The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Dianna Russini Explains Philadelphia Eagles Fans

Episode Date: January 21, 2025

JuJu Gotti checks in from the first weekend of games at the new women's 3on3 basketball league, Unrivaled. Then, we pivot to more NFL talk as Dianna Russini joins the show. She tells us about the mental warfare her husband is wielding against her to get himself to the NFC Championship Game when his Philadelphia Eagles take on Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders. Would Big Dom make a good nanny for her kids? Plus, we do some quick hit topics with Dianna including Ben Johnson taking the head coaching job for the Chicago Bears, Steve Spagnuolo as a head coach candidate, Mike Tomlin, Tom Brady, and CJ Stroud. Also, it's time for Stugotz's Weekend Observations and this week's are a doozie including the TikTok ban being like sex with Rick Pitino and the Top 5 Things Stugotz Likes To Inhale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Speaking of unrivaled, Dan, you know where I have no rivals? Our fantasy football contest. Oh boy. You could participate this week. Diana, did you participate in our fantasy football contest this week presented by Smirnoff? Go to dkng.co. week presented by smirnoff go to DK ng dot co slash smirnoff every week Diana You set your roster from from scratch. You know what you did last week doesn't matter every every week new teams Team clean slate doesn't matter. I finished 195th place last you have no rivals

Some would say I had 194 rivals last week since I finished 195th place and I say guess what place I'm in next week Right first right now. We're all tied for first because it starts anew Wow, is your hair new you hair looks different. It's your hair new Go to dkng.co slash smear now The world's number one vodka, please drink responsibly just making conversation. Yeah Real or is no not real If you're not the world's number one vodka, please drink responsibly. Just making conversation. Yeah. Hi Billy. Is your hair real or is your hair? No, not real.

No, not real. No, no, no. It looks different and not everyone noticed it. I mean, give Billy some credit for noticing. Yes. Thank you, Billy. Thank you. No new hair, same hair.

Hair I've always had on my head. I think I just started a little different. It's been a crazy couple hours this week, knowing that not only are we dealing with the playoffs, but we got coaches getting hired. And so just chasing the stories around. So this is the best I can do for you guys today. I hope it's good enough for the show.

All right, same hair, but new coffee mug. What's going on there? What happened? Well, there's actually a story behind this. So if you see, it says to my jelly Diana. Oh, so cute. Right. So we got these mugs as a wedding gift when Kevin I got married.

He's got the peanut butter. It's like to he's I guess he's the peanut butter to my jelly. I don't know. In my house, though, these represent something that he needs or wants. Okay. So he uses these mugs as mental warfare. Most of my mugs are like regular things. It's like best mom ever and you know, go NFL,

whatever it says. When he- Go NFL is one of the worst mom mugs I've ever had. Go NFL. I'll have four. Great mug, letter finish, the shield. Best original playoff weekend ever. That cannot be selling very much.

Somebody has to make me a shirt that just says go NFL. That's amazing. That's a good idea. You guys always have the good ideas. So when I saw this this morning, he uses this one when we're either in a fight or he wants something. So I saw it on the counter today with my coffee already made.

He gets up at four. So as soon as I get up, it's all ready to go. And I know what this is. This is I want to go to Philadelphia on Sunday for the NFC championship game. He went last weekend because remember, guys, last time I was with you, I said that Kevin, I were trying to figure out what we wanted to do. I needed to go to the game to do my job. He has season tickets with his family.

Oh, but Diana, you've got pretty good clout here. Do you not? You have some ability to, you, you have some ability around your objectivities to really treat your husband to the time of a lifetime here, but only through your access and connections, correct? Correct. So I would argue that watching that game on Sunday was actually better at home. So I feel like I did win because according to him, it was very cold. They were crying, all of it, everything

he's wanted and lived for happened on Sunday. But obviously there's more to this. So now we're trying to figure out what we're going to do on Sunday because I, the senior NFL insider for the athletic owned by the New York Times would like to attend the NFC championship game. But he feels that he needs to go. So this is the first sign. He has not said it, but I just know what this is, that he's going to come home tonight and think that this puts me in a good mood. I obviously have a very low bar

for what I accept in this home that this gets it done. Like a dumb peanut butter and jelly mug can work me. But he knows, and he worked me on Sunday and he's gonna probably do it again this week. I think that we should do a relationship show with you and your husband because. I love him. I believe, from what I can tell,

obviously you never know what someone's relationship is, but they seem to have a really, really cool and fun relationship that must make Diana crazy. I don't know if it's cool. It's very procedural. It's very logistic. We have two kids, obviously, as you know. So we are trying to make this work.

