Hour 2: Talkin' AND Talkin'

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Episode Summary: "Hour 2: Talkin' AND Talkin'"

Release Date: June 24, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Mike Ryan, Greg Cody, Stugots, Billy, Chris Cote

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1. Lifetime Bans in Sports: The Case of Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe

The episode opens with a deep dive into the controversial topic of lifetime bans in sports, specifically focusing on the eligibility of deceased figures like Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose for Hall of Fame induction.

• Dan LeBatard raises a provocative question: “Does a lifetime ban end when your life does?” (02:05), challenging the traditional perception of bans lingering beyond an individual's death.

• Stugots contributes, pondering the implications: “Shoeless Joe is eligible also. [...] A lifetime ban ends when your life ends.” (01:39-01:58), highlighting the paradox in current regulations.

• The discussion touches on the ethical and moral considerations surrounding posthumous honors, with Greg Cody adding, “If you think that your family would get a lot of joy from seeing you, go to the hall of fame...” (02:32), emphasizing the emotional impact on families.

2. Internal Show Dynamics and Handling Disruptions

A significant portion of the episode revolves around managing disruptions caused by a guest named Jeremy, who attempts to share his opinions but is frequently interrupted by other hosts.

• Dan LeBatard expresses frustration: “Why am I was confused by my own show? [...] All of us are staring at Jeremy wondering what the hell he's doing with the show.” (03:04-04:19), highlighting the tension and confusion during Jeremy's attempts to speak.

• Greg Cody and Stugots discuss the fairness of engaging in what appears to be bullying: “I feel like we bullied him and I don't feel like what we just did to Jeremy is right.” (10:15-10:28).

• Billy emphasizes the unfairness: “That question was unfair.” (09:04-09:22), advocating for giving guests the space to voice their opinions.

3. Aaron Feld’s Resignation from the University of Miami

The hosts discuss the recent resignation of Aaron Feld, the renowned strength coach for the University of Miami football team.

• Dan LeBatard introduces the topic, noting Aaron Feld's distinctive appearance and impact: “The mustache is glorious. The hair is glorious. The biceps are glorious.” (26:03).

• Mike Ryan provides insight into Feld’s departure: “He put out a statement [...] he wanted to be with his family more.” (26:28-26:50), mentioning that Feld is currently taking time off and has not yet found his next position.

4. The Wheel Segment: A Rollercoaster of Topics

A recurring and somewhat chaotic segment of the show involves spinning a metaphorical wheel to select discussion topics, leading to a mix of sports, pop culture, and humorous subjects.

• Dan LeBatard lists potential topics: “The resignation of the mustachioed strength wonder for the University of Miami football team. Aaron Feld, the greatest mustache in all of college football...” (05:38-06:02).

• The wheel often lands on unexpected or repetitive topics, causing frustration among hosts: “Unfortunately, it's the Central uniforms.” (07:03) and “UCF uniforms again.” (11:59-12:07).

• Billy comments on the unending cycle: “They come up, land in the same thing.” (12:07-12:09), adding humor to the repetitive nature of the segment.

5. The Rock’s Career Reinvention and "Smashing Machine" Review

A significant portion of the conversation centers around Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s attempt to reinvent his acting career with the A24-produced film, "Smashing Machine."

• Dan LeBatard praises The Rock’s versatility and career longevity: “The Rock, as an entertainment conqueror has had one of the most amazing careers...” (35:38–35:52).

• Mike Ryan discusses early reviews and potential reception: “From the early reviews, [...] people are really confused by the film...” (34:44-37:08), expressing concern over the film’s reception and its impact on The Rock’s efforts to be taken seriously as an actor.

• Stugots criticizes The Rock’s departure from his action-centric roles: “He wants to evolve. [...] It’s incredibly selfish...” (37:54-38:36), arguing that abandoning blockbuster formulas may not serve his best interests.

6. Humorous Anecdotes: Peeing Outdoors and Father’s Day Hijinks

The hosts engage in light-hearted and comedic discussions about unconventional topics, including outdoor urination and Father's Day traditions.

• Mike Ryan shares a personal story about attempts to enjoy peace on Father’s Day: “I physically kick my family out of my house and I spend the day all to myself.” (18:22), followed by humorous mishaps involving food.

• The conversation shifts to the social norms and legality of peeing in the front or backyard, sparking a mix of nostalgia and laughter: “What if my back is to the street, though?” (20:51) and discussions about neighborhood interactions.

• Dan LeBatard connects these anecdotes to a poll for listeners: “Put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Are you a real homeowner? If you haven't peed in your backyard...” (19:51).

7. Greg Cody’s Bacon Treasure Chest: A Comedic Segment

A standout comedic segment involves Greg Cody’s oversized bacon container, leading to slapstick humor and playful banter.

• Chris Cote introduces the "Bacon King" and the massive bacon storage: “...we have on the Bacon King. And the Bacon King wanted to send me some of his bacon preparatory.” (28:09).

• The hosts joke about the impracticality of consuming such a large quantity of bacon: “That's a ton of bacon. [...] You will not eat all of this.” (30:42-31:05).

• Greg Cody further embellishes the joke by comparing it to familial traditions and introducing Uncle Dick: “He's the bacon Prince. But this is the Bacon King.” (28:09-28:10).

8. Sponsor Messages and Ad Interruptions

Throughout the episode, the hosts seamlessly integrate sponsor messages, maintaining the show's rhythm while promoting products like GameTime and Sleep Number Smart Beds. These interruptions are brief and designed to fit naturally within the conversation flow.

• Dan LeBatard frequently references polls and encourages listener interaction, even during ad segments: “Put it on the poll at the LeBatard show...” (19:51).

• In between discussions, product promotions are interwoven with humor, ensuring they complement rather than disrupt the main content.

