Transcript of Hour 2: Who's This? (feat. Micky Arison, Matthew Berry, and JuJu Gotti)

This is the Dan Levatore Show with the Stukatz podcast.

I really do feel like you guys have put me in an impossible position here where I have to do this five-minute interview, agreeing to terms I didn't want, somebody on a cell phone. You guys don't understand how hard it is to even call the corridors of power. We have to go through a labyrinth just to make sure we could get Mickey Arison on the line to celebrate his Hall of Fame induction this weekend. He's going to be pulled all over the place. He's doing two other interviews, five minutes and forced. We have five minutes available to us, and over the last, I don't know, a few hours, you guys have forced me to do an interview that doesn't seem like it could go well. Five minutes is a set of terms that we've never agreed to. We're a video company now. That's what we've been doing the last four years. No video, that's not something that we do anymore. We are doing these things as a concession to a man. Yes, Chris.

We're going to call him live on the air. Do you think he's a hello or or this is Mickey when he answers guy? Because I think of people like when you're a Mickey Arison type, you say, Hey, this is Mickey. I think he's one of those types that goes yellow. I think he's going... I think it's... Yeah. Oh, power move.

All All right. We're going to call him live on the air. Are you guys ready? Because I have to set up the five minutes, and I have to set it up with him because the five minutes don't start until we've asked our first question. Okay, so he's going to sit there.

The start of the question or the end of the question? Because we have length issues. Like family fumes. The clock starts as you stop the question.

Let's start there with him, Billy, because I think it's laughable that he's only giving us five minutes, and I don't mind giving him a hard time.

He's probably going to have a clock also, so it's going to be like three, two, sync. I bet he likes family Yeah, you should sync it at the beginning for sure. Find out what time he's in.

We're going to have that whole conversation with him on the front end before we start the clock.

But also this could be a genie situation where you have three wishes, right? I wish I had more than three wishes. Boom, that was one of your wishes. So if it's at the end of the first question, you ask him, Hey, does the clock start at the end of the first question? Then that might have been the first question. The clock could have started.

But we have to be quick, too, is what I'm saying. Because it's five minutes-I'm quick.

Ask my wife. You should start with that.

How would you do that?

You're like, Hey, I'm quick. Usually on top.

What if that's the first question? A little iceberg. Mickey, how's the performance? Yeah.

Power bottom.

Man in the street, freak in the sheets, that type of thing.

Tony, you're of the belief that I should ask him off the top. A good interview that has five minutes before we get to the ownership by the Saudis, 10% of the company.

You're of the-Don't start with that one.

You're of the belief that... No, better to start, how are you in the sheets? Or how quick are you? You think that's better?

That's crass. Oh, dude, the Joe Rose. How the lady's treating you? Is he talking to Big Dog? Is that one of the three interviews?

Let's do this. I'm excited now.

All right, go ahead and call him.

I'm glad we sorted that The five minutes do not start.

I've got to talk to him about this.

I'm definitely not confused.

All right, hold on. Just call.

Very exciting. That was the first question, I already forgot.

Mickey?

Hello? Yes.

Hello, Mickey. The clock does not start on five minutes. We are on the air. We've got five minutes with you. Congratulations. You're the greatest owner in the history of South Florida sports. We're very happy for you.

Who's this? Hi, dad.

That was good. What a jokester.

No, we got- That guy gets it.

I forgot all my questions. Okay.

I've been told I have five minutes with him, but I'm just telling you right now, all right, Mickey, that the clock does not start until after we've asked our first question, okay?

You haven't asked the question yet?

No, I have not yet asked the question. We have five minutes with you. I don't think that I don't want to do any of this. Not this interview.

I'm not sure you want to- What are you so busy doing, Mickey? Mickey, what are you up to today? What does your day look like?

That's the first question.

No, it is not. No, it is not. The clock does not start until I ask the first question. Billy's not getting in here and asking the first question. The clock does not start.

I started out with a cappuccino at Starbucks with a banana bread. It was pretty good. It went right through me.

