The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Stugotz's International Incident

Episode Date: October 29, 2024

Mike has caught the NASCAR bug, and we *almost* see the return of hockey surfer dude far away from the mic. Then, it's time for Stugotz's Weekend Observations, and more particularly, his Weekend Observations Sweepstakes. Did you submit picks? Will you be correct about who's back? How about the number of beeps? Stugotz has infuriated Japan and has thoughts on Mike Norvell, Kyle Hamilton, Art, Statues, Notre Dame, Aaron Boone, Aaron Judge, and Freddie Freeman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I went to Homestead, and let me tell you, as someone that's gone to the Chicago Street Race and someone that's gone to Formula One several times when it's been down here in Miami, from a fan-friendliness standpoint and a fan access standpoint, the experience that I had at the Straight Talk Wireless 400 in Homestead was second to none. I'm telling you, I'm out there on the track writing my name on the finish line like 40 minutes before the race. It was incredible.

You're not wearing the gear head correctly. He's wearing it. He's got it on. It's a little broken. So we've got two races left in the season. Martinsville, Kyle Larson absolutely needs to finish top three here if he wants to get to Phoenix with a shot at the championship, but this isn't thralling. Joey Lagana was eliminated, now he's leader. Tyler Reddick had to win that race basically in order to get a playoff spot. Michael Jordan said the kid raced his ass off. You understand, Michael Jordan is presently suing NASCAR. The storylines in this motorsport are bananas.

Do you wish you would have jumped on sooner back when Homestead was the end of the championship? Yeah, you joined like two, three years too late. At least it was in the playoff. Next year it's not in the playoff. That's a shame. It's just gonna be a much race. That honestly is a shame.

They bounced it out of the playoffs? It's such a great track. Matt Beecher is gonna be livid. Oh, no It's such a great track. It was just a quality race Really no big wrecks just the only wrecks were single car two car because people were aggressive trying to win it That's why you got to admire the five car say it's true to himself. Even though it's risky now He's got a big race at Martinsville But I really wish that a lot of you people would think that this is sincere because it is. I'm watching this over the NFL on Sundays. It's been such a fantastic season. You're all just standing idly by as this motorsport is really starting

to find its grip. I will say that Homestead Motor Speedway as a South Florida institution is one of the strangest sports things that we have anywhere in South Florida. What do you mean? It's so far away and then you have this giant facility that is pretty first class. I mean, it's about 20 years old, but it is a place that I would say that NASCAR folks are proud to have, even though there's just a bunch of swampland all around it. I mean you can't exactly put a racetrack in the middle of downtown

like you gotta put it where it fits. We've done that. With street courses you can but this is a traditional oval and I was a little shocked like the only thing in it's Vista. Vistas like this don't really exist in South Florida. It looks like somewhere in the middle of Tennessee on otherwise you would see but you do see Turkey Point off in the distance and you do get to see some water. Boy, if that thing ever blows. That's gonna be a problem.

The aqua walls, oh, what a delight. Dude, talk about those walls. Okay, so the traction at this track, it's famous. It's very slippery. It's because the track is paved with local seashells. So the drivers find their advantage by literally hugging the wall and you'll get a little, I mean Robin is racing, right?

But you can't even fit a credit card in between some of these cars. Ty Gibbs, one of the greatest Nepo babies of all time. Ty Gibbs, I guarantee you, you can't put a napkin in between that vehicle, the 54 car, and that turquoise wall that they have over there at Homestead Miami Speedway. But it's been a great NASCAR season, two races left. Thank you for the opportunity. Were you giving me the opportunity? I was not.

Nothing wrong with kissing the wall with your car, you know what I mean? The wife understands, it's just part of the business. Put it on the poll at LeBretard Show, is rubbing racing and does the wife understand that rubbing the wall is just part of the business? Yeah, she does. Homestead is 45 minutes from here.

It's very far, well that's without traffic. It's further than that. It's very far. Well, that's without traffic. It's my first time there. I was going through a suburban neighborhood. I'm like, can you believe it? Alex the Showman Bowman is bringing his trucks here through this neighborhood. I just had the greatest time. And honestly, I've caught the bug in a very profound way, Dan LeBattard. You walk up the slope one of the turns? I did. I walked up. Impressive. The access is, at Formula One, everything is so exclusive and everything is so siloed.

