The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Can I Ask a Question Without Being Called Sexist?

Episode Date: August 20, 2024

We kick things off with Stugotz's Weekend Observations including the Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Ireland and the Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Top Gun Call Signs. Then, Steve Kerr speaks at the DNC, Jessica and Roy are headed to Key West, Mr. Meat Master joins UM, and answering birthday texts. Plus, when do senior discounts begin? And speaking of seniors, are you excited for the return of The Sports Reporters? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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 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 fat face and the habitual liar we're gonna get to Stu gots his weekend observations in just a second a day late but this is from your boy Jimmy Trina who writes whoa whoa whoa huge NFL Sunday ticket news YouTube TV and YouTube users will be able to build custom two three or four game

Multi-view panels a function that YouTube tested last season So I told you earlier that if you were to buy it through the Apple app You would have to pay between six hundred and and $720, which is $300 more, Stu Gatz, if you want your all the Sunday football. That's steep, and you'd be making a mistake, obviously. You can still get it by half that price in a bunch of other places. But we are headed toward a place where football is going to be so expensive and all this streaming is going to be so expensive that you're going to price out a huge number of fans.

Like you can't keep throwing these multi-hundred dollar fees at people, Stu Gantz. Like it's not, people are struggling too much today with inflation and with a cup of coffee costing you $7. You can't keep hitting people just because you found new oil streams for your sports services with all of these fees that are going to make it so that a class of people cannot watch all your games. I mean, you can do it. They are doing it.

It's up to people to budget. How important is watching the NFL on Sunday to people and and their families so it's gonna be interesting see I understand what you're saying you're gonna lose some fans I don't think the NFL cares if they if they don't have as many eyeballs they're raking in the cash I mean multiple platforms. That price tag if you're somebody who works at or around minimum wage it's your entire salary. and all this coming on the heels of the nfl losing an antitrust litigation suit for four million dollars which was overturned by the way so all down the hills of that nice now for

billy billion dollars really really have a big with the ls have the cbs game of the week right and then fox we can't go back at this point we're're all too addicted to it. Let's do Stugatz's weekend observations, please. It is time for Stugatz to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boys do. Weekend observations brought to you by Miller Lite. Great taste. Just 96 calories available for delivery. Din!

Rather than focus on what we don't have, I'd rather focus on what we do have. And what we do have is Florida State and Georgia Tech from Dublin. A sneaky good Montana steak team on the road at New Mexico. I like the Bobcats and the grand finale at 12 midnight. The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at home and Dan just like that. Make no mistake about it. College football is back.

It's right now. Well, I mean, it's College football is back. That's right now. Oh, I mean, it's it's upon us. It's this week. Yes. It's here. Yeah. Yeah. Midnight, Hawaii, man. That's how you kick it off. Nothing says Ireland like Atlanta, Georgia, top five athletes or people in sports that can note Ireland Oli Al McGinnis Thank you, Mike Flanagan

Chris Ivory Ray Shepherd For you Roy Number five Ryan leaf Number four, Andrew Luck. Number three, Jeff Ireland. Number two, Antoine Jamison. Is it Ton or Twan? Uh Jameson. You heard of it? Yes, I've heard of it. Number one, Ken Shamrock. Keep an eye on the

Brewers. Whether I'm up or down this week by Saturday, everything and I mean everything. What's going on Hawaii? You got it. 37 and 1 half point favorites at home. I mean, I can't wait. And it's just you wake up in the morning and find out whether you won your bet or not. I've never watched a Hawaii game.

The Brewers are 11 games up. What are you keeping an eye on? They've clinched the division practically. They're getting hot. Brew crew. Yellich out for the year, huh Stu? Yell-ee. Did you know that? I didn't. But they've won five straight without him, which begs the question, are they better

without him? Does beg that question. Does beg that question. What are you going to do? What are you going to do? You're going to beg to hear that question? I'm pretty pleased. The Mariners became the first team in Major League Baseball history to have six players whose last name starts with an R score a run in a game. They did it against the Pirates.

ARG. Oh, you got applause from Jeremy. I mean... WHAT?! Not the applause I wanted, but I'll take it. Sometimes you need a friend. Any friend. Oh, you got applause from Jeremy. I mean, what? Not the applause I wanted but I'll take it. Sometimes you need a friend, any friend. Right. Chris, you did great yesterday. Got it. NBA

memes posting that Nikola Jokic passed Michael Jordan for the highest box plus minus of all time. Hey, NBA memes, the only box you need is one where you throw Jokic's rings in and another one where you throw Michael's rings in and tell me who has more. Jokic minus five. You know what the J stands for Dan? I do not.

