Postgame Show: The Rob Ryan Tweet

Summary

Episode Summary

Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Postgame Show: The Rob Ryan Tweet
Date: December 17, 2025
Setting: Live from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami
Theme: A classic, free-wheeling postgame installment where Dan, Stugotz, and the team unpack sports headlines, pop culture quirks, and some personal misadventures, all with their irreverent humor and signature tangents.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

Devonte Adams’ Injury & Fantasy Frustrations

• The group dives into the way NFL coaches (like Sean McVay) play coy with injury reports, much to the annoyance of fantasy football players in playoff mode.
  • "Sean McVeigh, boy, stop. Boy, like, we see what's happening. Rule my boy out. The playoffs are happening in fantasy football right now." – (Juju, 00:32)
• The panel jokes about the futility of keeping players 'questionable' when their injuries are clearly season-ending.

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Mick Foley Quits WWE Over Trump Ties (The Core Story)

• Zaz details how wrestling legend Mick Foley ended his WWE Legends contract, publicly citing WWE’s sustained relationship with President Trump as a matter of personal principle.
  • “He straight up quit his Legends contract yesterday and said, I can't in good faith continue to work for a company that… is, you know, side by side with the president.” – (Zaz, 01:35)
• The crew commends Foley for not just voicing dissent but actually taking meaningful action— amid many who don’t.

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Hilarious Name Mix-Ups & Celeb Dream Sequences

• Zaz’s tongue slip ("Rob Ryan" instead of "Rob Reiner") sparks a running bit about the confusion between coach and filmmaker.
  • “What did I say? Rob Ryan.” – (Zaz, 01:32)
  • "Yeah, Rob Ryan, Ryan’s brother.” – (Panel joke, 01:33)
• Trista brings up a photo of Billy Crystal at Rob Reiner's home, which leads to a conversation on dream psychology—confessing to odd dreams involving celebrities and spouses.
  • "What a dangerous game you have of like, people you think about throughout the day. That's who… you may have a dream about them having sex with your wife, making me a cuckold." – (Dan/Zaz, 02:49)

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NBA News: The Knicks, The NBA Cup, and Banner Controversy

• The Knicks’ unusual decision not to hoist a championship banner for winning the NBA Cup (unlike the Lakers and Bucks) becomes fodder for ribbing MSG’s crowded history and semantics.
  • “How are they going to squeeze it in between Taylor Swift's sellout streak and Billy Joel's sellout streak?” – (Mike, 03:14)
  • Panel discusses if the lack of a banner is just a semantic difference (banner already put up quietly) vs a true snub.
  • “I would say this means they are not going to have a banner up there.” – (Dan, 03:47)

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Las Vegas Stories: Regrets, The Sphere & Michelle Beadle’s Slot Machine Luck

• Mike shares a missed opportunity to see The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere while “totally zooted.”
  • “I passed on it. I know I'm regretting it severely now.” – (Mike, 04:24)
• In a comic echo, Michelle Beadle returns to play the “Loosest slot machine” and scores another huge win ($6,700), while Mike gets wiped out despite higher bets.
  • “She won $6,700. They ran out of cash… your boy couple hundo down $500.” – (Mike, 05:01)

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Audience Poll Results: Dreams, Wives & Studs

• Polls reveal:
  • 74% of listeners can fly in their dreams.
  • 77% say their wife is a “total stud.”
  • 68% have re-entered the same dream after waking.
• The group riffs on dream-flying (jumping, gliding), and the nuances of the “stud” question, noting the inclusivity of femme/stud dynamics beyond heteronormative relationships.
  • "What am I, an asshole?" – (Dan/Zaz, 06:17, joking about not flapping arms to fly)
  • “23% have femme wives and they are studs.” – (Trista, 07:05)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Fantasy Football Woes:

  • “Sean McVeigh, boy, stop. Boy, like, we see what's happening. Rule my boy out.” – Juju [00:32]

• On Mick Foley’s WWE Exit:

