The Big Suey: I Need Your Support

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: The Big Suey: I Need Your Support
Date: October 20, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

This episode captures the Dan Le Batard Show's signature blend of irreverent sports talk, family squabbles, and pop culture banter, focusing heavily on recent controversy within their own fantasy football league (PFPI), Miami sports, and their usual dynamic of playful needling, especially at Greg Cody's expense. Greg comes in "hot" over being called a "fool" on air the week prior, leading to a rolling and revealing discussion about show dynamics, comedy at each other's expense, and the blurred lines between work, family, and podcasting. The back half features deep dives into the Miami Hurricanes' recent football loss, questionable coaching decisions, and even the impact of stadium scheduling and PA announcers on local sports culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Greg Cody vs. The Show—Being Called a Fool

• Issue: Greg Cody is upset about being called a "fool" twice on the previous show for being late breaking news about Billy Gill, despite evidence his timing was accurate ([02:57]-[04:12]).
• Dynamics: He expresses frustration at being the show scapegoat “for the sake of a joke.”
• Memorable Quote: “He said, Chris, your dad is a fool. And he repeated that. I'm not a fool. I don't appreciate being called that. Even if, even if it's for the sake of a joke.” —Greg Cody ([03:36])
• Amin’s Wisdom: Amin Elhassan reminds the crew of the cardinal rule: "criticize the action, not the actor"—“Exhibits the behavior of a fool, not calling him a fool.” ([04:12])

2. Family/Podcast Collisions & Voicemail Drama

• PFPI Fantasy League: Junior Greer accuses Greg of colluding in their fantasy league by calling Greg’s wife—also a league member and his wife—to secure votes for rule changes ([13:26-14:04], [22:20-26:20]).
• Voicemail Debacle: Junior has a “drunken and slurring” Greg Cody voicemail he tries to play on air; Greg insists listeners should hear it first on his own podcast, prompting a negotiation around cross-promotion and podcast “clicks” ([11:00]-[22:00]).
• Memorable Quote: “If you want to listen to it, it’s on my podcast...I’m not proud of it.” —Greg Cody ([13:06])
• Showcase of Family Dynamics: The segment is a comic highlight, exposing both the utter seriousness with which Greg takes the fantasy league and the show’s willingness to poke fun at itself.
• Crowd Pleasing RL: "I need your support!” Greg’s plea becomes a running joke and title motif, referenced throughout ([20:41], [26:20], [27:05]).

3. Miami Dolphins Turmoil & Conspiracy

• Franchise in Flux: Discussion centers on the Dolphins’ lack of change despite poor performance and the impact of the Brian Flores lawsuit.
• Controversial Theory: Greg suggests job security for certain executives/coaches may be influenced by the team's legal entanglements, fearing ex-employees could testify against them ([06:31]-[09:10]).
• Memorable Insight: “If you fire Chris Greer, all of a sudden maybe he turns against you in a trial, in a lawsuit.” —Greg Cody ([06:57])

4. Miami Hurricanes Football: Loss & Coaching Critique

• Game Recap: Dissects the Canes’ unexpected loss to Louisville; persistent issues with Mario Cristobal’s stubborn offensive approach.
• Coaching Clinic: Jeff Brohm's schemes for Louisville are lauded for neutralizing Miami's strengths, especially the pass rush ([36:09]-[39:11]).
• Cody’s Take: “That was an ass kicking...I can’t believe it looks close at the end because the Canes just crashed. They got their ass handed to them.” —Greg Cody ([28:43])
• Analysis of Miami’s Problems:
  • Overly conservative run schemes (sticking to the A-gap)
  • Lack of discipline, key procedural penalties
  • Disappointing student section & poor in-game operations ([47:17]-[49:06])
• Memorable Quote: “You stay married to the A gap. You're undisciplined and you get all these procedural penalties that back you up.”—Dan Le Batard ([39:16])

5. Miami Venue Drama & Soccer vs Football

• CFP Playoff Quandary: Reports Miami may not have Hard Rock Stadium available for a college playoff, due to Steven Ross scheduling a La Liga soccer game ([41:20]-[43:25]).
• Local Power Dynamics: Explains how Hurricanes are only tenants; Ross, as stadium owner, has final say.
  • “When you are not the landlord, the landlord can tell you to kick rocks.” —Amin Elhassan ([43:19])

6. Pop Culture & Show Running Bits

• Nuttiest Fan Segment: Competing for “nuttiest fan” this week are BYU (crowd surfing their president) vs. DJ Khaled (doing pregame calisthenics with the Miami Hurricanes) ([23:12]-[23:57]).
• Greg Cody’s Solar Eclipse Enthusiasm: Greg defends his sincere wonder for seemingly everything, including eclipses—earning skepticism from his own son ([17:01]-[17:11]).
• Classic Absurdities: The show revels in bits like the friend “swallowed whole by a shark” story ([35:41]-[36:08]), and the infamous “toe from Oktoberfest” callback ([11:38], [12:27]).

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• Greg Cody on being the butt of the joke:
  “I'm not a fool. I don't appreciate being called that. Even if, even if it's for the sake of a joke.” ([03:40])
• Amin Elhassan on fair criticism:
  "Criticize the action, not the actor…exhibits the behavior of a fool. Not calling him a fool.” ([04:12])
• Greg on fantasy league dedication:
  “If Roger Goodell is trying to pass something with the other owners in the NFL, you don’t think he goes to other owners and say, hey, I need your support.” ([14:02])
• Greg’s plaintive theme:
  “I need your support.” ([20:41], recurring)
• Dan on Canes’ loss:
  “That was an ass kicking. I can’t believe it looks close at the end because the Canes just crashed. They got their ass handed to them.” ([28:43])
• Amin explaining stadium conflict:
  “When you are not the landlord, the landlord can tell you to kick rocks.” ([43:19])
• Dan on student support:
  “The people that go to Miami support the program the least. It’s revolting... And the PA has been inexperienced all season long.” ([47:17])
• Dan, satirizing apology negotiations:
  “I negotiated it poorly...I gave him the apology. He questioned it. And it’s funny that we’re bowing to this whim because again, he’s already published the drunken slurs of punishment and collusion...” ([24:43])
• Stugotz summarizing show/family contradiction:
  "He's not okay with the lateness of the picks, but he is okay being late to his own opinion and late to the show." ([22:36])

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Greg’s Grievance over “Fool” Comment: [02:57]-[04:12]
• Backstory & Fallout from PFPI Voicemail: [11:00]-[22:00]
• Miami Dolphins Lawsuit Theory: [06:31]-[09:10]
• "Hampton Farms Nuttiest Fan" Segment: [23:12]-[23:57]
• Miami Hurricanes’ Loss, Coaching Deep-dive: [28:43]-[39:41]
• CFP Playoff/Hard Rock Stadium/La Liga Issue: [41:20]-[43:25]
• Critique of Game Presentation/PA Announcer: [47:17]-[49:19]
• Ongoing “I need your support” Recurring Joke: Throughout, especially [20:41], [26:20], [27:05], [29:12], [50:04]

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Conclusion & Episode Tone

This episode is a classic Le Batard Show blend: revealing, off-the-cuff, interwoven sports analysis and meta-commentary about their own relationships and shared work. Greg Cody brings outsized, sincere energy over seemingly minor sleights and fantasy league disputes, providing fodder for the crew’s running jokes and warmth. The second half shifts to earnest and detailed—if still digressive—breakdowns of Miami Hurricanes football and South Florida sports quirks. Quotes like “I need your support” encapsulate both the self-seriousness and farce the show trades in, making the episode both a running family sitcom and a serious pop-sports panel.

