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Folks, I'm getting hungry. And you know my favorite part of any meal, snack, or game day app? That's right, the goat. Or should I say the greatest of all time, Frank's Red Hot. It's got the perfect blend of flavor and heat that elevates all foods from wings to Buffalo chicken dip to even ice cream. That's right, I said ice cream. And with a roster of flavors from OG to sweet chili, you can put that on everything. So make every dish the greatest and eat the goat.
B
All right, McKinney. I've done a dangerous thing here, Juju. I've done a dangerous thing here. I have allowed Tony to pick out my outfit for the live stream on Monday. We are doing the entire week building up to the live stream on Monday. So, juju, that's a terrible decision. I remember one time, many, many, many years ago, Boogie allowed me to pick his Halloween costume. And so a ginger was in a giant heart and. And it was embarra to him. And he'll never make that mistake again. I've erred terribly in allowing Tony to make my outfit for Monday night, have I not, Juju, I don't know.
C
Stay tuned. I gotta see what my boy working with right now. Because I heard Satin was in play. So if it's some Satin in play, I think we got a winner.
B
All right, let's see what we've got here. Let's go out to Tony McKinney. You please help me and tell me whether I can pull this off in any way. Pull off this outfit on Monday night. It's the most Cuban game ever played. And Ton has picked out my outfit. So what do you have, Tony?
D
Hey, Dano. Shout out to juju. Shout out to BM in the back. Thank you for putting Jeremy in a headlock. You're actually lucky because if I would have let Rose pick your outfit, you would look like Craig Sager and it would have looked terrible. So this is not. She keeps holding this thing up. Rest in peace. To Craig Sager, by the way. She keeps holding this up. This is not what we're doing here, but Fidel here at Havana Collection did allow me to have a little bit of some Bazello rum and extra. And you have 500 a bottle here, so we're going to sip this as we go.
B
They're taking care of you, Tony.
C
Yes, sir.
D
Smooth. But you know how we do, Dan, when you. When you love the city. When you love the city. The city loves you back, Dan.
E
Remember that.
A
All right?
E
All right.
D
So this is what we're going with. This is what we're going with. First we'll go from the bottom up. These are the shoes you're wearing right here. Look at this, look at this. Look at the style on this. Look at that. Giovanni shoes.
A
All right.
D
I was surprised when I heard your shoe size, by the way. Wood bottom, hard, Small.
E
Yeah, little small. I saw size 11.
D
Small.
E
Small for a man. What I heard.
D
What I heard was ten and a half.
E
Oh, really?
D
What I heard was ten and a half, which I didn't like.
E
Yeah, I was like, wait, Dan's at.
D
Ten and a half. Run that again. They're like, I'm a no, no, for sure.
A
14.
F
I am big poker.
D
Yeah, yeah. All right. So that's the shoe.
C
18.
E
Oh, my God. He's a size 18. That's like two of shoes.
D
Dan's shoes put together. All right, Dan, So the bottom here are the pants right here. Look at these. Daily. All right. Stylish. Right here with this baby blue. And then we're gonna put this shirt on top. Oh, that's nice. With a nice look at the look.
A
Crazy.
B
I thought for sure you were gonna dress me as a clown. People are gonna say, this is gonna be. That this should be my look.
D
She's a clown.
B
No, because.
E
Should be your look.
D
Why would I dress you as a clown?
B
I can't believe how loving that outfit is. Now, I'm not going to be able to pull it off, but my guess is you're going to actually make me look.
A
There's the hat.
C
Yeah, that's a good. Look at that.
D
Look at that.
B
Look at that.
E
Look at that. With. With these.
D
With these shoes on, with some. With some tan socks underneath. Dan, you're looking. Dan, nobody's going to be better dressed than you. They're going to come to you and be like, whoa, how did you. How did you put all this together? This is incredible. And then you're going to say, yeah, man, I just love the city. The city loves me back. They give me all this for free and.
B
All right, I need a makeover, McKinney. So explain. Thank you, Tony. Excellent. Bring that. Bring that over. I'm looking forward to enjoying this with you guys on Monday night. Go ahead and buy.
D
Can we expense the 500 bottle of Bazello rum or no?
B
Yeah, bring that over here for Monday night. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Go ahead.
D
Bring, like for Monday. For Monday.
