The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Badayup!

Episode Date: January 9, 2024

Billy is efficient in his producing, Greg introduces us to a new phrase, and Dan is a bit of a yammerer. Then, Ron Magill is here to talk Cyclones Draft Tuesday and discuss a range of topics from the animal kingdom including South Florida becoming a killer whale hub. Plus, Dan wants to give Georgia the National Championship after last night's College Football Playoff, but Mike wishes we could just talk about the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. Welcome to the big, sweet, presented by Giraffe King. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants, just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries, that if they're just there.

That hasn't happened to you guys. I've done it. And now, here's the marching band to nowhere, that face and the habitual liar. Billy is weirdly. I can't believe I'm saying this, but weirdly spectacularly efficient as a producer.

Why can't you believe you're going to say that? Well, because you're a general Yammer and the podcast you do is a rambling Stugot's joyride. Well, that's after the edits. That's after 15 hours of edits for every god bless book imagine beforehand no but them so this is why I say sometimes you choose inefficiencies in a way that are breathtaking to me how so I just told you why don't you understand

all of your general yammering and a podcast that is where you're producing all your Pro putting all of your producing talents into God bless football shows it shows as an award-winning show But you don't have even a lot of time for what we're doing here But the reason I say an efficient surprising producer is because I told you I came up to you and I asked Billy And I don't ask in confidence Billy to like soothe me or support me very often Billy tends to move away from me when I want to talk to him Intimately, I don't know why he does that he's been doing it for years. Become a bit of a Yammer. Well this, there's places to be. That's where it's a plan to play.

That's correct. That's correct. I have ruined the show with my rambling mess of an inability to speak coherently, concisely and efficiently. But I asked you, and the last 45 minutes are proof positive to this, because before I started, I asked you, hey, Billy, how do I do any of this without coming off as bitter and his response was, you can't? And he was right.

Yep. That's why I say try to stop you. I should have. But that's but that do you know be that efficient with stugots. It'll make your life a lot easier. I can't control him. I know.

I don't want to be controlled. Neither did I. So I fled the place not bitterly not bitterly Dash of bitterness come on I mean we've obsessed about it. That was a there was a Fired Chris Cody. Hey, let laid off. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I know I wasn't just him And I you know happen a lot of yeah, it was a numbers game right Have you never been able to whistle?

Try I've never I've never tried Yeah, I never tried well I tried and failed and that tends to be my thing when I fail. It's not learning I've just failed and I move on and don't learn who I had bad news about starting a Start-up company that yeah, if you're gonna quit on Whistling. Yeah, I try. Go ahead. All right. That was amazing.

Wow, two-toed Whistle from one man. You can't whistle. You thought that was good? Yeah, it was great. Spectacular. Almost as good as the professional Whistler, the great Goatiecho add on the podcast last year. That was such a terrible bit. Oh great. It was a great bit. That guy was super good. Although you made a good point that it sounded like bird calls. Right. It was just a whistle. Not our best moment. Yeah. No, I thought it was our best

moment. A little better than the snuggler. Unfortunately, that was our best moment. Greg, it's a Tuesday. That's true. It's Tuesday and the holidays are over. Yeah, how about that? You think that we could maybe possibly get... You never know. Yeah, it's on the show Topics I send in. What? It says, back in my days, maiden voyage of 2024

is ready for launch. What's Tuesday, man? What's this surprise? Oh, holy shit. Why What did anyone tell me? It's Tuesday. It's Tuesday. Yeah. It's Tuesday. Every Tuesday, man. You are right about a P and T. Every Tuesday. Really?

We're gonna hold you to that. Fourth or fifth Tuesday. Last week was a Wednesday. Yeah. Sometimes there are circumstances that throw things off, but that's not up to Greg. Right. Exactly. Thank you, Billy. Yeah. The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody. from stances that throw things off, but that's not up to Greg. Right, exactly. Thank you, Billy. Yeah. The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody.

Up with, right. Is an obsession of Greg Cody's, it is very popular. And you say that that Whistler was your best moment. There's a lot of unusual stuff on there. The key to the show I would argue is the relationship with Chris and Greg. And Chris is mean to Greg. Yeah, people hate me on there.

