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Lucy
Welcome to the Big Suey, presented by DraftKings.
Chris Cody
Why are you listening to this show?
Lucy
The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Le Batard podcast. I'm sorry. I'm not going to apologize for that.
Dominique Foxworth
In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
Chris Cody
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.
Dominique Foxworth
I've done it. And now here's the marching men to.
Lucy
Nowhere Fat Face and the Habitual Liar.
Stugotz
What's up, Dom? Dominique, how are you?
Dominique Foxworth
What's up, Chris? Christopher, how are you? Hey, bud. You guys make me happy. It's good to see all of your smiling faces.
Stugotz
You make us happy.
Mike Ryan
I didn't know you were coming on the show today, Dominique. I was just texting you because I was listening to your podcast.
Dominique Foxworth
Oh, okay. I appreciate it. You're welcome either way.
Mike Ryan
Tell Charlie to suck it.
Dominique Foxworth
I can't. Oh, you're. I see you now. I have. The screen is chopped up, so you're the top in the right corner. They got some bright lights on you and they are whiten you all the way out on my screen.
Stugotz
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Dominique Foxworth
Yes. Hey, Lucy.
Mike Ryan
Hi.
Dan Le Batard
I haven't been allowed to speak today. Do you think that's all right?
Dominique Foxworth
No, I don't actually.
Dan Le Batard
Thank you.
Dominique Foxworth
You know a lot about college football. I think that you should be allowed to speak.
Dan Le Batard
I think so, too.
Dominique Foxworth
I haven't listened, so I don't know. I guess I should ask more questions. I Don't know what. It's possible that you could have said something so egregious that you should be on probation.
Dan Le Batard
I literally didn't even. I didn't get the chance to say anything. That was the problem.
Dominique Foxworth
I'm sorry. Yeah, well, I'm sorry about that. And somebody tell Mike I'm sorry. And I love him, too, about this weekend. It really hurt my feelings.
Dan Le Batard
They won't even let us talk about that.
Dominique Foxworth
Oh, I'm not a hater. Like, I was rooting for Miami. I'm enjoying it. Being good now. Like, I guess this Georgia Tech had one good weekend, but now one good, exciting team is less good and less exciting. It kind of sucks.
Dan Le Batard
I thought it was fun.
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Stugotz
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Chris Cody
Lucy is claiming she's being silenced. She's being censored. But this is just schedule. Dominique Foxworth is here now, and he clearly doesn't want to talk about the University of Miami football team. He's here to talk about professional football. And so, Lucy, I'm sorry, we're going to have to postpone it for a little while. It's not because we're against women, and it's not because we don't want to celebrate the University of Miami losing. It's just because Dom was scheduled here.
Dan Le Batard
Usually when you have to say it's not because we're against women, it means it's because you're against women.
Chris Cody
Okay, well, I don't know who you have me being more against here, women or against talking about Georgia Tech defeating the University of Miami. Which am I more against, do you think? Well, not interested in your opinion, actually. Let's get to Dominique Foxworth now, because the Dominique Foxworth show is something that a lot of people are listening to now on Mondays and every day, but especially on Mondays, because his football analysis is a little bit better and more thorough than everyone else's. Let me start with a couple of things, one of which is, where would you say you would start any show today if you were talking professional football if you only had one storyline and you had to say, this is the storyline of the day on a fun Sunday?
Dominique Foxworth
First of all, I'm going to need you to do your podcast rankings at some point, because you say that foolishness about everybody who has a show anywhere. This is the best thing ever. Mina's show is the best. You want good football? Go to God Bless football. It's the best. Ron McGill knows more about animals than anybody and anything like the hyperbole. I want real truth, like if my show is great, then say it's great. But you know, you don't even listen to it, do you?
Chris Cody
Dane, I didn't say your show was great. I said that the analysis was better than most. I find in the places where I'm looking for the astute. I didn't say it was a great show. I said the analysis was good.
Dominique Foxworth
You're good with words.
Chris Cody
I've also never listened. Yeah, and I don't like your producer. Never have. Charlie Kravitz is overrated industry wide.
Dominique Foxworth
Everyone knows I will not stand for you disrespecting my culture. Just producer, producer Charlie, he can get it. Charlie, the co host, the vanilla snack as the ladies call him. He is not underrated. He's got a little fan base brewing. A little fan base. Think that thing Charlie, his curls is kind of cute.
Chris Cody
Jessica shaking her head. I don't know why. I don't know what she thinks of Charlie, but I that didn't seem like a crucial fan.
Mike Ryan
He was my enemy yesterday and now moving forward he will be my friend who I think that I'm better than.
Chris Cody
Dominique is out here as one of the few. You're not going to like what Dominique has to say about your Steelers. He doesn't believe that they can hold up with Russell Wilson throwing 50, 50, 50 balls all the time.
Dominique Foxworth
She knows.
Mike Ryan
I listened to the show. I listened to the show on my way into work this morning. I know. I know what Dominique thinks and I know what Bill thinks of the Steelers. And you know what? That's fine. No one needs to believe in the Steelers. I'm having a great time. There's been seven Sundays this year where I've gone to sleep in my little bed happy watching Mike Tomlin, press conferences where he's saying that he's a degenerate. And you know what? That's all I need to sustain me through this long, cold winter.