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Notable Quotes:

• Dan LeBatard: “Does a lifetime ban end when your life does?” (02:05)

• Greg Cody: “If you think that your family would get a lot of joy from seeing you, go to the hall of fame...” (02:32)

• Mike Ryan: “He's being very selfish with this new thing that he's doing where he wants to evolve.” (37:54)

• Dan LeBatard: “God bless football and stupidity.” (14:00)

• Stugots: “Uncle Dick will be in on that as well because he's the bacon Prince.” (28:10)

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Conclusion and Reflections

The episode of "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" offers a blend of serious discussions on sports ethics and bans, intertwined with humorous and off-the-cuff segments that highlight the hosts' chemistry and comedic timing. From debating the posthumous eligibility of sports figures to navigating internal show dynamics and exploring The Rock’s career moves, the hosts provide a multifaceted conversation that appeals to sports enthusiasts and pop culture aficionados alike. The light-hearted segments on peeing outdoors and Greg Cody’s bacon antics add a layer of relatability and humor, making the episode both thought-provoking and entertaining for listeners.

Transcript

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Stugots]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stu Guts podcast.

[Dan LeBatard]

Lil Abner. Yeah, 1934 is what David Sampson brought to the table today. Greg Cody continues to look like someone from 19. Billy, would you agree with this that it's. I'm looking at prohibition more than Great Depression. I feel like he should be shoeless. He would normally be shoeless. He's not shoeless only because he has talents for feet. They're disgusting. They are the feet of Nosferatu.

[Stugots]

Yes, see, Shoeless Joe is eligible also. Like that was kind of one of the flew under the radar when Pete Rose was made eligible. Shoeless Joe can get back in now too. And I guess the. I guess the ruling is a lifetime ban ends when your life ends. And now all dead people that committed malfeasances can be eligible.

[Dan LeBatard]

Put it on the poll. Does a lifetime ban end when your life does? I feel like that's a. I feel like that you. You've stumbled upon.

[Stugots]

I had never considered it, honestly. I saw the phrasing and I was.

[Dan LeBatard]

Like, why would you? Why would you. As soon as you die. Sure. Never mind about our moralities. We'll clean you right up.

[Stugots]

I was like, I guess, you know, punishment served.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, you can't get any joy from this. You're de yet and your spirit is banned.

[Greg Cody]

If you think that your family would get a lot of joy from seeing you, go to the hall of fame and they're getting up there in age.

[Stugots]

Why are you talking about parents?

[Greg Cody]

Well, because I'm asking a kind of dark question, right? Like you just sort of a board or something.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let's take a dive early, everybody. I don't know what you up by doing.

[Mike Ryan]

You didn't even. Amazing. I'm sorry.

[Dan LeBatard]

It was.

[Mike Ryan]

I was struggling to follow what you were doing. I'm kind of happy everyone just started talking.

[Greg Cody]

Sentence wild. It's what it sounded like to me. Pretty amazing. I know. All right. Enjoy the rest of the show.

[Dan LeBatard]

I feel bad. This is not.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm sorry.

[Stugots]

I think this is bullying.

[Dan LeBatard]

But this feels like, if we're going.

[Mike Ryan]

To be honest, never seen that before. Where some dude is talking, doing a thing and everyone else just like moves on with their lives and has Mike.

[Billy]

Did we miss it? Like, should he try it again?

[Mike Ryan]

Honestly, I don't remember what he was. It was so boring.

[Dan LeBatard]

I legitimately thought he was whispering in just my ear. And I made the.

[Mike Ryan]

I was a bit.

[Dan LeBatard]

But then he just kept talking. Why am I was confused by my own show? He's talking. I'm like, is he talking to just me? Why is he talking that way? But then what swept over me and Greg, forgive me because you and Stugots wanted the blessed relief of David Sampson because of something that had happened in here right before David Sampson, which was. And I'm now airing private grievances but stugats. I'm only doing this in the context of what just happened. Okay. Which is all of us are staring at Jeremy wondering what the hell he's doing with the show. And he's just happily with the steering wheel and we don't know why he's talking that way.

[Greg Cody]

I'll just slow it down a little.

[Dan LeBatard]

And whisper to you. And confuse the host who's not sure whether you're just giving him gentle guidance or speaking on air to others.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, it sounded like an ad read for a sleep inducing medication.

[Greg Cody]

I was going to ask if people would kill themselves to get their family some joy of them getting into the hall of fame. So I was trying not to say it's so brash. That's the energy. But do you think some people would kill themselves to give their families some joy?

[Stugots]

Nails aboard or something.

[Billy]

So are you asking if Pete Rose would have killed himself if it meant getting into the hall of fame sooner?

[Greg Cody]

That's exactly what I'm asking.

[Mike Ryan]

That's where you were headed?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Let's get there.

[Dan LeBatard]

But you didn't let me get there.

[Greg Cody]

Let's just get the. Would you attend their Funeral shows like, oh, two Morbids.

[Mike Ryan]

That's.

[Stugots]

Geez, why'd you take it?

[Mike Ryan]

You shouldn't have said that.

[Stugots]

My gosh. This is a morning show on the DraftKings Network.

[Dan LeBatard]

Friend before David Sampson came on, Greg Cody said that he had Pat Riley opinions that he wanted to give. He also said this on air, and he wasn't given the room to give them.

[Chris Cote]

Right. Yeah. Well, there's a lot of voices in here.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right?

[Chris Cote]

You know, that's. That's no one's fault, but. But yours, Stan. I mean, you're the one who has a lot of people in here talking, and it's. It's very tough sometimes to. To get a word in.

[Billy]

Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

But especially on the Heat.

[Billy]

Well, you asked him a direct question and someone else answered it. That's where he got upset. I mean. Yeah, yeah, there.

[Chris Cote]

That happens a lot.

[Dan LeBatard]

There's a backlash against the Heat because of the way this show talks about.

[Greg Cody]

That's right. Jeremy, out.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right. He's been.

[Greg Cody]

Get out.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, here's. The Wheel is.

[Mike Ryan]

I can also leave.