Not Jordan. You know what the N in Nikola stands for Dan I do not Jordan you know what the N in the Cola stands for not George not even close it's a good guess though thank you football isn't back it's on Mitchell Trabisky is on a field somewhere doing what he does best throwing interceptions hey my homes do it in a big spot I dare you enough with the you know look pass I mean enough seriously we're making a big going to be throwing interceptions. Hey, my homes. Do it in a big spot. I dare you. Enough with the no look

pass. I mean enough. Seriously, we're making a big deal. It was an eight yard gain in a preseason game against the other teams. Number twos. Please. I hear about it. Stu got minor penalty two minutes for Chief's talk. I'm in the

middle though. It's a delayed penalty. Alright. It's a delayed penalty. We have the puck right now. Extra man. How about you look at the guy that you're passing it to. How's that sound? Stu gots minor penalty. Two minutes for Chief's talk. Oh, a double minor.

Delayed four minutes? Yes. Damn. Mac Jones is a Jaguar. Trevor Lawrence looks straight ahead. Chelsea, the rare club. The more money they spend, the worse they get. Jim Harbaugh going through pregame warmups with receiver gloves on. I love him. He's so great. I don't care if he doesn't win a single game.

He's awesome. So ridiculous. Receiver gloves. I don't care if he doesn't win a single game. He's awesome. So ridiculous It's just what would happen if an NFL team was run by a lunatic Let's find out together Fourth quarter Stetson Bennett Would be one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, but only fourth quarter Stetson Bennett. Teams should have that like a closer in baseball or quarterback who only comes in for late game situations. Dolphins had this a

few years ago with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Well, think about this drive for your life. Tua or a fully rested Tom Brady? Drive for your life. Tom Brady's on the sidelines. He's 42 years old. His body is rested. 45. Whatever he is, Tua the final drive. Drive for your He's 47. I mean, you'd still take Brady, right, with three quarters rest over to a drive for your life. For your life. For your life. No? When you hit the for your life the third time like that, you really push me to the precipice of thinking,

would I give my life to this? What would I feel better about as the bet, not as a silly, stupid sports conversation, but just for my life? I think I have to give it to Brady just because he's already sold his soul to the devil for all of the fortune that has come his way. So perhaps he's got some secret deal he can make on my behalf.

We're talking about you guys right now on Get Up. Really? I mean, it's just the Flores to a thing. And it's crediting our show. You think you're right. Is it you in the middle with your shorts? No, they're not showing it. It's more just the topic bar, but they're talking about us.

Does it say with Stu Gotts or just the Levitarch show? Because I saw that a few times yesterday. I get that a lot. I see Stu Gotts' name there. Oddly, I get it here a lot, too. Sorry. Lot I see Stu gots his name there oddly I get it here a lot, too Sorry Barackos still have it named Bo Nicks is their starter if they won't name them I will He's their starter

Thank You Denver. I appreciate the opportunity He's sorry. He's starting. Yeah, probably is. The big secret. He's good. Commanders also named their starting quarterback as well. Daniels is gonna start for them. That's crazy. Did anyone think he wasn't gonna start? Well, but I mean, it's still crazy though that we're going back to that model now. Just play him right away. That is crazy. I mean Rogers waited what two years? Mahomes waited. Yeah a year for Mahomes. back to that model now. Just thrown at it second it shouldn't count as a hit it's an extension of the play but he touched first base that makes it a single yeah but he got greedy he went

for two so should you not get a single if you get thrown out stealing second listen my observations yeah what about triple should it not be a double what if you get thrown out a third yes, no hit no hit at all It's a problem you have to end up at the base safely At the end of the transaction you have to be safe at a base according to the ball comes off You're bad the play ends with you being out Yeah, hit yeah, you're out. It's an out. Mm- Billy. Should a walk be a hit? No, a walk's a walk. No, a walk's a walk. That's four balls right there. You sound ridiculous. What's the matter with you? You didn't do anything. You just sat there with a bat on your shoulder. Does

a home run count because you end up back at the same place that you started from? But you're safe. But there's no out. And there's, and there's a run. Well, the up player rarely makes the safe sign at the end of a home run. They should. Yeah. They should. Yeah. Well, they made the trolley sign.

Yeah, but the trolley sign is irrelevant if you miss home plate. It's premature. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Goose Crowder, name the starting quarterback at Troy. Goose, great name. Top five people in sports that can note a call sign from a Top Gun movie.

Number five, Chipper Jones. Number four, Hollywood Brown. Number three, Goose Crowder. Number two, Mav Carter And number one George Gervin The Iceman goose gossage My list okay, why Chipper Jones it was there was Chipper and Top Gun there was a Chipper Yeah, I don't remember a Chipper pilot. It was a Hollywood. There was a then? There was a Chipper, yeah. I don't remember a Chipper in Top Gun. Pilot, there was a Hollywood, there was a Goose, there was a Maverick.