We actually say this all the time of like, we just gotta get through the day. And then when the babies go to bed, then it's our time. Guess what our time is? Yeah, nothing. Me in the basement, tweeting, him upstairs watching Netflix. Expecting Eagles tickets, that way.

And you working 20 hours a day because the economy must be funded and it is hard It is hard hard work in the information business Yeah, and asking me if I spoke to say Kwan or if Jalen texted me back, you know You know, like just like actually has the nerve right now to ask some injury updates to do this But Diana explain to the audience. Okay? Because I really want people to understand, I think Bill's mafia is as strong a fan base as there can be in terms of passion. And of course, all fan bases are a little bit crazy.

But when you're watching Rams and Eagles and what is going into that furnace is Jared Verst telling you, I hate those people. They're not the smartest and they're not. And they know it. They are cave people who really love their team and they especially love that their meat head coach is beating teams to death with Saquon Barkley's thighs. They also really love to hate their team.

That's correct. If they lose, they were firing Sirianni the last five minutes of the game. So Diane explained to the to America, the Eagles fan, Eagles fan after Nick Foles wins MVP of the Super Bowl beats Tom Brady as the backup quarterback that Eagles fan. I've always said that I always thought this fan base didn't necessarily care about the name on the back of the jersey.

They care about the Philadelphia Eagle emblem on the on the front. That's all they care about. It's just about the Eagles. It doesn't matter who's in that helmet, even though they love their athletes and they say they do and you know when Bryce Harper enters any room, it's like crazy. Whoever their star player is Saquon right now at this moment. To them though, it's, it's just about Philadelphia winning no matter what it takes. And the Sirianni argument, especially in this house has been so up

and down because Kevin is a lot like Stu when it comes to him. He's like, the guy wins. I don't care if you think he's not the greatest coach. I don't care if you think Sean McVeigh could run laps around him when it comes to game management and coaching decisions and locker room and culture and all the great things that come with Sean McVeigh. He's like, he won the game. That's all that matters. And I kind of think that that's just like a small microcosm of how Eagles fans do it. And it is a religion. I married into it. So I didn't, I've told you guys on this

show before I grew up, I was a big Yankees fan, we're a baseball family, but the level of this, it's so committed that just think about the situation I have in my house. It is my job to cover football and I'm actually considering not doing that job because i understand the importance it is for him to attend this and watch this in person because i know how much it means though this is the part that i want to get into because it is funny to watch this eagles fan base fall in love with this team is different than basketball separate whatever you view it's much different than basketball it's different whatever you view it's much different than baseball

football mattering in this town and having the team that's tougher than all the other teams when we make mark walberg movies about this tough gritty city and how its football team represents to the world though the identity that philadelphia gets from this football team that beats you to death.

It's not just a football team that's winning the way Nick Foles did. They stop the run, they run the ball. It's Saquon Barkley for 200 yards because he's tougher than all of your players, or stronger, or more physically fit. I don't think I understand totally what's in your household. You have to choose you there.

Mom has to choose mom and her job there. And I think mom wants to be at that game doing her job, does she not? I would choose a babysitter. I am always, again. I would choose the other game. Yeah, my babysitter's in Kansas City watching the Bills. That would be my luck.

Um, you know, I think, I think for our overall happiness, at this point, he, attending that game with his father and brothers is probably more important than me talking to AJ Brown after the game. I kind of, I have to weigh it. But you guys, you guys know my style. Like I'm a boots on the ground kind of reporter. I left ESPN for the athletic, right?

So my career is a little different now. I'm not at the games as much. I'm not at practice the way I used to be. So these opportunities, these big games, give me this chance to then go be around the sport I love and see in person. So we're weighing this. And I think at the end of the day, as much as I love my career, and you guys know I come on the show and I talk about how committed I am to trying to be the best at this, I think I need my household to be happy in order for the rest of it to fall together. So I think in this moment, I don't want to look back in a few years and let's just say

the Eagles never go back to the NFC championship game and think, I went to just do another NFC championship game, my 10th one, and kibb this down on something with his dad and his brothers and the rest of Philadelphia because everyone will be attending because it's not like I have anyone to watch my kids because they'll all be at the game. Hey Jeremy. Yes Mike? Have you ever had a fireside conversation during football Sunday during the winter? Sure, we don't have a lot of fireplaces down here but I've had like the premise of it. I wish I could but it's South Florida when it gets down to the 60s. We're like, we're bundled up But certainly no fireplaces still too warm for that

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This is the Don Lebatard show with the Stugats. Music Has one of your favorite mugs ever accidentally broke after maybe things didn't go your husband's way? Things are thrown around in this house. No doubt. You know what's funny? I saw Big Dom a couple of weeks ago and he said to me, he's such a good guy and he's

like, if you ever need anything, you know, you call me. And I was like, a nanny? And he's like, just call me. And maybe that's who I need to call in this situation. I wanna ask how many people you actually trust with your kids, but now you've led me to the other question of tell me the stories involved. Not too many details, just objects thrown in the house.

