The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz

Izzy has a new nickname for Anthony Edwards, and his star continues to rise through Starting 5. Then, Jessica couldn't stop watching Lord of the Rings, Taylor hurt himself training for a 6-minute mile, and Izzy decides to take a victory lap for something that he's been wrong about thus far... Plus, Stugotz is starting to love the 12-team College Football Playoff, and who's in 2nd place to Ol' Crimson at College GameDay? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for today's Thursday Thunder...or at least we think it is. Then, Jeremy asks the crew if they'd like to hear his Top 5 Reasons To Be Optimistic About the Heat (If You Want To Be Optimistic About the Heat), and it goes about how you'd expect. Tony steps in and delivers HIS Tony's Top 5 to perfection, along with a glimpse at his QB tiers. Plus, the Will Levis memes and Aidan Hutchinson's injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Izzy, Stugotz, Chris, Jeremy, Jessica, Roy, and Tony. It's spooky szn as the Meadowlark Media offices with Halloween decorations abound. After Shohei Ohtani smacked a 3-run homer and continued his historic tear with runners in scoring position, Stugotz and Izzy call him out for his lack of success when it really matters: when the bases are empty. Then, Sabrina Ionescu came up clutch for the Liberty, and while we want to celebrate her accomplishment, what Holly Rowe is doing may somehow be more impressive. Plus, Chris has two hygiene questions for the group that leave everyone a bit perplexed before Dianna Russini arrives to discuss the chaos surrounding her last hit with the show, how the Davante Adams trade came together, the smell of the media scrum, and the Eagles woes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If the Rays end up having to play their games in Miami next year, we have to get Dan season tickets behind home plate, right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Kid Mero joins the crew to discuss his Yankees taking a 2-0 series lead in the ALCS before chatting about the narrative flipping on Karl-Anthony Towns, his Rich Paul interview on 7PM in Brooklyn, and Tony's Refran Del Dia. Then, it's time for Jessica and Lucy on the latest Gen CFB. The two recap an epic Week 7 around college football that included a wild finish between Ohio State and Oregon in Eugene, Alabama escaping South Carolina and Tennessee getting out of dodge against Florida. Plus, Lucy thinks there is a new national title favorite and they look forward to a loaded Week 8 that includes massive showdowns between Georgia and Texas and Tennessee and Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stu begins the hour by discussing the show's Oral History project with Mike as they dissect some of the greatest guests in our show's history. Then, Stugotz's daughter actually called him this week, and Tony delivers the "Tony's Wife's Top 5 Things She Learned About The NBA After Watching Starting 5." Plus, Tim Kurkjian is here to chat with the crew about the highlight of his career working with his son, the underdog Mets, base running blunders, the latest with the Rays stadium in Tampa, and every other story around the MLB Playoffs including Shohei Ohtani's standing as the leadoff hitter for the Dodgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How early is too early for holiday shopping? Billy wants to examine the sweet spot for holiday shopping and the difficulty in being someone who isn't easy to shop for. Also, what's the best soup? And do you want to have bologna with you if you're breaking into a home? Plus, Stugotz and the Shipping Container break down Mike Tomlin's legacy and his move to go from Justin Fields to Russell Wilson. Then, Baker Mayfield might be a sneaky MVP picks, Stu and Billy chatted with Steve Spagnuolo on GBF, and Jerry Jones rips apart his radio partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Stugotz, Billy, Chris, Mike, Roy, and Tony. Who is LeBron rooting for in MLB? Stugotz's Mets have a game tonight, but we're more interested in his Jets making a trade for Davante Adams and the movement it sparked around the NFL including an Amari Cooper trade to the Bills. Did Adams make the right move for himself ending up with Aaron Rodgers? Then, it's time to talk some hockey as we take a look at a clip from our show's interviews with the Panthers and break down an interesting start to the season. Plus, is Bob Wischusen the best voice in hockey? The hockey chat sure seems to think so. Also, are cousins overrated? And does anyone still listen to play-by-play on the radio while attending a game? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Friend of the show Steve Spagnuolo joins the guys in studio during the Chiefs' bye week. Why can no-one dial up a blitz like Spags? Could OC Spags beat DC Patrick Mahomes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jess tried to rush Soup SZN in Miami and says she immediately regretted it and we spend the rest of the postgame determining which soups are in the Soup Hall of Fame, what causes something to be classified as soup and why Chris has an issue with ramen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start the hour with a Behind The Bit that takes us inside Greg Cote's iconic 4-5 am hour during Freedumb. Greg Cote is on a crusade to at least get Pete Rose on the Hall of Fame ballot, but not necessarily into the actual Hall of Fame. Plus, baseball is happening! Stugotz's New York Mets won a big game last night. Does he care? Was the New York Yankees' win in Game 1 actually a big win? When is it fair to start paying attention to baseball if you took the regular season off and your team is in the NLCS? Dan went out to do a Zoom interview with the second gentlemen, Doug Emhoff, and that leads into a discussion about Greg Cote turning down an interview with Deion Sanders. Also, Kornhacki takes a look at the NFC playoff picture if the season ended today, and Mike Ryan is becoming a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Giant NFL news is breaking as Dianna Russini joins us live from the NFL Owners' Meetings to discuss Davante Adams being traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the New York Jets. Dianna scrambles to find out information and we watch a master at work as she pulls double duty with our interview and reporting. As she leaves to do her job--which includes trying to speak to Jerry Jones about a morning rant on AM radio--we dive deeper into the impact this trade will have on the New York Jets. Mike Ryan is skeptical on whether this will actually positively effect the team, while Jessica is in wait-and-see mode. Plus, we go back to Kornhacki for an update on the NFL playoffs and Chris Cote shares a Stat of the Day we already talked about. Then, we clear out for Greg Cote as he gives us his Top 5 Holidays That Have Lost Their Luster and we dive into his voting history in presidential elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis joins the crew for the entire Big Suey to discuss the biggest topics around the world of College Football. We start by giving him the credit he deserves for his heroic performance during the Cal-Miami game when he got sick after a 22-hour work day. Steve Kornhacki joins the show to discuss how the College Football Playoff picture is shaping up halfway through the season and how some of the big results from last weekend impacted the bracket. We also look ahead to a giant Week 8 that includes a Texas and Georgia showdown and Alabama facing off against Tennessee. Plus, we dive into the Heisman race between Cam Ward, Ashton Jeanty and Travis Hunter and discuss one of the great feats in broadcasting history as we have some major NFL news break right in the middle of the interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stugotz is trying to avoid talking about the Jets loss last night by addressing the Mets, whether or not Halloween should be a gift-giving holiday and even the Miami Hurricanes, but Chris Cote does not let him get away with it. We dive into the result from last night and why Mike Ryan thinks the right team won. Also, have the Jets actually improved with Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback? The stats suggest maybe not. Plus, penalties are an epidemic around the NFL and took over the game last night. Greg Cote is tired of announcers telling us what penalty is being called before the refs call it and the doink is the most wonderful sound in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan is in Los Angeles recording new episodes of South Beach Sessions and had the opportunity to interview the Second Gentleman of the United States, Doug Emhoff. Doug opens up about the unique experience of supporting his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, as she suddenly began a Presidential campaign and how he found out from a friend in the middle of a spin class. Doug discusses the ways that his life changed when Kamala became the Vice President of the United States and how he rediscovered his identity in his newfound role. Amidst the rapid moving campaign trail, Doug shares how the constants of love and communication with his wife have remained and how the two have continued to grow together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stugotz and Greg Cote discuss the cowardice in rooting for your rival team after you've been eliminated, but Chris Cote explains why he's willing to pull for a team he doesn't care about all that much just for a potential trip with his in-laws. Plus, Lionel Messi has a new cologne. Enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is it possible to hear things from the NFL "punting circles?" Then, Peter Rosenberg of Ebro In The Morning and the Michael Kay Show joins us ahead of a huge day in New York sports. He chats with the crew about Mets fans and Yankees fans rooting for each other, which New York fans hate the other New York teams in their respective sports, WNBA fandom in the city, the Karl-Anthony Towns trade, and what Jets fans will do if they get blown out tonight. Plus, Roy had a great time at the Savannah Bananas game on Saturday, Stu and Greg learn about A.J. and Big Justice, and the crew reveals their first crushes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick things off with Lucy's trip to Oregon vs. Ohio State which was one of the best experiences of her work life and one of the best games of an incredible College Football weekend. Greg and Stu discuss the game that Greg claims to have watched every snap of, but Chris is stuck on the way Greg pronounces Oregon. Then, Caleb Williams showed up and showed out in London, and Stugotz believe he may be inching ahead of Jayden Daniels in the rookie QB rankings. Also, what does the Caleb Williams experience tell the crew about Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins? Plus, it's time for Stugotz's Weekend Observations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hank Azaria (briefly) joins the crew to discuss his Mets, his Jets, and his Bruce Springsteen cover band. Then, Stu and Greg are starting to come around on the 12-team College Football Playoff as Jess and the Shipping Container take us through an unreal weekend of College Football. Plus, the potential Yankees-Dodgers World Series, Paintin' Manning, and road trips. Also, after referencing his extended family, Greg Cote is furious that the crew wants to know more about his extended family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Stugotz, Greg Cote, Chris, Billy, Jessica, and Roy. Dan is out this week covering the Clippers in Los Angeles, so Greg Cote is in the driver's seat after a weekend home alone without his wife or Dolphins football. Stugotz's lazy river takes the crew right toward what he's calling the best day of his sports life with afternoon Mets playoff baseball, and a Jets Monday Night Football game for 1st place. Then, 1 p.m. hockey on Indigenous People's Day, Nick Sirianni goes after Eagles fans, Greg says Londoners don't know anything about the NFL, and the crew shares how they tell their dogs to go No. 1 or No. 2. Plus, who will be the next NFL coach fired? Also, the Ice Cats, the Heat's preseason game, Chris Cote's issue with LSU night games, and Greg Cote's commute to work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices