The Big Suey: The Weight of Moving a Goalpost

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: The Big Suey: The Weight of Moving a Goalpost

Date: October 13, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and company

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Episode Overview

This episode delves deep into the shifting realities of both college and professional football, the volatility and absurdity of coach firings, the strange world of computerized rankings, and the unpredictable narratives that sports discussions birth—especially when wagered Corvettes and gameday field goalposts are in play. The crew maintains their signature blend of sports insight, humor, and on-air chaos, riffing on everything from Miami Dolphins' woes to Baker Mayfield’s folk-hero status in Tampa to the literal and metaphorical weight of goalposts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Dolphins’ Struggles and Defensive Woes (02:43–04:23)

• Chris Cote and Greg Cote discuss the Miami Dolphins’ inability to defeat winning teams, focusing on defensive failures:
  • The Dolphins have lost 15 of their last 16 games vs. teams with a winning record.
  • The defense is described as “historically bad” and Greg Cote singles out GM Chris Grier for allowing the poor secondary roster.
• Tony highlights that defensive shortcomings, especially in the secondary, were foreseeable.

Memorable exchange:

“It’s the defense that is the real problem for this team.” — Greg Cote (03:28)

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2. The Ruthless Nature of College Football Coaching (04:34–09:43)

• College coaches, despite years of success (like James Franklin), are now dismissed after brief losing streaks, particularly with increased stakes from lucrative conference TV deals and private equity investment.
• The crew debates how few coaches actually make national news when fired and spotlights the “three bad games” rule in the current era.
• Tony jokes about James Franklin enjoying his buyout, while Billy Gil argues Franklin will promptly land another big job.

Notable moment:

“Once you lose to the nerds… Get out of here. We’re taking $2 billion and we’re not losing to Northwestern when we’re Penn State.” — Chris Cote (06:32)

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3. The Wild, Sometimes Ridiculous World of College Football Rankings (10:03–14:08)

• The group explores the ESPN FPI (Football Power Index) rankings, questioning their logic and transparency.
  • Notre Dame’s placement above Miami and Texas A&M despite head-to-head losses is ridiculed.
  • Discussion of ranking methodologies (EPA, schedule strength) and how the “future projection” basis distorts public perception.

Memorable Quote:

“Who is this for? Like, what are these FPI rankings for? Who checks these?” — Dan Le Batard (12:07)

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4. The Moving Goalpost: Nick Wright Corvette Wager Saga (21:02–24:55)

• Ongoing confusion over the terms of an on-air bet with Nick Wright regarding the Chiefs’ season—Car or cash? And if so, what color? Whose idea was it?
• The conversation is filled with meta-humor about sports argumentation and the ever-shifting “stakes” of fandom and friendly gambling.

Quotable moment:

“If this ends up being funny… If I’m either buying the original Corvette Greg did not want back or… the white Corvette without a transmission—it was $3,900.” — Chris Cote (25:08)

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5. Nuttiest Sports Fan Moments & The Literal Weight of Moving Goalposts (26:10–31:32)

• They nominate “nuttiest fan” moments: a fan nearly crushed beneath a field goal post during a college field storming, and an Oklahoma State section going fully shirtless.
• Spirals into fascinated digression about the true weight of football goalposts (~1,000–2,000 pounds), comparisons to beluga whales, and the absurdity of expecting adrenaline and “mom strength” to move them.
• The entire field goal post conversation acts as a metaphor for shifting arguments and stakes—casting Dan as the fan “trapped” by a moving target.

Memorable exchange:

"He's saying, I've moved the midfield goal so much. That's exactly the position I'm in right now…" — Chris Cote (28:06)

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6. NFL Recap: Baker Mayfield’s Buccaneer Bravado, Seattle’s Rise, and Injuries (35:55–45:39)

• The hosts reflect on Baker Mayfield’s transformation from bust to folk hero as Tampa’s QB, despite injuries to nearly every skill position teammate.
  • Baker’s toughness, willingness to take hits, and late-game heroics are celebrated.
  • The crew underscores how he’s “making generational fandom” and turning himself into one of the true faces of the league.
• Discussion of Seattle’s “underrated” dominance, Jacksonville’s disappointment, and the impact of NFL injuries in general—particularly for the 49ers.

Notable quotes:

“He’s become a folk hero in Tampa. He’s a dog.” — Greg Cote (44:44)
“It’s not just that Baker Mayfield is winning, it’s he doesn’t get the cheat code of Mike Evans is always open…” — Dan Le Batard (46:12)

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7. Sports Mythology & Quarterback Narratives (41:49–46:28)

• The mythology that grows around players as circumstances (and narratives) change—e.g., Baker’s rise versus Tua’s inability to ‘beat the good teams’.
• The ongoing evolution of quarterback “faces” in the NFL as veterans retire and new stars rise or flop.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments with Timestamps

• On college firings:
  “Once you lose to the nerds… Get out of here.” — Chris Cote (06:32)
• On defensive failures:
  “It’s the defense that is the real problem for this team.” — Greg Cote (03:28)
• On the FPI rankings:
  “Who is this for? Like, what are these FPI rankings for?” — Dan Le Batard (12:07)
• On moving goalposts:
  “I’ve moved the midfield goal so much. That’s exactly the position I’m in right now.” — Chris Cote (28:06)
• On Baker Mayfield:
  “He’s become a folk hero in Tampa. He’s a dog.” — Greg Cote (44:44)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Dolphins’ Defense is the Problem – 02:43–04:23
• College Football Firings & the Stakes – 04:34–09:43
• College Rankings, FPI, and Biases – 10:03–14:08
• Nick Wright Corvette Bet Saga – 21:02–24:55
• Fan Field Storming & Weight of Goalposts – 26:10–31:32
• NFL Recap: Mayfield, Seattle, Injuries – 35:55–45:39

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Tone and Style

The episode is characteristically irreverent, witty, and fast-moving. The panel leverages humor, self-deprecation, and pop-culture references, wrapping their sports analysis in spontaneous asides and recurring inside jokes. The tone fluctuates from exasperated lament (Miami Dolphins woes, college coach firings) to delighted incredulity (Baker’s resurgence, field goal post physics) to hyperbolic storytelling (betting Corvettes, swashbuckler Mayfield).