B
We're going to be doing a big party on Monday night. Look, McKinney can tell you some of the stories. McKinney is not ashamed to tell you about the money spent. Spent on bottles during the Super Bowl, I don't imagine. Right. So he would admire a man who buys some liquor. Am I going to look okay, Bryant? Because I need your help in reinventing myself. Some people in Miami are mad at me. They're saying that my journal. Mike, explain what it is that I've done wrong that we need Bryant McKinney's to endorse me. Cause Miami's mad at me. Cuban Miami's mad at me.
E
Dan's not caping up for the canes the way that he would cape up for a Pat Riley team. I guess he needs Pat Riley to dump his head in an ice bucket for this team to resonate. And a lot of Miami people in the streets are like, dan forgot about us. He doesn't keep up for us the way that he does for the other teams.
G
Well, I think he did a good job. Maybe I would change the shoe color. Yeah, but I mean, other than that flag the outfit and the hat, is it good?
B
What shoes would you go with? Tony, would you be willing to take some advice from Bryant on the shoe or maybe get two pairs of shoes? Or. Am I insulting. Am I insulting you by offering.
D
See, here's the thing.
E
Bryant can't go black.
D
Not respect to Brian. Okay. Loved you as a Kane. Loved you in the NFL. But the problem is you can't wear a black shoe with the navy and the baby blue. You can't do that. That doesn't work that way. That color. That color scheme does not work. Need a Cuban color scheme.
E
White shoe.
G
White shoe is better.
E
Let me see.
B
He doesn't like the shoe.
D
White shoe's a little bit. A little bit.
C
Pops Witherspoon.
D
Dan's a younger guy.
C
Yeah.
B
John Witherspoon.
F
Great shot.
E
There's a thin line between Cuban and Pops Witherspoon. Yeah.
D
Coordinate we could do. We could do some of these right here. Do we like this one better?
B
It's your Brian.
E
We're in here with.
G
Can I see it next to that.
B
Look. We are allowing you to pick my shoes for the Monday night watch party. And, Tony, thank you for doing this for Bryant, but thank you for helping him as well, because I don't want to be embarrassed. I want to look good.
D
Exactly Right. So here's. Here's the two collections of the shoes, right?
G
That looks better.
E
We mean, can I see it with the hat? Can I see what the hat next to?
B
Oh, there you go. There you go.
A
He's right. I'm team Brown.
B
On your right up the two is a better option.
G
Who's team Brown?
E
Yeah.
G
Not me.
B
My issue is that this color is.
D
A little bit more cream than white.
B
Right.
D
So this, I think, matches a little bit better.
E
Yeah.
B
All right, juju, final vote. You're good.
C
Yeah, I'm with it. I'm with the team. Lock it in.
B
All right. They're dressing me up. Tony, thank you for the work. We'll see you again tomorrow. We're gonna get to juju here in a second and Thursday Thunder and a number of other things. But, Bryant, I did want some more of your insights here because you have something in the way of real expertise when you see Fletcher run, you know what good running backs look like. When you see this offensive line play the way that it does, I've never seen, obviously, I've never seen A M Miami team do these seven yard, you know, rugby scrubs down the field, but I've also never seen University of Miami team led by the size and toughness of its offensive line. We want to control the game. Yeah. There are any number of things that we want to happen in this game, but one of the things that we want is our identity as our coach insists on. We're going to play from second and three because we're going to take seven yards from you, even though you know we're going to take seven yards from you on a run. So when you look at Fletcher running with that offensive line, what are you seeing?
G
I'm saying, one, a patient running back because I felt like he allows things to develop. But two, he gives a lot of second effort, too. Like, he breaks the first tackle and he's able to get to the secondary. So I like seeing it. And then O line is downfield. Sil is just knocking people out the way.
E
Brian, I'm sure a lot of people want to ask you about Markel Bell because of the dimensions and the sheer mass of U2. Markel, in Cuban Spanish, there's a saying grande porgusto. This was a guy that was in Grande's big. Yeah. Yeah. But grande porgusto usually means big for nothing. Big for nothing. We usually see. And that's not what Markel Bell is, but Markel. Yeah, neither you. Markel Bell was a guy Even though he's 6 foot 9 and looking as huge as he does, he was a guy that came from. Came over from junior college. So how difficult is it? I. I know a lot of people think mass. Mass kicks ass, and it definitely does, but there's a lot of technique involved. How much more difficult for big guys like you is it to hone in on the technique from a coaching perspective?
