Postgame Show: PittsBurr (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Postgame Show: PittsBurr (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Date: February 24, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Participants: Dan Le Batard (host), Stugotz, Tony, Zaz, Joe, Greg, Brown, JuJu Gotti (guest)

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Episode Overview

This episode thrives on the signature looseness and energy of the Le Batard crew. Fortified by the addition of JuJu Gotti, the gang dives into chopping up pop culture, sports news (boxing, NBA antics), the continuing Hamilton-vs-history beef, and playful jabs at each other’s patriotism and sports allegiances. The tone is playful, irreverent, and peppered with inside jokes and wild conversational pivots.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Hamilton, History, and Patriotism

• Tony’s Frustration (00:32): Tony vents about the group associating his mention of Aaron Burr with the musical "Hamilton" rather than history itself.
  • Quote: "I didn't make a Hamilton reference. It's called history. Pick up a book." – Tony (00:43)
• The group riffs on the American educational system, with Greg noting historical inaccuracy in pop culture.
  • Quote: "They didn't rap back then, dude" – Greg (01:15)
• The chat becomes even more playful about American vs. Canadian loyalty, with Tony and Greg poking fun at others' understanding of American history.

2. JuJu Gotti Joins the Show

• JuJu enters ready to show off his “black and gold” Pittsburgh spirit but immediately gets teased about being unpatriotic by Dave, causing a flurry of banter.
  • Quote: "I had my black and gold. I had a whole thing set up I was gonna do for Dave, but then he said black and gold over red, white and blue." – JuJu (01:33)
• The crew debates the merits of Pittsburgh as quintessentially American, in classic tongue-in-cheek fashion.
  • Quote: "If you don't care about Pittsburgh, you don't care about America." – Joe (03:47)

3. Mayweather, Pacquiao, and the Sphere

• JuJu reacts with surprise and skepticism to news about upcoming Mayweather fights—particularly the location at Las Vegas' Sphere.
  • Quote: "Not only are we getting Mayweather Pacquiao, before that, we getting a little appetizer of Mayweather Mike Tyson." – JuJu (02:35)
• Greg and Tony riff about the financial motivation, employing classic Brinks truck visuals.
• Dave admits he can’t attend the fight at the Sphere due to vertigo, leading to more ribbing about his limitations.

4. Patriot Games and Penalties

• The chat devolves into a farcical patriotism-off, replete with mock penalties and chants of "USA."
  • Quote: "Two minutes, Mussolini." – JuJu (04:22)
  • Quote: "USA. USA. USA." – Joe (04:36)

5. Joker of the Day

• JuJu delivers his “Joker of the Day,” calling out Tyri Eason for a bush league move that resulted in Vince Williams Jr. injuring his ACL.
  • Quote: "You got to get the joker of the day at least some type of penalty... It's definitely joker activity." – JuJu (05:14)

6. Game of Thrones vs. Breaking Bad Fan Wars

• Dave laments fan rivalries between Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad stans, describing it as "ridiculous."
  • JuJu broadens the point about jealousy and sabotage in life and wishes the audience a happy Black History Month.
  • Quote: "Ultimate losers, bruh... they willing to sabotage you and them damn selves just to get you out the paint, man." – JuJu (05:57)

7. Listener of the Day & Sports Analogies

• JuJu shouts out listener Ron Burrell Jr. for a sharp “Josh Allen is Connor McDavid” comparison (aka Spider-Man meme analogy).
  • Quote: "Right before Sid it and you guys said it, he said, josh Allen is Connor McDavid is Josh Allen. They're the same guy." – JuJu (06:33)
• The panel debates Allen vs. McDavid, with Zaz noting McDavid “at least gets to the final.”
• JuJu admonishes Allen for failing to make key throws, reflecting Buffalo fan anguish.

8. Celebrating Clarissa Shields & Bud Crawford

• JuJu highlights Clarissa Shields’ boxing win and celebrates Terrence “Bud” Crawford celebrating his son’s high school state championship.

  • Quote: "You love to see it, man. You wonder why these folks retire early. It's for moments like them, man." – JuJu (07:47)

9. Garage and Basement Banter

• Light teasing about who owns a basement or garage, with Brown and Zaz confirming their respective situations.
  • Quote: "Dave, you look like you own a basement in your house." – JuJu (08:12)
  • Quote: "No basements in California..." – Brown (08:19)
  • Quote: "You definitely have a garage..." – Zaz (08:21)

