The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: Winded

Episode Date: November 20, 2023

Charissa Thompson made it all up and now every media member is angry. Jalen Ramsey sacrificed his breathing ability to secure a Dolphins victory. Another ambulance drove onto an NFL field. The Miami Hurricanes basketball team won an in-season tournament. And the Chargers have failed Justin Herbert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. Stop that. Stop that. Stop that. I hear them chat to the noise. They're too good. Can't stop for the talking. I hear them chat. They're too good. Can't stop for the talking. I hear them chat. Just too sharp with the price. Fight girls, let it tell me I'm awesome.

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You can't stop that, stop that Stop that, stop that I walk in today and I walk past Billy Gill muttering I wasn't great today. God bless football. Spoiler alert. Stoo got mudders under his breath. Lisa Salters give me a break enough. I mean, seriously, I mean, protecting the sanctity of the sideline report.

Give me a break. I mean, Karissa Thompson, she told the truth and Lisa Salters and Tom Ronaldo, who might have great respect for right do their jobs are difficult. They do a great job at it. But Kyrysa Thompson, she is not the first, she's not the only she won't be the last. And if you're not embellishing your sideline reports, you're doing it wrong. I Dan, if I had that opportunity, I'd be slinging stuff everywhere. I would. You have no idea. I mean, no idea. I've got a pretty good idea. Do you? Yeah, I mean, I've spent 20 years

next year. It's not surprising to me that you would advocate on behalf of making shit up. Like it's not, what do you mean? It's not in any way. Inbellished. It's not making shit up. It's giving color, Dan. It's adding color to the palette. It's, you know, taking Andy Reed, hey, what do you have to do? You know, so the offense plays better in the second half. And then just kind of throwing it back to the guys, hey, spoke to Andy, came out of the locker room, asked him what he had to do to make the offense better. He told me Patrick Maholam sucked in the first half. But what about if she didn't talk to Andy?

Yeah, that's what the story was is that sometimes the coaches didn't talk to her and she would just invent things. So what did she say there? I got nothing back to you, Joe. You're exactly right. Yes. No, you talked to, no, guys, do you not know how this television works? You talked to the producer and like, yeah, the coach never came out. So they wouldn't go to you. Right. It's a conversation that would happen before. But they go down every day. It'd be weird if they didn't go.

Billy, thank you because I felt alone this morning listening to people argue on behalf of what difference does it make if she made a little shit up? And I'm like, it kind of matters. You're not supposed to make stuff up. Do your job. But a lot of isn't to make things up. A lot of the stuff that they report is just stuff

that you would call useless. It's like, we gotta put our ear to that. But do your job better. She's essentially saying had I asked the coach this. This is what he would have said. Thank you. There's nothing wrong with that. There is everything. There is. Oh, it's sideline reporting for the NFL. Who cares? Okay, but the problem is when you admit it, then you have an employee who is admitting to I just invent reports sometimes. So then you question, well, do you invent reports every time? And then it's like, well, is everyone inventing it's white, Brian Williams lost his

job. It's a fireable offense. We'll get to it in a second because there's stuff from yesterday locally that I want to get to. But that's what I walked into today. Why didn't you feel like you were great today, Billy, on God bless football? I had a food drive over the weekend. Thank you to everyone who came out, participated, contributed. Everyone, thank you, Tony, for wanting to come out that, really. I wanted to come up, but I had a lot of things. I had a baby shower, and I had to give them a big deal.

I'll tell the hunger people that they almost had food, but you didn't want to help out. Make it up for them. Tell them you have food when you don't have food. I was on my way, and I had to go to the office. It's okay, they won't feel that hunger. It's just a little embellishment. It's just the end of the year. Things are starting feel that hungry. It's just a little embellishment.

It's just the end of the year. Things are starting to catch up. That went a little bit late. I got up early to kind of go over and make my football notes to make sure that I was extra prepared. Forgot those football I called Keenan Allen. I don't even remember who I called him. That's how...