What, because if you've dated a lot, you told us that you dated a lot of Tommy DeVito's agent. And if that's, like that doesn't seem like something that necessarily has a full harness on its emotions. It feels like if that gets angry, that might get a coffee cup thrown across a kitchen. If it was my mom saying it, she would not say I dated a lot. She would say she was dating every Tommy, Dickie, and Harry,

everyone. She couldn't find anyone. And by the way, it's funny, I know we've talked about my mom on the show, you would think my mom would side with me in all this, right? To her it's like, oh he's gotta go to the game. It's like, oh now you care about the Eagles, Camille? Now you're all in on Philly? When I was marrying him you weren't too sure.

Now it's all about Kevin. But that's just like that old school mentality of if the husband's not happy, no one is around. Apparently it's rubbed off on me. Well, I was just going to say what a testament to love you are that you would put your own pride down in the name of. What a lovely thing in the city of brotherly love for you to say him to see that with his family. I can't deny him that for my job even though I'm the bread earner in this family. I'm only doing this because this is going to get picked up on Philly radio and my father-in-law

and my brother-in-law are all listening to that so I don't want to deal with the rap that comes with it because I did it once and boy did that cause a problem. So this version is just the water down version. When I get off the show, I'm going to be called up. I'm going to the game. Figure it out. The kids are in the driveway in the car seats. How many people do you trust with the kids? Not enough, right? Like it makes it too hard. I know. I can't get my

wife to trust. I don't trust. I don't trust that people will not pull their hair out with my children. It's not it's not. I will put them with anybody if anyone wants to help out it's I don't know if anyone actually wants to experience this there 3 and 2 they think they're dinosaurs they bite each other all day long all they want to do is wrestle each other. So it's not like you can just sit and hang with them

and you know, scroll through TikTok. You have to get down with them and separate them at all times because it's just a constant war zone in my house. So it's not so much about finding someone, it's not so much about them and feeling that motherly connection of I don't trust anyone out there with my children.

No, I want someone, I need anyone out there with my children, no. I want someone, I need anyone saying that wants to do this. It should be a punishment for someone actually. You're unleashing untrained eagle fan, eagle dad, descendants into the world and they wanna eat each other's ankles. They are, okay I got it.

Can you help me understand what we should take from the Ravens-Bills game? Obviously, there's gonna be a lot of people talking about a lot of different angles, but the most interesting one to you was blank. Sean McDermott's preparation and how he got the Bills ready, they were tougher, they were more physical,

and while Sean McDermott's definitely gotten a lot of credit this season for putting his team in a good position, with a roster that I don't think was really blowing anyone away earlier in the year. I just think they had a great game plan for the Baltimore Ravens. When we've seen so many other teams struggle against Baltimore, they think they know how to slow them down.

They always say, I've talked to a million defensive coordinators leading up to games where they face the Ravens and they all say the same thing. They actually executed it though. So I just thought this was a great game for their head coach. Are the Jets going to hire the guy that gave up 45 points to the commanders at home? Possibly. I think Aaron Glenn is definitely their number one choice. He's in the building right now.

I don't think they're going to let this guy out unless he signs this contract or at least agrees to it It has been a very long search They've interviewed multiple candidates as you guys know They never met with Ben Johnson, but I know from having a couple conversations It was kind of Mike Vrabel and then they didn't know what they wanted to do And then they met with Aaron Glenn and they're really happy with him So we'll see if they'll be able to get that done.

