The Big Suey: Greg Scoops Himself

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: The Big Suey: Greg Scoops Himself

Date: August 27, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Billy Gil, Mike Ryan
Key Guests: Diana Rossini, Greg Cody

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Overview

This lively episode, recorded at the Elser Hotel, is classic “Big Suey”—an energetic, often-chaotic blend of sports talk, comedians riffing, journalistic shenanigans, and meta-commentary on the business of "breaking news." The central theme: how inside scoops, team loyalty, and rivalry hype play out amid the start of college football season and NFL preseason, all delivered in the show’s irreverent, self-referential style.

Notably, the episode features:

• The saga of Greg Cody “scooping himself” on his Miami Dolphins rankings;
• Breaking news—Adam Thielen’s return to Minnesota, with Diana Rossini racing to simultaneously report and react on-air;
• Serious Miami-Notre Dame nostalgia hype;
• Meta-jokes about journalism, podcasting, and the pressure of being an “insider.”

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. Greg Cody “Scoops Himself” – The Dolphins Rankings Drama

[02:38 – 12:30]

• Dan introduces the “breaking news” saga: Will Zaslow reveal Greg Cody’s Miami Dolphins power ranking before Greg’s own Miami Herald article publishes?
• Greg counters by threatening to change the traditional draft party location if his scoop is stolen.
• As the hosts riff, Greg gets so riled up he ends up live-tweeting the rankings himself—accidentally scooping his own story before Zaslow or anyone else could.
• The crew breaks down Greg’s bizarre performance, mixing mockery and affection.

Notable Quotes:

• Greg Cody: “If he says the correct number, the draft party Thursday will not be at my house.” [04:54]
• Dan Le Batard: “So you’re threatening again… to take the draft party if Zaslow reports something that Christopher can’t control?” [04:42]
• Billy Gil: “He came, he concocted a plan while talking to you. He was doing multiple things at once. So dim-witted and yet outsmarted us…” [10:19 & 24:20]

Outcome: The Dolphins are ranked 15th (not 14th as suspected), with Greg predicting an 8–9 record—just enough to (implausibly) sneak into the playoffs.

• “He has them at 15. He also has them making the playoffs, but he has them at 8 and 9. So he has them making the playoffs with a losing record.” —Billy Gil [12:12]

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2. The Insanity of Breaking NFL News: Adam Thielen Trade

[03:56 – 21:41]

• Diana Rossini joins, clearly juggling multiple breaking news items.
• The crew reacts in real-time as Diana confirms the Adam Thielen trade: Thielen returns to Minnesota from Carolina for a ‘27 4th and a 5th round pick.
  • “Adam Thielen just got traded or at least it’s getting finalized right now… Minnesota gets Thielen and Carolina gets a 5th round pick and a 2027 4th round pick.” —Diana Rossini [16:10]
• Diana gives inside color on how the deal, thought to be dead, came together last-minute.
• She addresses Minnesota’s WR needs and the Panthers’ logic: get value now for a 35-year-old WR.

Meta/Humor:

• Diana’s simultaneous scramble to report the news (“I’m just doing what I have to do, which is like three jobs at once.” [19:32]) highlights the relentless nature of modern sports journalism.
• “This is bad radio then.”—Diana, self-aware about the on-air chaos [19:36]
• Dan reassures: “No, it’s not bad. I just don’t want to keep you from your job … but you’re distracted. You’re obviously distracted.” [19:39]

Notable Quotes:

• “I’m going to die soon.” —Diana Rossini, on the grind of being an NFL insider [21:24]
• “Our whole show got beat by an old, dim-witted man… turned around by this senile old man.” —Dan Le Batard on Greg Cody's scoop [24:23]

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3. Miami Dolphins Outlook: Insider & Outsider Perspectives

[12:26 – 17:55]

• Diana Rossini gives a harsh outside perspective: ranks Dolphins 27th out of 32, citing major concerns over roster moves (trading Jalen Ramsey), swirling rumors about Tyreek Hill, and general dysfunction.

  • “The Dolphins out of 32, 27. I have a lot of concerns for them this year… There’s just a lot of smoke around them.” [16:10]

• Contrasted with Greg Cody’s eternal homer-ism (ranking them 15th and playoff-bound), highlighting the show's ongoing bit about bias vs. reality in Miami sports coverage.

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4. College Football Hype: Miami vs. Notre Dame Nostalgia

[08:06 – 30:10]

• Discussion of a historic opening weekend: “[It’s the] first time ever, in week one, you’ve got six top 10 teams playing against each other.” —Dan Le Batard [07:21]
• Mike Ryan and Billy Gil build up Miami vs. Notre Dame, with historical context (the “Catholics vs. Convicts” era), personal memories, and hope for a return to raucous Miami football atmospheres.
  • “I think about question Kane’s. Notre Dame’s number two… I think Notre Dame is ahead of Clemson, LSU.” —Billy Gil [08:41]
  • “This is going to come down to Miami’s reshaped defense, whether or not they can stop a really good running back in Jeremiah Love.” —Mike Ryan [28:26]
  • “The rivalry… Catholics versus convicts. And it was delightful. It was just magical and partly racist television.” —Dan Le Batard [27:03]

Jessica Smetana/Echoes Podcast Story:
Mike Ryan plugs Jessica Smetana’s Notre Dame podcast “Echoes,” featuring a story from former ND QB Ian Book about the wild, intimidating energy of Hard Rock Stadium in 2017.