Oh, Mike Evans. It's been a lot. And we're getting towards the end of the season. He had a bunch of Mike Evans drops in him yesterday. The charges are so good at losing. I'll say it again. They should do seminars seminars on losing. Kenan Allen twice dropped a dry drop. He dropped the ball that hit him squarely like the point of the football hit him squarely

between the numbers and it bounced off his chest. He was standing in the end zone. That's Kenan Allen. Yeah. He also caught a lot of balls. So that's Keenan Allen. Yeah. He also caught a lot of balls. I mean, they're losers, man. Ha ha ha. Brandon Staley got mad at everybody.

We'll play that sound in a second. He's done. But before we get to that, there are a handful of things that I want to get to locally because I'm legitimately wondering to myself, that moment when you stub your toe between where that pain, you know you're gonna feel that pain and it actually arrives at your head, is that what Jalen Ramsey was feeling before the pain

arrived yesterday of him riding around on the floor because he did have a rod tiddwell moment where he got broken rib broken rib now I'm pumping up the crowd he got to be on the floor knowing he'd won the game and not just won the game won the game with one of the coolest plays I've ever seen a cornerback make because you're you know you're ending the game there you're doing it in the end zone and you're doing it look man I know that dude is athletic because I've told you before in the history

of Florida State football. It's like work done, Dalvin Cook, Peter Warwick and Deon Sanders in this guy because he's an athlete that stands out even among athletes. But that pick, like I didn't think that was possible from the angle he was at, and I know he's got basketball hops but I didn't think after the injury and everything else

that he could do what he did there. And I thought it had to be a cool, one of the coolest feelings that a cornerback could feel except for the part about writhing and pain on the ground because you've landed in a way that's super hard. Where do you think he was? Do you think that the pain is such, you're trying to catch your breath?

That only happened to me once. And no one taught me what it was to lose your breath So you can imagine your panic. I fell off a swing set. I was 43 years old No one had taught me as a kid What it's like to get the breath knocked out and get the wind knocked out of you So imagine the panic that comes that comes it sweeps over you before anyone has taught me that I'm on the ground, writhing for my breath. Jalen Ramsey feels good or bad in that moment. Well, Don, did you jump off the swing?

How did you lose your breath? I fell on my back. Backwards? Really? Yeah. I fell on my back. I don't know, I was clumsy. Did you guys like to use to do the thing

where you had swing as hard as you can and then jump out and see who could go the first? Yes. It's a miracle. Kids don't get more injured, right? Put it on the pole. Please, Jude, you're at Levitage show. Is it a miracle that kids don't get more injured? Kids are lazy these days with swings. They all want their parents to push them and get them going. It's like, no, back in my day, you can do yourself. Yeah. Your kids still young. No, she's five. I'm telling you

She's got it. She's got it in her figure it out. I'll give her one push now I give her one push now. I'll get her started with one not even a hard push. That's all you get She wants me to push her until she's like the full I'm like no you can do this yourself get your butt into it Get those legs going. Let's go. You're gonna miss this you will you're butted to it, get those legs going, let's go. You're gonna miss this. You will. So, God, the dolphins have a couple of impressive things going their way.

They're 17 and two at home in their last 19 games. Yep. And this one's rare. You don't often win games when you have that many turnovers. It helps to be better than the other team. Obviously yesterday, Chicago forced Detroit into four turnovers and rushed for nearly 200 yards and still lost the game,

because they're not as good as Detroit. But the dolphins being four and one under McDaniels when they are in the wrong place on turnover differential, the rest of the league is 31 and 85 when crazy. They get out turnover and the dolphins are four and one. Even on a bad day for the dolphins offense, they went their first nine possessions of the game. They didn't punt.

So they turn it over, but it's not, Tyree Kill is on pace for the first 2,000 yard season ever. Everyone knows they're going to throw the ball there and it doesn't matter that everyone knows, but their defense won the game yesterday. And Bradley Chobb said to God's what you imagined was true, which is that he's never seen Vic Fangio laugh. Thanks. I like the clarification.

