Hour 2: Who's This? (feat. Micky Arison, Matthew Berry, and JuJu Gotti)

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Hour 2: Who's This? (feat. Micky Arison, Matthew Berry, and JuJu Gotti)

Date: September 4, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

This episode delivers the show’s signature blend of irreverence, sports commentary, and chaos, featuring three major segments:

• An improvisational, clock-watching live interview with Miami Heat owner Micky Arison about his Hall of Fame induction.
• A debate-packed, comedic discussion with fantasy football guru Matthew Berry, delving into the benefits and culture of fantasy football, culminating in high-velocity advice for the coming NFL weekend.
• Juju Gotti provides crowd-sourced feedback on the show’s content, blending internet chatter with playful takes on Le Batard’s opinions.

As always, the episode is filled with interruptions, off-topic banter, and meta-commentary on the show’s own structure.

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Segment One: The Micky Arison “Five Minute” Interview

[01:33–10:55]

Setup and Tone

• Dan bemoans the awkward constraints imposed by Arison’s PR:

“I really do feel like you guys have put me in an impossible position here where I have to do this five minute interview, agreeing to terms. I didn’t want somebody on a cell phone…We have five minutes available to us.” – Dan Le Batard [01:33]

• Billy Gil and Dan joke about whether Micky is a "Hello? This is Micky" kind of guy, how to maximize the ‘five minutes’, and the perils of wasting precious seconds.

Notable Moments & Quotes

• The Call-In Gag:
  Billy Gil and Dan debate when the clock starts, with Billy lightening the mood:

“I’m quick. Ask my wife. You should start with that.” – Billy Gil [03:36]
“How would you do that?” – Dan Le Batard [03:41]

• Micky Arison Joins:
  Arison jokes as he picks up, garners immediate praise:

“Congratulations. You’re the greatest owner in the history of South Florida sports. We’re very happy for you.” – Dan Le Batard [04:43]

“Who’s this? Hi, Dad. What a jokester.” – Billy Gil [04:55]

• Discussion Points (Rapid-Fire Q&A):

  • Hall of Fame Induction:

    “True or false. You are looking forward to making your Hall of Fame speech – False.” – Dan Le Batard to Micky Arison [07:01] “Excited? No, I’m not. Excited is not the word.” – Micky Arison [07:37] “I’m appreciative. It is an honor...But it’s not something—was never a goal.” – Micky Arison [07:45]

  • Proudest Accomplishment:

    “Building the largest and greatest cruise company in the world.” – Micky Arison [08:30] “Basketball wise, being competitive. Most years winning more games than most franchises...coming from an expansion team.” – Micky Arison [08:34]

  • Unfair Criticism, LeBron, Franchise Questions:

    “I have the unfortunate, unfortunate ability of reading social media, which is a horrible thing.” – Micky Arison [09:04] “I think you have to ask LeBron James why LeBron James left...he made a great decision.” – Micky Arison [09:33]

  • LeBron’s Effort:

    “I don’t believe a player like LeBron James ever quits. Come on.” – Micky Arison [09:50]

• Playful Trolling:

  • Billy asks about the Dwyane Wade statue. Micky denies sculpting it.
  • Show staff argue about who got to ask the first clock-starting question.
  • Billy: “Mike, ask him if he knows Zaslo...” [07:26] (He doesn’t.)

Memorable Close

“Weekly spot. Anytime, Dan. You know that.” – Micky Arison [10:43]
The segment closes with the gang ribbing each other for missed hardball questions and general “softness.”
“Matthew Berry next. Thank you, Mickey.” – Dan Le Batard [10:55]

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Segment Two: Matthew Berry and The Great Fantasy Football Debate

[15:23–31:08]

The Fantasy Divide

• Dan bluntly restates his indifference—bordering on disdain—for fantasy football.

“The thing that I don't like is that if I am betting on someone to get 80-plus yards in a game, rushing, and that person ends up getting hurt. I don't like losing my money...it’s so much guesswork...” – Dan Le Batard [17:13]

• Billy and Matthew Berry, ever the true believers, counter:

“You don’t have to play for money. You can just play with your friends...it does give you a rooting interest in games you might not normally care about. And it is a way to, you know, bond...” – Matthew Berry [18:00]

Notable Quotes & Banter

• Billy jests at Dan’s curmudgeon mood:

“This guy doesn't love ball.” – Billy Gil [18:00]
“I realized you don’t like community. You don’t like ball.” – Billy Gil [22:53]

• On Alleged Dehumanization:

“He’s only worth whatever his 60 yards.” – Dan Le Batard [19:17]

• Berry’s rebuttal:

“I want him [Kyle Pitts] to succeed. I want him to have 100 yards and a touchdown. They already elected a pope, Dan, it's fine. I'm pretty sure you don't know what fantasy football is.” – Billy Gil [19:52]

“War Stories” and “Look At Me, Louie” Mode

• Matthew Berry recounts his infamous Alfred Morris “one point” meltdown:

“He literally got only one play. He earns a first down...They call it back due to penalty and I lose by like 0.7...I lost it on my podcast, and so I just did an epic rant…” – Matthew Berry [21:43]

• Dan's incredulous response:

“I would like to play that sound for the people and what it does to people.” – Dan Le Batard [22:29]

Celebrity Leagues, Name-Drops, and Fantasy Analyst Mt. Rushmore

• Berry talks about Avengers stars in his fantasy league:

“Chris Pratt and Chris Evans. All the Chris’s, actually. Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd’s a crazy fantasy football player. So all of them. Yeah.” – Matthew Berry [24:05]

• The crew accuses Berry of “Look at me, Louie” name-dropping:

“Did he not?” – Dan Le Batard [24:23]

• Berry gives his fantasy analyst Mount Rushmore:

“Eric Carabelle is a legend...Joe Bryant...Ron Chandler of baseball HQ...he’s on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy...” – Matthew Berry [26:08–27:13]

Rapid-Fire Week 1 Fantasy Advice (Machine-Gun Segment)

[28:24–30:19]

“For this weekend I think Xavier Worthy...against a Chargers defense...James Connor...Drake May has a great game this week...Jacksonville and Carolina is going to be a sneaky shootout...Jerome Ford is that guy.” – Matthew Berry [28:59–30:10]

Berry concludes with a stack of names and hot takes for managers scrambling ahead of Sunday.

