Local Hour: No More D***ing Around

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Local Hour: “No More D*ing Around”**
Date: February 26, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

Broadcasting live from the Elser Hotel in Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the crew dive into the South Florida sports scene, the intersection of fandom and patriotism, and the intricacies of sports celebrations, all with their trademark blend of humor, candor, and irreverence. The main theme centers on the aftermath of Team USA's recent hockey win, the culture of celebrating sports victories, and an extended, sharp-tongued breakdown of Pat McAfee's headline-making gesture at the Team USA party. The crew also riffs on flag trivia, the value of public versus private charity, and debates the everyday priorities of sports heroes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Big Game and Emotional Stakes

[00:56]

• Mike Ryan launches the episode’s theme: “No more effing around.” His mood, he says, is dictated by tonight’s Panthers-Maple Leafs game, prioritizing his NHL fandom above even Team USA’s gold medal run.
  • Quote [01:31]: “The Panthers winning anything is infinitely more important to me than winning the gold. Like, whatever, all right. I know you guys frown at that. But the Panthers’ success is so much more important to me.” – Mike Ryan

[02:07]

• Dan likens sports obsession to Mardi Gras bead-collecting—fun and fleeting: “You still would rather have the Stanley Cup. Stop jiving yourself.”
• The crew runs through hypotheticals, weighing club triumphs versus the emotion of representing the country.

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Club Over Country: Debating Sports Loyalties

[03:03]

• Mike Ryan admits, “I care more about my club team. I do. I just do. I'm sorry.”
• Stugotz quickly points out he’s not actually sorry, adding levity and exposing the honesty barrier in “fandom logic.”

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The Pat McAfee Open Bar Debate: Gimmick, Branding, and Sincerity

[04:54]

• The major segment revolves around a hot topic in Miami: Pat McAfee’s gesture to “buy drinks” for Team USA at the famed Club 11.
• The inside scoop—according to Stugotz and Dave—is that Club 11 always offers open bars to champs, so McAfee's grand gesture may have been more of a branding move than a genuine financial hit.
  • Quote [07:31]: “He pulled the ultimate. We’ve all been there. You walk into an open bar event...‘What are you getting? It’s on me.’” – Dave

[07:58]

• The team laughs about missing the PR opportunity to claim the bar tab themselves, with Dave lamenting, “We should have done that shit.”

[08:28]

• Discussion on the staggering price: “I saw that it came in at 150,000. 50,000 for the magnum bottles at 11. Yeah, they drank a —” – Stugotz
• Debate on whether McAfee actually paid, or if it was just a brilliant branding move (with both outcomes being a win for him).
  • Quote [10:38]: “Pat McAfee is, like, a master of branding. And yes, seriously, it’s a very smart move.” – Stugotz

[11:03]

• The crew is candidly jealous of not making such a PR move first.
  • Quote [11:03]: “Yes, we're jealous that we didn't think of it first. We're dumb asses.” – Dave

[13:19]

• Despite public stunts, Dan notes, McAfee also quietly does real good. “I do know…he also on the down low, does some really nice things for people that get no attention.”

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Charitable Gestures: Public vs. Anonymous Giving

[09:48], [17:47]

• The panel debates whether it’s “better” to donate publicly (“Say my name twice!” – Mike Ryan) or in line with traditions that favor anonymity (Dan mentions Jewish custom).
  • Quote [19:19]: “I'll never understand the whole, you know, did he do the good deed on the down low, or did people know about it? Like, who gives a shit—you still did the good thing, right?” – Mike Ryan

[19:04]

• Dave cannot stand “exploitative” influencer charity videos, insisting sincerity is lost when good deeds are done for clicks.

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Conversations on Sports Rituals, Tradition, and City Pride

Flags and Civic Identity

[23:21]

• The crew rates national and state flags, with Dave claiming he can name any world flag and the group jovially testing him (he distinctly struggles with New Zealand and Australia).
  • Quote [24:04]: “The US Flag—great flag, right at the top.” – Mike Ryan

Is Celebration an Excuse for a Star to Rest?

[24:55]

• They discuss players skipping games after celebrating big wins, especially Matthew Tkachuk. Stugotz insists he deserves a night off: “You deserve the day off. Thank you for what you did.”
• The conversation explores the double-standard: Would the same leeway be allowed if the player weren’t American or hadn’t brought so much to the franchise? Dan presses Mike on whether he’d be as forgiving if Tkachuk had scored for Canada.

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City Branding & The Allure of Chicago

[31:53]

• Chicago’s city flag is praised: “I don’t like Chicago as a city... But that flag? That flag is amazing.” – Dave
• Summertime in Chicago, Wrigley bleachers, and “bleacher beer snakes” are hailed as all-American.

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The Culture of NFL Draft, College Football, and Local Hero Worship

[34:09], [35:42]

• The Combine and “dressing the part”: Should a prospect care about their appearance for interviews? The consensus: If you’re a quarterback, look leader-like; if you’re a defensive player, look hungry.
• The significance of former Miami Hurricanes in the NFL: Stugotz admits his pro allegiances shift to teams with recent “U” alumni.
  • Quote [38:16]: “It’s very much a Miami Hurricane fan thing where they will root for the team in the NFL that the player that they love is on.” – Mike Ryan

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• [01:31] Mike Ryan: “The Panthers’ success is so much more important to me. Yes. I don’t know how to cover that up.”
• [07:31] Dave: “He pulled the ultimate...‘What are you getting? It’s on me.’”
• [10:38] Stugotz: “Pat McAfee is...a master of branding, and yes, seriously, it’s a very smart move.”
• [11:03] Dave: “Yes, we're jealous that we didn’t think of it first. We're dumb asses.”
• [19:19] Mike Ryan: “I'll never understand the whole, you know, did he do the good deed on the down low, or did people know about it?...you still did the good thing, right?”
• [24:10] Mike Ryan: “The US Flag—great flag, right at the top.”
• [25:14] Dan Le Batard: “You’re cool with him because he’s hungover?...You deserve the day off.”
• [32:41] Dan Le Batard: “There’s nothing more all American than spending a June Saturday...with your pals...at Wrigley Field.”

