The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: The Gold Zone

Episode Date: March 20, 2024

Mike Ryan starts off the hour in the penalty box on a 12.5-minute major following his Miami Heat takes. Billy accuses Tony of not believing in the moon landing, which Tony denies. Billy takes us through his experience going to the National Car Rental Center for last year's Stanley Cup Final. Plus, Roy dominates the press box at the Panthers' arena and Dan believes it should be named for him one day. Then, Dan kills the vibes and Stugotz calls him out for it. Tony faked his hockey fandom last year but Stugotz is not faking how much he cares about Kirk Cousin and Kyle Pitts swapping jersey numbers. Then, it's time for Against The Spread and the Olympics are going to have a Red Zone-like channel with Scott Hanson and Andrew Siciliano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12 and a half minute major. I'm gonna have him sit out a segment. Hey, that's not the way to celebrate Pat Riley's birthday. He said happy birthday a couple times. He did, yeah. And he runs a merch store. What? Oh, he said he used certain lines, he puts them on merchandise, he sells merchandise.

Oh, yeah, he accused Pat Riley of running a merch store. That culture's a merch store. That's right. Yes, and so i've penalized that leaves the thing right i don't we got a lot of producers a lot of people running after guests and stuff and i saw the text string the other day it was on my phone where it's the heat saying no we're not bleeping getting you terry rose here if

you heard the things that on your show about it that was which is fair and i'm like that but who requested terry rose here how did that happen? Oh, on a day that Mike's not here. Well, he already boycotted the Paul Pierce interview. Like, what is happening around here? What is like? So sit out for a couple of minutes because that's going to get a lot worse when the playoffs

get here and he thinks his hockey team's going to win. Like that we are headed into a totally crazed time, which is where I was started with the point before when I'm saying it's an election year and the Heat and Panthers are going to be in the playoffs we're going to get slogged and swamped by that watching games every night Roy careening emotionally around the House because it's the best chance he's ever had. Yeah, yeah, I'm scared because everyone frightened at because

the best case scenario for our audience is that our show loses swept in the first round Yeah, absolutely right then I've heard it all all offseason not that they lost a cup all offseason I think the best case for audience is we make it kind of far but lose to like Tampa our rival or something The first round exits boring forever. I think the further you get and then you lose it hurts more The audience wants to end Panther's talk as quickly as possible. That's too bad. Four game sweep.

Billy, thank you for speaking for the audience. I think you speak for Tony too. Tony's not kind of, Tony works in sports. He's trying to make a career in this business. We've been trying to tell Tony, Tony, Bobby, hockey, it's interesting. He's like, no thank you. Ah, UFC. Yeah. I want's like no thank you. Ah UFC.

Yeah, I want the real fighting Dan. I want to get fighting on ice. If I'm fighting on ice I go watch hockey. I want fighting on feet. Chris, in his career, fighting on swords. It includes hockey. He doesn't want a career in sports. We can't convince Tony. We've been trying to convince Tony. Barry Melrose? Mike and Roy want to talk hockey and David Dwork and I want everyone to listen to that it's got great expertise but what Cubans aren't buying Broward that's true Cubans aren't buying I don't care how good your team is the only sunrise I know is the one that's out on the horizon the beach that's the only sunrise I know Tony's out on hockey and we're about to present to him. Hey Tony the hockey's great

Don't be a dumb Cuban meathead buffoon hockey. You don't understand how great playoff hockey is Tony's like no Thanks, give me basketball transactions in real real Hoopers No, well, he won't be on the parade float then in fairness though Tony's also out on men landing on the moon So I didn't know that you were pressed on me on that. I like I didn't say that men didn't land on the moon I said that there's a plausible chance that something was staged again this is again Billy trying to undermine Tony also it's no I'm just I'm just stating facts here Jack what okay what are the facts Jack well you just said he's out on on hockey

which is a fact and I said he's out on man landing on the moon which is another fact. Again I did not say that man landed on the moon Buzz Aldrin the other guy. You said they pre-recorded the audio. The other guy. I said if they did it on a studio I asked you did they go out into space for real you said they did but then they had actors doing it I said but we were talking to them how did they do that where they like was there like a satellite link and you said they did but then they had actors doing it I said but we were talking to them how did they do that where they like was there like a satellite link and you said no they recorded the audio and then they played it over the fake video it sounds like you're out on it all right Billy what's

the accusation you're making I just want to say okay you don't I'm just saying thank you I rest my case I'm just saying you're saying that he's out on hockey that's fair I'm also saying he's also out on the moon landing being real. So take it with a grain of salt. I am staunchly entrenched with the moon landing being real. What I'm saying is there was a race to the moon, Dano. Cosmonauts were there, the Russians were there, Soviet Union, we needed to do something here in America.

