Greg Cote
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It sounded like you were speaking aloud. My bad. Totally on me. That's 100% on me. Stugatz. But that goes without saying. Right. That it couldn't have happened.
Greg, why?
My apologies. Greg, why? Greg. Yeah. Greg. He apologized. Greg. Sincerely. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz.
Okay.
Lass ihn wissen, dass er für den großen gewonnen hat und sieh, wie er aufgeregt ist. Es ist eine Ehre, nur für den großen gewonnen zu sein. Du musst wirklich aufgeregt sein.
Well, the problem there is I would never be that eager.
Oh, you're dead. He deserves better. You gotta call him back.
They're the only nominee right now. Well, you said it. Unopposed.
But if everyone's nominated... Everyone's eligible, not everyone's nominated. Is it just podcasts or like MMA Hangout eligible? Yes, yes.
Geht er selbst ins Spiel oder bekommt er einen Plus-1? Jetzt können wir eine Situation ermutigen, wo ich rausgehe und sage, hey, Tony. Willst du in dieses Rode-Game gehen? Schick mir Trash! Und dann bin ich plus eins. Keiner wird verweisen, wer den Trash geschickt hat.
Das könnte ein innerer Job sein, wo seine Freunde Trash an ihn geschickt haben und jetzt hat er freie Tickets für ihn und seine Freunde.
Oddball is up for the big one.
Smitten Chicklets.
Ist dieses Show nominiert, oder ist da ein Bias hier, weil du der Besitzer des großen ist? Greg Codys Show, sehr glücklich, dass ich nur in der Konversation bin.
Wow. Wow.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Statues have great butts. They got great butts, man. Creating a lab, almost. You never see a statue where you're like, like that?
Und je größer, desto kleiner. Willkommen bei Pablo Torre Finds Out.
No, that's not the case. We just said that when the decision was made to go on this Belichick Trail, that might cost him the Peabody. And maybe a potty also.
Yeah, we're taking shots at us. You bought new clothes like two weeks ago. It's a weird acceptance speech.
It's like chicken strips. Five chicken strips, too many. Three is okay, four sometimes. You guys got me.
It's a little creepy, right? The Belichick situation now.
Really championing Pablo in this thing.
The big one.
How does that work? Is there one big one or are there subcategories to the big one? You gotta win the big one. So it's just best show? What is the big one?
That's true, but a loss is a loss.
Ich bin überrascht und überrascht von dem Ergebnis. Ich habe es respektvoll nicht geglaubt, aber ich akzeptiere es. Und was kann ich noch sagen? Ich meine, das ist ein klassischer Verlierer.
Yeah. Yeah. My look had a little bit of WTF in it.
Yeah, it was over seasoned. It was good. I ate this whole cup. It's good popcorn. But for me, it's too much seasoning.
It's an absurd amount of seasoning.
Yeah, but I'm done with this kitchen. No, no, come on. No, no, no, we're done. 0 for 2. A man's ego and emotion can only take so much. No, I've retired from the Meadowlark kitchen.
After losing 4-0. You know, it's all a matter of taste, right? That's all it is, aren't you?
It was... Ich würde sagen, extrem übergezaubert. Für mich. Wow. Ich denke, es ist wie, und ich konnte in der Küche sehen, als du einfach literally all diese Sachen auf den Korn gebraten hast. Der Korn muss der Star des Popcorns sein. Und dein Popcorn erlaubt nicht, dass der Korn den Stag zu sich selbst hat. Du tust das nicht? Das ist das, was wir tun.
Nein, ich will den Nachos probieren.
Weißt du, wenn du einen Grilled Cheese Sandwich isst, willst du den Toast, den Brot und den Käse gut verbinden. Du willst beide probieren. Mit Popcorn willst du den Korn stehen lassen und du willst, dass die Ersatzteile den Support-Aktor sind.
No, for my palate, it was extremely over-seasoned. This is pretty damning evidence. I went to go grab popcorn. That is Exhibit A of my contention.
I tried my own popcorn. I'm like, ridiculous, unanimous judgment against me.
Certainly I do. Yeah, absolutely. It's tried and true. I tinkered with it a little bit last night. We had a taste test involving my wife. I gave her a couple of different options. You know, do I want to use oil? Do I want to use butter? Do I want to use ghee?
This doesn't happen with microwaves.
Unless your missing ingredient is the popcorn itself, I don't want to hear any more excuses.
That is so nice. That's a good visual. Oh, live line.
That bruises the popcorn when it hits the lid.
I'm not the one who forgot a connector.
Yeah, that was planned by me. The whole thing was contrived. This is the Dan Leventhal Show with the Stugats.
Einige von ihnen. Du wirst sie in ca. 30 Sekunden hören. Du machst mehrere Packungen.
Ja, sie sind nicht geheim, sie sind visibel. Ich benutze Blue Jewel-Popcorn, das ist das Beste. Ich benutze Irish Butter, das ist das Beste. I'm using kosher salt. I'm falling asleep as I'm saying it. Which is the best. Which is the best. And parmesan, grated parmesan cheese.
Well, I mean, it's not a blind taste test. Oh, the power dynamics? Yeah, our panel of judges. That's fair. I mean, earlier today, I overheard Dan in a coterie, you know, talking about career advancement and everything.
We are just about done.
This is not true in any way. I can't offer someone a raise or a promotion if they vote for my pop.
Es war lecker.
Okay, lasst uns das Kabel öffnen.
Ich habe mehr von deinem gemacht, als von meinem eigenen. Du hast meinen fertig gemacht. Greg hat meinen Popcorn verbrannt. Ich habe eine Kritik, aber... Oh, okay. Das ist gut, Greg. Das ist wirklich gut. Wow. Ich denke, der Geschmack war exzellent. Ich denke, du hast es über die Saison für mich gemacht. Der Käse und deiner, Greg. The lemon bites a little too much though.
My sole reason for bringing it up was to avoid overlap. The last thing I want is to have two competing popcorns that are eerily similar.
Thank you for asking, Michael. The hull is the portion of the popped corn that you really don't want to eat. The one that gets stuck in your teeth. What's it called? The hull. Like Brett. Like Bobby? Popcorn hull.
I want to hear everyone's vote. I'm telling you how Stugatz is going to vote.
And it's the truth. Meiner ist völlig unterschiedlich. Es ist wie nichts, was du jemals getastet hast.
Es ist schwer zu... Zuerst einmal beginnt es mit dem Korn selbst. Und ich benutze einen Premium-Korn.
Ja. Gib es nicht weg, Greg. Nein, nein, ich würde es nicht. Ich meine, an einem Punkt werde ich alle Details erläutern, die vorhanden sind. Ich bin gespannt auf das. Es beginnt mit dem Korn.
Ich meine, der große Fuß ist wunderschön und die anderen vier Füße sind eher unbekannt.
Well, Toeman is the nickname I've just developed for him.
You know, sometimes you don't want to think too hard. Greg Brackets?
Because Toeman lends itself to a Batman-like sing-along. Toeman! Toeman! Das ist ein neues und verbessertes Levitationsshow mit Stugas.
Well, I think he is going to get and deserves some credit for doing it old school. Doing it old school. I'm using a microwave without apology, but I will get some points deducted by people who prefer the old school method. So we'll see if I can overcome that.
Charlotte, es ist schwer für mich zu glauben, dass Bill Belichick für dieses Projekt akzeptabel war. Was glaubst du?
Ich denke, Wilkins hat das, was er verdient hat. Und was ich hoffe, die Dolphins hätten gefeuert, um ihn zu halten. Aber ich denke, sie haben den Rest ihrer Verluste und Gewinne in Ordnung gebrochen. Ich denke, Jordan Brooks wird ein guter Linebacker für sie sein. Sie haben ihm das garantierte Geld von jedem gegeben. Ich denke, das Sneaky Goods-Signal ist John U. Smith, der tiefe Ende.
Ich glaube, das ist eine wirklich gute Saison, weil Tight End seit zwei Jahren wirklich unterperformiert ist in McDaniels Offensive. Ich glaube, der Kontext hier ist wichtig. Wenn man sich nur die Namen, die wir verloren haben, und die Namen, die wir geändert haben, anschaut, dann ist das nicht eine gute Offseason so far.
You want to give people some of that? 30 years in the making.
I don't. It's March. He's right. I spent so much energy thinking about my bracket, preparing a popcorn recipe. There was just so much going on in my life this past week. It's March. It's March. Preparing a bracket. I was preparing my bracket. A popcorn recipe? I don't fly by the seat of my pants here. I prepare
Wie ich es für meine eigenen Podcasts mache, die Greg Cody Show, die jetzt überall ist, wo auch immer du deine Podcasts bekommst. Featuring Greg Cody. Ja, mit. Aber ja, das Popcorn-Ding und das Bracket, ich will das Bracket knallen, ich will 100% bekommen dieses Jahr. Es kam letztes Jahr nahe. Greg, was machst du da?
Only because I did a charity 5K a couple of years ago.
Don't underestimate me. That's all I'm saying. I may not look like it.
Greg, I'm gonna underestimate you on getting 100% of your NCAA picks right. I said almost. And running a six-minute mile. I'm gonna go ahead and feel very comfortable underestimating you there.
Ja, weniger so in den letzten Jahren. In den letzten Jahren hat sein Spiel gestiegen. Und er wurde oft verletzt. Ja, er wurde oft verletzt. Ich war nicht besonders überrascht, als sie ihn für Kap-Gesetze geöffnet haben. Aber Christian Wilkins ist derjenige, den du nicht weißt, ob er es hat oder nicht.
I can't believe it.
It's an unbelievable mistake. I understand why Chris Cody was trying to move right past it, but it's a flatly unbelievable mistake. What is that playing against?
Just look it up for yourself.
It's cold enough for snow flurries.
I could feel the chill rush through the door.
It's a classic.
It's my new nickname.
It's Greg Brackett.
Almost 100%. Yeah, two syllables. Fits. You know, if you wanted to chant it, the chant would remain the same. That's always my first thought when crafting a nickname. How did the chant go? Bracket, Bracket, Bracket. Seems a little fast. We want Bracket.
Brackets, Brackets, Brackets, Brackets, Brackets.
Oh I like that. Greg Bracket. Greg Brackett. Oh, I thought we were going to keep going. Sorry.
Stugatz is saying that Belichick is just going to go to Philadelphia games this year and start chants. At Sirianic.
Belichick is a coordinator.
Kyle Shanahan said that. Come on.
I mean, Nick sucks, I suppose, is what they could do if you want to make it very simple. But you need it to be two syllables. Sirianni is too wordy. Sirianni is going to hurt you in that haiku challenge as well, because it's too many syllables.
Yeah, four syllables on one name. I did it with Laraniega, though. Laraniega weeps. Right?
It was your greatest contribution today.
Das ist richtig.
Give us a second. I mean, I don't cover the Dolphins full time, as you may or may not know. I did in 1990 and 1991, if you're being exact.
Right, and you're yelling at me because I don't know how full or ranked are the PFF rankings of quarterbacks.
I'm yelling at you. I am yelling at you because... You don't know either. I am... Das ist nicht das Ranking, das ich möchte.
Wenn ich die Stats schaue... I think it's close to a push. Xavier Howard is a big name guy, okay, but he's not as good as he was three years ago. The same with Jordan Poirier, the safety they got from Buffalo. He's a big name player who's no longer a big player. That's why they get him on a cheap one year deal.
Greg? Well, jeez, I've memorized the entire list, but I've forgotten it.
You are amazing.
I know. You are a flabbergasting delight. You happen upon genius comedy by accident.
Christian Wilkins ist eine große Verletzung. Diese Verletzung ist ein Krater in der Verteidigung. Ich weiß nicht, ob du das beurteilen kannst. Das ist eine der größten Verletzungen, die jede Mannschaft in der Freien Agentur erlebt hat. Aber... Er ist auch einer der overpaidsten Leute in der Freien Agentur. Ich glaube nicht, dass er overpaid ist. Robert Hunt war großzügig überzahlt.
What? Walk to the ocean. I really have no money. Get out of here. Get out of here.
We've got our pop-off later in the show. Greg Cody, the Corn King against my popcorn. That'll be probably in the post game. We've got some local hour stuff that I want to do in the next segment. But Ron McGill is with us now. And before we get to stuff with Ron McGill. 007 Vielen Dank, Stugatz. Viele Leute kritisierten Daniel Craig, aber sie haben sich auf ihn geworfen.
Ich frage dich, wer war der beste 007 bei Levitard Show? Deine Wahl ist Daniel Craig, Sean Connery, Roger Moore und Pierce Brosnan. Wer war dein Wahl, Ron McGill, der beste von allen 007s? Definitiv Sean Connery.
War er vor Roger Moore, Sean Connery? Er war der Original. Absolut. Er war der erste.
I didn't remember his name. I do remember the hat. For those of you who do not know, the nemesis of 007 was an Asian man who flung a hat that had like knives on it or blades or whatever. Who throws a hat? Like a Peaky Blinder? Ja, genau. Einer von diesen Hats. Ein wunderschöner Waffen, wenn du es richtig nennst. Ja, es ist ein dreckiger, wenn du es nicht nennst.
Du musst sehr richtig mit dem Hats sein, sonst nimmst du jemandem einfach eine Rennflasche. Ich möchte spielen. Wir werden hier einige Dinge mit unserem Wettbewerb veröffentlichen. Ich denke, wegen Billy haben wir gestern einen sehr schlechten Job gemacht. Es war nur ein generaler, schrecklicher Schmuck.
Und ich weiß nicht, ob etwas wie dieses unser Wettbewerb von Ungewöhnlichen gemacht hat, aber ich möchte nur einen der mehr erinnerbaren Momente spielen, die wir mit Ron McGill hier hatten, wo er mit jemandem gesprochen hat, der er als Arzt dachte, aber tatsächlich Adam McKay war. Warte einen Sekunden.
I don't know if that made the tournament in any way. I hope it did. We were just talking before you came on, Ron, about the blue whale's tongue being 2.7 tons, which I simply couldn't believe that something like that could, like, what is a mathematical fact that you could give us that would top that one? If you were just trying to impress us, the blue whale's tongue weighs 2.7 tons.
And how impressive is that as a limb compared to the other limbs that animals have? Is that the most impressive of all the limbs?
What do all of those things do?
You seem stunned by that, Greg.
Gibt es da irgendwelche guten Theorien, Ron, die Sie gehört haben?
What's the deal with owls? He's suffering the punishment of being Jerry Seinfeld today.
Can you guys find the video for that, please? Because it was a great moment and we can all relive it right now. Incidentally, Tony, every time I look at you, I see someone different. Right now, it's 1960s-era Beatles. Yes. Get your ass! The Beatles win. Ich werde das in einem Sekunden, Mike, entschuldige dich.
Ron, in some sad news, I've got some video to play for you here, but it was national news, sad news, a young giraffe at Zoo Miami died from a broken neck after running into a fence. What happened there? Because you guys are very careful about how you protect every animal there, but the giraffes especially.
I will be on Thursday.
The plural of giraffe is giraffe?
Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Plural of giraffes. Giraffes or giraffe? Let me play for you from the Fort Worth Zoo here. Elmo the gorilla is released back into his enclosure. You've told us the stories about this happening occasionally at zoos all over. There were two zookeepers already in there. So what happened?
What happened in this situation and what was going to happen in this situation? What do you do in this situation when the gorilla comes running out and there are still zookeepers in there? Was that gorilla about to do something bad?
More recently on the National Geographic show Queens, we've got Sophia the Killer Whale, a 60 year old orca, a grandmother, captured on camera killing a great white shark. How rare is this video? You've told us before about the Killer Whale being able to do this, but I have not seen it before. So how rare is this footage?
How about this orca doing this to a bottlenose dolphin? It's a short video, but what do you make of this video?
Okay, let's do this. That was an elite level slur right before.
How about this animal video of an owl trying to attack something that would become a wildcat? Owl trying to attack something? That's your cue video to play the John Chaney video.
Schreibt es bitte in die Kommentare. Ist Stugatz' Stimme 45 Kilo? Auch unser March Madness Tournament, das wir mit allen haben werden, lebitardaf.com ist dort, wo ihr geht. Es ist Merch Madness und es wird interaktiv sein, wenn ihr das mit uns machen wollt. lebitardaf.com, macht das jetzt. Es ist aktiv jetzt.
Muttly! Muttly!
Wir werden sehen, ob das Video den Lächeln, über den ich spreche, aufmerksam macht. Es ist Muttley. Ich habe es bestätigt. Roy ist gut daran.
I have a lot of local stuff to get to. I'm wondering if Mike and Roy suffered any sort of post-traumatic stress disorder from losing at home to the Tampa Bay Lightning and watching five goals scored by the Lightning, which isn't something we've seen happen a whole lot to the Panthers this year.
You're saying basically that someone else this year, the Panthers barely made the playoffs last year and then end up in the Stanley Cup Final. You're saying that can happen again, that there are enough good teams that an 8 can wipe out a President's Trophy winner?
I believe that I can stun both Greg Cody and Stugatz by asking them, do you know who the AAU College Hockey Division 3 National Champion is? Huh. Either one of you.
Yes, I do. Really?
Say it again, what is it? The AAU College Hockey Division 3 National Champion. It's wordy.
I wanted to circle back around because Cody mentioned this earlier and I know Mike has been wanting to talk about it. Mike has gotten very close to the University of Miami women's basketball team.
Mike, and I don't know if I've already betrayed you by saying this on air, but when you get angry at the University of Miami basketball, the men's basketball team, you have accused them of quitting because they just were so terrible in a way that was confusing, right? Because Miller and Wong were important last year, but not...
dass es so wichtig ist, dass die Hurricanes alle ihre Spiele für sechs Wochen am Ende der Saison verlieren und nicht wirklich kompetitiv sein. Aber eines der Dinge, die ihr erwähnt habt, ist, dass, ja, die NCAA beantragte, dass Miami das Nummer-Ein-Overall-Siege für die WBIT ist. Und es gab eine Presseerklärung, die Miami als das Nummer-Ein-Team erklärte.
Stony Brook beantragte, dass sie Miami spielen, und dann verabschiedete Miami die Anrufung. Also ist James Madison zusätzlich und hat das Nummer-Ein-Overall-Siege gemacht, nachdem er nicht da war, oder? So you've got a one seed that wasn't even in the tournament because Miami's just like, never mind, we're not gonna do this.
Halt, halt. Begrüße dich und lass uns nur Mutley lachen. Begrüße deine Stimme, begrüße deine Kraft.
Er ist ein bisschen ein Savant. General Leipzig. Greg, willst du es noch mal probieren?
Warte, lass uns von Laranega hören. Lass uns einfach hören und dann deine weisingen Gedanken danach haben.
Ich bin verwirrt von ein paar Dingen hier. Ich dachte, Poplar wäre viel besser. Und ich dachte, dass man die Wong-Miller-Verlust aufsetzen könnte, indem man Cleveland von FSU bekommt. Ich dachte wirklich, dass das irgendeinen Unterschied machen würde.
You couldn't lose more than 10 times in the 10 times that they played.
See Niner's son running around on a diamond somewhere? Did you see what Edrin James' son in Cincinnati, what his name is? Jizzle. Jizzle James.
Whoa.
They're not good. Put it on the poll, please. Do you know what a Boilermaker is? Hmm.
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
Greg Cody hat es mir gerade auf seinem Computer gezeigt. Er hat es mir vorgestellt und es war nur die Satz, der blaue Haustür ist 2,7 Tonnen. Das ist, was es wiegt. Schreibt es bitte auf die Post, das Levitard-Show. Wisst ihr, dass der blaue Haustür wiegt, was ist das, 8.000 Pound? Das ist verrückt. Ja.
Ich kann das nicht glauben. Ich kann das nicht glauben. Ein Fisch. Etwas mit einem Fisch, weil es kein Fisch ist.
Das ist verrückt. Das ist verrückt, dass eine Stimme so schwer in der Ozeane existiert. Was ist das?
Aren't these people who should be looking over their shoulders?
Do you realize that Stugatz's greatest fear as a head coach would be a backup quarterback who has a two-syllable name because he's terrified of the chance?
Blacko! Blacko!
Wechseln Sie Ihre Namen zu zweisprachigen Namen für eine konkurrierte Vorteilung.
Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Without being present, will Bill Belichick be at every Eagles game next year?
Really? An upset.
Why do you like that, Greg?
Greg, Greg. Will you quit? Just quit with you hear a word and then the first thing that comes to your head becomes cabbage. Cabbage Patch Kids.
Hast du einen Top-5-Athleten, der Korn im Namen des Pop-Offs genannt hat?
Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. If you close your eyes and concentrate, can you smell Augusta?
Es ist der einzige Weg, um es über Jokic' Finger zu bekommen. Dan, weißt du, was Mike Tomlin mit Justin Fields tun wird?
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
Das war's für heute. Bis zum nächsten Mal. Das ist der Code DAN für neue Kunden, um 300 Dollar in Bonusbetten zu bekommen.
I like it. Herschel Walker should not be that fast for how big he was.
Dan, ich war unglaublich traurig. Ich war traurig und ich sagte Mike, bevor das Show begann, ich war sehr traurig, als ich Ameen's Jumper sah. Ameen ist wie ein Bruder zu mir. Ich liebe Ameen. Wir haben ein paar tolle Sachen zusammen gemacht. Als ich den Jumper sah, war ich so, wow, okay, wir müssen wieder evaluieren, was wir hier tun. Ich denke, Ameens Basketballtipps sind großartig.
Aber wenn du so einen Jumper hast, dann stellt das in Frage, was da passiert. Ich denke, auf Social Media gibt es viele Leute, die sagen, hey, wie können wir ihn ernst nehmen, wenn er einen Jumper hat, der so aussieht, als würde er mit seiner Hand schießen. Hast du noch nie einen von ihm entfernt? Nein, nicht so. Das ist ein kleiner Sample.
Oh, das war schrecklich zu sehen. Es hat mich traurig gemacht, also habe ich mir gedacht, weißt du was, ich will nicht dieser Typ sein, aber ich denke, wir müssen eine Art Limit und eine Art Test zusammensetzen. Erinnerst du dich an die Präsidenten-Szene in der Kinderhochschule, wo du die Präsidenten-Liste machen konntest? Du konntest sechs Pull-Ups machen. Du konntest deine Beine berühren.
Ja, es gab rote und blaue Stücke. Das war Arnold Schwarzeneggers Sache. Genau. Ich denke, wir müssen etwas wie das für die Sportmedien machen, wo, wenn dein Jumper eine bestimmte Art sieht, You can't really talk about people in the NBA.
Also, es war ein Dunk. Er hat seine Hand auf dem Rimm. Es ist ein Dunk.
The bounce back of the ball is where he dislocated his finger. So if you watch him dunk it, the ball goes through the rim and then it comes back and then hits him in the hand. So it's actually on the throw in. He keeps his hand out. The ball hits him and then that's where he dislocates it.
I was trying to read fast. UD was on the team. Luke Jackson. Bobby Jones. The Matrix, Sean Marion. Stoogatz. Zo, Shaq, Smush Parker. Chris Quinn. D-Wade. Jason Williams, they're alright. I mean, stacked roster. This is the Dan Levatar Show with the Stoogatz. Ich habe sechs verschiedene Übungen für den Präsidenten Fitness-Challenge.
Wir haben Sit-Ups, wir haben einen Shuttle-Run, wir haben den V-Sit-Reach, wir haben einen Meilen-Run, Pull-Ups und einen rechten Angeln-Push-Up.
Also, wenn wir es bei der nahesten Zeit zum Exit machen, was 17 ist, das ist der Cut-Off für den Präsidenten Fitness-Challenge, eine sechs Minuten Meile, 6.06 ist, was du runnen musst. Du musst 53... Ich kann da hin, aber es wird mich töten. Ich gehe den ganzen Weg runter. Du musst 55 consecutive Sit-Ups machen. Wow. Du musst einen 8,7-Schuttle-Run machen. Du musst einen 7-Inch-Sit-Reach machen.
Du musst einen 6-Minuten-Mile machen, 13 Pull-Ups und 53 consecutive Push-Ups. Ich kann dein Gesicht sehen. Ich mache das nicht. Nein, aber du kannst einen 6-Minuten-Mile machen.
Ich habe gehört, ich war Dennis, der Jerry Seinfeld von Always Sunny spielt. Das ist das Derivative.
Nein. Wow, Greg. Nein, es ist ein Cartoon, oder? Nein, es ist nicht ein Cartoon. Es ist ein Cartoon. Es ist ein Titel wie ein Cartoon. Es ist ein Porno.
Er ist auch jüdisch. Er ist 98. Sorry, Mel. Der Sport ist stark in ihm. Ich denke, wenn du über 90 bist und noch lebendig bist, sollte es nicht gut sein. Ja, du bist tot. If you're over 90, you're alive. I'm not saying that. Craig's right. Dick Van Dyke is still alive. If I mistook him for dead, could he blame me?
Was für eine Vergewaltigung.
Aber wenn jemand mir sagt, ich werde dich kaufen lassen.
Und wir waren da.
Ich wurde für einen Emmy nominiert? Ja, du warst Teil davon. Du bist willkommen. Ich erinnere mich nicht mehr darauf.
Too many Emmys. Nick Saban won an Emmy yesterday.
I just saw him playing the piano on SNL.
Yeah, no blind people play the piano. Keith knows his way around the keys. You know, I know what I know. Yeah, that's right.
Been a fan for years.
It's how long you stretch out that say. It's like the national anthem. You bet on it.
Ich sage Chicago, weil das der hometown Dog ist. Nein, das sind zu viele Kondimente auf dem Dog. Es ist in Indianapolis. Windresistenz.
Wird er etwas Interessantes sagen, ist die echte Frage. Wahrscheinlich nicht.
Aren't these hot dogs gonna tip over on the bank? That's what I was asking. I'm wondering. You have to go fast enough.
And a shout out to the Wiener Circle, ladies and gentlemen. That's a real thing, though. Let's go.
I was not aware of that. Not a keeper of her schedule. I was just told that my firstborn was off today.
Ich habe nichts über das zu tun, um ehrlich zu sein. Co-Arbeiter.
Und ein Panther-Spiel.
Ja, der Art von Sieg, den ein echter Panther-Fan wirklich feiern möchte. Ich sage nur, dass ich nichts davon beitragen will.
I'm on the record as saying, I believe my son, when he simply told me neutrally, I'm off today. Well, he's right about that, he's not here.
Really? Dan showed no signs yesterday when I saw him of being ill. You know, again, implying nothing. Big Panthers win, man. That's a good question.
With a C, I'm with you. C, I'm telling you, someone's lying. Totally different Mark. Are Stein names always Jewish? I'm asking that neutrally. I don't know. Based off my own personal experience, yeah, for the most part. Okay. Learn something new every day.
Wir waren auf der völlig anderen Seite. Jemand hat einen Brandenburg-Panthers-Jersey mit dem Spiel gegen die Maple Leafs gewonnen. Das waren nur Tricks.
Das andere an Mikula ist, dass er mit dem Rutsch, mit dem A.J. Greer-Goal, mitgekommen ist. Das war großartig, das große Mann hier. Es war ein 3-on-2, aber es war ein 2-on-1 auf der blauen Linie. Er war ein Playmaker auf dem Spiel. Ghost wird seinen Block aufhören. Keine Ahnung.
Ja, ich habe die Logik der Konflikt-Situation nicht verstanden.
Das sollte ein Sportspieler sein, der den Puck und Marshawn verletzt hat. Er hatte nur einen Ruffing-Penalty, Gott sei Dank, in dieser Situation. Zwei separate Ruffing-Penalties und die 10-Minuten-Miss-Kontakt, die Marshawn verletzt haben. Das macht keinen Sinn.
Ja, das zweite Tor war gigantisch für die Florida Panthers und das hat gezeigt, wie tief dieses Team ist. Thomas Nosek, der auf der vierten Linie war, musste auf die dritte Linie gehen, weil Marshawn das Spiel ausgelassen hat, weil er das Fehler gemacht hat. Er hat den Assistenten auf der losen Linie gewonnen.
Zwei Powerplay-Goals für die Panthers, ich erwarte das nicht, dass das wieder passiert.
Roderick. I know a Rod. What about Rod Thorne?
He is a Rodney. Rodney King Thorne. Rod Brindemar. His name was Rodney King? Rodney, his middle name is King Thorne.
Thanks, Jeremy.
That's wild, man.
Do you know how hard it is to be the idiot on a day we have a giant photo of Greg and Mike nose to nose? And incidentally, Greg still wants to defend. He spent the entire break looking up why it is he shouldn't be using Eskimo anymore. And he wants to double down on it.
It's a mouthful. But the or whatever, it makes it more of a mouthful to make it the or whatever there.
Well, first of all, Juju, those tickets don't cost hundreds of dollars.
No, that sounds like you.
Is that what the pass sounded like?
That's disconcerting. It's disconcerting.
The best move is always make Dan look like a fool. Yes, a universal joke that will pay until the end of time.
Yeah, Ruth Buzzi.
Now, wait a minute. Isn't there a disclaimer in fine print on the back of a ticket that says, essentially that says, if you get hit by a foul ball, it ain't our fault?
OK, so you have never you never contested. one of that such claim?
And what's a typical settlement?
I was probably like, that kind of thing. Something. Okay, no. The home run call was that kind of swing, that kind of thing. Stugatz. Oh. That's a good call. Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it. Like, you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know, all that jazz. You know, you don't got to do that. You just do a generic call. Oh, that would be a great call.
Up, up, and away.
You do mind it when I do it, when we're in it. But afterward, I'm laughing out loud at the whole absurdity of it.
Yes, a John Birdie autographed.
Right. I don't think I've ever failed to catch it, though, and sent that to my wife.
Yeah, high heels.
Wow. So if I slip and fall on a soiled diaper that hasn't been picked up, I get to bat forth in the next game.
It's visual humor. When I say that, you have to picture me at my age in a ridiculous batting helmet.
Dressed like this.
Full uniform, yeah. Stirrups. I won No. 9, which was my first number in Little League because it was my mother's favorite number. Fun fact. But it's the visual. It's the visual. Me batting against a 98-mile-an-hour fastball is funny.
I got bat speed. I tell you that. I may not make contact, but I got bat speed.
Up in the cage.
I mean, I think it's a great little ballpark. That's condescending. No, I think the capacity is just the right size for this franchise right now. I think the retractable roof was necessary and smart. I think the look over the outfield wall to the downtown skyline is gorgeous.
I think there's a lot good about it, and I'm not going to retrofit that because I object right now to the way the club is being run by the cheapest owner in all of sports, Bruce Sherman. I could go on and on about that, but I think the ballpark itself is perfectly fine. I like the location as well.
Well, it's the lack of a plan. They're building toward a future that never gets here. They're fielding a minor league lineup this season. A month from now, they probably will trade their only star, Sandy Alcantara, once he proves he's healthy with four or five starts. And their minor league system, I saw the pipeline ranking, they're only mid-pack right now.
It's not as if they have a top three minor league system where the immediate future is guaranteed. He is spending egregiously low. They lose 100 games last year, and the payroll falls by $36 million. If I were MLB or the Players Association, I wouldn't stand for the inexcusably low spending that Bruce Sherman is doing.
David, I have a specific question to ask you. But first, I have to hark back to something you said and make a point of clarification. When you use the phrase bet your bippy, what is the etymology on that?
Why did you say yes? No, because he's right. Sweet, Bippy. And it reminds me, it's from Laugh-In.
I know what I think you spent too much time on.
Me versus Dave Hyde.
Yeah, with. Thanks, Juju.
You know, a couple of them.
Well, we have to. You can't do it by phone. You've got to meet. You're going to have an executive meeting.
Yeah, that kind of thing. I mean, we move on with life. We grow. We expand. I wrote a Back in My Day book. You want to hear Back in My Days? There's about 100 of them in here. Maybe 150 of them.
No, you haven't, because some of them are original. Some of them have not been heard in 10 years.
This is the 10th anniversary book of Back in My Days.
Well, that's a good question.
That's my all-time favorite. See, he should rerun some of the best ones, but he won't do it. This guy.
I know. It was funny.
It's inevitable.
If you and I meet in the championship game, we got to make a bet or something like a friendly bet. I'm with it. Yeah.
Okay, I was thinking of something a little bit less involved and serious, but we'll see what we can do.
I'm going to have my people get with your people, and we'll get it done. Yep, over lunch.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Zoe hated me. Yeah, but still, it was a good interview.
He can be. That's the beauty of editing. We tighten it up.
What did you ask him that he didn't prefer? Oh, Greg.
No, but Greg.
No, he's not setting me up. He has no clue.
Yeah, you'd think that he would have been prepared to answer that rather than make an issue of the fact that I had asked. I am prepared. We're making fun of you because you can't answer it.
The best thing on my podcast was Alonzo Mourning talking very emotionally about how terrified he was, thinking he was dying, and all that he went through, and why he's coming forward now. to alert people to do the same and to get checkups and to be aware of their health.
He talked a lot about the Overtown Youth Center that he founded 20 years ago and about his work in Miami to promote affordable housing. in areas that need it.
It's a very good question. It's a very good question.
Yeah, no. You know what? Damn it, I didn't. Oh, get him back on. Man.
Not a Bears fan. Plus, his friends aren't technically in the Hall of Fame yet. I mean, that's being a little presumptuous. Yes.
What? They've got a long way to go. They are playing their way out of it. They've got to win a couple more rings.
Are we overcomplicated this, though, with Aaron Rodgers? If he's the king of New York right now, if his time with the Jets has been a massive success and they're headed to the playoffs and they're really good, are we still talking about how unhappy he is?
I saw him.
He was doing some good work out there.
A little heavy on the tape, but that would be my only critique.
You know, I complimented his rap game.
You know, you said it.
I thought it was great. I would accept that gift. And I don't even know what was in there. But because he rapped it, I would accept it.
Oh, I look down on badly wrapped gifts. Really? Yeah. I'm going to be very honest with you. My wife is a wonderful person. She sort of goes really quick with the gift wrap.
At least. She has a lot to wrap. No. But they're all coming in cardboard boxes on the doorstep. No.
Sure. I have a new nickname for Roy this week only. Can I unveil it? Roy Jingle Bell-a-me. I like it. Thank you. I do, too. So does Roy. Thanks, Greg. You get it, Dan? You're welcome, Roy.
Yeah, he is. Yeah. And he's gone through a really rough year with health issues. And he's been very forward and out front with talking about what he's gone through. And we talked to him about it at length on the podcast. It's actually a pretty serious interview. We get nutty and everything because Christopher is a part of it. And he's asking inane questions that upset Zoe.
Wow, I love it.
I was thinking just Nick.
He is struggling with the wrapping of this gift. That's why he's so great at it, Dan. You've got to take your time with these things.
And a sad Jets helmet.
It's football season.
My God, it's Kane. I'd be interested in Nick's feelings on Michael K. Does he talk too much? Michael? Yeah.
Those are choices Michael made, by the way.
Michael K., would you attend Dan Levitard's funeral?
Or gets me out of work.
So good. I love the throwing of the bat. It's great.
He's not ending anything. He's just moving to earlier in the day. I mean, from afternoons to middays.
Apologies, yes. That is a big difference, and I apologize. I should have known better, Michael.
Early afternoon drive, Dan.
I would like Nick to have the ability to join us whenever Nick feels like joining us.
Hold on, Dan.
Go home now.
He's telling Bob to dial it back. That's what Nick is saying, and I agree with Nick.
Right. No, I think I'm above him. I do. Right. If he and I were having that conversation, I would be like, dude, I'm older than you. I've been in the market longer than you have. What would Hyde say? He'd probably say, why are we having this silly conversation? Right. And he'd be right, by the way. He'd be right. Which loop was that that we closed?
Well, he is in my class as a columnist, and you could argue he's a better columnist than I am. But you'd be wrong. I don't think so.
Dave Hyde has been in the APSC top ten more often than I have. Wow, but who's counting? Well, I know I've been, I think I've made it three or four times. I think he's made it probably ten times. Wow. No, he's good. He's really good at what he does. I probably have a higher national stature largely because of this show. So, you know, there's different ways you can weight it.
I think because I'm a protege of Edwin's more directly than Dave is and longer, I think I deserve that stature in this market. But you could make an argument for Dave.
it's weird comparing us. It really is. You know, it's like... Be a wrestler. Let's go lean into this. You're like trying to be all... No, it's because I know Dave. I like Dave. I admire him. He's very good at what he does. You know, I think I'm very good at what I do.
Very nice. Thank you, Izzy.
Yeah, the NBA is struggling to reinvent itself in a way with the NBA Cup in-season tournament. Now they're talking about making a tournament of a single-day all-star game. It's full of gimmickry. They're losing ground. The Miami Heat have been spinning wheels for two or three years. They need to break up this big three right now.
You know, trade Butler if you get anything for him before the February 7th deadline because why not?
Yes. Why not? Blow it up, why not? He's 35 years old. If he has any value and you can get anything for him before February 7th, trade him and move on without him. They have to. The thing about the Panthers, I was at the championship parade in a pouring rain. The crowd there was astounding, given the weather. It was astounding. This is not a niche sport anymore.
The Panthers are a big deal in town and getting bigger all the time. Five years ago, they've had five years of sustained competitiveness and being really good. Kids born five years ago are just now growing up to become sports fans. What do I want to cover? What's a good team? The Panthers are the best choice in town right now.
No, don't explain it.
I think it's ridiculous.
Gimmickry, right?
It's awesome if it's hockey because you guys won the cup. If we're talking about all-star games, they're all terrible. The Pro Bowl should be eliminated. It has been.
Very angry.
Right. And caring. I'm a caring person. And I've tried to explain it before. My wife is very charitable. She gives to, I would say, easily a dozen causes.
Too charitable, you could argue.
Yeah, they did have a proclamation from the city, though, calling it Edwin Pope Night or something.
This is where I come in on this. Can he rap? There you go. Rap, rap, rap.
Okay. Merry Christmas, Greg. You're entitled to your opinion.
Yeah, it's a little tight, yeah. I should probably be out there on an open desk
I can tell you what's what. Dave Hyde— No, Dave Hyde and I are friends. I mean, he's... Debatable. You know, he's taller than I am.
Did you invite him to your 70th? I did, actually. He couldn't make it. He was out of town. Some friend? Yeah. Were you there, Stu Gatz? I can't remember. No, I wasn't. But seriously... I'm surprised you remembered that. He'll hold on to those. I keep notes. They're all up here.
We do charitable work in the Cody household. I don't sign the checks per se, but my wife's a big giver, and since I married her, I get credit for her big giving.
That's not a wrap-in, so now I've got... Half-assed at that bag. Whoa, what's that? What is that, a slab of ribs?
Not a real Christmas bow. Okay, I don't know. Which one is it? The brown one. It's the one that looks like it's meat from a butcher shop.
By the way, the rhino is actually a white elephant. What does it say?
I give away nothing. The to, if it is indeed a gift from me, which I'm not acknowledging.
No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't.
It says from Rudy Martinez. Ah, big difference. That's a fine. It is a fine. Who's Rudy? Who's Rudy Martinez? That's for you to figure out. Does he work here?
Video department, Dano. Who is Rudy Martinez?
No, he had one last year.
I'm a fan of Dave Hyde's. I don't know why it has to be either or.
Well, thank you.
Das ist eine Krosse, übrigens. Das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist, das ist,
Es ist, wer David immer war. Bis seine Eltern das gemacht haben, was mein Vater gemacht hat. Mein Vater war so, du wirst nicht nach Hause kommen mit dem. Du wirst nicht hier leben mit einem Hörsaal.
That is a killer joke right there at the end. I saw it coming and it still made me deeply happy to see it. I did something right?
Wir haben uns auf die lazy Top-5-Liste eingelassen und er hat gesagt, ja, ich werde das den Rest des Tages tragen. Showbiz, Baby. Fun and Games, Baby. Ich werde die Top-5-Liste den Rest des Tages machen. Das ist der Ausdruck meiner Karriere. Es wird mein letzter Countdown sein.
He saw you coming and he gave the audience the information anyway, even though now it's going to cost it.
You can corner him at every turn and if you just keep asking the question, you'll eventually get the answer.
I was probably like, that kind of thing. Something. Okay, no. The home run call was that kind of swing, that kind of thing. Stugatz. Oh. That's a good call. Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it. Like, you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know, all that jazz. You know, you don't got to do that. Oh, that would be a great call.
And fumbles.
Wow. Good contribution. Vinny Testaverde, 35. Vinny the T, UM. Go Canes. Frank Tepuca.
Sid Luckman.
Yes. The broadcaster from the movies. Go on, keep going. Played by?
There's a moment associated with the Burgundy character.
I was happy to be fine. You're great at what you do, though. I'm honored. You're welcome. Career highlight.
Yeah, my top 100 guests. Dan, unfortunately, just missed the top 10.
You know what? You got that right. That's true. That's true. Erlacher magic.
Already?
Well, yeah, not Florida. I mean, Florida is merely taking advantage of what the NCAA has allowed. But do you agree? I mean, we've had more than 2,000 transfers just in this window. And...
I want to ask Roy that as much as it benefits the good teams, the rich get richer now because of the transfer portal. But it's been bad for the sport, I think, because it's just it's chaotic now. You had players transferring from teams that made the Sweet 16 this year during the tournament. It just seems ridiculous to me.
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Is it a question?
Gretzky just has 900 more assists. Ovechkin had two work stoppages in COVID to deal with as well. I mean, no one's arguing. You don't want to hear about two work stoppages in COVID? I think his point is right, though. No one is arguing that Ovechkin's a better player than Gretzky.
That was a wild sentence.
You can't say he's a better goal scorer just because he has more goals. Correct.
Of course, he replaced the woman. Number two, Jess.
She was four.
Thank you for not.
This is largely performative, but we need to establish some reasonable doubt. Yes, exactly. Stugatz. I always like leaving Dan on high. Because he's so vulnerable, I just unfairly fade down the chickens and just leave him by himself. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
Yeah. He spent his career like that, playing middle linebacker, not being Brian Erlacher, getting 1,000 tackles and taking 10 years to make the Hall of Fame. I didn't realize you were going to take out Zach Thomas. Is there bad blood here? What's going on? No, I love Zach Thomas.
He's been on the Greg Cody Show podcast several times.
No, I milked that for like three columns because I was pushing for the game for years. And you do a comparative of his career stats and Brian Erlacher's, and Zach Thomas has the upper hand. It's ridiculous that he isn't seen as Brian Erlacher, except his teams famously were mediocre.
So David, this is a conference where there's only one dominant team, and if you're Denver, you're allowed to think, you know what, we're underperforming, we could still be the second best team in this conference. You don't think that firing an unpopular coach, even now, even with this timing, is going to provide some sort of a spark? You don't believe in that spark theory based on sudden change?
Now, David, you didn't try to talk Loria out of firing this manager just because the manager had yelled at him and told him to shut up? That doesn't seem like a firing offense to me unless the owner is especially thin-skinned.
You know, he was stout. He was in the middle somewhere. Number 54, maybe? That would have been great if I'd thought to do that. That would have been terrific. Nice knowing his number, by the way. Most don't, I'm sure. Especially those people on the plane. They have no idea.
After last night's event, we went by an unnamed local bar. What event? I might have hit it pretty hard. You know, I went to an acting class, Dan. Did you really? Yeah, you know, I'm not. Wow. Most people know that I was in a major motion picture in the early 80s, Absence of Malice, but I'm not content. You know, I believe in life. You got to grow. You got to inch forward. You got to move.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
You got to advance. Got to want to know. Got to want to grow. Yeah, exactly. I want to know. I want to grow. I want to learn. I want to earn. And so I find myself last night. Let's start the show. Among amateur actors.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, you know, I hate to talk about myself, but it came up that I was in an acting class last night. Even though I've appeared, you know, in a film, I was among beginning actors, which was refreshing for me.
I was a student. You could teach the class, though.
Yeah. What can I tell you? Like I say, I want to immerse myself in learning. I want to learn. I want to earn. And so... I was in a class. It was very enlightening. The instructor, I don't know what you'd call an acting instructor. You nailed it. She was excellent. She opened my eyes to stuff.
You know, when I was in Absence of Malice, Sidney Pollack, the acclaimed late great director, didn't have a lot of personal dealing with me. You know, I dealt with subdirectors. And so this time I felt like I was with a real acting coach. And she was great.
That's a good point. By the way, you all make a note, Dan. Meadowlark needs to spring for coffee sleeves, because when I first started drinking this coffee, it was almost too hot to pick up, but now it's fine.
Yep. you know what i mean yeah i do know what you mean easy street yeah thank you very good good coffee though i gotta say it christopher was supposed to get me some uh brand name coffee uh outward and he reneged on his deal And so I'm left with whatever brand this is.
Were you yelling in acting class?
There was some yelling in acting class. I was asked to read scripts and do roles that required me to raise my voice and character. And so I'm paying for it today. This is the price of being an actor. And raising your voice.
NBA Centel.
I mean, not only is the season not over, they could still win home court advantage in the playoffs. It's crazy to fire them when... They fired him.
They do, for sure. But when I hear a coach question his players' pride, that's a red flag. I don't think any player, and it isn't just this generation, I don't think any player ever wants to have their pride or their effort questioned. You can question the physicality of their play or something they're doing technically wrong.
But to say that you don't have any pride or you're not trying hard enough. Sarcastically saying, oh, they don't watch film.
Jordan, es ist die Rückkehr von Christian McCaffrey und San Francisco. Welches Team ist der größte Herausforderer für Detroit für den NFC-Titel?
He called himself a joke. Breaking news. Him being cast in a film.
No, I actively avoid horror movies and I don't think they've made a good one since Al Hitchcock Die großen zwei sind Psycho und The Birds. The Birds ist so ein verrückter Film. Es ist großzügig.
I want to leave you with this. I'm a renowned movie expert, as you guys know. Ich denke, ein Horrorfilm ist wahrscheinlich der einfachste Genre. Ich denke, der Horrorfilm ist wahnsinnig.
Dan Levatard. Baker Mayfield tearing up Tampa Bay. 38 for 45. Stugatz. Shred them. This is the Dan Levatard Show with the Stugatz.
Big news of the day.
Ich weiß, der Kommandeur geht gerade dafür.
A plus grade from Greg Cody. I want to defend Greg Cody because DeAndre Hopkins, Mike, and I showed you this, was good last year. Those numbers surprised you last year.
He's currently great. Right. I mean, they got him in his prime. You don't need to apologize for this.
Er wollte Nr. 1s.
Now I want to see it. You name the one dog.
Hooray! Es ist ein toller Tag, um Amine zu sein.
Es passiert. Es passiert. Es passiert. Es passiert.
Everything is content.
Because there's not... If it went the other way.
Dan, you got MSNBC? You just said a name. I don't understand.
I don't think Billy had any interest. Oh no, it was fascinating.
I have a different definition. It goes back to the late 19th century when Greg was born. People would gather around a literal hot stove and discuss during the off-season baseball and baseball moves they'd like to see. And it was very intense.
Sie haben dominiert. Sie haben niemanden gespielt. Sie haben Michigan dieses Wochenende gespielt. Sie sind in Ohio State in ein paar Wochen. Wir werden sehen.
Not last year.
You don't become an Immortal. That's the NBA.
