The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: No, It's a Bird (feat. Ron Magill)

Episode Date: November 20, 2025

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This is the Dan Levatore show with the Stucats podcast. Miami does care even if we do not always act like it. So until midnight tonight, we'd like you to be a part of what it is that we're doing. I know a lot of you don't listen to the show live. You listen to it later in the day. So we have until midnight tonight to raise money for give Miami Day.org. I know Ron McGill will tell you that there are. are a lot of extraordinary people in our community who do do a lot of community-minded things to

help. But rare among them over many decades is Dave Lawrence, the publisher, the former publisher of the Miami Herald. And what he does on this day for Miami is extraordinary. It is exhaustive and it is not easy to raise, you know, $40 million from over 50,000 donors for things that people often don't care about, whether it's the arts or museums or an autism theater project or you know the philip and patricia frost museum of science there are any number of things in south florida worth donating to and one of them is zoo miami's ron mcgill's endowment is substantive endowment that you guys are listeners uh have given more money to than anything uh i don't know actually ron if uh you're involved with give miami day dot org are you you know

Dave Lawrence, right? I know Dave Lawrence. I just, I've already donated to Dave in his honor. Reed and I have both done that. And listen, guys, you know, like I, I've always told people, I love what I do, what I do with the animals and the endowment is very important, but there's no single animal life that's more important than a human life. And, you know, human aid needs to always take priority. And in this time and age, there's so many people that need help. So though I appreciate if you have anything extra, you can go to the Zuma, Miami Foundation and donate for that, but, you know, if you got to set a party, make sure you're doing things like for people like David Lawrence who are really helping the core of

our community. And at the end of the day, by him doing what he does, those kids, those families can hopefully grow up to be conservation warriors themselves. Give Miami Day.org is where you go. Where you've been, Ron? We have missed you. I appreciate it. I've been in Patagonia. I did a one last trip with the family. You know, the two kids are now in their 20s and 30s. And before they have, you know, married and even others, and they have careers taking off. I wanted one last trip with just the four of us. So I wanted to go to the end of the earth. And I did that with just an amazing trip. I mean, you know, from glaciers and mountains to cliffs and beaches and elephant seals fighting in Pumas, hunting. And God, it was amazing. Condors. It was just amazing.

Zaslow, what would you like to hear as highlights from this trip? When Ron McGill says a trip was amazing. He's been all over the world and alleged to have seen any number of amazing things. Are you interested about what the most interesting or amazing thing he saw on this trip was or not really? I mean, the thing that hits me, because I feel like I'm about to go through it with my older son, like the idea that you are doing one last trip with just, you know, your family before you. That kind of bums me out. Like, were you bummed out at all? You know, I wasn't bummed out. I would be bummed out if I wasn't able to do it. But I made very clear to all the kids. Listen, I'm paying for this. It's out of my pocket. It's the last time

you're on the payroll for a trip because the next time we go, I know they're going to want to bring their significant others and stuff. And I said, I'm not paying for that. I'm not paying for that. I wanted one last trip and appreciate it with just the four of us. I think sometimes we don't do that enough. And we have always traveled together the four of us. But like I said, you know, one lives in California now. One is working here doing a bunch of different things. They're all out of the house. They've been out of the house for years now. And I just, my wife and I just wanted one, listen, I cannot overstate how nice it is to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with just the four of us every day for two weeks.

Ron, can you believe that Zaz has never seen March of the Penguins? What? What rock are you living under, brother? Oh, my God. Ron, he's totally making that up. He never asked me, and I happen to have seen March of May. I don't believe him on this one. He's seen Happy Feet and he thinks that's March of the Penguins.

Okay, who narrates March of the Penguins, Zaz? A young and a Pac-win. Oh, no, absolutely not. It's Morgan Freeman. You're a liar. You didn't see the movie. Oh, no, you didn't know the answer to that question. Oh, my God.

He's being revealed as a fraud, a movie fraud here in front of us all. He's a movie fraud right there. Give Miami-Day.org. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. If you don't know that Morgan Freeman narrated March of the Penguins, are you a movie fraud? Yes or no? and also at Levitard show, if you haven't seen Dodgeball,

should all your movie opinions be disqualified? Ron, a week ago, a bird of prey landed in my backyard, and I did some Googling. I'm pretty sure it was a red-tailed hawk. Then, for the next two days after that, my dog was afraid to go on the grass. She even went to the bathroom one time on my patio. She never displayed that behavior before.

