The Big Suey: Taste the Taste of Wetness

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: The Big Suey: Taste the Taste of Wetness

Date: November 10, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, John Zaslo, Jeremy, Roy

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Episode Overview

Broadcast live from the Elser Hotel in Miami, this episode showcases the signature chaotic energy and wide-ranging conversations that characterize the “Big Suey” hour. The crew dives into a blend of sports analysis, airplane etiquette debates, food takes (most notably Sicilian pizza), and deep-dive nostalgia (the “Nestea Plunge” and 80s commercials). The panel delivers trademark riffing on NFL oddities, gives airtime to listener polls, and questions both classic and current sports wisdoms, all while maintaining a loose, participatory tone that pulls the audience into shared jokes from airplane mode superstitions to collegiate football analysis.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Airplane Etiquette and Superstitions

• Airplane Mode Debate (01:45–04:59)

  • Stugotz recounts a story where a fellow first-class passenger gestured at him to enable airplane mode; he resists, citing a lack of belief that it's necessary and standing by the fact that he’s “always right—so far.”
    • Stugotz: “I never put my phone on airplane mode. And so far, I'm right every time.” [03:35]
  • The panel riffs on passenger behavior ranging from anxiety to “tattling” and wonders if ignoring airplane mode is selfish or harmless.
  • Poll suggestion: “Do you believe in airplane mode when flying?” [04:51]

• Spilling Drinks Karma

  • Stugotz admits to accidentally spilling his drink on the same passenger shortly after the phone incident—insisting it was unintentional but not feeling bad. [04:24]

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2. Food Opinions: Sicilian Pizza vs. The World

• Sicilian Pizza Love (05:01–06:46)
  • Stugotz professes his love for Sicilian pizza, calling it “the greatest of all pizzas” and explaining why it’s his go-to, even in front of cameras.
    • Stugotz: “If I see a Sicilian pie, I don’t even look at the other pizzas.” [05:47]
  • Amber Wilson had never heard of Sicilian pizza, leading to further panel teasing.
  • Panel contrasts Sicilian to New York thin crust and Chicago style, agreeing deep dish is “pizza soup.”
    • Stugotz: “The Chicago deep dish, it’s like pizza soup. Like, there’s so much tomato sauce. It’s too much.” [06:25]
  • Results in a poll: “Is Sicilian pizza the best of all the pizzas?”

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3. Funniest Sports Moments of the Weekend

• Bloody Mouths and Survivor Pools (07:08–13:55)

  • Daniel Jones’ NFL game with a bloody mouth is compared to pop culture references, e.g., “looked like the Joker … like Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire with the red lipstick.” [07:08]
  • In-depth analysis follows of the game’s missed turnovers and fantasy survivor pool stakes.

• Trump’s and Stugotz's “Play-by-Play” Follies

  • Play-by-play audio from the Commanders game (Roy’s “Trump” impression) and past Stugotz broadcasts are played and lampooned for their lack of detail.
    • John Zaslo (mocking): “He offered no information and just repeated.” [09:51]
  • The concept of a “booth guy” doing nothing but affirming play-by-play is joked about:
    • Dan Le Batard: “Like, he’s confirming what Kenny Albert is saying.” [09:56]

• NBA Stat Padding and New Rules

  • Discussion of NBA players now freely taking end-of-quarter heaves (since missed shots from beyond half-court no longer count against FG percentage) [13:55]
    • Stugotz: “All of the players now, they all chuck it at the end of the quarter because it doesn’t count against your stats anymore.” [13:59]

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4. NFL: Oddities, Throwbacks, and “The Nestea Plunge”

• NFL Gaffes: False Start Timeout (17:03)

  • Dolphins’ game starts with both a false start and timeout before the clock moves—a sequence Le Batard says he’s never seen.

• Key & Peele’s “Pump” Celebration Sketch (17:03–18:36)

  • Reference to the classic sketch on touchdown celebrations: players mimicked it, leading to penalties.
    • John Zaslo: “That sketch is how old? ... two guys did it yesterday, out of nowhere.” [17:51]
    • Roy Trump: “The episode premiered November 2, 2012.” [18:23]

• The “Nestea Plunge” Deep Dive (20:48–23:14)

  • A Jacksonville touchdown returner’s celebration is likened to the iconic “Nestea Plunge” from 80s commercials.
  • The panel gets sidetracked debating the merits of Nesquik powder vs. syrup and nostalgia for old food brands.

• NFL Incompetence and Stats

  • Jaguars blow a 19-point lead to the Texans, allowing 26 fourth-quarter points; detailed breakdown follows. [18:48–24:50]
    • John Zaslo: “In the fourth quarter, they scored 26 points. And in all the previous games when given all four quarters, they’ve not scored more than 26.” [20:10]

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5. Coaching Hot Seats and Quarterback Debates

• Discussion of Brian Daboll potentially being fired mid-show for the Giants’ performance.
• Dialogue about Russell Wilson’s decline versus Hall of Fame odds.
  • Dan Le Batard: “Russell Wilson is playing his way out of the Hall of Fame.” [26:12]
• Is the Giants’ job a good one or not? The panel debates, factoring in the state of the roster and injuries.

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6. The Evolution of Fourth Down, Bears QBs, and Quarterback Mastery (30:42–34:17)

• Aggressive NFL Fourth Downs

  • The Giants and Bears went for it five times each on fourth down in a single half—a dramatic shift from five years prior.
    • Dan Le Batard: “Five years ago, a team wouldn’t go for it on fourth down except at the end of game. An entire season.” [31:06]

• Chicago Bears’ QB History

  • The hosts agree that the current young Bears QB is likely the best in franchise history:
    • John Zaslo: “Not only do the Bears have a quarterback, the Bears have the best quarterback in their history, like in our lifetime. … All you have to choose from is Jay Cutler.” [31:22]

• Matthew Stafford’s Under-the-Radar Mastery

  • In stark statistical contrast: “Matthew Stafford, in his last 6 games, 20 touchdowns, zero interceptions. Jim McMahon Super Bowl year: 15 TD, 11 INT.”
    • John Zaslo: “Mastery at that position unlike any other.” [34:20]

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7. College Football: Heisman Hype and Cuban History (36:26–43:21)

• Drake May, Jaden Daniels, and the 2025 QB Draft Class

  • Stugotz and panel weigh in on who they’d take from last year’s draft class and parse the merits of mobile QBs versus strong arms.

