The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Who's This? (feat. Micky Arison, Matthew Berry, and JuJu Gotti)

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

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This is the Dan Levator show with the Stucats podcast. I really do feel like you guys have put me in an impossible position here where I have to do this five-minute interview agreeing to terms I didn't want. Somebody on a cell phone. You guys don't understand how hard it is to like even call. the corridors of power. Like we have to go through a labyrinth just to make sure we could get Mickey Erison on the line to celebrate his Hall of Fame induction this weekend. He's going to be pulled all over the place. He's doing two other interviews, five minutes and forced.

We have five minutes available to us and over the last, I don't know, a few hours you guys have forced me to do an interview that doesn't seem like it could go well. Five minutes is a set of terms that we've never agreed to. No video. We're a video company now. That's what we've been doing the last four years. No video? That's not something that we do anymore. We are doing these things as a concession to a man. Yes, Chris. We're going to call him live on the air.

Do you think he's a hello or this is Mickey when he answers kind of guy? Because I think of people like when they're, you're a Mickey Erison type. You say, hey, this is Mickey. I think he's one of those types goes, yellow. I think he's going, I think it's, yeah. Oh, power move. All right. So we're going to call him live on the air.

Are you guys ready? Because I have to set up the five minutes and I have to set it up with him because this is the five minutes don't start until we've asked our first question. Okay, so he's going to sit there. The start of the question or the end of the question because we have length issues. Like family fumes, yeah. Clock starts as you stop the question. Let's start there with him, Billy, because I think it's laughable that he's only giving us

five minutes and I don't mind giving him a hard time. He's probably going to have a clock also, so it's going to be like three, two, sink. I bet he likes family food. Yeah, you should sink it at the beginning for sure. Find out what time is in. We're going to have that whole conversation with him on the front end before. we start the clock. But also like this could be like a genie situation where you have three wishes, right? I wish I had more than three wishes. Like boom, that was one of your

wishes. So if it's at the end of the first question, you ask him, hey, does the clock start at the end of the first question? Then that might have been the first question. The clock could have started. But we have to be quick, too, is what I'm saying. Because it's five minutes. I'm quick. Ask my wife. You should start with that. How would you do that? You're like, hey, I'm quick. I think usually on top. What if that's the first question? A little iceberg. Mickey, how's the performance?

Yeah. Power bottom. Man in the street, freaking the sheets, that type of thing. Tony, you're of the belief that I should ask him off the top. Good iceper. A interview that has five minutes before we get to the ownership by the Saudis, 10% of the company. Don't start with that one. But you're of the belief that, no, better to start.

How are you in the sheets? Or how quick are you? You think that's better. That's crass. Oh, do the Joe Rose. how the lady is shrieing it. Is he talking to Big Dog? Is that one of the three interviews?

Let's do this. I'm excited now. All right. Go ahead and call him, but the five... I'm glad we sorted that out. The five minutes do not start. I've got to talk to him about this. I'm definitely not confused.

All right. Hold on. Just call. Very exciting. That was the first question. He forgot. Oh. Mickey?

Hello? Yes. Hello, Mickey. The clock does not start on five minutes. We are on the air. We've got five minutes with you. Congratulations. You're the greatest owner in the history of South Florida sports. We're very

happy for you. Who's this? Hi, Dad. That's good. What a jokester. No, we got... I guess it. I forgot all my questions. Okay, I've been told I have five minutes with him, but I'm just

telling you right now, all right, Mickey, that the clock does not start until we, until after we've asked our first question, okay? You haven't asked the question here? No, I have not yet asked the question. We have five minutes with you. I don't think that you want to do any of this, not this interview.

I'm not sure you want to do. What is he so busy doing, Mickey? Mickey, what are you up to today? What did his day look like? That's the first question. No, it is not. No, it is not. The clock does not start until I asked the first question.

Billy's not getting in here and asking the first question. The clock does not start. I started out with a cappuccino at Starbucks. Nice. With a banana bread. It was pretty good, but went right through. You ever heard of the... Oh, okay, too much information.