She's since gone to the grass, but are the two things related? How big is your dog, Mike? My dog is a medium-sized whip-it? Yeah, well, those are not the most courageous dogs to begin with. You know, that's why they're so fast. They're right next with the greyhound there, as far as their running capability goes,

because they're used to being run after instead of running towards something. But having said that, it could be related. They could sense, listen, we're in the winter season now. As we get into the winter, more and more birds of prey are coming through here as a migration. You know, South Florida is, kind of the funnel of the migration route into Central and South America

for all the birds of prey that are now coming out of the north. So we're going to see a lot more hawks, falcons, kestrels, things like that now. Not that that red-tail hawk would have gone after your Whippet, but I'm sure an instinct in the Whippet made it aware of its presence and said, listen, let's be safe and sorry. Zaz, you've seen birds of prey? That's with Margot Robbie. That's Holly Quinn.

Of course I've seen that. What's matter with you? Look at that. His credentials are getting stronger. And so that's scent-based? How rare is it, Ron? The bird did poop. Yeah, I was going to say, so the bird poops,

and now the dog knows to be afraid of the area because the poop, the scent tells the dog that it's a meatloaf in the wild. No, I don't think it's as much that. I think it was probably much more either visual or audio because the hawks will constantly call and animals pick that call up all the time. Not to mention the visual.

Remember, your dog has much better sight than you do. And they're noticing any kind of movement, any kind of different kind of thing in the yard. That's how they survive. So that's probably what it was. I don't think it's a threat. It's a threat. And the dog's a coward. That particular dog, yeah, it's not the most aggressive, you know, fighter of dogs.

Let's leave it that way. It's a very thin, very agile, fast running dog, but not necessarily a fighter. Run because it's afraid because it's a coward. Are we just trying to label Mike's dogs a coward? Exactly what they're doing. You did it. I mean, you did it,

Ron. What I said was that that dog is not bred to fight. That dog is not bred to hunt. And a cow is to run. From things because it's a coward. Okay. All right. Stop.

It's very rude. She's very old. Listen, I tip my hat to you for raising her. You did not tip your hat. Didn't even try. Ron, there's a house in my neighborhood that when the birds come home to roost,

they all sit on top of. just that house why it's a bad sign uh listen that that's pure speculation i couldn't tell you exactly why that is other than is somebody putting bird feed out is somebody putting out the house next to a fruit tree or something that provides any kind of source does it provide shade is a provide shade for instance when the sun is setting does that tree provide a block from that sun setting or is it is it the other way around as the winter comes around uh is it a metal roof that can radiate heat that the birds enjoy or it's so many different reasons it's it's like a plan community so that the rules are all the same the all of them have like fruit trees and stuff like

that but they always sit just at this one house and it's not i don't see them feeding i don't see them swarming they're just there chilling at the end of the day just all it's hard to say you know probably one of the alpha birds so to speak may have picked that tree you can go into the everglaze for instance. And every night, all these egrids and Ivis will come and roost on one tree. That looks like it's no different than any other tree, but every night they come back to that same tree. And I don't know why that is. You know, is it more protected from predation? As it provide them with some kind of shade or barrier from wind or whatever. There's so many things, so many variables that would be pure speculation. But there's something about it. When we talk,

the weather in South Florida is ridiculous. I've been talking to some of my friends who are in rain and snow, shoveling snow, yes, some friends from New York who are, yes, my weather friend. And what South Florida has right now in terms of weather is completely absurd. It's beautiful. It's why so many people are here. When a bird of prey is flying through here this time of year, how rare is it for it to grab a pet, a cat, a small dog? Small fart? A pet? A pet? Oh. Oh. That's going. Yeah, good job. Good job. Yeah. Yeah. Folks, what if I told you? You could give a gift that brings your favorite holiday traditions and memories to life every single day. With Oroframe, you can. In the Cody family, the holiday tradition isn't just dinner. It's a spectacle every year. My dad, deep frying a turkey, barefoot, yeah, that's right, outside, oil bubbling, toes exposed.

