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Stugotz
Welcome to the Big Sui presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show?
Chris Cote
The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBatard podcast? I'm sorry. I'm not going to apologize for that.
Stugotz
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 that if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
Dan Le Batard
I've done it.
Chris Cote
And now here's the Marching man to.
Stugotz
Nowhere Fat Face and the Habitual Liar.
Chris Cote
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Stugotz
We will get to Roz Gold on Woo Day in a second. She's the host of GoodFollow. You should follow, listen and subscribe to GoodFollow on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Did you guys get an answer? I think Tony's right. I don't like saying it. I'm sorry to be saying it, but I do think you throw a hunting knife by the blade. Roz, do you have any opinions on this? Do you know how you throw a hunting kn if you Wanted to make sure to embed it in the wall across from you. How would you throw a hunting knife?
Dan Le Batard
It comes from the stomach. It's a gut thing.
Stugotz
I need you to elaborate, and I need you to.
Billy Gil
What do you mean by that?
Stugotz
You're going with a stabbing. You're doing a stabbing.
Billy Gil
She's doing it straight from the stomach.
Stugotz
I want to embed it in a wall across from me. How do I throw it? How do I hold it?
Mike Ryan
What's the point for the gambit technique.
Dan Le Batard
It's like breathing. You know, you gotta breathe out of the stomach, and it's like most athletic motions come out of the knees, and then, like.
Billy Gil
Walking us through the whole. It's like breathing, Dan. It's like breathing.
Stugotz
It's not coming from the core.
Billy Gil
You gotta breathe.
Stugotz
Don't throw a hundred.
Billy Gil
The process starts there.
Dan Le Batard
From the. From the core. And. And the knees. Don't forget to keep your knees bent.
Stugotz
This is.
Dan Le Batard
Many a strength and conditioning coach would tell you that.
Billy Gil
Solid base.
Stugotz
Check with YouTube, Jeremy, and get back to me.
Billy Gil
Oh, I have. I'm a master now. I've watched two YouTube videos, and I know exactly how this is done. So Louis confirmed that Tony's right. So according to two masters of the Internet on YouTube, you want to be throwing this from the handle. So if you have an actual throwing knife, you want to be throwing from the handle. It's balanced in weight. So for every step you take away, that's about one. One rotation toward where you want to be. So you get four rotations if you're four steps away from your target. What you want to make sure of, Tony. What you want to make sure of is release it. When you release it, you want to be just in front of your face, but you don't want to flick your wrist because that could throw everything off. So you just want to release it from right here. You just want to release it, like, right there. I'm going to. Right there. Jeremy. Flick of the wrist.
Mike Ryan
No.
Billy Gil
Flick of the Charlie.
Mike Ryan
That's wrong.
Billy Gil
That's wrong. I'm going to tell you where Jeremy's wrong already. He said throwing knife. I don't care about throwing. No. So you have totally different things. So if you're talking about a hunt, say you have a kitchen knife or a hunting knife where it's not. Did you watch.
Mike Ryan
Any typo knife?
Billy Gil
What you want to make sure that you do is you lower your hand on that handle.
Dan Le Batard
I. I actually also needed further clarity on what kind of knife it was. Me, too. Yeah, that was an Issue.
Billy Gil
No butter knife.
Dan Le Batard
I wasn't clear.
Stugotz
I don't know the difference between a hunting knife and a throwing knife. What? Is it a magician that pops like a magician?
Billy Gil
Yes.
Mike Ryan
Is the one that you kind of.
Billy Gil
No. Any knife becomes a throwing knife once you've thrown it.
Mike Ryan
That is an excellent point.
Billy Gil
That's a good point.
Mike Ryan
I send a message when I'm throwing a knife. It's the Rambo knife. It's too long.
Billy Gil
What about throwing stars? That's only blade. So you don't really have an option.
Mike Ryan
I mean, that. There's only one technique there. Well, two. Overhand, and then.
Stugotz
So when. When did we. So they're ninja. Are they called ninja stars?
Dan Le Batard
No.
Billy Gil
Dan, apologize.
Stugotz
I didn't say they were Chinese stars. I said they were ninja stars.
Billy Gil
He's right. You're right about that. You're right.
Mike Ryan
They're Guardian stars.
Chris Cote
What?
Stugotz
Roz, I don't understand. What happened to your beloved Liberty? They sent you a ring and then immediately started losing in the playoffs and firing coaches.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, my gosh. That's right. Guys, I got a ring. Remember we had all the ring talk. Oh, I should show you it. I have it with me.
Stugotz
But anyway, let's see it. Where is it?
Chris Cote
Welcome to cl.
Stugotz
Go ahead and get it. We'll wait for you. We. We've got.
Dan Le Batard
Just kidding. I don't have it. I. I think I left it in someone. You know, I should. I have great gratitude to Sandy Brandello. You know, she was part of bringing that championship to New York. You know, I was so fortunate to get that ring partly in huge part for her efforts. Did you guys think it was a short leash? Like, after just winning the championship?
Stugotz
Well, was there any indication that this was going to happen? I felt like there was legitimate.
