Local Hour: The Miami Dolphins Are In The Mix

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz: Local Hour Summary Episode: Local Hour: The Miami Dolphins Are In The Mix
Release Date: November 25, 2024

Introduction In this engaging episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Chris Cody, and Mike Ryan delve deep into the current state of the Miami Dolphins, examining their performance, playoff prospects, and the broader implications for both the NFL and college football landscapes. From analyzing key games to discussing player dynamics, the panel offers a comprehensive overview for fans and newcomers alike.

Miami Dolphins' Season Overview The conversation kicks off with a critical assessment of the Miami Dolphins' season. Dan Le Batard expresses skepticism about the team's ability to secure a championship, highlighting concerns over their defensive performance. “Their defense being so bad that cannot [win a championship],” Dan critiques, emphasizing that the offense must compensate for defensive shortcomings ([25:34]).

Stugotz counters by acknowledging the weaknesses but remains optimistic about the team's potential. “If Miami handles its business, they'll be ranked ahead of all these teams that you could poke holes,” he states ([02:07]). This sets the stage for a balanced debate on whether the Dolphins can overcome their defensive issues through offensive prowess.

Tua Tagovailoa’s Impact and Injury Concerns A significant portion of the discussion centers around quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Chris Cody underscores Tua’s importance to the team, suggesting that his performance could be pivotal in dispelling doubts: “This game could potentially be the biggest game of Tua's career” ([08:43]). However, the hosts also address the looming threat of injuries, a recurring concern that could derail the Dolphins' aspirations. Stugotz remarks on the trend of quarterbacks getting injured in critical moments, urging caution: “This could be the spot where Tua gets a concussion every single time” ([09:45]).

Playoff Prospects and Competitive Analysis The panel explores the Dolphins' chances in the postseason, comparing them to other strong contenders like the Buffalo Bills. Mike Ryan highlights the Dolphins' potential path to the playoffs, noting, “They have a shot against the Texans” ([40:43]). However, Dan remains doubtful, pointing out the team's difficulty in beating quality opponents and questioning their readiness for high-stakes games: “The country does not believe that the Miami Dolphins can beat a good football team” ([43:21]).

College Football Insights: University of Miami and Notre Dame Beyond the NFL, the hosts shift focus to college football, specifically analyzing the University of Miami's performance in the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings. Discussions touch on the strength of schedule and team performance metrics, with Stugotz critiquing the ACC's conference championship determinations: “The tie-breaking scenarios are kind of complicated” ([05:44]). Dan emphasizes the disparity between Miami and historically successful teams, arguing that the current team lacks the championship caliber seen in previous iterations: “That defense is so bad that cannot [win a championship],” reiterating his earlier point ([25:34]).

Defensive Performance and Game Strategies A recurring theme is the Dolphins' defensive struggles and the strategies opponents employ to exploit these weaknesses. Stugotz provides a detailed breakdown of Miami's defensive tactics against opponents like Wake Forest, highlighting how opponents have historically outmaneuvered them: “If you force Miami outside the hash marks, you make them make tackles in space” ([05:20]). This analysis underscores the critical need for Miami to adapt defensively to remain competitive.

Fan Perspectives and Host Dynamics The dynamic among the hosts adds a layer of entertainment to the analytical discussions. Banter about past predictions, such as potential losses and the impact of specific games, showcases the camaraderie and differing viewpoints. For instance, Dan criticizes prior optimistic forecasts by stating, “They are five and six, and we're doing exactly the show that you predicted” ([46:10]), while Stugotz and Chris Cody offer counterpoints that balance the conversation.

Conclusion The episode concludes with a mix of optimism and caution regarding the Miami Dolphins' future. While acknowledging the team's current challenges, the hosts remain hopeful about their potential to secure a playoff spot and make a significant impact. Dan Le Batard sums up the overarching sentiment: “All of you said they would be in the mix, and now they are five and six... I hope on Friday we're not doing the show you previously predicted” ([46:10]).

Overall, this episode provides a thorough examination of the Miami Dolphins' current season, intertwining NFL and college football insights with lively discussions and expert analyses. Whether you're a die-hard fan or new to the teams, the hosts offer valuable perspectives that capture the complexities of the sports landscape.

Notable Quotes:

• Dan Le Batard ([25:34]): “Their defense being so bad that cannot [win a championship].”
• Stugotz ([02:07]): “If Miami handles its business, they'll be ranked ahead of all these teams that you could poke holes.”
• Chris Cody ([08:43]): “This game could potentially be the biggest game of Tua's career.”
• Stugotz ([05:44]): “The tie-breaking scenarios are kind of complicated.”
• Dan Le Batard ([43:21]): “The country does not believe that the Miami Dolphins can beat a good football team.”

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Note: Timestamps are based on the podcast transcript provided and are included to reference the origin of notable quotes.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Show Shadow Shadow Show Shadowing it. Shadowing it. Chris Were you aware that when Mike Ryan joined Keynes Insight as a contributor and as a investor, that he was greeted with massive commitment? Was the headline massive commitment when Mike Ryan committed to Keynes Insight to be somebody, to be a voice for the University of Miami at a place where people still go to get their University of Miami information? He is a foremost authority and I wish to ask his unbiased opinion on what Ian Hest has tweeted, which is that Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois. Miami lost to Georgia tech. Notre Dame's FPI is 10, Miami's FPI is 6. Notre Dame's strength of schedule is 78. Miami's is 19 spots higher, 59. 19 spots better, I should say at 59. Why is Notre Dame ahead three spots ahead of Miami? Mike Ryan, neutral, informed insider yeah, all.

