Transcript of Adam Lefkoe Threatens New York Sports Fans | Hour 3 New

This is the Dan Levator Show with the Stugatz Podcast.

Adam Lefkoe is going to join us here later in this hour. I can make the argument that Adam Lefkoe is the best young sports broadcaster going right now. He has added Roland Garros and tennis to his list of excellent things that he does. We will get to him Shortly, we were talking about the Esquire magazine article that made Fernando Mendoza a maverick when he's not a maverick. Lane Kiffin, a maverick, had an interview with Vanity Fair, and a lot of people are talking about some of the things he has said, one more notably than the others. I'll get to that at the end. Among the things that he said, he said he held up his end of the bargain and Mississippi fans shouldn't be mad at him. Quote, Did you make the university tons of money? Are out-of-state applications way up? Did the city make tons of money? Businesses, real estate? I mean, this is not a normal big city. This is Oxford, Mississippi. And he said that his recruiting efforts were hindered at Ole Miss. And he said this is the reason, quote, they would say, hey, coach, we really like you, but my grandparents aren't letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.

That doesn't come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus diversity feels so great. It feels like there's no segregation, and we want that for our— all our kids because that is the real world. That is the quote that's making the rounds. This is something that Black people have been saying about Mississippi for a long time, but now Lane Kiffin says it, and it's gotten people's attention all of a sudden because he is a lightning rod. It is fairly amazing to see this reinvention where he climbs right back to the top of college football when he's had some things in his past that not a lot of other coaches have in their past, you know, whether it's the Raiders and Al Davis ripping him famously in that Mortensen press conference, or whether it's mattresses burning in Tennessee when he left there, or being fired on the tarmac of USC. Like, the things on his resume that he has climbed over to get back to the top of that sport and have one of the best jobs in that sport are crazy given his personality type.

I just don't want to hear him make it sound like he's doing something noble. Like, that's not what's happening. They offered him a lot of money. It's a good situation. It has nothing to do with any type of, you know, social setting or any type of noble duty that he feels.

Well, plus, if you want to be a maverick, you say— you allude to some of that while you're still at Ole Miss. You be honest then about some of the reservations that the recruits have and you try to change the culture there from within. I don't know that he ever did that, and it's probably a losing task, but, you know, I'm looking at the Ole Miss Rebel logo right now, and, you know, maybe you start there and just change that. If what he's saying now is true at Ole Miss still, it's something that needs to be changed, and if anybody on campus can maybe have that conversation started, it's the head coach of a big football program. Mortensen.

He is a maverick. There's no disputing that. We always do this thing, say it while you're there. He said plenty while he was there.

Okay, but not that.

Well, but he came on our show and said, yeah, tired of the brown lake. Like, it was a little different. Yeah, it is different, but it was clear from the start that the small city style, uh, didn't fit him.

That's right. And in fairness, I have not read the entire article. This is being aggregated in a way that leads you to believe it was one of the contributing factors to him making that move to LSU.

Right.

It had nothing to do with him moving to LSU. None. And what you're seeing right there, while true and certainly a part of their history that they reckon with daily, like this is a part of banter inside the SEC and culturally inside of Mississippi. It's something that they deal with every day. It is not at all a reason why he left for LSU.

If they offered him more money than LSU did, he'd been staring that Confederate flag in the face every day.

He went to LSU because he thought long term that was the best move for him, because that is probably the best job in the nation. And what you're seeing there is just more rationalization. A dude being asked questions, pressing to find some other reason than that because people don't like the way that that sounds. When, if anybody can actually just live with that statement and let it rest. It's Lane Kiffin, kind of a mercenary. We get it, Dan. You went through like his resume— burning mattresses, fired on the tarmac. He's probably most known for what happened a couple of months ago. He totally hijacked the sport. Nobody even talked about the Heisman Trophy winner. Everybody was rushing to put out like, what's my top 3? Because everybody was consumed by Lane Kiffin's drama at Oxford, Mississippi. Was he Or was he not going to go? And that was exactly the way that he liked it.

Mortensen.