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For Further Engagement

• Curious about Greg Cody’s infamous voicemail and his side of the drama? Search for the latest episode of The Greg Cody Show.
• Want to vote for Nuttiest Fan? Go to @LeBatardShow on Instagram.
• Check the 5:24 timestamp on The Greg Cody Show for the now-infamous voicemail.

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This summary maintains the show’s casual, sarcastic banter and highlights the episode’s most entertaining and insightful moments, complete with timestamps for easy reference.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

Welcome to the Big Sui presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBatard podcast.

[Chris Cote]

I'm sorry.

[Zaslow]

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, I've done it. And now here's the marching man to Nowhere Fat Face and the Habitual Liar.

[Chris Cote]

This episode of the Dan Lebatard show is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The Crown is yours.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg has come in hot and Zaslow has now been witness to it. In the privacy of this sacred room right here, we've had some sparks. Cody is mad. Chris, you didn't tell me your father was mad about something that happened on the show last week. You did not inform me your father was hurt by something and it just spilled out into this room and Zaslo was just witness to it. And as judge, juror and journalist, good judger. You would say what about what you just saw between me and Greg Cody?

[Zaslow]

I would say there's. There's a lot of pent up frustration, maybe even anger.

[Chris Cote]

What show are we talking about here?

[Greg Cody]

Like is he mad at me from the Greg Cody show? Mad at. No, he's mad at Dan about last week's show.

[Zaslow]

Mad at Dan. But I think Dan thinks that maybe you should have tipped him off that your father's upset.

[Chris Cote]

I actually, on my latest podcast which dropped this morning, Monday morning, I actually make reference to that fleetingly because we do a little bit of our own tribute to Billy Gill and I mentioned why I appreciated Billy so much and one of the reasons was I get beat up on this show off in oft times unfairly just for the sake of a joke. And that happened last week when I was like in his mind. I was a few minutes late breaking the story on Billy leaving even though the story posted a few minutes before 903. Yeah, well it posted on 8:58 and I have the. I have the proof but show starts at 8:55. This guy referred to me on the air twice. He repeated it as a fool.

[Greg Cody]

Like that. That's right.

[Chris Cote]

He said, chris, your dad is a fool. And he repeated that. I'm not a fool. I don't appreciate being called that. Even if, even if it's for the sake of a joke. And you know I try not to get on you. Like a few minutes ago you repeated that 1600 streak. Almost as if Mike hadn't said the same stat seconds ago. Seconds earlier.

[Mike Ryan]

Martin. Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

So what the hell are you doing? Are you not paying attention to your own show? I could get on you more than I do.

[Zaslow]

Would a fool not pay attention?

[Chris Cote]

I have civility. A fool might not pay attention then.

[Amin Elhassan]

Correct then you broke the golden rule that you taught me years and years ago. Criticize the action, not the actor, exhibits the behavior of a fool. Not calling him a fool.

[Chris Cote]

Thank you. Billy.

[Greg Cody]

When you were talking about scandal, I thought you were talking about the Greg Cody show because there is a PFPI scandal people need to tune in for.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. He's hot.

[Amin Elhassan]

He.

[Dan Le Batard]

And look, everybody knows that I love him. And sometimes I take it too far. And around the thing that made me laugh in the bakery here was him screaming at me. Some form of. I was wrong about my opinion. I was late by My opinion for by four weeks, I was late to my own opinion. Right, you were.

[Chris Cote]

No, I wasn't. No, because in this case, my opinion was it may be time to make a coaching change. I didn't think that a month ago. Right.

[Tony]

Maybe you did.

[Greg Cody]

Right.

[Chris Cote]

I didn't.

[Greg Cody]

But if everybody was ahead of you and you're now here, you can't acknowledge I'm late to this party. I now acknowledge what a lot of people were acknowledging a month ago. Like, this is pretty obvious, okay?

[Chris Cote]

I'm the only one who's a caretaker of my own opinion.

[Greg Cody]

Okay?

[Chris Cote]

By the way, LeBatard. Oh, no, this is not a bakery. Quit referring to your show in this studio as a bakery. The hell are you doing? Give me a turnover. Like. Like Tua said yesterday. Give me a turnover.

[Mike Ryan]

Three of them.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, three of them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Three interceptions again. First since Marino to have multiple three interception games when the Flames are climbing highest. Like, this is how leadership gets swallowed. I don't want to talk about the Dolphins anymore.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, you do.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, you don't have to, because Ian Rapaport has come out with the scoop.

[Zaslow]

What do you say?

[Mike Ryan]

No change is expected for the Miami Dolphins.

[Chris Cote]

Hello. There you go. Steven Ross, moving like a snail. A human tortoise. So he's late, though.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's late to his opinion.

[Chris Cote]

No, he. He's the only one whose opinion matters. But I can have a comment on it if I choose.

[Greg Cody]

Where do you have him ranked now? You had him 15th at the beginning of the season.

[Chris Cote]

Right now, they would probably be in the 28 to 30 range.

[Dan Le Batard]

You. You.

[Zaslow]

You think there could potentially be four teams better than the Dolphins right now?

[Chris Cote]

There's a lot. I mean, there's a lot of bad teams. There's a lot of disparity in the NFL right now. And, yeah, there are five or six teams that are really, really bad, the Dolphins among them. But not. Not at the bottom of the.

[Amin Elhassan]

There's a theory back here that Mike McDaniel perhaps has the greatest job security of all because the Dolphins are in the middle of a lawsuit, right? About. Or, you know, firing a black coach because he's black. And so you can't fire two black coaches in a row. That's even worse.

[Zaslow]

Get some hell out of here.

[Amin Elhassan]

Well, I'm just saying, Zaz, if you're in a lawsuit, you're not going to do stuff. That kind of confirms the lawsuit.

[Dan Le Batard]

The general manager is black, too.

[Amin Elhassan]

You can't fire him either.

[Chris Cote]

Well, I have heard that theory about the lawsuit. Brian Flores lawsuit being involved in the machinations that are going on right now. And one of them is that when, if, if you fire Chris Greer all of a sudden, maybe he turns against you in a trial, in a lawsuit, so.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, wow, that's juicy.

[Chris Cote]

There's a lot going on.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, that's.

[Amin Elhassan]

What if they're hiring?

[Dan Le Batard]

But that's. I hadn't even considered that. That's juicy though. The idea that Steven Ross couldn't and wouldn't make a change. It's not because he's not frustrated. Does it's not because he hates the customers. But like, really, I'm going to take the optic hits on that as well at the end of my life.

[Chris Cote]

Well, I still believe firmly, and I would bet big on this, that okay, he, McDaniel gets the so called vote of confidence right now. Fine. I don't know.

[Zaslow]

Can you imagine if Stephen Ross comes out today and gives a vote of confidence?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah. I mean, but. But that's what you do, right? If you don't want to fire your guy and you don't want him to twist in the wind, you say no.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys are all consistently saying, just lie to your people. McDaniel, stop talking so much to stop talking so much. I used to like it when you talked a lot, but now you're losers. You're not nine and two anymore. Steven Ross, say something. Don't say that. Say something different. Like that's why the conversation around this team, it's the same thing happening around the Jets. You cannot feed your customers. The game's too expensive. You can't have an absence of hope. He says there are five teams worse, man. It's the jets, it's the Saints who are in salary cap hell, and that's about it.

[Chris Cote]

Craig, Tennessee is pretty bad.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tennessee. Okay, Tennessee. Because Cam ward's been sacked 27 times and he's not this half of a season. Look, man, we've sped all this up, right? Ken Moore has to figure it out in eight games in Tennessee. And there's a lot wrong in Tennessee. But yes, you're right. Tennessee is also one of the teams, but there are precious few who don't have a chance. And even the Titans against the mighty Patriots of Drake May yesterday. Drake May putting on a perfect performance at the half. That game was closed. And then Cam Ward is fumbling the ball into his own end zone because that's what rookies tend to look like seven games in sometimes when they're not quite ready to play the position.

[Zaslow]

I'll tell. I'm just, I'm Shook by Greg's revelation, which may very well be true, that Chris Greer could still potentially be here because the dolphins are afraid he turned state witness.

[Chris Cote]

It's something that I've heard floated out there by someone connected with the dolphins who I talk to regularly, mostly by text. And whether or not it happens to know. Even. He said this is a.

[Dan Le Batard]

Happens to know.

[Chris Cote]

Even.

[Dan Le Batard]

Even this is a Happens to know. Wait a minute.

[Greg Cody]

Greg happens to know. Greg Scott happens to know. He happens to know.

[Mike Ryan]

I get what you're doing.

[Greg Cody]

Gather everyone.

[Mike Ryan]

Get the children.

[Chris Cote]

He happens to know. Okay. In. In. In this case.

[Greg Cody]

Wise.

[Chris Cote]

In this case, the person I talked to happens to think he might know. I'm just saying I have heard this as speculation.

[Zaslow]

We have happen to think he might know.

[Greg Cody]

Backpedaling.

[Chris Cote]

I'm not reporting anything.

[Mike Ryan]

You guys need to stay wise. That was just a little chicken wing today on Lebatar. Like, I'm still out in these journalist streets working sources.

[Chris Cote]

Well, I mean, via text.

[Greg Cody]

He told us.

[Chris Cote]

I have a text buddy who's very good to me.

[Greg Cody]

And dangerous game, putting out, like, fragile information via text.

[Chris Cote]

No, it really is.

[Greg Cody]

I would think the real. The real reporting these days still happens with a phone call.

[Amin Elhassan]

No, you don't want that in writing, Chris.

[Greg Cody]

You don't want that in writing.

[Amin Elhassan]

You want your voice on the record sounded like Donald Sterling.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, is this your voice?

[Amin Elhassan]

No. With a text that you could say, that's not me. Yeah, he just got. He changed someone else's number, put my initials there. That's not me.

[Greg Cody]

I gotta hear it. If I see it. It's not true. I got to hear it.

[Chris Cote]

Okay. Not all sources are local.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mm.

[Greg Cody]

Okay.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's journalism.

[Chris Cote]

Not all dolphin sources live in Miami.

[Greg Cody]

You can call anyone that's not from Miami.

[Chris Cote]

I know. So you can text as well.

[Zaslow]

You got that unlimited plan.

[Chris Cote]

You're the one who told me there's no such thing as voicemail anymore. I tried to leave a voicemail with this kid. It says mailboxes full.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, interesting.

[Chris Cote]

He's like, nobody leaves a voicemail.

[Greg Cody]

All right, you brought up voicemails. You said you didn't want to play this. Now we're playing this.

[Chris Cote]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Saturday night.

[Chris Cote]

No, go on. I don't want to play that.

[Dan Le Batard]

My.

[Greg Cody]

All right, I'll set it up for the audience, then we can decide if we play.

[Chris Cote]

People can go to the website.

[Tony]

Our website.

[Chris Cote]

Whatever.

[Greg Cody]

Our podcast.

[Amin Elhassan]

Greg, back.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg, hold on. Just trust your son for a moment.

[Amin Elhassan]

Who's bakery.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who's in the bakery? He's one of our governing Chefs.

[Chris Cote]

Okay, he can explain it, but don't play.

[Greg Cody]

PFBI picks are due Saturday at 1pm if you don't get them in by then, that's not fantasy. It's sending in our winners for the week. Sent in by Saturday, 1pm if you don't do it, you start getting texts. If it's like 4 or 5pm he sends a text. This is the last text I will be calling. I had Saturday. I did my Oktoberfest on Saturday with my family. You know the thing where I got the toe a couple of years ago with the guy's toe.

[Chris Cote]

Baloney.

[Greg Cody]

I did that thing on Saturday. So I was late with my. Admittedly my fault. I was late. It was like 9pm hadn't sent my pics yet.

[Chris Cote]

You were 9 hours late.

[Greg Cody]

So I get a phone call from my dad and then a voicemail in which I realized. My dad doesn't realize he's leaving a voicemail. This is my dad after he called me.

[Chris Cote]

Don't play that. No, I don't want that played.

[Greg Cody]

Why?

[Chris Cote]

If you want to listen to it, it's on my podcast. I don't want that.

[Greg Cody]

He sounds hammered.

[Chris Cote]

For a couple of reasons.

[Zaslow]

You don't want to play because you want to heard first on your podcast.

[Chris Cote]

Well, that's part of it.