Just to close the loops, if Greg simply shows up on Saturday, $1,000 is his.
Aber er ist kein alter Mann.
Just because we're going to bury Greg Cody so that the Panthers don't get jinxed because he said something that we don't like. It's insane.
Greg Cody ist nicht Superman.
Guava is confusing too though, because the plant could be like a white guava too. There's a red guava, a white guava, you don't know.
Für wen, Billy? Ich habe gesagt, Game 1 war ein Must-Win. Roy ist jetzt in Game 2. Game 2 wäre ein Must-Win für das Team, das Game 1 verliert. Aber auch für das Team, das Game 1 gewinnt. Du hast wirklich den Ton gesetzt. Wenn du 2-0 bist und die Panthers auf der Straße sind, kommen sie zurück zu 2-0. Vergesst nie, was mit den Panthers letztes Jahr passiert ist. Sie waren 3-0.
Und dann endeten sie fast in der Serie.
Nicht ja. Heute Abend ist ein Must-Win.
For hockey. I think the real winner is going to be us, though.
I'll give you Wednesday next week.
Let me finish.
It does say it. It says Billy. It does say it. And the Joker's on it for some reason. It's Wild Willy Wednesdays. Thematically it's confusing.
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Mick überratet ist kein Entschädigung seines Talentes?
You came up with McOverrated.
I hate Wednesdays. This is the third straight one I've been scheduled on. Get me the f*** out of here. I don't want any part of this. And I'm like adhering to some kind of Wild Billy Wednesday construct. I'm just laying out. I'm like, yeah, let me take this ridiculous shit. Because he's got graphics?
Now we kick Knight out of town.
Wir waren auch auf Barkey. Er würde missen. Ich rufe zurück, um Panthers und Oilers zu draften. Ich glaube nicht, dass das zwei Minuten war.
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You will get exposed. Because he can name two players, well three, because we said Skinner at the top end. And you keep calling him White Hat for an audio-only clip. His name's Pete.
My favorite part was, now I'm presently getting my hair gelled under my headphones. Greg, can you describe what is happening?
You know what? I want you to go on What Chaos. No! Nein, nicht sogar mit dieser Ehre.
I'll rally around him, which is why I want him to go over there and expose how flimsy this all is. Imagine writing off a 27-year-old man.
Wo hast du Bouchard? Auch Ohtani war 29, als er seine erste Welt-Serie gewonnen hat. Lass das Geräusch wieder spielen. Lass es wieder spielen für Greg Cody.
I'm gonna give you a bit of... Ein statistischer Ausstieg für Ihren Argument, denn es gab eine Person, für die diese Diskussionen stattgefunden wurden, als er ein ähnliches Alter hatte. LeBron hat seinen ersten Titel gewonnen, als er 27 war. Und die Narrative von LeBron war, dass er einen Titel gewinnen muss, besonders nachdem er mit Miami ein Superteam geformt hat.
So I think if you're chasing ghosts and trying to compare goats, the LeBron narrative actually fits your argument here. But he is very clearly the best player, the most talented player of a generation probably beyond that. I will say, I wasn't around to see Wayne Gretzky's prime. This is the greatest player I've ever seen with my own eyes.
People were calling LeBron LeBrick, that he didn't have a clutch gene well before he even went to Miami. So I think they held them to an impossible standard. And if you want to compare that apple to that specific apple, you're totally right in saying that he needs to do this. I think the frustrating part is, I got no doubt that he's going to get one.
He's going to get one and he's got plenty of time.
Nein, nein, was ich sagen werde, ist, wenn du über den vollständigsten Spieler in dieser Finale sprichst, ist es wahrscheinlich Barkov.
Well, I got Dreisaitl second. Well, we haven't drafted yet. I would draft Barkov second. I think the goal offensively between Dreisaitl and Barkov is wider than the defense.
Okay.
There's got to be a reason for that.
Wenn jemand seine Verteidigungsfähigkeit verletzt hat, ist Greg Cote.
That's a pretty good one, but it's also uncharacteristic, so I imagine there's got to be a reason behind this.
Oh nein. Also bist du furchtbar, dich zu verteidigen, weil es nur mehr Waffen gibt?
So you're a veteran? Christmas? An diesem Punkt mag er es.
Ich genieße es. Es ist lustig. Deine Vorstellungen sind schmerzhaft zu dieser Medikation, die sie dir gegeben haben.
Ja. Sands Kontext. Das macht ihn aus, als wäre er der seelische alte Mann. Er wird verurteilt. Unvergleichlich, kann ich sagen.
Lass uns die Spieler ausdrehen. Nummer zwei. Leon Dreisaiter. Oh, ich habe Barkey mit drei. Was für ein Deal. Ich habe eine Frage, Dan. Sind wir das aufgrund der aktuellen Form oder von den Vorstellungen? Sie haben zwei der besten drei Spieler.
You're describing what I was hoping in these few days people would be able to contextualize how amazing this Cup Final is.
Es gab viele Leute in der Medien-Sphäre, die diesen Sport besprochen haben, die sagten, dass die letzte Saison eines der größten Hockey-Spiele aller Zeiten war, wenn nicht der größte Hockey-Spiele aller Zeiten, weil ein Team 3-0 hoch war, weil man den besten Spieler der Welt hatte, der einen 3-0-Kompliment in der Cup-Finale erzielt hat. Und hier sind sie.
After Matthew Kachuk tells Skinner in the handshake line, we'll see you next year. They're back. They're both better than they were last year.
Dude, they're both favored. Das Haus ist einfach vollkommen zufrieden mit dem Sieg.
Und unsere Blutdrucker sind die gleichen, wie die Florida Panthers sind. Die Kings, die versuchen herauszufinden, was ihre Identität ist. Die Dallas Stars, wahrscheinlich Peter DeBoer. Du willst über ein Team sprechen, das leidet. Dallas hat in der Bubble eine Cup-Finale erzielt und von den Western-Conference-Finalen ausgelöst. Sie spielen in der Western-Conference, was Florida im Osten spielt.
Roy, die ganze Zeit, seitdem wir hier sind, bist du auf Hockey fasziniert. Ist es sicher zu sagen, dass in Bezug auf Talent, Teamqualität und Antizipation, das ist die größte Antizipation für die Stanley Cup Finale, seit dem Wettbewerb von Penguins Detroit Red Wings?
Well, historical context, they're two young guys. But the What Chaos Show has been great. Pete Blackburn is a great follow on social media. If you love hockey, he views everything through a humorous prism. He's great. He's in our hockey group chat. Chris Cody just learned that as he was shit-talking his dad the entire day yesterday in the group chat. I was agreeing with him.
Yeah, to Chris' question. Er macht viele gute Punkte.
Everyone's clear on why you think Conor McDavid is McOverrated. Let's play the clip. Let's play the clip so he can contextualize himself why he didn't want you on the show.
We almost did.
You are the greatest player. I don't know if you've looked into his eyes this offseason, but it is a scary thing. Scary quotes.
Right, because it goes without saying, if a guy is considered one of the greatest of all time, he's going to need a cup. And I understand your point in saying like, middle of his career, he's been in the league for 10 years. You know what that makes him? 28 years old. I understand. That makes him 28 years Ich verstehe. Ich mache die Mathematik.
Er hat etwa fünf bis sechs Jahre mehr Zeit, um so eine Art Elite-Talent zu sein. Lassen wir ihn dann beurteilen. Am Ende. Ich meine, es geht ohne zu sagen, dass er zumindest eine Kuppe gewinnen muss, um in der gleichen Konversation mit Wayne Gretzky zu sein. Aber in Bezug auf individuelle Talente, ist er ein Typ, der den Kahn-Smythe gewonnen hat, wie Sie ihn überraten haben.
Those last two sentences were not necessary. They were in the book, Dan. I mean, it's just different, though. It's not your father.
Did you?
When are we going to start telling in the oral history all of those stories?
I'd like you to come up with a top five list of things that you heard about. Things that just people, I don't know about these things.
Shockidence! Don Levitard. But it's just his titties are sitting on the shelf that is his belly. Stugatz.
I'd like to know more because you shield me from some of this stuff. Greg Cody is now clamoring in. He has missed all of that, thankfully, because otherwise Chris would have had to imagine his own father in some of the same positions that you guys just forced me to imagine my father.
But I do have it right that Greg Cody was in yesterday and he called the University of Miami loss an epic embarrassment. And Mike Ryan flip-flopped over the course of two days from, we deserve to not be in the playoffs because of the epic embarrassment, because you lose two out of three, you lose to Syracuse, you're a big favorite, nobody regards Syracuse the way Mike regards Syracuse. And then...
Mike just goes off the deep end yesterday and becomes a shilling ambassador for all things Canes, bought and paid for integrity in tatters because, you know, I'm alleging, no one has said this publicly except the hand at the end of the show yesterday, that Mario Cristobal threatened to twist the nipples of Mike Ryan if he didn't get out there and change his tone on things.
And so the University of Miami... is nationally getting more than BYU is. BYU is suffering because it's not the program name that Miami is and because Miami conjures, even now still, a certain thing in the country, even though they haven't mattered in football this way for 20 years. the country at large is having a good argument about Miami versus Alabama, correct?
Because Alabama got in just because of the regard for the SEC. The same thing that Mike Ryan has been yelling about, which is I understand that conference's earned reputation, but it hasn't been that this year. It's just echoes and fumes, like that everyone in that conference has been proven to be beatable by any number of conferences.
Shadow show. Shadow show.
Shadow show. Shadow in it. Shadow in it. Stugatz just dropped something on the floor here and picked it up and said, and the words were less painful than the wheezing way he said it. Mm-hmm.
Georgia did lose all my respect with that Georgia Tech game, though. Yeah, but I don't think they're... Georgia Tech's good, dude. That's what I've been trying to argue. No, but all I'm saying is that if Georgia Tech can beat Georgia, if Georgia Tech can beat Georgia, then you can't make a convincing... They can't because they can't score two points.
I want to talk about that in a second, but Jessica, you wanted to get in here.
I am, but I'm doing a great many things to basically just avoid pain. Everything that I do right now is just to make sure that I'm not in pain. But you're the young one here in this room today because Greg Cody's on his way, but he is stuck. And I don't know if Jessica has felt this or not.
I will tell you again, it's a made for television event. And while I would want to watch, uh, the best offense in the sport and cam ward play one more game, uh, the nation will have its regard for Alabama. And there's a whole generation that doesn't have any understanding that Miami used to be good, uh, entire generation, 20 years.
So Alabama is getting a lifetime achievement award on a made for television event because the argument I would make and Jessica, uh, You tell me if you think I have this wrong, because at the time that Northern Illinois beat Notre Dame, I said to myself, even not knowing anything because it was too early in the season, OK, that's a giant upset.
That's probably the biggest upset there's going to be in the sport this year, winning at Notre Dame. It was the most confusing result of the season, but it was so early that I'm like, OK, well, Notre Dame must not be good if that's happening. I still don't have a sample on who everyone is.
i've got a sample on alabama and the most confusing result to me this season i didn't see the game how the hell did alabama lose that way to oklahoma how was the offense neutralized what don't i know about uh... the importance of nick saban's coaching that would make it so that alabama and that quarterback That Milrow wouldn't be able to do anything in a game against a terrible Oklahoma team.
Where were the most confusing results of the season? Because that one, I just didn't understand. And it was so recent that I can't believe they got forgiven for it, even though Alabama's been forgiven for any number of losses over the last few years, just because people know to put them on television.
This is the single worst time of year in South Florida if you want to get around because Art Basel and money is in town. December's terrible. Look, under all circumstances, Miami is overcrowded, more overcrowded than it's ever been. We are not equipped for what is here. Our transit system is not equipped for everything that's here. But what's here this week? is totally insane.
Yeah, but I also think also is that people were watching the end of that game and people must not have been watching what happened in Oklahoma, Alabama, because you can't know what happened in that game and say to me that that's a team that deserves to be among the 12 best.
And I was moderately relieved, though disappointed, to hear that Stugatz and Greg Cody's book signing tomorrow isn't going to happen because I simply don't want to drive at 6 p.m. to Coral Gables because it's going to take me two and a half hours to get there from the beach, and it's only like 10 miles.
Don Levitard. Surely every time you're watching this, you recognize that your wife is laughing that she married Larry David.
I do, yeah. One of the great characters in the history of television, in my humble opinion. And to my credit, my personality... In my humble opinion, followed by to my credit. To my credit. It's amazing. My personality does predate Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Stugatz. Oh, wow.
I'm not going to say Larry David patterned himself after me.
All right, put it on the poll, please, Jude. You did, Greg Cody, copyright being an asshole long before Larry David.
It should haunt you for years, and it should haunt Mario Cristobal for years. Because... They blew it, Miami, right? Like, I want to have righteous indignation on behalf of Miami. They should be ranked ahead of Alabama. And you can make a good argument that, oh, their only two losses were by nine points to good teams. That's true.
But the timing of those losses was disastrous, an absolute disaster. When they blew that 21-point lead, they had no chance. There's no room. I want to have righteous indignation on behalf of Miami. It's very, very difficult the way that season ended.
The other part of that, though, because you're talking about the late-game situation there. The reason I would have gone for it on fourth and goal, because people assume if you get an incompletion there, you're still giving them the ball at the 10-yard line.
No, I'm calling a play that gets me even closer to the goal line if I get the completion so that perhaps I've got the possibility of them starting from their own one or their two or their three.
We will find out whenever it is that Greg Cody gets here. We promoted it so well yesterday, too.
Here's what's happening here to me that's so funny, and I can't believe it's the Miami team that gives us this gift. You guys are sitting here trying to make arguments based on merit as if merit matters. To me, it's fascinating that we keep doing this stupidity when the point of this particular season is the argument. It's not about the merit.
So you come at me with the timing of this was disaster. Timing is not about merit. How good is your football team? Timing. You're coming at me with how it looks that they lost with a 21-point lead and the fourth and goal and the botched ending at Syracuse. The merit is what are their records and what have they done against the others? Unless when you got a bunch of murkiness.
You can just make it a made-for-television event, and everybody would prefer to have Alabama, even as we make the arguments on behalf of Miami because we're myopic and because we love Cam Ward and this generational team that isn't as television-friendly as Alabama is because a whole generation has watched Alabama be great at football that hasn't seen Miami be great at football.
I think that you guys didn't have the ability the sigh from Greg Cody there I don't think that you guys had the ability during the course of this segment to make me long for my father talking about Fifty Shades of Grey but you managed it
Who calls them slacks? Because I thought it was just my dad. I thought it was people my dad's age.
Put it on the poll, Juju. Do people still call them slacks? Because I'm not sure about that. Have you guys all been running into this traffic yet? Because what is... Miami, you can look it up. It is, however it is they measure these things empirically, it is past Los Angeles as a bad traffic town, however it is they do those measurements. Jessica has felt that for a while down here.
It hasn't always been like that. But do you feel it now? Because I don't want to go anywhere. Like, I don't want to go anywhere that is, you know, 12 blocks away because of how congested everything is.
I'll get into National Signing Day in a second because I'm really surprised, Stugatz, that since the days when we have mocked this stuff. Yes. We have now become this stuff that we used to mock in terms of the trafficking in high schoolers that was such an obsession when Joel Buxbaum was a regular on sports radio. In fact, can you find me a clip?
There is a clip somewhere of one of these experts being faked out by a show that was just asking about fake high school prospects. And then the expert went into whatever the spiel was. on a player that didn't exist.
But I have wanted to talk to Jessica for the last couple of days, wanted her here because she gets 200-yard interception returns to get her into the playoffs clearly to defeat USC, but also she has the added joy of seeing...
miraculously, amazingly, the very first time the playoff system goes to a professional format that is 12 teams and allows more than any, as Miami does, all of the things before the season that would have been considered a successful season, if not for the way that this ended in disaster so that, correct me if I'm wrong, Miami's the only team anyone's really arguing about.
Miami is in the spot where they're the 13th team, where the argument is about Miami or Alabama, but most people listening to this would say if the playoff were somehow 13 teams that Miami would likely be in, or is there someone else being argued about more than Miami?
I wanted to talk to you about how good Notre Dame is or isn't.
USC was playing with, was in your field position playing for the tie. They were playing for the tie with one of those interception returns on their side of the field.
Two of them were in the last couple of minutes.
Oh, wow.
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
I can't tell you how not funny that is to me. So good. We have about a dozen. Play them all.
One more?
One more. Liquid and smoldering?
I mean, that is not what is bad about this for me.
What you've just conjured is something that I haven't thought about in about 47 years, which is the time that I was very scared in my childhood. I didn't want to sleep in my own room. I snuck into my parents' room. I snuck in under their bed, and something started happening that I didn't really have. Huh? Baby! Yeah, I was 36 years old.
Big poppy.
It's very unpleasant what you have just done there in terms of just conjuring sort of an, you know when you move things in an attic or basement that haven't been moved a lot and there's like dust and cobwebs and stuff? You just did that around a memory that's horrifying to me that I had buried like deep, deep down.
Cuervo.
Cuervo.
And Netflix is going to turn this chestnut versus Kobayashi thing into an annual thing or into something that continues as a franchise, just the way they did in golf with that thing where once a year they have the four celebrities play a round of golf. That's going to be the same thing with eating now. They swooped in and they're going to own this. Netflix is now going to own competitive eating.
It's my latest pet peeve. And I introduced it on my podcast. And it's become a real thing in my neighborhood. Okay. Neighbors are parking their cars on their lawns. Okay. You got a driveway, but there's a couple of cars in the driveway, three cars in the driveway. You need more room. I don't know how many cars you got at your house. Maybe it's eight, nine.
People are parking on their lawn, not on the swale. But on their lawn. Wow. And it's ugly. I don't know where privilege comes in. It's ugly.
picture of it and show you.
You have to do what you have to do. And the biggest perpetrator happens to be the guy I've already got a beef with because he's the holiday besmircher who's putting up his Halloween decorations in late August.
Okay, this guy has a driveway. He's got a swale. But he's parking his cars willy-nilly all over the grass, never in the same spot twice in a row. Smart, because if you do that, the heat of the engine is going to burn a patch in the grass, and the tire marks are going to kill the grass as well. So he's doing the right thing. But I'm going to take a picture and show you.
Every time I drive by, he happens to have a couple of big, giant pickup trucks parked. Big giant pickup truck.
Get a bigger driveway. What? Stu Gatz is right. It's an eyesore. It's an eyesore.
I did. I got the horse out back. Parked in the front would have been funny. Yeah, parked on my lawn. I'd rather have a horse parked on a lawn than a big-ass pickup truck. It's ridiculous.
I see a big pickup truck on his grass when there is a spot in the driveway.
His wife's not home yet. That's her spot. I'm going to go to City Hall. I'm going to speak to my commissioners and see if I can get this done. You're not doing that.
Yep, he did.
Well, I said seven minutes a period. No, you said seven minutes a night. I knew what you meant, Greg.
All right. As the star of the billboard. Thank you. As the star of the billboard, let me propose a very simple compromise. The billboard goes up in Edmonton tomorrow morning if the Panthers win tonight. Deal.
Good. Dan doesn't want that.
Thank you. It's a great billboard, too, especially because the likeness of me is from, like, 1985. That's what's great. I look youthful.
Edmonton should wake up to that billboard after the Cats raise the cup tonight. That's what should happen. And you know it. And you know it.
But the order in now is contingent on the Panthers winning. And if they don't win, you eat the deposit. You eat the deposit if the Cats lose. Eat the deposit?
Well, she's mocking it right now more than hating it. Give her time to hate.
Right. That's right. No, I feel that it's coming in. I don't like to look at it because it makes me sad, but I feel like it's coming in.
It's my playoff stash.
Oh, yes. Yes, I would have. And it takes me five holes to get over that. I mean, I'm fuming if nobody gives me a two and a half foot putt because secretly when I'm standing over that putt, I'm worried that I'm going to miss it. And apparently Rory McIlroy was, too. That's the amazing thing. That's a big, Stu Gatz, tell me if I'm wrong.
The biggest difference between an amateur golfer and a professional golfer isn't the distance off the tee, although it's that too. To me, the biggest difference is these guys on a 15, 18, 20 foot putt, they expect to make it. Yes, or at least get it down in two. Right, whereas I'm nervous over a three-foot putt.
Yes, so to see a Rory McIlroy choke over a two-and-a-half-foot putt is an amazing thing to me.
I don't know. It's just a tough name for me. I mean, given the fact that he hasn't won a major in 10 years and this was his opportunity, it doesn't surprise me that he— Are you wheezing? It sounded like wheezing.
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That was annoying.
I think we did three out of five. We want a big sample here. We're not just doing one time. Best three out of five?
Well, I believe it was best two out of three, and then the loser was a sore loser, so the winner was like, fine, we can do three out of five.
What are some other Olympic events that might come later in the summer?
We're not doing that one. It was a bad joke when you made it on the pod.
No, I'm saying we listed a bunch of random stupid events like a staring contest, and I was like, here, let's tee that up so the audience can see what's down the road, and you just made the Snapple joke.
Another one that, and maybe we could do this one here. Another one that we're going to do is my dad wants to do, my dad wants to do this one, arm wrestling. Yeah. He thinks he could beat me. Oh, I'm worried about Greg there.
That's another one I don't want to do.
It's called a snorkel.
We did this one on this week's episode.
Nobody's loudest on their first clap, though. Look it up. I know. You got to build up.
We struggle with the one.
Chris Cody, go ahead. Like I said, I'm a five-pack guy, but all right.
I think Billy's winning. All this buildup for a guy that's known for clapping. As a Ute.
You've been ready.
No. That's a fine clap. Oh, that's a fine clap. You're disqualified. Known for clapping, huh? When he was a kid. As a youth. As a youth. That was like his golf shot. That was really bad.
So clap off. What are we doing here?
I want to take my ring off, though. I want to take my ring off, too. All right, everybody go again.
Yes. I thought I was pretty strong. Remember, I'm a Cody. Oh, that was good.
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There's a pace to this thing. I watched Dan Marino. For the final, they like to bring in the biggest names they can get. Last year, Marino came in. I don't know which game it was, one of the games, and he just was off. And it just kind of gets, the whole crowd reacts weird. It's a big moment right before the game. And I'm just worried.
I kind of need to see Jack Nicklaus send in a video of him doing the beat before he does it.
There's a pace to it. It can really, it just gets the whole crowd. There's murmuring start. Like the crowd, when there's not a good drum beater, it affects the crowd. And I just don't need the crowd affected on this huge night. I love the Golden Bear, but it's just I do love the Golden Bear. I don't know. Is he a Panthers fan? Is he going to be wearing a jersey? I'm not really.
I'm confused by that.
He's a Panther fan. They'll give him a jersey. But I'm just, yes, I have my concerns.
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He would have been, had he accepted the offer, the eighth highest paid coach in the NBA. It tells me, Dan, that the Lakers, for whatever reason, never really wanted him to be the head coach.
Because if you really wanted him to be the head coach and you want him to move away from an area of the country where he has spent his entire life and really has given no indication he's ever going to leave that area of the country, then you make him the offer that Woj originally reported, which was north of $100 million. Right.
It seems to me what would make them look bad is handing J.J. Redick one of the most coveted jobs anywhere in sports. And so I think you have to at least give the appearance that you're going after more qualified candidates, bigger names.
Does he need the leverage? I'm asking you. Does he need the leverage, really? Like, if he wanted to raise an extension, he could have just asked UConn, right? He's won back-to-back national championships.
I'm just asking if he needs leverage. This is a guy who's won back-to-back national championships.
They find ways to stay relevant.
Not a... I went back and checked those A's teams. He was right about Raleigh Fingers. I thought he got caught up at Raleigh Fingers' mustache and thought the whole team had mustaches, but... Ron was right and I was wrong. Catfish Hunter, Gene Tennis, they all had mustaches.
Crazy.
10 per year, Dan. OK, thank you.
Not just baseball. I think young people in general are just going with mustaches. They're back in. I see them everywhere. It's crazy.
A goatee.
Rough. Hit those photos when the eyes turn red. Yeah.
That is me winning.
He was so embarrassed.
But at least someone dressed properly for the magnitude of that event. Thank you. Well done, Greg.
This is a dad who coached at St. Anthony's for 51 years, a high school coaching legend, and both his kids coach as well.
They go through a lot of coaches, though, I'll tell you that. At least recently.
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Yeah, I think one minute will just about do it. I'm over-medicated right now. I try to take a victory lap every 30 years or so, and I took one in the early 90s for my Dan Trade Marino column. Proved to be accurate because he never won a Super Bowl.
Now 30 years later, Connor McDavid, Connor McOverrated, has never won a Stanley Cup, so I'm taking a victory lap for that too because at 2-0 down, doesn't look like he's gonna win one this time either. Also taking a victory lap for the latest Greg Cody show with Greg Cody podcast, because it's a killer. Wow, I cry talking about my own dad. How embarrassing. But anyway, enough about me.
I'm going to schedule another victory lap for about 30 years when I'm turning 100. I haven't decided yet what the topic's going to be, but I'm going to figure out how to be right again in about 30 years.
That kind of thing. That's how you stick the landing.
So I said, let me ask you a question. And he said, nobody ever asked this question. And it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT. Very smart. He goes, I say, what would happen if the boat sank from its weight? And you're in the boat. And you have this tremendously powerful battery. And the battery is now underwater. And there's a shark that's approximately 10 yards over there.
By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately. Do you notice that? A lot of sharks. I watched some guys justifying it today. Well, they weren't really that angry. They bit off the young lady's leg because of the fact that they were not hungry, but they misunderstood who she was. These people are crazy. He said, there's no problem with sharks.
They just didn't really understand a young woman swimming now who really got decimated and other people too. A lot of shark attacks. So I said, so there's a shark 10 yards away from the boat, 10 yards. Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking? Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted?
Or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted? Because I will tell you, he didn't know the answer. He said, you know, nobody's ever asked me that question. I said, I think it's a good question. I think there's a lot of electric current coming through that water. But you know what I'd do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted? I'll take electrocution every single time.
I'm not getting near the shark.
It's a heady play. I have a question and an answer. The question is, what dentist gives leg massages? That is a great question. And the answer is, get a different dentist.
I think I'm just making noises like, oh, yeah, man. Yeah, you got to diffuse it. I mean, the last thing you want to do is get into an argument with someone. Well, you can't argue. Well, even if you could, though.
Yeah, she could. If she finds out that, you know, you don't believe in flying saucers, she's likely to, you know, have an accidental slip in your mouth.
Is he alive or dead? I mean, tell us the answer. Is he alive or dead?
Really?
That's what I care about.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I have not talked politics with a stranger for about eight years because I've had divisions in my own extended family, like deep divisions, relationship-breaking divisions within my own family talking politics. I avoid it like the plague.
Yes. Not worth it. I don't make political small talk with strangers because all it can do is lead to them saying, you know, I love RFK because he believes in this and he doesn't believe in that.
I was probably like, that kind of thing. Okay, no, the home run call was that kind of swing, that kind of thing. Stugatz. Oh, that's a good call. Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it. Like, you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know, all that jazz. You know, you don't got to do that. Oh, that would be a great call.
George, I'm appointing you president and official spokesman for NAIT, the National Association of Tight Ends. I have to ask you in all honesty, y'all are a little bit tired of Travis Kelsey, right? Just all the publicity, all the attention.
All the celebrity, Travis this, Travis that.
I would much rather have Panthers than Everblades. What an awkward play on words, Everblades. But to Dan's point... I'll tell you...
It feels like a minor league name, though. Yeah, Everblades.
Well, they have weirder names. I'll give them that. But Panthers is a classic. And the Panther is indigenous to this area. At one time, it was a rarity. It was endangered. But this is how close the arena is to the Everglades. Panthers fans show up on airboats. They come right into the parking lot. Go sit in the penalty box.
Well, you know what? I can't comment. I'm in the middle of the story. I have to let it play out.
No, no, no. I want to stay in the background like a journalist should. Professional. That kind of thing. But the USA chant, to Stu Gatz's point. Terrible. Okay. You're chanting USA, obviously, because you're playing a Canadian team. Your own team is coached by a Canadian. The goaltender is Russian. The captain is Finnish. We have two Americans, Kachuk and Akposo.
The people who have scored the seven goals in two games are five Canadians and two Finns. You barely have an American presence, even by NHL standards, and yet you're chanting USA for your nearly all-foreign team. It's just weird. It's a melting pot, you know? Yeah, well, you know, start chanting, go Finland.
More like a melting pot. They have a great... Fondue. Yeah, I really like that. I used to like that. I haven't been there in about five years.
It has, but it continues.
War on war. Star on star crime.
You never thanked him.
Where do you want to go?
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Holding down the fort. For the record, who's talked to Bobrovsky the most in that room?
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Not yet. Not yet. Give Trump a minute. I'm not sure who's had a better week, Greg Cody or Bobrovsky.
Did the Five Reasons guys say you could tell this? Hell no.
Do you think he let up when he felt the tap? It's just like natural? Like, okay, maybe too much.
say star on star that's actually like if it was a bruiser that doesn't play anything going in there then that's like oh that's clear this is just Dreisaitl it's a dirty play I'm not defending the play but did you have the same energy for Bennett in the Boston series because I feel like you're just doing the Homer thing like if this was Barkoff on Dreisaitl I don't feel like you'd have the same energy okay if
But that's one of their best players. If they were just going to be thuggery, they wouldn't pick him. I understand that. You're saying it's star on star, making that seem like it should be more penalized. Star on star, it's like two guys going at each other.
No, he's saying if it was reversed, would he call for the suspension?
I'm not even saying you're wrong, Greg. I think he should be suspended for a game. I would be okay with the league saying if Barkov can't play, Dreisaitl suspended. If Barkov can play, Dreisaitl can play. Eye for an eye. So do you bench Barkov so Dreisaitl doesn't play? No. You say he's hurt. That is honestly interesting because Dreisaitl is their second best player. That's what I'm saying.
So announce it early. Announce it right now. Barkov is that important to stopping McDavid that I would keep Dreisaitl. That's funny.
Against my dad's point, that's why they usually send a bruiser out there, someone they don't give a shit if they get suspended. That's why this may, like the fact that it's Dreisaitl, is less of a reason for me that he should be suspended.
He still comes with a good quote. The angriest he seemed after a game. Oh, he was totally different. We're up 2-0 in the final, and he just had a vibe.
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You could tell. They asked him about it, his heritage. He's just like, yeah, my dad's Portuguese. I don't speak Spanish. It's nice to be embraced. He was just kind of like... Thanks.
It is.
The last four periods, the Panthers have been the better team, I think. The third period in game one, the Oilers forwards had four shots on five versus five last night. The Panthers' defense versus the penalty kill for the Panthers and the Panthers just smothering them, not letting anything inside. Everything's coming from the outside. The Panthers are just impressive so far defensively.
I think you're going after the wrong star in this series so far. Dreisaitl, not only is he— No, no, no. He has chosen the right star, Chris. I'm just saying, in this series, though, McDavid, even though he hasn't scored yet, McDavid is flying around. Like, McDavid's playing much better than Dreisaitl in this series so far.
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I just want to know, though, in the last two games, how many times, just alone in your thoughts, you've just had the thought of, holy shit, he's good.
This was the narrative before the Rangers series. That power play they have is unstoppable, and the Panthers stopped it. The narrative needs to switch to the Panthers' power penalty kill is just amazing. That's the story of this series. The power play hasn't been great. They scored their first power play goal last night. You're dealing with Edmonton's power penalty kill is the best in the league.
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Panthers is second. So you're not going to see a lot of power play goals.
Last night, Mikula almost gets an own goal. And then Bob almost gets an assist from the almost own goal. Mikula never scores. Just what a team. What a time. The barn was rocking last night, Dan.
It was just a lot of valuable information there. I was hanging on every word. Not really. Jeremy, what do you got?
Del Rio's a Hall of Famer.
Yeah, I mean, in the cockpit, they have the methodology to figure all that out. They can tell whether the plane is listing in one direction or the other.
It's not true at all. If you're taking a small plane, and this has happened to me, they do ask you your weight. Yeah. Okay.
No, I didn't mean to.
They were egging me on. What are you doing?
Why do we egg people on?
If you survive a plane crash, you deserve a little bit of credit.
But also what an airline would offer. It goes above the airline, because when you survive a plane crash, you are no longer a human being. You become supernatural. You become a superhero. You're right. To the degree that I think anyone who survives a plane crash should immediately become a cardinal in the Catholic Church. What if it's not their religion? It doesn't matter. You become like a deity.
The Catholics need all the help they can get.
Change from within.
Baker Mayfield tearing up Tampa Bay, 38 for 45. Stugatz. Shred them. This is the Don Levatard Show with the Stugatz.
If you drive into a parked train, you haven't been involved in a train wreck.
Train wreck is better.
You're welcome.
It was a bit sensual the way he said it, I thought.
Mm hmm. Yeah. Shimmy.
Are you allowed to say we're the freaking New York Jets when you haven't won anything in 55 years? I'm just asking. You can't say that.
I am. I am hearing this for the first time. This is why the director of media relations was created. The whole job exists. So you can tell somebody like Jerry Jones, hey, Jerry, Google glory hole and never see the phrase again in public.
It meant exactly what I think it means now.
No, he's the most powerful owner in the NFL, I think. And still, and they're still America's team 30 years after their A-Day. They own a niche with the New York Yankees and very few other franchises in all of sports. You know, they're unbeatable. No matter how much they lose, they're the Dallas Cowboys. They're always going to be the most valuable franchise. Always.
I don't know why, but Jerry Jones realizes that. And quite frankly, if I was a billionaire who owned a pro franchise, you'd have a tough time keeping me away from a microphone. I think I would, I'm surprised there aren't more owners like Jerry Jones. I'm surprised he's the anomaly.
I mean, to make sure I wasn't wrong, I did Google glory holes just now. And what comes up is what we all think.
Let's not do that.
A glory hole is a hole in a wall or partition, often between public lavatory cubicles or sex video arcade booths and lounges, for people to engage in...
You know, a bad word being bleeped by me.
Self bleeping.
Sounded good to me.
Yeah, survived a plane crash. the guy wow really just as an aside yeah go on he's a good guy i mean you know You know who hated what I did was Eric Reid hated it when I used to make fun of him and do an impression. He came up to me once on a road trip, not real thrilled about that.
think anyone who survives a plane crash becomes a great person. Really?
Even if you're a bad person to begin with, huh? No, no, I would make an exception to that. Really? Didn't Ric Flair survive a plane crash?
Well, let's hear Greg's stance. Right. Simply that until I survive a plane crash. I have nothing but respect. What are you doing in the plane? Well, other people are panicking. You're doing something different. You've got an angle going. You're burying your head a little more.
You've got survivor secrets. Who knows what goes on inside a plane plummeting to earth. And so Zygacki can live to tell the tale. Now, granted... It was a small plane in his case. It's not like he's in a Boeing 767. That's more impressive.
Do it in a big plane. The survivor of a big jet airliner accrues more credit from me than the survivor of a small plane crash, quite frankly.
Yes, there were planes when Hitler was around.
No, they were biplanes.
Yeah, Zeppelins. No, if Hitler survived a plane crash, I would accept...
My father will go on Google and be like, hey, I googled your name the other day. Oh, don't do that, please.
15 is one thing, 16 is a whole different ballgame.
Warte mal, lass mich kurz zurückgreifen. Ja, ich glaube, Kachuk ist wahrscheinlich nicht auf 100 Prozent. Aber Mikola und Greer waren gestern eigentlich Spielzeit-Decisionen. Und es fühlt sich wirklich so an, als ob sie sich auf die Rio gesetzt hätten, um sicherzustellen, dass sie okay sind. Wenn Kachuk wirklich verletzt ist, warum hat er nicht mal ein Spiel gespielt wie diese Jungs?
They're in the Stanley Cup, third straight season. Let's celebrate it. Stugat, should we only talk about the game if it goes to game seven?
Oh, and it was such a charity goal. He was past the puck in front of the net. Why didn't the other guy show up? Here, here's a little gift for you, you Ajo.
Das ist gut, take that ass, man. This is the Dan Leventhal Show with the Stugats.
Welches Spiel würdest du sagen, das sie für ihre Leben spielen würden? Der höchstwertigste Spiel in der Geschichte der Spiele. Es wäre großartig. Wie MASH, oder? Ein Spiel für dein Leben? Es würde MASHs Rating in ihrem letzten Spiel vergleichen, oder?
I think he could have done it again.
Hast du gehört, wer die gewinnende Tore im letzten Mal gewonnen hat, als die Hurricanes die Konferenz-Finale gewonnen haben? Rod Brindamore.
Ich glaube, wir waren auch letzte Nacht uncharakteristisch schlapp, wirklich von Anfang an. Ich glaube nicht, dass die Panthers letzte Nacht schlapp waren, aber sie waren wirklich von Anfang an schlapp. Kachuck, ich meine, zwei Tore haben Kachuck schlapp gemacht. Das ist einer meiner größten Schmerzen in allen Sporten.
Wenn du den Torwart drückst und die andere Mannschaft sofort schießt, kriegst du niemals eine Chance mit dem extra Skater. Und das ist das, was gestern Abend passiert ist. Chuck hat den Puck weggegeben. Wir hatten keine Chance. Es war so viel Zeit. Es waren 2,5 Minuten übrig.
Carolina's defense was really good last night.
Well, what is the definition of buy him something? Like, what is it not buying him? We're not sitting here mother effing him.
Yeah, that has nothing to do with being injured. Him giving the puck away without looking at the blue line has nothing to do with anything.
What? All right, over to my dad. He's keeping it.
Look at this guy. Lion. What a fix. Yep. The head of the show gets the line. Ten-point favorite.
I want a new one. Really? Wow. I don't want to get Seljack.
I was probably like, that kind of thing. Something. Okay, no. The home run call was that kind of swing, that kind of thing. Stugatz. Oh. That's a good call. Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it. Like, you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know, all that jazz. You know, you don't got to do that. Oh, that would be a great call.
He said it, but hasn't read it.
This is a different subject, Sam, but I have three words for you and I want your reaction. Dwayne Wade statue. Go.
Stan, you should commission a better-looking statue because he made your career.
Yeah, I don't know. That's a good question because I don't have any cash.
Put it on my tab. Greg. Greg. I know. My bad. We just, in fairness to me... He just turned it on.
We just came off a break. I was doing things... Whirling dervish. I'm doing things during the break.
That's fair. But, Stan, when you say some guys have great talent but don't win, do you have any coach in mind in particular?
No, I just turned it off for sure. But I happen to be very busy during that break. I'm moving and shaking. There's a lot of loose ends. There's just stuff going on. What's up?
You had enough. Classic heat culture. When I asked you that question, I wasn't setting you up. I didn't expect you to indict yourself.
It does, and when you go to J.J. Barea as the biggest negative to say about LeBron, that's pretty extraordinary.
Congrats.
Yeah. He might not even get 1,000 yards receiving, which in the 17-game NFL is tough.
Come take my seat.
One play at a time. One play at a time. And that is so important. And we exemplified that. That it's one play at a time. We stick together. We fight for each other. And we found a way.
Don Levitard. Greg, how's your birthday going so far?
Stugatz. That sounds like not a super nice night. The debate. Old people love that shit.
He's a thespian, Dan. Yeah.
Yeah, that would have been terrible. No, you guys would have pretended it was less cool.
The most common reason for transportation was theft. This included pickpocketing, shoplifting, stealing horses and sheep, highway robbery, housebreaking, and receiving stolen goods. Billy.
She was supporting your... No, I was saying that, like, these are very pickpocketing. You get sent to Australia, and then, like, 300 years later, Billy calls you a criminal.
Yes, you should do God bless football from Australia with two guys.
And traffic was cut down for like three hours.
There was reporting in the Rolling Stone last week that... some of the cut positions in the FAA were, quote, lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies, employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes, and staffers in charge of medically clearing pilots. And the flying hazards like cranes
cranes did sort of my ears perked up because this is right next to the airport and that was one of the reasons that um people in you know the at the airport and officials were concerned about the location because there's going to be all this tall construction material right next to the runway but you know luckily all of those people may have been laid off now so they can continue construction you guys don't trust our infrastructure in south florida do you no less now
Mike, there's reports like every month that's like a new building has sunk in four inches into the ground on Miami Beach.
Every month there's a new like, this building has sunk in so far into the earth. Engineers are shocked. And then there's just never a follow up.
Cristian Overnaldo is actually what Chris Cody thought his name was.
There were people that were there.
You offended a few million people, that's all.
No, they already heard it.
You know, that's actually a good point.
I hope they aggregate it first.
Yeah, there were already people there.
I may be the only person that was enjoying it other than Kugler because Jeremy Taché texted me. I'm genuinely embarrassed by them when I think of that analysis being the perspective from Miami that reaches a national audience. You can tell them this on air or off, LMAO.
Right, the trout has the wig on.
Very old-timey insult.
Well, men are allowed to age and women aren't.
No, the Conclave doesn't appeal to me. I don't want to, you know, Vatican based, I assume, you know, Catholicism. I don't care too much about that.
Way too many. You don't care, though. Way, way too many.
But it was a digestible number. Like, when it was five, there was a chance that I could name all five nominees, and I would therefore have an interest. You're smirking because you just know he's right. No, 10 is too many. I mean, they're doing that to get people to the movies.
Don Levitard. He has been great. He's made great hires. I said all. We've said all of this. He said all of this. We've said all of this. He said everything.
Everything you're saying. It's all been said. It's all been said. Okay, you got to understand one thing. Stugatz. Me maximum. That's right. Until I say it, it hasn't been said. Boom. Okay, understand that. You're the mayor.
Well, I couldn't direct a film. Could I star in a film? You've got to be shitting me. That's what I'm saying.
Hold on. There are different skills for different things, right? Could I hit a 105-mile-an-hour fastball? Probably not. Probably not. I'd make contact, but it wouldn't go out of the infield probably. Could I take a handoff and run in an NFL game? Yeah, but I'd lose three yards. But acting, to me, is an art form, a skill that is attainable. If you have any talent for performance at all.
I'm watching White Lotus last night. Good series, by the way. Movie, whatever you call it.
The second one. We just watched the second one. I'm watching that thinking to myself, frankly, these are some roles that someone like me could play.
I don't do names.
Oh, that. She's not in it anymore.
Okay.
Okay, because he's referring to someone who was in last season's White Lotus, not this season. I love that they completely changed cast every year. Which is the role you think you could play? I can play the guy who's not the main guy who's in trouble and always on the phone.
The other man. Walton Goggins? Who's always in a bad mood. Wait a minute. You think you could be Baby Billy? Yeah, yes.
Yeah, like a sour individual. I can play that. That's me.
And may I be frank? That was an amateur actor. Really?
Let's do that. I totally could. All right. What's the end game? Whatever your line was. Spence. Nailed it. Spence. What's the end game? Spence with a fake cigar in his hand. It was a real cigar. All right. That was hilarious.
So all Greg has to do is beat a D. Right. I can do that.
It's called self-confidence. Try it sometime.
Because I haven't attempted to act. I've never given it a chance.
Okay, here's the thing. I need to say this because he's painting me as the guy who thinks he can win an Academy Award the first time he walks on a set. All I'm saying is that relative to other skills such as we see in sports, I don't think acting is that tough. It's not... you know, playing tennis against, you know, Jacob Skinner or whatever his name is. It's not. I love you trying to find stuff.
Well, I was going to say McEnroe, but it would have been a dated reference.
Yannick, Jacob Skinner, whatever his name is.
I don't follow men's tennis.
He's more of a WTA guy.
You could have said Venus Williams.
You know what? Venus is 44. I think I could stay in a set with her. Oh, you shut your mouth. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. That was a joke. That was a joke. Wow, that's good acting. You acted like a sexist. That was good acting.
I'm just saying acting is easy relative to hitting 105 mile an hour fastball. That's all I'm saying.
I would be a character actor.
Character actors have range. I'm not delusional. I don't think an inexperienced guy my age stars in a movie.
You don't hear many references to the Wood brothers anymore.
Yeah, they're suddenly a team in a franchise that doesn't matter. I saw a list of the top 15 most watched NBA games this season. Heat, not among them. Like there's no interest. Other than the Jimmy Butler trade drama, this has been a nondescript season that isn't even really worth talking about.
I don't think that the Heat for the first time in a long time don't have what I would call a star player.
And Ware has had a good rookie season. Last time I looked, he was among the Rookie of the Year frontrunners, so they've developed him pretty quickly.
Even when they were making the finals. I said... Oh, here we go. No, no. I said, if Jimmy Butler is your best player, you're going to be good, but you're not going to compete for a championship in this league. And Jimmy Butler is gone now, and their best player is, you know, a guard who scores 40 points one night and then is four for 14 the next night. Bam out of Bible.
Relative to what they could have gotten. A relative home run. If they didn't trade him, what would they have gotten for Jimmy Butler? It's not a home run. No, tell me. Take it back.
Yeah. They did the best they could at the trade deadline to get something.
Durant was never going to come here.
I'm not denying that. But what I said two years ago is true, that if Jimmy Butler is your best player, you're not a championship contending team. I don't care if you just made the luck to make it to the final.
He's been around for a decade. We know what he is. He's a starter caliber player though.
It's an excellent sports radio question. I think Bam, Hero, and Ware are keepers. I think you build around them. They need a star. Bam.
Rocket Man. Okay. A couple of years ago.
Harlan Williams? It was. And before that, it was Swing Boat. Not Harlan Williams.
Cuervo.
Is Malik the guy who played Freddie Mercury?
Yeah, all that talk about trailers, trailers for Sailor Wren. That's right. Oh, for the love of God, okay.
Because I've seen trailers that are like... About 15, 20 feet. They shouldn't be more than a minute.
Yeah. Sailor Wren. Trailers should not be more than a minute. They used to be short, now they're like five minutes. They're like many movies.
For sure. We saw that in the unrivaled league where they barely let fans in. They don't need fans. But I've always said long before the streaming age, one of my complaints about going to a stadium is that you learn less at the game than you would watching it on TV in instances such as injuries. If a player is injured, you're asking the guy sitting next to you, what happened to him?
You never find out.
Okay, yeah, I'm sure you don't. Doug Fister? There you go.
Yeah, it has a sexual meaning.
Okay, all right. You're in the neighborhood. You're getting close. Getting warm. No, I'm not going to go into details. You could look it up. You all are just trying to embarrass me. I didn't know that Christopher, oh, Fist Me Tea. I like that. You can't buy that in the Greg Cody Show merch store, nor will you ever be able to.
I'm not going to go into detail on what it means. You're not going to get that out of me.
Yes. I don't know about this. I just Googled a word, and it comes up on Wikipedia. Okay.
I need yoga right now because I need to center myself after all this derailment.
Fisting. Also known as fist f***ing. Handballing is a sexual activity that involves inserting one or more... One or more? Into someone. Breathe out.
I'm not going to go into details. He doesn't want to be quizzed. There's a second meaning to that. Please go on. That is a little bit less, you know. What does it mean?
You're going to have to look that up because if you think I'm going to explain it in detail.
Zurück zu Magnus. Okay, zurück zu Magnus von Magnus. Und das geht so gut, wie es geht. Danke, Billy, wieder für das Lachen in meinem Gesicht. Stugatz! Ich meine, das ist das Schlimmste. Können Sie mich hören?
