The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Denzel Washington State University (feat. Taylor Twellman)

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

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He is the lead analyst for Apple TV's MLS coverage and, of course, former USMNT member. And don't forget, Inter-M-M-Many. Mike Ryan's Inter-M-M-M-Amyami. face off against Tigress in the League's Cup quarterfinals tomorrow night on Apple TV Plus. Taylor, welcome to the show. What's up, boys? Not much, man.

We're chilling over here. First of all, do you have any favorite time travel movies? No, I don't. I was really excited and captivated by your conversation, so that was wonderful. Thanks for bringing me into them that. I always try. I try to be inclusive over here. Taylor, before we started talking about the league...

Maybe Bill and Ted's excellent adventure. That's good. Of course that counts. Of course. Late answer. See, you had one. Yeah. Well, you don't want to play this game?

Come on now. I secretly did. But before we get into the Lease Cup quarterfinals, I wanted to ask you, there's been a lot of stuff on my timeline, at least. Sniping between current U.S. men's national team players and former U.S. men's national team players and former U. for U.S. men's national team players. And I'm used to this in basketball because we've got a big problem where we have this generational feud

at all times where the young guys and the old guys couldn't play and they were playing against plumbers and the old guys and the young guys are soft and weak and all that stuff. And I'm wondering, has this always been a thing for U.S. soccer or is this a new development?

I think it's a, I think the word you use is perfect generational. I think the fact that everyone has an access to an individual that maybe the older generations didn't have, whether it's podcast, whether it's Instagram, whether it's X, whatever it may be. They have immediate access to have an opinion.

Or in this case, a docu series that I find very interesting that as a player, now I'm putting my former player hat on going into a World Cup, I'm not completely sure I would have done this and given the access going into a World Cup where it is the biggest moment in U.S. men soccer history where you're given insight into, maybe your vulnerability, the fact that now we have parents coming into this, and I'm glad you brought

it up. It even happened in the NBA. Halliburton's father was involved, whether or not it was in the Eastern Conference final, then the NBA finals. Now we got Christian Polisik's dad wanting to give his opinion. I don't care what generation you're from any time when you're an adult and you bring your parents into a rock fight or a cat fight or however you want to describe this, that's never going to be in good sight but the reality is this is it is more a generational thing than a soccer thing but i find it very intriguing that all of a sudden going into a world cup where you as a team have been lackluster if i'm being polite with your results over the last 24 months and coming off a world cup where you already had a family feud with reina and burr holters in their family i just find this to be

really, really immature and missing the boat with timing of everything, especially nine months before World Cup is in your backyard. Taylor, am I wrong for saying that this is their identity, it would seem, because this is a team that for the longest time, you were part of it. You knew the U.S. men's national team soccer identity. We'd try to get you with our athleticism. We'd counterattack, but you could always count on dogs, guys that would not just resign themselves to a talent disparity. And now it's just, let me get my dad involved in this. Let me fight for playing time politically and not on the pitch.

And it's just, it's very confusing to me that you could always at least count on an American edge. Where are we in the national landscape where the U.S. still thinks that they've arrived to a point that they shouldn't have this edge? It's amazing, buddy, the way you just put that. Because the reality is this is, first off, let's make this abundantly clear. The question of Christian Polisic and his commitment to the national team was completely off base. He's always been committed and he still will be committed. That's not what we're

talking about here. But that's what got Christian Polisic and his family upset. He could have nipped it in the bud immediately releasing a statement of why he's not playing in the Gold Cup. And that is what U.S. soccer expected. Then it doesn't happen. You just hit the nail in the head. They created this own identity. It's nobody on the outside's fault that they are reacting and doing their job at the same time of giving their opinion of the situation that's going on. But the reality is this and you hit the nail in the head again, Mike, is that the identity of this team is no longer we're going to outwork you. We're going to have a dog in this fight. We're going to roll up our sleeves and do whatever we can to beat you. Now we're questioning whether or not you have that.