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Can you answer my question, please, Ron? It's very rare that a bird of people. prey will go after a small pet, extremely rare. Now, if you have one of these ridiculous, like, teacup yorkies or something like that, a little miniature chihuahua or something like that, yeah, a great horned owl, you know. A cat, a cat. No, no, I just don't see a bird of prey, you know, short of an eagle going after a cat, at least an adult cat.

You know, kittens, sure. Kittens could be subject to almost any bird of prey of medium size. But generally speaking, no, your pets, unless like say the string designer teacup breeds that could easily substitute for a rat, then you've got a problem. You know, anything from a rabbit size on down, absolutely there's a certain risk there. Let me get to some video here. You are not an insect or bug expert, but you're always talking to us about how animals have an incredible strength. Now, I don't think this is AI, but this video here of a bug holding on to the side of an airplane, successfully holding on to the side of an airplane, successfully holding on to the side. of an airplane? Is that real? What is happening there with the physics of that as the speed of that should, those arms should not be strong enough to be Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible

movies? What's happening here? Well, they can be strong enough to do that. You know, they have very fine little hooks, so to speak, on the ends of their feet, their, their legs. And though you don't notice it because it's so minute. Glass does have. have a lot of little fissures in it that they're able to grasp onto that way. So that's not, I believe that's probably true. And I think eventually that thing just blew off. But it is pretty spectacular to watch it there. It did blow off and did it blow off to its death?

No, not at all. That can fly. That was the type of Katie did. And it basically has wonderful wings that basically opened them up as soon as it fell out of the plane and came down to earth like a little parachute. What a stupid question. Dan. No, it's a bird, you idiot.

Oh, no, I'm falling. Oh, wait, I can fly. Oh, I remember my nature as a bird. But also, listen, you know, in deference to Dan, it could have been an insect that doesn't. A lot of insects don't fly. These guys are making it a bird. I thought it was an insect. I didn't think that was a bird.

It's a Katie did. It's an insect. And to your point, Katie dids do have wings that are disguised. So you don't see them like you would see the wings of a fly or a wasp or a butterfly. That's a bird. It's not to see the wings kind of plopping a little bit in the wind there. There are insects that don't have wings. Listen, I don't do this off.

I'm going to defend Dan here. There are insects that don't have wings. Having said that, had it fallen off of the plane because of the size of the insect and the basically, you know, the resistance it would have in the wind and having an ectoskeleton, it would likely still survive a fall. That's right. It's like dropping an ant from the Empire State Building. The ant just lands like Captain America would.

Yeah, there you go. That's a bird. I think it's a two can. Yeah, okay. You also thought that what's her name, narrated March of the Pag. Yeah, he did. You received two for the money? You have lost all credibility, brother.

I want you to be John Anthony. I'm missing a lot of the insight. No, his credibility is getting stronger now when he's answering some of a mean supposedly difficult quiz questions. They're not difficult. With impersonations. It's not difficult. I'm just doing the softballs that this losers. this sucker be swinging and missing on.

Hey, guys, before we go any further, I want to let you know, we finally got our two new lions in. So if anybody's down in Miami, we want to come to the zoo, our two boys are back out. The boys are back in town. So lions are back at Zoo Miami. Royalty has returned. That's awesome. That's awesome. Zaz, you ever seen the ghost in the darkness?

Oh, that was a good one. Yeah, I know. Right. Did you see it? Doesn't seem like. No, the good one. It doesn't seem like Zaz saw it. That was a great film, Zazz.

I know. You know, what was it about? The lie, it was about darkness. Shit was dark. Can we get to some more video for Ron McGill here, please? Let's see what we have here. We are going, let's see what we have here. This is a buffalo charging a tourist, or is this a shark?

Okay, this is a buffalo charging a tourist. What is there? A moron in Yellowstone trying to get too close to bison, and all of a sudden he gets charged. Oh, wow, surprise, surprise. Natural selection, brother, natural selection. All right. see the next video that we have here. Is this, okay, this is a crocodile?

Or is this a crocodile? Yeah, this is a crocodile. No, no, I think that's an alligator, guys. No, I can't see the, no, it looks like an alligator. But what's the fish tail? Why does it have a... Yeah, it's kind of like a fin? What is, why does that have a tail that's a fin? That's obviously some kind of either genetic deformity or AI.

