The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Dan Never Said That

Episode Date: October 28, 2024

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never this good it was never this much time around the show with the show with the various members on the innards of the show and Stu Gotz has delayed he's postponed his weekend observations until tomorrow so that you have time to get involved with this contest. When Rachel Nichols left the room, Stugatz realized, I don't know how he realized this, where he realized it, but he just blurted to me, I've accomplished nothing in this business because of what her resume was comparatively. Amazing, her resume. I mean, I have done nothing compared to her.

I was actually speaking with Stugatz in the eating area and he was like, she looks a lot like the girl that hosted the jump. Stugatz had though, in the middle of that, he handed me, and I didn't understand what was happening because I was too busy worrying about her headsets not being put in, he handed me his top five list of people in sports who connote currency, and I didn't understand

that that was in reference to Rachel Nichols. I was a bit confused as it was happening. Rachel Alexander. Yes, I was still thinking of her as Rachel Alexander. That's correct. It's actually top five people in sports and entertainment that connote a currency. All right, before we get to off-road legal tender thank you before we get to

uh... off-road and with lucy let's go ahead and do this to have any all i we have three yes then are in box show walter sports and entertainment can note currency yes don money we're ready any money any money is that i would have gone there yeah i can't cash number one, money. What? What? Eddie? Eddie Money? Eddie Money is what I would have gone there. Yeah. Uh Kevin Cash.

Number five, Rachel Nichols. Number four, Daniel Jones. Danny Dimes. Number three, 50 cent. It's pretty good. Uh number two, Brad Penny. and number one, Cameron Dollar. Penny Holloway. Also good. Uh Roy.

Hunter Pence. It's my list. Okay. Hunter Pence. Yeah, Pence is money. It is? He's right. Currency. Have you been to the UK, Dan-o? Yeah. Didn't know, I'm just learning, I'm just learning right now that Pence is a form of money.

First time hearing it. John Stockton. Six pence none the richer. The million dollar man. Kiss me. John Stockton, just cause it's stock? Eh. Come on, stock isn cause it's stock? Eh. Come on, stock isn't money.

Barry Bonds. Barry Bonds. What are you doing? Mary! What are you doing? Lucy, how did it go in Oxford? How magical was it? It was really magical.

It was the first time we ever went to a game and I was like, I'd be okay if we didn't go to this game because I enjoyed the tailgate that much like we were told going into this I've been told my entire life that the Grove is just perfected tailgating beyond anything else so I was like it can't be that great it was that great and more like I've never seen anything like it in my life so you didn't want to go to the game is that the first time that that's happened that's the first time that that has happened and I also thought the game was gonna that the first time that that's happened? Yeah, that's the first time that that has happened. And I also thought the game was

going to be a blowout. That ended up not being the case. It was actually pretty competitive, but it was, and it wasn't just me who didn't want to go to the game. Like it was the first time walking to a stadium where it was like, wow, there really aren't that many people going with us at the same time. Like I can't imagine, I would guess there was a hundred thousand people there and that stadium fits 60,000, like a little bit more than that. It's such a good tailgating setup that you like truly just don't wanna leave. I want very badly here to talk college football

with you, Mike and Jessica in a second, but first let's check out the video that you made from Oxford. Were you anywhere near that brown lake that Lane Kiffin talks about? There's a brown lake of some sort that's not quite the water that he had in Boca. No, but I saw his dog.

Okay, very good. Let's see what we've got here in terms of Lucy's off-roading. How would y'all describe the Grove? It is the best experience in the entire United States. There's nothing that compares to this. Not Mount Rushmore, no national landmark. Everything in the United States fails in comparison to the Grove at Ole Miss.

Hey Dan, it's me Lucy and we are here in Oxford, Mississippi for an Ole Miss Oklahoma game and I could not care less about this game like not even if I tried however we're not here for football we're here for the Grove the best tailgating in college football how would you guys describe the Grove? This is probably the greatest place on earth if I'm being honest. Best tailgating spot in the world. Does it like, nobody beats it. It's all family.

This is about family. You never experience anything like this. It's a once in a lifetime experience. The most fun you'll ever have in your entire life. Roll Rebs, baby. What does hottie totty mean? Oh, I mean it just means culture. It's family.