Smile yes. Laugh. No. I saw a smile on occasion. He could stay upstairs by the way, Chris. I like the clarification was, smile yes, laugh, no. I saw a smile on occasion. He could stay upstairs by the way, Chris. I mean, defense is playing well. The last few weeks, the dolphins, you can make the argument that defense

has been the better unit. Ever since Philadelphia, I think that this team is becoming more balanced and like Dan to Dan's point, the dolphins have lost yesterday's game my entire life. Just a game where they don't really have it. It's not the defense. They, how many rushing yards did the Raiders have,

like 38 or something? The defense has come in, the offense has regressed a little, but you can't expect the output the dolphins had early in the season. So if the dolphins are gonna be more complete team, good win yesterday. They've also spoiled the good amount of people that cover the team and fans themselves

because I saw Mike McDaniel kind of get a little Tessie with someone questioning whether or not they had a good game. He's like we had 400 yards of offense. These guys happen in the NFL and the Raiders aren't good for them. That's a good win. Yeah, I like how you say that they become more balanced. They're doing better defensively since the Eagles game and the difference is Jalen Ramsey. Those are the three games. Yeah, which is what we kind of said at the beginning They got to get a different it's us Mike Ryan is right that it's a good win Just because any win is a good win on Sundays with everything you see in that league that you can't explain I can't explain how the bears had that game won yesterday and then didn't win

I can't explain how the Rams won that game This was a classic take out the trash game for the Miami Dolphins It's a game that you need to win This was a classic take out the trash game for the Miami Dolphins. It's a game that you need to win, no matter what, you take out the trash. It's not pretty. Sometimes you go out and chancletas that aren't yours, your mom's chancletas,

you gotta throw out the trash. That's what this was for the Miami Dolphins. Take out the trash game, you do what you gotta do. Keep it moving. They didn't get banged up. It's unfortunate. H&N again gets hurt. But all in all, when you struggle, you win a game like that. I do think that

we talked about this last week when talking about Josh Allen. I was surprised to learn that two ahead eight fumbles entering this on any dude fumbled again. I'm not not sure what's going on there, but tighten that up. He also took a hit 10-1-1-1-1-1 every takes a hit and pops up. This is good news for us. It's on you. You do notice all around both professional and college sports. You guys have notice They can't keep the quarterbacks healthy, right? This is now two-season engine ending injuries for Burrow The stat I want to give it to you Stu got's because people are pointing this out. What are you laughing about? Well the dolphins are playing against Aiden O'Connell, so yes, I understand that was a good feeling. Yeah yesterday the whole game Just be like Aiden O'Connell. So yes, I understand. That was a good feeling. Yeah. Yesterday, the whole game just be like Aiden O'Connell's over there.

We're good. I get rid of hip drop tackles. It's a plague on the game. They're evil. Where can you tackle it this? Just like other tackles. Just okay. Just grab someone in the numbers.

Buy the shoes. If I'm chasing someone, how do I tackle them? Not buy the shoes. Shoes tackle. That's, no, that's too low. Only for quarterback. Don Lebertard. Shoes tackle that's now that's too low Only for quarterback I I always like leaving the pants on the tickets. Because he's so vulnerable, I just unfairly fade down the tickets.

He just really can buy himself. This is the Don Lebatars show with this two-gats. Dogclimmon writes that Andrew Locke had 115 sacks and 55 games, 115 and 55 games and retired. Burrow has 148 and 52 games. And now two season ending injuries. I felt bad for Sam Howell yesterday, and he wasn't even the quarterback

who was sacked a bunch in that game, even though he usually is, because his body is going to be broken in half. He's going to be only a torso by the end of the season, taking that many sacks. And man, those camera crews got to DeMar Hamlin quick when there was another ambulance on the field during a weird decision.

Bill's game. Was it a weird decision? Yeah. That's a kind of a weird decision. It's just weird like picturing the production truck over like, all right, fine to Mar. They showed him a lot. He was on, he was inactive and they were showing him a good amount. And, you know, that Tony

Rommel and Jim Nance have gotten good at this part, which is very somberly, very somberly. This is how it was delivered and they've gotten good at it. I think they might practice it and might have to. It goes like this. I think they might practice it and might have to. It goes like this. Oh, prayers to him and his family. Oh, such a physical game, Jim. Empty backfield, second and nine. Yeah, have nants practicing that. I think it comes naturally for Jim.