You ever heard of the Starbucks in your house? Where I am, I have a Starbucks. It's called the Mohegan Sun. Oh, what's the... You own the Mohegan Sun? The Mohegan Sun. The clock is behind. He's already started.

No, the clock. No, no, no, don't start the clock. It's already... It's already... You ever have one of those plainstick donuts making you're terrible. Don't start the clock. Don't start the clock yet. I haven't tried it.

Don't bother. Don't waste your life on that. Okay, what happened? You said your breakfast went right through you? Yeah. that Cappuccino is just a little strong with the jet lag coming from Italy, you know, combination. This is not the first question. We've got five minutes in a second.

No, it starts with the first question. How many first questions for your case? Okay, no, we're going to start the clock in a second. Mickey, thank you for joining us. Zazlo, you're in agreement with me. Greatest, greatest owner in South Florida sports history, bar none. Has brought me a lot of joy. Greatest owner, yes.

That question was to Zazzo, not you, Mick. That didn't count you. That's right. It was to Zaslo, not to Mickey. He is willing, he is starting his heart. of Fame week right now, it's very busy. He's only got five minutes. I'm going to ask the first question. The first question is, true or false, you are looking forward to making your Hall of Fame speech. False. True or false, Mickey. LeBron is the best player in franchise history.

Tough question. I got to give that to Dwayne Wade. That's good answer. Yeah, but it's false. So why'd you make him such a shitty statue? I mean, that thing looks nothing like him. No, Billy. He didn't sculpt it. It wasn't his fault. Billy, that's not a question. What is that? You said you wanted me to ask him that, Dan. You said, Billy, make sure you come in and you club over the head with this question. That's not true. You pulled him aside. You were like, Mike, ask him if he knows Zazlo. And then Billy, ask him about the way. Yeah.

All right. Mickey, are you excited about this weekend because you deserve it? I'm excited. No, I'm excited is not the word. What is it? I'm appreciative. Why would excited? It is an honor, and so I'm appreciative, but it's not, you know, it's not what I love doing, getting up and giving speeches. I don't think I've given one in 25 years.

Did you get any help with it? Yeah. And you're, so are you dreading this? Because I, it should feel, forgive me for doing this, but it should feel like a celebration of great accomplishment. It's the height of the sport. But like I said, I'm appreciative. I appreciate the honor from the hall, no question about it.

but it's not something, it was never a goal. And so while I appreciated it, you know, the goal, we've reached our goal three times. And so I'd rather look forward to the fourth more than this. But like I said, I'm very appreciative. What are you proudest of? What are you proudest of in your career? Building the largest and greatest cruise company in the world. Basketball-wise?

Being competitive most years, winning more games than most franchises, coming from an expansion team, one of the youngest franchises, I think we set a pretty good record of achievement, which I'll talk about in my school. Two minutes. Dos Minutes! The unfairest criticism of the Miami Heat in recent years? No, there's been so much of it. I have no idea, which is the most unfair.

Is there a way for you? I have the unfortunate ability of really. reading social media, which is a horrible thing. But having read, you know, seen a lot of the Twitter reaction to what we've not achieved in the last year or so is no fun. Mickey, is that the unfair criticism that has bothered you the most? I don't know that it's unfair. I didn't say it was unfair.

I just said, you know, it's not fun to read. Did you guys really lose LeBron James because Parryi stole his cookies on an airplane? I think you have to ask LeBron James Why LeBron James left But I think in retrospect He made a, for his personal career He made a great decision True or false the last year in Miami

LeBron James quit during the finals I don't believe a player like LeBron James ever quits Come on Do you know who Jonathan Zaslow is No Oh See that's not right That's such a bullshit

I'm not saying that to you He's calling him alive. He's calling Mr. Harrison a lie? I'm saying Mike Ryan. Mike Ryan's bullshit. Ask Mickey Harrison your question. Ask him. Mickey, have you seen the new Superman?