My entire lifetime, any job in Mississippi in sports has always been a stepping stone job. It's not a destination. And the people of Oxford, Mississippi might not like that. He says in the article in Vanity Fair, I needed Oxford more than Oxford needed me. I disagree. He made Oxford matter in football.

He did.

That person made Mississippi something that was nationally relevant in the most powerful conference there is in football. I do not agree with his assessment, quote, "I needed Oxford more than Oxford needed me." I would have loved, given his personality type, to hear that quote more honestly from him. Oxford needed me more than I needed Oxford. Because he needed some reinvention, but after FAU he could have gotten other jobs. It was a slower climb than probably he would have liked, but Mississippi didn't become a good job until he made it one.

Mm-hmm, yeah, and Ole Miss was always a rung on a ladder for him, and, and there's nobody who follows college football who wouldn't say LSU is a notch above Ole Miss on the echelon, no matter what their records were last season or the past couple of years.

Nick Wright has told us that he has— is it nemeses in plural? If you make a nemesis plural, I don't know whether it's nemesises or nemeses. Maybe Adam Lefkoe, who's got some command of the language, can help me. But Nick Wright says that Pablo Torre and Mina Kimes— I texted him and haven't heard back on the Pablo Torre Pulitzer announcement. A strange silence from Nick Wright on that one. I wonder if Adam Lefkoe has any— he's very kind. He's very decent. Adam, welcome. Do you have any rivals in the sports media business? Anything, anyone you're looking at where you're like, this person is applying for the status of best young broadcaster there is anywhere in the game, and I have to hold him or her at bay because they want to be regarded the way I am and I can't let that happen.

He's not in the same realm, but Chris Simms. You know, spend enough time with them and don't ever want to see them again. It's over. And so it's more of a feud, a hatred, less of a rivalry. But you're right, man. That Nick Wright, Pablo Torre, we need to get a Nick response.

Silence. I've got— I'm just— silence. A Pulitzer is a pretty good thing to win, but I don't think anybody cares about the Pulitzer anymore. It's not— look at Tony back there shaking his head.

I want it. I don't care.

Yeah, it doesn't seem like anybody cares about the Pulitzer except for Greg Cody. Nobody does. Anyone still care about the Pulitzer?

It's a big deal.

Less today than ever. Yeah, not me.

I did not know that you were this kind of a tennis guy. Mike Ryan wouldn't shut up about how good you are at—

Raven.

Yeah, it was annoying. It was annoying to hear Mike Ryan chirp. Great studio host about how great you are at the tennis. When did you add tennis to your resume? A year ago.

Dan, I didn't know I was a tennis guy either. To be honest. And now I'm obsessed. Yeah. So we did Roland Garros for the first time last year. That's also when I entered the world of Mike Ryan Ruiz group chats, which I think is more daunting than covering Roland Garros, just dealing with that. And now I'm hooked on both and I'm watching Tennis Channel 24/7 and I can, I can name international flags on sight, which is something I could not do a year ago. So my, my horizons have been broadened.

Well, it seems at this point in your career you can choose whatever it is that you'd like, largely. How and why did you choose this?

So as TNT moved on from the NBA, they began to add to their portfolio. And you have a decision at that point of, do you want to be a one-sport person or do you want to take on everything? And as I've followed in the footsteps of the greatest host of all time, Ernie Johnson, I said, let's go for the challenge. So in about December or January of last year, when TNT got Roland Garros, I walked in there and said, I want it. And now we're doing tennis. I did the NLCS in baseball on TBS. I'm covering Shohei Ohtani. I did college basketball, March Madness. I did college football. And there are new sports that TNT has not announced yet that I will be doing. So But honestly, Dan, and I think you understand this more than anyone, it can get a little redundant when you do the same thing over and over again. And the freshness of covering a new sport, being to be at a slam for 3 weeks in Paris in May and June, having guys like Ben Shelton come up to me and going, man, I loved you doing basketball. You're doing this now.

I'm excited. It, it, it was something new to study and learn. And now I'm hooked.

Center of the field.