Throw something a little out early, get them worried. Oh wow, they're already in space already on the moon. What do we do? It's plausible. So they faked the moon landing, but then went through with it what is it what's plausible possible that they that they faked it I believe it's real possible deniability thank you so but you're so what you're saying just to be clear on your argument you're not

riding with the conspiracy theorists but you're giving I'm giving listen he understands that government's done a lot of crazy things. So you're willing to, oh, you're willing? We never got to the Denver airport. Oh boy. He's trying to unravel all the secrets here, Dan. All right, well go ahead. Go ahead.

He's trying to unravel your career. Falsehoods. You are. After that last segment, he was out, I was in, baby. Come on. I'm shining a spotlight on his strengths. Stugat. Tony is trying, in a a crazy world at a crazy time

to simply articulate the meek, meek, meek viewpoint of, hey, perhaps don't dismiss all conspiracy theories as not in any way plausible and calling everyone stupid every time they disagree with you on everything. It's not in any way plausible and calling everyone stupid every time they disagree with you on everything I it's not a my viewpoint. It's not my controversial viewpoint that the moon landing did not happen But if some people have some questions around some things being scripted I Get it We were worried about that for a long time Dan as a kid You were hiding under death for a nuclear bomb. So you're willing to entertain is what you know

And he shouldn't and don't hear anyone out. It's foolish Stop, I don't know stop with your questions about the moon But Billy the part that I would be offended by if I were Chris Cody and Roy Bellamy Lifelong fans in this market who are gonna talk about Panthers hockey in a little bit, whether the audience wants it or not, and it doesn't. That sounds like a threat. Let's be clear on that. The audience of this show does not want to hear one more syllable about hockey, but Chris and Roy, you guys have not been able to convince Marlin's fan, Billy, you haven't been able

to convince him, that he needs to care about hockey too. Billy's got kids, he's busy, and Bill you haven't even got that. Is that the Stanley Cup game? Thank you. I covered the Stanley Cup final last year. Two different games. That's right, two games. I drove up to Sunrise twice. On my own dime I'll have you know, I had to pay for that parking. You could have built the company, no. I also could have know I had to pay for that parking You could have built the company no Also, could I let's do that you know they cover parking when you get a media credential. Yeah, I think you're right I don't think I paid for parking. I took a shuttle. I was at the sawgrass mills mall Oh, you want me to go watch hockey and take a shuttle, please well

This is the problem the problem is the astronauts shuttle wash a Tony show my house The parking is pricey there so some people take a shuttle, why should Tony? I had to take a space shuttle from my house. Geez. The parking is pricey there, so some people will park at the Sawgrass Mall and walk over. I need to explain, I need to explain this to the national audience. I had to walk back. Everything about what's being said right now as sports fans

is deeply offensive, which is, and I'm not gonna disagree with anyone here, Stu Gottson. Yeah, nobody here wants to get stuck for 90 minutes in traffic in this South Florida. But basically what the national audience is listening to is, hey man, this is the best Panther team we've ever seen. And do you know how you're spoiled that the heat are always in it at the end,

no matter what their roster is? And Billy and Tony and everyone here is here to tell you, my sports allegiance will not wait in traffic for fifty minutes on uh... on on the sawgrass on eight twenty six on i ninety five in this south florida i'm not going in that traffic fifty minutes that's offensive to a national audience canada so pissed off right now you're going to tell me the panthers of the best team in the hockey and somebody's not gonna drive 50 minutes? I'll tell you this.

Last year when I was being a hockey journalist and covering the Stanley Cup final. You did great by the way. Thank you. Last year when I was doing that, I thought oh my God, this is the biggest series, this is the biggest time of the year, the biggest game of the year.