No. Mickey, congratulations this weekend. Five seconds left. Was that as uncomfortable as you feared it would be? No, it was uncomfortable? You know, I always look forward to talking to you, Dan. I don't know why you never invite me. Why aren't you inviting him, Dan?

I've been inviting him for 30 years. Talk to you tomorrow, Mickey? He does talk to you tomorrow? We'll serve up more softballs. Come on, weekly spot. Anytime, Dan, you know that. All right, a weekly guest. Mickey, good talking to you.

Mike, you didn't get any Terry Rozier questions in. Oh, yeah, no, I'm the soft one here. Matthew Barry next. Thank you, Mickey. Take care. Did the math call you about Luca? What's up, listeners? I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, I certainly dreamed big.

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Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. This is the Dan Lebatter show. with the Stugats Angel, we have gotten far away from where it happened,

but I really did think that David Sampson had a bar early in the show when he said scammers can scam just like scammers can be scammed. I thought it was a bar, and I thought David Sampson having bars is something that we should put on a t-shirt. What are you looking at me like that? for Mike. I'm looking for Angel. Make sure to get Angel as soon as you can to make those t-shirts.

Lebitardaf.com need some of your support. Zaslow likes that opulence. So, too, does Matthew Barry, who has a backdrop here that is exactly the backdrop that Matthew Barry also always wants to have as the fantasy king that he is. Like, look at him.

Like, he's doing this purpose. This is insane. Yeah, of course. Big football. Big football is all behind him. Look at him. He's preening. He's got That is an album cover right there for Fantasy League players everywhere. Look how large he looks there. Yeah, it's weird. So I'm at the link, obviously, football night in America tonight.

We're kicking off. We actually have football tonight. Cowboys and Eagles. So I'm here at Philadelphia. It actually looks semi-fake. It looks like AI, Dan. But I am here. I'm on my iPad talking to you guys.

So, yeah, it's unsettlingly large. Well, you look epic. You're a king in the industry. And everyone knows this. time of year, the fantasy. I open the floor to you guys. You guys know I don't like fantasy. You guys know that that's not a thing for me. I don't

I don't follow all this stuff. I don't care about whether you don't follow football. No, I just don't want to... Dan, let me ask you a question, though. Can I ask you a question because I know you've had this take for a long time. You've been very consistent about this. But have we ever gotten into why? And somebody just said that, why don't you

like fantasy? I know you don't, and I'm not trying to convince you to do it, but I'm just curious, what about it, don't you like? The thing that I don't like is that if I am betting on someone to get 80 plus yards in a game rushing and that person ends up getting hurt, I don't like losing my money. I don't like investing in things that are so predictive that no one knows anything about what's going to happen. You guys are very good at the information. You guys are better than most at being able to correctly predict what's going to be a success on the field.

but the thing that I don't like about it is it's so much guesswork with my money and I can lose so much of it quickly because I'd prefer just one game and I'd like that to be where the action is I don't need to have action in 150 different places hoping that Kyle Pitts has over three and a half catches. This guy doesn't love ball.

He doesn't. I should have known earlier when he didn't like my list. How long was he crying? That felt like 35 seconds. Yeah, I would say the audio went out there So I didn't hear the whole thing, but I get the general gist of it. I would just say that in terms of fantasy, you don't have to play for money. You can just play with your friends.

And it's not really about Kyle Pitts over three and a half receptions. You are rooting for players in their performance, but it's not, that's more of a betting thing, I would say. But it is it does give you a rooting interest in games that you might not normally care about. And it is a way to bond, whether it is people you work with, people you went to college with, friends and family. It's a way to stay in touch as well. So, but I understand that. Like, I respect it. I've heard versions of that before.

