Local Hour: Miami Is Finland?

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2:02It's been great playing host college football world here. I just hope they take it easy on us. It's great to see them all time. You know, I said a lot of prayers last night, hoping that we can just stay in this. You know, make it a four quarter game. I just saw on my TV screen on get up. I saw the question. It was on the graphic. Does home field advantage matter for Miami? What kind of question is that? Like, what kind of question is that? Do they have home field advantage? Everyone's staying in this hotel right now is an Indiana fan. Yeah, you know what? And I can tell because they keep trying to have conversations with me in the elevator. It's a reason for that. Yeah, it's kind of crazy that I haven't seen a single Miami fan staying at this hotel. But there have been Indiana fans at every bar we've gone to. All the events has been. I think it's going to be more even than it's like obviously portrayed with it being an actual home game for Miami. I think they're actually going to be shocked at how not home

3:04gamey. This is going to feel for Indiana. They thought that they were going to fly into this hotel because no one on my plane into some Miami fan is crazy. And they're going to be hitting the mouth by not just a football team, but by the crowd. I don't think it's going to be a home game for Indiana, but I also don't think it's going to be like 70, 30 Miami. All right, I just don't care what anybody thinks. Well, that's not new. I don't feel like you have the right attitude today. We need to put positive energy out. That's not a damn shit called me filling out. He called me Finland. Why do you call you Finland? That's how America regards the U right now. I'm not saying that that's what I think. I am trying to personify the thoughts of most of football America in advance of this big game. You know, we have five of these. We have five of these. I think it's terrific. And I'm happy for you. But let's harken back to all right. I don't care. I don't care. I'm not talking back to that first one where you began in the orange hotel against a team.

4:05Number one in the nation with the Highsman Trophy winner in tow wearing red and white as they paid visit to Miami. All right. I like harken so far. Right. And Bernie Kosar did it. Our guy kind of looks like Bernie Kosar. We have Jesus on our side as we've already established it. We have for an end of the staff. 10,000 Jesus on our side. They're all going to be in the same. I got to say I've seen what the Levitard social handles have been doing there. And quite frankly, I think it stacks up to sacrilegious. We already have said what I know the Carson Beck likes to go double crosses on the on the cheeks. It's a it's a little obsequious in my opinion. But either way, what was it like, Dan, you were were you physically in attendance at the Orange Bowl back in 1983, 90 on January 2nd, 1984? How am I already tired of him talking? Get out of town. Fake, fake, real show.

5:05Bro, we only got 30 more minutes. Fake, fake, real show. They all got energy we got, bro. They all look like we won them. But do not do that because it gave me 20 years. Cookies, cookies, always cookies. Some boys at work, how we work. They feel how we do, they cry, how we cry, guys. Hello. Guess what we're doing in the party? We're doing it in a bird ball. Let's go. I give all of it the reddacking and cool. I don't have anything to do right now. How Cuban are you, OK? This alcohol baby powder, the same thing. Yes, you do fish. All right. What kind of Cuban are you? Smart money's right here. Put your life savings on the kids. I'm not being a home, bro. I know you want to help me. I know you want to help me. I know you want to help me. Billy Corbin. Fake, fake, real show. I'm not totally sure, but I think Zaz

6:07is guilty of cultural appropriation. What? I also think that's allowed just tonight for these 12 hours. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Zaz says tonight can be a forever night, but there's only one result that produces that as a forever night here, right? Like it can also be a forever night for Indiana, right? No, no, no, remember that. I don't think you have that accurate. We've got our biases here. If anyone's just listening to the show, they don't understand how Miami is between a seven and a half point or an a and a half point underdog. Does that line feel right to you, Lucy? Does it feel right to you given that Miami doesn't get blown out? And I wouldn't give them a touchdown against anybody in the country. They were a nine and a half point dog against Ohio State and we saw how that went. I would say that it felt right originally in the aftermath of what Indiana did to Oregon because that was such a beatdown and Indiana looked so dominant.