We're all family. It all means one thing. I mean, just means culture. It's family. We're all family. It all means one thing. I mean, it's hot. And it is real, baby. Woo! It is a welcome, it's a goodbye, it's a how you doing. It means you're a rebel. It means you're a goddamn rebel and we live for the rebels. So gosh damn right. Like what does it translate to?

I have no idea. No idea. No idea. So most of these tailgates are booked through a tailgating service. How many tailgates would you say you set up on an Ole Miss game day? At least 800. Oh my God. And at 7pm the night before, they're all allowed in the grove, so it's literally like like a mad sort of like you guys remember like Black Friday when everyone would wait outside

the doors in Russian that's what happens here every Friday night at 7 p.m. so it's literally like they're running in claiming these spots and then setting up their tailgates and there are certain tailgates that are just normal you know whatever a lot of them are set up where they're like paying for a higher price for like a much nicer tailgate where they have chandeliers and couches and these full setups. It's, I, I'm in shock because I've never seen anything

like this at a college football game before. And it is so cool. It is so, so cool. ["Dreams of a New World"] Do you have like a weirdest request you've ever gotten for a tailgate? We've done wedding receptions. Literally, they left the wedding and came to their tent, had the reception. We've had divorce parties. What is the worst fan base that you all have ever dealt with?

LSU, I've never even been, I've just heard it's the worst. LSU sucks. LSU! You're an LSU fan, bro! You're an LSU fan, bro! F*** that awful city, I hate everything about it. LSU. Hey, I'm from Louisiana!

LSU sucks, Louisiana! I absolutely hate LSU, I hope they all die. LSU fans f***ing suck. Why are they so bad? They're just total a*****es. What is it like to always see Lane Kiffin's name being floated around for other jobs? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We're paying 10 million for him to be here. He's not leaving.

He loves Ole Miss. He loves Oxford. He loves me. So the question for you two, not you two, is it weird going to a game and seeing everyone wear the exact same outfit as you? No, I like it. Is it like a requirement? Do you have to wear the collared shirt and the light pants? I woke him up this morning and I was like, what are you wearing to the game? My God, wait, so why are you cheering for Ole Miss if you're from Oklahoma?

We hate OGU! Oklahoma State, Ole Miss! Woo! You gotta be respectful. You gotta be respectful. So... Plus, it's an LSU fan. LSU fans suck.

I hate that, Marie! You suck! Suck! F*** those fans. Have a wonderful day, Hotty Tonny. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, It ended up being a much better game than we expected, which I was really happy about. My official analysis on this competitive SEC matchup is hotty toddy gosh almighty who the hell are we, riff rambim bam, Ole Miss by damn. I don't know, no one knows what it means.

You could get more Lucy on God Bless Football, which is out now, correct Billy? You've gotten God Bless Football out now? Yes. I am excited to talk about some college football. I have some stats to throw your way. Very quietly, Indiana is the first team to go 8-0 without ever trailing since 1998. So Indiana is running roughshod over everybody. They have not trailed all season long and I've got this stat of the day for you guys. I think you guys are going to be shocked by what I'm about to tell you. Start of the day, start of the day, and this is the start of the day.

Start of the day, start of the day, and this 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. Vanderbilt lost a close game against Texas at home this week and you guys want to guess what Vanderbilt's record is all time against Texas? I saw on the broadcast that Vanderbilt and Notre Dame are the only two teams with winning records over Texas in the last hundred years. Vanderbilt's record against Texas is 8-4-1. They had not played before this weekend since 1928 though.

Starting to make sense now. It makes a little sense, a little more sense back when Vanderbilt was ruling the earth in the 1920s in college football. I have another stat for you while the music is playing, Dan. I sent this one to Stugatz earlier. Have fun. Notre Dame has scored more touchdowns this year in MetLife Stadium than the Jets and Giants combined. Alright, that is, I've got a couple of good things on that front.