Well, but you guys, because you're not gentle enough with your father, it feels disrespectful. But there are instances on this show where you don't respect him when he's bad at it. It's what makes it funny. It's the dynamic is everyone knows you guys actually love each other and then people turn on you. Why? Because they favor the old guy because he's like, well, and cracks a couple of funny, he's about Uncle Dick. Thank you's go to move and everyone loves

him. He's all three giant. Giant Q rating because of that he is all day up. What is that? That's a new one. It's a new and he all three but it's spelled B aA-D-A-Y-U-E. How's this supposed to be? What? Who cares how it's spelled? No, it's important. I'm hearing the B at the end of that. I'm hearing the B. I'm shocked to learn there was a P-A-D-E-U-P. No, that's not right. B-A-D-A-Y-U-E. The only thing that matters is that the phonetic emphasis is on the middle syllable. Badam.

Mm-hmm. Badam. But there is a P. Yes. That's correct. Yeah. Badam. And a silent T. You'll read badam. All right, and I just witnessed something. I have a unique angle at someone who worked with my father. I just witnessed something. Wait, it's a T not a D.

I've got it as a D. No, the D. It's silent. But D. But D. It's silent. Yeah. Are you saying T or D like receipt?

It's B a D okay, a Y All right, but they are not D I D E T Y you know Contextually how do we use but they up to flourish just a strike three call? That's the only context that I have right now I really explain some of this Let the man speak okay, he he what's a he got three okay, you think somebody's gonna ask Okay, he has a son to donkey makes yeah, that was my strike that was my strike call

What's a donkey for those who don't know the whole thing behind me just can't can we can we get him a microphone and have him do the whole thing Chris i'd let's recreate a father-son childhood strikeout called when christ kody would strike out looking on at street baseball his father the umpire would embarrass him with a with a right i don't need this whole preamble just but they have what does that mean okay but they have is the sound of a chicken's clock. Okay. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, right. He hung, he hung, he hung, he hung. Did you steal this all from Uncle Dick? Well, that's what he claims. You got an email after you talked about this last week. From Uncle Dick claiming, read the email. Read the email from Uncle Dick. It was a dearest brother.

It's in your photos. Yeah, it was a little bit of a rough email from him. A little testing. So, but they are rough dick. The chicken sound only comes after a strike three call? Yes. Oh, okay. It's a flourish.

You know how umpires they can't just say strike three anymore. They gotta go, you gotta punch them out. They're up, right? Yeah. The extra mustard. Yeah, that's a lot of flour. You sound like a chicken. I like it. But you stole it from your older brother. Well, yeah. Yeah, yeah. The extra mustard. Yeah, that's the one. You sound like a chicken.

I like it. But you stole it from your older brother. Well, that's what he said. And he reminds me, it's B-A-D-E-Y-U-P-E-R. There's no Y. There's an A-A-D-A-Y. How long can he spend? There is another one.

There is another one. There is another one. There is another one. There is another one. Yeah, I was gonna ask Uncle Dick does this for his strike three call? Or he does this for other things and you added two years. Yeah, yeah.

What time was it at? Uh, it was at, uh, I don't know. Just read the email. What time was it at? It was at just read the email. He's a weird sleeper. That's why I'm asking this. Uncle Dick goes to bed about 6 p.m. or something. Wait a minute, let's say 4 a.m. What time did he send this email?

It doesn't say it, just says the date. No, I'm sure it says it. It definitely says the time. No, because it's a, he took a photograph of it. I don't know how to do that. Just read the email. Okay, guys, what time he sent it is now? it is it says he haw three but they up is from an old Rick and suds barnyard Sound bit that I stole from them and you stole from me, okay?

Rick and suds one of the greatest radio teams ever in the history of South Florida. I remember Rick and suds But I claim that he haw Ha three, is my creation. And Uncle Dick claims that Badeh up. It sounds like it's three times removed stolen by you. Well, I don't know how they used it. I don't recall, but I use it as an umpire flourish. All these years of he, Ha three, and no Badeh up. But now the Badeh up just shows up.