You ever heard of the... Okay, too much information. You have a Starbucks in your house?

Where I am, I have a Starbucks. It's called the Mohegan Sun.

You own the Mohegan Sun?

The Mohegan Sun.

The clock is behind. It's already started.

No, the clock. No, no, no. Don't start the clock. It's already gone.

Billy already asked too questions.

You ever have one of those plain stick donuts making you terrible?

Don't start the clock. Don't start the clock yet.

I haven't tried yet.

Don't bother. Don't waste your life on that. Okay.

What happened? You said your breakfast went right through you.

Yeah, that cappuccino was just a little strong with the jet lag coming from Italy.

Okay, this is not the first question. We've got five minutes in a second. No, It starts with the first question.

How many first questions do you have?

Okay, no. We're going to start the clock in a second. Mickey, thank you for joining us. Zazlo, you're in agreement with me. Greatest owner in South Florida sports history, bar none.

Has brought me a lot of joy. Greatest owner, yes. That question was to Zazlo, not you, Mickey. That didn't count you. That's right.

It was to Zazlo, not to Mickey. He is willing. He is starting his Hall of Fame week right now. It's very busy. He's only got five minutes. I'm going to ask the first question. The first question is, true or false, you are looking forward to making your Hall of Fame speech?

False.

True or false, Mickey, LeBron is the best player in franchise history?

Tough question. I got to give that to Dwyane Wade.

That's a good answer. Yeah, but it's false.

That makes it false. Why did you make him such a shitty statue? I mean, that thing looks nothing like him.

No. Billy.

He didn't sculpt it. It wasn't his fault.

Billy, that's not a question.

What is that? You said you wanted me to ask him that, Dan. You said Billy, make sure you come in and club over the head with this question.

No, I did not.

That's not true.

You pulled him aside. You were like, Mike, ask him if he knows Zazlo, and then Billy, ask him about the way. All right.

Mickey, are you excited about this weekend because you deserve it?

I'm excited? No, I'm excited is not the word.

What is it?

Why would- I'm appreciative.

Why would excited- It is an honor, and so I'm appreciative.

But it's not what I love doing, getting up and giving speeches. I don't think I've given one in 25 years.

Did you get any help with Yeah. Are you dreading this? Because it should feel, forgive me for doing this, but it should feel like a celebration of great accomplishment. It's the height of the sport.

Like I said, I'm appreciative. I appreciate the honor from the hall No question about it. But it's not something... It was never a goal. And so while I appreciate it, we've reached our goal three times. And so I'd rather look forward to the fourth more than this. But like I said, I'm very appreciative.

What are you proudest of? What are you proudest of in your career?

Building the largest and greatest cruise company in the world.

Basketball-wise?

Being competitive most years, winning more games than most franchises, coming from an expansion team, one of the youngest franchises. I think we set a pretty good record of achievement, which I'll talk about in my- Two minutes.

Dos minutos. The unfairest criticism criticism of the Miami heat in recent years?

No, there's been so much of it. I have no idea which is most unfair.

Is there a way for you- I have the unfortunate ability of reading social media, which is a horrible thing.

But having read a lot of the Twitter reaction to what we've not achieved in the last year or so is no fun.

Mickey, is that the unfair criticism that has bothered you the most?

I don't know that it's unfair. I didn't say it was unfair. I just said it's not fun to read.

Did you guys really lose LeBron James because Pariah stole his cookies on an airplane?

I think you have to ask LeBron James why LeBron James left. But I think in retrospect, for his personal career, he made a great decision.

True or false, the last year in Miami, LeBron James quit during the finals.

I don't believe a player like LeBron James ever quits.

Come on. Do you know who Jonathan Zazlo is?

No.

See, that's not right. That's such bullshit. I'm not saying that to you. You're calling him alive. You're calling Mr. Harrison alive. I'm not alive. I'm saying Mike Ryan. Mike Ryan's bullshit.

He's bullshit. Ask Mickey Harrison your question.

Ask him.

Mickey, have you seen the new Superman?

No.

