Postgame Show: Greg Cote Handicaps The Conclave

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Postgame Show: Greg Cote Handicaps The Conclave
Release Date: April 28, 2025

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Introduction to the Episode

In this engaging postgame episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, along with co-hosts Greg Cody, Billy Corben, Chris Cote, Roy Bellamy, and Juju, delve into a variety of topics spanning sports, pop culture, and humorous banter. Filmed live from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, the show offers listeners a blend of insightful commentary and lighthearted discussions.

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Opening Banter and Anecdotes

The episode kicks off with Dan Le Batard reminiscing about a past prank:

• Dan Le Batard [00:32]: "Cortez has texted me. Parakeet Cortez, he says. Speaking of prank calls, good time to remind the audience that you once published Lou Holtz's phone number in print. Imagine if you did that. Now look at. Look at Roy with his mouth hanging open. Shocked."

This leads to a humorous exchange about the ethics of sharing contact information:

• Greg Cody [00:49]: "You did that?"

• Dan Le Batard [00:49]: "I did it in the school newspaper. The Miami Hurricane. It was just his office number."

• Billy Corben [00:59]: "Okay. You can get away with that?"

• Mike Ryan [01:02]: "Public knowledge. Right."

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Discussion on the Pope and Joel Osteen's Property

The conversation shifts to a comparison between the late Pope's modest accommodations and Joel Osteen's opulent property:

• Dan Le Batard [01:07]: "I just wanted to show you the late Pope's accommodations. The way that the power of the Pope surrounded himself with the barest of amenities. Now, put on the screen what some other people were showing, which is Joel Osteen's property."

• Greg Cody [01:38]: "People who were in support of Osteen say, yeah, go ahead and put up a photo of the Vatican while you're at it."

The hosts humorously debate the ownership and lifestyle of the Pope:

• Mike Ryan [01:43]: "Does the Pope own the Vatican? Is that his, like, spread where he's like, yeah, this is what I got. It's a whole country. My bad."

• Greg Cody [01:44]: "It's not."

• Mike Ryan [01:46]: "It's not a mansion. It's a country."

They conclude with remarks on the Pope's living conditions:

• Greg Cody [01:49]: "Sleeping arrangements, though. Meager."

• Mike Ryan [01:50]: "Meager arrangements."

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Satirical Take on the Papal Conclave

Billy Corben introduces a satirical segment predicting the next Pope, showcasing the group's playful banter:

• Billy Corben [01:57]: "The odds are out. And everybody knows that Pietro Perelin is the betting favorite to be the next pope at plus 200. But I have to tell you, my sources within the Vatican, there's a groundswell of cardinal support for Matteo Zupi at Plus 600 is looking like a good bet right now to me... Piera Batista Pizzaballa is another good guy to look at."

This leads to a humorous penalty segment:

• Juju [02:38]: "So minor penalty, two minutes for adding nothing."

• Chris Cote [02:44]: "Dan. That's a cardinal sin."

• Billy Corben [02:48]: "That is a cardinal sin."

• Dan Le Batard [02:50]: "Get out."

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Creative Imagery: Men vs. Gorilla Scenario

The hosts engage in a surreal and humorous discussion imagining 100 men versus a gorilla:

• Roy Bellamy [04:57]: "If we have a sign up sheet... We're going to clean that boy up. You feel me?"

• Dan Le Batard [05:37]: "A hundred is a lot of men."

• Mike Ryan [05:40]: "But what if the gorilla grabs somebody by the ankles..."

• Greg Cody [06:02]: "Ripped his head off. And whatever my plan was with the other 19 guys..."

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Football Draft and Player Analysis

The conversation transitions to football drafts, focusing on quarterback prospects and team strategies:

• Dan Le Batard [06:15]: "But 100 men is a lot of men. We'll get a definitive answer from Ron McGill."

• Roy Bellamy [07:00]: "You feel me? ... I'm just happy for my brother to get a chance in the NFL to prove these folks wrong."

• Billy Corben [09:02]: "With Shador Sanders, he's going to get some benefit of doubt for having fallen so far relative to what people thought just a month before the draft."

The hosts discuss the challenges faced by quarterbacks in highly competitive environments:

• Dan Le Batard [08:18]: "Kenny Pickett is also in that room... He has to keep."

• Billy Corben [09:23]: "Shador Sanders... kill it during minicamp prior to training camp."