And I considered an amazing accomplishment in my career. I considered an amazing accomplishment in my career that despite the fact that Dan hates fantasy, I've somehow managed to be a multi-time guest on the Dan Levitard show. Dan, you're actually going to be in a fantasy league with Matthew Barry. You don't know, but you're signed up. We're doing the draft next week. We're going to start it a little late, but a guillotine league, and you're in it. I don't even know what that means

at guillotine league. You actually might like it better because if you lose the first week, you're gone. You don't have to deal with it anymore. I erred in saying Kyle Pitts over three and a half yards because when it is that you go to yardages and you have to do the guesswork,

what you're saying is that this allows you to care about games that you wouldn't normally care about, and I would say it's part of the dehumanization of the athlete because he's only worth whatever his 60 yards in recession. I hate to tell you. Kyle Pitts is out on that field whether I draft on my fantasy team or not. Dehumanization. Are you kidding me, dog? I wanted him to succeed. I wanted to have 100 yards in a touchdown. They already elected a Pope, Dan. It's fine.

I'm pretty sure you don't know what fantasy football is. Okay. Matthew Berry has a boat. I feel like if Dan got into a legitimate league that he would actually enjoy it. If you opened your mind and gave it a shot, I actually think you would enjoy it. Because, right, I understand the dehumanization aspect, but that's true with football, right? There are fans that have nothing to do with fantasy that yell at guys because they dropped a pass because they didn't complete something. So, I mean, like, that's just a fandom thing.

That's not a fantasy thing. That's just how certain people view the game, but I don't view the game that way, and I don't think anyone on your staff does. Dehumanization, Dan, I legitimately love Shane Vareen. I will love Shane Greene forever. Danny Woodhead is a god. He is such a human to me. He's more than a human. But jokes aside, that's one of the great things in why fantasy football is so good for the NFL

is because you joke about Shane Green or Danny Woodhead two legends in the fantasy game. But it does give attention to players that might normally not get it. The Jaguars were not good last year. Brian Thomas Jr. was not a highly drafted guy, you know, Marvin Harrison, Malik Naber Those were the wide receivers that everyone cared about coming out of college last year. But Brian Thomas Jr. became a superstar in fantasy football. And he's obviously known in NFL circles, but not nearly as well as he was in fantasy football circles. Small market guy who performed very well on a bad team, Brian Thomas Jr. last year.

And so it does give attention to players that might normally not get it. Matthew, you played fantasy football obviously for many, many years. What is the most angry you've ever been over fantasy football? You can search it up. you can, Alfred Morris, one point. I was in a league and, and I just, I just lost it. And it was a Monday night football game. And I needed one point, literally one, the guy I was playing was done.

I needed Alfred Morris with the time was the starting running back for the San Francisco 49ers. It was a Monday night game against the Packers. I just needed literally one point from Alfred Morris. You got points for first downs. So I win the game. But then there's a penalty that it comes back and he never touches the ball again. he literally got only one play he earns a first down he got like an eight yard carry for a first down they called back due to penalty and i lose by like 0.7 when all i needed was one point and i just did it i just lost lost i lost it on uh on my podcast that i was doing and so i just did an epic rant and you can search it up on youtube um matthewberry alfred morris one point and i just i just go off for like five minutes that is the angriest i've ever been it's just it was just the most frustrating loss of all time watching that entire game and alfred morris can't getting one

stupid point. Chris Cody, would you like to get that audio and video so that I can tell you why it is that I don't like fantasy as we see our friend Matthew Barry melt down in an assortment of hysterics over a single football yard when he's an alleged adult

human being? I would like to play that sound for the people and what it does to people I also don't like because the people want to tell me about their fantasy league and that terrible loss they suffered. Yeah, but that's the part of the community, Dan. You don't like community. I've realized that. He doesn't like community. You don't like community. You don't Like ball. I love war stories, more of them.

But, Dan, people are like that. People, people are like that about Alabama losing to Florida State. Like, when you care about a team, whether it's your fake football team or your real football team, when you lose a frustrating game, you're upset. That's what we love about, that's what we love about sports. There's a passion. There's a, there's a love there. And so, yes, you know, when the people you love let you down, you get disappointed. And whether it's, you know, a fake team that you've assembled or a team that you've grown up watching, you know,

So I don't know that any of the emotions you're arguing against are different in fantasy than they are in normal, actual football. That would be my argument back to you. Matthew, you must get fantasy football questions wherever you go, which is probably really annoying when you're just trying to like enjoy your day. But when you did Avengers, were any of the Avengers asking you fantasy football advice? They were. They were and they do to this day.