Dominique Foxworth
Dan Mike Tomlin is lovable and we all love him and the Steelers are a really fun team that I think are going to make the playoffs and probably have a chance to win a game or so. But that good sleep that you've been having, oh, it's going to go away when you look at who you got coming up on the schedule because you have the best quarterback in the best offense in football and not to mention Derek Henry. So as good as your defense has been, this will be a very big test for them going up against the Ravens. But you're going to score like 35 points against the Ravens defense though, so you got that going shootout is what you got.
Chris Cody
Who's. Who's better? 8 and 2 Steelers or 4 and 6 Bengals?
Dominique Foxworth
I think the 8 and 2 Steelers are better. Like the Bengals. Defense has been an issue and they're inconsistent. Inconsistency is a problem. I think they give games away. They give games away, whereas the Steelers never give games away. I appreciate a well said from Chris Cody. It is nice. It is very nice. It's like Michael Jordan commenting on me jumping from the free throw line. It is impressive. The king of stutter stumbles has pointed out one of my stutter stumbles. I feel like I've made it now.
Chris Cody
The Chiefs are the blank best team in football this year based on how you do the measurements.
Dominique Foxworth
Fourth, third, I don't know. Like, I know that this is the tough thing about watching the Chiefs is they are entering that territory where they are no longer lovable and they feel like they have a curse on the rest of the league. I know you do point differential a lot and it's a great measurement, particularly for this team because they line up with well with last year's 8 and 1 Eagles team with like a 50 something point differential. And when you have a team that's undefeated and has a chance to go undefeated throughout the whole season, you think about the 07 Patriots, which we looked up. The 07.07 Patriots at this point, well said were 230 point differential. I believe right now the Chiefs are at like a 50 point differential. The tough thing about counting them out though is the things that they do well it does feel like are sustainable. Like it's ridiculous. Patrick Mahomes on third down and Patrick Mahomes in that team is outscoring everybody by a tremendous margin in the fourth quarter. Those things do match up kind of with the theory of this team just hits the switch. So I hate to say that it's possible that they can do it because I've never seen it done before. But if any team can do it, they can do it. But blocking a field goal is an absolute fluke.
Chris Cody
Okay, but wait a minute though, Dom, when you mentioned the 07 Patriots, that's the best team of my lifetime. They overwhelmed, throttled everyone and then they in the Super Bowl. This Chiefs team is not anything like that. And the worst part about this Chiefs team, to me they've ruined what I used to enjoy about Patrick Mahomes because salary cap, everyone's going to be equal. You got to pay everyone. Now I'm watching the Chiefs and it's like, yeah, on third and five, he's going to run for six yards and they're going to keep getting it. But I don't like playing football that way like that. What, what that team used to be versus what I'm watching now, it's like, okay, they'll make their third down conversions because he's amazing, but you're always doing it in nine yard windows. Like, this is crud football. I'm watching offensively that needed an off, that needed a block field goal to win yesterday because my home's got two scores.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I mean, but I think you're right and maybe the salary cap has some impact on it. But we can't blame the salary cap altogether because we're looking at again, to go back to the Ravens, the best offense in football, one of the best offenses of all time. They paid their quarterback too. Like, there are ways around falling into this dark trap of blaming good players for getting the money they deserve for ruining the fun of our offense or the fun of our league. So I don't think it's all on a salary cap. They've missed on draft picks like Sky Moore and Clyde Edwards. Alair, like, these were the players that were supposed to launch this offense into the stratosphere and keep it going. And they have some major issues with like the tackle, the left tackle. At a certain point in that game, Patrick Mahomes stopped dropping back with his back to his left tackle and he started backpedaling because he could not bear the idea of turning his back to the left tackle because he kept getting hit in the back by Bonito. So, like, yeah, there are problems with this team. And yeah, when you pay your quarterback, it gets harder. You have to trade people away. But there's no reason for this offense to be so boring. And some of the issues that they're having is tight man coverage. They don't got anybody that can beat tight man coverage. And as good as DeAndre Hopkins is, he's going to win contested catches. And you expect Xavier Worthy to be the weapon that destroys all these defenses. But Patrick can't hit him on target sometimes. And sometimes Xavier Worthy seems to play like he's a rookie who's never played in NFL and all these things come to become some big problem. But what happens is you get him in the fourth quarter and Patrick finds a way to scramble where he's running like his knees don't like each other and it's so uncomfortable and ugly. But he gets a conversion and it hits Travis Kelty Kelce in the middle of the field. Well said.
Chris Cody
Has that not been weird to all of you to see Patrick Mahomes, who's not an old man, his body has aged so much that he is now officially slow. Like he's. He's not like. Not that. Not that he was ever that much faster than everyone. But I do see, I feel like I remember the way that his youth has been extinguished. I've watched it televised, that he's no longer a young person. He's running around like an old person.
Greg Cote
Yeah. He has an awkward gait, like he doesn't run smooth. He reminds me of what Dan Marino looked like running with a football late in his career. He's older. He plays older than he looks in terms of running well.
Chris Cody
But beyond that, though. Dominique, help me with something. Given your expertise on how the athleticism in the sport has changed, I feel like in college and pros, every weekend I'm watching something and see somewhere a catch made that I'm like, man, that's one of the best catches I've ever seen. Pickens made one of these catches in the game yesterday where he's flipping his body around in mid flight. I'm like, does anybody know how hard it is to do what that man just did in the end zone? Because that catch, I don't know if it's even going to get a lot of attention today, but it's one of the best catches I've ever seen.