NASCAR access is second to none. Second to none. As I was saying, Jessica and Lucy shot out of here to do Gen CFB and I still don't know what this show is more like. Is it a hockey line shift change? Well, a line shift, when a shift comes out another shift comes in we just have less players now. Yes yes I feel it's more like well

Jeremy did come in we do have fewer players though. You excited about it? Well let's The weekend observations. It's a little bit of a night in Alberta. McDavid going back for X-rays. Gorliss at Columbus, are you kidding me? The Panthers have won five in a row on the road. Cole Sillinger by the way. I wanna talk more Kachak,

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see dkng.co.bball. Don LeBattard. I had Rachel and Emma both home, and I was in a fight with Rachel. And I said, if you roll your eyes one more time, there's gonna be a problem, a big problem. And she said, really, what are you gonna do? Stugats. Oh, God damn. I mean, that's where she... I didn't have an answer. a big problem. And she said, really? What are you gonna do?

Stugatz. Oh, God damn. I mean, that's where she- I didn't have an answer. This is the Don Lebathor show with Stugatz. I spent the morning trying to think of what Stugatz's back would be. Which player-

Who's gonna be back? Yeah, I thought thought well it be Bryce Young I read it I didn't know who I did not know who it would be and whether he's gots would choose someone that would make it hard for the more than 20,000 participants to win Mike what are some of the things that people are betting on or predicting I should, to try and win this prize where they get to spend time, like some real cool time with our show?

Well, now that the contest is locked, let me see if I can activate, but I do know Beeps and who is back of the week. Yes. Number of Beeps? Yeah, number of Beeps. Number of Beeps was in there. Right, will there be a top five?

I think is in there. I mean I have a question on the number of beeps so Chris is in control of that So like if Chris misses a beeper he hits an extra beep does that count or we are we doing where beeps are? Intended to go or just number of weeks that get played over the air made by the litterer You're talking about a really sophisticated Scheme from Chris Cody and I'm willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that during his time in Key West of peeps made by the Litterer. You're talking about a really sophisticated scheme from Chris Cody, and I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that during his time in Key West, he didn't think that whole thing through.

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Dan. Billy just delighted in telling me that you've pissed off all of Japan. I have. With your tweets on Ohtania and interrupting you first. Taylor. Dan, buckle up. Because when he is in at quarterback, it's either big plays or pure chaos. No in-betweens. And honestly, I would have taken it any other way. Whether it's a four-course meal. You would not have taken it any other

This past Sunday, he returned, taking down one of the few teams in the sport that we thought was actually good. And Dan, just like that, make no mistake about it, James Winston is back! A lot of contestants still in the game if they took Jamis Winston. That's a good one Notre Dame do it at the Naval Academy Tired of them Notre Dame, please Not sure about everyone else, but in my personal record book Navy is eight. No Stu gots book.com eight no Notre Dame may have won the battle but

Navy always wins the war. I mean they do, right? Often, often. Often. We're not undefeated but. Well, no, Navy is undefeated. Eight, no. Personal record book. Playoff. Fortunately for us, playing in that football game was the least important thing the Navy players did

the entire week. WTYFYS, we thank you for your service. For those keeping track at home, Mike Norvell should now spell his last name with seven L's. That's a fireball offense, by the way, to have that program, even as good as they were last year, losing seven times so far, because they're going to put up like a two and nine record or something crazy like that. He's responsible for two of the worst seasons ever.

Yeah. $10 million a year is why he's not going to be fired. I think he turned down Alabama. That was the nature of the reports, whether or not that was super genuine or just an agent posturing. Crazy. Was that he turned down Alabama.

Yep. Aaron Boone, hot seat. Chicago Bears take the training wheels off. New York Jets quarterback away. Mason Rudolph can scoot. The Washington commanders won the draft. Mason Rudolph can Bertie can also scoot. He can scoot. I like that bet. Will Dan have an observation during Stu's weekend observations?

That's not part of the contest, I don't believe. No. Shohei Otani, they'll never look at you the way they look at Freddie Freeman. Billy, what's going on with Stu Gotts in Japan? What are the latest? Cause he's getting tweets in Japanese. Yeah, it would appear that you tweeted out

about Shohei Otani basically doing it in the World Series. I did? Yeah. I think it was Do it with No Runners On. No? That was before that. That was, yeah, in the LCS. Now in the World Series, you or your account

has tweeted something about Otani that has upset Japan in which they're essentially telling you to shut up. Huh. I mean, he's batting 091 in the World Series. You shut up! Wow. You're gonna go to war with Japan? No.

