had like a Dwight free and somebody had a good get off. So I would ask McDougal to come over and practice his get offs on me.

[C]

I don't know if you know who Andrew Santino is, Bryant. I've brought in some muscle here for Santino. Meadowlark Media, forgive me for a second and please stay around. We'd love to have you here. Meadowlark Media is beefing with Andrew Santino because he was contractually obligated to be the Bears correspondent this year for the entire season and has missed out on a golden opportunity. While I think it can be said, Andrew, while grabbing at other opportunities, that may indeed be great because you never expected to be at this time in your life, but aren't quite as great as being the Bears correspondent, we can admit now, correct?

[G]

That's right. Fake Cuban. I am here to make up for all the things that I screwed up before. I apologize, but I'm here now.

[C]

Thank you for doing so. I do appreciate it. What has this Bear season been like for you in terms of where all your sports fandoms reside.

[G]

It's one of the greatest moments of our lives. I think we're all still sweating out some of the Italian beef and sausage that we all ate. Watching the Bears do what they did, the packers gives us hope that we can beat L. A, we can beat la and I think we have a chance to go to the dance.

[C]

But when is the last time you felt like you had a quarterback?

[G]

Before I entered the earth. I think we had a quarterback right before I was born. We had someone who was magical and since then we've had 32 schlubs and the packers have had two hall of Famers. So it's been real tough for the kid.

[B]

Sid Lucky.

[C]

So you make what of Ben Johnson? How do you like the idea of somebody saying bleep the packers and then double downing on bleep the Packers? As someone who is too young to remember what Ditka meant to Chicago.

[G]

No, I do remember what Ditka meant to Chicago. Your parents beat it into you as a child and bleep the Packers. I can't wait to see that on hats, shirts, shoes, socks, bleep the packers for the rest of my life. They can choke on the cheese. I think Ben Johnson is one of the greatest revivalists of a phenomenal team and he just took them to the upper echelon that they belong in. He's the man. I want to see more shirt off yelling in the locker room. I want to see him fight somebody. I think if he fought lafleur, it'd be nice at the end of the season we could set that up. I'm sure Donald Trump would put it on the White House lawn. Perhaps.

[C]

Can you, can you take me through your last month of viewing experiences with the Chicago Bears? Like, just let's make up for lost time on what you would have have been analyzing as our Bears correspondent if you'd been doing your job.

[G]

Well, if I wasn't getting paid by other entities and not getting paid by you and I was here. Well, the loss, the loss of the Lions the week prior was devastating, particularly because, you know, I think we're significantly better, a better team and you know, them stomping us weeks before was also terrible. And losing to San Francisco, you know, didn't feel good at all. And I'm not a fan of Brock Purdy. I don't like his dances. Not a big fan of the dancing. I don't like. I don't like the shuffling and all that. And then be, you know, beat. Look, beating the Packers Two times feels. I don't know. I mean, beating the packers one of the two times felt amazing, but the whole season was kind of an up and down and up and down. And then now I feel like we finally got what we deserve, which is a chance to show how actually good this team is. You know, we got, I think, one of the best rookies I've ever seen in Loveland. I think that kid is unbelievable. And I mean. And honestly, Caleb's really showing up the last half of every game, which is fine to me, as long as we get a W. So have you been.

[C]

Surprised by that part of it, though? Because you're feeling how when you're down, you've had two statistical improbabilities of games that have no reason to be one, one time in your lifetime, never mind twice in a month, the way that you beat the Packers. But in the middle of that, you also get your heart torn out living and dying with that Broncos game. Like there. There's never been a time like this for watching Bears football for you, correct?

[G]

No, not even close. I mean, most of the time, we. We. By this time of the year, we're already tuned out. We're already checked out. People are already back. Back in the sadness, waiting for next year. I've never seen anything like this from us, and I don't know. I'm.

[C]

I'm.

[G]

I'm more than hopeful at this point. I believe we have all the ammunition, as long as we continue staying healthy, that we can beat the Rams and move on through. I think I'm shocked that we made it here a little bit, but I'm happy, and I've got the old styles on ice, ready to rock.

[C]

I want to talk to the group here about how Chicago is regarded nationally. Right. Like, if you keep getting these. This kind of down in these games, don't all of us regard the Rams as being more formidable in every way? Everyone who's listening to this, outside of Chicago, Bears fans, are they not saying to themselves, they better hope that Stafford's fingers are hurt because the Rams are a better football team? Do I have this wrong?

[G]

I mean, I don't think the Rams are a better football team. I mean, I really don't. I think the Bears are just as competitive as them. And I do think. I think Stafford is a. Is a great quarterback, and I do hope his fingers are hurt. But I just still think the Bears have so much momentum right now that I do think they have. They are going to make a game of this. I'm sure you know, look, I know the Rams are slotted to probably win this game, but. But I don't know. I think the Bears have something special going on right now, and I think magic is in the air.

[C]

Mike, can you tell me at your leisure what the point spread is in that game? I don't know what the point spread is in the football game, but I would like Santino's professional observation here. Zaslow has a question for you about the most recent Packers Bears game.