• “It might be louder than Georgia. I was like, top two loudest places I’ve ever played in my career.” —Ian Book (via Mike Ryan), on Miami’s crowd [25:18]

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5. Self-Deconstruction, Laughter, and Nostalgic Bits

[43:03 – 47:48]

• The “Sui nominees for best laugh” segment delivers a meta-listing (and affectionate parody) of all the best, goofiest laughs on the show. The bit includes Greg Cody reciting a long nominee list, producing laughter in the studio and audience.

• Commentary on Miami fans’ persecution complex and how it dates to the “olden days” of Notre Dame-Miami heyday.

  • “The portrayal of these teams back then was Miami are the gangsters and Notre Dame, they’re the holy ones. That was a quainter time… But that’s the history that’s getting grandfathered in.” —Dan Le Batard [33:14]

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6. Supplemental Sports/Rivalry Talk and Programming Notes

• Mike Ryan hypes up his upcoming five-hour “Canes insight” show for Miami Hurricanes fans, promising deep analysis, special guests, and national voices for the Notre Dame weekend [35:18].
• Dan tells classic Miami locker room stories to illustrate historical talent differences.
• Extended inside jokes about podcast transitions, media self-promotion, and the mechanics of being an “insider.”

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Memorable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• Greg Cody:
  “Okay, this conversation is beyond absurd. It’s beyond absurd.” [07:02]

• Diana Rossini:
  “I’m just doing what I have to do, which is like three jobs at once.” [19:32]
  “The Dolphins out of 32, 27. I have a lot of concerns for them this year.” [16:10]
  “I’m going to die soon.” [21:24]

• Dan Le Batard:
  “Our whole show got beat by an old, dim-witted man… turned around by this senile old man.” [24:23]
  “The rivalry… Catholics versus convicts. And it was delightful. It was just magical and partly racist television.” [27:03]

• Billy Gil (on Greg Cody):
  “He came, he concocted a plan while talking to you. So dim-witted and yet outsmarted us…” [10:19 / 24:20]

• Mike Ryan (on Hard Rock Stadium):
  “It was hostile … might be louder than Georgia… top two loudest places I’ve ever played.” [25:18, quoting Ian Book]
  “Along the trenches, Notre Dame is better. No, they’re not. Miami’s the bigger team.” [28:26]

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Notable Moments

• Greg Cody live-scooping himself while on the show, unwittingly beating the hosts and his own editor to the punch.
• Diana Rossini’s frazzled, relentless insider hustle—pausing the show mid-segment to chase Adam Thielen trade details, then candidly venting about the stress and absurdity of the business.
• The extended joke about the show’s own shortcomings: “Our whole show got beat by an old, dim-witted man… just got tricked and turned around by this senile old man, as White Hat calls it.” —Dan [24:23]
• Miami/Notre Dame hype—a deep dive into college football nostalgia, big-game anxiety, and what makes the city’s fans tick.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Greg Cody Dolphins Rankings Saga: 02:38 – 12:30
• Adam Thielen Trade/Insider Life w/ Diana Rossini: 03:56 – 21:41
• Dolphins Ranking Insider-Outsider Perspectives: 12:26 – 17:55
• Miami-Notre Dame Nostalgia & Game Analysis: 08:06 – 30:10
• Sui Nominees for Best Laugh: 43:03 – 47:48
• Meta/Postmodern Podcast Commentary & Fan Dynamics: Sprinkled throughout, especially 13:35 – 24:44 & 33:14 – 34:48

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Tone and Style

• Language: Casually irreverent, self-mocking, sharp, and quick-witted.
• Vibe: Warmly chaotic—equal parts sports journalism, inside-jokes, and family squabble.
• Audience: Fans who love sports, Miami, and the unique Le Batard Show brand of comedy.

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For New Listeners

This episode delivers the signature Dan Le Batard Show experience:
Expect layered, inside-jokey banter about journalism, football, and Miami fandom, juxtaposed with moments of real sports insight and media-world candor. Come for the football talk—stay for the laughs, meta-commentary, and shambolic on-air “scoops.”

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Transcript

[Mike Ryan]

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[Billy Gil]

The other Dan LeBatard podcast? I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that.

[Dan Le Batard]

In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys.

[Billy Gil]

I've done it. And now here's the marching man to.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nowhere Fat Face and the habitual liar.

[Billy Gil]

This episode is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours, Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is. It is everyone's. We have Diana Rossini on with us this season, and it's nice to have her back. I hope we are joined by more impersonations of her mother than we have gotten in recent developments around here. There's a burning question on ESPN right now. I just want you guys to know. And the question. Was Notre Dame likely to run the table if they beat Miami on Sunday? And Louis Riddick said yes. Burning question. Burning question. He's already saying Notre Dame undefeated if they win Sunday against Miami.

[Mike Ryan]

They got a really hard schedule. Really hard schedule at Arkansas, Texas A and M. Boise State, hard. Disagree.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, that's good. Healthy disagreement. I hope it gets inflamed the next three days.

[Mike Ryan]

Regression candidate.

[Dan Le Batard]

Diana, before we get to all the football news going on, do you mind if I just call my friend Greg Cody here real quick again? Because we've got a breaking story around here, and I want to get your opinion on it as well. So just hold on for just a second. All right?

[Billy Gil]

She said yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Chris.

[Diana Rossini]

I have a story, so I need to just take a break.

[Billy Gil]

Dueling breaking stories.

[Mike Ryan]

No, there's big breaking news in the NFL.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. There's big breaking news. Hold on a second, Greg. We got big breaking news in the NFL, and Diana's reacting to it. Mike, what's the big breaking news?

[Mike Ryan]

Adam Thielen, Homecoming.

[Diana Rossini]

Adam Thielen going back to Minnesota.