I think it was like, did they host game one, Roy? Was it game one that they hosted? No, they did not host game one. Well whatever, game three. Whatever the first game it is that they hosted, I said they did not host game one. Well, whatever, game three. Whatever the first game it is that they hosted, I said, you know what, this is a huge game. I gotta get there like three hours early. So I showed up three hours early

to the National Car Rental Center, and I was literally the only person. It's very cold. I was the only person, I took a picture. I was the only person inside the arena. I could do whatever I wanted. Is it as cold as you've ever been in South Florida? It was freezing.

I was in the media area, which is all the way at the top of the arena. I was the only one in there. I was looking around, I was like, where's Roy? And no one could answer me because no one was there besides me and security. I ended up leaving. I came back like an hour later.

Went over to the Flanagan's to meet up with Witty, have a drink. I didn't drink because I was covering the game but witty was drinking like a lush they used to be an Olive Garden by the way because it still has to build out of the Olive Garden they just put Flanagan's on the top go check it out I know you've never been there when's the last time you went to's crazy. I go to Broward. When's the last time you went to the National Car Rental Center to watch these ice cats?

Emmer and Bank Arena. Yeah, whatever. I went last year. I went last year. Did you really? Yes, yes. For what? A concert.

You lost a bet? What happened? Wasn't hockey, that's for sure. Wasn't hockey. Did you go last year? The only pause I had is that my brother died, died in the middle of this, and I'm trying to think if it was a year or two years

because I can't remember because time has, I'm sorry, I ruined it. What am I supposed to do with that? Yes, you did. I ruined it. What am I supposed to do with that? But that's what, Didn't you go to Gene Simmons?

Gene Simmons? That was three or four years ago. Yes, that was a Kiss concert. But no, that place is freezing when there's nobody in it. And especially if you get there at whatever time the media tends to get there, which is what time I thought Roy would be there for a Stanley Cup final game. Wasn't there. Resting on his laurels.

Wow. I was there. Okay, thank you very much. Roy was in media buffet area Roy that area was packed Roy actually by my food there in the media lounge they actually serve food there so I buy it it's dinner it's dinner it's a love it's a lovely it's a lovely dinner no no you have to pay for it I went there with you all this from time to time, you know what I mean?

I went there last year with you. I got gentleman. It was a hot dog. No, no, it's actually in the event level. It's in the media lounge. Roy, these people do not understand your sophisticated journalistic credentials here. Roy pays for his meal because he's a journalist. Roy's name is going to be on that building at some point.

They're gonna put- Right next to David Neal. They're gonna have a room, Roy. They are gonna have a room. It's gonna be you smiling, longtime media member Roy Bellamy, honorary press room, because no one's been in those rooms. I'm smiling because it's ridiculous, man.

Eating hot dogs. Is there a whole ceremony? Roy, you've been eating hot dogs in the Everglades for 35 years. And three sad chicken fingers. For 35 years, you've been eating that media room. No one has more mileage out of that media room, longevity compiler than you.

You've eaten more Panthers food than anybody in the history of South Florida journalism. Delicious. Am I wrong? No, you're not wrong. You're absolutely right. I didn't. George Richards. But you paid me. You paid for all of those meals. Yes. Yes, I am. Because you're not bought. Correct. Like Billy. I buy. I buy. Howdy, folks, it's Mike Ryan. It's springtime. And while every time is a good time for Miller

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Don LeBretard. You are very comfortable talking about how you met your wife, how much you love her, how important she is to you, and that's the reason that I asked the question. I've always admired that about you, that you are, you have no problems whatsoever professing your love. Well the thing is, I got a new wife now, you know, me and Bianca didn't make it. I got a new wife now, you know me and Bianca didn't make it So I moved on we moved on it was for the better both of us still got things Just got a little awkward there. So let me be the first on this show to congratulate you on the new wife Vance Congratulations on on on feeling whole feeling complete, you know

Let's talk tailgating, yeah. Don't be, don't feel awkward, buddy. You know, a lot of people do. No, I don't. I mean, Dan does. It's much too late for that, Vince. I appreciate you soothing me in this regard, but I already feel terribly awkward,

and then my teammate comes to my defense with not a question, but just a healthy congratulations, and the further pointing out of that awkwardness because he's always good for me in those spots. I'm also thinking of divorce Vince, after many, many years, 18 years, with a partner who does things like that to you. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the Stugats.

["The Stugats Show Theme"] What am I supposed to do when he goes there? I know. It ends everything. I know. I know. I know. Well, there goes Pantherstock. I know.