Chris Cote
Remember at the press conference a few days ago, sitting next to the former coach, Brianna Stewart was asked by a reporter, do you think your coach should keep her job?
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. And Stewie kind of was like, what the f. And look, first and foremost, respect to Sandy Brandello. Gratitude. Thank you, Flowers. She also had a lot of adversity that was outside of her control this season. There were so many injuries to Liberty starters throughout the season. They barely had practice. They barely had continuity. So I think, like, it was surprising. And I do think, though, that if you were looking for reasons why the Liberty might have done this, given the amount of talent that they still had throughout the season, there were just a lot of. A number of games where they had head scratching losses, where a lot of games where they had urgency issues. Effort issues. They talked about it, the coach talked about it, the players talked about it. And you saw it happening over and over. They got beat down a couple of times at Barclays. There were significant wins they couldn't come up with. And I think, you know, maybe an executive staff is looking at that and thinking, is the team prepared? And they're, you know, are they squeezing out as much as they can of the potential of this team, given the talent that they have? And you look at some other teams, they've had injuries, too. They've had lesser rosters and perhaps have had slightly. I'm not even going to say. I'm not even going. I think it's fair to say have had more inspiring seasons than the Liberty did. And maybe just. They're saying first round exit is not the standard. You know, I just. I think it's surprising. But this happens all the time in sports. You might think, good coach, but maybe they're thinking this isn't the coach that takes us to the next level.
Stugotz
Oh, but I'm not sure it happens all the time. Jeremy, can you please look up for me coaches that have been fired so soon after winning a championship? I'm sure there's a list of them, but usually you get more grace if you've won one championship that you're not fired the next postseason. That's not. That's not a normal thing.
Dan Le Batard
So I guess. I guess to clarify that, it would be that in the NBA, we've seen a number of coaches who could be a season removed if that from coach of the year. And, you know, they've been let go or they haven't been renewed. But I do think winning the championship the season before in the history of the franchise, in the history of the wnba, it was the first ever championship. You know, it's a 28 years to get there. The Liberty had gotten close, but did not get over the hump. And to get that, you know, and then. And two years in a row she made the finals, missed the championship the first year, second year comes back, wins it. This year falls short in the first round. But, you know, one could say there was a lot of adversity. So it was surprising New York, but what it says is like New York is upping the ante, you know, that they. It really puts a lot of pressure on them too, to get this right. But I think that New York Liberty job is a cushy job. They could pick. It could be anybody who comes in there. I should men's coach, women's coach.
Stugotz
I should make the correction. It's not something I see happen often in America. It is something that happens internationally in soccer quite a bit. But Jeremy will find for us the, the, you know, the short leashes that we've ever seen from champions in sport.
Billy Gil
A couple of examples, Larry Brown with the Detroit Pistons. They were already fed up with Larry Brown before.
Chris Cote
He was only coaching for two years.
Billy Gil
They went to the championship and then he ended up with the Knicks. Soon after you got Mike Budenholzer who only got two more seasons with the Bucks after winning a championship. Obviously Mike Malone who we mentioned and then in colle football Gene Chisik won a national championship at Auburn. And then after two more seasons, at the end of the second season they lose 49 nothing to Alabama in a bowl game and he's gone.
Stugotz
So you guys though the examples you gave me were two seasons. There's not a lot of talking about months here. You're talking about that she wins the championship and months later is fired. It didn't even last a full year after that because they were knocked out in the first round. That is a bit crazy. Becky Hammond says the physicality in the playoffs is out of control. Do you agree with that?
Dan Le Batard
I said let him play, you know, like let's get it. But it is more physical than usual in the, than in the WNBA this season. We're hearing that more and more from the players and the coaches and I think overall there's been critique of reffing like consistency in the WNBA this season and also refs keeping control of games. There's been so many skirmishes. Remember that Indiana Fever Connecticut sun game where the girls, you know, Sophie Cunningham was dragging J.C. sheldon down the court like wrapping more consistent reffing could have, you know, nip that in the bud earlier. So I just think we're hearing a lot about physicality but more what I'm hearing about is consistency overall. Speaking of physical, it's the Phoenix Mercury who bring the pain in these, in these playoffs and like that's what they did against the link, the links to come back down 20 and get the win and split the series 11 against the top team in the league here by playing like Bully ball, being physical and tough.
Stugotz
Do I have it wrong when I say that Asia Wilson is obviously without question four time mvp, the best player in the league and you can make an argument best player in league history when you got four MVPs given the quality of play right now, Do I have it wrong when I say though there are a lot of People who transcend the sport and get into pop culture more than her. That, that her excellence does not merit the stardom she has not gotten the she deserves, given how much better she is than everyone else.