• Fernando Mendoza—First Cuban Heisman?

  • A detailed conversation about Indiana’s unbeaten run and QB Fernando Mendoza’s Heisman moment, culminating in a Gus Johnson “yelling” highlight and local pride for a Cuban QB from Columbus High.
    • John Zaslo: “Put it on the poll at LeBatard show: Can you believe you’ve lived long enough to see the Heisman won by someone named Fernando?” [41:15]
  • Old school football announcer styles debated; is Gus Johnson too much? Stugotz is “sour,” calling it just “yelling number one.” [42:22]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Stugotz on Airplane Mode:
  “I never put my phone on airplane mode. And so far, I'm right every time.” [03:35]

• *Stugotz on Pizza:”
  “If I see a Sicilian pie, I don’t even look at the other pizzas.” [05:47]

• John Zaslo on Play-by-Play Fails:
  “He offered no information and just repeated.” [09:51]

• Dan Le Batard on the NFL Evolution:
  “Five years ago, a team wouldn’t go for it on fourth down except at the end of a game. An entire season. Five times in the first half.” [31:06]

• John Zaslo on Bears QBs:
  “Not only do the Bears have a quarterback, the Bears have the best quarterback in their history … It’s just Jay Cutler is all you have to choose from.” [31:22]

• John Zaslo on Mastery at QB:
  “Mastery at that position unlike any other mastery.” [34:20]

• Stugotz on Gus Johnson:
  “That right there is just yelling number one. And that’s what we were all doing. … I just feel like every big pass in the first quarter sounds the exact same as that.” [42:22]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• Airplane Mode Confrontation – 01:45–04:59
• Sicilian Pizza vs. Other Pizzas – 05:01–06:46
• Funniest Thing From Sports Weekend – 07:08–13:55
• NBA End-of-Quarter Heaves / New Stats Rule – 13:55–14:16
• NFL Oddities: Dolphins’ Non-Start / Key & Peele Pump Sketch – 17:03–18:36
• Jacksonville’s “Nestea Plunge” – 20:48–24:50
• Giants Coaching Hot Seat / NFL QB Talk – 25:47–26:56
• Fourth Down Frenzy and Bears QB History – 30:42–34:17
• College Football: Heisman and Cuban QBs – 36:26–43:21

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Tone and Language

The conversation is lively, irreverent, and peppered with inside jokes, polls, and cultural references. Banter is rapid-fire, with frequent interruptions and tangents—a hallmark of the show’s uniquely informal, participatory style.

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a classic “Big Suey” mix, blending the trivial with the insightful: airplane anxiety is placed on the same pedestal as the evolution of NFL offense, and a thick slice of Sicilian pizza is as worthy of debate as a Heisman-worthy quarterback. All topics are welcomed, dissected, and playfully torn apart, sustaining the show’s communal, laugh-out-loud character.

Transcript

[Dan LeBatard]

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[John Zaslo]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[John Zaslo]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[John Zaslo]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[John Zaslo]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[John Zaslo]

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

[Stugatz]

The other Dan Lebatard podcast?

[John Zaslo]

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

[Roy Trump]

I've done it.

[Stugatz]

And now here's the marching man to.

[John Zaslo]

Nowhere, Fat face and the habitual liar.

[Stugatz]

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

[Jeremy]

Flying by the seat of your pants originated in the early days of aviation, when pilots had to use their senses and physical field to navigate and control their aircraft because there were no sophisticated instruments.

[Unknown Guest]

So not Peter Pan.

[John Zaslo]

Well, but the seat of the pants. You understand why I'm doing Peter Pan, right? You have to put somebody on wires in order to get them to fly, and then they're flying by the seat of their pants. What he's just described right there doesn't have the seat of the pants being used for anything.

[Jeremy]

I'm driving the plane. I'm flying it. I'm sitting in this seat, and I'm just feeling it out. Where do I got to go here? Am I making a. I got to go a little tilted a little left here.

[Stugatz]

I need some help with something that happened to me on the plane this weekend. So I was flying back home late Saturday nights. I already told you that part. Government shut down. Come on, figure it out. So I'm on my way home Saturday night. We're about to take off. I'm sitting in first class. You know my style, Dan. And there's a woman sitting next to me. I don't know, she looks like she's maybe like 50, something like that I don't know for sure. I didn't ask. And she seemed a little bit strange to me. It was one of those deals where, like, the pilot and. And the. They don't call them stewardesses anymore. They come on the plane.

[John Zaslo]

You are stuck in a different time, dude. You really are.

[Stugatz]

They come on the plane and, like, she cheered. She like. Like, come on. All right, whatever. So you feel obligated since you're next to her.

[John Zaslo]

No.

[Stugatz]

She cheered. No, but it wasn't class cheering.

[John Zaslo]

Who?

[Stugatz]

All right. Anyway, we're getting ready to take off. I got my AirPods in.

[John Zaslo]

She, too, was waiting six or seven hours and was excited about the fact that now she could take off and the government hadn't shut down her flight.

[Stugatz]

I'll just be normal. So I got my AirPods in. I'm listening to. I'm watching something on my iPad, right? And I got my phone next to me. Cause, you know, in first class, Dan, there's like. There's like a table, that thick armrest.

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

It's so good. So the. My. My phone is there, and the woman, she. She motions toward me. I got. I got my AirPods and I can't hear. And she starts pointing at my phone, and I'm like. I'm looking confused. She then picks up her phone and she opens up the settings, and she points at airplane mode.

[John Zaslo]

Oh, wow.

[Stugatz]

Like, so I. I just, like. I shrugged my shoulders at her because I don't believe in airplane mode.

[Jeremy]

I'm with you. I kind of. I stand with you.