[Dan LeBatard]

So. Good question. No, the Wheel is very busy today, and I want to see. I'm going to need your help with the eyesight on. On seeing this, because these are the things on the Wheel. Are you ready? The resignation of the mustachioed strength wonder for the University of Miami football team. Aaron Feld, the greatest mustache in all of college football. He has resigned from the University of Miami.

[Chris Cote]

Scandalous.

[Dan LeBatard]

Will Smith's music is on the Wheel. The Rock going for an Oscar is on the Wheel. A Father's Day fit for a king is on the Wheel. Side view mirrors is on the Wheel. The Panthers, partying crazy throughout South Florida is on the Wheel. Pablo's story is being sent by his publicists on the secret arbitration ruling of the NFL Players Association.

[Mike Ryan]

The UCF Knights new football uniforms is also on the Wheel. That'd be terrible if it came up.

[Dan LeBatard]

Championship buses are on the Wheel.

[Billy]

Big Wheel.

[Dan LeBatard]

And the Boost Mobile. The Boost Mobile boldest take hotline is on the Wheel. Let's spin the Wheel and see where it lands here. That's a lot of stuff here. And also, oh. Portland's top five defense since the All Star Birds break in. My greatest professional regret from yesterday.

[Billy]

Wait a second.

[Greg Cody]

All right, where'd it land?

[Dan LeBatard]

Can you see where it landed, Greg?

[Chris Cote]

Unfortunately, it's the Central uniforms.

[Greg Cody]

Well said, ucf.

[Stugots]

Sorry, Central uniforms.

[Mike Ryan]

It's essentially a spin again.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, Greg, leave. I gave you 11 options.

[Stugots]

But it's not him. It's what the wheel says.

[Chris Cote]

The wheel says.

[Billy]

What the wheel says.

[Greg Cody]

Didn't even say it.

[Stugots]

Out.

[Billy]

Claim the wheels.

[Dan LeBatard]

It was clearly not on the wheel.

[Stugots]

It hard to see.

[Dan LeBatard]

Get out of here.

[Mike Ryan]

Classes are fogged up.

[Stugots]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

This is ridiculous.

[Greg Cody]

Major penalty.

[Mike Ryan]

Five minutes.

[Billy]

Screaming comedy.

[Dan LeBatard]

Five minutes.

[Chris Cote]

I object to this.

[Mike Ryan]

Friend or coworker, it's time to talk.

[Stugots]

Fuck.

[Chris Cote]

Can't help this. Comes up on the wheel.

[Billy]

You got to come sit with Jeremy.

[Mike Ryan]

He can tell you all about it.

[Stugots]

Would you rather if it was Pete Rose? Would you rather sit with Jeremy to get in the hall of fame or kill yourself?

[Mike Ryan]

That whole thing, just Jeremy saying, do we have to put a warning on this episode?

[Greg Cody]

That's going to take a while for me to get over here.

[Chris Cote]

What Jeremy did.

[Dan LeBatard]

Listen, listen. But this is. I can say it now that. That Cody and Jeremy are both gone. Okay? This was Cody's complaint in the privacy of. Of that first hour Heat s. They.

[Greg Cody]

Can all hear us.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, boy.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm aware, Chris. You know what? Get out of here.

[Billy]

Send them away.

[Greg Cody]

Major penalty.

[Dan LeBatard]

Five minutes.

[Billy]

Grooming, comedy.

[Mike Ryan]

Kevin Stemland out here.

[Billy]

Just be careful, Dan.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, why be careful?

[Billy]

I care about.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, well, you help me walk here. You were here, and both Greg and David were great. I'm sorry. Greg and Stugatz were grateful that David Sampson appeared because they were afraid that I was going to reveal what Stugats and Cody were saying. And it is something that they were saying that I'm sure the audience has said about any number of us, including me, most of all. Right.

[Billy]

I mean, you put me in a spot here. Listen, it was really directed.

[Dan LeBatard]

You don't want to do it. You don't want to do it.

[Billy]

I'd prefer not to do it, but I'll do it because I know you need it, like. And that's what I'm supposed to do.

[Dan LeBatard]

So during Heat talk, Greg, Cody was trying to talk. It couldn't talk and didn't like that he couldn't talk.

[Billy]

Well, he didn't like that you asked him a direct question. A respected columnist in Miami who has opinions about the Heat wanted to talk about the Heat. And when you asked him that direct question, Mike answered it.

[Dan LeBatard]

He said, it's hard to get in here. And what he said after that was because Mike's talking and then Jeremy is talking and talking, and he hit him with a talking and talking.

[Billy]

Just Jeremy, not you, Mike.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mike was talking, right? And Jeremy was talking and talking. And I'm somebody who talks and talks and talks, so I'm no one to make Fun of how not allowing other people in. But there's Greg Cody, old timey baseball player being soothed by his son, his loving son because he's been treated like a senile old man by White Hat during the playoffs when he's the only one who got anything right. He dresses up like a clown for us, even though he's much smarter on Cornheiser show. And we disgrace his reputation and his legacy by turning him into a professional clown who can't get his shots off during the show because the producers are full of themselves. There, I said it. It's been said.

[Billy]

Yep.

[Stugots]

And said, where is Jeremy? He's supposed to be in the penalty box.

[Dan LeBatard]

I feel like we bullied him and I don't feel like. I don't feel like what we just did to Jeremy is right. I think that that felt unfair. Jeremy hasn't had a lot.

[Billy]

That question was unfair.

[Dan LeBatard]

But I don't understand why he was talking to me in a way that totally disoriented me. I spent 10 full seconds wondering if he was talking to just me and then I heard no one else talking cuz I thought he was just in my ear because of the way he was talking.

[Billy]

When you're talking suicide though, Dan, that's. That's kind of the way you do it.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's not the way you do it. You didn't have to bring up suicide. None of it was necessary. None of it was ne. We were having plenty of fun around. Is a lifetime ban something that ends as soon as your lifetime does? Because it's a great question that I don't feel like any of us had really considered until Pete Rose died. And then we're like, wait, they're just going to let him in? Well, his life is over. I don't think. Had any of us considered it before then in any real terms? Like he, Pete Rose himself said he didn't want to go in after his death and all of us were like, what's the point of putting him in after his death? But none of us had considered the length of a lifetime ban just ending the moment his life did.