Dan Le Batard
Well, I'll start with the first part of that. I think that's a really good question. The first part is Asia's on the way to a resume that will put her as the greatest of all time. If you just talk about being decorated, you know, this is a four time mvp. I think like three time defensive player of the year. She's multiple time WNBA champion, She's a college champion, she's Olympic gold medalist. You know, she's an all star all these times. Like she's won every award you can really get. And there's also the eye test. She's wildly dominant. You know how you just watch some guys and you're like, nobody can stop this person. Like Asia's impact on both ends, her, her motor, her, the way she moves, her skill on top of her athleticism and speed, there's not much like that elsewhere in the wnba. Like, there's no woman moving like that. So is right now you can argue that she's the best player of this generation for sure right now, given her resume. Does her notoriety match that? I think Asia's a star. Like she's got all the things right now. You know, she's, she's got her family, she's got her man, bam. Out of bio. She's got her signature sneaker, she's got a statue, she's got her candle, she's got a book. You know, she's out there. I think I am the target audience. So I'm in an echo chamber. I feel like I hear about Asia, but I do think like transcending. She's not as. When you look at the list of biggest social media followings, Asia is not in the top five. I don't believe I know she's in the top ten. But oftentimes you'll see like the biggest stars in the world often have the biggest followings. Right now that's being reserved for Angel. Reese by far has the biggest social media following of WNBA players. After that it's Caitlin Clark, then it's Paige Becker. So it's this new generation of girls. I think Sabrinaski was right there. Skylar Diggins, they're, they're around like 1 million something. And your pages and your Caitlyn's are around like closer to 3 million or 2.5 or 3. And angels up around 5 million. So no Being the. Being the best is not correlating with being the most recognized yet. And, you know, I think there could be more commotion for Asia Wilson. I really do. I think she's. And I think she's. I think she's a star personality on top of being a star.
Stugotz
No, I think you're right. I just am not sure that she goes tough. That if I said to people outside of the wnba, give me the top five stars in the NBA. Five names. Give me five that you love. I don't.
Dan Le Batard
They'd say Asia. They'd say Asia. People know Asia. Am I wrong about that? Guys, do you feel like you would be able to say Asia Wilson's name?
Stugotz
I do, but I'm not sure that we've been following her from college the way. I mean, the fact that you're saying Angel Reese when Angel. The reason for Angel Reese's fame, even though she's great, is not team success, and it's not necessarily individual success. It almost. It has almost nothing to do with marriage polarizing.
Chris Cote
That's why. Mm.
Stugotz
Yeah, that's. That's part Angel.
Chris Cote
Angel.
Dan Le Batard
Angel has transcended culture in a way that I don't think any player in the WNBA has, even Caitlin Clark. But I actually just pulled it up. Boardroom posts a lot of cool lists, and they have one of the most followed WNBA players. And it's Angel Reese at 5.1. Caitlin Clark, 3.6 million. Paige Becker's 2.9, Sabrinascue 1.5, Cameron Brink. Cameron Brink, 1.4. Then it's Asia Wilson. So she's tied for five at 1.4. Sophie Cunningham. The best thing that ever happened to her was going to the Indiana Fever. She skyrocketed to 1.3 million. Haley Van List. So this is clearly, you know, not about being the best in the world. Haley Van Lif is a rookie who struggled for minutes this year with Chicago 1.3 million. Kelsey Plum, 1.2, and then Skyler Diggins and Jewel Lloyd tied for around 1 million. So that's the top 10 list according to boardroom and popularity of WNBA players. But I also think this is part of being a woman. Like, I also think there are so many things that make women dynamic and, like, can make you interesting or command attention or, you know, make you compelling. You know, being a mother being. Look at the stud buds. It's. It's certainly not always about who's the hottest. It's also sometimes about who's the coolest, who's the funniest, who's the most intriguing and like stud buds are skyrocketing in attention. The two girls with the pink hair, they're doing Vogue and I think that's very important because we don't often see two black masculine stud lesbians being centered in pop culture. So that's why the WNBA is so like important. Just the diversity of women that can shine.
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Billy Gil
For five minutes I was watching everyone just like, nope, not letting you in. Not letting you in. So when I got up there I had to say something and I said it. Cheaters never prosper. St My buddy was saying, not today. Yeah, but you're not today. I think that was what he was adding. Yeah, that was so bad. I'm telling you, the response I got from this guy, what I said was amazing. Cheaters never prosper. This guy yelled as angry as he could. I ain't cheating. This is the D?
Chris Cote
Ler show with the St. Roz what do we make of what's going on with Angel Reese in Chicago right now? She gets suspended with a few games remaining in the season. She doesn't play the final few games after that. I I understand she was dealing with an injury too, and the team was, you know, one of the worst teams in the league. But she comes out, she says a lot of things in that article. A lot of things. Which, by the way, she's probably right about. But she's only been in the league for two years. The team's been terrible both those years. If an NBA player after two seasons on two terrible teams is talking about possibly having to do what's best for them in their future and maybe asking out at some point, like we'd kind of be greeting that with a side.
Stugotz
Suspended for conduct detrimental for things she said about her team for a half.
Dan Le Batard
Game at that Dan, in your experience as a half game expansion, interesting or unique or weird?
Stugotz
I don't understand some of the punishments. I don't understand a $200 fine for Caitlin Clark and I don't understand a half game suspension.
Mike Ryan
Did she target someone in college football?