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• NHL vs. Olympic Patriotism: [00:56] – [03:16]
• Pat McAfee Club 11 Open Bar Story: [04:54] – [13:19]
• Public vs. Private Charity, Social Media Critique: [17:47] – [22:07]
• Flag Naming Game: [23:21] – [24:39], [30:59] – [31:57]
• Chicago, State Flags, & Civic Celebration: [31:53] – [33:48]
• Matthew Tkachuk Hangover Debate (Star Privilege): [24:55] – [28:00]
• NFL Draft, Combine, Miami Hurricanes Alumni: [34:09] – [41:25]

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Overall Tone & Language

Irreverent, witty, full of inside jokes and South Florida sports references. The hosts poke fun at each other’s biases, question their motivations, and oscillate between sincere admiration and tongue-in-cheek criticism of the sports world’s rituals, all while keeping discussion accessible for both die-hard and casual fans.

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Conclusion

This “Local Hour” is a quintessentially Le Batard Show blend of big-picture fandom, local color, and comedic camaraderie. It delivers subtle (and not-so-subtle) insights into how sports, city pride, and American identity intersect—especially when a free open bar and a clever PR stunt are thrown into the mix. The episode is packed with memorable one-liners and captures the humor and heart of a crew who know that for the true fan, the emotional stakes are always personal.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

You saw the game winning play once,

[Mike Ryan]

but have to replay it three times

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Stugats]

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[Mike Ryan]

All right, this is it. No more effing around, is it? You know, my, the. My mood for the next month and a half is going to be dictated on what tonight looks like. That's right, how I'm going to come into work in the morning. A major role is going to take place tonight in Sunrise. Florida Panthers, Maple Leafs. Dave, no more dicking around, all right? Need these two points. Let's go.

[Dan Le Batard]

You really need the double down. Aren't you still basking in the glow of the US Of A and all the rest of it?

[Mike Ryan]

You need more? Yeah, Well, I think we've already established that. The Panthers winning. The Panthers just winning, period. Winning anything is infinitely more important to me than winning the gold. Like, whatever, all right, I know you guys frown at that. But the Panthers success is so much more important to me. Yes. You know, I don't know how to cover that up. I don't know how.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's February, Mardi Gras month, and people go down to Mardi Gras and they obsess about getting. Getting the beads. And then they get home with all their collection of beads and like four, eight days later, they look at, they're like, what the hell am I supposed

[Stugats]

to do with these beads?

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the equivalent of watching the Olympics and becoming obsessed by the need to see the gold. It's great. It's a great memory. You still would rather have the Stanley Cup. Stop jiving yourself.

[Mike Ryan]

That's right. If you put it in front of me. If you put in front of me right now, the, the Team USA wins the gold medal. Or I got that. Or the Panthers definitely make the playoffs, which is a major long shot right now. The Panthers make the playoffs and Barkov returns for the playoffs. You're not giving me any other guarantees other than that I'd rather the Penguins

[Dan Le Batard]

just make the playoffs. Absolutely right.

[Mike Ryan]

I want the playoffs. And Barkov returns. I do. I do.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'd like them to make the playoffs and win a playoff round is more important to me than the US of A.

[Stugats]

So.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys are too common to hate Americ.

[Stugats]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

What else is America?

[Stugats]

It's just.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's.

[Mike Ryan]

What's more important. It's.

[Dan Le Batard]

I care America, Jack.

[Mike Ryan]

I care more about my club team. I do. I just do. I'm sorry. And I got the great. You're right. I don't know why anyone.

[Stugats]

You're not sorry.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a good job by you. Okay.

[Stugats]

But we know that you're a dual citizen.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm not sorry at all.

[Dan Le Batard]

So I said amen in this room. We're true.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

No jive policy on this side of the glass today. And I'm glad to see it. Zazzle.

[Mike Ryan]

That's right.

[Dave]

Now. Now no one's calling anyone a jt.

[Dan Le Batard]

A jt if you were a movie

[Dave]

guy, you'd know the reference. But you don't. Not a movie guy.

[Mike Ryan]

Turkey.

[Dave]

Oh, for him to explain it. That means you don't get the reference.

[Dan Le Batard]

I got worried that there was some anti. Semitism in the air and I.

[Stugats]

And my Jeremy T. What?

[Mike Ryan]

Look at that. We. We have the ultimate. We have the greatest. American is back today. Mike.

[Stugats]

Thank you. The earth is 10,000 years old.

[Mike Ryan]

Greg Cody, he liked that. When you were in Club 11 the other night. He appreciated you on the microphone. Given a let's go States.

[Stugats]

Yeah, that was a great moment. See, you can be a lib and love America, too. We're taking it back, Jack.

[Mike Ryan]

So. Speaking of which. All right. You were. You were at 11. All right, we already went over that.

[Stugats]

I know where you're going with this.

[Mike Ryan]

Where am I going?

[Stugats]

You're putting me in a bad spot here.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think I. This is not about. You know. It's about you. But go ahead. What do you think I'm about to say?

[Stugats]

Well, I think you're gonna do a thing.

[Mike Ryan]

Can I hear it? I don't think.

[Stugats]

Are you gonna talk about the. Are you gonna talk about the Pat McAfee thing?

[Mike Ryan]

No. You sure can if you'd like.

[Stugats]

Damn it. I really walked into that one.

[Mike Ryan]

I wasn't thinking about it. But now we're here. Go on. Go.

[Stugats]

Yeah. No, I. Look, all right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Say it.

[Stugats]

That was great of Pat to do. That's not how you said it earlier. Let me.