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Conclusion

This Big Suey episode captures the essence of the Le Batard universe: conflicted South Florida sports fandom, the blend of sports analytics with absurdist comedy, and the ongoing debate over what matters (and what’s just noise) in our sports culture. Key themes are the shifting stakes in sports—both on and off the field—and the ever-moving goalposts, both literal and figurative, that define our arguments…and our bets.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Greg Cote]

I'm sorry.

[Chris Cote]

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

[Jeremy]

I've done it.

[Chris Cote]

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

[Greg Cote]

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[Chris Cote]

Those stats that I gave earlier on The Dolphins, the 1 in 15 stat, which is a damning one last 16 games against winning teams, that's you're going winless if you're playing all the win a season's worth of winless every time you play one of the good teams. That would suggest that no matter what you think the quarterback is, with or without Tyree Kill he it isn't enough. The whole thing's broken. It's broken down. They had to be perfect in order to tease us. And they are. They are really imperfect defensively and offensively. The other stat came from Alfredo Artega that they were the three touchdown stats, which is if they're not getting, they. They don't have a way to win a game other than to have to be have the game be something where they score 27 points or play the jets well.

[Greg Cote]

But the last two games are a prime example of the offense is good enough if the defense weren't horrible. Like if they had an average defense, they win the last two games and it's the defense. Let's not mistake it. It's the defense that is the real problem for this team.

[Tony]

Well, Greg, we knew that going in like their pass rushers were going to be okay, linebackers were going to be probably sub average. And then we know they had no secondary outside of Minka Fitzpatrick. And now it's a surprise when guys are missing open field tackles and lad McConk when he sticks a foot in the ground and goes 40 yards. Like we knew this was going to be the test the entire time was the secondary. The defense is historically bad. If it weren't for the Ravens, who.

[Greg Cote]

Are historically worse, and that's the epitaph for Chris Greer right now, is that he allowed them to to go a whole off season and start a season with those starting cornerbacks, he allowed that. He let it happen.

[Chris Cote]

It's all over. And I think that's what you feel here and we've been saying it all season and now Greg Cody is officially off the bandwagon forevermore. Fire everybody.

[Greg Cote]

Beginning last week, not yesterday.

[Chris Cote]

Okay, the thing that I wanted to ask you, speaking of firings, how many coaches are there in College football that will make their way into your Sunday in. Into your professional football Sunday with the news of everything stops. James Franklin has been fired. Oh look, minor league professional football just fired one of the real big guys with tenure who got that job. I think I have this right. Because he made Vanderbilt win when nobody could make Vanderbilt win. And so he got 12 paterno. Paterno handed off one of the mythical franchises to Bill o'. Brien. And then James Franklin gets a great run. So great without winning anything for 12 years that how many coaches in college football would, would break into professional football yesterday with the news of everybody be like, oh, one of the big ones went down in, in minor professional football.

[Billy Gil]

Like 10 programs, I think right around there.

[Chris Cote]

What are the names that you would put ahead of James Franklin yesterday because of an in season firing where we now know that the stakes are. Hey, if you're at one of the big schools now that that conference is getting $2 billion, now that that conference is about to get private equity, 2 billion do. If you lose early in the season and we expected you to win under these conditions, you play a very close good game at home against Oregon. That makes it look at the time like you're still going to have a job. If you win that in an overtime, maybe at the time everyone's fine with you. You finally won a big game. Then you go to ucla, which is the most glaring example we have in the entire sport this year that it matters how your team is coached. Because UCLA with Sean Foster was 04. They fired him and now they kicked the holy hell out of Michigan State, which is in the conference that just got the $2 billion. So James Franklin. 12 years ain't what we get around here anymore. You then lose to Northwestern, you lose to Greeny School, you're out. That's the last one. It's the last straw. We'll take 12 years of this bullshit. Once you learn to. No, everybody knows that.

[Billy Gil]

It does make it sound over Wilbond School.

[Chris Cote]

Once you lose to Northwestern. That was the nail in the Franklin coffin. Like he could have survived it if he had won that game. Once you lose to the nerds, Once you learn, once you lose to the books. They're the ones who tried to unionize. Once you lose to the books. Nope. Get out of here. We're taking $2 billion and we're not losing the Northwestern when we're Penn State.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah, but he made the playoffs last year, right? Like there's no reasonableness in college football anymore. It's. And this is Exacerbated by the whole nil portal thing. You have to win now. If you have a disappointing season, it doesn't matter what you did a year ago. You start off three and three, that's a felony.

[Chris Cote]

He didn't just make the playoffs. This isn't Boise State. He was vying last year at the. At the end of the season for. They're about a half away from playing for the championship.

[Billy Gil]

They were in full control of that Orange bowl until a corner slipped and fell. And great house takes it to the house and all of a sudden you're wondering, how the hell is Notre Dame even in this game? James Franklin won two playoff games last year. Granted, it was against SMU and Boise, but he won two.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah. And yet he can't survive a 3 and 3 start. I think it's a little bit unfair. Premature at least.

[Chris Cote]

Oh, I just think it's what it is now. Like, this is. If you professionalize it this much. Yep. Oh, no one's going to be safe when only 10 are worth it anyway. Like, only 10 break into programming. Like, that's not. I think Mike's high there. Like, I don't think if DeBoer gets fired, anybody cares. Like, I know they care regionally. But not in the middle of your. In the.

[Billy Gil]

In the middle of Alabama fires its head coaches. Is creeping into your Sunday maybe.

[Chris Cote]

I'm not saying creeping into your Sunday. I'm saying everything stops with the plastered headline on ESPN.com of it's not about any of the football games. Like the. It's not about the worst jets performance to fall in 06 that can cover the morning. It's not about any of the five games in the one o' clock window that were one score games that all had drama. No. Right in the middle of is, holy shit. James Franklin has been fired. I really don't think that there are many coaches who have the tenure or the name at a school. Now in the wild, wild west of that's the most professional football now. Now it's even more professional than professional football. If you're going to bring $2 billion to that conference and say, James Franklin, you could be fired in three games. Three bad games will forget what you did three games ago. That's crazy.