[Zaslow]

Oh, come on.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, come on. Says a guy who has a podcast and would do the exact same thing. I would not. Yeah, you would.

[Zaslow]

I've literally. I've never withheld information here for my podcast.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, never.

[Zaslow]

Yeah, that's right.

[Greg Cody]

There's the toe from Oktoberfest.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. So what a great sentence by you. My. I was at my. Like, I cannot tell you. Okay. I cannot tell you. You brought me back to a time so disconcerting, so unpleasant, where you revealed the toe from. Yes. Your Oktoberfest.

[Greg Cody]

I was in a bathroom and I looked down. I'm like, sitting at the stall, and I look to the right, and this guy's encroachment. Encroachment guy next to me. He's in my stall. His foot was in my area.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have to get to the Hampton. Hampton Farms nuttiest fan. Please keep this energy. I'll show Greg.

[Zaslow]

Okay, wait, so we're not playing the voicemail?

[Chris Cote]

No, you can hear it on my podcast, which dropped this morning. I mean, seriously, I'm not proud of it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wait a minute. It already dropped?

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Chris Cote]

I didn't know I was being recorded. You did.

[Greg Cody]

You didn't hang up your phone. Okay, called me, but that's the best Part of this.

[Dan Le Batard]

You've already aired this, and now you're. You're embargoing something you've already aired. Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

Because if you want to listen to it, you can go to my podcast.

[Greg Cody]

This is him talking to my mom after he's called me, saying that we need to. I need to be able to punish him for not getting his pics in. And I need your vote. This is collusion. He's talking to another member of the league that he sleeps with. And he's a commissioner.

[Chris Cote]

Okay.

[Greg Cody]

And he's. He's pressuring her to vote his way.

[Chris Cote]

On a league vote. I tried to explain to junior and commissioners know each other. Okay, Goodell me. All the commissioners know each other. If Roger Goodell is trying to pass something with the other owners in the NFL, you don't think he goes to other owners and say, hey, I need your support.

[Dan Le Batard]

Audio proof of you colluding with another.

[Mike Ryan]

Owner that he sleeps with.

[Chris Cote]

I don't call it collusion.

[Greg Cody]

He's the commissioner. She's just an owner. He sleeps with her.

[Amin Elhassan]

By the way, Chris, you're making the exact point was why sources don't call.

[Chris Cote]

See? Thank you, Amin.

[Amin Elhassan]

Because we have him on the record.

[Chris Cote]

Amin gets me.

[Mike Ryan]

Howdy, listeners. It's Mike Ryan and Chris Cody.

[Greg Cody]

Hey, everyone.

[Mike Ryan]

Hey, Chris. We love hanging out so much. You were at my birthday the other day.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're old.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what I saw in your hand?

[Greg Cody]

What?

[Mike Ryan]

A can of Miller. Whether it's a can, whether it's a bottle, a draft pour of Miller light. The draft bore. You see that beautiful, iconic color. Ah, the cold right away.

[Greg Cody]

The ice coldness to it. Oh, so good.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, Chris, the ice coldness to it. Oh, Whether you're hanging out with me on my birthday because I'm old or you're at a game, you know that Miller Lite just makes every special time a Miller time. That's how you make the special times. By making a Miller times. Game day just hits different with Miller Lite in your hand. Hittin different from jaw dropping touchdowns to fantasy heartbreaks. It's a beer that has been there for every moment. 50 years of great taste, simple ingredients, and that iconic golden color. That coldness, Chris, that.

[Greg Cody]

That icy coldness.

[Mike Ryan]

That icy coldness. The original light beer since 1975 and still hitting different five decades later. Still Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.

[Greg Cody]

I see coldness.

[Tony]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm someone that's constantly adding stuff to different carts on random websites. Like, there's a teal marlins hat that's been calling to me for like two and a half years that I'm constantly getting advertisements for this something eventually I'll purchase because I keep those things in the cart. Then I see it. That beautiful, glowing purple shop pay button.

[Dan Le Batard]

Boom.

[Tony]

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[Chris Cote]

Don Libertard, he called me on my own podcast. He called me full of shit, claiming that I'm faking interest in the solar eclipse.

[Greg Cody]

Well, you do do this. You love to just get excited about everything.

[Chris Cote]

Okay, Junior stugats. I had to school you and explain.

[Zaslow]

To you he was gonna take you to Augusta.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, when I was 17 years old, Alan Sherry and I used to haunt the Bueller Planetarium. This is the Dan Levatar show with the st.

[Greg Cody]

Please, can I play this?

[Chris Cote]

No, let's not.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, we must. No, no, here's the thing.

[Chris Cote]

No, no, no.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, here, Chris, this is what I'm telling you. This is. No, wait a minute. Craig, Craig, we're all a network here, okay? We're all working in this job together, right? To try and make sure that everyone gets the clicks and no one's trying to deny you your beloved clicks.

[Greg Cody]

Maybe we play half of it.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I'm thinking you call, you download it on your phone, give your father the click. Anybody can do that. And you just put that into the microphone.

[Greg Cody]

The audio is so bad enough.

[Chris Cote]

It's bad.

[Greg Cody]

It's not great audio.

[Chris Cote]

Imagine that. I didn't know I was being recorded. I didn't know the phone you called me. I didn't know I had left the phone, left me the voice. Why didn't you hang up? Why are you waiting for me to.

[Greg Cody]

Didn't answer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is your voice. Is your voicemail full? Because it's.

[Greg Cody]

Why didn't I hang up?

[Dan Le Batard]

What is happening right now?

[Chris Cote]

He didn't take a voicemail.

[Zaslow]

What if I have a solution? What if I have a. What if I. So you get the download. I play from your podcast into the microphone.

[Chris Cote]

I'd rather you didn't.

[Zaslow]

But then you get the download.

[Chris Cote]

Can I stop you?

[Greg Cody]

No, this isn't about teasing it. He sounds hammered and he's embarrassed, but he's.

[Dan Le Batard]

But he's gonna sell it for his own.

[Greg Cody]

Can we just play the first, like, sentence to let people get a taste of it, and then we'll stop it and they'll have to go listen to the rest of it.

[Amin Elhassan]

That's. That's a solution.

[Greg Cody]

Good comp.

[Zaslow]

That's a decent compos.

[Chris Cote]

If you. You're not lying to me.

[Greg Cody]

You tell me when to stop it, and we'll stop.

[Chris Cote]

You stop after the.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, let's negotiate. This. Greg. What would. Please hold on.

[Greg Cody]

There's long gaps here.

[Zaslow]

How many seconds?