[Billy]

Right, Greg? So you feel like Pat Riley still has it, but he just decided to pass on on Kevin Durant for whatever reason because that's not a guy that's going to win this team in NBA championship.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll take this one. I think Pat Riley is overthinking this flatly and I think he's paying for.

[Chris Cote]

You guys are doing.

[Mike Ryan]

Is that what we're doing?

[Chris Cote]

Okay, all right, I get it. Don't worry about it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Spin the wheel again. I didn't see it correctly that time.

[Chris Cote]

You don't want me to read the answer, then don't ask me.

[Dan LeBatard]

What does it say up there? What does it say?

[Chris Cote]

UCF uniforms again. I can't help that. That happens with wheels sometimes, right? It comes up, lands in the same thing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right all the time.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a wheel.

[Stugots]

It's the perfect spin.

[Billy]

Your lucky day.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

And now I'm curious. What do.

[Dan LeBatard]

Damn uniform.

[Mike Ryan]

The drop shadow accents are incredible.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, my God.

[Mike Ryan]

They bring it every time.

[Stugots]

They the same?

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, no. The drop shadows totally different.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're going to have to leave the room again.

[Chris Cote]

Those are very sharp. Okay, here we go. All right, good night, everyone.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's morning.

[Chris Cote]

Good UCF night, everyone. Hang on.

[Dan LeBatard]

Good UCF night. Everyone's going to want.

[Billy]

With his headsets on. Pull the whole table.

[Greg Cody]

Just tried to push that.

[Dan LeBatard]

He doesn't know how to open the door. Listen, let me explain to you what we did. Dim and Stu Guns. After a lifetime doing this show with him, it feels like knows what happened here. He wanted to talk in the first hour. He dressed up in the old time uniform. We pubbed his podcast. He checked out right after that. Checked out for the day. You guys didn't let him talk. He's not. He's done playing. He's taking his ball and going home. He wore our happy uniform. He wore the costume for us. He got his glory in the first hour but didn't get his shots off. And now he's pissed. And he blames you. A lifetime of rascals, these children who don't respect him for not giving him the room to talk. And he doesn't think there's another thing.

[Billy]

I think he blamed you.

[Dan LeBatard]

But I wasn't the one who kept him from talking in the first hour. I kept throwing it to him and then it would get taken and then. Jeremy wanted his heat opinions hurt. But to be fair, Jeremy's heat opinions are informed by being around the team. But yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Forever to say though.

[Dan LeBatard]

See, that's the thing.

[Stugots]

That's the wonder how much I'm trying to be issued statement.

[Greg Cody]

Well thought out.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

So putting space in between my sentences.

[Billy]

The informed opinion is overrated. I like the uninformed opinion. Yeah, I do.

[Stugots]

That's where you get the truth from, is the uninformed.

[Dan LeBatard]

God bless football and stupidity.

[Billy]

Uninformed.

[Dan LeBatard]

They're taking a lane no one else is taking in this regard. Stu got his. He's banking many riches on the idea that this is a lane no one else is occupying. God Bless Football has some education in it, but the good stuff is the lack of education, the general stumbling around with the Gronka. The Gronkowskis. Yes. And Joba Chamberlain.

[Billy]

Jabba.

[Stugots]

Well, he's been. Yeah, he. He kind of got tired of us not paying him.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Stugots]

Yeah.

[Billy]

He's appearing somewhere else.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute, what happened? He created a media career from you guys. You guys built the coaching tree of God Bless Football, got Jobber Chamberlain a job somewhere else.

[Stugots]

Well, no, I mean, he's like a king in Nebraska. He lives in Nebraska. That's where he, you know, went to school. And he's. He's doing some podcasts there. He's, you know, doing his thing.

[Billy]

Doing some stuff.

[Mike Ryan]

Baseball.

[Stugots]

Checking with him every once in a while.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm sorry, I. I thought he was.

[Stugots]

Still with you recently. Thoughts and prayers.

[Billy]

The source subject.

[Dan LeBatard]

How many Gronkows, Eli Manning, how many Gronkowskis are there on the. On God Bless Football?

[Stugots]

It's. It's usually a different one every season. Yeah.

[Billy]

Because it was Chris the first season. Gordy the last couple of seasons.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Stugots]

They learn that they don't really want to deal with us, so then we just keep moving down the chain of the Gronks.

[Billy]

Hopefully we'll get the rom.

[Stugots]

I would say probably less likely.

[Dan LeBatard]

Greg, Cody, I want to get your thoughts here. On his podcast, very popular podcast, Zach Lowe says the Heat had a look in the mirror moment by not going all in on kd. Quote, you know, Pat Riley wants to go for it, and, you know, Heat could have beat Houston's offer. Yeah. Hero Durant, bam. And some backup starter guys is not going to be good enough.

[Chris Cote]

Well, they.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll take this one. If, If. If Pat Riley's aim is to keep doing what he's been doing over the last few seasons, which is be frustrated that they're not, and think that the development of these players just isn't up to snuff. Then he's doing himself. And it's like, I see a great disservice. I mean, why the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different things.

[Dan LeBatard]

Cody, you're laughing, but Stugon's just whispered in my ear, much like Jeremy did earlier, except it wasn't in my ear. And he said Greg was, again, not ready for your question in any way and was not listening.

[Mike Ryan]

That's what happened the first time, Greg. It happens a lot. We have to spring into action.

[Chris Cote]

Okay. All right. That's it. Okay.

[Stugots]

You should be thanking Mike for interrupting.

[Mike Ryan]

And by the way, you're no Ryan Seacrest.

[Chris Cote]

Pat Pal. Whoa. Thank you for that, Ryan Seacrest. What's that got to do with anything, right? Ryan Secret.

