Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
I know that you guys don't want to talk about anything but football, but Amin Alhassan is going to be here in a moment with some of his weekend observations. I still don't think we've gotten appropriately to the story about Gator player spits on someone. And that's the reason that they lose as an 18 point favorite to South Florida at home. But there are three spitting incidents last week.
Well, four if you count Dak Prescott, if you make it two separate spitting incidents. But yes, it's a little bit strange to have four of these spitting incidents in 10 days.
If you're the Eagles coach in the next team meeting with Jalen Carter, are you like, see what you did? Now the Gators are doing it. See the imprint that you have on these kids? Negative role model. I don't think that came up. Be better. It's a coaching moment.
Remember, like, COVID? Yeah, that's good. Imagine spitting on people during COVID. It's a good point, but we don't have time for it because we've got to move to all the other things happening all across sports.
I think you'd go to jail if you spit on someone during COVID, right? Like, actually, I think you would have gone to jail, if not prison. Oh, it's true.
Yeah, that's true. Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Would you have gone to prison if you had spit on someone during COVID? Well, we can't get to that. No, we don't have time for that. But just if we're going to just glance through tennis and, oh, what, an all-time great said everyone's better than him now? Okay, let's just move on. How about NASCAR? Mike, where's your gearhead?
Get the gearhead, put it on. You'll have one chance at this because we've got too much to talk about today. So you're going to have to do it like they do with the cars in that sport, fast. Okay, Denny Hamlin's the best story in motorsports right now because not only is he suing NASCAR, but he's also an active driver. And he's a driver trying to chase down his first ever NASCAR championship.
That's right. Denny Hamlin's been a name that you've probably known tangentially with that sport for 20 plus years. He's won Daytona a few times, but he's never won the big one, the big one being ESPN.
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of spitting incidents in sports?
You think that's lame?
That's iconic. The guy is suing NASCAR. He's like, either get on the bandwagon or get run over it. Chris, he is in full villain mode. You don't like when a guy is challenging everyone in his sport to a fight? just seemed kind of lame to me. Like, oh, get on board or get run over. You're kind of lame to me. That is so badass. He's suing NASCAR.
He doesn't want to talk about anything except football.
Chapter 3: How do the hosts discuss the impact of COVID on sports?
What's a lawsuit about? Charters. What? Charters? Yeah, we went over this during the Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan's among the teams suing NASCAR right now because the charter system is unfair. You essentially pay a franchise fee, and it puts you in the hole. It's impossible to make money in this sport. Michael Jordan's fine losing money, but he's not being fine with your disrespect.
And Denny Hamlin's not fine with it either. Now, even though Denny Hamlin races for another team, Joe Gibbs Racing, he co-owns that team with Michael Jordan. So he's trying to win this Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing, all while trying to fight for he and Michael Jordan's team to get access to charters and reform the sport. It's incredibly brave, incredibly vulnerable. dangerous even.
In fact, some people were having fun with the fact that while he was crossing the checkered flag, the feed actually cut out. So you didn't get a great call of Danny Hamlin winning this race. But then he talked that shit afterwards. Danny Hamlin becoming likable. Why is he racing for someone else's team?
Like if you own your own team, wouldn't winning a championship for yourself be better than winning one for someone else?
boring suit oh he needs to win as the driver though to cement his legacy i want to apologize to you that you get so little support when you talk nascar around it's nascar it's a football monday it's fine i mean charter you guys obviously weren't dialed into tv1 the enjoy illinois 300 that was the tv1 with sound for me i'm gonna
to try with Amin Elhassan here in a moment to keep as much football out of this hour as I can because I'd like to have a show that is a little bit balanced if we could on these football Mondays as we get overrun.
Insane business decision.
Well, what are you thinking? Football, football, football. What shots have you not gotten off today?
I don't need to get off shots. We're just here to talk some football.
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Chapter 4: What insights are shared about Denny Hamlin's NASCAR situation?
There is, but also there is to be talked about. Monday Night Tilt tonight. Jonathan Zaslow's meteoric ascent through the priciest places in media entertainment. He is flying first class. Yeah, baby. He is landing in suites. He's sending me photos every time he lands in a suite. I did. He is getting giant rooms on the road because of how good his college football coverage is. I will be honest.
Week one, my suite, it was a little too big. But this week, that was the right size suite. How about first class? What are the first class adventures you've been experiencing? Very few people at ESPN get first class. So I'm not a big first class guy my entire life. But I'm flying first class now. Mike, I didn't appreciate you trying to call me out on my way to Dallas this weekend.