[Tony]

It's got the best job in football. I know he's fired, coach. $50 million coming his way. I don't ever want to see James Franklin again.

[Mike Ryan]

This is one of my favorite.

[Tony]

For his mental health.

[Mike Ryan]

One of my favorite games.

[Tony]

I don't want to see him ever.

[Mike Ryan]

Again, where's he going on the show?

[Tony]

Go buy a house in the Keys. Go get a contender in the back.

[Billy Gil]

Go fishing.

[Tony]

Go meet Jimmy somewhere. I don't ever want to see James Franklin again. Don't show up at Wichita State playing.

[Billy Gil]

Don't do that. I don't think this is.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get out of here.

[Billy Gil]

I don't think this is a Jimbo situation. I think there are a lot of programs, a lot of good programs. You'd be shocked at the places. I think James Franklin can kill it because one thing that he's shown is that he is a program builder. And there are some places in this country that desperately need someone like that. Schools that have been trying to scheme their way when they have no business doing that. You give James Franklin the resources of a Florida or an fsu, he raises the floor immediately. I don't think he's gonna be out of work for a very long time. I really don't.

[Greg Cote]

I agree. And by the way, you mentioned DeBoer. This guy is having the last laugh right now, okay? Everybody in this building was burying him when they lost the opener to fsu. End of an era, he's out of here. Bring back Nick. He's won. Greg, they're five and one now with three wins against.

[Chris Cote]

This is the only place I'll stop you. Okay, so, guys, I don't know if you paid any attention to the ESPN rankings because they're funny. They're legitimately funny.

[Billy Gil]

Crooked FBI.

[Chris Cote]

I mean, no, wait a minute. It's funny, but also funny in a pretty great way because, yeah, I can make an argument. Notre Dame's one of the top five teams. I really could. They lost two games against the road. On the road against two teams, I think to be good. But to have Notre Dame ahead of Texas A and M and Miami just. It's funny. I'll read some of these. No tone. Wait, what tone? I will read some of these rankings to you guys in a second. But when Greg overreacts to Alabama, ain't Alabama anymore. Missouri hasn't beaten Alabama since 1976 and could have very easily, very easily won that game if Alabama doesn't. Doesn't make two fourth down plays late that were great because all of a sudden Eli Drinkwitz is in the game.

[Billy Gil]

He's been in the game. He's like a top 10 salary.

[Chris Cote]

But Missouri is good. Yes, yes, of course Missouri's good. But what I'm saying is the sec, the top of the sec, they're all the same. Except of course, Arch Manning might figure Some things out over the next six games. That shows you that Texas has better athletes than everybody else in that conference. But Miami's being penalized. You want. You guys want to guess. You want to guess the espn? I thought this was a joke. The. The rankings, the FPI rankings. Do you guys want to guess what the top five is now? Anybody?

[Greg Cote]

No. Must be ludicrous.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, he was in North Carolina last week. I think Notre Dame is in the top five, given what you said. A and M deserves to be A.

[Chris Cote]

And M. No, A and M is not.

[Billy Gil]

That's crazy.

[Chris Cote]

Listen. Listen to what? This top eight. I thought this was a joke. Please check it for me. Maybe it is a joke. Like I. I may. I may be fooled by the Internet here because of how little sense the ESPN ranking FPI Football Power index rankings were. Because I'm like, this can't be real. Oh, I see what they're doing here. But this can't be real.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who is this for? Like, what are these FPI rankings for? Who checks these?

[Greg Cote]

I think it's computerized, but they're irrelevant. Isn't it based heavily on strength of schedule?

[Billy Gil]

I was out on this as a metric when conveniently a week before the season, the FBI shifted on everybody without games to pull data from.

[Chris Cote]

So this is. I'm looking at this. I don't know how computer generated this is, but Florida State is still 25, which does not make sense to me after they lose at Pittsburgh. And given that I can actually make an argument for these rankings, I can contort myself the way I did with the Chiefs to make an argument on these rankings based on strength of schedule. But your premise has to be that Florida and Florida State aren't any good and that Miami hasn't beaten anybody. That Miami hasn't. That USF isn't any good, that. That the. So. So the number one team is Ohio State. Ohio State is amazing for a number of different reasons. One of them, Skinny Matt Patricia, is pretty good. They're good on goal line situations in a way that's crazy. And they haven't allowed a rushing touchdown. I saw the stat. 184 rushing attempts. Like, they've allowed no first half touchdowns. So Ohio State is number one. Number two is Indiana. Indiana. That was amazing to watch. Oregon get dragged.

[Greg Cote]

Great game.

[Chris Cote]

Just get dragged late in that game.

[Tony]

By the way, a quick aside for Indiana. Dan, I think we got one. We've been waiting, okay. We've been praying. We've been hoping that one day we could see a Cuban kid be a Quarterback Dano. We got one. He might be the number one world pick. Dan.

[Chris Cote]

Indiana was super impressive in the second half of that game. So you want to put them number two. When Oregon hadn't lost a game at home in 23 games and had like 18 games. No. Was it 23 straight regular season games and hadn't lost a game at home in 18 games?

[Dan Le Batard]

So FPI is a ranking that projects how the future will play out. So it's not currently what's going on, why you have some teams, this is how they think things will end in the future.

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[Billy Gil]

Hey, audience, I got a special treat for you because I want to talk to you about Miller Lite. But I want to talk to you about Miller Lite with my good friend Rose. Hey, Rose.

[Chris Cote]

Hi, everybody.

[Billy Gil]

When we hang out and we hang out often, we're friends. I consider us friends.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah, me too.

[Billy Gil]

We're often toasting the good times. And what am I toasting with?

[Chris Cote]

With Miller Light.

[Billy Gil]

That's right. Miller Light. Whether you're hanging out with your dear friend Rose or at game day, it just hits different when you got a Miller Light in your hand. From jaw dropping touchdowns to fantasy heartbreaks, it's a beer that has been there for every moment. 50 years of great taste, simple ingredients, and that iconic golden color that you can spot across the room. And it's just not the color of the beer, which is brilliant. That beautiful white can. How beautiful is that? Is that you doing the sound of a can opening? Is that your favorite sound?

