Postgame Show: Top 5 Uncs In Sports History (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Postgame Show: Top 5 Uncs In Sports History (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Date: October 15, 2025
Location: Live from Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

In this energetic and irreverent postgame episode, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, JuJu Gotti, and the usual suspects riff on sports, movies, and odd quirks from their own lives and the world of pop culture. The core theme is a humorous exploration of "Uncs" (unk = uncle–energy athletes) in sports history, led by JuJu Gotti's inspired Top Five. Much of the episode, as is tradition, free-associates around awkward moments, media embarrassment, peculiar personal habits, polls, and the enduring weirdness of the sports world.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Group Chat Snubs & Anecdotal Humor (00:02–01:05)

• The episode opens with the crew lamenting about not being included in various group chats, setting a loose, inside-joke-filled tone.
• Conversations meander, with Roy joking about not being in an "AFC South group chat," and a playful investigation into why Tony won't reveal where he saw Spiro Dedes.
• Ephemeral Miami hotel nostalgia and Jewish coming-of-age moments surface, building local color:
  • Zaz: “No else there but had my bar mitzvah there.” (00:49)

2. Secondhand Embarrassment and Cringe Culture (01:11–03:38)

• The team discusses the discomfort of awkward movie scenes and public faux pas.
  • Juju Gotti relates to Zaslow’s “crawling in your skin” anxiety, reflecting on the movie "Friendship":

    "Me and my girl watched this movie, bro. We had to cut it off because it was so awkward, bruh." (01:31)

  • Zaslow and crew elaborate on the idea of “secondhand embarrassment”:

    “If there’s an embarrassing situation taking place in front of me ... I get very embarrassed myself.” — Zaz (03:12) “Like to Sean Foster's press conference at Big Ten Media Day. We all felt that cringe...” — Roy (03:23)

  • They reminisce about infamously cringeworthy sports press conferences, most notably Nick Sirianni and DeShaun Foster.

3. The Wembanyama Growth Watch & NBA Fears (04:43–05:32)

• The group is in awe about Victor Wembanyama’s continued growth and unique offseason activities.
  • Dan: “Everyone’s talking about Giannis ... it’s not going to matter in a minute because Wemby’s taller than...” (04:46)
  • Greg: "Friend of the show Boban Marjanovic says, ‘I look up to Wemby,’ right, and Boban’s what, 7’5”?" (04:48)
  • Juju: “I think this year right here is the year of Wemby. They might not win the championship, but this year, Wemby is going to announce himself in a major way in the league.” (05:04)

4. Top 5 "Uncs" in Sports History: JuJu’s List (06:04–07:47)

• The feature segment has JuJu present his ranking of all-time “Uncs”—athletes who radiate “unk” (uncle) vibes, sparked by the upcoming Flacco vs. Rodgers QB matchup.
• JuJu’s Top 5 Uncs:
  1. Clyde Drexler (05:25)
  2. Jaromir Jagr (05:41)
  3. Robert Parish (The Chief) (07:21)
  4. Paul Millsap (07:30)
  5. Nolan Ryan (Notably for his infamous fight with Robin Ventura) (07:38)
• Dan: “Old Timey Granville Waiters on there. Although no one’s going to know what that reference is.” (07:47)

5. NFL: Kickoffs and Grandpa Quarterbacks (07:09–07:20)

• JuJu and the crew bemoan the overemphasis on kickoffs in the NFL and marvel at poetic, “unkly” duels between aging QBs:
  • Juju: “I’m done with kickoffs meaning so much in the NFL. Like, come on, bro.” (06:59)
• They riff about physical decrepitude and NFL adaptation.

6. Sports Polls, Absurdity, and Offbeat Observations (08:08–09:44)

• Zazlow and the team review results from the day’s Twitter polls—a staple segment where quirks outweigh stats:
  • Should “Requiem for a Dream” be renamed “Heroin Arm”? (09:05)
  • Have you ever heard of someone sleeping “crisscross applesauce”? (09:32)
• The group debates what constitutes a “punishment,” as well as the absurdity of adult sleeping positions.
  • Chris: “It’s impossible. Only 18% of people do what I do.” (09:50)
  • Dan: “Wait a minute. You think that number is not a lot. You think it’s a low number?” (09:54)