[Dave]

Let's set it. Let's set it up. So we're at 11.

[Stugats]

I'm just saying, don't you do that to me.

[Mike Ryan]

I love this idea of going in this.

[Stugats]

We're talking about someone that can be sensitive sometimes. So let's be careful, guys.

[Dave]

Let's set it up. We're at 11, right? Everyone's there, the team's there. And then the video board. Pat McAfee shows up on the video board in a pre tape message and he says, hey, guys, we'll do a show anyway, congratulations for bringing the gold. He does a lot of like, Pat McAfee things.

[Stugats]

What did AJ Hawk say? Not pictured. Not pictured in front of the wall of books now.

[Mike Ryan]

Did like the DJ stop the music and everyone quiet down.

[Dave]

Absolutely. This was. They isoed for him and he kind of does the whole thing. And then he says, because of that, all the drinks are on me and everybody goes crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's exciting.

[Dave]

And then he says, play the Hellebuck song. Right? Which is. It was a pretty good song. I kind of liked it.

[Stugats]

Yeah, it was a cool song. But here's the thing. Anytime the Panthers go there, anytime anyone celebrates, 11 goes to the degree of

[Mike Ryan]

paying for their tab, because that's that. That keeps them coming back.

[Stugats]

Yes. Because 11, look, Indiana celebrated their national title business. Look, look what they could have picked anywhere in the nation. New York gets snowed out. They decide they're going to celebrate their title. Where the champions celebrate their titles down at 11. It's synonymous with championship celebration. So it's a great investment for them. So they were going to pay for the tab anyways, but credit to Pat McAfee for stepping up and being like, I'll pay for their tab anyways. And it doesn't have to be on 11. But I don't know if he knew that going into it. Also, the event was advertised as an open bar.

[Mike Ryan]

It just like for the patrons as well.

[Stugats]

Yeah, it was an open bar event. I didn't pay for a single drink. And it's not because Pat McAfee paid for the drink. It's because that was always the intention, Mike. But it's a. It's a really smart move on his.

[Dave]

He pulled the ultimate. We've all been there. You, you walk into an open bar event, you've got your friends with you guys. What are you getting? It's on me.

[Stugats]

Yeah, Yeah. I paid for people strings too.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[Stugats]

See how easy.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay. Did McAfee know this or does he say, I want to pay for their drinks? And the guy at 11 says, that's tremendous. We can. We'll take your 150,000, right? Like, no, that's an important part.

[Dave]

Shout out to 11 if that's the case.

[Stugats]

I know. I know very little about.

[Mike Ryan]

I understand business, too.

[Stugats]

I don't know if 100% that message was conveyed to Pat in all fairness.

[Mike Ryan]

Important detail, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

It was.

[Stugats]

But, like, you know, like, going through it, like, I feel like somewhere along the way, it's like, you know, they comp these tabs for these guys, right? Like, you don't have to. You don't have to do this, but he put together an entire video message, and the crowd popped. And everyone thinks that the drinks were on Pat McAfee. And that's great for the brain and the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right.

[Mike Ryan]

The brain.

[Stugats]

Strong they were.

[Dan Le Batard]

If he. If he paid for it, they were.

[Stugats]

It was kind of like everyone there also, like, tip. Like, yeah. Like, to be fair, the message was also kind of hard to hear inside of 11 2. But I kind of left with the impression that, you know, thanks to Pat McAfee, we can all have this rager here together. And that, like, it was. It was advertised as an open bar event, guys.

[Dave]

Now. Now I just thought about it, and we're. We're doofuses.

[Stugats]

We should have done it.

[Dave]

We should have done that shit. Yeah, we should have done that shit.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, we could.

[Dave]

You had the mic. Mic. You could have gone on the mic, guys.

[Stugats]

Yeah, but we don't love America.

[Dave]

Courtesy of dls, all drinks are on us. Everyone would have loved.

[Mike Ryan]

That would have been amazing.

[Stugats]

Team USA would have declined if Dan Lebatard offered to buy the drink.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Dave]

That's why I say dls. A lot of people don't know what that is.

[Stugats]

No, we don't have the juice. We don't have the juice. And we're not as pro American as Pat McAfee. And Pat McAfee has earned that right.

[Dave]

No, we're more pro American.

[Dan Le Batard]

What is the. What do you estimate that bill would have come in at?

[Stugats]

I saw that it came in at 150,000. 50,000 for the magnum bottles at 11. Yeah, they drank a. They.

[Dave]

They.

[Stugats]

A full hockey.

[Dave]

They had sparklers and also signs, too.

[Mike Ryan]

That costs, What, a racket?

[Dan Le Batard]

$150,000. By the way, they actually got off

[Stugats]

cheap for that kind of celebration.

[Mike Ryan]

I would have thought it been more.

[Stugats]

Yeah, I would have thought it would have been way more.

[Dave]

Especially since it's open bar for everybody. Even though some people paid $100, $800 to get in. $800.

[Stugats]

So it was free in the morning to sign up and. And have entry. And then as the day went on, it went from free to a couple hundred bucks. And then why, by the time that it ended, if you wanted to, for these nightclub things, you got to get in early because it went from like $0 to $800.

[Mike Ryan]

So they just start at zero because they want to make sure they're going to get a crowd. And then when they know they're going to get a crowd, they start charging.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

Because it's a Monday night. You don't know what the kind of. How much would the U.S. olympic men's hockey team draw on a Monday night?

[Dave]

Because also a cold Monday night. I've learned this over my lifetime. The weather impacts attendance greatly. People don't want to go outside when the weather is bad. So you got. If it's not a good weather night, you're like, man, let's drop it down to zero. I don't know if anyone's gonna show up. But then when you see how many people are lining up outside, like, jack it up.