[Dan Le Batard]

There it is. Diana Rossini is on the story. Greg Cody, you've been scooped. Adam Thielen is going back to Minnesota. We are calling you because Zaslo is saying that as a journalist, he has a responsibility to tell the. To tell the American people what your rankings of the Dolphins are. Because we have the news. We know what the number is, and Zaslo wants to break the news before the Miami Herald prints it.

[Greg Cody]

You know, he. I can't stop him from doing that. Maybe the draft party Thursday night can be at Zaslow's house if that happens.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, so you're threatening again. You're threatening again to take the draft party if Zaslo reports something that Christopher can't control?

[Billy Gil]

Because Zaslo is a journalist, my livelihood.

[Greg Cody]

Yes. Even if he's totally guessing, if he says the correct number, the draft party Thursday will not be in my house. Tell Christopher that.

[Billy Gil]

I would never guess, though, because I have journalistic integrity. I wouldn't guess. I'll do that.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, if you say so.

[Dan Le Batard]

We'll see. Well, wait a minute. So when is it coming out in the Miami Herald?

[Greg Cody]

Well, my boss just called me, but I was on the phone FaceTiming with Dan LeBatard, so I couldn't take the call. So I might have an answer to that, but I couldn't take his call.

[Billy Gil]

Why don't you do a three way call? Get your boss on the line too. With all of us.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's Wild Billy Wednesday after all. Go ahead, call John Devine. See what he's got. Give him a call. I'm sure you're very good with the FaceTime technology. All right. But serious, Greg, we're not joking around. Zaslow feels like he's close to having the. Has the story.

[Billy Gil]

Close, close, close.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, but what. So if. If he does that, he can do this at 10:01, right? And he'll be okay? 10:01am I don't know yet.

[Greg Cody]

When. When?

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg, we can't wait for you. We can't wait for you. He's got the news. The news doesn't wait.

[Billy Gil]

The news breaks when the news breaks.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like you said, 10 o'. Clock. We need to break the news.

[Greg Cody]

As Mike Ryan, the adult in the room, mentioned a few minutes ago, it is totally the choice of your team. Your. Your show team.

[Billy Gil]

When this is a journalist.

[Dan Le Batard]

We can't control what Zaslo reports. I couldn't keep my engagement from you.

[Billy Gil]

The show stops when my integrity begins.

[Greg Cody]

Okay? Fake journalists. Zazlo can do whatever he wants.

[Billy Gil]

I'm on the website. I think it's out.

[Mike Ryan]

Stop that.

[Greg Cody]

But I can't. You could stop him on behalf of me, but apparently you won't.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do you mean stop him? What kind of. How do you.

[Greg Cody]

Hosting the draft Thursday night. But that's not.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's not journalism. It's not journalism for me to stop him from doing journalism. Like what do you. So news isn't news when it just regards you? Why can't we have the clicks and the views from where it is you.

[Billy Gil]

Rank the dolphins, how state controlled news works. That's not how I work.

[Greg Cody]

Okay, this conversation is beyond absurd. It's beyond absurd. Hang on. You know, hang on just a second.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you calling John Devine like Billy requested?

[Billy Gil]

Well, Thelen got traded. There's a lot of people reporting.

[Greg Cody]

No, I'm just looking here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Diana's chair is empty. Thank you, Greg, for all your hard work on the show. You've forgotten that we're doing the show again. Like this is what happens with him. It is fundamentally amazing that he is at this age, somebody who still doesn't know when we're doing the show. But I think Zaslow has to break this news. And before we get back to Diana Rossini here, Mike, the thing that you're doing, talking Cane's football, is that the third game of the weekend is, um, Notre Dame. The third best game of the weekend you have. For the first time ever, in week one, you've got six top 10 teams playing against each other. That's crazy. And in the middle of it, you've got Arch Manning, and you've got the history of Miami Notre Dame, which is a nostalgia matchup.

[Mike Ryan]

You have three top 10 matchups. That's the first time since 1945 that you've had that many top 10 matchups this early in the season. In fact, the last time that we've had three top 10 matchups was way back in 2017 in the same week. Ironically enough, that was when Miami beat the shit out of Notre Dame at Hard Rock Stadium back then. So this is a really exciting time you have. College football is putting its best foot forward and giving you the biggest possible spectacle to start the season, to capitalize on no NFL. And on top of that, you have Lee Corso's farewell.

[Billy Gil]

I think about question Kane's. Notre Dame's number two. I mean, we all know Tex Ohs is number one. There's no disputing that. But I think. I think, um, Notre Dame is ahead of Clemson, lsu.

[Mike Ryan]

I agree. I think, especially if you look at the spread, that that is expected to be a closer game. But I'm. I'm the. As big a homer as there is when it comes to University of Miami, Arch Manning at the defending national champs, of course, big noon window is crazy.

[Billy Gil]

They're not sending me there because it's not the biggest game, Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, tell us about where you're going this weekend, Zazzle, as part of your college football coverage as a rising star at espn. It's out.

[Billy Gil]

Say it as it's out. Just got a text that it's out. I don't. I didn't. I didn't have the confirmation yet.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, no.

[Billy Gil]

He undercut us. Oh, that's what he was. What he was doing. That's.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what he was doing. That is garbage. He's getting the clicks. He's getting the clicker. All right, so hold on a minute.

[Billy Gil]

Before scoop themselves, before.

[Dan Le Batard]

Before you tell us where it is that he ranked the Dolphins, I want to throw my theory in front of the audience and Chris as well. Billy, what are you laughing about back there?