[Chris Cote]

No, it is a horsey.

[Billy Gil]

A horsey. All right, well, stop doing that. And here's a kicker. Miller lite is just 96 calories, 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. The original light beer since 1975. That's right. And still hitting different five decades later. You're so good at this, Rose.

[Chris Cote]

I know.

[Billy Gil]

So whatever your game day looks like, remember, Miller Time is always a good time. Look at us. We're a great tag team. High five again. Can you do that? That beer sound one more time? And the horse sound one more time. I regret asking you about that one, but the Miller Lite sound is good. Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com Shane to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time. Celebrate. Responsive Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wiscon. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounce ounces. No, it says.

[Greg Cote]

Oh, says.

[Amin Elhassan]

What'S up, guys? It's Amin. And those of you that listen to the show religiously know that I always talk about. I'm not going to movie theaters anymore. There's nothing that can get me to the movie theaters. Just let me know when it comes out on streaming. Well, turns out I'm a big fat liar. Because one of the things that I watched in the movie theater this summer, just a couple of months ago, was the Naked Gun. And I laughed my ass off. I enjoyed it so much, being there in a movie theater full of people, everybody laughing, the communal experience. But now it's on Paramount plus, and I get to do it all over again from the comfort of my home. I'm gonna grab my family. We're gonna gather around. We're gonna watch it. That's what you should do. You should grab your friends or your family. Watch the Naked Gun. It's hilarious. Liam Neeson kills it as Frank Drebin Jr. Yes. Frank Drebin Jr. They're continuing the legacy. There are a lot of little callbacks and Easter eggs from the old Naked Gun movies. This one right here captures that spirit, captures that comedy. And why wouldn't it? It's Produced by Seth MacFarlane. You know how much I love Family Guy and American Dad. He's a producer. The director was Akiva Schaefer. You know him from snl. He directed Pop Star Never Stop Popping. He's hilarious. You got Pam Anderson in it. You got my man Danny Houston, AKA I'm Surprised. Oh, my God. You have to go catch this movie on Paramount Plus. And why wouldn't you? Who doesn't like to laugh? It's fun times in your household. Tonight, Paramount plus, the Naked Gun.

[Chris Cote]

Don LeBatard.

[Billy Gil]

I'm not going to apologize.

[Greg Cote]

I wouldn't expect you to apologize. Then you're a giant infant, okay? You have no control over your emotions. You have no control over your emotions when you're calling someone you know an idiot. I don't deserve it.

[Billy Gil]

Okay?

[Greg Cote]

I don't deserve it.

[Billy Gil]

All right.

[Greg Cote]

And you're a fool for saying it.

[Chris Cote]

Okay, Stugarts, you're a fool.

[Mike Ryan]

I was kind of following.

[Tony]

You're locking in right now.

[Billy Gil]

You're locking in on us. Yeah. All right. Let's drop the gloves, pal.

[Chris Cote]

Let's rock.

[Billy Gil]

You should be thanking me for what? Every day.

[Jeremy]

For what?

[Billy Gil]

For what I've done around this character. And the second gets real for you. You want to come at me and.

[Chris Cote]

Call me a fool? Huh?

[Billy Gil]

No, no, no.

[Chris Cote]

Seriously, Jeremy.

[Billy Gil]

Seriously, pal. I've added 10 years to your career.

[Chris Cote]

This is the D? Ler show with the St. So Alabama's number three, Notre Dame is number four. Oregon is number five. Georgia is six. Texas is seven. Miami is eight.

[Greg Cote]

That's pretty ridiculous.

[Chris Cote]

Well, you just got Miami below two teams. I mean, Notre Dame. You've got Miami and Texas A and M below Notre Dame when Notre Dame lost to both of them. And the argument would be it was on the road. Both games were on the road, and both games were close. And if you. You can make an argument for Notre Dame being one of the five best teams in the. In the sport, you could. Based on what you've seen, you could.

[Billy Gil]

It's kind of ridiculous to make an argument that they should be ranked ahead of Miami in any metric, especially when what Billy said is, if it's projecting, then what am I to do with the best odds across all of sports betting, for a team to go undefeated in that sport belongs to the Miami Hurricanes, in part because of their schedule softening as the season progresses.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah, they're going to be favored in every remaining game, but I think it's unfair to say they haven't played anybody. You can only play who you're scheduled to beat. And they have beaten three ranked teams at the time.

[Billy Gil]

It's patently absurd to say that because their strength of record is good. They beat Notre Dame. They beat USF so badly that people don't even know what to do with that result. EPA is a huge part of this. So expected points added on special teams, offense and defense. And it's supposed to be sort of predictive from where that's gone. So just in terms of a metric, it's supposed to be based off of what your EPA is in all three of those aspects against the teams you've played. And when you look at where those rankings are in FPI based off of what those losses are for FSU and uf, both of those teams losing to those teams is essentially looking like beating them as well. It's essentially even. It's all manipulated. I told you they changed the FBI rankings a week before the season. But EPA is. Is like a stat that's quantified.

[Jeremy]

No.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, I got epa. But yeah, just. Just line up, play the games. This is stupid.

[Chris Cote]

I. I want to talk about some of the professional football games that were played, although the jets did not play one of those. Like, that is a bad. As bad a passing performance as you can possibly see in the modern age non weather division. But the game yesterday, and I don't know which one you guys want to talk about as the most important. The chief schedule is about to get easy. They've had a hard schedule. I'm going to end up eating a lot of Corvettes as soon as Rashid Rice gets back.

[Dan Le Batard]

If you would have won that bet instead of losing it, would you have expected a Corvette here?

[Greg Cote]

Good question.

[Chris Cote]

I hadn't thought that one through.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, do you think Nick was like, how do I find a Corvette?