I expect that to get done. Let's speed her up. Let's speed her up right now. Oh, here we go. Here we go. Music, music. Give her the music. Last year, Ben Johnson didn't take any head coaching jobs

because he felt like he had unfinished business with the Detroit Lions. And I guess he didn't like any of the jobs. But then he goes inside the division? What about the unfinished business and why is Chicago so attractive to him? Growth, self-awareness, all the things that you want from a leader and that's what he had last year in making that decision to stay in Detroit. And he's learned a lot about losing,

he's learned a lot about winning. Now he's going to Chicago because he's got the quarterback. He believes in Caleb Williams. There's a lot of people around the league who think that Caleb Williams is untapped talent he has had the right coaching and Ben Johnson is gonna bring out the best version of them. That's the choice right if we were going rapid-fire and I were to say Ben Johnson why now you'd say that quarterback. Yep that is the that is the reason like everyone wants to know what would happen what was the Raiders just a play for him to get a better deal more money no the Raiders were real. Tom Brady was a very convincing owner in trying to get Ben Johnson to go there

because they were going to make it the Brady way. But in the end, in the end, I think Ben Johnson said, I need the quarterback. Vegas doesn't have it. I don't think the Jacksonville setup is for me. Chicago has the best scenario for me. I'm going there to coach Caleb Williams. Yeah, that was going to be my next question. In terms of attractive quarterback, most of the head coaches out on the market

view Caleb Williams as more attractive than Trevor Lawrence. Yeah, for sure. Young rookie deal here. And also, there's still really good pieces in Chicago. And, you know, you'll see some fans out there going, what a Chicago, a Chicago coaches aren't looking at it like that. They're just going, CJ Stroud. I wanted to hear that.

CJ Stroud. Yes. Was that a question or an answer? I don't even know. I want this to go faster. CJ Stroud. We're gonna get paid a lot of money at some point here. You're also being very rude.

Had a good game, improved as the season went on. I think they had a really tough season. I think they're gonna address a lot of their weaknesses. Offensive line, obviously being in the big. Ryan Day. Looks very tired. Yeah, he did. Sean McDermott.

See, Ryan Day is exactly why you need to phrase a question around it. Ryan Day's been trying to get into the pros for several years. But the pros have never been there. Hell, the Ohio State fan base wanted him out. Do you think with a couple of jobs open, Ryan Day may actually have some bites out there in the pros?

I do not. I think Ryan Day is going to stay at Ohio State. He's happy to be there. They want him there now and oh how the tides have turned because you're right, just a few weeks ago I was trying to find out who was going to be the next Ohio State coach, but he obviously won this thing out and they believe in him. I think he'll stay there. If the... Marcus Freeman was the one I was watching in the game last night. Wow. Marcus Freeman. We're all watching. He had an interesting quote about that.

He really opened the door to it. He's usually been stronger about the next level. This one was like come get me. Because Mike, I believe if the Chicago Bears didn't land on Ben Johnson, if Ben Johnson wound up going to the Raiders, I think that there was a world where the Bears were going to try to get Marcus Freeman to at least meet with them. The question would have been, would Marcus be willing to do it? He just got paid by Notre Dame, obviously. There was a world where the Bears were going to try to get Marcus Freeman to at least meet with them.

The question would have been, would Marcus be willing to do it? He just got paid by Notre Dame, obviously. He likes being there, but they definitely wanted him. When you say you were looking at Marcus Freeman, you were also looking at Marcus Freeman the way we all look at Marcus Freeman, or you were just looking at him professionally? You were just looking at him? Yeah, I was looking at him professionally. I do think some of the camera shots and some of the social media posts about him

are really thirsty. Like, there's just like, it's like a lot. Like every time they show him, it's not just like a regular shot of a coach. It's like, there's just, there's a lot of electricity around him. And I think there's some fans out there who enjoy looking at him.

Not really my type though. If the Bills lose to Kansas City this weekend, is there a possibility Sean McDermott's fired as the Bills head coach? No, no. What? How? What are you doing?

What, do you just keep him around? He has Josh Allen. What do you mean? What are you doing? I'm firing Sean McDermott if he loses. They've made Josh Allen not reckless. That is a coaching miracle. Correct.

Let me try this one. Correct, that has been the biggest difference in Josh Allen, if the Eagles lose, Nick Sirianni fired. No, this is all you want to do. Stugatsi is just fired. The coaching carousel last weekend. Yes. Coaching carousel is a different game. Wow. He's gone far enough. I I had a lot of people in the league texting with me during the game.