[Dan Le Batard]

This Pat McAfee conversation begs the question, begs it. When you donate to a charity, do you do it anonymously or do you put your name.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, right. Better put my name in bold and bright lights anonymously. Talking about, let's say my name twice.

[Dan Le Batard]

I put my name every single time. It's not why I do it. I do it for the charity. But I want you to know I did it. I think there's an interesting. Before we move on to that, though, I'm curious, does the 11 ownership then have the uncomfortable conversation? They've already declared everything is on the house. Right. And then Pat McAfee says, no, no, I want to pay for it. So do they say, I know we already said it's on us, but if you want to write a check, pat does has 11 cash to check. At this point from Pat McAfee, I

[Stugats]

don't know how it. How it went about, but I think the intention was, hey, Team usa, you're not going to spend a single dollar because you're our boy. But what ended up happening was, Hey, 11, you're not going to spend a single dollar on Team usa. Don't worry, I got it. That's how it actually played out. But Pat McAfee is, like, a master of branding. And yes, like, seriously, it's a. It's a very smart move. It helps his brand even further.

[Dave]

Pat, let me beat you to the punch right now. Yes, we're jealous that we didn't think of it for thought of it first. We're dumb asses.

[Stugats]

Yeah, well, like, it was kind of born out of, like, Mike, why are you taking the mic? Why are you making this about yourself? Just buy drinks like Pat McAfee. I'm like, wait a second.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, how did that happen?

[Stugats]

DJ Genesis wasn't Genesis. Yeah, he's. You know him as a huge.

[Dave]

He doesn't know he's a fraud movie for the.

[Stugats]

He was shouting out to all of us. He's like, hey, Mike, come in the booth. Speak some Spanish. And I was like, all right, I got one thing that'll kill.

[Mike Ryan]

I do wonder when McAfee's on the phone and he says, I want to pay for it. And they, you know, however the transaction goes down, when they tell him, yes, you could pay for it, do you think it's like, all right, I'm ready for your credit card number. Does it. Is he, like, reading all the digits on the phone?

[Dave]

It's not a card.

[Mike Ryan]

You get a cashier's expiration date. What's the CVV code? And just McAfee reading the numbers.

[Stugats]

Yeah, I heard it, like, percolating during the day. I did not speak to anybody close to Pat, but I know that it was percolating. I'm like, hey, does Pat know that this is covered? I did, like, try to try to make sure that Pat didn't have to spend money, that he didn't actually have to.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, now let's get to the.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is a Larry David episode, though, right? Like, does 11 actually cash the check after they've already made the offer to do it themselves?

[Mike Ryan]

Now let's get to the juicy part of the conversation. Mike Ryan, do you believe that Pat McAfee knew in advance the tab was already covered? He's not stupid. He's been to 11. He knows about Club 11.

[Stugats]

I don't know. I don't know. I honestly don't know. But, like, if the intention were to make sure that Team USA wasn't going to pay for their drinks, I think that part was already covered. But it was really smart of Pat McAfee to do. All respect to Pat, I do not want the smoke. I'm just providing clarity because someone attacked me for making this about myself.

[Dave]

I want the smoke. I want the smoke. Where's my camera? Pat, I know you knew, but guess what? I'm not even mad at you. I'm mad at myself because I should have thought of that, or one of us should have thought about it. So again, you are. You are a smart Smart man.

[Stugats]

Would you have been prepared to actually pay the 150,000?

[Dave]

Absolutely not. Or I would have just gone, Dan. I would have went, dan, we need 150,000. That would be it.

[Dan Le Batard]

We should clap it up for power one time. I do know for the record that Pat McAfee, he does these things that are publicly large, but I do know that he also on the down low, that does some really nice things for people that get no attention.

[Dave]

Is it on the download? I feel like it's.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, I do know it. And I know for a fact that because it wasn't made public on that show that it, you know, it was. It was just pure, you know, a graceful deed that he did for a fellow Pittsburgh.

[Dave]

Clap it up, right? One more time.

[Dan Le Batard]

Say anything more about it.

[Stugats]

And I also know, like, all that money that he spends on college game day is legit. His. Well, everyone assumes that it's like coming from a production budget, but he does pay that.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugats]

Yeah. Okay. Stugats.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugats]

That's a suey nominee right there.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dave]

One more time for Pat McAfee.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what? So with what Dave just said about that, that Pat McAfee, he knows he does stuff, you know, on the down low and even Chris bringing up when you donate charity or go fund me accounts or whatever, do you do anonymous or you put your name for me? I obviously put my name big bold letters. I want everybody to know.

[Dan Le Batard]

But the Jewish tradition is that you don't do that.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Sometimes you gotta break out tradition.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dave]

Jewish tradition is not to eat ham sandwiches either.

[Mike Ryan]

And then I learned he loves ham. Ham tastes good. So ribs. The point. The point.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony embarrassed himself.

[Stugats]

Wait a minute.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are we talking about? Well, you said beef ribs are better than have you ever had the monster? I had beef ribs.

[Stugats]

What are you talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

I like them. They're very good. They're not as good as baby back ribs. Come on. Please continue. So I'm sorry for that ugly interrupt.

[Mike Ryan]

The point being, I'll never understand the whole, you know, did he do charity? Did he do the good deed on the down low, or did people know about it? Like, who gives a shit that you still did the good thing, right?

[Dave]

Hold on.

[Mike Ryan]

You could tell everybody you did the good thing, or you cannot tell everybody you still did the really good thing.

[Dave]

Hold on. I'll tell you what's wrong with that in general. Not towards Pat McAfee. Again, give it a. I'm saying in

[Mike Ryan]

general,

[Dave]

but the problem in general is you get these people, like, these Instagram accounts, these Instagram influencers, where it's like, hey, man, you look down on your luck. Can I borrow a dollar? And they're like. And there's a homeless guy's like, well, this is my last dollar. But it's like, yeah, hey, because you gave me that dollar, here's $10,000. And then it started crying.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, those videos are awesome.