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Interactive Polls and Audience Engagement

Throughout the episode, the hosts engage with their audience through interactive polls, sparking lively debates:

• Roy Bellamy [10:07]: "If your name is Jax, are you more likely to get into trouble? 97% of the audience says, yes, you are."

• Dan Le Batard [12:06]: "61 of the audience says, Michael Vick."

• Roy Bellamy [15:02]: "Are we a country full of haters? 98% of the audience says yes, we are."

These polls serve as a tool for the hosts to connect with listeners, reflecting popular opinions and prompting humorous discussions.

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Fashion vs. Slob Debate

A spirited debate unfolds around the fine line between being fashionable and appearing as a slob:

• Juju [13:39]: "It's your confidence... you haven't crossed that line."

• Dan Le Batard [14:02]: "I had this argument in a locker room with Deion Sanders."

• Juju [14:24]: "You like to dress up. You should come as Dion one day this week."

• Dan Le Batard [14:37]: "I have. No, you're right, Greg. I could not."

The discussion highlights the importance of confidence in personal style and the influence of personality on fashion perception.

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Closing Remarks and Final Poll

As the episode winds down, Roy Bellamy delivers a closing poll:

• Roy Bellamy [15:02]: "Are we a country full of haters? 98% of the audience says yes, we are."

• Dan Le Batard [15:14]: "A country full of haters."

The hosts bid farewell, affirming the show's commitment to providing a blend of sports commentary and entertaining dialogue.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Dan Le Batard [00:32]: "Imagine if you did that. Now look at Roy with his mouth hanging open. Shocked."

• Billy Corben [01:57]: "My sources within the Vatican... Matteo Zupi at Plus 600 is looking like a good bet right now to me."

• Roy Bellamy [05:37]: "We gonna clean that boy up. You feel me?"

• Juju [13:35]: "Confidence is key."

• Roy Bellamy [15:02]: "Are we a country full of haters? 98% of the audience says yes, we are."

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Conclusion

This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz masterfully blends humor, sports analysis, and audience interaction. From playful debates about the Papal Conclave to imaginative scenarios pitting men against a gorilla, the hosts maintain a lively and engaging atmosphere. Their discussions on football drafts and player potential provide insightful commentary for sports enthusiasts, while the interactive polls and banter ensure that listeners remain entertained throughout the show.

Whether you're a regular follower or new to the podcast, this episode offers a comprehensive and enjoyable listening experience, capturing the essence of what makes The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz a beloved staple in sports and pop culture commentary.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

Cortez has texted me. Parakeet Cortez, he says. Speaking of prank calls, good time to remind the audience that you once published Lou Holtz's phone number in print. Imagine if you did that. Now look at. Look at Roy with his mouth hanging open. Shocked.

[Greg Cody]

You did that?

[Dan Le Batard]

I did it in the school newspaper. The Miami Hurricane. It was just his office number. Oh, well, it wasn't his home number. It was just the Notre Dame campus number.

[Billy Corben]

Okay. You can get away with that?

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know. Could you?

[Billy Corben]

Yeah. Not the home.

[Mike Ryan]

Public knowledge. Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, they do it for congresspeople, right?

[Juju]

It hasn't worked out for Taylor Lorenz.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is correct. We will get to juju, as I mentioned, in a second, but I just wanted to show you the late Pope's accommodations. The way that the power of the Pope surrounded himself with the barest of amenities. Now, put on the screen what some other people were showing, which is Joel Osteen's property.

[Chris Cote]

He's got that preacher money, boy, he does have.

[Dan Le Batard]

And I.

[Greg Cody]

And I did say, I did see.

[Dan Le Batard]

People who were in support of Osteen say, yeah, go ahead and put up a photo of the Vatican while you're at it.

[Mike Ryan]

I was gonna say, does the Pope own the Vatican? Is that his, like, spread where he's like, yeah, this is what I got. It's a whole country. My bad.

[Greg Cody]

It's not.

[Mike Ryan]

It's not a mansion. It's a country.

[Greg Cody]

Sleeping arrangements, though. Meager.

[Mike Ryan]

Meager arrangements.

[Greg Cody]

Meager arrangements.

[Mike Ryan]

We seek meager arrange.

[Dan Le Batard]

Cody, do you have anything Pope related that you'd like to add to the conversation?