[B]

The packers win or the Bear lose? Bears lose.

[G]

What? The packers win or the Bear lose?

[B]

Bears lose.

[G]

No, Bears win. Bears win. We all saw that go down. I think the spread is. I just looked on. I think it says DraftKings sportsbook.

[C]

Three and a half.

[G]

Three and a half or four and a half? Yeah, three and a half. Yeah. I still think the Bears, I still think the Bears are going to pull this one out. I really do. And, you know, I don't care what the stats say. I think something's going on. There's a fight going on in the studio. I like that.

[C]

Brian McKinney, former Brian McKinney, former Hurricane do you have any opinions on that? Do you care about college football?

[G]

No. I went to Arizona State. We're not really the best at college football. We have, we have some wonderful moments and I root those kids on, but I'm not, I'm not big, I'm a pro, pro football guy. And also shout out to this Arizona State Sun Devils put up a good fist fight against number one Arizona last night. And basketball. I saw. And not, not, not a bad showing to go against number one. We did okay.

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[B]

Batard the Hoy is Captain Slappy Stugats.

[C]

Is this Chum Bucket? This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. I should have mentioned this before. My apologies for not doing so. Whiskey Ginger Bad Friends with Bobby Lee? No Bad Lies with Andrew Santino among the things that you're doing, Andrew, what is it that you enjoy the most?

[G]

Golfing and playing with my dog. And. And, yeah, golfing and playing with my dog. That's probably the one I enjoy the most. I. I love all the gigs that I'm able to do, but I like to take some time down. I'm to hop on a flight in a little bit and go to the east coast and play a bunch of shows. So those will be very fun. But it's always nice to come home. But everything's been great. I mean, we're lining up a second season of no Bad Lies, the golf show, and Bobby Lee and I continue to berate each other and be rude, and he shoots his comedy special this weekend. So excited about that. But life is good. As long as the Bears get another win at home, I'm going to feel real good. I wish I could be there. I'll be in New York. I'll be sitting in a dingy bar in New York watching quietly by myself.

[C]

The no bad lies. I think we mentioned this last time. This is professional griftery by you, right? You just want to golf. People are always asking you to make content. So you just said, someone pay me to golf with people, and, okay, I'll walk. You're 18.

[G]

Yeah, that's not what this entire business is comprised of. Of people just getting paid to do the thing that they actually want to do. I mean, you don't even like sports. I don't even know if people know that this is just a. A little fun gig that you get to do because you like to be cued on camera with the microphone.

[C]

Being accused of that this week people know that this week, fake Cuban, fake, fake sports fan. I'm being accused of nothing but grifting off of sports this week.

[G]

Yeah, well, and who cares? And those that can't grift, they just get jealous of us. And so we do what we must. I think golf has become a thing as I. As I cascade into my 40s, the thing I want to spend a lot of time on because, you know, Hollywood is a young man's game, and no one really needs a ginger around that much anymore. So I might as well hit the links and have some fun and get paid. Don't get upset. I see them getting upset.

[C]

Do you have any ginger? He needs ginger tips. Can you want. I mean, he need. The reason he's reacting is because he's with you. No one ever stands up for him. He's very lonely around Dan.

[A]

Bullies me A lot.

[G]

Yeah, but Dan bullies you because of his insecurities from his childhood. You know, when they would throw rocks at him in the schoolyard. That's a thing that he had to deal with. And he's pushing that on you. It has nothing to do with the. The tone of your skin or the color of your hair. You're still a better man with a bigger unit. And that's just something he's got to deal with.

[C]

Really? Really. Really, Santino. Really? A bigger. A bigger.

[G]

A bigger unit. I can tell. I can tell that Chris is packing heat. Dude, that's why you stick him in that room. You're afraid. Look at that. Look at the stance. His back hurts from carrying that thing around all day.

[C]

You can tell what a day for me. You can tell that Chris is packing heat.

[F]

Heat.

[G]

Yes. Yes. Some. Some men, the way they stand, you can always tell them. You can always see what their units like. And I think Levitard is a small poke.

[A]

I've always thought.

[C]

Average. A ridiculous accusation by you. We'd have no way of proving that.

[G]

Wildly don't have a unit off.

[C]

Wildly unfair. Cubans do not have this reputation. I don't know where you gingers come off thinking that you're thicker, but that is not a thing.

[G]

Not my friend. My friend, I've got a Coke can. And anytime you want to see it, when we're off camera, I'll give you a little shot of it.

[C]

Wow. This is descended like Mac. Listen. Look. The sewer this man works in.

[B]

This is raunchy.

[C]

You can't do this. You can't. Come on. You can't come up. You can't come on a man show. You cannot come on a man's show and say you're not. You're not packing heat. I've got a Coke can. You've got a small dick. It's not a thing you can do. It's disrespectful.

[G]

I just did it. I just did it. And I did. And I'll do it again. I said it's a small poke. Meaning it's a little forward. Guy like that. There it is. Honk, honk. There it is.

[A]

A little heavy handed.

[D]

Wow.

