Hour 2: The Most Cuban Week In Show History

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Hour 2: The Most Cuban Week In Show History
Date: January 19, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

This lively episode celebrates "the most Cuban week in show history," blending heartfelt debate about sports loyalty—especially to the Miami Hurricanes—with distinctly Miami-flavored humor and culture. The hosts and guests riff on Cuban identity, local sports narratives, and Miami’s unique role in both sports and pop culture. The show features a hilarious, on-the-fly Cuban game show (“¿Quién Es Más Cubano?”), a costume segment planning Dan’s outfit for an upcoming event, and in-depth, insightful analysis of Miami Hurricanes football with guest Bryant McKinney. Expect plenty of Miami pride, inside jokes, comic banter, and genuine local color.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Miami Hurricanes: Perception and Loyalty

(01:01–12:36)

• Debating Coverage of the Hurricanes:
  Dan and Stugotz engage in a spirited discussion about Dan's perceived lack of bias in favor of the Miami Hurricanes—a contrast to his more openly pro-Miami stance with teams like the Heat. The conversation touches on journalism, fan expectations, and deep roots in the Miami community.

• Dan Defends His Approach:

  • Dan sees himself as a provocateur who’s always told Miami’s story honestly (01:53: “I'm a mad at you. I'm a provocateur. I've been doing this for 30 years.”)
  • He recounts his personal history with the university and the community, emphasizing his Cuban heritage and connection to Miami (06:12).

• Stugotz’s Critique:

  • Stugotz represents the voice of the passionate, sometimes aggrieved local fan, wondering why the show doesn’t embrace full-on homerism:

    “Our show meets a moment when the team is in the championship games... people come here from all over the world to hear biased Miami coverage because we are a Miami show.” (09:01)

• Wider Reactions and Fan Perception:

  • Mike Ryan and Sedano join in, amplifying the discussion about balancing fandom and fairness.
  • Dan clarifies he’s trying to represent both sides for a national audience while still loving the school deeply (10:29).

• Notable Quote:

  “Objective is funny because it’s an illusion.” – Dan Le Batard (10:05)

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2. Football Playoff & Costume Store Shenanigans

(13:41–22:01)

• Tony McKinney’s “Journalistic” Field Work:
  Tony is dispatched to a costume store, where he attempts to give both football analysis and colorful, comedic updates from inside the store—highlighting costumes, football props, and flirtations with in-store rules about displaying “adult items” on camera.

• Football Insights Amidst Chaos:
  Tony tries to talk NFL, notably about the Rams and coaching drama, while struggling with masks, horns, and suggestive props (15:14–16:12).

• Memorable Moments:

  • Tony, after being reprimanded for mishandling costume items:

    “Oh, I could put this back in a second. What are you talking about?” (17:00)

  • Running joke about escalating how far Tony would go for the show—including doing a near-nude report—punctuates Dan’s penchant for pushing bits as far as possible (21:25).

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3. The Cuban-ness Game Show: "¿Quién Es Más Cubano?"

(26:02–41:16)

• Premise:
  Two teams—the Le Batards (Dan and Papi) and Sedano/Zaslow—compete in a Cuban culture game show, hosted by "Domino," to determine “who is more Cuban.”

• Sample Questions and Laughs:

  • "What’s in the iconic Royal Dansk cookie tin at grandma’s house?" (A: Sewing supplies.)
  • What does "dali" mean? (A: All of the above—okay, go, hurry up, let’s go!)
  • When someone says, “I’m five minutes away” in Miami, how far are they really? (A: “I haven’t left yet.” Comedic help called in from Tony.)

• Family Dynamic:

  • Papi keeps getting the “Cuban” answers wrong, to everyone’s mock horror—

    "How was it possible that you, the most Cuban among us, has forgotten Elian and Fidel?" – Dan (37:03)

  • Stugotz injects constant game show riffing and comic scoring adjustments.

• Cultural Touchstones:
  References to Cuban home life (cleaning with Fabuloso), political history (Fidel Castro), the Elian Gonzalez saga, and tailgate foods.

• Notable Quotes:

  "Dali means all of the above!" – Dan (29:34)
  “We will never forget about Fidel.” – Stugotz (34:23)

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4. Private School Cuban Rivalry & Miami’s Social Mosaic

(39:24–41:16)

• Private School Bragging Rights:
  The show pokes fun at the perennial pecking order among Miami’s Cuban Catholic schools—Columbus, Belen, Pace, etc.—and their newfound sports prominence, especially Columbus' successes. This segment winks at the inside-baseball nature of Miami's Cuban community while celebrating its rise.

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5. Bryant McKinney Segment: Miami Offensive Line Excellence

(42:27–57:54)

• Bryant’s Unique Perspective:
  As a legendary University of Miami offensive lineman and NFL pro, Bryant offers real inside football:

  • Mario Cristobal and his staff are building Miami’s most formidable offensive line in years, focusing on size, athleticism, and attitude (44:08).

  • “The offensive line… is the motor. You can’t go anywhere without the motor. Everything starts with the engine.” – Bryant McKinney (45:05)

• Dan Probes for Details:

  • Whether Miami’s newfound trench strength can translate into championships.
  • McKinney’s detailed breakdowns: how big linemen must develop technique, why patience matters in a running game (55:00–56:23).
  • Comic asides about never allowing a sack, even in practice, and how he’d fare against future Miami star Reuben Bain.

• Fun Moments and Show Bits:

  • Dan volunteers to let Tony pick his outfit for the Monday live stream (48:08).
  • Banter over shoe colors and the “perfect” Cuban look for Dan—white shoes prevail after debate.

• Notable Quotes:

  “Sometimes people don’t—it’s not about moving a lot of weights. You just know how to move a person’s body, and I feel like [Markel Bell] is getting good at it.” – Bryant McKinney (56:03)

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6. Costume Reveal for Dan’s Cuban Makeover

(48:08–53:34)

• Tony’s Pick for Dan’s Outfit:

  • Stylish baby blue pants, a sharp Cuban shirt, matching fedora, and ultimately, white shoes (after intense debate).
  • Draws out humor about Dan’s “small” shoe size, but with real affection for making Dan look his authentic best.