It just shows up i think it's a great accoutrement well it's almost like an exclamation point it definitely is but when did you start doing the bidet that then uncle dick heard about it because i think this is the maiden voyage on this show so we do it is privately i think uh... on on my own podcast i think i i just almost inadvertently almost by memory

uh... said it. He, huh, three, by the app. And how did Uncle Dick spell the day up? Cause he wrote it in an email. And you said that's a good question. Cause that's, although the official spelling is in back and find out. Nope, there, yeah, take a picture.

It's written there, right? How did he spell it? How did Uncle Dick spell it? Okay, absurdly, he spelled it B-D-E-P. Well, that's really, is there an apostrophe? No idea. No spelled it B-D-E-P. Well, that's really- Is there an apostrophe? No idea. No, just B-D.

Yeah, B-D-E-P, all lower case. That's something totally different. This is what I would tell you, because I've got to play this clip, I have to. But Chris Cody is frustrated because he produces this is his father, and the father just asked Chris Cody when he didn't know something, the writer, been writing all his life, hey Chris, how do you spell that? How do you spell, yeah that's right,

you're just telling him something, the guy who can't read, you're asking him how to spell something. Okay, that must have gotten a community college. Okay, let's be clear, you can't look up this word in a dictionary, you can't Google it and expect to get it.'s a creation of mine and so the official spelling is whatever the hell I want it to be and I'm spelling it full it phonetically But they up be a D.A.Y. You pee with the emphasis on the middle syllable. Can you guys please give him a SIRCA the the the the web address for everybody to RSVP

I mean we tease yeah, Yeah. Yeah. Is this browser open? Yes, browse in it. You got neck scape navigate open over there. Do you? All right. What do you need? Netscape. He doesn't have my legs. I'm right down here. Let me finish downloading this song on lime wire. All right. What do you got? Circa Las Vegas dot com slash stadium dash swim slash hang on. I gotta get a thing. You're the worst. You're not gonna be able to do this. Let him open a fresh day. Circle Las Vegas. Slash stadium dash swim slash Dan dash, Levitard dash show. Got it.

Keep giving him too much. I'm pecking away with one finger. Circle Las Vegas. Slash stadium dash swim slash Dan dash, Levitard dash show. Dash stadium.com. No, no, no, no, no, nolossvegas.com slash stadium dash swim slash dan dash levitard dash show. Never, never gonna get it.

There's just too many more. Zero chance. There's only one. I just said this site can't be reached. Yeah, obviously you read it. Circlelossvegas.com slash stadium dash swim slash dan dash levitard dash show. How about you read it slowly? Circlelossvegas.com slash stadium dash swim slash dan in the flash test show how about you read it slowly circle us biggest comm slash

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What do you want me to do? Superbowl, wait 10. I didn't ask for any of this. And I have no money. Aqua? Stugats. Walk to the ocean. I walked to the ocean.

I really have no money. Get out of here. Get out of here. I'll do the show without you. I don't like. DCC Don Limita show with this two cats Happy cyclones draft day everybody. Oh my god Two-stay baby. Whoo. Oh, man history will be made today as only three cyclones are guaranteed their spot back on the cyclones Just three. I want to say Cestus so MF and loud I can anymore because we rebranded because we want more people in the tent,

and Cestus cyclones may be off-putting. Cyclones, far more marketable. But Ron, thank you for promoting one of my passions. I want to promote one of yours. Ron, you are going to be at Books and Books in Coral Gables today, 265, Eragon Avenue. That's going to be in the evening, your book signing today for Pride of a Lion.

That's right, myself and the infamous Greg Cody. Well, we were gonna be at this. Greg, you got a book signing tonight? Yeah, I'm running out together. Yeah. Why is that so amazing? Well, because it's a big deal, we'll get a ton of people out there

if they know about it, because bookstores you know are not doing great and uh... but the books is the exception they really are they're killed bookstores in the country this a run knows how to stop them before even get started i appreciate it now they have it may be sold out right i mean there's only fifty people at all there will be a crowd out the door if you tell people they can go regardless yeah if you if you have a big crowd out there i know

Greg Cody will personally say hello to each and every single person out there, even if it takes on that. Yeah, I'll wave through the window. That, the best part of it is it's free. Yeah, how about that? He'll wave through the window. That's not, that's not, that's not.

