Now, how much of this, if this season continues the way it's churning, how do you look at the coaching staff and the new regime? Do you look at them any differently, or do you just sort of give them a free pass because everybody knew what this team was going

to be? Yeah, you got to use some common sense.

Like, they know this was about stripping it down and hoping that a few of the young players pop.

And I think you could already say, hey, Jacob Rodriguez, he's a guy that's popping, all right? Even Caleb Douglas, he could be a guy that's popping.

It's about finding players who will pop and are going to be part of the future of your team, but you also have to consider they have, as far as payroll goes, as far as against the salary cap, no team in the league has less money on their current roster.

The Dolphins have so much dead money that You can't build a winning team when you're playing at that type of disadvantage against the rest of the league.

The rest of the league has a $300 million payroll salary cap, and the Dolphins are working with $180 million.

Are you willing to say that Ole Miss is one of, if not a top two team in the SEC, or is that just an emotional game that LSU got caught in?

Now, how much of this, if this season continues the way it's churning, how do you look at the coaching staff and the new regime? Do you look at them any differently, or do you just sort of give them a free pass because everybody knew what this team was going

to be? Yeah, you got to use some common sense.

Like, they know this was about stripping it down and hoping that a few of the young players pop.

And I think you could already say, hey, Jacob Rodriguez, he's a guy that's popping, all right? Even Caleb Douglas, he could be a guy that's popping.

It's about finding players who will pop and are going to be part of the future of your team, but you also have to consider they have, as far as payroll goes, as far as against the salary cap, no team in the league has less money on their current roster.

The Dolphins have so much dead money that You can't build a winning team when you're playing at that type of disadvantage against the rest of the league.

The rest of the league has a $300 million payroll salary cap, and the Dolphins are working with $180 million.

Are you willing to say that Ole Miss is one of, if not a top two team in the SEC, or is that just an emotional game that LSU got caught in?

Remember, Texas didn't get into the playoff because of this game last year, but it was a different situation.

one-point loss on the road.

I feel like Ohio State's still got a really great shot of getting into the college football playoff, and I think it's what you like about the 12-team college football playoff, where Ohio State is certainly a national championship contender, and why should their season be ruined by losing on the road at the number 14 in the country? by one point in week number two.

I don't think it should ruin their season, yet the game still, like you mentioned, Texas lost this game in week number one last year.

You know, you can make the case that it cost them a playoff spot.

So the 12-team college football playoff can keep teams like Ohio State alive who deserve to be kept alive, but losses still in the regular season are a really big deal.

So I think Ohio State, I mean, you know, do you have anything to worry about? Don't lose more games, but they should still be in the playoffs, yes.

Did you still manage to leave Sunday disappointed?

Remember, Texas didn't get into the playoff because of this game last year, but it was a different situation.

one-point loss on the road.

I feel like Ohio State's still got a really great shot of getting into the college football playoff, and I think it's what you like about the 12-team college football playoff, where Ohio State is certainly a national championship contender, and why should their season be ruined by losing on the road at the number 14 in the country? by one point in week number two.

I don't think it should ruin their season, yet the game still, like you mentioned, Texas lost this game in week number one last year.

You know, you can make the case that it cost them a playoff spot.

So the 12-team college football playoff can keep teams like Ohio State alive who deserve to be kept alive, but losses still in the regular season are a really big deal.

So I think Ohio State, I mean, you know, do you have anything to worry about? Don't lose more games, but they should still be in the playoffs, yes.

Did you still manage to leave Sunday disappointed?

this plays to sort of the stereotypes of, like, is he just a fool? Like, is he ju- like, if it's true, is Shams reporting that Kawhi is just a fool when it comes to money?

I'm curious, I know that you just asked what is, uh, intended as a rhetorical question.

I throw it back at you.

Do you think that there's a, a reality in which Kawhi was duped by people underneath him?

But, uh, I don't believe anybody will believe what it is that Shams is reporting here, and I'm asking you again, if your most credible guy is reporting something, and now we're at the point where people don't believe the most credible guy, like, what are we doing?

Well, it seems like the NBA is, uh, uh, agreeing or signing off on Kawhi's explanation that he didn't know anything, right? He's the guy who didn't get hammered, so the story he sold seems to have worked.