There was an Iceman. Do you have a movie, Dan, that like resonates that much with you that you make references to it constantly? No, well he's only got that point break in Rocky. Tango and Cash. It's been a while for Tango and Cash. He hasn't mentioned that in about 10 years. Don't leave out Rocky IV. Yeah, all the Rockies. Is Casino in there too? No, not Rocky V. Not for him, no. He hasn't mentioned that in about 10 years. Don't leave out Rocky IV. Yeah, all the Rockies. Rockies five are bad. Casino in there too?

No, not Rocky V. Not for him, no. I don't like casino. Long. You didn't like casino. Oh, sorry, Clam's Casino is what Stugat's like. Bacon? Oh, the best. My bad. Little League Classic.

Great for the game. Also, pay the teachers and save the whales. Tired of that. When they said the Yankees and Tigers were playing at a Little League Stadium, I just assumed they were talking about Yankee Stadium. Short porch, Dan-o. Short porch, yeah.

This is gonna sound impossible, but I feel like we're not talking enough about Caitlin Clark. I mean, she's incredible. I mean, she might be the greatest basketball player outside of Michael Jordan I've ever seen. She's great. Yeah.

Yeah. You took the take like one step too far. My dad, you're right. I apologize. But my dad, he was over the house and he has never asked me to sit down and watch a WNBA game and he did. This past weekend, he did.

He wanted to watch, I didn't watch to be honest with you. I went out, played a few holes, had a couple of heaters, he was watching the game. That's not what we're objective to. It's still early though on Kailin. She could pass Michael, right? Yeah. Yeah. What? It's still early though on Katelyn. She could pass Michael, right? Yeah. Yeah. What? It's still early.

It's her first rookie year, Dan. Seven rings to go. What? Well, she hasn't even played it. There hasn't been an opportunity to win a ring yet. Stugatsa's not ever acknowledged that anyone could ever pass Michael Jordan under any scenario, real or imagined.

Can I ask a question without being called a sexist? No. Gary start, but go ahead. I guess we'll find out. Can we change the court for the Indiana Fever? Oh, I hate their courts. Oh, so will we. The same as the Nets Court.

It's just like desaturated. Yeah. What I think of Daniel Jones, the first thing I think of is him chasing down a defender after an interception By the way, Billy that was sexist. Mm-hmm When Caleb Williams career is done They should build a statue for Bryce Young outside of Soldier Field for being so bad It allowed Chicago to draft Caleb Williams

Congratulations to the Bears For being bad at the exact right time. The Jets would have drafted Drake May. Xavier Worthy. Jesus Christ. Skip cookies there Chris. the Hey, House, I got news for you. If Patrick Mahomes wants your spot, he's getting your spots. You agree? Yes. I understand what he's saying. It's a fair. This is my lane.

I'm the flag football guy. But if Mahomes wants to play, he plays, right? We all want it. I mean, who cares about House? Yes, more Mahomes is good. Everyone would like more Mahomes. Yes, except for House. Except for House.

Right. Death taxes and McKay Bechtin getting hurt. Also, he's an eagle. Their problem now report John Rom is experiencing deep regret over his move to live. You know what they say Dan money isn't everything. I didn't say it, but they do. I told you this about Rom. I told you this a while ago. Yes, you did. I did. Thank you. He's haunted, man. Every week with this guy. He got paid $350 million. You made your bed, now laying it. And rub million dollar bills all over your nipples. What happened there? I don't you're gonna go for me. There's

something sad about watching preseason football. I mean, I watch it anyway, but it never brings me joy. I've never smiled while watching a preseason football game of you unless someone else off to the side makes me laugh. No, Randy McMichael jumping from the 10 yard line as the tight end fourth round pick 25 years ago. I smiled in a press box during a preseason game. Joe Flacco was a cult. Blake Snell has a 103 ERA his last eight starts.

He's scorching. You know what they call him, Dan? I do not. Second half Snell over that stretch. He has 70 strikeouts. You know what the S half Snell over I keep having this nightmare that Sam Darnold is going to be great in Minnesota. Sean McVeigh letting an assistant be the head coach for a preseason game so he can take the day off. Sean, the Stugats is strong in you. Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey made a 66-yard field goal and next-gen stats says it would have been good from 72. Summer's the best time to run the way you want.

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her vaults were better. She stuck the landing on both. She should have won the goal. The only reason she did it is because her name is not Simone Biles. Your thoughtsu guts No, this is the done libertar show with a stu guts If you have been listening for a while here you have heard me say some version of when it comes to you have heard me say some version of when it comes to politics, I believe all the sides are purchased, that corruption is something that is more rampant in government all across the board, no matter where it is that you position yourself, so that the game of politics and anyone who wants into politics, I enter with an inherent bias thinking that person is not interested in change, is only interested in power. If that's what your career choices are, it's an ugly way to make a living.