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Segment Three: JuJu Gotti Roasts & Chat Feedback

[33:41–35:55]

Mob Land v. The Sopranos

• JuJu brings in chat reactions after Dan claims Mob Land is better than The Sopranos:

“Well, Cafecito Crew Gaming says you are a prisoner of the moment. And Jeremiah W. says you have gone too far.” – JuJu Gotti [34:39]

• Dan doubles down:

“The actors in...Mobland are so much better than the ones in the Soprano. So much better. Not a little bit better. A lot better.” – Dan Le Batard [34:49]

Other Feedback

• Some listeners want more football, less off-topic banter.
• JuJu highlights the fans' restless energy about non-football topics, their love for football lists, and the show’s chaotic structure.

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Other Highlights & Signature Show Bits

Poll Results & Running Gags [38:26–40:10]

• The crew shares poll results on important issues ("Does a donut need to be sweet?", "Does a donut need to be round?").
  • 85% say donuts must be sweet; only 56% say donuts must be round.
• “Nutty fan of the week” and “Gasbag of the Week” sponsored segments inject silliness into the closing stretch.

“Gasbag of the Week” [40:10–41:34]

• Compilation and mockery of the show’s and others' most bloviating sports commentary.
• Mike Ryan dubbed "gasbag of the week" for grand proclamations about football.

Self-flagellation and Season-long Fantasy Football Plan

• Dan pledges, as penance for perceived disrespect towards fantasy football, to offer a weekly three-minute Matthew Berry “fantasy football machine gun secrets” segment.

“I’m gonna make a deal with Metal Arc Media and Matthew Berry that he gives us his best three minutes of fantasy football secrets every single week...as a season-long apology” – Dan Le Batard [37:38]

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Episode Structure

Key Segments & Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamps | |---------------------------------------- |----------------| | Micky Arison Interview | 01:33–10:55 | | Fantasy Football Debate with Berry | 15:23–31:08 | | JuJu Gotti Listener Feedback | 33:41–35:55 | | Poll Results, Nutty Fan, Gasbag Segment | 38:26–41:34 |

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Tone & Language

• The episode is packed with sarcastic, self-aware humor, and inside jokes.
• Dan often adopts the voice of the exasperated, unconvinced curmudgeon, while the rest of the crew energetically pushes for positivity and inclusion, especially about fantasy football and community.
• Berry is an enthusiastic advocate for fantasy sports without sounding remotely objective, which further draws the Le Batard crew’s teasing.

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Summary: For Those Who Missed It

You’ll hear Dan’s bemusement with the PR hoops required to snag a five-minute chat with Micky Arison, jokes about when the “official” interview clock starts, and both genuine and sardonic affection for Arison. The fantasy football segment is a collision of Dan’s skepticism and Matthew Berry’s evangelism, rounded by a firehose of actionable Week 1 picks for fantasy players. JuJu Gotti wraps up with chat room gossip, serving as the voice of the listeners, before the show spirals out to polls, “gasbag” awards, and meta-commentary on itself.

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Select Quotes — “Don’t Miss”

• Dan on the pressure of a five-minute interview:

“These are a set of terms we’ve never agreed to...Five minutes is a set of terms that we’ve never agreed to. No video. We're a video company now...” [01:33]

• Micky Arison on Hall of Fame speeches:

“Excited? No, I’m not. Excited is not the word...I’m appreciative. It is an honor, but it’s not what I love doing.” [07:37]

• Berry drops Fantasy League celebrity names:

“Chris Pratt and Chris Evans. All the Chris’s, actually. Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd’s a crazy fantasy football player...” [24:05]

• Dan’s fantasy football curmudgeonry:

“I realized you don’t like community. You don’t like ball.” – Billy Gil [22:53]
“He’s only worth whatever his 60 yards.” – Dan Le Batard [19:17]

• Berry’s Week 1 fantasy lightning round:

“Xavier Worthy...James Connor...Drake May...Jacksonville and Carolina is going to be a sneaky shootout...Jerome Ford is that guy.” [28:59–30:10]

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For listeners: If you missed this hour, you missed a deft mixture of sports celebration, self-skewering, meta-comedy, and some hard-earned fantasy football advice—all delivered with the Le Batard Show’s trademark chaos and affection.

Transcript

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[Dan LeBatard]

I really do feel like you guys have put me in an impossible position here where I have to do this five minute interview, agreeing to terms. I didn't want somebody on a cell phone. You guys don't understand how hard it is to like even call the corridors of power. Like we have to go through a labyrinth just to make sure we could get Mickey Arison on the line to celebrate his hall of Fame induction this weekend. He's going to be pulled all over the he's doing two other interviews. Five minutes enforced. We have five minutes available to us. And over the last, I don't know, a few hours, you guys have forced me to do an interview that doesn't seem like it could go well. Five minutes is a set of terms that we've never agreed to. No video. We're a video company now. That's what we've been doing the last four years. No video. That's not something that we do anymore. We are doing these things as a concession to a man. Yes, Chris, we're going to call him.

[Billy Gil]

Live on the air. Do you think he's a hello, or this is Mickey when he answers kind of guy? Because I.

[Dan LeBatard]

You.

[Billy Gil]

I think of people, like when they're. You're a Mickey Harrison type. You say, hey, this is Mickey. I think he's one of those times. Goes yellow. I. I think he's going. I think it's. Yeah. Oh, power move.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, so we're going to call him live on the air. Are you guys ready? Because I have to set up the five minutes, and I have to set it up with him, because this is the five minutes. Don't start until we've asked our first question. Okay, so he's going to sit there.