Dominique Foxworth
We had a reverse hurdle last week. Like, I agree with you, the athletes and the explosiveness and the coordination and talent is at an all time high. I think that's one of the positive kind of repercussions of like, the professionalization of youth athletics is that you get guys where you sort through and find the right player at the right position for the right sport a lot earlier and a lot more often. And then they're practicing and they're watching and they have access to all these highlights from the time that they're 8, 9, 10 years old and they're working on things and they're learning things until they gets to the point where we see it materialize on Sundays. I'm not sure when this eventually stops. I guess it depends on what the inputs are and how those particularly change. And I think right now we're at a situation where professional sports has been so ingrained in our culture that prior to this, like when I was younger and prior to that, it was like, yeah, you would want to be a professional athlete, but it was like pre free agency. And that happened in 93. And that started to change where it felt like it was a real career path. And I think that the results is what we're seeing on Sunday. I'm not sure if it starts to tail off. And we don't keep getting ridiculous athletes because at some point, once you have a Derrick Henry, at some point you're like, look, it don't get no better than this. I mean Lamar Jackson, it don't get no better than this. We cannot imagine that there are going to be some athletes at this level. You have these one handed catches, like OBJ caught the ball with three fingers like 50 yards down the field. I can't imagine that at some point someone's just going to go index thumb and snatch it out of the sky like we're done, we're done evolving.
Chris Cody
It is crazy. You're seeing yourself as an athlete during your prime and you're realizing even though you're one of the most confident people I've ever met and would have had to be to climb to the top of that sport, you're still looking at people and being like, I can't. I don't understand, like the physical nature of what it is that I'm watching in the last 10 years has gotten so much better that I feel old watching it.
Dominique Foxworth
Don't be stupid, Dan. I'm ridiculous. World class athletes, I cook them kids if I was fresh. And I ain't tear my acl. I get my knee right, my quad strength. Now I'm talking about everyone else, not me. Like I would fit right in in this era, in any era.
Chris Cody
Chris Cody, do you have a read here that would support that commentary?
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Chris Cody
I'm proud to have Dominique Foxworth and I'm sure LinkedIn is proud to have that analysis of I'm still better than all these kids. I just got to get my quad right.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, it's just the right one. The right one. Once you get an ACL surgery, sometimes your quads, they don't fire like they used to. It's a little depressing sometimes.
Chris Cody
Where are you on the way that coaches in the sport have gone the entire other way? On fourth down yesterday during that Steelers Commanders game in his own territory, Mike Tomlin on fourth and one in a critical slot went for it while the announcers were saying 10 minutes left in the game, fourth quarter, you got to punt it here. What is your make of the way your take on the way that all of this has changed. So it's the most common thing in the world now where the announcers are more risk averse than the coaches are.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah. Well, I'm happy that we're at a point that is acceptable to even consider and that there's a question there because you're right. I think some of the best way to go about this is if you put yourself on the other side. What would you rather have happen? And most of the time I want you to punt the ball as the fan of the other team or someone who has some stake in this game or you're just watching because you care a lot about football. I tend to want them to punt the ball because I feel more comfortable. One yard is not a big distance and it puts the game away. And then it really works really well when you can catch Johnny Newton, a young player with a nice hard count at the end of the game, which is something also that you can do that we've never seen work. But it's starting to work apparently now because our players are getting young and they're super athletes who are not as smart as we were back in. They see how you turn that.
Chris Cody
Dan.
Dominique Foxworth
That's the difference between.
Chris Cody
Well, I saw Jessica. I agree with Jessica. Jessica yesterday said that that's the best play in football. It's better than the Hail Mary. You outsmart the other team, you make them jump off, you leave with the smug satisfaction of we were smarter than you too. It's not just that we beat you, it's at the end we outmaneuvered you and then we just knelt on the ball.
Dominique Foxworth
I hate that play. Oh, I love it. It never works like there's 9 out of 10 times no one jumps. All you have done is force us to watch. Uneventful, non snap. But it happened to work this time. And you know what that means that we're gonna see this 15 more times the rest of the season. It's not gonna work. Just punt the ball or go for it. Don't come out there and line up and start pump faking on me.
Stugotz
Am I the only one that felt bad for that guy? The rookie that jumped hands immediately on the head. It made me sad. I mean I had the Steelers so I was happy, but it was just. I was just like, oh, poor guy.
Mike Ryan
No, the whole world knew they weren't going to like. There was no play drawn there. They. The whole world knew it didn't matter. It was beautiful.
Dominique Foxworth
He's perfect. He's been really good too this so far. This season, which is, like, pretty disappointing. And it looked like he was shedding tears on the sideline. So, yeah, I felt a little bad. As bad for him as good I felt for Bryce Young, because I had the same feeling where I saw him. Just big grin on his face, oh, look at that kid. He's happy. It's nice.
Chris Cody
I'm sure his mentions won't be a dumpster fire at all. I'm sure that the Washington fans with a season of expectations will just shrug that one off and say, it happens, kid. People make mistakes. We're all human.
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, to be fair, if there is a fan base that will forgive him, it's Washington, because it's been sad here for a long, long time. There have been so many moral victories. I think the Commanders are undefeated this. See this season, the games that they've won and the games they lost, they felt so good about hanging in there. Against the Ravens, they felt really good. Well, I guess maybe they're getting to the point now where there's starting to be some expectations, but I do think generally this fan base is a lot like the Texans were last year, where not much was expected and they're overachieving, so everyone's just incredibly happy. And then they stole that win on the Hail Mary play. I think if there's a fan base that's willing to forgive and Johnny Newton's been a revelation on that D line, I think a lot of people here in D.C. will hug Johnny and Jayden Daniels and accept just about anything from them as long as no one lets Jayden get. Get hurt.