You know, guys that aren't playing obviously. And it was pretty wild right there in the last five minutes how many texts I got of Sirianni is going to get fired and that's not to be entertained or laugh at it. But it's at this point. Okay. What we're doing is stupid with Ryan Day and Sirianni. What we're doing is stupid making it from quarter to quarter the referendums on whether they should be fired. Patrick Mahomes is 16 and 3 in the playoffs he's already tied Joe Montana for wins in the playoff 16

is a crazy number they're not that good at offense this year your Mahomes thoughts. Travis Kelce is. What's a power dynamic in Tennessee? They made on the surface what appears to be an impressive hire, but they've got a kooky front office set up with the head of football operations being a former assistant GM rising to power almost above Rand Cardathon. And now they make this hire. Is this new hire going to be the man to make all the decisions? Mike Ryan, the only person that's asked me about the Tennessee Titans in a year.

Um, I'm trying to figure out where it's going. to make all the decisions? Mike Ryan, the only person that's asked me about the Tennessee Titans in a year. They become so irrelevant. I'm trying to figure out where the game board's going. You reported- No, I know, now it's getting- No, but Mike Ryan reported exclusively that he happened to know and he knew who the number one pick was gonna be, and that's not gathered any steam at all. What?

I mean, no, no, no, this was, no, that was only a hypothetical if Lou Riddick went there along with Dion Sanders because of the Chador thing, by the way, Dion Sanders, what's going on with that? That died down. I told you guys last week when I came on. Look, could it go back? Could Jerry get desperate here and go, Oh man, I'm telling more. Nah, Brian Schottenheimer. Now the Brian Schottenheimer thing is a little bizarre to me because obviously

he's on the staff there in Dallas. But Jerry let the rest of the coaching staff that was in place with Mike McCarthy go. Right? So some of these guys are getting jobs as assistants on other teams now, some are unemployed. If you're going to keep, if you're going to hire someone in-house, wouldn't you want to keep the rest of that coaching staff intact? Again, no plan. Gallus had no plan. If there's been any takeaway from all of this and just from even having conversations around the league, I don't think Jerry Jones believed that Mike McCarthy was really going to walk. Dude, Jerry Jones is not getting enough crap for this. You got Kellan Moore, you got Quinn in the NFC Championship game. You had Derek Henry have this great season. They didn't

really address the run back. They didn't meet with Ben Johnson. They didn't meet with Mike Raybal. The two top dogs, they didn't go after because he hadn't made a decision yet. And I do believe that Jerry thought that he'd be able to work out a deal with Mike McCarthy, which is why they're behind the ball in this. When it comes to Jerry Jones, and however it is the game would pass you by,

wouldn't it be in your 80s, just like that? He should just be an actor full time. Wow. He's got all the power in Dallas. He's the one running everything. Is he not? He's the reason that everything stops with him. Yes, he's got too much ego. He's the GM. He's got full control. Absolutely full control. Just why you're going to see the Kellan Lourdes and the Brian Schottenheimers get these interviews because these are the type of personality,

these guys have personalities that A, they understand the owner, right? That's the biggest challenge in working in Dallas is getting how this is gonna work. It's not like any other operation. Just look at the post-game. The cameras are around Jerry. They're not even around the head coach.

It's gonna be like, it's like a competition. But if you're cool with that, if you get it, you understand it, Jason Garrett, Mike that, if you get it, you understand it. Jason Garrett, Mike McCarthy, you can make it work. Make it work. I'm going to speed you up here in a second with just quick topics. But go ahead, Billy. Ask Diana something right before I do that.

Is Spags ever going to leave Kansas City or is he kind of waiting out Andy Reed? Because like last year was like the Andy Reed maybe thinking about retirement. This year, we haven't heard any of that. No, you shouldn't. And I spoke to Andy in the summer about it and I thought he was going to give me more of like, yeah, you know, I've won so much. He is so rejuvenated and energized. Why would you retire too if you've got Patrick Mahomes? So I don't see Andy Reid retiring on top of the fact that he signed a five year contract

in the offseason. But for Spags, I think he'll continue to just get shots at head coaching jobs. I just don't know if he'll be able to land one. And I don't know why. I don't know why. I just think he's so valuable and he's so good at being a coordinator and that's okay. Diana, 20 seconds or less on each of these, five to close us out. Mike Tomlin. A great coach. Dan Campbell. Heartbroken. I didn't need two seconds or less,

I needed 20 seconds or less. So you want me to pontificate on each of them. Mike Tomlin's gonna stay in Pittsburgh. I know there was a little chatter Schefter put out that the Chicago Bears called about a trade possibility. I know there was a little chatter Shepter put out that teams or the Chicago Bears called about a trade possibility. I think that stuff happens a lot more than what we realize. Kevin Warren there, the president of the Chicago Bears

loves Mike Tomlin. So that makes all the sense of the world, but I don't think Mike Tomlin is going anywhere. Excellent, 20 seconds exactly. Dan Campbell. Dan Campbell, he's gonna have to figure out what he's gonna do with the coordinator out what he's going to do with the coordinator positions because he's just lost his offensive coordinator.