[Chris Cote]

No, but I thought part of. But I thought part of the beauty of it was that we were going to get the Corvette that Greg didn't like that she couldn't paint because it was a lease. She couldn't paint in a different color, and he never told her he wanted a different color. So I thought if we got that car. The reason I was asking Earlene and Chris is if I lost the bet or if I won the bet, whether or not we give that car to Greg as a gift.

[Billy Gil]

Again, he didn't answer the question if you lost, though, or won. I guess because it was a rare occasion where winning means losing and Nick Wright tried to send you a car despite not verbally confirming that that was indeed the bet, you would have been met. Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

No, I would have thought. It's funny.

[Greg Cote]

You want 5k in your fat wallet. That's what you want.

[Chris Cote]

No, it doesn't. No. Come on, Nick. I believe that Nick bets that amount all the time. I never do. Like, I never bet that amount. I believe. I believe Nick lives in that space where he's perpetually betting that amount with everybody on everything. That's not a big amount of money to Nick, I don't think.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, but he's good for it.

[Mike Ryan]

See, the poker stakes he plays, I think.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, I think he doesn't bet cars, though. Usually. Yeah, kink slips. And we don't have any evidence that he bet a car here, but we're just running with it.

[Chris Cote]

Can you. Can you just do me a favor? All right? Do me the favor independent of me. Just text Nick Reich and find out. Just ask him if he thinks we have better car. If we. If he thinks we have bet a Corvette. Yes or no? Because I believe his idea. In fact, I think I've got this right. I believe it was his idea to get the VIN number of Orleans car. I believe it was his idea to me.

[Dan Le Batard]

Was that a private conversation?

[Chris Cote]

May have been. Yeah. It may have been. I'm now running all of these things together as I'm trying to figure out two things. I'm trying to figure out how it is that I thought I woke up this morning owing him a Corvette and that didn't feel very good, even though it was funny. And I also thought, how did I get myself in this predicament? I don't feel this strongly about however it is that the Chiefs are going to do the remainder of this.

[Billy Gil]

You. I want to break this microphone in half. That team's dead and now you're counting on injuries which proved our original point to make you. You somehow, right? This is crazy.

[Chris Cote]

This is what I want to be at this point. Yes. It's not crazy. It's my. It's the worst incarnations of me badly wanting to be right. And if I still had to bet the field with him, I would be willing to make that bet. A bet that's got much larger stakes than it presently has.

[Mike Ryan]

Dan, I'm willing to make you feel a little better by playing sound of Tony agreeing with you.

[Tony]

Dan's 100% right.

[Dan Le Batard]

They almost three peated last.

[Tony]

That doesn't matter. But they did it. They changed the offense completely. They got rid of Tyreek Hill. They went to a dink and dunk. They had two high safeties. They couldn't go deep, you know, for a while. He's been dead for like three years.

[Billy Gil]

Three years.

[Mike Ryan]

Tony said.

[Billy Gil]

Tony, you get out of here now.

[Dan Le Batard]

You owe Nick Wright a car.

[Billy Gil]

Also, I have reached out to Nick Wright. He has texted me back. If we, if we are clear, he is offering to join the show and explain this. He does concede that it got a little complicated. He can join us around 10:15.

[Chris Cote]

Okay. Thank you. Let's. Let's. I. And he's going to. Yeah, let's. Let's figure out how to make these season long stakes. Let's figure out.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, that's bad. That's bullshit. Like no matter what the stakes are, car or not, you're not, you're not getting to extend this now.

[Chris Cote]

He may I. Oh, no. I'm telling you, I owe him this. I'm not trying to get out of the bat. I owe him this.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm asking what do you think you owe him? I owe him a white Corvette and $5,000.

[Billy Gil]

Your little smirk ain't Fooling us.

[Mike Ryan]

What is Tony O.

[Billy Gil]

You know what you're doing.

[Chris Cote]

I owe. What do you mean? I know.

[Billy Gil]

You can't even hide the smile from.

[Chris Cote]

Your face because it's funny. This is. If this ends up being funny. If I'm sending him either. If I'm either buying. Greg.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg.

[Chris Cote]

The original Corvette he did not want back.

[Greg Cote]

I would like it.

[Chris Cote]

Or getting. Or Billy's idea. Which is the best of them. Of my idea. The one. You're the one who found. The white pennies. The white Corvette. You're the one who found it without. You told me later it didn't have a transmission. You said that is. You said. You said it was $3,300.

[Dan Le Batard]

$3,900.

[Chris Cote]

So how do you end up there? How do you remember how?

[Dan Le Batard]

I just got curious what a white Corvette would cost if you were to buy a used one. What the cheapest one would be.

[Mike Ryan]

I like my dad's idea. 5K in pennies.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

One thing is clear. Tony's an idiot.

[Chris Cote]

Tony, I. There's a way for you to maneuver here. To have a new white Corvette. I don't know how.

[Tony]

I didn't want to say it.

[Chris Cote]

I didn't want to say it. But yes.

[Billy Gil]

100.

[Tony]

By the way. I got a guy that can fix it. So if you want to send me over the transmission. I got a guy.

[Chris Cote]

Do you want to ride shotgun with me?

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Chris Cote]

On. Let's see who we got. The Chiefs. The Chiefs of the field the rest of the season. Let's kick up the stakes. Let's kick them up.

[Greg Cote]

500,000 pennies.

[Chris Cote]

Hampton Farms fan of the week. Because we sent him peanuts already. We're paying him peanuts. We're literally. We've already sent him a box of peanuts. That's where I started the bidding. Now send him an old Corvette. Let's see where we end up with this by the super bowl when he's still betting on the Chiefs. And I'm on the other side of this. The Hampton Farms nuttiest fan of the week is who?

[Mike Ryan]

This week we have nominees. Dan the nuttiest fan brought to you by Hampton Farms. Get nutty with Hampton Farms, the official peanut of bowl season. Vote for your favorite Nutty Fan at LeBatard show on Instagram. And be sure to keep an eye out for Lucy at Iowa if you think you are your team's nuttiest fan. The first nominee we have here. Colorado wins a big game at home against Iowa State and then they rush the field and there's a fan here that Almost gets crushed by the field goal post. That is nutty. You think it's funny? I've heard you think it's funny. But then he's like, guys, seriously, get this off me. But they got it off him. No one was hurt. That's a nutty fan, if you ask me.