Dan Le Batard
Mari Porter situation, the wnba? Sometimes the WNBA is so funny. And Caitlin Clark, you know what? She is so funny to me, not to everybody. She's one of those people that I think like if you are supporting her team, you might find her funny. If you're on the other team, you might find her annoying, but. But, like, you know, her doing, you know, make after the league, find her for $200 for, you know, row on the bench. And for her to post that publicly and almost, like, scoff, like, $200. Like, baby, I'm not. I'm a multimillionaire. I have a $30 million Nike deal. I have to laugh because I'm like, caitlin knows who she is. You know, Like, Caitlyn ain't afraid of this. Like, Caitlyn knows her power. She knows her stick. She's, you know, I like personalities. I tend to. I like that. I like everything that angel is. I love that angel is just fabulous handling her business on and off the court. A mogul. I love that Caitlyn's, you know, kind of funny, kind of jerky, kind of will stick it to, like, I'm here for it, you know? But that's why I like the wnba, because there's so many cool stories and personalities, you know, Think about, like, even. Even the love stories. Like, only in the WNBA does your partner get to bring out your MVP award. Like, how cute was that for Asia when Bam did that, you know?
Stugotz
Yep.
Dan Le Batard
You didn't even think it was cute.
Stugotz
I did. I was. I, I, I said yep a couple of times. You didn't hear me because you were too busy talking about how cute it was.
Billy Gil
Well, yep was just, you know. Yep. Come on, just be excited. He was excited. We just found out you throw a knife by the blade.
Stugotz
Yep. That was my, that's my enthusiasm. I'm a famously repressed person. Like that. That was, that was, that was a volcano of emotion from me.
Mike Ryan
Let's see your form, Billy.
Billy Gil
I love how we found one Internet video where a guy's holding the blade and we're, like, up. It solved it. Well, no, that's Cincinnati Lou. That's a fan of the show, who's out here sending us a video proof in real time. Here's how you do it. You hold it by the blade. You throw it. You know what? I'm convinced I was wrong. I thought I was an expert after two, just because he did it. That's big, right?
Chris Cote
Yeah.
Billy Gil
That's big of you to prove that you're wrong.
Mike Ryan
Tony. Go for it.
Billy Gil
So you get, you get it here, right? Obviously, you have it here. What you got to do is you grab it up. Where's here?
Dan Le Batard
Whoa.
Stugotz
Wow.
Chris Cote
Dan, you know what's the biggest reason that you. You throw the blade by the blade and not the handle.
Stugotz
Aerodynamics I thought it was the weight of the handle allows it to spin in a way because the blade weighs less than the handle.
Chris Cote
Aerodynamics.
Stugotz
I thought it was physics.
Billy Gil
None of that knife was stuck so far, though.
Chris Cote
Like.
Stugotz
Yeah, there wasn't a lot of good.
Billy Gil
This is a plastic knife, so it's tough to, like. Do we have any cream cheese? When you have. Here, you get it ready, Right? If you're. If you're really in a pinch, you can kind of do one of these where you're sideways. Oh, my God. Pinch. Am I in?
Stugotz
All right, this is.
Billy Gil
Why am I in a pinch? One more, one more. Here. Wait, you're throwing too long. Go ahead. Stop throwing this.
Dan Le Batard
Is that a pen or a plastic knife?
Stugotz
It's a plastic.
Chris Cote
That's not a knife. That's a knife.
Billy Gil
In case you're in a pinch. In case you're in a pinch, you got to do it quick.
Dan Le Batard
Okay.
Mike Ryan
All right.
Dan Le Batard
Wait. That's a scissor.
Billy Gil
All right, Mike, this is getting too ridiculous.
Dan Le Batard
Wait a second.
Billy Gil
How do you get that?
Mike Ryan
I do like the French method, which is more like a.
Chris Cote
Like you're fencing.
Mike Ryan
If you've ever seen Rob Roy.
Billy Gil
My name is Anil Montoya. She was. She wasn't French.
Chris Cote
Who speaks?
Dan Le Batard
You guys look very experienced with these nines.
Mike Ryan
Many people tell me this.
Billy Gil
I don't think she's being sincere.
Stugotz
She is the host of Goodfollow. You can follow, listen, and subscribe to Goodfollow on Instagram. No, don't do it to Pat and YouTube.
Billy Gil
Chris, get out of the way.
Chris Cote
Do not throw that knife at Pat Riley.
Stugotz
Sharp knife at Pat Riley. Do not do that.
Billy Gil
Don't do it.
Stugotz
That's just.
Billy Gil
Do not do this.
Stugotz
Do not do that. Roz is a big music fan. Mike is our resident music person around here. What do we feel, Mike, about the Coachella lineup? How are you feeling about that?
Mike Ryan
Well, Dan, the Coachella lineup is very confusing to me because, like, if you look like the small font acts really good, you got the Strokes, a Nine Inch Nails, project, Disclosure, Clips. Turns out Interpol, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, Devo Foster, the People, Young Thug. That's an amazing lineup. That's like, pound for pound, one of the greatest. But then the headliners are Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Carol G. It doesn't make any sense.
Stugotz
Roz, any thoughts here?