And honestly, the reason I was in that movie, I was in Avengers Endgame is because I was in a fantasy league with Joe Russo, who, you know, obviously directing the movie was his brother Anthony, the Russo brothers, and we became friends, and he said he had a part for me, and I was like, great. And so there actually, there's a lot of them that are hardcore fantasy players. And so for a number of years, I played in the league with Chris Pratt and Chris Evans, all the Chris is actually, Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd's a crazy fantasy football player. So all of them, yeah. I need a couple of them. I need you to keep hitting that. He just hit us with like five look at me louis did you not

Hemsworth had the worst team right they got us in no football. Hemsworth was actually no Hemsworth actually had a good team I think he probably had somebody helping him out I'll see rules but no I'm not are you allowed to do a look at me Louie when I'm asked a direct question well but answering a direct question I need to know the rules on this

no but wait a minute he asked you about being in the Avengers and then you volunteered all of those names that you're in a league with and that you're still friends with them no no no no Dan he asked me do any of those guys asked me for, did any the Avengers ask me for fantasy advice?

And so the answer is, is yes, they did, I suppose, but I would think your audience were done to know, okay, well, which of the Avengers asked you for fantasy advice? And I'm telling me that not only they asked me for fantasy advice, but they're hard for players that are league. Fair enough, if I mention that I think I'm

I'm just, I get one look at me, Louie. I don't think five. He's the founder. That I'm going to lead with them. That's fair. That's fair. I'll allow that one. He's the, they're not entitled to allow or not allow around here. you've already gotten it and you'll eat it. You can object to it, but you'll still eat it.

Founderof FantasyLife.com, host of the Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry. It's on NBC Sports and Peacock. On his pod, the description is Matthew Barry is on the Mount Rushmore of Fantasy Football analysts. Who's up there with you? It's a great question, actually. And I didn't come up with that phrase.

I didn't say that. I don't know who else is up there with me. I'd actually have to think about that. A lot of people that do great. I feel like I'm just going to offend people If I don't mention, if I don't mention, you're in the entertainment business, sir. You can't wiggle around that question with a bunch of cowardice. You've got to throw a couple of people on there at the risk of offending others.

Eric Carabelle is waiting with bated breath. Yeah, listen, Eric Carrable is a legend, right? Eric's been doing it forever and ever. He was at ESPN before I ever got there as well. I'll say my friend Joe Bryant over at football guys has been doing it forever and does a great job, still does a great job. So I'll say I'll put him up there as well. Evan Silva would also like a word, TMR.

I think he didn't allow Caravell up there. No, listen, Evan Evans, Evans great. I mean, that's the thing. Like, you could mention a bunch of people, but like, yeah, Evans, Evans, Evan's great. Like all the people I worked with at ESPN. Matthew. You know, feels great.

Matthew. Matthew, did you just give us coach speak on Eric Carabelle? Is that what just happened on our show where you just said, well, Eric Carabelle? Yeah, you know, he's a good. A lot of respect for him. respect for him, but no, he's clearly not on the Mount Rushmore, but I would never say that. I would never say that out loud because I'm just giving you a bunch of blue mist in your face. Well, now you're, now you're going to put me in the corner because I like