[Billy Gil]

The start of the question or the end of the question? Because we have.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, let's.

[Billy Gil]

Like Family Feuds. Yeah, I want to start.

[Dan LeBatard]

Let's. There with him, Billy, Because I think it's laughable that he's only giving us five minutes, and I don't mind giving him a hard time.

[Billy Gil]

He's probably gonna have a clock also, so it's gonna be like, three, two, sink. I bet he likes family. Yeah, you should sink it at the beginning for sure. Find out what time he's in.

[Dan LeBatard]

We're gonna have that whole conversation with him on the front end before we start the clock.

[Billy Gil]

But also, like, this could be like a genie situation where you have three wishes, right? And I wish I had more than three wishes. Like, boom, that was one of your wishes. So if it's at the end of the first question, you ask him, hey, does the clock start at the end of the first question? Then that might have been the first question. The clock could have started.

[Dan LeBatard]

We have to be quick, too, is what I'm saying. Because it's five minutes.

[Billy Gil]

I'm quick. Ask my wife. You should start with that.

[Dan LeBatard]

How would you do that?

[Billy Gil]

Usually on top. Oh, what if that's the first question? A little iceberg, Mickey. How's the performance? Yeah, power. Bottom man in the street, freaking the sheets, that type of thing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Tony, you're of the belief that I should ask him off the top? An interview that has five minutes before we get to the ownership by the Saudis, 10% of the company. You're of the.

[Billy Gil]

Don't start with that one.

[Dan LeBatard]

But you're of the belief that. No, better to start. How are you in the sheets? Or how quick are you? You think that's better?

[Billy Gil]

That's crass.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, do the Joe Rose.

[Billy Gil]

How the ladies treating you? Hmm? Is he talking to big Dog? Is that one of the three interviews? Let's do this. I'm excited now.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, go ahead and call him. But the.

[Billy Gil]

I'm glad we sorted that out.

[Dan LeBatard]

The five minutes do not start. I've got to talk to him about this.

[Billy Gil]

I'm definitely not confused.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, hold on. Just call.

[Billy Gil]

Very exciting. That was the first question I already forgot.

[Dan LeBatard]

Boom. Mickey.

[Billy Gil]

Hello? Yes, hello.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mickey, the clock does not start on five minutes. We are on the air. We've got five minutes. Minutes with you. Congratulations. You're the greatest owner in the history of South Florida sports. We're very happy for you.

[Billy Gil]

Who's this? Hi, dad. What a jokester.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, we got.

[Billy Gil]

That gets it.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I forgot all my questions. Okay, I've been told I have five minutes with him, but I'm just telling you right now. All right, Mickey. That the clock does not start until we. Until after we've asked our first question. Okay?

[Billy Gil]

You haven't asked the question.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I have not yet asked the question. We have five minutes with you. I don't think that you want to do any of this. Not this interview. I'm not sure.

[Billy Gil]

You're so busy doing. Mickey, what are you up to today? What does they look like? That's the first question.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, it is not. No, it is not. The clock does not start until I ask the first question. Billy's not getting in here and asking the first question. The clock does not start. I started out with a cappuccino Starbucks.

[Billy Gil]

With a banana bread. It was pretty good, but went right through me. You ever heard of the. Oh, okay. Too much information. You ever heard of Starbucks in your house where I am, I have a Starbucks. It's called the Mohegan Sun.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, you own the Mohegan Sun?

[Billy Gil]

The Mohegan sun behind has already started here.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, the clock. No, the. No, no, don't start the clock. Billy already asked two questions.

[Billy Gil]

You ever have one of those plain stick donuts? Mickey, don't start the clock.

[Dan LeBatard]

Don't start the clock yet.

[Billy Gil]

I haven't tried that. Don't bother. Don't waste your life on that.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, what happened? You said. You said your breakfast went right through you.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, that cappuccino is just a little strong with the jet lag coming from Italy, you know.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, this is. This is not the first question. We've got five minutes in a second. No, it starts with the first.

[Billy Gil]

How many first questions have you got?

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay. No, we're going to start the clock in a second. Mickey, thank you for joining us. Zazzle, you're in agreement with me. Greatest. Greatest owner in South Florida sports history, bar none, has brought me a lot of joy.

[Billy Gil]

Greatest owner.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes.

[Billy Gil]

That question was disaster. Not you. Mickey was to.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's right. It was to Zaslo, not to Mickey. He is. He is willing. He is starting his hall of Fame week right now. It's very busy. He's only got five minutes. I'm going to ask the first question. The first question is true or false. You are looking forward to making your hall of Fame speech false. True or false? Mickey LeBron is the best player in franchise history.

[Billy Gil]

Tough question. I got to give that to Dwyane Wade.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's good answer. Yeah, but it's false. That makes it so.

[Billy Gil]

Why'd you make him such a shitty statue? I mean, that thing looks nothing like him.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, Billy, it wasn't.

[Billy Gil]

He didn't sculpt it. It wasn't his fault.

[Dan LeBatard]

Billy, that's not a question. What is that?

[Billy Gil]

You said you wanted me to ask him that. Dan. You said, billy, make sure you club him on the head.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's not true.

[Billy Gil]

You pulled him aside. You were like, mike, ask him if he knows Zaslow. And then, Billy, ask him about the way.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, all right. Mickey, are you excited about this weekend? Because you deserve it.

[Billy Gil]

Excited? No, I'm not. Excited is not the word.

[Dan LeBatard]

What is it? Why would.

[Billy Gil]

I'm appreciative.

[Dan LeBatard]

Why would. Excited.

[Billy Gil]

It is an honor, and so I'm appreciative, but it's not. You know, it's not what I love doing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Getting up and giving speeches. I don't think I've given one in 25 years. Did you get any help with it?