G
Yeah. So with big guys, you. You're tall, but some people can get under you and have a little more leverage. So you know your leverage. Yeah. So you have to know your points, you have to have knee bend, you have to know hand position, things like that. So as you get older and the more you do it, you'll realize putting your hands in certain places will give you more leverage and power, and you look stronger than what you actually are just because you know how to, you know, move people. So sometimes people don't. It's not about moving a lot of weights. It's just know how to move a person's body, and I feel like he's getting good at it.
F
You gonna be out the game Monday?
G
So they told me yesterday, said, hey, we're working on your tickets. So, you know, I was patient. You know, the group chat was going crazy, so I just stayed qu and I just waited. And luckily I got a call yesterday, say, hey, we're working on your ticket.
F
So who's being the most impatient right now in the group chat?
G
There's a few people. It's a few people because, you know, people Rom dog.
E
Is it rom Doc?
G
You know, he's definitely one of the candidates. You know, a lot of guys just feel like, you know, we were part of that great team and just feel like, well, we should be in there. But I understand that the college football is the ones who's over the tickets and everything, so it's like, you can't really blame the university. You just have to kind of be patient to see what, you know, what comes about.
B
We're going to go to juju now. I've never known a hurricane of the excellence of your caliber to concede too much respect to someone who came after him in a way that would suggest that that person could beat him. But if Reuben Bain played his prime years against Brian McKinney in practice, would Bryant McKinney have allowed a single sack in a Hurricane practice over his entire time practicing for the Hurricane?
G
He's like a detacher, right?
E
They move him around.
G
Yeah, but mainly detectives. So no. With his limited amount of time attempts to go as defensive end, I doubt it because he's more inside.
E
What about Mazador?
G
Yeah, Mazador. No.
B
There you go.
E
He tried to put Reuben at D tackle even more just so he didn't.
B
Have to answer that question.
E
We all saw what was happening.
B
Thank you, Bryant. Appreciate. Appreciate Spending time.
E
I saw what he was doing with the Reuben thing.
D
Amazing.
B
Yeah, that's about the highest praise. Look, these canes begrudgingly give the respect to the people. That's about as high as Reuben's gonna get.
E
He won't put Reuben on the edge nearly as much so he doesn't have to answer that question. We got highs. We know where four's lined up.
B
Juju, thank you for joining us. Let's do Thursday Thunder.
A
That's right, it's Thursday Thunder. And it's presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours.
D
Juju.
B
What do we got?
C
Yes, sir. This week we gonna let that thing sizzle. We gonna let this thing cook all week and go with the game of the week on Sunday. Brams versus Bears. You did we first leg, I'm going with Puka Puka Nakua. His quarterback is not named Tua yet. Stay tuned for eight catches this Sunday.
B
Eight catches for my boy targets last week. Every week they're asking him for eight plus catches. Every week he's doing.
E
The only way it doesn't deliver is if he gets hurt. It's crazy. They still haven't known how to price these.
C
Next leg I'm going with the rook. I'm going to Chicago coasting Loveland for five receptions on Sunday night.
B
That last game was crazy. Was it not like even it it.
E
Really clicked with a mid season. It's just unbeliev cool to see guys develop in the in the middle of a season. It's just awesome.
B
But that, that is nuts though. You rarely see something like that where you're all of a sudden oh, Roma Dunes, everyone else DJ more.
G
It doesn't matter.
B
That's the guy you got to be thrown to. That never happens with a rookie.
E
Sometimes you don't call plays, you call players. Call Loveland more and more.
C
Amen. And speaking of more, last leg we going with the irrit Eric DJ Moore for three receptions on Sunday night. Lock it in, man.
B
I meant to say by the way, look, this guy has been so exceptional at doing these and they don't come in by the thinnest of margins. Juju went 3 for 4 last week. And was it half a catch that got you? Was it half a catch?
C
One catch from my boy Wallace from Ole Miss. Now I'm glad he didn't because the U is almost back. But at the same time, man, one catch away from supreme victory.
B
What you have Juju for the. For the way for me to improve my standing with Miami. Right now I I do need all the help I can get.