[Stugatz]

I never put my phone on airplane.

[Dan LeBatard]

To prove a point.

[Stugatz]

That's right.

[Dan LeBatard]

Prove the point.

[Jeremy]

Hey, not important.

[Stugatz]

And so far, I'm right every time.

[Unknown Guest]

But what if it is just one time and you're the.

[Jeremy]

Because of how many times he did it? Without airplane mode, that probably wouldn't be the reason why.

[Stugatz]

That would seem to be a really weird coincidence.

[Unknown Guest]

What do you know about how satellite services work with airplanes?

[Stugatz]

I'm finding out. Literally every flight, I find out. So I just kind of, like, shrug my shoulders, you know, she tattle. But. But I'm thinking, like, who does that?

[John Zaslo]

Somebody who's worried about their plane crashing.

[Stugatz]

Well, I didn't put it on.

[Jeremy]

If you see something, say something is a good way to live.

[Unknown Guest]

I would have just lived with a ball of anxiety the entire flight. I never would have said anything to you, but I would have been so frustrated if I saw that you weren't on airplane.

[Stugatz]

What.

[John Zaslo]

What kind of team player are you?

[Dan LeBatard]

Selfish.

[Stugatz]

Airplane mode. She put. She's Telling me to put my phone in airplane mode. About 20 minutes later, I spilled my drink on her.

[Jeremy]

On purpose?

[Stugatz]

Not on purpose, but I spilled my drink all over her. I didn't feel bad, but it was not on.

[Jeremy]

It would be wild if before every flight, they're like, all right, we got. I can see here we have six people who are not on airplane mode. We don't move until I get this down.

[Stugatz]

I spilled my drink on her. Ice cubes and all.

[John Zaslo]

Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Do you believe in airplane mode on your cell phone when flying?

[Stugatz]

There's no evidence.

[John Zaslo]

I've also been told that you lit up ESPN this weekend, that it was a vibrant, radiant thing with your take on your love of Sicilian pizza.

[Stugatz]

Oh, yeah.

[John Zaslo]

That. That you. That you say that this is the greatest of all the pizzas.

[Stugatz]

Oh, yeah.

[John Zaslo]

A pizza that I would imagine you eat with a fork and knife.

[Stugatz]

Had to. Yeah, it was a little too messy. I'm about to go on the air. There's cameras and all that stuff. I can't be looking like I got vampire wings. Like, I had. I had to eat, like, with a fork, and like, I couldn't be out there looking like Daniel Jones. All right, So I had to have the fork and the knife. But Sicilian pizza. Oh, my. Dan, you know, Dan, you know about that Sicilian pizza.

[John Zaslo]

Yeah, I love Sicilian.

[Stugatz]

That's right. That's my pizza of choice. And Amber Wilson had never even heard of Sicilian pizza. And she's all critical of me. I told her, listen, when I walk into one of these pizza joints, and, you know, they got the window there, and it shows you all the pizzas that they have. If I see a Sicilian pie, I don't even look at the other pizzas either. I'm getting Sicilian.

[John Zaslo]

Put it on the poll at lebatard show. Is Sicilian pizza the best of all the pizzas? You have to. You have to like something that's basically thick as a sandwich. You have to. I know. Most people I know prefer a thin slice. They do not. In fact, most people I know would say that the deep dish stuff in Chicago is not something that is their preference, because they just want to be able to grab a thin slice of pizza that doesn't have that much bread, that much dough.

[Stugatz]

Well, also, the Chicago deep dish, it's like pizza soup. Like, there's so much tomato sauce. It's too much.

[Roy Trump]

It's a tomato pie.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, that's right. It's like a tomato sauce pie.

[John Zaslo]

Do you think that the audience is going to think that the Sicilian pizza is the best of the pizza because I believe that most people think that when they go to get a New York style pizza, Sicilian is not their preference.

[Stugatz]

Sicilian is always my preference. I love it.

[John Zaslo]

Let's go ahead and do funniest thing of the sports weekend here, please. Hey people, tell us what in sport.

[Stugatz]

Made you laugh hardest this weekend. In this segment we call what made.

[John Zaslo]

You laugh this weekend. Ha ha ha.

[Jeremy]

I'm going to start. You just mentioned it, Zaz. Daniel Jones bloody mouth. I mean he kind of looked like the Joker.

[Stugatz]

He looks like Aunt Gladys from weapons.

[Jeremy]

Kinda looked like Robin Williams and Mrs. Doubtfire after he returns from the bathroom with the red lipstick.

[John Zaslo]

They should have lost that game. They had two other fumbles that weren't recovered by Atlanta.

[Jeremy]

I'm in a survivor league with five teams left.

[Unknown Guest]

I had the Colts.

[Jeremy]

Oh yeah. Let's go baby. We're alive. We're still alive.

[John Zaslo]

They deserve to lose that game. Jonathan Taylor is pretty important to them and I believe the only team in the league that I end their playoff chances by taking the running back away instead of the quarterback. I understand that Daniel Jones has been very good for them this season, but I just saw and I in a game where they scored 31 points by the way. So that or 30 points or whatever it was. They scored plenty in that game. But it's because Jonathan Taylor went crazy. Three touchdowns, 200 something yards when the Falcons were hell bent on stopping Jonathan Taylor like they those, those wide receivers for the Colts gave them nothing in that game. It was just Daniel Jones looking wherever he could for his tight end. All he wanted was Tyler Warren. That's the only thing he was looking for. What do you got Roy Trump doing.

[Roy Trump]

Play by play during the Commanders game.

[John Zaslo]

All right, let's hear some of this here and let's compare it to Stugatz's play by play if you can get it. Which do you want to do first here, Chris? Do you want to do you want to do Trump first? Let's do what this is, by the.

[Jeremy]

Way, during Lions Commanders.

[John Zaslo]

Not only that, Trump says he wants that stadium named after him and it's probably going to be that's normal after him. I think it's going to be named after him. Can you do me a favor and look something up? I have not seen credible reporting on this but because I have heard from so many people, I want to see who's reporting it credibly that the President of the United States is wearing a diaper and smells bad. Just get for me that information, if you could. And let's hear this brilliant play by play. I'm sure it's very smart.

