Local Hour: Jonny Gannon Slays

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Local Hour: Jonny Gannon Slays
Date: September 26, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

Overview

This Local Hour episode finds Dan, Stugotz, and crew riffing on the usual mélange of South Florida sports, pop culture, and the lovable absurdity permeating their universe. The team hashes out Miami Panthers and Dolphins drama, nerds out on their pride in owning a Jai Alai team, ponders sports traditions (and peanut shells), and gets delightfully sidetracked with spirited debates—like whether Jonathan Gannon should just call himself "John." It’s classic Le Batard: irreverent, nostalgic, and a little bit nuts.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Panthers Injury Panic & Hockey Insights

• Roy: “I’m concerned about my coworkers that love the Panthers… everyone’s down about Barkov.” (03:14)
• The crew discusses crucial injuries to the Panthers, especially Barkov’s non-contact scare, and what it could mean for repeat Championship ambitions.
• Billy’s take: “Two back to back championships, that’s it. Who cares about next season?” (03:23)
• Dan explains Barkov’s immense value: “Barkov’s the only human being on earth who slows McDavid.” (20:41)

2. The Grid of Death and the New Enforcer

• Mike Ryan’s ‘punishment’: Explains his thrift-store-vintage-outfit challenge but admits, “this is not a punishment… complete reward.” (05:53)
• Dan: “We’re hiring Udonis Haslam to be the enforcer on this grid of death so you guys can quit getting out of stuff the way that you’re cheating…” (07:08)
• The segment playfully points out the crew’s creative avoidance of true consequence for their comedic punishments.

3. Owning a Jai Alai Team

• The gang takes pride in their role as owners of the Cyclones Jai Alai team, with detailed updates on roster moves and league drama.
• Billy: "Our highlight team is cooking now... Right now, I am proud to announce your Cyclones are top o' the table." (09:39)
• Dan nostalgically notes: “High on the list of quirky things we’ve done: kept jai alai in the American spirit.” (10:17)

4. Sports Growth & Dabo’s Insight

• Dabo Swinney’s quote about the “cycle” of organizations and sports teams is highlighted.
• Dan (reading Dabo): “…Birth, growth, plateau… decline, death. Great programs, great businesses, they don't plateau. You have to reinvent, reinvest, reset, learn, grow.” (12:05)
• Crew applies this wisdom to Battle Court draft, NCAA football programs, and more.

5. Peanut Shells, Childhood Memories & Car Oddities

• Dan sheepishly admits: “Peanut shells all over the floor of my car... I didn’t want to come in here and do it when I was parked.” (22:06 & 22:39)
• Crew debates the joy of triple peanuts, food nostalgia, and Dan’s stockpile of distilled water (for his sleep apnea machine), prompting laughter and light ribbing.

6. Tua Tagovailoa vs. Cam Newton Media Clash

• Discussion pivots to the Dolphins: Can Tua withstand the scrutiny and physical risk?

• Cam Newton criticizes Tua’s recent outspoken-ness:

  Cam Newton: “Tua Tagovailoa is making more than Mahomes... When I see Tua…I like quiet Tua…” (32:55)

• Tua fires back:

  Tua: “I want to see anybody on the streets come play quarterback… I think anybody can hold a clicker and talk about it…” (34:05)

• Panel weighs Tua’s injury risks compared to the rest of sport: “If I gave you all of sports, and said, give me the name most likely to be injured…it’s Tua.” (36:39)

• Discussion of tight end issues, Dolphins roster mismanagement, and the pressure on Tua.

7. Jonathan Gannon Name Debate & Cardinals Ennui

• Crew launches into a riff about how Arizona head coach Jonathan Gannon would be more respected going by “John” or “Johnny”:

  Dan: “If I give you him as John Gannon you would think he’s got more control over his team...” (44:05) Billy: “Johnny Gannon slays.” (46:01)

• Joking examination of why the Cardinals are so forgettable post-Kurt Warner, save for a few “Fitzgerald’s ass” references and Hail Marys.

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Notable Quotes and Moments

• Roy toughs it out: “I cowboyed up and here I am.” (02:42)
• Mike Ryan on grid of death punishment: “Thanks…Unbelievable display here…What a punishment.” (05:53)
• Billy on Panthers’ “back-to-back” hope: “Want to be irrefutably the best back you can throw. Back to back, Jack, you’re good.” (03:27)
• Dan on sports nostalgia: “I just got a feeling of discovery…whatever it is that children feel when they go to Disney World for the first time.” (24:10)
• Billy on Jai Alai: “It’s truly a global game…I can say that definitively.” (11:28)
• On Gannon’s stoicism: “Every time they go to a camera angle…he looks exactly the same way.” (43:08)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:23: End of ads, start of actual content.
• 03:14: Barkov injury/Panthers discussion begins.
• 05:53: Mike’s grid punishment at the thrift shop.
• 07:08: Dan proposes Udonis Haslam as grid enforcer.
• 09:39: Jai Alai ownership updates; Cyclones boast.
• 12:05: Dabo Swinney “cycle” quote and discussion.
• 20:41: Barkov’s status as platform-defining defenseman.
• 22:06: Peanut shell confession.
• 24:53: Hampton Farms “Nutty Fan” award.
• 26:34: Dan justifies his distilled water hoard.
• 30:26: Cam Newton/Tua segment begins.
• 32:55: Cam’s on-air critique of Tua.
• 34:05: Tua fires back at Cam, challenging critics.
• 36:39: Who’s sports’ biggest injury risk?
• 44:05: Jonathan vs. John vs. Johnny Gannon riff.
• 46:01: “Johnny Gannon slays” thread.