I know. I know. I know. You know what? It's totally fair. I deserve. I mean, look, totally unfair. Everybody was having a good time.

We were dancing around. Yeah, the playoffs are coming. Hey, there's Dan's dead brother Okay, I mean no my fault which technically happened after this 100% timeline wasn't You're gonna make it worse if it was before you're gonna make it worse. The peak of it was before, Raz. You're gonna make it worse. Well before, I think. It was 18 months of horror. I don't know where those years went. Like, I don't know. Roy told me to make that correction. I didn't say nothing. You liar.

You goddamn liar. I can't, I can't. Don't you do that to me. I can't remember whether I went from his deathbed to a Panthers hockey game or not. I'm gonna guess you didn't deathbed dead So did you go last year soon? Stink go kind of go see what the ice cats are doing now

Billy as you speak for the audience What am I gonna do with how tired our audience is gonna get a Panthers talk when you and Tony don't want to participate I'm here to participate. I'll indulge in the Panthers once you know the second season starts. That's what I'm waiting on I've heard playoff hockey's you know more exciting and stuff, so I'm willing to wait what about last year My finger on the pulse of the heat last year. Give Tony a chance. I thought we were talking Panthers. He's just saying, hey, if this team makes a run,

maybe I'll check in. They made a run last year. No, Stugats, no. Thank you, Tony. You should hide in embarrassment, because we did this with Tony last year. He pretended like, I'll give it a try, and then he watched it not at all. Then he, not a minute. Look.

Who's about to rinse repeat the exact bit from last year? Do me a favor. I'm willing to give him a second chance. Video, video, do me a favor here, video, please. Bring up this billionaire cryptocurrency guy again who represented- Hard Rock Nick, I love him. Oh no. Of course you do.

No. One of the richest men in the world who represent our Nick. I love him. Oh, no, of course you do richest men in the world No, all right, okay, please because this is now what's happening with Tony This is out of control because Tony is this guy as a Panthers fraud fan Tony can play the character of hey guys. I want to be a part of the group. Let involve me in Panther talk I don't care at all I'm a fraud I'll join you I'll join you if we hoist the cup at the end I'll march to sunrise and be in the parade you will not be on the floor Tony because I watch two games at the end this is Tony on behalf of the Cuban sports fan hockey fan fake fan in Miami what's

up guys it's Hard Rock Nick the of Florida, the face of cryptocurrency and one of the richest men in the world. I want to remind all you jazz Boston Celtics fans that we here in Miami not only got the best weather, we not only got the best food, we not only got the best, but we're going to do exactly what we did last year, which is take out the number one seed Celtics as the number eight seed Miami Heat. Remember that last year your bitch ass lost in seven to the

eight seed Miami Heat this year. We're going to get it done in April. I see no lies there hard rock Nick always on the pulse of the Heat fan. All right, Tony, I'm gonna need something from you here. I'm gonna need you to sit in the penalty box. I don't know where Mike went. No, you can't. Look, look.

I will not endorse anything about that person except everything from his teeth to his jewelry to his currency is fake. You wanna dress like that. However, however, as a representative for the most obnoxious of Heat fans, I present to you the fraud pharaoh, Hard Rock Nick, because look at him.

Because this represents everything that people of this country hate about Heat fans. That this guy is the cartoon personification from eyebrows to Necklace of I am loud and we're not scared of you Boston because you're Boston and I'm Miami and look I'm one of the richest men in the world Face of crypto come on. What are we doing? Tony you can't endorse that get out of here look I I am not gonna take it as far as hard rock Nick Again, one of the richest men in the world to face a cryptocurrency.

Obviously his Bonifide speak for himself. But what I'm going to talk about on this end is I didn't last year, I will come clean. Last year, I didn't watch the Panthers. After saying you would and pretending you did. Yes. And after a historic run as an eight seed, beating the number one team in the Boston Bruins, then going on and I faked your way through hockey. All of us, who else did they be? Keep going. Didn't, didn't bother to research or learn anything about hockey.

So they being at the hole, the whole postseason, the Bruins are the first round. Yep. I'm clean here. Roy, you can check. All right, we're going to, they beat, they beat the Carolina hurricane in the second round. Yep. I'm clean here, Roy. You can check. All right, we're going to do it. They beat the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round. No, they did not. Oh, my bad. In the Eastern Conference. My bad. In the Eastern Conference.