[Dave]

I hate those videos. It's exploitation to the, like, at. At worst stage, at best, it's super exploitation. And I don't like it, man. It's. It's this thing of, like, yo, I will help you out, but you got to help me out in essence, by being this down on your luck person that I come rescue like some white knight. It's terrible.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I think. I think we know that. That you're talking about right there. We know that that's not cool. Okay? That's not even necessarily what I'm talking about, but I am talking about, like, what Dave is saying where, you know, if you do the charity but, you know, you tipped off the camera so they can catch you doing, like, all right. But you still did the really good charity.

[Dan Le Batard]

I agree with that. And you can also rationalize it further by saying you're modeling behavior. If you're a public figure, you're showing people that this is a better way, a better society if everybody helps each other out a little bit.

[Dave]

And for a lot of these people, it brings more attention and more money donations to their private foundations, because a lot of these guys have foundations. They're not doing it all out of pocket. The exception, I think, is Shaq. Cuz I know Shaq did a lot of stuff out of pocket, like, crazy stuff.

[Mike Ryan]

He's just in line at, like, Best Buy. Yes, Mother. Mother. Needs to put the computer on layaway. He's like, I'll buy you computer Walgreens.

[Dave]

I've seen him be at, like, Walgreens and in line for the farm. Don't ask me why Shaq is going to a pharmacy and standing in line. He's done this and it's like, greatest. I've got everyone's medication paid for everyone in line.

[Mike Ryan]

I love that so much. Not only because there's never going to be another guy like him. He is just the greatest. But I kind of feel like. And we'll never know this, because I'm never going to have money like that, but I kind of feel like, thanks, man. I'm trying, you know, I'm going to stop right now. I'm trying. I'm grinding, you know? But I like to believe if I had that kind of money that I would do stuff like that, you know, like, don't most people feel that way?

[Dan Le Batard]

That, like, Brewster's Millions is. That is how you would live? In other words, like, I feel like

[Mike Ryan]

if it didn't affect me. I do know about Bruce.

[Dan Le Batard]

Come on. Spent 30 million, right?

[Mike Ryan]

I know.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

I understand that it was really hard because you have enough time. It was a lot of money. The point being. But I feel like if you had that kind of money, like Shaq, and it doesn't affect you when you buy the souped up van for the family with eight kids because you're doing a good deed and it doesn't affect your pocket, I feel like we would all do stuff like that.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's weird.

[Mike Ryan]

I'd like to believe.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't want to get up on Bias Zaz because it's easy to do it in the hypothetical. But I'm 100% with you. Everybody thinks, like, if I were a celebrity like Bill Murray, I would do what he does. Go up and tap people on the shoulder. That's. That's more vain. This is actually doing something for other people. I also shout out, though, a guy like Charlie Batch, the longtime backup quarterback of the Steelers. And with the lines and all of that two days in a row you mentioned him. That guy does not. He actually pushes away the cameras. People try to follow him around while he goes around and gives. Gives kids athletic equipment and everything else.

[Mike Ryan]

Is that a thing in Pittsburgh where it's like, holy shit, that's Charlie Batch.

[Stugats]

How many cameras is Charlie Batch pushing away?

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, when you're doing that around town and people want to show the good deeds and he says, no, I don't want you to cover this, because that's not what this is about. That is on a different level. But then, like we talked about yesterday, too, the most courageous thing you can do is go into children's hospitals and look those kids in the eyes and make them laugh.

[Dave]

Do you think the cameras ever come around Charlie Batch and are like, heinz Ward. Heinz Ward. He's like, I'm not Heinz Ward. I'm just asking, what are you doing?

[Stugats]

That's offensive.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, I'm offended.

[Dave]

You're offended?

[Dan Le Batard]

Not by your T shirt, though, friend. So stay on target. Stay on target.

[Dave]

He gets it.

[Dan Le Batard]

What's wrong?

[Dave]

He doesn't get it because he's not a movie guy.

[Mike Ryan]

See your shirt, man.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't know what that is.

[Mike Ryan]

Why are you accusing me of not knowing anything about movies?

[Dave]

You're not a movie guy. I'm just saying I'm a great movie guy.

[Mike Ryan]

I just.

[Dan Le Batard]

I can't see your movie show on Fridays. Football, America.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm looking forward to that. I'm looking forward to that.

[Dave]

I like how we're promoting it even though it hasn't been taped yet.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cool.

[Mike Ryan]

We know it's gonna be.

[Dave]

Yeah, I could sometimes last minute.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. That's a gamble. What you just did there, Dave. That's a gamble.

[Dave]

You can't, you can't give away who the guests are until you got the

[Dan Le Batard]

guests on the book before all the waving of the flag moves on for another three years and 11 months. Or I guess we have the summer games upcoming in a couple of years. Either way, where does the American flag rank for you among all flags, Even give an opinion? I asked you where. I can tell where it's coming from. Me take 100, you're gonna tell me

[Stugats]

like some other place is better.

[Dan Le Batard]

Pittsburgh flag. I rank. I rank it 18th.

[Mike Ryan]

No, he's right about this because. Because you, you would probably openly admit that the national anthem as a song, as a tune and is not as good as the Canadian.

[Stugats]

Canada.

[Dan Le Batard]

And, And Incredible is better, too.

[Mike Ryan]

But, but the US Flag, great flag right at the top.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is it your best?

[Mike Ryan]

Is it number one? Yeah. Yeah. Very good.

[Stugats]

You think so?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I, I, I can't think of every country flag in my head right now. You don't.

[Stugats]

You just need to know ours.

[Mike Ryan]

And, yeah, I think it's the best.

[Stugats]

Okay.

[Dave]

I can name any flag.

[Mike Ryan]

What does that mean?

[Dave]

You put a flag up, I know exactly what flag it is.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do it.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, we may have to do.