[Stugotz]

The things that you described definitely screams neutrality. I will, I will say that. Look, Notre Dame doesn't play in a conference championship game. If Miami handles its business, they'll be ranked again ahead of all these teams that you could poke holes. And I actually have more of an issue with Texas. I think if you Texas, if you look at where's their quality win, you know, a lot of people are like, well, I guess their win over Florida looks really good now. Florida had 12 starters out when they played Texas. I think that you can poke a lot of holes in that. I think Indiana, Indiana's played three teams with a winning record all season long. They kind of crack the code that you can actually have a weak schedule inside the Big Ten and only face three winning teams. There's a lot of chatter there's a lot of SEC propagandizing that kind of frustrates me. But again, I'm in the camp that it is actually the best conference in America. But it is also simultaneously wildly overrated. None of this stuff matters if Miami just handles its business.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't trust them to. Syracuse throws the ball a ton and that's where they're weak. And I think it's really hard to win on the road. And I love this Miami season. It's been super exciting. I thought they played terribly against Wake Forest. I mean, Powell drops a pick six Restrepo fumbles. Cam doesn't look right the entire game, and they still win fairly easily. I think that this University of Miami team is better than the One that was 10 0, started 100 with Mark Rick. But that team that lost at Pittsburgh, I can see this team losing that game at Syracuse because of where Syracuse is strong and because it's hard to win on the road.

[Chris Cody]

I have the same lack of trust in Miami, but at the same time, I think they can win it at all.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because who do you trust?

[Stugotz]

Who do you trust?

[Dan Le Batard]

You've got it. Win it all.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I'm not saying they're going to win it all. You said.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, but win it all. It's not that I don't trust. It's that that defense is never allowed to win the championship. Never. Since I've been watching college football.

[Mike Ryan]

Who do you trust?

[Dan Le Batard]

And. And I say that about that defense. Even knowing that Wake Forest didn't have like a completion the entire second half, whatever it was plaguing them in the first half was not plaguing them in the second half.

[Stugotz]

I'm right there with you on the defense. While they were, to me, clearly the best unit on the field for Miami. For a month and a half, Miami's run into opponents that know exactly what to do to attack Miami and get the best results for their offensive game plan. You force Miami outside the hash marks, you make them make tackles in space, and Wake Forest just decided to attack the A gap all game long. Kiko had to say within the hash marks and just. It was. It was the perfect opponent and really a truly horrific game plan by Wake Forest. So I think it's fair, even after the probably the best defensive performance of the season, to still have your questions because Miami is going to get challenged by teams to actually show that they've improved some of their weaker aspects. I don't think Wake did that. That being said, I'm not sure Syracuse will do that either because they're pretty tight in their identity. McCord likes to hold onto the ball and then freak out at the very last second. He throws the ball quite a bit. I think he averages more passing yards per game than even Cam Ward.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think he. I think that team throws more than any in the country.

[Stugotz]

I think it's going to be another defensive line game. The D line in this game is going to have the opportunity to get home. I'm encouraged by the opening line there. And if I told you before the season year three of Mario Cristobal's program, all he has to do is beat Syracuse on the road to get to Charlotte. Every single one of you is taking it.

[Chris Cody]

How does the ACC determine who plays for the conference championship?

[Stugotz]

The tie breaking scenarios are kind of complicated and I was running through this and I think all the power conferences, Billy, need to take a look at this because we're seeing Indiana make it to a college football playoff in the impossible situation of we are not exactly sure how good they are and they haven't been tested in what was supposed to be the most powerful conference in all of the land. There's head to head tie breaking scenarios, but there were also tie breaking scenarios in which you had four teams that probably would have been in the mix and only two of them played each other. It was. It needs to be looked at. I think divisions are a way to fix it. But to answer your question, SMU is in the championship game, already headed to Charlotte. Miami will be there if they beat Syracuse. If they lose. Clemson's.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stu got.

[Chris Cody]

Clemson's only ahead of them because right now they played more.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, Clemson's done with their ACC schedule.

[Dan Le Batard]

How do you like Stu got coming in here to tiebreaker talk and there was somebody talking about tiebreaker. Somebody was talking. Somebody was talking about an A gap when you came in.

[Mike Ryan]

Football.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everyone's ready to get started.

[Chris Cody]

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Chris Cody, I want you to get me the dump truck that recycles sound because I, Billy and Stugotts have just thundered in here from God Bless Football. And I want to be careful not to be redundant because the award winning God Bless Football comes out earlier than we do and I don't want to get leftover materials on their best stuff from the Duke and from Stugott. So how much in the mix talk did you do on God Bless Football that the Dolphins are now firmly in the mix?

[Mike Ryan]

We did not do any in the mix talk. We didn't even talk about the Dolphins really, to be honest. I said one throwaway statement. Dolphins played the best game of the day yesterday. Like start to finish. They were the best team in the NFL yesterday.

[Chris Cody]

It's a, it's a high wire act and I feel like we do pretty good job. And I knew this is what we're probably going to be doing in the local hour today, in the max hour today on YouTube and DKN and Peacock and all the places you can watch it. So I said, you know what, I don't want to say I'm saving it because I would say still check out godless football. A lot of fun today. A lot of fun. Lucy's on there. We're talking about some college football, but we saved that for you, Dano.

[Dan Le Batard]

And so how much victory lap are you ready to take today? Because you told us all they would be 5 and 6. You told us all they would be in the mix and I want to see where you are firmly entrenched on what this team is going to be because I don't know what the weather is Thursday in Green Bay, but that would be your test. Like that would be an excellent place for the season to take, to take one shape or another if you can go to Green Bay and do what you did against the Rams because you still haven't beaten a good team this season.