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Tone and Style

Casual, irreverent, but filled with genuine South Florida fandom and inside jokes. Nostalgic but never self-serious, high on relatable moments (food, punishment avoidance, sports heartbreak), leaning into playful bickering and sidebars.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a quintessential Local Hour: equal parts Miami sports talk, existential office complaints, and deep-dive pop culture tangents. Whether it’s the agony of the Panthers’ injuries, pride in the world’s “fastest growing sport,” or the enduring mystery of why Jonathan Gannon isn’t just “John,” Dan and crew are as entertaining as they are informed.
If you’re here for stats and analysis, you’ll get them—delivered with a wink, a callback, and a knowing nod to listeners who love Miami as much as they do.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Roy]

I don't feel great. I'm not going to lie.

[Billy Gil]

You sound like shit.

[Roy]

Yeah, I'm in the the point where like my joints start hurting.

[Billy Gil]

Okay.

[Roy]

Which I think is always the last step. And thermometers don't get me started. It's a whole thing with thermometers. I get the thermometer that my kids pediatrician uses because I assume they know which thermometer is the best thermometer. So I like, you know, try to sneak a picture and then buy that thermometer. Because I'm like this is like if we're at a doctor's office and then if you take them to urgent care they're like no, you shouldn't use that thermometer. I did the ear thermometer but then they're like no, those aren't that accurate. Use the underarm thermometer. So I'll do the ear Thermometer and tell me, like, you have a fever of like 102. And then I put under my arm and it says, you have 97 degrees. There's no way. There's five degrees off here. Like, I don't understand it. I don't know if I'm sick. If I'm not, Thermometer tells me I'm perfectly fine, so here I am.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, you're sick. And the joints. That's flu, isn't it? The joints, you don't get into joint. The.

[Roy]

I'm getting old, so it could be age.

[Billy Gil]

Also, does it usually coincide with you not feeling great? Have you considered maybe telling your body, not today? Wow.

[Roy]

Well, the thing is, Chris isn't here and Zaz isn't here. So I knew we were shorthanded, so I didn't want to like, you know, an hour before, before the show just be like, guys, I can't do this today. So I, you know, I cowboyed up and here I am.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have said to your body, not today.

[Roy]

Yeah, I know, I know. And everybody in this office hates that. I keep saying not today and keep kind of coming in. I'm doing it for them whether they like it or not.

[Billy Gil]

Please turn in that direction.

[Roy]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Has it affected your temperament and mood? Because you also came in saying that the Panthers season might be over.

[Roy]

I was. I'm concerned about my coworkers that love the Panthers. Tony over here, big Panthers guy. Everybody knows he's wearing the Stanley C. Panthers shirt.

[Billy Gil]

But I have a take though.

[Roy]

What's that?

[Billy Gil]

Two. Two back to back championships. That's it. It's okay. Like, who cares about next season? Who cares about the season after that? It's over. What the hell are you talking like, what does it matter? We don't know the severity of championships. Damn. What else do you want? Possibly be the worst. You want to be greedy? You want to have another one. Yes. And another one after that. Keep winning Already an all time team. Want to be irrefutably the best back you can throw. Back to back. Jack, you're good. I want back to. Back to back. Jack, if you.

[Roy]

These injuries end up being like serious and they're not gonna end up winning. Right. And you don't have enough firepower. There's question marks whether or not they have enough. Farmer you. All you need to do is get in the playoffs. Right? But if they don't have enough firepower. We've. We've seen them do it before. We've seen Bill Zito do this before. Do you Consider reloading.

[Billy Gil]

Now.

[Roy]

You make some moves and you set up for another run because you say, you know, we're not going to have enough this year, but the pieces we could get back.

[Dan Le Batard]

And you re Roy, how bad is this Barkov? We don't know how bad. Yeah, yeah. He already started with the rebuilding instead of the defending. Yes, he started over, but Barkov and ACL is the worst. What's expected?

[Billy Gil]

Non contact injury. Man, it looked. It looked really, really bad. Look bad. They're worried about the acl, but there is. I. I saw reports yesterday that they're hopeful that it's not as serious as it looked. Yeah, I'm a little scared.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so Billy's toughen it out. Way to cowboy up, Billy. Exciting.

[Billy Gil]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast. Hey, it's Mike. I'm here in sunny Alapata, and thanks to some grave oversight by the bucket, let's say committee, I picked a punishment that was available on the board that was truly a reward. I got to go to a thrift shop and pick out some vintage clothing and then wear that clothing head to toe. So thanks. I'm here at yesterday, which is a vintage shop behind daily My neighbors out here in Alapata, which is a great sneaker shop. I'm gonna go buy some stuff. Unbelievable display here. I thought as a goofy this might be the play, but then that would actually make it a punishment for me, so I'm not gonna do that. Now, I may get this Ryan leaf jersey either way because it's gorgeous. But you know me, I love my left turns. There's one piece here that I can't say no to. The Mark Morton Pfizer car. My man was repping Viagra before. It was cool. Was it ever cool? I don't know. When I wear this, it will be. So the assignment is head to toe, which includes a hat. Great wall pads here. This Miami Hurricanes Rose bowl one is calling me. This one's calling me. But I'm gonna go ahead and take this now. Jeans are a tricky situation at a thrift shop. I guess is the biggest punishment. But I'll go ahead and take these cks. And now for the final piece, all ensemble, including some South Beach Kobe's. A neighborly discount that I'm sure metal art will appreciate because I am expensing this. I appreciate everything this fine shop does. Incredible neighbors. Check them out in Alapata. Thank you very much, kind sir. What a punishment.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not the spirit of what we're Doing around here, that is not a punishment. Now, you like what you're wearing? Usually people don't like punishment. So I will tell you now something that I've been reluctant to tell you guys, and it's because I haven't closed the deal yet. He is. He's driving a hard bargain on money. But we're hiring you, Donnis Haslam, to be the enforcer on this grid of death. So you guys can quit getting out of stuff the way that you're cheating the grid of death.

