Postgame Show: Do You Survive Or Do You Live? (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Postgame Show: "Do You Survive Or Do You Live?" (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Date: January 21, 2026

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Overview

In this lively and comedic episode recorded from the Elser Hotel in downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, co-hosts, and guest JuJu Gotti riff on everything from NFL and NHL bets to pop-culture observations, bad Robert De Niro movies, and the all-important life question: "Do you survive, or do you live?" The crew's signature banter covers sports, movie references, bizarre food polls, and playful debates about the aesthetics and realities of modern living.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Sports Picks and Banter

• NFL & NHL Picks ([01:21 - 02:10])
  • Analyst confidently picks the Broncos as underdogs against the spread:
    "Broncos at home getting five and a half points... taking it."
  • Mike backs Anaheim Ducks to cover in the NHL:
    "The Colorado Avalanche have been an absolute wagon... give me Anaheim plus one and a half."
• Casual reactions reveal the group's laid-back and joking tone:
  • “Not bad.” “Really not bad.” “I don’t like it.” ([01:42])

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2. Pop Culture Lookalikes & De Niro's Worst Films

Lookalike Game ([02:19 - 03:15])

• JuJu on Grayson Allen = Ted Cruz
  “Every time he sees Grayson Allen, he can’t help but think of Ted Cruz. And now I cannot unsee it.” – JuJu ([02:24])
• Dave, Mike, and others riff on this and other uncanny celebrity resemblances, e.g., Rick Carlisle-Jim Carrey and Lucy Rodine-Margot Kidder.

Top 5 Worst Robert De Niro Movies ([03:30 - 05:38])

• JuJu presents his list with playful disdain:
  • #5 Grudge Match
    “Robert De Niro vs Sly Stallone at 80 years old each.” – JuJu ([04:11])
  • #4 Last Vegas
    “Never watch that. That’s terrible. Self-explanatory.” – JuJu ([04:52])
  • #3 Dirty Grandpa
  • #2 The Intern
  • #1 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
    “He’s the main bad guy... Boris and Natasha’s boss.” – Mike ([05:32])
• Entertaining group reactions throughout:
  “Sounds horrible.” “It was just bad.”

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3. College Sports: G League Players Returning to NCAA

• JuJu introduces legal news about a player moving from the G League back to college ([06:20 – 07:10]):
  • “To me, that seems a bit crazy... It’s a lot of schools doing that now where G League players are going back to college.”
  • Mike explains ruling in the player's favor and jokes about how wild it could get:
    “Do not count Mario Cristobal out to try to get retired NFL players...” – Mike ([06:47])
  • Group imagines absurd scenarios, like 35-year-olds returning to NCAA play.

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4. Uncle Luke Meme Story

• JuJu shares his personal story with Uncle Luke and a misunderstood meme ([07:19 – 08:06]):
  • “He quote tweeted me, screenshot: ‘Levitar show is racist. Look at this racist post.’ I’m black, brother! ...In person, man, bro, so lovable and so playing, having a good time.”
  • Crew laughs about Uncle Luke’s playful personality and how fun he is at live events.

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5. The Polls: Food, Surviving vs. Living, and Social Commentary

Bowl vs. Plate Debate ([08:29 - 08:39])

• JuJu: “Should we replace bowls with plates? 71% says no. Lack of vision.”
• Analyst: “Never had soup out of a plate, right?”

Eating Rotisserie Chicken, Ribs, and Other Foods in the Car ([08:42 – 09:45])

• Poll results: Most have not eaten rotisserie chicken (72%) or ribs (76%) in the car.
• Laughter about logistics and a detailed hypothetical from the group: “You have two hands, right? …one gets the chicken, and that free hand can also dip in gravy or mashed potatoes...”
• Deep question emerges: “Do you survive or do you live? Give me the latter.” – Commentator ([09:45])

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6. Random Social and Sports Takes