[Chris Cody]

Is it crazy to say that this game could potentially be the biggest game of tua's career? And I say that because he can dispel so many of the doubts this weekend if he goes into a cold, bad weather Green Bay national TV and pulls off a win. I mean to get them back to.500, which is kind of like part of the statement that is not, not great. But like there's already people talking about how important TUA is to this team. You see the Matt Ryan's of the world saying no one is more important to their team than two ways. So if you can go out there and you can win this cold weather game, I feel like it's an injection of confidence, a boost Dan that you can take moving forward and say, you know what, when the Bills overcome the Chiefs and then you go back and first round potentially is back in Kansas City or rematch from last year's playoffs in the first round, then you know you can do it in the cold potentially. However, here's the flip Side. And this is the dirty part that we don't want to talk about that no one wants to talk about.

[Mike Ryan]

The flip side, flip side.

[Chris Cody]

This is the spot where TUA gets a concussion every single time. National game.

[Mike Ryan]

No one wants to talk about it. Nobody.

[Chris Cody]

No one wants to talk about. This is prime concussion time for. So we need to be very careful because it always happens in this exact scenario.

[Mike Ryan]

No one wants to talk about.

[Chris Cody]

No one's talking about that. But this could be the biggest game of his career if he is to survive it.

[Mike Ryan]

He played in Kansas City last year. I mean, playoff game.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, But I don't even know. Is this the right time to throw.

[Chris Cody]

Away all journalistic credibility and get reckless. Here is something we like to call reckless speculation.

[Mike Ryan]

You're good.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know if that's the right sound or not.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't have the needed something that sound reckless.

[Stugotz]

He's just pointing out a trend and it's pretty irrefutable.

[Dan Le Batard]

Was it even him though? I couldn't tell because there was a mystery voice speaking there. Was that Billy I didn't hear who said that. It seemed like he was in charact.

[Mike Ryan]

Those are the people who want to talk about it, but they're not talking about it.

[Chris Cody]

I just said this could be the biggest game of his career, potentially.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what you said. But then in a different voice you were saying this is the spot that he always. This is the spot that America frets for him.

[Chris Cody]

Who said that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Like right before Thanksgiving. Right before Thanksgiving.

[Chris Cody]

Third on Thanksgiving.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm sorry. On Thanksgiving. Oh, no. Oh, no. Yeah. No.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Family gathered around the tv.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

It's a late one, though. We talked about this. This is the late game is when everybody's kind of a lot of napping trip to F. You know what I mean? Everybody's already kind of like.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Yep.

[Stugotz]

What's interesting is that the post game message from Mike McDaniel to his team was all about playing on Thanksgiving against the Packers. In this moment, he and Kamble was. They were gassing this game up. They were immediately on the Green Bay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you for mentioning Calais Campbell because evidently, and this I haven't seen a whole lot around the cold business of sports. Let's talk about the story here at the center of the Dolphin huddle because Calais Campbell deserves a better ending than the one I think the Dolphins are going to give him. But it's not a better ending than the one Calais and Mike McDaniel seem to think that Calais can have here instead of with the Ravens because it would have made a lot of sense for them to just trade the oldest player in the league to the Ravens. Who could have used, hey, that dude's been a menace off the edge and up the middle of your defense because he's bigger and stronger than most people and he has been for about 10 years. Maybe longer. Probably longer. Right? What is it now? We're looking at almost 20 years with Calais Campbell. If you go back to watching him at the University of Miami. The Dolphins decided somewhere between 2 and 6 and 4 and 6 that their season could be salvaged and 5 and 6 to God's. Even though it's ridiculous to talk about what Billy's talking about, which is wee 12 games in, you're six and six. That's not what the season of expectations was about. But the 49ers feel different at 5 and 6 than the Dolphins do at 5 and 6. Because when Tua plays for the Dolphins, what Billy says is right. Matt Ryan is saying no player clearly is more important to their team than this one is because the offense looks completely different. They've been playing. It's not just the toying with the no look passes and all the ball handling that he does that, you know, has everybody in the league, Chris Sims included on God Bless Football, calling him the guy who's best with the football. It's that they were using so much motion yesterday like they that you go from what we were watching in that month long stretch where they were one and three and they couldn't get to, you know, 20 points against anybody to the way they play with Tua, it's startling to see the difference.

[Mike Ryan]

The obvious difference when you talk about the Niners and the Dolphins is the Niners are falling apart, their players are getting hurt. The Dolphins are getting healthy right now and specifically at that position. And two has been great like the last two games. Seven touchdowns, no interceptions, 128.5 passer rating. He has been great to it against nobody, against nobody. But Dan, you know what? Waddle looks better. Jonu Smith is amazing. Like the team just looked better when Tua is running that offense.

[Stugotz]

Obviously Dan, to your point on motion.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was their highest rate of the season yesterday. 93.7% of their plays had motion.

[Chris Cody]

You also saw yesterday Skyler Thompson be Skyler Thompson yet again. Like you try to get to a some rest. The game is a complete blow. You're like, you know what? We made it through. Dominating performance. He looked great. Let's rest them up. Short week going to play in Thanksgiving, Skylar Thompson comes in, said, nah, let's have a little fun. Let's give the other team the ball, have him run back the other way for a touchdown. Like to a back in there, buddy. We can't afford to lose this game.