[Chris Cote]

And bad judgment by us.

[Tony]

Gotta hit the gym on him.

[Billy Gil]

What do you mean?

[Mike Ryan]

If that's not nutty fan behavior, I don't know what is. And now the other nominee, we have Oklahoma State fans who some. At some point during the game, one guy takes his shirt off, starts whipping it around, and then people followed. Next thing you know, they had an entire section of shirtless dudes just being a bunch of bros waving their shirts around. I mean, Dan, that's nutty.

[Chris Cote]

As they lost by 30 at home to Houston, plenty.

[Mike Ryan]

There was plenty of space in the bleachers, but open space there for them to fill.

[Billy Gil]

So it's a chief super bowl bet now. I mean, which would make him right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like, more than right if they make it to the super bowl again.

[Billy Gil]

Not since Vanderbilt beat Bama and the field goal post ended up in the Cumberland River. Has field goal, though, has been moved so drastically and dramatically from what this original bet was, which was Dan. They'll be all right when they got guys back.

[Mike Ryan]

Now Dan's the Colorado fan with the field goal, right?

[Chris Cote]

He's saying, I've moved the midfield goal so much. That's exactly the position I'm in right now. That is correct. I'm looking for injuries and I'm looking for strength of schedule.

[Mike Ryan]

There's Dan right here.

[Chris Cote]

This is the position I put myself in because I doubted the Chiefs offense and now can hit the gym. And now everyone here is saying, Dan, you are. You were too soon on that.

[Billy Gil]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

Tony, you're saying you could easily push.

[Tony]

I'm saying you got to push that up.

[Mike Ryan]

That thing is probably.

[Chris Cote]

It takes.

[Mike Ryan]

It took dozens of fans to lift this thing.

[Billy Gil]

Gotta push that up. No, you gotta get out the bat. Like, his arm was pinned there. Come on, hit the gym. Hit the gym.

[Dan Le Batard]

Field goal post weigh between 900 and 1,200 pounds.

[Chris Cote]

No, no, no, that's fine.

[Billy Gil]

That's all right. That's fine.

[Dan Le Batard]

I can do that.

[Tony]

You gotta get enough, dude, hold on.

[Billy Gil]

First of all, first of all, enough to get your arm out.

[Tony]

First of all, moms carry cars when kids are underneath. Have you seen that?

[Billy Gil]

Yes.

[Greg Cote]

It happens.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you, Greg.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah, it does happen. By the way, 500,000 pennies weigh 3,125 pounds.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's probably less than a Corvette.

[Mike Ryan]

You're also less than a field goal post.

[Billy Gil]

You also have to keep in mind the field goal posts are resting on the ground, so it's not all 900.

[Tony]

Pounds that he has to lift.

[Chris Cote]

Okay. I love that Tony load bearing, that Tony and Mike.

[Tony]

He's got to push it up and get under.

[Billy Gil]

That's like £400.

[Chris Cote]

Look, look. Somewhere between where the audience just was thinking that perhaps a percentage of the audience that this was made of fiberglass. Okay. I do believe that there are many people in our audience who may have just been learning for the first time when seeing that kid stuck under those golf. Oh, that looks like it might be a little heavier, perhaps, than I thought it was. And that kid looks scared. So much so that I said feels irresponsible to sponsor this. That realization as some. He could have been hurt. Yes. And not surprising that Tony and Mike say they have the adrenaline strength that mothers have when picking up cars to save their children.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, if you remember, Tony just last week had a home intruder come in, and he went, and he was running through the halls home.

[Chris Cote]

Boom, boom, boom.

[Dan Le Batard]

Knocking things around barefist.

[Tony]

A bad intention.

[Dan Le Batard]

His family was in trouble. I also misspoke. So high school goal posts weigh between 800 and 1200 pounds. Professional NFL goal posts, which I'm assuming is closer to that, weigh between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds. So a ton.

[Billy Gil]

I see those things. His arm is caught underneath it. Can you guys see that? Help push it up to how weak he is.

[Mike Ryan]

This is nutty, though, Dan, you have to admit.

[Chris Cote]

I believe that Billy just shocked the audience with the weight of goal posts. I believe the audience right now. Wait a minute. They weigh as much as a beluga way. What do you mean, a ton?

[Mike Ryan]

You guys are just like, push it off them, guys.

[Billy Gil]

Let's watch the video. Look at how he gets freed. Let's. Let's watch one guy, apparently the strongest person on the planet. One guy sue his aid.

[Mike Ryan]

One guy.

[Chris Cote]

Look there.

[Billy Gil]

Look.

[Mike Ryan]

There could be other people lifting.

[Billy Gil]

Look, that's all you need.

[Chris Cote]

One guy, two people there.

[Billy Gil]

Okay, okay.

[Chris Cote]

Two guys lifted.

[Billy Gil]

Come on.

[Mike Ryan]

That you saw in the video.

[Tony]

You had nine people there on the goalpost.

[Billy Gil]

The creatine these days is so good, kid.

[Dan Le Batard]

Beluga whales can weigh up to 1600 kilograms, which is actually 3500 pounds.

[Mike Ryan]

It's like half a beluga.

[Chris Cote]

All right, so if both goal posts fell on you, it'd be the beluga whale.

[Dan Le Batard]

Female beluga whales can weigh 1500-2600 pounds.

[Greg Cote]

Okay, so caviar comes from.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is that so?

[Billy Gil]

Yep. No.

[Greg Cote]

Beluga whales.

[Tony]

That can't be right.

[Jeremy]

Sure.

[Billy Gil]

No, they give live birth. No, but they're mammals. But.

[Greg Cote]

But the eggs.

[Billy Gil]

No, that I don't think. Caviar is fish eggs. And beluga. Beluga whales are mammals because of whales.

[Mike Ryan]

Let's talk this out.

[Greg Cote]

Dad, you never heard of beluga caviar.

[Chris Cote]

But.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, but those are fish eggs. And the beluga whale is not a fish.