And you know it, baby, and you know it. How's jumping Charlie? Was the greatest of the emotional intimacies he shared with his wife.
And the sex. That's an attitude. That is an attitude. You are telling others. Do you know what you're telling others about yourself? When you give them this photo and I'm Greg. Only he can navigate these tough political times.
Everyone knows what he means. There's nothing behind the word bitch other than he's Greg. You got that right.
I thought that we were going to lead each segment today with him singing us into the break like we were going to be some, like a thing, a show. Like a show that does things with a musical act. A rising star musical act.
Yes.
Du kannst nicht gewinnen, wenn du 60 Millionen Dollar an deiner Kappe hast.
Das ist eine Sache, die mir so far sehr interessant ist. Denn es fühlt sich so an, als ob es endlich für Giannis sein könnte. Und du hast all diesen Schatter. Und als es hier Schatter gab,
In der Mitte dieser Saison, mit einer super secretiven Organisation in der Miami Heat, die keine Gerüchte über diese Art von Sachen beantwortet, hat Pat Riley ein Statement ausgesprochen und gesagt, wir sind nicht Jimmy Butler. Und jetzt habt ihr all diese Gespräche über Giannis. Und es fühlt sich so an, als wäre das es. Und niemand drückt wirklich zurück. in Milwaukee von all this conversation.
So it kind of feels like this is a real thing that's about to happen.
It'd probably be the biggest haul in NBA history, right? What they could get.
Kompliziert es nicht ein wenig, was in Dallas passiert ist? Milwaukee muss in irgendeiner Art und Weise Yannis auswählen, weil mit dem, was in Dallas stattgefunden hat und Nico Harrison die Franchise zu zerstören... Nico Harrison hat nicht gewonnen, das ist blindes Glück. Aber man hat gesehen, wie die Fans reagierten und so weiter. Im ersten Sommer danach wird Milwaukee das gleiche machen.
Ich habe gestern auf Twitter gesehen, wie die Toronto Maple Leafs die Division gewonnen haben. Guck dir das an, es sind schon zwei Jahre her und das sind zwei Jahre zu lange. Du kannst auch das Arsch nehmen. Oh, wir nehmen zwei Arschlöcher. Das ist das Dan Levatard Show mit den Stugats.
Twitter.
You know, I don't normally come out with the reports, you know, but I put on my journalistic hat, Greg Cody, last week. And I came out with the report. Is that the hat? The journalistic hat? Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. You're taking me off of my point here. And the point is that Giannis' people have already reached out to the heat. I told you that. And now...
He's asked on Twitter, of all the cities you've ever been to, which city would make you the happiest to be there? And he could have said any city. Und er hat gesagt, Florida-Cities.
Nein, nein, nein. Oh, okay. Janis hat das gesagt. Du weißt nicht, ob ein Report etwas ist, was die Person tatsächlich macht. Ich versuche, mich heute zu halten. Journalismus, Greg.
Heute ist Panthers-Game-Day. Du trägst keine Panthers-Geräte mehr. Was ist hier los? Ich war nur früh aufgewacht und habe das, was ich haben wollte, genommen. Du sagst nicht.
Was ist denn da falsch?
Natürlich habe ich es gekauft.
Ja.
Mein Weib macht mich zu Goodwill, nach so lange. Was soll ich tun?
Okay, vielleicht ist das Teil davon. Trendierter Spot. Du kannst Del Rey in Milwaukee nicht anpassen.
Du denkst nicht, dass jemand von einem Garlic Festival gekommen ist und gesagt hat, hey, wie ging's mit dem Garlic Festival? Und sie sagten, ich sollte Slade machen. A lot of bad breath going on there.
It's so hard to believe he's going to say anything. And by the way, He's gonna be like on Zoom, right? He's not gonna be in the studio, right? Zoom, that would be funny.
Was ist Michael Jordans größtes Anliegen?
Ich kann nicht warten, um zu finden.
Jede Frage, die er sich stellt, ist völlig fair. Aber ich würde sagen, die Exekutiven bei NBC... They've thought of that too and they've decided to go forward with it. Yeah, you know, we think this is a good idea.
Like just being coach count, player coach?
Ich meine, ich dachte immer, Danny Podfin war exzellent.
What is he attempting to do? No idea.
Er schafft seine Energie. Er fährt die ganze Zeit.
Es ist interessant, wie er spricht, wie er es gerade gemacht hat, mit, you know, Fans gotta stay with us, it's hard, yada yada. Has he ever spoken to the media before this? He does.
They never make him available. No.
I don't think it's about Messi saying something interesting. I think it's about, you're in MLS now and you're in a new country. Maybe, you know, get in front of the fan base every now and then and say a couple things.
I didn't order it this year.
I was getting it for free with my season tickets, but I didn't renew this year.
Ist das wie D. Gordon?
Judge Zaz? I love him so much, but he is so full of shit. I mean, we're talking something that was over 30 years ago, so it's definitely like a game of telephone.
And he would never make that claim if that man, David Stern, were still alive, alright? Because David Stern doesn't even have to be the commissioner anymore to call Shaq into his office after he says that.
Look, Shaq was a big time prospect. We knew he was going to go number one overall. But how does it benefit David Stern or the NBA to send Shaq to the exact location he wants to go to? Don't forget, Shaq did no winning at LSU. None. How does it benefit the NBA or Shaq? Shaq, where do you want to go? Got it. Wie hilft das der Liga?
Es hat immer eine wirklich gute dritte Linie gewesen. Ich will Mike nicht in diesem Spot verteidigen, weil Gott weiß, er ist sehr off-base, wenn es um Brad Marshawn geht. Aber diese dritte Linie, wir können sagen, dass Marshawn diese Linie geholfen hat. Das sind zwei super junge Spieler in London und Leuchtturin. Sie werden weiter besser werden.
Okay, so what is he saying? That sweeps are usually blowouts for four games? Like, who came up with that explanation?
Yeah, no problem.
Das ist ein Cakewalk. Es hat mich nur fünf Spiele gedauert.
Er hat gesagt, wir wurden gewonnen, aber wir haben nicht verloren. Was? Ich weiß nicht, was da los ist.
Es waren sieben Spiele.
Okay, but then that's not what Brandon Moore's doing there, because the season's over, because he got swept.
Angesichts der Anzahl der Leute, die da sind, oder der Anzahl der Leute, die da nicht da sind, glaubst du, dass sie nicht den Home-Run-Ball fangen, weil sie wissen, dass der Ball irgendwann näher kommt?
So you're like telling a story almost.
Ich verstehe nicht. Billy geht nicht in die Filme? Nicht in die Theater, nein.
Nein, aber ich gehe in zwei Filme in die Theater. Wir gehen in all die Superhero-Filme, die Zaslomen. Wir gehen in die Theater. Und wir gehen in all die... Horror-Movies in den Theatern auch. Alle? Warum sagst du das so? Alle. Weil wir Horror-Movies lieben.
Nein, nein, weil ich Vertigo habe, also kann ich das nicht machen. Und ich tue auch nicht 3D.
Nein, nur ich. Nur ich. Ja, ich muss vorsichtig sein. Bist du auch sehnsüchtig?
It's partially schools fault because they were always drills. So I assume this is a drill.
Nein, das ist, wenn du getroffen wirst. Oh Gott. Kannst du dir vorstellen, nur Feuer zu sehen und stopp, drop und rollen zu lassen? Du bist draußen, hier gehen wir.
Warte, also siehst du einen Szenario, in dem er nicht mal ins neue Stadion geht?
Ist es nächstes Jahr eine Option im neuen Stadion?
I think I'm going to push back on it being the biggest story in the history of Miami sports. Okay. You don't think Messi coming to town is up there? Oh no, it's up there. You said it's the biggest story in the history of Miami sports.
Okay. I don't agree with it being the biggest story.
No, it's not like that at all. Marshan's a champion.
Aber ist es nicht krank, wenn man sagt, guck mal, heute, der eine Tag, bin ich krank, ich kann Peloton nicht machen.
Well, but you know what they do, though? You get the update on the Peloton. Okay, congratulations, 1900 days. And there's that clip on the bottom where it's share with your Twitter. And so we clicked on it.
I mean East Coast, though.
Yeah, okay.
local, but 6 a.m. back there.
But they're not getting up at like 10 to 6. They're preparing.
Das ist fünf Jahre alt, das Bild. Die ganze Übergangskultur, weißt du. Ich würde gerne sehen, welchen Meilen er ist. Weißt du, es ist nicht wie LeBron, wo er auf der ersten Seite des Buches ist?
Wie kann man nur so... Ausgeruht sein? Ganz einfach. Trainiere deinen Schlaf und werde auch du zum Morgenmenschen. Mit der Galaxy Watch 7 oder dem Galaxy Ring und der Samsung Health App.
I would. But how?
Yeah, it would surprise me. Okay. I mean, but they'd have to knock off a Pittsburgh and a Buffalo. That's, I think, what surprises Greg, is they'd have to go through two good teams to get to the AFC Championship.
I've never seen a bookshelf full of Kindles, but I've seen a bookshelf full of books.
Correct. You can tell. His mouth didn't line up with that.
Chris is good at that.
Es ist AI. Auf einer schlechten Armwoche machen sie das.
I think you should probably just... He started with the AI stuff with his mouth.
Ich habe gesagt, nimm nicht vor, dass Tom Herman bei FAU gefeuert wurde. Ruhige Woche für die Owls. Das ist Gregs Allmachter.
Ja, sicher. Ich liebe es, die Schrift zu spüren, auch manchmal. Es ist fast meine eigene Version von Braille. Ich weiß nicht, wie man Braille lesen kann. Ich respektiere jeden, der es kann. Aber manchmal gehe ich über die Seiten und spüre es.
Manchmal sind die Worte... Ich weiß nicht, ob es die scharfe Worte sind oder die scharfe Farbe, aber manchmal fühle ich mich wie ein kleiner Kuss auf meinem Finger, wenn ich drüber schiebe. Wow, ich habe das noch nie gemacht. Oh, du hast es geschafft.
Wow.
Die Chargers haben auch einen besseren Rekord, weil sie bereits den Buy hatten. Sie sind also 7-3, anstatt 7-4.
Wir haben die Art und Weise verändert. Oh, ich meine, wir schreiben ihn nicht aus. Es ist nur so, dass CJ Stroud seine Teenager-Saison ein wenig zurückgegriffen hat. Und er hat gezeigt, dass er ohne alle seine Waffen gesund ist, ein bisschen anstrengend ist.
Replay the Kindle. He said they're good, not great, which is not crazy. I mean, everyone can't be great.
Greg, you feeling toasty? I am. I'm wearing a zip line or whatever you call these. It's a quarter zip.
Quarter zip. Is this a sweatshirt? I don't even know the word for this. No, it's a zip line.
A zip line? Yeah. I haven't filled out a bracket yet. All right.
I start with when the 64 begin playing. I'm thinking of not filling out a bracket in memoriam for Miami Hurricanes basketball, which doesn't have either team in the NCAA.
That's not toasty. I will fill out a bracket. Okay, good.
You've got to take an 11 to beat an 8, right? As we mentioned earlier. Six. If an 11 played an 8, that would be probably... It would be later in the round, probably. Super helpful in this segment so far. I've got all the 16s beating all the ones. I don't know if I'm alone on that, but it's just a hunch. Yeah. I also have the Dodgers finishing 162-0. Wow.
Oh, yes, Greg!
65,000.
Okay, they get in. Correct me if I'm wrong. They get in if they win that last game against a team with a 3-17 record.
Okay, so zip your lip, Governor. There it is. You had a chance to get in. Just one of the lips. And you blew it.
Yeah. And the nosebleed.
The worst possible apology, quote unquote, is when you say something like he did, which is, oh, that's not me. That's not part of my character. That's not who I am. Yeah, apparently it was because you did it. He's not 15 years old. Okay, if somebody in high school does that, they have the immaturity excuse. Five years later... That card doesn't play as well.
Yeah? Okay, so he's 21.
Not even 21 yet.
He might not have even lost his virginity yet. Okay, let's talk about when everybody else lost their virginity.
You were a junior at 19? Yeah, something like that. Did you skip your sophomore year or what?
I feel bad for the person two seats down who paid, you know, $1,800 for courtside seats. That's a great story, though. And all of a sudden he's smelling the vomit of a famous person.
Don Levitard. Quiet man. Yes. You know, I'm a married man. I don't cheat on my wife, despite that gratuitous line back in my day. Stugatz. I wish you were here, my wife. I really miss her. No, I don't. That's the thing about being married. You know, you're not allowed to say, I don't miss my wife. I've been gone two days. I haven't been gone long enough to miss my wife. I'm sorry. I call her.
All right. All right. We'll see you. All right, and then, you know, I'm going to see her in two days. How's jumping, Charlie?
I appreciate that. I was in that thing. A hologram of me was sitting here.
I actually remember the phone number of my childhood house, 1440, which I haven't lived in in 55 years.
Well, do you agree with me, Elle, because when I hear what she said, I think that's an odd attitude for a coach. I think most coaches would say, I don't worry about who we're playing. Bring it on. Bring them on. We're going to beat whoever's in our path, or something to that effect, as opposed to complaining about, oh, we've got a tougher road.
I agree with Jess. I think it's an embarrassment to the university. I mean, maybe if the athletic director wants to say that or the head coach, that's their domain. But the governor, hey, governor, you don't have anything more important going on in your state that you need to worry about than one of your college teams not making the tournament?
Yeah, that's beneath the governor's office. It really is. I'm not even saying that as a bit.
And here's one more thing for the governor of West Virginia. If I'm on the selection committee and it's a tiebreaker, this school or that school for the last invitation, gee, it's a no-brainer that you're going to take North Carolina, which has a rich history in college basketball, over West Virginia. So West Virginia blew this on different levels.
So chances are I'm hinting that she might have been one of the final five balls.
What I confirmed was that there's more pressure in this seat, being the second guy instead of the third guy. It's like there's more pressure batting third in the lineup than batting eighth. You know, that kind of thing.
Yeah, stay the course is sort of an odd thing to say. Right.
Not much difference. Lead off. The only pressure spots in a baseball lineup are batting first, third, and fourth.
That just doesn't make sense. Everything else is gravy, you know. That kind of thing, because, you know, if you're batting 7th or 8th, you're on a holiday.
Don Levitard. What do I got here? I got a Magnum condom. We won't get that out. That's shocking. Stugatz. Here's a picture of Christopher when he was like three years old.
That's a subtle reminder. Never forget. This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugatz. I do give him credit for honesty because, as you said, you rarely hear any coach at any level in any sport say something to the effect, I'm out of answers. We've tried everything and nothing's working, which is essentially what he said.
Well, that's true. You know, the guy batting 8th could bat 4th that inning.
When did that happen?
Really? What's the rationale behind that?
I would think so, too. But that's... No, you're right. I mean, we're on the same page on that one. Second, that's an easy spot. If the leadoff guy gets on, you're in a no-lose situation. You're bunt. Anybody's still bunt. The sacrifice bunt used to be a thing.
Yeah. Back in the day, if you batted a home run hitter leadoff, you were laughed at. You were laughed at in the league. It never happened.
it's amazing that the league was this successful after they tried so hard and and gave the moon offered the moon to caitlyn clark to play and she's really the one prominent player who said no thanks but it was a great season anyway Good for the league that the Lunar Owls lost because most of the regular season, it looked like they were going to waltz to the championship almost uncontested.
They were 13-1. The next best record in the regular season was 7-7. They ran away with it, and the fact that they lost in the semis was great. But that place seats 850 people, and I don't know how they can sustain that formula because the bigger they get, the more popular they get. There's going to be a demand beyond the 850.
I don't acknowledge it. I don't think it's true. Is there any quantifiable proof to that? Name one team with the best hitter batting.
No, you can't. I mean, it's ridiculous, the Marlins.
Yeah, long enough to have earned a Hall of Fame vote.
I don't know Kill Tony from Adam. I assume it's a very popular person or thing. So if you're buying, if you're Netflix buying that, why would you change what you know to be successful? If I'm Netflix, I'm saying, hey, kill Tony. Not only don't change, turn up the volume. I don't think they're saying that. I mean, why wouldn't they? They know what they're buying.
I'm just saying it's good for business, right?
Attention? Controversy?
A cruise ship, for those who haven't cruise shipped. Long hallways. Yeah, long ass hallways. And depending on what flight of stairs you walk up, you're never quite sure. Are you a starboard? Are you the other?
We're going to the Caribbean. Be more specific. St. Kit. Kits. Whatever. St. Kits. Okay, that sounds like a small island. That's a name that implies it's a very, very small island. Well, you nailed it. Okay, St. Kits and something. Tobago. Nevis.
Oh, okay.
Nevis doesn't even sound like the name of a country.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Yeah, it's an estimate. Who can remember that far back, to be honest with you?
You know, I could have been off by a year. I think I might have been a year younger than I estimated.
Well, we have a March Madness special that dropped today. Yesterday. Yesterday. And by that, I mean we don't talk about college basketball at all, but I do my Mount Gregmore, which, as everyone knows, is a top five, not a top four. I do my Mount Gregmore of marches, brackets, baskets, and balls. And under the category of March. Those top five marches of all time.
Yeah, I happened to lose my virginity in the month of March, as I recall. And so that was one of the five marches. And there's a poll online today under my Twitter feed. It's always Twitter to me, still not X. That includes a vote on which of the five should be the number one seed march. March 77, running away with it.
No, I was in my early 20s. It happens. I don't lie like most people. Well, everyone else is lying. I mean, I think most. Why would I be embarrassed about that? I hadn't found anybody, or should I say no one had found me. I was playing Stratomatic baseball when I should have been dating in high school. What can I say? I'm living my life. I'm doing the best I can.
Well, Christopher was howling with laughter as if it was like abnormally old. Maybe it is. I don't know. But see, I don't I'm not swayed by whatever anybody else thinks. Like you say, I should be embarrassed by that. I didn't.
Well, way to psychoanalyze me, you know, without it.
I was somewhat surprised by Christopher's reaction, because to me, I have never and and still don't think of it as abnormal. You know, somebody. So it was the FAU dorms.
It took me a while. Keep in mind, I worked for the Miami Herald. They had me work 39 hours a week so that I was essentially full-time, but they didn't have to pay me like a full-time employee or start my benefits clock.
Yeah, but back then, it was the heyday of journalism. Are you kidding me? 70s and 80s? That's when we were king.
Halcyon days.
Is it hay? No, because it's H-E-Y. It's not H-A-Y. So what is a hay day? A hay day is the best of times. I know what a hay day is.
Wow.
That's crazy. I probably get about $78 an article, a column.
Yeah, final five marches, brackets, baskets, and balls.
No, I'll give you an example. One of my top five brackets is the, carpenters know it well, the angled bracket, which is a classic 90 degree bracket which affixes together two different types of wood. I was making my, I once had a tall table around my avocado tree and I used angled brackets to attach the tabletop to the four by four legs.
That's an example of a classic bracket that nobody ever gives respect to. Nobody knows what an angle bracket is.
I believe that, I think one of them was the short-lived television show called Brackets. Yep, that was on there. Okay, Jesus.
Well, keep in mind, it's tough to make a final five. It's tough to make a Mount Gregg five.
Well, he's my executive producer. I pay him as such, and sometimes I rely on him to fill in the details.
Well, he's feeling a little bit entitled. If I ask Christopher how much time he devotes to the Greg Cody Show podcast on a weekly basis, I don't know whether he's going to exaggerate it or not. I'm saying some weeks it's maybe an hour.
Wow, isn't he? Stu who? I'm kidding. I don't deflate. However, it is more pressure in this seat. You know, I'm used to steering the show because of the Greg Cody Show podcast, which has my name in it, so it indicates that... Twice, the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody. With Greg Cody, right. But no, I'm thrilled to be in this seat, honored to be in the Stu Gotts seat.
We have a phone meeting. We don't have a meeting where we're all in a room. Here's the meeting. Nobody's saying anything that's worthwhile.
Sometimes I do.
Good question.
That's a tough answer because Christopher is the second in command on air. Like he's my Robin to Batman. But Yeti does most of the producing work, most of the social media work and stuff like that. So I need both. So Yeti.
I think all four of them came out fabulously. The idea for this was Christopher's, but my execution was top notch. And I would not say that if I didn't believe it. Will Lucille Ball appear in top five balls of all time? You know, she was very important in my life. I love Lucy. I mean, Lucy and Ricky. You know, that was ahead of its time.
Ricky, a Cuban guy, speaking in a very thick accent, almost like Poppy, maybe more so. And that was a time in TV when there were very few people of color or, you know, foreign nations on TV. So that was trailblazing. Lucille Ball, one of the great women, dynamic women of the entire 20th century. Politics, screen, No matter what the category is, she was just fantastic.
He's like, ah, it's... I said Lorne Green instantly. Lorne Green? I mean, Lorne Green is the former actor.
Yeah, I just mistook their names. Is Lorne Green Bonanza? Is that Bonanza? Correct. Second greatest Lorne ever. Okay. Just faking it on SNL.
By the way, I want to thank you for not being on the air yesterday because whenever the Levitard Show isn't on Monday, my podcast skyrockets in terms of downloads when we come out on Monday. So thank you very much. Continue to take Mondays off. We're live with Christopher from Montreal. Once again, not live.
It's live in the moment. It's live in the moment. Isn't everything? We also unearthed on my latest episode of The Greg Cody Show with Greg Cody an audio from several years ago when a whole stadium of Dolphins fans were chanting my name. I don't believe that. Yeah, that was real.
Okay.
Anti-chicken. Terrible. Support the chickens.
Shout out to Mike's chickens.
Well, you have to listen to the episode to find out for sure. Why is Yeti chanting Greg Cody's name at the stadium? No, come on now.
He said, I'll be off the air a long time. That's more than several months.
I thought it was good advice when he said, be a basketball player. I think that's something all basketball players should be able to relate to.
Cuervo.
Mistaking his son for a brochure vendor. Unbelievable.
I thought that was funny. I think you should Venmo Jarrett Payton a boatload of money right now.
If it's your boat, you let me drive it. That's the way kindness works. I can't afford my own boat now. This boat happened to be mine. I'm allowing you to drive it. If it's your boat... If it's your boat...
If it's your boat and we're having a nice excursion on the water and you say, hey, Greg, you want to steer the boat or whatever, pilot the boat, whatever boat drivers do, then it's a kind gesture. Thank you. I think you captain a boat. Captain or drive a boat?
Ist es besser, eine Bowl-Game zu skippen, Oder ist es schlimmer als die erste Halbzeit von einem Bowl-Spiel und nicht die zweite Halbzeit? Ja, es ist viel schlimmer.
Es gibt eine große Unterschiede zwischen dem Wert eines Quarterbacks und dem Wert eines Widerhälter. Egal wer es ist, Restrepo hat eine tolle Karriere. Ich glaube nicht, dass er ein großer Star in der NFL sein wird.
Okay, they win that game without Restrepo. They also win that game if Cam Ward plays the second half.
Maybe it was a boat captain.
Could be a Jared Payton impersonator.
Yeah. Hold up. Now.
Aber ist das nicht wahr, dass Carson Beck, um es ehrlich zu sagen, ehrgeizig war, hierher zu kommen, weil seine Freundin auf dem Frauen-Basketball-Team spielt? Er wollte hierher kommen.
Genau, aber das hat seine Meinung verändert. So wie Cam Ward. Es ist schwer zu glauben, dass Mario Cristobal einen erfolgreichen, gewonnenen College-Quarterback für Emery Williams aufrufen wird.
No, I find orange juice to be too tart or too sweet. I've never had an orange juice that walks that line. Really? It's one extreme or the other. By the way, thank God Cam Ward had a good first quarter in his first game or else they might have benched him. That's why they call him Cam Quarter. Exactly.
But you still need a plastic straw. Yes, that I do. Oh, ridiculous. Go back to paper straws. I mean, plastic straws. You sound like us in Canada. Well... You know what? Don't get me started on that. By the way, put on the poll.
Put on your poll if you approve of the price hike of eggs. Because I defend the price hike of eggs. Okay, I'm in Publix the other day. I wander by the egg aisle. I see the eggs are, I think, $6.49 or $5.99 or something. Sizeable hike, warranted. Okay, respect the chicken. They do a lot of work. You know, I mean, eggs are, you can cook them four or five different ways. They're all great.
Eggs have been underpriced for years. Let's quit complaining about the price of eggs.
Yeah, but that doesn't start with the chickens, right?
The bird flu emanates from non-chicken birds flying overhead, dropping all their stuff and that infects the chickens. Chickens get a bad rap. People think bird flu started with chickens. What did it start with? It starts with, McGill will back me up on this. Not today. It's not in today.
Okay, you got a crow flying overhead, the crow takes a shit, the crow has bird flu, he takes a dump, it hits the chicken, or the chicken pecks the dung on the ground after it heats up a little bit.
Ich mache eine Regelung, schreibe den Namen des Gästen und ich schreibe, ob oder nicht, wie es sein muss.
Ich muss sagen, nach diesem Build-up, Mann, es sollte ein großer Payday sein.
No fine, cough button. Good job. Thank you. Continue with your story. I downloaded Venmo, by the way. I'm all hooked up. So easy, right? Damn right. Hell yeah.
When I see that app in my phone, it delights me. It's a beautiful logo. Yeah. Great V. Blue background.
You did. Have I changed my number yet?
Why would I?
It was a wild guess. Wild Dan, Cody. I Venmo'd Gary the Bag $100 just to be kind. Really? Yeah. Did you leave a note? You know you can leave notes. No, I didn't know that.
I'm still learning.
Gut, lasst es uns so sein. Okay, es wurde bezahlt. Es gibt nichts, was wir tun können. Kannst du Venmo weniger als einen Dollar zahlen? Kannst du Venmo 20 Cent zahlen? Ja. Ich wusste das nicht. Ja.
Yeah, I thought it was segwaying right into the Shadow Show.
Ja, ja, Conor ist Silamuk-overrated, by the way. A great man once said that, I can't remember who. The great thing about the Panthers is that... You can remember who. This is sustainable. They've been really, really good for three years now. Kachuk, one of the great trades in South Florida sports history. Kachuk just turned 27. He's absolutely in his prime.
Yeah, Jonathan Martin, when he did the TED Talk der den Entree zu dieser Geschichte führte. Er hat das gar nicht erwähnt. Ich meine, das ist das, was er am meisten bekannt oder berühmt ist. Er hat das gar nicht erwähnt in der ganzen TED Talk. Nun, Netflix versucht eine Geschichte darüber zu machen, ein Dokumentarfilm. Und Jonathan Martin, wie ich gehört habe, kooperiert nicht.
Du weißt, dass die Dolphinen nicht kooperieren würden, denn das war für sie ein enormer nationaler schwarzer Auge damals, als es passiert ist. Yeah, I agree with Mike. There's no winners here. May the story just go away, because that was just a terrible time for all concerned.
Ja, es war wundervoll. Und es ist nur ein Exemplar von diesem Event. Was das NBA All-Star-Weekend geworden ist, ist komplette Trash. LeBron James ist größer als die NBA, der einzige Spieler, der ist. Und für ihn, nicht in Uniform zu sein, für dieses Team-Foto, Quote-unquote, es ist nicht mal ein Team, warum brauchen sie ein Team-Foto, war furchtbar, glücklich furchtbar.
Ich dachte, es war großartig. Gut für LeBron. Gut für LeBron. Ja. Weil... Weil er... Es ist ein mittlerer Finger zu einem verrückten Wochenende von Non-Events. Sie müssen einfach explodieren. Nehmt eine Lektion aus der NHL, wenn ihr das braucht. Sie müssen einfach ihr ganzes All-Star-Weekend explodieren.
Das ist zweimal, dass du es als Nightmare genannt hast.
Es sagt, Gäste für Dan's Story. Ich habe keine Ahnung, was das bedeutet.
Ja, es war unglaublich, dieses letzte Wochenende zu sehen, denn Hockey hat Basketball in den Arsch geschlagen. Und es war unglaublich, dass Basketball versucht hat, sein ganzes All-Star-Weekend zu rejigern und es schmerzhaft verfehlt hat. Diese drei Spiele sind jetzt von der Zeit entfernt, die Spieler hassen es, erst zu 40, 40 Punkte. Es ist ein Schmerz.
Du hast einen G-League-Mann, der immer den Dunk-Kontest gewinnt, weil niemand in dem Dunk-Kontest sein will. Die 3-Punkte-Kampagne ist jetzt superflüssig.
What did I do? I touched my microphone.
It's the holidays, a time for peace, for love, for presents. And do I have one for you. It's Poppy's 50 Shades of Christmas. You're welcome.
Thank you, Papi. See, Greg? That's how it's done.
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Right. No, I'm certainly the journalist here who's got the most experience at being a journalist. What have you done for me lately? I'm not claiming to have better sources than him or than Mike about UM football.
Fake Knicks Fan. Ich weiß nicht, was das ganze, nein, für jetzt ist es eine der Dinge, die ich am meisten in meinem Leben kümmere. Lass mich dir etwas über die Knicks Fans erzählen, Fake Knicks Fans. Hier ist Hopen.
Was ist so lustig daran? Weil, wenn es national berichtet wird, dass Giannis offen ist, mit jemandem zu sprechen, weit offen mit jemandem zu sprechen, und dann jemand in der Mitte davon sagt, meine Nachrichten sagen mir, dass die Heat einer dieser vielen Teams ist, die Interesse an Giannis haben, Nein, nein, nein, das ist nicht das, was ich gesagt habe.
Journalism 101 ist, um zu verstehen, dass Agenten Kompetenzen unterstützen wollen. Es dient dem Agenten und es dient Yannis, um zu sagen, wir sind interessiert in diesem Team und diesem Team und diesem Team.
If I covered the Miami heat, I would be really upset that I didn't break that story. Thank you.
Although it's still a marginal story break.
Let me tell you how I define a big story. What's the degree of surprise? When Shams reports that Giannis is open to every team.
First of all, I don't know that it's true, and I don't think you know it's true at this point.
Das ist eine sehr gute Frage von Billy.
Es wird nicht als eine News-Story aussehen. Quoting Zaslow. I can promise you that.
It's not a definitive enough report.
That's what I'm telling you. He's feeling you. You're one of the dozen.
Dass sie beide zu Miami gerufen haben. Ich schaue auf die NBA-Homepage der ESPN gerade.
Okay... No, what happens there, what happens then, what happens then, is that if it's a big enough report from MetalArk Media... So Shams gets to decide that and ESPN gets to decide that? ESPN regurgitates the news break.
I didn't say that. You'd like me to. I mean, I don't think you have it in you. I don't think you feel the need to. I don't want you to do anything that you don't feel the need to do. Was ist das?
Boy, did you turn that around.
I think it might be, though. It can be. I guarantee you when Tatum went down, he knew instantly what the injury was. And I would bet big that the thought goes through his mind. This could really wreck me.
The Knicks have not hurt me in over half of my life.
Well, that's why people hate the Knicks. They haven't won anything since 1973. Spike Lee was 15 years old. And a half a century later, there's an entitlement to a Knicks fan's attitude. There's no magic.
They're always excited. They think they're going to win every year. They think they're better than everybody else every year.
No. No, I don't. All right. No, I don't. One of the reasons I love being a sports fan is that I can't lose here. As a neutral sports fan, I can't lose here. If the Knicks win this series, and it looks like they might be relevant, nationally, national championship relevant for the first time in 50 years, wonderful story. If the Knicks lose yet again... Also a wonderful story. I can't lose.
I'm a neutral sports fan. I'm waiting for a good story, and there's a great story here whether the Knicks win or lose. I can't lose. What's the number on the Celtics' rest of the series? Greg may want to get in on that. That would be a great story, though. You've got to admit, if they win three in a row without Tatum, oh my God, what a great story. No, I'm not in on that story.
But they weren't in the lottery. That's a non-story. I agree with Zazzle.
It looks rigged. The whole lottery system is ridiculous. But is it rigged? 1.8% can win this grand prize. Well, that's how a lottery is. That's a lottery. I know, but there has to be a better way to reward teams on a system where the worse you are, the more chances you have to win. If 1.8% can win the grand prize, that's a bad system. Well, when someone wins the Powerball, $500 million.
That's a bad system for the NBA. I don't care about the Powerball.
Are there any rules about this? Hall of Famer?
I don't play the lottery, but I'm wondering if there are any rules. Example, what prevents Jeff Bezos from buying $10 million lottery tickets? $10 million lottery tickets. Nothing. So all of a sudden, the billionaires are winning the Powerball.
Well, to watch Jason Tatum in a wheelchair sobbing with his head in his hands was heartbreaking. I don't care if you're a Knicks fan. It was heartbreaking. Doesn't the wheelchair mean he's going to come back in the game?
Yeah, okay. That's fair. That's fair. I am the exception to your unified bandwagon theory. Okay, the best story in sports is going to be Boston winning three in a row without Jason Tatum, if that happens. That's the best story in sports. I continue to be a closet Celtics fan because they were my first team. Sam Jones, Havlicek, Bill Russell. Packers.
Okay, Bill Russell, the greatest champion in the history of sports and later a champion off the court. Sam Jones with those bank shots off the glass from the corner. What a player he was, underrated. John Havlicek, hondo. they just had a wonderful team back then. This was decades before the Miami Heat. It made me fall in love with basketball.
So yeah, to this day, I go back in my day as an original Celtics fan, and I still root for the Celtics. Unlike yourself, Dan, I don't change my allegiance just because somebody had a big game. And by the way, Jason Tatum, last night I believe had 42 points or something. So he's capable of leading that team to a championship. But will he get the chance? Of course not.
Will the Celtics win without him? I wouldn't write them off.
Okay, when I say a bank shot from the corner, I mean the corner-ish. Okay, like he was not obviously... It's like the wing. Yeah, the wing, but the point is he would take intentional bank shots. That was his style.
Yeah, Sam Jones, though, was a bank shot artist. Believe me. And so the Celtics are going to roar back without Tatum, win three in a row.
Okay, somebody has to save the NBA and NBA fans from a Timberwolves-Pacers final. Somebody has to save the league. And that guy's Peyton Pritchard. And the TV network. What a player. Sixth man of the year. Now, fifth man of the year.
Yeah, it'll happen.
Bing bong. You all are a bunch of non-Knicks fans. What a bunch of fraudulent Knicks fans you guys are.
Oh mein Gott, ich bin froh, dass du das erwähnt hast. Ja. Als er mir das gesagt hat, habe ich wirklich laut gelacht, weil es so seltsam klingt, was er sagen soll.
I will say this, because in my long life I've tried most foods, including caviar. I don't mind the taste of caviar. I don't like the mouthfeel. I don't like the lumpiness, the consistency. I don't like the name of the food. Caviar.
Okay, well, they've been growing a while.
Ah, Mann. Ich glaube nicht, dass es nur einen Moment gibt. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass ich jede Woche mit Christopher arbeiten kann, egal ob auf diesem Show oder auf meinem eigenen Podcast, dem Greg-Cody-Show, der jeden Montagmorgen beginnt.
Ich habe mich nur darauf konzentriert, zurückzukommen und meine Spieler zu verstehen und zu wissen, dass ich sie verletzt habe, dass sie es nicht gemacht haben. Es gibt einen Prozess, den ich jede Woche folge. Einer verliert, einer schießt. Die einzige Sache ist, dass ich meine Frau nicht schlafen kann, wenn wir verlieren, weil ich nicht in den Schlaf gehen werde.
Ich bin einfach müde und sitze da. Ich brüste meine Zähne, das ist das, was ich tun muss, damit ihr nicht sagt, dass meine Brüste schmerzen. Aber ich bin einfach... Ich habe mich in bestimmten Bereichen eingelassen. Man muss das Recht erzielen, bestimmte Dinge zu tun. Sie wissen, dass die Gewinner gewaschen werden. Ich bin ein Verlierer. Ich habe nur ein bisschen gedauert.
Ja.
Ehrlich gesagt, ich habe einen Ritual. Wenn wir verlieren, bin ich nicht mal im Schlaf, bis heute Morgen. Ich werde nur wütend. Ich habe nur meine Zähne gespült. Aber ich habe keinen Wert auf Soap. Ich habe keinen Wert auf all das. Ich habe nur...
You know who was happy about that segment? Aaron Eckblad.
Juju, gehen wir zur anderen Hälfte deines Splitt-Jerseys. Deine Philadelphia Eagles, die Superbowl-Champion-Philadelphia Eagles. Sie haben Josh Schwett verloren, Milton Williams verloren, Isaiah Rodgers verloren, Darius Slay erwartet, James Bradbury genauso, C.J. Gardner-Johnson hat Houston gehandelt. Die gesamte Defense ist plötzlich evaporiert.
Sie haben auch Zach Bond gesigniert.
I was probably like, that kind of thing. Something. Okay, no. The home run call was that kind of swing, that kind of thing. Stugatz. Oh. That's a good call. Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it. Like, you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know, all that jazz. You know, you don't got to do that. Oh, that would be a great call.
Yeah, my problem with it was, and no offense to whoever procured the corn dogs, but I don't like a store-bought corn dog. I have to eat a corn dog on a midway, on a carnival midway, calliope music playing in the background.
No, they're home, they're handmade. Yeah, they dip them into the cornmeal and they put them into the fryer.
That's exactly right. I want to see it made. I think we bought like 20 frozen corn dogs. Yeah, see, that's not going to work for me. I need it to come out of the oil. And dipped. Yes, and dipped. Tony knows.
I'm holding out for handmade, homemade corn dogs that I see dipped and extracted from the earl. That's what I want.
What do you think the reaction would be if you broadcast an entire game as the ESPN voiceover guy?
Deep question.
Yeah, a midway. A carnival midway with calliope music.
They need help at everything. Especially now that they've lost Javon Holland. But they got Zach Wilson.
Quit calling it a Ren Faire. Use its full name, please. Ridiculous. Festival, not a fair also. Yeah, it's a festival. Ren Fest. Yeah, I dress like a minstrel when I go to a Ren Faire. I don't know what that means. The time of the month? A minstrel. Like a minstrel show?
That when he said, let's move on. Okay. All right. Innocent mistake by me, if indeed it was a mistake.
Oh, I thought it was a period. A medieval, hence Renaissance, a medieval singer or dancer.
I'm going to Google it. I think you should Google it.
Not real good. It's education. But again, medieval musician. Let's stick to medieval musician.
I don't like any of this. I don't want to learn. I do want to learn. I do want to earn. I was referring to a medieval. Okay. All right.
Funny word.
I'm not gonna say Larry David patterned himself after me.
Die Amine-Saison. Eine Saison, weniger gut als vor zwei Jahren. Er hat es mit einem anderen guten Jahr verfolgt. Er ist solid. Ich will das nicht beurteilen.
Aaron Rodgers ist jetzt versäumt. Er hat nicht viele Möglichkeiten. Ein Monat her, zwei Wochen her, ich glaube, alle haben festgestellt, dass er mit den Raiders signieren wird. Und sie sind andersherum gegangen. Ich denke, Aaron Rodgers wird jetzt den ersten Start-up-Quarterback-Job nehmen, den er gefordert hat, weil die Möglichkeiten wundern.
Es sind nicht so viele Teams übrig, die aktiv shoppen und einen Quarterback suchen. Und die Idee, dass Aaron Rodgers nicht eine Offerung bekommt, die er gut genug fühlt, wächst am Tag.
Und zu deinem Punkt, dass niemand für die Giants spielen wollte, sie haben nur Javon Holland gesichert, der ein großer Freelancer für Miami verloren hat. Also, ich denke, dass die Giants Geld anbieten, ein Team zu machen, das die Leute spielen wollen.
Yeah, and if the Giants end up being Aaron Rodgers' last option, he will play for the Giants. He's not going to sit out the season at his age. He still has the ego and the need to sign and start somewhere, and he's running out of options.
right away if he got fired. Right, he would, but it's been a long time since the Steelers' last Super Bowl. You know what else has been a long time? Since Aaron Rodgers' last Super Bowl. Career underachiever. One Super Bowl at age 42 is, he's great, don't get me wrong, first ballot Hall of Famer, but when you win one Super Bowl with that talent and that longevity, that's a career underachiever.
Okay, but would Aaron Rodgers be an upgrade over Daniel Jones, for example? Yeah, yes he would. For one year, Aaron Rodgers is a good stopgap one-year quarterback for somebody. But he hasn't been. Well, he hasn't been for the Jets. He was on a bad Jets team and he couldn't elevate it. But it's a fact that no matter the competition, it's a fact that his second half of last season was good.
The defense was considered okay.
Well, Levitard is. Well done. By the way, does the winner of that contest get to not only watch the game with you, but sit on your lap? Well, no. No?
Turn the switch up a little bit every day so that we're 100% going into the season, but at the same time staying healthy.
I don't like the idea of reality TV being so real that they're all of a sudden in a therapy room when Alec Baldwin is going through counseling. I think that's too much. I don't want to know that much about Alec. I wish him well.
I think there's a difference between what reality TV used to be, right? Reality TV, I think it started off by putting 10 people on a deserted island and make them do this, that and the other. It shouldn't involve... Someone's personal therapy, someone's mental health being splayed out for all to see. I'm just uncomfortable with that. Someone's never watched the Kardashians.
Well, I don't like that either.
A reality show, right? I mean, that's the Paul Brothers.
You've got to get that right.
To answer your question, would I be surprised if all of a sudden it came out that LeBron James has used HGH? No. Just as I was not surprised late afternoon yesterday when my wife said, hey, did you hear about Aaron Eckblad? It isn't a shock when any professional athlete, to me, tries to get better or tries to get healthier sooner. by using medicinal means. It's against the rules.
Maybe it shouldn't be against the rules. I don't know, but it doesn't surprise me. The only thing that I don't like is to assume that Chael Sonnen is right and to assume that LeBron James is not quite the angel that we've known for two decades.
All of them?
Okay, and then when it's too close, it's like... We hear you breathing. Quit breathing.
Thank you. God, isn't that the truth? All right. Go on with the show. The show must go on, as they say.
Yeah. Well, not only that, but... The mirror is open to interpretation. Like when I see myself in a mirror, I see myself differently than when I see my photo on TV or, you know, something else.
You didn't think it was Russell, maybe?
Damn it is. I hoped it was Russell. Now that would have been a good signing. No. Yes. I'll take Zach Wilson over Russell Wilson.
Well, the Dolphins needed a proven veteran backup quarterback behind Tua. Zach Wilson ain't that guy. He's a draft bust. That's true. He's not proven. I'm not arguing he's proven. He's played three seasons, and he's got more interceptions than touchdowns.
Yeah, I mean, if you're trying to flatter a dubious free agent signing, that's the thing to say. Well, what about other quarterbacks who we wrote off three years into their career and they bloomed and they turned out great? Yeah, if you want to believe that, go ahead. Well, the Dolphins believe it. Of course they do. They also got him cheap.
right but like yeah he's a worse option than russell wilson if the two of them like if i had russell wilson and zach wilson i would take russell wilson and they also signed zach wilson to a one-year contract which isn't believing that this is a guy who might actually be your quarterback if tua peter's out with his health it's them signing a backup and chris to your point like we know what russell wilson is yeah i know that russell wilson is better than zach wilson right
Yes. Let's just refer to it as an unflattering caricature.
Yeah, I noticed that. Journalist Chris Cody. He's a fan. He's a season ticket holder. I mean, I expect that from Christopher. But as someone who's not a season ticket holder and doesn't cheerlead for the team, I love the signing. I mean, they got him for next to nothing, potentially a second round pick.
You know, for the stretch run to have him as your second line or whatever, I think it's a wonderful deal. Bill Zito continues to amaze with some of the things he's doing. He had a great team, wasn't satisfied, made it even better. Paul Maurice is one of the all-time great coaches. I mean, they're just state-of-the-art right now in the NHL and have been for the past three seasons.
Why are we acting all surprised that a player traded to a team would speak glowingly of that new team? This is what traded players do.
Right, well, if you're going to be traded, you want to go to the defending Stanley Cup champion that might win again. No duh. I mean, no brainer on that one, Brad Marchand. He made a good career decision.
I'm not a slave to that. I don't have to say Jack every time I say Jack. It's your thing.
That's what I called my grandfather. He's right about that, yeah. He has said that on multiple occasions. Thank you. I'm in reruns.
Because I'm not a slave to them. We heard you say that the first time. They're on my terms. Please stop saying that phrase.
You're the one who was lifting him up into the rafters. I'm the one. I just put ropes under his armpits for the visual of him rising into the rafters. Let's start the show.
Yeah, I do that all the time. I have to take down tweets and redo them. It's tough not to make an error. Matt Collins, I think number 57 on the Greg Cody Show, all-time list of all-time guests. So is Ekblad, number 85. All my guys are moving. They're being traded. They're being busted for dope. I mean, all kinds of things are happening.
I wish that Ekblad, or any athlete suspended for PEDs, would just instantly own up to it instead of implying, oh, inadvertently, you know, I took a medicine, I didn't know this. Ekblad, he's 29 years old, okay, he hears the career clock ticking a little bit, no longer the best defenseman on his team, and he wanted to get a little bit of an edge. It's human nature.
It's illegal, but it's human nature.
More than Forsling?
I do wonder, when they made the deal a couple of weeks ago for Seth Jones, did they have an inkling that this might be coming?
Oh, that's crazy. Live video. Who knows around here?
Yeah, but what does that mean, though? I mean, retroactively, are we now suspicious about Tom Brady's longevity and success? I don't throw any shade on LeBron James based on something an ex-UFC fighter says. I think he's built up too much credibility to assume that just because he's still great at 40 that he's on performance matches.
I gotta go to Buffalo with Bernie Bumbley I will always remember that quote from a Dolphins coach named Gary
Well, Dan, a fight we had led us to a divorce But that's okay, cause how could you know that, of course? Me and Bianca didn't make it this time But that's okay, Dan, because I have a new wife I didn't come here to discuss my divorce, but that's fine Now you know that I have a new wife
It's 11 a.m. on a Thursday. The media crowd shuffles in. There's an old man sitting next to me, smoking cigs as we ask our questions. He says to us, who needs me, dummy? As the dolphins head to play the bills. But he's talking to me, I am young Greg Cody. Writing columns with takes that'll kill. La, la, la, that kind of thing. La, la, di-di-da-da-ding.
That's my favorite. It's mysteriously vague. I love it.
Is that Tony on the left? That is not Tony.
I mean, you spend money for a ticket, you should be able to express yourself.
Well, it's not exactly benign.
Yeah. I particularly enjoy the chant, they'll bring him back as if there's any mechanism by which that could happen or would happen. Like Nico's like, you know what?
I'm going to get him back.
We've changed our mind about that deal. Hello, Los Angeles. Hello?
Don Levitard. The elephant went into a 7-Eleven and bought a pack of cigarettes. But my question to Ron is this.
Valid question. Is it? Didn't answer.
What would you guess? I don't know. You've been swimming in the Hudson? Yes.
Yeah, he's a vampire, Levitar.
I can't prove that, but somebody who doesn't sleep, keeps odd hours up at 4 a.m. looking at 50-pound rodents. A dampire. That's vampire behavior. A dampire. I like it.
I'm Air Jordan's son. Was that Jordan Street? Plus, you've got to have a photo of Dad in your wallet, don't you?