And in 2014 World Cup in the United States tied Portugal, should have won. They barely lost to Belgium even though Tim Howard made 15, 16 saves, most saves ever. The question then, which is about 11 years ago, is how can the United States men compete with the top 10 countries in the world? But over the last two years, this generation lost a Copa America couldn't advance in the group stage in their backyard. They lost to Canada and back-to-back games. They've lost to Panama in three straight games and not got a result all in their backyard, all going into the World Cup. And you have the audacity to complain about criticism. Imagine if you were from Argentina or England or Brazil.

or Germany, the amount of pressure that would be on you. That's where you lose me with this, Mike. And so now we're having a conversation. I got to do the Levitart show and talking about are the players committed to going into a World Cup in their backyard in the biggest moment of their lives and we're talking about a docu series where the analysts outside are being called evil.

Mike, they have completely lost the plot to me and they've created this on their own. But to think that they're the first generation to ever be criticized, you can miss me with that. That's never been the case. It's just now everybody's got a podcast. Everybody's got a voice, so you hear it more. But it's getting to a point where it's ridiculous

and we're really talking about baby games here. So there are some examples where all this drama, this soap opera element, really just take a chainsaw to a team's chances. in the World Cup. We saw it with Spain. We've seen it with France before, where the soap opera gets to be too much. But we've also seen these galvanized host nation. South Korea went on an incredible run with a late managerial change. Russia, there was other stuff going on there. Maybe some performance enhancers. Well, not maybe. But they were able to get it together as a host nation.

Is the fact that, I know this is a shared World Cup, but is that enough to galvanize this team? because right now we don't have much proof that they can just rally together under a banner and get all on the same page and put their egos aside. If there's ever an opportunity to do that, it's when you're the host nation. Yes, the answer to that question is yes.

And there is still a part of me that believes that nine, ten months from now, when the United States gets out of their group, they win a knockout round game, they maybe win a second one. All of us are going to look back to this and say, this is what galvanized the group together. There's always that possibility.

You can't fret about yesterday and not really worry about tomorrow. You've got to take care of today. And the reality is Christian Polisic is coming off a weekend where he just scored a goal from Milan and he looks like he's in good form. He's coming off the two best professional seasons of his career. Absolutely, this can galvanize the group. But if you're going to ask me if I'm confident about that, that's where I don't know.

It's August 19th, 2025 in this moment. The fact that we're talking about a docu series going into a role Cup. I don't fully believe in that. However, as a player, I will tell you this, that that group can come together in spite of what they believe everyone on the outside is saying and what everyone on the outside is rooting for. And they can believe in that and they can use that as motivation and they can absolutely have the World Cup of their dreams. And then after that, look at all of us on the outside and say, I told you so. But that's what they have to do now because they brought more attention to them

for negative reasons they needed to. Mike, now they've got actually more pressure on them, which is kind of hard to believe because this is going to be the biggest moment in the men's national team program in the history, and I can't believe we're saying they've got more pressure on them now than they did about two months ago.

Taylor, moving back to MLS talk, Messi's leading the league with 19 goals and 19 matches. How much of that is he's just awesome and how much of that is the competition still isn't quite up to snuff? It's Messi being awesome. The fact that Messi goes to World Cup qualifiers at the age of 38 and contributes on the same level that he did 10 years ago, that will tell you that he's just, he's the unicorn.

He is what he is, and this is what Messi is. Now, Father Time is knocking on the door. There's a few more nagging injuries that pop up here and there that didn't pop up 10 years ago. But for a player to come to Major League Soccer, that Leonel Messi has done, and now Rodriguez de Paul, who is the defensive midfielder, the bodyguard of Messi for Argentina's World Cup team coming up in eight months, for them to go to Connable in South America World Cup qualifying and still contribute at a high

level that tells you the level of Major League Soccer has risen, but also those players are just special. Messi is operating at a completely different level, and I can't believe we're still talking about them at the age of 38, because you can see declines. in other players around the world when they hit this age. Messies assist this past weekend. There's about two players in the history of the game that even saw that, let alone being able to pull that off, and Leonel Messi's one of them.

Taylor, best guess, Messi will lead Miami to an MLS Cup title, and will Messi be back next season for the debut in the new stadium? I think Messies will 100% open up the stadium for Inter-Miamy and Major League Soccer. I don't know if that's even really a debate right now. I think they're crossing their T's dotting their eyes and getting that together. That's also why they're making signings like Rodrigo DePaul and other signings that are going to come.

Winning MLS Cup is so tricky because they're one-off games and they're knockout round games, very similar to what we do in the NFL where it's just a one-off game. And so there is this random optimizer, for lack of a better way, that if Miami's on the road and the goalkeeper for the other team stands on their head, FC Cincinnati beat Miami this year 3-0. So there is that one-off. But if everyone's fully fit, come playoff time, the answer to your question is Leonel Messi and Inter-Myami will be the front runners to win MLS Cup. But it's a big if everyone's going to be healthy. A couple marquee signings into MLS recently. Sunny has got the hottest selling jersey in the world for L-AFC and Mueller's

now at Vancouver. That's an interesting signing. More questions about their form and the sage that they're at in their careers than Messi had, where Messi was still very much recognized as a best player in the world. Sonny probably has more good football left in his tank than Mueller, but what is the early feedback from them being around these clubs? Hungman's son has been brilliant, and for those of you watching the show, he has asked everyone in the United States to call him Sonny, so Mike, rightfully so, calling him Sunny. Good on you. It's a first for Major League Soccer to have the star from South Korea

come to Major League Soccer. So he's brought eyeballs to Apple TV. He's brought eyeballs that maybe wouldn't have paid a lot of attention to Major League Soccer. So they often feel part of that, he's a home run. On the field, I think he's going to be

better than people think. Now, he doesn't have the name of Leonel Messi or David Beckham or Zlatan Ibrahimovich. But it's very similar to Robbie Keene and historically in Major League Soccer, Robbie Keen's one of the best winners in Major League Soccer history.

He also made a move to Major League Soccer and still contributed at the international level. That's exactly what Sonny's going to do. I think LAPC really hit a home run with this. Thomas Mueller, I'm on the record and I'll be on the record. I don't know how to evaluate the signing. I love the fact that he's in Major League Soccer, but he did a 180 with three or four teams, Mike,

in discussing contracts and where he wanted to play, how he wanted to play, what positions, to all of a sudden being playing in Canada for Vancouver. Now, he believes in the next six months, Vancouver's got the best shot to win the Western Conference and be an MLS Cup, but he's also got an option to get out of that contract. Now, what we don't know publicly,

is it 100% a player option, or is it both Vancouver and his? Because I find that interesting. Is he coming here to test it, to see it, and then move on? he's there to win a trophy. Listen, he's won everywhere he's been in his life, whether it's with Germany or with Bayern Munich. But that's a difficult one to assess

because I don't know how much is left in the tank, but I think Vancouver's a good enough team that they can help him acclimate himself, get him there, get him ready for the playoffs, and that's usually where the cream rises to the top. Taylor, what did you make of MLS suspending Jordi Alba and Liam Messi for missing the All-Star game? I know Mike Ryan was pretty upset

because he felt like, look, had done all these things that brought money and attention to the MLS. Club World Cup. And as a result, they deserve the break. And some of us here on the show are like, no, that's the job. You got to just do it. So where did you land on that?

Well, someone that played in the All-Star game during congested schedules, it's a different league. I get that. But it is part of your obligation to represent Major League Soccer. In saying that, the Club World Cup was a huge part of this summer for

Inter-Miamy. All it took for Inter-Manymyami was Leon O'Messie and Jorge Moss and Inter-Miamy to call the league and have a conversation into it. But as of the league and everything they've told me, Tuesday night before the All-Star game, which was Wednesday, they didn't really know. All I'm saying to Leonel Messi is, and Mike Ryan's 100% correct, but just make a phone call, have a conversation. Saturday night before the All-Star game, they played in New York against the Red Bulls, and all indications after that game was Messi and Alba were going to come. Here's the rebuttal that I would say to enter Miami. Jordi Alba, Sergio Bousquet, told Spanish media at the All-Star game the year before they came so they didn't get suspended.