Sinner. Sinner. Especially because my dark horse was going to be the storyline that I think is the best, which was Djokovic going for number 25 and then he loses in the first round in Rome. I don't, I don't know how anybody— like the fact right now presented by DraftKings, I think Sinner is -270. That seems crazy to me. I feel like it should be even higher, but anything could happen. But it's Sinner. Are you a tennis guy, Dan, at all?

Eh, we got a group chat for you if you want in.

No thanks.

Is Dan in any group chats? Is he in, in any of them?

Yeah, he's above that.

No, he's in mass emails though. He's more of an emailer.

Put it on the poll @LevitarShow: is Dan above the group chats, yes or no? Is Sinner already on the Mount Rushmore of redheaded athletes?

Okay, so Yannick Sinner, who is even out there? Blake Griffin. Who was even the other options? Currier.

Jim Currier. Mark McGuire. Roy Holliday.

Is Mark McGuire eligible, though?

Oh, because he checks out.

He checks out.

He is authentically redheaded. He might be pharmaceutical everywhere else, but he is.

Yeah. What happens if someone dyes their hair red? Is that the performance-enhancing drug of redhead? I don't think Andy Dalton to go to our ginger correspondent, Bill Walton.

Bill Walton.

Bill Walton. Yeah, I think Sinner's in there.

Sean White.

Sinner's in there. Sean White. Great. Did you just have redheaded athletes on your wall growing up? That's right.

Canelo.

Oh, yeah. You got to go. That is a good one. Canelo's a good one. You got to put Canelo.

Guys, this is— this is right down my alley. Brandon Weedon.

Woody Woodpecker.

All right, now you just went to Google and typed in redheaded athletes.

But he played Woody Woodpecker.

Yeah, didn't he have a redhead? I'm Googling him right now.

It's a parrot.

It's not an athlete. He's a woodpecker. It's a fictional—

yeah, he does have red.

If you were to sell Woody Woodpecker as an athlete, what I would use is I would say that, um, Luke Keekly wore technology around his neck that was simulated after a woodpecker to prevent concussions. So Woody Woodpecker's impact on the NFL linebacker community, in my opinion, would put him in the discussion for—

how do we bypass the fact that Greg just called— I just heard a woodpecker called by— was it you, Zazz?

That was Greg.

Was it Zazz who called a woodpecker a parrot? Is that something—

is that something that really said Woody Woodpecker is a parrot?

That was Greg.

Put it on the poll at Levitard Show: is Woody Woodpecker a parrot? This is a worse mistake than his Al Pacino— he put Al Pacino in Raging Bull and Bull Durham. This— how do you call a woodpecker Woodpecker who's got a woodpecker in his name, a parrot.

Yo, whatever, who cares?

Impressive thing. I mean, that was a great yes and from Lefkoe. He's got Woody Woodpecker as an athlete just for contributions to the game.

He is an athlete.

Is like NFL quarterbacks, because that's why— I mean, I love the show so much when— and I joked about Sims earlier with the quarterback rankings, and I still appreciate you to this day. Much like quarterback rankings is Andy Dalton The Mendoza line of redheaded athletes. If you're better than Andy, you're great. If you're below Andy, you don't make the cut. That's a good Andy Dalton.

That's a great question right there, because Whedon— Whedon was a reach. Whedon is below Andy Dalton. But I think the baseline would have to be Andy Dalton.

Scalabrini, the Charles Barkley of redheads. Yes.

No.

Yes.

No.

Yes.

He's a guy—

he's like post-playing career.

Mm.

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I do. Yeah. One of the great characters in the history of television, in my humble opinion. And, uh, and to my credit, uh, my personality—

in my humble opinion followed by to my credit.

To my credit.

It's amazing.

My personality—

just amazing.

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Stugatz.

Oh wow.

I'm not going to say Larry David patterned himself after me.

All right, put it on the poll, please, Jude. You did, Greg Cody, copyright being an asshole long before Larry David.

This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugatz. Dale Earnhardt Jr. I want on the same website right now. I want to— I want to play any more Bleacher Report list.

I want to play some sound for Levko. Nick Wright, the aforementioned Nick Wright, has a take that Brian Winhorst had 10 years ago, and people crushed Brian Winhorst for this take. But Nick Wright is trying to joylessly resurrect it.