[Stugatz]

Let's see, we have a very important. I think it's a very important couple of plays.

[John Zaslo]

Here we go.

[Stugatz]

Seven. Second and seven. Let's see what happens. Well, that's all right. Crosby, Merritt, not bad.

[John Zaslo]

Takes it down to the five yard line.

[Stugatz]

That's right.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's right.

[John Zaslo]

Good. Good runner.

[Dan LeBatard]

There we go.

[Stugatz]

I love the.

[Dan LeBatard]

Whoa.

[Jeremy]

Right when he's supposed to be explaining what's happening.

[Stugatz]

Here we go.

[Jeremy]

Whoa.

[Stugatz]

Anytime you're doing play by playing, you say, let's see what happens. That's good stuff.

[John Zaslo]

Let's. Let's just play that again so people can just hear just how generally empty it is.

[Stugatz]

Let's see. We have a very important. I think it's a very important couple of plays.

[John Zaslo]

Here we go.

[Stugatz]

Second, seven. Second and seven. Let's see what happens. Well, that's all right. Crosby, Merritt, not bad.

[John Zaslo]

Takes it down to the five yard line.

[Stugatz]

That's right.

[Roy Trump]

That's right.

[John Zaslo]

Good runner.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right.

[John Zaslo]

So he offered no information and just repeated.

[Jeremy]

My eyes were closed watching that. I have no idea what happened.

[John Zaslo]

Whoa.

[Stugatz]

Well, it happens when you listen to Dolphins broadcast. Anyway, I think that he. I think that he's carving out like a new role. Trump, you heard him there. Like, he's confirming what Kenny Albert is saying. That's like a new role where you have a guy in the booth who lets you know that the things that the play by play guy is saying is correct.

[Jeremy]

That's right.

[Unknown Guest]

He said at the end of the interview that he wants that job also, Dan, no proof that Donald Trump wears a diaper and smells bad.

[John Zaslo]

No proof whatsoever.

[Unknown Guest]

I don't see any articles that say so.

[Roy Trump]

We can assume so.

[John Zaslo]

Yeah, I think we can assume that.

[Unknown Guest]

Where you got that one?

[John Zaslo]

Let's go ahead and play. Stugatz's play by play comparatively.

[Jeremy]

So this is a pretty big at bat, Stu.

[John Zaslo]

Does that include the shot he took in the face when he was standing in the on base?

[Stugatz]

Stu, you gotta stop talking when there's a hit.

[John Zaslo]

Logan Morrison with a big base hit up the right side. And Martinez slides into first. First and third. No out here in the bottom of the third inning.

[Stugatz]

Why did he slide in first?

[Dan LeBatard]

There's two guys sliding into first. Apparently Carpenter deals.

[Stugatz]

Some chin music to Gabby Sanchez. Chin music normally isn't swung at. Swung at that stage.

[John Zaslo]

I got news for you.

[Stugatz]

I was getting chin music in no matter what today.

[Jeremy]

This is radio, Stu.

[John Zaslo]

I was getting my.

[Stugatz]

Pay attention, Stu.

[Jeremy]

A lot better.

[John Zaslo]

Mike, what was the funniest thing from the sports weekend?

[Dan LeBatard]

Fran Brown. His act doesn't necessarily work when he's getting blown out and has one of the worst teams in college football. But fans have a memory from, you know, a very quotable head coach. At one point I was told that he told like the interviewer that man, Miami was ready to quit at a certain point. He and Mario Cristobal don't get along. They're battling it out right now presently for a five star recruit. But after the game, fans gave Frame Brown some of his own medicine. Said, you're not gonna get washed tonight, dirty ass. Frame Brown also shook Michael Irvin's hand and said, don't get used to this shit.

[John Zaslo]

The Syracuse football coach famously does not shower after losses. There have been a lot of them this year. He doesn't deserve so Fran Brown, he's entertaining. Him and Mario were on the field yelling at each other during the game. Also Miami, in terms of penalties this year, 134th of 136 teams, they improved five spots.

[Dan LeBatard]

Moved up five spots. Discipline.

[John Zaslo]

Nine penalties a game for the University of Miami, again only. So you're telling me they're no longer two games?

[Dan LeBatard]

I think we just had five on Saturday, so marked improvement.

[John Zaslo]

Okay, so there were only two teams worse than them at getting penalties. Are you saying that they've climbed from 134th to better than that?

[Dan LeBatard]

Cleaning it up.

[John Zaslo]

Jeremy, what was the funniest thing from the sports weekend?

[Unknown Guest]

Justin Fields completed six passes. The jets had 169 yards of total offense and they beat the Browns.

[John Zaslo]

So the stats in that game were crazy. First of all, they had two consecutive kicks returned for touchdowns. The jets did. But the stats at the half on Justin Fields were so great because it was at the half three for six passing for five yards with one interception.

[Unknown Guest]

And they were leading.

[John Zaslo]

They was tied. It was tied at the half. 17, 17 after Justin Fields gave them, gave them a big three for six for five yards with one interception. Zaz, what was the funniest thing from the sports weekend?

[Stugatz]

Yeah, I, I, I saw it happen in the Heat game, but overall it's a funny thing that is happening in the NBA right now. So there was one at the end of one of the quarters on Saturday night with the Heat game. Niko Jovic, he, he chucked it full court. There was no time left. You know, why not? And, but that's the whole, that's the funny thing to me is this new rule in the NBA, all of the players now, they all chuck it at the end of the quarter because it doesn't count against your stats anymore. It's so none of these guys, they all take the extra dribble. In years past, oh, they get it off in time and now everyone wants to shoot at the end of the quarter. I love it.

[John Zaslo]

When did they change that rule this year? I didn't know. So it doesn't count against your shooting.

[Stugatz]

Percentage if it's at the end of the quarter?

[Jeremy]

What's the cutoff on that?