There are altruistic people out there trying to do the right thing and they get swallowed by all of the breaks in the system. But if you were watching last night, I didn't want this moment to get by without comment because I thought it was fairly extraordinary. We've noticed over the last few years that people in power do not willingly give up that power. It must be taken from them. That is what the cries for equality are and it's why they so often sound like threats. The idea that Joe Biden, who I've had plenty of criticism for, but who seems like a decent man, the idea that he would in these times be selfless enough to do what is best for the country,

what is clearly and obviously best for his party. The fact that he would willingly choose to give up power when the other side is so brazen about what needs to be done to keep power, gerrymandering federal judges, Mitch McConnell, all of it. Like, it's a fairly extraordinary thing that a sitting US president talked into it by loved ones and people who care about the party would do the selfless noble thing. It's a legitimately heroic act. It's country over ego in this situation. The problem with last night, however, was he gave

a 48 minute speech, but it was after 11 o'clock. They went on way too long last night, however, was he gave a 48 minute speech, but it was after 11 o'clock. They went on way too long last night. They cut James Taylor's performance. I mean, if you know your target demographic for your middle class white voter in their 50s or 60s, they are furious that James Taylor performance was cut. I tuned in around like 9.15. I'm like, oh, this must be, Biden must be going up soon.

I thought it was gonna like end at 10. It was like just Steve Kerr going. I'm like, wait, he's first? There's still a lot, I'm like, okay, this must be, Biden must be going up soon. I thought it was gonna like end at 10. It was like just Steve Kerr going. I'm like, wait, he's first? There's still a lot, I'm like, okay, I've seen enough. Wait, did he talk about not playing Jason Tatum in the gold medal game? He refereed, they were in the United Center, so he had to do the old,

I've had a lot of good memories here. Oh yeah. We celebrated here in the 90s, remember? He did like a Clinton thing. He was like, let's do it again. That's a tough spot for Kerr. That's just a difficult, out of your element, making a public speech, no matter how confident you are,

no matter how much of a champion you are. Being a charismatic speaker at that moment, in that moment, it would be very easy to choke. It would be very easy to be starched. How do you think the night-night thing was pitched to him? Is that just him, like, I'm closing with this, or did they have, like, a social media person that's like, hey, you know this little-

He has a speech writer or something. This little crush on social if you end with night-night. That's a great question. I'm not gonna lie, Chris, I didn't peg you as having watched more of the DNC than I did. I just watched Steve Kerr, and then I was like, I got it. After 11.30, you're losing most of the audience.

You're losing me for sure. You're losing just about everybody. I was very, I got it. After 11.30, you're losing most of the audience. You're losing me for sure. You're losing just about everybody. I was very pleased to hear something here that we don't normally have happen around here. Roy and Jessica are taking a trip into, deep into the Keys in order to get maximum Key West culture. I don't think any of us in the group have ever done that with anyone else in the group in 20 years doing this. What are the details of this

trip? Yeah, so I am attending the Barton and Bear Key West invitation. They're raising money for the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. I'm a part of a barbecue team. You are? Is Jessica? No, Jessica is gonna have another role in this one. I'm on the team with a friend of this show, Dave Williamson and Jodie Flanagan, who is the pit master in this situation. Is this Dee Flanagan? No, this is not Dee Flanagan, no.

Sorry. No, so. That would've been amazing. But it sounds like you're excluding. Just a random person named Flanagan? It seems like you're excluding Jess in the way that this has been presented. Dan, we're still working out some of the finer details,

but I will either be judging at the barbecue contest that Roy will be cooking in, or I may be part of the team Roy's on, TBD, but this is a charity, don't worry about it Billy. You can either be on a team or choosing the winner, that this seems. Are you gonna vote for Roy if you're gonna vote? Yeah, this seems okay. No, I would never do that. You should hold it against him, if he doesn't let you on his team or choosing the winner. This seems. Are you gonna vote for Roy? Yeah, this seems like Roy. No, I would never.

You should hold it against him. I would never do that. If he doesn't let you on his team, you should make him lose. I mean, if his barbecue's not gonna, I'm not gonna vote for him. Whoa. Unbiased.

However, I'm really excited for it. I think we're gonna be shooting a video. I'm not sure of the details. Me and Lehman are going, we're going on our own dime. This is a little vacation for us And we're just happy to be part of this nice great charity event and we're really excited for it Also, King Griffith Jr. Is one of the judges Would you be into at all staying on an Airbnb houseboat type of situation?