No. Baseball should just be 162 games of Yankees Dodgers. You agree? I would really ruin Navy season. 62 games of Yankees Dodgers. You agree? I would really ruin Navy season. Notre Dame's gonna screw up this Navy Army thing

for everybody. Are they? Yes. Really? Yes, I think that those schools could have gone into the game against each other unbeaten. Wasn't talking about Notre Dame, talking about the whole Japan thing.

Yeah. We'd need them. Yeah, we do. In the war. Yes. Sorry, sorry whore. I can't go to war with them We're right. No more pitches to the fullback. You already have gone to war with Japan You're already it's happening right now on social. You asked me. I said no, I mean I haven't declared war It's all right. Well, I mean you did by pointing out that Otani needed to be better I don't have international incident in the prediction pool without Patrick Mahomes the chiefs are that Otani needed to be better. I don't have international incident in the prediction pool. Yeah.

Without Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs are probably still 7-0. Without Spags, they are probably 0-7. They say art is subjective. I say that Dwayne Wade statue is terrible. Top five statues of all time. Oh, wow. Number five, the Rockyies. Top five statues Number four, the Heisman Trophy.

Number three, the Michael Jordan statue outside the United Center. Number two, the Statue of Liberty play by Poisy State, the 07 Fiesta Bowl. That was a good play. Thank you. You know they move that Jordan statue inside? Get out of here. Yeah, like if you go to visit, it's the wrong day. I'm with you. Yeah. play. Thank you. You know they moved that Jordan statue inside? Get out of here. Yeah, like if you go to visit, it's the wrong day. How about we stop

moving statues? I'm with you. Yeah. I'm with you. I mean. Couldn't see it. I went just to see it and like United Center was in the middle of nowhere. I drove there just to see the Jordan statue. Couldn't get in because there was an event inside.

It's like Homestead. Yeah, I had to leave. I gotta tell you, whether it's littering should be outside or statues should be outside, we need to keep statues outside. The madhouse on Madison. Number one, Joe Flacco. In the pocket.

No, just Joe Flacco. He had a 40 yard touchdown run. In the pocket was Taylor Taylor Joe Flacco was me He has a 39 yard touchdown scramble in his career It's good. It was his rookie year. Yeah Here come the Sabres There they went Did you not see what the I mean I wrote these Saturday, I mean the Taylor but last night what happened they lost

I mean the Panthers have won five in a row on the road Oh here come the Saves Okay, you're stubborn about it Matthew Stafford would have won that game for the Vikings This might be the best coaching job of Mike Tomlin's career this year I Mean the way he handled Justin Fields and Russell Wilson and just seamlessly. That's how you do it. I mean, he's a great coach who's a little bit overrated because he can't get it done in the postseason. I love it when

someone else writes her observations that undercut a previous day. I hate it. Taylor. You could write them yourself. Navy turning the ball over six times against Notre Dame. Are we sure we trust them with our nuclear weapons? Smetty Trust you around that word nuclear. There you go. That's what happens when you care about Our nation security and not ball security Smetty

How did this Notre Dame team lose to Northern Illinois? Smetty. Navy isn't your father's Navy or your grandfather's Navy. It's just the same old Navy. Smetty. Navy in the triple option. Dan, you know what it means if you have three options? You don't have any. Hey, look at you. It, you know what it listen to James Winston talk for hours. The Dodgers won game two. The second ice cube started performing Fat Joe lost game three for the Yankees. Do we need a concert before every World Series game? Can't baseball just be enough?

Oh my God. Just give me some baseball. You guys, you and Billy, Billy taking out my demo because he doesn't like Ice Cube because he doesn't like 50-year-old rappers and Fat Joe and you, you just want baseball. All of a sudden now you're pining for baseball to go back to being what it was in the 1920s.

Wasn't an attack on you. It was just like factual. I know Ice Cube more from like RV movies. Family movies. Family movies. Yeah, he's great. I like those movies. Family movies?