Eric. I have no issue with Eric. He's not on the Mount Rushmore. He's out. He's out. He's out. He's out. He's out. He's out. He's much more of a baseball guy. And he would tell you that himself. Oh, gosh. Oh my God. We didn't say fantasy football amount Rushmore. We said fantasy. Someone would say without fantasy baseball, there'd be no fantasy football. Precisely. respect your elders meanwhile they're cutting the grass behind me well oh here's a Mount Rushmore guy then if it's fantasy and it's not just

football specific Ron Chandler of baseball HQ fame Ron Chandler is an absolute legend he's on the he's on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy sports for sure didn't he invent rotissory

he did not invent rotissory he did he was the first person that thought of New Rogers he was the Ron Chandler was the first person that used analytics and data underlying statistics to predict future performance under the lens of fantasy sports. Matthew,

he's the first guy to do that. I need to stop you for just a second because I've been negligent this segment. He's the founder of FantasyLife.com. He's the host of Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Barry. It's on NBC Sports and Peacock. He's a giant. Trying to sell fantasy to you. What's next?

French fries? Yeah, yeah. Pizza. It's awesome. I don't know about pizza. Okay. I know you guys. He's at the link.

Look at him. This is a great day. Okay, yes, it is. My bad. Let's get, in these last two minutes that we have with Matthew Barry, just condense it for, because I know everyone out there is searching all pods for all information. Give us your best two minutes of Matthew Barry is telling you this weekend. Here's where the money is in fantasy. No, I love it. Hang on one second. I got the, no, I know. Everyone's getting ready for a big night. Well, everybody's waiting for these two minutes, Matthew. I've wasted everyone's time because everyone wants the gold of these two minutes. I will get out of the way. And for two minutes, you give everyone, please, your best information this weekend. For this weekend, I think Xavier Worthy, who's had at least five receptions for each of his last eight-foot games against a Chargers defense. It was one of the worst teams against the deep pass. No Rishi Rice, no Jalen Royals. I think Xavier Worthy has a big game.

No team in the NFL gave up more rushing touchdowns last year than the New Orleans Saints. Give me James Connor, who last year got 76% of his team's goal to go rushing attempts. I think Drake May has a great game this week, his debut against the Raiders. According to Pro Football Focus, our friends over at PFF, no secondary is worse, heading into week one than the Las Vegas Raiders. I think they let him run quite a bit as well. I think Jacksonville and Carolina is going to be a sneaky shootout. Give me all the Trevor Lawrence, all the Travis Hunter this week as well. I'm excited for tonight's game with the Eagles and the Cowboys.

I think they passed more this year. The Eagles do. So give me Smey J. Brown and Devante Smith. How about Jerome Ford? I think Jerome Ford with Quinn John Judkins still unsigned for the Browns. I think Jerome Ford is going to. Oh, no. Jerome Ford is there.

He's that guy. No. Jerome Ford is what? He's still talking. He's still talking. Dylan is Matthew. Jerome is what? Everybody wants us.

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If you don't like blues clues, you're a loser. Stugats. Look, you get one paw print. That's the first clue. You put it in a notebook. Now what do you do? Blues clues, blues. Sit on the chair and think about it.

This is the Dan Labarthur show with the Stugats. We have again segregated. Tommy Tash in baseball, put it apart from the show. It's in the post game show. If you want your baseball, if you want your pitch clock on a football Thursday, that I've befouled by talking to Matthew Barry in a way that everyone here thought was improperly disrespectful because I wasn't properly loving of all the things that Matthew Barry is. Look, at Tony, still shaking his head and shake.

He's a legend of the game, Dan. And then you don't like fantasy football. You don't get it. It's like we're trying to pitch it to you. Like if it's the first time ever, it's the 1984. You're essentially saying what he does is bullshit. shit. Yeah, that's what you're doing. Look, I did the Bradmore-Shawn thing for two months.

I knew it was a bad bit. I admitted I was wrong. You've been doing this bad bit for 15 years. I may have to admit at some point that my ignorance about this thing makes me hate it because all of you asking me about Greg Cody's football loboes

has poisoned me over the years and made me hate fantasy football. You'd think that after the show was presented by Draft Kings, he'd get that. I am who I am. I will always be who I am. Is that Popeye? Juju, yes, thank you.

That is Popeye. I am what I am. That's Popeye's phrase. I'm just taking it. I didn't know that Popeye hated fantasy football. Juju is here. He is going to critique the show in other ways. In what other ways did I fail today, Juju?