• JuJu quickly asks about discourse seen online regarding Jimmy Butler’s injury; consensus:
  “They say stupid things on that show.” – Dave ([10:06])
• Amusing, botched poll:
  “Wings or ribs? 93% of the audience says yes, because I messed up the poll.” – JuJu ([10:32])
• Group riffs on trusting people who never had root beer, olives, nor ribs (87% say no).
• Playful mockery of hair conditioner’s necessity and “Big Soap” conspiracy (74% say conditioner is a grift).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Every time he sees Grayson Allen, he can't help but think of Ted Cruz. And now I cannot unsee it.” — JuJu Gotti ([02:24])
• “That was the brother from Heat, man. What are we doing?” — JuJu on De Niro in 'War With Grandpa' ([04:11])
• “Do you survive or do you live? Give me the latter.” — Commentator ([09:45])
• “Wings or ribs? 93% of the audience says yes because I messed up the poll.” — JuJu ([10:32])
• “Is hair conditioner a grift brought to you by Big Soap? 74% say yes.” — JuJu ([11:00])

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Important Timestamps

• [01:21 - 02:10] — NFL & NHL picks: Playoff and regular season betting talk
• [02:19 - 03:15] — Pop culture lookalike game
• [03:30 - 05:38] — JuJu’s Top 5 Worst De Niro Movies
• [06:20 - 07:19] — Debate: G League players returning to NCAA basketball
• [07:19 - 08:15] — JuJu’s Uncle Luke story
• [08:29 - 09:45] — Polls about plates vs. bowls, eating habits in cars
• [09:45 - 10:06] — The existential “Do you survive or do you live?” discussion
• [10:32 - 11:22] — More polls, Jimmy Butler debate, and final round of jokes

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Tone and Style

The episode is a blend of spirited, quick-hitting humor, pop culture hot-takes, and the playful, sometimes absurd questioning that defines the Le Batard Show. The crew’s camaraderie and willingness to riff on even the silliest topics keep the pace lively and the laughs frequent, making for a fun, offbeat exploration of both sports and modern life.

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Transcript

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[Sports Host]

All right, listen up. Nacho chips, quiet down. Crispy potatoes. This is the moment Velveeta's been preparing you for, and you're not about to crack under pressure. Today's the day to go all in on the drip. Velveeta's heat.

[Commentator]

Neat.

[Sports Host]

Queso is the MVP of any game day spread, so stick by them and you'll be golden. Now get out there and make delicious history. No tailgate party is complete without Velveeta.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Against.

[Co-host]

The spread is brought to you by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours, Greg Cody.

[Juju]

What do we got?

[Analyst]

Okay, playoff, semifinals, NFL AFC championship game. Broncos at home getting five and a half points. I don't care that Bo Nix isn't playing Broncos. And that defense at home getting five and a half. Thank you very much. Taking it.

[Mike]

Not bad.

[Dave]

Really not bad.

[Commentator]

I don't like it.

[Co-host]

All right, Mike, what do you got?

[Mike]

So the Anaheim Ducks had a midseason hiccup. They really dipped. But lately they're turning the corner. And we got a marquee game in the NHL between the Anaheim Ducks and the Colorado Avalanche. And the Colorado Avalanche have been an absolute wagon. So you can get Anaheim plus one and a half for a pretty decent price. I think they cover that spread. Okay, give me this.

[Dave]

We got juju here with us. Juju, how you doing? Good to see you.

[Juju]

What's happening, family? How y' all doing down there, man?

[Dave]

Anything stand out to you today from our Looks like game with Tim Kirchen?

[Juju]

Yeah, man. I was. I was thrilled earlier this week whenever the announcer at the Phoenix sun game, I think, versus Brooklyn Nets, said that every time he sees Grayson Allen, he can't help but think of Ted Cruz. And now I cannot unsee it.

[Co-host]

Pretty spot on.

[Dave]

He looks just like him.

[Commentator]

No, they look exactly alike.

[Mike]

It's kind of scary.

[Dave]

Like, this isn't the first time because I know what you're talking about there. Juju, where they were having fun with it, and it was as if it's the first time they've noticed. I feel like. Like we've seen this for years.

