Postgame Show: The Secret Cristobal Tapes

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Postgame Show: The Secret Cristobal Tapes

Date: January 13, 2026
Recorded at: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

This high-energy Postgame Show delivers the usual blend of sports analysis and Miami-centric banter. Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and crew riff on current betting lines, college sports matchups, and simmering media personalities' rivalries. The episode’s thematic core is a heated exchange about sports journalism versus columnwriting in Miami, plus teasing intrigue about potentially explosive “Secret Cristobal Tapes” involving University of Miami football.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Against the Spread – Betting Segment

00:44–02:17

• Roy’s NHL Pick: Roy runs through a detailed breakdown of the Calgary Flames at Columbus Blue Jackets game, citing recent trends and a coaching change in Columbus—“Go with the Calgary Flames, who are underdogs today on the road at a goal and a half against the spread.” [00:51]
• Tony’s College Football Pick: Tony spotlights the Miami Hurricanes vs. Indiana Hoosiers national championship game, playfully comparing the betting spread (now at 8.5 points) to a “domino” game—“Eight and a half points. I would be pissed if I saw eight on the domino board. As a salida.” [01:37]
• Spirited Miami Bias: The cast banters about the Miami line, with home-team loyalty and cheeky references to cultural touchstones like dominoes and “doleta de ocho.” Tony proudly picks Miami +8.5.

2. Billy Corben vs Greg Cote – Media In-Fighting

02:17–03:49

• Disrespect in Miami Journalism: Dan Le Batard calls out documentary filmmaker Billy Corben for a dismissive comment about Greg Cote’s credentials:
  • Dan, paraphrasing Corben: “It’s one thing for him to say Greg Cote, I don’t respect that that sports columnist is a journalist…but he’s sitting next to me…he disrespects me by saying that the sports columnist is not a journalist.” [02:26]
  • Dan laments the decline of the Miami Herald and journalism’s shifting landscape—“All the retirement party this guy is going to for the Miami New Times and the death of journalism that’s awake every week.” [02:28]
• Need for Content Trumps Rivalry: Despite being miffed, Dan admits, “I need your content though…I want The U Part Three. He’s got the secret Cristobal tapes.” [03:45]

3. The Secret Cristobal Tapes (UM Football Intrigue)

03:49–04:11

• Cutting-Room Floor Scandal: The “secret Cristobal tapes” are revealed as potentially damaging, previously unaired documentary footage about Miami football coach Mario Cristobal. Dan, half-enticed, half-afraid, weighs the journalistic value versus possible scandal—Mike Ryan is “nervous” and would rather avoid controversy ahead of the big game.

4. Miami Banter, Family Stories & Dominoes

04:11–04:56

• Self-Deprecation and Miami-Speak: The cast continues Miami-centric riffing, contrasting public figures (“our angel, Fernando Mendoza”) and reliving “domino” grudges.
• Personal Anecdotes: There’s a quick detour into quirky family stories, as Dan recalls an odd childhood moment involving his mother—“I haven’t seen this part of my mother stirred…since I was hiding under their bed one time…” [04:42–04:51]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Tony on the betting line:

  “Eight and a half points. I would be pissed if I saw eight on the domino board. As a salida. I’d be pissed if I saw. I’d be pissed.” — Tony [01:37]

• Dan on Miami media rivalry:

  “He disrespects me by saying that the sports columnist is not a journalist. I agree with.” — Dan [03:39]

• Dan on Billy Corben’s value:

  “I want The U Part Three. He’s got the secret Cristobal tapes.” — Dan [03:45]

• Dan on handling scandalous content:

  “Why would you want something that will create scandal before the big game?” — Dan [04:11]

• Pop-culture jab:

  “He’s a saboteur and a rock on tour…He’s bigger than Burger King?”
  — C and A riffing on Billy Corben [04:16–04:24]

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Betting Analysis: NHL & College Football – [00:44–02:17]
• Miami Media Beef: Billy Corben vs Greg Cote – [02:17–03:49]
• Teasing ‘Secret Cristobal Tapes’ – [03:49–04:11]
• Family Story Tangents/Domino References – [04:11–04:56]

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This episode delivers classic Le Batard Show energy: irreverent Miami references, sharp jabs at local media, and a swirling subtext of sports intrigue laced with trademark humor. If you enjoy heated debates on what counts as “real” journalism and spicy, inside-Miami-banter before a championship, this is a quintessential listen.