Is that something that I find a hard I have a hard time when I'm in Key West Is that something that I find a hard I have a hard time when I'm in Key West Picking a place where I'd like to comfortably stay because the ocean will batter Everything and anything in Key West tends to be pretty beaten up. I would I'll absolutely stay on a house Well, that sounds like a lot of fun. Yeah, no the bathroom situation not for me. The toilets are tiny They make that like scary airplane noise when you flush them I I don't I don't want us. I don don't wanna sleep on a boat, but more importantly, I don't wanna shower on a boat. But I mean, Lehmann's whole family,

they're like fish people, they love fishing trips and they wanna sleep on the boat all the time. And his dad wants to sleep on boats just for fun, even if he doesn't have to, and that's just, I'm happy for them that they like fishing so much, but that doesn't mean that I have to Lehman more like semen. I Guess you could say that speaking of fish and that's what we're gonna end up doing on Friday and on Saturday We're gonna try to catch lobster is the barbecue does this have anything to do with why it is that? Jessica has wanted to talk about whatever this mr. Meat Master is does this have anything to do with why it is that Jessica has wanted to talk about whatever this Mr. Meat Master is? Does

this have anything to do with barbecue? I don't know what Mr. Meat Master is. Wait, are you barbecuing fish? No, no, the barbecue event is on Sunday. So this is a mishmash of shit for charity. Uh, yeah. Uh, we do have the protein. They should call it. We do have the proteins, by the way. It's going to be Tri-Tip, New York Strip, Turkey Breast, and Baby Back Ribs. Side tip, New York strip, tooky breasts, and baby back ribs. No, Dan, Mr. Meat Master is now apparently a new sponsor of the University of Miami Hurricanes, which implies the existence of a Mrs. Meat Master who I would like to meet.

What is Mr. Meat Master, what is that? It's just a sponsor. A master of meat. Okay, but that's. Okay, but do you want me to know what that is? Yeah. I thought that perhaps Mr. Meat Master, if you're going to be talking about it all the time...

Self-explanatory. And there's, well, is it? It's Mr. Meat Master. Mr. Meat Master, yeah. I mean, what else could it be? Is it a grilling aid of some sort? It's the beef that athletes eat, Dan. Says so right here on MrMeatMaster.net.

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to transform the beef industry. Also, speaking of Miami, have we talked about Life Wallet yet? I mean, what's going on there? We did talk about this yesterday, yes. Mike Ryan explained to us that John Ruiz doesn't give very much money and isn't very much involved even though he would like to bluster his way up to the top of NIL. Glad that's cleared up then. Alright, moving on. I'm excited for the Keys with Roy to close the loop on that. Excited to be part of a great cause and to get out of Miami for a couple days where the high there is only 87 degrees

and not 95 degrees. So that will be a really nice break from the key. So you guys are going deep down to Key West, right? Like that's deep in the Keys. I prefer Key Largo. Oh, it's the best. You're in, you're out, yeah, it's fantastic. Hour and a half.

Love Key Largo. Key West could be six hours each way. I mean. It could be. I hope it's not. It could be though. hours each way. I mean... It could be. I hope it's not. It could be though. We'll see. Willow's coming.

It'll be nice. Looks like you can buy meat from Mr. Meat Master. They have beef boxes. Yeah, beef boxes. I mean, yeah, it's Mr. Meat Master. You've got to be careful about when you decide to drive there. I would go either very early or very late. Otherwise, a three-hour trip will become a six-hour trip very late. Otherwise, a three hour trip will become a six hour trip very quickly.

One accident, only one highway going in and out, all of it is very dangerous. You arrive at a point where there's just one lane. That's the entire point. I've been there a couple of times. Actually, mentioning Greg Cody for a second here, the last time I went to Key West, I texted Greg and I said, Greg, I know you're a big Key West guy. Can you give me some recs? And he never responded. And that was our last correspondence and now it's too awkward to send him another text message.

That was like maybe a year and a half ago. Why don't you RSVP, like, hey, waiting on those recs and then I'll let you know if I'm coming or not. Well, I already put maybe later. How do we handle that if you get, if you wanna text someone and you realize that the last time you engaged over text, they texted you and you didn't respond. If it's been like three months,

do I need to respond to that text that I never responded to or can I just keep it rolling? Sorry, I missed your last one. Like something like that, some stupid, like, hey, been busy, you know, this stupid fake thing. But, oh man, I don't know how I missed this one, my bad. This one fell through the cracks and then you answer it and then you get to what you really wanted to text them about. That time where you needed me, I don't know how I missed this one. My bad. This one fell through the cracks and then you answer it and then you get to what you really wanted

to text them about. That time where you needed me, I wasn't there for you. Now I need you. Yes. If it's like a favor and you just totally dropped the ball, like someone asking you for wrecks for something that you maybe had already talked about in person that day and they just totally blew you off,