7:07Obviously, the line has dropped. I think that's an appropriate reaction because like it is in Miami's home stadium like this is. I think it's going to be closer than people realize but I also understand that if you have just, most people are just watching Indiana football for the first time ever. The first time they saw Indiana play was against Alabama. Including Indiana fans. And so you're most likely looking at those two results and saying this is the best football team I've ever seen in my life where Miami has had, you know, looked great in the playoffs but they're not playing games like that. So I think it's just sort of an overreaction without the context of what Indiana has looked like this whole year where people are talking about them and something we sort of talked about before the show of like the greatest team ever. If you watch them this season, they had a lot of close games that could have gone another way. One of them you were at, I think, at Iowa. Were you not at that one? We did not go to that one. But that one was their closest. If my sweet Mark Rinalesky had not gotten hurt, Indiana would have a loss. That hurt a lot. We played a lot better than them but it's cool. I've gotten over it. It's fine.

8:07How shook is Indiana going to be when the canes go up 14-nothing? That's how you have this going. Indiana's president Pamela Whitton has said not shocked or surprised by this season. Come on, baby. Come on, baby. What are you doing? How can you say that? Lucy, what are you struggling your shoulders about? You can't say that if you're the president of Indiana. You can't think it if you're the president of Indiana. She said she's not shocked. Not shocked or surprised. She said it was the goal. That the goal was to win the championship. But it makes me think the president of Indiana doesn't know anything about football. They did make it to the playoffs last year. And they only lost two games last season. So I don't actually think that's that ridiculous of a statement. Because going into this season, the big narrative for Indiana was, was it a fluke or was it, you know, truly something that's sustainable? They were a hundred to one betting odds. A hundred to one. Yeah. It's one of those things where Indiana is so historically bad at football that like you need more than a one-year sample size to buy in and they've proven that. So I actually don't think that's that ridiculous of a statement.

9:10If she had said this last year, I'd be like, girl, you are out of your mind. That is insane. But the fact that they went to the playoffs last year, they were a very good team last year. Yeah, I don't think it's a ridiculous to say. I'm not shocked that they took a step up. It's more than a step off. You know who else was a basketball school? The United States of America going to the Olympics in advance of the 1980 winter games. And then they vanquished the mighty Soviet Union. And then there was a little bit of hash to be settled on the other side of that. And they were called Finland. That's what Miami is. The basketball school that is Indian University is now the field good story of these United States. All of football America, save perhaps Florida, Gator, alum, Zaz and some of his pals down here in South Beach are rooting for the team wearing orange. Otherwise, you are Finland to the rest of football America. You are in the way of the final chapter of the field good story that is the Indiana Hoosiers, led by Fernando Mendoza, and Cage SIG from Hicksburg, PA.

10:12I like how Dave thinks I have friends in South Beach. That's my crew. That's how much the rest of football America knows between South Beach and all the rest of this vast land. Zaz, do you have any theories as to why it is that Mike has to leave today's show early for a game that's at 730? I'm going also. I'm going also. Yeah. Lucy's going as well. And Mike's the only one that has to leave early. Mike's leaving like five minutes. Yes. Why? It's a Keynes thing. You just don't understand. That's not true. You want to say an affair. I'm not doing this with you today. All right, especially while I'm decked out in Keynes gear. Dan didn't recognize me when he got here this morning because I'm more in a band. I thought it was Luther Campbell. I thought he got here early. He didn't recognize me. But I'm not doing this with you today. All right. Today it's all about the you. I'm all about the Keynes. Am I going to wear this while I'm on the air at ESPN today at 3 p.m. He's done.