But it's, yeah, it's just, it's a deformity. It's very possible that the tail just displayed out and grew that deformity there or like I say I don't know if I could believe anything I see on the internet these days. Okay but let's believe that let's for the purposes of what we're doing on this show let's pretend that everything we've got here is an AI is not fake so what is this why is this happening here it's just a deformity it's a genetic no no no no no next next up on our list uh to tell us what's happening here as uh this cattle I guess what is happening with uh there We're cattle in Ireland were transported on a boat and dove into the water to swim to their grazing pasture.

Okay. Yeah, I guess you can't bring that boat too close to shore. This is the first for me. I've never seen that. I didn't have cows jumping or swimming. Yeah, I've never, no, they can swim. That's not an unbelievable fact. You can see them swimming, but I don't understand the purpose of bringing in a boat and then making them jump out into the water.

Can horse swim? Horses can swim as well. Nice. Almost all mammals can swim. Well, to transport the cattle from Allen to Allen, and I guess it could have docked there on that island. They couldn't dock the boat. Horses?

Did you mean horses? You treat it like deer? You guys have invited me. Is that you see a sea biscuit? Listen, I've ridden a horse while it swam. I mean, I've been on the back of a horse while it was swimming. While it was swimming with nothing below its feet. With horse?

Yeah, a horse. That's horse. Thank you, Ron. What are these, all of these juvenile infantiles? No, it's just, no, it's Chris Cody. I think Chris Cody tried to make the plural of horses. Horse eye. Horse.

And it's not the dumbest thing he's ever done. Thank you. I guess. I'm going to insect a bird. Welcome back, Ron. Ron, welcome back. We have missed you. Yes.

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Stugats. I would die. I don't know where it is. This is the Dan Lebatar show with the Stugats. I'm a little uncomfortable by the amount of arguing that Amin and Zaz are doing and the number of ways that Zaz has been shamed today by Amin. So let's see if Zaz can find out if Amin knows about that. I don't really understand this game that Zaz and Amin are playing, but it's something that Zaz's has been grilling Amin about basketball and generally Amin has known,

but there have been a couple of times that Amin has not known. So let's see if you are, is the point to stump him here? No, it's just, we all want to learn about what's going on in the association. So I'm going to find out, you know, for me, if you know about that. You ready, I mean? I'm ready. I mean, last night, Zion Williamson decided to play basketball. Very rare occurrence, all right?

He played last night. Pelicans still lost. They're awful. You know about Zion Williamson? I know about Zion Williamson. I don't think he decided to play as if he decided not to play in other moments. He was been hurt again, another victim of the hamstring strain that's been going across the league. Like, he's hurt. Now, I think he is an example of someone that we can blame for some of his injuries for being out of shape.

But this year is not one of them. This year he came in to camp, the best shape of his career, and he got hurt. sometimes shit happens Zion Williams is a massive bust right can that be declared now can that be declared over I mean I don't know no not

not until he doesn't play well right because that's the part with him that's different from like Greg Oden for example is that when he plays he's amazing it's just he's hurt a lot so I think until his play the drops off or he just doesn't play anymore I don't think we can close the door

but there's such a nowhere franchise that it just feels like his bustiness has ended up just cratering them. Remember, they were one of those friends. Remember the night that they won the draft lottery and they showed like the room and everyone was freaking out? And it was one of those deals where they got rid of the entire sales staff, you know, because you didn't need a sales staff to sell. No, I think that actually happens.

They didn't get rid of them. The joke was like, I don't know if we need a best sales staff. But they didn't happen with the heat when we got LeBron. But anyway, now all these years later, and it's like, that building's empty, man. Yeah, no, the people in New Orleans are pretty pissed And it's finally hit anti-Zion I think for the first few years

People were like very protective and supportive Now the fan base is like Get this guy out of here because he never plays And we can't move forward as an organization Also, the early play of Derek Queen and Jeremiah Fears Has given the fan base a glimpse of Oh, okay, maybe there's life after this All right, it sounds like Amin knows about that Zion Williamson

I mean The Sixers They lost the Toronto Raptors at home last night. So speaking of playing, Joel M. Bede, he never plays. Like, he played a few games at the beginning of seeing. He never plays. You know about that, Joel M. Bid? I know all about that. I also know about that Philadelphia 76ers who started hot. Now are a couple games above 500. The reality is starting to set in for them. And again, Joel Embed, to me, a poor example of the use of the word decision. That dude is legitimately

hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt. And unlike Zion, he's been hurt. Since before he played a single game, I think he's just got a bad body like the Pelicans though the light at the end of the tunnel has come up between Maxie and Edgecom and it's like okay maybe there's life after excuse me Joel and B Toronto good or schedule the last 10 game