[Chris Cote]

The penguin egg.

[Jeremy]

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[Billy Gil]

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[Chris Cote]

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[Chris Cote]

Stu is this chum bucket. This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

Beluga caviar consists of salt curated eggs of the beluga sturgeon.

[Greg Cote]

Oh, hello.

[Chris Cote]

Okay.

[Greg Cote]

Sturgeon whale.

[Chris Cote]

You know, you said so matter of fact that you were right on that.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah, I thought it was. Yeah, I grew up thinking beluga whales equals beluga caviar. You know, but you're right. That's what makes a whale a mammal is that they give live birth. Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

Although whale sharks, not whales.

[Chris Cote]

Chris, can you get me an assortment of sounds? I've gotten distracted today because I meant to start the show during the shadow show before Billy put me in an ascot with three sounds that I wanted to go to today from last week for a particular reason. Can you get me the Kendrick Perkins first on just. And please add to the list, tell me what others are in show history that would feel or sound like this. Get me that Kendrick Perkins sound.

[Amin Elhassan]

Bam, out of the bayou.

[Chris Cote]

So that's him trying to say bam out of bayou.

[Amin Elhassan]

Bam, out of the bayou.

[Chris Cote]

And he did not say it correctly. And then we've also got poor Mad Dog last week trying to say the name of Yankees pitcher Schlitler. And then we'll get into Schlicher, who obviously was. Was Shitler. And we also have just Gronk being Gronk. Emeka Egbegboo. I'm scared of Emeka Abuka's name because of, because of how he says it. I get scared to say it.

[Billy Gil]

I was saying this in my house to myself, all.

[Chris Cote]

Right, boo.

[Billy Gil]

That's his name.

[Chris Cote]

Now, there were two stories I thought you tell me if you think you have a bigger one than this because I know the Chiefs being 3 and 3 and the Chiefs are always the biggest thing, but from yesterday's games, I thought the two takeaways that I had that were the biggest were, oh, Seattle is good. They're just simply good. And they have somebody who is now challenging Justin Jefferson for Sam Donald's really going to have like the best weapon in the league, yards per catch at receiver because I think Smith and Jigba has snuck up on some people maybe shouldn't have. But best receiver in the league type good. I'm not sure a lot of people were having that conversation before this season. And the number of yards that he has per catch. It's hard to talk about Seattle because that defense travels. They've won nine straight on the road. And they were fed favored yesterday at Jacksonville like they were favored and should have been because they're not as dumb as that team is. They're not that Jacksonville. That's exactly how Jacksonville is going to play in all of those games when they, when they meet the very best of the disciplined teams and Seattle has something in the connection between its quarterback and that wide receiver that they have big plays the way nobody has big plays. So there's that one story over there. But then seeing Tampa again with injuries and I thought Baker Mayfield pull off the. The two consecutive plays that were like blow your head off on weight on third and 16, he's going to put his shoulder down and he's going to run over two defensive backs because he needs 16 or whatever it was. It was third and 15 and he needs 16. And he's going to get stopped three yards short, the way every other quarterback would in the league. Except, wait. Baker's really going to do that with his will. It ain't even going to be about his body because he's too small. We all know he's too small. And then no receivers left for him to throw to. No receiver. Everybody's hurt for him. No receivers. And you're playing the team. Everybody's hurt for them. But they win in this spot when everyone's hurt for them. Fred Warner's gone now, too. But you go right after that, you put Tampa and spin it on your finger the entire city, because you're such a gunslinger that after that play, you're going straight to the end zone with whatever receivers you got, and you get the touchdown. It's like the opposite of everything the Dolphins are.

[Greg Cote]

And that's why DraftKings latest NFL MVP odds have Baker Mayfield third, number three and rising.

[Chris Cote]

That game was so much fun, and I feel bad for the 49ers.

[Billy Gil]

That was. That's brutal. There's no coming back from that one to Fred Warner. For me, that was like the main takeaways. This incarnation of the Niners, I'm not going to say they're windows them because they have a head coach that is found ways. But this incarnation of the 49ers, that might have been the window shutting yesterday.

[Chris Cote]

But what. Just what it takes, right? Like, I mean, so this is a gruesome injury, too.

[Billy Gil]

I was really looking forward to watching Fred Warner versus Baker Mayfield.

[Chris Cote]

And he always plays like he's not. He's not the one that's ever heard. It's everybody else. It's never him. And now Debo's questionable tonight. Like, what that sport does and what it's taken in that sport to go from Garoppolo to Mac Jones to. How are we going to figure out how to do this? Because we got Trent Williams and we had Kittle. We don't have him anymore. We can make it with Purdy. He's the last pick in the draft. We can make it with Mac Jones, regardless. Anything. You don't need to make this about injuries on third and 15. Baker wasn't going to be stopped by any people who make tackles in that league, because that's the story around him now. And then he goes to the end zone on the next play and he doesn't have his hall of Famers like, it's. He. He's not.

[Billy Gil]

He's not throwing to Mike Evans Baker Mayfield was missing. Wide receiver 1. Wide receiver 2. Wide receiver 3. Wide receiver 4. Right tackle 1. Right guard number 1. His team was somehow more beat up. RB1. His team was somehow more beat up than San Francisco.

[Chris Cote]

Tez Johnson only gets in the position to get that opportunity because everyone else is hurt.

[Billy Gil]

The quote from Jim Nance as he was calling that incredible rushing play by Baker Mayfield was, he doesn't have a chance. Oh, yes he does. Happened just like that. He doesn't have a chance. Oh, yes he does.

[Tony]

If I told you two and a half years ago, would you rather have TUA or Baker?

[Billy Gil]

We were doing that conversation. Everybody answered Tua and now.

[Chris Cote]

But no, the other conversation that's funny about that, though. This is what's funny about that one, right, Tony? Because Justin Herbert made the play that Tua can't make. Because Justin Herbert in that spot is of the size that makes you doubt Tua, but not Herbert.

[Mike Ryan]

So did Drake May. By the way, we can name like 15 quarterbacks that made the play you needed to make.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, well, Baker's closest to Tua than he is to Herbert in terms of stature. Not. Not heart, not guts, not guile, not dog, not balls. Well, not CNB's power nothing. Not the CMBS.