Yeah. Bartolo Colon is faster than Giancarlo Stanton. Put it on the poll please, Juju. Is Bartolo Colon faster than Giancarlo Stanton? More like Giancarcelo. is Bartolo Colon faster than Giancarlo Stanton? More like Giancarcelo. Giancarcelo Stanton. He's not fast. Right. Reggie Jackson, Mr. October, Derek Jeter, Mr. November, Aaron Judge, Mr. June, the J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J-J- Managing the team in the World Series. WFAN must be getting 40 shares this month. Billy just did the same thing.

More like Giancarlo standing. Oh. What? LeBron James passed Michael Jordan with the most career 30 point games after turning 39 years old. Yawn. Let me know when he passes him in rings.

And when he wins at home, said. Do we have the in-season tournament again, by the way? Yeah. The IST? IST. That's an annual thing we're doing, huh? No, it was a one-year thing. Well, I was.

You never know. It went so poorly. I mean. Talking about it. How can you forget that final between the Lakers in the Pacers and who was crazy? Jeremy why are you back? It's just a shock. I was supporting you You get fat on the Pistons and all of a sudden you pop your head in Good win playing team Andy Reid's Hall of Fame bust should have Patrick Mahomes' face on it. You did not just say that a win against the Pistons is a good win. You didn't do that.

Maybe a playoff team, man. If you're gonna do that, you should do it from the spin room. That can't be set out in public. I don't have the spin room today. If you buy World Series gear and your team loses, you should be embarrassed. In fact, you should be ashamed of yourself. You don't buy World Series gear before your team wins the World Series. You know what they call that, Dan?

They call it putting the cart before the horse, counting your chickens before they roost. You know what I mean? Before they hatch, I think is how you count the Taylor. I am not sure. I think you're mixing up quotes. Might be a personal experience for Taylor. I call the Tariq Stevenson celebrating a win before you've won. Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Do you

buy World Series champion merch before you've won? Yes or no? You don't. You don't. Dan, you know what the T in Tariq and the S in Stevenson stand for? Too soon. They stand for the Stugatsa strong in you. He was celebrating very early and he has had to apologize. Can you say he's laughing at his own jokes anymore, Chris? It felt like we talked more

about Colorado football when they lost. Probably not fair. Yeah, it's so true. Seahawk defenders fighting with each other on the sideline. Chuck Knox is rolling over in his grave. Or as I like to call him Chuck Noel. You know what Chuck the What a stiff out there. Give the kid a chance. Anyway. Nick Sirianni.

If I may video, why don't you get the footage of that guy tearing up his knee please and just keep playing it because it's awful and funny to watch. Nick Sirianni. NFL head coach of the year. Collision course. Miles Garrett, the rare person who looks less intimidating when dressed as the Terminator. What happened?

It wasn't that great a costume. I gotta be. It wasn't a great Schwarzenegger. That's a lot of work to put in to have a Schwarzenegger that's not a great Schwarzenegger. The missed extra point always comes back to haunt you.

You can't be called Greg the leg and miss a 44 yard field goal and an extra point. I hate them. Has an interim coach ever been fired? I hate them. At least Devontae Adams is playing with his friends. I hate them. Hey Aaron Rodgers, there's a play clock. You have to snap the ball before it ticks down, there's a play clock. You have

to snap the ball before it ticks down to zero. I hate them. Has any other team in the history of professional football? I'm rolling right now, Dan. Sorry. Ever burned all three timeouts at a touchdown drive in the first quarter? I

hate them. They have had a lot of trouble with the play clock. I think it's weird. Yeah, it ticks down to zero. Aaron Rogers has never had trouble with that. I know. You know what the S in Salah stands for, Dan? Smiles. All smiles. I hate them. Anthony Richardson, honesty is not the best policy. I'm not certain

anyone in the history of the NFL can make you forget how bad is not the best policy. I'm not certain anyone in the history of the NFL can make you forget how bad he's been with a single throw other than Anthony Richardson. He is terrible for two and a half quarters and then he does something you've never seen on a football field before and you forget the two and a half quarters.

There are only two quarterbacks I've seen in the league that make consistently puzzling terrible throws You're right Anthony Richardson and Trevor Lawrence. Yeah, he misses a guy by 14 yards and you're like, what was that? Mm-hmm. The F in Freddie Freeman stands for fake teeth the EE and Freeman Stands for the EE and teeth Phil Lesh, rest in peace, an amazing man with a beautiful mind. I love you, I'll miss you, and thank you for being the person responsible for providing me with over 100 of the greatest nights of my life. You being grateful for someone who's dead makes that the perfect grateful

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