[Billy Gil]

I didn't cheat the grid of death. Grid of death cheated you. The bucket has a board of punishments available. And I will say, while I thought this was a reward at first, this fabric does not breathe. No. The jeans, little snug. Little snug. And for the shoes, I didn't have time to put in my insoles. So the plant aphasia. Little tight.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are we indeed changing the name of thrift shops now to vintage shops? Is that something that's formally made a move?

[Billy Gil]

I kind of took some liberties there. I mean, it's thrifty, but the price is a little different. Truthfully, this whole ensemble cost me $500. Well, cost you $500? Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys aren't doing this, right?

[Billy Gil]

Dan, what he did is he went to the best vintage store in Miami and just got a bunch of stuff that's really cool shopping. Spirit of the rules stuff here. Mike. This was supposed to be, like, get thrifty. So spend, you know, like, 10 bucks on a full outfit. But I just kind of can't believe that you, Donna Haslam, is going from being, like, the enforcer on behalf of SPO to the enforcer on behalf of me. What is UD gonna do, foul me if I don't do anything?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, go ahead.

[Billy Gil]

And you're gonna ask that question stupid. Well, he's not even here, and Dan doesn't know how to negotiate because now he's put his name out there and.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, we were already close.

[Billy Gil]

Him.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, we were already close. I actually went with him and his associates.

[Billy Gil]

Antoine.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm just gonna call them associates to dinner, and we are finalizing this. He's going to be around here as the enforcer on the grid of death, so you guys can't keep doing this shit. Don't do it where you don' Respect this.

[Roy]

It's a dental bucket.

[Billy Gil]

It's the bucket.

[Roy]

Where'd you go to dinner?

[Dan Le Batard]

We went to claw.

[Roy]

Who paid?

[Dan Le Batard]

I did.

[Roy]

Oh, okay. So I don't know how close we are. Him and his associates was it embarrassing.

[Billy Gil]

When you told the waitress like, oh, I can't have nutmeg. I can't have this. I can't have that. And he's looking at you like, come on, dude.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was embarrassing. But he didn't eat anything. Like, he's very careful eater that. He's a former fat guy and nobody remembers this, but at the University of Florida, he was a fat guy.

[Billy Gil]

I know, it's crazy. Did you guys talk highlight? Because he's a very involved owner, a very successful one. I hate to admit it. More successful than even Chris and I.

[Dan Le Batard]

He. He did talk high li. He's excited about his highlight team. You're excited about our highlight team?

[Billy Gil]

Our highlight team is cooking now. We had a devastating injury to Bueno before the season. That had. It was no Bueno, Tony. That had us needing to use subs. Williams came back briefly. El Barba came back. These are taxi squad players that were undrafted. A big drop off from Bueno. We put on our GM hats and we lobbied the league. They were like, we would not be in the position that we are right now if we just took this lion down. We fought. We got Robin as a replacement, which is way more fair. And right now, I am proud to announce that your Cyclones are top o the table.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to at some point put together a list of things around here that we're proudest of because I don't know how high on the list I'd put the fact that we have been proud supporters of jai alai and helped keep in the American spirit. And it's very high on my list, though, of things that. Quirky things that I like, that I'm proud that we've done around here to.

[Billy Gil]

Own a highlight team and totally dialed in on it. The group chat is buzzing. We watch every game. Our scouting network is deep, far and wide, Dan. And it's really cool to see this tree bear fruit because we got Unda in there and Unda was a new player into the league. We had to do a deep advanced scout on Unda and man, he is stout but powerful. It just sounds different coming off of his system.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was. I was in a Mexican restaurant the other day, and on the televisions was our highlight team. I could sit there and be in the restaurant and be the proud owner of a sports franchise that was being televised in the restaurant. I didn't know where it was televised, though. I don't know how they got it or where it is that they found it. Where was this? Was this ESPN?

[Billy Gil]

It's on the ESPN app. It's on YouTube. I mean, it's truly a global game. And I've often walked into Mexican restaurants and seen the world's fastest game on tv. So we must go at the same place to the same Mexican restaurant. Yeah, it's the world's fastest growing sport right now. I can say that definitively.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not accurate. I don't believe.

[Billy Gil]

Name a sport that is growing faster than highlight.

[Roy]

Pickleball.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't believe that that's accurate.

[Billy Gil]

They plateaued. We're still on the way up. Yeah, paddle, though. Paddle's on the way up. What's paddle? It's the same thing as pickleball, but people that play paddle are like, more sophisticated. Dan, I feel like paddle's something in your circles.

[Dan Le Batard]

Speaking of plateauing, I read a good quote here that I thought was interesting from Dabo Swinney. It was in a Dan Wetzel column about how little Mike Gundy changed, how stubborn he was and how he got left behind because he was this kind of stubborn. I thought this was interesting from Dabo, particularly when he was just talk cycle of programs and businesses, because it wasn't just programs he was talking about. And in this case, those are synonyms. Now in college football, Giant college football weekend. This weekend, quote, you've got the birth, you've got the growth, you've got plateau. Plateau, you've got. Why did I pronounce it that way? You've got plateau, you've got decline, and you've got death. Those great businesses out there, those great programs, they don't plateau. So how do you do that? You have to constantly reinvent, reinvest, reset, learn, grow. You change, you. You don't just change to change, but you have to always challenge yourself each and every year and make sure, okay, this may be how we've done it, but is it still the right way to do it?

[Billy Gil]

That is a great quote. And it is the mantra that Chris Cody and I took into the war room at the Battle Court draft. And the dividends are there, folks. I think we're on our way to the playoffs, Billy, and we got a good shot here. I'm really hopeful. By the way, what happened to Mike Gundy wasn't any of that. T Boom pickens died in 2019. That's what happened to Mike Gundy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, he said death. He said there was one.

