The Big Suey: What's The Omni Ever Done? (feat. Dianna Russini)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: The Big Suey: What's The Omni Ever Done? (feat. Dianna Russini)
Date: October 22, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Special Guest: Dianna Russini (The Athletic, Scoop City Podcast)

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Overview of the Episode

This episode of "The Big Suey" dives deep into the Miami Dolphins' struggles, NFL owner meetings, awkward reporter-owner interactions, and broader NFL storylines with Dianna Russini joining live from a Manhattan hotel lobby during ownership meetings. The crew brings its signature blend of irreverence and insight, dissecting sports, media, and pop culture moments—all while poking fun and riffing on everything from teeth-whitening techniques to suit etiquette on sports TV.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Did the Miami Dolphins Quit?

• Context: Recent blowout loss in Cleveland (131-6); rumors swirl that the Dolphins have "quit" on coach Mike McDaniel.
• Perspectives Shared:
  • Dianna Rossini: "I don't think anyone watched that game and thought that Mike McDaniel even wanted to be out there in the rain and in the cold. He looked miserable just being the head coach." (03:00)
  • Pressure is mounting on McDaniel, with leadership and locker room disconnect evident.
  • Anthony Weaver (Defensive Coordinator) cited as a rare "leader of men" within the org.
  • Severely criticized the team's inability to show basic effort or answers post-loss.
• Ownership View:
  • Dianna: “Ownership believes that [McDaniel] can still continue to turn this around. That’s obviously Steven Ross's opinion, and we all have varied ones.” (03:56)
• Effort versus Tanking:
  • Multiple hosts challenge whether "quitting" is a fair characterization vs. just being a bad team.
  • Diana: "No, I don't think we're at that part of the season where guys know that it's done and they're just, you know, not willing to risk getting hurt. But there is a disconnect." (11:01)

2. The Art and Awkwardness of Chasing NFL Owners

• Dianna’s Reporting Routine: Sitting in the lobby waiting for owners to come down for refreshments, then chasing interviews.
• On Re-introducing Herself: "They get offended when I reintroduce myself, as if I’m underestimating their recall…my face is very boring and bland." (13:08)
• Discusses small-talk strategies and etiquette with NFL powerbrokers, including TikTok tips for better first impressions.

3. Around the NFL—Contracts, Coaches, and QBs

• Deshaun Watson & Tua Tagovailoa contracts likened to worst in the league.
  • Dianna: "Two is up there... I think Trevor Lawrence gets thrown in there a lot when you talk about bad deals..." (04:25)
  • She reiterates the critical importance of backups and good franchise structures around young QBs.
• Disconnect Between Tua & McDaniel: Noted as “quite obvious” and markedly public. (05:55)
• NFL's Broader Theme: "Teams doing well have quarterbacks that are part of good programs with good coaching and support." (05:15)
• Dolphins’ Time Ends: The segment pivots due to their tradition for not belaboring Dolphins talk ("That's time on the Dolphins." 11:49).

4. NFL Owner Candor vs. Coach/Player Evasiveness

• Dianna on Owners: "Owners don’t care. Coaches lie. Players lie. Owners just say it. I talked to Woody Johnson—he just said, 'Can't complete a pass,' about his own QB." (15:25)
• Success breeds availability: Owners of winning franchises are more willing to stop for conversations.

5. NFL Notes Rapid-Fire

• Russell Wilson–Sean Payton Beef:
  • Russ calls Payton “classless” and uses “#LetsRide” publicly (“First public dub for Russell Wilson in a long time.” – Mike Ryan, 22:02).
  • Dianna: “It’s kind of a known thing in the league...Some coaches who have worked with Russell Wilson...did not like the experience at all.” (22:08)
• Colts & Patriots Surprising:
  • Colts described as tough and well-defended, with genuine organizational improvement.
  • Patriots and Josh McDaniels earning praise for handling rookie Drake May: "If you told me this in August, I was like, no way. They stayed. They have been really impressive." (23:40)
  • Drake May comparisons: Playing like a mix of Philip Rivers and Eli Manning.
• Trade Deadline Talk: Patriots likely to add on defense, not receiver, though a big name like Chris Olave would be "awesome." (26:12)

6. College Coach Crossover Rumors

• Marcus Freeman to the NFL?
  • No firm reports of current movement, but acknowledged past Bears’ interest and possible Titans/Dolphins fit. Sarkeesian is also a name to watch. (27:07)

7. Super Bowl Picks & Belichick’s Mood

• Dianna’s current Super Bowl projection: “Kansas City Chiefs and the most chill organization all fall...and the Detroit Lions...” (28:07)
• On Bill Belichick’s Happiness: Russini’s reporting diverges by describing an upbeat Belichick: “I did a lot of digging...The people there tell me that is what it is...not as bad as it may seem.” (28:46)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Dianna Rossini on Mike McDaniel:
  “For a coach that I think had so much potential...he just looks like it’s spinning a little bit out of his control. Maybe not even a little bit. I think a lot of it.” (03:00)
• On her job as a reporter at the owner’s meeting:
  "It’s a little bit of a weird scenario...I have to go chase [the owners] and ask for an interview...They don’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to talk to them. But I have a job." (07:35)
• Stugotz on Dolphins:
  “They’re a pathetic joke of a franchise.” (12:18)
• On owner candor:
  “Woody Johnson...he just said, 'Can't complete a pass.' Is it good for the locker room to hear that? No, but he's saying what every Jet fan is thinking.” (15:45)
• On small-talk with NFL owners:
  “I watch these TikTok videos about how to improve small talk...” (14:21)
• Diana's honesty about humility:
  "I'd like to be arrogant, but I'm not. I can't." (14:07)
• Teeth Whitening Sidebar:
  “Kev bought this charcoal...it’s like a black toothpaste. Why are my teeth whiter if I’m brushing them with a black stuff?” (20:09)
• On the Russell Wilson/Sean Payton beef:
  “Good for us [for the drama].” (21:38)
• On the ‘punching the football’ debate:
  “You can’t just throw haymakers at the guy who's carrying the football. He tries to hit the ball.” (30:57)

