Postgame Show: WHAT DO I GOTTA DO?

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Postgame Show: WHAT DO I GOTTA DO?
Date: September 16, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Chris, Eddie, Frank, and guests

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Episode Overview

This postgame show captures Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their crew in freewheeling form as they riff on recent oddities in the sports world, roast television broadcast production standards, and celebrate soccer commentary icon Ray Hudson. The tone is playful and improvisational, with the team dissecting viral moments, poking fun at sports broadcasting, and sharing stories from bachelor parties and golf outings. At its core, the episode is about how the ridiculous intersects with sports culture, the quirks of live TV, and who gets to hold the microphone.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The "Green Dildo" Incident at an NFL Game

• Synopsis: The crew discusses a bizarre moment at the Bengals-Jaguars game, where a green (or highlighter yellow) dildo was thrown on the field and briefly mistaken by TV producers for a penalty flag.
• Details Unfold:
  • The object’s color caused confusion in CBS’s TV truck, briefly prompting a penalty flag graphic to appear on the broadcast.
  • The team humorously imagines the frantic conversation and the idea of a "dildo graphic" for clarity on air.
• Notable Quotes:
  • “[Spotter] yells out the things that happen so they could put it on the score bug… Flag, flag, flag. And then he go, nope, dildo.” – Eddie (02:30)
  • “There should be a dildo graphic that they put on the screen.” – Frank (02:43)
  • “What color would you say Lemon Lime Gatorade is?” – Dan (03:39)

2. Broadcast TV Production Chaos & the Lemon-Lime Debate

• The hosts get into a lighthearted debate over color perception, dissecting how something green could be conflated with yellow under stadium lights and on TV.
• Memorable Banter: Distinctions between "lemon-lime green," whether it appears closer to yellow, and jokes about people watching on mute needing proper on-screen graphics for clarity.

3. Ray Hudson Goal Call Celebration (04:00)

• Segment Dedicated to Soccer Commentary:
  • Dan and the crew play a Ray Hudson soundbite as part of a daily segment in the run-up to the World Cup, celebrating his trademark exuberant style.
• Quote: “He thought that's all this goal needs. This goal doesn't need magisterial. This goal needs—” – Chris (04:16)
• Insider Joke: They tease how Hudson kept it understated for once, suggesting he's "keeping it fresh."

4. Roasting the CW’s Miami-USF College Football Broadcast (04:34)

• Key Criticism:
  • The broadcast's look is dubbed “cheap” by the hosts, focusing on poor lighting and the unusual sight of a nose-ringed commentator (Will Blackmon).
  • Oblique jabs at the network's underwhelming production values and choice of commentators, including the disgraced Tom Brennaman, whose presence is mocked as a sign of budget constraints.
• Memorable Quotes:
  • “[The game] looked cheap. They got Tom Brennaman. I'll do it for free.” – Guest (05:41)
  • “You realize that we have more games than we have non disgraced broadcasters.” – Host/Moderator (06:00)
  • "Every game's on TV. It's too many games. I'll do it for free games." – Eddie (06:07)

5. Anecdotes from a Bachelor Party at Cabot Citrus Farms

• Storytelling: A guest narrates how he and his friends struggled to find the CW broadcast at a golf clubhouse after a bachelor party, driving home just how niche or obscure some sports broadcasts have become.

6. Frustrated Play-by-Play Ambition (06:18)

• Closing Reflection: The episode wraps with a nod to the over-saturated TV sports landscape, as Chris jokingly channels the frustration of aspiring broadcasters:
  • "Some play by play guy out there who's trying to get his name out there is like, come on. Like, what do I gotta do?" – Chris (06:18)
• Tone: Sarcastic but sympathetic, poking fun at the increasing presence of less-than-stellar on-air talent.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:30 | Eddie | “Flag, flag, flag. And then he go, nope, dildo.” | | 02:43 | Frank | “There should be a dildo graphic that they put on the screen.” | | 03:39 | Dan | “What color would you say Lemon Lime Gatorade is?” | | 04:16 | Chris | "He thought that's all this goal needs... This goal needs—" | | 05:41 | Guest | "They got Tom Brennaman. I'll do it for free." | | 06:00 | Host/Moderator | "We have more games than we have non disgraced broadcasters." | | 06:18 | Chris | "What do I gotta do?" |

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Important Timestamps

• 00:31-03:00: The “green dildo”/penalty flag confusion breakdown
• 03:39-03:55: Lemon-Lime Gatorade color debate
• 04:00-04:27: Ray Hudson goal call tribute
• 04:34-06:00: CW football broadcast critique, nose ring broadcaster discussion, and Tom Brennaman jokes
• 05:23-05:53: Bachelor party/golf outing anecdote about tracking down the CW game
• 06:07-06:18: Broadcaster talent drought and "What do I gotta do?" closer

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Summary

This episode is quintessential "Le Batard Show"—irreverent, self-aware, and unafraid to get silly about the weirdness of modern sports media. From a misinterpreted flying sex toy on an NFL field to the struggles of finding decent college football commentary, the crew lampoons both fans and broadcasters, all while slipping in their signature blend of banter and cultural commentary. Ray Hudson gets his daily flowers, while the CW and Tom Brennaman receive playful jabs, rounding out an episode that’s as much about the absurdity of sports as whatever happens in the games themselves.

If you missed the show: Expect lots of laughs, side tangents, and the kind of unique sports talk that only Dan Le Batard and crew deliver.

Transcript

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[Host/Moderator]

Can someone please explain to me what the details are around a green dildo being thrown on the field and being mistaken for a yellow penalty flag?

[Chris]

Highlighter Color for me than green.

[Dan]

Those are the main bullet points of that story.

[Host/Moderator]

No, but what game was it? I didn't see it. I just heard you guys talking about it. So I don't have any details on how it is that even a green dildo could be confused for a yellow penalty flag. So I don't think I have the details I need for this story. What happened during the course of the game that made it look like. And this is a new thing now we're throwing sex toys on the field.

[Chris]

There's been.

[Host/Moderator]

Which has there been more of the last two weeks? People players spitting on other players or dildos being thrown on court or field in two weeks? In the last couple of weeks, it seems like both are proliferating.

[Dan]

It seems like, well, so this was in the. This is in the Bengals Jaguars game. Tony was locked in on that one so he could give you more of the specific game. So it was a, it was a touchdown play. And then all of a sudden in the top corner, you just see something fly across the screen that's like a highlighter yellow seemingly, which is the color or looks somewhat like the color of a flag. And that's something that you expect to see flying in the air during a play or right after a play. So the graphics department said, you know what? I think I saw a flag fly across the screen. So they put that graphic up and it was not. It was a good play and it was a dough.

[Chris]

I imagine the way these production studios work, there's like a room of like seven to eight people and they're all watching and they all kind of have the ability to flag. Oh, flag. And then as soon as they. Someone yells it, the person with the graphics, like, let me get that graphic up there.

[Eddie]

Yeah, there are spotters. There are spotters. All the things out.

[Chris]

I love the idea of like, I want to be a fly on the wall for somebody. Oh, flag. And then they put the graphic up and then someone be like, oh, shit. I think that's a dildo. Oh. And then the graphic goes away. Like that happened.

[Eddie]

I think it's exactly how it goes down because you have a spotter who's yelling out the things that happen so they could put it on the score bug, you know, to the television crew in the. In the truck. And he just, flag, flag, flag. And they. And then he go, nope, dildo.

[Chris]

No, wait, that might be a dildo. My bad.

[Frank]

There should be a dildo graphic that they put on the screen.

[Dan]

What would it look like?

[Frank]

You know, like. Like pretty sure. Yeah, like a dildo.

[Chris]

Like the color pops up and instead of flag, it says dildo.

[Frank]

The outline. The unmistakable outline.

[Guest]

Oh, the silhouette.

[Dan]

What purpose would that serve?

[Frank]

You know, it's. Be informative.

[Dan]

Oh, oh.