Why all of a sudden did that change this year? That's all I'm talking about. A simple phone call would have happened. I think Don Garber 100% made the right decision because the following game was against FC Cincinnati. and they had two players show up, Avander and Miles Robinson. However, Cincinnati would tell you, they didn't play in the Club World Cup.

So if Miami and MLS came to an agreement that Alba and Messi probably deserved the game off, I don't think anything would have been discussed. The problem is they didn't call MLS. They just thought it was assumed, and that's where I think Don Garber and MLS handled it perfectly. Yeah, Inter Miami probably could have handled that better to get away from the suspension.

What do you make generally, though, of the constant feather ruffling that Inter Miami does against the old guard in MLS, constantly pushing the boundaries? I remember when the ball was initially signed, checked in with league sources. No one knew if this was a DP, no one knew if this was a damn player. No one knew that, and just Inter Miami just kept pushing forward and essentially putting the onus on the league to figure it out. So what do you make of that? Because Inter Miami is not this old money. They have wealthy owners, but not the wealthiest, but they want to push this league forward in advance of this World Cup coming here. They got aspirations, Mike, and I love that.

We're in our 30th year of Major League Soccer. There's conversations and real conversations now about changing the schedule to the way Western Europe is. That's ultimately going to put more money in the owner's pockets because right now when the transfer windows come around, they're operating a little bit with one hand behind their back because other leaders, leagues around the world are operating different times, so maybe you pay 20% more and you could get 20% more for your players. They're going to evolve. Do I think the schedule will change? Absolutely. Do the roster restrictions, salary cap restrictions need to change at MLS? Absolutely. That's part of evolution. That's part of growth. Inner Miami is raising those questions.

They're pushing the ball uphill now. Now, in saying that, you can't lose the competitive integrity of the league when other teams are operating under the assumption the rules are this in this present time. But I love people that challenge it because everyone's in the same boat, Mike. The World Cup is coming here in nine, ten months. It's the rocket ship to the moon, as Eddie Q and Apple will tell you. Well, in order to do that, you got to be ready with what's going to come after the World Cup. Part of that is changing the roster in salary cap rules. Part of that is changing the schedule, and that's the one thing MLS is done, maybe slower than others would like, but they still do it, is they will make changes that they see fit

when it's necessary to grow the league. And I think Inter-Miami has raised some good concerns about that, but all of that is about having the greatest player of all time in your backyard and bringing some of his friends. But I'm not sure Sonny, Tomas Mueller, six World Cup winners are in Major League soccer. Think of that. Post-Leon O'Messie, that's in less than two years. Six World Cup winners. They're asking questions of the league and they wanted to grow. I'm all for that. Taylor, do you hear other team executives maybe resenting the way Intermime goes about their business? Yeah, but I think that's a lot of jealousy and that's a good thing. I think it's no different than sometimes what we ask about, you know, it's not really the same, but you know what

I'm going to say here, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, right? Whenever there's this consternation regarding a team and an owner and a group of players, that's because they're probably doing something that you wish you could do. They're probably to have something that you wish you have. I love it. I think we need more villains in Major League Soccer because I think the leagues around the world, I think the leagues and all the other major sports in the United States, you have your villains, you have your enemies, the teams that you love to hate that you

constantly want to beat. I think Gitter Miami is one of those, and I think it's great for this league. I think it's backpage stuff, as they like to say, in Europe and in England, I love everything about it. But to answer your question directly, absolutely you hear complaints and conversations and arguments, and I just sit there with a smirk on my face because I love it. You can catch Taylor and the rest of the MLS season with the MLS season. pass on Apple TV Plus and of course

Messy and Inter-Miamy host Tigress in a league's cup quarterfinal match Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern on Apple TV plus. Taylor Twelman, thank you for joining us. Was Wayne's World time traveling or no? No.