I know. Everybody should have photos in their wallet.
He's got a wallet attached to his phone, this guy. Unbelievable. That's weird.
It's not a wallet. It's not. What's next?
It's a picture of Marcus and Dad with their arms around each other's shoulders, ducking it up. Cutting a turkey.
Singing songs together, perhaps caroling. Perhaps, yeah.
Yeah, the two of them, because they're close. They're tight. He's not just dropping a name. It's Dad. Yeah.
Right. Yeah, I'm sitting on my wallet right now. It's reassuring to feel your ass and the wallets. Also back problems. Yeah. Well. You know, it's normal.
Yeah, of course I do. But you'll say it for anything. Getting up, getting out of the car, that's the one. Well, it's a sense of accomplishment. Right. When you either sit down or get up, you feel like you've done something.
People ask me, do you exercise? I'm like, yes. I get up and down probably 20 times a day.
Don Levitard. I want to address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public.
Kommen wir zu Juju Gotti. Schau, wie glücklich Greg Cody ist, sobald er Juju Gotti sieht. Und das Gefühl ist mutuell. Schau, wie glücklich Greg Cody ist.
Nicht persönlich mit David Sampson. Juju, was hattest du heute? Was bringst du hier her? Hast du einen Kommentar über Jamie Foxx? Ich freue mich, das zu sehen. Ja, ich bin gespannt, wie es aussieht. Ich habe es letzte Nacht angefangen, aber ich konnte nicht aufhören. Ich bin gespannt. Die Spiele gehen so spät.
Cuervo.
Also ich werde dir sagen, dass Louis Black gestern hier war, um eine Session auf der Südbank zu machen. Und eines der Dinge, das einfach super interessant ist, was alle diese Leute tun, ist, It's almost always a costume. Andrew Dice Clay didn't understand how people didn't get that he was playing a character. He thought that the character gave him immunity.
He thought that everyone understood, look, it's not me, the person, who's doing this. This is an actor coming out here to make you laugh, playing a character. Comedians think that we should understand that. And Juju's asking for something underneath. Hey, Jamie, can you tell us the truth about this so we don't have to guess about what's real? Yeah, my...
Das ist mein Schicksal. Freunde mit Andrew Schultz, mein Schicksal. Gehen Sie, Juju.
You saw like Adam Silver. We're working on getting a new fine bucket that's different and improved and legislated better. Before we get out of here, Juju, what from the show today did people find objectionable? What did they like? What's worth revisiting?
Please drink responsibly. Cuervo. I mean, I was curious, we'll get to Juju in a second, but I'm really interested in this Jamie Foxx special that's gonna come out on Netflix today. I think it's December 10th and I've been looking forward to it for a number of reasons. First of all, I think he's as talented as anyone in Hollywood.
It is. And you need to get out of here. It is. It's all real. It's all real. Give me my board here. My board's not working. Chris, you gotta do your executive producer job when I hit something. You gotta... Thank you.
Get out of here. It's all real. It's not any bit. Get out of here.
Salute though, I love you. Juju, thank you for being on with us. Do I have this right though? You just saluted somebody for winning a bet?
The range that man has as a comedian, an impersonator, actor, stand-up, everything. Singing, like, it's just unbelievable, the talent that he is. And he almost died. And we haven't really heard very much about the details. Like, we've heard some things from his daughter. And there are a lot of whispers around everything.
Everything involving Diddy and allegations and he's going to address it artistically and I'm looking forward to whatever that looks like because he's so creative.
I don't know if it was the CEO of any other type of Fortune 500 company that could have been murdered and would have the same kind of response that came out here. What impact do you think is going to happen on the health insurance industry as far as any changes because of their fear of, hey, look, the people are pissed. How pissed are they?
Well, one of them murdered one of our guys and the rest of them were like, yeah.
Dylan, ich möchte noch auf das Cavs-Hoodie denken. Die Cavs haben einen historischen Start in dieser Saison. Aber sie hatten eine schlechte Verletzung in Miami. Und Evan Mobley hat sich einen Ankel gesprayt. Welche Gedanken hast du darauf, wo die Cavs in dieser Saison gehen werden?
Is it a leap? He's turned a corner. He has not taken a leap. Dylan, this is my point about the Cavs. When everyone was going crazy about the start, I said... I think they can be better. And everyone said, how? They're already amazing. I said, because Evan Mobley still hasn't taken that leap. He said he's taken a mini-leap. A mini-leap is just a step. It's just a step. It's a step in disguise.
Put it on
He was yelling at Dylan about the jokes being made at the internet. He goes on this long spill and then at the end he says, and I know that's not a question, like, well...
Es war unglaublich.
Für den Balance? Warum haben wir zwei Hände? Um eine andere Hand zu haben. Es ist nicht für das Gleichgewicht. Das Gleichgewicht von einhändigen Leuten ist einfach gut. Sie brauchen nicht die zweite Hand. Das ist wahr.
Das ist wahr. Es war nicht ich.
All of a sudden you've got... To be fair, none of them look... I looked at the three people on the screen right there. It's supposed to be Mina, Dan Orlovsky, and I don't even know who the third person is. None of them look like any of the people they're supposed to be.
Alright, let's counter Simpsons.
Greg sieht aus wie ein Simpsons-Charakter. Ich glaube, es wäre ziemlich einfach, dich zu simpsonieren. Ja, weil du dich umschauen musst.
Is this Stephen A. Smith? That can't be Stephen A. Smith. That's Prince. You got nothing but the forehead right.
Well, to be honest with you, Dan, it's not just Miami. In Arizona right now it's about 75 degrees during the daytime. At night it gets cold, but right now I can sit by my pool.
Ja, das ist es. Nummer vier. Nummer vier.
You're coming off IR just to create a controversy for your team during an interview. That is not good work by that guy. You're not even in the building. Number three.
Greg, wie geht euer Geburtstag so weit?
Das klingt nicht so super schön. Die Debatte. Alte Leute lieben diese Scheiße.
I think there's another obvious alternative, which... Well, we don't have us all yelling at one. Okay, if you want to include females, women as well, it should be, are they human? Right.
Okay, how about is he human?
I mean, that's a big deal. Das ist eine Cody-Familie-Tradition. Und übrigens, ich bin alle vorbereitet und ungewöhnlich bereit. Das war mein Weihnachtsgeschenk für Sie, also erwarten Sie nichts anderes. Nein, Face Rubbing ist eine Familie-Tradition. Mein Vater hat es gemacht. Er hat gesagt, dass sein Vater es gemacht hat. Wir sind Deep Rubbers. Wir sind Rubbers. Es funktioniert.
You just said you do miss her. Ich werde sie in zwei Tagen sehen.
Ich möchte es nicht jetzt machen.
Die Leute können es visualisieren. Jeder rüttelt ihren Gesicht. Aber ich mache ein Ritual davon, weil es eine Familien-Tradition ist.
No, no, no. That would be odd. Yeah, that's an intimate thing. Like when I'm rubbing my face, I'm giving myself a self-massage. And it's just, it's invigorating.
Ich meine, ich denke, es gibt eine größere Frage in Bezug auf die Heizung. ESPN, die Ranking liebt, hat nur jedes Teams-Korps, jedes Teams-Big-3 gewählt. Und die Heizung, partly because of Butler's age, wurde gewählt, was ich als erstaunlich niedrig war, wie 19. Meine Frage ist, Jimmy, Bam, Tyler Hero. Wirst du damit auch gut sein? Kannst du einen Wettbewerb für ein Wettbewerb ausüben?
Müssen sie das nicht aufhören? Trade Jimmy, mach etwas, um das Ganze wirklich wieder zu starten.
I want to do a stat of the day here before we go back to David Sampson that I found fairly shocking.
Meine Großvater nennt die Farce als Toots. Sie hat nicht einmal das gemeinsame Vertrauen zu sagen, Pets. Er lehrt sie nicht richtig, weil man sagt, wer hat ein Pett gelehrt? Und sie tut das nicht. Also, du weißt, die Face Rubbing hat keine Chance. Every time I do it, Christopher acts like it's some horrific ritual that I'm going through. It's almost like a self-gratification.
You know, I think it's an age thing. I think Dave Barry could relate to it. He's older than I am. I love having guests on my show that are even older than me. Looks younger. He does look younger, you're right. It's rare, huh?
A rational human being who keeps sports in place. I love the chucking of the bat at the end of it.
I mean, I don't date my shirts. I have no idea when I bought this, but I will say it's been in my closet a while and I haven't worn it in a while.
Really? I didn't realize that. Technically the Miami Herald still exists, by the way. Nein, ich mag dieses Shirt persönlich. Klar!
Nein, es ist ein wunderschönes Ding. Ich werde es Christopher bequemen. Er wird es in ein Dishrag verändern. Das ist der Dan-Levator-Show mit dem Stuckatz-Podcast.
Aber ist er richtig? Ist er richtig? Ich denke, dass eine Mehrheit von Teams auf dem hohen Niveau des College Football bereits das, was er sagt. Schau dir an, wie viele Spieler Georgia in der NFL jetzt hat. Ohio State, Alabama, alle die Top-Programme tun, was er sagt. Und meine Frage ist, alles geht um das Rekrutieren in den Portal jetzt. Nennt Belichick Wow-Kinder, die 18 oder 20 Jahre alt sind?
Impresiert ein solcher Junge wirklich die Leute, die er sucht?
Right, but doesn't every top program offer that same pipeline?
I think two things about Belichick are fair to say. Number one, he didn't win without Tom Brady. in Cleveland, und er hat nicht ohne Tom Brady in New England gewonnen. Der zweite Punkt, den ich machen würde, ist, dass Bill Belichick etwa zwei Saisons, vielleicht drei, von dem All-Time-Rekord für die meisten NFL-Koaching-Werkungen ausbreitet.
Wenn du nicht denkst, dass Bill Belichick in der NFL kochen würde, bist du verrückt. Und wenn er in North Carolina endet, garantiere ich dir, dass er einen Kontrakt hat, der einen Out-Clause hat, wo er in der Mitte eines Spiels gehen kann, wenn er es will, wenn er eine Offerung von der NFL hat.
Al Matt. No, it just doesn't exist. But Matt Patricia's first name probably is Matthew. So technically I think you're right.
Matthews. No, I think there's singular Matthews. Name one. I can't offhand, but that doesn't mean there aren't. I'm not going to take a quiz. Just like there's McDaniels and McDaniel. There's Matthews and Matthew.
Travis Matthew. Boom.
Ich mag, wie du die Emphasis auf die Grammatik von Anne Historic nimmst.
Sam, ist Brunson der beste Spieler in der Serie? Als Knicks-Fan fühlen wir uns so.
Das ist eine Frage. Ja.
Sam, wenn du die Wahl hättest, würdest du in die Met Gala gehen oder in das Knicks-Rode-Playoff-Spiel?
Could this person be watching right now?
Sie lernen hier nichts Neues. Aber du ermittelst, dass du nie zu dieser Person antworten willst.
Warte einen Moment. Ich musste am anderen Tag nach Hause aus Atlanta.
Wenn ich fliege. Das Ticket für das Ein-Weg-Zuhause von Spirit war 35 Dollar.
Versteck es nicht. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier. Ich bin hier.
Nein, ich denke, ich habe es gemacht. 35 Dollar. Ich habe meinem Sohn gesagt, hey Mann, wir fliegen im Geist. Er war sehr überrascht. Er fragte, ob wir auf dem Wagen sitzen.
Und wie hat CPS reagiert? He's a big boy. You're gonna be alright. You sit right there. I'm gonna sit over here. Shout me out if you need me.
And let me also add a little bit of context. So it was either taking the $35 flight home or the next cheapest flight at the time that I needed was $250. Yeah, that's the one I take.
I gotta take the spirit flight.
I'm sorry.
But he's saying it's not like you're being tortured.
Ich sage dir, Mann, wenn ich irgendwo hin muss und eine 35 Dollar Flugzeuge sehe, muss ich sie nehmen. Ich wusste nicht, dass es so etwas gab.
Total schlecht. Ich bin nicht international auf Spirits geflogen.
They have bathrooms?
35 bucks, man. Had to do it.
I love it. I saw him crawling into the studio before. I didn't know what it was. I only saw the tip of the hair. I thought a dog was in the studio.
Why is he diabolical?
Es war wahrscheinlich einer der größten Momente oder die größten Tage seiner Karriere. Harden geht zurück, sie schreien nicht für ihn. Durant geht zurück, sie schreien definitiv nicht für ihn. Sie geben ständige Ovationen an Westbrook und er war genau in der Mitte des größten Moments des Spiels und er macht den richtigen Spiel, wenn niemand anderes ihn liebt, um das Team zu gewinnen.
Es war wahrscheinlich einer der großartigen Momente seines Karriere.
Yeah.
Brian, wir hatten gerade den Miami Grand Prix hier. Wie würdest du die Beziehung zwischen deinem Sport und F1 beschreiben? Und warum ist NASCAR besser?
And I told you that. Can I make one thing clear? These are not reports saying he will not be suspended.
Okay, instead of telling us you don't believe, how about telling us when you know?
That's funny. By the way, should Aaron Gordon get a statue?
You reported that based on what, though?
That's my report. That's already been exposed as a fraud.
The sources are telling them we don't expect them to be suspended.
Ich gebe dir das 100 Dollar Geld, das ich nicht Dan geben musste, wenn ESPN berichtet, dass du das Geld verbraucht hast.
Und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, und, He gave his opinion. Should I do it again? I'll do it again to clarify.
There wouldn't even be an opinion.
First of all, the way the NHL usually works is that if he's not suspended, they're not going to report he is not being suspended. If he were being suspended, that is something they would announce officially.
I don't call it a report when I'm just giving my opinion. I didn't report that he would be suspended.
It hasn't been announced yet. It's not known yet.
Okay, but in journalism, if you cite a source, even if you don't name him or her. I would never do that. Right, of course, because you're a journalist. I would go to prison before I name someone. But it's still usually, it's de rigueur in journalism. Now you're using words I don't understand.
When you're citing a source, generally you say a source within the NHL front office, or you say a Panthers source, you cite someone. I do things differently. Okay. That's fine. And by the way, I want to make it clear, I have no vested interest in this. I'm fine if Sam Bennett doesn't get suspended.
Wenn er einen Hügel mit dem anderen Torwart schießt und nicht aufgehängt wird, dann hat er mehr Kraft.
You said onboarding, I'm like all aboard. Ryan Blaney steppt auf den SS-Levatar.
Are you here? Dad, we can't start the show without you. We need you to hurry. What happened? Why are you late? Okay, I'm hurrying as fast as the traffic will allow me.
We could disperse the players amongst us and we each keep an eye on two or three players.
Ein Pass-Rusher.
Don Libetard!
I was watching the game and I never thought, oh, they're taking it easy on him. Well, when he scrambled, they let him just dive.
I don't want to dismiss Dominique, but I think you guys are way off on this. I think that they were just playing football and he didn't get injured. So now we're saying that they were trying to play football.
Das ist eine Menge Gedanken, die wir diesen Jungen machen wollen, während wir versuchen, ihn zu schießen.
Give me Ole Miss. You just questioned LSU. 30 seconds ago. LSU lost to USC.
Das ist der Rating-Scalen, über den wir gesprochen haben. Wer hat einen Sechser?
Es gibt Verwirrung, was das 6 bedeutet. Das ist ein guter Punkt. Wenn du es überflüssigst, ist es ein 9.
Ich meine, solid. Kein Spiel ist verbrechlich. Können wir nur in der Mitte treffen, Dan? Er hat kein Spiel. Nicht heute.
The Ravens lost to the Raiders early in the season.
Also CC, come close.
Nervöser Tag für dich, oder? Ich meine, das gleiche für mich. Es ist Deadline-Tag, die Teams, bestimmte Teams werden die Spieler, die sie brauchen, um einen großen Playoff-Rund zu machen. Du hast die Selection Committee. Was tun sie mit der Armee? Was tun sie mit Vanderbilt? Es ist ein großer Tag. Ich bin auch nervös, Dan. Ja, ein großer Tag. Ich bin auf der Ecke. Ja, viel geht los. Ja.
Yes, that was Sunday, but okay.
That is correct. I should tell people that this show, it's a legitimately funny news quiz show. It's Saturday at 9 p.m. Eastern on CNN. Have I got news for you? They're trying to rattle and change the format. But you were saying, Roy, I interrupted you.
What is the size of that cup of excess that Michael is drinking from there? Because that looks like America.
Das ist viel. Das hat einen Unterarm. Das trinkt einen Unterarm. Roy, du machst mich heute nicht besser. Ich habe Angst. Wie kann ich nicht Angst haben? Wie ist die Wahl noch so nah? Selbst mit positiven Wahlen.
Wenn du mir sagst, ein Spiel auf der Straße, ich muss drei Yards bekommen, ich kann das über die Zeit vermeiden, ich kann alles vermeiden. Das ist der Spiel, den ich möchte, wenn ich die Selbstvertrauen in meine Offense habe. Ein Spiel für das Spiel, drei Yards. Ich will auf der Offense sein. Ich will nicht auf der Verteidigung sein.
Well, I want you to be positive, I'd like you to be positive, but your latest Substack post, the headline is, we're bleeped either way. Yes, there's nothing to worry about.
He doesn't know sports.
It is good analysis. I'll ask you a little something more in your wheelhouse. I'm sorry, Roy, I interrupted.
Ich will nicht auf der Verteidigung sein mit dem Führer und der anderen Mannschaft für zwei. Ich will, dass sie den extra Punkt schießen und mir über die Zeit geben.
Wir werden das in einem Sekunden. Aber Michael, du hast die letzte Woche, als du die Idee hast, dass die RFK die Gesundheit übernehmen wird und Herschel Walker die Missile-Defense übernehmen wird, was du die letzte Woche gesehen hast, du siehst aus wie... On the show have I got news for you. I don't know if you've got Roy topped, but you seem to be the most pop culture savvy by leaps and bounds.
And that's no indictment on anyone else. You seem to know everything that is going on around the news. So over the last week, what have you, you know, what has set off alarm bells for you?
We can mind this a little bit, because I don't think he knows much of anything about sports, but I do think he could pretend to know everything. Roy, you can't trust the polling, but I do keep assuming, even if I have post-traumatic stress disorder from everyone getting everything wrong in 2016, I do keep thinking there's no way that women don't turn out in a way that alters this election.
I keep thinking that.
Just equal time somewhere.
Das wird lustig für dich, Don. Geh, hab Spaß. Ist das wirklich ein NBC-Property? Ich glaube nicht, dass es ein NBC-Property ist.
Michael, du bist ein astuter Beobachter von Amerika, ich würde sagen, sowohl seiner Popkultur als auch, wie man sehen kann, auf Have I Got News für dich, du verstehst seine Politik. Was hast du in den letzten acht Jahren gemacht? Wie, wusste du, dass das das Land war, in dem du gelebt hast? Nein.
I don't know how everyone else feels about this, but we're officially in the land where the Chiefs have absorbed all of the things that the Patriots used to be. It's not just that you know Mahomes is going to win the game late. It's not just that you know they're going to convert their third downs. It's not just that you know that they're going to win all those one-score games.
I should have said, Roy, you're Black. That should have been my question.
I'm more concerned about Juan Soto. Michael, do you think he'll get the 700 million dollars he thinks he's gonna get?
Yeah, that's true. Six, yeah.
Robinson... Robinson Cano, ja.
It's that when they get DeAndre Hopkins, it matters. And when anyone else gets DeAndre Hopkins, it doesn't. Denn sie sind jetzt in diesem rarifizierten Patriots-Bereich, wo wenn sie jemanden bekommen oder wenn sie denken, dass sie etwas wissen, sind wir bereit zu sagen, ja, sie müssen etwas wissen. Denn DeAndre Hopkins, ich dachte, niemand wollte ihn vor drei Jahren.
Yes, that show Saturday 9 p.m. Eastern on CNN, the coveted time slot also stream Sunday on Max. But Michael, it does really seem in your it seems in your wheelhouse. It's I don't know if you guys are having as much fun as it looks like on television, because these things are hard to pull off.
And I know a lot of work goes on behind the scenes that people don't know about, but you're making it look easy.
What a great economy you've created, Roy, for your friends and people you care about. That's an easy gig for him. I thought it would be hard.
Okay, so you guys are just good at entertainment.
I wanted to ask you what you made because comedians are talking about defending comedy and Jon Stewart says of Tony Hinchcliffe and the thing that has motivated Hispanics at what felt like a racist joke in the middle of what felt like a racist rally. Where do you stand on all of that because some comedians can defend the right to do comedy even in that setting, even at this time in America?
Vor drei Jahren war er für alle in der Liga verfügbar. Wie ist DeAndre Hopkins, der uns die besten Patrick Mahomes gezeigt hat, die wir in ungefähr 14 Spielen gesehen haben? Und sie haben 14 Spiele in der Reihe gewonnen, übrigens. Und das ist der beste Mahomes. Letzte Nacht ist der beste Mahomes, weil sie 14 Mal gewonnen haben.
Do I have it wrong when I ask you guys? And I'll let you go on this note and I'll direct it toward you, Michael.
You guys seem to exist in a bit of a fray from a different generation over this podcast group of people like Hinchcliffe that have found a lane and may not have exactly the standards you do or the history and perspective you do because they're doing things a little bit differently than you guys are. You guys don't exist. You guys are gone forever.
to a traditional mainstream outlet to now do your comedy and your politics. These guys are not doing it that way. Where do you guys fit watching the Rogan guys come up as on the day that Rogan's endorsing Trump?
Gentlemen, thank you. The show is good. Have I got news for you. Saturdays at 9 p.m. Eastern on CNN and streaming Sundays on Max. Good talking to you. Thank you for making the time.
Yes. Finally, we can talk about what Jessica has been waiting to talk about here. Dying to talk about. College football. Yes, college football in Indiana. We'll do that next.
Warum hast du dort das Gridiron genommen? Ich glaube, dass die Person, die das Gridiron benutzt hat... Ich glaube, dass die Person, die das Gridiron benutzt hat, anstelle des Fußballfeldes, ein Dschungel.
Nein. Nein, nein, nein, nein. Gridiron? Nicht nach gesterns Spiel. Es gibt ein Zeit und ein Ort. Und das war der Zeit und das war der Ort.
I might be willing to grant you that Kansas City is the place. I'm not willing to grant you that that's the time. Middle of the season, early November, that's not the time. It was a time for Mike to say it.
How many gridirons are there? Give me a number.
Because I think you're under three. I think you've just named the only three gridirons that there are. Pitbull Stadium. Minnesota Outdoors would have been gridiron, but if you put Minnesota in a dome, it ceases to be gridiron.
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
Boise. Was ist mit Chicago, Soldier Field?
Steve Martin auch.
Oh, sorry.
Ich glaube nicht, dass College-Football ein Gridiron sein kann. Aber es ist blau. But it can't be college football. Gridiron can't be college football.
No. Once you're playing semi-professional football, you don't get the gridiron. The gridiron only goes to professional football. Really? And furthermore, professional football that's been played in the cold since the 50s.
Now you have rules for it. That's correct. As opposed to you, which has no rules.
You have no explanation for what you're doing. You're just saying words.
It's one of those things, Dan, when you see it or you think it, you know.
What makes a professional football? Good question. Millions and millions and millions of dollars to the quarterback. Well, that's in college now, too.
Did you see what Portnoy offered for Michigan? It's got to be 50 million dollars a season for the quarterback.
No, 50 million is the number that all those guys make. Trevor Lawrence. Tua makes 50 million.
Wo sind die Gritirons denn? Weil ich mit euch nicht zufrieden bin, dass College-Football eine Gritiron hat. Es muss professionelle Fußball sein, es muss auch... Ihr macht das im November und ihr könnt es nicht im November machen.
Ja, das kannst du. Ja, natürlich kannst du. Nein, es muss mehr als eine Ruhe sein.
Ich sage das von Tundra und Gridiron. Alle Tundras haben einen Gridiron. Alle Gridirons sind nicht auf Tundras. Sie sollten für zwei gewonnen haben.
Aber die Mathematik sagt, dass man nicht für zwei gehen soll.
Baker wusste es, oder? Auf der Coin Toss. Er wusste es. Ja. Ja. Er wusste, dass er auf dem Feld für die letzte Zeit weggegangen wäre.
Does math factor in? You're on the road, you're playing against Patrick Mahomes, you're running the Du hast den Ball über dem Team, du hast den Momentum. Faktoriert das in die Mathematik?
Du warst nicht hier, weil du einen rarer Morgenheater trinkst, als wir darüber gesprochen haben. Aber in der neunten Woche haben vier Teams in den letzten zwei Minuten von der Regulierung gespielt. Sie haben entschieden, extra Punkte zu schießen, um ihre Spiele zu verbinden. Und ESPN Analytics hat das Modell mit der Entscheidung verabschiedet, den extra Punkt zu schießen, in allen vier Fällen.
Aber alle vier Teams haben verloren. Und das ist ein Schritt, den Stugatz für den Rest seines Lebens machen wird. Wenn das Team verliert, sagt er, er kümmert sich nicht um Mathematik. Und er wird immer richtig sein, weil er nicht verfehlt hat, die 2-Punkte-Konversion zu machen. Er wird nur noch dieses Show machen. Stugatz wird dieses Show 10 Jahre nach seinem Tod machen.
From the coffin, he's just gonna spit these cliches, should have gone for two, don't care what the math says, don't do math, don't understand math, not applying math to sports, don't wanna think, just wanna say, they did it wrong, I always do it right.
Chris, wo ist dein Vater?
Und es ist 12 Minuten vor dem Zeitpunkt. Traffik, bin ich richtig? Es regnet auch.
Also, du weißt nicht, wo dein Vater ist, aber er ist normalerweise ziemlich gut für ein bisschen Dolphin-Homerismus am Dienstag. Und ich weiß nicht, wie er Dolphin-Homerismus heute machen wird.
Nun, er fühlte sich, als ob die Dolphins Verlust gegen die Bills ein QL gewesen wäre. Ich meine, wie ist das? Er hat mir einen Text geschickt.
Ist es ein Silber-Alert oder ein Gris-Alert?
You guys keep doing this and you're putting me in the position. It's such a good move by you guys to just say again and again, well, you've got one play. This is the simple math and it's the math I would agree with as you put me in the position of arguing on behalf of just playing probabilities, which is what everybody out there was doing.
If you give me a game against Patrick Mahomes, where at the end of the game I get to be holding the football and he doesn't, I want to be holding the football because he's not holding the football. That's good math.
Wie fühlen wir uns?
Ich habe den Ball, Josh Allen hat den Ball nicht. Ein Spiel für das Spiel, drei Jahre. Aber es war nicht für das Spiel, weil er noch eine Minute und eine halbe übrig hatte. Das Spiel würde nicht auf das Spiel enden.
I want to get into some of these numbers, though, with Mahomes, because you're making him the greatest quarterback of all time. That's a little early, and Stugatz just rolled over for you there, which surprised me. He's always here for a greatest ever debate. He just gave Brady's thing away to Mahomes there without even paying attention.
Oh, he passed Aaron Rodgers. Hört euch zu diesen Zahlen an. Das ist das verdammte Ding. Die letzten acht Spiele, die die Chiefs in der zweiten Halbzeit verabschiedet haben, zum Beispiel die Playoffs.
Sie haben gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen, gewonnen,
Josh Dubow of the AP says Mahomes is now 47 and 19 in his career in games decided by seven points or fewer, playoffs included. And then this is the stuff that changes everything when it comes to Mahomes being ranked in the 20s in all of the quarterback stats. This is from Shield Copadia. Patrick Mahomes on third down. 11 for 13 for 126 yards and 10 first downs.
He's got the highest success rate on third and fourth downs this season. And he's got the highest EPA per play and on third and fourth downs this season of all quarterbacks. Basically, he's failing on first and second down in a way that makes him the worst quarterback in the league. And on third down, he's the best quarterback in the league. So he keeps converting first downs.
Wenn es zählt. Er mag es, es interessant zu machen. Steven, glaubst du, er spielt nur mit seinem Essen?
Das ist ein neues und verbessertes Levitations-Show mit Stugas. Gambalon von DraftKings.
Du sagst, es ist ein Textbuch, aber laut Next-Gen-Stats, ESPN-Analytics, all dem Modell, gab es vier Teams, die in den letzten zwei Minuten von Regulierung gespielt haben. Und sie haben entschieden, das Spiel zu beenden. Und die Analyten sagen, das ist der richtige Spiel, aber alle vier Teams haben verloren. Aber die Analyten sagen, es ist der richtige Spiel.
I was trying to think of the last time I've eaten a corn dog. It's been decades.
Wow, what a great play by him. Heady play, as the saying goes.
Good for him.
Mina, the example I gave was Cam Ward declining to throw and explaining that y'all have five years of tape on me. That should be sufficient to know about me. Is he wrong?
Mina, as a respected journalist, do you think that Levitard has abdicated all claim to journalism integrity by sacrificing his integrity, banging a drum, and cheerleading at a Florida Panthers game?
Integrity. That's what integrity sounds like, Dan.
I thought it was interesting what Cam Ward said in explaining why he wasn't going to throw at the NFL Combine. And he basically said, y'all got five years of tape on me throwing. That should be enough. I'm paraphrasing, but that's essentially what he said. He's not wrong. I think it's a couple of weeks of content for the media.
I don't think fans particularly care to see whether somebody ran a 4.37 or a 4.4. You can't say that.
I would ask Mina Kimes this question and be interested in her answer, because I think that NFL front offices and scouting departments would be just fine without a combine. I think if all of a sudden the NFL said, nope, we're going to save millions of dollars, no more annual combine in Indianapolis, the draft goes on as scheduled.
Everybody's fine because everybody's had years to scout these people. Everybody has them at their private visits. To interview in person, you don't need the combine.
Yeah, but the smaller school players are known, right? I mean, nobody, you know, the Division III player is going to be drafted if he's good enough.
And so you think his entire draft stock changes, flips, because of a bad combine performance?
But then they show the tape of Will Howard in an actual game against an actual good opponent kicking ass.
Al Closer. That was good, too.
Yeah, I remember that.
Bitte nicht.
Es heißt Make-up.
I can't recall what face I made, but it had to be one filled with incredulous wonder that you would place Levitard clowning himself in front of America among a momentous occasion. It's just, he'll never live it down. So you're not going to make the face, thanks. I don't know what face I made. You're beating the drum, that's a privilege, that's an honor.
Yeah, huge honor. Ron, you should do that, have you been asked?
Du bist in der R-Betters Hall of Fame. Ich kann nicht glauben, dass du nicht gefragt hast, die Drümpfe langsam zu schlagen. Und du hättest keine moralischen Schwierigkeiten darüber, wie er es hätte. Dieser Kerl. Vorherer Journalist. literally cheerleading for the Florida Panthers. He'll never live it down. Dolph and Danny, some are saying. Dolph and Danny, exactly. Wearing a big funny orange hat.
Who just raised ticket prices? They did. Isn't that amazing? That's crazy. That's insane.
Ja, das ist für dich ein Doppelschlüssel. Ich verstehe das. Dan's Journalistische Integrität.
ist, dass du die letzte Botschaft deiner Journalismus-Integrität abdeckst. Nicht nur figurativ, sondern literally. Für einen der lokalen Themen. Du würdest vielleicht auf dem Payroll sein. Ich glaube nicht, dass er als Journalist gedacht wird. Er ist ein ex-Journalist, der sich jetzt im Bereich des Unternehmens befindet. Auf einem berühmten, populären Podcast.
Ich glaube, es ist schon lange her, dass er für den Miami Herald geschrieben hat. Ich weiß nicht, es ist nicht so, dass Leute sagen werden, wow, er ist ein Journalist, der den Drummer für die Panthers drückt. Ich glaube nicht, dass jemand das denkt. Sie denken nur, hey, er ist einer dieser berühmten Leute, der den Drummer drückt.
Yeah, pretty much.
Go ahead. It was a great video. Hell of an edit. It was a great video. I'm going to say that. The production, the interviews were all great. You know, a lot of me got left on the cutting room floor. Not a great decision there. But, you know, like I keep saying, you know, you dug your own grave and People will never forget the image of you in a Panthers jersey banging a drum. But you wanted that.
You embraced it.
I thought the highlight was an apparently drunk Dan Levitard referring to a human cat. That's just, it will never get better than that.
Yeah!
No Meg White, I'll tell you that.
Und dann ist er völlig auf Rhythmus, als er den Trophäen zerstört hat. Du hast auch die fünfte Runde gefordert. Nein, er hat gesagt. Ich weiß, aber bis dahin war der Let's Go Panthers ausgedrückt. Es wurde am Ende schmerzhaft, wenn ich sehr ehrlich bin. Das ist wie Carson, der den Comic an den Tisch bringt.
Who are we playing today, Rammer? I anticipated being turned away, that's why I didn't show up. Same, that's what I'm saying.
I'd have been wearing a Greg Cody Show T-Shirt.
Du hast Jessica definitiv falsch bezeichnet.
50-Tore-Saison. Giancarlo Stanton?
Best Play, Ray Allen, Corner 3.
Former Greg Cody Show Host.
That was terrific.
I'll go with the board. Really? Over Kachuk? That is an underrated play in hockey.
How about Bob Save? Oh, Bob Save. Against the lightning. Yeah.
And they've also been very smart as a franchise to align themselves with Fort Lauderdale, to build their whole training facility there, to align with a bigger city, because let's face it, they would rather be playing in downtown Fort Lauderdale than in Sunrise, but as it is, it's sort of the best of both. They are Broward's team, proudly.
And I think the last four or five years, they've been as good as any team in hockey. Bill Zito has had a master class in how to build a roster other than an aging goalkeeper that they're going to have to figure out how to replace.
I mean, slow down. He's still great.
No, you're right, because Tampa's got, I think, the best goalkeeping in the league, right?
Where's your skirt? Pom-poms. No, it's pom-pon.
I know.
Yeah.
I thought it was pom-pom. It's P-O-M-P-O-N. I could be wrong. Here we go. I could be wrong.
Is that where pompano comes from, Greg? You know, I'm not sure, but it's a good question by you. I've never thought of that. It's really not a good question. Like Boca Raton.
Boca right on. Yeah. That's what we used to say when I went to FAU. Boca right on. Rats mouth. And you know it. And you do know it. And you know it. But anyway, getting back to you as a cheerleader, there have been positive reviews. I was looking at Variety, the trade magazine today, and I think the headline was something like, Levitard takes boffo turn at cat skin or something like that.
Yeah, the Four Nations was a big part of the NHL just absolutely having a moment now. You've got Ovechkin chasing Gretzky. You just had the stadium series game that drew 95,000 people to Ohio Stadium. It's a big time for NHL hockey, for sure. Oh, but I wanted to ask you, Dan, Dolph and Danny. Transition. When you were in the speakeasy, were there any actual stars there other than a former player?
If my wife, who is a hockey fan, could have made it, I would have possibly gone with her.
Yeah.
Ah, you know, I'm a hubby.
Yeah. Hubba hubba hubby hubby. Um, no, I considered going. Would you take it as a personal insult that I didn't go watch you wearing a cheerleader outfit banging a drum? Come on. I saw the video. You know, a little quick on the pace, but as has been said, better that than a little slow. Uh... You did the best you could. By the way, are you missing something? Oh, here it is, your integrity.
You know, those variety headlines are always weird. But, you know, you beat the drum pretty well, I thought. A little fast on the pace. A little fast on the pace. At one point, it looked like you were about to faint. I would have paid to see that. But, you know, overall, it's something you've got to eat now. It's something you've got to live with. You know, you wear it on your shoulders.
Hang on. Okay.
Thank you.
Well, it's probably like 20 minutes in fairness, particularly if it's early rush hour on a weekday. What was I doing? I was living my life. I don't trail in the perfume of celebrity. You know, I was living a normal man's life. I was in my backyard getting ready for bulk pickup, which is Thursday. Got a big, beautiful pile out on my swale. Wow. You know, I'm doing regular guy things.
I'm a man of the people. I always say that. Yeah, speakeasy. You know, had you told me it was a speakeasy with an open bar? I might have gone. You know, I might have gone.
She could not, no. Because I'm with you.
You're like an ox with a big yoke now. You've got the yoke of having been a Panther cheerleader on your shoulders. It's invisible. You feel it. And the rest of us see it. That's it.
And where would, after the speakeasy, once the game starts, where would I have been seated?
Sorry.
Well, had it been a 7.30 or 8 o'clock start, I might have gone. I made a quick call to the Panthers saying, hey, any way you can delay the start of the game by a half hour, they wouldn't do it. They were very uncooperative. Dan did the same thing.
I remember well, just after Prohibition, those things bloomed like a flower all over the country.
Yeah. I could see you turning down the heat parades. It's good you did that.
Go ahead, Greg. Well, I'm going to break news. I hope you don't mind me revealing this, but this is just the beginning of a Levitard cheerleader tour of South Florida. You know, this coming football season, old Dahl fans remember Dahl fan Denny. Dolph and Danny. He's going to be beating a drum on the sideline at Dolphin Games. He's going to take a turn as a heat dancer.
He's going to wear the Miami Marlins fish head. He's just, you know, this is a new lane for Dan. And I think, you know, he's going all in. I've got to give him that. You know, he's cheerleader Dan, and it's just something we've got to get used to.
Dolphin Danny. No, I meant Dolphin Danny. I mean Denny. Superimpose Dan's face under that hat.
By the way, happy Fat Tuesday. But seriously, that's all I got.
Didn't you think he was just a little fast?
I'm telling you. You know what I would have paid to say? Remember a few weeks ago on the golf course, you had me hit an exploding golf ball? Yes. I would have paid to have an exploding drum, where the first time he beat it, the drumstick went right through it because it was made out of paper tissue. That would have been good. That would have been great. He probably would have injured his arm.
Totally worth it.
Come on, Greg. I'm turning it off right now.
Yeah! Dolph and Danny.
Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show.
Shadowin' it. Shadowin' it. Go ahead, Craig. Homer Dan. Oh, do I delight. Do I delight in this, the number of times you have called me a homer over the years. Never again. The next time you call me a homer, and it will slip. I want them to cue up the video of you in a cheerleader outfit holding a drum, literally cheerleading for the Florida Panthers. Where's your pom-pon today?
Craig's right about that. What?
Yeah, like he exposed himself as a cheerleader and then proved to be a bad one by not even staying for the entire game. If you're going to go all in, go all in. Right? Nobody who's ever banged that drum, not even Jack Nicklaus, has dared leave before the game was over. I don't think you know that. Yeah, well, I have it on good authority.
Okay, when we were playing golf Sunday, Christopher was shocked and flabbergasted that Kendrick Lamar and that song in particular happened to be on one of my Spotify playlists. I liked the song. I thought it was a very clever parody. by Jeremy, but I respect Juju's opinion. I value it. And if he thinks it was offensive or in any way not right.
It's a fine Venmo. If I'm being truthful, I was trying to get off my plate a loose end. Again with the loose end. A quick text Miami Herald related, but I apologize. I didn't know that my soft typing was audible.
Did a song about sad, sad Radio Row that everyone's afraid to play.
Well, it's online if anybody wants to read it in its entirety. But I think what I wrote reflects how desperate the Dolphins should be right now because they made the playoffs the two previous seasons to this past season when they were 8-9.
This team is nowhere close to being a contender in a packed AFC behind Kansas City, behind Baltimore, behind Buffalo, and another handful of teams as good or better than Miami.
Their defense was the best in 22 years empirically by some standards. It was not a big play defense. They had 35 sacks, which was in the bottom five of the league. They didn't have many interceptions. They were not a big play defense. They don't have any player, even with Jalen Phillips and Bradley Chubb healthy,
They don't have a player who's going to change the way opposing offensive coordinators prepare to play Miami. They don't have anyone who's the best at his position. Tyreek Hill maybe was for his first season. He isn't now. The Dolphins have to be desperate. They have to be bold and desperate because right now they are not close to being competitive on a Super Bowl level.
And if they don't make big swings like Miles Garrett, They're not going to do it with luck and good health and 13th overall picks.
No, no. I think quite the opposite. Now you've gone too far. Very quickly, I think you oversold Cooper Cup. Not that bold. Not that desperate, you're saying. Cooper Cup is not a Hall of Famer. He isn't yet, at any rate. He had one extraordinary season. He's completely overshadowed by Puka Nakua with good reason.
As I said, he had one extraordinary season in his seven or eight year career. That was the only season he made the Pro Bowl. He's a very good receiver who is not a Hall of Fame receiver.
No, I know what it stands for. I know modern acronyms.
I know, but I'm a guinot. Just say what you're going to say and don't... Make a phrase out of it.
And that's happened.
Look. You run a loose ship here. You're letting Rodin get away without, you know, go to New Orleans despite, you know, ruining the bet with the Iguanodon. You know, now you're kowtowing to Samson on financial matters. I mean, it's a loose ship.
The longest two sentences I've ever heard in my life. With a K. Not enough people know that word. Does it have a hyphen? Does it not have a hyphen? There's some dispute there on countering.
Ageism. I don't think.
We love Pat Riley.
David's getting caught in the weeds here.
Mom's mom's mom. Okay, they're both Mary's then.
Don Levitard. Quiet man. Yes. You know, I'm a married man. I don't cheat on my wife, despite that gratuitous line back in my day. Stugatz. I wish you were here, my wife. I really miss her. No, I don't. That's the thing about being married. You know, you're not allowed to say, I don't miss my wife. I've been gone two days. I haven't been gone long enough to miss my wife. I'm sorry. I call her.
All right. We'll see you. All right, and then, you know, I'm going to see her in two days. How's jumping, Charlie? Good. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
It's not only what is happening in the NFL and the NBA and everywhere else. When Miles Garrett sees what LeBron James was able to do and start a revolution of players under contract being able to steer their way out, and now you have pro players seeing the transfer portal in college where college players, you know, all of a sudden Carson Beck is with the Miami Hurricanes.
And if you're Miles Garrett, you're trying to get out of that hellhole, which is Cleveland. Why not leverage whatever you have? And despite what the general manager is saying, how can you keep him if he's blatantly unhappy not being there?
I had a feeling that was coming. I did not write the column because Taylor told me to. I was writing something else when Christopher called me and says, hey, Taylor says this and this and this. I had not heard the Miles Garrett news yet, okay?
When I was done, the other thing I was doing, and I found out that Miles Garrett was saying, hey, trade me, I absolutely would have written that column without a prod from anybody else. Wow. No credits. for Taylor and I. No. In this case, no.
When somebody like Miles Garrett says they want to be traded and I think there's a plausibility that the Dolphins could be in the market, I'm going to write that call.
I didn't at the time that he told me because I was writing something else. I was concentrating on something else.
This is exhausting. No, I wrote the previous column and then I went to Miles Garrett.
This is elderly abuse.
All right, I want to review the last 30 seconds to one minute of this show because Dan Levitard, the man constantly calling me disoriented, just betrayed himself as not remembering that he was on Sad Sad Radio Row slightly less than one year ago. That's the man calling me disoriented. Like I said before, I'm perfectly oriented. I've got nothing going on but love and best wishes for everybody.
If I'm given a chance to speak into a mic for five minutes in a row without being interrupted and admonished. But you have a button-down shirt on. It's a beautiful button-down shirt that my wife bought me. I've taken to wearing shirts over T-shirts lately. I don't know whether that's a thing. I don't know whether that's proper, whether people do that. What are you hiding? I'm not hiding anything.
Sores. The veins on his feet? No, I don't have open sores anywhere on my body, by the way.
And if I did, they're not sores. They're jumping Charlie Cutts.
I do. It was Lucy dressing up as a dinosaur and walking through a mall. What kind of dinosaur?
An uprightosaurus. No, of course I know what it was. It was an iguanasaurus.
An iguanodon.
That's ridiculous. No way. Her in an Iguanodon costume haunting Sad Sad Radio Row would be Super Bowl gold. You know, forget them all. The Radio Row thing, other podcasts would be interviewing her. She would be a sensation.
Would have been better for the show. No, really. I mean, Wayne Newton falling off a high chair. You can't do that. No, it would have been better. You can't do that.
You can't do that. I don't mean him injuring himself. You mean death. I just mean him taking a pratfall.
Of course not. I love Wayne Newton. Danke, Shane. Are you kidding me? Old men don't take pratfalls. Well, I take a pratfall. You're getting to the age where you can't be falling.
No, I've taken a pratfall since then. You have? Yeah, just a few months ago. Remember the face thing? My whole face was bruised. He doesn't remember that either. The guy calling me disoriented doesn't remember me having a bruised face and wearing a half a mask covering half my face just several months ago. But Wayne Newton pratfalling at Moss, Miami or Vega, whatever it's called.
Get out of here. See you later. You're disoriented today. You're hitting the wrong button.
Okay. No, I didn't know it. I didn't know the acronym. I mean, does everything have to have an acronym? Can you just say four words in a row without coining a phrase for it? Come on. Exactly. Just say what the f*** and don't worry about what the acronym says.
Somebody said WTF. And you rolled with it.
Where? I'm rolling like a big wheel.
Don't use the word disoriented because I'll bring up all the things you've done wrong.
S-T-F-U, Dan. How's that? Got your ass. Stands for something. I don't know what it stands for.
I know what it stands for. Don't make me say it.
It's a Peloton class. It's weird. Plus, Billy's dressed like he's about to go duck hunting. I want to make clear that that beautiful expert video is courtesy of the Greg Cody Show podcast. We actually sent a special correspondent to Cartersville. And on my latest podcast episode, we actually interview the throng of nearly a dozen fans was there. And we interviewed. Oh, really? Yeah.
And we really some of them. Yes.
No. Well, my normal array of pills in the morning. Yeah, they're kicking in now, though.
We've always pronounced it gala, not gala. It's just an annoyance to me when somebody mispronounces that.
That's a grammatical thing.
With what in particular?
Oh, yeah, for sure. The conversation.
Well, we were talking about several things. Okay. And you're continuing to mispronounce the name of the PFBI gala. I'm simply wanting to correct you.
Don Levitard. I heard that as a woman faking pain. I didn't think that sounded real. I really didn't, you know. It was not fake. It was in no way fake.
Stugatz. Yes, I can, Jess. Expert. I've been married 40 years. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
Jesus. He's striking me. Literally, he's hitting me on the chin with a microphone. And this guy is supposed to be the professional? By the way, Samson, let me give you a quick tip. When you're giving someone a pep talk, you don't start...
pep talk by referring to open sores on their arms when he doesn't have any open sores you know i'm having a bad arm life granted that's why i've been wearing long shirts lately but i am perfectly fine i'm not disoriented i'm an oriented person i lead the i'm a professional at orienteering which is a little known sport i i am the opposite of disoriented and uh and all i need is an opportunity i'm no gabe but i'll tell you what you put me behind a mic again you're gonna get fire out of my mouth
Yes! Yes!
And that's just 21 years in the modern era. What do you mean? Well, PFPI began in the late 60s. This was actually our 29th season overall, but our 21st continuing season.
It's in the archive, the PFPI archive. We're a professionally run operation. Wait a minute, there's an archive? Yes, of course. In Canton, Dan. The Google Doc. No, it's an archive, and we're professionally run. I take my job as commissioner very seriously, even though people love to mock me. It's a family tradition.