Mickey, congratulations. Time. Congratulations this weekend. Five seconds left. Was that as uncomfortable as you feared it would be?

No, it wasn't uncomfortable. I always look forward to talking to you, Dan. I don't know why you never invite me.

Why aren't you inviting him, Dan?

I've been inviting him for 30 years.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mickey?

Talk to you tomorrow? We serve up more softballs. Come on.

Weekly spot.

Anytime, Dan. You know that.

All right. A weekly guest. Mickey, good talking to you. Mike, you didn't get any Terry Rozier questions in.

Oh, yeah. No, I'm the soft one here.

Matt Matthew Berry next. Thank you, Mickey.

Take care.

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Football.

Football. Football.

Football.

This is the Dan Levatard show with the Stugats.

Angel, we have gotten far away from where it happened, but I really did think that David Samson had a bar early in the show when he said, Scammers can scam just like scammers can be scammed. I thought it was a bar, and I thought David Samson having bars is something that we should put on a T-shirt. What are you looking at me like that for, Mike?

I'm looking for Angel.

Make sure to get angel as soon as you can to make those T-shirts. Lebitardaf. Com needs some of your support. Zazlo likes that opulence. So, too, does Matthew Berry, who has a backdrop here that is exactly the backdrop that Matthew Berry also always wants to have as the fantasy king that he is. Look at him. He's doing this purposefully. This is insane. Yeah, of course. Big football. Big football is all behind him. And look at him. He's preening. That is an album cover right there for fantasy league players everywhere. Look how How large he looks there.

Yeah, it's weird. I'm at the link, obviously, football night in America. Tonight, we're kicking off. We actually have football tonight, Cowboys and Eagles. So I'm here in Philadelphia. It actually looks semi-fake. It looks like AI, Dan, but I am here. I'm on my iPad talking to you guys. So yeah, it's unsettlingly large.

You look epic. You're a king in the industry, and everyone knows this time of year, the fantasy. I open the floor to you guys. You guys know I don't You don't like fantasy. You guys know that that's not a thing for me. Why? I don't follow all this stuff. I don't care about whether you're- You don't follow football? No, I just don't want to- Dan, let me ask you a question, though.

Can I ask you a question? Because I know you've had this take for a long time. You've been very consistent about this, but have we ever gotten into why? And somebody just said that, why don't you like fantasy? I know you don't, and I'm not trying to convince you to do it, but I'm just curious, what about it don't you like?

The thing that I don't like is that if I am betting on someone to get 80 plus yards in a game rushing and that person ends up getting hurt, I don't like losing my money. I don't like investing in things that are so predictive that no one knows anything about what's going to happen. You guys are very good at the information. You guys are better than most at being able to correctly predict what's going to be a success on the field. But the thing that I don't like about it is it's so much guesswork with my money, and I can lose so much of quickly because I'd prefer just one game, and I'd like that to be where the action is. I don't need to have action in 150 different places hoping that Kyle Pitz has over three and a half catches.

This guy doesn't love ball. He doesn't. I should have known earlier when he didn't like my list. How long was he crying? That felt like 35 seconds.

Yeah, I would say the audio went out there, so I didn't hear the whole thing, but I get the general gist of it. I would just say that in terms of fantasy, you don't have to play for money. You can just play with your friends. It's not really about Kyle pits over three and a half receptions. You are rooting for players and their performance, but that's more of a betting thing, I would say. But it does give you a rooting interest in games that you might not normally care about. And it is a way to bond, whether it is people you work with, people you went to college with, friends and family. It's a way to stay in touch as well. But I understand that. I respect it. I've heard versions of that before, and I consider it an amazing amazing accomplishment in my career. I consider it an amazing accomplishment in my career that despite the fact that Dan hates fantasy, I've somehow managed to be a multi-time guest on the Dan Levitard show.

Dan, you're actually going to be in a fantasy league with Matthew Berry. You don't know, but you're signed up. We're doing the draft next week. We're going to start it a little late, but a guillotine league, and you're in it.

I don't even know what that means, a guillotine league.

It's the good stuff.