They did use that as an effect. It's not central to the plot, but there were time travel elements. I'll give it to you. I'll give it to you. I'm out of here. All right. Thanks a lot. Look, every football game is a grind. And if you're like Dan and the crew, you know there's no such thing as one size fits all. Your sleep should be just as custom as coach's game plan. That's where sleep number comes in. You get to call your own

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If someone takes a foul ball to the penis, we should just say he took a foul ball to the penis. See it? Stugats. That free kick hit him right in the cock-a-doodle-doo. This is the Dan Lebertar. show with the Stugats. Oh, my gosh.

I was wondering what that sound was. I was like, was the air on it? Greg's on fire. I literally was sometimes. You want him to die? I don't understand. Is that supposed to breathe? Hold on.

In Greg's defense, you've been chapping his ass saying, get in front of a mic for months on end. Finally. And now he's right on top of the mic and you take issue with it. Shame on you. Shame. Shame. What are you talking about?

You know what they say, Christopher? Live life with a plum and alacrity. Thank you, Billy. I do say that. Thank you very much. Is that how you say that? A plum and alacrity. Okay.

Yeah. Just making sure Billy. The big two. It was pronounced. Oh, alacrity is one word. Yeah. I've never heard that word either, but I thought it was two words. It's like a lacrity.

Oh, like one lack, ah, lacrity. What does alacrity mean? Teach me something. It means like you... Well, you're back not in front of the mic. You tackle life with enthusiasm and excitement. Yeah, it's also not a plum like, you know, the fruit's a plum. A plum.

A plum. Yeah. It's not like two, like plum and alacrity. They're not two separate things. Yeah, a plumb means you tackle a hard task with great self-confidence. It's crazy. That's two words. I thought that were two words.

That's great. Thank you for teaching me something. You're welcome. Anytime. Time for weekend observations. It is time for Stu Gads to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy, Stu. All good.

I mean. Thank you. Weekend Observations, presented by Miller Light. Dan, every year it happens. It's annoying but necessary. Like how pollen season makes life go around. but also makes my life miserable. I don't need anyone to explain it to me.

I just need it to happen without me noticing. Talking, of course, about people talking about fantasy football drafts. Oh, yeah. I know it has to happen. Just don't talk to me about it. Sign up on draft kings.com, by the way. promo code Dan. Dylan Gabriel.

Well, that's not going. Dylan! There it is. Dylan! Gabriel. Saying there are entertainers and there are competitors. Then clarifying. Oh, that wasn't about Shador Sanders. By claiming he's been saying it about the media for years,

despite no evidence of him ever saying it. The Stugats is strong in you. Haywood Highsmith, getting traded for a top 55 protected draft pick. More like highway robbery. Hey, would you fleece me? It's a cheap joke. I'm better than that. We need more cheap ones.

The trade was fine. Hey, Cincinnati Open. Whoever's idea, it was to have the final. finals on a Monday should be fired. Yannick Sinner. Retiring after five games due to illness. Understandable. Al-Qaraz makes me stick to my stomach too.

How you like in that tennis chat? I love it, man. There are sickos in there. I love it. They are sickos. A lot more gambling than I thought. So much. A couple days away from the slam.

It's really a gambling chat that talks about tennis. A little bit. Yeah. But Alcaraz, man. Top spin. Got me on the Monte Carlo in the semifinal. It's crazy shots. Yannis Anna Nakumpo, slapping the ever-lo-living bleep out of his teammate in the huddle.

Leadership. Hamzad domination of DDP. The second most entertaining UFC event from the weekend. The Arab fighter. Behind only, 10-day Tony's meltdown. I could watch that on repeat. The Cuban sore loser. Comedians doing the Riyadh comedy festival in Saudi Arabia.

The Stugats is strong in all of you. I'm jealous I didn't get an invite. Stugats is strong and me too. NFL fans. Upset about male cheerleaders. Either haven't been paying attention or just pretending to care. Top five things people pretend to care about. You ready?