That was very good.

Yes.

And so in promotion, I had Rob McClanahan on my show, and I asked him about that scene.

Like, you know, how much was it exaggerated? He said, "No, that, that's what happened," that he was challenged like that by Herb Brooks, and that he followed him into the, into the alleyway there, and they were yelling at each other so loud that, like, the other team thought there was gonna be this big brawl, this big fight.

Like that, that went down exactly the way they portrayed it in the movie.

Yeah.

Oh, oh, maybe even then, okay.

And that came out.

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Uh, Weezer hasn't released a good album in 15 years.

And, and I understand, yes, they, they haven't come out with albums as good as the Blue Album and Pinkerton.

I mean, that song that they did, what, what's the, what's the cover? Who is that, uh, you know, the, the song that, that also Pitbull did in Aquaman? What's that song? You know what I'm talking about.

But comparatively to this time last year, do you feel better or worse about the Miami football team comparatively to you 365 days ago thinking about Miami

last year? Oh, better, because two years ago, they had a good season, Cam Ward's season.

But they missed the playoffs.

They got left out of the playoffs.

It was obviously all their fault.

And so now it's like, all right, you got to get to the playoffs now.

All right, can you do it when you're not going to get an out-of-this-world performance from your quarterback? And while Carson Beck was good last year, he wasn't close to what Cam Ward was.

offensive line got tuned up against the Giants as well.

The only clue I'll give you is you should be able to benefit from your sense of history

historyA- All right.

That- It feels like the quarterback was Jewish by him saying that

I get carried away.

This is The Dan Lebatard Show.

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Now, I have given a speech at the rehearsal dinner.

Love a grandma saying something insulting

... you go to some- somebody's family's wedding and you're like, "Hey, I don't know that abuela, but she's gonna say something crazy-

It was The Saints Are Coming.

It's their first game since Katrina.

They had to play the whole previous season in Baton Rouge, all right? And the building's on fire anyway, and the Saints are in...

And it's Drew Brees' debut game at home.

Sean Payton, debut coaching effort at home.

And Steve Gleason just runs in there and blocks the punt, which the Saints pick up, and they run into the end zone for a touchdown.

That moment, for someone who is not invested in either team, but I'm watching 'cause it's Monday Night Football, of course, is the craziest regular season atmosphere I had ever seen in my life, in that moment.

It was, man.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, so that, that's how we met them, so we go on cruises with them.

Cruises are great.

Uh, I, I didn't, I didn't go on cruises as a kid.

Went on w- first cruise I ever went on and the only one I ever went on before I had my own family, I was 16 or 17 years old, went on one cruise, and now we love going on cruises.

My wife is constantly booking cruises for us to go on.

Yeah.

And so I, my wife and I were taking the, you know, the, the, the Dramamine, you know, at the beginning of the day to make sure that we're okay.

I don't really want to do this, but I'm going to shoot it that way.

Danny B just came out on air because my mic was on.

Here's the additional detail that really pissed me off.

So we're like, hey, Johnny's one of our best friends, dude.

You deserve to be celebrated.

You deserve to be honored.

Good job getting married.

And they still owe me

Go on.

I got, I, I got sent home once.

I got suspended for a couple of days.

It was in middle school, maybe eighth grade.

Uh, it was in middle school, and I thought it would be fun to, uh...

We were in the cafeteria all eating, and I thought it'd be fun to buy one of those huge, uh, like, red pepper sausages that they sell-

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What do you think?

I'd like to believe that, you know, you have that war chest now.

Use it on players.

Get good players.

We saw Mike Norvell.

I mean, it wasn't that long ago that they were undefeated, you know, and Norvell was supposed to be all.

They definitely hit on the coach, and now he's the worst coach, you know.

Zazz, where can people tune in if they want to listen to more?

What do you think?

I'd like to believe that, you know, you have that war chest now.

Use it on players.

Get good players.

We saw Mike Norvell.

I mean, it wasn't that long ago that they were undefeated, you know, and Norvell was supposed to be all.

They definitely hit on the coach, and now he's the worst coach, you know.

Zazz, where can people tune in if they want to listen to more?

Is that something that crossed your mind in all of this?