[Billy Gil]

That was the death he was talking about. That was one of look into like the ascent of Mike Gundy while T Boom Pickens was alive funding that program. And man, he would have loved denial, but unfortunately he didn't get to see it. 2019 and then the decline and now death.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll please. Juju has there ever been a better booster name than T. Boone Pickens? Because if I'm getting illicit money, I want it from someone named T. Boone Pickens.

[Billy Gil]

I know you mentioned Texas Tech earlier in the week. You have no idea how much money they've spent. They have spent an ungodly money.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'll tell you what I saw though when I saw their backup quarterback come in and be better than their starter and I saw him be all game more physical than Utah, a team I know to always be physical. I saw their money being spent. When I'm seeing them drag Utah.

[Billy Gil]

There were two teams, two programs that were very aggressive about the money. USC did it a little bit differently. USC out on the west coast, not the Gamecocks, even though they spent a fair amount of money and are not getting a return on that investment. But Texas Tech, I mean they spent, they went over and above and you see their defense, a school traditionally not known for defense mercenaries, dominant body types. Romello, you may remember him over at Georgia Tech just, just a pin the ears back pass rusher as a really good team. Before this season I put money on them to make the playoffs and USC to make the playoffs. What USC has done is really fascinating because they operate in a state where you can have nil deals for high school football players and with all the uncertainty around the sport, they decided we're going to lock in these high school juniors. And if you see the recruiting class for this season and next season, it is sterling. So I think Lincoln Riley's going to have a bounce back this year and it looks so far so good. What's up listeners? I don't know about you but when I was a kid I certainly dreamed big. I think when we were all kids we dreamed big. Big. Whether we wanted to be astronauts, presidents. Personally I wanted to be a pitcher for the then Florida Marlins. Now we're dreaming of something else like owning our own businesses. But let's be honest, launching it is total chaos. Websites and shipping, your cousin who wants to collab, it's a mess. That's where Shopify comes in. They power 10% of all E commerce in the United States from brands like Mattel to your aunt's candle shop. Can't design a site. Shopify's got ready to go templates. Need help writing, copy or touching up pics? AI tools want customers built in email and social tools and if you get stuck 24. 7 support real award winning human beings. Turn those dreams into and give them the best shot at success with Shopify. Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at shopify.com, go to shopify.com, shopify.com/batard hey everyone, it's Mike Ryan. One thing about me that everybody knows I absolutely love Miller Light. You know what else I love? You. That's right. You listening on your way to work right now, wondering whether or not today is the day to tell your boss what you really think of the new reports he needs filled out every week. I absolutely love you. That's why I'm thrilled to tell you that we are again partnering with Miller Light. Give you a chance to play along with weekend observations starting September 22nd. You'll be able to go to DraftKings.com and guess what will happen during Weekend Observations on the show. Monday, September 29 how many beeps will there be? Who's the first person to interrupt? How many people will talk about the used chances to win a national title? Spoiler alert. Definitely me. The winner will get a trip for you and a guest to come to Miami and hang with us at Flanagan's for Thursday night football on October 30th and a visit to the studio to see a taping of the show. Make sure you go to DraftKings and play for you to win and then tune in to the show and check out how you did. Must be 21 plus to enter. Eligibility restrictions apply. Void where prohibited. See DraftKings.com for details. This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. We've all asked some odd people for advice before. Whether it's a barber or a bartender or somebody in a bathroom line, it's all right. We won't judge you. They're fine for small talk, but none of them are actual therapists. And when you're dealing with stress, relationships or anxiety, maybe it's best to talk to someone who's trained to Help. That's where BetterHelp comes in. BetterHelp has over 30,000 licensed therapists and they've been doing this for more than 10 years, helping over 5 million people find the right match. They've got a 4.9 rating for more than 1.7 million reviews. So yeah, it works. It's all online, so you don't have to drive anywhere. You can switch therapists if you need to pause your plan and schedule sessions whenever it fits your life. It's simple. So Stop trauma dumping on strangers like me and talk to someone who's trained to listen. With BetterHelp as the largest online therapy provider in the world, BetterHelp can provide access to mental health professionals with a diverse variety of Expertise. Find the one with BetterHelp, our listeners get 10% off their first month with BetterHelp.com DLB that's BetterHelp. H-E-L-P.com D O B Don LeBatard our Panther group chat. We're confident against the lighting. This is a different team.

[Roy]

You're a Panther Group chat no, no.

[Billy Gil]

I think. No. But, dude, you're. You're so wrong on that. We've been terrified of this team forever, and I think there's a different energy where the Panthers, they want the Lightning stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want T shirts made for this Panther run. What could be this Panther run? Our Panther group chat. We're not afraid of the lightning.

[Billy Gil]

That's a Tagline for World Raw 3. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to get into some things locally here because TUA is feuding with Cam Newton. We've got the most important Panther player suffering an injury that might be catastrophic because I don't want to go into the playoffs with Barkov and Tkachuk not having played most of the season.

[Billy Gil]

You might not get into the playoffs. I think we have enough, but that's gonna be tough.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a deep team. But he. He's. He's the reason Barkov. I mean, the Panthers, yes, but Barkhoff's the reason McDavid doesn't have a title, and he's their most important player far and away. I know hockey people know that he's a star, and hockey people know how good he is, but he does not have the name that reverberates the way that McDavid's name does, or even Tkachuk's name does. Because I don't know who you guys would say is the greatest foreign superstar across sports. Antetokounmpo has made the leap, but it is really hard if there are cultural differences, language differences, personality differences, where we don't really get to know you. For a star to have his excellence transcend the sport and land in pop culture. But if you're a hockey fan or if you're paying attention to hockey, the people who pay attention to hockey know that Barkoff's the only human being on earth who slows McDavid. There is no. There's no second place. Who. What is the distant second place. Roy on guy. There's. There's no such thing as a McDavid stopper other than Barkoff, is there?