Oh, a lie. When a famous role in a TV show or movie reboot is cast with a slant towards diversity. What do you mean, the Little Mermaid's Black? Why do you care so much about the Snow White remake? You're 47 years old. Number five, sports washing. We only care when it's a country that's not us. Number four, when someone says, hit me up, we should hang out.

You don't really want to hang out. You're just saying it. Number three, when someone video records people, people in public to defend our First Amendment's rights. That's my entire algorithm. TikTok, right? All the time. Those guys that are like outside of a mail, what the hell?

Like mailboxes, et cetera or something like that. Post office. You're right? Post office. You okay? I got it all on the record. I hate those videos. That's what I meant there.

And the people get so angry. It's like, well, stop record. I can record you too. I'm like, just walk away. Who cares? How have you not learned at this point? Like, that's what they want. You're giving them exactly what you want.

But that's the thing, that these people, I'm not talking about the people reacting. I'm talking about the guy originally recording. He doesn't care about your First Amendment rights. He's just a dick. Why are people outside of Post Office is recording people? It's a thing on the Internet. It's just to prove that they can't because people don't like being videotaped. So some old guy would be like, hey, why are you videotaping me?

I'm going to this post office. I'm just protecting our First Amendment rights. And then they call the cops. The cops show up and the cops say, technically he's on the sidewalk. He's allowed to videotape you. But I did not consent. You don't need to give consent. It's the same song and dance, but I love it.

It's just I can't stop watching. Number two, when someone on this show says something funny that might also have a factual error. You guys don't actually care. Hey, beer is carbon. I don't care, dude. What was that? It was the beer thing yesterday. Oh, oh, there's a carbonation.

Guys, we're just dicking around here. I don't know if that came across yet. We're not actually beer experts who are trying to say, oh, this is how it works. And number one, when an athlete kneels for the national anthem. You don't care. You didn't even notice until he said something about it. Michael Beasley and Lance Stevenson. Lay off the Cafacito.

I don't get it. Too intense. And it's just, it's performative. Everybody knows. Come on, man. The big three. Who cares? Francis TFO.

Force to forfeit due to back injury. Only to resurface looking fine a few hours later at his girlfriend's birthday dinner. Adda boy. And no, the dinner did not appear to be in Cincinnati. No skyline chili. Denzel Washington, going on the Sports Illustrated podcast, talking about how he only wants to hear about sports from people who did it. And not from people with opinions behind microphones. Funny how he said none of this.

When he was on first take, there's a little Stugats in everyone. Crocs. striking an NFL licensing deal meaning now my favorite NFL players can dress like their wards at a mental institution I'm going to hell for that last one speaking to hell art brylls those are the weekend

observations Don Lebertard He called me on my own podcast He called me full of shit claiming that I'm faking interest in the solar eclipse You do do this You love to just get excited about everything Junior. Stugats. I had to school you and explain to you. He was going to take you to Augusta.

When I was 17 years old, Alan Sherry and I used to haunt the Bueller Planetarium. This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats. Denzel sounded old, right? Dude, I was like, it was, if that was kind of his thing, he did. He did. He did sound old, especially when he said he could still throw hands and stuff. Looking a little old. He's 70. I mean, if I look like that when I'm 70, I would take it, obviously.

He's a national hero. But he's a national hero? International. I'm sorry, you're right. Hero? Well, he plays one in movies. I think he is. He needs a statue.

He's an actor. A statue where? Where would you put his statue? In front of every movie theater, it would be like a rotating, a movable statue. How about this? What if, you know, instead of a statue, just on some maps, we name a, at Denzel Washington, D.C. You know, that's not bad.

Why not all the maps? Well, because, I mean, people argue over what maps say now. Some say Gulf of Mexico. Some say Gulf of America. How about this? I don't know the process of actually changing it to Denzel, Washington, D.C., but if you say it, then you print a map, you could just buy one. How about this?

Denzel Washington, D.C. on some of the maps. Denzel Washington state on others. I like that. How about Denzel D.C.? Drop the Washington. Well, hold on a second. It's a lot cleaner. You know what?