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Notable & Lighthearted Exchanges

• On podcast attire and TV fashion:
  The group riffs on how Carmelo Anthony dressed for TV, with Greg Cote taking credit for casualizing sports television.
  “I did that 10 years ago. And you guys called me crazy.” (41:38)
• Michael Jordan Meme Debunked:
  The crew discusses Michael Jordan “renting” a house and shooting a free throw for the homeowner’s kids, poking fun at the mythologizing of celebrities.
  “If you have a chance to have Michael Jordan stay at your house, you don’t charge him?” (44:33)
• Dental Hygiene Tangent:
  Chip Kelly smoothie/sleep science jokes follow a bit about Rams players sleeping on the team plane as "difference makers." (38:24)
• “Useless Sound Montage” Segment:
  Compiles generic football clichés—“Take it one game at a time... Grit by our guys... You win a game like that, it's like the best thing ever..." (34:50–37:42)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Miami Dolphins Quitting? — 02:12–07:03
• Reporter-Owner interactions & etiquette — 07:35–15:43
• NFL Contract/Coach Talk — 04:18–06:09, 21:13–26:46
• Russell Wilson Beef — 21:13–22:43
• Colts & Patriots Stock Watch — 22:43–24:52
• Drake May Commentary — 24:52–25:52
• Super Bowl Picks & Belichick’s Mood — 28:07–29:45
• Fashion & Attire Tangent — 39:50–41:52
• Michael Jordan Free Throw Story — 42:07–44:55
• Useless Sound Montage — 34:50–38:24

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Tone & Style

• Playful, irreverent, and self-deprecating, filled with inside jokes, sports media references, and a strong blend of actual reporting and comic relief.
• Dianna Rossini exemplifies professionalism but also engages in the crew's banter, bringing both NFL analysis and the behind-the-scenes experience of major league reporting.
• The pod remains rapid-fire, never lingering too long on one subject, and is peppered with signature Dan & Stugotz tangents.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode is quintessential Le Batard Show—mixing sharp NFL commentary (especially on the Dolphins’ woes), amusing peeks into the sports journalism grind, league-wide observations, and off-the-cuff cultural asides. Dianna Russini not only provides credible insider context but highlights the awkward realties and humor of her profession. The show’s unique energy is on full display—mocking, celebrating, and questioning sports and its symbols with equal enthusiasm. Great for listeners who want both real NFL insight and a laugh.

Transcript

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[Stugotz]

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

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm sorry.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

I'm not going to apologize for that.

[Stugotz]

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 that if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys.

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[Stugotz]

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[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

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

[Stugotz]

Diana Rossini is coming to us from a hotel lobby in Manhattan at the owner's meeting. She looks like an intrepid reporter right now. Zaslow and Cody have spent the entire break arguing about whether or not the.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

I won that argument.

[Stugotz]

Whether or not the Dolphins quit or not on Sunday. I am really wondering what the. What the score would have been if they had quit, like, what? Everyone looked at the scoreboard when they saw Cleveland 131 6. If they did not watch the game, they're like, oh, that was a team that wasn't trying on the other side, if that's what happened at. At Cleveland.

[Mike Ryan]

But we'll.

[Stugotz]

We'll have Diana settle this for us. As incidentally, RG3 says on the Dan Patrick show that the Miami Dolphins need to blow it all up. They need to fire McDaniel and they need to rid of two or two. And Bill Cower and others are saying, yeah, the Dolphins quit on Sunday. Your assessment here, Diana?

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, I think we all saw it. I don't think anyone watched that game and thought that Mike McDaniel even wanted to be out there in the rain and in the cold. He looked miserable just being the head coach. So we'll just start with him on the sideline and obviously the ridiculous sunglasses. And he just looks like. For a coach that I think had so much potential and is still a really bright guy, he just looks like it's spinning a little bit out of his control. Maybe not even a little bit. I think a lot of it. I think the pressure of all this is mounting, and the players are unfortunately left with a lot of questions and not getting a lot of answers. They will tell you over and over. Miami and the people I talked to there, they're trying to figure it out. They're trying to get the right people leading these meetings. The name Anthony Weaver, the defensive coordinator, his name has come up. He's come up in league circles for the last few seasons as somebody that can. Is a leader of men. And to me, that's just what the Dolphins look like they need right now. I understand what they're doing here. Right. We. I talked to some people on Monday after that game about. All right, making changes. Right. What do we got? Well, you know, when you guys get a fire, Mike, just give us a heads up. And they continue to say the same thing, which is, we're not. We're not doing it because ownership believes that he can still continue to turn this around. That's obviously Steven Ross's opinion, and we all have varied ones.

[Stugotz]

Deshaun Watson is the worst contract in the league is to a second worst. Who's second worst? What's the second worst contract in the league?

[Diana Rossini]

I mean, two is up there. I think Trevor Lawrence gets thrown in there a lot when you talk about bad deals. Look, I. I understand what the Dolphins were doing with TUA and when they did it. I don't think any of us from it, from a salary standpoint, were really criticizing him. That much. I know I wasn't. I thought it was a fair deal for him. And if you remember at the time, the concern was less about his play and more about the injuries. Right. It was more about whether or not he could stay healthy on the field. And was this really worth the risk? Which is why I had always thought that for my, like Chris Greer and this organization needed to make sure no matter what happens, no matter how much they're paying their starter, they better have a really good backup plan in place. And guys, the theme of this season, more than ever, more than ever. And nobody wants to hear it because it's boring. But the teams that are doing well have quarterbacks that are. Are part of good programs with good coaching and good support. And at one point, I would have said the Dolphins were one of them. At one point I believed in what Mike McDaniel and Tua were building. And this has really veered into a territory now where. Where it seems like there is no hope left that they really can't turn this around. Despite the fact that ownership.