7. The Ethan Black Conundrum (09:59–10:59)

• The team revisits a previous debate about whether there are any Black men named Ethan.
• Greg Cody finds “Ethan Black”—but, ironically, he’s white:
  • Dan: “Greg Cody used AI and found that Penn State does indeed have a wide receiver named Ethan Black. But ... Ethan Black is white.” (10:12)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Juju Gotti (On "Friendship" Movie):
  “We had to cut it off because it was so awkward, bruh. Like, he was just being so ... extra awkward is the word.” (01:31)
• Zaslow (On Watching Awkward Movies):
  “I almost had to walk the plane.” (02:08)
• Roy:
  “Like to Sean Foster's press conference at Big Ten Media Day. We all felt that cringe while he was speaking.” (03:23)
• Greg (On Wemby’s height):
  “Friend of the show Boban Marjanovic says, ‘I look up to Wemby,’ right, and Boban’s what, 7’5”?” (04:48)
• Juju (On Wemby’s Takeover):
  “I think this year right here is the year of Wimby. ... Wimby is going to announce himself in a major way in the league.” (05:04)
• Juju (Kicker fatigue):
  “I’m done with kickoffs meaning so much in the NFL. Like, come on, bro.” (06:59)
• Chris (On poll result):
  “It’s impossible. Only 18% of people do what I do.” (09:50)
• Dan (On Ethan Black):
  “Greg Cody ... found that Penn State does indeed have a wide receiver named Ethan Black. But ... Ethan Black is white.” (10:12)

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Timestamps for Noteworthy Segments

• 00:02 – Group Chat FOMO & Miami Hotel banter
• 01:11 – Awkward movie moments/Secondhand embarrassment intro
• 02:25 – Zaslow’s air travel movie embarrassment
• 03:23 – Cringe press conferences (DeShaun Foster, Nick Sirianni)
• 04:46 – The podcast’s “Wemby has grown” update; NBA musings
• 05:32 – “This year is the year of Wemby” (Juju)
• 06:04 – “Top 5 Uncs in Sports” segment begins
• 07:21 – NFL kicker gripes
• 08:08 – Poll results: naming movies, sleeping positions
• 09:59 – Ethan Black: Is he Black? (debate redux)

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Episode Tone and Language

The show features the Le Batard Show’s signature blend of playful ribbing, hyper-local Miami flavor, pop culture irreverence, and a bit of sports absurdism. The language is loose, funny, and packed with inside jokes—always a little bit subversive of both sports and their own format.

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This episode is a classic for fans who enjoy the show’s deep-dive into idiosyncratic sports debates, playful insults, and communal weirdness. Whether it’s ribbing each other over made-up punishments, debating “unc energy,” or sorting out old-school athlete lore, it’s all part of the fun.

Transcript

[Roy]

I still haven't been added to this AFC south group chat.

[Juju]

Yeah, a little worried.

[Chris]

I think he lied to you about that.

[Roy]

It possibly did.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Roy]

I'll send Adam Marcella, dm.

[Zaz]

Why was Tony, like, afraid to say.

[Greg]

Where he saw him years ago?

[Roy]

That was strange, dude.

[Zaz]

You don't want to blow up his spot.

[Roy]

You don't want to blow up his spot from eight years ago.

[Greg]

Yeah, I don't want to be like, oh, it wasn't eight years ago. It was two years ago.

[Roy]

Well, he blew it up. And he's like, well, all the cbs.

[Greg]

But that's okay. But that's on him to say it, not for me to say it. If I go, hey, by the way, I saw you, the diplomat. He's like, damn, dude. Like, why would you blow me up? Like, I'm not here to snitch. I'm not here to be deposed.

[Roy]

I get it. It's Spiro Dede's we're talking.

[Greg]

Exactly.

[Chris]

All the Spiro groupies will be flocking to the museum.

[Dan]

It's a great hotel. Broward doesn't have a whole lot of hotels like that one. That's the best hotel Broward's got.

[Greg]

Nice.

[Chris]

Yeah, it used to be a dump, but they really.

[Zaz]

No else there but had my bar mitzvah there.

[Juju]

Is that true?

[Roy]

Really?

[Dan]

I think that's the only Broward Hotel that's $1 billion. Like, I think they poured $1 billion into that hotel. There ain't no such thing as that. County on the beach. I'm. I'm pretty sure.

[Chris]

I think you're right.

[Roy]

Now, there's that other one where that Michael Minow restaurant is. It's got a name with the W.

[Dan]

No juju is going to join us now. We've got a number of things to talk about. How do you feel Juju as. As someone who talks openly about where some anxieties lie about Zaslow's assessment of the movie friendship and how you crawl around in your skin, are you in agreement or disagreement with zaslow?

[Juju]

I agree 100%, bruh. Like, when I first saw that movie, I had heard of it initially because my dog Mike was doing a screening of the movie. So I was like, yeah, if Mike doing a screening, I'm gonna definitely check this movie out. But me and my girl watched this movie, bro. We had to cut it off because it was so awkward, bruh. Like, he was. He was just being so. Extra awkward is the word I just used, bro.