I think all of the announcers have to go, yeah, Jim can go somber and he goes, Jim switches on the golf guy. He's got a switch under his desk that goes and gets the master's tones. I wonder when they, when they audition for these jobs, they run mock games. And I wonder how often they go through those scenarios. Like is the training video now? Like, okay, we'll go to Monday night football, Bengals, Bills, Demar Hamlin happens, that fun. Let's see how you cover this, wit. They the next play Oliver was flagged

for a 15 yard roughing the passer. Drove down Zachary, it's a drove him right into the chair. My wife looked at me and said, what are they doing? I'm like in general, she's like, yes. I'm like a deviant sport. She's like, they should stop playing it. Such a physical game, Jim. They have thrown in those three games, Chris Cody, 13 times

is to where Jalen Ramsey is 13 times. There are five completions and three interceptions. That's what you got him for. Like that's he was the mercenary piece that did that for the Rams. And he allows you to gamble on defense. And of course, he's a giant difference maker. You don't pay someone like that unless you expect them to change the way that you play defense because you don't have to worry. He's not beaten.

It can look like he's beaten, but because he's that fast and because he can jump like that, he's not beaten on place and he did get beaten plenty with the Rams toward the end. But what you got from him yesterday, you almost got that pick six, the game that he got back, and three interceptions to God's hand. I mean, he's not that DeRon bland guy from the Cowboys who's got four pick sixes.

That's crazy. That is nuts. I mean, who's second place? Does anyone have two? Does anyone else have two in the entire game? I'm not gonna say this is not sustainable. How much of that is luck? A lot of it.

There are some dudes that just have the nose for the ball. Yeah. Didn't, well Ramsey's one of them. Didn't dig start a season this way for them one time. Last year, he had a bunch, I like two I think. But four has got to be more than you find in entire divisions. And I dare say four might be more than you find in entire divisions and I dare say four might be more than you find in a conference. Like, you don't see pick sixes all the time from one guy to have four of

them. It's an NFL record. What he's done thus far. Ty for an NFL record. The most recent defender to have this many picks, sixes 30 years ago, Eric Allen had four in a proble year for the Philly, D'Aufia, E.L.A.R. Paul Hawk. Oh, yeah. Shut down. Beautiful eyes, too. Oh, great. Gorgeous.

Great, people. Gorgeous, man. Beautiful skin. Blue eyes. Incredible looking, man. Yeah. That tends to be what you're going to get with beautiful eyes on a man. But it also smells very good.

They're going to be blue eyes. I think put it on the bone. Has a presence at Levitard show. on a man. But it also smells very good. They're going to be blue eyes. I think put it on the bowl. That's a presence at Levitard show. If someone is complimenting a human being's eyes, are they usually going to be blue or green? I could get lost in a hazel. Yeah. But it's not black or brown.

Just had such a gravitas about him. It was his eyes. Yeah. Yeah. It wasn't a gravitas. Oh, yeah, a gravitas about him. It was his eyes. Yeah. It wasn't a gravitas. No, yeah, a gravitas. He did. He put it on the pole. It started with the eyes.

You're right. Yeah, in Bristol. I was like, if that is a gravitas, I got nervous. Yeah, I got nervous. Put it on the pole at Levitard Show. Does Eric Allen have a certain gravitas at Levitard Show? Because I'm not sure Mike has that right. The other thing that you could be encouraged by if you're

a dolphin fan is even on a bad offensive day. And this part's due to gots to me. It's super rare in a sport where you're seeing the defense is climb up. The Browns now have the by yardage allowed the best defense since the Super Bowl 2008 Steelers crazy and on the goal line you have seen how difficult it is to score in the red zone Dolphins third and 10 on one of those touchdowns the one the Ockman like they just designed something great play they just designed something that guys running straight up the middle of the field nobody touches him it's the easiest play you'll ever see because they've called exactly the right thing for what the