[Stugotz]

Everyone did believe, though, Diana. Everyone believed like you did when they were at the top of the offensive power ratings. Like that's where the belief came from. We saw to be better than any of us thought that. That he was.

[Diana Rossini]

Exactly. But there is a major disconnect between Tua and his coach that is quite obvious. They're literally doing it publicly. What did we really expect, though, on Sunday? And I'm calling myself on out on that as well. I did not go into that game going, oh, yeah, the Dolphins, they'll get through this. I mean, I criticize the Eagles left and right because of their drama. And you can do it and know that they're still going to perform because they're that good and they've got the right leaders. That is not Miami at all. And I don't understand. Look, I will never be one to sit up here and go, yes, change is needed. Fire coaches in season. But when it starts to look like this, when you're losing the locker room and you're losing effort, just basic effort, I don't know how they can just be okay with it. And I was here listening to you guys talk about ownership before. And for those that are watching the show right now, you can see I'm sitting in a hallway. I'm literally at the owner's meeting in midtown Manhattan right now where all the owners are upstairs, including Steven Ross, having just mandatory meetings that they do every fall.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a side entrance of a hotel if I've ever seen.

[Diana Rossini]

Really shady.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you sitting down, too? People are walking by and they're way taller than you. Are you sitting down?

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, I'm like, on a chair.

[Dan Le Batard]

Looks expensive.

[Greg Cote]

I was gonna ask if you travel with that.

[Mike Ryan]

Do the fake elevator bit.

[Sponsor Voice or Guest]

That's funny.

[Diana Rossini]

Most the owners would be that height anyway.

[Mike Ryan]

You can sit down. Don't worry about it.

[Diana Rossini]

I'll sit down. So. Which, by the way, small observation that I make because this is so bizarre what I'm doing. So for those that don't know, what I do is I'm sitting in a lobby while the owners are meeting, and then when they break, they're going to come down, maybe get some water, have some food. Some of them are going to leave. And there's no setup interviews. Nobody's saying, okay, Stephen Ross, you're now going to sit with the athletics. Diana Rossini. He's just walking. And I then have to go chase him and ask him for an interview, which I will be doing right after we talk here to see what is the direction of this organization. So it's. It's a little bit of a weird scenario and a weird situation because they don't want to talk to you. I don't really want to talk to them, but I have a job, and this just happens all afternoon. So this is kind of. You guys are catching me at the perfect time because they're meeting, so I don't. I'm not really missing anything. But, you know, the convert, the bigger. Wow, you're right. I really look small.

[Mike Ryan]

People look gigantic behind Danny. You look so tiny.

[Diana Rossini]

These are important. These are legal office people. They're very important.

[Caller or Guest]

Oh, wow.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Ask them if they think the Dolphins quit.

[Stugotz]

Cody, what do you have for Diana?

[Caller or Guest]

Diana, everybody says the Dolphins quit. You just refer to them. You just refer to them having a lack of effort. When you say things like they quit or they didn't show effort. Is the final score always enough, or do you need evidence on the field? I'm wondering what you saw in that game on the field from Miami that told you they quit. Who did you see with a lack of effort in that game?

[Diana Rossini]

I don't even think it's about Miami as much as it's about the Browns. Like, if you're going into Cleveland and you're not even able to put up a decent fight against an okay team that you know outside of their defense, which is exceptional, like, I think. I think we can all agree that they're the best part of the Browns is why they're able to even stay alive. We're talking about Dylan Gabriel as the quarterback or rookie who. I didn't know that much about him coming into the draft. Right. So, look, I want to believe in Mike, and every time he steps up to the podium pointing the finger at himself, I mean, they're actually all pointing a finger at each other. But why did we expect effort? Like, did you think that performance was. Was filled with a bunch of disciplined players that came in with a really good game plan that were going to lean into the skill sets that they have, which we could probably do a whole segment of? What are the Miami Dolphins good at right now?

[Stugotz]

I don't know, Greg, what would the score have to have been for you to concede? And I'm not. Again, I'm not saying they quit.

[Diana Rossini]

I'm just asking you what I feel. Greg, I feel like you're trying to say that you think that my opinion that they weren't making effort is wrong, that that was just bad football, that they were trying, but they just are not very good.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Yeah, you just think they're bad.

[Caller or Guest]

Of course I think there was effort in that game. I think it was a bad team losing to a bad team, a bad team beating an even worse team. I'm not accusing you of anything. I'm. Anybody who says, ah, they quit. Anybody who says that was a lack of effort by that team, I always say, what on the field, beyond the final score, what on the field did you see? What player on the field did you see quitting? Now, when Jimmy Butler was almost leaving the Heat, there were analytics that showed.

[Diana Rossini]

Jimmy Buffett an example of, like, you know, a corner just giving up and not even attempting to make a tackle or. No, no, I don't. I don't think we're at that part of the season where guys know that it's done and they're just. They're just, you know, you hear this all the time, where guys in the locker room will tell you, like, yeah, no one was even trying because they don't want to get hurt. This guy, this one's a contractor. He's not willing to. To take a risk. Hello. No, it's okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Did they offer you something? What was that?

[Stugotz]

Let's go.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is that Mr.

[Stugotz]

I mean, what did you have for Diana?

[Greg Cote]

Well, it just seems to me that the Dolphins.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dolphins time.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, about five minutes past on Dolphins time.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is time on the Dolphins.

[Diana Rossini]

I want to, like, I want to go back and watch a Game time.

[Greg Cote]

Called it, Diana.

[Diana Rossini]

Because now. Now I want to give better examples.

[Greg Cote]

Time, Diana, trust me. I had a great question, but it's time, so we got to go on to something different. So you.

[Diana Rossini]

Wait. What is the time thing? We're only talking about.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

No more Dolphins.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

They're a pathetic joke of a franchise.

[Diana Rossini]

This is echoing in the lobby of the Omni.

[Stugotz]

So you don't have headphones on?