It didn't look like first class. It wasn't first class. Well, it wasn't because I was flying Southwest. I was sitting in the first row. Was there a reason for that? No. I mean, it was direct flight, so I flew Southwest. Is there a shortage of premium airliners flying from South Florida to Dallas? At the time, I wanted to go. That's a hub city. to Hub City, you understand that?
At the time, I wanted to go, so I was sitting in the front seat in Southwest, but on the way back, I was sitting first class. I wasn't on Southwest. I was flying American on the way back, and I was sitting first class. And let me tell you something. This first class, pretty good. Pretty good. We're about to take off. See, I'm not used to first class.
We're about to take off, and the young lady, she comes up and goes, Sir, can I get you a drink? And I think about it for a second. Before takeoff? Before takeoff! And I think about it for a second. I'm like, Yeah. Whiskey on the rocks. Let's get after it. You know, why the hell not?
You're not flying.
I'm not flying the plane. And so I'm drinking my whiskey, you know, whatever. And then like 25 minutes later, we're about to take off. She comes up to me. She's like, sir, I have to take your drink. I'm like, oh, really? I guess you can't have the drink while we're I'm not flying the plane. Why can't I drink my drink while we're taking off? Is something going to happen?
You've got to have your tray tables up, so where does the drink go?
In my hand? They're not strapping my arms down.
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Chapter 5: What are Amin Elhassan's weekend observations?
You've got to savor that. It tastes so good when it touches my lips. Did she even know who you were when she took it from you? Who cares, man? Who does she think she is? Mickey Harrison? So I take a huge gulp. It doesn't, you know, it's not all of it. I'm not trying to... Do you make the face? When you take a big sip of whiskey, you're like... No, I'm a grown-up. I'm a grown-up.
I don't make faces when I drink my whiskey. And so I give her back the drink. There's still a little bit of it left. I'm a little bit annoyed, you know? I mean, it's not her fault, but I'm a little bit annoyed. She's like, man, like, you know, I'm going to pay for that drink, and you're taking it from me? I was a little bit annoyed.
And then right when we... After we take off, she comes right back up to me. And she goes, sir... What brands were you drinking? I'm going to bring you another drink. I'm like, oh, hell yeah. And I told her, Woodford Reserve, please. And that's when I realized, oh, I'm not even paying for these drinks. They're just coming for free. I didn't even know that.
And then she comes up to me a little bit after that. Like, sir, would you like dinner? I'm like, what do you have? And so I order some kind of pasta salad. I thought I was going to get like some little bowl. She brings me an entire plate. I got this pasta salad. I got a side of veggies. I got another little salad. I got a cake.
This plate was so big, I had to move my iPad off my tray where I'm watching football to make room for this spread that she brought me. This first class is incredible.
What are you, Jed Clampett in Beverly Hills? You've never flown first class before?
I had a great flight home. This was wonderful. And then... Look at old Privilege. Look at old Privilege over here. He's talking about one of the original Beverly Hillbillies. The old guy. But Greg Cody looking down his nose at others because his wife's a law partner. Not because the sports writer's getting first class flights. Did you not hear about the cake?
He got cake too. A little bit of a cake right there.
A little bit of a cake right there.
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Chapter 6: What is Chris Cote's top five list of ways to murder someone?
The best kind. And so, you know, I ate up all the food, and then they took my tray, and then guess what happened next, Billy?
What?
She said, would you like another drink? What?
And you said, no, thank you. You're hammered at this point.
You're wrong about that, Billy. I said, yes, I would like another, please. So you have taken off, though. You're in your first hour and you're four whiskeys in? Yeah, this is like the first 30 minutes. I'm hammered by, you know, 45 minutes into this flight. I'm having a great time. Greg Cody, has the Miami Herald ever bought you a first class flight? Uh, no. So what are you saying?
You've never flown first class because he's excited about first class. Why are you first class shaming him? I'm not, but you are. You called him Jed Clampett, the original Beverly Hillbillies.
I don't even know what that reference means.
I'm so happy for his success. Thanks, man. That sounded incredible. He made first class seem like a place that, you know, that's goals right there. I loved it. I couldn't believe it.
Now, are you going to continue flying first class?
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Chapter 7: How does the conversation shift to sports controversies?
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Chapter 8: How do the hosts reflect on the current state of football?
Well, it's crazy because they've basically been partners with the Dan Levitard Show for half of their existence. What? When I put it to you that way, we got an old-ass show. Yeah, we do. That's crazy. Hey, let's look around at our friends, not each other, and our family, even though they're not here. I do miss your brother, though.
Yeah, I know. I'll bring him back.
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