raiders were doing which is vacating the center of the field that's a confidence in staff that i just haven't had around here in a while where i'm like look man if they're calling the plays i trust their process the result might not be what i want, but I am trusting that the coach has got under control. Because I don't even mean to do this to him, like it's, I don't mean it as an insult, but that's not the guy you go to in goal line situations. They're just doing it because they've got scheming. Their running back is going to score in that situation, no matter who the running back is because of how well

their coach scheme winds in a way that's obvious to everyone in the league. And the crazy thing is, if you tell me, what's the thing that the dolphins do well? They get the middle of field open for Tyreeke, for Waddle, for most or for anybody. And when I was watching, I was watching from the end zone angle

because that's where my seats were. And I've got kind of the all-22. And I'm like, guys, the middle of the field's open. If I see it on my ass on the chair with a beer, how does the defensive coordinator not see it? And they still can't stop it. How did it feel being in the November heat? Because the dolphins don't have cold weather games.

It's not just easy opponents on the schedule. It's not just home games. They've got one possible cold weather game before the playoffs start. Like they really do have a chance 17 and two at home They clearly got a home advantage over the last few years and they had that one game at Baltimore Which has the potential to be a cold weather game and what a massive game that's gonna But that's how the Patriots made the Super Bowl every year. They'd get the buy. They'd have the good regular season record. They'd feast on the AFC East and then they would play home games during the playoffs.

Two home games, one of them both. You'd go to the Super Bowl. And they did, just about every year. There is a benefit. The Dolphins, Chris Cody was talking about the idea that the Dolphins have lost that game his entire lifetime. And I'm on a bunch of text threads with dolphin fans who are just expecting still to lose that game because of what the last 20 years have been.

Negative dolphin fans who still expect that they're the same old dolphins to got. They've been scarred by November's and December's in the past. This team does not wait a second half of seasons organizationally for a generation that you have any confidence that they're going to win. But everything is set up. They've been, they're seven and three with health issues to God's. Yes.

Do you feel like they need home field advantage to get to the Super Bowl? Yes. Like if they go on the road, they're not doing it right? Well, I just, I mean, they've lost their road games against home teams. You do that once in the playoffs, your season's over. When they go on the road, their offense gets slowed as well against the good teams. You do that once in the playoffs, your season's over. Right. They, they, when they go on the road, their offense gets slowed as well against the good teams. You have seen that, that performance yesterday, all of us can see in a playoff game because we've watched it happen four

times this season, where it's not historic offense. You're getting from them. And it's, ah, it's a little constipated. And to a turns the ball over a couple of times. And Sanders misses a kick. I know that always happens. Billy, Billy, I know you were done with him. He made a couple yesterday, but I know you were done when he missed that first 50 yard.

You don't know. If that guy's out there, Billy, if that guy's out there kicking a 50 yarder, you think he's gonna miss. Oh, yeah, obviously. And guys, I feel embarrassed to say this, but... Say it. I wanted embarrassed to say this but I Wanted him to miss that second one back to back with the minute of each other just so you can have a take Yeah, I was reading so hard. How are we doing here?

I mean so hard giving time to most confidence in this team So I said you know what if he misses this one they could still come back But if he misses this one we're gonna have we're gonna feast tomorrow, but we didn't, so. Yeah, it's a win-win, I'm too slow. I'm worried about this Jets game. No, you're not. I'm worried about this Jets game. You're not worried about this Jets game.

Get outta here. I'm a little bit worried about this Jets game. A quiet. We need Robert Huntback, because Quinn and Williams is a menace. Their entire defense is terrifying. Their defense is good. Their defense can win that game on Friday. No, well. Their defense can win that game on Friday. No, well, it's-

Their defense can win that game on Friday. I don't like any game that's played on the MetLife field at all. I'm worried about this game on Friday. Mark it down, whoever's marking things down. I'm with you on this, okay. I'm with you this way. If you are a human being who lies and tells me that you saw that coming from Tommy DeVito

yesterday, Tony, Tony. I could have told you. Tony. I could have told you. They were signs, Dan. They were signs. They were two touchdowns that we could. Pretty kid.