[Billy]

You're tired of that guy anyway, right?

[Chris Cote]

Yes.

[Billy]

Overrated.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, right? Like, overrated.

[Dan LeBatard]

Just petering out. Your. Your. Your father is petering out at the end of a work day, at the end of many hockey months. Oh, did you see? He just went to his signature line board. McDavid. Overrated. It's. He just burped it out.

[Chris Cote]

Well, st got set. Overrated. He was feeding me the line.

[Billy]

Well, I mean, Seacrest is.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Spin the WH again, please. Spin the wheel again, please. Again. Aaron Feld, the strength coach. Will Smith. Music Portland top five defense since the All Star Game. The Rock winning an Oscar, trying to Father's Day for a king. Panthers championship celebration. Championship buses. Pablo Story or Boost Mobile.

[Chris Cote]

Father's Day for a King.

[Billy]

Wow.

[Dan LeBatard]

Really?

[Chris Cote]

Wow. Yeah.

[Billy]

Huh?

[Chris Cote]

That. Does that fit here?

[Billy]

It's.

[Stugots]

What?

[Billy]

It landed on you.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, I know, but it landed on ufc. Football. The last two times they sent me out of here.

[Stugots]

Ufc.

[Greg Cody]

See, Football.

[Stugots]

Now, he's right.

[Dan LeBatard]

It wasn't.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

What did I say at ufc?

[Billy]

Ufc.

[Chris Cote]

I'm jumbling the letters. What can I tell? It happens. Yeah. Thank you, Legler. But the perfect Father's Day gift. I mean, what does that mean?

[Billy]

Not the perfect Father's Day.

[Greg Cody]

We all know what that is.

[Mike Ryan]

I. I know that you and Chris have gone back and forth on whose Father's Day is it?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. And that's actually been a controversy in my household, too. My dad has to come to grips with the fact that Father's Day used to be your day, not your day anymore. It's my day. We'll circle back to you. He's had a very difficult time for that. And I realized what I want on Father's Day is peace and quiet. I know it's become a cliche, but I physically kick my family out of my house, and I spend the day all to myself. 20 milligrams and left turns, basically the entire day. And in fact, one time, I was inside the house, and I walked outside to pee, and I've shorted myself. I did that twice.

[Billy]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

I liked how it felt because it was my day. I'm king.

[Greg Cody]

Love a backyard pee.

[Mike Ryan]

Now. One of the. Yeah, I did that. Oh, no, I was in the house.

[Greg Cody]

You're not really a homeowner until you.

[Chris Cote]

Pee in your backyard front yard. Pee will get you.

[Mike Ryan]

I Was inspecting the backyard the first time.

[Greg Cody]

Front yard pee will get you in trouble.

[Billy]

It will, yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Securing the perimeter.

[Billy]

Arrested, possibly.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, see what this is like. It's my day. Let's see what this is like. Peed outside.

[Dan LeBatard]

Nice.

[Mike Ryan]

Later on in the day, after a full bottle of wine. Decided to do it again. Liked it. So it was a day of excess. And as part of the 20mg and left turns experiences, you know, I kind of gorge on food. That's my treat yourself day. My night ended with me not feeling my best, just tired. But I was so full. I had never been this full in my life. And I got up from the couch to say good night. I'm going to bed. I coughed, and out came, like, a quarter of the Peruvian that I ate. Just. Just. I coughed. And it wasn't because I was high or drunk or anything like that. Even though I admitted to those things, I was fine. It was because I gorged myself on Peruvian.

[Dan LeBatard]

You were disgusting.

[Mike Ryan]

And I coughed, and it was. I was totally fine. But out from my mouth came a whole bunch of Aji Amarillo. And. No. Just, like, on the front of my shirt. I'm like, that's gonna be a wrap for me. I'm going to put. Best Father's Day I've ever had.

[Dan LeBatard]

Nice Father's Day for Kim. Put it on the poll, please. Are you a real homeowner? If you haven't peed in your backyard and also put on the poll, will the front yard pee get you in trouble?

[Stugots]

When did that happen, by the way? We used to be a proper country where you can just pee in the front yard and no one would care. That was, like, a sign of, you know, success. You just pee in your front yard.

[Chris Cote]

It's like marking your territory.

[Stugots]

Neighbors would go by, hey, Bill, how's it going? You wave at them as they go. You're peeing pees down the street. Exactly right. All of a sudden, yes.

[Chris Cote]

Suddenly you can't do it.

[Stugots]

Yeah. You're too close to a school. You have to introduce yourself to all your neighbors.

[Greg Cody]

I feel like Frank Torrey used to always pee in his front yard.

[Stugots]

Did Frank?

[Chris Cote]

No. God rest his soul. I'm not gonna scorch him like that.

[Greg Cody]

He was a drummer. He taught me how to drum.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, he did.

[Mike Ryan]

It apparently has never been broadly legal.

[Stugots]

That can't be true.

[Dan LeBatard]

You shouldn't be peeing in your front yard.

[Billy]

It's your yard.

[Dan LeBatard]

You shouldn't be peeing near a stool.

[Greg Cody]

Don't pee on the sidewalk.

[Stugots]

Why can My neighbor's dog pee in my front yard, but I can't pee in my front yard when I pay for that yard.

[Mike Ryan]

Became expressly legal in New York city in the 1970s, and they started really enforcing this in the 1990s, and it was banned in LA in the 1990s as well.

[Chris Cote]

What if my back is to the street, though?

[Stugots]

That's a good question.

[Chris Cote]

That's fair.

[Mike Ryan]

There isn't a single moment in this country, though, where peeing in your front yard ever became illegal.

[Dan LeBatard]

To answer your question, no, it must be illegal. It can't be legal. You can't pee in your front yard. I think that's illegal if I have.

[Billy]

A wall up, though.

[Mike Ryan]

No, the problem is being visible to the public. You can be in your front yard.

[Billy]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's a decent exposure. You can't. But your backyard feels less indecent. Feels like you're trying to be decent.