[Stugats]

That's a good test.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, we may have to do that. I just can't just do it on.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're gonna get got by the. By the British Empire.

[Dave]

That's the ones. The New Zealand. Australia.

[Dan Le Batard]

Very confused.

[Dave]

Oh, that's the one that gets me every single.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just said you knew all of them.

[Dave]

I know all of them except for those ones.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, we may have to do this now. Before Mike Ryan thought that I was going in a direction that I wasn't going in, I was going to ask you, are we going to be upset if Matthew Tkachuk doesn't play tonight? That's the direction I was going in.

[Stugats]

No, I mean, he was at the Elbow Room yesterday. Let him celebrate a little bit. Let him rest on his legs. Give him a night off.

[Dan Le Batard]

What the hell, man?

[Stugats]

Give him a night off. Reinhard and Marchand, those are the questions.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, he's had the last few nights off.

[Stugats]

He did not have the last few nights off. He went to the State of the Union and yesterday he was at Elbow Room. Give him a clean day off.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're cool with him because he's hungover? Is that it's okay with you? In other words, too hungover to play?

[Stugats]

You deserve it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow.

[Stugats]

Thank you for what you did.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow.

[Stugats]

You deserve the day off.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can't question your commitment to the US of A. Ever again.

[Stugats]

No one should. Damn right.

[Mike Ryan]

Would you feel the same way if it wasn't two time Stanley cup champion Matthew Tkachuk we're talking about?

[Dan Le Batard]

Fascinating question.

[Stugats]

I think he's earned a lot here. I think he's earned a lot.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, that answers my question.

[Stugats]

Over the last three years, this guy's given everything to this franchise.

[Dan Le Batard]

I.

[Stugats]

He brought the franchise. Their only Stanley cup final victory with a broken sternum. After returning courageously against the Vegas Golden Knights, he was the single most impactful acquisition in the history of South Florida sports. A market that actually acquired LeBron James. Right. He turned the franchise around completely. It was the single biggest acquisition in South Florida sports history. And great American. Look how long we've been trying to win that. He's a part of a golden American generation and he is, for better or worse, the face of US Men's hockey.

[Dan Le Batard]

Obviously, I know the answer to this, but really, look. Look at the man in the mirror and answer him honestly. Mike Ryan, Matthew Tkachuk is Canadian. That's the only thing we're changing. Well, two things were changing. He also scores the game winning goal for Canada. Is a good question a few days ago. Are you now also cool with him taking a couple days off?

[Stugats]

Shame on you.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do you mean?

[Stugats]

For shame on me. Another commie take from Dave.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why is that a commie take? Is that a commie nothing?

[Stugats]

Guys, I completely understand if Reinhart doesn't play today. Brad Marchand doesn't play today. I mean, Sam Bennett, he can take the day off too. I know it's the Maple Leafs. I get it. They're probably not going to give you their best effort anyways.

[Dan Le Batard]

The wildest would have been, I mean, obviously I root for a different team. I root for a team that wears black and gold. And, and had Sidney Crosby played in that, that gold medal game, win or lose. And then it's announced. Yeah, he's out for the next four weeks. I mean, you know, I'm not going to get on 87 for the same reasons. Times 10 versus your Matthew Tkachuk in his two years in in Florida Panthers 3, whatever the hell I mean, not comparable to what Sidney Cross.

[Stugats]

Not comparable. The guy's been playing the last game of the season for three consecutive years. Put some respect on. Listen, I Did Sidney Crosby play the last game of the season for three consecutive years?

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm not looking. Did he get bogged down with you? Did Sidney Crosby career achievements play the last side by side?

[Stugats]

Well, you were trying to poo poo the last three seasons of Matthew Kachell.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm not poo pooing any of it. I said it's not comparable to one of the three best human beings to ever play the sport. Settle down with the Matthew Tkachuk. But you make the point. See, the grace that you show him is owed to the fact that that he delivered for your favorite sports town. That makes it a little more tolerable. Right?

[Stugats]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats. I mean, we're gonna give this a try. What country's flag are we showing on the video screen right now? Brunai, get the hell out of here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is that right?

[Mike Ryan]

It is, right? Get the hell out of here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Where do you want him to go? Give me on target more.

[Mike Ryan]

We will give me more. Okay, I want to give you another one right now. What does this flag represent? Which country? Amin claims that he will get all second.

[Stugats]

Wait a second. Is he scrolling on his computer for.

[Dave]

I'm not scrolling on my computer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, even if he does scroll, yes, he is. Look at the smile.

[Dave]

I'm not typing anything. I'm not typing anything.

[Mike Ryan]

You're scrolling.

[Stugats]

I'm not.

[Dave]

Just.

[Mike Ryan]

Just look at the screen and say what it is. Do you want me to be a

[Stugats]

teammate, or do you want me to say what's on the screen?

[Dave]

Is that.

[Mike Ryan]

That.

[Dave]

Is that Djibouti?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, but now I'm suspicious.

[Stugats]

Oh, now you're suspicious.

[Dave]

Okay, what else we got?

[Mike Ryan]

All right, here's another one. Just. Just stare at the screen. Stop looking at your phone or your computer. Stare at the screen. Stare at the screen.

[Stugats]

You don't know this one?

[Dave]

Costa Rica.

[Stugats]

There you go.

[Dave]

All right.

[Mike Ryan]

He's three for three.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you know. Do you know the state flags? The US State flags as well?

[Stugats]

We'll do more, man. There's.

[Dave]

State flags are harder.

[Stugats]

Arizona's got a flag.

[Dave]

Arizona's got a great flag.

[Dan Le Batard]

Arizona's is very good. The controversial one that I like a lot is Maryland.

[Dave]

Maryland.

[Stugats]

Maryland's a good.

[Dave]

It's got the checkers on it, right?