Toronto's good Toronto's good You know about Toronto? I know about Toronto I'm sorry I'm playing the game wrong I'm sorry I ruined it No right you know about Toronto You know about that Toronto You know about that Toronto I know about that Toronto? I know about that Toronto

Toronto's good. Toronto, look, the Brandon Ingram deal last year was one of the most under-the-rad deals, but that was a huge move for them. It gave them a legitimate score to go alongside Scotty Barnes. They got great length across their perimeter. Mark West used to talk to me about this, like the concept of small ball but playing big, big small ball, which is, all right, we're not going to have two traditional bigs, but all of our perimeter players are 6-7, 6-8 or taller and can handle and do multiple things.

And I think Toronto is doing a good job. Don't do that then. I care about you. Amin, sounds like you know about the Sixers and Toronto. The Oklahoma City Thunder, they beat Sacramento last night. They are 15 and 1 now, Oklahoma City. Jaylon Williams hasn't even played yet. The Thunder on pace to lose like five games this year.

You know about that record 73 wins? I know all about it, and the thing that makes them a great candidate to do this. Number one, their margin of victory is the highest in NBA history right now, right? which would break with the Bulls were, the 96 Bulls were the prior number one. But number two, because their margin of victory is so high, they're able to not have to play guys. So I don't hear anybody crying about Jaylon Williams not playing. The reason why is because they go out there and they bust ass and they win.

And so they have the luxury of bringing them along as slowly as they want. But I said the stat the other day about Chey Gilles-Ex-Alexander, not having to play in fourth quarters, but yet still being able to score 30 points in a game. game, pretty remarkable. All right, you know about that thunder? I mean, last night, Nikola Vucevich hit a shot at the buzzer for Chicago.

The Bulls are fun. Well, they've won two in a row now after losing five straight. You know about Chicago Bulls? The Russian? You know about the Russian? Vucevich is Montenegrin. And I know, it's a joke, I know. But, like, I just want to be clear because some dumb ass, I don't even know he's no Russian.

Having said that. Is that what the dumb ass sounds like? Oh, my teeth stick out when I'm dumb and I talk about things. I don't get the joke. But, yes, two games in a row, you know who they beat? Before they beat Portland at a buzzer? Who? The Denver Nuggets.

That was a fun game. Fun game. Chicago, like Dan said, they do play fun. They move around, they're cutting their passing. And it's kind of like them, Atlanta and Miami, have all had this kind of awakening of, like, We're going to play offense a little differently, not so much. Give it to our best player and everyone get out of his way. And Josh Giddy is having a phenomenal year.

I think I know about them Bulls. OKC discards. Sounds like you know about that. They're running the sport. They're running the sport. I don't know. I wouldn't call Josh Giddy a discard. They got a good guy for him.

I'm just saying that OKC has so much abundance that they can give you a player who can be your number one because they don't need him. Yeah. There was that thing. Pete at Bulls tomorrow. You see Bull Durham? Yes, I've seen Bull Durham. I got one more for you, Amin. Okay.

Jalen Brunson returned last night for the Knicks. They won a close game at the Mavericks. Bullshit, last minute call, last second call there. You know about that bullshit? It's bullshit, man. Bullshit. Maverick should have won that game. That layup was good.

No Cooper flag last night. The first miss game of his career, or as Zazzo would say, He decided not to play. No, he was sick. If you're sick, you can't play. He was sick. Yeah, he was sick that he couldn't play with Steph because Steph was out. Yo, Zaz.

You ever see Maverick? I have. Who's in it? Mel Gibson. Almost called him Tom Cruise. That's who's that Top Gun Maverick. Mel Gibson. Yeah, how about that chemistry between Mel Gibson and Jody Foster?

Off the charts. I know. I like when he wins the hand at the end of the movie. That was a good hand. You know about that James Garner? Spoiler alert. I would have said, I thought of a, I thought of, put it on the poll at Levitard show. Was Maverick a James Garner vehicle or a Mel Gibson vehicle?

Because I honestly thought James Garner before Mel Gibson. Well, James Garner was in the movie remake. At Levitarch. You know what they call that? Show on the polls. A tip of the hat. I can't believe I did that, though. James Garner, that's a Mel Gibson movie.