then it's a little awkward. But if it's just like nothing, you know, like, hey, what's up? And you missed it, I don't think. I also find it's hard when you're trying to book someone on the show and you have a texting relationship with them. Like, do I just go right into, hey, can you join us this time, or should I do the whole, hey, hope you're well,

how are things? By the way. And then make the ask? Right, so it's like I feel like. Wait for them to respond first and then ask them after? Yeah, I always feel awkward with all of that. How much of a conversation do you need to have with them before you ask that question

if you don't just ask it in the first text? I've just gone with, hope you're well, here's my ask. Just put it all on the table. I'm not gonna be fake. How many consecutive happy birthdays do you send someone that they don't reply back when you realize that's your only exchange? If the person is once a year, I tell them happy birthday, and. The person is once a year I tell them happy birthday

and then the next year I go to tell them happy birthday. It's like oh I've done like our only text exchange is me saying happy birthday. You never really, you'll say thank you, you never tell me happy birthday, we really never talk about anything else. Like we're just not friends it seems. Do you answer all of your birthday texts?

I try to yeah. Oh get out of here. I even try to like if someone like will put like on Instagram or whatever like I try to do more than just heart Like I'll say like a thanks. I got like a rotation like three or four like thanks. Hey, thanks, man. Thanks my dude That's my go-to. I don't really hit people my dude for gender my guy doesn't matter what the gender. Oh my girl I like thumbs up. I mean just now I love that one might as well be a middle finger just heart it. What's worse for happy birthday? What's worse a thumbs up. I love that one. Might as well be a middle finger. Or just heart it. Thumbs up for happy birthday?

What's worse, a thumbs up or just a thanks? Put this on the poll please, Juju, at LeBretardShow. Do you answer all of your birthday texts yes or no? Stugatz, when we started talking about houseboats, I saw Stugatz is very much embracing his descent into old age and the idea of late in life being on a houseboat somewhere just smoking marijuana and collecting senior discounts.

Collecting senior discounts is his, it's his life goal. I was mortified when I started getting AARP email. That starts at 55 and once i started getting uh... a a r p email uh... that is not that starts at fifty five and once i started getting it i was horrified by this my father all his life has been trying to get senior discounts even when he was in his early thirties he was pretending to be older than he was because you want to see your movie discount and stew got to the absolutely a senior discount person i mean i love it i keep getting aARP mail.

I keep signing up Abby throws it in the garbage. Did you get the magazine? Oh, I got the magazine. Did you see who was on the cover of the magazine this month? No, I missed it. Who was it? John Bon Jovi. Oh my God.

Amazing. We're getting old together. Hey folks, it's Mike Ryan. And as you know, our show has changed a lot over the years. You guys knew me when I was 19 years old. I'm now a family man. 38 years old. Man, I've been in this industry for a long time.

Grateful to be a part of this show and grateful for one of our long time partners over in Miller Lite. It's the one thing that hasn't changed over the course of this 20 year run. The great taste of Miller Lite. Another thing that hasn't changed is that it's less filling. Why don't you tell me right now? I'll take an opportunity to lay off for a brief moment to listen to you and tell me what your favorite thing is about the original light beer. Go ahead. Wow. A lot of you spoke at the exact same time. I actually couldn't make out any of it. Whatever

it is that you said your favorite thing about Miller Lite was. Don't worry. This debate was sparked in 1975 and they still haven't settled it. You don't have to choose what's best. Miller Lite has great taste and is less filling. Tastes like Miller time. To get Miller Lite delivered right to your door, visit MillerLite.com slash Dan, or you can find it pretty much anywhere that sells beer. Celebrate responsibly Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories per 12 ounces, fewer cows and carbs than premium regular beer. Don LeBretard. Your history with him suggests three years of heaters.

Three years of heaters. But this Stugatz, my partner enlivened by a sportsman. We're having sex baby. And Joe Mauer, yes, like this is the best version of him. What? Stugatz. No, you are. Yeah.

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The hospital rooms are filled with old pickleball people who think that they're younger than they actually are. It's also right there though, I mean. You can just limp on over from the pickleball court. What's the youngest age to qualify for some sort of senior discount? I think it's 50. No, they moved it up.

Before it was like 55, you were a senior citizen. Now they moved it up like 65. People are living too long. Yeah, there's some places that like, I think, and I don't wanna quote teams here, before you could go to like certain teams on certain days, you could get free tickets if you were a senior citizen. And then they upped the age of what senior citizens were.

I'm a senior citizen? I'm seeing on dealnews.com, Dan, that by being 50, you can get 10% off at Bubba Gump Shrimp. That's what I'm a senior citizen? I'm seeing on dealnews.com, Dan, that by being 50, you can get 10% off at Bubba Gump Shrimp. That's what I'm saying. Anyone 50 or older could join AARP. They have a Labor Day sale going on right now, nine bucks. The AARP magazine will never go out of business, right? Because your clientele is always the magazine age.