Dan Le Batard
I like the Justin Bieber. I thought he had an unexpectedly strong album release, big hit song. I'm rooting for him. He's got a baby. I think he's got a Baby on the way.
Billy Gil
Like I'm in on Biebs.
Dan Le Batard
The Justin Bieber headliner. I'm in on beans.
Mike Ryan
I did like, Bieber's last album. Weird. It's weird with like all the other acts that I listed. I mean, this is like a turn of the century alt rock paradise.
Dan Le Batard
Giveon Cascade, Woo. Major laser.
Mike Ryan
They're absolute legends in the EDM stuff. Absolute legends. Armin Van Buren.
Dan Le Batard
Absolutely. The Sunday tent's gonna be crazy. And I mean, I haven't been able to go as much lately, but for a while there, I went like seven years straight to Coachella with my friends. We used to, like, get a big old house. It was like all the kids out of Stanford we'd go drive from. We drive over or. Yeah, we drive over. And when we were coming from la, we would drive over and get a house and just explore new music artists.
Billy Gil
Hang by the pool, throw some knives.
Dan Le Batard
Do it over the next day. Throw some knives. It's a great knife throwing day. You know, I love it. But I do think this Coachella lineup is a good bounce back. Oh, the xx. I just saw that disclosure. Yes.
Mike Ryan
Martin.
Stugotz
Also, Roz, good seeing you. Thank you for being with us. We will talk to you soon. I was very disappointed by your lie about the ring. I don't know if you've worn it out yet. I don't know where it is. I don't know where you're displaying it. I was hoping that you would show Zaz what a real ring looks like.
Chris Cote
You got a picture?
Dan Le Batard
I have picture evidence on Instagram, guys. I just. I had to secure it in my safe in my home. It's quite beautiful.
Stugotz
Was a toddler just killed? I saw the reactions in that room. Of a knife.
Mike Ryan
No, it's stuck in Chris's leg now.
Stugotz
Okay. Something bad just happened. I threw a knife at Pat Riley.
Mike Ryan
Why didn't you guys let me do this? I've never done this.
Billy Gil
It didn't stick though. Dan. You know why?
Dan Le Batard
Dan, you are crazy. This is a liability.
Billy Gil
You can't morph by the handle.
Chris Cote
Right in the groin. Right in the groin.
Stugotz
Ras, good seeing you. Thank you you for being with us. Things have gotten a bit out of control here. I'm worried that there definitely hit him in the dick. There are so many knives being thrown. I think it was a bit pathetic right there.
Billy Gil
Look at that.
Stugotz
To be throwing plastic knives. But I also have great remorse about allowing actual knives to be thrown in the establishment.
Billy Gil
I'm more of a Pat Riley.
Stugotz
Wait, hold on, wait, hold on.
Billy Gil
We're getting out of the way.
Stugotz
We're doing something. Billy, we can't. Now you're just throwing scissors.
Chris Cote
That one's going to stick you.
Billy Gil
You. But give it some.
Stugotz
Yeah, all right.
Billy Gil
I told him to give us some.
Stugotz
Do this to Pat Riley. Oh, my.
Mike Ryan
What do you.
Billy Gil
Throw it by the blade.
Mike Ryan
Throw it by the blade. Dan, please stop. I don't want to do this twice. Look, there's two marks. I don't know why I keep getting them there.
Billy Gil
This is dangerous.
Stugotz
You can stop doing that at any point. Yes, someone should stop this. Let's. You mentioned that. Let's stop it right now. I don't want to do this anymore. I want to get to Ray Hudson. I'd like some people to produce our show. Please get toward the microphones. Get toward the places where you can help me do a show. Stop being children.
Billy Gil
It's the problem. Cause it's Pat Riley. Because we can make a Richard Gere.
Stugotz
Please allow me to.
Billy Gil
No, that's actually a lot better. Thank you.
Stugotz
That hosts the show. That isn't monkeys throwing feces the entire time. Thank you. You guys are so busy with your self consumption that you didn't even hear Zaslow's Crocodile Dundee impersonation.
Mike Ryan
I was pissed because I was gonna. Not a one of mine.
Stugotz
Not a one of you heard it was good, right?
Mike Ryan
I was pissed off because I. Everyone, classic knives. I was going, that's not a knife. That's a knife.
Chris Cote
That's not this knife.
Mike Ryan
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Billy Gil
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Billy Gil
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Mike Ryan
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Billy Gil
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Billy Gil
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Chris Cote
Don LeBatard if Daniel Day Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself.
Stugotz
Oh, come on.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, I would be aggressive description.
Stugotz
I mean, what is it? What is that? I'm just saying what?
Mike Ryan
That's me. I see that photo of Daniel Day Lewis looking like Lincoln before he's about to start filming Lincoln and you know what I do Amin stugats. I jerk off all over myself. That's what I do.
Stugotz
Lincoln, who you outed the other day.
Mike Ryan
Don'T make this a rejoin.
Chris Cote
This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.
Stugotz
Do me the favorite of getting for me the photo of Bill Belichick on the COVID of Us Weekly. I'd like for the people.