  • “He just straight up did something about it, you know.” – Zaz [02:03]

• On Knicks Cup Banner Drama:

  • “How can we devalue such great moments in Madison Square Garden history?” – Mike [03:14]

• On Dreaming of Flying:

  • “I don't do it like I'm jumping from a building to building. I do it where like I'm standing still, kind of like Superman…” – Dan/Zaz [06:03]

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Key Segments & Timestamps

• [00:32] – Sean McVay, Devonte Adams injury, and fantasy football riff
• [01:11] – Mick Foley leaves WWE over Trump affiliation
• [01:32] – Hilarious Rob Ryan/Rob Reiner mix-up
• [02:45] – Celeb dream sequences and cuckold tangents
• [02:57] – Knicks NBA Cup banner controversy
• [04:04] – Mike's Vegas regrets, Michelle Beadle's slot machine adventures
• [05:33] – Poll results: flying dreams, wives as studs, dream recurrences
• [06:45] – Playful debate on poll results and inclusivity

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Tone & Style

The episode is characteristically breezy, playful, and improvisational. Inside jokes and personal anecdotes blend seamlessly with sports commentary and pop culture, creating a uniquely irreverent and engaging experience.
Memorable for: witty banter, quick pivots from serious to absurd, and the inclusion of audience poll gags that keep listeners feeling part of the inside circle.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

So we all saw Devonte Adams pull up running down the field the other day. For some reason, Sean McVeigh is still listing him as questionable for Thursday's game. I just want to say, Sean McVeigh, boy, stop. Boy, like, we see what's happening. Rule my boy out. The playoffs are happening in fantasy football right now. Allow us to put him on the ir.

[C]

You don't think it's a Greg Cody, you never know situation?

[B]

It is a never.

[A]

It's not that we do know.

[B]

We, we know for sure.

[D]

You don't want to give any kind of edge to the opposition there, Juju. In this case, it's the Seahawks. Leave them wondering if devonte Adams is going to play.

[B]

Yes, sir. And Zaz, I got a question for you. Big news came out yesterday. Mick Foley leaving the wwe. How you feel about that, bro?

[D]

Yeah, so Mick Foley, you know, I'll tell you what. Donald Trump, President Trump, finally united the nation. Everyone is angry at his tweets about Rob Ryan, and that includes Mick Foley.

[E]

That's a fine.

[D]

What did I say? Rob Ryan.

[E]

Yeah, Rob Ryan, Ryan's brother.

[D]

Yeah, that's right. Rob Reiner to play on. So, yeah, so Mick Foley, he's, he's really angry. He's really angry that WWE essentially has a relationship, a political relationship, you know, with, with President Trump. And he straight up quit his Legends contract yesterday and said, I can't in good faith continue to work for a company that, you know, is, you know, side by side with, with the president.

[C]

And so, yeah, AEW Collision Course.

[D]

I don't know, but that's, I mean, a lot of people say they disagree with stuff and they don't really do anything about it. Like, he just straight up did something about it, you know.

[F]

Do you remember who went to Rob Reiner's house just the other day?

[D]

So, so this is interesting that you get to it.

[F]

This is how it gets into your psyche.

[D]

You are, you are correct, Trista. There is a picture and I happened to see it yesterday when on Twitter where Billy Crystal and his wife were standing outside the Reiner household.

[C]

That's where my mind went. When you said Billy Crystal, I was like, he must have seen that.

[D]

Yeah, that's clearly where it came from. In my dream was I had thought of Billy Crystal earlier in the day because I saw that picture.

[F]

Would it have been better or worse if it was Larry David in bed with your wife?

[C]

What a dangerous game you have of like, people you think about throughout the day. That's who.

[D]

I may have a dream about them having sex with my wife, making me a cuckold.

[E]

How about this?

[D]

You see this? This was a few minutes ago, actually. Sham Shrania tweeted the New York Knicks will not raise an NBA cup championship banner at Madison Square Garden. The Lakers and Bucks did raise banners for their NBA cup titles. The Knicks will celebrate with their home fans on Friday night.