• Fashion Advice:

  “There’s a thin line between Cuban and Pops Witherspoon.” – Stugotz (53:08)

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Dan on Miami Journalism:

  “We’re doing a show that has represented our city for 20 years through all of that conflict.” (05:06)

• Stugotz’s Frustration:

  “I am often alone when I am touting the Miami Hurricanes. This show has an outsized representation of dissenting opinions when it comes to this program.” (09:01)

• Tony at the Costume Store:

  “You can sell ‘em at a CVS, but you can’t show ‘em...” – Stugotz, on the in-store rules (17:26)
  “Oh, I could put this back in a second. What are you talking about?” – Tony (17:00)

• Game Show Comedy:

  “I want to keep escalating this so that ultimately you’re just doing a report wearing nothing but [a garland] outside of some place like Bird Bowl in Miami.” – Dan (21:25)

• On Football and Culture:

  “The trenches… are like the motor. You can’t go anywhere without the motor.” – Bryant (45:05)

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Structured Episode Flow (with Timestamps)

• [01:01–12:36] Miami Hurricanes loyalty, Dan’s objectivity, and internal show dynamics
• [13:41–22:01] Tony's NFL takes while wandering a costume/novelty store
• [26:02–41:16] Cuban game show: “¿Quién Es Más Cubano?”—Le Batards vs. Sedano/Zaslow
• [39:24–41:16] Private school rivalry, Miami’s social fabric
• [42:27–53:34] Bryant McKinney deep-dive on Miami football, Dan’s costume makeover segment
• [53:34–57:54] Bryant’s technical analysis of Miami O-line and running game
• [Rest] Comic asides, closing bits, and characteristically Miami banter

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Tone and Style

• Lighthearted, Bantering, Deeply Local:
  The show is conversational and affectionate, mixing inside jokes, family humor, and playful ribbing about Cuban and Miami sports culture.
• Cultural Pride:
  There is both celebration and gentle parody of Cuban traditions, Miami’s peculiar loyalties, and generational quirks within the community.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a joyful, whirlwind tour through modern Miami’s sports, cultural, and comedic landscape. The hosts and guests explore what it means to truly represent Miami, poking fun at themselves and each other while giving serious insight into the Hurricanes’ resurgence and the unique flavor of Miami’s Cuban-American identity. Expect big laughs (especially from the makeshift Cuban game show), real football talk, and a heavy dose of Miami pride—wrapped up in a uniquely Le Batard cocktail of sincerity and satire.

Transcript

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Bryant McKinney]

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[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast. I want to figure out what planes to fly over the stadium. Help me fly some planes.

[Stugats]

Interesting way to frame that. Probably airspace is going to be restricted.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to do some advertising. You don't think you can have just the plane circling around in.

[Stugats]

I think airspace is going to be at a premium restricted, so you may want to pivot. Maybe one of those buses.

[Dan Le Batard]

No. You don't think it's funny for our logo with some joke and a banner to be weaving in and out of military planes? You don't think that's funny?

[Stugats]

No. And I honestly don't even think our logo would fly with Cane's fans either.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are we a playoff team now?

[Stugats]

Probably even more polarizing amongst Keynes fans than Donald Trump.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Stugats]

In fact, I know that to be the case. I've at least seen Hat supporting him at the games.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, look, here we go with this. No, we can get. We can get into this because I was being heckled from. From the bowling alley. Greg and Chris Cody telling me what their friends are saying about how offensive the things I'm doing are. We'll get to that in a second. I'm a mad at you. I'm a provocateur. I've been doing this for 30 years. Look, you broke a bottle over my chin 25 years ago. Cuz you're mad at me. Don't care. Built the empire around our program. I love it. I went to school there, did journalism there. Don't care who's mad about it, didn't care about it 25 years ago. Program's been very good to me. I love it. I've always respected it, and I've always told its story well.

[Stugats]

Yes, you have always told its story well. I think most Keynes fans don't think that you respect it. And I know this from the enormous amount of fanfare that I got for yesterday's segment defending Mario Crystal ball. Dan, I think here's where the confusion is and let me try to explain this as best I can. You're a guy that has historically put on for Miami better than anybody else. When those heat teams were going and the entire world was against Miami, you didn't give a single flying F about who was coming your way. You do not step to this town and talk shit about it. And when there is a team for a school that you went to, a team that reflects this town better than anyone has ever had, you seem to both sides it so. I know. Look, Jeremy, it's great that we have a villain Billy doing his shit serin thing. That was cool. But for it to come from somebody that went to the school who already got a reputation working against him. People, I think, incorrectly place a lot of the sanctioned stuff on you, as.

[Sedano]

You know about that Pell Grant.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

You got scooped on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can you say the one word there incorrectly again? No. Let's give people. Since we're here. Okay, since we're here. Look, this is a long time in coming. I have a relationship with the school, the community around the school, speak at its classes, have loved the school, will always love the school, am wildly grateful for all of the opportunities it presented, including the stage right now, because they helped us build this thing with all the things I learned from them and their program.

[Stugats]

Look, it's been a rough 20 years. I'm trying to calmly explain why people feel this way about you in the local hour over several years rather than trying to be rah rah about the home team like we are seemingly with all the other sports dolphins we tee off on. And that's understandable because they've been miserable and we gotta find a way to find the fun content. But for whatever reason, when it comes to the Miami Hurricanes, we give the other side more than we give the pro stuff. I know I am not the only Miami Hurricane fan in this studio. I'm surrounded by them. You're a Miami Hurricane fan. You're a Miami Hurricane fan. These two guys in front of me are a Miami Hurricanes fan. The only Person that's not a Miami Hurricane fan is Jeremy, who reps UCF and Indiana and whoever Miami is playing. That's understandable. And yet I think it's outsized and has been outsized on this show, giving voice to the dissenting opinions that it's become the opinion and this is the reality, this is the perception of our show. The show outside of me is largely perceived amongst our community to be an anti Miami show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay? And so let me. Jesus, I didn't realize I had to explain this to the audience. Never mind that I had to explain this to you. I didn't think I would have to explain any of this specifically to you. We're doing a show that has represented our city for 20 years through all of that conflict. And the story starts, okay, just so we remember what our roots are here before our radio station existed. I'm fighting in 90s Miami with the incumbent radio station who's killing me for 10 years while using all of my columns that are about race relations and what's going on really, at the University of Miami with its players and who they actually are, as everything that's being reported is gun charges and cocaine and Michael Irvin ran over somebody's foot near the library for 10 years. That radio station is crushing me and using my columns for content to make themselves radio stars while I'm coming up to that school as a Cuban Miami through the same Miami Cristobal came up through.

[Stugats]

Can you please mention how your parents fled to this country so I can get bingo for freedom?

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm going to tell you the entirety of the story. I know you guys know the story, okay? And I know you're bored by the story, but I'm going to tell the entirety of the story because of how I feel about this program and because I've been arrested around it and because I got a beer bottle broken over my face.

[Stugats]

Yeah, no, no, you're gonna also tell the story because you're a writer. Tell it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. And I'm the one who runs the show.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

And in running this show, we've created a wonderful journalistic character that represents the University of Miami artfully and with his heart at all times. And we do a national thing that annoys people plenty with all our Miami since ESPN deportes. And now I am happy for everything that's happening around the program. And I said a word yesterday. Reputationally, a word, a single word, is what I said to you that Mario Cristobal reputationally, is not trusted in the big games. And that sets you off.

[Tony McKinney]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

Because it's just not true.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's seven and oh. Against top 25 teams. And that is indisputable.

[Stugats]

Yeah, big games, they also.

[Dan Le Batard]

But what's also not disputable is they've never won the ACC or played in its championship game. Big games are few and far between. And so when you lose double digit underdogs, it's not unfair to say that before this recent run, he was reputationally criticized as someone who would not win these games. Poor.

[Stugats]

Saying none of those games actually close at double digits. But I hear you. And. But like they were a Louisville double digit favorite. Right. But the reputation is they don't show up for these games. Like these are one score losses.