Chris Cody
Do you guys have a favorite play from yesterday? Because I have one that I like better than all the others. And it's again, Josh Allen. Josh Allen rolling the sideline and just before getting to the sideline right before the first half, throws it well down the field. And he's the only one in the sport who completes these passes. And Mac Collins not only catches it, but with eight seconds left, gets up off the ground 40 yards down the field and then runs out of bounds so they don't have to use their timeout. There aren't. There aren't a lot of quarterbacks in the history of the sport who make that play, and he consistently does. Do you have a favorite play from yesterday? Domestic.
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, Drake May did a similar. Like Josh Allen near the sideline pass. That was awesome. Baker Mayfield held off one of the Bosas with a stiff arm while delivering a perfect pass at just about any of the interceptions. The five interceptions that Jared Goff threw last night and still managed to win. Like, yeah, there were some really, really incredible plays. I think one of my favorite plays, though, after the game was Micah Parsons. Throwing his head coach under the bus is pretty great.
Chris Cody
Tell us more about what's happening in Dallas. Because Micah Parsons makes a difference, but not, you know, I mean, they. They were good in the first half defensively, and they were able to slow Philadelphia simply because Micah Parsons was there. But I could see why Micah Parsons would look around at his team and feel like, oh, no one here is as excellent at what they do as I am at what I do.
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, but he hasn't been excellent all this season because he hasn't been playing much. And I am never one to tell someone like, you can only do one thing at a time. But you're going to get some backlash when it feels like you are a much more active podcast host and a pretty good podcast host than you are a football player. When you show up and dominate, and then after the game, you suggest that the coach is kind of lazy. Like, that's a hard thing for people to listen to. And whether it's true or false, this tends to not be the case for most teams. It's like if you have a criticism of somebody on your team, you handle it in house. And it feels like the wheels have come completely off in Dallas. And Jerry Jones seems to be moving further and further from reality. If he believes that this team is going to be competitive and they only got to do a couple things to get things right. The attention down there is going to be hot, like the spotlight is going to be hot, but the talent is not there to support the amount of attention that they are going to get, which only makes it boil more and more because they get so many questions. They are a national story and they stink.
Chris Cody
Sunlight in your eyes oh, gosh, sounds.
Dominique Foxworth
Like you were seeing a lot to be blamed. That would be a beautiful start to a song. You are the sunlight in my eyes.
Chris Cody
Sunlight in your eyes okay, let's think of a way to sing that song where I will produce a song about the Dallas Cowboys. Sunlight in my eyes Mike Ryan, we can finally get to some college football with Dominique. Surely you will have some questions that will satisfy Lucy because she yearns for college football talk.
Jessica
Dominique, you closely follow your Maryland Terrapins, and they had Oregon this week. And I'm not exactly sure if in college football there is a complete great team that you'll find consensus on that says this team is dominant, but I think most people might venture to Say Oregon, what were your thoughts on them?
Dominique Foxworth
We had them on the ropes, Mike. We had them right where we wanted them. We were only down 14 in the fourth quarter. Everything was going according to plan. It was a tough loss. I mean, I think you're right. This team, this is, and maybe this is the future of college football in that there it's not going to be any great teams that pull away because of the way that NIL has changed things in a transfer portal. I'm sure you know this better than I, I like it so far. I'm not sure how much I'm going to like it into the future because I do love those marquee matchups where I know, I know that everything's going to come down to this particular Saturday, but it feels a lot more like the NFL, which I really enjoy. So I think it's encouraging. It sucks though, because the stories are going away to some degree. Like the Georgia being dominant was always a story. Alabama being dominant is always a story. And that felt good and was exciting. And this year, like I was on the Miami bandwagon, like I have relationships with people in Miami. I was enjoying it. Cam was fun. That was awesome. And then it reminds me of like the college basketball tournament where everyone gets excited for upsets and then they realize at the end of the season in the Final four that they're upset. That the teams that are left are some terrible like mid market teams. Names we don't know, brands that we don't like. It's just, it's disappointing. So it was fun. The upset was fun. But I'm going to miss Miami. I guess they'll still make the playoff because they'll dominate the acc.
Chris Cody
Do you guys have not flawed college football teams? Is there such a thing? Like is Ohio State and Oregon the closest thing that we're coming to? Nothing. Not flawed college football teams, allegedly.
Dan Le Batard
Indiana, Are they not flawed?
Greg Cote
Possible?
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, I mean they're just. I actually kind of like it a little bit better this way because it did get kind of old. I thought Georgia was going to 3P, you know, last year and that didn't happen. It's fun knowing now they're not even.
Chris Cody
Likely percentage wise to make the playoffs.
Dan Le Batard
No, I mean they would have to win this weekend against Tennessee. I kind of like it because the SEC every year has always been Alabama at the top, Georgia at the top. And now you have Vanderbilt upsets and Ole Miss is competitive. I kind of like that we're in sort of a different age where we're not seeing the same four teams every year. And I think with the playoff expanding, I don't think we're running the risk as much of teams we don't know and don't really like that much. You know, making the playoff with the sense that, yeah, you will have a Boise State in there, you do get a Big 12 and an ACC automatic bid, and those conferences aren't as strong, but you're still going to have Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, Alabama in the playoff.