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

And you're. You're. So. Are you dreading this? Because I should feel. Forgive me for doing this, but it should feel like a celebration of great accomplishment. It's the height of the sport.

[Billy Gil]

Like I said, I'm appreciative. I appreciate it. The honor from the Hall. No question about it. But it's not something. Was never a goal. And so while I appreciate it, you know the goal. We've reached our goal three times, and. And so I rather look forward to the fourth more than this, but like I said, I'm very appreciative.

[Dan LeBatard]

What are you proudest of? What are you proudest of in your career?

[Billy Gil]

Building the largest and greatest cruise company in the world.

[Dan LeBatard]

Basketball wise, being.

[Billy Gil]

Being competitive. Most years winning more games than most franchises. Coming from a.

[Dan LeBatard]

Coming from an expansion team, one of.

[Billy Gil]

The youngest franchises, I think we set a pretty good record of achievement. Which I'll talk about two minutes. Those minutos.

[Dan LeBatard]

The unfairest criticism of the Miami Heat in recent years. No, there's been so much of it.

[Billy Gil]

I have no idea which is the most unfair.

[Dan LeBatard]

Is there a way for you?

[Billy Gil]

I have the unfortunate, Unfortunate ability of.

[Dan LeBatard]

Reading social media, which is a horrible thing.

[Billy Gil]

But having read, you know, seen a lot of the. The Twitter reaction to what we've not achieved in the last year. So is no fun. Mickey, is that the unfair criticism that has bothered you the most? I don't know. That's unfair. I didn't say it was unfair. I just said that, you know, it's.

[Dan LeBatard]

Not fun to read.

[Billy Gil]

You guys really lose LeBron James because Pat Riley stole his cookies on an airplane. I think you have to ask LeBron James why LeBron James left. But I think in retrospect, he made a. For his personal career, he made a great decision.

[Dan LeBatard]

True or false. The last year in Miami, LeBron James quit during the finals.

[Billy Gil]

I don't believe a player like LeBron James ever quits. Come on. Do you know who Jonathan Zaslow is? No. See, that's not right. You're calling Mr. Harrison a liar?

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm saying Mike Ryan.

[Billy Gil]

Mike Ryan's.

[Dan LeBatard]

Ask Mickey Harrison. Your question. Ask him.

[Billy Gil]

Mickey, have you seen the new Superman? No.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mickey, congratulations this weekend. Five seconds left. Was that as uncomfortable as you feared it would be?

[Billy Gil]

No, it wasn't uncomfortable. You know I always look forward to talking to you, Dan. I don't know why you never invite me. Why aren't you inviting him?

[Dan LeBatard]

Dan, I've been inviting him for 30 years.

[Billy Gil]

Talk to you tomorrow.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mickey, he does talk to you tomorrow.

[Billy Gil]

Serve up more softballs.

[Dan LeBatard]

Come on.

[Billy Gil]

Weekly spot. Anytime, Dan. You know that.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, a weekly guest. Mickey, good talking to you. Thank you, Mike. You didn't get any Terry Rozier questions in.

[Billy Gil]

Oh, yeah, no, I'm the soft one here.

[Dan LeBatard]

Matthew Berry next. Thank you, Mickey.

[Billy Gil]

Take care. Did. Did the Mavs call you about Luca. Hey, listeners, it's Mike. Hey, Billy Gill. Hey. Hey, Billy, as a proud member of.

[Dan LeBatard]

Your inner circle, remember when we were.

[Billy Gil]

Hanging out last weekend? Yeah. Fishtail Palms.

[Dan LeBatard]

Fishtail Palms.

[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

Angel. We have gotten far away from where it happened, but I really did think that David Sampson had a bar early in the show when he said scammers can scam, just like scammers can be scammed. I thought it was. I thought it was a bar and I thought David Sampson having bars is something that we should put on a T shirt. What are you looking at me like that for, Mike?

[Billy Gil]

I'm looking for Angel.

[Dan LeBatard]

Make sure to get angel as soon as you can to make those T shirts. LeBatardaf.com needs some of your support. Zaslow likes that opulence. So, too does Matthew Barry, who has a backdrop here. That is exactly the backdrop that Matthew Barry also always wants to have as the fantasy king that he is. Like, look at him like he's doing this.

[Billy Gil]

This is insane.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, of course. Big, big football. Big football is all behind him. And look at him. He's preening. He's. He's got. That is an album cover right there for fantasy league players everywhere. Look how large he looks there.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, it's weird. I'm so, I'm at the link, obviously. Football night in America tonight. We're kicking off. We actually have football tonight. Cowboys and Eagles. So I'm here in Philadelphia. It actually looks semi fake. It looks like AI Dan. But I am, I am here. I'm on, on my iPad talking to you guys. So, yeah, it's, it's unsettlingly large.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, you, you look epic. You're. You're a king in the industry. And everyone knows this time of year, the fantasy. I open the floor to you guys. You guys know I don't like fantasy. You guys know that that's not a thing for me. I don't. I don't follow all this stuff. I don't care about whether you don't follow football. We don't know. I just don't want to.

[Billy Gil]

Let me ask you a question, though. Can I ask you a question? Like. Because I know you've had this take for a long time. You've been very consistent about this. But have we ever gotten into why? And somebody just said this, why don't you like fantasy? I know you don't, and I'm not trying to convince you to do it, but I'm just curious, what about it don't you like?

[Dan LeBatard]

The thing that I don't like is that if I am betting on someone to get 80 plus yards in a game, rushing, and that person ends up getting hurt. I don't like losing my money. I don't like investing in things that are so predictive that no one knows anything about what's going to happen. You guys are very good at the information. You guys are better than most at being able to correctly predict what's going to be a success on the field. But the thing that I don't like about it is it's so much guesswork that with my money and I can lose so much of it quickly because I'd prefer just one game and I'd like. I'd like that to be where the action is. I don't need to have action in 150 different places hoping that Kyle Pitts has over three and a half catches.