No one knows how to cancel it. Yeah. And also, as soon as you think, oh, only old people read magazines, more old people keep coming. You guys are telling me that senior discounts now begin at 50, or this is just public? No, they've moved it up to like 62. They've gone up in some circumstances,

down to 50 in others. Yeah, yeah. What's the early bird special age group? That's like 55 plus, right? I always thought of early bird being 60 and over I thought that senior discount I think of as over 60. I don't think of it as 50 But you're not in India about Indiana right you're here 55 years old sounds a bit young. Thank you Stu gots for that clarification. I am indeed here

It's good good work by you to be I am indeed here. It's good work by you to be that kind of observant for us. 55 probably sounds young when you're 55, but it probably sounded old when you were 45. It's all relative, Dan. That's what I'm learning about aging. Let's play here some video and some sound of Lane Kiffin because we were talking about college football

here in the University of Miami. And we were also talking about just the sheer lunacy of Jim Harbaugh. Lane Kiffin to me is to college sports and with a smirk. It's not crazy. He's in on the joke. Harbaugh's not in on the jokes, do you guys? Harbaugh, you're laughing at him, you're laughing with him,

and he's like, Carpe Diem, I'm gonna squeeze the blood out of your neck with my bare hand. And this thing that looks like a smile, it's not. It's just ferocity masked by teeth. Lane Kiffin has a sense of humor about himself, and he's doing the Nick Saban type of product placement press conference where there's clearly a Coca-Cola near the microphone, and Coca-Cola is a sponsor for Lane Kiffin's speech here. I don't think this is what they had in mind. Does anybody drink coke? You guys had 130% of your

sugar for the entire day the powder of the coke. 65 grams of sugar. When was the last time you had a coke? A long time. I don't know. Chris Lowe drinks coke though. I didn't know that. All right, see you guys.

That is true. Kick-saving abuse. Man, I can relate so much to the, hey, there's a guy over there that drinks Coke. Like, if this was our setting, Dan would be like, Billy's always drinking Coke. Why is Lane Kiffin taking out what is clearly a sponsor? That soda would not be there unless that they were giving a good deal of money to be around Mississippi football. The other option was to Sunny,

which was the other bottle in the video. Owned by Coke. Also a Coca-Cola product, that's right. He said it like it was a good thing. You get 130% of your daily sugar intake. No, I don't think. That's so efficient. Maybe I'm good about myself.

Think about how many things you would need to take to get 100%. This one product gives you 130. If you get 130 on a test, that's incredible. I tell all my take to get 100%. This one product gives you 130. It's like extra, if you get 130 on a test, that's like incredible. I tell all my players to give 130%. There you go. I have not for two weeks,

I have not talked about anything sports media related. I have not mentioned anything. Billy, I wanna start keeping a board in here the way that we used to for race. Number of days I have gone without talking about a sports media topic. That can't be true. It is true.

Let's make it three. You will not, well. We talked about Charles Barkley like a week ago. Wasn't that last Monday? We gave Nick Wright's top five list two segments ago. I had four of them, I had four. Me personally. The thing that I thought that you guys

would like hearing about though, an actual sports media conversation that may make some of you nostalgic, Sports Reporters is coming back. Wow. What? Look at out of here. Whoopica.

Oh my God. It'd be zombies who's doing it. Only on YouTube. Whoa man. Only on YouTube hosted by Jeremy Schaap. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. Let's go. Deserves it. Legacy. Now the original producer of Sports Reporters has passed on, Joe Valerio. I read that it wasn't going to be necessarily in what's already been taped sports writers. That it's going to be the first one's going to be necessarily in what's already been taped sports writers

that it's gonna be the first one's gonna be like Joe Buck, Al Michaels it's gonna be a new kind of sports reporters this is what's being speculated. They couldn't find enough sports writers? The industry the newspaper industry is so depleted that they could not find three sports reporters to sit around an old coffee table. I'm thinking Greg Cody has a shot. I mean Jeremy Shabb hosting a sports reporter for sports tiktokers would be the best. The best. Is this something that gets universal applause in the other room or do we have any dissenters on? Yeah not interested, won't watch, don't have this piece of nostalgia. It's from a bygone age and television has moved on

we really don't need people gas bagging around a coffee table done it since Crossfire meet the press don't need it anymore in my life I like it I like it I like it too yeah I don't think has a see the original sports reporters was in Chicago was Rick Talender and a bunch of old-time illegal really old sports reporters that was the first one it was chicago cable access television and some people got it nationally they smoke cigars that was the original incarnation it was hosted by dick shapp on the espn every sunday morning and then john saunders and at the end mike lupica But it hasn't been around for how long is it?