ECF. Who they beat before that in between those two. Oh, they beat Tampa. No, they did not. They beat the, uh. Toronto, my bad. Yeah. Toronto, yeah.

But Dan, they've got the same color jerseys. Exactly. The maple leaves starts with a T. Technically, it's a different blue. Oh, well, blue smooth. Blue and white jerseys. Technically it's a different blue. Well, blue smooth. Blue and white, come on. It starts with a T. And then obviously they lost to the Avalanche in the Stanley Cup finals.

No, they did not. Avalanche. What is this? They did lose to the Avalanche in the Stanley Cup finals. The first time. 1996. That's happened before. Oh, Year of the Rat.

That's what I was locked in on Year of the Rat. When you're a puck head, it all kind of goes together. Tony, I'm going to need you to sit outside. Yeah, you Murray. You're a puck head, it all kinda goes together. I'm gonna need you to sit outside. Yeah, you gotta go man. Oh, it's Vegas! Go find Mike, get out of here. Please leave. Please, yes. Please leave.

I do think though. We should send Tony on the road to cover the Panthers. Billy, if you want Roy's hockey show to spring to life, make it quiz Tony all the time about how little he knows about, but he's going to pretend to be curious and fake his way through it, and it would be reasonable punishment, hey Tony, I'd like to not birth another Craig Carton.

Like, can you not be a fraud about everything? Like, we've already got one of those here. Thank you. He's profited a great deal off of the arrangement. You don't fake your way through a whole hockey post season. But Billy, you've been encouraging Stugots on a lot of fronts here recently. Some of them worse than others.

Oh. Yeah, you guys are now pro bribes. I don't know what this was. I don't know. God bless football is pro bribes. I mean, that's a, I don't know if that's an exact stance of the show officially. I don't know how Stu Gotz feels about this.

I feel good about bribes. Well, it turns out that, I don't wanna say pro bribes, what you're referring to is what we were talking about before, which is Kirk Cousins is now a Falcon I don't know if you guys heard the news Kirk Cousins now a Falcon quarterback in Atlanta and he wears number eight Notoriously, right but Atlanta the Falcons already have a number eight Kyle Pitts So what happens when you have two players with the same number? Something's got to give so when he was coming to town, the assumption was,

okay, Kirk Cousins is gonna wanna wear number eight. How does he get it from Kyle Pitts? Kyle Pitts just volunteered. I want more targets and you can just have the number eight. Which seems like, you know, not exactly how you should be doing it. Give me the ball more and I'll give you my number. And then it was announced yesterday

that Kirk Cousins will wear number 18. So it seems that he did not agree to give Kyle Pitts more passes. But you have to give the passes before you get the number. So maybe midseason will have a jersey. No, what Kirk is saying is I can't give you. I can't take your jersey number for more looks. I can't do it because then I'm telling the rest of the team I can be bought. So I'm all for a good bribe, but you can't do it because then I'm telling the rest of the team I can be bought so I'm all for a good bribe But you can't use touches as the bribing as the negotiation thing why not because then

Then you're good. Where does it stop if you're Kirk cousins other teammates other wide receivers say hey He just gave you his number. I'll give you X if you give me more touches. You cannot bribe with touches. You can't do it. I think it was a joke. I'm assuming it was a joke. I was gonna say, if you must know, this appears to have just been a joke and Kurt Cousins actually doesn't care

about the number eight all that much. Stugats is taking it very literally and has been all day long where he's like, someone's gotta take a stand. You can't just go and be bribing people and saying I want the ball more. That's not how this game works I don't like this this leads to bribery and all types of corruption. It's like two guys like what's going on right now

It's something I would do I'd ask for more touches. I give you my number. It's not real The quiche is what it should really be about right? Yes. Come on If I'm I'm from the tight end I am saying hey, you just got paid, what's up? Pay me. Also, didn't their coach just get fired for essentially, Pitt's not getting more looks? Like, I feel like that's gonna resolve itself, that's part of why you're here.