[E]

No, absolutely. I think that's a great move for a franchise that has so much success. Where are they going to put the banner? How are they going to squeeze it in between Taylor Swift's sellout streak and Billy Joel's sellout streak? Like, how. How can we devalue such great moments in Madison Square Garden history?

[C]

Is this a semantics thing where they're not going to do a ceremony where something is raised, but you will see something up there? They'll just put it up there.

[D]

Oh, meaning it's. It is semantics, actually, that they're not going to raise the banner because the banner's already going to be up there.

[C]

There's no pregame ceremony, but there is going to be some acknowledgment around the arena where they see this champions.

[D]

No, I would say this means they are not going to have a banner up there.

[F]

Didn't Knicks fans poo poo. Didn't they downplay the Lake Cup?

[D]

Maybe that's why.

[F]

Maybe that's why.

[D]

Maybe that's why they're not doing it.

[B]

That's not why. Neither here nor there. Oh, go ahead, bro. You got something.

[E]

I just got a couple last couple of notes from Las Vegas that I'd like to share with you guys, if I may. Number one, my biggest regret. Apparently the wizard of Oz is playing at the Sphere, at the Sphere. And I had an opportunity to purchase tickets, but purchase tickets nonetheless and go and get totally zooted and watch Chris. I mean, wizard of Oz.

[B]

Nice.

[E]

Like complete. And I passed on it. I know I'm regretting it severely now.

[C]

The zooted part's very important.

[E]

Very important. Yeah. Very important. The other thing I want to say is there's an epilogue to the Michelle Beetle adventures.

[F]

Oh.

[E]

Because I went back to the Loosest slot machine on the strip according to Michelle Beetle with Michelle Beetle. And I swear to God, it was like a instant replay.

[D]

Really?

[E]

Because I put it. And I said this time I said it's because I went too shallow. I gotta go hard. I gotta put money in.

[A]

Like, should've let her go first.

[E]

I did.

[C]

So it's not the same thing.

[E]

She won $6,700. They ran out of cash. Typically the guy comes and he puts the code in and someone comes out with the stacks of cash. They came up and was like, we ran out of cash. Here's a voucher. She had to go to the cage to cash the voucher in. Meanwhile, your boy couple hundo down $500. Okay. In the. No, not 500.

[D]

You lost 500.

[E]

All of it. This after I had a great run at the roulette wheel.

[D]

Juju, can we update some polls for today?

[B]

Yes, sir. Well, I found the pose. Congratulations to Terence Crawford on a phenomenal career. You know what I mean? 42, 0. Can't beat it with a hammer.

[E]

1.

[B]

We only had two polls today. Can you fly in your dreams? 74% of the audience says yes.

[D]

They can. That's right.

[C]

Gotta remember to try that. It's hard cuz like when you're in a dream, you don't always know.

[D]

I know sometimes you jump and then.

[E]

You just don't land.

[C]

But I don't know, like at the time, I don't know I'm in a dream.

[D]

But I. I don't do it like I'm jumping from a building to building. I do it where like I'm standing still like kind of like Superman. I could just see.

[E]

I don't. It's not an explosion for me. It's just a. I just slowly just rock.

[C]

So no flappings involved. No flapping.

[D]

What am I, an asshole?

[B]

There's three polls. Turns out. Is your wife a total stud? That should be 177 of the audience says yes.

[D]

I can see that.

[B]

And the last poll. Have you ever had a dream, woke up and then reentered that same dream? Once you fell back asleep? 68 of the audience says yes, they have. Those are your pose.

[F]

I want every man who said their wife was not a total stud to be put out there on front Street.

[C]

That 23%.

[E]

Hold on. Okay. What if the 23% represent women in same sex relationships where they're the stud, meaning the wife is not.

[F]

She's the femme. It's 23% have femme wives and they are studs.