[Stugatz]

If it's the end of the quarter and the play originates in the back court and you shoot it behind half court, I think it's actually behind like the logo. You can go a little bit into the front court. Then it only counts if it goes in.

[Unknown Guest]

Folks.

[Jeremy]

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[Jeremy]

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[John Zaslo]

Don LeBatard John Zaslo how you love that catchphrase. Bad news for opposing teams in the triple air stugats. These are smiles till the Bloods are clutch again. Clutch again.

[Stugatz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[John Zaslo]

I thought one of you was gonna select the way the Dolphin game started yesterday, because I've never, I've never seen it happen. False start timeout. There's no time taken off the clock. You've used a timeout. You got a penalty and the game hasn't started yet. It's still at the 15 minute mark. It's not something I've seen before, but I'm gonna go with did you guys see this? You guys know the key and peel sketch of one pump, two pump, the celebration in the end zone where the referee is getting real close to the groin of the celebrating player waiting for the second sexual pump. And it, it comes well phrasing. The second pump ends up in a penalty, not one. This has got to be six or seven years old or longer. How old is this skit?

[Stugatz]

It's old.

[John Zaslo]

Two guys did it yesterday out of nowhere. Rico Dowdle and Aaron Jones both did it out of nowhere yesterday and they both lost the game.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, it wasn't out of nowhere. It was a big talking point the previous week. Scott was on vacation, got away with two pumps, but Rico Dowdle got penalized for two pumps. That was last week.

[Stugatz]

Two pump jump.

[Jeremy]

Then there were some fake pumps this week because it made news last week.

[John Zaslo]

Okay, but it still, all of it is a bit out of nowhere.

[Dan LeBatard]

That sketch is how old you're being a man right now.

[John Zaslo]

That how old is that sketch?

[Roy Trump]

The episode premiered November 2, 2012.

[Jeremy]

Okay, I saw Gene Stereotor talking about it where he, his kids caught him up because he saw the pumping stuff. He's like, I don't know about this. And his kids put him on the key and Peel big key and Peele fan now.

[John Zaslo]

All right, you know what? I retract it since I was malinformed and I'm gonna take another one. I'm gonna take a different choice here. My choice is just the Jaguar.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, that's great.

[John Zaslo]

So let me examine that game for a second because keep in mind how weird. What I'm about to say is during the witching hour of the one o' clock games, all of them except one were one score games during the witching hour. As soon as the witching hour started, all of the games except Jacksonville Houston was a one score game. Jacksonville at Houston against Davis Mills. Jacksonville, this group of losers against Davis mills were up 29 10. They allowed 26 fourth quarter points to the Texans who are a bad offense when it's not Davis Mills. I want you to look up for me. I'm going to guess that there's been one game this season where the Texans have scored more than 26 points in an entire game. There's one game that I remember against Baltimore. I'm going to guess that they haven't scored more. They might have a couple of games where they've scored close to 26, but I'm going to guess that if you look at the Texans game log, they've.

[Stugatz]

Scored 26 twice and they've scored above that once.

[Unknown Guest]

They scored the 44 points against Baltimore like you mentioned and then in their other two wins outside of this one, they scored 26. Exactly.

[John Zaslo]

So in the fourth quarter they scored 26 points. And in all the previous games when given all four of the quarters, they've not scored more than 26 points. It's not just that though. It's the Jacksonville in the fourth quarter had two yards. They're trying to win the game. They're trying to advance to 6 and 3, the same record that the Bills would have. As their window closes, they could have been 6 and 3. They're playing the back. They're playing Davis Mills. They've got the game one at 29:10. And I want to. Do you guys know. Does anyone here. Roy's going to know what this is. Are you old enough to know, Zaslo, what the nesty plunge is? Do you know what the nest plunge is?

[Stugatz]

No.

[John Zaslo]

Does anyone here. This is an. You know what nesty is, right?

[Stugatz]

Is it still in business? Chocolate stuff, right?

[John Zaslo]

I don't think it's chocolate.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, no, no, no.

[John Zaslo]

I think it's just tea.

[Jeremy]

That's nez quick.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, that is. That's quick.

[Unknown Guest]

And nest Lee. That's like ice cream.

[John Zaslo]

Yeah, that's totally different.

[Stugatz]

Well, what the hell are you talking about?

[Jeremy]

Nest tea.

[John Zaslo]

Okay, yes. Let's. Let's get. Let's give Video a second to find.

[Stugatz]

Nestle Quick is so good.

[John Zaslo]

Yeah, but that's not what we're talking about, but I'm with that.

[Stugatz]

That's just.

[Jeremy]

If we're just comparing the products.

[Unknown Guest]

It's. It's Nesquik.

[Dan LeBatard]

Whatever. It's good. Let's talk about that some more.

[John Zaslo]

Yeah. Zazzle got everything wrong there and didn't know what the Nesty Plunge is either, even though he's of an age that he should know. And I'm sure the woman who was sitting next to him got. Who got ice cubes spilled on her was also thinking how old you were when she was looking at you.

[Stugatz]

Do you promise we can go back and talk about Nestle Quick, though, when you get done with this?

[John Zaslo]

I mean, it. It. Anything Nestle related is going to be chocolate related, so it's going to be delicious. This is not at all chocolate related.

[Dan LeBatard]

When you're making strawberry or chocolate milk, do you prefer the syrup or the powder?

[Stugatz]

Oh, the powder. No, the powder feels like more authentic.

[John Zaslo]

What?

[Stugatz]

I love the powder.

[Jeremy]

Weirdest thing you've ever said.

[Dan LeBatard]

If you use a syrup, you get that one little clump of syrup at the bottom.

[Roy Trump]

Yes.

[Stugatz]

Fizzle right there.

[Roy Trump]

Yeah, there you go.

[Dan LeBatard]

I just want to, like one of the powder joys.

[Jeremy]

I like to go around the. Like, wipe off all the chocolate from the side, make sure there's no chocolate.