I mean, it would be a bit suspicious when we say free. It's implied you buy the book, you get it signed, but it's not free. They're gonna buy them. the pride of a lion what the animal kingdom can teach us about survival fear and family you guys are not doing any book signings are you are you doing any others like this is a big deal it's the first one is there gonna be a second one we had one as zoom Miami that that was sold out that was out the door of their flowers that was a

huge crowd this is gonna be a little bit more intimate I think but we are gonna have another book signing. Yes. Oh, what time is it? This is seven o'clock. What time is it signing? What time, Ron? I think it's about seven, seven, seven, three.

But I'm either at seven o'clock. At the first book signing, I heard it was a funny moment with my dad where Ron sat down and was signing books and my dad was like awkwardly standing with my mom. Like, am I supposed to be over there with Ron? I didn't know. You know, I'm a new author. You know, after Finns at 50 came out,

nobody wanted the book, let alone me to sign it. So this is a different experience for me. We haven't gotten to Greg Cody's thoughts on the dolphins. We haven't gotten to Ron McGill's thoughts on the dolphins. Why don't you two old timers have an old timey conversation about how heartbreaking Monday was as people of time? I say every time at the end of the year, I say, why did the dolphins hate because I feel like they hate sometimes.

I get so excited about the season, things are going so well. And then boom, it's like, I don't know what to say anymore. I just, you know, the injuries are horrible. I know that's a bad situation, but still, guys, you know, I am not looking forward to five degrees of Kansas City. That doesn't vote well. You're not going there. I mean, you're in the playoffs. Get over it. He's right. The playoffs are not enough. The playoffs are not enough. If you're going to settle for the playoffs, well, you should be settling it all. Okay. I really thought, you know, that that whole Denver game got me on some kind of ridiculous

cloud. And now I'm just, you know, raining whole denver game got me on some kind of ridiculous cloud and now i'm just you know raining is what i'm not christ kody can you tell me how your mom feels because i'm guessing her opinions are stronger and better than your fathers i haven't talked to her but i'm sure like my she's a maniac she's the same as ron she spent the past two weeks basically going here we go again you know expecting to be let down by the dolphins, expecting the late season swoon and getting exactly what you expected.

Now, getting a quarterback like Aaron Rogers and having him tear as a kill these four steps in, that is worthy of here we go again. You made it to the playoffs. Right. No, no, no, no, Stu got you know what? I sympathize with you. You're right. You're living a nightmare.

That was a nightmare. I mean, what, four minutes into the game In your season was over and I remember all the hype it was unbelievable It was incredible and I look at and the first thing I said to my wife. I go still got to just jump off a building Is it possible you guys are manifesting this negativity and like you're complaining about rain? I wasn't I was I said we're gonna win this game. I was so happy about it So we're gonna win this game and all the naysayers, you know, on social media, all these free controls are there all saying all kinds of stuff?

And I said, no, no, no, we're gonna do this. They're ready. This is a great, great thing to do here. I wanna, and then here we go. Yeah, but see, that's it right there. The here we go, we're headed into the playoffs and already you're down, you're complaining about rain. You never mind you, rain.

I'm complaining about rain, I'm complaining about cold. I'm complaining about injuries. I'm complaining, yeah, it's if it rains when it's at cold, it'll snow. You're complaining about like figurative rain. You said, you know, it's just rain clouds and here comes the rain and Ron rains good. I just said, just rain, but I was just raining. And it's over.

Okay, but, but what is what a clouds bring rain and what a rain bring rainbows? That's right. Well said. Yeah, well said. Put that on a t-shirt. Put it on a t-shirt. Yeah.

Babe, you can't have a rainbow without the rain. It's a bit worthy. Man, I say down on a total different tangent. You look amovalist today. What are you doing? Are you doing something famous or something today? Because you really look stunning. What do you mean?