[G]

You know. You know, I gotta tell you, I'm doing this only cause of all the stuff you've been giving me for weeks of not being able to be available for you. So when the check clears, I'll be around more. I just.

[C]

Dad's busy. We'll settle it in litigation. We don't need to talk about it.

[G]

Anymore, more publicly, that's totally fine.

[B]

Is Miami a shitty comedy town?

[G]

No, Miami's great. I love Miami. Like there isn't shitty comedy towns if you've amassed a good audience. I like Miami. I really enjoy it down there. I, I think the only places that I don't do well at are, you know, the deep, deep South. Mississippi is probably not going to be a banger for me. I don't know. I don't know if we're. I'm going to do well down there. But most of that, the rumors about Florida and comedy. No, Florida is great. I love Florida. Is he okay?

[C]

Who are we looking at here? Who? Oh, no, I don't think he is.

[G]

I. Jeremy's all necked up.

[C]

Well, you saw what happened, Brian. Yeah, Brian McKinney is very strong. I don't, I don't know.

[G]

Sue him.

[D]

That's actually what he was saying as it was happening.

[G]

If you could believe it's finished too. No, I do. Yeah.

[D]

I believe that you can judge the book by its cover.

[A]

He guessed I was the guy driving the Hyundai Tucson last time I did.

[G]

I remember that. Yeah, it's a light gray or something like that.

[A]

Still accurate? Yep.

[C]

Before we let you go here, a broader question for you on the state of comedy and where it is you would like it to head over the next five years of touring because you care about the craftsmanship in a way that seems like it hurts. Right. You care about being good at the stand up. So what, what's going to happen here over the next five years to your business?

[G]

You know, I think we're. I think live performance will never die. People want to see us live. I mean, people really want to see live entertainment. And I do think it will always continue. I think the Internet is going to shape, it's going to shape the business in a strange way. You know, I hope AI doesn't take over. I hope you guys jobs don't get taken over by AI. I mean, you know, it's, it's all possible. We all get swept under the rug. But people love live performance. We love performing live. There's nothing like that feeling, connecting with people. So I think we're going to be okay. I don't know what it's like for the digital world and for specials and TV and movies. But for live standup, we're not going anywhere and we're going to, we're here to stay.

[C]

And so what is it like for you before we let you go? Your relationship with Bobby Lee as he heads toward a special and you guys arrive in a stratosphere that I'm imagining you could have never possibly imagined. As he heads into the pressure of a new special and the joy of a new special. As his real, real friend who's been with him through all of the difficulties. Where are you right now? And watching your friend here blossom, I'm.

[G]

Very proud and excited for him. I mean, you know, I hate the word proud has some sort of negative connotation to it. Like, it's demeaning. But I am really proud of my friend, man. I think he's gonna. His special is incredible. The hour that I've seen that he's doing is. It's gonna be unbelievable. It's gonna be on Hulu. He's put together the right puzzle pieces, a great director in Louis Katz, and I think it's going to be absolutely phenomenal. And I'm going to send him a little sweet gift for one of the nights of his taping. So I'm not. And I'm not going to tell him what it is. So I want to surprise him. And it'll make the night or it'll ruin the night, and we'll see.

[C]

Good work by you. That's good friending right there. That is. That is how you test real friendship. Can you send a gift? And you don't know if you're going to make the night or ruin his big night, but that's how close you are, Santino. Appreciate it. I think you're getting. I think you're going to get your heart broke, broken. And it's not because you're. It's not because your bears aren't very good. I think they're very good. I just think that usually it takes a couple of years of feeling pain like this before you get to beat someone like Stafford.

[G]

Well, that's fine that you think that, and I'll just. I'll keep riding on the high that we're on, and I'm going to get on the shoulders of Caleb, and I think we're going to do it. And I can't wait to talk to you when we do.

[C]

Okay. I'm offended again. On behalf of Cubans everywhere.

[G]

I had a hammer.

[C]

You should. That you would assume. Yeah, you don't have a hammer. Okay. And he doesn't have a head.

[A]

Thinks he does.

[C]

Well, no, but he's doing this ginger bias.

[A]

You'd be surprised.

[C]

Like, he doesn't know anything about Cubans. And, And. And if you've listened to some of his work, he can be stereotypical in ways that are offensive sometimes.

[D]

So, yeah, a comedian.

[G]

Yeah. You know, I don't know anything about Cubans, but I know that you're not Cuban. That's all I know. If I know anything, I know you're not Cuban.

[D]

Nailed it.

[G]

I'll tell you that. You're Cuban. You're cute. You're Cuban. You're Cuba. The way that I'm Puerto Rican. How about that? I'm from Puerto Rico. I want you guys to know that Santino is a Puerto Rican name. Santino. So I'm Puerto Rican, guys. Thank you so much. Check it here. I'm checking in from Puerto Rico. I'm here right now. Look in the background. There I am. Classic psychic Levitard. I can't wait to talk to you when the Bears beat the Rams. I love you guys. I love everyone in that studio.

[D]

Love you.

[G]

Thank you. Thank you.

[C]

He's the thick, thick. Andrew Santino.

[D]

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