[Dan Le Batard]

Football. Yesterday I texted Chris, Cody and Stugott a half hour before the 1pm game. So I'm like, oh, man, today's the one that hurts you guys. You guys love those big favorites on the road in AC season.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

When getting points is obviously the thing to do because all of these games are so close. And both of you said you were threatening to have a bye week for gambling during the 1 o'clock games because the 1 o'clock games were so bad.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Think about this, okay? Think about the magic of this stupid sport at 12:55. Chris Cody and Stu Gotz, legitimate degenerates, the both of them.

[Mike Ryan]

Thanks.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thinking about a bye week on gambling these one one o'clock games.

[Mike Ryan]

Wolf, I was actually telling you that even gambling on these games will not make these games exciting.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what you were saying.

[Chris Cody]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

You were thinking about taking a gambling bye week just to get ready for December, for Thanksgiving, for. For the postseason. And then what happens? All at about the same time. There goes Patrick Mahomes running for 33 yards. Woo. The Chiefs escape. Oh, the Bears got an onside kick. Whoever recovers those t. Oh, the Titans beat the Texans. Really, no one saw that coming. And then also the Cowboys are going to win on the road, are they?

[Stugotz]

That finish.

[Dan Le Batard]

And it's going to be four touchdowns in three minutes. At the end of the game, when all of you thought the under was coming in, when it was, whatever it was three nothing at the half.

[Mike Ryan]

It was the best Sunday in NFL history.

[Dan Le Batard]

Unbelievable. It's just unbelievable.

[Chris Cody]

Football.

[Dan Le Batard]

All crap games, all of them. But they're just close. And they got stakes and five and sixes in the mix.

[Chris Cody]

Was that the best witching hour of the season?

[Mike Ryan]

Unbelievable. It lasted two hours. It was two hours.

[Dan Le Batard]

There was a Hail Mary and one. But no, he's right. That overtime went into. It bled into the 425 games. Hanson was disoriented. He was confused. I wanted to ask you guys, on the, um, broadcast on Saturday, I believe Mark Jones, who has been doing this for a really long time and has enjoyed it for a really long time and has gotten so good and confident at it, did the single most Miami broadcast I have ever heard on a national game. And furthermore, I'm pretty sure he was doing this on purpose. Use an Assortment of polysyllabic words just to do it. Just because he wanted to call the University of Miami defense intransigent. He used. Somebody fumbled, and he's like, oh, he regurgitated that one. He did it like a dozen times. And I'm convinced he's playing with his friends where he's like, I bet you I get this word in today. Like he's fooling around because they're words I've never heard on the sports broadcast. Definitely a Miami broadcast gave the location of the stadium.

[Chris Cody]

Dan Marino Boulevard, 27th Avenue.

[Stugotz]

Nuts.

[Dan Le Batard]

Carroll City, Liberty City, Overtown, Miami Gardens. Same where he got married. I've. I've never heard such a Miami broadcast done nationally that way.

[Chris Cody]

Where do you get married?

[Dan Le Batard]

So it's church nearby. He was going to have service there the next day at 10am but that's a key.

[Mike Ryan]

You like the broadcaster to kind of know the city of the team that he's calling, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

No, he knew it. Too much delay the land. He knew too much. He was showing off. But can you guys get him on for me? I want to ask him both these questions. It seemed like he was fooling around with his friends. He continued to use words no one uses on the sports broadcast. And I'm thinking to myself, oh, this is Mark Jones, who's just. Just bored. He's just bored at the end of the season, and he wants to amuse himself because he's better than Miami. Wake Forest should be doing. Should be doing. What do you. What are you making faces at? Mike Ryan, wake Forest game 10 matchup right there.

[Stugotz]

You got better than Miami, Wake Forest.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. It was one top 10 team and Wake Forest.

[Mike Ryan]

Hmm.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nobody wants to watch Wake Forest on the national game. Put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Have you ever wanted to watch Wake Forest on the national game in football, the Dakes? Roy, that still gets you after all these years.

[Stugotz]

Yes, it does.

[Chris Cody]

Absolutely.

[Dan Le Batard]

After all of these years, him just saying. The Deeks it. Roy. Roy. It has no reason in within any reasonable realm for you to still find that funny after 20 years. It will forever.

[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

It's Game time. Don lebata While there's nothing official and conversations are still ongoing.

[Mike Ryan]

Was that a fake shifter?

[Chris Cody]

Because it was pretty good. I feel like there's legs.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, tried at the beginning and then I lost confidence in it.

[Mike Ryan]

Good. It was good.

[Chris Cody]

You got this.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nothing official.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

So conversations are still ongoing. Still got it. Is trending towards Nick Sirianni remaining the head coach of the Eagles.

[Chris Cody]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Stugotz]

Something that you mentioned on the shadow show as it pertains to Miami's defense. You said, when does that defense ever have a shot? Jeremy and I were looking through these CFP scores, the bad defenses aplenty. Like always. You need to score like 45 to have a shot to win this thing. There has only been one team in the history of the College Football Playoff era to win a national championship game with fewer than 30 points in that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Game, and that was Alabama, the year they won in overtime against Georgia with.

[Chris Cody]

Two attack of Aloha.

[Mike Ryan]

How many teams in college football do.

[Chris Cody]

You trust on both sides of the ball this year?

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the thing though. Okay, look, I would have liked Indiana to not have special team calamities this weekend because I would have liked to have seen Ohio State tested by Indiana. That game didn't appear close because they had two intergalactic mistakes on special teams and then they were winning and then they're down very quickly and Ohio State wasn't even able to be tested. I would have liked to see more Indiana, but where I see flaws everywhere because Notre Dame, you can make the argument that they look better than anybody and they lost to Northern Illinois at.

[Stugotz]

Home, who lost to Ball State, which is the worst team I've ever seen in my entire life.