Transcript

[A]

Against the spread. Against the spread. Against the spread is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Roy, what do you got?

[B]

All right, we got Calgary Flames at Columbus Blue Jackets tonight. The Blue Jackets are playing the first game with a brand new head coach. His name is Brick. Bonus. They fired Dean Everson yesterday. Gregory has covered the puck line in the last 12 games against the Metro Division. The underdogs have won the last three games at Nationwide arena in Columbus. And Calgary are 6 and 1 against the spread as road underdogs coming off of a win this season. So go with the Calgary Flames, who are underdogs today on the road at a goal and a half against the spread.

[A]

Tony, what do you got? Guys, there's a pretty big game going on. January 19, Miami Hurricanes against the Indiana Hoosiers. And Zaz, can you remind me what the spread is in that game? Eight and a half. Eight and a half.

[C]

It's gone up. It's gone up a point. I thought it was seven and a half.

[A]

I drawn up a point in DraftKings. Minus disrespectful. Favored. Yes. Yes, Dan, which is why I'm bringing you the attention. Eight and a half points is Demaciao. Eight and a half points. Okay, eight. I would be pissed if I saw eight on the domino board. As a salida. I'd be pissed if I saw. I'd be pissed. And that's what we're looking at right now. The cane just got handed.

[B]

Undo leto.

[A]

And guess what I'm going to do? I'm going to take that doleta de ocho and put it right in the middle. Salita. And it's not Gomez. Okay, Kane plus eight and a half on the national championship game.

[C]

I don't know where Mike Ryan went. I'm a little worried about us being able to keep the gas pressed right up until the national championship game when we are doing a live stream. But Mike Ryan is still yelling through glass that I cannot hear you. Billy Corbin, you're not welcome here. Well, okay, Mike, settle down for just a second. Stay away from Mike. I need Mike, please. Please. I know. I know, Mike. I know that. I know that Greg Cody and you don't like Billy Corbyn, but Billy Corbin thinks he's slick, okay? And Billy Corbin did something here and it skated under the radar. And Roy, I'm surprised you didn't catch this because of how disrespectful it is. 1. It's one thing for him to say Greg Cody, I don't Respect that that sports columnist is a journalist. But he's sitting next to me. Oh, he's sitting next to me. And to say that I don't respect you as a sports journalist cuz you were a sports columnist when I came up with the bones in the journalistic roots of this city. All the retirement party this guy is going to for the Miami New Times and the death of journalism that's awake every week. I was a sports columnist doing that with the best journalists in this town. Just cuz the Miami Herald fell apart. Fell apart over the last 30 years. Only Greg Cody is standing. He disrespects me by saying that the sports columnist is not a journalist. I agree with.

[A]

And what are you going to do about it?

[C]

I agree with my.

[A]

What are you going to do about it? You invited him back on Billy Corby.

[C]

I need your content though. But I need your content.

[B]

You can't do that. There you go.

[C]

I want the you part three. He's got the secret crystal ball tapes. Chris Cody. He's asking me whether you want to hear the secret crystal ball tapes. All the cutting room floor stuff that was on the you documentary 1 and 2 can create great scandal for the University of Miami coach before the big game. Do you want that footage or not? Mike Ryan says he doesn't want any.

[A]

Makes me nervous for my grind. Why would you want something that will create scandal before the big game?

[C]

Oh, because Billy Corbin is a. Because he hates Miami Saboteur and a rock on tour. And he is somebody. What?

[A]

He's a bigger than Burger King?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know who would never have secret tapes that would make him look bad? Our angel, Fernando Mendoza.

[C]

Oh. Oh. Okay. This is where we are with this. Jeremy. I don't like how my mother was looking at Domino.

[A]

Did you guys see this behind. I mean we all are behind you right now, but you guys.

[C]

You guys saw this. My mother. I haven't seen this part of my mother stirred. I don't. Since I was hiding under their bed one time and while they were. Yeah, here we go.

[A]

Revelation.

[C]

Last year I was 45 years old. Yeah.

[B]

Let's go.