[Diana Rossini]

No, I forgot to bring them. So now Omni.

[Greg Cote]

Okay. Well, okay, I'll whisper the question.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

See Omni ever done so?

[Stugotz]

Diana, Danny V. Of the day, you.

[Greg Cote]

Mentioned that the owners will come downstairs for refreshments, and that's when you'll sidle up.

[Mike Ryan]

Is that Lewis Riddick?

[Greg Cote]

How do you sidle up? What's your opening line to gain the confidences of an owner?

[Diana Rossini]

Okay, actually, I need your opinion about something. So because I only see the owners three times a year, roughly. I always think the most professional approach is always to reintroduce myself. Right. No matter what. Even the ones that I've known for years to just, hey, how are you? Just Diana Rossini.

[Caller or Guest]

Yeah, they're old.

[Diana Rossini]

Just familiarity. And also to remind them that I'm not just a fan or a person that works for the league. So they're aware that they are talking to a journalist and that what we talk about is probably going to be written about or I'm going to talk about it. But I noticed a little trend yesterday when I was doing this where I think they get offended that I introduce myself as if I'm underestimating their recall. So then I got a lot of like, yeah, I know. And I'm like, wait, I was just doing that because I know you meet a lot of people. You're very important. My face is very boring and bland. And, you know, I look like six different people in the lobby right now. Diana.

[Greg Cote]

The problem is it comes off as fake humility. Like, you know, it doesn't.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

She's trying to be courteous.

[Greg Cote]

I know what she's trying to do. I know what she's.

[Diana Rossini]

Diana. But I know you know who I am.

[Greg Cote]

Like, exactly. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, kind of like, hey, my brain.

[Diana Rossini]

My brain does not go that way. I want to. I should probably be a little bit.

[Stugotz]

What a great. What a great self assessment from you. Wow. I'd like to be arrogant, but I'm not. I can't. I can't. I can't.

[Mike Ryan]

That self is arrogant.

[Stugotz]

I can't even try fake humility. No, it's just humility.

[Caller or Guest]

Like, aspiring.

[Diana Rossini]

I don't Know what I want to be. But I can tell you this version doesn't work. So. No, it's a good question. Look, I watch these TikTok videos about how to improve small talk because the.

[Stugotz]

Get out of here.

[Diana Rossini]

They say they. The professionals at small talk say the worst thing you could do in a conversation is to go, hey, Dan, how are you? Worst. Subconsciously, your brain shuts down and you're no longer interested. But if I make an observation about you physically or I'm aware of something, you're working, hey, Dan, you know, how's that project going? Or, you know, let's just. I'm trying to think of a owner who I start. Like, I show. I saw Charlotte Jones, who is lovely to talk to, and I hadn't seen her in a while, and I went right up to her and said, hey, Charlotte, Diane. And she go, how are you? She did it. I just went back. Has life since Micah. I just went right into it.

[Stugotz]

Nice. You know, so you're also in the awkward position, though, of meeting all of these people. And it's so transactional. You need something they don't. Right. And so that makes the whole thing. Thing awkward, like.

[Diana Rossini]

Yes, but I enjoy this event more than most because owners don't care. Right. Coaches lie, Players lie. The owner, I'm sure the owners lie, too, but they just say it. I talked to Woody Johnson yesterday. Did you see what he said?

[Stugotz]

Yeah, you were there.

[Diana Rossini]

I didn't even ask him about Justin Fields. He just said, like, he's like, can't complete a pass, you know, like, who.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Wants to hear what I have to say about Justin Fields?

[Diana Rossini]

The whole time I'm sitting there listening to him, I'm thinking, he's not wrong. Like, is it good for the locker room and for the jets players to hear their owner basically say that their quarterback stinks? No, but he's thinking what every other Jet fan is thinking and saying it. So. So, yeah, Dan, I'm with you. Like, it definitely feels a little transactional. And they know I'm only talking to them because I want to hear about the state of their. But there's owners like Carly Irsay, who is not someone I would have been chasing down a few years ago. Whereas their team's doing well. So they want to stop the Teppers, right? Like, usually they're sprinting down the hallway. Today they stopped, right? Because their team's above.500 for the first time since 2019.

[Stugotz]

Their season's over.

[Mike Ryan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Howdy listeners. It's Mike Ryan and Chris Cody. Hey everyone. Hey Chris. We love hanging out so much. You were at my birthday the other day.

[Stugotz]

You're old.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Greg Cote]

What?

[Dan Le Batard]

A can of Miller. Whether it's a can, whether it's a bottle, a draft pour of Miller Lite. The draft pour. You see that beautiful iconic color. The coldness right away.

[Mike Ryan]

The ice coldness to it.

[Diana Rossini]

Oh, so good.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

That icy coldness.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Stugotz]

Fall.

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[Stugotz]

Don LeBatard.

[Caller or Guest]

I want to address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public.

[Diana Rossini]

Stugats.

[Caller or Guest]

Don't do it.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Diana. Diana, this is a compliment. I believe your teeth to be real. But the teeth whitening routine, what does it look like here? Is this a contrast with the tan? What are we doing?

[Diana Rossini]

Wait, the teeth. Mine?

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Your teeth are very white.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

They look good.

[Diana Rossini]

It's so funny, too, because I drink so much coffee and I don't do the straw thing. All the girls do the straw thing, so you don't get the stain.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, but what are we doing? Whitening strips?

[Diana Rossini]

No, Kev bought this charcoal. Like, it's like a black toothpaste, and we've been using that. And. And. Which is weird, right? Like, why are my teeth whiter if I'm brushing them with a black stuff?

[Dan Le Batard]

Did you get it on ig? Because I got the purple one from ig. No, bad. Purple's bad. Purple one's bad. Why, buddy? It removes yellow.

[Greg Cote]

I got the powder that I put on top of the toothpaste. You guys got that one? It's like a powder that you sprinkle on top of the toothpaste and then you brush it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let me see your grill.