It's been going on in the modern era since 2004, but overall since 1968, I believe. And so... You know, I think after all of that history, after all of that heritage, we've had 10 members over the years. I think it's time to honor the pivotal members of PFPI in a newly formed PFPI Hall of Fame.
Now, like baseball with its Hall of Fame vote, we need a 75 percent majority, meaning we need six of eight current team members to vote yay. So will that happen? I don't know, but I'm proposing that. I'm also proposing a penalty for late picks every week. Just me and Michael. Always.
To the membership. Six other people sitting in his living room. To the eight teams.
Well, that's to be determined.
I didn't even know this was referred to as a blazer. He's talking about a video. Oh, okay. Oh, man. I'm sorry, Dan.
You delayed the game. Samson delayed the game.
It was Jess who made that remark. She was complimenting my blazer. I thought she was looking at me right now. I thought this shirt. You look good now, too.
Oh, that's a family heirloom.
I had it. It was your mother's grandmother's. I should have known that. Yeah.
No, I forgot mom's grandmother's name. Her mother's name was Mary Alice, but I don't know her grandmother's name. I barely met the woman. I literally barely met her. I saw her like once or twice, and she passed away. Coincidental. I had nothing to do with it. And so, no, I don't know her name. If it was told me, I would go, oh, yeah.
No, text your mother. Ask what her grandmother. I'll ask for three options.
I know my mother's side of the family very well. I don't know. I never met my father's father.
Samson ratted me out here. He is right.
He looks like a snitch. You look up snitch in the dictionary, you see Samson's picture.
That was supposed to be a private conversation. We're not getting to that now, but that's just a little tease for the show.
Well, just the yings and yangs of it. I don't know what that means. Okay. Please talk into the mic. I'm talking into a mic. The world's most giant microphone. Bring it closer to your face. God. Okay. How are you still an amateur at 70? I'm not an amateur. I'm a professional. The haircut thing is just the numbers thing, the fade thing. You start at a 2 and go to a 4.
Well, I've just begun doing it. You've got to keep in mind, my first haircut was my dad putting a cereal bowl over my head and cutting around it. Is that true? Yeah.
Nope.
A PFPI Hall of Fame, yeah. The laughter when I said that was ridiculous. Particularly... Christopher's wife, my daughter-in-law, howled laughter as if I weren't serious. It's because we all know the writing on the wall. Who should be the first entry into the Hall of Fame, Dad? That's up to the voters. I'm the commissioner. I'm not lobbying for anybody.
The guy is whispering in my ear, distracting me.
Am I close enough to the microphone?
Thank you.
Al Jarreau over here. Sounds way better than this. Yes. Okay, sorry about that. All right, I'm going to eat the microphone for the rest of the show.
Yeah, it was instructive. I support David. Thank you, Greg. How about David talks less about that?
Also, I've been corrected by my brethren. Even though we call it creme caramel in Sudan, it's not actually creme caramel. It's flan, but we just call it that.
Breakfast flan. No more beat because Billy's mad at me.
Juju, I have a question for you. You mentioned that one of the teams had seven straight championship appearances. Is that A, knowledge that Juju has because I've been a softball fan forever? B, knowledge that Juju has because it was mentioned on the broadcast? Or C, knowledge that Juju has because he went and did the homework and the research once he started getting into softball?
Well, actually, I wanted to talk about this yesterday with Greg Cody, because he was talking about how much he loves that show Mobland. And Mobland, it was a phenomenal show on Paramount+, A-listers, Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren. And it turns out that it's in jeopardy of not getting renewed, despite being really good, because the numbers just aren't there.
Athletes Unlimited, they also did the basketball. That's where my celebrity game Bad Shot is from. It's from the Athletes Unlimited women's... Viral decontextualization. Yeah, viral decontextualization.
Dynasty? Woo!
Juju, here's the problem, Juju. You're saying, oh, yeah, he wants to smoke. But again, it's not a live show. So he could go on there and Pablo can ask the questions that you don't want me to ask about. And then Bill can go, chop, chop, chop, edit, edit, edit. And it comes out. It just comes out as like Pablo's like, duh. And Bill's like, oh, it's cool.
100%.
Dan, again, the quote is, since you have such a strong public opinion about my work, I happen to have a few questions for you specifically. You think they're just gonna go over there and just like, oh, it was a misunderstanding? No, Pablo's coming in with questions. Questions that could be damaging to Bill Simmons.
Well, yeah, connected to that, the Disney Plus show Andor, season two just wrapped up. It's done incredibly because it's the Star Wars show that's for people who don't watch Star Wars. It's very gritty. It's very grounded in reality. And Tony Gilroy, who's a showrunner, he's the guy behind Michael Clayton and other great movies that you might love.
Damn, we also workshopped the end of the cold open to the first episode. He does that bit that you just said, and the guy is left like shaking and he's sweating and he's like pale. And as Pablo's walking out, it's like, who is this guy? And he turns around and he's like, I'm Pablo Torre. And I find out. And he throws a toothpick at him and we get the opening credits.
It's something. All he has is questions.
It explodes on concept.
This is American exceptionalism, right? Around the world, bronze medal is something that is greeted with honor and respect. Here, we're like, you loser. Loser.
He said, basically, Disney told him, we're out of streaming after this in terms of TV shows. We're going back to just put into movies. And the idea here is that like they just found that it's not a worthwhile business model to be sinking premium money into creating premium content for streaming.
Only if it's cut up into, like, four.
Well, that's what we're saying. If you cut it up in fours. And also, you got to be able to do this.
100%.
Well, you're at the top of your game now, but it wasn't always like that. And I'm wondering, when you were starting, when you were working your way up, and you had an opening act that was a little too funny, before you got as self-confident and as big as you are, did you ever think, you know what, I've got to have a new opening act who bombs a little bit? No.
It's this Thursday, December 5th, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 DeSoto Boulevard, Coral Gables, which is a beautiful suburb of Miami for those of you who don't live down here. Join us.
What was it called again? My podcast?
And we do a lot of talking about this event Thursday night, why it's so special to us. I praise Stugatz for his great project. This book is a big deal.
805.
Look at that. Of course, they're self-serving stickers, though. They're not advertising anything. Are there any of the kind for you?
Cuervo.
Weekend Observations brought to you by Miller Lite. Great taste, just 96 calories available for delivery. Dan, this university. has a proud football history and tradition. Legendary names such as Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Larry Zonka, Floyd Little, and of course, David Tyree. Later on, Dwight Freeney, Donovan McNabb, Daryl Johnston, and Harvin Marison. But Dan, that was a long time ago.
They haven't been relevant in over two decades until Saturday. Because on Saturday, Dan, they sprung the 42-38 upset over Miami and kept the Hurricanes out of the playoffs. And Dan, just like that, make no mistake about it, Syracuse football is back.
College football. Chippy. Dan. You know what the C in college football stands for? Chippy. Good guess, but no! It stands for chaos.
Yeah, it is. I would take a play-in game, Alabama-Miami, would you? I mean, that would be great. Do away with the conference championship games and just have a weekend of play-in games.
It turns out. Syracuse and Mario Cristobal was just too much for Cam Ward to overcome. The Philadelphia Eagles and Vic Fangio. It just feels right. It does. Fangs. Yeah.
It does feel right. Thank you. Wink Martindale was born to coach defense. Top five guys who were born to coach defense. Number five, Wade Phillips.
Just the three of us. Me, you, and Greg.
The wool. Yeah, the wool. Number four, Buddy Ryan. Number three, Wink Martindale. Number two, Monty Kiffin.
No, no, I'm just saying. The fine buckets, we've done away with it. So we can kill anyone now? Yeah, welcome. Tic-tac-toe, right? Wink Martindale. Does it?
Yep. Number one. Spags. The Chiefs didn't win that game. The Raiders lost it. Joe Burrow said he needs to do more. Joe, I have to be honest with you. You don't. And I don't think you can. He's done enough. He's fantastic. The Chiefs, to Dan's point, are the worst 11-1 team in NFL history. Don't you dare hit that button. I'm supporting you.
Good. If I didn't know better, I would have thought Andy Reid was purposely trying to lose that game. Chicago Bears, great loss. Lions, bad win. What? The Lions need a loss, I'm telling you. They're peaking at the wrong time. They are. You need a loss. Dan, you need to reset. You need to reset.
They need a loss.
Like the Ravens, Dan. They're losing at the right time. This is the time to lose. Good point is what you said.
100%.
The Patriots. Sorry. The Patriots lead the NFL in great losses, but I'm not certain any team in NFL history has had two better back-to-back losses than the Carolina Panthers. So good. They found out that they have a quarterback, Dan, and they lost games they needed to lose, needed to lose. Wow. That is a good job by them. Drew Locke can scoot.
27 points, 14 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, and grinding out a win in Utah on a Sunday night at the age of 39. Tip of the cap to LeBron James.
That's what he does. The Red Rifle. Whatever he has to do to help the team out.
Bryce Young should pay for all the things that happened to Dalton during that accident, right? That's correct. If there were tickets, hospital bills, whatever you need, right? Yes, yes.
Speaking of, a tip of the cap. Damn, we lost one. Let's tip a cap for Luke Cardaseca. I mean, Luke Karnaseka passed away. One of the great coaches in college basketball history.
I still can't believe that losing to a bad Michigan team at home was the second most embarrassing thing to happen to the Ohio State football team on Saturday. Ohio State, next time you lose at home to a 6-5 Michigan team, do me a favor. Take your medicine and walk off the fucking field. Thanks. Sorry. Too aggressive? Enough of them. Seriously. Here's a rule.
If you don't want a flag planted on your field, install turf. Rivalry week. What? You're scared of that word. I hate that word. Rivalry week. Delivered. Nothing says rivalry week. Quite like Miami and Syracuse.
If we gave out MVP awards... Just based on cool plays, it would be Josh Allen's award to lose death, taxes, and our nation's annual reminder of the greatness that is Gus Johnson.
If we gave out the MVP just based on cool plays, Josh Allen would win it in a landslide.
Only Gus Johnson can make a 13-10 game seem like a shootout. He is so good. So good, man. Gus Johnson has the rare ability to make me believe that any game he's calling is the greatest game I've ever seen. I love him. Harvard and Yale. Hope you did what you do best. Take notes. Because that was the game. Harvard and Yale is what I tried to say, Dan. I was doing the audio book yesterday.
I'm a little bit tired.
Well, I finished it up yesterday, so good for you. Somehow Ryan Day looks like an avatar of Ryan Day. Please let Ryan win the national championship and get fired the next day. I need that to happen. We all need that to happen. It could happen. It might happen. I mean, he really lost his national championship. Winning one would not replace that.
Sad, right?
Ryan Day is the Michael Jordan of James Franklin's. That's good. Stash this away in the Something to Ponder file. Did the Canes pluck the wrong quarterback out of the portal? No need to discuss now. Just stash it away for a rainy day. That's why I call him Honda McCord. Nothing flashy, Dan. Nothing fancy. All reliable. You know what I'm talking about? Get you to point A to point B.
And it doesn't get you to the playoffs.
Up by my place. Here come the Capitals. They're good, Mike. They are.
Yep. For those keeping track at home, Mike Norvell now has to spell his last name with 10 L's. What a bad season, man. Had he played by Indiana to beat Purdue 66-0, hoping people forget about their Ohio State game. It's a good job by them. In honor of my book signing this week with Greg Cody. StuCatsBook.com, by the way. Top five athletes.
I mean, it's ridiculous.
Not really, just athletes and what their name would be if they were authors. Marcus Allen Poe. Marshall Faulkner. Bobby Orwell. Stanzik Van Gundy. George Dickens. Dan Henningway. A.J. Hawken. Watch out for the Grizzlies. Also very good. Mike McDaniel. Do it against a team with a winning record.
If you're a team that has to play in Green Bay or Buffalo when it snows, skip the game, take the L, and move on. Not worth it. Someone gets injured, you're going to lose, you're going to lose big.
Jets, don't you dare bench Aaron Rodgers. He gives us the best chance to lose. Duke and Kansas played last week in college basketball.
and not a peep i remember the time when that game would have let us show we would have started with number one versus number two kansas duke i could name every player not now but back then milton that's crazy what he's saying though right that uh in our lifetime that's something that happened where that game uh now obviously regionally it still matters uh a great deal but nationally
Everything looks better when you win, except for Marcus Freeman.
I'm not certain anything will force you to grow up faster than Mike Tomlin telling you to grow up. I'm growing up, I mean, if he tells me to. When Jim Harbaugh is playing a game in the teens, he's got you right where he wants you. 1713, otherwise known as Jim Harbaugh. Leonard Williams, revenge game. Hey, Rob Manfred, wonder where you got that golden at bat idea.
You know what the R in Rob Manford stands for, Dan?
Yeah.
It was the magic at bat that's not a fine for you. We've eliminated the fine bucket, but it was the magic at bat. And you see what he did? He twisted the words around. I mean, he just changed the words up, you know? Golden at bat is not as good as magic at bat, Timmy.
I know. Thank you. The Jets didn't score the last 40 minutes of that game. I hate them. When you think it can't get worse, the season from hell continues, Dan. Speaking of hell, our priles. Dan, those are the weekend observations. That was a quick dismount because I'm just so tired of the Jets. I'm tired of talking about them. I'm thinking about bailing on the Jets for the first time in my life.
I'm thinking about a new team. The old Fireman Ed? Well, that's the problem, Billy. The biggest story every year is some riff that Fireman Ed has.
So you're going to pull that move? I'm thinking about quitting.
So some of the players you root for. Ever.
Well, I'm broken in a different way. I'm just tired of the losing.
If they win this weekend, I'll start looking at playoff scenarios.
I mean, he didn't win. In a loss. He didn't win. I reserve the right. He still got his revenge, though, Billy. I'm with you.
I think they're going to like it. We owe them one. I kicked the table.
This is what I wanted.
Yeah, we'll talk to him about that on God Bless Football this week.
You're going to rest your case, huh?
All of this is going over my head. I've never heard of Brewski. I've never heard of Speed.
Okay. The Beast.
And to continue Amin's metaphor, the new owner of the restaurant is also firing all of his best chefs. That's what I think of when I read that they're firing 3,000 air traffic controllers, coincidental with this kind of a thing happening.
Yeah, for me, it's a nonpartisan issue. And as Jeff Wise intimated, there are going to be more air traffic problems related to firing 3,000 air traffic controllers. It's just axiomatic.
Everything is partisan now, right? Everything is partisan. You said 10 minutes ago, this is a nonpartisan issue for me. He believed it should be. You did say that. No, what I said was, this should be a nonpartisan issue, but it isn't. Why aren't Republicans standing up and going, wait a minute, we fly planes too. That's hilarious. Republicans fly planes, too. Taking responsibility? What?
Republican? Accountability?
Is it smart that we're firing 3,000 air traffic controllers? That should be a bipartisan issue.
I invented it. It's going fantastic. My wife and I are staying home tonight. We're watching the debate on TV. We're going to do something special for dinner. It's a nice day for me so far.
It's ESPN's list. Man, they love rankings, ESPN. And they rank the top 100 professional athletes of this century since 2000. And due respect to Michael Phelps, one of the great swimmers of all time, they had him number one on the list. And I'm just wondering aloud, can you be the number one professional athlete of your century when people only give a shit about you two weeks once every four years?
Again, if you're an Olympian, great. I mean, I have, you know, Simone Biles, fantastic. Katie Ledecky, love all of these wonderful Olympians. But as LeBron James proves, you can have a full-time job in basketball and still be an Olympian. Jessica's horrified by you right now. First of all—
like insanely harsh but like out of nowhere harsh again I preface it by saying all due respect to Michael Phelps respectfully exactly and I'm just thinking aloud here you know and and and I think that's true whether it's you you know Usain Bolt used to be this person in track and field we care intensely two weeks every four years about track and field
And I do respect that, and that's why I love the Olympics, because I give a shit about sports that I normally don't give a shit about.
The thing about the Olympics is this. Too many oddball sports now. Okay, now breakdancing. Although they call it breaking, which is ridiculous. What are we, in a car? It's a breaking contest. I'm in a car. That's not how it's spelled. It's called breaking. We should have a breaking contest. But it's breakdancing. Come on. I'm just getting used to skateboarding.
You know, anybody over the age of 21 on a skateboard.
Archery.
I mean, seriously.
I don't think that's going to happen. Dad, you can do it with your party.
I had to check with my wife and party organizer. I don't make any autonomous decisions. I'm a team player.
It could be. The same with the Miami Herald. I mean, you know, blankety blank isn't getting invited. Oh, no. Sorry about that. What about Dave Hyde? Barry Jackson? Dave Hyde. Okay.
I'm not going to take a quiz. Come on.
There you go. Thank you. Not even 1%. No, I hit a bunch of bushes, though. They have a wall of bushes. And so, yeah, and you're driving and you hear the car go thwap, thwap, thwap, thwap, thwap. Because it's hitting all these bushes. Didn't you clip something in a parking garage, too? Yeah, we had a minor mishap in a parking garage.
You have to drive a Fiat to park in the parking garages in Ireland. They're six feet wide. I'm driving an SUV. I have zero chance.
My wife and trip organizer does that for me. Well, pie chart? 80-20. That's even higher than 80-20. Well, she did rent that. There you go. It wasn't her fault that we got a lemon and we had to go back for it, which caused all the satchel incident.
It's been a lovely cruise. Oh, man. That's my outro. That's, you know, as my casket is being lowered. Jesus. You know, I'll have been cremated a week before, but we'll do the casket thing just for show. And as my casket is being lowered. Empty casket? Yeah.
You know, I mean, we're going to put on a public display.
You're going on a lovely cruise. Exactly. Maybe we'll throw them over. My wife will throw them overboard. I would assume. She's nicking with her new husband.
he was sent yes that's why they comped our room there was some uh... you know aberration in the lock that prevented me from unlocking my own deadbolt you know i'm unscrewing it doing the the work of the maintenance crew i'm unscrewing my own deadlock or deadblock You got it. Neither. Deadlock.
Two things. Number one, I'll take a driver if you're buying. Number two, this is going to sound like I'm bragging. I'm going to out-drive everybody in these two rooms. Really? Okay?
I'm a daily driver, okay? I'm a daily driver. And I haven't had a speeding ticket, just as an example, in who knows how long.
Yeah, and another thing was everything in kilometers over there, of course. So all of a sudden you're going 100. You see a sign that says the speed limit's 140. And so mentally you're like, I can't go. I don't want to go that fast. When, in fact, that's probably, what, 80 or whatever the thing is. But fabulous trip despite all the harrowing. How was the food?
We'll bring you along, Jess. Awful? The food was awful? It was really bad. It was so mediocre. And everything on the menu is like, you know, beef and Guinness and fish and chips and potatoes, potatoes. A shepherd's pie? There were a couple of topped beef and Guinnesses with the topping.
Listen, your wife, who's hard to please, a little shy with her compliments. What did Christy say about mine? She said it was good.
No, she hated my shrimp. Oh, man. Yeah.
Yeah, she can get over that.
You know, if you've had my shrimp. Exactly right. You're going to forget the allergy because it tastes so good. She's never tried Greg's shrimp. That's right.
I had the worst steak I've ever had at the Castle Hotel Restaurant. You don't eat at the hotel restaurant.
Where else are you going to go? It was a beautiful restaurant, and they had a nice menu. I ordered a filet. You shouldn't screw up a filet, okay? You give it a nice, crusty, hard sear on the outside, and a beautiful medium on the inside at most, maybe medium shading to medium rare. It was tough. They overcooked it like crazy. In my own country, I'm going to turn that back. Jack.
But in Ireland, I played the polite. I didn't want to be the ugly American. I ate it. Now, later at the Shelbourne, one of the great hotels in Ireland.
terrible for the podcast no one can hear it i mean we hear it the audience might continue your story greg i'm sorry no no no that reminds me of the latest greg cody show podcast episode where christopher is his lawn is being cut as we're recording so the entire time we're recording chris cody's lawnmower is going in the backyard you got a lawn guy chris I do. Wow.
You think he's going to cut his own lawn? He doesn't know which end of the lawnmower to hold. That's not true. So back to the Shelbourne? The Shelbourne is one of the great hotels in Dublin. In fact, I forget how it was. It might have been mentioned on the podcast, and I get a text from Dave Barry saying, yeah, we stayed there. Beautiful hotel. They...
They served me one of the great fillets I've ever had in my life. Okay, so you can do it, Ireland, but you've just got to be more consistent. My only complaint about Irish food is that it's a lot of the same. You know, the menus all sort of read the same, unless you're at an upscale restaurant, and then they're... They know how to do it. You never got that authentic Irish pizza, I guess.
I think it's pretty close to one-to-one.
Yeah, Lucy should have been taught the bay call. Because I guarantee you, that's a beautiful trainer. That's Willow, right? That's a handsome dog. You go, and they're going to do that thing where the ears go out a little bit and the head cocks. That's what you want, because that's the dog listening to you when the head cocks like that.
It's the classic First Ballad Hall of Famer, the musical fart. Okay. Where it can be a creaking door. Right. It can be an orchestra tuning up before a concert, and the bassoon is a little bit off key, and it comes out like that. Stugatz. The musical fart. It's a beauty. It is a beauty. F*** me.
It's wonderful. And so many of them are, like, destroyed. But I think there must be, like, a law. Like, you can't knock down the remnant of an old castle or something. It's great.
Well, that's a different thing, though, because, you know, you go from newspapering to radio. To a nap. And the original incarnation of the podcast was an audio only. And so now the video element, you know, it's confusing.
It's very, very bright. Unnecessarily bright. All right, let's turn off all the lights, guys, if you can.
That's what I'm talking about.
All right, no, I mean, this is the way it should be. Yeah. Okay, I feel like I'm walking into my bedroom closet. Whoa. I'm surrounded by, you remember the first podcast I ever did with The Greg Cody Show was in my closet. Because back then I thought all of the sound would have a great sound room by doing it among all my closet. My wife's clothes take up literally 70% of that closet. Podcast.
Always been unfair. But anyway, I love it in here right now. This is how it should be. It's how it used to be before. I have a ghostly quality there as well, which is perfect. Ooh, a scary story. You got any? No. Hell no. Way to play the improv game. I don't tell scary stories. Nah. My life is a scary story. Believe me. Ooh, I like that. The silhouette. Look at Dan. Wow. Look at him.
No, he looks thin.
Right. Let me look dark. Why can't I do that?
Yeah, close that up a little bit. Hang on just a second. Yeah, hold on.
Hitchcockian. Now that's television. Or YouTube, whatever the hell we're on.
It sure is.
Yeah. It's invigorating. Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow, that's a good question. I'm still not getting email on my new phone. I've got to get that taken care of. Oh, no. But the texts kept coming. You know, I'll give them a glance. I mean, I look at the texts every day, you know, that kind of thing. But I don't answer all of them. You know, the work-related texts, they know better than the text me. You know, Hugo from Mango.
calls me texts me you know about the the deadline on the back of my days and everything so we get back to him but uh for the most part man when i'm on vacation i am on vacation okay i'm doing it up i'm uh i'm leaving work behind you know looking for looking for dimly lit places like this which is another reason it's beautiful remind me of vacation can you turn the light towards dan a little so i can get a read on them because i'm terrified do you come back reinvigorated greg
I do, but you know what, Billy? I've never been on a vacation that I wasn't glad ended.
Yeah. It's true, especially the longer the vacation. Like, if I'm away seven, eight days, by that sixth or seventh day, I'm looking at the watch I never wear symbolically to say, I'm done. We've had a good time. I'm ready to get back into my routine. You know, I'm a creature of habit. I'm a creature of routine.
I do. Yeah, I do. Do you miss Chris?
yeah somewhat he misses bed yeah yeah no jumping charlie jumping charlie i i miss uh what was old jc up to you know we bored him oh no wow wow that is you make they send him to like a some lady's house it's like the best he's like i get pictures from my mom all the time like look how much fun charlie's having i can only imagine how much they charge you for that it's you know it's a fair amount of you come back and he's like shit
You know what? He exerts himself so much on his vacation at this woman's house that he's like a zombie for the first couple of days he comes back. But when I saw a picture of Willow on that picnic table, it warmed my heart because dogs love to jump on... Top of picnic tables.
And Charlie does that. And the woman who's hosting them always texts us photos of Charlie at play.
Well, Charlie has such a beautiful disposition.
She really is. That's why you can't stay angry at her. Him. Whatever. Charlie is a name that can work both ways.
There used to be a perfume called Charlie. I think so. Let me look it up. I think there was.
Aimed at women, if I remember correctly. Is Dan awake?
You bit me. I heard that that is the most popular dog's name. Really? Yeah, it shocked me.
I almost don't believe it.
Well, you know, I mean, I named my kids Christopher and Michael. I mean, how original are we?
Hello. That's what I'm talking about. Yes.
Thank you, Jess. I miss you, too. We'll take you next time we go to Ireland.
Let's all go together. She invited you to her birthday? I think there's a pretty good chance of that.
Well, it's a little bit of a boutique hotel in that I think there were 44 rooms. And Dan would be like, they're all mine.
Right. Yeah, it was pretty impressive.
Yeah, it's good judgment.
I'm a good bad driver. In other words, you violently scrape a stone wall and yet you don't lose control. You never have the feeling that you're going to swerve. You're not going to hit anybody head on. You're not going to rebound back into the wall. You're going to go about your merry way, balling the jack to Galway. It was a beautiful thing. Eventually, we pull over and we look at the damage.
My wife's shaking her head like a bobble doll and bobblehead the whole time. They usually go up and down.
Yeah. There's the famine wall. That's the one? Well, that wasn't the exact one. Most of them aren't that big. People know from history the story behind the famine wall, right? In the potato famine of the 1840s, which caused 5 million Irish people to move to the United States.
The ones that didn't move were left behind in poverty to earn pennies a day by creating all of these stone, jagged, ragged stone walls that lined the countryside. Of Ireland. And the problem is they're all right next to narrow roads. And so, you know, if somebody swerves to avoid a head-on collision, you literally have to scrape a famine wall.
That's exactly what happened to me. Someone swerved at you or you just hit the wall? I just hit the wall. It seemed like they were swerving.
And Ireland now, as a nation, is obsessed with potatoes. Aren't we all? On every menu, you see some sort of a featured potato dish.
Can that be my heaven on earth?
Yeah. Badaida. What? As my nana, Nellie Doogie, used to say, she didn't pronounce it potato. For some reason, she said badaida. That's always stuck with me.
It just reminded me, you know. Potato. Fond memory. Fond memory of my nana, Nellie Doogie.
Yeah.
Yes. She was the one. I've also mentioned she cooked in 100-year-old oil. She never threw out oil. Might have been lard. Lard was big back then. Yeah. But she never, you know.
There you go. Yeah. But, you know, you can strain that. You can cook 100-year-old oil. I never do that. Like, oil costs more than the turkey, right? So I deep fry a turkey. I spend 50, 60 bucks on oil. You use it once, then you throw it out. The bird costs a third of that. Where do you throw oil? That's a good question.
you do it every year where do you i'm asking you i down the sink down toilets you can't put it down any of those things i know fatberg see brewing down there i disagree with that though okay and here's why it it cleans the gullet of the toilet not sure if that's true i believe it does it's always worked for me let's look at that i don't have stuffed up toilets
No, it's cold by then. Yeah, we have to do it responsibly. We let it cool off. Yeah.
I don't know. She died around the time, I barely remember her, to be honest, because she died around the time of Beatlemania, like 64, 65. So you just forgot everything about Natalie because of the Beatles? She died of diabetes, but back then they all called it sugar diabetes.
There you go. Mine called sugar diabetes. I'm learning a lot today. To this day, if I'm referring to diabetes in front of your mother, I say the phrase sugar diabetes because it drives her nuts. She corrects me every single time.
Yes.
Before both. But I'm going to tell you this, and I tried to explain this to her. I had to be very, very careful. Anybody in a relationship knows that if you're telling your partner something that might not hit the right way, you've got to be very, very careful. How did you say it? I explained to her that there's a little bit of a pie chart going on here in terms of whose responsibility it was.
Blamed her. No. No, what I said was, it's my briefcase, it's totally on me that I left it in the rental car we had to turn back in. On the other hand, you might have said, are you sure you got the briefcase? Did you check that? And she didn't do that. So, yes, it's my fault, but, you know, a little slice of the pie.
I'm going to take 80-20. Yeah, that's fine.
Well, it's not a briefcase. I say briefcase. It's one of those... There it is right there. It's one of those satchels.
It's a laptop bag. That's exactly what it is.
Oh, it took me all afternoon to make. First of all, just harvesting the meat takes a while. I bought like a big four-pound chuck roast.
So what I do is I let it marinate. He didn't ask you that. By harvesting the meat, you've got to cut off the fat, and that's tough. It's a combination of knife work, kitchen shears. Other examples. When I came back from Barcelona, Barcelona. Thank you. I had to make a pizza with pineapple on it, only because that's what I tasted over there when I was there for the Olympics.
Known Spanish delicacy. The Olympics. Early 90s.
A pizza.
Let's hear him out. By the way, I came home from Rome and made paella. There you go. I had an Italian paella. When in Rome. That's right. In Barcelona. Had a Hawaiian pizza. And I don't make many pizzas from scratch, by the way. That's difficult. I admire the pizza flippers.
If I eat it in Spain, it's a Spanish dish.
Yeah, very. Keep in mind, driving on the wrong side of the car on the wrong side of the road so i'm not used to the it's really discombobulating me it took days to adjust to the fact that i'm i'm doing the opposite of what we get in the states my whole driving career i've never driven a car in europe until this trip and so it was an adjustment and so i want to hug
The left side, so that I don't head on somebody, and my wife must have said a thousand times, Greg, move over. You're about to hit a wall. You're about to hit a curb. Greg, move over, move over. And it's just so annoying. He's right. I only hit one wall. You were hurt. I drove for eight days. I hit one wall. In fairness, one wall. That's pretty good. How many did you pass? Hundreds. Exactly.
Good for him. Is that good?
Yeah, he's flexing, man. He's playing it. This is a free market, and he's out there earning it, leveraging it.
I think they were deck and deckle, weren't they? Okay. Deck Cody and Declan Cody. Yeah, Deck and Decl, something like that. They're buried in the backyard.
I still have my deck shoes, though. But they're relegated. They're not number one anymore. They're number three. Wow. And so that's a major change in my closet. What happened? Well, I have new dogs on my feet. Oh.
They're beauties. I don't want to advertise shoes, but...
I was shocked how expensive shoes are nowadays. And these are lightweight, too. You're not getting a lot of heft for the money because they're so lightweight. They're comfortable. Yeah.
I did. I sure did in Ireland. I climbed all the way up past the sign that said, danger, you may fall into the cliff and kill yourself. And there's actually a plaque there for all the people who have died at the Cliffs of Moher. But these shoes.
I think they cost like 75 or 80 bucks.
year they should be i think yeah like big work boots no i disagree lighter they should be lighter they should be comfortable they should be those shoes look comfortable i'm walking on air in these shoes they're beauteous seriously i don't brag about shoes even deck shoes is that a word is beauteous a word it is now sure is that kind of thing uh eous i guess on the end of butte But they're great.
The older I get, the more pleased I am with life's simple pleasures. And to me, when you buy a pair of shoes and you actually think to yourself, these are the best shoes I've ever worn in my life. I was grinning like a mule eating briars for three days.
And I surveyed the entire line of shoes. Yeah. Because what I was looking for was an upscale, a handsome pair of sneakers. Oh, and you found it. Walking shoes. Yeah. Yeah. But are these even considered walking shoes? Let me see. What are these? Sneakers?
Kitchen workers?
The backbone of our society. I have. I work in a kitchen every day. Made a beautiful meal last night. Made a sandwich called the Gerber. Ooh, go on. Not named after the baby, but it was in a famous St. Louis deli. It's a St. Louis sandwich. I could give you the recipe right now, but it was good.
Yeah, I honor the country I've just been in. And I think they appreciate that. Thank you. Do you have a Guinness? Yeah, beef and Guinness. And controversially, the mashed potatoes were on the side. The mashed potatoes were also boxed.
No, not these. Really? Christopher just ratted me out. They weren't from scratch. They were boxed.
I wasn't doing it surreptitiously. It was there for everyone to see. But I make it my own, and here's how. Put a little S&P on there. Okay, a little S&P goes without saying, but also I used Kerrygold. Oh, Kerrygold. Nothing but the best. Yeah, and then you mix it real good. You whip it good, and it was lovely. I mean, it was beautiful.
Yeah, come on. On Thanksgiving, he, you know, real potatoes. Well, that's a special holiday. And your mother, who doesn't lead the league in kitchen, your mother makes the mashed potatoes every Thanksgiving. No, she would admit that. She'd admit it.
and I never had that conversation because I did reach out to him and got zero response. That's not true. I can show you my text right now.
All right, show me that text.
In my defense, I am working. I'm doing show research. I'm fine-tuning the question that I plan on presenting to Ron.
I was too busy not doing another back in my day. Could be a good question. That took a long time.
You know, I take things in order. I'm not a great multitasker. I take them one at a time, that kind of thing. On the latest Greg Cody Show podcast episode, I talk a lot about my Ireland trip. I don't want to bore your listeners because, you know, we did have some calamity over there. I'm not going to pretend like we didn't, but overall it was a beautiful experience. Did you get out of the castle?
Eventually. It took like 45 minutes of harrowing back and forth. Thank you. Back and forth between what? I mean, they... You've got to listen to the podcast. He got locked in his hotel room. Well, it was a castle hotel.
They had to take a pole and put keys up to the second floor. No, not keys. That would have been too easy. They set up a screwdriver. I had to, from the inside of my room, I had to remove the deadbolt. Harrowing. That didn't work.
You know eventually they you know the king of England comes over and breaks down the door with his right foot We got out eventually and they copped us the room Wow so my whole ruse about being locked in worked now I'm just kidding was there a moat there was not a moat No, that sort of disappointed me, but you know what there was Ron I don't know if you know this Greg mo this breed the the Irish Wolfhound
Big, tall, very wire-haired dog. Very tall. It almost has the face of a lion. I'm going to have to, I'll send you a picture and you'll see what I mean. One of the most majestic animals I've ever seen. So we pull into this Castle Hotel and there standing alone was a beautiful Irish wolf hound just looking at my rental car. And eventually he moved, but man, what a beautiful sight that was.
I want to get me one of those. I've always talked about having a greyhound or a whippet. Now, my sights are on an Irish wolfhound, but can you even get that dog in the States?
Yeah. Yeah, that's why I say it. They reminded me of a lion. I tell you, it has a certain face.
I showed the photo.
I showed a photo of my wolfhound to the bartender at Toners. Really? One of the literary pubs we went to. And without prompting, he said, it looks like in an Irish brogue. It says it looks like a lion.
What's a literary pub? You know what? They have pictures of James Joyce all over the place. The umpire? Double J. No, not the umpire. That's Jim. A famous writer of the 19th century. Or was it the 20th century? The guy who ruined Andres Galarraga's... Yeah, that guy. Yeah, he's famous in Ireland, apparently. But, um... None of those names are right.
Salmon color.
By the way, Ron, I just texted you a photo of that wolfhound that looks like a lion. Wow. Tell me if I'm right. Can you confirm? Text to the video team?
I'm doing it right now. Christ almighty.
I thought it was crocodiles that couldn't stick out their tongue.
It says crocodiles can't stick out their tongues. I'm doing a show. It just said that.
I'm telling you.
Yeah, the Irish Wolfhound entranced me. It did. It had me under a spell. So your listeners paid for your and Ron's trip to Africa? Yeah. How does that work? Is that what happened? He said thousands and thousands of dollars were donated. It's amazing that that kind of a scam going. I paid for my own trip to Ireland. Unless the listeners want to donate.
We were there eight nights. I mean, you know, 12.5% of my stay.
Yeah, I mean, that's his ego talking. He didn't want to be a role player at that point in his career, I guess. What Wade just said, though, that didn't happen right away. I think it was the second season when Wade finally said, it's LeBron's team.
Yeah, and Wade did exactly that, right? Wade sacrificed himself to fit with LeBron. And it took a minute to get there for him, I think, but he did. And that's part of Wade's great legacy, I think, that isn't talked about enough, is how he sacrificed his ego and his structure in the pecking order to be second fiddle to LeBron, and rightly so.
What's a white lie is complimenting somebody just to make them feel good. Like what? Like if I'm dining at someone's house and they've made me a meal and I think the chicken is really overcooked and it's a little bit dry and I'm like surreptitiously pouring gravy on it to just moisten it, I'm going to say to my host, this is a beautiful chicken.
No, that's perfectly. I've named a glass of ice water as the rock star of the place.
It doesn't even have to be something eaten with a fork.
You know, let's not get into my personal idea.
Don Levitard. If you lob a 30-mile-an-hour fastball to a major leaguer, of course they're going to hit a home run. The worst major leaguer in baseball is going to hit 10 or 12 home runs under that format, being pitched that way.
Those were my deck shoes of long standing.
You're listening to DraftKings Network.
I do, yeah. One of the great characters in the history of television, in my humble opinion. And to my credit, my personality... In my humble opinion, followed by to my credit.
My personality does predate Curb Your Enthusiasm.
I'm not going to say Larry David patterned himself after me.
Right through the... What are you going to tell me?
What the hell was that, Greg? Yeah, no. I love it. Stugatz. Roy, let me explain it to you. You know more about hockey than I do. And this is coming from a guy that's watched Connor play six times. Right. If that.
Don't you kind of say that, though? Don't you have to say that? I think if you're Clay Thompson, it makes you look nothing but good to say that. when even knowing that Steph Curry behind the scenes may say, hey, we need to keep Clay. Let's get this done.
I just think it makes Clay Thompson look nothing but good to say that. It's like if I, on a microscopic level, if I'm looking for a raise from the Dan Levitard show, I tell you, I don't want you to make this happen. I want somebody else to value me and do that. When in fact, I do want you to make it happen. But it makes me look good to tell you I don't.
All right, he's an unusual— He could walk in here in uniform, and my dad would be like, who are you? Right, with the name Fairbanks on the back. I still wouldn't know who it is.
No, I think they have them everywhere now. Do they? Yeah. Humidor. For cigars, not baseballs. Come on.
Ever since switching to T-Mobile, something weird has been happening. I get to cut lines.
Who, me? I can stream shows at 30,000 feet. And I was able to buy reserved tickets for my favorite band.
Okay, if one of them is Goff, then it should be noted that Jared Goff is making $53 million a year, the second highest paid player in the history of the NFL at the time he signed that contract. Okay, if he's not that good... And if he's not worth that money, well, guess what? That's the market right now. That's what the Dolphins have to deal with.
Of course he would.
Trevor Lawrence got paid. You could make an argument, and I would, that Tua is as good or better. Jordan Love, who's really done very little in Green Bay, is about to get his. And Tua's over here going, what about me? When's my payday? And I don't blame him. And the Dolphins have to blink or else a year from now.
Which is what he's in charge of.
When you say it's not pro-management, it is pro-management when you're saying it's just business. They're not disrespecting him. It's just business. The fact of the matter is there's one flawless quarterback in the NFL. It's Patrick Mahomes. You can have a criticism of every other starting quarterback in the league, including the ones making $50 million a year.
The market has spoken loudly in just the past year or two. OK, where every quarterback who signs an extension is practically destined to be the biggest paid player in the league until the next contract. I don't think Tua is asking to be the biggest paid, but he's looking at eight or nine quarterbacks making 50 million a year. And he's going, I'm better than that guy, that guy and that guy.
I want mine.
I love Tua talk.
I didn't like that news. I was taken aback by it. I did not expect it. I think it's a major bummer.
Well, but what's the reason for that, though?
I mean, do you think the club...
The AFC Championship game with Blake Bortles. Electric.
Yeah, Oxford University in England does this. They've been doing it, I think, 20 years, not that long. But, you know, they measure, you know, mental health and income and crime and all these different factors.
whether it's legit or not i don't know but finland wins every year finland okay but the united states this year ranked lower than it's ever ranked before which was twenty fourth and and i just find that interesting because you know when i look around the country and every arm happy personally like when i look at happiness through the micro the draft is tonight well i'm sure i mean i'm not as happy as i can be unfortunate but when i look at happiness through the macro
I see it, and I don't want to get too political here, but I'm not quite as proud to be an American as I once was for various reasons.
And I wonder if that factors into the World Happiness Report ranking America lower than it's ever ranked.
I mean, normally they're in the 10 to 12 range or something like that, because I think the major industrial countries never rank super high. Scandinavia dominates this thing.
I don't know.
I love Finland.
I've never been. What do you know about Finland? You know, they produce great NHL players.
I think they lead the league in most hot tubs per capita. I think they love their hot tubs there. Barkov. Actually, I'd love to go to Scandinavia. My wife is like, no, no way. I've also mentioned Japan. She didn't want to go to Japan. She got very strongly opinionated on where she wants to visit.
I am very confident in my first five or six. But the problem with that is that one surprise has a domino effect. Can I hear the first five or six? Yeah, in order, Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, Abdul Carter, Will Campbell, the tackle to New England, and Mason Graham, by far the best interior D lineman.
Well, I'm not going to take it because I don't change. If I were, I'm very nervous about, as Diana said, I'm very nervous about Shador Sanders to the Saints at nine. So if you could, if you could, I would I would drop Shador Sanders. I'm not sure if I would keep Will Johnson, the cornerback from Michigan, as the Dolphins pick at 13.
I think the Dolphins are getting a little bit nervous that he had sort of a down senior year with an injury. His sophomore and junior years, he was the best DB in the country. He would have been like a top five guy. Absolutely.
I'm sticking with Will Johnson because that's who's in my mock draft.
Right, but I also have five names on my list of players that they would consider if available at 12. 13. 13. And those players are Houston tackle Kelvin Banks, Alabama guard Tyler Booker, South Carolina safety Nick Amonwori, Texas cornerback Jade Barone, and defensive lineman Walter Nolan from Ole Miss. The last 12 seconds are why I hate this week. What? They're J-ing off.
I'm reading names that I think the Dolphins could possibly pick.
I'm sorry I'm not perfect like you.
There is no way Mason Graham drops to 13. Put that in the bank. No way.
Zero chance. I would go right into my bank right now and say, I want to deposit Mason Graham going higher than 13. And they would say, yes, sir. Where is he going? Checking or saving. Where do you have him? He's going number five to Jacksonville.
First of all, does Athlons even still make a magazine? They do. Okay. I haven't read Athlons in 30 years. It's not plural. Athlon? Okay, whatever. Bad name. Then again, I thought The Athletic was a bad name, and that worked out pretty well. I purposely, especially the closer it gets to the draft, I purposely do not read other drafts because I don't want to be overly influenced.
Do I read drafts in the buildup like a month ago? Of course I do. And certain people I respect, like Field Yates of ESPN, who's a guest on The Greg Cody Show. Check it out. He's got some good intel. I really respect him. I read his draft. But mine are different. Mel Kuyper and I have 10 of the same 32 picks, meaning 22 of our picks are different, so we'll see.
And you think the odds of us picking 32 same picks would be what?
I read a half a dozen drafts that I respect. But when it comes down to it, I think mock drafts are the most overthought process in sports. When it comes down to it, you pick a team's draft needs and best available at that position.
I think it's a great night, and trafficking in hope is the number one drug of sports fans. It's what sports fans do.
One thing I think is that there's not much difference between somebody speculating about Giannis' future and somebody speculating about who the Giants are going to take at number three. It's the same thing. And in this draft, because it isn't a great draft, because there isn't a surefire quarterback, I think there's going to be a lot of drama tonight that's unexpected.
When Shador Sanders starts falling and all of a sudden it appears he might not even go in the first round, that's a huge story. That's going to dominate the draft. Somebody's going to take a guy in the top 10 or 12 that nobody had going in the first round. That's a good story. Travis Hunter is going to be picked number two. His dad's prison sentence was delayed so he could attend the draft.
That's a human interest story that draws me in.
The NBA and the NHL playoffs last for two months. They've just begun. No game played tonight is going to decide anything, whereas the NFL draft is a once-a-year enterprise. They call it the off-season Super Bowl because it is mammoth in terms of interest, in terms of the intersection of NFL and college football, America's two favorite sports. It's going to be highly rated for a reason.
People adore it and should. I'm looking forward to it.
Peter Schrager had more exactos than anyone last year. He had 12 exactos. He was the winner. Wow. Oh, that's great. Good for Peter.
Quietly slink off with no mention of it.
Hey, are you paying my dad minimum wage? Ich hatte nur, glaube ich, einen 11-Jährigen oder einen 12-Jährigen, neun, zehn. Wirklich? Ja. Die Antwort ist nein. Aber bist du? Nein. Mehr oder weniger? Es kann weniger sein, Jeremy. Er wird bezahlt. Es kann weniger sein, Jeremy. Wow.
Such an old coach that gave you that.
Nein, es kann nicht sein.
Put it on the poll, have the Jags ever been electric at Levitard's show?
Das war so ein Wunsch, ob wir den Shot bekommen können. Ja, Fans auf Zoom war das, was ich erinnern kann. Es war schrecklich traurig. Es waren hundert Screens von Vrabel.
I'm considering a whole lot of sweeping changes.
Wer ist der Wahrnehmende? Ich meine, Jerry Jones würde es am meisten bedenken. Aber wer ist der Wahrnehmende, der heute Abend die Möglichkeit hat, alle seine Leute zu zerstören?
Das ist viel. Was ist mit dem, der es ausschließt? Was ist sein Problem? Seine oder ihres Problems? Verdammter Verkäufer.
Ich würde denken, dass alle es als ein Spiel behandeln. Und alle lieben die Idee, einen Kriegsraum zu überwachen. Von Generälen und Soldaten.
My vote would have been Woody Johnson's kids, would have been my vote.
Yeah, that's one of the many reasons kids shouldn't be around here.
Yeah.
But Mike Ryan's gonna get emotional tonight. Mike Ryan, do you even remember seeing a University of Miami player with the number one pick?
She's very busy multitasking. She's very busy gathering information and giving information.
You were being talked to privately there, Greg. Mike Ryan wasn't talking on air. All that happened was you cut her off. That's all that happened in the middle of the answer. You're confused by the show that we're doing.
I'm sorry. We all would actually, except for Greg.
We may agree on something, Webitar. I think Diana might agree with me too. As somebody whose job would be made a lot easier if she didn't have a couple of kids throwing her cell phone in the microwave. Diana, thank you for joining us. I was made angry.
How often do you get shaky on that stuff, Diana? Because I've seen your confidence grow over the years. I would imagine credibility stuff is wildly important to you. When did you get confident enough that a firm, loud, angry denial in public didn't shake you on your information?
Ist Ashton Jente der beste Rennverteidiger seit Saquon Barkley? Und wo gehen du und Greg Cody mit ihm?
Auf behalf of Shador Sanders, that the anonymous quotes have begun like they do every year on these quarterbacks, if I give you the shocking prediction of Jackson Dart goes ahead of Shador Sanders, what are the percentages of chance you think that is?
That's what Cody has. Cody has him going number six to the Raiders.
Okay, so I will now quiz Zaslo and Mike Ryan, who have seen the movie Draft Day, to see how good their memory is from 10 years ago. Yes or no, gentlemen? Mel Kuyper was in that movie. Yes or no? Yes. Bill Belichick, yes or no? No. Mike Florio, yes or no? No. He is in the movie.