[Juju]

It was My first time noticing.

[Dave]

Oh, really?

[Juju]

Imagine, right? It's like noticing for the first time that Rick Carlisle looked like Jim Carrey. You be like, holy moly. Where was I?

[Analyst]

Yeah.

[Commentator]

Lucy Rodine looks like Margot Kidder.

[Guest]

I had no idea who that was. Literally no clue. He said that. And I was like, that could be Superman.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Juju]

Yeah.

[Analyst]

Oh, yeah.

[Guest]

I was told I sound like her and.

[Commentator]

Sounds like her.

[Dave]

Yeah, that's a good one.

[Mike]

She was famous before cell phones and I hear it.

[Guest]

I saw a video of her shoot Superman with a gun. I said, cool. I'm okay with that comparison. Yeah, we're spiritually aligned.

[Dave]

All right. I'm interested in this juju. So we brought up Robert De Niro.

[Commentator]

Well, we.

[Dave]

Dave brought up Robert De Niro. Rocky and Bullwinkle. Right? Everyone remembers, you know, great movie, but you have some. You have a top five weakest De Niro movies.

[Juju]

Yes, sir, man. The top five weakest Robert De Niro movies he ever touched the set of that. I could think of, guys. Oh, well. Lie Hands of stone. In that movie, Sugar Ray Leonard was played by Usher Raymond.

[Dave]

I don't even know that movie.

[Mike]

I'm learning about this for the first time.

[Dave]

I'm a big movie guy.

[Juju]

Right. Also, Loli, the War with Grandpa. I was watching some kids and we popped that on. I was like, come on, man. This is the brother from Heat, man. What are we doing? Number five, grudge match. Robert De Niro versus Sly Stallone at 80 years old each.

[Mike]

That was a really bad movie.

[Dave]

Sounds horrible.

[Mike]

It was. I mean, the gambit is basically like, this is Raging Bull versus Rocky, but they're old now. But it was just bad.

[Juju]

Number four, Last Vegas.

[Dave]

I would never watch that.

[Commentator]

Come.

[Juju]

That's terrible. Self explanatory. Number three, Dirty Grandpa. What were you thinking? Big brother number two, the Intern.

[Dave]

Oh, isn't that with Anne Hathaway?

[Co-host]

Yeah, I kind of liked that movie.

[Mike]

Which is unsurprising, but still.

[Juju]

And the number one movie. Dave Damshek said it earlier, man. The Adventures of Rocky Ambulinkle.

[Dave]

Who does he. Who does he voice in that?

[Juju]

He's the bad guy.

[Mike]

He's the main bad guy. He's.

[Juju]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

He's Boris and Natasha's boss.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, wow.

[Mike]

The Big Heavy.

[Commentator]

All right.

[Juju]

That. The Robotnik.

[Commentator]

I've often said Robert De Niro is Mike Tomlin and Mike Tomlin is Robert De Niro. You must genuflect to them for their legendary careers. You just have to Ignore the last 10, 15 years.

[Analyst]

That's fair.

[Juju]

Also, did you Guys, see last night, Tom Izzo scolding one of his players. Like, I gave him a quick read. He was like, bruh, you can't guard my mother like my mother video team do you got that.

[Mike]

That video, dude, that was great. Incredible quarter zip, too.

[Dave]

All right, so he. He was not having a good defensive game, that player. That's what we're saying, right?

[Juju]

That boy was behind the. But, yeah, man. Also, I wanted to get you guys thoughts, man. Some. Some good college aficionados on it. The NCAA is getting sued by a brother right now from coming to the G League for trying to go back from the G League to college. You dig? And I wanted to know, like, to me, that seems a bit crazy. You know what I mean? It's a lot of schools doing that now where G League players are going back to college. Mike, what you think about it?

[Mike]

They ruled in his favor. And do not count Mario Cristobal out to try to get retired NFL players here.

[Juju]

Right? Where does it end? Because it's a lot of one and dones that went to Kentucky. Are you telling me that once Tyrese Maxey say, hey, you know what? I've played all I can play. I'm 35 years old. Let me go back and get a championship for the Wildcats. That would be great.