Bringing children to press conferences after losses should not be allowed. And I think Joel Embiid is obviously an awesome family man and a great dad. And when we first saw it with— I think it was Steph's— Steph's daughter, not only was it adorable, it was in the midst of them always winning, and all the press conference stuff was just celebratory. And so it was cute, and there was never a, oh man, I kind of need to ask him an awkward question, but he has this adorable child with him. It is whether intentional or not, the ultimate effect is your kid is shielding you from what could be tough or uncomfortable questions. That is the point of those press conferences.

Right.

And I am not picking on Embiid because he's not the only guy to do it. And I do like NBA guys after— in the '90s, it was the opposite kind of stereotype of like these guys, the old Sports Illustrated article, Where's Daddy? Like the absentee father stuff. I really like how the modern NBA star has really embraced Like, we know, we know all these guys' kids. We know Deuce, we know, you know, Kanan Curry, we know Bron's kids on the team, but his other kids with the Kambuza. Okay, there you go. But I don't think after season-ending losses, when you're talking about your future with a team, that you should have your kid on your lap. Just, I know this is, I'll just get ripped for it, but I know I'm right.

And that it should say that on his tombstone. I know I'll get ripped for it, but I know I'm right. What are your thoughts What's their left go?

So I watched this yesterday and I literally almost texted Nick and I was going to just say, you going anti-kid is an incredible take. As a father of a 2-year-old, my thought was, I can't even imagine doing anything with my 2-year-old by myself. Like, he's just going to go crazy and go all over the place. I would love to know if there was actually a publicist or a PR person that was like, child, child, we can minimize this, bring in the child, like if it was truly a strategy, is, is really interesting to me. And then also, I mean, again, as the father of a young kid, I'm trying to hand over as much as possible, you know, like I got to cook. I can't handle this right now. So to think, let me do the press conference with the kid, maybe it is purposeful, but it's a, it's a great take and you couch it right enough and then you go against kids. Bold move, and I like it.

You guys believe for a second that any journalist would be deterred because there is a child on Embiid's lap from asking him a difficult question?

I'd like to believe that, right? Like, I think Embiid did it on purpose. And I also think that if there are reporters there who are not asking specific questions because the kid's on his lap, that's stupid.

I like the idea of a toddler who can barely speak All of a sudden, looking at the reporter straight in the eye and going, why are you so mean to my dad? Why are you asking such a difficult question when I'm here on his lap? It doesn't matter. The reporter is not going to change his question. And nobody should think that the toddler on the lap is going to change the question asked or the press conference in any way.

Let's play this sound of Embiid here for Lefkoe as a Philly guy and just get his overall thoughts that aren't necessarily related to the child.

All right, VJ is going— I know, you know, and you know, I'm going to talk to him. He's going to be better. Uh, and he was amazing for his first year. Tyrese is going to be better, and he's taking a step every single year. PG that we saw the last couple weeks, um, you know, he still got it. Um, and then everybody else, I, I don't know who's going to be here. I don't even know if I'm going to be here, but you know, whatever happens happens.

Your thoughts on that and him calling the season a success for him because he played 38 games and had a bad knee?

I just— if Greg Cody wants a second Pulitzer, he needs to go to these press conferences and only talk to the kid. Are you disappointed in your father? You know, did he let you down? You know, I think you need to actually go the other way and go after the kid.

I like—

if you really want to win an award, you know, that's the investigation.

I really did.

Great. Cody finds out.

Yeah. No, no, that's a great idea. That actually is a great idea. Because thank you. Especially what you need to do is you need to go in the press conference with your teenage son on your lap. Okay. Somebody who's old enough to actually answer a question thoughtfully.

I like the idea of Carlos Boozer doing a press conference with the presently sized Cam Boozer on his lap.

I think LeBron should do a press conference with Bronny on his lap.

That's what I think. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Should LeBron have deflected criticism from being swept by doing the press conference with Bronny.

Oh my gosh, LeBron at the podium last night getting swept and Bronny's on his lap and he's just like, how dare you ask me that question?

Nick Wright would have been fine with it at that point.