[Billy Gil]

No, you're right. I mean, Sam Reinhart going up there. As far as Selkie trophy candidates, you got Jack Eichel, but yeah, that's. That's about it. Eichel's tremendous, but yeah, Reinhart probably the most deserving of the Selke award. So Reinhart's in that conversation. Honestly, the guy that will probably have to step up most if Barkov misses any kind of significant time. And we still don't know the severity of the injury, though it did look bad, is Anton Lundell, who is a really excellent two way player.

[Dan Le Batard]

Your boy.

[Billy Gil]

Your friend Anton Lundell gave quotes saying he's a Miami Hurricanes guy now because he had such an incredible time at our tailgate and at the game. Anton Lundell, superstar, very handsome man, by the way, dresses really well.

[Dan Le Batard]

You. You turned him into a Hurricane fan by tailgating with him.

[Billy Gil]

The Miami Hurricanes did that. That asylum the atmosphere, the winning, the way that they look a certain way. The cold ones. Yeah, the cold ones.

[Dan Le Batard]

Before I get to tua and cam Roy, who was our Hampton Farms winner, the nuttiest fan of the week. I'm embarrassed by a couple of things here. I don't know if this is happening to you guys. I'm legitimately embarrassed by this. Peanut shells all over the floor of my car. Because I have been in the car.

[Billy Gil]

Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

That's on you. That's a wild move.

[Dan Le Batard]

I know, I know.

[Billy Gil]

Stoplight just like that is opulence. How often do you get your car washed? As a man that gets it washed daily?

[Dan Le Batard]

Not daily, but I have. You can go out there, you can take a camera out there and you will see in the passenger seat that there are. You will see that there. There are some peanut shells. I've cleaned it up. I actually had to get up.

[Billy Gil]

This is the richest shit you've ever done.

[Dan Le Batard]

Listen, listen, listen. I. Somebody had. Somebody has video or a photograph of me in a stoplight getting out of the car and brushing the skins and the shells.

[Billy Gil]

Getting out of the car, like standing up and getting out of the car at a red light.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because I didn't want to come in here and do it in here. Like, I didn't want to come in here and do it when I was parked. Yeah. Because we've got so many peanuts out here. And I want to put a couple of things on the poll here at lebatard show. This is Something I literally hadn't thought of since childhood. Do you feel Genu delight when your peanut shelled peanut has three peanuts in it and you can tell from outside?

[Billy Gil]

Oh, that's one of the great feelings. It's like that and finding a 20 in your pocket.

[Dan Le Batard]

And do you feel ripped off if you get a peanut that's hard to crack that only has one peanut in it? I legitimately what I'm doing there because I have not eaten peanuts this way since the first time I was in Yankee Stadium, which is one of my most magical childhood memories. Like, because. Because I'm not only discovering. Okay, keep in mind I'm growing up in a south Florida that doesn't have any professional sports at the time except the Dolphins and Yankee spring training. And I'm going to Yankee Stadium for the first time. And at Yankee Stadium, I'm discovering that I can eat peanuts and just throw shells on the floor. That is just. Look at Roy. What are you rubbing your hands together? You're delighting at the stadium.

[Billy Gil]

No, I'm waiting for the punchline, Dan. You know what it is?

[Dan Le Batard]

What is the punchline? That I was 46 years old? Yes.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah. Who was on the hill, Dan? Do you remember?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, no, I don't remember.

[Billy Gil]

Who were they playing against?

[Dan Le Batard]

Remember? I don't. I just remember the peanuts. I remember holding my father's hand because this was the Orange bowl did this for me and Yankee Stadium did this for me. And in adulthood, Wrigley Field did it for me just because it was ancient where I. I just got a feeling of discovery on something that would be whatever it is that children feel when they go to Disney World for the first time. But I'm not sure which made me happier. Discovering that I could just throw shells on the floor of a place and eat delicious peanuts or watching Yankee baseball because we really didn't have pro sports down here. But before I get to Tua and Cam, who is our Hampton Farms winner for nuttiest fan of the week?

[Billy Gil]

Congratulations to the guy that held up the Ponkon Pinga. Oh, my God. Pong Pong. I thought you were ping pong.

[Dan Le Batard]

Certainly.

[Billy Gil]

Get bang. One more time. One more time, Roy. One more time. Let's try it one more time. Pan Kong Pinga. Attaboy. Okay, there we go. All right. A little bit. Thank you. Thank you. You want to do the next part? No.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sayaka Boy Pan.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah. That guy is this week's nuttiest fan. Presented by Hampton Farms, the official snack nut of the tailgate. Keep an eye out For Lucy Rodin at Arkansas, if you think you are the team's nuttiest fan, we have good.

[Dan Le Batard]

College football to talk about today. But to translate, Pankon pinga is bread with dick. And we're all out of bread.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, and that played out on the field Saturday night. I did just go check out Dan's car. I think we have a photo of it. And I can confirm peanut shells are in that car. Somehow not the strangest thing. On his car floor there are four huge jugs of distilled water. I don't know what that's about. That was actually more strange to me than the peanut shells.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, if you must be this kind of invasive, I volunteered this and so I invited it. I told you guys recently that my. My elevator in my building has now been broken for three months. Okay? And I have water that's delivered by the giant jug, but nobody wants to bring it up eight flights of stairs. So I now have distilled gallons of water in order to have the water I need. And I'm walking upstairs with them two at a time because I have to have water. What are you guys looking at me like this for?

[Roy]

You drink distilled water?