They disrespected our troops, that's what they did. They were treasonous behavior from Notre Dame and just half of it because they're gonna do the same thing to army and they're gonna not go so army and Navy out of the playoffs a stat like that that I saw from Simon Clancy this will not surprise Mike Ryan it's not from college football but going into the game yesterday Van Ginkgo not only had more touchdowns than any dolphin offensive player he also had more forced fumbles sacks and interceptions than any dolphin defensive player. Why didn't they bring him back?

Wilkins, Van Ginko, Van Ginko is always around the ball. It's weird it is strange. They had to clearly save their money for this really hugely explosive offense with a quarterback you can totally trust if he finishes his contract. They've got to start selling, right? Capitulate on this season and be sellers. When you say selling, you mean to re-kill, right? They've got to trade guys.

It's late for him, though, right? Like, where are we going to send him? Because the Bills got their guy, the Jets got their guy, the Chiefs got their receiver. Still need a guy. Tampa? I'll take Waddle. DeAndre Hopkins said in joining the Chiefs, this is my first meaningful football in a couple of years.

Waddle had another couple of drops yesterday and doesn't look all that great. It's frustrating over the last months for a first round pick but let me get back to college football. Travis Hunter is solidifying a case to guys to be invited to the Heisman ceremony. We have not seen a lot of players like this. He played all 61 downs on defense. They beat Cincinnati. They are quietly a good deal better than they were last year loudly because travis hunter uh... played all the plays on defense and on offense he had four pass breakups on defense and then on offense play sixty one or sixty eight of the

seventy one plays hundred fifty three yards to touchdowns in here this back flip uh... my favorite part is the graphic that makes an appearance right after the backflips to guts which comes up a little short. He does Spider-Man three-yard reception. Colorado somehow quietly better than I thought they'd be when they were when they were barely winning at home against Baylor. They totally can take advantage of a better schedule inside a weird conference and if they actually are in the conversation for a Big 12 title game that means they're in

the college football playoff conversation because whoever wins that conference is going to get into the CFP. Absolutely Travis Hunter if he doesn't start having to worry about splitting votes with his teammate because they have two supremely talented players when they step on a football field you can pretty much assume they've got the two most talented players that are playing in that game. Travis Hunter absolutely should be headed to New York if they continue playing this way. They lost to Kansas State not a lot of shame in that. I saw that generally the national interest in Colorado has gone down a little bit.

Their TV ratings aren't what they were, but now the conversation can start back up. Deon's got them bowl eligible. He's done a pretty good job this year, winning games straight up as a big underdog, although UCF can't win a game to save its life as a favorite, it would appear. For sheer entertainment purposes,

don't we want Colorado in the playoff? Yes. Right? Like, don't you want Deon and his son strolled into your stadium trying to take you out the college football playoff? Jess and Lucy making faces. They don't want Colorado in the playoff. It doesn't look like. I want the best 12 teams in the playoff. If they win the big 12 then yeah like that. I want Army and Navy in the playoff just to celebrate our troops. Yes. You guys are making fun of that celebration for the three yard touchdown. So Travis Hunter and Kaisenat have been doing a thing

where they're planning the celebrations together and that celebration was actually supposed to go differently. When he did the like Spider-Man thing, he pulled back and someone was supposed to toss the ball to him as though the web had grabbed the ball but they didn't finish the celebration there. What? Yeah. I thought it was a a cool celebration I'm not knocking. There was more to it yeah. He landed the backflip in a lunge I mean that's difficult. Yes it

is Kaisen At, it's his world and we're all living in it. I don't know if you saw it the first Celtics game he was with Adam Silver he demanded that Adam Silver introduce him on his own phone as the first pick in the draft. Adam Silver said which team would you like to go to? He said the Knicks and after Adam Silver stumbled through it he said let's do it right. Let's do it a second time. Let's do it right and Adam Silver just sat there and did it again for him. Introduced him again because evidently Kaisenat owns the entirety of the Internet. Going back to Colorado and wanting them in the playoffs

for a second, so Dion said before the rankings came out, don't put us in the top 25. Do you think he's gonna stick to that when it comes to playoff time? Like don't put us in the playoffs, we don't wanna be there? Probably not, you're probably gonna be able to really catch him in that inconsistency.

I'm not trying to catch him, I'm just asking you guys what you think. I don't know, but I mean, America has a really important decision to make next Tuesday, and we'll find out what the committee thinks of Colorado when they make it. Oh, trade deadline, I thought.