[Stugatz]

I'm like, I never know if I've mixed up the syrup enough, and I feel like it's all at the bottom and I never know kind of cookie.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[John Zaslo]

The Neste Plunge. Okay. Is. Is basically, and I don't know why I'm gonna assume that Nest Tea was saying their tea is so delicious that you just want to fall back and swim in their delicious tea. But it involves turning your back around and sort of falling into a pool. Let's play an old commercial here so that people can see what it is that I'm talking about here.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm huffing and I'm puffing Getting dry as I can be Got a thirst.

[John Zaslo]

That'S got me aching. Come on, Taste the taste of wetness. Take the Nesty Plunge. Soak your thirst with Nest Tea. It's dente nest tea. It's the best wet yet. So taste the taste of wetness. Take the Nesty Plunge. Try Nesty and see why people choose Nest Tea more often. It's America's biggest seller.

[Roy Trump]

Wetness taste.

[John Zaslo]

The taste. The taste of wetness.

[Jeremy]

I'm in.

[Stugatz]

Why would those women do that though?

[John Zaslo]

The reason that I'm bringing all of this up is because the way that Jacksonville got up to that 19 point lead is that their slot receiver and punt returner Parker Washington ends up breaking a punt return and when he gets to the one yard line, he turns around and falls into the end zone on his back the way that you would neste plunge. And about 40 yards from the end zone, the punters got an angle and Parker Washington sees that he's got an angle but is not scared in.

[Stugatz]

I saw that.

[John Zaslo]

He's not, he's not scared in any way.

[Stugatz]

Moment of.

[Jeremy]

Oh, do I need to.

[John Zaslo]

No, I don't need to speed up at all. I know that punter's like, oh, I'm.

[Stugatz]

On this, I'm on this, guys.

[Jeremy]

It was so good.

[John Zaslo]

It is. And then they lost. Lost. And then they had two fourth quarter yards and then they allowed. Listen, this is, this is. I do enjoy laughing at the Jags, but here's what happened to the Jags at the end of the game because it was great to watch because Jacksonville knows how to lose these kinds of games. Okay, As I said, Jacksonville had two fourth quarter yards. They're now down by a point with 31 seconds left. They get a good, they get a decent return, but they don't need much of return because their kicker little. All you got to do is get to like the four, your own 40 yard line to have a chance for this guy to try a 70 yard field goal. They come out with two fourth quarter yards and Trevor Lawrence ends up running for like 19 yards. They're now in field goal range.

[Stugatz]

They were close. Yeah.

[John Zaslo]

No, they're in field goal range. They're not close. They're in field. Their, their kicker has made the longest kick ever. They're in field goal rang. They can try it from here. And then of course he gets sacked and then on the next play he just lobs the ball up and It's a pick six and Houston ends up with 26 fourth quarter points. When that is a dreadful offense, there's no circumstance under which you can allow Davis Mills and a truly terrible Texans offense to just break your season over their knee that way.

[Stugatz]

Liam Cohen's reaction was so good, he throws his. His, his pad with the plays and throws off his headset and the equipment.

[Unknown Guest]

Looks like a guy who wants a new quarterback next year.

[John Zaslo]

What happened in that fourth quarter? I Dare say the only thing more surprising than that was the end of the Broncos Giants game this entire season. And. And I put. I. I'd have to say that this is. I. I'd have to put this in that conversation.

[Dan LeBatard]

Forget Titans, Cardinals. That one was an all time.

[John Zaslo]

Oh, yeah, Titans, Cardinals was a pretty good one.

[Dan LeBatard]

You think I.

[John Zaslo]

About that one.

[Dan LeBatard]

You think Brian Dabel gets fired during the show? I think so.

[Stugatz]

You think he should get fired?

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, there was that report that Mera had to get talked out of firing him in Denver. They are. Oh, and four in games that they've led by more than 10 points on the road. Also another great stat. Jackson Dart has been evaluated for four concussions this season.

[John Zaslo]

Jackson Dart scores a lot of touchdowns. And the moment that he left that game yesterday, you could see everything leak out of the Giants. Russell Wilson, I told you guys when he signed there that I found that signing to be sad for Russell Wilson. I think Stugatz and Zaz have both said that Russell Wilson is playing his way out of the hall of Fame.

[Stugatz]

I think he is. Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Stugatz]

I mean, you see that final drive with Russell Wilson, like he didn't know what he was doing out there.

[Dan LeBatard]

How good is this job, though, when it opens up? You want that job now all of a sudden?

[John Zaslo]

Well, they still have skill position problems, neighbors, because they're hurt. I mean, their skill guys are hurt.

[Dan LeBatard]

Next year we'll see if Scatterboo comes. But they have neighbors. They have an answer at quarterback. They probably have the best pass rush in the division. Not probably.

[Stugatz]

And they're gonna have a super high pick in the draw.

[Jeremy]

One of the best D lines in the league.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, that's. That's a good job.

[Unknown Guest]

Good job.

[Dan LeBatard]

Says good job or not a good job.

[John Zaslo]

You guys are. You guys are assuming that's good job. Hey, you guys are assuming that neighbors are gonna both be back and totally fine and the same as they were when the margins in that sport are this.

[Dan LeBatard]

Stan, if they don't play football ever again, it's a good job because they have a quarterback.

[John Zaslo]

They have a young quarterback.

[Stugatz]

I'm not sure if Scatterbu's not coming back this year.

[Dan LeBatard]

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[John Zaslo]

Don LeBatard While there's nothing official and conversations Are still ongoing.

[Stugatz]

Was that a fake chef dirt? Because it was pretty good. Yeah.

[Jeremy]

I feel like there's like.

[John Zaslo]

Yeah, I tried at the beginning and then I lost confidence in was good.

[Jeremy]

You got this.

[Stugatz]

Nothing official.

[John Zaslo]

Conversations are still ongoing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Stugats.

[John Zaslo]

It is trending towards Nick Sirianni remaining the head coach of the Eagles.

[Stugatz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[John Zaslo]

Something that happened in that game and I still am not used to this. You guys are now used to this, right? What I'm about to say from that game, that was a stat in the first half. The first half, the Giants and the Bears went for it on fourth down five times. Five years ago. Five years ago, a team wouldn't go for it on fourth down except at the end of game. An entire season.