[Stugats]

It's on everything. Everything they do out of Maryland has the checkers.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, you under.

[Stugats]

Armor's got a million checks. You would embrace it, too. It's a great flag.

[Dan Le Batard]

I liked. A lot of people disliked my fellow drip drill pal, Mike Ryan. How say you on the Maryland helmets that were half black and gold on the one side and the other half were red and white?

[Stugats]

I love the swing.

[Dan Le Batard]

I love them, too.

[Stugats]

Take the hack. I'm good with it. You got a great State flag or Chicago. It's often confused for the Illinois state flag. Chicago's got its own flag and that's a banger.

[Dave]

Chicago's like, yo, Chicago's flag is.

[Stugats]

That's, that's great. Chicago flag is white, red, powder blue.

[Dave]

Look, I think Chicago people think way too much of their city. I don't like Chicago as a city. I don't have fun there, whatever. But that flag, that flag is an amazing. That's a tall flag.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't love Chicago socially?

[Dave]

I like Chicago socially.

[Stugats]

Summertime, shy.

[Dave]

Been there. There's no such thing.

[Stugats]

What do you mean there's no such thing?

[Dave]

Been there.

[Stugats]

Famously, I've been. I went there 12 straight years.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now that everything is couched, at least with Mike Ryan around, by whether or not it's patriotic and his pal Tony too. There's nothing more all American than spending a June Saturday at, you know, one o' clock with your pals sitting in the, in the bleachers or otherwise in Wrigley Fields.

[Stugats]

Tommy's right about that one. He is.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, that's where it's at. You can't. That made a beer snake in the bleachers.

[Stugats]

I went there for the 4th of July for the NASCAR street race. Nothing more American. You ever done that? My penis made an eagle sound.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'll tell you, I'll do you one better. I was once at Wrigley Field on July 4, and you can still find video evidence of this being true. Dante Bichette was the right fielder for the, for the Colorado Rockies that day. And my pals and I had had many. And we, and we had some of them plastic shades with us. And one of us, my friend Vandy, he threw the purple ones that he had down on the field to Dante Bichette. Here's some shades for you, Dante. And in the middle of the game, Dante Bichette picks up the glasses and he replaces his flip down ones for an outfielder with the purple ones. And he starts walking around the outfield like he's drunk or blind. And we're going, craig, we're like, you're getting paid millions of dollars, man. Come turn around, pay attention, you're going to get in trouble. But now all we all bets are off because now it's okay for Matthew Tkachuk to miss games entirely because he's hungover from three days. That's a great story by the.

[Stugats]

When did you become a commie?

[Dave]

He burned a flag right after that story.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, and then, yeah, we were on SportsCenter singing Yankee Doodle dandy. To Dante Bichette. You're a Yankee Doodle dandy. Oh, it was one of. One of countless memories in the.

[Dave]

I didn't know that was a Soviet national anthem.

[Mike Ryan]

So the combine's going on right now in Indianapolis combined. Did you see this yesterday? Ruben Bane, he spoke with the media. Reuben Bane got a lot of attention yesterday. Not just because he's awesome, but Reuben Bane got attention because people noticed. Wow, your hair is looking a little bit unkempt. Like, you didn't. You didn't do up your hair for, for all the media, the tv, all of that. And I got to tell you something, if I'm. If I'm an NFL team, I am drafting Ruben Bane number one overall. Because this dude is talking about how he doesn't care about any of that stuff, cuz all he cares about is football. You don't get done up for your big media front and center appearance because all you care about is football. I'm drafting him number one.

[Dan Le Batard]

I will say that this is a great move. And I talked with one Mike McDonald before the super bowl about this very thing. What did I say, Mike? Yeah, yeah, different one. The one with the Seahawks. He just declared one of the great teams of all time, which they are not. But okay. I asked him because I think this is a great consideration for the quarterbacks and the head coaches and otherwise. Like, do you. What message do you want to send to the world on Super Sunday, the biggest day of your professional life? Do you go clean shaven, like, I want to look my best, my Sunday best, Or do you want to send the message, I got better shit to worry about than my appearance. I am all bald today? Yeah, right.

[Mike Ryan]

That's what I feel like Ruben Bane did yesterday.

[Dave]

I think for the combine though, because it is a job interview. It depends, right. For Reuben Bain. Absolutely. That's the kind of guy they're looking for. Remember, they say dress the part that you want to have. Right. But if you're a quarterback, you got to go in there, clean cut.

[Mike Ryan]

That's it. That's a good point.

[Dave]

Yeah, you got. Because you got to present like, I'm going to be the leader, but Reuben

[Mike Ryan]

Bay needs to present that he's just an animal.

[Dave]

I'm an animal. And all I want is to eat, sleep and shit football. That's. That's what that looks like right there.

[Mike Ryan]

Yep. I loved it.

[Stugats]

Last part's painful, but he doesn't care.

[Mike Ryan]

I will take this guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Number one. I'm so sorry that they came up just short against the Indiana Hoosiers. No reason to hang your head though. You guys had a great season at the U. Are you rooting for Carson Beck? What is his. Do you have any sort of rooting interest at this point or has he served his purpose in your life? And how about Ruben Bane? And how about anybody else associated with the U this year?

[Stugats]

So I'm actually rooting for Ruben the land with the Titans because that would be awesome. Then I'm just like full bore Titans guy.

[Mike Ryan]

What picks?

[Stugats]

They have their top five.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think you've made an intellectual decision here. There's some overlap between emotion, rooting interest and an intellectual choice. You're trying to convince the rest of

[Stugats]

yourself to believe Titans are number four overall. Everyone can remember the great pickle of 2025 where the the Browns were potentially in position. Draft Cam Ward.

[Mike Ryan]

Would you have been back on board?

[Stugats]

I said, yes, I would have been. I would have been. But that didn't happen.

[Mike Ryan]

You know Mike Ryan, the great pickle.