[Greg Cody]

Listen, the full thing's 22 seconds.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, just let. We'll negotiate this in a second. We will, I assume at some point get to the University of Miami. I got Hampton Farms. I have to do Nutty's Fan, and I got. Tony's top five is lingering out there. He wants to give us. He hasn't. He's been late with his football opinion. So when he says, dan, the Colts are good. He's doing that on Tuesday after it's already been said. It's too late. So Tony wants in on the show and I've got to get to him at some point with his top five because we got the basketball guy back there and he's doing a good job because he's got the best team in the acc. He's got one of two coaches now because it. Well, we'll get to it.

[Greg Cody]

Stay focused.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. I'm sorry, no. Because I do want to get to the University of Miami, but Greg's temperature is hot and I believe you've cooled him down now. But in order to tease his podcast and get him the clicks, maximum efficiency as a team. What little tease. Are you willing to give your son 7 seconds of a 22 second clip so they can hear the rest of your secret shame? So secret your drunkenness that you publicized it for your gain this morning.

[Greg Cody]

I think there are long enough gaps in here where you can kind of jump in and be like, okay, that's it.

[Chris Cote]

The. The best part of that is what your mother says at the end.

[Greg Cody]

We won't get to that. We will not reveal.

[Chris Cote]

I don't want all of me before that. No.

[Greg Cody]

All right, just play this out. Just say stop it when you want me to. Ready?

[Mike Ryan]

Here we go.

[Greg Cody]

This is my dad calling me on Saturday night, leaving me a voicemail. He doesn't know he's leaving me complaining to my mom about me not getting my pics in. In time.

[Chris Cote]

I'm going to send out a group text to the league this kind of week proposing punishment powers. Okay, that's enough. If anything like this happens. That's enough.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stop it, Chris.

[Greg Cody]

You stop it.

[Dan Le Batard]

You said to stop it. You promised him.

[Mike Ryan]

He does sound drunk.

[Greg Cody]

And then he goes and I need your support.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, all right. Just play it.

[Dan Le Batard]

He asked not to. He asked not to.

[Chris Cote]

You listen. Understand one thing. That wasn't the commissioner of PFPI talking to mom's maniacs. That was Greg talking to his wife. Okay? There's a separation of Church and state there.

[Dan Le Batard]

But you were. You. Wait, wait, wait, wait. You. You told. You promised him you wouldn't. I was replaying. Don't make him. Don't make him angrier.

[Chris Cote]

There's more that you can listen to on my podcast. That's all. Give it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Give.

[Chris Cote]

Anything like this happens.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look, I don't want to keep upsetting your father.

[Chris Cote]

I need your support. Okay? All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's lecherous. It's slurring. It's a bit. It sounds a bit drunk.

[Tony]

In Greg's defense, it was the weekend.

[Dan Le Batard]

And it is collusion. It's absolute collusion.

[Chris Cote]

It isn't it. Is it collusion When Roger Goodell speaks to the owner of so and so Hammered. He wants his support. Yes, it is.

[Greg Cody]

Good luck.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's punish. Hey, let's get together and punish somebody. Yes.

[Greg Cody]

Bob Kraft.

[Chris Cote]

Okay.

[Greg Cody]

I need you to vote with me on this.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay?

[Greg Cody]

Like, what do you mean?

[Chris Cote]

This guy is the only one who's consistently late with his picks.

[Greg Cody]

Here we go. All right. No one cares about this part.

[Chris Cote]

Well, I do. As commissioner and as your father, quite frankly, it increases my stress level. Eventually, I call him. He never answers. You'll admit, though, text his wife to try to say, hey, your husband still hadn't give me his picks. Kick him in the ass.

[Greg Cody]

You'll admit that you're sleeping with a member of the league.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just to be. Just to be clear, though, he's not okay with the lateness of the picks, but he is okay being late to his own opinion and late to this show.

[Chris Cote]

I'm okay being having my own opinion when I have it, and I am okay being late to this show.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, that's a great T shirt. I'm okay about having my opinion when I have it.

[Chris Cote]

Isn't everybody?

[Dan Le Batard]

But okay, I'm going to move away from the dolphins now. Who are the Hampton Farms nuttiest fan contestants here? Because I did want to get to what Jeff Braum and Brent Key did.

[Greg Cody]

This weekend because, Dan, this is very exciting. We have two nominees. The nuttiest fan brought to you by Hampton Farms. Get nutty with Hampton Farms, the official peanut of bowl season. Vote for your favorite nutty fan at Le Batarchow on Instagram. We have two nominees here. First, the BYU fans making their president surf. Crowd surf. BYU president Shane Reese crowd surfing after they beat Utah. And I mean, you got to check for your wallet, right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Still undefeated. BYU is still undefeated. They want into the playoff.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, this guy crowd surfing that. That he could surf forever. There's A lot of people there and going against. We got to always have some Miami in this. DJ Khaled before the game, warming up with the University of Miami doing calisthenics as we pan over to a DJ Khaled getting his workout in.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

And he's a nutty fan. So you can vote at Le Batard show for this week's nuttiest fan.

[Dan Le Batard]

You good, dad?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, whenever I have. There's a cough button down here.

[Greg Cody]

Other mic. Other mics are on in the room.

[Chris Cote]

Whatever that kind of thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Your glasses are steamed up.

[Chris Cote]

I know they are. I'm steamed up.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can. Can. Can I apologize to. To you here in front of everybody.

[Tony]

So anything to avoid you.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm talk calling you a fool twice.

[Chris Cote]

Well, is it a sincere apology?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Chris Cote]

There was a pause there. You see that dramatic pause before he said yes. Okay, then I accept.

[Zaslow]

Well, would you like the apology at the. At the expense of the entire clip being played? Is the apology worth.

[Chris Cote]

No.

[Zaslow]

That.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I negotiated it poorly. Right. Because I gave him the apology. He questioned it. And. And it's funny that we're. We're bowing to this whim because again, he's already published the drunken slurs of. Of punishment and collusion with mom's maniac.

[Amin Elhassan]

Slurring nut slurs for sure.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's your father drunk for sure. That is the end of the night and he is colluding and his booziest worst behavior because he wants to win the league and. And you must be punished.

[Greg Cody]

And the part here I just want to reemphasize. A lot of people are like, oh, there's PFPI stick bit. He has no clue that that's like. He thinks that is just him talking to my. Like that is so genuine.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Of how serious he takes it. That's my favorite part of it.

[Chris Cote]

If I knew I was being recorded, I would have had a little more liveliness in my voice. I sounded like I was coming out of a crypt. I mean, ridiculous. I'm going to send out a group text to the league this coming week proposing punishment powers. Okay, that's enough. If anything like this happens, my mom.

[Greg Cody]

Okay. I love my mom there just like.

[Chris Cote]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Tolerated so many calls like this. She's got go get her voice.

[Zaslow]

It's very patronizing.