[Billy Gil]

I don't think you're supposed to drink it.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have distilled water for a sleep apnea machine that I need. I have distilled water for coffee that gets run through the machine. But wait a minute. What do you mean you're not supposed to drink distilled water? I'd be learning that for the first time.

[Billy Gil]

Can you just drink distilled water from the jug? I don't know. I thought it was for cleaning water.

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the pole at Lebata. Find out if I'm going to get sick here.

[Billy Gil]

Maybe that was for the navage only.

[Dan Le Batard]

And if you kept searching through my car, you would find even stranger things. But Mike, that's the cleaned up version of my car. Like that. That's me at a stoplight brushing all of this off of me. But I'm telling you, I wonder if you guys have any of this. Do you guys? Surely if you've lost parents or you had somebody who cooked. I have one of the family. You have stuff that tastes like childhood, stuff that tastes better because it's just that you're eating something, but you're eating something that comes with memories. Certainly you guys can answer that question for me. There must be smells for you from childhood cooking that you recognize as well.

[Billy Gil]

Smells for sure. Dunkaroos. Those take me back.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do any of the rest of you have a childhood meal or childhood food that tastes a little better in adulthood because it's reminding you of something. Peanuts are one of the few. I'm telling you I probably haven't had crack shell peanuts in about 40 years.

[Billy Gil]

Dad's ribs those barbecue ribs are awesome and the smell of charcoal like brings me back to eating. That eczema isn't always obvious, but it's real and so is the relief from.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Tell your doctor if you have new.

[Billy Gil]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

I'm like, you're moneyball of sex. I'm basically Scott Hatter St. Lot of walks, but I'm on base when it comes to sex. A lot of foul tips. Other, other dudes, they can be Giambi. You know your role, you play. I know my role. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's go ahead and play this sound of Cam Newton here talking about TUA before we get to some of the other stuff going on locally. A lot of people are talking about TUA Now. Nick Wright was on with us last week and said we got to take the microphones away from TUA because he sound and defensive and he's not quite in the position right now to argue against his detractors from 03 with Billy saying that Monday is another must win.

[Roy]

Billy must win Monday Night Football. Dolphins. Jets.

[Billy Gil]

I agree.

[Roy]

Thank you. You disagree with that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I think their season's already over.

[Billy Gil]

Oh, well, if you want any hope for the season to not be over, then you absolutely need to win. Dan. This might be a Waterloo game.

[Dan Le Batard]

You can't keep doing this, Mike.

[Billy Gil]

It's like the fifth one.

[Dan Le Batard]

You can't keep doing this.

[Billy Gil]

I mean, I, I don't expect all these Waterloo games, but this one for sure for both teams.

[Dan Le Batard]

Among the problems that the Dolphins have. I heard Orlovsky talk about this today. The way the game has been altered. You better have a McBride. You better have a tight end that you throw to ten times a game. They had one last year in Johnu Smith. They traded him the, the best of the offenses they've had two years before that. They, they, they turned Gasecki into somebody who was a problem as a fourth and fifth option. They've. I think they're getting the worst tight end results this year of anybody in the league. They do not have that as an option in that sense.

[Roy]

But that was Chris Greer again with roster construction, where they decided we don't want to pay John New Smith. So they let him trade him. They let him go. And then the backup plan is hopefully Darren Waller can come out of retirement and produce for this team. And he hasn't even seen the field.

[Billy Gil]

That's a.

[Dan Le Batard]

And people are right so far on Waller. And I am very wrong in being hopeful that that was what was Going to open up the field in the middle. But now what you see happening to the Dolphins is they're being dared to throw to the outside because the middle of the field has been taken away. I saw some highlights from that 70 point game against Denver, and what you see is just Tyreek Hill running across the middle of the field and there's no one within 20 yards of him when he's the second or third option. That's all been taken away because they don't get any tight end production and they're just daring Tua to throw to the. Throw to the outside. But here's Cam Newton talking about Tua Tua. Taco Bellow is making more than Patrick Mahomes. Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts, Baker Mayfield, Matthew Stafford, Jaden Daniels. Am I pocket watching?

[Billy Gil]

No, no, no, no. I'm putting things into perspective here.

[Dan Le Batard]

What Biggie say Mo money more problems.

[Billy Gil]

Well, in this case it should be be more money, more expectations. When I see Tua Tonga Valoa over.

[Dan Le Batard]

This year alone, I've heard him more.

[Billy Gil]

Than I ever have. That's not to say you can't talk.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like quiet. Tour Alabama tour. Chip on the shoulder tour not. Is somebody gonna come in and watch film?

[Billy Gil]

Hey, let's see what this is. Hey, I was this since I was.

[Dan Le Batard]

That taking certain things, man. Bro. What you're being paid what you're. You're asked to do what you have.

[Billy Gil]

The capability of from one quarterback to the other. I look at a situation as like, bro, come on, dog.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is really crazy to see that both players, both quarterbacks who were in Carolina, Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield, are now reinvented somewhere else. Darnold has been better so far this season in Seattle than he was in Minnesota. Let's play Tua's response here to Cam Newton. Newton.

[Billy Gil]

Cam Newton.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, anybody can play quarterback in this league then. I mean I, I want to see anybody on the streets come play quarterback.

[Billy Gil]

I mean Cam.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cam's doing his thing for sure. But you know, to it.

[Billy Gil]

It.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think it's easier to be able.

[Billy Gil]

To hold a clicker and talk about it that way or talk about what.

[Dan Le Batard]

Someone else is doing wrong when you're. You're not going out and having to do the same as them.

[Billy Gil]

Right? So I think it's. It's. It's all.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's easy to do that.

[Billy Gil]

I think anybody can do that.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think anybody can play quarterback.