11:12Maybe you'll find out what actually I wait to see. I don't think you will. I don't think you're brave enough to do. You don't think I got the guts? No, you're saying it's all about the you with Mike. It's always about the me as you know. So he's leaving. Well, I don't understand the gates open at 11. You chew on that line over the weekend, boss? No, I just thought of it now. I was sober all weekend, unlike you who was polluting himself all parts off. All right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You were sober. All over. Well, not anyone on South Beach was that a free Calvin Harris concert? They should never do those for free. That should never be something that you do for free because there were just bodies stacked on top of bodies. All of them holding each other by the hair throwing up in the street. We break into free events around here. Yeah, we find a way. You guys feel it all over town, correct? You feel that this thing is here because I was thinking the Panther thing was obviously and is obviously enormous. But I don't know that it saturates both counties

12:14or all three counties the way that this does because it's so generational and it also crosses across cultures because of what a God football is in this country. I mean, this is why I said, like, and I'm not joking. This has a chance to be a forever night. I'm so excited for my city and for my friends and for everyone who has waited so long for this and you're right. Like, it could be a forever night, no matter what, but I'll give a shit about Indiana. All right. It's a forever night for us here in Miami. So it's super exciting to wake up this morning knowing this could be one of the best night of your life. That's what you have now. It's a great day. I do think it's bigger for Indiana because they've never done anything like this before. That's right. Okay. I'm glad we talked about this. I'd like to say I think it's a KG move by Zaz to do the Luther Campbell cosplay because if he stripped that away, he would represent what Miami is again

13:15to football America. Lex Luthor. That's what you are to the vast majority of college football fans right now. You are the villain in the way of the nice heroes. Do you think that that's somehow a put down? Miami wants to be the villain. Miami, this goes across all of our sports. Miami loves being the villain. See, now we're in our wheel. You just put us in our wheelhouse day. That, that, that, that, that. Are you drinking over the darkness of your friend? Zaz has already exposed more to it. You were trying, you were trying to make a fun point here. You, that backfire on you. Congratulations. Lucy, what do you have planned today because our people, we've got a ton of people in town. They're going to be working all day today. We're going to be doing a live watch party throughout the game tonight at 7.30 p.m. What do you have planned, Lucy? And again, I want to answer to my question as to why it is Mike has to be out there and has to leave the show early while Zaz Low and Lucy, who, as far as I can tell,

14:16are going to be doing work for media establishments over the next few hours, are not leaving early. In Mike's defense, my schedule right now has a lot of three hours for me to get to the game. I'm very nervous about traffic. I'm very nervous about a certain individual deciding to make an appearance at this game. So we've, I don't know who it is. Not somebody who's, yes, it was him. That's exactly it. But so we've allotted a lot of time in traffic. We're going to get there early. We're going to catch the vibe. And maybe I'll talk to you on the live show. But maybe not. I don't want to make any promises. He must be a pretty big diehard for the canes because he not only is wearing orange. He is orange. And God is ass. So Damace Shek is going to be on the live stream as the voice of Indiana, the lonely voice of Indiana. There's going to be another Indiana voice. My dad. Your dad's been invited now. Your dad, your dad has accepted the invitation. Yeah, because he's like, where should I go watch the game, son? I'm like, I don't know, a bar.

15:17Like, he texted me the other day. He's like, hey, where can I buy UM stuff? You know, do you think they'll have UM stuff at Dix? I'm like, yeah. And then he's like, they didn't have any Indiana stuff because he wants to buy both. Because, you know, like, he will root for my, he'll be happy. Chris Abal and the fact that his son obviously has like basically one passion in life. And it's the Miami Hurricanes. But he's a Mendoza guy. You'll find out together. Also, you guys watch him. I'm not dealing with those texts. I want to try to talk ball to me. I'm like, it's shut up. We could just have him call Mike throughout the game. It'll be fun. It's going to be nice at night's end. You guys are all going to say like, it's cool to see the local Cuban guy holding the national championship giant joint. That's a, that's a nice consolation prize. Hello friends. Hello listeners. I want to talk to you about chime because chime is changing the way people bank and honestly it just makes sense. This is fee free, smarter banking built for regular people like you and me. Not old school banks charging overdraft and monthly fees just for trying to get through the week.