No, but I do wonder how close the Heat thought they were.

You know, like I could tell you that the Heat were planning.

They absolutely believed that they had a chance.

The Heat were planning as if they had a chance based on the moves they made and the moves that they didn't make.

They, this whole time, thought they had a real chance at signing LeBron.

But I do wonder if they look back now and how... how great a chance they actually believe that they had.

If you're with the Heat, it's you or Giannis.

So I like movies, but I don't know if The Odyssey is going to really take me over the edge to actually go into theaters.

Yeah, man, I think you should.

I think this is the movie that you see in the theaters as opposed to waiting.

And I don't care about the IMAX part.

If you could see it in an IMAX theater, fantastic.

But like Jess just said, I wouldn't wait for it to be in the 70mm.

Just go see the movie.

Do you have an old-ass story related to movies?

Where do you stand today on this whole saga? I'm a little tired of

it.

I'm not tired of it because I guess I'm not letting it run my life, if that makes sense.

I don't have the Shamstronian notifications buzzing my phone.

I'm trying not to check too often.

I just, I don't know, maybe...

You know, 16 years ago in the summer of 2010, it ruled my life for that week that we were waiting for LeBron to decide.

What was your reaction to Spain-Argentina when that happened?

Where do you stand today on this whole saga? I'm a little tired of

it.

I'm not tired of it because I guess I'm not letting it run my life, if that makes sense.

I don't have the Shamstronian notifications buzzing my phone.

I'm trying not to check too often.

I just, I don't know, maybe...

You know, 16 years ago in the summer of 2010, it ruled my life for that week that we were waiting for LeBron to decide.

What was your reaction to Spain-Argentina when that happened?

My larger point was maybe there will be some villainous elements of The Odyssey that you already saw.

Well, I mean, I'll tell you, I'm interested in how he's going to do the Odyssey because it's it's going to be grounded.

Like there's not going to be this supernatural element to it.

You know, I mean, it has the sirens in it.

It has the really huge Cyclops.

But like he's other than that, though, but it's, you know, kind of like the Batman movies where there's no superpowers like Batman's grounded in Christopher Nolan's Batman.

You know, so apparently the Odyssey is going to be like that where no one has like actual powers.

It made me feel

story, but it's Zaz's ass story.

I'm less self-conscious about it.

Somebody wants to see my tushy? Come see my tushy.

I got a great old ass story for you ass.

You ready for this? All right.

So this week, here's the timing of it.

This week, 1996, 30 years ago this week, probably the biggest moment in the history of professional wrestling.

But you don't know at this

Was this run a success for the United States?

No, not even close.

I thought it ending last night and especially the way it ended last night, it's a massive disappointment.

You know, this team, granted they won a knockout round game, but this is the first year that there was ever a round of 32.

The four straight...

World Cup appearances, not four straight World Cups because they missed out in 2018, four straight World Cup appearances for USMNT, they got to the round of 16.

So they didn't get any further this year than any of these previous years during, you know, what do we talk about, like this last 20 years or so.

Well,

younger son?

My younger son.

I think he was 10 at the time.

We went to Comic-Con.

You know, it's here at the Miami Convention Center.

We go every year.

And my son was really into, like, really good, okay? The kind of player you cannot beat him.

right.

Some wrestling thing?

Man, I mean, I was there when Seth Rollins cashed in on Punk, you know? Like, SummerSlam last year.

That was some shit, you know? uh i i always jess is not gonna like this but i i get nostalgic a lot with with miami hurricanes you know sports memories and uh so i'll i'll throw two at you the first one will be i was 10 years old so i think it was the 91 season uh it was either 89 or 91 i think it was 91 at the orange bowl notre dame was number one miami was was number two or number three, and the Canes just took that ass.

The Canes beat them 27-10, it was a night game at the Orange Bowl, and that was like the first huge sports game I ever went to.

So I was either eight or 10, I don't remember if it was 89 or 91.

So I got that one while my father loved memories of my father taking me to the OB.

And another one, one of my favorite sports memories, when in Dwayne Wade's rookie year, so in 2004 postseason, his first ever postseason that year, and the Heat were back in the playoffs for the first time in a few years, and it was the Game 6 playoffs.

Curacao.