[Billy Corben]

I'm telling you what. The odds are out. And everybody knows that Pietro Perelin is the betting favorite to be the next pope at plus 200. But I have to tell you, my sources within the Vatican, there's a groundswell. This is my sources. So, you know, I can't quote anybody, but there's an apparent groundswell of cardinal support for. Let me see. I want to make sure I get this right. Matteo Zupi at Plus 600 is looking like a good bet right now to me, you know, it's a crowded race. It's a crowded field. You know, you want to bet the field? If you can get that bet. Piera Batista Pizzaballa is another good guy to look at.

[Juju]

So minor penalty, two minutes for adding nothing.

[Chris Cote]

Dan. That's a cardinal sin.

[Billy Corben]

That is a cardinal sin. Thank you, Billy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get out.

[Billy Corben]

Making that name up.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get out.

[Billy Corben]

Pizza.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get out.

[Chris Cote]

Cardinal support.

[Greg Cody]

We're not done. You're done. Go to the penalty box. Get out of here.

[Mike Ryan]

You know he's not going to the penalty box, right?

[Chris Cote]

No, he's on a couch.

[Greg Cody]

He's just milling about like it's. It's.

[Mike Ryan]

Are we done?

[Greg Cody]

It's. It's the end of a Clippers Nuggets game.

[Mike Ryan]

Did the ball go in?

[Greg Cody]

I don't know that what. That is what they should have done at the end of the Clippers Nuggets game. Off mic, just shrugging their shoulders going, are we done yet?

[Dan Le Batard]

Juju, what do you have for us in the way of critique and updates on what it is that we're doing here today?

[Roy Bellamy]

Number one. That is why we love you. Great, Cody. Oh, my goodness. That's a great new drop, too, by the way.

[Greg Cody]

He didn't add anything. He didn't. He added nothing. He just kept yammering.

[Roy Bellamy]

Oh, my goodness. I want to add to the. The famous numbers pantheon, number 42 in baseball. Yeah, I see that 42. I think of one person that's the big dog, Jackie Robinson. You Feel me? Also 21 on defense in football. I mean, I know it's Freudian right now, but I think of Dion. You dig it? But yeah, also congratulations to Xavier Restrepo. You dig it. Shows that perseverance and you know what I mean, sometimes the connection, it actually works out, man. Him and Cammore get to continue their relationship and their career together in Tennessee. I know my you fans, we all happy and proud of my boy Xavier Restrepo for getting an opportunity.

[Dan Le Batard]

His 40 time and his scouting combine was awful. So he will now try and make it in the league with Cam Ward to see if that connection can be something that is special. What do you have for us in the way of the discussion taking place this weekend with a lot of people? Because Ron McGill has to come on and answer this question later this week. 100 men versus a gorilla.

[Roy Bellamy]

Steve. I got. I got the opinion of. Like I said, I'm a. I'm a zigger in a world full of zaggers like brothers. I think if we Have a sign up sheet. And we get 100 brothers that are committed to this mission. U20 you do this U20, we' only gouging eyes. U20 attack the manhood like we. We gonna get this job done. You feel me? I know that we think of Kong. We think of all the big. Oh, we're not talking about Kong. We're talking about a 9 to 5 gorilla. Got a 401k. He was just popping up on him. We gonna clean that boy up. You feel me? What y'all think I don't know about that juju?

[Dan Le Batard]

A hundred is a lot of men. Is a lot of men.

[Mike Ryan]

But what if the gorilla grabs somebody by the ankles, a meager man by the ankles, and then uses him as a bat for other people as they're trying to come in to gouge the eyes and hit the manhood?

[Dan Le Batard]

I do think that we will have a few problems on our hands once the other 97 men see the first three who have been torn in half.

[Billy Corben]

Whoa.

[Greg Cody]

Ripped his head off. And whatever my plan was with the other 19 guys, go after his junk. When I see somebody whose torso has been removed from the lower half of their body, I think my plan might fall apart.

[Dan Le Batard]

But 100 men is a lot of men. We'll get a definitive answer from Ron McGill. Any other draft information, any other football stuff that you think we need to get to that we didn't get to today. We didn't even get to Roy. We didn't even get to the Edmonton Oilers. And the fact that before he left for the penalty box for adding nothing, Greg Cody was saying, hey, my McDavid overrated things still looking good.