I mean, like, you know, if I would almost ask you out, you really look stunning. What do you mean? I mean, like, you know, if I would almost ask you out, you look really good. Same. Almost. Yes. I did ask him out. He turned me down. They're going to be double dating. At the at the at the executive there. What a perfect date night tonight's book signing would be at the books and books in Coral Gables. If you want to meet Ron McGill and Greg Coding get a sign copy of the pride of a lion they will be there tonight around seven o'clockish. Dan will be there he'll sign the book for them too. Dan is going to say hello to each and every person that comes out. I'll give you a hug.

I'm going to be in there. I was like, are you dying the stash and the beard and everything? Younger, briefed in. Jeremy Tasha is also volunteered to go out there the eyebrows are jet black I would never I mean everything's looking very very 10 years ago I'm out of me two gods today And come all the way down to show the chest care and everything you're looking very go each a man very nice We have a new lighting person run

I don't like it. Are you? I'm rocking today. Are you trying to solve me? Are you I don't die anything more orcas were spotted off of the South Florida coast Is this just a new reality for us with changing global climates? Oh, we know just gonna be a killer whale hub. Yeah, I could very well be just changing climates as a matter of fact An old class might have mine from high school, a good friend of mine, Rick, people so see the captain who's fighting those workers got that video. Can we get the video please of the boxing kangaroos because I have seen Ron a number of videos

over the years. We get it, your friends, the boat captain, yeah, the kangaroos boxing. There have been very muscular kangaroos I've seen. You've told us before the kangaroo can not disembowel you But what it can do with his legs will really hurt Human being let's play this video for Ron and tell us what's happening here Well, these are two males are just fighting over territory over dominance This is very common in males and they could disembowel you if they got you the right way. That we are those rear legs. You know, they they don't work independently. They work together.

A kangaroo cannot move one rear leg and independent the other. They work like on a swing together. So they're fighting over they're fighting over territory in the trailer work? Yeah, exactly. One of them is called dibs on the trailer park. Well, now is this probably some females around and females make male Stupid that's the bottom line. So they they're just fighting to get that dominance and establish themselves It's just a module thing. It's a testosterone thing. Australia is a wild place man It's summer when it's winter there's snakes in your toilets You're in your trailer park chilling and there's

Seven out of every 10 snakes in Australia is very venomous very dangerous. Wow. Can you explain to me how long one of those fights can possibly last? How long would they do that? You know eight depends if both of them are feeling very headstrong and both of them think they have a chance I can go on for you know 20 minutes half an hour I've never seen it go any longer than that. Is there a best fighter in the animal kingdom like not a killer but just a that could do that no one else if I were say put together the ideal boxing match just for entertainment purposes what's that look like?

I got boxing wise I don't know what to say I I mean, you know, kangaroos are very well known for their boxing. That's why you always have the memes of the kangaroos and the boxing gloves because they do hit with their front paws like that. But look at Cody, he's just, what is he doing over there? But Rod, who would you have a kangaroo face if you want to see the box?

He is breathing so heavy right now. I don't know who I'd have the kangaroo face because at the end of the day, animals fight with different things depending on what their assets are You know a kangaroo against the jaguar has got no chance. I mean jaguar's not gonna box him. It's just gonna bite him and then I could kill him You know it depends on the animal you're talking about a big python Could probably kill a kangaroo before the kangaroo could kill the python because the python just gonna wrap around him and suffocate him and he's dead Incapacitated so the So many analysts got their weapon.

Right. And accepting our new reality that we are now this killer whale hub, as someone who does not like sharks whatsoever, should I be thrilled about this development? What are we inviting in our lives now that there are killer whale here? Well, the killer whale is not really a threat

to human beings. I think I told you about the story when I was in the Galapagos and photographing sea turtles and all of a sudden the killer whale is not really a threat to human beings. I think I told you about the story when I was in the Galapagos and photographing sea turtles and all of a sudden the killer whale swims over me. I got this big, yeah, my cloud coming out of it. Look at the killer whale. Yeah. What does that mean?

What does that mean? So look at me, Louis. So less sharks now that they're killer whales in the hood because I'm good. Not necessarily less sharks. No. No. Now you just have killer whales too. How about that? Someone gave me this, uh, this ankle bracelet that is supposed to repel sharks. It was a very thoughtful gift.