[Sedano]

No, I think that, that, that's the part where that's. I think there's confusion about.

[Stugats]

We talk. We talked about that yesterday. All right. It's fine. Here's where I want to get it. I understand what you're doing. I understand, especially during some lean years, how my character could be grading and how my passion needed to have people to bump up against. When it comes to the Miami Heat, though, that doesn't really exist. When it comes to the Florida Panthers, though, that doesn't really exist. So Miami Hurricanes fans are sitting back and watching our show over the years and especially during this run, and are asking themselves, does Dan just need a Pat Riley fortune cookie wrapped around this story to keep up for his town? Because why is it so outsized that we have to have so many dissenting opinions when this is such a great story for this community? And Dan is supposed to be the Miami guy and he actually went to the school.

[Dan Le Batard]

But who disputes any of what you're saying? And how is that not being conveyed by the show through you? How is that not obvious in terms of bursts of great Hurricane coverage that they can get not just here, but with the own business that you started because you want to do it differently and you want to be over there actually analyzing for two straight hours the guard play.

[Sedano]

I would guess because they want 100% buy in on this.

[Stugats]

I think they look our, our show meets a moment when the team is in the championship games, right? Like this is. People come here from all over the world to hear bias Miami coverage because we are a Miami show. And for whatever reason when it comes to this program, and it's irrefutable because I have felt it, because I am often alone when I am touting the Miami Hurricanes, this show has an outsized representation of dissenting opinions when it comes to this program And I understand why. And I understand why I in particular need a dilution. I don't understand why we need that dilution right now.

[Sedano]

I have a theory. I have a theory why. Why Dan is. I think what you're saying makes sense. And why Dan is like that with the Canes as opposed to not like that when the Heater in the finals or the Panthers are winning the Stanley Cup. Is it because you actually have a legitimate tie to the school and maybe you don't want to come off as like you want to actually be fair because you legitimately have a tie to the school as opposed to having it. You never played with my.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, thank you, Zazzle. I am attempting ostensibly to be fair. Objective is funny because it's an illusion. But now. But did you know. But did you not hear Nick Wright yesterday? Were you guys not listening when Nick Wright did what he did with J Capital J, wherever it is that he accused. Accused me of just sort of not being you anymore.

[Stugats]

Right? Are you just overcompensating? Because you cannot deny because that it is different when it comes to this program.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm simply to our national and regional audience. I am simply also trying to give voice to whatever other side there is here in the name of fairness, while everyone who's listening this knows I love the school, right?

[Stugats]

But you don't do that to the other teams. You don't. When they. When they are in this spot.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't ask Jeremy how the Heat feel about. How did the Heat feel about this?

[Stugats]

I don't even know. I don't how the Heat feel.

[Mike Ryan]

I know as the one person I like, I'm hearing everything Mike is saying and saying, yes, yes, yes.

[Stugats]

On the Heat side recently.

[Mike Ryan]

Because this entire show for the last.

[Stugats]

Three years has been an anti Heat show recently. Like, it's fair. Look, we're trying to. We're trying to call them a little bit. Like, we see that. I'm not asking for 100% rah rah homerism. I don't think that's ever been the case. We've always had someone on the show that is either anti the local team or at least speaks for that section of the audience. I'm just saying, like, the pro Miami stuff is not a majority opinion on this show and hasn't been since probably it started. And that. That is the perception of the fans. You may feel differently. I'm just telling you how it is because I'm out here in these streets. Dan.

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[Stugats]

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[Tony McKinney]

Context needs to be applied.

[Stugats]

Going for a joke and I thought.

[Mike Ryan]

That context was applied.

[Stugats]

We'd like to rip that out of context. I was going for a thing and you're gonna. I have a family.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're gonna pretend here that you don't love Matthew Tkachuk more than you love anybody you've ever loved.

[Stugats]

I don't love Matthew Tkachuk more than my daughter. Stugats. Now. It's pretty damn close.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show. There's two guards. Where's Tony? Let's see what Tony's doing. Tony's continues to be outside. Did you grab a pop journalist? I got it. I got it.

[Tony McKinney]

Did not grab a popsicle dam, but Miraca. Okay, I went inside. Talk to the nice lady at the front. We're going inside. Let's go.

[Commercial Announcer]

Oh, wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now. Now we're getting somewhere. All right, so Tony. More so Tony, just walk around and if you want to interact with anybody, you can, but. But also just give us all your foot, all your furries, give us all your football takes as you wander around in there. Just all of them.

[Tony McKinney]

Okay. All right, we'll start. We'll start Halloween. We'll start in the NFL. It's, it's. It's a bit of a mix. Like, they got costumes, they got certain things going on here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Obviously, you know, Tony, just plow ahead and if there's anything you want to interact with, you interact. But in the interim, just give me football analysis, please. Nothing else.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Tony McKinney]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Here's your big moment, Tony.

[Tony McKinney]

The Rams. Yeah, yeah, the Rams, I think, like we talked about, could be one of the best teams in the NFL, but they have a weird thing with the Panthers where they just kind of can't figure them out. I don't know if it's that the Panthers have their number or if Stafford just doesn't like playing in Carolina. I don't know what it is. But now that the Panthers are out of the way, I think the Rams can go on a run. What do we think about this bow and arrow? It's a little cow girl situation there. I don't know. There's a lot of costumes here. A lot of costumes. Ben Johnson is probably one of the biggest winners not only of the. Of the weekend, but the entire season. Because when you have somebody who goes inter division and then all of a sudden can do what he can do. Here, hold this for a second. When somebody can do what he can do, which is basically completely flip.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think you're using that. Right.

[Tony McKinney]

More quiet.

[Dan Le Batard]

What, are you being reprimanded?

[Mike Ryan]

Holster something else.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're being reprimanded.

[Tony McKinney]

No, no, I was. I was told. I was told to. Not to. Not things, which is fine. We're in the costume section, which is perfectly fine. No, what I was going to say was, not only do you have the. The plus of taking away a divisional opponent's best asset, because they told me to be more quiet. There's people, patrons of the store that are looking for stuff.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think that that mask is supposed to go over eyes. Over your eyes. I think you're wearing that. Yeah.

[Sedano]

Look a little like the Hamburglar.

[Tony McKinney]

What though they have. They have a picture of it. People over their face.

[Stugats]

You can't just put that back.

[Dan Le Batard]

Multiple uses.

[Bryant McKinney]

Yeah.

[Sedano]

You own that now.

[Stugats]

That's yours.

[Tony McKinney]

No, no, I'm not playing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, you can't. You can't put that back. Somebody else didn't want to wear that. Be smelling your fumes in that.

[Tony McKinney]

Oh, I could. Oh, I could. Oh, I could put this back in a second. What are you talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

That's gross. Oh, don't do that. People have been wearing that thing for 16.

[Stugats]

We approve it.

[Dan Le Batard]

What?

[Stugats]

What do you think?

[Tony McKinney]

There's. There's rules here.

[Dan Le Batard]

What can't you show? He just said it's a no hold.