[Billy Gil]

This guy doesn't love ball. He doesn't. I should have known earlier when he didn't like my lips. I knew it. How long was he crying? That felt like 35 seconds. Yeah, I would say the audio went out there, so I didn't hear the whole thing, but I get the general gist of it. I would just say that in terms of fantasy, you don't have to play for money. You can just play with your friends. And it's not really about Kyle Pitts. Over three and a half receptions. You are rooting for players and their performance, but it's not. That's more of a betting thing, I would say, but it is. It does give you a rooting interest in games that you might not normally care about. And it is a way to, you know, bond, whether it is people you work with, people you went to college with, friends and family. It's a way to stay in touch as well. So. But I understand that, like, I respect it. I've heard versions of that before. And I consider it an amazing accomplishment in my career. I considered an amazing accomplishment in my career that despite the fact that Dan hates fantasy, I've somehow managed to be a multi time guest on the Dan LeBatard Show. Dan, you're actually gonna be in a fantasy league with Matthew Barry. Wow. You don't know but you're signed up. We're doing the draft next week. We're gonna start it a little late. But a guillotine league. And you're in it.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't even know what that means. A guillotine league.

[Billy Gil]

Oh, it's the good stuff. You actually might like it better because if you lose the first week you're gone. You don't have to deal with it anymore. But it's.

[Dan LeBatard]

I erred in saying Kyle Pitts over three and a half yards because when it is that you go to yardages and you have to do the guesswork. You're. What you're saying is that this allows you to care about games that you wouldn't normally care about. And I would say it's part of the dehumanization of the athlete because he's only worth whatever his 60 yards.

[Billy Gil]

Kyle Pitts is out on that field whether I draft him on a fantasy team or not. Do you Dehumanization? I want him to succeed. I want him to have 100 yards and a touchdown. They already elected a pope. Dan, it's fine. I'm pretty sure you don't know what fantasy football is.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay.

[Billy Gil]

Matthew Barry has a boat. I feel like if Dan got into a legitimate league that he would actually enjoy it. If he. If he. If he. If you opened your mind and gave it a shot, I actually think you would enjoy it because. Right. I understand the dehumanization aspect. But that's true with football. Right there. There are fans that have nothing to do with fantasy that yell at guys because they dropped a pass because they didn't complete something. So I mean like it's. That's just a fandom thing. That's not a. That's not a fantasy thing. That's just how certain people view the game. But I don't view the game that way. And I don't think anyone on your staff does. Dehumanization. Dan. I legitimately love Shane Vereen. Yeah. I will love Shane Vereen forever. Danny Woodhead is a God. He is such a human to me. He's more than a human that like. But jokes aside. I jokes. That's one of the great things. And why fantasy football is so good for the NFL is because you joke about Shane Green or Danny Woodhead. Two legends in the fantasy game. But it does give attention to players that might normally not get it. The Jaguars were not good last year. Brian Thomas Jr. Was not a highly drafted guy. You know, Marvin Harrison, Malik neighbors, those were the wide receivers that everyone cared about coming out of college last year. But Brian Thomas Jr. Became a superstar in fantasy football and he's obviously known in NFL circles, but not nearly as well as he was in fantasy football circles. Small market guy who performed very well on a bad team. Brian Thomas Jr. Last year. And so it does give attention to players that might normally not get it. Matthew, you played fantasy football obviously for many, many years. What is the most angry you've ever been over fantasy football? There's. You can search it up. You can. Alfred Morris, one point. I was in. I was in a league and I just lost it. And it was a Monday Night Football game and I needed one point, literally one. The guy was playing was done. I needed Alfred Morris, who at the time was the starting running back for the San Francisco 49ers. It was a Monday night game against the Packers. I just needed literally one point from Alfred Morris. You got points for first downs, so I win the game. But then there's a penalty that it comes back and he never touches the ball again. He literally got only one play. He earns a first down. He got like an eight yard carry for a first down. They call it back due to penalty and I lose by like 0.7 when all I needed was 1 point. And I just didn't. I just lost. Lost. I lost it on. On my podcast that I was doing. And so I just did an epic rant and you can search it up on YouTube. Matthew Berry. Alfred Morris, one point. And I just. I just go off for like five minutes. That is the angriest I've ever been. It's just. It was just the most frustrating loss of all time watching that entire game and Alfred Morris can't getting one stupid point.

[Dan LeBatard]

Chris Cody, would you like to get that audio and video so that I can tell you why it is that I don'? Fantasy as we see our friend Matthew Barry melt down in an assortment of hysterics over a single football yard when he's an alleged adult human being? I. I would like to play that sound for the people and what it does to people. I also don't like because the people want to tell me about their fantasy league and that terrible loss they suffered.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, but that's the part of the community, Dan, you don't like community. I've realized you don't like community. You don't like ball. Like love war stories. More of them. Yeah, but Dan, people are like that. People. People are like that about Alabama losing to Florida State. Like, when you care about a team, whether it's your fake football team or your real football team, when you lose a frustrating game, you're upset. That's why we love about. That's what we love about sports. There's a passion, there's a. There's a. There's a love there. And so, yes, you know, when the people you love let you down, you get disappointed. And whether it's, you know, a fake team that you've assembled or a team that you've grown up watching, you know, so I don't know that any of the emotions you're arguing against are different in fantasy than they are in normal, actual football. That would be my argument. Back to you, Matthew. You must get fantasy football questions wherever you go, which is probably really annoying when you're just trying to, like, enjoy your day. But when you did Avengers, were any of the Avengers asking you fantasy football advice? They were. They were, and they do to this day. And honestly, the reason I was in that movie, I was in Avengers Endgame, is because I was in a fantasy league with Joe Russo, who, you know, obviously directed the movie with his brother Anthony. The Russo brothers. And we became friends and he. He said he had a part for me and I was just like, great. And so they're actually, there's a lot of them that are hardcore fantasy football players. And so for a number of years, I played in the league with. With. With Chris Pratt and Chris Evans. All the. Chris's actually Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr. Paul Rudd's a crazy fantasy football player. So all of them. Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, I need a couple of them. I need you to keep hitting that. He just hit us with like, five look at me, Louise. Did he not?