[Zaz]

What you thought when he broke into the house, into the home, and he was carrying around the gun, and the wife was home. I. I almost had to. And walk the aisle.

[Dan]

I was in the airplane.

[Zaz]

Yeah. I almost had to get up from. It was. It was a lot for me to handle. I got through the movie. Like I said, I enjoyed it. But that scene right there, I told you, I get really bad secondhand embarrassment. I get really uncomfortable. I almost had to walk the plane.

[Dan]

Well, which is more uncomfortable for you? Watching friendship on the airplane or sex scenes appearing on your movie during the.

[Zaz]

That happened to me again yesterday on the way home. But you know what? I decided, screw it. I'm gonna keep watching it, because this wasn't something on my iPad where there's a sex scene. It was on one of the shows or movies that they were offering on the TV that is on the seat in front of me. So you know what? Screw it. I'm watching my movie.

[Roy]

Yeah.

[Zaz]

And it was, like, explicit sex scenes, big boobs. All right. You know about that, Greg. And I'm like, whatever. I'm just keeping it on. I'm watching my show.

[Chris]

I do know about that.

[Levy]

I like this.

[Chris]

Zaz, let me ask you, and I'm being serious here. How do you describe secondhand embarrassment? Because I don't know that phrase.

[Zaz]

Just if there's an embarrassing situation taking place in front of me, and it doesn't even have to be in person, it could be watching a show. I just. I get very embarrassed myself.

[Roy]

Like to Sean Foster's press conference at Big Ten Media Day. We all felt that cringe while he was speaking, that embarrassment.

[Zaz]

Like, a lot of people will watch something like that, and they'll point and laugh like, ah, that's like, no, not me. I'm like, I. I feel the same way. That guy does. I'm embarrassed right now.

[Roy]

We keep invoking Nick Sirianni's press conference and how wrong we were to judge him based off of that. We nailed the desean Foster one.

[Dan]

Yeah. I think that ends up being a victory for all people who saw him fired after they start. Oh, and four, I can't. I don't know if you guys have examples like that in the history of college coaching or professional coaching where you can point to something that obvious, where it's like, that 04 team shouldn't be 04. And the proof I have is they just beat Penn State. An 04 team has never been able, after immediately firing its coach, to beat that standard of team. And then they go out and drag Michigan State by 25 after losing at home to New Mexico by 25 for DeShawn Foster to be sort of a 50 point difference. A 50 point difference between we lose to New Mexico at home by 25 or we beat Michigan State by 25. Go ahead and find me all the examples that you have of that. I want to get with juju to the polls in a second. I also want to get to the news. Wemby has grown. I'm afraid for everybody in the league that everyone's talking about Giannis and everything else. And it's not going to matter in a minute because Wemby's taller than.

[Levy]

Makes my knees hurt just hearing that.

[Greg]

Friend of the show Boban Magyanovic says, I look up to WEMBY, right, and Bobon's what, 7 5? So it's like you start doing the math there. They say that he's 75 on paper in the NBA, but if Bobon's looking up to you, you're a couple inches taller.

[Dan]

Juju, where are we on this? I thought he seven seven and growing.

[Juju]

Yeah, apparently. I forgot he was so young. I mean, this brother, what, 21, 22 years old. And, Dog, every day, he's. Every day of the summer. Last summer, he was shocking us with more stuff that he's been doing during the summer. He was a monk. He was with KG getting toughness. He was doing dancing, bro. I think this year right here is the year of Wimby. They might not win the championship, but this year, Wimby is going to announce himself in a major way in the league.

[Zaz]

The Heat should trade for him before.

[Dan]

We get to the polls. I do want to get with juju about the game this week, and I want you guys to all remember what Tom Brady looked like approaching 45 when he won the championship in Tampa. And now understand that Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers are playing against each other this weekend. They're three or four years, both of them younger than Tom Brady. They will look nothing like Tom Brady looked while winning the championship. What do you make of this fight between these two grandpas, brother?

[Juju]

NFL tweeted out that this is the battle of the UN So it made me think dog. That's right. They both got the Unk look. So it made me want to make a top five UN in sports of all time list that I can think of.

[Dan]

Okay. All time. Not just now. Not. Wow.

[Levy]

That he can think of.

[Dan]

All right. That he can think of.

[Juju]

Oli Cam McCormick. If you know, you know number five, Clyde Drexler.