[Tony McKinney]

I can't show the obvious thing. Well, I can't show the obvious. I've been already told by. By the higher ups. I. I didn't confirm. Nor did I.

[Stugats]

We did two shows on that a few weeks ago. You can. You can sell them at a cvs. But you can't. You can't show.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think it's porn. It can't be any sex toy related things. He can't televise.

[Tony McKinney]

No, no, it is.

[Commercial Announcer]

It is.

[Tony McKinney]

No, no, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is.

[Tony McKinney]

It is. It is St related. It's absolutely ST related.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why does that.

[Tony McKinney]

Hey, you can't do that. So. Okay. Do what?

[Stugats]

All right, St. Let's keep bringing down the playoffs.

[Commercial Announcer]

Sex toy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Keep giving us your football analysis. Were you done with Ben Johnson or do you have more. What is that?

[Tony McKinney]

I have a clown horn here.

[Dan Le Batard]

What is that?

[Stugats]

It's a clown horn also.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

Don't think you have the right use for that.

[Stugats]

Where does that go?

[Tony McKinney]

It's 7.99.

[Stugats]

You became John Madden all of a sudden.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's such a great bit sexual job you did.

[Tony McKinney]

Okay, so the best thing about Ben Johnson is leaving the the Lions in a lurch, going over to Chicago saying that he hates Matt LaFleur for some oblivious reason. We have no idea why. And then beating him and then giving him the handshake of like, see you later.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's so good. It's so good. The Bears coach does not respect the packers coach and came close to getting him fired. Brutal questions. Whoa. Because I missed that. Cuz you never see that. Am I wrong or overreacting when I say that's one of the great football collapses of all time in the playoffs?

[Sedano]

I mean, points wise. Yeah. They were up by 15 in the fourth quarter.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Tony McKinney]

Paint the picture, Tony. All right. No, no, I. We're. We're walking through more of. How do I say it? A bit of. More of like 50 shades of gray situation on this side, if you catch my drift.

[Stugats]

Which put something behind you if you.

[Mike Ryan]

Want to take those for a walk.

[Stugats]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

One more football take. You have earned one more football take. Be careful. Don't show anybody on camera.

[Mike Ryan]

That's Rose.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, that's just Rose. Okay.

[Tony McKinney]

No, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

Does Rose have any thoughts? Does Rose have any thoughts? Any.

[Mike Ryan]

She can't be enjoying it.

[Stugats]

I'm sure she has a few thoughts.

[Dan Le Batard]

50 off.

[Tony McKinney]

Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dan, that's a blowout sale.

[Tony McKinney]

Your interest.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, my God. Give me a couple of those.

[Stugats]

Blow out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

Wait a second.

[Tony McKinney]

Do you want. Do you want these. Do you want the crafty witch into.

[Stugats]

This section right here?

[Tony McKinney]

Oh, I got.

[Mike Ryan]

I got.

[Tony McKinney]

I got Dan's kit, the wizard kit. Dan, you show up in the wizard kit, you're gonna dominate.

[Dan Le Batard]

I should do the live stream dressed as the sexual wizard. Bring me one of those costumes back here so that we can, a week from now build up to. To this purchased. Get my size, Tony. Make sure to get my size.

[Commercial Announcer]

Thank you.

[Tony McKinney]

What size is that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you gonna. Are you gonna go over to Columbus?

[Tony McKinney]

No, no, I'm not going to Columbus today.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because I think it'd be funny if you got picked up by a school with some of these things in your car.

[Sedano]

Tell them play things, let you in. Why won't Columbus.

[Tony McKinney]

Would that be funny to you?

[Stugats]

All right, It's a good point, actually.

[Commercial Announcer]

The feelers.

[Tony McKinney]

The feelers have been out there. We're looking at maybe Wednesday or Thursday being able to do something at Columbus. I've already got boots on the ground working things out, so. Again, Dan, is there any other costume you would like that would make sense?

[Bryant McKinney]

No, no.

[Tony McKinney]

They have a count. Would you want to be account.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, just. I. I don't want you to.

[Stugats]

Count.

[Tony McKinney]

What's that, Rose? He's right about that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you just do the count from Sesame Street? Was that just your count from Sesame street in person?

[Sedano]

Another counter.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony, thank you for your report from over there. Thank you for your bravery and journalism. And you did much better journalism than that woman in Jacksonville. Thank you for being on with us. Hey, go Dolphins. What's that? What did you. Oh, is that a Go Dolphin thong?

[Stugats]

No, it's a.

[Tony McKinney]

It's a garland. They're selling garlands here now, so should be. That's Nice your head's in the right spot, Dan. I can bring this back for you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, actually, now, you see, Tony, you laugh. But my next step on this, I'll keep escalating this so that ultimately you're just doing a report wearing nothing but that outside of some place like Bird bowl in Miami. Like, I'll keep escalating this if you want. Like if. Do you realize what a payoff it would be if. I know that if at the live stream you debuted nude reporter Tony reporting live off the cane journalism. Bad idea. Thank you, Tony. Appreciate the time. Appreciate the reports. Get into Columbus before the end of the week.

[Tony McKinney]

Okay, I will.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Tony McKinney]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Tony McKinney]

Wow, you're on the money with Smirnoff Smear off. Chris, do you know what goes great with Smirnoff Smear? Yes, but I'm really talking about game day fit. The style's got to match the vibe. All right, here's the deal. Game day is everything. And that's exactly why your fit has to match the occasion. Starting this December, Smirnoff is giving fans 21 and over the chance to score limited edition Smirnoff commission merchandise from some of today's top creators, including Kayla Jones, Gavin Matthew and Ali May. Here's the kicker. One lucky fan will take home the grand prize, a trip to the biggest game of the off season. Plus, one fan will win a Laylee May's one of one game day jacket.

[Sedano]

Wow.

[Tony McKinney]

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[Stugats]

Don Lerd To US Residents.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, wow. That's for sure.

[Stugats]

You think I haven't been practicing stuff?

[Dan Le Batard]

I didn't realize we had a substitute. Complicated legacy brought to you by headquarters.

[Tony McKinney]

441 Power Line Road. Second down to 9.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. My father is here. Well, I don't want to make excuses, but Sedano's here, my father's here, and Domino is here, here. And everything's moving too fast around here today. So I got Theo Zaslow next to Sedano, and I'm here with my father and Greg Cody. And I've asked Meadowlark Media to make a game show. Game shows, man. The media's collapsed. Hollywood's collapsed. It's the same four businesses that are running everything. Everything's collapsing around here. Game shows, those are cheap. Where's there a game show? And so Mike Ryan says, my hungry off's not good enough. I got a better idea. And so he produces whatever it is we're about to do here, which is Mike, because I've. I've never met Domino before, but I want to tell the audience to Support Domino. Saturday, January 17, at CCW's Rumble in the Jungle. Jungle. He can get tickets. You can get tickets@ccwtix tix.com what are we doing right now? You think you're going to pull off A game show in 10 minutes.