C
Yes, sir. Man, I got about three ways for you, man. First way, go to a game, brother. Just one. Go to the game. Be on the sideline. I don't know if you got to be close to Michael Irving. I don't know if you got to be close to the edge. But I just want you to be in the mix and let these folks know I'm in the mix.
E
Yeah, they'll be super helpful with your sideline. Pass.
C
Number two, go to the hood, bro. Give out about four, 500 turkeys, man. You feel me? Trust me, it's gonna work no matter what hood you pull up in. Pop the trunk. Tell Big McKinney or a brother his size to stay with you because it can get hot out there. But give out them turkeys, you don't post the video. Let somebody else post a video that they caught you giving out church.
G
I got you back. I got you back.
C
There we go.
E
That's good backup.
B
You. You want to set up. So where am I going? Where am I going to give out turkeys?
C
We can do it this week.
E
The fact that you're asking shows exactly.
A
You don't know.
G
Maybe you're on Thanksgiving. Not this week.
B
Ridiculous.
F
This week.
C
And the last way to. To revive yourself, especially with the Cuban community, which I heard and realized today during the show. This might be a billion dollar idea. We should make Dan Levitar croquetas and put them bad boys in stores. Sell them around the world with a Cuban flag behind you.
B
Okay. That's a. That's a whole. That is a great business.
A
You didn't like the shape of Tony's.
B
Well, I mean, that was.
A
Now they're gonna be shaped like you.
B
We had nothing more controversial. Not shaped like me.
E
That's what I'm imagining.
B
You got a croqueta shaped. Well, that one was shaped like you. I Now know why McKinney beat you up in the other room and took the consequences of an incoming lawsuit.
A
Man, that was my first ever fat.
B
Joke and already just put a net brace on Juju. Do you have an ability? Please. And I need to put you and Zaslo on the same page here. I want to be doing MVP of the day every day with you and Zaslow. So who is today's MVP of the day?
F
I'm ready.
C
Yes, sir. Man, we gotta let the legend get his. Get his Runway.
E
There were seven F words rat a tat tatted there.
A
And check my text.
E
The.
C
Of the day.
F
All right, Dan, Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers, they took that ass at Philadelphia. The Cavs, though, are having kind of a mid season. That's what the kids say. They're having a mid season. They're only 23:19. But if we're gonna talk about MVP, better have a conversation about Donovan Mitchell. Donovan Mitchell last night, 35 points, nine assists. He was 11 of 22 from the floor. If we're gonna talk about MVP, we need to have a conversation about Donovan Mitchell.
C
I like it, brother. I like where your head is at.
A
Our last update.
C
FVP of the day.
E
Was on December 11th. Stefan Castle, that was your MVP of the day.
B
Let's do it every Monday. Let's stick to it. Let's not forget and also get that Ray Hudson call of the day. I need to bring that back right up to the World Cup. The Bills this weekend play juju. Are you scared, man?
C
It's been a great season, man. Last week we slayed a dragon, but this week we going up against the number one team in the NFL, man, as well as we only have three wide receivers on the active roster right now. Gabe Davis went out last week with a tour in acl. Terrell Shavers went out last week, week with touring acl. He was big for us on special teams. He was big on both a lot of different areas. And, and we know what Josh dealing with hand, knee, foot. I think that this, this weekend in Denver is going to be a little bit too tough a test. And I think Brandon Beam might find himself on the hot seat next week.
B
We're going to update the polls in a second, but Chris Cody, would you be kind enough please to come in here and grab this piece of paper and give it to Bryant McKinney so he can end the show on behalf of Mike Ryan. Threatening, in the words of Mike Ryan, I want Bryant to proofread this to make sure he's comfortable saying everything that's on that sheet of paper.
E
I just had like 12 tequila soda limes at the time, so I was.
G
You know, I just want to say juju sound like the 2026 version of tone Loke.
C
Wow.
G
I want him to rap Funky Comadino.
E
He is a rapper.
G
Is he? Okay, I can hear it.
E
This was, you know, me kind of feeling the. The path that we've, you know, it's been a special season. We've beaten all our rivals. Notre Dame, Florida, Florida State, Ohio State conquered the Fiesta Bowl. So even though we're not back and we're here, we're one step away. And it is a little moment to kind of feel yourself.
B
We'll get to that in a second. Chris, get me better music than you gave me yesterday so that this can have the proper amount of menace in it. As Brian McKinney decides whether he's comfortable enough to read this in his most menacing voice. But his voice isn't terribly menacing, so it's gonna have to. It's gonna summon some acting here because I don't know that you know. Anyway, Polls.