Jerry Jones, yes or no? Yes. He is not in the movie. John Gruden, yes or no? Yes. Er ist im Film. Roger Goodell, ja oder nein? Deion Sanders, ja oder nein? Er ist im Film. War Diddy im Film?
Diddy was in the movie. That's regrettable. I have not seen, Diana, your mother's character in a while around here. Your mother was hassling you a lot when you would impersonate her about being single and dating. Has she stopped all of that now that you are a happily married mother with children? I have not seen or heard from your mother in a while or the impersonation of your mother.
Diana, ist deine Mutter Marissa Tomei? Sie klingt sehr ähnlich. Kannst du uns die Vorstellung von ihr geben, während du deinen Job machst? Können wir hören, was dein Soundtrack ist? Du fliegst das Swingset, du sprichst klar zu Doug Peterson und du sprichst nicht so wie du sollst.
Du sprichst zu Ken Wisenhut.
It's nice seeing you, Diana. It's a crazy day for you. Is this the craziest day? Number one Diana Rossini crazy day in football is blank.
Nice to see you. As always, enjoy the day.
You're talking to me, right, Jess?
Put it on the pole, Juju. Are there dumbass teams out there at Levitard Show? I would say that we have some dumbass around here. We are at the draft sort of tonight in Tennessee, which isn't at the draft. I've seen these crazy people in Green Bay outdoors doing shows about transactions on ESPN. I've seen Mike Greenberg try to order an almond milk latte in Green Bay and have everyone laugh at him.
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
The thing that we're doing tonight is going to be Billy Gill and Walter Hawkins tonight at the draft in Tennessee, where it'll be Cam Ward, right? You're reporting that two through four, they've all received offers. Browns, Giants, Patriots, two through four teams are interested in moving up to a specific player. But number one's decided, correct?
So, Diana, the Giants, Cleveland, Saints and Steelers are the four teams that could draft a quarterback.
Cuervo.
Er ist in der Präsenz, sobald sein Rookie-Kontrakt vorbei ist.
Greg, you're just mining for your own mock draft here. You're not just trying to collect information to form your own picks. Wait, Greg does a mock draft? He's got nine exactos last year. Who's your number two pick today? What do you have? One, two, three? Because it's clear that you're just totally delving into your own narcissism with your questions.
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
Nate Tice hat gesagt, Shador ist mehr ein Day-Two-Guy, ein Round-Two-at-Best-Guy.
Ted McMillan According to Mina Keim, she says the Cowboys should take him if he's there at 12, but he says he doesn't watch football and doesn't like to study film. What do you do with that?
Who's the most respected mock though? Like if by consensus, if you had to take a vote, who's the king of the mock-offs?
Diana Rossini is going to join us here in moments to talk draft. I think, and I don't want to sound too terrible about this, because I don't think this is a very popular opinion, but I think we have to end Bring Your Kids to Work Day, at least in part, because I don't want to walk into our studio anymore and hear from the sun that of Carl, Metalarks Head of Audio.
Greg got nine exactos last year. He beat Mel Kuyper.
Well, I do for me. He does just for him. He is pretty consistently maximum me.
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David, as you know, there is a controversy surrounding The Brutalist and its use of post-production AI to refine some of the Hungarian accents, which affects the performance and how we perceive them of some of these actors directly. And it may actually cost The Brutalist a best picture because it seemed like all the momentum was going towards that.
But now you're going to have an AI debate surrounding one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year. What's your take on this?
It's a good question. We're on it.
Oedipus. So in the 1930s, dip didn't just mean like dipping something into something. It also was a slang term that meant fool or simpleton. So it was just basically combining that. So a fool dipped in shit.
Number nine.
Nit comes from the Dutch word meaning nothing or not combined with wit, which is, you know, No wit, you got it.
Honestly, AI has made this so much easier.
I've got the origin of Mother Bleeper. So it's not actually bleeping one's mother. It was used like, you know how you have a huge battle, the mother of all battles. This Sunday we have the mother of all AFC games. So what this signifies is you are essentially the mother of all bleepers.
I'm a little conflicted morally because of how great ChatGPT is in terms of an efficient search engine. But with every question that I ask it, it only gets more powerful.
And I was like, yeah. I asked it, hey, can you give me some great television shows with a comma in it? And it gave me Friday Night Lights. And I'm like, ChatGPT, you're wrong. ChatGPT was like, you're right. I do have that wrong. I'm like, hold up. So it's like Greg Cody. It's just like, look it up.
Just Google it. I read an article. Some lonely people are falling in love with AI boyfriends because they just need a companion.
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That's close. That's good. It's close. Tags is still on top of that one. Can I add one? A Dodge Durant?
Taurasi, I guess because it's so close to Taurus, but Tagliabue. I don't think we beat Tagliabue yet.
David, what's going on with this Amelia Perez thing? Because, look, for the record, I haven't seen it yet. I haven't been moved to see it. A lot of people whose opinion I value told me, like, this is not nomination worthy. And it's one thing to be nominated for a Golden Globe, but now it's nominated for Best Picture. It's got the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score by far.
Not that that's going to be the end all and be all. by it but I've just seen like isolated clips of this film and it's kind of confirming to me that it's probably not that great surely there had to be a better film to round out this nomination field for best picture no well actually
Don't you think that the film itself didn't do the score any favors? Because in a vacuum, I loved the score too. But by the end, it was almost used comedically. And I found myself literally laughing at the score and the way that the film was using it. I guess that might be an argument for why it should be nominated. Yes, I agree. That's the best score ever.
It's just like a horny alarm that goes off. Like anytime it gets horny, we play this music. It's awesome. But it's making me laugh at the end and not taking it as seriously. But I guess that's the point. I'm not supposed to take it seriously.
Well, editing's up there, but you ain't lying, especially for certain genres. For horror, there's certain movies that you can't even imagine, like Psycho or Jaws, you can't imagine without the score. I guess the score in this film becomes a character in its own right, so again, more arguments for it being nominated.
An almost heart attack.
Because of the stressful situation...
that i assume happens underwater keep in mind final reckoning it was supposed to be it well the original thing was mission impossible dead reckoning part one and they've just gotten rid of that and they're just calling mi8 the final reckoning but it is almost a well it is a direct sequel from the events that what happened in from what happened in dead reckoning part one
which, as you know, has a submarine submerged in the Arctic waters. Ethan's going to have to go down there and get something. So I imagine he's going to drown and die for possibly the third time in this franchise.
Why?
No, it's the greatest action franchise of all time.
To be clear, it was a film that excited me the most. The best movie that I think I've seen all year from 2024 is probably Enora. But I have to get around. I haven't seen the bulk of the Best Picture nominations. I'll get around to every single one of them. I am a little disappointed that Nosferatu didn't crack some of the 10 best films, I thought.
It did get nominated for cinematography, which I thought was just jaw dropping in this film. So I'm happy that I'm getting you out of your comfort zone. And as you might agree, that horror is really pushing some of the most creative boundaries in cinema right now.
No, it's not that.
Why do I deserve the crown for this year's March Sadness? Well, if I've learned anything watching the show, it's always side with Greg Cody. So I spent a lot of money on Cameo for this endorsement. I hope you like it. Who needs me? It's the manager of the Lobos. Just want to support this guy because he gave me money through Cameo.
And I do want to say in all seriousness, back in my day, we used to take our alley. It's Dan, Stu, and Greg Cody on ESPN Radio.
Was wir hier fragen, was bedeutet es, wenn du mich nur ein Baby nennst? Wir wissen alle, wenn du mich ein Weibchen nennst, weine ich. Was bedeutet es, wenn du mich nur ein Baby nennst? Du bist nur wie ein Kind, ohne zu weinen. Ich bin mit Dan, wenn du mich ein Baby nennst, nehme ich es als ein Weibchen.
Mein Burp-Spiel war stark, ich kann den Scheiß aus dem Baby burpen.
Es ist immer die Mutter da. Sie versucht es zu machen. Gib sie mir. Sie wird burpen.
Das ist nicht fair!
She generally says, excuse me. Tony said it.
Meine Frau hat angefangen, einfach aus der Wohnung zu gehen. Ich wache in der Mitte der Nacht auf und meine Frau ist weg. Sie ist im Gastraum, weil ich im Schnurren war.
Oh, das Bett ist leer. Sie hat mich verlassen. Das ist das beste Gefühl, übrigens. Ich kann die Angst fühlen. Ich kann den Resentiment fühlen. Auch wenn sie nicht da ist, fühle ich den Resentiment.
31, 32.
I'm imagining the Lions using the Luka deal as negotiating. Like, look what they got Luka for this. I mean, we can... Three first rounds, you're crazy. They got this for Luka. They only did one first round pick.
26, 27?
I've never wanted that trade to happen more. Wir werden das auf Telefon machen.
Für mich ist Hard Network Out nur ein bisschen wie mein Vater auf diesem Show, weil es etwas ist, was der Publikum immer gedacht hat, dass es falsch ist, aber es ist nur mein Vater, der nicht wirklich versteht, was wir hier tun. Und deshalb ist er einer der besten, ich denke, der beste, noch mehr als Stu Gotts, der beste Charakter auf unserem Show, weil es kein Charakter ist.
Ich fühle mich einfach so ein guter Beispiel für dich auf diesem Show. Du bist einfach, du bist dich selbst. Du bist kein Charakter. Ja. Du wirst nicht lernen. Selbst nach dem zwölften Mal, dass wir dich in sechs Monaten bekommen haben, wirst du nächste Woche einfach wieder aufstehen. Und du wirst es wieder vergessen.
He's fine.
Ja, das war ein Ereignis. Dan war raus. Wir haben selten historische Momente, wenn Dan raus ist. Und das war einer davon. Stu Gotts fährt den Show, fährt dich direkt rein. Das ist nur ein Alltimer, weil das eine schreckliche Zeit für uns war. War das vor der Surgery? War das, als du den Tumor noch in dir hattest? Ich versuche es zurückzudenken. Nein, ich glaube, das war nach meiner Surgery.
Also du hattest die Surgery. Wir fühlten uns dann besser in seiner Gesundheit. Aber ich erinnere mich, dass es zu spät war. Zu spät in diesem Segment. Oh Gott, Stugatz beginnt dieses Thema. Und es war so, dass alle unsere Augen, alle von uns im Hintergrund, wir hatten eine Kombination von begeistert, dass, oh mein Gott, das wird ein ewig hartes Netzwerk sein.
Und eine kleine Kombination von, ich hoffe, mein Vater ist in Ordnung damit, weil es ein sehr sensibeles Thema ist.
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This feels like a gold. This is a gold. Come on. This is a goal. Which one is that again? Wait, Asia's better than Bam? I'll give that a goal. You know what?
I am leaving here in a worse mood than I walked in.
Yeah, she gets the game. That's how you play the game. If you got the game better, then maybe it would have worked. I don't know. But it's a good game. Dan, we're still on air.
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He's not more bloated than Sugatz. They're equally bloated. No, Sugatz is more bloated. You guys are doing a nostalgia thing, remembering Sugatz from another time. Sugatz is very, very heavy now for his precedent.
Thank you. I like that. It's like one of those things at a golf tournament where they hold up a little sign. Family show.
Also, Knicks fans right now have zero excuses available to them. With no Tatum, with a shell of Porzingis, and we all talk about Tatum, nobody talks about Porzingis, 20-point scorer, a shell of himself. If you blow a 3-1 lead to a team missing two of its stars... You're an embarrassment.
Okay, he's losing that title as we speak. Overrated? Overrated? Exceptionally overrated. Exceptionally overrated.
He... Yes, he's supposed to be the best U.S.-born player in the league. Obviously, it's Matthew Kachuk, but he's a puddle on the ice right now, Austin Matthews. He's done nothing for that team in this series. If I'm a Leafs fan looking for a scapegoat, I start with Austin Matthews in this series. I start with him.
There you go.
Don't say that out loud. He's better than Brady. Take it back. No, he's not better than Brady.
Yeah, it'd be embarrassing with no Tatum and no Porzingis. I mean, how can you lose to that team?
Not a good look, Dan. Ouch.
Like, I'm the guy. I'm telling you what it is. Did you take it to a jeweler with the thing on his eye? No.
No, that's not true. I just don't wear mine. 24-time champion columnist.
Dan, I get it.
Wow.
You're welcome.
Good work on that. Thank you, Greg.
Right. And to me. But I'm used to it.
No, it's a memory of mine. My Auntie Arlene and my Uncle George, particularly my Uncle George, now that I think about it, used to sing Robert Goulet songs in French. I can't name a single one of the songs. I was never a Goulet fan. But he was popular in his day. G-O-U-L-E-T. Robert Goulet. He was a bilingual, obviously. Sang beautifully in French. W-T-E-R. It's just a memory of mine.
David, you know Robert Goulet.
Oh, I get it now, yeah.
Yeah, I was late with cause. So is that the same as judging with prejudice?
Late with cause is the overall... Overruled! Oh, please.
Yeah, of course. Yeah, I mean, everybody remembers Sam Jones. But, you know, the older you get, the more you cherish distant memories, in my opinion. And one of mine is to hear my uncle and my aunt singing Robert Gallet in the kitchen in French. It was so exotic, you know? Like swaying side to side, like in Catch Me If You Can.
It was just, they would duet together, and neither one of them were trained singers, but it was sweet. It's a sweet memory. You know, they're both long gone. My uncle was extremely overweight. That side of the family has had... What does that have to do with anything? Well, you know, the Cody's are blessed.
You're not going to say you're a writer. When the music plays, you clear out. The Cody's are blessed. My brother and I, Uncle Dick, talk about this all the time. Both of my folks live to be very long. I'm filled with gratitude. The other side of the family, my auntie Arlene and Uncle George, although my aunt did live into her early 90s, I almost said low 90s, like golf.
I wish I could shoot low 90s.
No, my other side of the family tended to.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. We all know that. Must be a French thing. Yeah, I mean, it's obvious. You know, you're on the air. Everybody sees it. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Look at that look. You know, come on. Self-evident.
That was my nana. Nana Doogie? Yeah, Nana Doogie. Didn't she die of undercooked pork or something? Yeah, that's right. Others in my distant relatives did. There's nothing to laugh at, by the way. No laughing matter. I mean, back then, it's like... Sugar diabetes killed people back then.
And nobody just called it diabetes, though. It was always sugar diabetes. So to this day, I tend to say sugar diabetes. But pork poisoning was also a big thing back then. And unfortunately, it affected a couple of people in my family, not my aunt, not my grandmother, Nana. You know, she cooked in 100-year-old oil. I think I've talked to you about that before. So she lived a short life as well.
She died of sugar diabetes. A hundred-year-old oil.
Oil lasts forever, as long as you strain it.
Yeah, that we know of.
Yes, that's the family legend.
Right. We don't realize how close the Depression is. My father's father used to drive around in a horse-drawn cart selling blocks of ice, big giant blocks of ice that he would carry in black steel tongs. Yeah. And that's the way you earned money back then.
Yeah, not my day, thank God. Times have changed. Wow.
Four three. Four three. Yeah. But Butler was pretty good when Curry was healthy. I mean, you've got to admit that.
This is my kind of David Sampson segment, by the way. He's on, but we don't hear him. That's perfect. Thank you, Greg.
I didn't know you were still here. I forgot you were still here. You put the T in team, Greg. Can I ask you a quick question? I don't mean to derail the show because you know this firsthand. OK, what are the levels of championship rings? Obviously, the players and executives get the top of the line.
If you're giving out a championship ring to, say, a broadcaster or, you know, an assistant trainer or something like that, How much lower does it go in terms of the value of that ring, if you're willing to be that honest?
Your Honor, I rest my case.
Hell yeah, David. The C-ring's made out of tinfoil, but still, it looks fantastic.
Yeah, call your source. See if Pat picks up.
I would think Eric Reid would get a big-time ring.
Well, I don't know what Zazz's role was. The guy who broadcasts the game is naturally going to get a better ring than the guy who does the pregame show or something like that, I would think.
And all the other engines blew out on the track. Look, I'm the biggest Celtics fan. You'd find. And even I'd be the first to admit we got wicked lucky over the last few years. Packy. Remember Max Truce? Let me tell you something. His foot was inbounds. We got lucky.
I can say that as a Boston fan. You would never say that. I'd be the first to admit it.
That's ridiculous. We'd be the first to admit it. You wouldn't be.
Play it for him, Chris.
It's happening. Yeah, Greg, you're wicked smart. I would say that while you're close, you're getting warmer. But that ain't exactly what's at play here. This is a hater's dream scenario, now that Tatum is out of the way, for a Miami Heat fan, which I'm purported to be, but not actually, because I'm a Seas guy now.
Now we're passing rings. Okay.
Please rule on whether or not a franchise that is constantly avoiding the luxury tax is cutting Kiwanis.
You think? Yeah. Yeah. I do. Have you seen that? Have you seen the rings? I have not. You've seen them? I've seen them. They're pretty heavy duty. Okay. Those are expensive-ass rings.
Yeah, look out for number one. I love this bossing me potty over there.
Don't run out of allies.
Realize what's going on over here. I'm backing you up.
That was a flying knee. The camera didn't get it. Guys. I mean, come on, guys. You never know when you're going to hit the sound. Dan, you've got to be looser. I know I've got to be looser. He's going to do it every time. He's going to be what you need. W-D-E-I.
He's doing the chop. All right, every time that plays, play it again. Play it again. W-T-E-I. See? You got Tony doing his thing, but you never know when the old time is going to, like... Spill some tea all over his computer.
Yeah, but I put that hand up. You got no moves.
Coffee. It's like what happens when Tatum goes out. You just get more Derek White. That's a bad thing.
Easy with the proven. Plenty of questions about our last championship reign because we got so lucky with all the injured players. The best player on every team that we played got hurt. Very fortunate.
What? A self-aware Boston Celtics fan? I'm like manna from heaven.
I mean, he probably netted a goal everybody else did.
He's not a fan, though. He's a two-time champion broadcaster, and he knows exactly what it takes to get to that mountaintop.
That's a wicked good word. Hold on. Hold on.
A little counterpunch. Wait a minute.
Can you guys get back to breaking down the game? We were talking puck, and it wasn't one of the three and a half talking points that Dan has. He was so happy to get that half one with Brad Marsham, but now that I'm on board, we're good.
I'm just a truth teller. I live and die with my C's. But, I mean, you look at that title that we won, you closely inspect it, you look under the hood, and you realize, okay, we got very, very fortunate for a team that never had to actually prove it.
I am fully terrified. They're in the West. Champion. Well, he means the Panthers.
We're doing this, huh?
Yeah. Because last night was awesome.
Last night was wicked awesome. That's some good stuff happening.
What time you get this text? What time? It was after that game. It was after that game? Well, we can rule out Pat the Rat because that guy ain't up there. Hey, this isn't the time to do that. Oh, no, this guy's already going with the propaganda. What did he do for Jimmy? Come on, man. Jimmy carried their ass.
You got two coaches that are friends. One pushed the other one out. It's got to be awkward for you. I hate your accent so much. I don't know what you're talking about.
Don't discount the heart of a champion. And also, you forgot a name. You didn't mention Luke Cornett, the White Howard. Bubbler. Derek White... Dan.
We didn't know this. Top 100 player. We didn't know this. No, no, no. I told you he was your best player. We tried to tell you. We tried to tell you. We tried to tell you yesterday. You laughed at us. I said games that I saw with my own eyes. Derek White is your best player. I asked him about other people's eyes. He said he didn't know. We got that Kobe cosplay out of the way now.
Specifically because they're missing Jason Tatum.
Where's the pushback that you're getting? We organically flipped last night watching the heart of a champion over there with Derek White finally getting more volume because we got Jason Tatum out of the way. Efficient Derek White. This is exactly how he turned organically. Now we realize with Tatum out of the way, the narrative can push forward that he's not a good basketball player.
And now we want New York to be embarrassed.
We're no longer Knicks guys over here. We want the Knicks to be embarrassed because it's funny. W-U-T-E-R.
We all believe.
Yeah. Precisely. With one pop of an Achilles, we got a dream scenario over here. This is really lining up perfectly because you set up the Knicks with all this hope. They're already buying the tickets on game time for the NBA Finals because they think that Jason Tatum being out is a bad thing.
But we here on the show have always known he's a massively overrated player, and we've always known that Derek White is the key to their success. This is perfect. Don't forget about Luke Cornett. The White Howards.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You see what's going on in Newark? Sean Duffy, man. In over his head. It's wicked wild. It's bad.
P-E-I-T.
Yeah, there's a point of no return when it comes to Greg Cody, that you lose him for the day. And I think we're already over there. And his head already seems to be spinning. I cannot wait for him to find out that we're a Celtics show now.
Oh, wait, how about that Brad Marchand?
How about that Brad Marchand last night? Chirping? You want to chirp? All players, Brad Marchand. You're skating to the bench not so fast. Not so fast. You don't chirp a Florida Panther.
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here?
Hey, I'm Greg.
Today is going to be fantastic. We're going to do a little bit of breathing. Let's breathe. And warm up.
and then a little bit of an intro.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Thank you so much, thank you so much, thank you. Part of the class, we're gonna do a little drama.
You have to give that life to the character. So let's imagine. How did you wake up this morning?
OK. So let's say that you, let's choose the second one. You are worried. Let's do it. Let's do it. Now I'm making sandwiches.
Okay. What did you think?
I was trying to get to the joke.
I'm like, Dan doesn't know what that is because he's never won one.
Some of you never saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, The Secret of the U's, and it shows.
There's no underwater T-Rex, man. Did they swim? They could swim. That's a misnomer because of the small arms. It would be hard to swim.
No, it just makes it a reptile.
Yeah, but you're not making a ruling on an entire species based on him, you know, having a few readers in the surf.
It says watermelon. That's the only... I said earlier water is not anywhere on the screen other than in the word watermelon.
You can't do that. Of course, it's got a drain. Wow, it says vitamin boost. Look at that. Take that for a walk. Okay, if I press sparkling... What do you think will happen? Ha ha ha! Let's find out.
It's good water, I'll tell you that. Now, how'd the water change? Ooh, that's too much sparkling. It might be too much vitamin. Let me go light sparkling.
Why not?
Thank you. Light sparkling.
Okay, but again, we don't know this is water.
Yeah, I think Mike needs to take a little ownership of his admiring finger pointed at Tyreek Hill. Like, look at this.
That's great. Arnold Palmer. What a great interview I had with him years ago. I'd like to hear that. He wouldn't let me go.
Seriously. He was talking into the cup. Arnold Palmer wanted to be interviewed. Anyway. I'm out of material.
Christopher will tell you one of the first parental tips I ever gave my kids was don't litter. Which is why I left the cup inside. Because do-gooding starts at the ground floor.
In fairness, there should be a garbage can in every stairwell. There we go. There really should be.
No, no, it is my glasses.
Oh, wow. I think it should be. I'll track it down and put it out.
I invented it. It's going fantastic. My wife and I are staying home tonight. We're watching the debate on TV. We're going to do something special for dinner. It's a nice day for me so far.
Yeah. That's exactly right. Yeah. That's exactly right. Old people do love that shit. And I'm old now.
That was a moment. You're right. I didn't see it live. I've seen it on replay two or three times. And that is the power of sports. And the Dallas fans should be proud of themselves. for the reaction they gave to him, which moved him to tears.
You know what I loved about that last night was that it changed everyone's perception about Luka. It humanized him. It made him likable. What are you doing with Luka?
I'm with Greg.
I wasn't wearing my glasses, which I now have on. By the way, my favorite part of the segment that I missed was you uttering the phrase, the worst of my brother's hats. What's wrong with that hat? Why is it the worst of your brother's hats?
I mean, I'm out of water here. I can't get a water in this place. There's no bottled water. You got to drink it out of a tap. Greg, there you go.
I'm in favor of that. Soon have less fluoride. You're in favor of plastic. Finally. No, I'm in favor of water.
Greg, let's do this.
Yeah.
No real reason.
You were about to send me out to get water, and then you go on a tangent. You're going down a side street here.
Good segment. No, I enjoyed it.
Where is Stugatz? I did not see him. That's a mystery to be solved.
Yeah, okay. First of all, I'm looking for bottled water. I don't see any. I see oat creamer. Can't see Rose at all. baby oat creamer ridiculous i see coke sprite miller light that's tempting um goat milk Oat milk. What is it? Half and half. Yeah, we don't need to read every item. You don't need to read every item. There's no water in here.
I mean, there's tap water, like I said.
No ice cubes in here either.
Well, this thing here, it's got flavored sodas or something, cucumber, watermelon, strawberry, lemongrass, but no water. Okay. What's your favorite flavor there?
Yeah. All right. Well, do you know how to work the soda dispenser?
No. I just press a button, right? What'd you pick, Greg? You just pushed it. Strawberry lemongrass just out of... Ooh, lemongrass. Now, is there any, like... It says pour. There we go. There we go.
He didn't hold it down. He just tapped it. I think it's touch sensitive. The little guideline says hold to dispense. But again, no water. Okay? What do you mean that's water? It's lemongrass. Strawberry lemongrass. You should try the pineapple butter.
Okay, strawberry sunshine, black cherry, coconut, cucumber, key lime, lemon, strawberry lemongrass, and watermelon. Key lime water.
I mean, it says sparkling, light sparkling, cold, ambient, hot. Who would drink hot water?
Or oatmeal. Oatmeal. Oat milk is more like it.
Nothing here says the word water. Nothing on this screen says the word water. Did you just try to talk into your cup?
I forgot about the boat incident. The back of the head slap.
Finally.
We got cameras.
than anything. I'm just making sure I don't, you know?
The outfit? Yeah, the white shirt with those black shorts. It was a bad look.
White guy. Secret sauce. By the way, Dan, Secret Sauce made a huge, huge statement in the National Championship game.
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
Mike, I think every generation has had bad athletes. It's just now the rise of social media, now the rise of the media. You can open your phone and see them tweeting or them putting up a podcast.
That's a subtle reminder. Never forget. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
I still look ridiculous, but we're getting there.
Nine people working on me right now. I don't know what's going on.
I have no eyebrows. What happened? What the hell happened to my eyebrows? Ridiculous looking.
Also, $1.5 million sounds like a pretty small number for a major college program to cover, right? For college basketball?
I mean, with everything happening now, if you're at a major school like Michigan or Texas, $1.5 million is nothing.
No. Oh, yes it is. You know what happened? I blame the show because here's what happened. My phone was off to begin the show, but then when I was sent into the penalty box, I almost said the game room.
No, I would not. It invalidates the entire fine, quite frankly.
Forward $10 to the fine bucket. Thank you.
Is that a note to yourself? That's not how it works.
Venmo, cover me here. Now you got it.
The fine print of that says if someone is under the weather.
No, because I pressed the red button.
Yeah, he did. Thank you. That's true. You owe money for the fine bucket for misrepresenting me.
I am going to pay it.
If he's reaching for the cough button... Why is there a cough button there if it's not to be depressed?
You should worry for me. What?
Do you get annoyed every time Dan Levitard pontificates about the sports media industry? Well, too bad, mother******. He knows he don't give a damn about what he's gonna say. It's time for Sports Media Talk today.
I knew this was going to happen. You know, for Mike's next birthday, somebody ought to buy him a giant wooden cross because the burden you bear, the burden you have to bear as the self-appointed world's biggest Panthers fan who apparently has already given up on his team.
That's the part. That's the part that infuriates me. Shove this crucifix up your ass.
You thought he played seven minutes a game. If you believed in the Panthers, you would not be nearly as upset right now. I would want to be the Panthers.
You don't? We've spent two weeks on it! I wrote two paragraphs. on Conor McDavid, okay? And the idea that I wrote this for clicks, let me bring you into the analytics a little bit. I have written three columns this month that have been more read than the Conor McDavid column. which ranks for the year, the year's not even half over, that is the 19th most read column I have written.
The idea that I wrote two paragraphs. What did that say?
I want people to know that I didn't write this. Which one was the 12th rated? I could tell you if you want me to.
It's doing good numbers. Yeah.
Okay. And I don't think I even mentioned Connor McDavid in my last podcast.
Yeah, that was a couple weeks ago.
I feel like I deserve it. Why is this a mockery? Oh, please. No, I'm asking you. Please.
Right. Why is it a mockery for anybody, not just me, to have the opinion that until Connor McDavid wins a Stanley Cup, he has not lived up to the hype?
I would have said it with the qualifier, until you win an NBA Finals, you have not lived up to your hype. to your potential, and that you have underachieved based on expectations. Yes, absolutely. I think that's consistent across sports. Dan Marino was a great quarterback. The fact he never won a Super Bowl matters.
Marino underachieved based on his talent. Did you ever go to Nike Town and see the cleat he was playing with?
I'm not going to say yes or no.
Who all of a sudden has respect for something.
Look, the words overrated and underachiever are incendiary, okay? In this case, perhaps they were intended to be. They certainly were attention-getting, which is part of it. I'm not going to shy away from the fact that as a writer, I love it when I write a column that becomes a conversation piece. That's a good thing, okay?
This is not life and death, despite the rant you just heard from Mike Ryan. This is not life or death. This is sports. Pretty close. You found your lane.
You're the overrated guy now. Look, okay.
When you call yourself McJesus.
He didn't stroll into the league and say, I'm McJesus.
LeBron, he comes into the league the king. He lived up to it eventually.
This guy comes in as the next Wayne Gretzky. His nicknames include The Chosen One and McJesus. Okay? He's a great player. He scores a lot of goals. He scores a ton of assists. But it hasn't translated to making Edmonton a powerhouse in the league. They're in the final. Stugatz. What's your nickname for him? McOverrated. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
Okay. I don't mind anyone disagreeing with anything I've written. And I'm used to it, and I have thick skin for it. And I would say, and I don't read comments, social media comments, if somebody I don't even know calls me an idiot, who cares? When somebody I do know calls me an idiot twice, how about you control your emotions? No, I'm serious.
Oh, that's what I want to hear right now is calm down.
No, I'm not going to apologize. I wouldn't expect you to apologize. You're a giant infant. 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. I don't deserve it. And you're a fool for saying it. You're a fool for calling somebody else an idiot.
You owe me everything. You have added 10 years to my career. Yes, I have. This man has. You haven't. That man. Who the hell are you? Let me tell you. I am! Who the hell are you? Bullshit. Me! You're a rude young man. You're a fool. You're a fool. I already called you a fool. You can't call me a fool. You're an idiot again.
You have no thick skin. I literally put together a freaking stage for your toenail. I am your career right now, pal.
I understand you're a voice actor as well. Is that right? When you quit Meadowlark in May, you're going to become a voice actor?
Not close enough.
Mike can't control himself. He's an immature man. He wouldn't admit it, but there's a real immaturity to someone who calls his boss a dick, who calls an older co-worker an idiot. You just don't do that in polite society.
I know the feeling. I mean, seriously. It's like... This is not a working condition.
I wrote two paragraphs three weeks ago. I take responsibility for that. What else am I responsible for? The Panthers losing two in a row?
That's all you did? Those are not for sale in my merch store.
Because Dan didn't call me an idiot. He's more polite than that. To your face.
Well, the great ones, they tell their body, not today. And so, rest assured, I have the control over my own body. I will not cough today.
How about don't get doubled up on special teams for the series? Well, listen. Five on five, the Panthers are a better team. And I don't care who argues that. It's after that when the trouble begins. If they stay out of the penalty box, they win tonight. They win the series. All is well. People don't hate me anymore. It's perfect. If they get in the penalty box a lot... People still hate you.
Okay. Us. Who do you mean by us, Roy?
Yeah. So by us, though, do you mean fellow Panthers fans?
Okay, I don't think Roy would call himself a journalist. Maybe he would.
The Panthers are doomed. If Roy is one and two on the road, it's a jinx. It means the Panthers are doomed. Roy, get the hell out of there. Fly back. Save the Panthers.
Roy is a Panthers fan. Which disqualifies him from being considered a neutral journalist. He's going to have his picture up in the press box. He covers that.
That's not true. Tell him, Hawk. I have been behind the scenes campaigning for Roy Bellamy to be added to the Wall of Fame.
In that press box. I've never heard that. I have.
I'm going to ask Jason.
No. Zero.
He probably plays, what, seven, eight minutes a game?
What? Oh, crap. I mean, how many minutes does Conor McDavid play?
Ah!
McOverrated. This guy comes in as the next Wayne Gretzky. His nicknames include The Chosen One and McJesus. And this is coming from a guy that's watched Connor play six times. Right. If that.
Don't make me laugh, then. Quit referring to me as mustachioed.
Sure.
Doesn't a stare down require two people looking at each other?
Well, I forgot Zaz was in the room.
Yeah. There's two people on earth who are going to blame me if the Panthers lose this series, Zaslow and Mike Ryan. Because what an ultimate conceit to think that something, anything I wrote, and by the way, it wasn't a whole column, it was two paragraphs in a column, to think that that has a scintilla of effect on the outcome of this series is beyond the pale of ridiculous.
beyond the pale of ridiculous. It's just, it's anti-logic, it's anti-intellect, superstition is in thin air. You're choosing to be superstitious, you're choosing to believe in jinxes, none of it matters. What matters more is if a fourth line panther falls asleep for five seconds and gives up a goal tonight. Look, Mike Ryan is a super fan.
Super fans, Zaslow and Mike Ryan, have zero effect on their team winning. What a writer writes has zero effect on a series. To think otherwise is just patently absurd. But it can't help.
Yeah, you know what happened? Yeah, when Dad and Conor were speaking, the way that conversation ended was, you know what, Dad? I wasn't particularly excited about this series. I mean, granted, it's my first final ever, and winning it is going to take such a burden off me. It's the biggest series of my entire life.
But I needed that little extra incentive from a Miami writer I'd never heard of calling me overrated. Now, now I'm ready to do something.
I wrote what I wrote. Maybe it didn't, but maybe it did. I wrote what I wrote before the series. So what happened in those first three games?
Yeah, and they were 0-3.
Don Libetard. This guy comes in as the next Wayne Gretzky. His nicknames include The Chosen One and McJesus. Okay? He's a great player. He scores a lot of goals. He scores a ton of assists. But it hasn't translated to making Edmonton a powerhouse in the league. They're in the final.
What's the backward cap thing, the upside down thing?
You know what would be a good trend for hats? Instead of the upside down declaration on the front there, wear the cap upside down. Like a rally cap? Yeah, the dome of the cap goes on your head and the bill is up here. Try that just for a second. That's okay.
See, nobody can explain that.
But it's not just the Panthers. I mean, there's a lot of upside down.
But what is the origin of that? What is the reason for it? Nobody can explain that to me.
It's fashion, Greg.
Really?
1-800-SHOMBY.
Technicality. Catcher, Dan. Exactly.
Well, I was just about to remark that it looked like the guy in the red shirt next to him had that bodyguard look about him. He had a little entourage with him that was there for allowing him to be his boyfriend. Does he have the glasses on? Could be a bodyguard.
So... I'm happy about it.
I didn't even know I'd been nominated. I have no idea what columns won. I just, they told me and... You sound like a champagne bottle opening.
Okay. No, Florida Society of News Editors, FSNE. Duh. I believe I mentioned that. Roll back the tape.
I'm pleased, but I'm not going to oversell it.
Yeah, perhaps you would have Googled it and got it right. But you know, that's you. That's not on me.
Like Greg Cody.
That was a great reference.
Well, you know. I had to explain that she was a former actress. I don't know how, you know, I'm aging myself. I don't know if Farrah Fawcett is well known anymore, but Farrah Fawcett was her sister.
Well, first of all, that's not true. Anything you just said, I didn't lead with that. That was like the eighth or ninth item on my list of topics. Let me tell you exactly. One, two, three, four. Go ahead. It was fifth. It was the first item.
01.
A 25-year-old shirt. He's opening with 2001. That's strong. Wow.
Should I get to number two?
No, there isn't, which is why I'm only pleased and not ebullient.
That happens to me when I get agitated.
Well, the first one was I have a bag of old shirts and I'm not quite sure why. The second one was Lionel Messi and Inter-Miami imploding in an embarrassing ouster from the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Just embarrassing the way they lost that. And all of a sudden, Lionel Messi and that team looked very, very old. And Vancouver ran all over them and around them.
My third item, we've talked about this a lot, was the Florida Panthers declaring with intent and ability that they can repeat as Stanley Cup champs. And I'm the one who prefers Toronto in the second round, not Ottawa. Ottawa would be the great brother versus brother. Toronto Maple Leafs fans are chirping loudly all over social media. We want the Panthers. Are they saying that? Yes.
And you know what? Two things. Number one, how about you get past Ottawa first? And number two, the Panthers rolled you out of the playoffs last year. And the Panthers would love to play Toronto again. The next item is the Miami Grand Prix is Sunday in Miami. And the only two F1 drivers that anybody can name are not the favorite, which is good for the sport.
And then comes my award, which is a state award, and I'm not overselling it. Just pleased. What came after the award? Goals. Oh, the Belichick girlfriend drama getting better and better. I mean, this is great.
It actually has a name. It's the FSNE. Talking to the mic. Florida Society of News Editors. It's just a state award, but they named me the column writing winner. And the reason that that means something to me is that it's not just sports columns. It's, you know, metro columns and all sorts of columns.
Two things. Number one, Stu Gatz, in the next edition of your personal record book, you need to give Giannis a second championship just for that class he displayed.
And we're not even into the second round yet. All these players, gone. Not playing. Stu has never been more right.
It's cross-country skiing.
this one time now now he's a human now the Sanders family has a human son you prank called him a great prank like it just can't be disputed now but also immoral and cruel it's less of a great prank because he got drafted so late like if he would have just got drafted in the second round it would have been like ah they got his ass but now you feel terrible for him and it's just like oh the prank was a bit much isn't it it's
And Mel Kiper Jr. is refereeing the event.
They led the league in goals this season.
And they shut them down. Then you've got Cooper saying it's basically the Panthers' time now. Congratulations. There's nothing we can do about it.
Can I tell you what happened last night? He capitulated. Wow. Did he? He had no choice. I mean, Marchand had that one. He had that one that just stopped. dead in his tracks, and then had to feed, who was it, to... Ansel Lundell. Lundell. I knew it was a little bit of puck luck. I think it went off a couple of skates and went in. But Mike actually said in the group chat... Okay, that was good.
Florida continues to come across as bullies. It's not just the physical play. Hagel at one time for the Bolts was trying to get into a fight, was basically telling Carter Verhage, hey, you and me, right here. And they just basically laugh it off. We broke them. They laugh it off, and then Kachuk takes a dude out. No suspension, nothing.
And then after they take them out in five, a gentleman's sweep. Matthew Kachuk's basically saying, it's not really a rivalry, is it? And it's not, because since he's got here, it hasn't been. And it's really fun to be a part of just that whole flip.
I thought he was going to take that a little further than the best personnel guy in South Florida sports. That's not really that big of a compliment, is it?
Man down, hands down. How about that? Bar none means without exception, of course. It's believed to have originated in the 18th century with bar potentially used as a preposition, meaning excluding from consideration, accepting, save, but for.
Is that what happened?
So is this the equivalent of, speaking of Luka, of Nico Harrison winning a couple of championships and the Mavs being good five or six years from now because defense wins championships and they made that trade? Not so fast. No.
Probably Barkov, but after this Luka Doncic trade, there's nothing that's going to compare. Like, it's going to be a while before you can say, wow, that was such a bold move because this one was the boldest of the moves. Like, Huberdeau, okay. It was a solid number two on your hockey team. That's like trading, I don't know, Kyrie Irving. It's not the biggest deal in the world.
It's the approach to the game I get. Number one offense to being this defense. And that is what's so crazy impressive additionally of what they're doing is they weren't good at the end of the season. They weren't playing their guys at the end of the season. They turn it on. They bring the guys right back. Boom. They look like that dominant team again. Rest versus Russ. Rest is winning.
But every season that ends with Luka Doncic looking fatigued, maybe hurt, kind of holding his back, Nico Harrison's just going to pull a Jeremy Taché fist pump like every single time. That's fair. It doesn't matter what round it ends in. That's the ending that he has predicted. And so far, he's one for one.
Haven't they both recently had surgery?
Mine was two weeks ago.
I don't blame him. Like if you had to choose between pick and roll and thinking about a pecan roll.
You've got to pick your battles there. You just need more bags is all you need if you're dead.
I'm trying to figure out what, is it the grace that you're talking about with Giannis? Like how, what he said?
I turned the game off as soon as that ball went through the hoop when Giannis scored in overtime and they were up seven.
You think there's a lot of guys who would have mixed it up with John Halliburton? Because I don't think there's a lot of guys, and I'm not disputing what you're saying here, I just don't think there's a lot of guys who even would have gone face-to-face with him. They basically would have shoved him away and asked security to come get him.
Giannis was face-to-face, and I do give him credit for, in that moment, looking down on him, feeling like I could do anything at this moment and be okay with it, and the world would be okay with it because he approached me and not really going off, and then having very, wise, I guess, things to say afterward. That is something to give him credit for.
But I do believe that everything that you're saying is all part of the reason why he needs to be in a bigger market.
Taylor, thumbs up or thumbs down? You're in better shape? Oh, okay. He thinks he can run.
That's a thumbs up from Taylor. That's a thumbs up from Taylor. Who's in the best shape here? I do see Taylor. He goes to the gym. He does trainer stuff. I don't know. I'm not saying you don't. What do you mean he does trainer stuff? That is very confusing. He does. He's not just going to the gym. I've seen him doing workouts with a group and a trainer. Does he do the rope? Good tee shot as well.
Good tee shot. Good tee shot. Yeah.
I mean, Greg Cody was doing the thing of like, oh, it's one of the worst fouls I've ever seen. I thought it was just like it was a hard foul.
I handpicked the roster. I handpicked the roster. Wow.
Figure it out. I feel like it's like our show throwing stones like we've been showing our ass on this stuff as much as anyone.
Well, he found her. Can't you just say, like, okay, we're new to this, too. Like, he had to, like, get all defensive about it. Giving the stats.
It's also not the first time he's mocked the trouble on WWE Raw later that night.
I mean, he was like the number one thing trending. So like I imagine in his mind, maybe he was just like, I got to say something. But I would not be surprised if someone was like, yo, because that didn't seem very sincere. So it almost felt like a force.
Did he, like, text you, like, please let me come on and talk about it? He did not.
Well, no, if you listen to what he was saying, because he was saying she's the one drawing all the attention. He was trying to... I'm not defending him, but I'm saying he was trying to speak positively of her, but he just said it in a terrible way. It just seems to be kind of like... By calling her a bitch. No, I mean, because he was saying she's the one drawing all the attention, not...
He almost said it in the context of, like, she's a badass. No, I understand it. I get it.
Mandatory minicamp. Even better. They've got to be there.
Study up.
But it's a strange defense. Caitlin Clark needs to win a championship. That's this bread and butter right here.
Well, in hindsight.
She wasn't even criticizing Stephen A. She was giving him his flower. Like, yes, you've had us here, but you could have been doing it three years ago. And he's just like, I'm going to go film a whole podcast about this.
I'm just saying, I think he has made efforts to improve his image, but you're right. What he did a year ago with the documentary and stuff, there's a lot of questionable stuff there, but I just think he's trying to fix it.
I just think it's really about, this is Tatum versus Luka. Like... And maybe I'm disrespecting Jalen Brown, but for me, Tatum is just the face of the expectations of this Celtics team. And Luka, consensus top five, probably best scorer in the league. I think this is like a legacy-changing series for both of these guys.
And I just think, and I am rooting for Luka big time because I want the Celtics and Tatum, I want this all to get louder. It's because of your hatred for Boston. That's true. Right. And I'm not hiding that. I'm just saying I think that the noise is going to get really loud for Jason Tatum. Because they're kind of like we were talking about the Panthers. They're the favorite here.
Like, you're supposed to win this series if you're Jason Tatum. And I want that noise to get ratcheted up for him.
To the point of parody, last year the Heat make it as an eighth seed. Like, are we seeing a shift? Because this has always been the most predictable of all the sports, right? Like, we know the one or two seed are going to make it.
And Porzingis. Is the NBA more predictable now, or is it just an outlier? Is it all the three-point shooting that you can make up these big gaps in scores? I don't know. I don't know the answer to the question, but it does seem the last couple years that it's less predictable.
Right, but both can be true. They were the best team in the regular season, and every star that they played against in the playoffs got hurt.
Kyrie's the oldest of the group, right? Yeah, he's 32. Based off age, I might go, I don't know.
I think just off age, you've got to go with the Celtics, guys. Brown's the oldest. He's 27. I think Billy was going to... No, it's fine. I don't care.
Let's see those abs. Stop picking on him. Stand up.
There is, actually. What?
Okay, here it is. Adultery. We are back.
The thought occurs that if I'm going to cheat on my wife, the last thing on earth I'm going to do is leave an electronic trail of my misbehavior by going on a website. How would you do it? Well, you do it by going to a bar and saying, hey, can I buy you a drink? You're not sending a Venmo.
There's certain things you don't use a website for. Cheating! If I plan to rob a bank, I'm not going to go to a website to look for instructions.
That is the last thing on earth I would do is go to Ashley Madison to cheat on my wife. It's absurd. It's laughably inane. You go to landlubbers. You go to a bar, you smoke a cigarette at the bar, blow some smoke, buy a drink.
Oh, that would be terrible. I mentioned earlier I've been a nerd my whole life. I've always been awkward at conversation. That's the best thing about being married. You don't have to be clever in conversation anymore. You don't have to impress anybody. So, although my wife would probably... You know, not agree with that, but I couldn't do that. I wouldn't know what to do.
Like, I'd end up using old country music lines. Like what? You know, if I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me? Wow. What country song is that from? It's a lyric, that kind of thing. We hope. See, that's why I've never cheated on my wife, because I use lines like that. And she's a lawyer, so.
Don Levitard. The elephant went into a 7-Eleven and bought a pack of cigarettes. But my question to Ron is this.
Wow, what are the odds that fish survived the encounter?
62.
Ron, a dumbass in New Zealand was fined over a video that showed him jumping off a boat trying to body slam an orca. Now, how dangerous was that? An orca is called a killer whale. Is that a misleading nickname, or could that guy have been actually killed by this orca? Did you say body slam, like more of an elbow drop from the top rope? No, from the top rope.
Like he was going like a, you know how you do a full body frog splash?
But right on an orca.
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Yeah, correct.
What? It came off like I was reading? No. That was totally extemporaneous.
Randy, I want you to speak for all of Canada. Is this the kind of situation where the entire nation gets behind Edmonton now? Except Calgary. Or is it a situation where Calgary, a rival, is like, I ain't rooting for Edmonton. I don't care against who.
Okay, okay. All right, hear me out, and I may be alone on this. Okay, I say overrated in one context. Okay, he's called McJesus, the chosen one, the next Gretzky. It's been nine years. Great stats, but are they empty numbers? Nine years, and this is his first Stanley Cup. He hasn't raised the Cup yet. In that context only, is he overrated?
Like that.
I'm on the phone with her for 30 seconds. You know, what am I? Hello.
Come on, blank.
Aber diese Frage stört mich, weil diese Hockey-Spieler so akkurat sind mit ihren Schrecken, dass sie einfach einen Korner pinkeln können und es über den Fußballspieler übernehmen können.