That's so good. He would have had a baby Bjorn. Uh, but on Embiid, uh, the only reason I'll say it's a success, um, is in my life, literally in my entire life, We've never beaten the Celtics in a playoff series. And the emotional letdown of winning a Game 7. I mean, this is the same Sixers-Celtics rivalry where we were up 3-2 and blew it. I thought there was zero chance we were going to beat the Knicks in terms of Embiid with the success. Like, I don't know, this whole season to me was a write-off from the beginning. I didn't think— I mean, with Paul George and the suspension and the injuries to everybody, a little bit like the Flyers season, they both kind of felt like successes. But Embiid saying, I don't know if I'll be here next year, was very interesting. I think he was just trying to say, hey man, everything's up in the air, but you're stuck here. You're not going anywhere. So I don't know what you're talking about. But yeah, that was weird.

Adam, where does the embarrassment rank for Philadelphia sports the way the Knicks fans took over the building?

That was tough, especially as someone who lives in New York. Yeah, it's— to see them with the brooms and the yelling and all that. Just know, and I will send out a fair warning to the city of New York for Philadelphia fans, do not come to an Eagles-Giants game this year because the retribution will be swift. Because if there's one sport— like, people do not understand the ranking of Philadelphia sports. It is Eagles and then a gap and then the Flyers and then the Phillies. And then the Sixers, if you're going to be real about the city of Philadelphia. And so if you want to jump on, on the Sixers and look, and I can't believe I'm admitting this here, I'm a Sixers fan. My wife is a Knicks fan. My son is a Knicks fan. I gave it up because I took Eagles and it was non-negotiable. So it, it's just not as highly ranked. But I'm telling you, do not bring that Giants energy to Philadelphia. You do not want that smoke.

So let's play this Josh Hart sound for proud Philadelphian Adam Lefkoe. Nah, man.

Where is my son? Nah, man, because everybody was begging for Philly to not sell their tickets and all that stuff.

So, man, yeah, I used to think Philly was a sports town.

I don't know if it is anymore. I need my son. I need to deflect. He's at music class right now. I think the part that really hurts Philadelphia fans. I did a draft show years ago when we drafted Mikal Bridges and I'm on the stream going crazy for Bleacher Report and then we trade him. Josh Hart, we could have taken multiple times. We saw him. I mean, the Sixers tried to hire Jay Wright years ago and you'd think maybe they'd listen to him. Jalen Brunson was available to draft. All these Philly guys that are Eagles fans and Philly fans could have been Sixers and that's really what kills it. But I'll give credit to Josh. That was like a WWE-like slam that really, really hurt my soul. And that one I can't lie about.

How about this one here of a local Philadelphia broadcast?

Action News reporter Cheyenne Corrine live inside Xfinity Mobile Arena tonight.

Cheyenne, this game was brutal.

Let's go! Walter, you would think that I'm in New York right now instead of Philadelphia. This is absolutely not the way that fans were hoping to end the Sixers season. You can see that I am surrounded.

Oh my God, that guy at the end, the worst Knicks fans.

And those sidewalk interviews that they do, well, like the bing bongs and all that, it is a lane they have taken over and owned. Huge credit to that reporter for being able to do that. That was— I mean, that's going like number one on my resume tape and I'm sending that to everybody. But also credit to the Knicks fans for knowing when she was on air. As someone who's done local news, the amount of times that people come by and yell and in your head you're like, we're not even live. They waited. That is— yeah, great questions, guys.

I was—

I'm stressed out, man. I don't like this at all.

Don Lebatard.

A recreation of the iconic scene in A Few Good Men as told by Chris Cody. Stugatz!

Colonel Jessup, did you order the code red?

You don't have to answer that question. I'll answer the question. You want answers?

I think I'm entitled to them. You want answers?

I want the truth! Ah, you can't handle the truth.

This is the Dan Levatar Show with the Stukacs.

Adam, I think we're pretty deep as far as men's tennis in America goes. Uh, it's a pretty good generation, but I don't know if there's any catch in the top 2 guys. Uh, these, uh, American tennis players have kind of traded off being best in form. Uh, who would you say right now has who has the best outside chance of maybe catching the top 2?