[Dan Le Batard]

I bet you her voicemails are littered. We should hire like investigator Ted Wells. I'm sure there are dozens of messages. I'm sure I'm gonna need you. We can buy from your mother just eternal shame for your father, which would be a Trove of like a dozen mess situates like this that he calls whenever he said too many beers.

[Chris Cote]

I need your support. All right, look, we're an eight team league.

[Greg Cody]

Three. Look at that.

[Chris Cote]

Collusion. Three people. 37.5% of the league are in his house.

[Greg Cody]

And you're never going to hear me saying that to them, is my point.

[Chris Cote]

Because you think it goes without saying that your wife and your daughter are going to side with you. So I need to marshal and corral wow the other people. I need your support. Damn right I do.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nobody in this family takes it as seriously as he does.

[Chris Cote]

Thank you. And proudly. I invented PFPI. Although perhaps my brother did. One of us invented PFPI in 1969. I did a corner bedroom in 1440. I need your support. I do. I ain't lying.

[Dan Le Batard]

What a political campaign.

[Greg Cody]

It's wild booze.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stop calling your wife.

[Chris Cote]

I was tired. I was not boozed up. That's not slurring. That's I need you weariness, pleading and.

[Dan Le Batard]

Longing and desperate support.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[Zaslow]

How thrilled were you when you stumbled upon it?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, my God.

[Greg Cody]

I'm like, thank you. I just started clipping it and texting it to all my family.

[Tony]

In Greg's defense, I mean, voicemail quality makes that sound a lot worse.

[Chris Cote]

Thank you, Billy. He's right, you know. It's not my fault that it was a bad tape whatever recording.

[Dan Le Batard]

So if you want the full, you.

[Greg Cody]

Know, hear my mom's reaction.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, there we go.

[Chris Cote]

Was funny.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the promotion he's always wanted. Not this way. Obviously Greg Cody thinks I do a shitty job of promoting his podcast on our network today. Today our audience is going to make you soar into the sky, searching out what was the leader of Mom's Maniac's reaction right to her drunken slurred called from the commissioner and being caugh on tape in what is clear and obvious collusion.

[Chris Cote]

I need your support.

[Zaslow]

I literally have it queued up. Look, the Greg Cody show. We should all play it featuring Greg Cody. It's queued up on my.

[Dan Le Batard]

Should all give them the clicks. We should all play it at the same time. We should all like, we should have it.

[Zaslow]

I've got the time stamp and everything.

[Amin Elhassan]

What's the time stamp? Good to me.

[Zaslow]

5242 all do it in there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have our other employees from the other room come in and all click on the podcast and all. All air this, you know, echoing into eternity so you can get all the clicks.

[Chris Cote]

Hey, how about those hurricanes, huh? I got to tell you Mike will agree with me. For a 24, 21 game, ostensibly a close game. That was an ass kicking. I can't believe it looks close at the end because the Canes and you know I'm a big Cane supporter, big Mario guy and still am, but the Canes just crashed. They got their ass handed to them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can you be a Cane supporter if you're a journalist?

[Chris Cote]

I need your support. When I say I'm a Kane supporter, what I mean is I think they're really, really good. I think they have a chance to win the national championship.

[Dan Le Batard]

But they are good. They are good. Yeah, but they, they. If you have four interceptions, they were lucky that none of them. None of Carson Beck's interceptions have turned into points.

[Greg Cody]

He had two on one drive.

[Chris Cote]

Right.

[Mike Ryan]

That was such an atrocious call. Like that was the worst interception that he threw. The one that didn't end up counting.

[Chris Cote]

Yes. It was a bad route though. I think you could crush.

[Mike Ryan]

That's what he always says.

[Dan Le Batard]

Apparently you could crush him and them today because they disappointed what you what we thought, what we were talking about. As if undefeated Hurricane teams from your are still the standard today when teams are going to lose once and yeah twice a season. But that is a good team that ended up losing exactly the way that a more talented team will lose, which is the coach took away your stuff on the other side. You're very good at pass rush. Here's Jeff Brown with two second drops and just throw it into the ground and it's fine. We'll figure it out. You're not going to beat us. We're going to let that quarterback beat us because what we're going to do is go ahead Mario with Fletcher, headbutt your way down the field. Try it here. We're not going to allow that very good tough running back to get off in the middle. You're going to go to the outside. No, you're not going to go to the the outside with speed. No, you're. Oh, you're behind early in the game and now what's going to happen, you're going to throw your way back into it and you got one real playmaker that you're just going to keep throwing the ball to. And that's how they're going to lose. They lose at home. They shouldn't lose. They were a two touchdown favorite. Mario Cristobal now has five of those losses since 2022 as a two touchdown favorite. It's how he's going to lose. You're going to run into a Georgia Tech and you're going to have the better players and they're going to be more disciplined. In some ways that put you down 14 to nothing with a fake field goal and now your quarterback needs to sling his way out of it and that's how you win the Heisman.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, that 13 and a half point line was absurd from the get go and that's why it sank down to 10 points by kickoff. But look, they just got there. And Jeff Brom out coached Cristobal and I rarely say oh he know that part was obvious.

[Dan Le Batard]

You take away their pass rush and throw everything in two seconds and you simply cannot run the ball. And your quarterback guys, this part was simple. Carson Beck was unbothered. Like he was not rushed a lot. That's four interceptions. And Louisville made three great plays on three of the interceptions. A lot of time that hits the ground. Three cornerbacks made three great plays but he's throwing into triple coverage 60 yards downfield.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, he's deciding to shoo easy checkdowns or check downs that even get them, you know, first downs with plenty of yards ahead of these receivers to take these deep shots. I do think some of these interceptions are what you would call healthy interceptions because he trusts his arm to take a shot. But it was a thorough coaching ass kicking. It wasn't just about getting rid of the ball quickly. They knew that if they had to go up against Miami's defensive line, remember Jeff Braum had a bi week as well that even if they tried to do normal pass block that would not work. They turned to these cut blocks that were so effective against Miami that bought Moss the time and the passing lanes to do what he did. It was just a really impressive thing that Jeff Braum did and it was what you were afraid of with Jeff Braum having that much time to prepare.

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[Chris Cote]

Don LeBatard, a woman who was out swimming with her friends is believed to have been swallowed whole by a 13 foot shark without any of her friends noticing. That's the weirdest part about that story. You're swimming with friends, you're having a good time and then all of a sudden people are looking around going where's Shelly? Like nobody screamed.

[Greg Cody]

Every friend group has a Shelly though.

[Tony]

That if they go missing because a.

[Zaslow]

Shark ate them whole, you wouldn't notice. Classic Shelly.

[Greg Cody]

Exactly right.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Stugats.