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19:20slash day and find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Light pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time, celebrate responsibly, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. Don Lebatard. Mike Ryan's in there and he's the one with a baby. He's the one who's got to like worry about what the future is. And Mike Ryan bet on draft kings because Mike Ryan bet on us. This is the bet you're afraid of doubling down on. Putting up a billboard in Edmonton. Still gots. Mike, you're more about Matthew Kitschock than I do my daughter. This is the Don Lebatard show with this two gots. I have seen the old retro UM jackets all over town because it's unusually cold day around here. That is not a normal thing in South Florida. It is everywhere this weekend where the retro, the Luther Campbell video jackets,

20:20the two live crew was making videos with when they were celebrating the University of Miami and bringing Miami to the world. We've got Tony out in the field again today and he's going to be live tonight. This part's going to be crazy at Dead Flamingo. That's going to be nuts over there as that's nuts under normal circumstances. That's nuts on the weekend around small sporting events. I can't even imagine what it's going to be tonight. So Tony, give us the report on what it is. You're going to be doing out there tonight. It's basically, I feel like everybody who's going to be watching the live stream tonight is only going to be watching to see us crestfallen. I think the best result for the people viewing is us being sad because they're annoyed by the show we've been doing for the last week and the last 20 years. Hello, Daniel, Jonathan. Everybody who's there at the studio. Glad to be reporting today from Kai Ocho. Yes, we're in front of Dead Flamingo and I don't know if you understand this, Dan.

21:21Yes, the people want to see everybody crestfallen. They want to see the show in tears. But everywhere you step today in Miami is a war zone. Every single step, anybody that's walking around understands what we're under right now. Okay, we were under threat of the entire nation laughing at us. We were under threat of losing the biggest game in the 2000s. Okay, there's nothing bigger than what we are right now. Mike Ryan, I'm glad to see you there. I'm excited to see you at the national championship. I will not be there, but you'll be boots on the ground. Then we're in the middle of a war, Dan. You're laughing. I think you need to stop with the war. I don't think you understand what we're doing. I don't think you understand what we're doing. Yeah, what's going on in the world right now. Hard rock. Again, Indiana versus Miami. Dan, that's what's going on in the world right now. I think you're a little bit too myopic. All right, you got to zone in and figure out what's going on. Just about 25 miles north of you. All right, you need to lock in right now. You're a little bit too happy for a game day. You need to be pissed, Dan. You know what? Because they want to come and take what we got. Okay. They want to take, they got five national championships.

22:22Guess how many they have? Zero. Okay. We want a sixth. They want one. They're trying to take it from us, Dan. You're not ready for that apparently. Well, I want to get this guy in. I do appreciate that your energy level is better than it started because you came in real sedated. You came in real sleep for the biggest. No, it's not a sedated, Dan. It's not a sedated thing. It's a getting everybody focused thing. It's a getting everybody in the same in the same lock step. Okay. So yes, we're going to be live at a dead flamingo tonight at 6 p.m. The show starts around seven. And then the game starts at 7 30. We'll be rocking here just on an MMA night. This place is absolutely packed and slammed tonight. There's probably going to be an overflow. We got things in the back here. Gaiotra is going to be absolutely lit from there. I'm bringing Mike Oswala with me. Okay, to have it on deck. So then we could just go and party once once we take that ass. Okay. Oh, that's my gimmick. There it is. He's borrowing it today. Okay. Thank you, Tony. Finally, you show up. Finally, you show up. Zaz, where are you, Ben? I just asked you for three times to get this guy under control.

23:23And you've been silent. Like a mouse. We're going to 20 minutes ago. You can't carry a segment on your own. We can throw it to you for two minutes. You're asking for my help. I can. I can. Because you're part of the team, no? I am part of the team. And she'll start 20 minutes ago. Okay. So when I throw you an alley, when I throw you an alley, you slam it down on Dan's head. How about you do this? How about you handle your business? Buddy, I have been. I'm here. Ten toes down in the streets right now. Boots on the ground. Okay. You're set up. You're set up. But I don't even know what you look like today. You know what? Are you wearing a white shirt today? You know what I look like. You know what I look like. Unfortunately. Okay. That's enough. Settle down, boy. It's too early for that pace yourself. The way the way that Tony did at the beginning in the segment by sounding today. Let's go. All right. Let's go. All right. Get to La Casa de Lutrucos, please. I want a live hit from La Casa de Lutrucos, the most famous and oldest costume shop in America. You think they're going to be open this time?