Maybe that's what the D. stands for. Washington, Denzel. Columbia. Maybe. Now, if you rename Washington State, Denzel Washington State, then like, does it have to become Denzel Washington State University? Yes. Yes. And the University of Denzel Washington. Okay. Absolutely. And when you send letters to people in Seattle, it's got to say Seattle, comma, DW, DWA? Yeah. DWA.

could just say Seattle. Okay, so then does it say Seattle, Washington, or does it say Seattle, Denzel, Washington, or does it say Seattle, comma, Washington, comma, Denzel. No, it goes Seattle, Denzel, Washington. Okay. That's true, because, like, North Carolina, you don't do, you know, like Raleigh, comma, Carolina, comma North. You're right, yeah. I'm still trying to figure out why is a hero. He's a hero, man. He's an inspiration of many. No, he is.

Okay. Those are two different things. Well, that's what heroes do. Denzel, George Washington. That's, yeah. Denzel Washington Carter Carver Listen up George Washington Carter

Time to think fast Is this a real or fake podcast? Oh, I love this game Nice Oh I do too A bit of a lifeline Today bit of a lifeline

Here's our host Oh, you didn't like the Denzel Washington talk That was lost Zero Fox Given With Jamie Fox Oh, that's a good name That's a good name But I'm going fake

So he used to have A serious XM channel called The Foxhole, and they took it and they gave it to Kevin Hart. Would he call it? No, I'm going to say fake. Great name, though. Couldn't hear you, Dad. What was your answer?

It's fake. It is indeed fake. He doesn't have time for a podcast. But he does. What is he up to, really? He's hanging out with his friends. I saw a video of him arguing with his friends about Jordan versus LeBron. Never heard that one before.

Imagine that on a podcast. The deal. with Darren Ravelle. Absolutely 100% the type of podcast that he would have. I'm trying to think if he could, he'd have a hokeyer name. It'd be hokeyer, right? Billy, I see you're not in your head. I don't think it'd be as simple as the deal.

Yeah, it would be something else. I'm going to go fake. I'm going real because the history of this game, Mike hasn't been given us someone who has a podcast, but he's been giving us the wrong name of the podcast. That would be very tricky if he did that. So I'm going, it's real. Wow.

I think it's fake. I think his podcast is, it's my business with Darren Ravel. I like that. That would be a great title. Here's something shocking. According to my research, Darren Ravel actively does not have a podcast.

Whoa. He's the one. He's too busy collecting, like, autographs and stuff, right? I guess. In the name of equality. Yeah. Caramel and cheddar. With Eddie Curry.

No. It's popcorn? Caramel and cheddar. Oh, it's Eddie Curry and popcorn. I want that so badly. He's from Chicago. Not real. Yes.

Yes. I'm going to say yes. The name is too ridiculous for it to not real. Yeah. Co-hosts it with his girlfriend. Yeah. See? Really?

He's from Chicago. It's a popcorn thing. They love their Chicago popcorn. We'll talk to Jessica Smetana about it in a little bit. and he's a guy that likes to eat. We're going to throw that out there. It's a real podcast. Levels to this with Cheryl Swoops.

Yes, real. Yeah, you know I know all the WMBA podcast. That's a real one. Cheryl Swoops, definitely, that's a type of title that show Swoops that have, too. Greg? I say no, I'm going to go the other way. That's a real podcast. I'm sorry, Cheryl.

Now, last one. This question's only for Greg. One Night was Stiney with Willie Colley Stein. Oh, wow. Yes. It's a real podcast, but not hosted by Willie Collie Stein. It's a trick question. Hosted by Stiney.

Shame on you. Oh, my God. Mark Stein? That has been real or fake podcast. Now we transition seamlessly to Greg Cody's topic that Chris thought wasn't interesting enough. Wow. Chinese robotic Olympics Greg, tell me

I want to know everything with... The only thing I know about it. See, there we go. Okay, no, no, no, here we out. Let him talk. It has embarrassed itself. It's fallen flat because of the... You know, the robots are doing everything.