[Stugats]

Well, you want to celebrate all things Cuban, so why don't we have a Cuban themed game show? Devise two teams. The Lebatards versus Sedano. And to zaz to find out. Quien es mascubano?

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, so.

[Stugats]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

So. So. So the game is how Cuban are you? Or who's more?

[Stugats]

Yeah, but it's got a catchy little name and some imaging.

[Dan Le Batard]

How Cuban?

[Stugats]

No, it's called Dominion.

[Dan Le Batard]

Welcome, M. Bienvenidos to Domino, the game show. That settles who is a real Cuban around here. Here's your host, former CCW Southeastern Heavyweight champion. And current king of the territory, Domino.

[Domino]

You left that out of the intro. How Cuban are you?

[Stugats]

Okay, okay, I got that part.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so I'm gonna go first. My father and I are one team. Tiozaz Tio says is formidable.

[Stugats]

He's got that look in his eyes.

[Dan Le Batard]

He looks like the guy Poppy and I beat a Domino park that one day. Oh, that's right. Ye.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

You. This is legitimate. These credentials are legitimate. Sedano and my father won a legitimate Gallo Domino tournament in the street. It was, like, 15 years ago. That was a long time. All right, so Poppy. The game is, Papi, is to find out how Cuban we are. So first question, Domino.

[Domino]

You go into your grandma's house and you see, I. E. An aluminum can. All right? Aluminum. Tiny, blue. The cookies. The royal dance cookies. What is stored aluminum thing? Oh, A, A, sewing supplies. B, nuts and bolts. Or D, una pila uno. Batteries.

[Stugats]

Cookies.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cookies. Always cookies. Now, dad. Bobby. Dead. No, there's no. There's cookies in there. No, no.

[Sedano]

So the cookies are gone.

[Stugats]

You already ate.

[Dan Le Batard]

They're sewing supplies.

[Stugats]

Huge mistake. Domino, what is the right answer?

[Domino]

The right answer?

[Dan Le Batard]

Sew.

[Domino]

Sewing supplies.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everyone knows this.

[Stugats]

Look, you guys, my mind is set.

[Dan Le Batard]

Up on the cookies. That's it. Look, you guys are.

[Stugats]

You guys are struggling already, so let me tell you, you do have something at your disposal. You can phone a friend at any point in this game, and we have a Cuban expert on the line that can help you out. So just keep that in mind. We move on. Domino.

[Dan Le Batard]

Guy came in hungry. He was, like, chowing on bagel.

[Domino]

Oh, yeah, that's you. Someone says dali, what are they saying? Okay, go quoting Pete. Boom is a 300 fight or all of the above.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, this one's easy.

[Stugats]

You ready?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I'll just take it. D. All of the above.

[Domino]

All above, Bobby.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. Next time. Okay, so. So that's the sound that accompanies when you get it correct. What was the sound for? Getting. What was getting it incorrect? We got a new game show. Metal Arc Media has a new cheap game show.

[Domino]

Okay, in Miami. And somebody says, I'm five minutes away. A, are they five minutes away? B, are they 10 minutes away? C, half an hour. D, I haven't left yet, Papi.

[Dan Le Batard]

No de la repueta. Hold on a second, Papi. You're confident here? Because I don't trust you anymore. I'm telling you, I'm hot to trust. That's not an answer.

[Stugats]

Well, I would have thought you got the first one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you. I don't want. No, I want to phone a friend. I want to phone a friend.

[Stugats]

Okay, Tony is Tony the friend.

[Dan Le Batard]

But wait, is it gonna be him that answers it or Jeremy?

[Stugats]

He's gonna give you his expertise. You can decide.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want Tony. I don't want Jeremy.

[Stugats]

You got Tony.

[Dan Le Batard]

You got.

[Domino]

If you're Cuban, what does I. I'm five minutes away mean in Miami? Five minutes, ten minutes?

[Tony McKinney]

No, don't even tell me. Don't even tell me. I haven't even left yet.

[Stugats]

Are you going with that answer? Cool.

[Dan Le Batard]

I already got the points. It seems to be.

[Stugats]

I said that out loud for Chris Cody.

[Domino]

Okay, number four. What is the signature scent of a Cuban baby? A, taco, B, agua violeta, C, baby powder, or D, gompoda? What is the signature scent of a Cuban baby? A, Talco, B, agua violeta, C, baby powder, or D, compota?

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, that one's a tough one. Zaz. I. I think we need to phone a friend here at Theo.

[Tony McKinney]

Zaz.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so who do we get? No. No.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, so no.

[Stugats]

Come on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you serious?

[Mike Ryan]

You guys do the translations in my head, and I don't know what talco is?

[Stugats]

Oh, Jesus.

[Mike Ryan]

I think the second one is violet water. But water doesn't smell like anything. Obviously. Baby powder makes sense. Compota. Is that like the, like, raspberry compote they do on Great British Baking Show? I would say it. I would say it's C. Baby powder.

[Dan Le Batard]

Baby powder wasn't C anyway. It wasn't C. That was one. That was one.

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, is Talco and baby powder the same thing?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, you doofus. All right, what kind of Cuban are you?

[Stugats]

You can choose to follow his advice. So what is your answer?

[Domino]

You're sticking with baby powder?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, we're gonna go with agua de violetas. Oh, look at the giggle. Look at dad knows. Now you know the answers to the questions I couldn't answer. You had your Chance to answer.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Domino]

Okay, Fill in the blank. Whose fault is it?

[Dan Le Batard]

No. Then you answer, Greg.

[Stugats]

You answer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Fidel is out of the equation. He died about 15 years ago.

[Stugats]

I need you guys to lock in the answer you're not on the same page with.

[Dan Le Batard]

What is the answer? What do you want to go with? Your. The father's fault? Sure. It's always your father's fault. That's what your fathers tell you. It's always, How are we losing this game with you? How are you the least Cuban?

[Stugats]

We will never forget about fidelity.

[Dan Le Batard]

Happy on your behalf. Sedano on your behalf. Will never forget about Fidel out of love for you. What do you mean you forgot about Fidel?

[Domino]

I did.

[Dan Le Batard]

The guy died about 15 years ago.

[Stugats]

It's not the way that I expected it to go. Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, we've clinched.

[Domino]

Basically, I'm a little distraught because, you see, I've lost the accent Now. I was rooting for my fellow Cubans, and I don't know what's happening.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm Cuban, bro. Here is, too.

[Stugats]

Jonathan.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to play with a Y. With a Y. I want to keep playing. Who have more questions?

[Stugats]

Style points. Here we go.

[Domino]

We do. All righty. All righty. That's not very Cuban. Someone spills a drink on your floor.

[Dan Le Batard]

Character there with me already.

[Stugats]

Keep kfab, Jim Domino, kayfabe.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right.

[Domino]

What are you reaching for? To clean Pine soloso. Mitoling. Oh, Owinde.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, hold on, hold on.

[Stugats]

Pine Sol.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, it could either be mitoling or fabuloso.

[Stugats]

Isn't that Pine Sol?

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm gonna go with mitoling, papi. Oh, my dad's judging you now. What's the correct answer, Papi? Fabuloso. That is correct. Wow.