I have been fascinated to watch Arthur Smith ends up going to Pittsburgh, and in Pittsburgh, he will be in charge with the way that he is of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, he could handle different different quarterbacks and what is happening in Atlanta right now and I don't know whether Kirk Cousins can be as good as he was without Justin Jefferson as he was with Justin Jefferson at his age coming off of an injury but they've given him a lot of money and doesn't some of his loud jewelry, I don't know what they're doing with all that.

People like Kirk Cousins in loud jewelry and grills and everything else. Does he have jewelry that is that number? Is that part of the negotiations here? Does he have like something that is bejeweled? Because I can't believe that you're telling me Billy that Stu Gotts is coming out as anti-bribe. Anti-bribe that

integrity that the line that stugats has the only more align that he has the place that he stops is as guys this is what we need to call a stop to is you can make it money on a bribe but what you can't do is make it touches even though i'd want to throw all the passage kyle pitts he's one of the best tight ends i've ever seen in college i thought it was going to be a great receiver i don't understand why fantasy people don't get more out of that position because Arthur Smith's been in charge of it. But you lose the team if you take that bribe.

You do. Like Drake London is sitting over there going, well, what about my touches? But what if Kyle Pitts is your best player? Like, doesn't that happen all the time with number one receivers? Like shouldn't Kyle Pitts be asking for the ball 12 and 15 times a game like the best tight ends who are Travis Kelsey and have hit podcasts yes but he should just be asking for more touches because he's that talented there should be no negotiation attached to it I don't think it was serious it wasn't serious it wasn't serious I just don't understand that Stu gots is like the Kirk

What is Stu gots doing why? Has a Stu gots so tired from having just general takes that and not being interested in any way in the consistency of any Of the takes that he's just trying to churn out content at every turn and he wants to take the lane of Somebody should stand up to bribes in Atlanta. I'm just trying to help Kyle Pitts out. If he wants more touches, that's not the way to go about it. That's all I'm saying. Is it not though?

Is it not a way? If you know it's the way you would. Yes, and I wouldn't get more touches and I'd give my jersey away and my number that means something to me without getting more touches because I Believed that Kirk Cousins was actually gonna throw me the ball more but wouldn't wouldn't Would it cause if I'm cousins I take the number and don't throw the ball to you ever I mean, okay That's good for team morale. I feel like how you recovered. I wanted to That's good God, I like a clean locker room. Can you guys please imagine Stu gots is the leader dropping bass to pass? Wanted to that's good

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No, probably not. Stugats. Pa, pa, pa. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, probably not. Stugats! Pah-pah-pah! Kev! Kev! I think that's so okay! Pah-pah-pah!

Kev! This is the Dan LeVatar Show with the Stugats. It's time for Against the Spread. Against the Spread is sponsored by DraftKings. Stay tuned because you'll hear about DraftKings and all it has to offer throughout the show. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Roy, kick us off.

And in general tonight, the Wild are at the Kings. The Kings are in the second half of a back to back. They beat Chicago yesterday. The Kings have lost their last eight games following a home win So it's not exactly a good time for them the wild are one and a half gold dogs coming in on the road I think they will cover wild one and a half gold That's a good game wish I could take that game. Yeah, I'm not gonna take that game I almost did I like the Colorado Buffaloes tonight

It's a minus three now I One of the few non ACC teams I've watched this year. They made it to the finals of the the pack 12 tournament I like their team. I'm gonna side with them again just to be clear are you sulking because I wanted some passion for against the spread we've gotten some complaints we've gotten some complaints that our enthusiasm and providing information during these hasn't given no you did I info. No, you did. Roy gave info. I'm just, hold on. Good info, yeah. Yes, but Mike.

Right? Seemed indifferent. Mike did not pour a lot of passion research and I'm just wondering if he's. Well, he watched the team. If he's lashing out from what it is that happened before and didn't even hear, didn't even hear, because I don't know what he was doing

in the penalty box or the 12 and a half minute major, that people are tired of the hockey talk, that Roy and Mike and hockey. And I like hey Dan LeBattard stop reading every comment yeah just just you know just stop going on reddit stop stop reading the comments and telling me about the comments hockey's great yeah hockey's great and if you're listening to my voice right now you're gonna learn to like it mm-hmmhmm. Damn right. Eat your veggies. Hmm. Yeah. Puck's sake.