He's most likely losing his defensive coordinator probably today. So I think there's going to be a big shift and perhaps maybe even a step back, just like we saw with the Philadelphia Eagles that year that they won the super bowl and they lost both coordinators. Remember that Jonathan Gannon went to Arizona, Shane Steichen went to the Indianapolis Colts. So I think losing coordinators always is a bigger storyline than you realize. Tom Brady.

Has a lot of lot of lot of power in Las Vegas for an owner and we criticize owners all the time for getting too involved. This is the first time Tom Brady is doing this ownership thing. And I think we're all giving him a pass because he's Tom Brady, but it's a different beast. It's not playing quarterback. There's a lot more that goes into it and replicating the way you do it in New England may not be the way in Vegas. Mark Andrews. Gosh. Oh, he's going to wake up in May sitting by the pool with his kids, just relax and go, Oh my God, I cannot believe I dropped that.

I can't believe I let that ball go. Uh, I think that's one of those situations, those things that lives with you forever, but he's still one of the greats. And it was just surprising and it's thanks for that. CJ Stroud. He improved at the end of the year. I still think he's a really good quarterback. I think what we saw last year was pretty magical. Obviously Jayden Daniels came out here

in his rookie season here and blew that away. Perhaps the best rookie quarterback performance we've ever seen but I think CJ is still a really good quarterback he just needs some protection and another weapon this next season Dan Campbell we already did Ryan we already did CJ Stroud I mean no follow-up, I was only here. Thank you for providing more detail on where you're going with that. Keep going, just keep going, more. See you later, Diana, good talking to you. Oh, that's it? Yes, I'm glad you enjoyed it enough here. I do- I love NFL!

I wanna do that show with your husband. How do I do the relationship show with you two because there are unrelenting landmines all around you guys trying to sort this out as his emotions get in the way of your job. I know. You're right. We don't have a cool relationship. We really love each other and we get each other, but this football stuff is garbage. It's ruining us. I can't wait for this season to end. It has nothing to do with the pressure of being an insider. I love my job. It's going awesomely. I just need some reprieve.

I need to just chill. So let's just get to free agency here. Then he goes away. Good seeing you, nice seeing you. Love you guys. Always nice seeing you. I wanna do more with her relationship. There's a lot of funny stuff there.

Let's see if we can get her husband on. Maybe she doesn't though. Maybe not, but let's see if in the next two weeks her husband wants to come on with her. What is, Dax are you? Tracking all our cars on Carvana Value Tracker on all our devices? Yes, Kristin, yes I am.

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It is time now, belatedly, for Stu Gotz's weekend observations. It is time for Stu Gotz to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu. Weekend observations, wrong sound here, are brought to you by miller lights Dan I'm not sure What the end of time will look like but I think we got a glimpse of it over this past weekend people sobbing Spilling out their secrets

Letting everyone in their life know how much they love them but dan after roughly 12 hours, order was restored and the world was saved because Dan, just like that, make no mistake about it. TikTok is back. That's right. Did you see the reaction to this threatened to my kids were crying threatened to ban it That's how you win young people just give them their sugar back Pretend like you were gonna cancel it then give it a 75 day reprieve and you can be Emperor too I told my kids to have a conversation Talk to one another do something get your face out of the damn phone

What's the hub down here? You don't see me being a baby. We're back. No, we're not. VPNs are though. If you ever wonder what Spags dreams about, it's that Texans offensive line. Bad. Eight sacks. Bad.

Eight sacks and you guys are gonna tell me CJ Stroud is regressed. That's why I was badgering poor Diana about CJ Stroud. Do you realize that's a career high for a quarterback being pass rushed during a game. It's 23 times. I'm gonna institute a fine every time you say pressure up the middle though.

I got it. Every once in a while, Jared Goff reminds you why Sean McVeigh traded him. They should trade for Stafford. Trade back. Put it on the poll, please, Juju at Leviton Show. Should the Lions trade for Stafford? If your city has Eminem, you don't let LiAngelo Ball perform at halftime.