[Caller or Guest]

It's the grill.

[Diana Rossini]

Reason why the lighting it looks this way is because I saw my former camera crew from espn. We call him Jimmy the Greek, and he's like a legend at espn. And he always. His job. Basically, he knows nothing about football. Like, I could call Jimmy over here and be like, jimmy, name one quarterback. And he'd be like, no. He thinks his job is to just make sure that you're lit. So that's. So he helped me out. So an old. An old colleague given us some help. I told him I was coming on here, so he's like, oh, absolutely. He loves you guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

Powder on the tooth. Just put it on your finger and do this.

[Diana Rossini]

Powder on the. I've never heard of that.

[Mike Ryan]

It's cocaine.

[Greg Cote]

I'm just really excited about dental hygiene. I don't understand what you guys got.

[Stugotz]

Let's speed her up, too, while we're at It. Let's speed her up with the music. That will get through as much football information as we can. The Russell Wilson, Sean Payton beef, where Sean Payton was hoping that Russell Wilson would stay. The Giants quarterback said so publicly, didn't want to see Jackson Darth and Russell Wilson called him classless and not surprising and then said hashtag, let's ride.

[Diana Rossini]

Let's ride. I love it. How mad did he have to be for him to come out of character and be a human being? What a great. I am not a big clap that person. Like, just ignore it. Good for us.

[Stugotz]

Well, hit him with a bounty, though. To a bounty joke. How did you feel about that bounty joke in the middle of that, Sean.

[Diana Rossini]

Payton's going to come back. There's no doubt he'll find a way. I'm surprised Sean didn't hop on Twitter. He's a Twitter. He's got Twitter fingers.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the first public dub for Russell Wilson in a long time. Like, I feel like everyone is just kind of on his side here.

[Diana Rossini]

It is truthfully, though, it is kind of a known thing in the league that there are some coaches that have worked with Russell Wilson, and Sean Clean is certainly one of them who just did not like the experience at all. And a lot of it is for the reasons why we criticize him as a show and as a journalist. So just sometimes I just think that the authentic version of him is the best. And I think it's really hard sometimes for him to be that all the time, which is why we're all like, all right, Russ, like, it's okay to show that, like, you're not happy with, you know, a head coach disrespecting you. Stand up for yourself.

[Stugotz]

Little. You mentioned the Ursays, the Colts. That whole thing is real, right? I don't think anyone expects that to beat Kansas City, but you better stop underestimating that.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, I'm past doing that. I was kind of like, okay, this kid's turning back into a pumpkin soon. It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen. It's Daniel Jones. I've watched enough Giants football in my life. But even just talking to Carly or say, about why they went with Daniel Jones and just even his demeanor, so funny to hear how she described. She's like, he's not like, say a lot. He doesn't do a lot. He just goes out there and plays and he's tough and that's all that matters. But I think with their defense and perhaps maybe some additions they make of the trade deadline, if they do that. They're looking at corner and they've got this offense humming. Right. You could make an argument. They potentially have a coach of the year in Shane Psychic. They've got an offensive player of the year in Jonathan Taylor. They've got a comeback player of the year in Daniel Jones. Right. You've got, you've got a lot of good things happening in. Indeed. You don't say that a lot.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Would you be surprised if the Patriots won the AFC East?

[Diana Rossini]

No. No. If you told me this in August, I was like, no way. They stayed. They have been really impressive. I think Josh McDaniels has done an exciting, exceptional job with Drake May. I think Drake has always been talented. You talk to anyone in football that was looking for a quarterback in that draft, they're all. Everyone was high on Drake despite some of things out there. I think there's some reports that some teams didn't like every team like Drake May. I just think the fact that the Patriots have been able, that Josh McDonald has been able to replicate some of the success that we saw early with Tom Brady already. And I'm not, I'm not there yet being like, oh, this is the Brady Patriots yet. But you know, this is a team that's doing it right. They've got the right head coach, they've got the right oc, they've got the quarterback. All good things for them.

[Stugotz]

Here's what May's doing though. It's not just the 21 of 23 that was better than any completion percentage Brady had. It's not just throwing the ball downfield better than any second year passer ever has. They had a spy on him in Tennessee and he's still running all over the place. He ran for 90 yards last year against Tennessee. That guy, like if people think that's a pocket passer, he's got great pocket presence, but he runs like crazy. Like he, he, he'll run bigger and better than Mahomes will.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah. Chase Daniel, my colleague on. Excuse me, my co hosts on Scoop City. He, he's like, he reminds me of Philip Rivers a lot. He's got a little Philip Rivers in him. Personality. No, personality is like little Eli. He's like, he reminds me of Eli Manning. By the way, next time Drake May does an interview post game, close your eyes and tell me you don't hear Eli. Like, it's like identical to me. My ear. But in terms of play. Yeah. And the toughness and you know, when I think about the type of quarterback that I know Vrabel wants One thing he loved about Tannehill, I know you guys are going to debate me on this. Was his toughness, intensity. That was what the one thing he loved.

[Stugotz]

He was tough. Nobody would debate that year. He was tough.

[Diana Rossini]

Proven that. And, you know, I saw Robert Kraft yesterday, and we. He's glowing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Diana, do you think the Patriots are going to be a buyer at the deadline? I feel like if they had, like one alpha wide receiver, they'd be a team that could be a winner in the afc. Who?

[Diana Rossini]

AJ Brown. Oh, Billy's not waddle. Not now. We'll see. No, I, I think defense, I think if they're going to make a move.

[Stugotz]

It'S got to speed it up. Got to speed it up.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a tough question, Dan. She's trying to think.

[Sponsor Voice or Guest]

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[Stugotz]

No thinking.

[Diana Rossini]

You know what I'm doing? I'm going through my text messages in my head of like, what was the last thing I was told about what the Pats are doing? No, it's. The Patriots are making calls on defense. I don't get the sense they're going running back, going receiver.

[Stugotz]

But.