[Mike Ryan]

Because I saw where he ranked them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, all right, I. Wait, I want to guess here. I want to guess what's happened here. Because, Zaslow, you have found Greg Cody.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, I think. I think I have it. But. But if you're saying it's already out, I think I have it now.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, you've gotten the text that you need in order to. All right, so you have to get.

[Billy Gil]

Double confirmation in journalism. Dan, I got it now.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so. But you're telling me that Greg Cody's now scooped himself by putting it on the Internet? Damn him. He's faster than we are. The.

[Billy Gil]

The knowing he was tweeting, he got so distracted.

[Mike Ryan]

He's like, what I'm doing here.

[Dan Le Batard]

He couldn't do both things.

[Billy Gil]

He came. He concocted a plan while talking to you. He was. He was doing multiple things at once.

[Dan Le Batard]

So dim witted and yet outsmarted us and all the. Diana Rossini has fled the room because Adam Thielen has been traded.

[Billy Gil]

I mean, I don't know if that's bigger than where Grant Cody has the very average Miami Dolphins ranked.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so I know, my dear audience, I know that I've been on this great Cody thing about, I don't know, seven hours too long, but I believe what happened here is this. Chris Cody yesterday correctly said what his father had put the Dolphins at, which was 14. Greg Cody misinterpreted that. As Chris Cody looked at my computer and became immediately enraged, escalated toward us, all sorts of threats. And now I believe he went home and changed where they are. And. But he's not going to drop them out of the top.

[Greg Cody]

He's.

[Dan Le Batard]

He won't drop him out of the top 16 because he will have them in the top half of the league because he's a homer forever. I would think he might even go.

[Billy Gil]

Up with them just to throw us a curveball because we would assume he'd go down with them. See, this is interesting. I'm going to tell you now where. What I found out, okay? I had them based on my sources, all right, that he had them 14. But when my source is wrong because that's. I'm looking at his article right now. He just tweeted out 2 minutes ago that's not where they're ranked. They're not ranked 14.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think he changed it. I think he changed it for no other reason. And I. Where do. If I had to guess, the betting favorite would be 15. Is that the betting favorite?

[Billy Gil]

I go 16. 15 is too easy. It's like one spot down. He's going to get crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, but he doesn't know that we're on to him though. He doesn't know that. I don't think he knows I said 4.

[Billy Gil]

He knows I said 14 yesterday. He thought I knew that. That's what my sources said. Yeah, so I think he goes to 16.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy, what was it?

[Billy Gil]

He has them at 15. He also has them making the playoffs, but he has them at 8 and 9. So he has them making the playoffs with a losing record.

[Dan Le Batard]

Covering all his bases.

[Billy Gil]

He can't be. He can be wrong in multiple facets, but he could also be right in.

[Mike Ryan]

One of those areas. The conviction he had for over seven and a half wins does not match that prediction. He was so strong on Hammer over seven and a half.

[Billy Gil]

He proved it right. He took him at eight.

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Diana, if off the top of your head, if you had to go 1 through 32, where would you put the Dolphins? And what are you scribbling so furiously? I ha life of an insider. I feel bad for you.

[Diana Rossini]

Oh, hi guys. Yeah, so Adam Taylor just got traded or at least it's getting finalized right now from the Carolina Panthers back to Minnesota. Obviously you guys know Minnesota has got some problems at wide receiver terms of suspensions and injuries. So it's a big reunion. He wanted to go there. The thing that's wild about this is on this story, even late afternoon yesterday there was a lot of frustrations because it appeared both sides were not close to coming to an agreement that Carolina knew very much so that Minnesota really wanted to make this work. I Think Thielen wanted to go back to Minnesota as well. And everyone yesterday said this is probably not going to happen. They're being really difficult on this. So the fact that it shook out so Minnesota gets Thielen and Carolina gets a 5th round pick and a 20, 27 4th round pick back. So yeah, life of an insider. Stupid. But it's also really fun. The Dolphins out of 32, 27. I have, I have a lot of concerns for them this year. I do. I, yeah, there's just a lot of smoke around them. Obviously we've, we've heard enough of all the things that are going on behind the scenes there. And obviously with trading away Jalen Ramsey, I just, I just think this is a team that needs to find itself this year. And Tua, who appears to continue to take steps forward here in terms of his play, this has got to be the year where he can figure it out. And you know, there's some rumors going around that the Dolphins were open to perhaps trading Tyreek Hill. And from what I can gather that, that, that doesn't appear to be on the table. They know they need him. They need him out there to help this offense.

[Dan Le Batard]

But.

[Diana Rossini]

But yeah, I don't, I don't feel great about them right now.

[Mike Ryan]

Diana, back on Thielen real quick. Carolina's thought to be a team hopefully on the rise given how they closed last season. Not really a team that was interested in selling. I imagine that was a sticking point when it came to the compensation here. Is this a ringing endorsement of where McMillan is in his progression? Because without feeling that that wide receiver core does take a hit.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah. No, and look at it from Dave Canales and Dan Morgan's perspective here, right? They are trying to build something and they're trying to get the most out of a quarterback that, that, you know, has been really up and down. And Adam Thielen brings that great veteran presence and, and confidence that they have in him that he can do this job. So it made a lot of sense that Carolina was being tough about it. I kind of understood their perspective on it. But they obviously made the decision here in the end that they are better off trading Adam Thielen now to at least get something in return for a 35 year old wide receiver rather than just have him this year and get nothing for him next year. So we'll. I'm sure Minnesota is thrilled right now as they are. They, I'm told they are currently trying to work out the contract situation for Adam.

[Dan Le Batard]

Diana, would we make your life easier right now, if we just let you go, because I don't love the stress that we're putting you under. You're in the middle of something, and you need it. No, you're right, because I feel like your head is racing because Adam feeling.