Dominique Foxworth
So.
Dan Le Batard
So I think it still gives the chance for the teams that are better than the rest to rise above the top. It's just the only thing that I'm concerned with that is everyone is playing a lot more games, so there's a lot more opportunity to mess up.
Chris Cody
Dom, I'm assuming that they will lose at some point here, but I have been surprised to see, and it's one of the great surprises of the season to me, that Colorado would quietly start hitting Deion Sanders $100,000 bonuses on seven wins that he's made 400,000 doll. Because quietly. The part that I'm stunned by is quietly, Deion Sanders team is a lot better than any of us expected it to be. What's happening there?
Dominique Foxworth
Yeah, I don't know. I think your answer is the fact that we're not paying attention to it is shocking. And I will go back to one thing that Lucy was saying is I think she's right. Generally there have been more. It's just me being old and having a hard time accepting the new way that college football works because there have been more like game of the century type weekends and more games that I felt like I had to watch this season than I remember in previous seasons. So that's been fun and that's going to keep going on. But I have no answer for the Deion Sanders thing. The part that's surprising is that it's quiet. I'm not surprised that they're doing pretty well. They're not in one of those top tier situations where they're going to get a bunch of attention, but we should be there. I do have one complaint though. Like no one stopped down to celebrate how I did the Dan move where you sneak a double entendre in there and then everyone thinks that you're a fancy writer because you were like, hey, the upsets happen. And then at the end you are upset. That was such a lean move that I stopped working. No one said, ooh, you're a writer.
Greg Cote
Yeah, well done.
Chris Cody
Good. And he was impressed by himself.
Dominique Foxworth
It was off the Top of the dome. Like, that was. I'm in the middle.
Greg Cote
No, the golden dome.
Dan Le Batard
I think the thing with Colorado is that, like, I don't want to say, but, like, sort of the novelty of the situation has kind of worn off because it was so overdone last year where all we were talking about was Colorado. And although that team is a lot better, and like you said, it's so much better than we expected, we've kind of seen all Dion sort of just, like, his big personality and the antics with this team that it's not as fun. Obviously, this weekend had kind of a weird moment with a tortilla that I don't feel like it's safe for me to talk about, but Colorado really controls their own destiny right now, which is kind of crazy. The Big 12 is wide open. Iowa State lost for the second week in a row. BYU is still undefeated. But, like, Colorado wins out, and they make it to the playoff. But, like, it's crazy because their viewership numbers are down like, 50%. No one is watching Colorado, and no one's talking about Colorado.
Mike Ryan
I'll say. Lucy. It's Dan's fault. It's Dan's fault. He was going way too hard for Colorado last year when they were not as good. They've been better this year, but also the Big 12 as a conference is just much more even than the Pac 12 was last year. So even though they don't have much of a run game, they. Their defense can't really stop the run very well. They're. They're in it because the Big 12 is just a very strange conference this year.
Dan Le Batard
Their.
Mike Ryan
Their schedule coming up is tricky. They're gonna have to go on the road at Kansas, which is gonna be tough for them. But this is a. Dan's fault because we took up all the oxygen with Colorado talk last year, and now no one has the appetite for it. So this is just because it's convenient.
Chris Cody
That it happens when he starts winning. That's awfully convenient that now. No, now no one has the appetite for it.
Mike Ryan
Last year, they were three, and. Oh, that's why it started. But their team wasn't as good as it is this year. So then when they went on their losing streak, we were all like, what the hell? You guys told us this team was great and they were fun to watch. I'm not. You know, I'm not denying that, but they were winning last year. That's why it all started.
Greg Cote
I mean, a year ago, when they started off 3 and 0, they became the most Hyped team in all of sports, not just college football. And they ended up, whatever they did, four wins. Four wins after a 3, 0 start. Huge disappointment. And now they're pretty good. But they're still ranked 18th. They play in a week conference.
Chris Cody
Just wait. Just stop, okay? He inherited the worst program in the country. And Mario Cristobal and Deion Sanders have done good jobs in their second and third year, respectively. I'm not gonna move the goalposts on what those investments were. Those have cashed. Both of those have cashed. Like, it may not be enduring. They may change. But don't move the goalposts on Dion. He's lost. He's got a team that's a lot better than any of us thought it was. And he changed the expectations by beating TCU at the beginning of last season. Like, he's made them good. And you can question how good if you want, but I'm not going to question how good his quarterback is, and I'm not going to question how good his wide receiver is because both of them have been best players in the country type of good.
Dan Le Batard
All right, I'll say it. Travis Hunter shoved a tortilla down his pants during the middle of the game. It's very odd. It was very weird. I believe he signed it after. Yeah, weird.
Dominique Foxworth
Why is this seem so. I mean, I. Since I have access to Lucy and Jess right now, I would like to know, like, why is it that they're much better? And a question for Greg also. Is that a new shirt?
Greg Cote
It is a new shirt. Thank you. Oh, yeah, that's my press box collection.
Mike Ryan
I think Shedur signed the tortilla.
Dominique Foxworth
Thank you.
Dan Le Batard
The one that was in Travis's pants.
Mike Ryan
I don't know about that. There was a hole in it.
Dan Le Batard
Okay. There's a lot of stuff going on.
Jessica
There was a hole in the middle of it.
Chris Cody
What does that sign tortilla worth?
Mike Ryan
Whatever. Someone will pay for it.