[Billy Gil]

Hemsworth had the worst team, right? That guy doesn't know football. Hemsworth was actually. No, Hemsworth actually had a good team. I think he probably had somebody helping him out. Yeah, Aussie rules. But no, I'm not. Are you allowed to do a Look at me, Louie? When I'm asked a direct question, I'm answering a direct question. I need to know the rules on this.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, but they said no, but wait a minute. He asked you about being in the Avengers and then you volunteered all of those names that you're in a League with and that you're still friends with them.

[Billy Gil]

No, no, no, no. Dan, he asked me, do any of those guys ask me or did any of the adventures ask me for fantasy advice? And so the answer is yes, they did, I suppose. But I would think your audience would want to know. Okay, well, which of the Avengers asked you fantasy advice? And I'm telling you that not only they asked me for fantasy advice, but they're hardcore players that are league. Fair enough. If I mentioned that. I think I'm just. I get one look at me, Louie. I don't think. 5.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's the founder that I was going.

[Billy Gil]

To leave with him. That's fair. That's fair. I'll allow that one.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's the not entitled to allow or not allow around here, sir. You've already gotten it and you'll eat it. You can object to it, but you'll still eat it. Founder of FantasyLife.com Host of the Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Barry. It's on NBC Sports. And Peacock on his pod. The description is Matthew Barry is on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy football analysts. Who's up there with you?

[Billy Gil]

Great question, actually. And I haven't. I didn't come up with that phrase. I didn't say that. I don't know who else is up there with me. I'd have to actually. I'd actually have to think about that. A lot of people that do great. I feel like I'm just gonna offend people if I don't mention. If I don't mention.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, you're in the entertainment business, sir. You can't wiggle around that question with a bunch of cowardice. You gotta throw a couple of people on there. At the risk of offending others, Eric.

[Billy Gil]

Carabelle is waiting with bated breath. Yeah, listen, Eric Carabelle is a legend, right, Eric? Eric's been doing it forever and ever. He was at ESPN before I ever got there as well. I'll say my friend Joe Bryant over at football guys has been doing it forever and does a great job. Still does a great job. So I'll say I'll put him up there as well. Evan Silva would also like a word.

[Dan LeBatard]

I think he didn't allow Carabelle up there.

[Billy Gil]

No, listen, Evan's great. I mean, that's the thing. Like, you could mention a bunch of people like, yeah, Evan's. Evan's great. Like all the people I work with at espn. Matthew feels great.

[Dan LeBatard]

Matthew, did you just give us coach speak on Eric Carabelle? Is that what just happened? Happened on our show where you just said, well, Eric, Carabelle. Yeah, you know, he's a good.

[Billy Gil]

Lot of respect for him.

[Dan LeBatard]

A lot of respect for him. But no, he's clearly not on the game. But I would never say that. I would never say that out loud because I'm just giving you a bunch of blue mist in your face.

[Billy Gil]

Well, now you're. Now you're gonna put pay me in the corner because I like Eric. I have no issue with Eric.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's not on the Mount Rushmore. He's out. He's out. Get him out of here.

[Billy Gil]

He's much more of a baseball guy, and he would tell you that himself. We didn't say fantasy football. Mount Rushmore. We said fantasy. Some would say fantasy baseball. There'd be no fantasy football. Precisely. Respect your elders. Meanwhile, they're cutting the grass behind me. Well, oh, here's a Mount Rushmore guy then. If you're. It's. If it's fantasy, it's not just football specific. Ron Chandler of baseball hq. Chandler is an absolute legend. He's on the. He's on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy and sports for sure. Didn't he invent rotisserie? He did not invent rotisserie. He did. He was the first Rogers. He was the. Ron Chandler was the first person that used analytics and data, underlying statistics to predict future performance under the lens of fantasy sports. Matthew, first guy to do that.

[Dan LeBatard]

I need to stop you for just a second because I've been negligent this segment. He's the founder of Fantasy Life.com. he's the host of Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Barry. It's on NBC Sports. And Peacock, He's a giant trying to.

[Billy Gil]

Sell fantasy to you. What's next? French fries? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, pizza. It's awesome. I don't know about pizza.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, I know you guys have the link.

[Billy Gil]

Look at him. This is a great day.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay. Yes, it is. My bad. Let's get in these last two minutes that we have with Matthew Barry. Just condense it for. Because I know everyone out there is searching all pods for all information. Give us your best two minutes of Matthew Barry is telling you this weekend. Here's where the money, money is in fantasy.

[Billy Gil]

No, I love it. Hang on one second. I got the.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I know. Everyone's getting ready for a big night. Well, everybody's waiting for these two minutes, Matthew. I've wasted everyone's time because everyone wants the gold of these two minutes. I will get out of the way and for two minutes, you give everyone, please, your Best information this weekend for.

[Billy Gil]

For this weekend I think Xavier Worthy, who's had at least five receptions for each of his last eight full games against a Chargers defense. It was one of the worst teams against the deep pass. Rashid Rice? No Jalen Royals. I think Xavier Worthy has a big game. No team in the NFL gave up more rushing touchdowns last year than the New Orleans Saints. Give me James Connor, who last year got 76% of his team's goal to go rushing attempts. I think Drake May has a great game this week, his debut against the Raiders. According to Pro Football Focus. Our friends over at PFF no get secondary is worse heading into Week one than the Las Vegas Raiders. I think they let him run quite a bit as well. I think Jacksonville and Carolina is going to be a sneaky shootout. Give me all the Give me all the Trevor Lawrence all the Travis Hunter this week is as well. I'm excited for tonight's game with the Eagles and the Cowboys. I think they pass more this year the Eagles do. So give me some AJ Brown and devonte Smith how about Jerome Ford? I think Jerome Ford with Quin Sean Judkins still unsigned for the Browns. I think Jerome Ford is gonna Jerome Ford is there. He's that guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

Jerome Ford is what he's still talking. Everybody wants it. This is Jerome Fort is what it's.