You actually might like it better because if you lose the first week, you're gone. You don't have to deal with it anymore.

But if you keep winning. You're aird in saying Kyle pits over three and a half yards because when it is that you go to yardages and you have to do the guesswork, what you're saying is that this allows you to care about games that you wouldn't normally care about. I would say it's part of the dehumanization of the athlete because he's only worth whatever his 60 yards in Receptor.

I hate to tell you, Kyle Pitz is out on that field, whether I draft on my fantasy team or not.

Dehumanization?

Are you kidding me, though?

I want him to succeed. I want him to have 100 yards in a touch.

They already elected a Pope, Dan. It's fine.

I'm pretty sure you don't know what fantasy football is.

Okay.

Matthew Berry has a Pope.

I feel like if Dan got into a legitimate league, that he would actually enjoy it. If you opened your mind and gave it a shot, I actually think you would enjoy it. Because I understand the dehumanization aspect, but that's true with football. There are fans that have nothing to do with fantasy that yell at guys because they dropped a pass, because they didn't complete something. So I mean, that's just a fandom thing. That's not a fantasy thing. That's just how certain people view the game. But I don't view the game that way, and I don't think anyone on your staff does.

Dehumanization. Dan, I legitimately love Shane Verine. I will love Shane Green forever. Danny Woodhead is a God. He is such a human to me. He's more than a human.

But jokes aside, that's one of the great things in why fantasy football is so good for the NFL is It's because you joke about Shane Green or Danny Woodhead, two legends in the fantasy game, but it does give attention to players that might normally not get it. The Jaguars were not good last year. Brian Thomas Jr. Was not a highly drafted guy. Marvin Harrison, Malik Nabors, those One of the wide receivers that everyone cared about coming out of college last year. But Brian Thomas Jr. Became a superstar in fantasy football, and he's obviously known in NFL circles, but not nearly as well as he was in fantasy football circles. Small market guy who performed very well on a bad team, Thomas Jr. Last year. And so it does give attention to players that might normally not get it.

Matthew, you played fantasy football, obviously, for many, many years.

What is the most angry you've ever been over fantasy football? You can search it up. Alfred Morris, one point. I was in I was in a league, and I just lost it. It was a Monday night football game, and I needed one point, literally one. The guy I was playing was done. I needed Alfred Morris, who at the time was the starting running back for the San Francisco 49ers. It was a Monday night game against the packers. I just needed literally one point from Alfred Morris. You got points for first downs, so I win the game. But then there's a penalty. It comes back, and he never touches the ball again. He literally got only one play. He earns a first down. He got an eight-yard carry for a first down. They call it back due to penalty. And I lose by 0. 7 when all I needed was one point. And I just did it. I just lost it on my podcast that I was doing. And so I just did an epic rant. And you can search it up on YouTube, Matthew Berry, Alfred Morris, one point. And I just go off for five minutes.

That is the angriest I've ever been. It was just the most frustrating loss of all time, watching that entire game. And Alfred Morris can't get any one stupid point.

Chris Cody, would you like to get that audio and video so that I can tell you why it is that I don't like fantasy as we see our friend Matthew Berry melt down in an assortment of hysterics over a single football yard when he's an alleged adult human being. I would like to play that sound for the people. And what it does to people I also don't like because the people want to tell me about their fantasy league and that terrible loss they suffered.

Yeah, but that's the part of the community, Dan.

You don't like community. I've realized that. He doesn't like community.

You don't like community.

You don't like ball.

I love war stories. More of them.

But Dan, people are like that. People are like that about Alabama losing to Florida State. When you care about a team, whether it's your fake football team or your real football team, when you lose a frustrating game, you're upset. That's what we love about sports. There's a passion There's a love there. And so, yes, when the people you love let you down, you get disappointed. And whether it's a fake team that you've assembled or a team that you've grown up watching. So I don't know that any of the emotions you're arguing against are different in fantasy than they are in normal, actual football. That would be my argument back to you. Matthew, you must get fantasy football questions wherever you go, which is probably really annoying when you're just trying to enjoy your day. But when you did Avengers, were any of the Avengers Avengers asking you fantasy football advice? They were, and they do to this day. And honestly, the reason I was in that movie, I was in Avengers Endgame, is because I was in a fantasy league with Joe Ruso, who obviously directed the movie with his brother Anthony, the Ruso brothers.