[Diana Rossini]

I'm just doing what I have to do, which is like three jobs at once.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, so you have to do.

[Diana Rossini]

This is bad radio then. I get it.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, no, It's. No, it's not bad. I just don't want to keep you. I don't want to keep you from your job at the Athletic, where you're always busy being an insider, but that you're getting here on. On Adam Thielen. That makes it that we can't talk to you about the rest of the league because the league stops when Adam Thielen gets traded. What?

[Diana Rossini]

You know, the whole thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

The whole league? No, everything. Your life just shut down. Look, I saw what Diana. We're doing a show with you. It's a substantive show. You run out of the screen for 10 minutes because Adam Thielen's been traded. I thought a baby was microwaving a phone again because you. And I don't know why it made you that crazy, but you're. What we were doing for 10 minutes, and now you're back, but you're distracted. You're obviously distracted.

[Diana Rossini]

Yes, I am distracted because it is my job to work for the Athletic, to get this intel for them. And it was a story that me and a couple reporters were working on together on this. So, yes, this is what we're all about at the moment. But in about 10 seconds, no one's going to probably care about an Adam Thielen trade. So, yeah, I don't want to leave, but if you guys want me to come back, I could do that.

[Billy Gil]

Feels like both me and Diana got scooped.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, by Greg Cody.

[Diana Rossini]

By the way, have we picked up on the pattern here, that this happens a lot on this show? I think I have to change my time slot.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just think you're busy, Diane, and I imagine your life to be this at all times. And it stresses me out because all your. It's the Gypsy's curse. May all your dreams come true, because here it is. You're a spectacular football insider. It never ends.

[Diana Rossini]

I'm going to die soon.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chasing a story.

[Billy Gil]

Revelation.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chasing. Chasing a story. You can come back in 30 minutes if you feel better. You're welcome to spend time around us.

[Mike Ryan]

Whenever you like, Billy. That might be a prediction.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you, Diana.

[Diana Rossini]

Thanks, guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

I do. I Have read a lot Shams and Schefter talking about like what the insanity and the thrill and the crack of being an insider is and the idea that your life can stop right in the middle of your day because Adam Thielen has been traded because the information business is super valuable right now and she's really good at her job and that's one of the reasons she's great at her job, because she goes and she attacks the story.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah. By all accounts it's not terribly interesting news. Adam Thielem being traced.

[Mike Ryan]

You shut up. I am so into this. It's a homecoming.

[Billy Gil]

Like, where's the line though? Because like I thought he would have been on the other side.

[Mike Ryan]

This is not that, guys. Everybody wrote him off and he should have put up consecutive thousand yard seasons for Carolina. He did not write back, Billy. He's got good football still left in him and now he's headed back home. Good Golfer, big for JJ McCarthy and yes, I care more because I golfed with him. Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

I would also have everyone know that Adam Thielen over the last couple of seasons doing it where he has done it with a quarterback that got rejuvenated because he still plays like a number one is one of the great stunning things of my football lifetime. To see not just the entirety of his career, but that. Wait a minute. You're going to keep doubting this guy? The last two seasons when. When Randy Moss goes to Oakland, he can't get to a thousand yards, but wherever Thielen goes, he makes the offense better.

[Billy Gil]

Because he's white, right?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

And because he was injured and I guess that we all thought he was done when he got to Carolina, that he wasn't going to be taking any of the off, but mostly because he was away. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Checks out.

[Billy Gil]

So I thought.

[Dan Le Batard]

The life of an insider. You don't want me to talk about the mental health perils anymore.

[Mike Ryan]

What is the worst part of the life? Get the best laugh.

[Billy Gil]

Zaz is an insider though. You could tell us. Yeah, I'm doing just fine. Look at this face. I'm looking good these days. Look at me, I'm dressed up. I look nice today.

[Dan Le Batard]

You got, you got beat on that story by Cody. It was embarrassing to watch.

[Billy Gil]

And you know, you know what's the worst part? It's not that I got beat on it. It's that we didn't pick up what was happening really well because underestimated, it's normal for him to just lose his like. Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Trailing off.

[Billy Gil]

That wasn't that crazy.

[Mike Ryan]

Of a thing.

[Billy Gil]

Like, do you think he, like, was he actually tweeting at the same time.

[Dan Le Batard]

As he outsmarted us?

[Billy Gil]

We saw a text. It'll go out at 10. So he's like, all right, let me throw everyone off. He said, oh, I'm just checking something. What's wrong with you? You don't know what you're doing. And he knew when he hit that tweet button, he. He must have been so proud. He's wiley.

[Dan Le Batard]

I will tell you that. Chris is right when he says we underestimated him. And I stand before you in a live audience or sit before you in a live audience saying, oh, my God, you guys just saw it. Our whole show got beat by an old, dim witted man. Like, just got tricked and turned around by this senile old man, as White hat calls it.

[Billy Gil]

That'll make it better.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, 13 yards per catch. That's his best season in that stat since pre Covid 8 and 9.

[Billy Gil]

After telling us to hammer the over is crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Roy, can you please find for me the sound? Okay. Jessica Spontana and Mike Golick Jr. Have together a podcast, Echoes. It's a very good Notre Dame name. Echoes is good. I asked her what the second choice was. She said there were no second choices. It was Echoes and Notre Dame. Miami is about to happen. And who was the guest on Jessica's show to talk about Miami? Notre Dame.