You fell for it. Well, it was. I mean, I'd rather have it than not. Me when I hop in the water, I'd like to know I'm doing the absolute most and not get attacked by a shark. And what is supposed to be the repellent ingredient of this ankle wrist i don't know there's like some like weird metal that can dissolve over time that goes around my ankle do you believe in shark repellent i do believe in shark repellent depending on the type of repellent but there's a certainly there are repellents that have been proven to work i've not heard of an ankle bracelet being one of them maybe somebody just wanted you to look strange. Now, I'll get you one. Ron, before we let you go here, because we've talked before about

you are a old school Latin Lothario. You are the king of romance. You are a man who knows how to treat his woman. You have commented on my appearance, I am trying to be a better man for my wife, who is totally appalled by what is happening at the Miami-C aquarium and wants me to do something about it. And I'm like, I know Ron, Ron can help me do something about it, but Ron's a government employee. And so I need to point out to people the atrocity

that is going on at the Miami-C aquarium. It is a cruelty that is out of a different time. We are not a different time. We are not a banana republic. We should not have something here that is a tourist attraction, that is killing its animals because it doesn't have proper care. It's disgusting. And my wife wants me to do something about it, and I don't know what or how. I think you just keep raising awareness, Stan. You've got a huge following. And at the end of the day when the people lead, the leaders will follow.

I think that the commission and those people are feeling a lot of pressure right now to do something about that situation. I want to make something very clear, though. It's not necessarily the front line caretakers that are doing the atrocities. As to people at the top, we're not spending the money to fix the facility the way it needs to be fixed.

And I feel so badly for some of those front line employees, so I know we're so passionately dedicated to trying to do the facility the way it needs to be fixed. And I feel so badly for some of those frontline employees who I know are so passionately dedicated to trying to do the best they can, but don't have the tools to do it because that place is falling apart. Ron, thank you. The book signing tonight, everyone in Miami, they don't do a lot of this. They are both local icons and this book is a genuine hit. And Sugatsu will be there. And Dan, I'm proud of of you I'm proud of the way

you're looking for your wife she must just ravage you when you get home that's right Don Lebert hard listen it could be Julius Randall's building Have a look at the mecca. Areas Julius, the mecca, Stugats. Steve Martin was a prop comment. You said that. I said it two seconds earlier than you. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. Stugats, I wanted to come in here today, and I wanted our show to only do the following, okay?

In regard to a very big football game that was played last night. I wanted to declare Georgia the national champions and behave all day today without comment of any kind about the game as if the title had already been vacated. That Michigan doesn't get its feel good, doesn't get anything. Our show would behave as if that did not happen that what happened last night is Georgia won the National Championship. But the sound Mike made when I wanted to come in and do that was like, oh,

because he wanted so desperately to talk about everything that's happening last night between Michigan and Washington. And so I was denied the show I want to do by an ego-soaked executive producer in his last days on the job. No, let's play pretend. Yeah. It's a college football playoff final.

There are two great teams doing battle and the game was interesting for much of it. For midway through the third quarter was like the first time that it dawned on me, like, oh, Washington might actually steal this game because they were just hanging around. And when that game started, it looked like Michigan was going to do what I feared, which is just control the line of scrimmage. And an interesting thing when you want to watch the trenches, because you came away watching that game, Michigan certainly won in the trenches. But entering that game, Washington

had the number one offensive line in the nation. You would think that they'd be well equipped to face this challenge. But over time, you could see Michael Pennex, he's been injured all a year, been dealing with God knows what. He was holding on to his side for much of that second half. And missing throws, he's been making all season. Yeah, he was been making all season. He was just a little bit off. He was. A little bit off.

No, look, this guy was beautiful this season. Like, we're allowed to say, are we not, without taking anything away from Michigan, that one of the best players in the country, Indiana's former quarterback, who's great, didn't look in that game like he had all season. And Michigan's defense had something to do with that. Definitely. Had something to do with that, but not some of those giant, the bad throws he hasn't made

it. He's not an amateur quarterback. Yeah, but he's a professional quarterback. They got a lot of pressure on panics. Unlike last week against Texas who did not get a lot of pressure on a Michigan was able to get a lot of pressure on Michael Puss. Yeah, Michigan, I think, and we'll find out with time, I guess, I guess a book still to be written, but Michigan was very clearly the best team in the nation.