[Stugats]

We're gonna count that as a steal.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wait, what?

[Stugats]

Yeah, we're just making rules up. That's a seal. And also drama.

[Domino]

What's the answer?

[Stugats]

Fabuloso.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow.

[Stugats]

The levator steel. I just made that rule up.

[Dan Le Batard]

I know. That's as close as I've ever felt.

[Stugats]

To my father being a soul. Huh?

[Domino]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, mitoline. Fabuloso. That was a toss up.

[Commercial Announcer]

It's close.

[Domino]

Next one. For those that don't understand who saved Elian Sal in the ocean.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, my God.

[Domino]

Fill in the blank.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, he went off the board. I. I'm going to go. Dolphins.

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, wait.

[Commercial Announcer]

What's the.

[Stugats]

What's the official Lebatard answer?

[Dan Le Batard]

Probably the dolphins. No, the dolphins. Yeah. I didn't know that.

[Stugats]

Yeah, Cuban lore. It was the dolphins.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bobby, how are you getting all of these questions wrong? How is it possible that you, the most Cuban among us, has forgotten Elian and Fidel? Oh, Elian. Yeah. I forgot about Elian. Man, he must be a man by now.

[Bryant McKinney]

See?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, yeah.

[Stugats]

We got. We got dolphins that saved him, but we would have accepted the not. O' Dal Rimple.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is this the last one?

[Domino]

The last one.

[Bryant McKinney]

All right.

[Domino]

The grand finale. Okay. What food item will the Miami Hurricanes. Okay. In the day of the national championship at the tailgate.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, Jesus.

[Stugats]

I know what it is. Say it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Papi, do you know? Well, hold on. My father. My father does not know. And if you say it to my father's face, he's going to get disoriented, offended, and not allow you to say it.

[Stugats]

Good on.

[Dan Le Batard]

On the show, Papa. You think you know. Oh, I got it. I got it. But it's our question. No, no, but he. Okay, but he's surely going to get it wrong.

[Stugats]

Yeah, that's the way this game's been going.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's gonna get it wrong. Okay.

[Stugats]

Wow, this is really disappointing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ready, Papi? Watch this. Just watch what he's about to say here. What Indiana's about to get. Okay. Good job. Even without jerk with Jeremy's. Sorry.

[Stugats]

Killed it.

[Bryant McKinney]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Was great.

[Domino]

As the host of the show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Domino, thank you for your time. I will tell the people again. Support the people who support us. Saturday, January 17th, CCW's Rumble in the Jungle. You get tickets and at CCW, tix.com I want to play Domino again on Monday night during the live stream. Can we get him back here?

[Stugats]

He's working at Las Rosas.

[Dan Le Batard]

My father. My father.

[Domino]

Really?

[Dan Le Batard]

I can't believe, Papi, you were not more Cuban than that.

[Stugats]

Stage fright.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's been a while.

[Stugats]

Domino. You were great, pal.

[Domino]

Gracia, Domino. Class of O6. Christopher Columbus, of course.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, wow, another Columbus guy.

[Stugats]

Another one.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, whatever.

[Stugats]

Whatever.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sedano. Columbus is gloating right now. Now, listen, Donna, you feel this as a lifelong. Thank you, Dominic. I'm a Pace High school opalaka to the. To the core guy.

[Stugats]

It's okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

So we know what the private school we went to. I went to the private school with like, black people and like, girls, you.

[Stugats]

Know, I mean, so that mine had girls.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sedano. So we did it in. We did it in Broward. But the private school Cubans in Miami Columbus has been the most annoying. They never get to be this kind of best at everything. Yeah, never in Miami. Columbus doesn't get to be better than Northwestern at Football. At basketball, they said the boozer twins. Yes. This is never. This is never in the history of Miami happened where you've got this absurdity at the top of this sport.

[Stugats]

Have you seen the arms race, though? Belen's trying to keep up.

[Bryant McKinney]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

With Columbus in basketball.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really interesting.

[Stugats]

They have a good team.

[Dan Le Batard]

My pace high school was ahead of the curve because, you know, we. We were the first to have, like, I don't know, all the races in the one school. Now everybody else has followed suit.

[Stugats]

Will do that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Yeah. Bobby. I can't believe what happened. So bad game. Nobody can believe what an upset that was. Cody, what level of stunned are you that my father among us that deals as. Deals as. Kicked Poppy's ass. I know.

[Tony McKinney]

I think it's the seat.

[Stugats]

I think it's.

[Dan Le Batard]

I swung at me couple of times, that's all. You're the Whiffer, buddy. I'm the wifer. That's right. Do you remember the Wifer? So this. Yes. My father would call Giancarlo Stanton the wife for when it was only the three of us on an elevator. But I will tell you. I will tell you a story from the other day that my father revealed to me that I was not aware of that he rekindled a really funny childhood memory. Papi, what was the name of the double reverse with a pass that we ran for your offense in the huddle? What would that play be called? The Coochie Coochie with the keys. That's also incorrect. That's his play.

[Mike Ryan]

That would have been quite a name.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's the Hoochie Coochie with a kiss like Jaro. It is not the Coochie Coochie with a kiss. I would never use you as a cultural appropriation to exploit your Cuban for my uses. I would never do that. Zaslow, congratulations on you and Sedano winning the game show. We're. Oh, yeah. Poppy Pankong Pinga. You. You missed that. What happened, Pimba?

[Stugats]

Poppy might have aged out of Domino Bangkok.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, I thought that was the difference.

[Stugats]

Between genuine shock on his face.

[Dan Le Batard]

Don Lebatard. I ain't never met nobody in the world that's gonna hate on blues.

[Mike Ryan]

Great nomination.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like who don't like Blues Clues, bruh? If you don't like Blues Clues, you're a loser.

[Stugats]

Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look, you get one paw print. That's the first clue. You put it in a notebook. Now what do you do? Blues Clues.

[Sedano]

Blues Clues.

[Mike Ryan]

Sit on the chair and think about it.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with The Stugats. Let's get Bryant McKinney in here. Played for the Dolphins. This is a. Well, not just the Dolphins.

[Sedano]

Maybe we introduce him as former Kane first.

[Dan Le Batard]

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.

[Stugats]

Tis the legend.

[Dan Le Batard]

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 cersei. It's Bryant McKinney.

[Stugats]

You never did. I mean, the one in oh one was pretty great.

[Mike Ryan]

Especially you just said, why is he here to Jeremy.

[Stugats]

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

[Sedano]

I don't know what to do right now. Don't worry about it.

[Mike Ryan]

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

[Dan Le Batard]

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.

[Stugats]

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 you're 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 that early 2000s offensive line was something special. And this is probably the closest thing we've had since this.

[Dan Le Batard]

That.

[Bryant McKinney]

Oh, absolutely. I think Mario has done a great job, him and Maribal bringing in, 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.

[Dan Le Batard]

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?

[Bryant McKinney]

I kind of watch it. I watch the line first and I see who is getting off the ball, see if there's a missed assignment, 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.

[Dan Le Batard]

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.