Also trade deadline, yes, there's a lot going on. Stu got some more muscular. I have lost 10 pounds. Have you? Yeah, using my Peloton. I've had the Peloton in my house So my daughter she wanted me to get a Peloton I did she used it a couple of times endorsement

But once she left to college and the Peloton was just sitting there in my office and it wasn't being used I said, you know what? I got to use this and I have lost 10 to 12 pounds Billy So I started using Peloton as a bike Obviously, that's like what they're known for but, I discovered all of the other classes that they have. They have a series of weightlifting classes. They have programs, which for me, the programs is great because I don't have to think about what I'm doing. If not, I just go and I pick a class at random and I don't know that I'm actually accomplishing

anything. I would like some recommendations on classes because I keep going to the same class. It's the Grateful Dead class, by the way. You do a four-week core program with Emma Lovewell. I would recommend that one. Okay, anyone can do that any level starts out, you know easy And then you work your way up and then there's like a core program too that you can do after core program one If you want to do that. Yes, you graduate. Wait a second You have to graduate course one to get to course to the harder course

Well, you can start a course too if you want but I ease my way in I did course one first and you can do Some strength classes with Andy love some strength classes with Andy. Love a strength class with Andy. He really puts me through it. I get up and I'm like a sweaty mess. And I'm kind of disgusting and I love it. You know anything about Peloton, Stugats? What?

Peloton coaches, they walk the walk. Really? Do they talk the talk? They have sub three hour marathon runner coaches. They have military trained athlete coaches, former college basketball player coaches, and so many other well rounded coaches on their team. All this experience really shows in their classes.

You're never short of challenging. You can do some resistance band classes. I got some resistance bands lately. You're my teacher. Am I? Yeah. You know, no, I'm not. Well, I just go with the program so that I don't have to think because I don't know.

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It's easy. Boom. Stugats. Such a lane for you. Just everything in college football is awesome. Any single thing that happens, she gets deliriously happy about. Don't you miss viewing sports through that prism though?

Like I'm envious of Lucy. Like I wish that I could still be happy. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the StuGards. ["The Stugarts Show Theme"] How do you guys feel? I wanna play some clips here from college game day because I do believe that McAfee is helping game day make a bit of a resurgence here in the ratings in a way that's not disputable. Here he is just generally feeding, hand feeding again Nick Saban, showing that Nick Saban, you know, he's doing the choo-choo train and he's just feeding Saban a slab of beef there, horrifying to every vegan and vegetarian in the audience. He's just doing, what is that? Is the choo-choo train? What is that called? You guys who have kids. It looks like an airplane to me. Yeah, coming in for the landing. It's an airplane. Also, I think he's got now the most popular segment on Saturday morning, right,

where people play for a great deal of cash to try and kick an extra point, and occasionally a person like this will just rupture either their Achilles or an ACL. Oh, ah! That is just horrifying right there. That hurts to watch! Very unathletic are you guys?

Jessica and Lucy got me into a little bit of trouble with McAfee and everybody over there because they were critical of game day last year in a way that got attached to me instead of you Guys critical of McAfee. What do you guys? Barely work here I barely work here. I don't know. Last year? McAfee said that I was talking shit about him because I was simply adding commentary to what you guys had said about college game day last year and how Fox was Making inroads on the ratings game with college game day trying to attack what has been

You know the second best sports studio show of our lifetime. Is that talking shit? You guys gonna apologize or what? Okay. Well they're denying that they had anything to do with it. I love that white bitch. No, because I hear the take, that was one of my takes. No doubt, I don't think that's, I still watch both and I find myself watching Big Noon more. One of my best friends is on game day,

so I doubt that I said anything bad about it, but I don't know, Dan. I mean. Your best friends with Nick Saban Yes Actually miss Terry who has the best pick percentage of all the guest pickers so far this season which they love to talk about No, I mean I you're doing a weird thing where I don't know exactly what you're talking about. So I'm trying to like What you're not supporting it at all?