Now I know in a one game sample, George is as good as anyone, and we could claim that that would be a game and the debate. In a one game sample, we just saw Michigan play away from losing a week ago to the team that beat George right so Transit a property there they're better than no just bad measurement system we can make the champion whoever we want I mean but my note but how does the measurement work that George is better than the team that just beat Alabama right it's it's it's all open for getting invited to the party because they lost Alabama by a bounce that doesn't tell you Alabama is actually better than if we play the game

a bunch more times, we'd see Georgia win more often than Alabama didn't. But Alabama won the game. That's correct. But what we have is the game. And then Michigan beat Alabama. But college football now is about the argument, not the measurement.

Right, and we argue about it. So you want them playing 10 times? Ooh, yeah. Then we know the champion. We're not gonna understand. No one's happy with anything. We weren't happy with the way things worked before because it was just who it is that we wanted in there.

And then it's like, well, we'll expand it to four people. It's like not the four we want. Let's go back to it. Let's just go back to giving it to the people we actually liked both of us. I liked to got this idea. The next 10 Mondays. How about this?

Bowl games can invite whoever they want. And at the end of it, we just vote on who's a champ and sometimes there could be multiple champions. I liked that one. You liked multiple champions. I like that one. You like that one? I like that one. Can a computer decide? So does Bama.

A computer, all right, let's get a formula together. And, and surely, like that one. The best suit teams based off of this computer model can get together and we will decide a champion. And nobody will have a problem with maybe the third or fourth best team in the nation. Not having a shot. You know what?

Let me walk that out. I vote for Tim Kirchin deciding. Well, let's try having four teams because surely four teams, that's it, that's a cut off point. No one outside of that for it can lay claim to a national title or even be considered good enough. We've tried everything. If we do the computer model, can we also have writers vote?

We should do all of them. We should do all of them. We should do all of them. We should do all of them. We should have the computer model decide the top 12. Then the top 12 gets played and then at the end of it, the writers decide. Okay, a Kirchen. And Kirchen?

Well, we were describing things that actually happened before. Yeah, I don't think Chris got the bit whatsoever. No, I think it's a good idea though, Kirchen. Just let all the games play out and then we ask Kirchen. Vital side. Chris Cody, go sit in the penalty box. We are going to get... I knew what they were doing though.

I just was doing also something. I think. I did. We heard the Kirchkin joke. We already heard it. You made it once. We didn't need it again. Made it 17 times.

We didn't need it. They were playing. Get it, go. Billy and I were dancing. I mean, just trying to cut in You were playing a different game two minutes for cutting in huh two minutes for cutting in but Chris Chris thinks he knows how to do the show better than everybody and Greg Cody knows no I do the show better than anybody and so Went to got this is genuine. It's a spot for Zagaki. Zagaki. But am

Nailed it Thank you, Dan. He nailed that one. He did. I mean come on. But damn. Nailed it. Thank you. Then he nailed that one. He did. I mean, come on. You can't argue with it. I can't even, you know what? I can't even dispute it. I can't even be mad at it because Greg Cody happens to be and has been my entire life, one

of the funniest people I've ever known, largely by accident. And what happened on the, it just, I've watched this a lot of times because what happened during the watch parties, to God's, there were five or six moments during the watch party that made me howl with laughter. But none more than this one. We were going to Greg Cody in the press box and he's on actual deadline. He's trying to keep the newspaper column alive. This is a horrible situation for him him he didn't want to be here

working with us this day didn't want us interrupting his real job and so we kept interrupting and toward the end it's the fourth quarter things are tense and he's already told us go bleep yourselves i'm not playing anymore i've got to do my job and it escalates because of his son and me badgering him into this. All right, we got to go back out there. That was big. Wake him up. Uh oh, he doesn't want, he doesn't want to be bothered anymore. Now it's getting tense because he didn't need that as a result.