[Chris Cote]

She went quietly. Apparently if I'm swallowed whole by a shark, you're going to know it. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. And at the beginning of the game when they, when Louisville came out with two quarterbacks on the field, started running the Wildcat. At one point they had three quarterbacks on the field for a play.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it was a clinic. And they've got a pro at wide receiver Bell. He's faster than some of their corners and that's going to happen. It's a violent defense, it's a good football team. It really Is. But. But if Carson Beck fell in love with. Ooh, FSU. This is fun. Throw the ball 70 yards downfield and what? FSU lost to Stanford. To Stanford. What? And is incompetent at the end. More and more football is becoming about precision. Like, I can talk to you about how Jags and the Jags are not serious people. And the Rams showed you why. The Rams go in there. Stafford, career high in touchdowns for the game. Devonte Adams, career high in touchdowns for the game. They're coming out in three tight end sets with one wide receiver. This team does it if they have Cooper cup or they have it with Puka or Devonte Adams. Because when you're run structurally with great precision and the Jags have sacked you on third and seven and you get two penalties on defense, pass interference and face mask, both of them side to side, and you ruin every good play you have in that game. Because the Jags are not serious people. Like, this is a. Everyone's playing right now like a military game of who can be more precise. Where are Puka's hands open? Just get the hands open. The rest of them doesn't have to be open. We're going to do this super precise. Jeff Braum is showing you how they do it at the collegiate level, and so is Brent Key at Amin's Georgia Tech, where this is exactly how they'll lose to Georgia Tech in the ACC championship game, where you've got the better players. You know you've got the better players. Oh, wait, two second drops, you've eliminated Ruben Bane. You're not eliminated him because he's great, but two second drops, nobody can do anything with that. And you're going to be able to run the ball. And this is the other part. Cristo. The Cristo ball, the way he wants to play Cristo ball. It's stubborn. It's Fletcher headbutting you up the middle. There were no outside runs in that game. Miami's fast.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, Miami can turn the corner. I think the conservative nature of the runs we covered this against Notre Dame and a little bit against FSU is. I understand wanting to run the ball. I don't understand why you're just married to the A gap. If I'm Jordan Lyle, I wonder what am I doing with my time down here in Miami because they're not going to give me the opportunity to do what I do better than anybody else in that running back room, which is turn the corner, get to the second level. It was very frustrating. You knew that Jeff Brahm, look, he's done this. He's done this at Louisville. I think Louisville hasn't lost a game in the last two seasons by more than a score. He, he always makes up for talent deficiencies, even when he. I mean, this is probably the worst Louisville team of.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's got four top five wins. He's going to be the next coaching guy. It's going to, it's.

[Mike Ryan]

He did it to Ohio State when he was at Purdue. He is a really good coach. But Miami, like, that's how, that's how you get beat. You stay married to the A gap. You're undisciplined and you get all these procedural penalties that back you up. The Okinloland one was just mystifying and it's just, it was a really bad effort. And yeah, I guess you're encouraged that you had an opportunity to win that game. At the end when you put up an F plus performance.

[Zaslow]

Were you surprised they weren't more conservative in the end there when they were.

[Mike Ryan]

Obviously Carson Beck spoke to it. It's kind of for a pass play. They, they like the play that they had. It's a conservative call in that situation. They were in game time, field goal range. They. They were. They make an incredible play to tip the ball at the line of scrimmage and the catch is even better. But you gave him that opening. Carson Beck said Lofton ran the wrong route and I will say from it looked like did. But from that comment to the four picks Carson Beck to rubbing his elbow the entire second half to make sure that the cameras caught it, I've been a big Carson Beck defender. I said that most people in the media last week made up their minds because he's ugly and that's all that was happening. Yeah, there's a direct quote. Nobody's back. Carson back better. I said he had a better fall camp than Cam Ward did. That on Friday night was a Carson Beck that Georgia fans warned you about. From the recklessness to not being the greatest team guy to rubbing the elbow. I did not like that. He needs to bounce back.

[Tony]

But at least we've never seen the Canes, you know, lose games where it's close late so you won't have to worry about that again.

[Mike Ryan]

They've won plenty of games that were close late, though.

[Tony]

You know, they don't have control of their own destiny to go to the ACC Championship.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, no. There is a nightmare scenario in which they can run the table. Although I will say it's different than last year because they do have the Non conference wins. They do have the marquee wins, meaning.

[Zaslow]

A better chance of getting in that large.

[Mike Ryan]

If they don't make Charlotte, they'll make it to cfp. However, that opens the door for them to potentially host a college football playoff game if they do run the table and not have a stadium to play in.

[Zaslow]

You hear about this, Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

Have you seen the reporting on this? There is a La Liga, very controversial La Liga match that Barcelona is going to be playing.

[Zaslow]

Were they protesting?

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, yeah, they were. The whole league did all of La Liga.

[Mike Ryan]

Steven Ross has been trying to get this game over here for more than two years. They have finally scheduled that.

[Zaslow]

However.

[Mike Ryan]

They have scheduled it. It's going to be a 10:15am local start, by the way. They have scheduled it on a day that if Miami is thrown into that first round of the CFP and is in the situation which they're deemed host worthy, they may not have a stadium to play in. And it has Miami looking at contingency plans that include potentially playing a CFP playoff game in Orlando.

[Zaslow]

Well, why does this La Liga game have precedence over a potential Miami Hurricanes an active tenant in that building?

[Mike Ryan]

You would hope that the CFP tries to help you out, but the CFP is also married to their schedule and has things kind of identified. You would hope that they meet you halfway there. But this has been tied up in litigation for two years for them to all of a sudden get the green light, as hard as that's been because La Liga, the teams over in Europe don't operate the way that the NFL does. In that. Yeah, no, no, let's. Let's grow the game and play games that mean something somewhere else.

[Zaslow]

Right? I like what La Liga does. I hate the way the NFL does.

[Mike Ryan]

The fan bases would hate that the customer base in Europe has so much power over capitalism.

[Zaslow]

Could hate it.

[Chris Cote]

I love what they did to protest all weekend in stadiums across Spain. The game began and then every player from both teams just stood there not playing during a game for 15 or 20 seconds. It was. It was a quite a statement and television didn't have the balls to show it. But. But that happened in, in La Liga. And, and by the way, the Dolphins play a home game the next day. So that's going to be a crazy weekend.

[Amin Elhassan]

Zaz, to answer your question, the reason why it takes precedence is because Steven Ross is the owner of Hard Rock. So he's the one who's bringing this game here.

[Zaslow]

Right?

[Amin Elhassan]

The Hurricanes are merely tenants. And when you are not the landlord, the landlord can tell you to kick rocks, right?

[Zaslow]

No, totally. But that just feels like, man, you know, you're not being a very good partner.