Billy Gil
This is the Onion.
Stugotz
I would like for people to see who is the real Jordan Hudson is on the COVID here with Bill Belichick.
Chris Cote
And get the hell out of here. Dan. Look at the Dan. They lost by three touchdowns this week to a Group of 5 team by three touchdowns.
Stugotz
Touchdowns in a field goal they lost by.
Chris Cote
And he's on the COVID of Us Weekly. Is there a bigger hypocrite in sports than Bill Belichick?
Billy Gil
Well, I mean those photos are from the NFL honors.
Chris Cote
Who cares?
Billy Gil
Do you think that he's talking to the publisher about when to put out the article? I'm sure whenever they talk to Jordan. It was months ago.
Chris Cote
Who cares? You're telling me if Bill Belichick said to us Us Weekly or Bill Belichick felt like I don't want to be on the COVID of Us Weekly. We just lost by 24 points to a UCF team. I probably shouldn't be on Us Weekly this week. You don't think that that cover is getting pulled? That they're not doing it this week?
Stugotz
They did not participate with the article and they did not do a photo shoot. And you're calling him the biggest hypocrite in sport?
Chris Cote
Because, Dan, it's not just in a vacuum.
Mike Ryan
It.
Chris Cote
We're not just talking about this. Dan. When have you ever seen a player and or a coach while their team is warming up for a game, their girlfriend and or wife is chatting with them on the sideline? Forget that. They gave a kiss too. I know they didn't make out. That was AI. Everybody calm down. But have you ever seen a player or a coach with his wife on the sideline chatting it up while the team is training?
Billy Gil
I've seen like videos like Nick Saban's daughter was always on social media. I don't think it's that crazy. For what it's worth, I don't know that we really ever would know just because we're not focused the interaction where they're kissing.
Chris Cote
This is a guy who spent his entire tenure with the Patriots not allowing anyone to do anything in the public. Not football related. No distractions. Everybody needs to be a bore. And now which by the way, we've seen when he doesn't have Brady kind of a lousy coach and now he's with you. He's at UNC and he's this big public figure. It's non stop distractions and on top of it his team sucks. His team's two and two. They get smoked by non power four teams.
Billy Gil
They are a power four team. I just want to make it abundantly clear you referred to them.
Chris Cote
Yes, you're right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Billy Gil
That's a. That's a Big 12.
Chris Cote
I'm sorry. They only have wins again. You're right. I'm sorry. They only have wins against group of five teams. You're right. I'm sorry.
Billy Gil
Apologies.
Chris Cote
They still got their shit kicked in by ucf. That's the point.
Billy Gil
When she shows him this. What like came out today? Do you think she calls it Us Weekly because it just sounds more sophisticated.
Chris Cote
They got their butts kicked and he's on the COVID of Us Weekly. Belichick again.
Stugotz
They didn't participate in the article. They didn't take the photos matter. He. But he doesn't. I don't think they consulted with him on what they were doing or why they were doing it. And they didn't. They didn't consult with him. Do you mind if we. If we run this as the COVID of the magazine after you've lost at. At UCF 34 to 9.
Chris Cote
The biggest hypocrite in all of sports. It really is.
Billy Gil
Is next week. Mike McDaniel. Like it is odd. Just a weird thing for a football.
Stugotz
Coach to be on the COVID Again. Not his choice. He's not the editor of the Master.
Billy Gil
Just put anyone on the COVID Just to be clear.
Mike Ryan
You think the odd thing about Bill Belichick right now is that he's on the COVID of Us Weekly and not that he's there with someone that he met when they were probably a teenager.
Chris Cote
He's 50 years older than her. Can we be honest for a second too? The whole thing is ridiculous.
Stugotz
I think most people would agree with that. But the argument talk about that. I would.
Billy Gil
Didn't he say she teaches him things? Does that seem real?
Stugotz
I would say the only part of that that seems real is that I can imagine that Bill Belichick hasn't cared about any relationship outside of football that doesn't have anything to do with football in about 50 years. So he might be a bit of a toddler relationship wise.
Billy Gil
Who's the last person that taught a 70 year old anything? 70 year olds don't want to learn anything.
Stugotz
You just taught Pat Riley something with that knife throwing at his throat.
Billy Gil
I didn't throw anything. At Pat Riley.
Chris Cote
Just to be clear, Greg Cody drank.
Billy Gil
Gatorade for the first time. We taught him Gatorade. Good.
Stugotz
Good example.
Mike Ryan
Thank you, Dan. Can I throw this knife down?
Stugotz
I'd like you guys to stop throwing knives for the moment. Not a sentence. I thought I would.
Billy Gil
For the moment seems like an unnecessary stand.
Chris Cote
This Belichick. You know what? I'm going. I'm in Chapel Hill next weekend.
Billy Gil
Chapel.
Stugotz
Bill, what are you going to do?
Chris Cote
We're.
Billy Gil
We.