[Commercial Announcer]

Right.

[Bryant McKinney]

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 are the wheels. 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. That's big for us.

[Dan Le Batard]

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?

[Bryant McKinney]

Does it look like he has an Indian? He does have on the Indiana shirt. So I'm like, what's going on?

[Mike Ryan]

Ah, doing a thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do you mean you're doing. No, wait a minute.

[Stugats]

You're not real.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look at this.

[Stugats]

Shit just got real.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look at what's happening. Jeremy Guy, you can't just apologize, man. Pick him up for real. Like jumping minor penalty 2x4 cleaning the show. Oh, no.

[Domino]

Oh, no.

[Stugats]

You can just go ahead and drop them.

[Mike Ryan]

This is insane.

[Dan Le Batard]

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

[Mike Ryan]

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

[Dan Le Batard]

Bryant, when you're watching these games and I tell you Miami has a. I want to you. You 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.

[Bryant McKinney]

Right. I just feel like with us, 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.

[Sedano]

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?

[Bryant McKinney]

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

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, but hold on. So Dwight, I remember the game. Dwight Fernie got caught in your belly button all day. You had never, 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? That seems that's true.

[Stugats]

Wow.

[Bryant McKinney]

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.

[Mike Ryan]

Do you ever hold at practice because you were close to giving one up and you're like, I can't.

[Bryant McKinney]

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

[Dan Le Batard]

But, but that seems, that's not lore. Like that seems to be. If, 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.

[Sedano]

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

[Bryant McKinney]

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

[Stugats]

McDougal.

[Bryant McKinney]

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

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, McKinney, I've done a dangerous thing here. Juju. I've done a dangerous thing here. I have allowed Tony to pick out my outfit for the live stream on Monday. We are doing the entire week building up to the live stream on Monday. Monday. So, juju, it's a terrible decision. I remember one time, many, many, many years ago, Boog Shambi allowed me to pick his Halloween costume. And so a ginger was in a giant heart and. And it was embarrassing to, to him and he'll never make that mistake again. I've erred terribly in allowing Tony to make my outfit for, for Monday night. Have I not? Juju, I don't know. Stay tuned. I gotta see what my boy working with right now because I heard Satin was in play. So if, if it's some Satin in play, I think we got a winner. All right, let's see what we've got here. Let's go out to Tony McKinney. You please help me and tell me whether I can pull this off in Any way, pull off this outfit on Monday night. It's the most Cuban game ever played. And Tony has picked out my outfit. So what do you have, Tony?

[Tony McKinney]

Hey, Dano. Shout out to Juju. Shout out to BM in the back. Thank you for putting Jeremy in a headline. You're actually lucky because if I would have let Rose pick your outfit, you would look like Craig Sager and it would have looked terrible. So this is not. She keeps holding this thing up. Rest in peace to Craigslaker, by the way. She keeps holding this up. This is not what we're doing here. But here at Havana, Collection did allow me to have a little bit of some bazillo rum extra on. You have 500 a bottle here, so we're gonna sip this as we go.

[Dan Le Batard]

They're taking care of you, Tony. Yes, sir.

[Tony McKinney]

Smooth. But you know how we do dancing when you. When you love the city. When you love the city. The city loves you back, Dan. Remember that.

[Domino]

All right?

[Tony McKinney]

All right, so this is what we're going with. This is what we're going with. First, we'll go from the bottom up. These are the shoes you're wearing right here. Look at this, look at this. Look at the style on this. Look at that. Giovanni shoes. All right. I was surprised when I heard your shoe size, by the way. Wood bottom, hard.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Commercial Announcer]

A little small.

[Stugats]

I saw size 11.

[Tony McKinney]

Small. Small.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

For.

[Stugats]

For a man. What I heard.

[Tony McKinney]

What I heard was ten and a half.

[Stugats]

Oh, really?

[Tony McKinney]

What I heard was ten and a half, which I didn't like.

[Stugats]

Yeah, I was like, wait, Dan, there's no way. Dancing.

[Tony McKinney]

Ten and a half. Run that again.

[Stugats]

They're like, I'm a.

[Tony McKinney]

No, no. For sure.

[Mike Ryan]

14. I am big.

[Sedano]

Poker.

[Tony McKinney]

Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you. All right. So that's the shoe.

[Stugats]

18. My God, he's a size 18 shoe. That's like two of shoes.

[Tony McKinney]

Dan's shoes put together. All right, Dan, So the bottom here are the pants. Right here. Here.

[Stugats]

Look at these.

[Tony McKinney]

All right. Stylish. Right here with this baby blue. And then we're gonna put this shirt on top.

[Stugats]

Oh, that's nice.

[Tony McKinney]

With a nice look at the look. Crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

I thought for sure you were gonna dress me as a clown. People are gonna say, this is gonna be. That. This should be my look.

[Tony McKinney]

She's a clown.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, because.

[Mike Ryan]

Should be your look.

[Tony McKinney]

Why would I dress you as a clown?

[Dan Le Batard]

I can't believe how loving that outfit is. Now, I'm not going to be able to pull it off, but my guess is you're going to actually make me look.

[Mike Ryan]

There's the hat. Brings it all together.

[Stugats]

Yeah, that's a good.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look at the hat. Look at the hat that.

[Tony McKinney]

Look at that. Look at that. With. With these. With these shoes on, with some.

[Stugats]

With some tan socks underneath.

[Tony McKinney]

Dan, you're looking. Dan, nobody's gonna be better dressed than you. They're gonna come to you and be like, whoa, how did you. How did you put all this together? This is incredible. And then you're gonna say, yeah, man, I just love the city. The city loves me back. They give me all this for free and.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, I need a makeover. McKinney, explain. Thank you, Tony. Excellent. Bring that. Bring that over. I'm looking forward to enjoying this with you guys on Monday night. Go ahead and buy.

[Tony McKinney]

Can we expense the $500 bottle of battle Roma?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, go ahead. Bring that over here for Monday. For Monday night. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Go ahead.

[Tony McKinney]

Bring, like, for Monday. For Monday.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're going to be doing a big party on Monday night.

[Tony McKinney]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look, McKinney can tell you some of the stories McKinney is not ashamed to tell you about the money spent. Spent on bottles during the Super Bowl, I don't imagine. Right. So he would admire. Man, who. Who buys some liquor? Am I going to look okay, Bryant? Because I need your help. Help in reinventing myself. Some people in Miami are mad at me. They're saying that my journal. Mike, explain what it is that I've done wrong. That we need Bryant McKinney's help to endorse me because Miami's mad at me. Cuban Miami's mad at me.

[Stugats]

Dan's not keeping up for the canes the way that he would keep up for a Pat Riley team. I guess he needs Pat Riley to dump his head in an ice bucket for this team to resonate. And a lot of Miami people in the streets are like, damn, forgot about us. He doesn't keep up for us the way that he does for the other teams.

[Bryant McKinney]

Well, I think you did a good job. Maybe I would change the shoe color. Yeah, but I mean, other than that, like, the outfit and the hat is a good.