[Dan LeBatard]

Five times in a snow game.

[John Zaslo]

Five times in the first half. Zaz and the Bears. The Bears is now a good job too, right?

[Stugatz]

Bears. Bears are good. Bears are good. Caleb Williams is good. I mean, you could say it's a good job. They have a coach.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, they just got it.

[John Zaslo]

No, but I'm just saying that when you say young quarterbacks, that makes everything a good job. You can in fact say, how about this? I'm going to throw this at you. You guys are going to be stunned by it. Yeah. Not only do the Bears have a quarterback, the Bears have the best quarterback in their history, like in our lifetime. This is the best quarterback. It's just Jake Cutler is all you have. That's all you have to choose from is Jay Cutler. Yeah, I think he's going to be better. I think he's going to have a better career if he doesn't get hurt than Jay Cutler has. Like, what are we talking about? Sid Luckman, Tim McMahon. Jim McMahon wasn't very good. Very good. He wasn't very good statistically. He was very cool. He won a Super bowl, but he wasn't. Go ahead and look up. Go ahead. Fine. Fine for me. Go ahead and look at. At Jim McMahon's finest season. I think we will all laugh. Let's. Let's just look at his stats that super bowl season, if you'd like.

[Jeremy]

Is there a present day comp of like a quarterback that's not that good but cool like Jim McMahon. Like who's the current quarterback that we.

[Dan LeBatard]

Would call that People like Gardner Minshew.

[Jeremy]

That's how he's Gardner Minshew.

[John Zaslo]

That's not cool. You can't be wearing is considered, I think, cool. You can't be wearing too tight, short short jean shorts.

[Jeremy]

McMahon was that bad, though.

[Dan LeBatard]

I think Gardner Minshew is like quite literally twice the quarterback Jim McMahon was.

[Stugatz]

Yeah, I think you'd be surprised. You look at the numbers, like, wow, Garnish is a lot better than Jim McMahon.

[Roy Trump]

Oh, man. 2,392 yards, 15 touchdowns, 11 interceptions.

[John Zaslo]

That was the Super Bowl.

[Stugatz]

That was 85.

[Roy Trump]

85.

[Jeremy]

That's like two stats so far.

[Unknown Guest]

Pro Bowler.

[Jeremy]

Well, he was at 15 and 11.

[John Zaslo]

He just gave you 15. 11.

[Roy Trump]

Look, quiet 13 games, by the way.

[John Zaslo]

Quiet as it is kept. Because I don't believe a lot of people are talking about this today as we assess the entire league and everyone in the league is kind of broken because McDermott's yelling at Bosa, wrap him up. And Bosa is like a torso out there with a casting on his arm. In his last six games, Matthew Stafford, quietly, because it has been quiet. Matthew Stafford, 20 touchdowns, zero interceptions. So in his last six games, look at what. Look at how much the game has changed that in his last six games, Matthew Stafford is 20 touchdowns, zero interceptions. And Jim McMahon in his Super bowl year was 15 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. That's crazy. Stafford. Everyone's got to be afraid of him, right? Everyone. He has mastered the position correctly. Like I've got this correct when I say that is just simple mastery of the position.

[Unknown Guest]

First player in NFL history with four plus passing touchdowns and zero picks in three straight games. He's also the sixth player all time with four plus touch touchdown passes in three straight games in a single season.

[Stugatz]

I saw such a great example yesterday after the Rams won that game. Such a great example to show or to remind you how awful those Lions teams were that he was on. With Matthew Stafford's win yesterday, he now has a career.500 record.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's wild. You know, the favorite in the NFC is it's the Rams. According to DraftKings sportsbook. I have the second best prices on DraftKings sportsbook to win the super bowl by and only the Chiefs.

[John Zaslo]

I mean, they're very good. No one would dispute that. In a league where, look, I know Denver's got two losses. I know Colts got two losses. And all of you would say the Chiefs would be favored any field you want to put them on. I'm going to favor the Chiefs to win that game. But you wouldn't do it with the Rams. You wouldn't necessarily do it with the Rams. It's not something that when I think of good teams in that league, I think of very few who get to be good Quietly. And they're a different kind of good as the Patriots because I don't believe the people listening to this believe that the Patriots can just run through the postseason. No matter how good Drake May's been on the deep passes, no matter how well their coach, no, no matter how disciplined there are, you got to see it. But it's just I don't believe that people will believe that the quarterbacks in the AFC can knock off Mahomes. Like it's just not something that anyone listening to this is going to believe. But if I put Stafford in that game and I put it anywhere, any I could put that on any field, all of a sudden you've got a mastery at that position that is unlike any other. Any other mastery. I would say I don't believe even though Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen are singular MVP talents, I don't believe they've actually mastered the position the way Stafford has, where Stafford could still dominate the game. And he's not even one of these mobile guys. You kinda need to be mobile these days in order to get it done most effectively at that position. He's the only one doing it with straight drop back. Because Drake May is a hell of an athlete like that. That guy's running all over the place. He's not viewed like Josh Allen. My guess is can you look to for me, Drake Allen, Drake May's rushing stats versus Josh Allen's rushing stats just this year, would you be kind enough to just look that up for me? Because I don't believe people are assigning the mobility to Drake May that he actually has. And he's not getting the credit for running around the way he had like 90 something rushing yards in a game against Tennessee last year.

[Stugatz]

Let me ask you something about that draft class last year. Drake May, Jaden Daniels, Caleb Williams. If you had to pick right now which quarterbacks you would want from there, Jaden Daniels is first, second or third.

[John Zaslo]

Well, he's just when he's coming off of injury this way. Is it fair to even make an assessment like on what we've seen from CJ Stroud in terms of regression is something you were beginning to feel with Jaden Daniels this year. Jayn Daniels at LSU average 10 yards a play. That's what he was averaging at LSU and he made it look awfully easy his first year. But I'm thinking that most people listening this would take Drake May. Would they not take Drake May just because of what he's doing with the deep pass and with skilled guys that we don't believe to be as good as Washington's skill guys or Chicago's skill guys because that's a lot of help in those two huddles. I don't believe we regard the Patriots skill guys that way.