24:23Yes. 10 a.m. They are. They told me 10 o'clock. I asked them to open early for Tony. Yes. They're going to be open. I want Tony and costume. Get over there. And he'll be tonight. He'll be at the dead flamingo. If you want to spend any time with Tony, the show will be out there. The show is going to be in a lot of different places tonight. Lucy, are you feeling confident in the Wi-Fi? Because we're going to be getting reports from you and Mike and Zaz Wi-Fi permitting. But I don't have confidence in the Wi-Fi. Put it on the poll at Levitage Show. Do you ever have confidence in the Wi-Fi if you're trying to use it at a stadium full of people? No, that's why I said maybe. Because I don't want to make any promises that I can't deliver. And I know that everyone's like, I wasn't going to tune into the live stream. But now that Lucy's there, I'm absolutely going to. True. But now they're not going to come because they've heard about the Wi-Fi. I'm really sorry. So everyone going to the game is terrified to reach out to us during it. I mean, dad's going. I'm like, you're going to check in with us. He's like, I got an email that we can't. I'm like, what about just call us? I think the only thing we're going to get from people in the stadium is a phone call. I don't think they want anyone doing any kind of live hit to join us.

25:24So if we get people, it will be via phone only. I think Lucy got in trouble one time. I don't know what stadium she was at. But all of a sudden, one of our former employees was flying a drone. And that was like, it's illegal NCAA airspace. And we got into all sorts of trouble because we were flying a drone around. Oh, yeah, that broke like federal law. That was different. We're not bringing a drone to the national championship. That would make that very, very clear. How about a plane? I want to bring a plane to the national championship game. Can we bring a plane? I'd like to use a plane and fly it around the stadium. Well, what do you use your money? It's so weird to me. Our money. It's our money. You sound like my family. We're going to fly a plane at some point this evening. I want to talk about some of the sports stuff, though. And without getting too heavy in the analysis, I wanted to ask you guys for your opinion. Mario Cristobal said something that I agreed with. It's not just because I'm biased, though I can be accused of it. At the end of the Ole Miss game, Miami Secondary was super depleted, injured guys, and Xavier Lucas had left the game for a really questionable targeting call.

26:24And Mario Cristobal is saying correctly, the idea that Lucas can't play the first half of this game, that questionable call, which was clearly done without intent at all, as obviously not intent. And I don't know. I saw in the bills game that we're going letter of the law on rules. And there's no reason to have arbiters if you're going to do it that way. If you're going to do everything by letter of the law, there's no reason to have human beings being applying subjective logic to something we all saw was a catch that turned into an interception. But Xavier Lucas lost the last half of that game. Miami Secondary was a mess in the fourth quarter, like confused timeouts because they had a bunch of guys out there that aren't used to playing. And I think Mario Cristobal is right when he says it's wrong that Xavier Lucas has to sit out the first half of a championship game for something that was just a decision made in a moment. And the receiver put his helmet down and it got him hit in the head. The thing with targeting is like, if you have a hit like that,

27:25I think a 15 yard penalty is fine. But the way I feel like you have to look at it is like the way the government looks like is it art or is it porn? Like you know when you see targeting and you're like, oh, that was bad. That was a hit you shouldn't have made. That was worth a potential ejection. I think that hit was not worthy of that. I think that hit should not prohibit anyone from playing in the national championship game. So I think you just have to adjust how you look at it. I hate the targeting rule. Like I think Lucy's right. It's a 15 yard penalty and 15 yards a very punitive penalty. And then it's worth throwing them out, not just for the rest of that game, but also the first half of the next game. I mean, if there's no way that you could say that he did it on purpose. Maybe you think so. There's no way to know. And so you get the penalty and you essentially get a suspension. I hate it. It doesn't seem fair. That. Per Ian Rappeport. The bills are moving on from head coach Sean McDermott after they're lost in the divisional round to the Broncos. Not surprising. No, they had to. Not surprising.