You don't. Mike, you don't. It always has to be Eminem. LeAngelo Ball. They might have been saving him for the NFC Championship. Yeah. I heard somewhere that he's gonna win a Grammy this year. Was Detroit, put it on the poll, Juju at Levitard Show,

was Detroit saving Eminem for the next game? To the people in group seven, stop trying to board my plane with me in group one. You're in group seven, you're in group seven. I don't know what to tell you. You want to be in group one, then buy group one. I mean. Living that group one life, huh? Yeah.

Well, I mean, yeah. I am. I don't, you know, lollygag and come in late and board with all the group seven people I board with group one it's my group well you're doing something what what airline are you flying here because group one is it first oh so it's first class your group one because your first class you're telling everybody your first class and they're not first class. Military. Active? You're active military? We don't know about it.

Just put on a uniform, Dan. Is this how we're learning that you're a spy? Yeah. You're revealing to us that for all these years, you've been inside the government fighting secret causes on behalf of the military. When you go in a military uniform, do you think someone's gonna dare have the audacity to ask for your ID? You know what? We've gotta

do that. We've gotta go. We've gotta do this. We've gotta have Stugatz go to get first class in a military uniform that he bought at La Casa de los Trucos over here on Calle Ocho. He's gonna ask, where is that? We have to do that that We have to get stugots in a group one without paying for group one because he simply dressed as the military Donald Trump getting tick-tock banned Only to then take credit for bringing it back. It's so good Donald Trump. It's great. The Stu gots is strong in you The Stugats is strong in you. Just a great move. Jake Elliott, the rare missed extra point that doesn't come back to haunt you.

How about that? He pulled it off. Josh Allen doesn't run into an end zone. He bulldozes his way into an end zone. He does, he never just runs. It's never a glide. It's always, I gotta find someone. I'm gonna find the contact and then I'll find the end zone. He does. He never just runs. It's never a glide. It's always I gotta find someone. I'm gonna find the

contact and then I'll find the end zone. He gallops. He's good. Also, game manager. I do wonder. I do actually wonder how it just feel how it must feel to try and tackle him in the cold. He seems hard to tackle. I mean, imagine tackling Derek Henry in the cold. Yeah, him too. Or any time. Agreed, but I'm just saying, I'm used to it, at least with my running backs,

a little hard to tackle is kind of the job description. Quarterback, not as much. Dan, I thought of more names of people in sports and entertainment if they were vegetables. Oh, well, Dan Sprouts. Number five, not Dan Fouts, Dan Sprouts. Thank you for clarifying. Novak Artichokovich. Pretty good.

Number four, Squash Allen. Number three, Yam Atabayo. Pretty good. Number two, Veggie Miller. Number one, Okra Winfrey. Here come the capitals. It's not athlete. I said entertainment. Oh, okay.

There you go. Veggie Miller. Come on. That's good. Veggie Jackson. I mean, Mr. October. Veg. Hey, Jimmy Butler.

If you put out a Michael Jordan statement and show up to a game in a Michael Jordan jersey, you can't lose by 20 points at home. And not score 20 points by himself. I think he had 18 that night. You can't do it. The over 20 was plus 300. Yeah.

Sammy Sosa inducted to the Cubs Hall of Fame. It's about time. Is it? Slamming Sammy. Is that right? the You agree, right? Yes. It should be made of cork. Well, I think it should be the bat exploding. He'd have a statue unlike any other. Weren't there like gum balls, rubber balls in the bat? Yeah. Just spewed all over the field. All chopped up. Yeah. The Eagles drafting the entire Georgia defense.

Heady play. I gotta speed them up here, huh? Well, can we just go back a second though and just make the statue rubber balls just falling all over the field? Super balls, not gumballs, that'd be. Yeah, I'm sorry, that wouldn't work. I just think about that filling your bowl

with sort of gumball rubber balls that, what else would you, how would you describe those? Super balls? I think that's what they're called, super balls, right? Yeah, super balls. What about springs? I don't put springs in their bath Deep dish pizza

Isn't food. It's a commitment To feeling terrible in a couple of hours. It's so good. Guess what if I can't inhale three slices in ten minutes It's not pizza. What it's not It's not all right we'll circle back around I'm not trying to commit to pizza I'm trying to eat something delicious and do so quickly that's what I'm trying to do this is so good yeah top five things I like to inhale number five football number four game sevens. Number three, three slices of pizza. Number two, a chicken parm.

Dan, take a guess what number one is. I don't know. A heater. Watch out for the gris. It was right there in front of me and I missed it. How could you miss it? My bad. Yeah.