[Mike Ryan]

Ian Book. He came in relief 2017 game. And Jessica asked Ian about the atmosphere at Hard Rock Stadium on that fateful night in 2017. And then it was so loud, couldn't hear anything. And then I remember, like, actually having a pretty good drive when I went in there. I threw a whole shot to Equinemius, started to drive down the field, thinking we'd maybe get three points or something before half, and then threw a pick six. Welcome to the turnover chain. So that was my experience, but it was. It was hostile. And I remember for the. Until we went down to Georgia, it was the loudest place. I honestly, it might be louder than Georgia. I was like, top two loudest places I've ever played in my career.

[Diana Rossini]

Louder than Michigan.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah. Louder than Michigan.

[Billy Gil]

Blacksburg.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, yeah. Louder than Cape Canaveral when a rocket goes off. Louder than when Mike Piazza hit that walk off in shea Stadium after 9 11. Louder than when Stone Cold Steve Austin helped mankind win the WWF title.

[Billy Gil]

Go away.

[Mike Ryan]

It's the Austin pop. Oh, you could see how much this meant to Jessica on that video. Not happier that that was the answer.

[Billy Gil]

Why is it so hard for people to believe that people in Miami can be loud about sports.

[Mike Ryan]

The thing is, it's like such a crazy cell phone because we're capable of that kind of atmosphere, and we don't really dial it up to that level nearly enough. People are right to take shots.

[Billy Gil]

We don't give it away. You gotta earn it.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I think on Sunday, they're gonna. They're gonna earn it. I mean, It's a top 10 matchup at hard Rock Stadium against a hated rival that hasn't won down here in Miami State since 1981. And usually they get their asses handed to them when they come down here.

[Dan Le Batard]

So Mike Ryan is about to do five hours of twitchy cocaine where he talks canes football all afternoon. Because if you're gonna get into the nostalgia of sport with the Last Dance or with the Cowboys documentary or wherever it is that your grandfather or grandmother or father or mother passed down the stories. Notre Dame. Miami has no real good reason to be a rivalry other than before all the chaos of today with the conferences, like a couple of independents kept facing each other, and then it became a holy war. Catholics versus convicts. And it was delightful. It was just magical and partly racist television. Yeah, just so the convicts from Miami, and they made a couple of moves, three movies about it, one of them from Notre Dame's side because they played at the top of the sport and they were so different. And so you have a clash here of what you can say are historical titans. And Jimmie Johnson began his rise as unpopular when he kicked Notre Dame's ass on television and ran up the score. And Notre, Dame, I think. Who was the broadcast? Was it Aeropar Segan? Just wailing on like, have some dignity. Have some class. Because that's where, you know, Miami passed Notre Dame. You're about to do like, five days of tailgating toward this thing, correct?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Bunch of. Bunch of idiots are flying in town for this one. This one's going to be great. I'm super excited about this because I'm super excited about the season. I get really jacked up for this rivalry. Notre Dame is coming off of season in which they were unbelievable. Despite being hurt throughout the College Football Playoff, they. They earned that ranking. They were a runner up and performed admirably against a much better Ohio State team. Given the MASH unit that they became. I'm super jacked up about. About this because I also believe us to be a really good team. Miami. I think Miami is good. I think that there are perceived advantages and most people may just blindly say, oh, along the trenches. Notre Dame is better. No, they're not. Miami's the bigger team. Along the trenches. This is going to come down to Miami's reshaped defense, whether or not they can stop a really good running back in Jeremiah Love. And to see if they actually did indeed improve that secondary, it's gonna be.

[Billy Gil]

Pretty wild because I, I think that, look, I remember that game in 2017. I wasn't there, but I was watching it. And just even the way it came across on television, it was the most obvious, oh, Notre Dame has no chance tonight. And then, of course, you know, it, it was 28, nothing before you blinked. All right. And I think I feel like going into the game this weekend, there is this, I feel like there is going to be this responsibility from the home crowd where they want to live up to what that was like in 2017. So it's going to be just as loud, if not loud.

[Mike Ryan]

I agree with you. It is kind of strange. And again, a cell phone that people are chasing the ghosts of 2017 for that stadium. That's always been the barometer for a raucous environment. And I do think that there is kind of a responsibility to live up to that come Sunday night.

[Diana Rossini]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

Relief and clear or almost clear skin.

[Mike Ryan]

At 16 weeks, and most of those.

[Billy Gil]

People maintain skin that's still more clear.

[Dan Le Batard]

At one year with monthly dosing. EBGLIS Lebricizumab LBKZ, a 250mg 2ml injection.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Mike Ryan]

Don LeBatard, you getting started on the breakfast flan?

[Billy Gil]

Oh man, I've been singing a song to myself all morning while I'm breakfast flan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Duh nuh nuh nuh Stugats. Have you never heard the breakfast flan, son? No.

[Mike Ryan]

Hit me with it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. I wish I had some breakfast flan.

[Billy Gil]

Da da da da da da da da da Breakfast flan Da da da da da da da da.

[Dan Le Batard]

Where can I find a breakfast like that?

[Billy Gil]

This is the Dan Lebatar show with the St. Gods.

[Dan Le Batard]

The entirety of it, though, when it comes to the Miami fan base being defensive because they have a persecution complex, and at least in part because back when they were playing Miami and Notre Dame, it felt like they were persecuted. So like, that's the history that's getting groundfathered in I'm telling you, the portrayal of these teams back then was Miami are the gangsters And Notre Dame, they're the holy ones. And that was a quainter time in a million different ways that built it into what it is today. But I'm wondering, Billy, when you hear Mike talk like this, because Mike is homorific, but he's also on the inside of the program here and inside of the business machine. When you hear him talk this way, it feels like Mike Ryan is going into the season feeling like Mario Cristobal and Miami has the better horses, the better physical, that Cristobal was hired so that by this year he would have bigger, better players than everyone else, like he did when he was the recruiter at Alabama. So it seems like Mike feels like he's seen something in these practices that has suggested to him, oh, no, Carson Beck is going to pick up where Cam Ward left off. And that feels optimistic in a way that would feel biased. Can it be both biased and informed?