28:25A lot of wins on that resume is probably the winning is coach over that period. I would think because you've guys have seen the stats over the last six years, right? On the bills. Over the last six years, the bills are number one in point scored. Number one in least points allowed. That makes them number one in point differential, but it's not just number one in point differential. They're plus 900 in point differential. No one else is plus 600 in point difference. It's crazy. More on that on Friday. Well, they just did the breaking news thing. I know. It's worth mentioning. Nothing stops. Nothing stops. You got me for 15 more minutes. Don't threaten us. Yeah. Why were Big Ten officials doing the fiestible? Because that game was going to determine who is playing a Big Ten opponent. And if you want to put on your conspiracy hat, Big Ten, Wisconsin, Xavier Lucas, tied up in litigation, suing. I didn't feel great about that. I didn't like seeing the Big Ten officials on the game that would directly impact the Big Ten team's title chances, but move on.

29:27I think it's someone's from the Texas A&M game. Not Big Ten. I'm curious about where everybody feels Lucy's rooting interest should be. As a rival, a Big Ten rival of the Indiana Hoosiers, the referees might be insented to see the conference do well, although what we end up seeing usually is that they don't want that stink of your biased in favor of your conference. So in fact, they make calls to disprove that they're biased. That is the way things end up going. But in this case, Lucy, are you on the side of with, you know, 98% of football America on the side of the field. Good story that is for Nando coach, SIG in the Indiana Hoosiers. I root for my conference, which I know is not something that people do. No, and I get that it's odd, but there is my team. There is a direct incentive for Indiana to win. We get more money because Indiana wins. It's better for my conference. It makes my team look better. Is it that like Miami rooting for FSU?

30:28No, but no, because I win Indiana. We are in the same conference, but we're not rivals. What do you get a piece of the action? Don't fall back on it. I'm some intellectual. It's good for the program, ultimately, in the long term. What's your heart? What's your gut tell you? Of course, they defeated you. You should want to see them get defeated now. No, because it makes me look better. And my team was the team that was the closest to beating them. Yeah, I look better. No one's thinking about Iowa in this situation, and they shouldn't be. But there is a financial incentive for my favorite team. But it doesn't make you look better, though. I mean, if Iowa lost to a team that lost the national championship or a team that won the national championship, it's not that big of a deal, but I also like Signetti. I think it's a cool story. There's a lot of things that go with it. Also, you guys know I didn't really like living in Miami, and that sort of poured out into a hatred of all Miami teams. Across the board, the dolphins, the marlins,

31:28how the Miami club volleyball team don't like it. You like the cyclones, though. Do you think? I love them so much. I remember your preseason predictions where you said we were going to be bad. Yeah, and I came out and said I was wrong. Yeah. I have no problem being wrong. It doesn't happen to me that often. Dean Nas Haider. Love the night. Reach for Zen after dark, a limited cocktail inspired series for those who get up when the sun goes down. Try Zen's Mojito, Spiced Cider, and espresso martini nicotine pouches. Find them at select retailers, available while supplies last. Zen after dark. Bring on the night. Warning, this product contains nicotine. Nicotine isn't addictive chemical. People always talk about New Year's resolutions. You know, eat better, work out more, etc. etc. We might still be early in 2026, but I'm sure most of you have already broken your resolutions. Me, I'm still going. My resolutions are simple. Be comfortable, especially at the ring.