[Diana Rossini]

But I'm with you. Like, I could. Like, that would be awesome. Like, they're not doing it, but let's say the Saints were to move like Chris Olave or something, but they're trying to work out with him.

[Greg Cote]

Diana, Our very own Mike Ryan reported yesterday exclusively that Marcus Freeman, although he's a target for Penn State and Florida, he's rather. If he's going to leave Notre Dame, it'll be for the pros. Have you heard anything in the pros about interest for Marcus Freeman?

[Dan Le Batard]

That would be his preference. The Chicago job last year was of particular interest.

[Diana Rossini]

Yeah, I remember working on that story, and at the time, I can tell you, everyone was saying the same thing to me, which is Marcus wants to. To be where he is. Like, he loves where he is.

[Greg Cote]

That's not my question. My question was, is there any interest in the pros for Marcus Freeman?

[Diana Rossini]

I don't know yet. I. At this point, I'm not sure if the Titans are a team that would want to go in that direction or if even the Miami Dolphins. The name I am keeping an eye on is Sarkeesian. If he wants to do that move, that's something that. That would interest him. Perhaps just. You made me think college. So. So no, I will get back to you on the Marcus Freeman thing. That's on it. I know the Bear. There was somebody in a very high ranking position with the Bears that really wanted markets last year. But didn't want them at the time.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Diana if the Dolphins are offered blank for Jalen Waddle, they should consider it.

[Diana Rossini]

Like, in terms of like, trade value.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Yeah.

[Diana Rossini]

Fourth round.

[Caller or Guest]

Diana super bowl odds are really indecisive right now. The perception is there's no super team. What right now is your super bowl matchup?

[Diana Rossini]

Kansas City Chiefs and the most chill organization all fall. I can't get a person there to tell me that things are not good. Everything is. And this isn't like positive poly stuff too that sometimes you get from teams like.

[Caller or Guest]

And from the nfc.

[Diana Rossini]

And we see it every the Detroit lines, trade lines are. They're building on this.

[Stugotz]

Why is your reporting so much different than everyone else's on Bill Belichick? When you said on Nick Wright show, they tell me this is the happiest they've seen Bill in years. He feels like the students are actually buying into what he's doing because I.

[Diana Rossini]

Did a lot of digging on it and I talked more directly to the people involved to find out what's going on. Like, what do you guys want? What are you, are you happy? Or is this where you want to be? And you know, the people there tell me that that is what it is. And you know, Belichick's camp will tell you that you have to be around it to understand it. And I had a colleague of mine around it on Friday night when they played Cal. And there is definitely a little bit of that. Like, it's not as bad as it may seem. Do I think it's good? No, I don't think it's good. But I do think there's a lot of people in the NFL, in the college base on this planet who want to see Bill Belichick fail. And everyone has their own reasons. It's not my job to figure what those are out. I am just telling you that there's always two sides the of to things. And it's not just Bill is trying to get out or Bill's miserable. Bill's a bad coach. There are some good things that are happening there and he wants to be there.

[Stugotz]

She's the senior NFL insider for the Athletic, the host of the Scoop City podcast. She's joining us from a sad side adjacent hotel lobby and she will, she will do anything for our show. Thank you, Diana. We appreciate it. An echoing lobby where the strangers looked at how she was shouting because she forgot her headphones. We will get to the useless sound montage in a second. When she mentioned Chris Olavi, I meant to mention this. I think it was two weeks ago. He had some play where I did not understand how he caught it. I did not understand how he stayed upright after he caught it. And as soon as he did both of those things, someone came over and just punched the ball cleanly out of his hands. Even though he had made a great athletic play. Just somebody wound up and just punched the football directly.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

You saw the league. They're sending memos. You better not punch the ball. Fine, but don't go punching players.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nobody said anything about punching players. Going after the ball.

[Stugotz]

When you miss, you punch.

[Dan Le Batard]

You had this terrible take.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

You can't just punch a player after.

[Dan Le Batard]

The Lions Chiefs game in which there was actual punches thrown. I think you're misinterpreting that.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Not misinterpreting anything. You can't just throw haymakers at the guy who's carrying the football. He tries to hit the ball.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, you can.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

What if I miss it?

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[Mike Ryan]

Well, you're gonna tackle him anyway.

[Dan Le Batard]

What's the matter?

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Kyron Williams got punched in the face a couple weeks ago, costing the game. Stop punching, people. Stop boxing.

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[Stugotz]

Don LeBatard He for some reason would do a Gary Stevens impersonation of the offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins and the University of Miami. Go ahead. Do you want to do that for the people? Your Gary Stevens impersonation? You want to give people some of that? 30 years in the making.

[Diana Rossini]

Stugotz what?

[Caller or Guest]

Who needs me?

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, that what you did my whole life.

[Caller or Guest]

You're gonna go to Buffalo and win with Bernie Pomelee.

[Diana Rossini]

Who needs big this is the Dan.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Levatar show with the Stucats.

[Stugotz]

Get the useless sound montage here. Get it going so that we could laugh together at how uselessly people analyze the football games on Sunday.

[Mike Ryan]

Everything we said we we didn't want to do did occur. I think he did everything to lose the game. We just have to do what we.

[Diana Rossini]

Have to do to go win these games.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you Lord for putting me in that position and choosing me to be, you know, the quarterback of the this team. We're going to be so excited anytime we win a game.

[Stugotz]

Guys want to do good every time.

[Mike Ryan]

They'Re out there, right?

[Mike Tirico]

Tip your hats to New York.

[Stugotz]

Those guys that found a new juice.

[Diana Rossini]

We lost the game that was upsetting.

[Mike Ryan]

We came in to, you know, play to win the game. He was cool as a cucumber and went out there and did his job. When you win, you know, you can.

[Stugotz]

Usually coach a little bit harder.

[Mike Ryan]

You guys took the foot off the.

[Diana Rossini]

Gas at all when you had this 19 point lead.