[Greg Cody]

If you have a chain link fence, kind of.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, Greg Cody has a substantive backyard. Greg Cody has shoes buried in that backyard. Shoes that he wore for 20 years and a couple of cats.

[Stugots]

But wait a minute. If I'm inside my home in the bathroom and I'm peeing with the window open. Open.

[Chris Cote]

You're good.

[Stugots]

And you could see completely in.

[Greg Cody]

You're good.

[Stugots]

Still see it good.

[Billy]

You're inside, Right.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're open for business.

[Billy]

They're the creepy ones for looking at.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, they should.

[Chris Cote]

Right?

[Greg Cody]

They should be arrested.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

Invasion of privacy.

[Greg Cody]

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[Stugots]

Don Levitard it's all about me. Stugats this is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Chris Cote]

What if I'm peeing in my backyard and a drone is flying overhead and I'm good?

[Stugots]

I'm with you drones. What are you waving with ruined skinny dipping.

[Chris Cote]

My other hand. Sometimes I pee hands free. Don't you?

[Billy]

Really?

[Stugots]

In your yard or the bathroom?

[Billy]

Yeah, both.

[Stugots]

That's an outdoor activity. Or in the shower.

[Billy]

Not in the bathroom.

[Chris Cote]

I'm a veteran. Pee here.

[Billy]

Not in the bathroom.

[Dan LeBatard]

Spin the wheel.

[Billy]

Got to be outside. We have to have.

[Dan LeBatard]

No. Spin the wheel.

[Mike Ryan]

Real quick, Chris, come to a solution to your Father's Day conundrum.

[Chris Cote]

I still. It's still mine, but, you know, in.

[Stugots]

My family, Father's day is for my wife.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I feel that way too.

[Billy]

You just figured it out?

[Stugots]

She just kind of sets the plans and we all do that.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, I'm going to four different houses today. Fun.

[Dan LeBatard]

Put it on the poll at ler show. In your family. Is Father's day for your wife?

[Billy]

Of course it is.

[Dan LeBatard]

What did it land on there? Cody, what did it land done?

[Chris Cote]

Oh, the. The guy from, um with a weird mustache.

[Dan LeBatard]

Aaron Feld. That's what it says. That's what it says.

[Chris Cote]

Why did he disappear all of a sudden?

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, let's look at the strength coach for the University of Miami. He looks unlike any other strength coach that any of us have ever seen. The mustache is glorious. The hair is glorious. The biceps are glorious. He is no longer the strength coach at the University of Miami. Mike, as a booster, journalist, and someone who owns a company that traffics in University of Miami football information, can you give us as to why this resplendent luscious human being is no longer on campus?

[Mike Ryan]

He put out a statement on his social media channels saying that it was time for a change and that he wanted to be with his family more. He cited his family multiple times in that and it got a lot of attention because Aaron Feld is probably the most publicly recognizable strength and conditioning coach in the nation, but he's already been replaced, and I don't think he's landed anywhere just yet. Seems like he's taking some time off.

[Dan LeBatard]

The Cody's are famously bad at hygiene. You do not touch yourself or hold yourself while peeing because you don't want to wash your hands, right?

[Chris Cote]

Oh, no, no, just. Mostly just for the. The ritual of it, you know, the challenge.

[Greg Cody]

Flaunt the skill.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

You want challenge?

[Stugots]

Yeah, Target practice.

[Chris Cote]

The challenge of being accurate without the manipulation of.

[Stugots]

Okay, I wish you could gamify going to the restroom. You know what I mean?

[Dan LeBatard]

Like, nothing left.

[Stugots]

You know what I wanna. I wanna do guys, business idea here. Jeremy, voice. What if we found a way to get like a thing that you put on the toilet? You know, they have like the light Jeremy like that? I don't know. It does whatever he wants.

[Greg Cody]

Who's the Connor McDavid of peeing?

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, is everybody's peeing. Does it go straight or are you.

[Dan LeBatard]

A little bit like John outside? Did we bully him into being outside? He's sitting next to center. He's sitting next to Greg Cody's giant treasure chest of bacon over there.

[Greg Cody]

He said, I have an idea for a song. That's where he went.

[Billy]

That's why I'm saying it's an outside thing, Mike. Like you have to win in your toilet right in your bag.

[Stugots]

You have to account for the wind sometimes.

[Dan LeBatard]

Cody, what is that treasure chest of bacon? I've never seen bacon in a contraption that large. Is that an igloo of bacon? What is that?

[Chris Cote]

On an up upcoming episode of the Greg Cody show podcast, we have on the Bacon King. And the Bacon King wanted to send me some of his bacon preparatory.

[Greg Cody]

Are you talking about Uncle Dick?

[Chris Cote]

Well, Uncle Dick will be in on that as well because he's the bacon Prince. But this is the Bacon King. Not inside that container.

[Dan LeBatard]

But can you show it to us? Can you go out there and open it? Can we do some journalism and open. Find out just how much bacon you got? Promote the Greg Cody show with Greg Cody podcast.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, I mean, I have not personally opened it yet. I don't know what's in. In there.

[Dan LeBatard]

Or is it the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody?

[Chris Cote]

No, with. Yeah, Greg Cody show with Greg Cody.

[Dan LeBatard]

Chris has gone out there and. And gotten this. So you're getting a ton of free bacon. How much weight is this? How much? I would assume I have only seen you and Stugatz here wander around eating bacon with no plate, no utensils. You just wander around eating bacon with your hand.

[Billy]

I caught Zaslow doing it the other day.

[Dan LeBatard]

Day.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Billy]

I was proud of him.

[Dan LeBatard]

No napkin. Zaslo also did no napkin. I don't really.

[Billy]

Napkin.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, just a piece of bacon grabbed with your hands.

[Billy]

I eat bacon.

[Chris Cote]

Yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

How much bacon is there here, Chris? Do you have any idea? We're about to. Okay. We're about to do this live.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, the thing must weigh. What does that weigh, Christopher? 40 pounds.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's a very large igloo.