Man, I like to welcome you to the mob land hive, big brother. Because like I say, man, that's just an incredibly produced show. So I can't wait for season two. But you enraged the crowd when saying it was better than the Sopranos. That was why. It could be better. Yeah, you had a lot of reaction from that. Oh, no, wait a minute.

Just so that everyone knows, like, I love the Sopranos. It's one of the greatest television shows of all time. I just got five Guy Ritchie movies. If you give me seven seasons of five Guy Ritchie movies, it'll be better than the Spranos. Hmm. Well, Cafito Crew Gaming says, you are a prisoner of the moment, and Jeremiah W. says you have gone too far. Nope. Look, you guys aren't properly respecting what Guy Ritchie does. The actors in Mobland

are so much better than the ones in the Sopranos. So much better, not a little bit better, a lot better. And the music. Just, Mike, please look up for me. Even better than the great Stevie Vance and? Mike, please look up for me, if you will, the music at the beginning. It's the only intro I do not skip. I skip all the intros except the music to Mobland because I don't know who even does it because the song at the beginning of Mobland is so good. You skip the succession intro?

Yes. Well, that's the only other one. That's the only other one. Come on. I occasionally did not miss. You did get me, Zaz. The Great Polly Walnuts. Rest in peace, by the way.

What other criticisms they got to meet? They don't have too much more criticisms. They were a little bit of restless on the football top because we started with a lot of other stuff besides football today. We got into Mickey Erison pretty early. We got into David Sampson, which is a crowd favorite. And they was like, get to the football.

So whenever Tony did his list, man, the chat lit up. And y'all really lit them boys up today. Thank you. We'll do better tomorrow. I'm not so sure. It's a football friend. I'm not here to save you tomorrow, Dan. And Dan is threatened to be here.

You got to talk for the rest of the season. Thursday Thunder is upon us. Let's do that quickly before we get to Gasback of the week. Thursday Thunder. presented by Draft Kings. Draft Kings, The Crown is yours. Brothers,

the NFL is back. Football memes going all across the world right now. Draft King posted the football meme. My boy, Kazim posted the football meme. You guys are on the map. Kazim, you got to know. I love Kaz.

Salute the Kaz, man. But football season is back and everybody's celebrating. So I want to kick it out. We're going over 6.5 catches right now tonight for my boy C.D. Lamb, man. Come on, man. They're going to be down a little bit tonight and they're going to have to air that thing out. So C.D. Lamb, over 6.5.

Second leg, I'm going with my boy Fergie. I'm going with Mr. Cavender himself, Jake Ferguson, for over 3.5 catches as well. I thought that's, and I don't want to jinx it, But that seems pretty scooby-snackable to me, if you feel me. Last leg, you know I can't forget about my ladies. I can't forget about them. Even though it's Football Thursday, I'm going with the Minnesota Links

minus two and a half points tonight against the Las Vegas Aces. The last time they played the Aces, they beat them my 50-something. 50-ump team points. So lock it in tonight, Thursday Thunder, baby. As an apology to Matthew Berry and an audience, that has turned against me and rightfully turned against me. What I'm going to do is I'm going to make a deal with Metal Arc Media and Matthew Berry that he gives us his best three minutes of fantasy football secrets every single week

where he joins us and it's just every single week I'm going to give you what you want. Not what I want. I don't want to do three minutes of fantasy football, but where he gives you like the machine gun, here's what you need to do this weekend. You don't even need to listen to my whole podcast. These are the moves you need to make. We're going to do that deal as a season-long apology for what it is that I did on this of football Thursdays. My apologies to all involved. Let's do the polls here before we end the

show on a gas bag of the week. What do you have end this part of the show? Pitch Clock is in the post game segregated. What do you have for us on the polls, Juju? Man, we got some important polls today. Does a donut need to be sweet? 85% of the audience says, yes, it does. Sorry, Zas. Sorry what? I was sweet as hell when it was touching my lips. Does a donut need to be round? 56% of the audience says, no, it does not. Salute to Zaslo. That's a bit of a shocker, is it not?