[Roy]

I mean, I'm worried about Tua.

[Billy Gil]

He knows that Cam Newton played the game at A very high level. It doesn't seem like trophy, right? Weird.

[Dan Le Batard]

He was the MVP of the league.

[Billy Gil]

He's like, it's easy to really good. It's easy to armchair me from like a studio. Like, that guy's got the bonfides. I would rather have Cam Newton start on Monday night than Tua.

[Roy]

That's crazy.

[Billy Gil]

I think the Dolphins would have a greater chance of winning the dollar.

[Roy]

Did you see Cam his last, like, last couple years?

[Dan Le Batard]

Pretty well.

[Billy Gil]

I'd rather him just take the ball and run it three yards at a time, right up the middle in a QB draw than what the offense is.

[Roy]

Going to be with Tua.

[Billy Gil]

Even when he was on a decline, though, he had a couple of, like, games a while. Abused as a quarterback. Yeah, Like I go out there, I think he's got one more in him. The thing with Tua is there wasn't much of a debate on paying Tua nationally. Like, the main concern is, can we invest this much money in a guy that is a hit away? More so than. I mean, I know everybody's a hit away, but more so than the average person. That was a real debate. It was never really the performance because everybody was pretty well convinced that if this guy is healthy, he's worth the money. It's pretty shocking that he's healthy. He. Well, presumably healthy and he's bad right now.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have heard me make the argument that the Dolphins, a regional team, have three personalities that are nationally relevant, all of them polarizing. McDaniel, Tyree, Kill, and Tua. And the most polarizing of them is Tua because we've been arguing four seasons now. Is he good? Is he worth the money? And you're right when you say that. Most of us would have said, just like you pay Trevor Lawrence, if Trevor Lawrence is going to get that money, then Tua deserves something close to that money. But I think I can make the argument as we speak here. When all of us know, all of us know that in sports, what happened to Barkhoff can happen to anyone at any time. You're doing things that are physical. Injury risks are prevalent and they are largely random. But I go ahead and defy you to take all of sports right now and give me a guy more likely to be injured in the way we do the diagnosis while assessing what players are than that guy, where you just assume that he's a bigger injury risk than other people because you're assuming he's a hit away from retirement. Like, if I gave you all of sports and said, give me a name that you just think of. And I know it's not fair, but it's what we're doing.

[Billy Gil]

Retirement. Retirement's different. I do think Joe Burrow is inching towards that conversation. Like, this guy's more likely to get injured on a given hit. Even one that looks like kind of run of the mill, but career ending. It's Tua by a wide. Golf. Christian McCaffrey's not too far away. Like, it feels like he's a couple hits away from like, ooh, something's not really right. It's not even so much hits with him because he's still running pretty, pretty hard. I mean, he's out there and he's been excellent this season. I think he's shocking a lot of people with how good he's been, but it's like he's got all these like muscular injuries, ligaments. Yeah, that's scary.

[Roy]

Chris Olav is good for two concussions a season.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, I'm worried about him if he has another bad concussion. Like we might be talking to a statistic.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is interesting though, when I think about it, to just offer the audience. I'm giving you all of sports. Who's the guy that you think is the biggest injury risk? And Dolphin quarterback is where a lot of us are going down here. I want to talk for a second before Dave Danishek comes on here to talk yet more football about. Do you guys know the team? The team that has the most explosive, explosive plays by percentage in the entire league. The offense that has the most explosive plays by percentage.

[Billy Gil]

I would, I would, I would guess Tony's MVP candidate. Indianapolis. Just because I never see them punt.

[Dan Le Batard]

The answer to the question is the Seahawks.

[Billy Gil]

Wow. Dude, look, Kevin o' Connell is a really good coach and I think we all kind of attributed what we saw from Sam Darnold for the first time to a great, great head coach that knows how to coach quarterbacks. He's doing this now with a defensive minded head coach and I gotta say, he looks terrific. Not just the results on the field. No, he physically looks terrific. This, this dude was a little puffy in college. He was puffy his entire career. His body looks lean. He's flashing athleticism. It looks like he's learned from all the stops.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's not just lean. He looks Josh Allen big like you see him on the field, and he looks big. We've learned the last couple of seasons that he can run. That surprises you with his ability to run, but he also just looks thicker, larger when it comes to that position. And how often people get hurt. You know, the first couple of weeks of the season we lost five starting quarterbacks. That by percentage is an enormous amount. And our analysis the first month of the season is going to be irrelevant a month from now because of all the people who do get injured in that sport. But he does look physically impressive. And they have a 21% explosive completion rate. And what they did last night was produce a game that you didn't have to pay attention until the last four minutes of that football game. The last four minutes of that football game ended up taking more than 30 minutes of real time. And it was all decided in there. And it was, it was interesting because Kyler Murray, who's. Who's never been pressured like that, that it was six sacks and he had less time to throw than he ever does. And he got bailed out on a fourth and four by Wilson that he threw early. But he was getting rid of one handed catch. He was getting rid of the ball very fast. And the thing that won't be analyzed about last night's game because we'll talk about everything else is you cannot be the Arizona kicker and let them start at the 40 yard line because you can't kick off. Correct.

[Billy Gil]

I Right. I am really upset that I have to learn these kickoff rules. I thought like what's this drop zone? What do you mean I don't like it enough now like all the. You got dirty kicks. Mike Vrabel's breaking down film of Carolina's dirty kicks. That's a stupid way to lose a bet because a dude was just trying to be sneaky and it bounces two feet. Look, what was so wrong about the previous kickoff rule? I know we didn't get run backs. Maybe back them up five yards so you can get some run backs. And it was a player safety thing. But this thing is confusing and is bad. I don't like it. That game was awesome.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay? You can change all the rules that you want. You still can't be the kicker in that situation and Allow Darnold with 30 seconds left to start his game. Own 40 yard line in a tie game. When this is what you got at the early parts of that game. KYLER Murray, first nine drives. First nine drives, 130 yards, six points. Last two drives, 119 yards, 14 points. They come all the way back. You have all the momentum in the game. You've come back in a game you don't have a business. Business being in. Because so far Marvin Harrison looks a bit like a bust. And even the touchdown catch had in the second half. That catch, by probability rate, he wasn't open at all.