[Dan Le Batard]

Miami beat ball state 62 to something. And so yes, all the teams are flawed in Oregon went to Wisconsin and.

[Mike Ryan]

Barely won, but they won.

[Dan Le Batard]

But among the top 12 teams that I'm looking at, I've seen very few weaker total units than Miami's defense.

[Stugotz]

I think, I think that's a safe criticism, but I also think it's not something that they can't overcome. It might be matchup dependent like they ran into opponents for a full month that were just attacking their weaknesses. Everybody left on their schedule potentially is a team that'll stick to their identity. I think that they're going to have to ascend, they're going to have to get some guys back. Tamari Brown might help with that. But like we've been saying for the last few weeks, I don't see a dominant team in the nation. And I think if Miami gets a C plus effort on defense in those crucial games, that's all it takes. They've got a shot.

[Dan Le Batard]

And here is where I would like you to help me out because while I am on board with the idea that the SEC is overrated, but I'm also soaked in the bias of many years of watching all the best athletes go to the sec. I just saw Alabama not do anything against Oklahoma and it was disorienting to me. I didn't even understand it. Oklahoma I thought was a bad team, not they stink. I thought Oklahoma was bad. And then all of a sudden I see a quarterback who's been running all over the field. Alabama all of a sudden gets seven points and I'm confused by it. But from what I've seen of all of them this season, I really don't know whether it's my bias talking or not here Stugotts, because my bias should be toward whatever the University of Miami is. I would make them a seven point underdog against a Georgia.

[Stugotz]

So I've seen those things. And again with lines you never know because the motivation there is to get action. But I've seen like College Football Playoff insiders has matchup predictive analysis and they got that within like four points. So Georgia's was in a 10 point game against UMass in the third quarter. Georgia like you if Georgia lague, they're a hammy injury away from losing at a neutral site to Florida. Like Georgia is not the same team. I don't think anybody is really all that good. Maybe he can feel the best about Oregon, but they were in a dogfight against Idaho to start the year.

[Mike Ryan]

But Georgia's losses came against Mississippi and Alabama. Alabama lost to Vanderbilt. Texas has some bad losses or bad loss on their schedule.

[Stugotz]

Texas doesn't have a good win. I'm telling you, no, they don't have.

[Mike Ryan]

A good win, but Georgia doesn't have a bad loss, I guess is what I'm saying.

[Stugotz]

It's just where we going with a loss. A bad loss is still a loss.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, this is what I will be willing to say then. What I have seen from the University of Miami this season and saying it's the best quarterback production they've ever had, it's the best offense they've ever had. If they're to win anything, it's because their defense will have to be something that can be overcome by its offense being the best. Their defense being the worst has to be overcome by their offense being the best. But from all of the University of Miami teams that I have seen play for and win the championship legitimately compete for the championship, if this team were to have done so, it can only be because it's the most diluted, weakest crop of parity that you've ever seen in your life. Because this Miami team doesn't look appreciably better than the others to me at anything. But.

[Stugotz]

But offense, what you're saying doesn't really compete with me most diluted parody. What I'm saying is parody is not a diluted.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not a championship team is what I'm saying. That defense is so bad that cannot.

[Stugotz]

Sure it is. Because you grew up most of your life, championship teams looked like that look like the teams this nation. You and a lot of your media brethren need to break yourselves of what college football looked like for the last 20 years. This is not the monopoly of the SEC where they. They play by different rules and all the guys getting drafted essentially go to four schools. The talent opened up. Pavia is in Vanderbilt and he and his boys are going to be a pill for you to swallow. Like it's a difficult different day and age and you're going to have teams that you would maybe assign an A minus to instead of an A plus that are going to win these titles.

[Mike Ryan]

But what Dan is saying is he has seen in his opinion and he's entitled to that. He is saying he has seen Miami teams that didn't win the national championship. And I agree with him, the Test of Erde team that didn't win a national championship. That's Better than this team. More talented.

[Stugotz]

We're several years into this whole new world. Washington was playing in the national championship game last year. We saw TCU lose 65 to 7 in a national championship game. We've seen them go to the very heights, all the way to the bottom. You guys got to understand it's a different sport now.

[Mike Ryan]

All right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. And that's what I'm saying is the only way that they can win the championship if it's such different sport that that defense can be a champion when in my lifetime. No, it can't.

[Stugotz]

Great. Second greatest team.

[Dan Le Batard]

The entire time I've been living that defense can't be a champion.

[Stugotz]

And the second greatest football team I've ever seen was Joe Burrows, lsu. I love playing this game. Name a defender.

[Dan Le Batard]

Agreed.

[Stugotz]

Name a defender on that team. Stingley was the best defensive player on that team.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was an overwhelming offense. More overwhelming than this one. That was an overwhelming football team. Not playing a bunch of close against five and six and six and five teams.

[Stugotz]

Who isn't playing close games? There's close games about. We just saw how many four teams in the. In the top ten lose to unranked teams. Winning is hard. Harder than ever.

[Dan Le Batard]

I am going to continue to tell you guys and the audience, as someone who has been an advocate for how much fun and how interesting this team is. I did not believe that the Mark Richt team looked in any way like a champion over the course of that. This unit that the University of Miami has, and I'm talking about their quarterback when I say this unit, but I'm talking about their offense when I say this unit, the quarterback, it is better than anything I have seen do offensive production at the University of Miami. But when I see how vulnerable they are to somebody who can just put together a 17 play drive but doesn't need it because they keep doing it in six because they cannot stop anybody. You need Cam Ward to never have the game he had against Wake Forest against somebody who's playoff worthy because they immediately lose the game. The way they almost lost at Cal, the way they could have lost against Virginia Tech and the way they did lose against Georgia Tech.