Now six years it got banished to ESPN too. They ran it off, football came and stomped it out. Football comes on Sunday mornings and just shits on everybody. They're like that guy who was flying to Ireland just pees on everybody. Gets everybody out of the business on Sunday morning. And now it's coming back on YouTube

and I ask you what is the audience for that? The final episode, by the way, was May 7th of 2017. I think there's gonna be a big audience, a big old audience, but a big audience. A big old audience that doesn't know how to find YouTube? Can't find an AARP magazine because they're still buying magazines, but won't be able to find how to pay for Sunday Ticket

because it's on YouTube. I was thinking about that when you mentioned YouTube, the Sunday Ticket, you can customize your three or four game box the way you want it. That's a great idea. I'm gonna need someone to come over and help me with that. I don't know how to do that. Don't your daughters help you with this?

Yeah, but they're not gonna be home. Yeah, but for $700, you can buy just multiple TVs. That is one inefficient way to do it. Well now you're saving money. I could buy like a $150 TV and I could put it next to another $150 TV and I've now saved money. What?

$150? Yeah, TVs? No. Give me $150, I'll get you a TV. There, yeah. He will. I can in Miami at a gas station. You could go to Target right now

and like a 32 inch screen TV is less than $200, it's crazy. I wanna ask all of you this question because this happens to me once a week, once a week. And I think it's because, I'm going to assume that it's because of the car I'm driving and that people assume that if I'm my age in a convertible that I will have cash. Once a week, someone in Miami comes up to me in a van

with what is clearly stolen merchandise, asking me if I would like to buy something from out of their van. Electronics, like it's obviously stolen and it happens all the time in Miami, and an alarming amount, and an amount that I'm imagining cannot happen outside of maybe Los Angeles,

maybe New York, the same way that it happens here. That happened to me like three or four weeks ago. I was at Home Depot and I was getting something for my anniversary and like some guy was like honking and I was like, what does this person need, what do they want, whatever, and they pull over and they're like, hey, I have this entertainment system for your house and this normally goes for $7,000.

But I ordered too many for a job that I'm doing. Like, do you want it? And in my head I'm like, wait, what? And then he parks and then he opens the back of his car and I'm like, okay, I'm getting kidnapped. But I started looking at this thing and then he's- And you were like, Stu Gatz, go home. Well no, he's showing me all these,

he's like, look, you can put this speaker here, this speaker there, and he's showing me this whole thing. He's like, normally these go for $7,000. And naive me, I was like, this guy's just gonna give me an entertainment system? It doesn't fit in my house, but if he's gonna give it to me, I can figure out something to do with this thing.

And then he's like, it's $7,000, but obviously I wouldn't ask for that much for and I was like, this is way too much entertainment system for my house, thank you though, and I left. And I didn't get kidnapped. You had to purchase an anniversary gift and you went to Home Depot? Oh yeah, because here's the thing, here's the thing.

Got a grill. Social, listen to me, do not betray me and clip this because my wife doesn't listen to this show but if it's on Instagram, she might see it. Here's a thing, it's our fifth wedding anniversary. Which by the way, wood for the grill. How'd you guys know, wood?

I do the same thing. I did good for wood. Well, what? I did a good one, like I had a good wood. Me and my wife went out to dinner, and I had a friend, while we were out to dinner, set up in our backyard a bonfire with wood, because the wood is crackling. And also, I had, what the hell did I have?

I had the type of wine sitting there was like wood brine, it was like wood something, the type of wine. It was a really shitty type of wine, but it had wood in the name. That was the most Greg Cody. That's adorable. What the hell did I have in the middle of your sentence? But that's adorable by me right there.

What do you do? Wait, Dan, your wood anniversary is coming up soon too then. What are you going to do? Morning wood. And now we're talking. I can go to your backyard and set up a little bonfire if you'd like to do the same thing. Yeah, please. Please do that for me. In a penthouse.

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Miller Lite. It's the one thing that hasn't changed over the course of this 20 year run, the great taste of Miller Lite. Another thing that hasn't changed is that it's less filling. Why don't you tell me right now? I'll take an opportunity to lay out for a brief moment to listen to you and tell me what your favorite thing is about the original light beer. Go ahead. Wow, a lot of you spoke at the exact same time. I actually couldn't make out any of it. Whatever it is that you said your favorite thing about Miller Lite was. Don't worry, this debate was sparked in 1975 and they still haven't settled it. You don't have to choose what's best.

Miller Lite has great taste and is less filling. Tastes like Miller time. To get Miller Lite delivered right to your door, visit MillerLite.com slash Dan, or you can find it pretty much anywhere that sells beer. Celebrate responsibly Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories per 12 ounces, fewer cows and carbs and premium regular beer.