Chris Cody
Well, I assume. I don't know what the kids like with fame, but Travis Hunter seems to be very popular, and Colorado still seems to be very popular with young people because they're at least in part, a little bit different than everything that surrounds them. It's rare that Shador Sanders spends some time lecturing us as a college quarterback. It's not something I'm used to hearing the college quarterbacks do because he's got a strength of voice that comes from growing up and watching what his father does in terms of strength. So he's one of the rare athletes I see leaning into What? Whatever it is your buzz saw of criticism might be.
Dominique Foxworth
Are autographs still a thing?
Chris Cody
It's a good question.
Dominique Foxworth
People still want autographs?
Mike Ryan
No, we do selfies now.
Greg Cote
Yeah, selfies. Yeah.
Dominique Foxworth
I mean, it's a weird thing to start with that it ever became a thing before. Like, if you actually think about it, it's like, who was the first person? I guess it's like pre photograph is like you want to prove that you met someone. Is that why we have autographs? Like, I want you to sign this, notarize it.
Chris Cody
It is weird. You're right. Autographs are strange. And they have been replaced almost entirely by the sel because then you can have indeed the proof that doesn't require a notary on whether or not you met that person or not.
Greg Cote
The signature doesn't even exist anymore, does it? Like, when are you asked to sign your name? Nobody writes checks. I mean, the signature is dead.
Stugotz
I've signed 500 coloring books in the last week.
Chris Cody
Put it on the poll at Le Batard show. Is the signature dead? Lebatardaf.com 500 coloring books signed by everybody that is here. Dominique, good seeing you. Always good seeing you, sir. Thank you for the time.
Dominique Foxworth
No, it was great. Thanks for having me. Also, Greg, nice shirt.
Greg Cote
Thank you.
Dominique Foxworth
I know what that means tonight. Baby. Baby?
Chris Cody
Is that what it means?
Greg Cote
I love a compliment. Because Dominique's sartorial eloquence is second to none.
Chris Cody
Sartorial eloquence?
Greg Cote
That's right.
Chris Cody
Sartorial eloquence.
Dominique Foxworth
That means I dress nice, right? That's what you're saying.
Chris Cody
Things don't go together.
Greg Cote
They do.
Chris Cody
Yeah. Elegance, you mean?
Greg Cote
No, no, I mean eloquence. Yeah. Look it up.
Jessica
Why are you trying to dress up?
Dominique Foxworth
I dress like I talk.
Jessica
Good off the top of the dome too.
Chris Cody
Yeah, Greg, he does it to me all the time.
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Don't worry.
Chris Cody
That's not correct. Sartorial eloquence is not correct. It's not.
Dominique Foxworth
It is correct.
Chris Cody
It is not a correct thing to say.
Greg Cote
Look up the word eloquence.
Chris Cody
Eloquence is to be grand in speech. It's to be. It's in speech.
Dominique Foxworth
Hey, my clothes talk. That's it. Clothes look so nice that they say something to you.
Greg Cote
Thank you.
Dominique Foxworth
This damn hoodie is telling a story. Thank you, Greg.
Greg Cote
Damn right it is.
Mike Ryan
The story is rich.
Dominique Foxworth
That's the story.
Chris Cody
Thank you, guys. That is the story it tells. Thank you, Dominique. Good talking to you.
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Dominique Foxworth
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Chris Cody
Finally we can get to what it is that Lucy wanted to talk about. And it's long overdue because this game that Miami played against Georgia Tech is Miami losing exactly the way that you imagined they would lose. Out coached in a way that was bothersome. When Georgia Tech doesn't actually have a quarterback, they're telling you which play they're going to run by who it is they're playing and they still run the ball. They convert easily on third and eighteens. They finish the game by running a sweep because you can't stop anybody. And the thing that they did that no one's been able to do, they took the team that is best in the country on third down offensively and totally neutralized them on third and fourth down. Ended Cam Ward's Heisman run over because he's not going to have the signature wins that he needs. He might get to the ceremony, but he's not going to be able to beat the teams. You're saying no, Lucy?
Dan Le Batard
No. I think Cam Ward still has a very good chance of winning the Heisman. I think you have to put Travis Hunter and Ashton Jenty in the conversation as well. But like Ashton Gentee plays for Boise State and Travis Hunter doesn't really seem to have the juice that he had at the beginning of the season. I would still say that Cam Ward, it's the Heisman.
Chris Cody
What are the signature wins that he's not going to be able to have a signature win.
Mike Ryan
Georgia Tech was never going to be a signature win.
Chris Cody
The California win. No, he needed to go unbeaten. I felt like he needed to go unbeaten during the regular season and have some moments.
Jessica
I mean, if that's the case and just potentially give it to Dylan Gabriel. I think he's got an ACC championship opportunity that would punch Miami's ticket to the CFP were he to win it. And I think ballots are due two days after that. So I think that that's probably going to be the barometer that most people grade him against. He can't afford another. There goes Miami's margin for error, but I think he's at plus 800 right now. These things, they ebb and flow. I think three weeks from now, he'll be right back in the conversation.
Chris Cody
Syracuse and Wake Forest aren't going to give you the ability to have whatever it is that's needed. He. He's going to put up a couple of four touchdown games against.
Jessica
All right, so that's. That's good.
Chris Cody
No, he's going to be. He's going to be statistic. No, statistically, he's going to have the best stats. But I remember how stubborn everyone last year was on Jaden Daniels. Like they ended up being in at the end of last year where they couldn't ignore the stats because he was doing 10 yards at a time. But he had a number of games where you were remembering him be overwhelming against like you.