[Billy Gil]

I mean, once the games are played, I guess we'll find out, right? Because they've just been playing against themselves. You don't really know where any team stands presently.

[Dan Le Batard]

But Mike feels like, you know, I feel like.

[Billy Gil]

I know he said that they were going to win by three scores last week. That seems a bit optimistic.

[Dan Le Batard]

But Mike is carrying himself as if he feels like he knows something.

[Billy Gil]

That's Mike.

[Dan Le Batard]

The rest of us don't know. Yes, that's my. That is Mike just generally walking around. But on this particular subject, he's going to do five hours later today because he can't talk about this enough. Like, we have to go take the air out of the tire over there.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, I'm gonna try to talk about it enough. I might.

[Billy Gil]

I think we have.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think. I think you should tell people if they want five hours of. Mike will tell you all he knows about what he's seen.

[Billy Gil]

I wouldn't pitch it like that. I would change the pitch.

[Mike Ryan]

I would pitch it like that. Because Kane's insight is for Miami Hurricanes fans and if you're just a casual observer, want to know about this big game. We are going to have Notre Dame represent. We are gonna have national voices as well, and Bruce feldman and Brett McMurphy.

[Dan Le Batard]

It sounds like a big show that you're. That you're doing here with a lot of different people for a Giant game. And this is the future on where it is. You can mainline this stuff because people can talk about it for five hours because they want to with enthusiasm, build up the tailgate to this thing. But it sounds like Mike Ryan is seeing something in the huddle I told you guys the story when I was on the campus at the University of Miami, okay? I'm in school and during those four years, I'm a high school kid. I don't know what professional football is, what college football is. I don't know anything about anything. My team in high school was terrible. So I'm walking into the University of Miami locker room for the first time. As a freshman at the University of Miami, I've not been in many locker rooms. Standing in front of me is Jerome Brown, who would go on to just terrify the rest of the league. But at this point I'm a freshman. I'm like, this is a student who is my age at school here, Jerome Brown. And so I don't have any context for a home team that they didn't lose a game while I was in school because their guys were bigger than everyone else. And then when I went in the locker room when they were on probation, I walked into guys with pimples on their faces. Young guys, clearly kids. And I'm like, oh, okay, now I have the context for this. It feels like Mike's in a locker room where he's saying, no, they've got the studs this year.

[Mike Ryan]

It has to look a certain way. I remember being at practice during the Manny Diaz year going, who the hell is that? And it being Lou Headley the punter. And now. And there was one other guy, Chase Smith, who's actually a holdover still on this roster now you barely notice him. I remember feeling good about Derek King coming back. Alright, let's do this. Let's go measure ourselves up against Alabama and stepping on the field in Atlanta and knowing right away we had no shot in hell because they dwarfed our guys.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, what were you saying this time last year?

[Mike Ryan]

This time last year, the body types are there and that Cam Ward is going to be good. And by the way, I think Miami delivered on expectations. They didn't surpass them. Would have loved to gotten to get to Charlotte. They didn't have an opportunity to play the other teams in the mix for Charlotte. They failed. They blew a 21 point lead. That would have been a great end to their season and would have had one loss headed into Charlotte. They were 10 win. They were close to 10 wins last year and that was pretty good for year three. Year four needs to end in Charlotte. Year four needs to be a CFP appearance. They look really good along the lines one through 22. I like where they're at now. It's not exactly what Dan said they're not going to have the talent advantage against the likes of Texas or Ohio State. Miami is outgunned in that regard. But it's going to come down to are our guys good enough on a given day along the trenches to be able to dominate individual assignments. And I think 1 through 22, this roster is as good as it's been in Miami in like 20 years.

[Dan Le Batard]

So Stugat is doing God bless football and you can catch God bless football every day. And I've been wanting to talk to him about the New York jets practicing on Sunday by themselves. They had no coaches. Did you guys see that? They had a players only like not a lot of people have seen that a players only practice where they go out there on their off day to practice. This is after I have seen a hard knocks rip off on Amazon that I had not seen before called the home team where Amazon prime is doing on six jets players from last year. I don't know who they are. Can you look this up for me? They're going through the lives. What are you laughing about?

[Mike Ryan]

Billy and I have a theory. I think that you said so Stugatz is a crutch and just a normal transition. And then you covered it up pretty well and went into the New York Jets.

[Billy Gil]

That's what I thought too.

[Mike Ryan]

I thought that that was like just your normal muscle memory transition.

[Billy Gil]

I thought that too.

[Mike Ryan]

You were so good at making it seem like we were gonna talk about this jets practice and that's your natural transition. But I think you got caught up.

[Billy Gil]

True or false?

[Mike Ryan]

Wait, Judge. Judge Szasz. You wanna make a ruling?

[Billy Gil]

Well, I mean I can't read his mind. That's not a case that would be hurt in my head.

[Mike Ryan]

I just wanna see the prop again.

[Dan Le Batard]

What I will admit with great shame, I hate the way these people can see through me. All of that was was not only that I had done it. I put my head down and started doing like a cat with kitty litter. Just saying. What's in the file on the jets that I recovery.

[Mike Ryan]

It was a great recovery.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you for noticing that. But I actually wanted to keep talking about um, Notre Dame and I just lost my way with the crunch.

[Mike Ryan]

You just said as so sue got.