So I got very excited with Lerner, Tien, during the hard court run, and he was taking down some monsters. And now I'm watching him on the clay and he got smoked by Hodar today. And he's the youngest. So I have hope there. It's still Ben Shelton. You know, if like we're looking at any sports, he's the one with the measurables. He's the one with the athleticism. He's the one that if he can add certain things to his game, it could take the next step. He's got the huge But there is that monster gap right now between the big two and everybody else. And in terms of the French, I— last year we had the best American performance in Roland-Garros in three decades since Andre Agassi was going through. And I, I feel like— and I feel like we got spoiled last year. Sabalenka, Coco Gauff was incredible. Alcaraz, Sinner, top three match of all time. And the Americans, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Tiafoe all made it to the second week. I'm hard pressed has to think that's going to happen again. But it's still Shelton. But Turner Lerner would be the one that I personally like the most.

Agassi is on the TNT Sports' premiere coverage of Roland Garros with Adam Lefkoe. Lefkoe is also the host, the co-host of The Big Podcast with Shaquille O'Neal.

Adam, you mentioned Sabalenka and Coco Gauff. They have raised the idea of a potential boycott because the women want want a greater share of the revenue. What do you make of that? Is it possible? Because if players of that stature boycotted a major, it would get the attention of tennis.

Having covered the NBA, having covered the NFL, the big difference is they have unified player unions that prepare for things like boycotts. Think about the discussion that's happening in MLB, talking about putting together a war chest. So that they can handle the boycott. What I'm learning through tennis is it's one of the most fractured sports that I've ever seen. Every single slam is its own entity. Every player is their own entity. Plus, they always are talking about how busy they are and they have no time. And for them to unify and to say, hey, we're all going to boycott— the other people there, Coco Gauff, said, hey, If there is a boycott, I'll join, which doesn't mean I'm leading the boycott. The last boycott that I remember in tennis is Billie Jean King back in the '70s, and that was more about rights and something bigger than just money. But these tennis players, if you think about it, the stars need to boycott so that the lower-tier tennis players can get more money so that they can have a life. But if all the stars boycotted, If I'm a lower-tier tennis player and suddenly Sabalenka and Coco Gauff aren't playing, maybe I play in this tournament and get some of the money that, that it could be owed to me.

I just think, Greg, it's going to be really tough because it is so isolated and these players aren't talking. I don't even know if they have a players union like that. I think they're far away from it being possible. And it just kind of feels— this is my read from the outside. I don't, I don't know too many details, but it just seems like it would be a tough hill to overcome just in terms of coming together and planning it.

An admittedly odd question to punctuate this interview, but if I give you the entirety, human beings and the animal kingdom, and I say to you, what do you believe if an animal or a human being is gassy, what do you believe is the longest amount of time that an animal or a human being can fart for consistent, you know, uh, continually, uh, what would you give it as a world record-breaking amount of time?

Great question.

Is this in regarding to that horse that farted that I watched yesterday?

Go ahead and play it.

Yeah.

Uh, that's number one.

Let the release. I am jealous.

Are you? You're jealous?

You're telling me, Dan, you wouldn't love to wake up tomorrow morning and go, oh, and then let that out? The relief that you would feel, plus the reaction that you would get. I would want to do it in a public place. I would, like that horse, want it documented. That is a point of pride. That is, um, man, I mean, just the beginning, the sputter I would put that up with the greatest opera singers of all time.

It was great.

That, that to me should be savored.

Yeah, it had a musical note to it.

Adam, I don't know if you know this, Dan doesn't fart.

Yes.

Go ahead, Tony.

It's like a muted trombone.

Yes.

Dan, you don't fart? I find that your breath must stink. Yeah, that can't be true.

He said because of his dick.

Somewhere, Dan.

Dan, we're gonna have to let him go on that note. Oh, I take back everything nice I've ever said.

You don't have a kid on your lap, you can't do this.

Adam, let go.

Adam, uh, uh, you're— Adam, let go. See you later. Uh, good talking to you. I love you guys. He's the host.

Miss you.