And we became friends, and he said he had a part for me, and I was like, Great. And so actually, there's a lot of them that are hardcore fantasy football players. And so for a number of years, I played in the league with Chris Pratt and Chris Evans. All the Chris's, actually. Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr, Paul Rudd's a crazy fantasy football player. So all of them.

I need a couple of them. I need you to keep hitting that. He just hit us with five look at me, Louise. Did he not?

Hemsworth had the worst team, right? That guy doesn't know football.

No, Hemsworth actually had a good team. I think he probably had somebody helping him out. I'll see rules. But no, I'm not allowed. Are you allowed to do a look at me, Louie, when I'm asked a direct question? I'm answering a direct question. I need to know the rules on this.

No, but wait a minute. He asked you about being in the Avengers, and then you volunteered all of those names that you're in a league with and that you're still friends with them.

No, no, no, no. Dan, he asked me, do any of those guys ask me, or did any of the Avengers ask me for fantasy advice? And so the answer is, yes, they did, I suppose. But I would think your audience would like to know, okay, well, which of the Avengers asked you for fantasy advice? And I'm telling you that not only they asked me for fantasy advice, but they're hard for players that are leading. Fair enough. If I mention that I think I'm deserve. I get one look at me, Louis. I don't think five. He's the founder- That I'm going to leave with them. That's fair. I'll allow that one.

That one I'll allow. You're not entitled to allow or not allow around here, sir. You've already gotten it and you'll eat it. You can object to it, but you'll still eat it. Founder of fantasylife. Com, host of the fantasy football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry. It's on NBC Sports and Peacock. On his pod, the description is Matthew Berry is on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy football analysts. Who's up there with you?

It's a great question, actually. I I didn't come up with that phrase. I didn't say that. I don't know who else is up there with me. I'd actually have to think about that. A lot of people that do great. I feel like I'm just going to offend people if I don't mention- You're in the entertainment business, sir.

You can't wiggle around that question with a bunch of cowardists. You got to throw a couple of people on there at the risk of offending others.

Eric Carribell is waiting with baited breath.

Yeah, listen, Eric Carribell is a legend, right Eric? Eric's been doing it forever and ever. He was at ESPN before I ever got there as well. I'll say my friend Joe Bryant over at Football Guys has been doing it forever and does a great job, still does a great job. So I'll say I'll put him up there as well.

Evan Silva would also like a word, TMR.

I think he didn't allow Carabelle up there.

No, listen, Evan's great. I mean, that's the thing. You could mention a bunch of people be like, Yeah, Evan's great. Like all the people I worked with at ESPN.

Matthew. It feels great. Matthew, did you just give us coach speak on Eric Carabelle? Is that what just happened on our show where you just said, well, Eric Carribell, yeah, he's a good- A lot of respect for him. A lot of respect for him. But no, he's clearly not on the Mount Rushmore. But I would never say that. I would never say that out loud because I'm just giving you a bunch of blue mist in your face.

Well, now you're going to pay me to the corner because I like Eric. I have no issue with Eric.

He's not on the Mount Rushmore. He's out. He's out. He's out.

Get him out of here. He's much more of a baseball guy, and he would tell you that himself.

Oh, Oh, my God.

We didn't say fantasy football Mount Rushmore.

We said fantasy. Someone say without fantasy baseball, there'd be no fantasy football.

Precisely.

Respect your elders.

Meanwhile, they're cutting the grass behind me. Well, here's a Mount Rushmore guy. It's a fantasy. It's not just football-specific. Ron Chandler, a baseball HQ fan. Ron Chandler is an absolute legend. He's on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy sports, for sure.

Didn't he invent rotisserie?