[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan LeBatard]

We have again segregated Jeremy Tache in baseball. Put it apart from the show. It's in the post game show. If you want your baseball, if you want your pitch clock on a football Thursday that I've befouled by talking to Matthew Barry in a way that everyone here thought was improperly disrespectful because I wasn't properly loving of all the things that Matthew Berry is. Look at Tony still shaking his head.

[Billy Gil]

It's just he's a legend of the game, Dan. And then you like don't like fantasy football. You don't get it. It's like we're trying to pitch it to you. Like if it's the first time ever, it's 1984. You're essentially saying what he does is bullshit. Yeah, that's what you're doing. Look, I did the Brad Marshawn thing for two months. I knew it was a bad bit. I admitted I was wrong. You've been doing this bad bit for 15 years.

[Dan LeBatard]

I may have to admit at some point that my ignorance about this thing makes me hate it because all of you asking me about Greg Cody's football Lobos has poisoned me over the years and made me hate fantasy football.

[Billy Gil]

You'd think that after the show was presented by DraftKings, he'd get that.

[Dan LeBatard]

I am who I am. I will always be who I am. Is that Popeye Juju? Yes, thank you. That is Popeye. I am what I am. That's Popeye's phrase. I'm just taking it. I didn't know that Popeye hated fantasy football. Juju is here. He is going to critique the show in other ways. In what other ways did I fail today? Juju.

[Billy Gil]

Man, I like to welcome you to the Mob Land hive, Big Brother, because like I say, man, that's just an incredibly produced show. I can't wait for season two. But you enraged the crowd when saying it was better than the Sopranos. That was why it could be better. Yeah, you had a lot of reactions.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, no, wait a minute. Just so that everyone knows, like, I love the Sopranos. It's one of the greatest television shows of all time. I just got five Guy Ritchie movies. If you give me seven seasons of five Guy Ritchie movies, it'll be better than the Sopranos.

[Billy Gil]

Mm. Well, Cafecito Crew Gaming says you are a prisoner of the moment. And Jeremiah W. Says you have gone too far.

[Dan LeBatard]

Nope, I. Look, you guys aren't properly respecting what Guy Ritchie does. The actors in the. In Mobland are so much better than the ones in the Soprano. So much better. Not a little bit better. A lot better. And the music just. Mike, please look up.

[Billy Gil]

Even better than the great Stevie Van Sant.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mike, please look up for me, if you will, the music at the beginning. It's the only intro I do not skip. I skip all the intros except the music to Mob Land because I don't know who even does it, because the song at the beginning of Mob Land is.

[Billy Gil]

So you skip the Succession intro.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes. Well, that's the only other one. That's the only other one I occasionally did not miss. You did get me the great Paulie Walnuts.

[Billy Gil]

Rest in peace, by the way.

[Dan LeBatard]

What other criticisms they got of me?

[Billy Gil]

They don't have too many. Too much more criticisms. They were a little bit restless on the football talk because we started with a lot of other stuff besides football today. We got into Mickey Harrison pretty early. We got into David Sampson, which is a crowd favorite, and they was like, get to the football. So whenever Tony did his list, man, the chat lit up, and y' all really lit them boys up today. Thank you.

[Dan LeBatard]

You we'll do better tomorrow.

[Billy Gil]

I'm not so sure it's a football. I'm not here to save you tomorrow, Dan. And Dan is threatened to be here. You got to talk for the rest of the season.

[Dan LeBatard]

Thursday Thunder is upon us. Let's do that quickly before we get to gas bag of the week.

[Billy Gil]

Thursday Thunder. Presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The crown is yours, brothers. The NFL is back. Football means going all across the world right now. Draft king posted the football meme. My boy Kazim posted the football meme. You guys are on the map. Kazim, you got to know salute the Cass man. But football season is back and everybody's celebrating. So I want to kick it off with going over 6.5 catches right now tonight night for my boy, CD Lamb. Man, come on, man, they gonna be down a little bit tonight and they're gonna have to air that thing out. So. CD Lamb over 6.5 second leg. I'm going with my boy Fergie. I'm going with Mr. Cavender himself, Jake Ferguson for over 3.5 catches as well. I feel like that's. And I don't want to jinx it, but that seems pretty scooby snackable to me if you feel me last leg. You know I can't forget about my ladies. I can't forget about them. Even though it's football Thursday. I'm going with The Minnesota links -2 and a half points tonight against the Las Vegas Aces. The last time they played the Aces, they beat him by 50 something, 50 umpteen points. So lock it in tonight. Thursday, Thunder Bay.

[Dan LeBatard]

As an apology to Matthew Barry and an audience that has turned against me and rightfully turned against me, what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna make a deal with Metal Arc media and Matthew Barry that he gives us his best three minutes of fantasy football secrets every single week where he joins us. And it's just every single week I'm gonna give you what you want. Not what I want. I don't want to do three minutes of fantasy football. But where he gives you like the machine gun. Here's what you need to do this weekend. You don't even need to listen to my whole podcast. These are the moves you need to make. We're going to do that deal as a, as a season long apology for what it is that I did on this first of football Thursdays. My apologies to all involved. Let's, let's do the polls here before we end the show on a gas bag of the Week. What do you have in this part of the show? Pitch clock is in. The post game segregated. What do you have for us on the polls, Juju?