For TNT Sports' premiere coverage of Roland Garros.

I need like a cymbal crash at the end.

All right, get out of here. Goodbye. It's a point of pride.

Best dressed man on television.

Is he?

Yeah. The suit game at Roland Garros. Tune in. He color coordinates with the clan.

It's good stuff.

It's not—

Roy says that that's like a laughter at the end. I think that's a release at the very end here. Hold on, wait for it.

It's coming now.

The endpoint on that audio is different from the endpoint on the video.

Ah, no, that was definitely a gasp. Yeah, from the person holding the camera.

It's not that I don't fart, it's that if I have ingredients I'm not supposed to have, my body tells me by farting. If I eat the correct things, uh, the ingredients that are specific to my blood type, uh, there is no farting. If I am gassy or belchy or farty, it's because I've had an ingredient I'm not supposed to have. That's what I'm telling you.

Lefto had the right take.

Envy.

Envy. They're like, Super Bowl Monday? You kidding me? Oh yeah, I would love to have that. Super Bowl— that is a Talladega fart. Yeah.

Yeah. You haven't had a chance to talk in any way about the idea of a 29-second gap being cut in 25 laps. You haven't had the chance to do that over the course of the week because NASCAR always gets drowned out on a Monday. So the floor is yours.

SVG is the greatest road course driver in the history of NASCAR. And it's not Stan Van Gundy. Oh, Shane Van Gisbergen, who is incredible at driving the road courses, uh, very pedestrian driving the ovals. So he's a bit of a polarizing driver because traditionalists don't like some dude that basically is a hack to the system because NASCAR has more than a few road courses and he gets all his points by dominating the field. Field, but it's artistry. He knows things. There's proprietary information that he keeps secret even from his teammates. And if you had access to the comms going back from his team at the pit and him, they were in awe. They were just saying, man, this is so badass. He erased a 29-second lead with 25 laps to go and ended up winning the race by 8 Uh, how, how? He pitted and everyone was saying how risky it was. He pitted early and he counted on the people in front of him to start saving gas and not put the, the full pedal to the metal. And he still had to pass like 20 cars in traffic at a road course. Very hard to do.

He found a way to do it. He knows these angles better than anybody else. He knows these cars better than anybody else on these road tracks, and it was a signature road course victory for the greatest on the planet at road courses.

Did you mention gas? I didn't know that was possible. I got to be honest, I didn't, I didn't think that there was any kind of living species that could make that sound from its ass.

Oh, I thought you were going to talk about the 29 seconds in 25 laps. That includes a caution in which the field was bunched up. It ended up working out for him. If this dude ever learns how to perform on a traditional oval, it's a wrap. It's done.

This should have included a caution. I'm going to place in front of the group here what I believe to be a typical Harbaugh player. I believe when you go to the cult of Harbaugh, you start talking like this. Here is Chargers tight end Charlie Kohler.

No, like something like so beautiful about you're up by 6 points. It's like 3rd and 3. You know you're running it. 2 minutes left in the game, they have no timeouts, you get it first down, the game's over. You know you're running it, they know you're running it, your wife knows you're running it, their wife knows they're running it, you still run it. It's like, there's— it is more satisfying than any touchdown I've ever had.

Hell yeah, hell yeah, brother! Duo up the middle, A-gap.

That guy's jacked.

Yeah, he's, he's He's something is your contribution here at the end of the show?

And say it into the mic, please.

I don't want to say too much.

I mean, just, just play the fart instead. I mean, Greg, that's your contribution? Yeah, I don't know. Something is like— honestly, I could have gone to anyone in America for commentary on that sound and gotten something better than he's something.

Well, that guy, that, that kid sounded like the, the guys I used to smoke dope with in high school. I'm just saying, what do you love?

What do you love as much as that guy loves running the ball on 3rd and 3?

My racehorse. And by the way, the reason that fart is so explainable is that the racehorse weighs 2,500 pounds. It's a big-ass animal, literally. I mean, he's got a big ass. He's letting out a big fart. It makes all the sense in the world. You know, you and I weigh 1/10 of what that horse weighs. That kind of thing.