[Stugats]

Everyone knows a great pickle 2024.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's a regular on Football America.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, all right. I'm just trying to.

[Stugats]

Everyone knows a great pickle of 2025. But you know, it came and went. I don't have to be a Browns fan.

[Mike Ryan]

My movie theater sells pickle.

[Stugats]

I kind of enjoy how much they charge that. I don't have to.

[Mike Ryan]

It's $2.99, dog. But it's also a good deal.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a little phony that you're trying to embrace a Tennessee based pro football team.

[Stugats]

Me, it's all about.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, shut up. You're all about.

[Dave]

You're embracing Canada. You call him because he's embracing Tennessee.

[Stugats]

That.

[Dan Le Batard]

You know what? Mike Ryan. That's right. Bitten by my own snake. I rooted for Canada because of Sidney Crosby. You're rooting for Tennessee because

[Stugats]

much like Matthew Tkachuk, Cam Ward turned this program around.

[Mike Ryan]

Dave. It's very much a Miami Hurricane fan thing where they will root for the team in the NFL that the player that they love is on.

[Stugats]

Honestly, I'm like not as jazzed up for the NFL as I used to be. I think that's because the Canes are a little bit better. But now we're starting to see these guys get drafted high in the first round. I'm like, wow, this takes me back to the turn of the century where everybody making an impactful play on the week of the. On. On the. The game of the week was a Miami hurricane. So we're getting back to it. But Carson Beck does not have the same juice. Now I think that Carson Beck will actually land with the Cleveland Browns because Todd Monk and their head coach was actually hugely impactful in getting Carson back to Miami and getting Miami staff to buy in on the idea of having Carson Beck as their quarterback. I think Carson Beck actually ends up

[Dan Le Batard]

in Cleveland as what? The emergency? I mean, as the, as the taxi.

[Stugats]

Well, I mean they have, they obviously have a Pro bowl quarterback already as QB1 and Shadora Sanders, so. But to keep them honest, to improve that room, to have a guy that is knowledgeable of Todd Monkins offense, I think would be beneficial. But no, I wouldn't become a Cleveland Browns fan. If merely Carson Beck went to the Cleveland Browns. I'd be rooting for Carson Beck now. If they got Carson Beck and Ruben Bane, that's a horse of a different color.

[Dan Le Batard]

And we may be talking about the great purple. We have our Ducks in a row. Your allegiance to the Browns is owed to Bernie Kosar.

[Stugats]

No, my grandma, my abuelito.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dollar Store.

[Stugats]

Yeah, Dollar Store. Yeah, Dollar Store in Hialeah. A bunch of random stuff went over there and every time she would make me a bisem panisado, all the paper plates were Cleveland Brown stuff. And one day they were playing the Dolphins and I believe Damarino's knee got bent back 90 degrees the other way during that game. But I was still like, oh man, orange helmet.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's how it goes.

[Dave]

Guys, what do we. What are we talking about here? Carson Beck is going to be doing ESPN college football analysis in like two years, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

He's the Brock Osweiler role.

[Dave]

Come on, man.

[Stugats]

I mean, he's, he's. I think he's going to have a long career in the NFL. Maybe not as a starter, but he, he is a really smart quarterback and I think people just hate his face and don't want to give him that. I think Miami actually turned the corner when he decided, hey, let me make the audibles on the field, let me get the ball out of my hands, let me give it to Fletch. People don't understand how smart of a quarterback Carson Beck is because of the interceptions too.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm kind of the opposite there though, with Ward and Beck. Like, obviously Cam. Ward is a much better quarterback than Carson Beck, but I think I'm going to. My memories are going to be so much more fond of Carson Beck because of the moments that we had leading up to the next.

[Stugats]

Cam had some incredible moments though.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

I mean, look, maybe we'd have a conversation if Carson Beck's last act wasn't an interception to Indiana. Thank you very much, Roy Bellamy. If Carson Beck actually wins that, then you look back on his run in the playoffs. Not only do you have still running Carson Beck with his legs, but you have, like, a drive for your life at the start of it.

[Dan Le Batard]

The reason you can announce right now that I'm more a Cam Ward guy than I am a Carson Beck guy is that you have two eyes. And you know that. That Cam Ward's future is brighter than Carson's future. Yeah, right. It's not anything they did at the year.

[Stugats]

And Carson, well, you're front running in

[Dan Le Batard]

advance of either one of them taking a lead.

[Stugats]

Kim was unbelievable. I was at the Berkeley game. Like, Cam Ward is just like a ridiculous player. He's a great player to have as a Miami Hurricane.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, how about this flag? Got one more for you. You believe you can get all the flags, right? What is that one? Which country does that represent? Look at the screen. Do not look at your phone.

[Dave]

Okay, I'm looking at the screen, looking at the scene.

[Mike Ryan]

That is Sheldon from Big Bang Theory. It is the country that he made up.

[Dave]

That's why I didn't know it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike, you know I have one rule to live by, right?

[Stugats]

Don't place parlays on multiple long shots. Don't say a game is won when it hasn't hit triple zero.

[Dan Le Batard]

Always drink your Jagermeister ice cold. That's the rule. Everything else is merely a suggestion.

[Stugats]

Everything else?

[Dan Le Batard]

Everything else.

[Stugats]

Wearing clean underwear every day, well, that's

[Dan Le Batard]

just a personal decision. Brushing your teeth, obviously smart, but not a rule.

[Stugats]

Never pee pee on an electric fence.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, maybe there are two rules. But the one that is a hundred percent that I insist on completely, Jagermeister, must be drank ice cold or don't drink it at all.

[Stugats]

Damn, that's cold.

[Mike Ryan]

Exactly.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're finally starting to get it.

[Stugats]

Drink responsibly. Jagermeister, liqueur, 35% alcohol by volume, imported by mass Jagermeister, US White Plains, NY.