It's juicy. How he celebrates touchdowns. They run to me with Italian fingers. I don't know if that's going to be allowed 15 years from now. I think I've heard some comedians do bits on this on the idea that something should just be allowed forever. Yeah. I'm Italian. Yeah, I'm with you. Sebastian can be a parody of Italians can be a caricature of Tommy to be those allowed to be too. Did you see that guy's family? I agree with you. I'm just saying that 15 years from now, Italians can be a caricature of Tommy DeVito's allowed to be to. Did you see that guy's family?

I agree with you. I'm just saying that 15 years from now, I don't know what's going to be permissible and what's not. And I wonder if perhaps that will be viewed as something that is anti-Italian in a way that is Italian. He's a, he's a, he's a jersey Italian. He's a day is right. He can't do the Italian finger. It's changing quickly. It's not cultural appropriation if it's your culture. But 15 years from now, I don't know. No, he's a lot. Nothing lives forever, Mike. It's allowed. I don't know.

Danny DeVito can get drunk on lemon cello. Tommy DeVito can do the Italian finger celebrating your touch. I agree with you. I just am arguing on behalf of not knowing when I'm 70, when I'm 70, what's allowed and what's not allowed anymore. I'm guessing at this accelerated rate. Are you trying to do it all now before it's not allowed?

I'm confused. Are you trying to cancel the Italian fingers? Did you? Who are you to tell an Italian he came to the Italian fingers? This is not something where you should weigh in. Is that what we're calling it? Italian fingers, of course. Is that we're calling it the Italian?

What else do you call it? I don't know what it's called. I just knew what I was talking about. Well, only because I saw you there. That's a spicy meatball. Yeah, but that out of it. Maybe let's not do that. That is, go sit in the penalty box.

I think you're fine. I was just trying to explain it. You were totally fine. 2000. Come on. That's by me too. Come on. What are we?

What are we doing? 2040. Put him in the box. Take out, Rick. In 2040. It's a gackies of champion. Baha more. Oops.

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So, Shaq, Mosh Parker, Chris Quinn, D-Way, Jason Williams, D-Rollwright. I mean, stacked roster. This is the Dan Lebatar Show with the Stugats. Chris Cody, what was that stat you were giving me during the break on the chargers? Dan, there's only one quarterback and you kind of gave away the answer to this with that what you just said. There's only one quarterback with 30 losses

since the start of 2020. And if you couldn't tell by Daniel Jones, the happiness in my tone, it's Justin Herbert. But you're a chargers fan. That was a thing, Billy. Come on. You left to a behind to go to the side of Herbert. It was more just trying to, you know,

I was trying to fire the dolphins up. I knew if I did that, they'd be like, all right, now it's time to get serious guys. Put it on the pole, please, Juju, is Justin Herbert the most beautiful loser you have ever seen. This is the last 12 games from the chargers. Are you ready?

Lose by three, lose by one, lose by two, lose by three, lose by three, lose by 14, lose by three, lose by three, beat three back up quarterbacks and beat Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins is the only good win that they have and all they do is lose close games. And yesterday, seeing the Packers, I mean, it's the defense is fault.

Herbert will get blamed for being a loser, but that defense is God forsaken. Not according to Brad and Staley. Yeah, he put the blame on his offense. On Eccler. On Eccler specifically, on that fumble. Yeah.

Quinn Johnson also catched that ball, brother. That was, that was in the bread basket. Yeah. Well, Kenan Allen had two of those. He had, but not that one, Dan. That one was egregious. No, the one I would say the Kenan, Tony, the tip of the football, it, you heard the thud hit him between the numbers.