[Dan Le Batard]

What shoes would you go with? Tony, would you be willing to take some advice from Bryant on the shoe or maybe get two pairs of shoes?

[Tony McKinney]

Or.

[Dan Le Batard]

Am I insulting.

[Bryant McKinney]

Would you like a black shoe?

[Dan Le Batard]

Am I insulting you by offering.

[Tony McKinney]

See, here's the thing.

[Stugats]

Bryant can't go black.

[Tony McKinney]

No respect to Brian. Okay. Loved you as a cane. Loved you in the NFL. But the problem is you can't wear a black shoe with the navy and the baby blue. You can't do that. That doesn't work that way. That color scheme does not work. You need a Cub colors.

[Commercial Announcer]

White shoe.

[Bryant McKinney]

White shoe is better.

[Stugats]

Yeah. Let me see.

[Dan Le Batard]

He doesn't like the shoe.

[Tony McKinney]

White shoe's a little bit.

[Stugats]

A little bit Pops Witherspoon.

[Tony McKinney]

Dan's a younger guy.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Commercial Announcer]

John Witherspoon.

[Dan Le Batard]

Great shout out.

[Stugats]

There's a thin line between Cuban and Pops Witherspoon. Yeah. Gordon, we could do.

[Tony McKinney]

We could do some of these right here. Do we like this one better?

[Dan Le Batard]

What do y' all think? It's your Brian.

[Stugats]

We're in here with.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can I see it next to the outfit? Look, we are allowing you to pick my shoes for the Monday night watch party. And. And Tony, thank you for doing this for Brian, but thank you for helping him as well, because I don't want to be embarrassed. I want to look good.

[Tony McKinney]

Exactly Right. So here's. Here's the two collections, right?

[Bryant McKinney]

That looks better.

[Stugats]

Can I see it with the hat? Can I see what the hat next to. Oh, there you go. There you go.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm team Brown up the two is a good option.

[Bryant McKinney]

Who's team Brown?

[Tony McKinney]

Yeah, not me. My issue is that this color is a little bit more cream than white. Right. So this, I think, matches a little bit better.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, juju, final vote. You're good. Yeah, I'm with it. I'm with the team. Lock it in. All right. They're. They're dressing me up. Tony, thank you for the work. We'll see you again tomorrow. We're gonna get to juju here in a second and Thursday Thunder and a number of other things. But Bryant, I did want some more of your insights here because you have some. Something in the way of real expertise. When you see Fletcher run, you know what good running backs look like. When you see this offensive line play the way that it does, I've never seen. Obviously, I've never seen a Miami team do these seven yard, you know, rugby scrubs down the field, but I've also never seen a University of Miami team led by the size and toughness of its offensive line. We want to control the game. Yeah. There are any number of things that we want to happen in this game, but one of the things that we want is our identity as our coach insists on. We're going to play from second and three because we're going to take seven yards from you, even though you know we're going to take seven yards from you on a run. So when you look at Fletcher Running with that offensive line, what are you seeing?

[Bryant McKinney]

I'm seeing one, a patient running back because I feel like he allows things to develop. But two, he gives a lot of effort. Second effort, too, like, he breaks the first tackle and he's able to get to the secondary. So I like seeing it. And then o line is downfield. Sil. Just knocking people out the way.

[Stugats]

Brian, I'm sure a lot of people want to ask you about Markel Bell because of the dimensions and the sheer mass of you two. Markel there. In Cuban, Spanish, there's a saying, grande pod gusto. This was a guy that was in these big. Yeah, yeah, but. But grande porguso usually means big for nothing. Big for nothing, we usually see. And that's not what Markel Bell is. But Markel. Yeah, neither you. Markel Bell was a guy, Even though he's 6 foot 9 and looking as huge as he does, he was a guy that came from. Came over from junior college. So how difficult is it? I know a lot of people think mass. Mass kicks ass, and it definitely does, but there's a lot of technique involved. How much more difficult for big guys like you is it to hone in on the technique from a coaching perspective?

[Bryant McKinney]

Yeah. So with big guys, you. You're tall, but some people can get under you and have a little more leverage. So you know your lever.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Bryant McKinney]

So you have to know your points. You have to have knee bend, you have to know hand position, things like that. So as you get older and the more you do it, you'll realize putting your hands in certain places to give you more leverage and power, you look stronger than what you actually are just because, you know how to, you know, move people. So sometimes people don't. It's not about moving a lot of weights. You just know how to move a person's body, and I feel like he's getting good at it.

[Sedano]

You gonna be at the game Monday?

[Bryant McKinney]

So they told me yesterday, said, hey, we're working on your ticket. So, you know, I was patient. You know, the group chat was going crazy, so I just stayed quiet and I just waited, and luckily I got a call yesterday. Say, hey, we're working on your.

[Mike Ryan]

Your.

[Bryant McKinney]

Your ticket.

[Sedano]

So who's being the most impatient right now in the group chat?

[Bryant McKinney]

There's a few people. It's a few people because, you know, people.

[Stugats]

Rom Dog. Is it Rom Dog?

[Bryant McKinney]

You know, he's definitely one of the candidates. You know, a lot of guys just feel like, you know, we were part of that. That great team. They just feel like, well, we should be in there. But I understand that the college football is the ones who's over the tickets and everything. So it's like you can't really blame the university. You just have to kind of be patient to see what, you know, what comes about.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're going to go to juju now. I've never known a hurricane of the excellence of your caliber to concede too much respect to someone who came after him in a way that would suggest that that person could beat him. But if Reuben Bain played his prime years against Bryant McKinney in practice, would Bryant McKinney have allowed a single sack in a Hurricane practice over his entire time practicing for the Hurricane?

[Bryant McKinney]

He's like a detacher, right?

[Stugats]

Right. Yeah, they move him around.

[Bryant McKinney]

Yeah, but mainly detect. So no, with his limited amount of time, attempts to go at defensive end, I doubt it, cuz he's more inside.

[Stugats]

What about Meador?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, Meador.

[Bryant McKinney]

No.

[Stugats]

There you go, Barry. You try to put Reuben at D tackle even more just so he didn't.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have to answer that question.

[Stugats]

We all saw what was happening.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Bryant. Appreciate, appreciate spending time.

[Stugats]

I saw what he was doing with the Ruben thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, that's about the highest praise. Look, these canes begrudgingly give the respect to the people. That's about as high as Reuben's gonna get.

[Stugats]

He won't put Reuben on the edge nearly as much so he doesn't have to answer that question. We got eyes. We know where four is lined up. Happy New Year, everybody. 2026 is already getting off to an incredible start. Because you want to know how I rang in the new year? It was with a bunch of friends in a Dallas hotel lobby bar ordering a bunch of Miller Lights. Because that's how you do it. That's how you make special memories. Miller Lite has been by my side at many special football memories this year. And hopefully we get to write a few more memories with Miller Lite. Some of my most legendary moments have started that exact same way. A buddy's house, a lobby bar, a game. No big plan. And then you crack open a Miller Light, you take a sip and you look around and you immediately recognize that you made the right call. Legendary moments start with Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs. Per 12 oz.