[Billy]

What an exciting day, though, for Greg Cody. He's bringing home the bacon.

[Chris Cote]

Yes. Literally.

[Dan LeBatard]

So you're going to put it in your car. You don't. You don't have. You don't know how much this is. You don't know who to thank. You don't know how to open it. You're just going to open it noisily?

[Chris Cote]

I need a knife.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, great. So we now have. We will get this done at some point.

[Stugots]

In the interim, keep the knives away from Pete Rose.

[Dan LeBatard]

Billy, unfortunately we're going to need you here real quick in order to spin the wheel while Chris is in here, if you don't mind. No, but we need the sound. That doesn't work. Yes, it doesn't really work if you're far away and just making a sound that's not.

[Billy]

Yeah. Greg, keep your eye on the wheel. Okay.

[Chris Cote]

Okay.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes, please. Because again, Greg, my greatest professional regret is up there. Will Smith's music is up there. Portland having a top five defense since the all Star break. And now trading for Jrue Holiday is up there. The rocks Movie credentials, The Panthers going crazy, Championship buses and Pablo's Story and.

[Billy]

Boost mobile and side view mirrors.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, I. Oh, thank you. Yes. I hadn't seen. I wrote it down. That's not helpful, Billy. I don't want you in that seat anymore.

[Billy]

Applewood smoke.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow, that is a ton of bacon. Wow, that is an amazing amount of bacon. Holy geez. You're. You're not going to be able to. That's a lifetime supply of bacon that would last Pete Rose's entire life. That's that amount of bacon.

[Chris Cote]

It would last me the rest of the day, I'll tell you that.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute. That is a ton of bacon.

[Chris Cote]

Damn right.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're not going to be able to eat all of that.

[Chris Cote]

Charlie will.

[Dan LeBatard]

You will not eat all of this.

[Chris Cote]

Oh my God. Odd.

[Dan LeBatard]

How long that will take you a year to eat.

[Billy]

No, don't test him.

[Greg Cody]

You haven't seen the Cody's. Uncle Dick and Greg. Cody could probably eat that in a week.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, guys, guys.

[Chris Cote]

4.

[Stugots]

That's lies.

[Billy]

Right around the corner too.

[Dan LeBatard]

Look at that. This is like £30.

[Billy]

Yeah, but you know, it's hard.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is. Yeah, I know. It shrinks. This right here.

[Mike Ryan]

This right here shrinks.

[Chris Cote]

That's what she said. What?

[Dan LeBatard]

You get it.

[Mike Ryan]

Dick. Joke. Not uncle.

[Stugots]

Not uncle Dick.

[Chris Cote]

Put that back so it doesn't dry out.

[Greg Cody]

He's working out right now. That's what he's doing.

[Chris Cote]

Bacon lifting. Get my exercise in.

[Greg Cody]

That was such a loud thump.

[Chris Cote]

Throwing that bacon upside down as well. Doesn't respect the bacon.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm uncomfortable. I put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Are you a com. Are you uncomfortable when the 70 year old makes the that's what she said joke?

[Greg Cody]

Why so awkward?

[Dan LeBatard]

The Rock is now going for an Oscar stugats with an A24 film. I don't know if you've been following what A24 is doing, but they are changing the entire industry of movies because they make movies for about $8 million a pop. On average. They've made 150 of them, about not very many. And they make good things. Everyone knows it. The Rock wants a reinvention. In his 50s, wants a reinvention. People respect him as an actor. And the way to do that is to pair with a 24, the studio that makes the best things. Again, it's not just this is an interesting and novel concept and learning a little bit, very little bit about the movie industry recently. It gets sort of convoluted and polluted with middle managers and production people and an assortment of other things. And then the next thing you know, the director's not in charge anymore. The thing that A24 does is at a minimal cost, they say, go, director, go, go, do. Make what you want to make. And we will not get in the way by having to prove that we are important people, executives. And A24 has had creative success because they're giving creative freedom to people who crave it and want it. And they've got an efficient model that, again, $8 million on average for a movie is very little money in order to get a movie made.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, have you read the early reviews for the smashing machine? Mr. Gods, you may know from your time at the Masvidal fight in Madison Square Garden where you were pictured with the Rock, you were beside him on the stage. The Rock announced to that crowd back then, which seems like a long time ago, that he was making this film, the Smashing Machine, based on a great documentary that was made in the early 2000s. 824 does empower directors. The Safdie brothers were a great directing duo. They split up. Benny Safdie is directing this film, and what Dan highlighted has usually worked out for a 24. However, it seems as though from the early reviews, and granted, still a small sample is that Benny Safdie decided to make a mockery of biopics with this film. And apparently the only person playing it straight the entire time is the Rock. And people are really confused by the film, especially with the leading man playing it so straight, so very clearly going for an Oscar. In fact, if you see the early lines, he's like, plus 800 to win the Oscar, which is pretty good odds. He's like, third favorite right now. And I don't know if You've seen the other roles that he started stacking up, but he's working with Scorsese. Usually when some. When studios see the dailies and they know that someone has a really good performance, they start agreeing to these movies. It's how Matthew McConaughey. Hey, hey, true Detective's awesome Dallas Buyers Club happens. And then all of a sudden he's got Interstellar and he's working with all these great directors. But this is going to really test audiences because people who have a palette for a 24 and a lot of weird things were totally knocked on their ass by this film, not knowing what the hell it was.

[Dan LeBatard]

Dugat, I will tell you, and you've heard me marvel before at the reinventions of people like. Like Madonna late in life, are able to do things over decades where you keep growing into a different thing that doesn't atrophy. The Rock, as an entertainment conqueror has had one of the most amazing careers you can ever find from somebody who isn't a traditional actor and was like a Canadian Football League player with no money, who had wrestling chops and charisma and parlayed it into. Now in his 50s, wants to creatively be something bigger than the big dumb movies that he's been. It's hard to reinvent yourself in the 50s. In your 50s. I've seen here Steve Martin and Martin Short are keeping their careers alive late. But the Rock is.

