The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: Let's Get Toasty

Episode Date: March 18, 2025

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You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. You feel that warmth, guys? It's nice and toasty in here. It is time for our toasted bracket update, sponsored by Jimmy John's. And they're finally here, guys, and they're hot. Try the new toasted sandwiches at Jimmy John's. Order one today. Ah, how warm is it in here? It's a little too warm, I'm in a sweater.

Probably shouldn't have worn a sweater for this toasted segment. It is getting a little toasty. But I'm excited, because I filled out my bracket yesterday. Oh, you did? And I have two one seeds. Let's go around the room, because everyone's you did? And I have two one seeds. Let's go around the room.

Because everyone's afraid of chalk. I got two one seeds in my final four. Jeremy, how's your final four looking? I have three one seeds I believe. I know the big upset that I have early, like when you're looking for what's gonna change, in the, which side of the bracket is this? I'm not entirely sure.

Oh, it's the south. So Auburn is the one seed in the south and they've lost three out of their last four games going into March of Madness. Creighton is a nine seed, so they would play Auburn in the second round. Creighton has a seven foot one center named Ryan Cockbrenner.

Love him. Who is a four time Big East defensive player of the year. I believe Patrick Ewing is the other player to have done that four times. So you got a senior seven foot one center who can really disrupt things defensively. To me, that's the perfect type of team to look at and go, that can mess with some people.

So Creighton making a fun little run as a nine seed is where if you wanna get kooky and knock off a one seed in the second round, that might be the way to do it. We're not trying to get kooky, we're getting toasted. Yeah, I'm gonna take my sweater off. But Jimmy John's cookies are actually really delicious. True.

I love Jimmy John's. Greg, you feeling toasty? I am, I'm wearing a zip line or whatever you call these. It's a quarter zip. No, it's a zip line. No, it's a zip line or whatever you call the quarter zip What is this a sweatshirt I don't even know the Zipper a zip line. Yeah. Yeah I haven't filled out a bracket yet. All right. Thanks for participating You do the play in games Greg when you do you do the first four do you start like your bracket starts with like the winners?

Or just plugged in yes, I start with when the 64 begin playing. I'm thinking of not filling out a bracket in memoriam for Miami Hurricanes basketball, which doesn't have either team in the NCAA. Jimmy Johns wouldn't love that, but I'm glad that you're taking a stand on that. That's not toasty. I will fill out a bracket.

I haven't filled out a men's bracket yet, but I have filled out my women's bracket. It's very chalky, except for Yukon upsetting USC in the lower left quadrant. But when I fill out my men's bracket, I imagine I'm just gonna go straight chalk, because I don't know what I'm doing. You can go Jay Williams and have all ones

in two seats in the Elite Eight. Zagack. Listen to the underdogs. They gave us five sleepers that you could pick. Pick Wofford in my final four. Yeah, but the Terriers? Yeah. You gotta take an 11 to beat an eight, right?

As we mentioned earlier. Six. If an 11 played an eight, that would be probably really sick. It would be later in the round. Super helpful in this segment so far. I got all the 16s beating all the ones. I don't know if I'm alone on that, but it's just a hunch. I also have the Dodgers finishing 162 and 0.

Wow. I don't know about you guys. Are you guys big, like, I know you're all college sports fans, but I am a big college sports fan, and I find it really hard to pick teams that I don't like to do well. So I kind of, sometimes we'll just make a haters bracket and just root for the downfall of all of my haters

Right like I had Florida going far and then I was just like what am I doing? Yeah? Yeah, I don't want Florida USC in my final four I don't eat them to be happy in bed Alskys gators if you were to kind of do like a scale your sports fandom like what percentage is Love and what percentage is based off of hate. It's a good question a lot I would say the best thing in sports is when your team is love and what percentage is based off of hate? That's a good question. A lot. I would say the best thing in sports is when your team wins everything.

Against your friend's team. The very close second best thing is when, Lewis, what are you doing? Bringing in a Jimmy John's thing. It wasn't distracting at all that you just carried in a ginormous bag of chips. Wow, look at that, toast that right there. The second best thing is when your team

doesn't win anything, but the teams you hate are doing worse. I think I'm in a position where the teams I love are not succeeding, so right now my sports fandom is largely driven by hate. Yeah. Yeah. And it's great, I love it. Who do you hate the most?

Ooh, wow, that is such a great question. Other than all the teams that the people here support, wow, that is such a great question. It depends. Other than all the teams that the people here support, because that's kind of how it works in our office. Like we all sort of root against our coworkers. You don't like the heat, really? Like when UCF loses a football game, I get really, really overjoyed.

And text me. Yeah. Yes. Yeah, it's a good question. Let me think about this one. Miami, is it Miami? Miami football. The Miami Hurricanes. Is it Miami? That's my favorite one, but it's the Hur question. Let me let me think about this one. Miami, is it Miami? Miami football? The Miami Hurricanes. Is it Miami?

That's my favorite one. Miami Hurricanes, why are we whispering? Well, we don't want Mike to hear us. I feel like I'm toasted enough. This is good.