[Greg]

The hair. Yeah. Island.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Juju]

Number four, Jaromir Jagger.

[Dan]

He's still playing, right?

[Roy]

Yep.

[Dan]

Over 50.

[Roy]

Yep.

[Juju]

Yes. Somehow, some way. Also, Zaz, you look incredible.

[Zaz]

Thanks. I got this in Paris.

[Roy]

Yeah.

[Juju]

Patty. And you've been. You've been on fire, too.

[Roy]

I agree.

[Juju]

Kickoffs. I'm done with kickoffs. Meaning so much in the NFL. Like, come on, bro. The kickoff. Damn near me. More than the field goal that just tied the game.

[Levy]

Like, some kickers are mass. Are mastering, like, the pooch kick, where they, like, get it right to, like, the 1 yard line. Some are even doing the drop kick.

[Zaz]

It's stupid.

[Levy]

But that's the move, though. You perfect that of getting it right to, like, the one or two yard line. Some guys are getting good at it.

[Juju]

Exactly. Number three, Robert Parish. The Chief.

[Chris]

The Chief smoking it up.

[Juju]

Number number two, Paul Millsap. All good.

[Dan]

It's a good list.

[Juju]

And number one, Nolan Ryan. Robin Ventura.

[Dan]

Old Timey Granville. Waiters on there. Although no one's going to know what that reference is. At least it's better than Greg Cody's wife. SW information from 53 years ago. Pablo Torre had an episode on that, by the way. Very strong. He got to the bottom of that entire story, if you're actually curious.

[Levy]

Is that where you learned it?

[Greg]

Gc?

[Chris]

No, I. I grew up with it. I mean, it is 18 years old.

[Dan]

This is one of the worst punishments we've ever done. Chris.

[Levy]

What up, Levy?

[Dan]

The polls at Le Batard show. What do you have for us today? You just did nicknames and initials all show.

[Zaz]

Crush that and wore a like.

[Dan]

That's not.

[Zaz]

Jeremy told me what to wear.

[Levy]

I. I was like, I kind of dress like a frat guy every day. He's like, put on like, a douchey.

[Dan]

Polo and a college polo. That's not a punishment. That. What punishment?

[Zaz]

LB Come on.

[Dan]

That was Bible. Come on, man.

[Chris]

I'm being cool.

[Dan]

All the whippersnappers. I'm trying to get you. Donna's out here. Roy, you did do your assignment. Thank you.

[Levy]

He got him, like, two cups of ice.

[Juju]

Two cups of ice. You don't want to see it again.

[Dan]

You don't want to see it again at Lebitard Show. Juju on the poll. What do you have?

[Juju]

Should the movie Requiem for a Dream be renamed Heroin Arm 81 of the audience.

[Levy]

Yes.

[Dan]

Such a good question.

[Juju]

Also, Dan, you need to take a victory lap. You made everybody take them victory laps in that treadmill room. You need to take a victory lap on Darren Wilder, brother. We need some good takes out of your next, you know, ball.

[Levy]

All right.

[Dan]

Yes.

[Juju]

Sir, and last poll. Have you ever heard of someone who sleeps? Crisscross applesauce. 82% of the audience says, no, they have not. And those are your polls.

[Dan]

18.

[Roy]

82.

[Dan]

18%. About that.

[Levy]

You don't even like that support.

[Zaz]

You want to be alone.

[Chris]

It's impossible. Only 18% of people do what I do.

[Dan]

Oh, you think that number. Wait a minute. You think that number is not a lot. You think it's a low number?

[Zaz]

Way too high.

[Dan]

You think a lot of people sleep the way you do?

[Levy]

You said earlier that you had 3%.

[Chris]

I mean, I expected at least three, but to get 18 disappoints me.

[Dan]

Can I get a ruling from everyone? Doesn't make sense. Before he gets out of here today, Greg Cody. Can I get a ruling from everyone in the room? We said the other day there are no black Ethans. Greg Cody used as AI and found that Penn State does indeed have a wide receiver named Ethan Black. But because he googled Ethan and Black, he didn't realize that Ethan Black is white.

[Chris]

Oh, it's still. He's an Ethan Black.

[Dan]

Wait.

[Chris]

That's all I'm saying. Oh, my God. His name's Ethan Black. That's all I'm saying. I googled Black. Ethan's Ethan Black comes up.

[Roy]

Roy, he could use your help here. It counts.

[Dan]

Thank you, Bells.

[Chris]

Thank you. Yeah, that's support right there.

[Roy]

I fulfilled my bet.

[Chris]

Yes, you did.

[Zaz]

Thank you.

[Levy]

Later, Jobin.