[Billy Gil]

Man, we got some important polls today. Does a donut need to be sweet? 85 of the audience says, yes, it does. Sorry, Zaz. Sorry, what? I was sweet as hell when it was touching my lips. Does a donut need to be round? 56 of the audience says, no, it does not. Salute to Zaslo.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's a bit of a shocker, is it not? Are you guys not shocked a little bit by that one? No. I thought donut had to be round.

[Billy Gil]

And have a hole.

[Dan LeBatard]

No.

[Billy Gil]

Whose tears did you enjoy more, Alabama's or Bill Belichick?

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, that was from yesterday. That's a good one.

[Billy Gil]

Right? 55 of the audience says they enjoy Alabama's tears more. Right. Also, happy retirement to Nicola Vucevic. Under the radar, sneaky big man. The Russian. Yeah, the Russian. The last poll. Who's the nuttiest fan of the week? The Alabama fan who gave us a barrel to remember or there's two. Dang. Can I read this on it? I struggled yesterday as well, right?

[Dan LeBatard]

What is happening?

[Billy Gil]

Inappropriate.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, so this is our new sponsored segment. Nuttiest fan. We can't do it correctly.

[Billy Gil]

Well, peace and peace is partner, let's say. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Okay. Well, the back of the man's jersey says I come in peace, and the back of his wife's jersey says peace. Which fan is the nuttiest of the week? 64% of the audience says the peace couple. And those are your polls.

[Dan LeBatard]

Thank you, Juju. I appreciate the time. Would you like to hear who this week's gas bag of the week is? Because I've been asking these guys to get better at finding gas bags of the week. They have failed. They failed for months. They failed for years. Really getting me to just. You would think with all the people talking at the content trough, it'd be pretty easy to find someone who's a gas bag of the week. So show me, guys. Show me something here on who was most wrong this week, most loudly about anything he had to say in the gas bag department.

[Billy Gil]

Gas bag of the week.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is a beast coming to college football. This is not a lazy old man that you underestimate because you're forgetful about what he did did before the last five years you were watching. Do you know what it takes to win in that sport? Everyone is fighting for money, for careers with their bodies. This dude conquered. Everyone had a murderer on the Roster went through cheating scandals, conquered that league again and again like no one has, and now wants to prove it in the minor leagues of professional football. I don't be terrified to compete against whatever he's got coming my way.

[Billy Gil]

I don't feel good about it as a Miami fan. Hey, hey, cut that one. Cut that. Cut that. Important context.

[Dan LeBatard]

So Mike is clearly the gas bag of the week.

[Billy Gil]

How often are you gonna shoehorn Aaron Hernandez into a conversation? Let him rest in peace, Dan. What? Wait, What? Embarrass yourself there, Mike? Wait, what? Who said? Me.

[Dan LeBatard]

I have shoehorned a lot of Aaron Hernandez into the show today. Not exactly the way to celebrate the return of football, I don't think. I think I failed today in that regard. Did we fail at the Mickey Arison interview as well? Didn't quite ask him about the Saudis.

[Billy Gil]

I think we were soft, and we set ourselves up there. You're just a mouthpiece. Jeez, it's bad. It's bad. You were talking all sorts of noise about Mark Cuban, and then you were like, no, I'm gonna ask him about this. And you were like, I'm definitely gonna ask him about Kushner. That is my idea. I'm gonna ask him. And you didn't.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. Could have gone better, Zaslow, to you. Like, I. I don't know that on a football Thursday. I don't know. I would say, in general, my judgment was a little bit off today, that. That doing that with Mickey Harrison at all was a bad choice by me.

[Billy Gil]

I just. He's. He's lying when he tells us that he hasn't seen Superman. Well, where was this tough guy earlier? His energy, though, was palpable. Yeah, he was definitely telling the truth when he said he. He didn't know who you were.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now, see, that's another thing.

[Billy Gil]

I mean, you're telling me. I haven't seen any kind of personality like this from Mickey Harrison. Now all of a sudden, he becomes a trickster. Told us his cruise line's the number one cruise line in the world, too. Where were you? He was here. The chickens. Excuse me. Billy showed up. I was here for journalism, my friend. We're like, I'm with the Big J in the show today. He owns Royal Big J. That statue is. Come on. It's not his fault, but. Come on. His building. Gaga is his fault. Buck stops with him. Yeah, what happened to Gaga we forgot to ask about? It's only five minutes. Wake up. Oh, I took a big today. He's like, whoa, Mickey, come on, man's. Family show. What are you doing here? He'll be on next week. Hey, listeners, it's Mike. Hey, Billy Gill. Hey.

[Dan LeBatard]

Hey, Billy.

[Billy Gil]

As a proud member of your inner circle, remember when we were hanging out last week?

[Dan LeBatard]

Weekend?

[Billy Gil]

Oh, yeah. Fishtail palms. Fishtail palms. The great memories we made. Kids playing in the pool. And in our hands, a nice ice cold can of Miller Light. It was so hot out. I know, but it was so cold in my hand. We took that first sip. It was crisp. It was refreshing. Oh, man, there is nothing like cracking open a Miller Light with your crew.

[Dan LeBatard]

And your inner circle bones.

[Billy Gil]

Hell yeah, we fist bumped. Whether it's we. We actually really did. Whether it's. Whether it's that touchdown. It didn't make a sound, but it just thought, bam, boom. Whether it's that touchdown you didn't see coming, or just arguing about fantasy lineups. You and I did plenty of that. Miller Lite has been the taste that you can depend on for 50 years. Brewed for flavor with simple ingredients, rich toffee notes, and that iconic golden color.

[Dan LeBatard]

And here's a kicker.

[Billy Gil]

Billy. What? It's just 96 calories. What? 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. The original light beer since 1975 and still hitting different, different five decades later. Miller Light, great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight. Com Dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Light 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 ounces.