Chris Cote
We thought. We thought UNC Clemson was going to be a good game. All right, so I'm in Chapel Hill next weekend with ESPN Radio. I hate this Belichick so much. I might actually buy a ticket to the game so I could sit in the stands and just boo all game long. Sitting in the press box of the credential. It might not be good enough for me. I might buy a ticket. They'll probably be super cheap. Team sucks. I might buy a ticket, sit in the stands, and amidst the sea of UNC students. I don't care, because I'm not scared. You can't be scared. Everybody knows that. I. I might send the student section and I'm just gonna boo Belichick all game long.
Stugotz
No one here believes you. We think it's.
Chris Cote
I might do it.
Stugotz
We think it's an idle threat. We think that might is doing a lot of lifting there because we don't believe you. No one here believes you. Everyone's looking at you with skepticism.
Chris Cote
We'll see.
Stugotz
Billy most of all, Billy believes that you're full of shit. The phrase you just used a second ago, getting your shit kicked in. Can someone explain to me that phrase? Because is this so what's happening there? You've got the shit outside your body, and then someone's kicking you in the ass so much that it goes back in your body?
Mike Ryan
No, I think the poop go so far up the ass at it. It kicks the. That is presently residing on the precipice of the hole in.
Billy Gil
I just thought it was like your face with everything that's on the outside's in now. Like all that shit in $83 right.
Chris Cote
Now at game time.
Billy Gil
If you want to go to that game.
Chris Cote
No, I want to sit in the student section.
Billy Gil
What you're going to do, like a 22 Jump street that you're pretending that you're like a student? How do you do, fellow kids?
Chris Cote
No, I don't have to be a student to sit in the student section. Hello. Here's my ticket. This is where I'm sitting.
Mike Ryan
You have that backwards hat on so.
Billy Gil
You'Ll fit right in. I'm a student.
Chris Cote
Yeah, I'm here. I'm here to cheer for Belichick and then swerve yo. When the game starts, they see what I'm really about. And I'm about booing and heckle in the whole game.
Billy Gil
Six, seven, swerve, yo. Are you wearing a North Carolina shirt?
Chris Cote
No, of course not.
Billy Gil
Wear North Carolina shirt.
Chris Cote
Rip it off. Swerve yo.
Billy Gil
Wow.
Chris Cote
That's what the swerve is.
Stugotz
Chris, what is this six, seven thing that's become so popular now as I get left behind by young people? What? What is this six, seven thing?
Billy Gil
I wish I could tell you. I know my daughter's been saying it. I think it means mid. But the kid, you'd have zaz. Do you know, it's probably saying my.
Chris Cote
Younger son is non stop with it. Also, he thinks it's the funniest thing. I have no idea what it is.
Stugotz
Anyone, can anyone help us?
Billy Gil
It's a meme. Six, seven. And you kind of go yes or no, right? But what it is, is basically where it stems from is is lamelo ball. At one point was asked about his height and he's like, I don't know, like six, seven. And then it got sampled in a song and that went viral on TikTok. And now all the kids say it all the time. But it doesn't necessarily mean anything. Like when I was a counselor at the camp that I work at, basically every single time they heard the number six or the number seven, it was just that everybody would just go, six, seven. And that's pretty much it. And you just kind of do the masomenos right here.
Stugotz
Masomenos. That's what we're saying with six, seven. And it's because the balls are still popular with young people. The balls introduced an era of sports coverage that was different than most I'd experienced where young people in high school were watching one of the balls play in Lithuania, because the balls, you know, after the Kardashians, the balls were like the sports equivalent to kids.
Mike Ryan
It is kind of crazy that Lamelo Ball is 6 foot 7. He's basically Zion size.
Stugotz
He's the only reason to watch that basketball team for the last 20 years or maybe longer. Maybe.
Chris Cote
I don't even think he's a reason to watch.
Stugotz
Maybe the. Well, okay.
Billy Gil
Put some respect on a mecha oak force. Nicholas Con canipple.
Mike Ryan
Anybody?
Stugotz
Let's do the daily Ray Hudson dance, please.
Billy Gil
Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson.
Stugotz
Ray Hudson.
Billy Gil
Car. Ray Hudson.
Chris Cote
Ray Hudson.
Billy Gil
Ray Hudson. Carl. Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson.
Mike Ryan
Ray Hudson. Carl.
Billy Gil
Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson. Call of the day.
Dan Le Batard
Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson.
Stugotz
This is what Dan wanted. This is what Dan wanted.
Billy Gil
Want it.
Dan Le Batard
Want it, want it.
Billy Gil
Get.
Stugotz
Best broadcaster in the history of South Florida. Give me a call of his. We're going to do this every day until the World Cup.
Billy Gil
It's a double for the Argentine.
Chris Cote
This is a match just aerial goal of the highest order. This is a fabulous ball played across with pinpoint accuracy. And it is finished with the coolness.
Stugotz
Of a greyhound's nose. Zaslow, how do you greet people from afar? I'm always a little bit self conscious about this close up. I'll give the head nod, but from afar. How do you do it?
Chris Cote
Wouldn't you do a head nod from afar? You that close?
Stugotz
Yeah, well, just close enough to see me, but a head nod that I'm talking about further away that a head nod. There's a range, range of distance that. That requires some other kind of greeting. I'll throw two fingers up is what I'll do from a distance.