E
You can also say no because Dan's asking, and you're much larger than him, which is not something that we can say for many people. This is me talking smack to Indiana, folks.
G
Okay, but.
B
But not. Not right now. We're going to update the polls. We're going to end the show with you and music.
E
It's all good. He has a lot of bad ideas.
B
Go ahead and Juju, go ahead and read the polls, please.
C
Yes, sir. Man, it's a lot of action, man. On the show today, we had one of the first shows ever with no polls. But I got an important poll from yesterday that we can get to last. First and last poll is Ty Simpson. Mad Lane, for real, and you know it. Yo. 84 of the audience says yes, he is. It's true.
B
Thank you, Juju. I appreciate it. It seems like Bryant McKinney has declined.
A
It's like Gino did it yesterday. What are we gonna do?
D
This is good enough.
E
Go up. You all right?
B
Tomorrow, you want to use the telestrator? Do.
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This postgame episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz features a lively group discussion from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami. Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, JuJu Gotti, and special guest former NFL star Bryant McKinnie riff on sports, Miami culture, fashion misadventures, and pop-culture with their trademark humor. The show veers from playful banter about Dan's upcoming watch party outfit to detailed football talk, community ideas, and classic Miami shout-outs.
"I've erred terribly in allowing Tony to make my outfit for Monday night, have I not, Juju?" — Dan Le Batard, 00:33
"Dan, nobody's going to be better dressed than you. They're going to come to you and be like, whoa, how did you put all this together? ...the city loves you back." — Tony, 03:30
"Dan's not caping up for the Canes the way that he would cape up for a Pat Riley team... Miami's mad at me. Cuban Miami's mad at me." — Mike/Panel, 04:33
"Trust me, it's gonna work no matter what hood you pull up in… let somebody else post a video that they caught you giving out turkeys." — JuJu, 13:40
"I've never seen a University of Miami team led by the size and toughness of its offensive line..." — Dan, 06:42
"He allows things to develop… he breaks the first tackle and he's able to get to the secondary." — Bryant McKinnie, 07:25
"Sometimes people… it’s not about moving a lot of weights. It’s just knowing how to move a person’s body..." — Bryant, 08:22
"With his limited amount of attempts as a defensive end, I doubt it… because he’s more inside." — Bryant McKinnie, 09:56
"Sometimes you don’t call plays, you call players. Call Loveland more and more." — Mike Ryan, 12:11
"If we're gonna talk about MVP, we need to have a conversation about Donovan Mitchell." — Stugotz, 16:09
"We only have three wide receivers on the active roster... Gabe Davis went out last week... I think this weekend in Denver is going to be a little bit too tough a test." — JuJu, 16:47
"First and last poll is Ty Simpson. Mad Lane, for real, and you know it. 84% of the audience says yes, he is." — JuJu, 19:18
"Dan, nobody's going to be better dressed than you...the city loves you back."
— Tony, 03:30, as the crew admires Dan’s surprise new outfit.
"Trust me, it's gonna work no matter what hood you pull up in… let somebody else post a video that they caught you giving out turkeys."
— JuJu Gotti, 13:36–13:49, on rebuilding Dan’s Miami reputation.
"Sometimes people… it’s not about moving a lot of weights. It’s just knowing how to move a person’s body..."
— Bryant McKinnie, 08:22, on the art of O-line play.
"With his limited amount of attempts as a defensive end, I doubt it… because he’s more inside."
— Bryant McKinnie, 09:56, on whether star prospect Reuben Bain could have gotten a sack in practice.
"Sometimes you don’t call plays, you call players. Call Loveland more and more."
— Mike Ryan, 12:11, marveling at the Bears' rookie.
Lively, irreverent, and quintessentially Miami. Banter and jokes flow naturally, giving listeners a sense of sitting courtside for both sports chatter and the kind of sly, affectionate roast only this show can deliver. The mix of playful community ribbing, expert insight, and offbeat business ideas makes for classic Le Batard Show chemistry.
For listeners who missed the episode:
You’ll catch up on inside jokes about Dan’s style, Miami Hurricanes football, what it takes to win back the city’s love, and the irrepressible energy this crew brings to every sports talk.