Over the belly. Fiber. Guys, let's not leave the NHL. Tonight, the Capitals are hosting the Maple Leafs. Wow. I know what you're thinking. I'm thinking you're a fraud. The Toronto Maple Leafs are so much better

than the Washington Capitals, hence the one and a half goal favoritism that the Leafs are so much better than the Washington Capitals, hence the 1 1⁄2 goal favoritism that the Leafs are getting. That's right, the Capitals at home are plus 1 1⁄2. But you don't just stroll into the Capital One arena and beat the Capitals. Oh no, no, my friends, don't let these records fool you. In the last eight games, the Capitals are five and three,

where the Maple Leafs are just four and four. Huge difference, huge difference. And I know what you're thinking. I know what you're thinking. On October 24th, a Tuesday, didn't the Maple Leafs beat the Capitals four to one, easily covering that one and a half goal spread? Yes.

Yeah, I was thinking that. But this is a different Capitals team. It really is. The fire in their eyes could melt the ice, and that's why I'm taking the capitals plus one and a half over the Toronto Maple Leafs Yeah that now I get what you're saying with the more information We do a sports show what Today we talked about Tyreek Hill, we talked a little college basketball with Virginia not scoring a point for 55 minutes, we talked a little

baseball, we do it all here. All right? So you know, if you don't like it, tough shit, fast forward 30, we'll get to something that you like. Billy, hop on what? Hop on. Hockey's back Jack, hop on. That's their playoff slogan, I think. How are you gonna do the next three months of Tony's got you beaten on trying to be more of a hockey fraud than you are? I'm not a hockey fraud. A fraud off.

I gave you the facts. I'll have you guys know. Oh, God. That you come at me and you say, you don't know anything, and against the spread, I won last season, and I'm still waiting on the prize But I did win overall. Yes, and then we were here and we had Mike sure Basketball expert like the beam anyone can say light the beam come on and tell you oh

This team is gonna beat the Golden State Warrior the Milwaukee Bucks remember that a couple weeks ago I'm sure Mike sure was more right than anyone in the media about anything about the Miami Heat all of last Year well he was wrong about that game where he was telling everybody take the Milwaukee Bucks over the Golden State Warriors you guys were saying Oh, yeah, Golden State they lost by 52 and I came out and I tell you guys don't worry about that game You need to look at what they've done in all of March if you look back their records actually one and one so they've won as Many games as they lost and he scoffed. He said oh look at all of March. If you look back, their record's actually one and one, so they've won as many games as they lost, and he scoffed. He said, oh, look at all my stats.

I'm so smart. I wrote the good plays. I know everything about basketball. And what happened? The Warriors trounced. Trounced. The Milwaukee Bucks. What'd they do?

Against the spread. Trounced. That's how you do it. Trounced. That's the passion that this requires. I could be a ventriloquist that was coming for my throat look at my mouth well You're not even my lip. I didn't catch it do it again. What can't want another on me that one yeah I didn't say it my throat you did You can't find a puppet, I dare you. I'd venture to say this is as well balanced a show

in terms of sports as we've done in a while, and I'd like to throw something else out there. The Olympics. Oh wow. Yes, NBC and Peacock announced that they are going to have a red zone style, and this is always like a buzzword, you know, like a bunch of six figure suits

get together in a conference room and think that they've done something when they said, what if we do the red zone, but for the Olympics? But they're going to do the red zone for the Olympics. But unlike all those other unoriginal ideas, they've decided we're not gonna make a cheap copy of the red zone. We're gonna get Scott Hanson,

we're gonna get Andrew Sicilia. Both of them? Together? Not together, but they're gonna be rotating. And the host of American Ninja, American Ninja Warrior. Matt Iceman? Or Akbar. Both of them.

Together? Wait, so wait, is that the name that I had so much trouble with? Yes, Akbar Gbajib-Bimila. It's a tough one. Mike, they're calling it the Gold Zone. What? The Gold Zone. The Gold Zone. Wow, like the a mill. Mm-hmm. It's a tough one. I'm like they're calling it the gold zone What gold zone gold zone? Yeah, like no cheap imitation The two guys that are known for doing the red zone are gonna be doing the gold zone Akbar bahia Mia

Hey that hurt so much. I least you tried Mia. I mean Mia Made him Hispanic Akbar bahia Mia I hate that hurt so much. I mean Akbar It's the end for me I'm scared. I'm scared Couple of owls Roni nipple it was not my entire Like you landed that like it was a 10 out of 10 gymnastics. No, that was not confidence that you heard that.