It's where Mel Gibson became or started to become a star. Honestly, you ever watch a movie and, like, have sex already. Dan, Maverick is not where Mel Gibson started to become a star. I mean, lethal weapon. Oh, that's what it was a huge star. Hey, you'll know movies, Dan. Lethal weapon. Like, he became a star.

Matt, Matt, Matt, he became a star 15 years before that. I have a proclamation. You know who doesn't know about movies? Oh, no. Dan Levitton. Oh, no. You suckers belonged together. It was a bad mistake.

I just had never thought of him. Lethal weapon. I never thought of him as a comedy person, but I was making Maverick the part that made him a... My bad. My bet. You know, Mel Gibson, say what you will. No, no, no, don't do that. I don't understand how he's made a comeback.

He's still making movies. He's making... He's somehow... Yeah. My people are forgiving. Doesn't like Lucky Jays. Jeremy, can we get from yesterday's show? I just want to get an assessment from you

and an assortment of thoughts, I'd like to start a segment that more regularly critiques the show from the day before. I'd like to get imaging for this. I would like somebody to be an ombudsman for the day before what it is that we did incorrectly, where it is that criticisms reside, because I suspect while you were listening to yesterday's show, I could just imagine you screaming because of whatever it is that Mike Ryan had to say about the University of Miami. We've spent a lot of time there over the last couple of weeks. We're going to spend a lot more time there, I suspect, there through the holidays. But do we have imaging for this, or we're just going to start it cold, acapella?

We're just going to do it acapella? Yes, it's me. There's no imaging for anything like that. But speaking at Mel Gibson, Dan, careful. You started the show yesterday by criticizing the cream cheese usage of Jonathan Zaslow and Ethan Bedowski. I'm just going to say, careful. A couple lucky Js over there. So, you know, let's just be careful on the cream cheese thing.

The breakfasts have gotten skimpier here because our cream cheese budget is excessive because of how Ethan and Zaslow are eating. So you're just going to double down on it. Yeah, I'm with Dan. They keep eating all the cream cheese. They keep controlling the amount of cream cheese we have here. Wait, mean they.

Are you two not the two who have been eating all the cream cheese? They're the Jews who have been eating all the cream cheese. Does Dan know? I don't think he realizes that. Oh, my God. He doesn't know. Oh, my God. So uninformed.

My God, he doesn't know. I think Tony was right. Wembe wouldn't be good at softball. You guys are ridiculous. You're ridiculous if you believe that. The dude can do the splits. No, no, no. I understand that.

But it's really difficult to, like, bend as quickly as you need to do to fill the ground ball. No, but he's short and stout. That's better. Put on the poll at Lebertard show. if you can do a split, does that automatically make you good at softball? It's not about athleticism. It's about being near the ball. Would Wembe be a good first baseman?

I feel like we should put up there. That too. I mean, he'd be good at catching the ball thrown at him, but I don't know about fielding ground balls. He'd make a double play. He would field the ball at second base and be touching both bags. Just reach across. It's like only 60 feet and softening. How do you think this segment's going?

Dan asked if the kids would put Eddie Murphy up there with Richard Pryor as if the kids know who Eddie Murphy is even. You know my brother, who's like a full-grown man? He was born the year Shrek came out. Damn. That's how old Eddie Murphy is. So they don't know Eddie Murphy? Not as a comedian.

They know him as Shrek, the donkey. They know him as donkey. He's making waffles. Waffles. Loves a porphy. But Dan, that idea that you had about watching old sports moments with kids? Good idea. it's a really good idea

it's not even a criticism that's a really good one we asked who ruined their legacy more Ben Stiller or Bill Belichick and Stiller loser Nepo baby his father's the goat and he's just like out here and that

he's definitely Belichick it works hard it's Marcus Jordan scrotum face good insult I was surprised RFK didn't make an appearance on yesterday's show I didn't want to touch that one and lastly

there was an argument made that There's a world where Ole Miss should miss the playoffs if Lane Kiffin were to leave while our show spent the overwhelming majority of two hours of the show arguing that the only thing that should matter are the games on the field. And I just don't understand sort of the backward line of thinking there because I am, I am fully with Mike. Viral decapitalization is right. This is bullshit. No, I was just asking the question. I wasn't telling you what to think.