Jessica
You just against like middling SEC people because, like, sometimes he would get hurt against it. Like his marquee Heisman moments never really came on the. The most watched games last year. And he ended up winning that. That Heisman pretty easily. I think there's so much golf left in terms of the Heisman that, yeah, you want to be hyperbolic and react. That was also my initial reaction is like, he probably lost Heisman. And then I realized, no, this is pretty much where exactly a Heisman winner may want to be at this point in the season.
Dan Le Batard
Who would you pick to win the Heisman right now, Dan?
Chris Cody
No, it's a good question because I think that I'd put at the top of the. Of anything that we're doing. I'm putting at the top the undefeated team that, that Oregon is at the top. And I'm going to reward the winning quarterback for winning is what I'm going to do.
Dan Le Batard
That's not what that award is, though.
Jessica
Anybody that watches college football this year understands kind of what Dylan Gabriel is. He'll execute that offense. But in terms of individual spectacularness.
Chris Cody
I'm arguing that in the absence of Heisman moments in big games, the way that the voters traditionally do this, when you say, Lucy, you tell me if I have this wrong, but any Miami quarterback that's ever won has only won because at the end of the season, they're the winner. It's not because they're the statistically best.
Dan Le Batard
I would just say that, like, if you look at what Cam Ward means to this Miami team, and not just in the sense that, like, he's kind of the band aid that has fixed all of their problems for this season. Like, he is far and away been one of the best players in college football, if not the best this season, where if you're going sort of with the, okay, I'm going to choose the quarterback from the undefeated team. I do think Dylan Gabriel is very good, should be in the conversation. He's broken like a million and ten college football records because he's been playing so long. But, but like, with the exception of that, like, that Ohio State game is probably his moment. But outside of that, there's not like one singular thing that I'm like, yes, Dylan Gabriel earned the highest.
Chris Cody
In the absence of the singular thing they tend to go to who's the best player on the team that went unbeaten. That tends to be the thing that happens.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, but that didn't happen last year. You know, I would just say that, like, I don't know if you're giving Cam Ward enough credit because not only I know that Miami is not giving.
Chris Cody
Voters credit has nothing to do with Cam Ward. My vote will go to him. Has nothing to do with Cam Ward.
Dan Le Batard
Well, then, yeah, you voted for him. You're helping him out.
Dominique Foxworth
Good job. Dan.
Jessica
You're lamenting a lack of moments. Who's had the Heisman moments? Jalen Milro had a Heisman moment against Georgia. Ashton Gentee performed admirably against Oregon on.
Chris Cody
I'M saying in the absence, I'm saying in the absence of Heisman moments, I have seen traditionally this award goes to whoever it is is the best player on the team that wins the most.
Jessica
Virginia Tech and Cal. Those are Heisman moments. Those are moments in which everybody that would be voting and interested in this race are watching and are well aware of.
Dan Le Batard
I also feel like there's just more conversation happening about Cam Ward. I think if you look at sort of the national Heisman conversation, we're talking about Cam Ward more than we're talking about Dylan Gabriel, which I think makes a difference. It doesn't help Oregon that they're playing a lot of their games really late at night. They're playing it on Peacock, they're playing it in places where people can't see. And Cam Ward and this Miami team are. It's really in the national conversation which I genuinely think helps his case quite a bit.
Greg Cote
I think we're talking about Cam Ward because he took a seat 76 team that lost to Rutgers in a piss ant bowl game and he almost single handedly has made them what they are signature moments. 3 leading 3 second half 10 point deficit comebacks all for victories before the California game.
Chris Cody
That happened late at night. And I will just tell you that while it is that Georgia Tech was good on third and fourth down, that's the worst game I've seen him play this year. His throws were off in a way that they normally aren't. And it's the game everyone was watching, watching because now you are watching Miami to lose. And again, I'm not making the argument against Cam Ward for myself as a voter. I've just got a history with these people who do the voting on this thing. They're not naturally inclined to vote for the Miami guy. When I start doing the national stuff and these statistics are great but in a big spot where winning is the measurement at that position, they lost one and they were a double digit favorite favorite. And in that game he was not good on third and fourth down.
Jessica
No he wasn't.
Chris Cody
And they're the best team in the country on third and fourth down.
Jessica
They used to be.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, you guys do not respect Ashton Gentee enough. That's all I have to say about that.
Jessica
I would just ultimate. I would just ultimately dare the voters to vote for a running back from Boise.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, he, he's having an insane statistical. He's averaging like 8 yards per carry against stacked boxes.
Jessica
He's incredible.
Mike Ryan
He is so good. And they. He ran all over Oregon. Oregon by the way the team that's everyone says is okay, they're probably the best team, they're probably the most dominant team. He had like three touchdowns and 200 yards against them earlier this season and they lost by three points.
Jessica
He's unreal. But I think if every if the voters face themselves with a Cam Ward that is leading a conference champion CFP appearing Miami Hurricanes brand that finally wins an ACC championship at the end of the season, I think that's just too much, that the position is too valued. And I would essentially dare the voters to vote for a Boise State running.
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Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode Title: The Big Suey: Sartorial Eloquence
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz
Guest: Dominique Foxworth
Recording Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
The episode kicks off with an in-depth analysis of current NFL team performances, focusing primarily on the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals. The hosts delve into the Steelers' strategies and quarterback play, highlighting concerns around Russell Wilson's performance.