[Unknown Guest]

To your point on rushing, Drake May has 283 rushing yards this year to Josh Allen's three. The difference is the touchdowns. Josh Allen has seven rushing touchdowns to Drake Mays two. But that's in part because he's completing so many passes deep down the field to those weapons. And as we pointed out earlier against the Dolphins, that was the big issue for the Bills is their skill guys can't get open down the field. It's a really good job by the Patriots of not necessarily acquiring splashy names outside of Stefon Diggs, but guys who can burn down the field because they knew what Drake Mays strengths were.

[John Zaslo]

I should make a correction, by the way, on what it is that I said earlier about the Bills game because that Bills Dolphins game was lost because the Bills could not stop the run and cannot stop the run. I put too much of that on Josh Allen just because I'm expecting Josh Allen to score more. He was fine yesterday like he was that that stat line is totally fine. They moved the ball. They just didn't score. I'm not used to the Bills not scoring. I did want to ask you though, Zaz, because you're covering college football so intensely over the weekend, is a Cuban gonna win the Heisman Trophy? Because I have not seen a Heisman moment until the end of Indiana Penn State. Now I know that Indiana has been running roughshod over everybody. They've been winning big. Fernando Mendoza, I can't get used to saying that name as a quarterback's name and seeing it in Indiana is super strange. But if I told anyone listening to this, never mind James Franklin, never mind Signetti, If I simply told anybody listening to this, hey, Indiana and Penn State are playing a football game at any time in your lifetime. Who's got the better athletes? Penn State should not be a 14 and a half point dog in that game unless you've been watching Indiana all season. And so playing against Penn State at Penn State, being a two touchdown favorite is something that Indiana has not been capable of the entirety of my lifetime. But the first Heisman moment I've seen this season was at the end of.

[Stugatz]

Into this weekend's games. Julian saying was the favorite to win the Heisen, which I thought was kind of strange because I mean he's, he's a really good Player. But Ohio State, they kill everyone. They don't play anyone and they kill everyone. And so Julian Sam doesn't have any real moments. I mean, heck, the one close game which you could say maybe is Ohio State's only good win, which we didn't really realize at the time because Texas didn't look so great, was that first game against Texas.

[Jeremy]

Texas.

[Stugatz]

It's not like Julian saying had a big moment. They were up 14 nothing in that game. The defense made stops. It's important that you pointed out the end of the game this weekend with Indiana because, yes, that feels like a Heisman moment because not that Indiana's playoff hopes would have been dashed, they likely still would be totally fine as far as a playoff spot, but certainly their chances to win the Big Ten and definitely their chance to get a buy in the first round of the playoff was absolutely on the line in that game. And to do it on the road when Indiana hadn't won in Penn State like ever, or it was like a thousand years.

[Jeremy]

And they asked Signetti about it, he's like, this team's never played.

[Stugatz]

Right? Right. So they, so they, they never win there. And unbelievable play at the end of the game. Yes, it felt like a Heisman moment. So he's. He's back now to being the favorite at +160, barely over Julian Sane and +185. I feel like he should be winning the Heisman. I feel like the odds should be a little bit more.

[John Zaslo]

A Cuban. A Cuban from Columbus High School.

[Stugatz]

Was he a big deal when he was in? Because yes, he's from Columbus.

[Dan LeBatard]

He wasn't.

[Stugatz]

I don't remember his name being thrown around here.

[Dan LeBatard]

He wasn't a big time prospect. Went to Cal, Earn the starting job over there. Went into the Portal this year. Plenty of big programs had an opportunity to bring Mendoza in and decided to go elsewhere. And he goes to Indiana. His brother is his backup over there. And every week it just gets better and better and better.

[John Zaslo]

Put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Can you believe you've lived long enough to see the Heisman won by someone named Fernando? Because I can't get used to that. Gus Johnson. At the end of the game, he knew the game he was calling. And what Zaz is saying is significant, right? Because it's not just that you're protecting an undefeated season. You're protecting an undefeated season when you've gone on the road and that team has all the momentum at the end of that game. That is exactly the spot where a team that hasn't been there before. Caves. Because all of it is too much. Here's Gus Johnson calling the end of that game. I have no idea what happened there. I have no idea based on just the audio. Oh, what are you shaking your head? You're sour on Gus Johnson. What are you doing? What are you doing?

[Stugatz]

You know what I'm doing. You can see what I'm doing.

[John Zaslo]

You don't like Gus Johnson?

[Dan LeBatard]

No.

[Stugatz]

No, I just. It like. I mean, that right there is just yelling number one. And that's what we were all doing. Okay. But like, I'm not on the play by play, you know? And I just feel like every. Every a big pass in the first quarter sounds the exact same as that that you heard.

[John Zaslo]

That's not true.

[Stugatz]

That is true.

[Dan LeBatard]

That is kind of.

[John Zaslo]

That's not. I've never heard a first quarter that sounds like.

[Stugatz]

That's not for me. It's not for me.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mendoza ate some shots in that game, too. He was just being tough, gritty, and that was a hell of a catch. But they go into every game. There's a talent mismatch every time. Like, there's probably two guys on that team on offense that get drafted.

[Jeremy]

My favorite moment from Gus over the weekend was when he was saying who was officiating the Indiana Penn State game.

[Stugatz]

Chris Cody is your referee today. Wow. Chris Cody is your referee today.

[Dan LeBatard]

Did a good job in that one. Thank you.

[John Zaslo]

The apple doesn't fall far from the narcissist trick.

[Stugatz]

Is your referee today.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now is a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila.

[John Zaslo]

Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

What are you doing here, Cuervo?

[John Zaslo]

Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think he could lay out, especially for one of our great partners.

[John Zaslo]

Sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.

[John Zaslo]

Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo.

[John Zaslo]

Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

The tequila that invented tequila.

[Unknown Guest]

Proximo.

[Dan LeBatard]

Cuervo.com Please drink responsibly.

[John Zaslo]

Cuervo.