Sure. Okay. So that being said, though, the last observation, Mike's totally right about everything. It is a TV contrivance. It's the SEC college football invitational where all they do is invite the teams that they care about. They've been doing this for a decade.

And all that really ultimately matters is their bias against the free state of Florida. They don't like people here. They exclude teams from Florida. It's a bias against those of us living in this free state Our great governor Ron DeSantis needs to step up on behalf of the little guy and get Miami to the playoff.

And if not, they should maybe consider if they're not invited, claiming a national championship. There it is. If they're not given the opportunity, that's what they should do. Now, have they won all their games? No, you probably should win all your games

if you're going to claim a national championship. That's how you do it. But they have an opportunity to be excluded from this thing that is clearly just a TV contrivance. And I don't think it's right either, Mike. I'm with you. I'm here in support.

Why? Because I'm saying the same things. says it feels like support the thing get the uh i need your support from gregg cody there uh the thing that's not being talked about and perhaps you guys can clue me in on this because it's a giant business and a few weeks ago they had a different spokesman giving different reasons for why Miami isn't Notre Dame. Paul Feinbaum is now on Miami's side

and talking emotionally with his hands a lot in defense of Miami, which is not something I have seen very much of over the years, but is anyone covering or talking about, it's Mac Rhodes, right? Like, they just changed from that guy to the wet sock who came out a couple of days ago

and was saying what he had to say. And so now the voice of, hey, somebody's coming out in public on behalf of a giant business once a week, okay, as a spokesman, giant business, different than the guy from two weeks ago. Hey, wet sock, can you explain this to me? Okay, yeah, I'm the Arkansas athletic director. Let me give you the explanation.

What happened to the previous guy? He was less of a wet sock. Is this a made-for-television event or not? When they change voices and faces on who's going to explain the business of this to me, as you 12, as you guys decide who are the 12 teams and you're just going to make it up on behalf of this giant business. Is anyone reporting like why they change those two things? Well, McRod's took a personal leave of absence. If you run a Google, it's not the prettiest situation that he was dealing with.

And I know Wetzok didn't ask for this job. It just kind of landed on his lap unexpectedly. Okay, that's all right. Understand you're not ready for the cameras. Not only did he open up a world of hypocrisy, but the criteria specific to Miami also changed. When Mack Roads was there, we'd like to see a little bit more consistency from Miami. Two weeks ago, absolutely.

I agreed. Offensively. Yeah. Offensively, they needed to fix that. Now, two weeks later, Miami has their second best offense in the last 20 years, and that discussion's out the window. Now it's about Miami being in a different tier. No one knew about this tier thing before, but that's how they avoid the head-to-head discussion. Who's in charge of the tiers?

Because Miami's just three teams away from Notre Dame. I feel like that's close enough to have a head-to-head discussion, but apparently not. Apparently not. The tier that Miami is trying to get to apparently cuts off right at Alabama. And a huge talking point was, hey, why is Alabama behind Notre Dame? Alabama, because a rigged, has four ranked wins because Tennessee and Missouri should not be ranked, but whatever. They have a huge thing on their resume that says they've beaten four ranked teams. Why is Alabama behind Notre Dame? So they can avoid the discussion. Same reason why? You're Utah's there. Same reason why, well, BYU, I think it deserves to be even higher than Notre Dame. They rig the entire system. They reverse engineer it with the bottom of the rankings because you don't care about Team 26. You don't care about Team 27. We just cut it off hard at 25. And that's how Arizona State gets to be 25 in the only goddamn poll that it matters. Watch them not rank the

winner of SMU Louisville. He's rigged. Watch them not do that. All a giant conspiracy against Miami. He's right. It's a made-for-TV event and nobody thinks that the U should be there. And to those of you who are looking at me and saying, like, why would they rig it against Miami? It's a U thing. You wouldn't understand. But Mike is right.

When he says, the lunacy is out there for everyone to see and the normies are waking up, incremental games. They're starting to feel the heat. And now it's back in the team's court. When he says that on Twitter, he couldn't be more right. That's right. I know you're yanking my crank here. I'm supporting you.

I appreciate even your fake support. I don't know what's going on on Twitter. days. You just bought a G-wagon thanks to Crypto. I need your support. Folks, the leaves are turning. The weather's getting a little chillier. That means a football games are more important.

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