[Billy]

But they're playing to their strengths is what they're doing. His strength is movies like Skyscraper and Rampage, you know, get out of a.

[Stugots]

Building that's on fire with one leg.

[Dan LeBatard]

Has that not run its course? Not just for him.

[Billy]

It never runs its course for us.

[Dan LeBatard]

Not just for him. For us. I thought, I. I thought that the decay of movies in recent years has been about just make a bunch of Marvel movies. And also the Rock and Kevin Hart will be in everything and it'll run its course. And it's run its course. And now the Rock is seeking some sort of reinvention here with something that's totally different and is him wanting to be taken seriously as an actor.

[Billy]

Right. So it's run its course for him. Yeah, Right.

[Mike Ryan]

The early reviews, though, made me feel. Feel bad for him because if Benny Safdie decided to have a take on the entire genre and kind of poke fun at it in his own way, I felt really bad for the Rock, who has worked very hard to try to get this film made. When he spoke to us at Madison Square Garden, he said that he's been trying to get this movie made for the better part of 20 years. And that was six years ago. So to finally get to that point and for to have a 24 and a great cast around you and to kind of be made the butt of a joke that is nuanced and layered. Hopefully this is just early reviews and editing softens it a little bit because by all accounts, there's a really good performance in there.

[Dan LeBatard]

But it's supposed to run dark and it's supposed to be a mental health challenge. Is it not like this?

[Mike Ryan]

The main takeaway that a lot of the critics had was they were utterly confused by what Benny Safdie was trying to do. Some of them were fostering and maybe they missed the point. But they're like, is this just Benny Safdie taking a crap on biopics as a whole, trying to follow a formula while the Rock is pouring his heart into this performance? Is that what the Rock actually signed up for when he was making this movie? I'm sure he met with the director and I'm sure I don't think Benny Safdie's putting one over on the Rock, but maybe that's what it took to get it made. He's already lined up a lot of high profile projects. It seems as though people are going to be able to silo Dwayne's performance. But if it's a movie that is making fun of itself and the Rock is kind of playing it serious, I'm not sure how that's going to play.

[Stugots]

Blow something up. Yeah, we don't want to know. I mean, listen, you want to know a telltale sign that this may not work out? He returned to the Fast and the Furious when he vowed to never do that. So he knows. He knows where his bread is butter and he needs to keep doing it. Let me tell you something, Dwayne Rock Johnson. He's being very selfish with this new thing that he's doing where he wants to evolve. Oh, I want to evolve. I want to win an Oscar. I want to have this career evolution in my 50s. How about you think about me and stop thinking about yourself and the movies that I want to watch you in and not the movies that you want to make. It's incredibly selfish of him to decide that all of a sudden he's going to stop making these blockbuster hits and action comedies and do these movies that probably not going to to want much.

[Dan LeBatard]

Didn't Von Van Damme do something like this? Where a mockumentary documentary that was done artfully by a filmmaker to make fun or parody himself. Wasn't this done already?

[Mike Ryan]

Right, but he was in on the joke. And by all accounts, the Rock's character does not.

[Billy]

He's zigging everyone else's.

[Mike Ryan]

He's playing it straight, going for his Oscar. Meanwhile, Safdie is doing something on the the genre as a whole. The rocks got a a full plate. Right now. He is chairman of the board of tko. Like that is an important position. That is a big time day job.

[Stugots]

I mean, has he not heard of the Expendables? Doesn't he know how this is going to end? He wants to get away from the action drama. Then boom. All of a sudden you're in a submarine or whatever with Kelsey Grammer, of all people, still blowing things up. Because you need to get back to the action.

[Mike Ryan]

I should clarify. He's not chairman of the board, but he's on the board of directors, which is also kind of a full time job.

[Dan LeBatard]

Spin the wheel again, please. Spin the wheel again.

[Stugots]

How are him and Kelsey Grammer doing the opposite in terms of, like, career reinventions.

[Dan LeBatard]

Boost Mobile. Wow.

[Greg Cody]

It's the Boost Mobile boldest take. And it's presented by Boost mobile, the newest 5G network in the country.

[Mike Ryan]

Yo, this is Dave from 336.

[Dan LeBatard]

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are better.

[Mike Ryan]

When they have been in a background.

[Stugots]

Backpack for a day or two and.

[Dan LeBatard]

They'Ve been smooshed so that all the.

[Stugots]

Jelly is inside the bread.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yo, it's Chuck from Dayton on the mobile.

[Chris Cote]

First time, last time. This one's for Mike Ryan.

[Dan LeBatard]

Keanu Reeves, better action star than Tom Cruise.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, this is Michael from Chicagoland. Why don't we have names for our toes the same way that we do for our fingers? On your hand, you've got the thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, pinky. But on your foot, the only names we really got are the big toe.

[Greg Cody]

And the pinky toe or little toe.

[Mike Ryan]

We don't name to the other three.

[Dan LeBatard]

Hey, guys, first time, long time, shot for your life. Caitlin Clark or sga. I'm gonna hang up and listen, Chris.

[Chris Cote]

Renaissance as a singular entity or flavor.

[Dan LeBatard]

Like blueberry or chocolate.

[Chris Cote]

Phenomenal.

[Dan LeBatard]

As a sandwich, straight trash.

[Mike Ryan]

There's no integrity.

[Dan LeBatard]

It can't hold grease.

[Chris Cote]

It can't hold bacon properly.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, throw a little blueberry in there.

[Mike Ryan]

Phenomenal.

[Dan LeBatard]

Hey, Sledge from Ohio, you know how.

[Chris Cote]

A championship team, they.

[Dan LeBatard]

They win the championship and they'd have a parade afterwards, right?

[Greg Cody]

I think the worst team in the.

[Dan LeBatard]

League, they should also have a parade.

[Chris Cote]

Where the audience gets to Throw tomatoes.

[Dan LeBatard]

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