10. David Simpson Salute and the Importance of Learning From the Past

• JuJu shouts out David Simpson for his comment on remembering the past, echoing Santayana’s famous maxim.
  • Quote: "Those who forget the past are condemned to relive it... you got to watch who you have in your audience sometimes. You did." – JuJu (08:29)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "Pick up a book." – Tony (00:43)
• "Black and gold over red, white and blue." – JuJu (01:33)
• "If you don't care about Pittsburgh, you don't care about America." – Joe (03:47)
• "Two minutes, Mussolini." – JuJu (04:22)
• "Ultimate losers, bruh." – JuJu (05:57)
• "Josh Allen is Connor McDavid is Josh Allen. They're the same guy." – JuJu, quoting a listener (06:33)
• "Those who forget the past are condemned to relive it." – JuJu (08:29)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:32 – Hamilton history debate kicks off
• 01:24–02:16 – JuJu Gotti joins; Pittsburgh pride clash
• 02:24 – Mayweather’s return, boxing at the Sphere
• 03:37 – USA/Patriotism ribbing, penalties
• 04:53 – Joker of the Day: Tyri Eason incident
• 05:39 – Game of Thrones vs. Breaking Bad fans
• 06:31 – Listener of the Day: Josh Allen = Connor McDavid
• 07:47 – Salute to Clarissa Shields and Bud Crawford
• 08:12 – Basement and garage banter
• 08:29 – Celebrating David Simpson and history lessons

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Summary

This Postgame Show episode brings together lively debate, irreverent sports analysis, and the usual mix of personal digs and playful patriotism. With JuJu Gotti’s humorous, genial insights, the crew weaves together hot takes on boxing, fandom culture, and athlete accountability, all while lampooning their own shortcomings and celebrating listeners. It’s classic Le Batard chaos: pop culture meets sports meets familial roast, with an undercurrent of genuine camaraderie.

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Transcript

[Meditation Instructor]

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[Meditation Instructor]

And breathe.

[1-800-Contacts Customer]

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[Host Dave]

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[Co-host Zaz]

1-800-contacts.

[Host Tony]

I'm livid. Absolutely livid. We end the segment, the last segment of the show, with an accusation of sedition. I brought up Aaron Burr, and the segment ends. I thought, oh, that was a good segment. And everyone here is like, oh, I thought you were gonna make more Hamilton references. And I said, I didn't make a Hamilton reference. It's called history. Pick up a book.

[Co-host Joe]

Aaron Burr, sir.

[Co-host Zaz]

Who's Aaron Burr, sir?

[Co-host Greg]

It kills me no one knows any of that.

[Host Tony]

The only reason anyone knows any of this is because you watched a really long winded musical.

[Co-host Zaz]

It's a good thing.

[Host Dave]

Had nothing to do, Covid. But whatever.

[Co-host Zaz]

It's still really super inclusive, which I love because I'm a bleeding heart.

[Co-host Greg]

They didn't rap back then, dude, Just

[Host Tony]

pick up a book and read about it. Or. Or pay attention in high school when you did U.S. history.

[Host Dave]

Let's bring aboard Juju here. Juju, how you doing, man? Good to see you.

[Co-host Brown]

Ah, Juju, looking good.

[Host Dave]

Oh, look at. Look at Brown nosing with the Steelers.

[Guest Juju]

Okay. I had this whole spiel set up football America situation. I had my black and gold. I had a whole thing set up I was gonna do for Dave, but then he said black and gold over red, white and blue.

[Co-host Joe]

Yeah, right.

[Guest Juju]

And now I feel embarrassed trying to accommodate this unpatriotic turncoat. Talk to him like, all right, Pittsburgh's in America.

[Co-host Greg]

Barely

[Guest Juju]

see me, though. I came here trying. I. I was about to try, but then you just said that at the last olive branch. Pittsburgh is more like it.

[Co-host Greg]

You're on it today. You're on it today.

[Guest Juju]

Greg Cody.

[Co-host Greg]

That's another Greg Cody.

[Co-host Joe]

First down.

[Co-host Zaz]

Juju did that.

[Host Dave]

His own son, Citizen Juju. You got some thoughts on us learning over the weekend? Not only are we getting Mayweather Packy out, but it's going to be at the sphere, bruh.

[Guest Juju]

I am so surprised, bro. Not only are we getting Mayweather Pacquiao, before that, we getting a little appetizer of Mayweather Mike Tyson. Like my boy money way with money. Mayweather also announced his return to professional boxing after all this. So he ain't through my boy getting money or I don't know if he owe folks, but please, please, Floyd, be careful.

[Host Dave]

Why do we think that he's doing that? I. I mean like the easy answer is money.

[Co-host Greg]

They're backing up a Brinks truck to his house and then opening it and then all the money falls out and then he's like, yeah, I won't get hit for 10 rounds.

[Guest Juju]

That's fine.

[Host Tony]

See that, Tony? We wouldn't have to explain that to a true red blooded American.

[Co-host Greg]

Exactly.

[Host Tony]

Understands this country's built on. But these Canucks over here. Yes, we gotta explain it to y'.

[Co-host Zaz]

All.

[Host Dave]

Yeah, I guess so. All right, but at the sphere like

[Co-host Greg]

that you just met because you can't go because you have vertigo.

[Host Dave]

That is true. I can't go. But when the boxing is going on on that side of the sphere where there are no seats, there's just gonna be crazy images going on.

[Guest Juju]

Yep, that's exactly right.