[Mike Ryan]

Defense wins championships. But Mike is saying this is a new sport. We need to watch it differently. The best defense is a good offense.

[Dan Le Batard]

And what I'm saying is the last time the University of Miami was on the road, they lost to an inferior team playing two quarterbacks, one of whom was in the game to throw and they knew it. One of whom was in the game to run and they knew it and they held the ball all game long with a bad offense. And what I'm saying is when you face the good teams, in my experience, that University of Miami team isn't good enough. Doesn't look like a champion to me. So you have to tell me that the sport is totally different in order for them to win a championship in it.

[Stugotz]

That's exactly what we're telling you because I don't think that you can really point to any team and say they're really solid in all three phases and they're not going to get, get sniped by one of these other teams. And yeah, I would actually look, the defense only gave up seven points against Wake Forest. They were, they were really good against Wake Forest, who had an abysmal game plan. I think you're right to actually fixate on some of the offensive troubles that we've seen lately. But where I would say is room for encouragement is Cam Ward has shown you that he's not a one trick pony in that game. Here's where you can be encouraged. His yards per attempt were the fewest, I think of all season long because he's just taken what the defense is going to give him, which was why they lost to Georgia Tech because he felt like he had to score a touchdown every time out. It was also, and this, you can chart this the fewest amount of time that he took to throw. And I know he had an abysmal interception in that game, but he's showing you that he is learning to put his team in a better position. It was a fluky game. He had that fumble by Restrepo. That was uncharacteristic. He had a perfect dime of a touchdown pass fall through Jacoby George's arms. I think Miami, they handle business is you look at their offensive numbers, they get a buy. They're pretty well positioned.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, I'm a little sad at how this, this is going today, Dan. Like this Thanksgiving week. I'm not saying that it's time to do our Turkeys of the Year what we're thankful for, but like, it's a great time to be a South Florida sports fan. You have the University of Miami, if you like, the University of Miami. They could be playing for a conference championship for what, first time in a long time they've never won the accent. They're right in the mix to be in the college football playoffs. You have the Dolphins who are in the mix, who could be competing for a Super bowl this year. Yeah, you have a, you know a heat team that's right in the mix. Also in the best hockey team in season tournament.

[Mike Ryan]

A lot to be thankful for.

[Chris Cody]

They are in the mix. I mean they're not. We can't tell the seating yet because we're still in the play in rounds of the group stages of the ist. But they could win very well make it advanced in the Ist win. There's a lot to be thankful for right now. FIU is kind of imploding, but we maybe get rid of Mike McIntyre because that whole situation was crazy last week. But we don't need to get rid of.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who's that guy? Why is he back?

[Chris Cody]

Coach Mac.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like it.

[Mike Ryan]

We don't need to get into.

[Chris Cody]

We're not getting into that. The dawn of a new day. Maybe coming down at the cage over the pit bull. You want to be positive Stadium is here. I mean this has been a great sporting season, a great time to be thankful for. What are you thankful for?

[Dan Le Batard]

You sound very holiday buoyant there and you sound like you're trying lift the show. So I.

[Chris Cody]

Is that the right word?

[Mike Ryan]

He saved this for you.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean ebullient is the right word and I don't associate you with the effervescence of opening a champagne bottle.

[Chris Cody]

Effervescence was a good band.

[Dan Le Batard]

Remember them on Monday mornings when you're more prone to interrupt me than any of the other days because you come in all heated from a football weekend and you've got a lot of opinions and you've let it fly on. God bless football this holiday.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it's the only kind he tells.

[Chris Cody]

It's a short one for me. I tried to speed it up for you guys.

[Stugotz]

You forgot about the league's cup stugats.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

La Car is a place where the best of the celebrations has to be the 97 Marlin celebration because it was Levon.

[Chris Cody]

Well, when Fidel died the first time. This is the Don Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

But if you want me to be positive, positive voice guy, I will try. I will attempt to be. Are you ready? Okay. Instead of blaming like, I don't know, I don't know what you guys thought the interesting results were yesterday, whether it's the Cowboys somehow doing that at Washington and now putting in peril. What, what looked like it was going to be an 8 and 2 start to Washington season in.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

And all of a sudden they're floundering. And the Eagles and Saquon Barkley look like they're right at the top of the entire conference. And the only thing that could, like fist fight the Detroit Lions offensive line, like offensive line to offensive line. Philadelphia against Detroit healthy. I think we'd all like to watch that. But when you looked at the Cowboys win and Tennessee wins and we're like, what is that? What? What is that? What? Will Levis has a pick six and they win. I thought Will Levis in the pick six was supposed to result in Will Levis. That's how he loses every time. They're going to win on the road at Houston. But if you want me to be positive, here it is the Detroit Lions who go against the Colts and make it look easy, make looking winning on the road look easy, have more ways to beat you than any team in the sport.

[Mike Ryan]

Ho hum.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Chiefs have a terrible point differential for a 101 team. The Lions will swamp you. I've never seen a Lion team be a 14 point favorite the way they were against Jacksonville last week. Never seen it. The Lions haven't had this team since 1934. 1934. Is that 40 years before the Super Bowl? Is that. That's the Great Depression. That's around the Great Depression. That's before World War II.

[Mike Ryan]

I think it was towards the end of the Great Depression.

[Dan Le Batard]

Babe Ruth was playing baseball.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

The last time the Lions were this good.