He did not invent rotisserie. He was the first person that thought he was- He was going to be Rodgers. Ron Chandler was the first person that used analytics and data underlying statistics to predict future performance under the lens of fantasy sports.

He was the first guy to do that. Matthew, I need to stop you for just a second because I've been negligent this segment. He's the founder of fantasylife. Com. He's the host of fantasy football happy hour with Matthew Berry. It's on NBC Sports and Peacock. He's a giant.

Trying to sell fantasy to you. What's next? French fries?

Pizza. It's awesome.

I don't know about pizza. Okay. I know you guys- He's at the link.

Look at him. This is a great day.

Okay, yes, it is. My bad. Let's get in these last two minutes that we have with Matthew Berry, just condense it for us because I know everyone out there is searching all pods for all information. Give us your best two minutes of Matthew Berry is telling you this weekend, Here's where the money is in fantasy.

No, I love it.

Hang on one second.

I got the call behind. No, I know. Everyone's getting ready for a big night. Well, everybody's waiting for these two minutes, Matthew. I've wasted everyone's time because everyone wants the gold of these two minutes. I will get out of the way. For two minutes, you give everyone, please, your best information this weekend.

For this weekend, I think Xavier worthy, who's had at least five receptions for each of his last eight full games against a Chargers defense. It was one of the worst teams against the deep pass. No Richie Rice, no Jalen Royals. I think Xavier worthy has a big game. No team in the NFL gave up more rushing touch downs last year than the New Orleans Saints. Give me James Hunter, who last year got 76 % of his team's goal to go rushing attempts. I think Drake May has a great game this week, his debut against the Raiders. According to Pro Football Focus, our friends over at PFF, no secondary is worse heading into week one than the Las Vegas Raiders. I think they let him run quite a bit as well. I think Jacksonville and Carolina is going to be a sneaky shootout. Give me all the Trevor Lawrence, all the Travis Hunter this week as well. I'm excited for tonight's game with the Eagles and the Cowboys. I think they pass more this year, the Eagles do. So give me Smate J. Brown and Devante Smith. How about Jerome Ford? I think Jerome Ford with Quinlan Judkins still unsigned for the Browns I think Jerome Ford is going to be the next one.

Jerome Ford is there. He's that guy. Jerome Ford is what?

No.

Jerome Ford is what? He's still talking, Matthew.

Dylan Samson is, too, though.

Jerome Ford is what? Everybody wants it. This is Jerome. Jerome Ford is what? It's being long because his audio blows.

The link. Jerome Ford. Don Levatard.

I ain't never met nobody in the world that's done hate on Blues clothes.

Great nomination.

Who don't like Blues Clues, bro? If you don't like Blues Clues, you're a loser.

Stugatz.

Look, you get one pop print, that's the first clue. You put it in a notebook. Now, what do you do? Blues Clues, Blues Clues.

Sit on the chair and think about it.

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With the Stugats.

We have again, segregated Jeremy Tashay in baseball, put it apart from the show. It's in the postgame show, if you want your baseball, if you want your pitch clock on a football Thursday that I've befouled by talking to Matthew Berry in a way that everyone here thought was improperly disrespectful because I wasn't properly loving of all the things that Matthew Berry is. Look at Tony still shaking his head.

It's just he's a legend of the game, Dan. Then you don't like fantasy football. You don't get it. It's like we're trying to pitch it to you. If it's the first time ever, it's 1984.

You're essentially saying what he does is bullshit.

Yeah, that's what you're doing. Look, I did the Brad Marshawn thing for two months. I knew it was a bad bit. I admitted I was wrong. You've been doing this bad bit for 15 years.

I may have to admit at some point that my ignorance about this thing makes me hate it because all of you asking me about Greg Cody's these football logos has poisoned me over the years and made me hate fantasy football.

You'd think that after the show was presented by DraftKings, he'd get that.

I am who I am. I will always be who I am. Is that Popeye? Juju. Yes, thank you. That is Popeye. I am what I am. That's Popeye's phrase. I'm just taking it. I didn't know that Popeye hated fantasy football. Juju is here. He is going to critique the show in other ways. In what other ways did I fail today, Juju?