Backing away from the comments Dan's trying to back away from the criticism that Pat McAfee had for him, which is a little unfounded and unfair, and that Dan directly didn't disc College Game Day. He just applied pressure on other people on his show to do that for him. So then, he can. It happened last week with Billy.

Billy, what was it that I sent you? Billy, I sent you? Billy, what? Hold on a second. You were gone, we had Reece Davis on. I was praising the show. I think we have an accountability issue second. You were gone. We had Reece Davis on. I was praising the show. I think we have an accountability issue right now.

OK, I'm going to look it up now. OK, you guys always get me in trouble and then claim you didn't do anything to get me in trouble. I'm going to find it. Oh, I know what you're talking about. Oh, now you know. Now you know that I'm going to find it. Yeah, it's an awful announcing thing.

Dan LeBattard, LeBron, Bronny James moment felt manufactured. Did I say that? No, Billy said that. You did actually say that. When I continued doing it, I was likenie James moment felt manufactured. Did I say that? No, Billy said that. You did actually say that when I continued doing it. I'm like, it did feel manufactured. You said, because it was manufactured. So they were your words as well. But wait a second, in defense of Billy here

and Jess and Lucy and everyone on this show, it is awful announcing job to listen to the audio and determine who said what it is they're claiming you said. It's also their job to get the most engagement possible It also seems to be their job to report daily on this show Stu got we're sounding like Pat McAfee here. You got still has Me fearing running into Warren Sapp in public because he's been saying for ten years that Warren Sapp has bad breath Look at the smile on Roy's face. I'm afraid.

You said it, I'm trying to confirm it. I've never said it. I've only repeated you saying it. I've never said it. Well, then that's saying it. I think Game Day is pivoted more away from some of these really thoughtful, well-done pieces. Even though they still attempt it,

that there's not enough zip on those passes, as there once were. I think largely because of the producers and personnel that were attached to those, but they pivoted. My wife looks really forward to Pat McAfee's kicking challenge. I like the breakdown with Nick Saban. That's a new segment that they've done. So they're doing different things.

That doesn't mean it's better or worse, but they are actually trying to do something different. Sometimes they maybe lean in a little bit too much to the fun of it, but having been to a college game day with Pat McAfee at the center of it, that dude is the Energizer Bunny and he keeps those people in particular that are around that event having fun, keeping them engaged. He's a hype man for that show. He just so happens to be front-facing talent for it as well. It's become a massive party, which I'm totally fine with. Like, less substance, more partying. I'm totally good with that.

But you talk about McAfee and how he has helped that show, and he has. There is no question about it. So has Nick Saban. Nick Saban has been great. Not good, Dan. He has been great in breaking down games, breaking down coaches, what coaches do in certain situations, but he's also been fun.

Like, Nick Saban has been fun, and it's been an enjoyable watch for me. I love it, I love the show. But you guys are completely being dismissive of the show, saying there's less substance. I don't think that's the case. There's just fun going on at the same time. I'm good with that. For someone that sees on being,

for Dan exaggerating on certain things, I didn't say that, what you alluded to there. I just don't think it's a different show. I like the thought provoking, tear jerking types of segments. They're doing a little less than that. Well, when Aldi left, who's gonna do it? Well, they could- He was better than anyone. Well, then they had Wojciechowski and he left.

And so, and now Jen Lott is trying to do it. I'm just saying there's segment producers that made that show a little bit different. I think last year they were trying to find their voice. I think now they know what works really well with Pat and get him with the people, get him engaged out there. So these are all producers that are... all these judgments that I had against College Game Day were observations that I picked on last year and I think that this year they're effectively moving

into some of the people's strengths a little bit. It is a different show. I do find myself going to Big Noon a little bit more because I like the produce pieces that they're producing. Some of those being produced by the people that were at College Game Day. I'd rather have McAfee than David Pollock, like just in general vibe, never mind everything else in terms of just having an electric having fun current around what it is that you're doing. Lucy, you're making faces at me. I've liked that, I think I was very hesitant about McAfee originally.