They lose that game because the Johnson drop passes for 110 yards. You can't catch down. You can't get mad at Kenan Allen. Have you seen what's growing out of his shoulder? That guy sacrifices every day. That guy had two drops. He has a spike growing out of his shoulder. Yeah, he's fine. Two drops that cost them touchdowns. Bob Marchamps, thank you. Finally, we can get into this. WUGA Poplar has gotten better Nigel Pack player

of the tournament, Norechetto Mir developing nicely. I think this guy is a pro. Great handles that smooth soft touch from the outside. He's a natural three-point shooter in rhythm. I'm liking what I'm seeing over there. This is a top 10 team. You better get used to it. Bluebloods are back. Not the University of Miami team I was talking about. Although Chris Cody, a couple of years ago, you were asking us, I remember the conversation because you're like, how good is Miami? And

we're like, they're kind of final four good. They're good enough. And they've been for a couple of seasons final four good. And this team might be better than all of them because they dragged Kansas State. Like that was not close and we told you before that WUGA is ready to make a jump that I believe will replace the inefficient things that Wong was. Yeah. Wong was a great college player. Probably should have his jersey honored by the university, but also he would go missing sometimes

and he wasn't the most efficient player. You lose Jordan Miller who allowed them to do a lot of things defensively, but Cleveland's kind of assumed that role and he's a more natural cutter to the basket. He's been a great pick up in the portal and Wougas, look at him like a lottery pick. Are we better than last year?

I don't know why I said we. I think we are. I don't know if that'll, I don't know why I said we. I think, I think we are. I don't know if that'll, I don't know. It's hard to make it to the final four. It's a very difficult time. That's what I'm saying. It's unfortunate that the year after they make that run, they're better just because it's just,

the odds would think that you wouldn't make that deep of a run. How'd you guys fall for this trick? I mean, how'd you fall for this trick? What? Dan wanted to talk to you. It's football, Mike, brother to the canes, basketball. You guys are still talking to you.

Dan's basketball to Monday. They want to champion. they want a championship two and oh a very prestigious champion and Mike doesn't just give away Baja Mar hoop's challenge championship enough put it on the pole Please do you see an epic 12 school do they just give away Baja Mar in a ballroom banquet Champion chip Baja Mar hoop's challenge. Yeah. How many of those have been a couple? They play in the ballroom. Who are the previous champions? No, they're more than a couple. They play, they play in the Bahamas every year in a ballroom.

Well, the Atlantis. This is the Bahamar day. And this is different. Beautiful. Beautiful grounds, by the way. It's like the Winnie the Pooh meme, where Bahamas is normal. Winnie the Pooh Bahamar is Winnie the Pooh in a Tuxedo. Still got, I want to play for you in a moment. three Bahamas is normal winning the poo Bahama is winning the poo in the tuxedo. Yeah.

Stu got I want to play for you in a moment. Some video of Jeff Brahms, the Louisville coach, but before we do that, just put up on the screen, please, the will man so quote, because they had a chance to beat a top 10 team for the first time since 2017 and will man so who is kind and decent rights, the Cain's fall to six and five, they were a kneel down away from five and oh, this season hasn't been progress, no matter what Mike Ryan says,

getting talent is one very important thing, putting that talent in best position to win is pretty important too. And here's the killer sentence, you hate it when the teacher tells you this, the disciplinarian tells you this, an authority figure tells you this, what isinarian tells you this, an authority figure tells you this. What is it that I'm waiting for, Sturgat?

You're busy with something? Yeah, I was looking something up. I was actually my cane's notes. UCF one last year, I had my cane's notes, then I wasn't disciplined, they were, the, you know, I think you made up. I don't do that costume a time out of the end of the game, all of it. I was looking at it,

I apologize, I was not listening to you, I the game all of it I was looking at not by apologize I was not listening to you. I was giving the appearance. I was listening to you made up that Mike Ryan portion That was not in the tweet the sentence that Will Manso gives you at the end that is consternation and filled with worry is UM has lots of work to do it was not a penalty stew got at the end although there were a couple of penalties The late game situation, again, was a disaster. I understand taking the time out to make sure you get your fort down offensive play right, but I wish they were more organized and didn't need the time out for that because I don't

trust that offense and what I want in that situation, more than anything is options. I don't want one play for the game with that offense and that quarterback. Even on a good offensive day, I don't know why I'm doing the Italian fingers. But- Versatile. Careful, you'll have 50 years. They call a timeout to gots on fourth at the goal line, fourth and short, and a game they were able to move up and down the field at will on. And at the end of that game, in calling that timeout, you could have been in a situation