Man, I like to welcome you to the Mobbland Hive, Big Brother, because like I said, man, that's just an incredibly produced show. I can't wait for season two. But You enraged the crowd when saying it was better than the Sopranos. That was why. Or it could be better. Yeah, you had a lot of reactions from that.

Oh, no, wait a minute. Just so that everyone knows, I love the Sopranos. It's one of the greatest television shows of I just got five Guy Richie movies. If you give me seven seasons of five Guy Richie movies, it'll be better than the Sopranos.

Well, Caffecito Crew Gaming says, You are a prisoner of the moment. And Jeremiah W says, You have gone too far.

No. Look, you guys aren't properly respecting what Guy Richie does. The actors in Mobland are so much better than the ones in the Sopranos. So much better. Not a little bit better, a lot better. And the music, just Mike, please look up for me.

Even better than the great Stevie Vans' end?

Mike, please look up for me, if you will, the music at the beginning. It's the only intro I do not skip. I skip all the intros except the music to Mobland because I don't know who even does it, because the song at the beginning of Mobland is so good.

You skipped the succession intro?

Yes. Well, that's the only other one. Come on. That's the only other one. Come on. I occasionally did not miss. You did get me, Zaz. The great Pauley Walnuts.

Rest in peace, by the way.

What other criticisms they got of me?

They don't have too much more criticisms. They were a little bit restless on the football talk because we started with a lot of other stuff besides football today. We got into Mickey Harrison pretty early. We got into David Samson, which is a crowd favorite, and they was like, Get to the football. So whenever Tony did his list, man, the chat lit up, and you all really lit them boys up today. Thank you.

We'll do better tomorrow.

I'm not so sure. It's a football Friday. I'm not here to save you tomorrow, Dan. And Dan is threatened to be here. You got to talk for the rest of the season.

Thursday Thunder is upon us. Let's do that quickly before we get to Gasbag of the Week.

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Brothers, the NFL is back. Football memes going all across the world right now. Drap King posted the football meme. My boy, Kazeem posted the football meme. You guys are on the map. Kazeem, you got to know. I love Caz. Salute to Caz, man. But football season is back and everybody's celebrating. So I want to kick it off with going over 6. 5 catches right now, tonight for my boy CeeD Lamb, man. Come on, man. They're going to be down a little bit tonight, and they're going to have to air that thing out. So CeeD Lamb, over 6. 5. Second leg, I'm going with my boy Fergie. I'm going I'm going with Mr. Cavender himself, Jake Ferguson, for over 3. 5 catches as well. I thought that... And I don't want to jinks it, but that seems pretty scuba-snackable to me, if you feel me. Last leg, I know I can't forget about my ladies. I can't forget about them. Even though it's football Thursday, I'm going with the Minnesota Lynx minus two and a half points tonight against the Las Vegas Aces. The last time they played the Aces, they beat them by 50 something, 50 umpteen points.

So lock it in tonight. Thursday Thunder, baby.

As an apology to Matthew Berry and an audience that has turned against me and rightfully turned against me, what I'm going to do is I'm going to make a deal with Metalark Media and Matthew Berry, that he gives us his best three minutes of fantasy football secrets every single week, where he joins us, and it's just every single week, I'm going to give you what you want. Not what I want. I don't want to do three minutes of fantasy football, but where he gives you the machine gun, Here's what you to do this weekend. You don't even need to listen to my whole podcast. These are the moves you need to make. We're going to do that deal as a season-long apology for what it is that I did on this first of football Thursdays. My apologies to all involved. Let's do the polls here before we end the show on a gas bag of the week. What do you have in this part of the show? Pitch clock is in the post game, segregated. What do you have for us on the polls, Juju?

Man, we got some important polls today. Does a donut need to be sweet? Eighty 55% of the audience says, Yes, it does. Sorry, Zaz.

Sorry, what? I was sweet as hell when it was touching my lips.

Does a donut need to be round? 56% of the audience says, No, it does not. Salute to Zazla.