Ja, du kannst rausgehen und einen Puck spielen als Goaltender.
Oder auf dem Eis. Genau. Ein Torwart kann nicht auf dem Eis fliegen. Das wäre ein Problem.
Absolutely. I'm surprised you can use your phone, Greg.
Cuervo. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast. This episode is presented by Smirnoff. We do game days. Please drink responsibly. The Smirnoff Company, New York, New York.
Okay, so I thought I was good with money. Turns out I was really good at ignoring it. Like, how am I spending this much on delivery or Uber or that one shoe store that I buy too many shoes from? Then I started using Monarch Money. And dude, it's a financial wake-up call. Monarch's not just some budgeting app. It's basically your money command center.
Puts everything, accounts, credit cards, investments into one place so you're not guessing anymore. And listen, I found stuff I didn't even know I was paying for. Since I started using Monarch, I'm tracking my spending, actually saving money. Bis zum nächsten Mal. Das war's für heute. Bis zum nächsten Mal. Bis zum nächsten Mal.
I mean, you know, we talk about Shador Sanders going in with the headphones and being like, I'm the man, I'm him. And then we get to a guy like Abdul Carter and you're like, yeah, I want Lawrence Taylor's number. Let me have that. That's some balls, man. But that's okay. We're all good.
18? Es ist TB12, oder? Er hat die ganze Methode ausgemacht.
Jeder Läufer kennt diesen Moment, wenn es einfach klickt. Wenn deine Beine einfach mitgehen, der Schmerz nachlässt, die Zweifel weg sind und du nur noch das Runners High spürst. Das ist der Grund, warum du so früh aufstehst. Warum dich ein bisschen Regen nicht aufhält. Warum Laufen zum Ritual wird. Also laufe und fühle das Runners High. Go Wild und erfahre mehr übers Laufen auf puma.de
Er hatte, er hatte, sie waren um seinen Nacken, also waren sie nicht über seine Ohren. Er hatte ein Entourage, sie kamen mit ihm, sie fragten ihn Dinge wie, wo sie sich in fünf Jahren sehen, und er würde Dinge sagen wie, ich werde der Bürgermeister sein. Und dann würden sie einfach, wie sein Entourage, lachen an ihm. Supposedly the one with the Giants went very poorly, even though Dable came out.
I think the thing, you know, beyond everything else is, there's only a handful of teams that needed a starting quarterback, right? And once Pittsburgh elected not to get him, really once the Giants went with Jackson Dart, it became a thing of, okay, well, he could beat Pittsburgh, you know, maybe next round. Then Pittsburgh didn't get him. And then it became a fall.
And when you didn't bring him in to be the starting quarterback, then every team who either... interviewt oder nicht interviewt hat oder sein Vater gesagt hat, dass er ihn nicht spielen möchte oder was auch immer, wie viel wirst du in jemanden investieren, um dein Backup-Quarterback zu sein, mit dem du nicht wirklich weißt, was du bekommst, wenn er die Interviews tankt?
Yeah, but you're not drafting Dion to come coach your team or play for your team. You're drafting Dion in a LeVar Ball role.
Aber Dan, du fragst für die Giants zum Beispiel, wo Dayball seinen Job verlieren wird, um seine Zukunftskarriere auf Shador Sanders zu verkaufen. Und wenn sie sich in der Interview befinden, warum würde er das tun?
Es ist alles Spekulation. Keiner der Teams wird das beurteilen. Was ist der Grund, wenn du durch den Draft gehst? Sie machen es anonym. Aber auch das ist nicht der Grund. Keiner der Teams hat ihn gewonnen. Und er endete in einem ziemlich guten Spot für ihn. Es ist ein Team, an dem man spekuliert hat, dass er es sowieso gewinnen wird. Das ist kein guter Spot für ihn.
Nein, es ist ein schrecklicher Spot für ihn.
Ja, dass er für einen Startjob auswählen kann, Dan. Sean Watson wird nicht da sein. Joe Flacco wird jedes Mal verletzt. Es gibt zwei Rookie-Verteidigungsräume. Er könnte einen Startjob gewinnen. Er könnte einen signifizierten Spielzeit haben.
Okay, aber sein Vater, es wurde beobachtet, hatte nicht so viel Macht.
Er ist ein erster oder zweiter Runde-Talent, der in die fünfte Runde gefallen ist, den sie stehlen konnten.
Do it till you're satisfied. Greg, I have an idea. You heard of tablets? You know about tablets?
No, no, no.
Weißt du, wie jetzt Laptops, Tablets, wie die Tablet, die du vor dir hast. Ich denke, und das ist eine Business Opportunity, auf die ich gerne mit dir eingehen würde, wenn wir es machen können. Weil ich fühle mich, als wäre du der Gesichter dieses Produkts. Foldable Tablets mit Bildschirmen auf allen Seiten davon. Und jeder ist wie ein Newspaper.
He also just got there, because he was like the Jets interim head coach. Like, this isn't a first year mistake, Jeff.
Also du hast eine Seite auf der Front, dann öffnest du es, du hast eine neue Seite, eine neue Seite, eine neue Seite auf der Rückseite. Dann, wenn du fertig bist mit dem, öffnest du es wieder, vier weitere Seiten, Refresh.
In fairness, when they did it to him, they didn't know he would fall like two days and continue to plummet to the fifth round. It was, I think, a first round prank and it's like, hehehe, alright, he's gonna fall to like end of the first round, but we got him.
Videotaping, I don't understand, this isn't a crime, but I don't understand people videotaping felonious activities and putting it on the internet. It's the wildest self-snitching stuff that people do now that's crazy. Name never mentioned on this show before today.
Er war letztes Jahr Jets Verteidigungsvorsitzender und sie haben Robert Salah gefeuert. Ich glaube nicht, dass... Wir haben gesprochen, wie sexistisch er mit seinem Haar war letztes Jahr. Er ist ein gutaussehender Typ. Jetzt weißt du, dass es wahr ist.
Ich bin nicht sicher. Jedenfalls, der Punkt ist, Jack ist sein Sohn. Bruder, all you have to do is like not do that. Und du wirst einen Job und eine Karriere in der NFL haben. Dein Vater ist schon ein Trainer. Vergesst nicht, dir Videos zu erzählen, die mit Draftprospekten, berühmten Draftprospekten, in der Mitte eines historischen Wachstums sind.
Und du wirst eine Koordinatorin werden und du wirst deinen Weg öffnen. Und dann, boom, Lane Kiffin.
Das ist so. Wenn es eine gute Pizza ist, fällt der Käse einfach weg. Du musst es nicht wegnehmen. Es fällt einfach aus dem Pie.
Es muss das Geräusch eines riffligen Papiers sein. Es muss das Geräusch eines riffligen Papiers sein.
That put people in a corner, right? Where Trump is like, you guys got a draft shit doing. It's like, oh, wait. Was wollen wir jetzt?
Yeah, no, I'm just confirming that we're talking about Shador Sanders, because I was so thrown off by this idea. Do you think Shador Sanders would want to sign up for that draft night again? Because again, he landed in a spot where he could end up starting.
Dan, they drafted a tight end and two running backs. They have Jerry Judy. This is a good spot for him. He could start here.
Ich verstehe nicht, wenn er in der zweiten Runde von den Browns gedraft wird, würden wir es feiern, aber der Fakt, dass er in der fünften Runde von den Browns gedraft wird, ist es ein anderes Team?
So are the Browns with any of them. Okay, but if you would have gone to the Titans, are the Titans a better option for him? The bad teams are the ones that draft the quarterbacks.
Sie werden einige von ihnen entfernen. Und dein eigenes Argument ist Shador's incredible value right now. You have him locked up for how many years? For what? He's getting paid nothing on this rookie deal. You're incentivized to keep him on your roster.
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja.
Ich meine, es ist nicht ganz fair für Shadur. Shadur ist ein 5-Star-Rekrutierer aus der Hochschule. Er hat Scholarship-Offers von jedem da draußen bekommen. Jeder Team wollte ihn in der Schule. Zu dem, was Dan gesagt hat, Cam Ward war ein 0-Star-Rekrutierer. Cam Ward war ein 0-Star-Rekrutierer, vor allem wegen des Schicksals, das seine Hochschule durchführt hat.
So he wasn't getting the offers because they thought that he was more of a runner than a passer. And then you had Incarnate Ward who took a chance on him. And then he repaid Incarnate Ward because he signed with them. And then their coordinator goes on to Washington State. He follows them to Washington State.
And then he proves that he's a star, ends up in Miami, becomes the number one pick in the NFL draft. Which he also did because he decided to stay an extra year in college. Where last year he wouldn't have been the number one pick in the draft. So Cam Ward had it. They didn't see it because of the style of play that they were doing in his high school. But he proved that he was. Shador...
ist jemand, den jeder auf seinem Team wollte. Und er hat einen anderen Weg genommen, indem er seinen Vater nach Jackson State und dann nach Colorado gefolgt hat.
Es ist wie ein Lion und ein Gladiator. Das waren keine Co-Arbeitgeber. Das waren Gegner. Sie waren in einem geschlossenen Raum zusammen, aber sie wollen einander töten.
Wer hat das Kind geboren?
Okay, gut. Wir überleben. Newspapers are so damn expensive. Now I went to get one as a prop for a video that I had to do for DoorDash. One paper and it was akin to a pamphlet. It was two sections and then the second section, the first page was the sports section and then inside was like culture and everything else.
It has to have been maybe, and shout out to all the people who are still writing for newspapers, I love and respect you all, but it was maybe like 22 pages total. The thing was like a pamphlet, $3 for a Wednesday newspaper. Yeah, $3. It was insane.
Das Problem ist, dass die Fernseher, die Leute verstehen nicht, wie versichert sie sind. Sie denken, ein Fernseher ist nur, um News zu lesen. Nein, Fernseher sind, die man aufbaut, wenn man Dinge baut, um Dinge mitzupacken. Man kann Fernseher für fast alles benutzen. Ich würde sagen, ich nutze Journalisten für mehr Dinge, als ich Journalisten gelesen habe.
Ich glaube nicht, dass ich so viele Journalisten-Artikel gelesen habe, wie ich Journalisten für 1.000 andere Dinge gelesen habe. Wir verlieren Rezepte, Leute. Wir verlieren Journalisten. Wir können das nicht sterben. Aber ich bezahle nicht 3 Dollar dafür. Wahnsinnig.
I had a bird, Polly, running out of newspapers, couldn't put Greg Cody at the bottom of the cage. You know what that bird became? An upset bird.
You know what? That's what you get for watching the draft. Alright? Now, once again, what kind of a f***ing loser just sits there? Sie schauen Runde nach Runde. Die Jets sind nächstes Jahr da. Ich denke, sie brauchen einen Torwart. Sie brauchen einen Torwart, um die Laufbahn zu verbessern. Das ist wie... Das ist wie eine Hochschulzeremonie, wo du niemanden weißt, der auf der Hochschule ist.
Sie sitzen einfach da. Sie werden den ganzen Rekord am nächsten Tag haben. Sie werden alle haben, wer was gemacht hat, wer wann. Du musst da sitzen und das gucken. Diese dummen Interviews. Hey, you're a member of the Buffalo Bells. How does it feel?
Ich meine, haben Sie gesehen? Ich meine, es sind nur Berichte, die nicht bestätigt wurden, aber wie einige der Berichte gingen, weil sie ziemlich komisch waren. Und wir wissen nicht, dass das wahr ist, aber die Berichte waren, dass er reingegangen war, er hatte Headphones an, er hatte Musik, die die ganze Zeit gespielt hat.
I mean, it has to, right? I haven't seen it yet, Dan. I wish I could answer it.
I thought it was fine the whole time.
Just pooping on everything.
Wieder einmal, Pooping auf eine andere Sache. Ja. Oh, Pooping.
Nobody wants that. Nobody wants that. God, I hate that picture.
Das war so ein Verlust. Greg Cody bringt einen Haarabdruck und kann ihn nicht benutzen. Das ist ein toller Geräusch.
Meine Mutter würde das hassen. Es ist lustig, ich bin mit Juju, es wäre lustig, aber meine Mutter hasst es, wenn sein Haar so lang ist, wie es jetzt ist.
We all look at each other like, yeah, that's the highest form of flattery.
Was that the origin of it? That's the first name we did that with on this show, I think.
Wow.
Yeah, you have to.
I'm a grown-ass man who's not filthy rich. I can't afford a Lamborghini. Well, I probably can, but that's beside the point.
Yeah, big.
I had a three. I had a one.
I mean, you've stood next to Bryant McKinney.
Can someone tell me whether or not I was ever on SportsBank?
Because I don't remember. I think at least twice, maybe.
Wow.
How was it to feel that a chant you tried to start fell flat immediately?
There is, actually. What?
Okay, here it is. adultery.
This is the Dan Levatar Show with the Stukats. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Eeeeeeeeee
Standoff. It is time to take a trip down memory lane. Here's your guy, Greg Cody, with Back in My Day. Too many papers here.
A penny saves a penny earned, Greg.
Isn't that a great feeling? Even though you leave without something that you need in the car, just getting up and walking out and saying, this deal is not going to happen because of me. Now you then need to figure out a new car situation and go through the whole rigmarole elsewhere. When you get up and you have that power, tell them to go, nope. And then they come chasing you down.
You have to hold strong. You're not getting a car from that dealership. If they don't throw those floor mats, you're not getting a car there.
Sie sprechen nicht mit dem Manager oft. Natürlich, Bill. Sie sagen, hey, ich gehe mit dem Manager sprechen und dann gehen sie, sie haben einen Kaffee, sie trinken Wasser aus dem Wasserfall, sie kommen gleich zurück und sie reduzieren es.
Nein, sie lieben es, wenn du da gehst. Nein, sie lieben es, wenn du da gehst. Und er denkt, er kriegt ein W. Dann werden wir ein paar Flurmatten anziehen und alle werden weg. Sie sehen dich und denken, weißt du, was dieser Typ heute braucht? Er braucht ein Auto und er braucht einen Winn. Und wir geben ihm diesen Winn. Aber wir werden so hoch anfangen, dass sein Winn unser Winn ist.
Es gab eine Unabhängigkeit von Autos. Es war unmöglich, Autos zwei Jahre her zu kaufen.
Before the show, for some reason, Dan, he was wearing his hat on top of the wig and we were confused as to why he was doing that. And we were saying in this room that he looks like the middle-aged adult in Spanish television that plays the role of a child, like an adolescent. Die Shows, in denen alle Middle-Aged-Adulten 10-Jährige spielen, sehen so aus, als wenn er diese Hatte anhatte.
Und wir wissen nicht, warum er diese Hatte anhatte. Ich habe immer die Hatte an.
Ein bisschen Respekt zumindest, würdest du denken. Könntest du dir vorstellen, ESPN oder TMZ zu verabschieden? Und es ist einfach so, Udonis hat sie und Kevin Garnett beginnt zu kämpfen mitten in einem Grocery-Store. Der Grund war, dass sie sich nicht von ihren Spieltagen lieben. Die Idee ist verrückt. Sie sind beide sehr erfolgreich. Sie sind Geschäftsführer.
Du kannst nicht einfach gehen und beginnen zu kämpfen mitten in einem Grocery-Store.
Hoffentlich. Sie können nicht sein, wenn es so weitergeht.
Auf der Plusseite kamen sie unter den Luxury-Tacks. Auf der Minusseite waren es 21. Minus 21, als Terry Rozier auf dem Platz war.
Hast du nur über die Suns gelernt? Oh, they're just getting healthy right now.
Please do. Hold on, everybody get out of the way. Dan, at the time it was boring, so he was bored with the song. Everybody get out of the way.
That's right. You should request being burned at 1440. You know what I mean? To honor your family.
It'd be a slow burn.
It's Larry. I hate to do this, but as you know, I rule with an iron fist. Larry did that in a white uniform, so this doesn't count.
Cuervo.
Rob Conrad was also in the ocean. No, he was also in the ocean.
Yeah, but first I want to describe it to you so you're not too shocked. My navel is a small round circle like the kid in Home Alone. And then above my navel is what looks like a broad, wide nose. I have a nose above my navel. Now, can I show it to you and you tell me what's wrong with me?
My whole life. Like I can not remember not having it.
It's always there. And as Mike Ryan can tell you, it's uncomfortably squishy. Like, I feel like if I pricked it, pus or something would come out.
It does. That hurts me when you do that. Stop. Here it's squishing.
Why are you staring at him like that? Would you like to live without a head for any amount of time? It's an excellent question.
You have no head.
He doesn't have any details.
Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Is Mike a strange name for a chicken?
Those are the worst ones. Yes, of course, the flying ones are the worst.
Really? I'm with you.
I want to kill it, but... You're less afraid of the flying ones?
You couldn't be bothered for two more seconds to just properly kill it? Nah.
Does everyone listening to this, because forgive me, I don't know what's regional here, what's national and what's international. Am I surprising anyone in our audience with the idea that there is a flying cockroach? Or is that something that is global? Does everyone listening to this know that there's such a thing as the cockroach that flies? I don't know the answer to my own question.
Perhaps we can look it up. We can answer it at the end of this segment. when Stugatz is done with his weekend observations.
Would you sign Jaden Daniels right now? Would you try to give him giant money even though the game in football lately has been... You have him on the rookie contract. Yeah, have value at quarterback. Yes, but I'm curious there whether they offer it and whether he would take it. Why would you do it now?
Just because you know you've got a great quarterback and you would be able to have him at value for a while if you did it now, whereas two or three years from now it might be more complicated to have him at value.
He's just another, when he takes his helmet off, he's one of these people, another one of these Frankensteins where you're like, what is anyone supposed to do with that running across the middle?
It's such a strange dyslexia.
I mean, he works for Omaha. He works for the Mannings now.
Yeah, you could be someone who can still get stuff from him.
That seemed not worth writing. That seems like an observation not worth making.
Swaggy P says he's a traitor. Swaggy P told him, get the hell out of town because of all of their past together.
Jessica and Mike wouldn't let me have that last week.
I didn't say it was awful. I didn't go awful, but I'm like, I don't confuse great games with great endings.
Yesterday's games were not good. The last one was good. The weekend's football games were not good football games. Agreed.
He is going to get fired, you're saying? I mean, if he doesn't win this one. Again, since December 21st, he's beaten two of the top three SEC teams and the number one team in the country. Lost to Michigan.
You're going to keep making that joke. You're going to keep calling the Kansas City Chiefs the former Dallas Texans.
Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Do you love screaming fake at your TV at a fake punt? Boy, Sean Payton was feeling good about himself on that one, huh? Sean Payton, they had that queued up on television. Let's go right back to halftime after the Super Bowl halftime and let's show Sean Payton's onside kick.
You know what's funny about that? How about Tom Brady yesterday trying to pull his best Romo? God, he stinks. Brady's terrible. But he's like, this is for sure going to be a pass here. Nope. As they ran the ball.
He's terrible. He's terrible. It's not even that he's mediocre.
I am curious. I know that many of you are, you know, fed up with how much I talk about the violence in football. I saw yesterday there were a couple –
Yeah. But but the reason I want to bring it up, OK, is just because not just because of the amazing sort of word salad that I got yesterday, which is DeMar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and needed CPR. Third and eight from the Bills' 44-yard line. The same thing happened with Al Michaels.
Al Michaels was talking about the fires, and then he's like, he's just brutal, awful, loss of humanity at home. Third and four from the Baltimore 34.
But when we're talking about the national championship game and the season of Jessica's life that can be made... Even more amazing if they pull an upset as what I believe will be a double-digit underdog by the time the game is played. It just seems wrong for Notre Dame to have to play 15 games.
And because they've played 15 games, they've got nine or ten guys who are out with season-ending injuries. And the point spread in this game wouldn't be that if they weren't playing so many games. I'm watching Green Bay against Philadelphia. Philadelphia didn't play particularly well, but Green Bay is so hurt.
at the end of the season, that it's like they've got a guy on fourth and short or whatever, Heath, catching the ball, and he can't catch it in bounds because they've got so many receivers out. Jordan Love is throwing a normal fourth and two out. It's Jordan-like.
is taking more shots per minute than anyone in basketball since
wilt chamberlain in 1965 and not a single one of them is a shot that anyone's going to remember because he's doing it at the nowhere regional franchise ruined by michael jordan he's getting his though he is getting his um more shots per minute than anyone since uh wilt chamberlain uh billy you never finished saying what you were supposed to say about the listener league you just kept talking and then didn't say what needed to be said which
Which is?
Chris Cody, you never finished telling us what the origins were of willy-nilly and how it is that that became a phrase.
Stugatz, you never got off when we were talking about Mike Rabel, your hot... Mike Vrabel take.
Roy is just delighted because there was a Hank Stram reference. I did it just to say Hank Stram.
I do in general. I mean, what are we doing? Well, hope trafficking, I would say. Generally speaking, very often we put too much importance in whomever is the next leader who's going to fix everything, whether he has a quarterback or not. Drake May, it's a good spot because I think most people believe that Drake May is going to grow as a quarterback.
I think that's a good take by you. I think that's well said.
I would go further than that. I would say all of us believe that his teams play tough and hard and he overachieves with teams that we didn't expect much from. And in that game that Mike is talking about, he exploited a rule. while playing against Belichick that got them extra time and outsmarted a coach in a way that we're not used to seeing when it comes to knowing how to milk a clock.
Made a coaching move that all of us were like, wow, great coaching move. But I think all of this stuff tends to be overstated in how it is that someone arrives anywhere. He's done it the perfect way, Stugatz. He's not actually following Belichick.
Cut his teeth. Help me with that, please. I don't know when. And forgive my ignorance here.
Mike Malarkey. I don't know. You guys know what cutting your teeth means. It's like popping one's cherry.
No, no, no. I actually know what cutting your teeth means.
I just don't know the expression. Is it a horse that cuts its teeth?
Put it on the poll, please. Was Willie Shakespeare overrated?
Another thing that I have not yet brought to completion here, A.J. Brown, as I was mentioning before, was reading a book on the sidelines during the game and has posted on Twitter because the name of the book is Inner Excellence. He is showing on Twitter that he's got a lot of passages highlighted and underlined. And he says, this game is 90% mental and 10% physical for me.
I bring it to every game in this book and I read it between each drive. I use it to refocus and lock in despite what may transpire in the game, good or bad. People tend to create controversy when they don't know the truth. I'm surprised that this was the first time we were seeing this, if he's doing it all the time between drives.
He did. He did. He set himself up for a joke. At the expense of his son. He threw himself an alley-oop and dunked on his son with a fat joke.
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He's not getting that job. That's crazy.
The frustration is whiffing on Zach Wilson and getting it right with Sam Darnold, but he gets it right in Minnesota and not New York. Right.
We can't develop quarterbacks.
I mean, he had 208 yards.
How about the Camarillo touchdown that prevented them from going winless? I mean, that was a big one.
I think he's 29 or 30. Do you think the guy who monitors Deshaun Watson was so thrilled? Don't put on the boot. Dance without the boot. Please dance without the boot. And then he dances without the boot and they're celebrating. Are they not? Yes. Because that's what they want. That's what they've been looking for. Whoever has that job has been waiting for that moment for a couple of years now.
We finally got it.
A Georgia quarterback.
They are. But the big difference is I saw Cam Ward play in college. I knew Cam Ward was good, and I thought the Canes would make Cam Ward even better, and they did. I'm not certain about Carson Beck.
Don't read into the money as well, because the money just continues to go up. Yeah, that's exactly right. And it's going to continue to go up.
Emory Williams is white, huh? I haven't been this shocked since Khalil Green.
You okay? Greg, I had an idea here that I wanted to get your thoughts on. It's an idea I haven't shared with anyone yet. What if the fans, right before the playoffs, could vote out a team that is limping into the playoffs and vote in a team that got really hot at the end of the season but didn't make the playoffs?
Wow. I mean, you can. You have a vote. You can vote. Well, no. If you win the division, it has to be a wild card team.
I was asking Chris Sims if he'd be surprised at certain AFC teams and if they made it to the Super Bowl, and he said he would be surprised by all the teams with the exception of the big three, the Chiefs, the Ravens, and the Bills. And then I asked him, what if the Bengals made it? Would you be surprised if they made it to the Super Bowl? And he said no.
Joe Burrow wins that game. Yeah.
They lost at Baltimore 38-10. There you go. Yeah. Sorry, Billy.
He was available to anyone. Yes, he was. It sounds like we're putting the Ravens in the Super Bowl. They have to go to Buffalo and Kansas City.
Lamar Jackson does have a chance here, Dan, to erase everything. Meaning if he can do this on the road against Josh Allen, on the road against Patrick Mahomes, go to the Super Bowl, beat the Lions or the Eagles, let's say. It doesn't matter who he beats once he gets through that in the AFC. He has a chance to get rid of all the doubters. No one will ever say do it in the postseason again.
I don't think he's going to get it done, but there is a massive opportunity for Lamar Jackson here.
Yeah, we're not last.
As a kid I used to play Mahjong, which is also a tile game. And so there's an affinity there, you know.
No, Mahjong is one of the most difficult games in the world. Four crack, three bam. I mean, even the terminology is like...
Ich denke, es macht einen Comeback. Ja, das glaube ich auch. Aber ich habe gelernt, das zu spielen. Also Picking Up, Dominoes, wäre... Put it on the poll at Levitard Show.
I can't agree that he didn't ask for any of this. I think Bronny in effect asked for all of this. Because when he chooses to follow his father's footsteps, knowing who his father is, he knew exactly what he was getting into. He knows that if he's not a superstar instantly, that there's going to be the Stephen A. Smith type comment. You can't say he didn't know what he was getting into.
Ja, und ich verurteile, dass mein Twitter nicht funktioniert. Es wird immer Twitter für mich sein, das sage ich dir. Aber er ist richtig. Ist das eine Lieder? Er ist einfach weg.
Okay. Just so you understand.
He's bound to fail, right? Bronny is. And he must know it more acutely than anyone does. Two years from now, he may be playing on a team in China. It doesn't mean he's a failure. He's only a failure relative to the impossible footsteps of his father. If Bronny James is in business school right now, studying to be a CPA.
If he's studying to be a CPA and wants nothing to do with basketball, it's not like Stephen A. Smith is criticizing him then by saying he's afraid of the footsteps. He should be in the NBA. No, he's in the NBA or trying to be, so it's valid criticism.
Me? I want a happy player. A happy player who I trust to perform and to be in shape enough to perform. I'm not going to make him go on a scale once a week so that he doesn't gain three pounds. If he's performing on the court, do your thing.
I mean, Bush did not endorse the Republican candidate in the last election, which is in and of itself is a pretty jarring statement. But getting back to Luca for just a minute, the time to worry about his health habits and his future conditioning is when you're negotiating the contract and signing him.
It's not after you lavish him with this deal and then you're second guessing, hey, you look a little chubby, Luca.
But my point is, when you negotiate any contract, especially a bigger one, that's what you put into the contract. You can't go skydiving. Please don't ride a motorcycle. Stay healthy. Do this. Do that.
Sure you can.
You can negotiate anything in a contract.
You just love that hookah rhymes with Luca. I do love that. That's where it begins.
too many numbers being retired in sports. I really believe that, and I think basketball's a bigger culprit than most sports. I'm looking at the career record of Kevin Love. He made two All-Star teams with Cleveland. His best years were with Minnesota. I just don't see that he's an all-time great for the Cavaliers. I really don't.
Yeah, eight seasons, two All-Star games. To me, that's not Jersey retirement. In the case of UD, that's the father of heat culture. That's the embodiment of heat culture. And heat culture has become such a brand with this franchise that you've got to honor the guy who you think embodies that.
Well, tough shit for the rest of the country. He's also the all-time rebounding leader, I believe. He is. And so that's not nothing.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
They're not even covering second, so. They understand the assignment from Billy Gill. And it's ball one here from Rundy. Must be blasting through the speakers today, you know? These guys do hear what we say. Oh, no. They go back and listen to the broadcast. Both teams do. Uh-oh. So bear that in mind. You guys are all trying your best. Amazing how the tone switches.
He goes from the guy's not a threat to run to, wow, tremendous effort. Yeah. A little thing called accountability. Good double, Dylan. No betting. The mathematics of three more than one, but no betting. Yeah, baseball. Pete Rose learned that the hard way, Corey. Yeah, he sure did. Yeah. Sorry, he's going to get pardoned. Or whatever. Pay off pitch. Ildi goes after it.
Littman's got back-to-back Ks. Crowd roaring.
You can dive in more if you want. I think you nailed it. Pardoned or whatever. Last week we were talking about the new FIU Vice hat. Okay, that's different. Which carried over to the midweek game where we had a conversation about the Vice hat. Ball one. So in reality, we're discussing caps probably about half the games to this point in the year. Yeah. And that's no cap. What's that mean?
You know what, Corey, if you don't know. Yes, I'm just old. I'm not going to tell you. It's all right. Fortunately, I do know what cap means. Do you? I do. Cap, Riz, skibbity toilet. What? Knocked down by Andrews. A little PFP work right out of the gate. One pitch, one out. Andrews helping it himself. Well, PFPI gala, you know what I mean? Yeah, that's true.
Sorry, he's going to get pardoned. Or whatever. Hmm.
Sorry, he's going to get pardoned. Or whatever.
First home run. That kind of swing, that kind of thing in Florida Atlantic. A power surge on getaway day.
That kind of swing, that kind of thing in Florida Atlantic. A power surge on getaway day.
I guess the lead would have to be eight-time PFPI champion. Okay.
Maybe the back of the tombstone. Hell yeah. Near the dirt. Yeah, that's a good place for it. I wasn't even thinking of those terms. You weren't, were you?
Whisper it, and that way it won't be as bad. Yeah, you can say that.
First pitch swinging. Driven to center. With pace. The foul owl on the prowl, John Schroeder. Yeah. His first home run. That kind of swing, that kind of thing in Florida Atlantic. A power surge on getaway day.
Yeah, Mike's full of shit. He's going to cheer Marchand at the top of a mountaintop the first time he scores a winning goal for the Cats. And you know it. I mean, come on now.
I think there is no line. I think everybody in this case is right. Stephen A. Smith has every right to criticize and say what he did, not thinking that Bronny James is ever going to amount to anything. I mean, it's harsh. But if it's his truth, he's allowed to say it. It's his job to say it. I think LeBron James is perfectly entitled to get his back up because it's so personal.
And I would feel the same if the role was involving myself and Christopher. I also think Bronny James is perfectly entitled to give basketball his best shot despite his father. We're going to see the same thing with Tiger Woods' kid in a couple of years as he advances in golf. People are going to write and say he's never going to beat Tiger Woods. The kid's still allowed to give it his shot.
And it's up to Bronny to prove him wrong, right? I mean, it's up to Bronny to prove him wrong. That's why I get the feeling of all three principals in this matter. I don't think Stephen A's wrong. I don't think LeBron's wrong for getting his back up either because he's talking as a father, not as a teammate.
I am extremely excited about the Cats. They're good and not satisfied with winning one Stanley Cup. I think Marshawn is a statement that, hey, we're winning it back-to-back, Jack. And Seth Jones, not a sexy name, the defenseman, I think was just as big a signing as Marshawn, who hopefully, like Kachuk, will be back for the playoffs.
I would like Jess's opinion.
I disagree with Mike. I think it's a very valid conversation to have. I think it interests a lot of people, fathers and non-fathers, parents and non-parents. And the rule of thumb with athletes, right, is always my family's off limits. Okay, criticize me all you want, but don't bring my family into your whole media circus. Not when they're on the roster. Well, that's the thing.
That's where the line changes. That's my point. He's more than just family. He's a teammate. He's trying to be an NBA player. He's volunteered to follow in the biggest footsteps in sports. So it's way beyond family, LeBron.
Okay, FAU, nine seed. They're the interloper in this final four, right? Half of the, 90% of the country is going, saying, FAU, what? So here's the chant. Are you ready?
Are you ready, Ron?
The owl in FAU Owls is the burrowing owl, which is a very small owl. But I think of all owls as being mean and ornery. What can you tell us about the burrowing owl?
So they don't do it on porpoise.
Don Levitard. The elephant went into a 7-Eleven and bought a pack of cigarettes. But my question to Ron is this.
Is that a snake in your pants, or are you just happy to see me? Boy, all hell is breaking loose here. Yeah, it just killed the microphone.
He ran right through the door. There's an outline of his body on the door right now. Franklin, let him come in. Let him come in.
Ron, in Ohio, a zebra attacked its 72-year-old owner and bit the man's arm before the zebra was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy. How do you feel about killing animals that basically are just exhibiting natural behavior?
Ron, if you were at the scene, is there anything you could have done or said to that sheriff to save the zebra's life?
Oh, here we go. Okay. I was thinking in terms of two championships versus five.
That Popovich is white and Don Staley is black? Yes. That would be very accurate.
But what are you implying there? I'm using numerics. I'm going two championships versus five.
Does she? So she's getting close. She's getting closer. She's going away. She's getting closer. Would I give three? No. If Eric Spolster had won all three championships for the Heat, does he deserve a statue? Not yet. Three championships. Not yet. Hmm. In my opinion. I'm just giving my opinion. You took Wade's statue away last week. You did.
I want a statue of Wade that looks like Wade.
I said last week that he didn't. And I didn't mean that as an insult to Dwayne Wade.
Verstehst du mich? Ja, und ich denke, dass das argumentierbar ist. Ich denke, du hast einen tollen Punkt gemacht.
Was er gerade gesagt hat, was eine Statue angeht, ist argumentierbar, aber ich denke, er macht eine gute Argumentation.
Ich denke, es ist eine Kombination von allem.
Ich denke, für mich ist Statue, dass du ein Erfolg und ein Einfluss für die Ewigkeit bist. Du verdienst, dass du in Statue-Form in drei Generationen von jetzt, für immer erinnert wirst.
No, I'm not. I just think there are too many statues in sports. I happen to use her as an example. I think it's premature. I don't think it's not deserved. I think... Years from now, at the end of her career, when you should look back for a statue, not during a career, I think she may well deserve a statue. Do I think she does right now?
I don't, but it doesn't mean that she's any kind of a failure at all.
I don't think so. I agree. How about Rocky? No, again, that's a good example of who doesn't deserve a mythical statue. A mythical figure is getting a statue. What about Ted Williams? You could make an argument for Ted Williams. With or without the head? Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth. Hank Aaron deserves a statue.
I'm not sure. There's no record of it. Okay. Now you guys are being silly. I'm just saying... Let it play out. He needs to see the overall body of work. All I'm saying is there's too many statues in sports. Yeah, you said that a couple of different times. I didn't think it was controversial. I think if you put it on your poll, most people would agree with me.
As far as you would admit that.
I would love it if the percentage was 93% of the people knew that was a real place.
Yeah. I felt a little bad last week, and I appreciate the chance to maybe clarify a little bit. I use Dawn Staley as an example to say that in sports, I believe we have too many statues in sports. I think the statue should be reserved for the elite of the elite. And Dawn Staley is very good. South Carolina loves her. She's a great basketball coach. Sie hat, glaube ich, zwei Wettbewerbe gewonnen.
Heisenberg, Breaking Bad. Winston Churchill, der berühmte Holmberg. Fred Durst. Solid.
He wore a hat too, actually.
Das ist unglaublich. Wenn du sagst, du weißt, wer ich bin, dann kauft der Polizist das nicht? Oder wie funktioniert das? Barack Obama's White Sox Hat.
Ich glaube nicht, dass du eine Statue für zwei Wettbewerbe gibst. Ich glaube nicht. Das Beispiel, das ich benutzen würde, ist Pop, Greg Popovich. Fünf Wettbewerbe und jetzt verabschiedet, nur für gesundheitliche Gründe.
Thank you, Juju.
Yeah, because you gotta draw the line somewhere. You gotta draw the line somewhere. I think Popovich, to me, is a statue.
Well, yes. Dan almost pulled off to the side.
Die Bewegung, wo du auf die Seite gehst, denkst du, sie werden dich überlassen, aber dann ziehen sie dich hinterher und du denkst, oh, warte, was?
I have an outstanding ticket. Everyone does. I feel like everyone's got some outstanding ticket.
My wife will pay it for you. I get a bill every month for like some pass. It's like, you owe us. It's like, I paid you.
Mm-hmm.
Er liebt es, Leute zu zerbrechen. Er hat es die andere Nacht im Hotel gemacht. Ich, mein Bruder und mein Vater warten auf das Hotel, wo wir uns verändern werden, bereit sind für das Gebäude. Er schreibt mir hier ein schlechtes Porträt. It was supposed to be ready at 1. They kindly told us, hey, sorry, it'll be ready at 1.15. And just my dad huffing and puffing. We're a wedding guy.
We're on the top. People checking in. He's like, they're not staying in a suite. Those people are not staying in a suite. Why do they get their room before us?
You should have seen him huffing and puffing. I was puffing, I was not huffing. Giving looks, making people uncomfortable, not even speaking. I shamed him out of going up there and physically speaking to them. So he's just like steam coming out of his ears, just staring at them.
It's a big day. And it was a mistake by them, but they were apologetic. They were like, it'll be 15 minutes. Just the idea of He wants the room. He doesn't want apologies. Look, it's how you handle these things. He needed to let them know that he was frustrated. I handled it with applause. They acknowledged the mistake. They said it would be ready in 15 minutes and that wasn't good enough.
He had to keep pacing by the desk, letting them know how angry he was.
I walked into the room and I could just see it on your face. I'm like, what's wrong? He's like, we're supposed to be in the room by now. It's one o'clock. They said 1.15. They've apologized, but it's not good enough.
Leave a tip. This feels like a mistake.
I'm shocked that you're good with 20. Because we've done the whole thing here with valets, where you have... He's trying to break a five.
Schau dir Jeremy an. Er ist so glücklich.
Jeremy macht das mit den Basketball-Games. Versteht Jason Jackson seine Rekorde? Das ist mein Winner. Das ist mein erster Major-League-Winner.
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Ich bin wirklich stolz auf das. Okay, aber du wirst bezahlt. Lass uns einfach weitergehen. Ich bin bezahlt, um die Mannschaft zu besiegen.
Ich denke, Stugatz hat es auch gut gemacht, aber Jeremy hatte keine Zeit dafür.
Well, this is our big fifth anniversary show. Our first show ever was March 2nd, 2020. We're five years old. We're celebrating by revealing the top 100 countdown of all time greatest guests. And it's been fun. It's been controversial. People are eating it up. We're doing good traffic, unusually good traffic.
Yeah, I didn't remember you were on the show either.
That's a fair comment.
Princess Claire, I don't recall that she made the top 100. Wow. Holy shit. Daddy did. Dad made it. Wow.
I forgot I thought you had a son. I could be wrong. Princess Claire may have made the top 100. Is Dan on the top 100? Not to give anything away, but Dan sort of had a disappointing rank. In fact, Dan used an expletive when we called him to congratulate him on where he had ranked. He used an expletive because he happened to have ranked one spot below Gary the Bag Rosenfeld, which I can say.
But Gary is like a Greg Cody Show Hall of Famer once we institute the Hall of Fame.
Yeah, but the PFPI Hall of Fame is going to happen. Greg Lobos, too, have a great shot, in my opinion, to be a first ballot Hall of Famer there. We'll see. You know, I can't control fate.
No, we did. We went from 100 to number one. Wow. We did have an omission that I'm embarrassed about that I can't even reveal it.
That's a good point.
Blow it. That team blows some leads, doesn't it?
Fun. The announcer voice.
It's a heat broadcast that you just did. It was funny. What? That was your heat broadcaster voice. Yeah, my generic broadcast voice.
They are blisterous tonight. Fun. I'd love to do a whole game in my worst possible announcer's voice. Yeah, you should try that, Billy.
Come by tomorrow, Greg.
No, he didn't. That's what I was looking for. He's afraid of me, obviously, because he sold me a bill of goods. He told me the Levitard show is going to have its own suite, which reads open bar, if I'm being honest. But you should have a... Dan Marino had a suite.
I know, but your team has to negotiate a better deal than four free tickets.
But it's silly. Everybody else had a suite except Levitard.
Jersey City? Is that in Cuba?
But that's not my choosing on that. That's how the Panthers do this. No, they don't. No, normally when you bang a drum, they give you a suite. You didn't negotiate the right deal.
Greg Cody Rhodes. No, I don't. I'm still mesmerized by Billy's performance on the air. It's unlike any other I've heard when he's broadcasting FIU baseball. I think what you need, though, you need to pipe in a little fake crowd noise because it's very, very quiet.
Peter, ich habe eine Frage für Peter, wenn er noch nicht weg ist. Ich bin hier. Die Jokebox im Hintergrund, ist das eine funktionierende Jokebox? Und wenn es ist, wundere ich mich, ob Sie Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger haben.
I'm enjoying the show. Somebody says something funny, I laugh.
Yeah, well, you are doing journalism right now to put a microscope on the validity of the actual phrase Vamos Gatos. So that's journalism. I think before you bang the drum, you should give a little tutorial to the 15,000 fans gathered there getting ready to... hier let's go Panthers, because you need to instruct them. You need to be informative.
You need to bring out all of your Hispanic knowledge of the language and learn people. You know, they don't want to learn. They don't want to earn. You got to teach. He's right about that.
You'll get it. It'll be a number one jersey with Levitard on the back.
First of all, the Panthers are too polite to have told you this, but you're auditioning. If you blow it, then you'll never be heard from again in that arena. If you're pretty good, they might invite you back for the playoffs. If you bang the drum in the playoffs, then you've arrived. But It's an all lose situation for you. Everything could go wrong. You could be offbeat on the drum.
Instead of chanting, let's go Panthers, they're going to chant Coca-Cola. The whole thing could end up being a nightmare. I was just really worried.
Es muss die Zeitung richtig sein. Du kannst keine Iota ausmachen. Es muss perfekt sein. Sonst wird eine Arena voll von Leuten lachen, wenn es nicht perfekt ist.
Okay, I got it. James Bond 25. Good film. That was the one.
Correct.
How many of you believe that racism and misogyny played a role in Vice President Harris's defeat? Okay. Okay. So that's good. You all pass.
Greg Werber here. Thank you. I can't believe we're here. This is incredible. I'm walking on a cloud. We love you, Trump.
That's not my sister. Not only would she not give him the wedding ring back, she probably would have thrown a Molotov cocktail in the house on her way out.
I asked him point blank, Dale, what do you think about your wife? I'm still missing. She just disappeared in thin air. And he said to me, well, it could be a little faster, but I think they're doing a good job. And that's when I told him. I said, you know what? You're a liar. And I told him, OK. You told him that? Yeah.
It hurts a lot every time.
Call it gut feeling if you'd like, whatever you'd call it.
You can see there's a silo right over there. That's the location of where the buildings were.
We used a drone to fly not only this site, but every site we could find around here. We flew a couple thousand acres of drone footage.
I began searching and searching.
There's basically three or four major sites that bother me.
Where is it? It's right around the corner here.
And then... It was pretty crazy because we had a meeting with the prosecutor the same day, and she gave me no indication.
Five, six, 700 acres. We all went on foot.
Yeah, you know, I sort of haunt you.
And how did she die? They're not sharing that with me.
The tank was in this agricultural storage building right behind me. And was the cylinder right in here? Yeah, it was parked here.
All these things point in one single direction, clearly, without any question. And that's a Dale. That's correct.
The one thing that she knows for sure, that was her mother there. That her mother didn't leave her. It was real.
The first thing I did was call her number. If she was somewhere, she would answer my phone call. And then I text her. And did you? And nothing.
I did. We were worried because of everyone's report of her emotional behavior.
The crescendo was building up.
There's no chance that she would not drive the Escalade to wherever the hell she was going. Not my sister.
No. She had a desire for success.
I believe that's what her attraction was. I really do.
We all went on foot, and we walked probably 500, 600, 700 acres. Wow. We came up zero.
She'd had a bad migraine headache. She was laying on the floor. He gave her a massage. She went to sleep. He picked her up and put her on the couch about 12.30. He got up around 6, 6.30. He left, but she was snoring on the couch.
It's implied. You don't pick somebody up unless you read the type. What's a good icebreaker for a hitchhiker?
There you go.
I do, yeah. One of the great characters in the history of television, in my humble opinion. And to my credit, my personality... In my humble opinion, followed by to my credit. To my credit. It's amazing. My personality does predate Curb Your Enthusiasm.
I'm not going to say Larry David patterned himself after me.
He had to say elderly. You couldn't just say people were tripping over. You had to use the first elderly.
Craig's right.
Nailed it. Battle me. That's a sin. What are you talking about?
I think I could play it poorly. I'm not a fan of, this is blasphemy, I'm not a huge fan of Cuban food. I love Cuban food. It probably ranks 10th on my list of cuisine.
I don't like croquetas. The pastelito I loved. I thought that was just great. That's a flaky, flaky pastry. That is a finger food. It's magnificent.
I think croquette is one of the most overrated foods.
No, I do.
Papa Diana?
No.
I love the costilla de puerco. Yeah. You know, I get a couple of those whenever I go to my favorite restaurant that serves them. And it's great. Pork chops, mojo. I made a mojo dish the other day. I don't know whether that's a Cuban thing or not.
Is mojo a Cuban thing?
We love Moho.
Pastelito.
Oh, man, let me think now. Uh...
I don't prefer that kind of food. I'm sorry.
And why wouldn't I know it? If I loved it, would I know it? No, you've never tried it.
Perhaps he loves Cuban food more than I do.
King wing. By the way, I like plantain chips with the garlic sauce. There you go. Does that count? Yeah, that's mojo. All right.
On the rare occasion when I go to a Cuban restaurant, their plantain chips are served with... The mariquitas.
It's more of a garlicky sauce than it is mojo.
That is correct.
Yeah, that dolphin, the heydays of the dolphins didn't last long. It took about a minute and a half. Back two years ago it was, when they scored 70 points against Denver, and the offense with Tyreek Hill is the talk of the league, right? Mike McDaniel wears the genius hat for a year. Now, the over-under on wins is like eight. They play 17 games.
They're going to struggle to be a 500 team, let alone make the playoff. What happened? Part of it is that Tua can't stay healthy and misses a lot of games. But with Jonu Smith and Jalen Ramsey, both are older players. It's almost as if they're in a rebuild, you know, without ever having gotten anywhere. They're like starting over again.
McDaniel and Chris Greer are coaching and general managing for their jobs this year. There's no question about that. There's going to be huge turnover if they fail this season.
But the reality is Tyree Kill isn't worth what he was two years ago. And the Marlins are finding this out with Sandy Alcantara, whose ERA was eight last time I looked. They're trying to trade him. The market has plummeted. Tyree Kill, I don't know what they're going to get for him if they trade him. And there is that speculation that he could be gone. But what are you going to get for Tyree Kill?
A third-round pick? A third and a seventh? I mean, he's worth more to you than he is in trade right now, which wouldn't have been the case two years ago.
I can't be. I can't be. No, I can't be.
Yeah, it's actually in the current episode of The Greg Cody Show with Greg Cody that's out today. Drops every Monday wherever you pod. And also check us out visually on our YouTube channel. Yeah, I was very fortunate to grow up in what I call the golden age of hitchhiking, which I would say was the early 70s to mid-70s. It was a fairly small window for me. Also the golden era of murders.