[Mike Ryan]

So you're being positive. Positive.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Chris Cody]

A rare positive with a mention of the Great Depression.

[Mike Ryan]

Right. The Lions are great. They're overwhelming. They need to lose a game. They are getting hot at the wrong time. I'm telling you right now. They might want to sprinkle in a loss. And Dan Campbell needs to tell his players, if you're getting hurt, get hurt.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are you doing? Why? You already did this take on God Bless.

[Mike Ryan]

Billy set me up. He told me to give you the fastball. I did.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's so disrespectful.

[Mike Ryan]

Catch your call for the number one.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, it's so disrespectful. Listen to me, what you just did. You reheated that cold. Shit. You did it. God bless football. You reheated it and you did, and you did. Well, it's cold this morning. I'm wearing a jacket. We're all wearing jackets. We all broke into our winter. It's all. This morning is cold, is it not? Yeah, The. The winter's blown in. It's almost 50 degrees.

[Mike Ryan]

Right?

[Dan Le Batard]

You.

[Mike Ryan]

What happened.

[Dan Le Batard]

Were pointing at me and were disrespectful in my face by just reheating something you already said on God bless football. You can't even look at me right now because you're so ashamed because you went into performance of doing something that's already appeared on another podcast.

[Mike Ryan]

Just playing the hit Stano. That's what I'm doing. I'm telling you. You've won nine straight. Like you might want to mix in a loss before the playoffs. Reset, you know, the team gets grounded.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's like Mike Tomlin, he loved that ball. Now you're recycling the take that you just had seconds ago.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what Tomlin loves to do? He loves to reset. He loves a good loss. It grounds his team.

[Dan Le Batard]

You mentioned Mike Tomlin. This was.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm in charge. We're not good enough.

[Dan Le Batard]

This was the best thing that happened in football this weekend. This is Mike Tomlin being asked about Antonio Brown. During a press conference, Antonio Brown tweeted out that he wants to return to the Steelers and he'll play for free. Free.

[Mike Ryan]

Any thoughts on that?

[Chris Cody]

Walks off.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can you guys just keep playing that? Like just play it a couple of more times so that I could just watch his face. It's the correct way to handle everything there. Tony O'Brown tweeted out that he wants to return to the Steelers and he'll play for free.

[Mike Ryan]

Any thoughts that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony O'Brown tweeted out that he wants to return to the Steelers and he'll play for free.

[Mike Ryan]

Any thoughts that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony O'Brown tweeted out that he wants to return to the Steelers and he'll play for free.

[Mike Ryan]

Any thoughts on that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy, what do you make of Calais Campbell not being we are getting the positive syrupy Thanksgiving stories of Calais Campbell was not traded because Mike McDaniel stepped in.

[Chris Cody]

See, that's the guy right there. He has faith, Dan. He didn't give up on that team. Team. He stepped in. They were about to trade him to the Ravens and he said, no, we're not out of it yet. You know why we're in the mix.

[Mike Ryan]

It's interesting that he gave that much Mike McDaniel there. Cause he could have just been like, oh, we're moving on.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, there's a lot of deals that almost happen.

[Mike Ryan]

He gave voice to yeah, that almost happened. And I threw an adult temper tantrum.

[Chris Cody]

That's his exact quote.

[Mike Ryan]

Which is pretty cool.

[Dan Le Batard]

The idea that we have gone from the Dolphins were two and six and going to play at the Rams Stugots and if they'd lost that game, the season would have been lost. And then they. We have three games against three teams that aren't very good. The Rams are the best of them, but the Raiders aren't any good. And now we are officially in an era where the Patriots are to the Dolphins what the Dolphins are to the Bills. Tua 70 against the Patriots. The Patriots can't do anything against Tua and Tua can't do anything against the Bills. And in the division that makes some of the hope of five and six flatten. When you think of the Bills being four games up or whatever they are.

[Chris Cody]

In the division, I thought I saw a stat yesterday that TUA is undefeated against the Bills. Bills or sorry, he's undefeated against the Jets. He's undefeated against the Patriots.

[Stugotz]

That's true.

[Chris Cody]

Can't beat the Bills. I think he has one win against the Bills.

[Mike Ryan]

He has two games left against the jets, though. So, I mean, the Dolphins have a real shot to be a wild card team here. They do.

[Dan Le Batard]

And I view that and I gotta be positive about this, but I view that as a bit of a purgatory when you're that much worse than the team at the top of the division gonna get the buy and now you gotta beat. You understand like, I understand that like what we just did with college football, we could do it with the pros. It's the genius of football. I'm telling professional football, this is the genius of it. You're in a playoff game and tomorrow you have to play the Texans. We got a shot. No matter who you are, we got a shot against the Texans. And so you can talk yourself into, yeah, the Dolphins can go on the road and beat Baltimore and beat Pittsburgh and beat Houston and beat the Chiefs. And then you don't win a playoff game for 20 years. Like, because you're not quite as good as the Bills.

[Stugotz]

Bills.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're not as good as the Bills. Hard stop.

[Mike Ryan]

But damn. One of the reasons I'm saying this team has a chance. They have two with the jets, they have the Cleveland Browns, they have San Francisco who's banged up and they actually go to Houston and they play Houston. And Houston's a team they're trying to track down in the afc. And so there is an opportunity. I'm not saying they're going to get it done. And I understand what you're saying. If they get there, what are they going to do? But there is an opportunity to get there. And if I told you that four or five weeks ago, you would have laughed me out of the room. In fact, you did.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, you did, you guys did say this, you said the schedule was going to do exact, this exact show.