[Billy Gil]

You don't think that while people are hearing us talk about um, Notre Dame they wanted to all of a sudden hear about the jets practicing on their own. Some might technically a walkthrough. You're not allowed to have practices. You know that Chiefs also have their own hard knocks.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. There's so Many chiefs.

[Billy Gil]

Kingdom.

[Mike Ryan]

The kingdom.

[Billy Gil]

Too much.

[Mike Ryan]

The Cowboys have their own thing.

[Billy Gil]

Just a lot.

[Mike Ryan]

Just kick the ball off. Actually, you know what? Don't. Thank you for laying out and not having. Preseason football this week is college football.

[Billy Gil]

See? See what I'm saying, Zaz? See? No, but he's taking a week off. See, it's a week off. No, it's. Yes, it is a week off. See, he likes his week off. The NFL. No, it's a ramp. It's a ramp up. Were they playing last week and the week before and the week before that? It's. Are they playing like this? Are they playing next week?

[Mike Ryan]

This is a fairly new thing where they take a week off before the regular season.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're.

[Billy Gil]

But we're not stopping. This isn't a go and stop and go again. They started and now they're stopping, and the next week they're going again.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a ramp up. It's a ramp up.

[Greg Cody]

It's a little break.

[Billy Gil]

Just saying. Keep your mind open. It hasn't. My mind's open. It hasn't started yet. You want to start and then stop for no reason? No, not for no reason. Can you stop interrupting? Danny wants to talk about the Hurricanes and the Jets. Louise and the Jets. Enough, Zaz. God.

[Mike Ryan]

Klubnick versus Nussmeier in Clemson, lsu. I mean, there's so many Heisman showcase games. This is wild. Hey, looking back on the film, Riley Leonard meant a lot to Notre Dame. When they needed to play, Riley Leonard was there. Can CJ Carr do it? CJ Carr has less experience than Emory Williams.

[Billy Gil]

Gonna learn.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys can sort of hear football in the air, right? Like, there's a bit of a scent around here that's slightly different because you guys are saying, play the games. But we've got two weeks here, and we're gonna fill it with some Kelsey news and some pop culture, and we're gonna break the Internet with that. Love being real. Evidently. Unless you're still going to question. Two weeks.

[Mike Ryan]

Dude, three days. Boise kicks off at USF game day, 30pm tomorrow.

[Billy Gil]

Bethune, FIU Friday. Check it out. You on the call? I am.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really? Tell us more. Where can people find you?

[Billy Gil]

I think you'[e-mail].

[Dan Le Batard]

Why do you do this in the shadows? Why do you do it secretly? Why?

[Billy Gil]

It's not a secret. Look at the calendar. It's out there. There was a press release that came out, and then it kind of went away. I want to see this calendar that says fiu, Bethune and then has Your name underneath it. You don't believe that I'm gonna do it. No, I do. But you're telling people to look at the calendar. No, I'm just saying it's out there. I'm not one of self promotion, unlike you, who walks around. Oh, I'm on game night. I'm on this, I'm on that. You know, it's not me. Oh, look at me. Zazo 2.0.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, look at me.

[Billy Gil]

I'm always. That's your impression of me. Oh, look at me. I'm always with Freddie Fitz or whatever. Yeah, Freddie Fitz. Big star. Yeah, well, I'm bigger than you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, give me the suey category. Best laugh, please. I want all of the best laughs from the last year.

[Greg Cody]

And now the Sui nominees for best laugh. Big Mac, the Elser. Hotel Valet Guy. Adnan Verk. Al Michaels. Amin El Hassan. Andrew Hawkins. Andrew Siciliano. Baron Davis. Billy Gill. Bob Costas. Charlotte Wilder. Chris Mad Dog Russo. Chris Cody. Cody. Chris Fowler. Chris Parnell. Chris Whittingham. Christine Lisi. Comedian Otsuko Otsatka. Dan Lebatard. Dan Lebatard again.

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Dan Patrick. Danny Green. David Allen. Greer. David Sampson. David Sampson again. Diana Rossini. Dominique Foxworthy. Eric Hosmer.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Ernie Johnson. Frank Thomas was extraordinary. Craig Cody. Hank Azaria. Izzy Gutierrez. Jake Plummer. Jake Tapper. James Carville. The Raging Cajun. Jeff Kirchen. Jamel Hill.

[Dan Le Batard]

At your leisure.

[Greg Cody]

Jeremy Tache. Jessica Smatano. Jim Laranega. Jonathan Zaslow. Juju Gotti, Mero. Lewis Black. Maury Povich. Michael Ian Black. Mina Kimes. Mike Ryan.

[Billy Gil]

We found out who was that one.

[Greg Cody]

NASCAR driver Ryan Blaney. NBA insider. Chris Haynes. Nick Offerman. Nick Offerman again.

[Billy Gil]

All right, all right, then.

[Greg Cody]

Ribs o'. Shea. Jackson Jr. Pablo Torre. Papi Levitard. Pat 40. Pat Riley. Patton Oswalt. P.K. suban. Rachel Nichols. Ron Funches. Rose Arias. Rosie Perez. Roy Bellamy.

[Billy Gil]

Haha.

[Greg Cody]

Roy Bellamy again. Roy Wood Jr. Sam Morel. Samantha B. Scott Van Pelt. Stan Van Gundy. Steve Kerr. Stormy Daniels. Stugots. Ted Danson. Tiger Woods. Former Caddy Steve Williams. Tim Kirchen. Tim Kirchen again. Tony Kaladiyud. Tony Reali. Weird Al Yankovic, Sausage King. And Wheel of Fortune contestant Will Jordan.

[Mike Ryan]

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