[Co-host Brown]

You understand that the steel mills if Pittsburgh in the surrounding area were used to forge the material that built the

[Co-host Joe]

tanks and the battleships. If you don't care about Pittsburgh, you don't care about America.

[Co-host Zaz]

Get him out of here. Zaz, this is your moment.

[Host Tony]

Zaz is like the soldiers in war games.

[Guest Juju]

Hold on, hold on just a second. Joe Coroll sound.

[Meditation Instructor]

Not that long.

[Co-host Joe]

Do it in Italian.

[Co-host Greg]

Zazlo.

[Co-host Brown]

Minor penalty.

[Guest Juju]

Two minutes, Mussolini.

[Co-host Joe]

I'm doing it for you. Get out of here.

[Host Dave]

You gotta go.

[Co-host Joe]

USA. USA. USA. USA. U.S.A. yeah.

[Host Dave]

I did good there. That was good.

[Co-host Greg]

Great job, Zaz.

[Host Dave]

Thanks guys.

[Co-host Greg]

Seamless. That makes up for what you said

[Guest Juju]

earlier on the show.

[Host Dave]

You know how to make a boy feel good. Thank you so much. Juju. How about a joker of the day today? Who was a joker?

[Guest Juju]

Yes, sir. Late submission to joker of the day. Me for thinking I could wear that crap. Get out of here. And Dave. But man. Tyri Eason, man of the Houston Rockets last night pushed Vince Williams Jr. In a non basketball move. Man. It was just coming down the court on some fisticuffs. Pushed him hard enough to where Vince plan it wrong and has a bad ACL injury. And I think that that was just bush league like bro. You got to get the joker of the day at least some type of penalty. It's not necessarily. I don't know what you can do to find him or regulate that, but it's definitely joker activity.

[Host Dave]

Juju, I'm sure you heard earlier in the show how we have we have fans of two shows to all time great shows, Game of Thrones fans. And in this case, it's Night of the Seven Kingdoms and Breaking Bad fans who are feuding with each other. It's ridiculous, right?

[Guest Juju]

Super ridiculous, bruh. Ultimate losers, bruh. It's just further proof that that's how they do you. You could be paying your taxes, living right in your vegetables, succeeding in your field, but just because someone else perceives your success threat, they willing to sabotage you and them damn selves just to get you out the paint, man. Do better, man. Happy black history Month, by the way.

[Host Dave]

And we settled on Internet movie database, right?

[Host Tony]

Yeah.

[Co-host Greg]

You were wrong.

[Host Dave]

Internet. Okay, just make it short, all right. Is there a listener of the day today, juju?

[Guest Juju]

Yes, sir. Man.

[Co-host Zaz]

Early.

[Guest Juju]

Early in the show, or it might have been even late in the show whenever it was a listener by the name of Ron Burrell Jr. I want to salute to you, brother. Right before Sid it and you guys said it, he said, josh Allen is Connor McDavid is Josh Allen. They're the same guy. Spider man meme. And when I look at it, my brother is right. Even though I love Josh Allen, Juju,

[Co-host Greg]

I need to know if that was said at the beginning or at the end of the show, because it's just.

[Co-host Zaz]

I think it was the end. But, you know, juju, I'm a big Josh Allen guy myself, but one thing McJesus has on him is he. He at least gets to the final.

[Guest Juju]

Yeah, man. That's the problem with right now. And that's why I was so upset at the end of the season, because the whole world was talking about, was that a pass interference? Was that a catch? But I'm looking at Josh like, big, bro. You got to make them throws down the stretch. If there's any fan base that knows we cannot leave this up to the refs, it should be us. And so I feel, I think that it's on Josh, bro. It's on Josh.

[Meditation Instructor]

Either way, we're putting up a billboard.

[Guest Juju]

Also, congratulations to the quote Clarissa Shields for getting it done over the weekend, as well as Bud Crawford in the crowd with his son. Man, you love to see it, man. You wonder why these folks retire early. It's for moments like them, man. He was in the crowd watching his son win the state championship. You love to see it.

[Host Dave]

Dave, you know about that question.

[Co-host Brown]

I, I, I, I, I do not.

[Co-host Zaz]

I do not.

[Co-host Brown]

But now I do. Thank you, Juju.

[Guest Juju]

Yes, sir. Man, no problem, man. Also, Dave, you look like you own a basement in your house. You like you got one at your house.

[Co-host Brown]

No basements in California either.

[Co-host Zaz]

Damn, you definitely have a garage. You talk about it non stop.

[Host Tony]

I park my car there sometimes.

[Co-host Brown]

It's a two car garage.

[Guest Juju]

As I want to salute David Simpson from early in the show, man, my boy putting on some game earlier, man. Those who forget the past are condemned to relive it. So the moments that we be having, man, just, just pay close attention, man. Like, like he said, I don't want to get the, the, the sound music start playing, but you got to watch who you have in your audience sometimes. You did. And that's all I'm going say.

[Host Dave]

Thanks, Juju.

[Guest Juju]

Yes, sir. Thank y'.

[Co-host Zaz]

All.