The robots are like three, four feet tall, but they're like in a boxing ring, they're doing all this stuff. They're all losing... That's your form? They're all... That's a robot's form. I used to box a little bit when I was younger.

So did Denzel Washington. He always used to do that, like, oh, yeah. Oh, you do the, there you go. No, they're all falling flat. Like, literally, all the robots are falling over when they do anything strenuous or athletic. And so it's been like a big bust in China. Now, it's a bad idea as well. I saw a clip of a kid.

Oh, here we got, we got, we've got them playing soccer. Hold on. We got to run that one back. I like it. I want to see again. Run that soccer one back. I like it. Look at that.

It's like electric football This is what like seven-year-old soccer looks like I like it Soccer looks like to me You know what's funny man Somewhere Skynet is listening to us laugh Look all right That's a foul

On who Whoever made that It's like you guys think you could do better Oh here the box Ooh okay Keep the dix up Yeah Uh huh

I don't know what the orange one is swinging at Slow punches Good Lord You could beat up that robot Yeah the puncher They're going like this in real time. What was wrong with Battlebots? Battlebots was great.

Whoa, that's weird what's happening right here on the screen. I'm not good at describing this. Imagine like somebody gingerly running around. Oh, standing up like that is. It's a breakdancing competition. I was in the Olympics, the real Olympics. I saw a video of a kid, like maybe like a 12-year-old kid, fighting against one of these robots.

And I was not impressed with the robot's reaction time. At the end, it flew, it just fell on its back, like spread eagle. I could outrun that last robot. He was running about one mile an hour. Talk into the mic. I could outrun that robot. Robots are supposed to be superior to human beings. This proves they're not.

What a colossal failure the Robot Olympics was. Eliminate all robots. I'm worried, though, Greg, that us taunting them right now is just feeding Skynet with all the motivation and let us know. Well, how do we know you're not a robot? Next time you put out a robot Olympics, they should run faster, they should hit harder, they should kick a soccer ball harder, they should be superhuman, and they're not. They're not even a robot. It's like electric football, when they bump into each other and fall down and everything, and the floor of the table would buzz, and they'd all be jumping around. What if they're intentionally doing this to have us let our guard down?

You know, you're like, oh, robots. They can't do anything. Right. In that case, it's successful. Because you watch these robots and you're going, these robots suck. Who made these robots? One of those robots missing an arm. I noticed that. Yeah, I hope he's okay.

Robot parallel. I didn't see any blood, though. You said it, not me. That's the one where the founder of Skynet had in his living room. The arm is his, yeah. Yeah, the black guy from Terminator. Greg, do you have all your original joints? I do. Yeah? Yeah. Are you proud of that or would you want an upgrade? No, I think I'm good

right now. My hips, I lead the league in hips. Hips don't lie. Yeah, I mean my only issue is my right knee. Trick knee? Yeah, I think I may need something done to my right knee. What have they got to a robot knee? Based on what I just saw, I don't want it. That's a great death scene. The guy from Speed.

That was a good one, huh? Yeah, pretty good. Pretty good. Limited fake T2 guy. Mark Nick for the Suees next year. Yeah, that didn't actually do what most capitalists do. And he's just like, what, this is for people? Let me destroy it. Rather than make money on it. Hey, we have breaking news. Hit it. Big week one ramifications for the Miami Dolphins. Indianapolis Colts have announced their QB1. Oh. And it is Daniel Jones. No.

You guys love football, huh? Look at that reaction. It's a big news day. One and O for the Dolphins. You guys whipped your heads around and all said, whoa, collectively. I'm surprised he's still playing football. Wow. Danny Dimes, QB1. That is a disaster for the Colts. Is the injury thing? Is Richardson that hurt? How much is it going to hurt if the dolphins lose to him week one?

And you got Xavier and Howard who's out there for the Colts now too, right? Yeah. Man, Tyra He kills going to burn him. 200 in the air, 100 on the ground and a pick six for Howard. You think Kyle Tucker's confidence is down? How do you think Anthony Richardson deals? Yikes.