[Frank]

What did I just see flying on the field?

[Chris]

I wouldn't apply for people watching on mute.

[Host/Moderator]

It's a TV truck. Right? Is where we're still doing these things. It's a chaotic thing. I'm still confused as to how it is. Green looked like yellow because I was told it was a green.

[Chris]

It's like a highlighter for me. It's high, low.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Host/Moderator]

Okay. Those two colors are not quite.

[Dan]

I mean, it's semantics.

[Chris]

It's a lot of different greens.

[Dan]

Have you seen the video?

[Host/Moderator]

I have not.

[Dan]

It's confusing.

[Host/Moderator]

I'm asking for information from you guys, and you told me I had all the information by simply saying that a dildo was confused with a. I think.

[Dan]

You'Re trying not to understand this story.

[Host/Moderator]

For some reason, green and yellow don't look alike. Those are not the same color. Like, I'm.

[Dan]

What color would you say Lemon lime Gatorade is?

[Frank]

There you go.

[Chris]

Gotcha. That's what color it was. Gotcha.

[Host/Moderator]

Okay, that's not green, but it's.

[Dan]

So you say that's yellow.

[Eddie]

I'm looking the video now. It's also not quite yellow.

[Chris]

You can see where green.

[Eddie]

The video's funny.

[Chris]

Lemon, lime green and yellow.

[Host/Moderator]

Dan, Chris, Cody. We have not played a Ray Hudson Gold call today as one of our daily celebrations of Ray Hudson as we head toward the World Cup.

[Chris]

This one's a doozy.

[Eddie]

Messi just dances away from Demi Kellis's.

[Host/Moderator]

Challenge, runs past two more, keeps it and tucks it into the net.

[Chris]

And there it.

[Host/Moderator]

Wait a minute.

[Chris]

That's Ray Hudson doing his thing. He thought that's all this goal needs. This goal doesn't need magisterial. This goal needs.

[Host/Moderator]

So that's all the Ray Hudson.

[Eddie]

That's what he gave us the fourth.

[Host/Moderator]

Day we got 180 more changing it.

[Chris]

Up, keeping it fresh.

[Host/Moderator]

Broadcasting is made better by the broadcasters. And I wanted to circle back around and see if any of you had any more observations of how cheap the CW you looked while doing the University of Miami South Florida game. The announcers were the disgrace. Tom Brennaman and a former player with a nose ring, which I have not seen. Blackman, yes. But I have not seen nose rings on broadcasters. That's not. Is. Is Will Blackmon the first one to be doing that? I have not seen broadcasters using nose ring.

[Chris]

Has Rodman ever broadcast the game?

[Dan]

No.

[Host/Moderator]

And also the lighting on the studios of the CW were not great. We have some people, the broadcasting foray, who do not have. Hey, you gotta start somewhere that is true.

[Guest]

Fake it till you make it at least. So I, we. We were on the bachelor party. And we had just come in from playing 18 at this beautiful course called Cabot Citrus Farms.

[Chris]

It's what you do on a bachelor party.

[Guest]

So all the boys are like, hey, let's get to the clubhouse. We were the first, fourth from the finish of the three. We're like, let's throw on the Canes game. So we went to the clubhouse. They're like, yeah, we don't have the cw. And I was like, that's fair.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Guest]

So we get on the phone and I'm watching the phone and then I hear the unmistakable voice. And I'm like, oh, that's this game. That's right. That's how I knew it was cheap. They got Tom Brennaman. I'll do it for free.

[Eddie]

I don't care.

[Host/Moderator]

That's how you knew.

[Guest]

That's it right there. I was like, tom Brennaman's back. Must be cheap. No way he's paying for that.

[Host/Moderator]

You realize that we have more games than we have non disgraced broadcasters.

[Eddie]

Gotta get somebody call Tom. Every game's on tv. It's too many games. I'll do it for free. Games.

[Host/Moderator]

Every game. Every game's on tv.

[Chris]

Some play by play guy out there who's trying to get his name out there is like, come on. Like, what do I gotta do?