Dominique Foxworth commends the Steelers, stating, “Steelers are a really fun team that I think are going to make the playoffs and probably have a chance to win a game or so” ([02:51]).
Chris Cody raises concerns about Russell Wilson, noting, “...the Steelers aren't going to hold up with Russell Wilson throwing 50, 50, 50 balls all the time” ([05:45]). This sparks a broader discussion about the sustainability of the Chiefs' offensive prowess, especially under salary cap constraints.
Dominique Foxworth responds by critiquing the Chiefs' offense: “But blocking a field goal is an absolute fluke” ([07:20]), emphasizing potential weaknesses despite their high point differential.
The conversation shifts to Patrick Mahomes and his evolving playing style. Chris Cody observes, “Patrick Mahomes... he is now officially slow... running around like an old person” ([11:05]). Greg Cote echoes this sentiment, comparing Mahomes’ late-game mobility to that of an aging quarterback, “He reminds me of what Dan Marino looked like running with a football late in his career” ([11:30]).
The hosts transition to college football, discussing the game between the Maryland Terrapins and Oregon. The conversation highlights the increasing athleticism and strategic evolution in college football, attributing it to the professionalization of youth athletics and the influence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) regulations.
Dominique Foxworth emphasizes the heightened talent level: “The athletes and the explosiveness and the coordination and talent is at an all-time high” ([12:17]). He further discusses how NIL and the transfer portal have intensified competition, stating, “...you get guys where you sort through and find the right player at the right position for the right sport a lot earlier” ([12:17]).
Dan Le Batard appreciates the shift in competitive balance within major conferences: “I kind of like that we're in sort of a different age where we're not seeing the same four teams every year” ([24:17]). This marks a departure from the dominance of traditional powerhouses like Alabama and Georgia, introducing more unpredictability into the playoff races.
A significant portion of the episode centers on the Heisman Trophy race, with a focus on Cam Ward from the Miami Hurricanes. The hosts debate his chances against other contenders like Dylan Gabriel from Boise State and Bryce Young.
Dan Le Batard advocates for Cam Ward, highlighting his pivotal role in Miami’s success: “Cam Ward still has a very good chance of winning the Heisman. He is far and away been one of the best players in college football, if not the best this season” ([38:51]). He underscores Ward’s impact by stating, “...he is far and away been one of the best players in college football” ([38:51]).
Chris Cody challenges the narrative, questioning Ward’s performance in critical moments: “...in that game he was not good on third and fourth down” ([42:35]). He contrasts this with Dylan Gabriel’s consistent statistical performance, suggesting that Gabriel might be a stronger candidate based on individual metrics.
Greg Cote supports Cam Ward’s candidacy, attributing Miami’s resurgence to Ward’s leadership and clutch performances: “...he almost single-handedly has made the team what they are” ([41:06]).
The discussion also touches on the evolving criteria for Heisman voters, with Dominique Foxworth expressing skepticism about relying solely on team success: “...it feels like you are watching Miami to lose” ([37:08]).
The episode examines shifts in coaching philosophies, particularly the increasing willingness to take risks during critical game moments. Dominique Foxworth and Chris Cody debate the merits of aggressive versus conservative play-calling.
Dominique Foxworth analyzes the recent decision by coaches to go for it on fourth down, stating, “I tend to want them to punt the ball because I feel more comfortable” ([15:24]). He appreciates the emerging strategies that leverage youthful athleticism, noting, “...our players are getting young and they're super athletes” ([15:24]).
Chris Cody counters by discussing the balance between risk and reward, emphasizing the importance of maintaining offensive excitement: “But we can't blame the salary cap altogether because... it's boring” ([09:29]).
The conversation highlights the tension between traditional play-calling and innovative strategies, reflecting broader trends in football analytics and game management.
In a departure from the intense sports analysis, the episode features a playful segment on "Sartorial Eloquence," where the hosts engage in light-hearted banter about fashion and personal style.
Greg Cote introduces the concept, jokingly affirming Dominique’s style: “Sartorial eloquence is second to none” ([31:12]). Dominique Foxworth humorously defends his fashion sense, stating, “I dress like I talk” ([31:31]).
The segment serves as comic relief, showcasing the camaraderie among the hosts and their ability to pivot between serious analysis and casual conversation.
Dominique Foxworth wraps up the segment with a humorous remark about his attire: “This damn hoodie is telling a story” ([31:56]).
As the episode draws to a close, the hosts reflect on the multifaceted nature of current sports landscapes, both professional and collegiate. They acknowledge the complexities introduced by economic factors like the salary cap and regulatory changes like NIL, while also celebrating individual achievements and team resilience.
Dan Le Batard concludes with optimism about the evolving playoff structures and the opportunities it presents for a diverse range of teams: “...with the playoff expanding, I don't think we're running the risk as much of teams we don't know and don't really like that much” ([24:17]).
The episode effectively balances thorough sports analysis with moments of humor and personal interaction, providing listeners with a comprehensive overview of the current state of sports and engaging content that appeals to both avid fans and casual listeners.
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This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz intricately weaves together analytical discussions on NFL and college football, delves into the nuances of individual accolades like the Heisman Trophy, and intersperses moments of levity through segments like "Sartorial Eloquence." The inclusion of direct quotes with timestamps provides listeners and readers with authentic insights into the hosts' perspectives and the dynamic interactions that define the show.