Mike Ryan
Peace sign. I'm an ally.
Stugotz
I'll just wave two fingers. Though it's not the peace sign by itself. It's too. It's.
Billy Gil
It's telling me, get out of the way.
Stugotz
Windshield wiper. Two fingers.
Billy Gil
I've been doing a very similar thing. Two fingers. But instead of the peace sign, I'm going this. And I don't like it. I do like the.
Dan Le Batard
What's this?
Billy Gil
Oh, boy. It's a Shaka.
Mike Ryan
They take lasers.
Billy Gil
It's the thumb and pinky like surfer shocker bra.
Mike Ryan
That's a shock abroad.
Billy Gil
And it's just like if I'm far away, if I see somebody like. And then I'm always like, what am I doing?
Mike Ryan
Put the index finger up your Jay Glazer.
Chris Cote
Yeah, that is true. I would lose that about you.
Billy Gil
Yeah, the index finger does help a lot. That's. I love you inside now.
Mike Ryan
He does that. He loves. He's all love.
Billy Gil
So what I've been doing and I've been. It's 100% satisfaction rate. And I started doing it, I was like, you know what? Because. Because everybody smiles at me when I do it. That's how I know nobody, nobody looks at me. And like, it's like he just lies about things. Okay, give me the knife.
Mike Ryan
Give me the knife.
Stugotz
I don't think his confidence. I don't think you want me to.
Billy Gil
Throw it by the blade.
Stugotz
I don't think his confidence is aerodynamic.
Billy Gil
You will not throw that by the blade.
Chris Cote
You're lying about that.
Billy Gil
So what I do is, and this works on the train, obviously I take the train every day and the the conductor of the Metro rail sits at the front of the train, right? So what I do is this. And it's obviously a little bit ways away, maybe 10, 15ft away, but it's worked as far as 30ft. I go like this and I walk.
Mike Ryan
By, point at him.
Billy Gil
Just a point.
Mike Ryan
Like you, you.
Billy Gil
I don't say anything else and they point back at me. That's how I know the satisfaction is 100% because they point back. It doesn't matter what he thinks.
Chris Cote
Dan.
Billy Gil
Who gives a what Billy thinks?
Mike Ryan
Dan. Howdy folks. It's Mike Ryan and I know it's early in the NFL season, but it has shown you exactly why the NFL is indeed king sport in the United States of America. Great games, incredible matchups, in demand tickets for these high profile games. Sometimes, often times these games are sold out and you're left with the secondary market. Well, let me tell you about my go to on the secondary market, the official ticketing partner of the Dan LeBatard Show. I'm talking of course about gametime. Game time's amazing for a lot of different reasons. Zone deals, panoramic CPUs, the low price guarantee, and GameTime's unparalleled ticket coverage. I'm an NFL free agent, so I'm always looking for the biggest games and game time makes it so easy to peruse the app. One of my favorite features is fees are always included. What you see is what you pay and that is hugely important when you're traveling abroad to catch the game du jour. Take the guesswork out of buying NFL tickets with GameTime. Download the GameTime app, create an account and use Code dan and get $20 off your first purchase terms. Apply again, create an account and redeem code dan for $20 off. Swipe, tap, ticket. Go download the Gametime app today.
Date: September 25, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
This jam-packed "Big Suey" episode delivers classic Le Batard crew energy: part sports deep-dive, part offbeat banter, part pop culture, and all-around lively chaos. Special guest Roz Gold-Onwude joins to dissect WNBA coaching drama, social media stardom, and Coachella lineups. Meanwhile, the usual suspects spiral into knife-throwing debates, mock demonstrations, and escalating in-studio antics—culminating in (fake) peril for a cardboard Pat Riley. The crew also unleashes hot takes on Bill Belichick’s personal life, viral TikTok memes, and the unique ways they greet people from afar.
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Roz Gold-Onwude (06:05):
“First and foremost, respect to Sandy Brondello. Gratitude. Thank you, Flowers. She also had a lot of adversity that was outside of her control this season... I think it's surprising. But this happens all the time in sports.”
Dan Le Batard (13:31):
“Asia has transcended culture in a way I don’t think any player in the WNBA has—even Caitlin Clark.”
Stugotz (27:05):
“...I’m worried that they definitely hit him in the dick. There are so many knives being thrown. I think it was a bit pathetic right there.”
Mike Ryan (35:40):
“You think the odd thing about Bill Belichick right now is that he's on the cover of Us Weekly and not that he’s there with someone that he met when they were probably a teenager?”
This episode showcases everything “The Big Suey” delivers at its best: expert sports discussion (especially on the state of the WNBA and its stars), unfiltered opinions, and the sort of spontaneous group-chaos (plastic) knife-throwing that’s made the show an institution. Whether you came for Roz Gold-Onwude’s basketball brain or to find out who’s getting called a habitual liar for knife-throwing methods, it’s a uniquely satisfying ride. If you missed the live show: Asia Wilson still runs the W, the only answer to knife physics is “check YouTube,” and never let this crew anywhere near sharp objects—or Pat Riley.