where you had a team trying to do something, a program trying to do something it hasn't done before in Louisville, inside its own five yard line with three timeouts on the road and because you called the timeout to get your offense, right? And then failed. And furthermore, had two unsportsman-like calls, two of them that affected that Hail Mary fell three yards short of the end zone because you're doing dumb shit on unsportsman-like penalties at the end of games. And this thing is gonna,

it's gonna haunt Mario Cristobal until he has a championship season. Like, people are going to indict his teams for this stuff because I expect it from them. You think he's getting to a championship season? He's got eight years to go. He's got, he's got, like, they're not going to do, they're not going to do, Jimbo Elliott. Are you not going to do Jimbo Fisher, rather? You mentioned Louisville.

And it's an interesting place to start because they actually won the first Bahamur hoops challenge champion chip Louisville. You'd agree. He's a blue blood. Yep. How long ago was that played that championship? How many years ago? Two years ago. Two years ago. It was COVID world. Last year is UCF. Well, this is how you add precede. You have blue bloods when your tournament like Louisville, like Miami, like UCF. Can I play for a wonderful national championship? Frisky little team might be a tournament team. Really? It's it. Not garplay. Let's play for the people because Jeff Brahms has been very good. He's been a very good coach. He's paid very well, but I remember, and it's all I remember from his playing career, is this clip from the XFLs to gots after he got annihilated in a game. This was before

we knew exactly how much damage football did. This was the XFL which provided itself on being more violent, more dangerous. He got a concussion as a quarterback and very soon thereafter was a violent hit and it was just a horrific hit and he played very soon thereafter. And here's the interview, the XFL interview he gave before going out onto the field. He might as well have gone on to the field wearing a neck brace. Jeff Brown how in the world are you starting this game tonight after

taking that hit just six days ago. Well let me let me answer that question by asking you two questions. One is this there is this not the XFL. Yes it is. Two do I do I not currently have a pulse. Yes it is. Two, do I, do I not currently have a pulse? Yes I do, let's play football. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha That was the best XFL, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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win, they're like an eight and a half point favorite at Boston College. I think a six-win season is not as disastrous as you can assume because it would just be a Redux alas here, but it's not it's pretty bad. It's pretty bad and you can talk yourself into having a little bit more hope the way that these games have kind of taken shape. Kind of feels like 2016 a little bit when Mark Rick was starting to get things together. The team wasn't quitting. Like last year's team would have been checked out at this point. They're fighting till the end. That's not what this season was about.

I'll say again, but they're losing one score games. Louisville's a really good team. They've done a lot of great stuff with NIL and the portal. Their coach totally depends on Lans Gidry. Who I rate highly. I think Lans Gidry has been one of the bright spots on this team. Jeff Brahms totally changed some of the stuff that they were doing on offense knowing that Miami was going to sell out for the run game

And he used two tight ends that came into the game with 11 combined catches and he made them look like NFL pros Also Kevin Coleman that one stung that one really sung because we thought we had Kevin Coleman On this team a couple of years ago and then he pulled the coach prime thing and went to Jackson State and then became one of the bags Louis that was lost on the way to Boulder is that also the play though where you get the added embarrassment of two hurricane just ran into each other in the secondary level players running 70 yards with the football? Yeah, a lot of these games, especially the last two weeks, as you've seen game breaking speed. Mark Fletcher had a really good game, but when he gets to that second level, he's not paying, he's not pulling away from guys. There's very few guys on the team

with that natural game breaking ability. Braschard Smith kinda goes missing at times. You get guys that go into the second level, Florida State was really struggling. And Benson just takes a 16-yard counter, which would be a 16-yard counter for someone like Cheney or Fletcher, and he houses it. I think Miami needs that.

But ultimately, I'm not gonna push back too much on Will Man, so they have a lot of work to do. Let's get to all those notes to God's was gonna get to in his phone. On my phone, so like. Just on discipline, very undiscipline team. Mario always has excuses after the game. He's 73 at 72 now, career is ahead coach.

He was fired from FIU. Look how good Oregon's playing since he left. I just wonder Dan, is he a good coach? That's it. That's what I wrote down. Is he a good coach? Is he a good game day coach? Is he?