That's a bit of a shocker, is it not? Are you guys not shocked a little bit by that one? No?

I thought- Donut had to be round and have a hole. No.

Whose tears did you enjoy more, Alabama's or Bill Belichick's?

That was from yesterday. That's a good one.

Right. 55% of the audience says they enjoy Alabama's tears more. Right. Also, happy retirement to Nikola Vuchevich. Under the radar. Sneaky big man. The Russian. Yeah, the Russian. The last poll. Who's the nuttiest fan of the week? The Alabama fan who gave us a barrel to remember, or there's two... Dang, can I read this on it?

It's hard to explain. I struggled yesterday as well.

What is happening here with the two fans?

The UM fans with the inappropriate saying.

Okay, so this is our new sponsor segment. Nuttiest fan, we can't do it correctly.

Well, peace and peace is partner, let's say. Yeah.

Okay, well, the back of the man's jersey says, I come in peace, and the back of his wife's jersey says, Peace. We Which fan is the nuttiest of the week? 64% of the audience says the peace couple, and those are your posts.

Thank you, Juju. I appreciate the time. Would you like to hear who this week's Gasbag of the Week is? Because I've been asking these guys to get better at finding Gasbags of the Week. They have failed. They failed for months. They failed for years, really, getting me just... You would think with all the people talking at the content trough, it'd be pretty easy to find someone who's a Gasbag Gasbag of the Week. So show me, guys. Show me something here on who was most wrong this week, most loudly about anything he had to say in the Gasbag Department. Gasbag of the Week. This is a beast coming to college football. This is not a lazy old man that you underestimate because you're forgetful about what he did before the last five years you were watching. Do you know what it takes to win in that sport? Everyone is fighting for money, for careers with their bodies. This dude conquered everyone, had a murderer on the roster, went through cheating scandals, conquered that league again and again like no one has, and now wants to prove it in the minor league of professional football. I'd be terrified to compete against whatever he's got coming my way.

I don't feel good about it as a Miami fan. Hey, hey. Cut that one. Hey. Cut that, cut that.

Bad edit.

That's it.

Important context.

So, Mike, is clearly the gasbag of the week.

How often are you going to shoehorn Aaron Hernandez into a conversation? Let him rest in peace, Dan.

What?

What? Barrass yourself there, Mike.

Great.

What? Who said me?

I have shoehorned a lot of Aaron Hernandez into the show today. Not exactly the way to celebrate the return of football, I don't think. I think I failed today in that regard. Did we fail at the Mickey Arison interview as well? Didn't quite ask him about the Saudis.

I think we were soft, and we set ourselves up there. You're just a mouthpiece.

Jeez.

It's bad. It's bad. You were talking all sorts of noise about Mark Cuban, and then you were like, No, I'm going to ask him about this. And you were like, I'm definitely going to ask him about Kushner. That is my idea. I'm going to ask him. And you did it.

Yeah, could have gone better. Zazlone, to you. I don't know that on a football Thursday. I don't know. I would say in general, my judgment was a little bit off today that doing that with Mickey Arison at all was a bad choice by me.

I He's lying when he tells us that he hasn't seen Superman. Where was this tough guy earlier? His energy, though, was palpable.

He was definitely telling the truth when he said he didn't know who you were.

See, that's another thing. You're telling me, I haven't seen any personality like this from Mickey Arison.

Now all of a sudden, he becomes a trickster?

Tell us his cruise line is the number one cruise line in the world, too. That's up for debate. Where were you during the- He was here. The chickens- Excuse me? The chickens were back here. Where was I? Billy showed up. I was here for journalism, my friend. I'm with the Big Jay in the show today. He owns Royal?

Big Jay.

That statue was shit. Come on. It's not his fault, but come on.

His building. Gaga is his fault, too.

Buc stops with him. Yeah, what happened to Gaga? We forgot to ask about Gaga.

It's only five minutes.

He'll start to wake up, I took a big shit today. He's like, Whoa, Mickey, come on, man's family show. What are you doing here? He'll be on next week.