Bahia Mia. The unconfident, like him not being confident is what makes a clip, because anybody can get that name wrong. Akbar Bahia Mia. To get it that wrong with so much space in between, like you can lay out every syllable. I was scared of it as soon as I saw him on the guest sheet.

I gotta be honest. Bahia mia. Mike, you're excited for this, the gold zone? Yes. I'm just wondering how they're gonna do it because it's one thing throwing it out to Lambeau Field and the Packers are in the red zone. It's another thing when you're throwing it out

to rhythmic gymnastics. Yeah, but if you watch these Olympic events, too, there's always all this latency in between badminton, these performances and whatnot. And you just cut out like all the warmups, all the stretching, all the nonsense before and you get right to the action. Like, all right, here's this interpretive dance routine

and we're off to badminton. It's incredible. Right. How about archery? Like, yeah. You act like Scott Hanson doesn't toss it out to Cardinals Colts like no one else is in the red zone though I mean you're only gonna get archery when it's the only thing there the Colts apparently has happened in 2014 and 2016 and then it

disappeared for a little bit in its back cheap imitations it is every day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. from July 27th to August 10th. That's a lot. That's great. That's great Roy, why are you so beaming? Why are you radiant right now as you listen to this? He loves a good zone I mean Olympics all over the world being an alias to God's equestrian I was just hoping that you would mess up that word a lot of hockey talk to what else is in that what else is in That class of like a bunch of overpaid suits get together in a room and they come up with an idea that already has existed?

I think it's like drive to survive. We need to make a drive to survive. We need to make a red zone. We need to make a drive to survive. You mentioned something that the NBA with league pass is gonna put live odds on the screen. Well, I mentioned this yesterday, yeah, and we sort of stumbled through it, but I obviously.

Yeah, Sukash just looked at me and said, wow, they do this. They do this, and it's great. Get DraftKings odds up on the screen as much as you want. You largely ignore them when they do do this. And also, it does not help. It help what can I can I bet through the screen what that's not gonna I'm gonna slow this stream down by trying to bet through the stream I get live odds constantly they're on my phone we all get live odds we're all checking our phones during the games I don't understand how this helps or how this is creative or

how this is gonna grow the game I really don't like how this helps or how this is creative or how this is going to grow the game. I really don't. Mike just said do do. You guys do understand that what we're here in the middle of is sort of a rollicking ocean of sea change, Dugats, as the gambling money and the technology all arrives to shake American sports that want to grab at all the money from all the places and the Super Bowl was in Las Vegas last year and it's like, holy shit shit all the walls have fallen on commerce here And Mike is telling you I mean ESPN has just gotten into a giant gambling partnership the race is on for the three or four entities that are gonna win the gambling dollars game and

It's silly that al Michaels is still talking in the shadows of gambling when the walls have all fought We're in the middle of the change and now it's going to be content, it's technology, it already is. We're all eating differently from sports. I could be wrong. Someone can reinvent the way that this is happening, but I actually prefer that stuff not on my screen. Nobody knows what I'm betting on better than I do.

No one knows the odds of what I'm trying to track better than I do. Last night Cynthia went to bed early because her back was hurting and I had a night to remember. We're all going to be celebrating the March Madness because all the games are going on. Last night there were like 12 games going on in the NHL and I was like Lucius Fox overseeing Gotham trying to track down the Joker with four monitors right in my face of 10 p.m. puck drops. Is that how we should do hockey? A manic gambling mic gives you two and a half minutes of snorted hockey information that you can skip on the podcast because you don't want to listen.

10 p.m.? There was 35 live bets going on in the 10 p.m. run. No, look, if you want to make- Gambling again! Gambling again! If you you wanna make content out of you mumbling into your phone around the house to give people two and a half manic minutes of Mike Ryan's hockey coverage, Roy,

I don't know what you can counter that with David Dwork, but I'll take all of Mike's snorted hockey gambling losses. Thanks, Dan. I have an idea. Roy, you should speed up your show so it's only 2 and 1 half minutes long, and play that against Mike, and then see who's talking faster. No.

Yeah, Billy's not helpful here. Papa! It's not, Pug Boys! Get that off the screen! Akbar Bahia Mia. Howdy, folks. It's Mike Ryan. It's springtime.

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