[Chris Cote]

Well, it's a brand new series now. The series is tied at 2. So, yeah, it's still in play, but I think the Kings will still win the series.

[Dan Le Batard]

What does that mean it's still in play? That he's still in play because they.

[Chris Cote]

Lose in this first round, it's basically 00.

[Dan Le Batard]

Now it's not in play. He's a great player.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Roy Bellamy]

Dry side, boys.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah. Leon Draisidder was the hero in overtime last night.

[Roy Bellamy]

You dig? On the. On the shoulder front. You feel me? I feel like y'all said everything you did. Like Ellie came on his opinions. You guys shared a bunch of rational realizations. You feel me? I just got one video to thr it too. This. This video will speak for me. I don't have too much to put on it besides this video. Salute to y'all.

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, you know what I think happens sometimes? I Don't have any evidence that it's happening now. Yes, but people start talking and behind the scenes they create a reputation for somebody that may not even be what their reputation is, but everybody starts agreeing that this guy can't do this or he can't do that, and everybody starts believing that.

[Roy Bellamy]

You feel me? That's. That's pretty much how I go now. Like we. We be debating all this stuff. We don't know what the hell happened in these rooms. We taking the word for it from somebody, you dig? So let's. I'm just happy for my brother to get a chance in the NFL to prove these folks wrong. Now we can't look at the past no more, that the draft happened now. Onwards and upwards. And he got high ass Dylan Gabriel to compete with Joe Flacco. Deshaun Watson, like, it's a. It's a good opportunity in that room. If you really about it and make it your mission to be the number one quarterback. I wouldn't choose any other team to get that chance for. You feel me?

[Dan Le Batard]

Kenny Pickett is also in that room as well. And I didn't know before Posnanski said it earlier that they had a quarterback in that room that they cannot waive contractually that they have to keep. I didn't know there was such a thing as a quarterback in that room with those five names. Those all felt like names that you could wave, but evidently there's one that can't be waived. And I don't. I don't. Only the reason that I don't think it's a good opportunity isn't just because it's a Brown. It's because you've got five other people taking snaps there. And this isn't who the coach wanted. Like, this is clearly not the guy the coach wanted. And that becomes a hard ask if a guy's not going to get his reps there.

[Billy Corben]

Yeah, but I think with Shador Sanders, he's going to get some benefit of doubt for having fallen so far relative to what people thought just a month before the draft. I think if he shines, absolutely kills it. During minicamp prior to training camp. I think all of a sudden he's getting a lot of snaps along with the other players.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just don't think he's going to get that many snaps with five quarterbacks all having to get the snaps.

[Roy Bellamy]

I know, but when you look, that's the same. That's the same mentality y'all got with these gorillas. I'm telling you, go for the junk. Go for the eye gouges and you will find yourself QB1.

[Mike Ryan]

Then they rip the head off one guy, and then he's like, oh, wow, his brain.

[Greg Cody]

He's flying. He's throwing some. A human head at me. I was not expecting. I was not expecting for you to take Tony's head and throw it at me. Like, he and I got in. We had a plan. It's like, Tony, you and me will go for the junk. But now it's his screaming head being thrown at me by a gorilla. Now what do I do to say polls, please. Juju at Lebanon show.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do we have to update here?

[Roy Bellamy]

If your name is Jax, are you more likely to get into trouble? 97% of the audience says, yes, you are. Damn it. Atlanta Falcons is always. Y'all, goodness gracious. Do you trust anyone that scrapes all of the cheese off of their pizza? 96% of the audience says, no, they do not.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is Mel Kuiper Jr. Scrapes all of the cheese off of his pizza. Do you guys agree with me that. And this is not an indictment of Mel Kuiper Jr himself, but that the people of the industry, where they make their money with the meat market, of projecting young players, that that is an unusual group of people? Do you agree with that, Greg, if.

[Billy Corben]

You'Re a Mel Kuiper? Oh, hell yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

The people who. The people who do this for a living, where all they do is the projection of these things. It's a mindset that is a little different than the average mindset in a sports media career.

[Billy Corben]

I think it's absolutely true. I mean, these nuts are literally watching film as if they're a coach. They're watching film. They're analyzing film. I can imagine that in the buildup to the draft mill, Copper Junior is probably talking to 15 or 20 sources a day, as is Diana Rossini. But at least she doesn't do a mock draft. But, yeah, I think it's a crazy man's profession. I really do.

