The Dan Le Batard Show

Seth Wickersham has dropped a new piece reporting on how Bill Belichick ended up at North Carolina, which in our world is as exciting as Kendrick Lamar dropping a new album. The legend himself joins the show to discuss his reporting and how Belichick became "disenchanted" with the NFL, leading him to pursue a job in the college ranks. Is this sad? What could be the future involvement of private equity in college football? And could Michael Jordan, Nike, and Bill Belichick take over college football through the University of North Carolina? Can you actually see Bill Belichick going into living rooms and recruiting? Does Nick Saban have more rizz than his mentor?

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Today's Cast: Dan, David, Chris, Roy, Tony, Mike, Jess. That might be our cast, but the real star of the show is Taylor, who ran circles around Adam Schefter on the scoop that Bill Belichick is becoming the head coach at the University of North Carolina. That guy at Flanigan's who told Dan "less Taylor" is going to be mad because Taylor unleashes a rant on all of us to celebrate the program he walked on at hiring the greatest coach in NFL history. As Taylor continues to celebrate, the rest of the crew breaks down the hire and shares in disbelief that we’ve reached a point where Belichick can take a college job and have people doubt his ability to do a good job at it.

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“That to this day, that was like one of the happiest moments of my life…”

Andrew Santino has one of the biggest podcasts in America, plays golf on the regular, is friends with Travis Kelce, and threw the first pitch at a Cubs game… he’s kind of living the dream. Not bad for someone who didn’t really have one. Andrew and Dan talk about coming from a family racked by addiction, grinding in Hollywood with nothing to fall back on before finding success in stand up and in his partnership with Bobby Lee. They also dive into his relationship with fame and its trappings, as well as his love of Chicago sports (and why he’s sick and tired of hearing from a particular group of sports fans).

Listen and subscribe to "Bad Friends" and "Whiskey Ginger", wherever you get your podcasts and Andrew’s “Freeze Peach Tour” is going all across the U.S. For tickets in your city, visit AndrewSantino.com

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JuJu Gotti is here to chat with Dan and Roy about a new rule proposal in college football, what we got wrong on the show today, Marcus Freeman's horrible dye job, and how his germaphobia compares to David Samson's.

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To kick off the final hour it's time for Against The (breakfast) Spread! Do both the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions want to lose this game in order to set up a revenge game? Dan is curious whether Odell Beckham Jr. would rather have had zero catches for zero yards than the one catch for one yard that he posted last Sunday against the Jets. Plus, we check out this week's Useless Sound Montage while Stugotz takes a massage gun to the kidney. Then, Jeremy takes a victory lap about a UCF take that nobody heard or cared about. To wrap up the show, Ken Rodgers of NFL Films joins us to discuss the making of Hard Knocks as David Samson takes a joke too far and makes things awkward in a way only he can.

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Adnan Virk joins the show from MLB's Winter Meetings to discuss the latest news swirling around after a very busy Tuesday in Dallas. He tells us who he believes will be the next big name to sign. Plus, he was a big fan of Stugotz's Personal Record Book (stugotzbook.com), especially the chapter about Rafael Nadal. Can Stugotz possibly make it onto the New York Times Bestseller's List? Then, former Florida Panther and NHL Ironman, Keith Yandle, joins the show to discuss his 989 game consecutive games played streak, the Florida Panthers breaking the New York Rangers, how he took the Panthers winning the Stanley Cup after he left the team, and his favorite Bravo shows. While all of this is happening, Jess is getting mashed by Genesis and is willing to put her toughness up against Keith's. Finally, how is it possible that we've ended up in a place where we're questioning whether or not Bill Belichick would do a good job at North Carolina?

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Jessica is enjoying her Pittsburgh Steelers being featured on Hard Knocks alongside all of their rivals in the AFC North. We break down how this season of Hard Knocks has been playing out and whether or not the show should be taking place during the season. Then, there's something about Roy that delights Billy and it leads us to a discussion about Roy's recent cruise vacation. The only thing is...he doesn't know where the cruise went. We dig deeper to find out if he actually knows anything that took place on this cruise and if he did anything besides sit on the balcony and look at the water. Plus, Billy is amazing at gambling on football, clowns as masseuses, and we go into the way-back machine for a Stugotz 30 for 30.

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Today's Cast: Dan, Stu, David, Roy, Billy, Jess Jeremy. David Samson is here to start the show and he's up to his old self-destructive behavior with his giant bag of candy and interesting breakfast choice. It leads us into an argument about who is eating all the food at Meadowlark Media and to Dan's surprise, the call may be coming from inside the house. After that, we turn to David for more insight on a crazy day at MLB's Winter Meetings that included the New York Yankees splashing the cash for Max Fried in the wake of losing out on Juan Soto. Plus, the Miami Marlins had a brutal day that included losing the Draft Lottery and trading Jake Burger, and Billy and Jeremy are here to provide their reaction. Then, David tells us about the heist taking place inside Marlins Park and what it feels like to see $662 million hit your bank account.

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Juju Gotti joins us for another edition of Spliff Notes to discuss Jamie Foxx's comedy special that comes out today, Juju's domination of Greg Cote in fantasy football and Juju's thoughts on the crew's performance today.

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We kick off Hour 2 by celebrating Billy's epic recent run of form in his Billy's Big Board Bets Brought To You By. Plus, our beloved Mina Kimes killed it on The Simpsons broadcast of Monday Night Football last night and we revel in her achievement. What would Dan look like if he were Simpsonized? Then, Tony joins us from the pool for this week's Top 5. Who does Dan think should win Coach of the Year? Is there trouble in paradise in Philadelphia? Then, Dylan Scott of Vox has been covering healthcare in America for more than a decade and joins us to discuss the reaction to Luigi Mangione allegedly shooting and killed United CEO Brian Thompson.

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