I think it's pretty well documented on the show actually. So I admit that I have said things. The addition of Nick Saban, they kind of bring out the best in each other, I think in a weird way. We're like, Pat McAfee is having some more serious conversations when Nick Saban is leading those. out the best in each other, I think, in a weird way. We're like, Pat McAfee is having some more serious conversations when Nick Saban is leading those. And like, he acts

absolutely, like as Mike Ryan has said, has found his sort of role as the hype man, which is what he's doing. Because game day, like you now have all this competition, you have big noon, you have whatever Big Ten is doing, you have all these like SEC network, you have to find a way to draw people to where you're going to be. Like this weekend alone, I know that Big Noon and Game Day are both gonna be at Penn State. How do you find sort of the balance of getting people to come to you versus another pregame show? But I think it also works in the reverse where like Nick Saban, such a serious guy, Pat McAfee, can kind of make him ease up a little bit, wear a tie that he's uncomfortable with, eat food on camera. Like they've all sort of kind of found their groove together.

So I feel like this year has gone a lot better than last year. Do you think if there is one thing to criticize, I saw also on awful announcing that Tony Hinchcliffe, who was the comedian that was at the Trump rally yesterday that made the comments about Puerto Rico being a floating pile of garbage was on game day last week and made some like really inappropriate comments and it just like kind of seems like no one cares or like no one everyone just kind of moved on with their lives so I think that kind of thing is a huge bummer because if you want to lean into the party and the fun of like tailgating I think there is a line that you can't cross into

like total just like awful jokes and and like just punching down which I was super disappointed to see. Hinchcliffe has developed a real following with Kill Tony at least in part because he navigates this particular gutter well and I will say again as I did at the top of the show Stugats I thought he and Nikki Glaser stole the Tom Brady roast his confidence was obvious to everyone watching I Don't begrudge him his success But to see him in these political times go out and do lazy racist tropes as comedy and then tell us that we don't have a sense of humor when in these times I'm telling you, Stugatz,

I can find the funny in racism if you do it clever and well. I can if it's artful, not if it's... I like artful racism is a weird thing to say. I'm just trying to help you out. I would position it differently. No, but I'm saying if it's the premise, not the point is, but I'm saying if it's the premise, not the point.

There are ways to do this that just aren't tropes. Is it usually at a Trump rally? What are you looking for? There is an art to a Trump rally that you're applying here? That stuff goes out the window. He is going as a comedian and what he was doing is furthering the Hinchcliffe brand by continuing to go further and further over what people view like is a line. We are drawing a line on what people can

say and what they can say and weirdly the Republican Party is now, this is not something that has ever been in my lifetime. The party of religion of religion forbade things like the idea that the Democrats are now the ones that don't allow you to speak freely so that this guy has a lane to be more controversial and third rail when all he's doing instead of comedy in this particular instance is tropes. I don't understand where the Democrats are not letting Tony speak freely. I don't understand it. It's such a straw man.

He goes in there with the agenda to make himself feel a little bit more dangerous. I'm pretty sure some of you... Straw man! I'm pretty sure there's a clear and obvious grift here that developed over the pandemic where people realized they can move merch to the other side of the aisle too. And Democrats don't really cease watching you. You've just increased your base. What Tony's doing at that rally is trying to make money

in some form or fashion and spending this much time on it is giving him what he wants, which is a guy that found a second life he was one of Joe Rogan's friends within stand-up comedian culture he was kind of viewed as a hack and he got hot and he found this lane for him like a lot of stand-up comedians have kind of found a lane poking at the left looking for the warm embrace of the right they all have found a lane poking at the left, looking for the warm embrace of the right. They all have a group chat laughing at everybody.

Speaking of a warm embrace, did you guys see the piece with Lee Corso coming back to Indiana? Oh my, did Coach Eo grade for Coach or what? Reunited with the team. The first, and I think the first bowl win in Indiana history, and it was the reunion, and Lee Corso went back to a little restaurant he met with the guys Kirk Herbtree came in from golf later in the episode it was fantastic that is journalism that is college game day. You know what I took away from the piece? 37 year olds used to look like.

65 year olds. You're right. Kind of yeah I didn't want to say it like that but like when you were 37 back in like 1940 whatever he was. Yeah. Like whoo. Well, anytime you see like an old graphic of quarterbacks in the NFL and it's like this guy playing in his prime and you're like, Oh my God, his five o'clock shadow. He looks like a much older man. And then you look at Tom Brady, who looks like he's been 25 for the last 15 years.