[Billy Gil]

Like, no. Zero separation from that guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's weird to see. I don't even understand. I really don't understand how that player who I saw in college, who was better than everybody else, isn't faster than the people in the pros in any appreciable way. When he was drafted to be faster than the people in the pro and.

[Billy Gil]

He spent his entire offseason getting heavier and slower, he put on like 25 pounds of muscle. Dude, that guy. You said that there wasn't a reason to watch that game outside of the last four minutes. I disagree. I was locked in on Marvin Harrison Jr. Loafing the entire time. You want to talk about this dude has the worst body language I think I've ever seen. I was just on. There's a saying that I have with my football friends dating back 15 years. Vrabel Cam. Towards the end of Mike Vrabel's playing career, I was just fixated on him because he was getting old and he was out of position and like, man, this guy's bad. So ever since then, anytime I think a player is bad, I lock him in on Vrabel cam. Marvin Harrison's been on Vrabel cam this entire season. You can tell when it's a run because he barely gets off the line of scrimmage. He looks like he hates being out there and maybe that's a thing. Maybe he just hates football. But it is painful. I know who his father is. He was a great player. He was a great player. I'm sure his father is probably disappointed in the young man.

[Roy]

No.

[Billy Gil]

And you don't want that guy being disappointed in you.

[Roy]

No, no. This is a Jonathan Gannon problem. Obviously.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to talk about him for a second because I don't believe there's a more stoic coach in the league. Every time they go to a camera angle on him and the truck is saying this is a situation to go to the Arizona coach to see his reaction. He looks exactly the same way. So put this on the poll, please. Juju at Lebatard Show. And I'm bummed that Zaz isn't here today because he's been waiting for this question all his life. Life at Lebatard Show. Would you respect Jonathan Gannon more if he went by John who historically, who are the great Jonathan's in sports? If I give you Ogden, I'll give you Ogden as a table.

[Billy Gil]

Jonathan Taylor, Huberto, Vilma Papel.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bond, I think I still got you guys on Ogden.

[Billy Gil]

I think Ogden is the best. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Papelbahn follows you. Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

I don't know why that's a random one. We'll get Damek to chew on that one a little bit.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jonathan, I believe you are a lesser athlete in sports that we will respect less if you go by Jonathan instead of John. If I give you him as John Gannon, you would think that he's got more control over his team.

[Billy Gil]

No doubt. That's an action movie star. I'm building a franchise around John Gannon.

[Dan Le Batard]

But not Jonathan.

[Billy Gil]

No, Jonathan Gannon. Why does he go by Jonathan? I don't like that. That is a bad move. You should be worried about this coach just because John Gannon's right there for him. Yeah, what about Johnny? Johnny Gannon, Fine. I like. Out of all the options, we can all agree Jonathan. Worst. Worst gone.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you guys agree, though? And I'm not. Look, I'm not watching a ton of Arizona football, but every time I see him, by the way, Jonathan Gannon, he is stoic. Oh, well, I. I'll make a. I'll do you one better here.

[Billy Gil]

I was worried last night. Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

We'll get to that in a second. I'm going to give you guys all the games the Arizona Cardinals have played since Kurt Warner took them to the Super Bowl. Give me a reason to watch any of them. Give me a memory from any. If we. If our shower had a good team, if our show. I'm not saying they haven't had good seasons. I'm saying if our show had to as an assignment, tell me, prove to me that we had to talk about one Arizona Cardinals thing since Kurt Warner was in the Super Bowl. If I told you our show, since Kurt Warner was in the super bowl, had never once discussed Arizona Cardinals football, would you be able to prove me wrong by saying, what about this one time with this one game, with this one moment?

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, the one time. The one game is Aberdara's hail Mary. Mike McCarthy once again blowing it for Aaron Rodgers. Carson Palmer beats him. That was a great team. That was Poe's Kurt Warner. And we waxed poetic about Larry Fitzgerald's act. Ass. Exactly. Larry Fitzgerald's ass. That's the one thing.

[Roy]

That was mine, too. I was going to say we spent a lot of time on that beautiful.

[Billy Gil]

Kisser on the young man was Johnny.

[Roy]

Gannon drove a Corvette in high school, right?

[Billy Gil]

Oh, for sure. Johnny Gannon's like a highflying O.C. he's averaging 40 points a Johnny Gannon Slays. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, everyone, it's Mike Ryan. One thing about me that everybody knows, I absolutely love Miller Light. You know what else I love? You. That's right. You listening? On your way to work right now, wondering whether or not today is the day to tell your boss what you really think of the new reports he needs filled out every week. I absolutely love you. That's why I'm thrilled to tell you that we are again partnering with Miller Lite to give you a chance to play along with weekend observations starting September 22nd. You'll be able to go to DraftKings.com and guess what will happen during Weekend Observations on the show Monday, September 22nd 9th how many beeps will there be? Who's the first person to interrupt? How many people will talk about the used chances to win a national title? Spoiler alert. Definitely me. The winner will get a trip for you and a guest to come to Miami and hang with us at Flanagan's for Thursday night football on October 30th and a visit to the studio to see a taping of the show. Make sure you go to DraftKings and play for you to win and then tune in to the show and check out how you did. Must be 21 to enter. Eligibility restrictions apply. Void where prohibited. See DraftKings.com for details.