He needs something to happen. You can see it mother episode. How can we bother? Are we bothering you right now? Turn on your microphone, Greg. My microphone's on. Okay. When my microphone is on

you guys have to come to me I mean don't tell me to turn my I told me to leave my microphone on I did so don't tell me turn your microphone on when it's on paint the scene the paint the scene is I gotta go to work scene for the love of God. Ridiculous. That's why we did it right there for that moment. I got the piano. It's why we sent him out here. It's why we did the piano. That is the reason that Metal Arc Media spent tens of thousands of dollars to break NFL rules and have you live from the press box during play. Yes.

For that moment. OK. That's it. Just that one moment. Christopher suggested to me that we may have set history. He thinks that this is the first time a fairly major sports columnist has written off a big game, not from the game, but during a live event, during a live watch party, that may have been a first. And in that respect, I'm happy to do it because this is been a year first for me

and uh... and that was sort of cool but you were angry and agitated you were at your agitated before we started to get you guys just not watch the game we're going to do another navel gazing segment here the look i mean dan likes talking about things outside of the game more than anybody yet a pretty interesting game there was plenty surrounding this this it worked harboh bet on himself He had a pretty interesting game. There was plenty surrounding this. It worked. Harbaugh bet on himself.

It worked. He basically took a step down. This is a guy that was inches away from a Super Bowl. And he was also inches away from being fired. Because if they play that game, emits the lockdown of 2020. If they play that game against Ohio State, he loses that game.

He's probably out of a job. Two years later, they get this close. And then they finally finish to the sorry last night with Blake Horm coming back with a quarterback that looked like the last few games that they were kind of hiding from everybody despite his first round grades. A very innovative offensive attack with a quarterback that you have no idea what kind of pro prospect he might be because he's so effectively hidden and they do this doing big boy football on the lines Taking it to the number one offensive line in the country and making this story complete Michigan a team that was a juggernaut for me growing up a team that had a claim to the national title in 1997 Became a punchline and they went all in on Jim Harbour and the bet finally worked and it wasn't

without its hurdles and its tribulations and its adversity and you don't want to talk about it at all. It's a weird one for me because on top of this we had a spying scandal of dude in disguise with glasses that were recording, the head coach that got suspended multiple times for different infractions. This is one of the great college football stories of our lifetime and you don't care about it, which is interesting to me.

It is not actually that I don't care because of course I love the storytelling elements of this, but when you've contaminated what I'm watching so much that I know the measurement is super flawed and you also throw into it the giant business of, yeah, Jim Harball decided whether he wants to be the dirty guy in the pros or in college. The cheating scandal for me makes it so that he gets his successful story and his championship. He gets to got off of him, but some of this stuff is super random. Mike, he was a step away from being fired a couple of years ago. It doesn't mean he's not great, he's good at it,

but you can also do the worst of things in this sport and go undefeated. Urban Meyer did it before him and he had to do it to keep up. I'm not certain it gets me off of Jim Hawkeby, I do it without cheating, as that's sad. I mean, all this talk after the game about the adversity this team went through all self-inflicted all self-inflicted adversity that they had to climb over. They had to climb over their coach cheating and

being suspended from the team and in lying about a hamburger and all of it seems stupid and all of it probably reinforces what feels like an inevitability at this point. Jim Harbock getting out of this game as he volunteers, we should all take pay cuts all his way out. But you want me, you want me to moralize about the fact that they do. Well, you also had a hot take. We did not just have two undefeated power five schools going for a national title after they went through the likes of Alabama. This is everything everybody ever wanted.

It was a worthy national championship. And I don't know how you come away. I wanted Georgia. I wanted Georgia. Look, I completely get it. You don't love the mainstream media's college football and vatational and the teams that get the invite I understand. But Michigan went undefeated and in the 10 seasons of the four team playoff, there were only six teams that went undefeated all the way through. 2023 Michigan, 2022 Georgia, 2020 Alabama, 2019 LSU, 2018 Clemson and 2017 UCF.

And I know what you're thinking. One of those teams is not like the other. But it's it look, it's not Alabama. What's the point of the COVID-19? You know what I'm saying? Back to the point. Go to the point. Like, Kirchend decide.

I disavow this championship. It is not allowed.