But just to see Lee get, you know, emotional and he cried and those players. Double decker bust. Oh, the double decker bust. Oh my God. get you know emotional and he cried and double-decker bus did you see it yeah the sweater on wasn't the exact same not wetter but close enough little snug but close enough yeah I am gonna find you a photo of a 45 year old Sparky Anderson and I'm gonna put it on the screen right now for you and this is about the age. That's not 45. It's not 45. It might be 50. It's not much more than that. I'm not kidding you. I'm not joking

when I say that's either Sparky Anderson at 45 or 50 years old. I'm not making that up. That is not a made up thing. You guys keep shaking your hats. Back when houses cost 15 pence. In this picture he's 51 years old, Lewis is telling me he's 51 I

asked Lewis to find for us a photo of Sparty Sparky Anderson at 45 to 50 years old he came up with something of Sparky Anderson at 51 I'm not making that up by the way Tim walls is gonna join us tomorrow during the show. This is not an Echo Chamber. That's going to be tomorrow on the show. Talk some football or? Yeah, we'll talk some football. Minnesota State Championship, we will talk with him. I have not gotten yet to the University of Miami

now being a top five team. I have not gotten to Mario Cristobal slamming a table in a way that fired Mike Ryan up. And I've not gotten to Cam Ward to Mario Cristobal slamming a table in a way that fired Mike Ryan up. And I've not gotten to Cam Ward and Mario Cristobal both trying to manufacture a Heisman moment and make fun of FSU. Up 16, four minutes left. They are throwing the football to their quarterback so that Cam Ward can score a touchdown.

And here is Mario Cristobal exciting Mike Ryan because the Hurricanes are in the top five and they're undefeated after beating FSU by 22 points. All recruits in state out of state can now clearly see the trajectory of this program versus the trajectory of the other programs. Wow wow emphasis yeah solid. Look at how happy Mike is back there. I've got nothing to add. It was efficient. It wasn't a pounding of the table It was an efficient, you know fist on the table. I was curious at the end of the sentence Yep, you want to guess how old Sparky Anderson is in this photo right here Lucy Take a guess how old Sparky Anderson is this in this photo right here? 17 he's 35 years old what photo 35

Life was hard back then. Yeah We're talking about He's 35 years old in this photo. What? 35. Pretty close. Life was hard back then. Yeah, we're talking about. What was your guys' favorite moment from the college football weekend? Coach Corso. I have one, all right, yours is Corso in a sweater. Nostalgically.

Notre Dame beating Navy by 37 points. Treasonous. Terrible. Section 336 at the Texas A&M game. The SMU Duke game. Oh my god, what a finish. Oh, actually, wait. Do we have consensus?

Can I go back? Can I go back? Kyle McCord threw three pick sixes and won half against Pitt. He did. I've got a couple of nominees for you guys. I've got a thick six in the North Carolina game against Virginia. I believe we

had Virginia and I believe we bet Virginia as a show as part of Tony's picks here is a thick six to gods that goes 85 yards this is not my nominee I was confused by this because I'm not used to a thick player wearing the number five this was confusing to me I don't know what position he's playing as a number five here let's look at a thick guy shouldn't be here go ahead and play this And a big fella still rumbling, stumbling, bubbling. He's going to go for the distance. You think he can catch his breath. That is a touchdown. Can you believe that? A tip, a pick.

And Javari Rintzi with a touchdown. Thanks for sure. That is Tom Brenneman. Number five. Is that the resurrection of Tom Brenneman's career? Yeah. Brenneman's career? Yes. Brenneman is back from the Castellanos moment? Folks, I gotta be honest with you, I don't know if I'm gonna be able to speak into this microphone ever again,

but guess what you did on the CW. I'm told by Lewis that's a defensive end. My favorite moment of the weekend though comes from the Texas Tech uh... a field goal kicker on a fake field goal uh... scores a touchdown and pulls up his shirt to reveal trot trompe maga twenty twenty four uh... texas tech lost by one point he missed his only field goal of the game so uh... that was but he got the message out there we showed them yes