[Tony]

Well, it makes sense that they would play in Orlando, a town that's actually seen an undefeated college football team in the last, I don't know, two decades.

[Mike Ryan]

Jeff Braum deciding, Hey, 300 pound guys, you're gonna fall on the ground right away and we're gonna get four yards every time. Like Ruben Bane Mezador. Mezador got hurt in that game. I don't know if he actually got hurt on one of these cut locks, but they did not like that one bit.

[Amin Elhassan]

Why'd you turn into Tim Robinson right there?

[Dan Le Batard]

They did not like that.

[Chris Cote]

They didn't like.

[Mike Ryan]

They, they hated having offensive line lineman cut at their knees as soon as the ball was, was snapped. And it was just, I mean, Jeff Braum is so friggin good.

[Amin Elhassan]

It's a promising strategy.

[Mike Ryan]

He's so good. He's so smart.

[Amin Elhassan]

Promising.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Average throw was 2.32 seconds. You eliminate the pass rush that way. I mean, look, there aren't a lot of. I want to talk to you guys for a second about precision. The Jacksonville Rams game to go on the road and score 35 points because Matthew Stafford would be a league changer right now if he changed teams because of what I'm talking about, a precision that, hey, Puka, the rest of you doesn't have to get open, just your hands. They've got to cover everything all over the field. And we're so precise with Devonte Adams that Devonte Adams has been good for a long time. That's as productive as he can be without Puka, without Cooper cup, like they could just recreate it because at that position, they've got what you're going to see from Baker Mayfield now, where when you have one of these guys and you're watching him play professional college games that rub the elbow in the second half, when you start throwing the interceptions, people start crafting your story. Like, we're already, we're making these kids professional before they're ready to be professional. Okay, so four interceptions going to hurt when everyone was just saying a minute ago, Carson Beckman, you can take that championship thing anywhere you go. You could be social media famous. You could get all the things, we'll steal your car in Miami. But when you start throwing the four interceptions, the city will turn on you like you're a pro. Like, we know this team is good. This team is good. Jeff Brom dared you to beat him. Dared you to beat him like wasn't going to let his quarterback beat him. Dared you to beat him? Said no running game. Nope. Go ahead, kid, and stand back there. Stand back there for a while. Never not pressured until the end of the game. And you're going to throw four picks because you keep throwing it down the field because you don't know what is it you're going to. You're going to have us now. Brave. Do you think that we think that C.J. daniels and Tony aren't people who can get open on shallow routes? Like he threw four interceptions. But I will say Louisville made three great plays on four of those interceptions. Well, but I mean, does that. Does that not matter? There were no points off of that.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but if you get. That's why they have turnover worthy plays.

[Dan Le Batard]

Miami was gifted a few things. Two bogus roughing the passer calls. The game was gifted to them at the end. That fumble is like you almost did all of Brahms coaching undid it with one fumble in a disaster scenario that gave the game right back to Miami.

[Tony]

But they couldn't undo Mario's coaching.

[Greg Cody]

That was a great tackle by that player putting his helmet on the ball. Like. Like that's just not totally right.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was told Mike crashed out on Twitter during the game.

[Tony]

There were six tweets. And one of them after another was just more and more depressed. Miami is shell shocked. Brahm is in his bag. Stadium PA is on drugs. And not the good kind. This is bad. That's the first tweet of the six. Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Tony]

To where he ultimately blamed them for playing the conga.

[Mike Ryan]

Biggest town of your life.

[Greg Cody]

I saw you criticize the crowd.

[Mike Ryan]

The crowd was late arriving. That was a bad crowd. I mean the student. The student section is a disaster. I mean for all the people, like for all the. You didn't go to Miami crowd that's out there. The people that go to Miami support the program the least. It's revolting. And the PA has been inexperienced all season long. The game operations tried to do something new. First off, figure out a uniform level of sound. No one heard the team come out. You do this whole in the air tonight thing. Volume was so muted.

[Tony]

That must be why they lost.

[Mike Ryan]

You didn't set it. It's getting to the point where I think like Mario Crispal should say something to game ops because they did. All right. The fake field goal that everyone knew was coming except for Miami, that was a perfect chance to take because if you're short, you still get the first down. PA is like first down. Miami after it was ruled it was short of a.

[Zaslow]

Can't do that, Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

You got it out.

[Zaslow]

Can't do that.

[Dan Le Batard]

And Miami players were celebrating as if they stopped him short of the goal line when they got the first down.

[Chris Cote]

Lack of awareness.

[Amin Elhassan]

Mike, was this a new PA guy?

[Mike Ryan]

It's the same PA guy. Although he's been back, like, sometimes he's been getting our players wrong. There was. They tried something new and Carson Beck ran out. Is like now leading the team. Carson Beck. We were like, what is this? What is this? Sounds a whack. There was one time where we almost got an interception. And the PA is like, that was a close one. It was just like cheesy and corny and I know DJ volume gets a lot of crap. Playing the conga before, like the biggest third down of the game.

[Zaslow]

Now you set up your life.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, like, that's not DJ volume making that call. It's game ops. Let me fire up this crowd with conga. We're not supposed to be this family friendly atmosphere. You can toe a line between letting kids make sure they're safe here and playing some music that gets people pumped up. I mean, we're doing Sweet Caroline at these games. We're playing Black Eyed Peas. What the hell are we doing?

[Chris Cote]

I do think it's fair to say that when you win five games in a row, nobody gives a shit about.

[Mike Ryan]

The pa. Not true.

[Chris Cote]

Or what's being said.

[Mike Ryan]

Not true. People are angry at the. At the in game presentation. They've been going at a dj. Perhaps some unfairly to the point that the DJ is putting out like notepads, like, I'm sorry, it's my bosses. There's game ops. I'm not playing all these songs. It's been a thing.

[Amin Elhassan]

And to be fair, nobody likes a PA who editorializes. Just tell us who caught, who didn't catch.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a gift. Yeah, it's a. There's a skill to this. You. There's an energy in a crowd. I miss J Roch, Mike.

[Tony]

I mean, God, if the PA keeps playing like that, I mean, you got to be worried. You got a home game against Stanford coming up. That's going to be a little bit nerve wracking. They just pull off a big conference win, then you travel to essay.

[Zaslow]

I don't like when you're.

[Tony]

I mean, then it's home against.

[Greg Cody]

I don't.

[Mike Ryan]

Dickish voice. What's with your little dickish voice?

[Dan Le Batard]

Talking voice is his voice. Literally. You're gonna go to Blackburg and win.

[Mike Ryan]

Nobody goes into Blackburg and wins the game. I don't care where they're. Are we. Are we having a real at the.

[Greg Cody]

End of the year, you got to be nervous.

[Mike Ryan]

You're not going to make try a grown up voice.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dickish.

[Chris Cote]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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