Are you guys not shocked a little bit by that one? No, I thought. A donut had to be round and have a hole. No. Whose tears did you enjoy more? Alabama's or Bill Belichick's? Oh, that was from yesterday. That's a good one.

Right. 55% of the audience said, they enjoy Alabama's tears more. Right. Also, happy retirement to Nicola Vuccivich under the radar. Sneaky big man. The Russian.

Yeah, the Russian. The last poll, who's the nuttiest fan of the week? The Alabama fan who gave us a barrel to remember or there's two, dang, can I read this on me?

I struggled yesterday. as well. Right. What is happening? The UM fans with the inappropriate. Okay. So this is our new sponsored segment. Nuddiest fan. We can't do it correctly. Well, peace and peace is partner, let's say. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Well, the back of the man's jersey says, I come in peace. And the back of his wife's jersey says, peace. Which fan is the nuttiest of the week? 64% of the audience says the peace couple. And those are your pose. Thank you, Juju. I appreciate the time. Would you like to hear who this week's gas bag of the week is? Because I've been asking these guys to get better at finding gas bags of the week. They have failed. They failed for months. They failed for years, really, getting me just, you would think, with all the people talking at the content trough, it'd be pretty easy to find someone who's a gas bag of the week. So show me, guys. Show me something here on who was most wrong this week, most loudly about anything he had.

had to say in the gas bag department. Gas bag of the week. This is a beast coming to college football. This is not a lazy old man that you underestimate because you're forgetful about what he did before the last five years you were watching. Do you know what it takes to win in that sport? Everyone is fighting for money for careers with their bodies.

This dude conquered. Everyone had a murderer on the roster. went through cheating scandals, conquered that league again and again like no one has and now wants to prove it in the minor leagues of professional football. I'd be terrified to compete

against whatever he's got coming my way. I don't feel good about it as a Miami fan. Hey, hey, cut that one. Hey, cut that, cut that. Bad edit. That's an important context. So Mike is clearly the gas bag of the week. How often are you going to shoehorn

Aaron Hernandez into a conversation? Let him rest in peace, Dan. What? What? Barris yourself there, Mike. Great. What? Who said me?

I have shoehorned a lot of Aaron Hernandez into the show today. Not exactly the way to celebrate the return of football, I don't think. I think I've failed today in that regard. Did we fail at the McGee-Earison interview as well? Didn't quite ask him about the Saudis. I think we were soft, and we set ourselves up there. You're just a mouthpiece. Jeez.

It's bad. It's bad. You were talking all sorts of noise about Mark Cuban. And then you were like, no, I'm going to ask him about this. And you were like, I'm definitely going to ask him about Kushner. That is my idea. I'm going to ask him. And you didn't.

Yeah, could have gone better. Zaslo, to you, like I don't know that on a football Thursday, I don't know. I would say in general my judgment was a little bit off today, that doing that with Mickey Erison at all was a bad choice by me. I just, he's lying when he tells us that he hasn't seen Superman. Well, where was this tough guy earlier? His energy, though, was palpable. He was definitely telling the truth when he said he didn't know who you were.

See, that's another thing. I mean, you're telling me, I haven't seen any kind of personality like this from Mickey Arison. Now all of a sudden he becomes a trickster. Told us his cruise lines is the number one cruise line in the world, too. Where were you doing? Where were you during? He was here. The chickens.

Excuse me? Where was I? Billy showed up. I was here for journalism, my friend. I'm with the big J in the show. show today. He owns Royal? Big Jay. That statue is shit. Come on.

It's not his fault, but come. I mean, his building. Gaga's his fault. Buck stops with him. Yeah, what happened to Gaga, we forgot to ask about. It's only five minutes. He'll be on. Wake up, oh, I took a big shit today. He's like, whoa, Mickey. Come on, man's

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