How about the grzz though, huh? Watch out, huh? Keep an eye on Anthony Edwards at around Valentine's Day. I mean, John Morant should be the MVP, no? They're a different team without him. They're terrible without John. They're great with him. Where was I?

We had a time? What am I doing? We've been out of time, but you've got three or four more pages there. Just two, that's a fun. Dan Campbell, do it without Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn. Kayla Williams, you know what Ben Johnson means? It means you've run out of excuses.

The guy who's in charge of the defense that gave up 45 points at home to the commanders is likely going to be the next Jets head coach. I hate them. Forty-five commanders, rookie. likely going to be the next Jets head coach. I hate them. 45 commanders rookie. Stash this away in the something the Ponderfile. Sorry about that Dan. It was it was Jared Goff's fault though, was it not? Like they should trade him. For Stafford. Yeah. Stash this away in the something the

Ponderfile. Yeah. Stash this away in the something the Ponder file. Who is the bigger Barkley in Philadelphia? Saquon. Whoa. Or Charles. Whoa. No need to discuss now. Whoa. Stashing away for a rainy day. I'm just asking. Put it on the pole, Juju. Bigger

Barkley in Philadelphia. Charles or Saquon. When you get to the airport, there's nothing like going straight to your gate just to get a lay of the land. If I'm hungry, if I have to go to the bathroom, I don't do any of it. I go straight to where my plane is taking off just to see who's doing what, who's in group seven, who's in group one. You know? One of the things I love about you traveling is your airport observations. Like, the thing, like, where clearly you're having just thoughts walking through the airport. Now imagine me being dressed as a Marine the entire time. It's great.

We have to do it. We have to do it. I've done it. We have to get you on a flight and have video with you as you scam your way. I'm sure it's a crime of some sort. No wait at Nathan's. I mean, I tell you that. Stu got wandering around as Sergeant full of **** just going from trying camera follow him through an airport. He would absolutely soak in the applause of having served in the military and possibly still serving in the military, while only wearing a costume bought at La Casa de los Trucos.

Chief Spills, otherwise known as Super Bowl 59. I love yelling, let him play when the refs throw a flag I don't agree with. Yes. Jeez, so many flags. Put it on the pole, Juju. Do you love yelling, let him play when the ref throws a flag. Tic Toc's ban was like sex with Rick Pitino. Over before you even knew it happened. What happened there?

It's just the joke that Pitino's expense. It's just old. Ohio State do it against Michigan. How about that joke? It's tired. It's just so tired. That one's four years old. 40% of Ryan Day's losses have come against Michigan. How about that joke? It's tired. It's just so tired. That one's four years old. 40% of Ryan Day's losses have come against Michigan.

Yeah. Think about that. He's 70 and 10. You know, Ohio State, you know what? I'm here for the message. Fire him anyway. Because you're about beating Michigan. And the job is you got to beat Michigan. Fire him today. Yeah. Levitard Show.

Do it on MLK day. The L in MLK doesn't stand for lazy. Dan Levitard, starting a business and then saying, I know nothing about business. Dan, this stugats is strong in you. To the guy next to me on the plane who sneezed eight times, and then decided it was a good time to toss on the mask.

Go f*** yourself. Wow. I'm sorry, Dan. No, you're not sorry. No, I am sorry. Come on, Ron. I'm not sorry to him. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's wrong. You don't do that.

You don't do it. Not in these days, not in these times. You don't sneeze eight times without a mask and then put the mask on. Keep the mask on. You're sick. Brown Wave. Sorry. Sorry about that, Dan. I was yelling at you. You're not sorry, though. You just cursed. You cursed on the couch. Well, I don't like that guy. Just annoying.

Either Kellan Moore or Dan Quinn will be coaching in the Super Bowl. The Cowboys had both of them in their building. It's pretty bad, man. The Jerry Jones thing is funny, no? It's crazy, yeah. He runs everything. Oh, he ran it right into the ground.

Yeah. Cowboy fans, I'm upset, upset man the whole sneezing thing it got me if I'm not feeling good now then I'm not cowboy fans welcome to hell and while you're at it say hello to our trials Dan those are the weekend observations are dishes good oh it's a commitment. Yeah, sure thing. Hey, you sold that car yet? Yeah, sold it to Carvana. Oh, I thought you were selling to that guy.

The guy who wanted to pay me in foreign currency, no interest over 36 months? Yeah, no. Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up and paid me on the spot. It was so convenient. Just like that? Yeah. No hassle. None. That is super convenient. Sell your car to Carvana and swap hassle for convenience. Pick up these May apply.