[Chris Cody]

What do you consider a success? Because like if they make it to the playoffs and they win a game, is that a success? Because like they're not, they're, they're not compared. They're not at the same level as the Bills in terms of their record. Right. But like they played the Bills a couple of weeks ago pretty tight. And we were even discussing should they have gone to two or for a two point conversion to win that game. So they played the Bills tight. I mean, besides the Bills.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy. They played the Bills tight.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

In a playoff game with Skyler Thompson.

[Chris Cody]

Well, he was reason they lost.

[Dan Le Batard]

But they always lose to the Bill. The Bills are better. We can. Look, we're not going to have this discussion.

[Chris Cody]

The Bills are better, but what do you consider a success? Super bowl or bus for the Dolphins because they're not there.

[Dan Le Batard]

The fact that we're still talking about this team 11 games in. I can consider success from three games ago. But you do realize last year we were talking. Greg Cody said they're going to win the Super Bowl. And this season of expectations wasn't five and six, 11 games in, like.

[Chris Cody]

But it was their quarterback.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was supposed to be a given that they would be at least here. Correct. Like, not three games back in the division. At least here in the mix. 12 games in.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. If they didn't lose their quarterback for four games. Like they lost their quarterback for a significant chunk of the season and went.

[Dan Le Batard]

One and three during that.

[Chris Cody]

Correct. That's why.

[Dan Le Batard]

But they've got six losses. Like, they've got six losses 12 games in and haven't beaten a good team yet. Like what? Show me that they beat the Rams. You saw. You saw what the Eagles just did to the Rams. Right. Now I've gone negative again.

[Chris Cody]

Right.

[Mike Ryan]

Not certain the Rams are any good. I mean. No, your point about they haven't beaten a good team yet is. Is totally fair. They have it. I'm just picturing what this league would be like if all teams thought the way you want them. Oh, but no, but we're the seventh seed. We're not.

[Dan Le Batard]

Forgive me.

[Chris Cody]

Forget the Chiefs. Wouldn't have played a playoff game last year.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let me say it a different. Let me say it a different way then. Let me say it a different way.

[Stugotz]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

The country does not believe that the Miami Dolphins can beat a good football team.

[Chris Cody]

The country. That is. They don't believe in the Dolphins. I don't believe in them.

[Mike Ryan]

Are you. Including Miami? Are you.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm saying the country does not believe that. Look, this has been the narrative for two seasons, Stugatz. It hasn't changed. The country doesn't believe that TUA can win you a road playoff game playing. Well, that has not changed. It maybe changed in Miami. It has not changed elsewhere. That was the story at the end of last season.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

McDaniel gave voice to that this off season. And that has been the story the first half of the season. They still have not beaten anybody.

[Mike Ryan]

I get it. But I'm guessing the country also didn't think the Giants would win the two Super Bowls they won as a wild card with Eli Manning. And they went out and won those Super Bowls like, okay, the odds are stacked against them and no one thinks they can get it done. But that doesn't mean they can't.

[Dan Le Batard]

It kind of does.

[Chris Cody]

What if they beat the Packers? Does that change anything? If they beat the packers or then they just beat one good team again, if they beat.

[Dan Le Batard]

If they beat the packers, then halfway through or two thirds of the way through a season in which they lost their quarterback for a month, they will be 500. Which isn't where they were supposed to be when we started talking about everyone's all in on the Dolphins.

[Chris Cody]

They weren't supposed to lose their quarterback. They weren't supposed to lose their quarterback.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're predicting that they will lose their quarterback Thursday?

[Chris Cody]

I do not know. No, no. Let's just get ahead of this right now. I am not predicting they will lose their quarterback. I do not want them to lose their quarterback. I am not rooting for anyone to get injured, okay? If said things should happen, do not come at me. Billy was right. Billy's happy. None of that. I don't want this to happen. I'm just saying, historically, this is when it does happen. That's all I'm saying. Saying, I don't want it to happen. I'm not predicting it. I'm not rooting for it. I'm rooting against it. Very strongly. Am I rooting against this happening?

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy, I'm sorry to have done this to you, but you are cornered, okay?

[Chris Cody]

Because you have not.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have put all of the packing peanuts around it that you can.

[Chris Cody]

I put packing peanuts in his helmet if I could.

[Dan Le Batard]

But you predicted earlier.

[Chris Cody]

No.

[Dan Le Batard]

That this is the situation that this always happens in. And we all recoiled. We recoiled as a show.

[Chris Cody]

No.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you know how rare that is for all of us to recoil as a show?

[Chris Cody]

No. No.

[Mike Ryan]

We did.

[Chris Cody]

That's like saying Jim Cantori is rooting for Category fives to hit certain spots so he can be right. No. He's just reading a map. That's all I'm doing. I'm just reading a map and I'm telling you how this has gone historically in the past. Potentially. This is something to look out for. I'm not saying it's going to happen. I'm rooting for it. I want it to happen. I don't want it to happen. I'm rooting against it. I want to be wrong, Dan, unlike you, I want to be wrong. I learned from you. I want to be wrong. Let me say scandalous thing and then say I want to be wrong.

[Dan Le Batard]

I came in happy today, legitimately happy to talk about the Dolphins. Yes. Because I'm wrong. Because when they went from 2 and 6 to 3 and 6. They did indeed save their season because you were right. You said they would be easy games against the Raiders and Patriots, and I'm like, easy games? They're the easy game on everyone's schedule. And now they are five and six and we're doing exactly the show that you predicted a couple. Couple of days. Which we hope we would do. I hope on Friday we're not doing the show you previously predicted we're going to be doing on Friday because two is hurt again Thursday night.

[Stugotz]

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

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