[Chris Cote]

See, wait a minute. Like, the part that's not fair about this is that only one of them has been wracked by brain injuries. I'm not going to question Tua's tough CNB's, though.

[Billy Gil]

Damn, I'm not cocking balls.

[Chris Cote]

I'm not going to question to his toughness. But what I will say is I have never been the person. I do not do where I say, yeah, Baker was going to make that first down against everybody. Because I don't. I mean, the mythology of sports is silly. Like we do this after we get the result every time. But to have those two plays back to back to beat that team which has been the champion in that sport, like it's been champion good. It hasn't quite won the championship, but that team's the standard for you overcome in that sport. Like look what happened to Baltimore when they can't overcome. Like, like that team overcomes. And you slayed them in your house and you slayed them in like the best and most emotional way. The kids who are at that game will remember those two plays in adulthood.

[Billy Gil]

And he does that every week. Yeah, like Baker Mayfield is making generational fandom for those in attendance week after week.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah, he's become a folk hero in Tampa.

[Billy Gil]

He's a Dog.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

I mean, not just a Tampa. Baker Mayfield, week after week is doing something that sticks out on your NFL Sunday. Everyone's come around on this guy. Everybody loves this guy.

[Chris Cote]

Everyone.

[Billy Gil]

That style of play resonates. They know he's not the tallest, all right? He's not genetically blessed. And he is throwing the ball better, damier, better than anyone in the league right now. He is just a dog.

[Chris Cote]

The thing, though, that does. I'm not going to go after TUA for toughness, but when I give you the stat of. The Dolphins are broken. Their quarterback can't beat the good teams. Baker at the Seattle team I was just talking about, that Seattle team is 19 straight on the road. That Seattle team is rugged.

[Greg Cote]

And Sam Darnold's pretty good, too.

[Chris Cote]

And nobody was slinging. They were slinging it back and forth, and Baker took it from him at the end. And this is how the league's stories at that position get rewritten as the quarterbacks get old and go to the booth. Brady and Romo and Aikman and all of them are in the booth now, but they're telling the stories of the kids, right? And this is how the league gets taken over. When you're watching all the games on Sunday and then you're like, wait a minute. Oh, I've got to pay attention to just Baker now. Everybody get out of the way. Is Baker going to do this in the last two minutes? Is Baker going to Baker? Like, this is. This is how you get rid of. Nobody's thinking about Ben Roethlisberger anymore. Like, Aaron Rodgers will hold on to the end, but. But it's in these stories that they have to be in the playoffs for someone like Lamar Jackson. But it is kind of amazing to see that TUA can't beat the good teams, and Baker has climbed out of the sewer to beat the good teams.

[Billy Gil]

Because his career was finished fulfilling promise. It's weird that this is happening with a number one overall draft pick, but, yeah, that's what happens when you're running. Scout for the Carolina Panthers is a D end. Remember the NFL 100 commercial? It ends with Baker sitting at a table next to Tom Brady. And Baker was coming off a really good rookie season. And everyone's like, yeah, this makes sense. One day this guy will be a face of the league. Well, he's a face of the league now. He's up there. He's one of the faces that represent this league. No one could have accounted for the twists and turns that story took.

[Greg Cote]

And part of it is Just the swashbuckling style and the idea that he will take a tackle, he's not going to slide all the time. And he's so small to be a swashbuckler. You know, you expect that style from Josh Allen, who's as big as a linebacker, but Baker Mayfield doing it as a small guy, very impressive.

[Dan Le Batard]

I love swashbuckling.

[Greg Cote]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

He does honestly seem like a buccaneer. Like, he seems like he would kill it at Gasparilla.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Chris Cote]

Put it on the poll at Levitard show. Does Baker Mayfield look like he would kill it at Gasparilla?

[Dan Le Batard]

Like Carolina was not a fit for him.

[Greg Cote]

No.

[Dan Le Batard]

LA also, I don't think was really like vibe.

[Mike Ryan]

Tampa fits Tampa.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's a Tampa guy.

[Greg Cote]

That's exactly right.

[Chris Cote]

The part about it that to me is the coolest because we can make up these stories about anybody if we want to believe in the mythology. The part that's the coolest is show me all the other guys in the league as you're watching Justin Fields and what the jets are. Show me all the other guys in the league even as I'm arguing with Nick Wright and the rest of you about what Patrick Mahomes looks like when he doesn't have the right receivers. It's not just that Baker Mayfield is winning, it's he doesn't get the cheat code of Mike Evans is always open. Like the receivers he won that game with are those are guys that you're not throwing to on Sundays. You can't have all your receivers out. What do you think that would look like if I took. What do you imagine the Dolphin offense would look like if I just took out Waddle? Washington and Hill, you killed the Chiefs.

[Billy Gil]

Because they were missing two guys.

[Chris Cote]

Nick Wright explains what the hell this bet is.

[Billy Gil]

Next, guys.

[Mike Ryan]

Join us. Thursday, October 30th. We mentioned it earlier in the show. We're throwing a Miller Light watch party for Thursday Night Football. Dolphins versus Ravens. Wake the kids up for this one. Like I said, Flanagan's in Kendall. Southwest 88th street and Kendall Drive. It's a Halloween block party. Costumes are encouraged. Come hang with the crew. Dan, Billy, Chris, Tony, Jeremy Amin, Dave Damshek and more. Party starts at 6, kickoff at 8:15. Don't miss Flanagan's fifteen hundred dollar costume contest. Good vibes plus great football equals Miller time.

[Billy Gil]

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

[Chris Cote]

Cuerv.

[Billy Gil]

What are you doing here?

[Chris Cote]

Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo I show up.

[Billy Gil]

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.

[Chris Cote]

Sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Billy Gil]

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

[Chris Cote]

Cuervo.

[Billy Gil]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo. Cuervo, the tequila that invented tequila. Roximo Cuervo.

[Greg Cote]

Com.

[Billy Gil]

Please drink responsibly.

[Chris Cote]

Cuervo.