Well, I'm in my teens and into my early 20s, and this was the golden age of hitchhiking. And yes, I did partake. I thumbed a couple of times, but mostly if I was in a car with another buddy of mine, this is when Greg Cody had long hair. And, you know, I was never a hippie. I was actually too young to be a full-fledged hippie. But, you know, we partook a little bit.
And so if we're in a car and we see a thumb on the side of the road and it looks like somebody's simpatico who may be carrying something that we could torch up, you know, maybe we're going to pick him up.
What are you going to give him? Well, he gives us a couple... We give him a few miles. He gives us a couple of tokes, and we call it a day. You know, we let him off around the bend, give him a wave, give him a bro wave, and then we're gone.
Uh, no.
No, no, we've admitted that before. Look, I'm not a saint, believe me.
Yeah, you got to be careful.
I needed to get somewhere. That was back in the day. And the Opel GT station wagon was in the shop. I had to get someplace. It's not that different than Uber, right?
You don't know that stranger. That's a very good point by Billy. Because he's right. Everybody thinks, oh, hitchhiking. How dangerous. Who would do that? You're calling an Uber. You got a total stranger picking you up in God knows what kind of vehicle. Yeah.
Hey, you know, everything's a dice roll nowadays.
Yeah, they really do. They don't know how to have fun, those people.
You know, eventually, hitchhiking became against the law. They outlawed it. Even back in the day, it was against the law to hitchhike on a major highway. For now. You never saw a thumb on 95. Yeah. But you could do it in the back roads. And now, and then they outlawed even that. So, you know, but it was easy to hitchhike if it was against the law because you saw a cop car coming a mile away.
And you said, I'm stretching out the old thumb, you know.
Thank you for your service. Good job, officer. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your protection, officer. Come on.
What I'm trying to convey is that back then, it was pretty common. Okay, it was common. So it's like, I got to go to the store. What are my options? I could drive or I could just go out and hitchhike? You did it a couple of times. You know, I'm not overselling it. I didn't spend... Nobody spends 10 years hitchhiking, okay? Hitchhiking is sort of a sad thing.
You do it when your car's beat up and broke down or you do it just, you know, you pick up somebody for ulterior reasons, right? which in my case had to do with, you know, a puff here, a puff there. Did people ever have the thing from Pee Wee Herman, like the stick and the little thing attached to it? No. You're talking about hobo. I did ride the rails for a time. Did you? Geez. Is that so?
Stop!
Right. Yeah, it's a popular phrase from back in the day. Brill cream, a little dab will do you. You know, in this case, you know, you take a puff. You know, the joints were passed around. You have a puff, a little devil, do you?
What do you mean a detail?
All right, let me give you a bulletin here. When you pick up someone while hitchhiking, the first thing you do is, could you give me your ID, please? Show me your driver's license because I've got to make sure you're on the up and up before I give you a lift for two and a half miles. That's not the way it works, kid. It's just not the way it works. What do you say?
Which way are you heading, stranger? Where to? Yeah, you know, that kind of thing.
Yeah, you're not going to turn around. You're not going to say, hey, buddy, where can I take you? Where do you want to go? That'd be a jerk move. Yeah. I'm like, I'm actually heading the other way. I'm going on a straight line. If you want to come with me for a mile and a half, go ahead. I mean, why are you walking on that side of the road?
I never whipped a U-turn on behalf of someone I just picked up.
Entirely? You support him on the Caitlin Clark thing?
So it's not 100% you don't write.
I thought his follow-up question was very legit. I love the question. Because then the real answer after that is, well, they care more than we do about their jobs.
Well, he didn't want to follow it up with. He didn't want to follow it up with. The real answer would be what? Yeah, we were playing in New York. We knew we were coming back home and the game didn't matter that much to us. So all of a sudden, all of our players played poorly.
the growth of this kind of transcendent talent sort of demands that he step up and win this to be the talent that I believe everyone hockey thinks he already is, just better than everybody. And what he's facing, though, is the following. It is a franchise that not only took out and beheaded Tampa and all that it was, but made Boston and New York go about doing a different kind of business.
I don't believe that Indiana has any chance in this series, but if they do, we're going to have to rethink how we thought about Pascal Siakam. Because Kawhi Leonard is going to get credit for winning a championship without any help, even though this man was at his side. And he was a problem in this series.
Like his physicality, even in a game when the Knicks were coming through and it was just knees to the junk. Knees to the junk. We're going to come in knees to the junk. Pascal Siakam was a handful for everybody. Like he was...
And Kawhi. As we follow the storylines of a season, right, because I do believe that basketball will suffer in this next round from just tropes. Like, I don't want the new thing. Small markets, whatever, whatever, whatever. Even though these are two, I believe, interesting stories. And not just that.
Interesting stories at a time that we spent the entire season talking about Luca, talking about LeBron, talking about Steph, talking about Jason Tatum, talking about Edwards, talking about John Morant. Who was going to be next? Who was going to be next? Who was going to be next? Oh, oh, okay.
It's gonna be Shea Gilgis-Alexander, and it's gonna be a Pacer team that we have to tell the stories about somebody, and the third story in this series is Siakam, is it not? Like, this is how names get made this time of year. I was telling you about where are Tatum's moments, where are Tatum's moments. Halliburton got the moments, in a series that Neesmith and Siakam won.
And now has Toronto's GM saying, we need to change our DNA because what we are isn't what they are. And so now you're slicing through the top of the toughest conference with the deepest team Paul Maurice has ever had. If Connor McDavid is to be the champion, I believe him to be, that his greatness demands, he will slay this giant. But it will be a giant he slays.
Halliburton got the moment, the moment, and so I ask you, I ask this as a serious question. Siakam's already more highly regarded than he was four or five games ago, correct? Siakam has just made some sort of leap in terms of reputation outside of basketball because we have to fill these storylines with somebody and Chet Holmgren will be here soon enough, but the Pacers were the surprise.
But in a series that demanded his and Naismith, everything they were doing there physically, I mean, to bother Brunson. I haven't seen Brunson that bothered all season. This was the wear down of seven games. This was him being worn down on defense. I don't think Knicks fans recognized Brunson being ground to dust by the sheer physicality of their wing players, of Indiana's wings.
I'm curious whether or not you guys are going to get swept up in the sheer athleticism of what we're talking about, where Chet Holmgren, best rim protector in the league by percentage, identifies as athlete. Doesn't say he plays a position, says athlete is what he plays. He's got that team is youthful, has uncommon swagger, and both styles are fun. And we can say youthful, right?
See, Siakam is an elder. He's the wise elder.
Can I ask you this question? I've always liked Miles Turner as a player, and always Miles Turner is available, and nobody seems to want him, and I don't totally understand.
They're every bit as good as each other, except they have the better player. But Florida's plenty happy with the best player they've got and the soldiers behind him. Because this thing is deeper than what beat him last year. But he's stronger than what he was last year.
When he says, though, pesk. OK, because I don't know how I'm going to sell this part to America because I'm with Amin on everything. It's delightful to watch the young people take over. I just. You've heard me say, I think Jokic is the best thing I've ever seen offensively for efficiencies. And I saw OKC hunt him down like hunting dogs.
Like it felt like if this is all survival of the fittest, the physically fittest, seeing that team chase down Westbrook and Jokic, that team, because it now wants to be the champion. And Indiana is the same kind of young and hungry as well. But when he says Pesk,
It's a good deal better than that for Nembhard, because what I'm telling you is I've not seen Brunson look like that all season, ground down to dust, when it's like, oh, it's not even going to be Neesmith fighting through every screen. Now it's going to be this guy, Nembhard. So he holds Brunson to 38% and 30% shooting, but he also held Donovan Mitchell to 23% and 16% shooting.
Like, it's a little more than pesk there, what I saw at the end of that game. I saw somebody being discussed as the most beloved Knick ever drown and die at the end because his coach had run the entire team into the ground. They didn't have anything from their bench, and now they're turning the ball over. When in that sport, that's the greatest advantage OKC has.
They protect the basketball, and they steal it. They do it better than anybody. They have a better combination of doing that than historically great teams.
And there can be only one. So let me ask you if there can only be one, the great one, okay? Because when he mentions Lou Dort, I'm thinking physically, okay? Just physically, Lou Dort is a different thing than Nembhard, just size-wise. When you look at the great one, Wayne Gretzky, what's the size difference between him and Conor McDavid?
I know, but when Billy makes fun of McDavid being the fastest player on the ice.
So Connor McDavid's using steroids?
Actually, Florida is. He's faster than everyone, and he's bigger than most, is he not? What are the dimensions of McDavid versus Gretzky?
Come on, it is a look at me, Louie. No, it's a catch me on context.
It sounds like he was too small, though, too. It sounds like you expected him to be larger.
But how about the quote, though, from Toronto's GM, we have to change our DNA? It's obvious. But what you're leaving in your wake in Carolina and Toronto.
He's very slow. All right, so that's Amin throwing in a Clint Black for no good reason, and he's going to just leave now because... I thought it was a valid reference by him.
If Clint Black was in the league, he'd probably be the slowest skater. Especially if he skated in a cowboy hat.
Mike Ryan, how do you feel about McOverrated t-shirts selling like crazy as Panther fans taunt Connor McDavid bringing back Greg Cody's finest moment last year? Thank you. Buy him up.
That is the correct perspective, of course. And I would just say, so ratchet it up to the funniest possible, most dangerous place that doesn't make us lament and regret saying. So just ratchet it up. No, just between Canada. Look, this has always been fun. Come on. Florida stealing Canada's sport. The modern day Gretzky.
And Chris Cody said some very regrettable things. And Florida is very red and red hot and people are going to be crazy. Yes, you guys all said crazy things. You guys wanted Chuck to sever his own head for a title.
Yes.
Billy brought up steroids for some reason. I didn't. Mike brought it up. I wanted to ask you guys this because on Friday night, it really was funny to watch in Dodgers, Yankees, Otani and Judd.
just be so much better at baseball than everyone else that they're just meeting and then both hitting home runs and i just wanted to ask you guys in general on on the damage that steroids did to baseball can it would it all feel a lot different in baseball right now if otani and judge were chasing their own home run records or baseball's home run records i'm asking you seriously
Two guys who are physically bigger than all of the steroid monsters that were hitting the home runs when baseball was played differently a million years ago. Would it make any difference if Ohtani was now just chasing, you know, if Aaron Judge and Ohtani were just chasing each other's single-season home run records?
Like, post-steroids, where I don't think anyone's assuming either one of these guys are cheating.
Amin had the proper tone with the Knicks when he says, they were very good. Why do we have to immediately change the architecture? Well, the why is Carolina and Toronto had some of the best teams they've ever had, and it wasn't good enough. They had teams good enough to hope that this was the year that
What I'm saying to you is baseball simply will not have a way to break through to these places where basketball and football or soccer grab people's hearts if this isn't the story that does it for you. Two clean superstars and clean in every way. Like, nobody says anything bad. I mean, even the gambling thing went away. Yeah. What? Who gets bad stuff said about him?
Nah, clean in every way. I mean, we don't know that. We thought everyone was clean until they were found to be dirty.
Okay, but what they're giving off... I mean, I wouldn't be shocked.
Look at Aaron Judge. The optics of... I heard Ipe hasn't even reported to prison yet. Like, is that true? How is that possible? He'll get pardoned. Some think that he didn't really have anything to do with it.
You know what I'm saying though, Billy? If this story doesn't make baseball pop, because I know how baseball heads are looking at it, they can't believe that Judge is hitting 400 and Otani's the better player. Like, that Otani does both things. It's just, it's weird to see at the same time. It's not just home runs. It's mastery of the sport in a way we haven't seen.
the big dumper doing it from the catcher position with the best slugging percentage in the league why aren't you mentioning cal rally big dumper and pca should have been easy keepers for me and i didn't keep them in fantasy you guys don't care about that damn i mean dan it's it's june 2nd no one's going to talk about otani and judge today it's june 2nd we're talking about big dumper yeah the biggest story in baseball is uh the colorado rockies chasing the 1899 most losses in a season they're 9 and 50.
Since May, since the beginning of May. The betting lines I'm seeing, the Rockies are playing against the Cubs and the Cubs are like minus 380.
And it was taken out by the defending champion in a way that's so overt that you have to change the way you're doing the entirety of business because they've passed you. We know how competitive these things are. So when it's these two teams, they just buzz sawed through the playoffs. I know that Toronto, I know that Toronto took them seven games, but the playoffs are generally pretty hard.
This all intents and purposes to pretty easy paths for somehow for, I'm not saying the teams weren't good. I'm just saying to go 12-2 through one conference and to go through, you know, tested once by Toronto, you ran through the conferences. These are clearly the two best teams.
When Paul Murray says it's the best team he's had, and the last one he had was a champion, and when what, I will keep saying, cometh this way throughout hockey history, when something that looks like this.
Because there are like four guys historically who can be feared the way this one is.
All right, can you help me here, Billy? Because Mike's trying to cut us off at the knees before we even get started. Greg Cody, it wasn't just Vegas that made it all go to his head. Greg Cody made himself the center of the Stanley Cup final. He made himself the center, the star media personality calling Conor McDavid overrated last year, infuriating Mike Ryan.
You guys got so serious that you thought my billboards were going to jinx your team? Everybody ran diarrhea shitting themselves, not allowing me to do some things because Mike didn't want us blamed for ruining the Stanley Cup final championship run because we had to get Greg Cody more attention.
Well, not me. That would be the situation that we were in.
Yeah, but Billy Hamilton was the fastest player in baseball, and would that get him?
That's a very good point by Billy, as always, Billy. No one ever said he's the greatest of all time because he's the fastest.
It's happened before. He was that good. Nah, it's a mockery. No, it's a mockery. Right now, he's in the class of Apollo Anton Ono. That's about it. Exactly.
Oh, and he gave you the left hand, a little Elvis. You got a little, oh, he, look at it. He did a little wiggle and he just got it.
Hey, Norton. I don't like what's happening to my left. I don't like what's happening over here. Billy, I'm going to need you to corral some of this.
I'm trying to help here.
Okay. Art Carney. It doesn't feel like you're trying to help. Let me get a palate cleanser here. Give me the testy Siakam. The show's been a little scattered today. Give me the testy Siakam I asked for 40 minutes ago.
It used to be that if you were Pascal Siakam in your town, you would know who the local newspaper columnist is. You would know who that is. I would have no reason to think that Pascal Siakam is going behind the paywall at the Indianapolis Star to see what Greg Doyle wrote about his 30-point performance.
Well, I just I don't imagine that these guys are going. All right. Put it on the poll at Levitard show. Are the Pacers all paying for Indianapolis star subscriptions?
It's not a criminal. It's true. There's nothing criminal about it. But now twice Amin has done this where I was there.
I'm not lying. Chris, you called for the ball. Little Sunday sativa. You called for the ball, and you said body, and then you did this.
Go ahead and play it back. All right, so let's see if we can see the back of Amin's head in the shot if we play it back, because I don't see anybody's head. Up, up, up.
There you go. Let's see what we've got here. Go ahead and play the sound again because there was something else I thought was funny about this.
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Unmistakable. This is the reason that I found it funny, though. For how long do you imagine that Pascal Siakam has been interviewed after games? 15 years? Or 10 years? About 10 years. 10 years going back. For 10 years, he's been trotting out. They just played harder than us. Never expecting a follow-up.
never expecting any damage to be done just they played harder than us i've been saying this for 10 years and you know what i've done i've ridden for 10 years as pascal siakam nobody cares what i have to say about anything because i just say they played harder than us and it's okay and he wasn't expecting a follow-up and it's a good follow-up well how is that possible he doesn't know or they wouldn't have gotten their asses kicked in that game how long has greg doyle been a columnist 20 years a long time yeah he got in trouble for with the caitlin clark thing comments yeah
No one ever does, though. Why would they? We have accepted they played harder than us since it was invented. And we go on our merry way. No one's ever been brave enough to ask how. How is that possible? Why would they play harder than you?
mean that 93 of their money is tied up in six players and they got less from the bench than anybody and they got less from the bench all season like i'm asking you the question structurally as people like people now wonder are the celtics going to trade jalen brown or what are the celtics going to do to counter however it is that okc needs to be countered when i say the conversation today i mean goes very quickly roy how much of that you got in your mouth so far it seems like half the bag so far
Wednesday is willy-nilly. It's wild willy-nilly. Tuesday used to be Greg Cody Tuesday. Yeah, what happened? I'm convinced. I don't know if this is true. Mike, you will have to tell me what is true or not true of the Stugatz negotiations. That Stugatz negotiated into his contract that he could just skip the days when the Knicks embarrass him.
When I say, I mean that 93% of the salary is tied up in the six guys.
They're not good enough, and they needed Cleveland to get knocked out, and Indiana did all the killing, and Tatum got hurt, and they're not good enough. And Brunson's their best player, and if he's your best player, that's about as far as you're going to go.
No. It's not a talent issue. Nobody's saying it's a talent issue. You're saying they're not good enough to win with Bunsen as your best player. They just lost to a five. Okay. They lost to a five. I just explained how. No, and they're a three. They beat one of the two that were better than them, but...
Maybe they're better than Cleveland next year, and maybe they're not better than Cleveland next year. And I don't know where Giannis ends up, but when we're talking about Boston realized during this year that they might have to make a change while watching what OKC was doing. A structural, architectural change. If Boston is the champion is doing that, I feel like we've sped up.
Because he was supposed to be in today. He's going to be in tomorrow, but I assume that he's not in today because he's just trying to avoid what will be a hysterically laughing day. The biggest day of the Heat season. The basketball season concluded for Heat fans with Game 6 in Indiana.
What are you looking at me? What was Boston realizing it had to make a change? There was a conversation happening during the season as people realized, like you did, OKC has gotten better than Boston. What might that team have to do to change if it loses against OKC?
So it's a conversation that's happening now, is it not?
There are three teams in the conference, I can argue today, are better than the Knicks. At least three. And I don't know what Philadelphia's going to be. I understand if no one trusts anything regarding Joel Embiid. But I do believe that when a season ends, you can either say... that you believe, oh, they're good enough as is and they can add a thing.
Or you say, ah, they need to add something better than Brunson. And Brunson is plenty good, but they need to add something structurally that changes their fortunes because 93% of the money is tied up in six guys. I mean, and I do believe it's fair to have a structural conversation about the Knicks today.
That concludes our interest in anything to do with basketball and understanding that OKC will win the championship easily from here.
Right next to the condom? Yeah.
Is that what you're saying? No way a Camry's trunk is big enough to hold a million dollars.
You take the tire out, you know, you've got plenty of room. It's going to be weighted to the floor. You're going to know there's a million dollars. You're not going to be able to drive the car. Put it on the Polat Levitard show. Can you move a Toyota Corolla? Can you drive a Toyota Corolla that has one million pounds worth of gold weight?
No, no, no.
Dollars, not pounds.
It was not any good.
Light work. My bad. I thought it was heavier than that. My bad. Roy, you have the entire pack of Big League chew gum in your mouth now? Yes, sir. All right. So are you chewing it or you just put it in like tobacco? It's behind my cheeks right now. Okay, but have you chewed it? Have you made it inflate in your mouth? Yes. Okay.
Can you give us your best Stanley Cup preview here as Edmonton faces the Panthers in a rematch of last year's finals? As Paul Maurice says, this is the best team he's ever coached. This one right now.
Stay on here. I want more analysis from you faster and more. Edmonton is 12-2 in their last 14. They started the postseason and they were down early against the Kings and then in games 3 and 4 they were also down late.
The Kings could have put an end to this.
The Panthers have been great during the last 12 games. Edmonton has been better.
Hold on a second. Greg, Roy, can you stop chewing gum long enough to get the Back in My Day live here so that we can now get on a Monday Greg Cody's live rendition of Back in My Day where he tells us the inside reference that he was making there to all the 90-year-olds who are listening to our podcast.
So at Levitard's show is the poll question, is it really a curse to find gold?
I know you're so good at this that you don't need to practice it.
I need to see this transcribed. You haven't written a Back in My Day in a while. You continue to publicize your books here off of old recycled work. You haven't done a lot of new. You're not cranking out fresh material.
Anyway, Greg, we were on the honeymooners, but first I'd like to just retreat for just a moment. I'm the truly ignorant one in thinking that a million dollars in gold would be heavier than it was.
So put it on the poll. Is it really, I know we put it up already, is it really a curse to find gold? Because Billy is maintaining, I just want to make sure I've got this right. You're maintaining that you would rather not find gold than find gold.
Wasn't a 10-point lead with a minute left? Yeah, they were up nine with 52 seconds left. That's a game. That series should have gone seven games. We should have been able to eat on a live stream tomorrow night the Knicks losing at home.
Yeah, it is. Why is that a fine?
So it's Top 20 Herbs?
No, no. I saw this the other day. I will continue to tell people that what Yeti and Chris Cody are doing with Greg Cody on very low budget. is fun and funny, and it's a ransacking. And last week, it was top 20 herbs.
I cheered when cilantro was number six. Not to spoil everything for everybody.
Do you realize how shitty your Honeymooners back in my day was? Do you want to give it another crack on what the Honeymooners was or did all you have was Hey Norton to take us back to this 39 episode run through one glorious season of the Honeymoon?
And then we asked you to elaborate and you keep going back to, hey, Norton. So do you know anything about the Honeymooners? Because back in my day, there was a television show. It was black and white. It only had 39 episodes. Do you remember how to do back in my day?
Check out his book, Back in My Day, The Chronicles of Recycled Corned Beef Hash with Greg Cody. Thank you. It's a great Father's Day gift.
Are you not fascinated by the way this man's brain works? Because I'm fascinated. Well, I will tell you, there is one thing I am fascinated by, and thank you for bringing it up, because if you hadn't brought it up, it would have escaped my attention. Since singing in Las Vegas, Diva and Ego has consistently come to Greg Cody, who now thinks he's the star of every show he's in.
Yeah, I did Carrie Vegas. Yeah. Agreed. Agreed. So that, you guys may have noticed this because it made Mike laugh out loud in the other room.
When he shot out his left arm because he was about to give off some material, like because he had a line or two for the audience and he was winding up, that's Greg feeling himself on, look out, here comes some of the good 100% pure, don't melt it down like gold, Greg Cody.
It's Shitty. There it is, ladies and gentlemen. Makes no sense. So Tom Cruise and Father's Day, I link these two.
I link these two because as Father's Day approaches, Tom Cruise had the single most Tom Cruise answer to what I thought was just a lobbed question at the red carpet from a celebrity interviewer. It's not meant to sort of rummage around in his past or ask him whether he loves his kids or not. But what a shocking answer to this question.
The most shocking I've heard on a red carpet to this kind of question.
Play that again, please, because I was just simply shocked by this answer.
No, I think that's what he thinks an awesome Father's Day is.
It was an amazing World Series.
Seconds before. Seconds before. Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Is Father's Day for fathers?
Put that on the poll at Levitard Show. Does Tom Cruise just walk around saying, I can jump off of that? Again, I just want to play it one more time because it's amazing. Annabella, he's not thinking about you at all. He's only thinking about himself. When it comes to Father's Day, it's me, me, me on Tom Cruise.
He doesn't have time to see his kids. He's strapped to the side of an airplane. His face is vibrating.
It's fantastic. Why are you being such a diva, Cody? Cody's been this since the newspaper days. When he'd get sent to Buffalo with the Dolphins, he's like, why do I got to go to Buffalo? When he wouldn't get sent, he'd be like, I should be going. Why am I not allowed?
I am bumming that Stugatz is not here today. No offense to Amin and Greg, I'm very happy to see them. But I wanted to see how it would feel to be obnoxious New York fan today after losing to Indiana and getting ransacked by Indiana. Those turnover differences made Indiana feel like they're OKC. just being able to play in the open court like that.
But before we get to all of the games here, I just things are moving faster in the playoffs. Our local team is in the Stanley Cup final. We will get to that in a moment. But we didn't properly celebrate around here when the Boston Celtics season came to an end. I forgot to use any number of the devices in our arsenal to unleash upon
Boston Celtics fans, but today is a day to enjoy the misery of New York, the loudest New York there's been in basketball in 25 years. Falls is a favorite. Falls is a favorite on its face when you did the hard thing, you beat Boston, Cleveland got taken out, and so what you did is, for the first time in 25 years, Knicks fans dared to hope.
So when it collapses like that, against a team you were favored to beat, a team you were better than all season, Now you get to a point where OKC, the best record since the start of the year, are OKC and Indiana. We know this, right? 53-13, OKC, Indiana's 46-18. So they've both been very good since January 1st. But I want to celebrate here, and Stugatz isn't giving me the right. This is delayed.
This is a delayed celebration. This is the suffering of Boston fans. Find somebody who would represent New York so that we can just have Ben Stiller. Is it Ben Stiller? Where's Sam? Yeah.
It'd be great if he were here to talk about it. He will not be today, unfortunately, contractually, but he will be here tomorrow. God bless football coming soon to a podcast near you. Billy, what are you doing?
Oh, Awful Announcing. What happened? You're going to have to inform me. I'm not informed here.
Terrible. Mike Ryan mentioned the Ray Allen shot and the idea that people forget that there had to be an overtime after that and then another game after that. Some of the greatest examples of what Mike is talking about there is that many people don't remember that there had to be another game after Carlton Fisk's home run, that there had to be another game after Bill Buckner's error.
that there had to be another game after the united states hockey team beat russia in order to win the gold medal what are the examples of that that you can think of any more than the ones i just mentioned of something in history that happened that was so seismic that you don't remember what came after it. You just remember the moment before it. Because I think Halliburton's shot ought to qualify.
Because I believe those teams were relatively evenly matched. I thought that should be a seven-game series. I don't think it's ridiculous to think that the New York Knicks could go into Indiana and win a game, and Indiana could go into New York and win a game seven as well. But we're going to be denied that. I was planning, I was...
I was expecting New York to lose at home in seven because of how inconsistent they were at home all season and because of how unafraid Halliburton just generally seems, even as Siakam wins quietly, right? Is it possible to say quietly wins Eastern Conference Finals MVP for putting up 30-point game after 30-point game and no one will be talking about Siakam after this series?
He will be third or fourth among the things you talk about.
Billy, what are your thoughts here? Does anyone have any thoughts here? These are two very different things. If Halliburton is doing this as a joke, it's one kind of funny. If he's not doing it as a joke, it's funny.
All right, but as it relates to Siakam, I don't know if we have the sound of Siakam being testy with Greg Doyle, because this is Siakam's worst public moment. I was there. Siakam, you were there for that? I was behind Greg Doyle! All right, so we'll get to that in a second.
But first, Roy, when are you going to pay your penalty here of having to stick an entire bag of Big League Chew in your mouth over the show here?
Oh, no. Oh, God. All right, so it's the whole bag. Oh, man, this is not good. There's more? Oh, my God. Yeah, this is just the start. It's a giant bag. Now, Chris Cody tried to do this and failed. I don't believe that. He failed. He failed at putting something in his mouth? Well, he swallowed it. It's a lot of big league chew.
I don't think it's safe to do the entire bag in your mouth at once, is it? I believe that whole bag will make it very, very difficult for Roy to speak after that.
Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
Like the iPhone or the Apple where they're purposely, they've had to pay money, right? Because they make products that are meant to break early so that you have to replace them. The battery life and all that. Yep. As a business model.
In the six games versus the Pacers, Carl Anthony Towns had one block. One block. Oh my God. From the center. That doesn't happen very often. And he went the entire conference finals last year without registering a block, and it got him traded. Well... I mean, right after that. They didn't get him traded. Right after that, he was traded. That and his salary.
But my point is that this was a bad defensive team. Like when Haberstroh writes that Brunson, Bridges, Hart, Ananobi, and Katt was the second worst defensive unit in conference finals since 2008. Only one that was worse was 16 Toronto with Luis Scola out there. Oh, my God. Luis Scola makes me smile. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Does Luis Scola make you smile?
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We'll talk about the rent and trade in a second. There's some speculation now about maybe Colorado being a potential destination for him. They could use him to play behind McKinnon on the second line. But it's harder to trade him. Elias Pettersson's trade protection doesn't kick in until the summer. He has a massive contract. He's not played up to standards this year.
Maybe it's because he's got a guy he hates on the team and he's not feeling it right. So they're going to have to be really careful. Like, you know, they'll get a decent return from Miller. He's an older player and with a limited, like I said, marketplace. Pedersen, they've got a nail.
Pedersen is a trade that you cannot make unless you get a lot back that's going to propel you to whatever the next phase of your team is, because that's a player with an incredibly high ceiling. 100-point centers don't grow on trees in this league. Even with diminishing returns, he still has a ton of value and could turn a number of other teams in this league around.
Yeah, I mean, but I think it comes down to change of scenery, right? You know, you always see players that aren't maybe performing up to snuff that have in the past that maybe have hit their ceiling with a team or maybe just need to get out of a market and go someplace else that's maybe a little quieter. I don't know if you boys noticed, but the Vancouver...
Yeah, the Vancouver media could be a little boisterous sometimes with its coverage. I think teams look at the history of a player, their ability, what their scouts see, and aren't going to be turned off necessarily by... outside forces or beef with a teammate that might have affected a player mentally. I think both those guys have a lot of value around the league.
It's just going to be a matter of if Vancouver finds the asking price. And it's also a matter... Listen, if I was Vancouver, I'd trade Miller tomorrow. Without question. you know, if you can get a decent return for him. And then I see if Pedersen's okay.
Then I see if without the, if you suck the poison out, if he is back to being his normal self, because I think that guy is more talented than Miller. And I think he has a chance to be one of the best offensive centers in this league when he's on his game.
So Colorado had to make a choice here, which is that you're either going to sign Ranton into what he's looking for, and he shares an agent with Leon Dreisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers, and Dreisaitl just signed the richest contract in salary cap history over the summer last year. And so he's looking for that kind of money on the open market.
He's looking to make more than Nathan McKinnon on the Colorado Avalanche. You know, Ranton said in a couple of interviews, I was willing to take less to stay. We don't know what less means. Less still means probably like $13 million. So the issue that they had is...
They have to pay Kael McCarr, who is the best defenseman in the world, I think, if it's not Quinn Hughes, within the next two years as his contract is up. That's going to be massive. They're already paying McKinnon. And they made the calculated risk that, one, the totality of their roster was not deep enough and talented enough to challenge for a Stanley Cup.
So you need to open up money to be able to make the rest of your team better. And you can't do that if you're paying like 35% of your cap to three guys. And then two, the other gamble they made was you mentioned Martin Natchez. They're making the gamble that Nathan McKinnon can make anybody like 85% of Miko Rantanen. And so far, they've been smart.
I mean, Natchez has had a great start for Colorado. And so those are the gambles they're taking. You know, if you ask around the league, I had a story on ESPN.com about the kind of behind the scenes of this deal. There's some people that feel like they were never going to pay Rantanen the money he was looking for. So I get it. But I mean, he's kind of a unicorn, man.
Like he's a really hard player to replace in your lineup. But I understand their logic there and not wanting to be too top heavy. Yeah.
Well, first off, I checked the voting totals from the presidential election last November, and I will say that Nassau County is a safe haven for Tony D'Angelo. Okay, well, there you go.
He will work cheap. He is a guy that is clearly looking to play wherever he can. They were able to sign him for a league minimum kind of contract at a time when they had other defensemen that were injured. He is... The old saying about left-handed pitchers in baseball will always find a job, you know what I mean? It's the same thing with puck-moving defensemen in the NHL. He can put up points.
He's not an untalented player. The question always is, is that worth all of the other stuff? And Again, this was a player who had played himself out of the league to the point where he had to go to Russia to play for the first part of the season before coming back and finding a home with the Islanders. So, again, it all eventually sours. It soured with the Rangers. It soured with the Carolina.
It soured with the Flyers. Maybe it'll sour again with the Islanders. Who's to say? But, again, it's a risk-reward thing. And if I'm a general manager, no matter how desperate I am to address my blue line problems, I'm not taking the risk. But... So far, so good, I guess, for Tony D'Angelo and his latest stint in the NHL.
No, I don't disagree. I mean, like, I think hockey overall has always had a problem broadening the tent to bring in more people into hockey fandom, to get more people playing hockey. And I don't disagree that when you have somebody that has that kind of history, and for those that don't know, I mean, he was suspended as a junior player.
for usually using racially insensitive language when he was a younger player. To have guys like that get fourth or fifth chances in this league is not necessarily a good thing. I don't disagree with you.
And it's two things. I mean, it's two different issues, right? Like on the one hand, it's, you know, what can the NHL do to to help influence that and help change the culture? And I think that they've definitely made some mistakes, in my opinion, in recent years. I'm pretty well on the record about the pride jersey issue. And then the other thing, too, is just hockey culture writ large.
I mean, that's the other part of it, too, is what happens behind closed doors. I mean, I don't think in any way that Tony D'Angelo is an outlier in this league. I think there's probably a lot of those guys that are in this league that we just don't hear a lot about mainly because they don't decide to make podcasts. But yeah, that's the other issue, too, is like, what is the hockey culture?
Like, if you're a young player that wants to, a young athlete that wants to get into hockey, you know, what does it look like on those lower levels insofar as making you feel welcome, making you feel like you have a path, and making you feel like you're not gonna be ostracized? And that's always been a challenge for the sport.
I was going to ask you about that. I saw you mention that. When you talk about them sucking, and I agree, I think they struggle because most of the jerseys that they make for Team USA are based on the Miracle on Ice team or the other team that won gold back in the 60s. And then whenever they try to modernize it, it ends up sort of looking like...
I don't know, like something from a video game where they don't have the rights to the United States of America, so they have to come up with something. In your mind's eye, what would you like a Team USA jersey to look like if these are unsatisfactory? I would have to go traditional in this situation.
I would like there to be a couple variations. First of all, I would like to see what happens if we don't use the letters USA. What if we just put America?
The Empire, maybe something on there. And then the other thing I'm wondering, too, is like, I think part of the problem is that if you have your primary colors are blue and red and white, right?
Like, you could have a white jersey, and every other jersey we've ever made is blue. We've never had a red jersey, and the problem is that those bastards in Canada have covered the market on red, right?
Don't want to be like the Ruskies. Yeah, two of our greatest enemies, both, you know, economically and in hockey, Canada and the Soviet Union. Like, they've cornered red for years and years and years. So, you know, if we wanted to kind of, like, change it up a little bit, I don't think that we're allowed to because those two sworn enemies of freedom are the ones that wear red all the time.
Well, it's a personal beef that has gone on for years. Like Bruce Boudreau, who coached Vancouver a few years ago, said that it was something ongoing when he arrived. So like there's been friction between these two. You know, I think we forget that this is a workplace, right? These are companies. It's like not liking the guy three cubicles over when he's over at the snack machine.
You're not going to the snack machine because you literally hate this person's guts and makes you feel terrible coming to work every day just because of something that happen between you or just a personality conflict. And that's kind of where Patterson and JT Miller are. I think it's probably a little bit more JT Miller than Elias Patterson.
Miller has a reputation for being a little prickly behind the scenes. Where it ends up, I don't know, because Miller has a full no movement clause. And so even though a trade with the New York Rangers came very close in recent weeks before kind of falling apart, You know, he's going to be able to control his destiny. And so, you know, Carolina obviously off the table.
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I have no way to answer that question, obviously.
I think they're going to be much better than people think. The betting over under of six, six and a half wins.
As a matter of fact, the Dolphins are the most bet over team in terms of exceeding the win projection. Levitar, two minutes.
No, no is the answer.
His career ultimately is going to be seen as a disappointment. As somebody who was so great individually, but ultimately underachieved.
And it couldn't be further from the truth to say that he was silent until he was out of work all last season. He was not silent. I think he means as a starter. Right.
Yeah, absolutely. Right? No doubt. Yeah. The trouble with this whole, is he being blackballed? Is he being ostracized? Of course he's being ostracized, but the blackball argument is just impossible to prove, especially with a quarterback... who's in that gray area of, is he good enough? He's pretty good.
I agree with that. And I would like Roger Goodell to step out front and say, I wish a team would give Colin Kaepernick a chance. Just that.
Well, because he's saying publicly that he doesn't think there's anything wrong going on here. Does he really believe that? Because it's hard to think that he really believes that when he sees some of the other quarterbacks being signed. You know, 64... More than that, because some teams keep three quarterback positions, three quarterbacks on the roster.
Let's say there's 75 quarterback jobs in the NFL. Colin Kaepernick, who just a couple of years ago was seen as one of the great rising young multidimensional quarterbacks in the league, now he's out of work. It stretches credulity. It just doesn't make sense.
The weird thing is it's going to take the team most likely to need Kaepernick is the dysfunctional team, the really bad franchise. But I think the team most likely to sign him is going to be the franchise with a backbone in its ownership, with a strong coach like a Mike Tomlin.
Seattle would have been a perfect landing spot for him, I think, for a bunch of reasons.
I'm curious, where were you when you first heard that you'd won? And what did that mean to you exactly?
Yeah. That explains why he didn't attend.
Don Levitard. Quiet man. Yes. You know, I'm a married man. I don't cheat on my wife, despite that gratuitous line back in my day. Stugatz. I wish you were here, my wife. I really miss her. No, I don't. That's the thing about being married. You know, you're not allowed to say, I don't miss my wife. I've been gone two days. I haven't been gone long enough to miss my wife. I'm sorry. I call her.
You just said you do miss her.
All right. We'll see you. All right, and then, you know, I'm going to see her in two days. How's jumping, Charlie?
Yeah, I'm getting some icy stares. There's no question about that, especially from the men. You know, because fewer men than women tend to make the golden oldies. So, like, I'm here to take somebody's job is what they're thinking.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, you got to have new blood. Because they're old. Well, no, because they made it back, right? All of them.
When the Golden Oldies are performing, there's a hearse outside.
Don Levitard. What do I got here? I got a Magnum condom. We won't get that out. That's shocking. Stugatz. Here's a picture of Christopher when he was like three years old.
That's a subtle reminder.
239.
239.
How are we doing, Greg? How are we feeling? Sore? Already? This is not what I do. Is he stuck?
Shrek, move.
I'm as excited as I can possibly be. I really am. It's just a thrill. I feel young. I look around, I'm like, I'm not that old. Do you want to make this team? No, it's good.
At the end of the day. Not at the beginning, but just at the end of the day.
They really remember him from the old days.
I'm in favor of a special treatment. I really am. I think I deserve it. And I'm the kind of guy who cuts in line when possible. That kind of thing.
I don't want to waste whatever the hell these are called.
You know what? I feel like I've had my exercise already. I'm winded. I'm ready to go home. You know, do a couple of 12-ounce curls. But, look, I'm here, man. I'm here to win it. I'm here to win it.
Because of the excited gin in here, I can barely hear you guys.
Well, that's a fine line, though. A couple, and I'm good. I'm loose. I'm more gregarious. But four or five, and I'm like.
You can see him mother-effing it. Can we bother? Are we bothering you right now? Turn on your microphone, Greg.
Are you thinking about the tennis guy? Yeah. Zarek? Is that what you're thinking about?
Volare. I have no idea the words of that song. Volare.
Good. And then I'm disqualified from auditioning. Don't make marks. Best of both worlds. We have time to get your shoes. I'll do it barefoot. I'll dance barefoot. I don't care. Problem solved.
We have Mario Cristobal on, the Miami Hurricanes football coach. He's unusually candid. It's a very good interview.
And then we finished the interview on the phone. It was weird. The Father-Son Olympics are coming to a crescendo. Wow. And we are trying to settle on a final... Tiebreaker. Ooh, there was a tie? Yeah, it's 5-5. We need a tiebreaker. I have a vote online. The categories are putt-putt golf.
And then Matt Stafford threw him 25 and 2. Oh, there's a brand new kid in town out of BYU.
I would only consider doing this if the Heat know about this ahead of time. They're not surprised because five people from the Levitard show are walking in. We have a good relationship with them.
Right in front of us the whole time.
Who's going with me to insulate me?
I want to know. Chris, you should have to go. I'm going to stay here. We'll figure it out.
Yeah, there used to be that.
There used to be that.
That's what I would like to know. What am I getting myself into here? What do I have to do? I'll keep reading.
You have to guarantee me that there will be no media there. Well, you'll be there. If Ari Odds are from NBC6 is there and I'm on the 6 o'clock news doing this, it will be mortifying. It's Will Mansell. Great name choice.
Please. No. Don't you dare. Because Ari would show up. He would.
He'd show up without being tipped. Now he might be 60. Maybe he's dancing.
That's how it is. Good reference by Amin. Thank you. Christopher, you do have to promise me that the heat will be forewarned about this, that we're not just going up. I'm texting Jeremy right now.
You'll be fine.
I don't, though. I put my pants on two legs at a time. Do you? Yeah, I do. Sit it down? You sit it down and do it, huh?
And it has to be exact. Right. One leg, pant leg can't be leading by more than three inches. They have to be even the entire time. What if one leg gets caught in that thing with the shorts? That happens. Yeah. Especially with a new pair of pants.
That might work with the big fat-legged bib overalls or something. I've never worn a bib overall in my life. Really?
My dad used to wear bib overalls. Wild Bill? Yeah.
Wild Bill? Wild Bib.
Just for fun.
No shirt.
No, he wore a shirt. Oh, yeah? Flannel.
Yeah, we don't like the no shirt look under any circumstances. Ever? No. I shower with a shirt on. No, you don't.
Yeah, I do.
Well, I wash my hair in my pool. Yeah.
I assume that the people auditioning today would be newcomers, right? Like they're first-time auditioners.
Maybe King of the Road. Wow. That's a good one. Dance to this?
It is true. It is true.
I wish I knew more about what I'm getting into. Like, am I just in a line kicking my leg with other oldies, or am I doing a routine all by myself?
So there are bad golden oldies.
So the best ones are probably like former Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall.
Yeah.
Inherently, I am going to be embarrassed and embarrass myself, but not willfully. Okay. Just by lack of dancing talent. Okay.
Stand up.
2024.
Do the gritty. I'm out of moves.
Is that it?
All spent. That's all my material. See, I don't have to audition now. Just send that tape to the Golden Ole Organizer.
Well, hold on. If it doesn't start till noon, can I get there at like 11.55?
Sounds like a hand lotion. Olave. You're right.
Yeah, we can work that out.
You're listening to DraftKings Network.
I think that's a fair number for the Dolphins because you have to factor in how passionate the fan base is about the actual team. I don't know if Atlanta cares that the Hawks haven't been good. But I know Dolphin fans are upset that Dolphins haven't been good in a long time. I know Leafs fans are upset that Toronto hasn't been good in a long time.
Some of these fan bases, I'm not certain they even care enough.
I didn't hear it. You didn't hear the last seven dings? Ten.
I'll sell you the money.
I never loved Mike White.
If Mike White started the entire year, we'd be in the playoffs right now. Dolphin fans made such a big deal about getting Mike White from the Jets, and I'm like, guys, are you kidding me? He's not that good. Shut up.
I think Tannehill is such a big upgrade there. Backup quarterback has become increasingly important in the NFL. Joe Flacco last year. Joe Flacco possibly this year with the Colts. I think having Tannehill. There's no insecurity with Tua. It's his job. They just paid him over $200 million. But it's good to have Tannehill backing him up in the event Tua does get hurt.
That's the important thing about a backup. It's not, you know, they will lose a step if they go from Tua to Ryan Tannehill. Tua is better than Ryan Tannehill.
Can he win you a game or two? Can the backup quarterback win you a game or two? And Ryan Tannehill can.
Does Carson Wentz have an illusion? Because he's the backup now in Kansas City.
I think Mahomes has total job security. I don't know.
Yeah, he loves the game. It's a coach's call. He loves it.
It means you don't have one.
By the way, Ryan Tannehill has made nearly $200 million. He's fine on the money front.
Are you saying Tannehill has too much pride where he will not allow himself to be a backup? He has to wait for someone to get hurt?
Were you not going to tell anyone?
So Poppy's not here. Dan is up in New York. He is covering Jets and Giants training camp for us. Hold on.
That's just a technicality. No, that's shocking to me. I imagine Greg Cody to be a great dancer. Yes. Really? That's odd. I don't know why. I hide on a dance floor.
Wait, can you paint that picture for us, hiding on the dance floor? Like, how do you do that?
Yeah, but you're on the edges, and people could judge you, and that's what he's trying to prevent.
And that's it?
Oh Tannahill, oh Tannahill, your future makes us swoon. You throw when summer days are bright. You throw when winter snow is white. Oh Tannahill, oh Tannahill, sidestep, tip, passes, and we'll love you. Oh Tannahill, oh Tannahill, you give us so much pleasure. You're not Cleo Lemon on the run. You're not lame Joey Harrington. Oh, Tannehill, oh, Tannehill, please bring us NFL treasure.
You actually think that I'm going to be a season-long golden oldie?
Showing up at 41 games to dance? I don't think they're at all of them.
What if he's a great dancer?
So, Greg, if this helps at all, Greg, they only perform 10 games per season. There you go.
Greg, that's right up your ass, man. I've been waiting for this your entire life.
No, I think this is a side hustle. I think you can have the Golden Oldies out to, like, a birthday party. Can you imagine? Yeah.
Greg, you show up to this thing. Mike is right. You show up, okay? It starts at 12, but you're done at 12.05. You just show up and tell them you want to be on the team. You're on the team.
Oh, Tannehill, oh, Tannehill, you fill our hearts with music. Okay, you aren't RG3. Okay, you aren't Andrew Luck. Well, we, well, we don't give a darn. We love you, oh, Tannehill.
That'll make me smile. G.J. Harrington.
Right. I would say Cleo Lemon is actually the name that makes me smile in that song. It does. Yes. It's just the perfectly ghastly name for a professional athlete to have.
Are you asking?
No, but I love that you have a flurry of Stugatz takes at the very end of that. I think that's what it means talking about. It made me feel good. You lowered the bar. Listen. People around here think perhaps I had a bad year. Go listen to best dismissals, okay? I had a year. Oh, did I have a year? I dismissed at the highest of levels.
I mean, he did. I was like, oh, my God. First Ballot Hall of Famer, please. Information that would have been helpful yesterday.
I am rattled, Amin, because I walked in today, and every Tuesday I could bank on a couple of things. A smiling Greg Cody and a hug from Greg Cody. And today I walked in, and for the first time that I can remember, Greg Cody was in a bad mood. A bad mood. A sour mood. And I thought he was mad at me. He didn't get up. He barely said hello. There was no hug. There was no embracing.
And so I don't know if you experienced the same Greg Cody as I did, but I am wondering what is going on this morning with Greg Cody.
It's like House of Cards. That's Chopra right there. How many yeses do I need to get?
It's not fair. I mean, no one wants Greg out of the league. He's the star of the league.
So you created this misery index and you have to look it up. You don't know the five teams.
I mean, you owe $50. All right. Here it is right here.
Do you want to explain your misery index? I mean, I know you explained how you went about it, but is it the most miserable fan base? Like, what is it?
So the fan bases that have the right to be the most frustrated with their teams. Okay. Right. All right.
Soccer.
I'll look it up for you, Greg.
Who knows a year of their clothing? It's not an automobile. Okay, that hasn't been ironed in a decade. I'm driving a 1989 shirt. You know, nobody knows a year of a shirt.
The only interesting thing about this shirt, it's not made out of cloth. It's actually made out of paper.