[Stugotz]

No, take it one game at a time. We celebrate the wins. Celebrate the heck out of it just now. And the. The resilience of this group, the focus, the toughness to finish when we needed it. Guys making plays.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, I am who I am.

[Dan Le Batard]

And I don't change.

[Mike Ryan]

We're going to find out who and what we're made of.

[Mike Tirico]

It's important we don't let the euphoria.

[Stugotz]

Of a win like that cloud the things that need to get cleaned up tomorrow.

[Mike Ryan]

Great fight grit by our guys.

[Stugotz]

There's some grit there.

[Diana Rossini]

They didn't quit.

[Mike Tirico]

Yeah, we won't be defined by this performance, but it certainly was disappointing tonight.

[Mike Ryan]

They're figuring out how to win and figuring out how to practice. You win a game like that, it's like the best thing ever. My first time you sort of win in a game like that. I thought the guys did a great job of being able to sleep on the plane. Two formulas that generally equal immediate loss. I mean, if you complete it, the.

[Caller or Guest]

Only thing we can do is go back to work.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. 60 minute game.

[Mike Ryan]

So just like everybody else in that in there, you know, you gotta look inward first. If you're saying it's not me, it's you, me. And the boys are over there, see one of them kind of, kind of counting. I'm like, you know what, it's probably best we don't do that because a lot of numbers you're gonna have to count. But it was funny we were talking this week about. I was like, it's your revenge week this week. Because he was in Atlanta. And then sure enough, he's like on like whatever early in the game, he's like, all right, here we go. And I was like, revenge week.

[Diana Rossini]

Here's what gives me hope as I go through these weeks is, man, just exactly how they come out on Wednesday.

[Mike Ryan]

In practice and then how they come out on third, then practice, same with on Friday.

[Stugotz]

When tomorrow comes, and it's not tomorrow yet.

[Mike Ryan]

Plans are plans, man. Our philosophy is always going to be do whatever we got to do to win games every single time.

[Stugotz]

We just got to stick together, doing right longer. And that's, that's our definition of finish.

[Mike Ryan]

And we're always truth tellers on Monday it was good. He definitely owes me some money. He fell down on those passes at like the two yard line. So he wanted to run them in. You know, we talk about practice performance equal and game reality. I thought that came to life today. We say we want to win games so we have to do the things necessary to win games. Yeah, no, I definitely, I got your question and you weren't wrong. So hope we can still be friends, but we have an NFL opponent and game next week. Just trying to maneuver everything and trying.

[Greg Cote]

To build a collection of guys to.

[Stugotz]

To kind of bring along with, with me.

[Mike Ryan]

And I got to be able to.

[Greg Cote]

Kind of be able to multitask if.

[Stugotz]

That makes sense, be able to do.

[Greg Cote]

That and while doing that, kind of.

[Mike Ryan]

Continue to continue to get the whatever.

[Greg Cote]

It was last year and the years.

[Stugotz]

Prior for myself to get going again. If I'm being totally honest, I have not been myself since confusing Ray Bork and Boston Globe columnist ron Borges. But McVay brought me back by complimenting the way his guys were sleeping on the plane. Yes, those guys slept on the plane on the way to the Jacksonville game. They did a great job of, of sleeping on the plane. It's not the easiest thing to do. You remember when Chip Kelly was going to change the Philadelphia Eagles because he bought him smoothies and heart monitors and he was going to monitor their sleep. Sean McVeigh made sure that his Rams slept correctly.

[Caller or Guest]

Yep. Nobody sleeps like the Rams.

[Mike Ryan]

I thought the guys did a great job of being able to sleep on the plane.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Do you think he walked up and down the aisle? It's like nice.

[Mike Ryan]

They look so who's awake over here?

[Caller or Guest]

That's good right there. That's good. Sleep.

[Stugotz]

Good. Last night, Amin was made nostalgic. I wonder how old he felt when all of the players playing in the games were interviewed about their memories about the NBA on NBC and none of them knew anything and laughed in the face of the interviewers. Except for Anthony Edwards who simply said Michael Jordan. I remember from NBA on NBC they bring Michael Jordan out. I seem like I'm the only one that was disappointed by Insights into Excellence. Just being a one hour interview with Michael Jordan.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

What were you expecting?

[Stugotz]

I was expecting something a little more like Tom Brady. If you're going to give him some that kind of money. Like I'm not saying you got to go to production meetings, but you're not going to just do a taped one hour interview that you're going to splice out over the remainder of the season.

[Greg Cote]

Zaz Dan was Expecting Michael Jordan to let us know that Tyreson is needs to step it up. And also Kayson Wallace has been a great piece of energy for the Thunder.

[Stugotz]

They had Carmelo and McGrady to do that.

[Diana Rossini]

Are you comparing Carmelo McGrady to the.

[Greg Cote]

Greatest player in the history of the game? The man whose funeral I will attend.

[Mike Ryan]

Did you guys see their tech issues at the start? I'm not gonna lie. That made me feel good.

[Greg Cote]

Not so easy, is it?

[Mike Ryan]

I like to see when big programs. Carmelo, tech issues.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Carmelo, can you put on a shirt and tie?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, what are you doing? Carmelo, enough with you.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

This is a podcast.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look at your.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

It's NBA and NBC.

[Dan Le Batard]

You have a backwards flex.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

That's right. You know what I'm.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the second consecutive day we're a runner up he championship shirt.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Okay, first of all, I have a lot of positive feelings about the Miami Heat. 2020 runs the NBA finals. I know they didn't win back to.

[Dan Le Batard]

Back days second place shirt and a backwards number two flex fit.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

I'm glad you brought this up because I was on the Miami Heat radio not even television radio broadcast for 12 years.

[Stugotz]

He was wearing a suit.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

I wore a suit of it look true. Look at me, look at me. This is how I want to dress. You think I wanted to wear a suit every day, but I wasn't even on tv. But I dress. I dress for the occasion. Carmelo. It's not a podcast put on.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everyone in there has a colored shirt.