[Chris Cote]

Can we say that McShay is closer to normal than most of these prognosticators?

[Dan Le Batard]

Perhaps, but still closer to abnormal than normal?

[Mike Ryan]

Like Greg Cody does mock drafts. Closer to normal, but yeah, a little, you know, that kind of thing.

[Billy Corben]

I ain't looking at film. Are you kidding me?

[Roy Bellamy]

The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody, this week with Stu Guts. Yeah.

[Billy Corben]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Roy Bellamy]

Check it out.

[Billy Corben]

Appreciate that.

[Roy Bellamy]

Damn right.

[Billy Corben]

And you know it.

[Roy Bellamy]

When you think of the number seven, who do you think of first? John Elway or Michael? Vicky?

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a big one six.

[Roy Bellamy]

Yeah. 61 of the audience says, michael Vick. Wow.

[Billy Corben]

Recency bias.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's just young people on the Internet. John Elway, at this point, might as well be that T. Rex in terms of being a dinosaur.

[Mike Ryan]

His teeth look like it.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, damn. What are we doing?

[Greg Cody]

No.

[Roy Bellamy]

If the Browns had drafted Tom Brady, would he have immediately gone to work at Starbucks? 94 of the audience says, yes, he would have.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's a good poll question.

[Roy Bellamy]

I'm gonna say, can you be considered great if at. Can you be considered great at sports? If your name is Eugene, 85 of the audience says, no, you cannot.

[Chris Cote]

Eugene Robinson, Mercury man of the Year.

[Billy Corben]

Mercury Morris. Pretty good player.

[Mike Ryan]

Eugenio swears, yeah, I got this.

[Roy Bellamy]

This question from my brother Billy. Which big weekend for FIU baseball last weekend? Neither here nor there.

[Juju]

That's right. Pause up. You know what it is?

[Roy Bellamy]

Yes, sir, I do. Is it a thin line between fashion and slob? 80 of the audience says, yes, it is.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not true in any way, Dan.

[Greg Cody]

That's just not true.

[Juju]

You straddle the line. You could be quite fashionable. You just. You haven't crossed that line.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm a slob.

[Juju]

I know, but you're right there.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I'm not. Could be right there. No, I will never be right there. Because it's not a fine line.

[Juju]

Oh, it's a fine line.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a gulf. It's a gulf between fashionable and slob.

[Juju]

No, I think that it also in juju, like, you can attest to this, right? A lot of it is also just like, your personality. It's your confidence, right? Like, you can dress that way, but if you had the confidence, it makes what you're wearing fashionable. I think it's that you have this, and you're like, I look like a slob. It's like, no, own it. And then people are like, you know what? I want to dress like you.

[Dan Le Batard]

I had this argument in a locker room with Deion Sanders.

[Juju]

Well, I mean, come on. What are you doing there? Like you're bringing a knife to a gunfight. That's crazy. Why would you have that argument about your fashion versus Deion Sanders? That's insane.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because, like, you, he said to me, no, you could wear this mustard colored suit. You could in attitude. And I'm like, dion, I could not. I would not be.

[Juju]

But because of that. Because of that right there, you're the one limiting yourself, Dan Lebatard. Yeah. You know what? You like to dress up. You should come as Dion one day this week, and you could see that you would actually pull it off. Who knew? Me and Dion, one and the same.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have. No, you're right, Greg. I could not.

[Billy Corben]

You would be laughed at. That's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is right. I know.

[Juju]

I don't know.

[Chris Cote]

Have confidence.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy thinks that I have the keys to my own prison.

[Greg Cody]

No, this is the prison.

[Dan Le Batard]

I've never had any keys. I got no keys.

[Greg Cody]

I don't know where the locksmith is. I don't know who makes the keys. And it is not my attitude that will bring me the keys. I cannot wear Dion's mustard colored suit.

[Juju]

Confidence is key.

[Roy Bellamy]

Dan, last poll. Are we a country full of haters? 98% of the audience says yes, we are. And those are your polls. God bless America.

[Dan Le Batard]

Juju, good talking to you.

[Mike Ryan]

2%.

[Greg Cody]

God bless America.

[Dan Le Batard]

A country full of haters.

[Greg Cody]

Get away's teeth off the screen.