[Dave]

He probably got like 3 years old.

[Mike]

I cannot wait for Trent Williams to replace Cece Mah.

[Juju]

Earlier you was telling the Uncle Luke story, man. I got a relatable story about Uncle Luke, man. Uncle Luke just be on the phone playing, man, one day during the. The Iowa vs. LSU game where Caitlin Clark took on Angel Reese. During the game, the LSU was getting a lot of whistles, man. And so I was. I made a meme where the. The referee had on the LSU colored stripes and he, quote, tweeted me, screenshot, dad. Levitar show is racist. Look at this racist post. I'm black, brother. And I did see him at the highlight game and I told him, I said, bro, that was me posting that. And like you said in person, man, bro, so lovable and so playing, having a good time. Come on, be a bruh.

[Dave]

Juju. You got some polls for today?

[Juju]

Yes, sir. I got some polls for you, man. Wait, wait.

[Co-host]

Uncle Luke came out to highlight. He was at one of our. I don't even remember that.

[Juju]

Yeah, that was wild.

[Mike]

And it's always all love. It's crazy. It's always hugs and laughing. Hey, man, you gotta support us, you know, Stop doing that stuff you're doing on Twitter, Mike, you know I love you.

[Juju]

Should we replace bows with plates?

[Mike]

This is big.

[Juju]

71% of the audience says no. I mean, pretty lack of vision.

[Analyst]

Never had soup out of a plate, right?

[Juju]

Have you ever eaten a rotisserie chicken in the car? Come on, man. Also, too, man. See it with me every day. Support football America. You got to know wherever you get your podcast, Juju's a patriot.

[Commentator]

I don't mean the kind with the capital P either. The good kind.

[Juju]

Yes, sir. 72% of the audience, however, have never eaten the rotisserie chicken in the car.

[Dave]

I mean, how do you hold it, Dave, when you do that?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Seriously.

[Commentator]

Imagine you have. You have two hands, right? Here's the other one gets the chicken, and then that freehand can also be used to dip in gravy or mashed potatoes or other ones.

[Co-host]

You have the chicken in the bag. It comes in, and you're, like, picking the drum off it as you're eating.

[Commentator]

Wow.

[Dave]

That is white tea.

[Juju]

Have you. Have you ever eaten ribs in the car? 76 of the audience says no, they haven't eaten those either.

[Commentator]

Wow.

[Juju]

Dang.

[Commentator]

Shocking.

[Juju]

Very shocking. Have you done everything in the car? 66 of the audience says yes, they have.

[Commentator]

The questions could basically be, do you survive or do you live? Give me the ladder.

[Juju]

Right. Also, too, side note, I saw on Twitter yesterday, bro, you had commented on this as how the Gilbert arena show was talking about Jimmy Butler's injury, bro. Quick thoughts on that, bro.

[Dave]

I mean, like, they did. They just say things. They say stupid things on that show.

[Mike]

That'S going around it.

[Dave]

I don't know any other way to sum it up, Juju. It's like they just say the dumbest things sometimes.

[Mike]

But let's not forget how pumped Jeremy was to see Jimmy. Bu.

[Dave]

Not true.

[Commentator]

I don't want this said anymore.

[Mike]

Kaminga. Just shaking hands.

[Juju]

Wings or ribs? 93% of the audience says yes because I messed up the poll.

[Analyst]

Yet it wasn't unanimous.

[Juju]

Can you trust a person that has never had root beer, olives, nor ribs? 87% of the audience says no, they can't. Are you dancing for the man? If you think that Diet Coke is better than regular Coke, 66% of the audience says yes. You are dancing for the man. Come on, guys. Tastes good. And last poll is hair conditioner, a grift brought to you by Big Soap. 74% of the audience says yes. And those are your pose.

[Dave]

I mean, Jimmy got hurt because he's not living right, and karma strike a.

[Commentator]

Blow for the proletariat. We're coming for you. Bourgeoisie.