[Caller or Guest]

Two time champion broadcaster.

[Greg Cote]

Dan. A lot of people were praising Carmelo for dressing in a way that offended Jonathan Zaszla apparently. And to all those people, I'd like to say you're welcome. Let's. Let's give credit where credit's due. Pay tribute to the trailblazers, the icons, the people who blaze the path to allow Carmelo Anthony to wear that on an NBA broadcast.

[Stugotz]

Who are those people?

[Greg Cote]

You're looking at them.

[Stugotz]

Okay, you're taking credit for T shirt pioneering.

[Dan Le Batard]

Not T shirt. Explain yourself a meme not T shirt.

[Greg Cote]

But when I got there, they were all dressed like they were going to a funeral. Hard bottoms and suits and tires. When we were talking about sports seriously and I came in with the bomber jackets and the Jordans on and next thing you know everyone started wearing sneakers with their suits. And then it became oh, we don't have to wear a suit. And now everyone's like, oh my God, look at Carmelo Anthony.

[Diana Rossini]

He's so cool.

[Greg Cote]

I'm like, I did that 10 years ago. And you guys called me crazy.

[Stugotz]

You can't be taking credit for this for taking Dan.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's a trailblazer. You're talking to a trailblazer of television, Dan.

[Caller or Guest]

Pioneer.

[Stugotz]

You took the blazer out of trail brace and you put the sports in sports coat.

[Greg Cote]

Pioneer.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, even Michael Jordan dressed up for the occasion.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

I didn't even leave his living room.

[Dan Le Batard]

I did like those. Those shoes. Those shoes were like vanta white.

[Mike Ryan]

You think when he saw Tirico had white shoes, he's like, no, I've got wider shoes.

[Greg Cote]

He went back into his closet and got some shoes to one up him. By the way, how great was that story?

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, dude. While he's wearing shoes wider than Racine. These teeth. But yeah, Dan, did you hear the story? Now, you're familiar with the meme. The Michael Jordan meme. F. Those kids.

[Mike Tirico]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, well, apparently it's a lie.

[Stugotz]

He stays at a Ryder cup owner's house, whatever that means. The guy who owns the Ryder cup is what he said. And you say, the greatest basketball player ever, and you're right. But the greatest basketball player ever still gets trotted out like a show pony to shoot free throws when you own the Ryder Cup.

[Dan Le Batard]

He doesn't own the Ryder Cup. It was the guy who owned the house.

[Stugotz]

Okay?

[Mike Ryan]

The best part is that he asked him, have you picked up a basketball? He goes, not in years. And he has one follow up.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Actually, last month, I shot a free throw. You said, not years. And then 10 seconds later you're like, actually, last week I shot a free throw.

[Greg Cote]

Chris, you know what I just heard from you right there? Mike Tirico, journalist.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Greg Cote]

Most podcast hosts be like, okay, let's.

[Stugotz]

Just move right along.

[Greg Cote]

Not Mike. Tirico stayed in it hit him with the followup.

[Stugotz]

Right. Hold him accountable.

[Greg Cote]

Michael Jordan comes back, says, you got me. Mike tells the story, and then like, oh, he's got. If you didn't watch, Michael Jordan goes, let's hear it.

[Stugotz]

Let's do it right now. We have the sound. We have the sound.

[Greg Cote]

Okay.

[Mike Tirico]

I haven't picked up a ball in years. No, come on, just like, walk past. There's got to be a hoop somewhere at your place. You don't see a huge leading way around here, right? I. I don't. Seriously, it's the last time you picked up a basketball and shot it. I was at the Writer Cup a more month ago, and I rented a house from. From the owner. Sure. He came over to do pictures and grandkids, and I was meet and greet. Thank him for. For allowing me to stay in the house. And he had a basketball court. He says, I want you to shoot one free throw. I said, really? And I already paid for the.

[Stugotz]

Already paid for the house.

[Greg Cote]

He got like.

[Mike Tirico]

He got to see me. So when I stepped up to shoot the free throw, it's the most nervous I've been in years.

[Sponsor Voice or Guest]

Stop it.

[Mike Tirico]

In years. Stop it.

[Greg Cote]

Come on.

[Mike Tirico]

And reason being is those kids heard the stories from the parents about what I did 30 years ago. Right. So their expectation is 30 years prior and I haven't touched the basketball. I hope you switched it. Absolutely.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Caller or Guest]

We're supposed to believe that he rented that house? Come on.

[Le Batard Show Co-host (possibly Jon Weiner or another regular)]

Wasn't that funny?

[Stugotz]

Tirrico.

[Greg Cote]

What?

[Dan Le Batard]

Why would you.

[Stugotz]

Why wouldn't he rented the house?

[Caller or Guest]

If you're. If. If you have a chance to have Michael Jordan staying in your house, you don't charge him?

[Stugotz]

Is he low on money?

[Mike Ryan]

That's who I would charge the most.

[Caller or Guest]

Of course you don't charge him. He's staying there gratis.

[Dan Le Batard]

Greg's right, though. That's the thing. The richer you are, the more famous you are, the more free stuff you get, Dan. Right.

[Stugotz]

I'll give it to you free if you give me a free throw. If you go out here and shoot.

[Caller or Guest]

A free throw for me, my kids are there. What do you think they're there for?

[Dan Le Batard]

Come on, Dan. I googled who owns the Ryder Cup. It is Co owned 5050 partnership between the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe.

[Stugotz]

Okay, thank you for that. So they don't own the house he was renting.

[Dan Le Batard]

The PGA asked him to make a free throw.

[Caller or Guest]

You thought a guy like one guy owned the Rider Cup.

[Stugotz]

I thought. I thought Michael Jordan lived in such a stratosphere that once I own the writer Ryder cup like Cooper cup like Ryder Cup.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Dan Le Batard]

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.

[Stugotz]

Sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

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

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo.

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

The tequila that invented tequila. Roximo. Cuervo.com, please drink responsibly.

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.