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34:48You can't call me a queen again. It's a fool! You're an idiot. You're an idiot. You're an idiot. For dismissing how much I've helped you. This is the Don Levatar Show with its two gods. You guys are in agreement with me. With me, independent of the biases as it relates to what Cristobal was saying about Lucas. We're all in agreement, right? That the targeting penalty should be something that has a measurement that's by degrees. That it's not the same penalty for every single targeting. That there should be some sort of arbiters saying, well, that clearly wasn't intentional. That clear... Like, I don't... Didn't Denzel Paraman... Can you guys look this up for me, please? Did Denzel Paraman basically get suspended two games from the NFL on the Chargers, simply for playing football way too violently?

35:49Like, just... Was basically Vantez perfect, where... You're not a Google ad, Jeremy. In the modern age. No, I think that's... It is the Vantez penalty, right? It's a pattern of bad behavior, which is better than you have to miss the second half of the national championship. That's way too severe. And sort of out of the context of what happens in the moment. Now you're impacting the whole team. The next game, it's a bizarrely harsh penalty. Why wouldn't the first targeting penalty be, you know, the warning? And if you do it again, then you get thrown out. It's right away. No, no. I'm okay with the idea that it's got to be safety first. I don't know how much of a deterrent it actually is given how often it's happening accidentally. It doesn't seem like it is. You know when it was a malicious nasty hit. You know it. You can see it in the porn theory. Yeah, the porn theory is right. Look, that's a great analogy. Yeah. That's a great analogy. I always know porn when I see that. Exactly. I've never been confused. So, it's when you see a hit that's so awful, as Zaz can attest.

36:54You know, okay, yeah, that's worth a suspension. But there has to be like a layer of, like, you have to be sort of objective with it. Put it on the pole. Is the targeting penalty like porn? You know it when you see it. I believe that you know it when you see it as the way that a Supreme Court justice described porn. If I'm not mistaken. The people versus Larry Flint. Great movie. The details on tonight's game and damage checks. Since you are a diehard Indiana eruter and you're rooting, I think it's more than 98%. I think outside of Miami, you're not going to have a whole lot of people rooting for Miami because Indiana is the more charming story. And it's also the news story. Miami has advantages as it always does on the offensive and defensive line. Indiana's right tackle is a problem. Miami is going to get frustrated tonight by the number of back shoulder throws to Sarat that are then going to open up the deep throw to Sarat when you're expecting the back shoulder throw. You don't feel like young college football fans are looking at this game.

37:54Okay, Indiana's Indiana. It's the Midwest, you know, in Miami. That's cool. You don't think young sports fans? No, not with your QB whose two years removed from taking a class, which is a bad look. Stand that into a microphone. We all understand that that's what goes on in college football. It is a weird thing right now. He took three classes. He didn't even have to. You should celebrate him for his altruism. He had a close education and learning when he was done with school. Unlike Deon Sanders, who had a 0.0 GPA and was showing up to games in a limousine in a top hat his senior year. Now listen, I went to Indiana University when Bob Knight was the coach and he was much praised for all of his guys went to every class. I shared classes with some of those players and they weren't there for many, many weeks at a stretch. So that was a little overstated. He's the goat. I do think it would have been very funny for the follow up to be, well Carson, what are those classes that you're taking? Because I refuse to believe you're like, I'm still taking some.

38:56I asked you for matchups and game analysis. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying, Dan? Anybody? I talked to Greg and Chris this morning about the game and I say it again to you now. Who gives a crap if you are on either side? Who cares about what the point spread is? If you are on the, who's your side or the use side? If you're getting involved and you think they're going to cover seven and a half, who gives a crap? Don't get caught up in that, y'all. Good calls, right? Home town cooking. Good calls, Chris. Home town cooking. Get out, Dave. Can wait to do this livestream with you tonight. Would like to wait for the rest of my life. Pass away and have the livestream be at my funeral that involves Dave. Just you and Dave tonight in there. No, I know. I know. You guys are saddling me with Dave. And Sad's look goes to the game dressed like Luther Campbell. Mike leaves here early. Lucy leaves here as well and saddles me with damage. I so don't know why Mike's leaving early.

39:57Seven and a half minutes. I'll be there too. I'll be here. I promise you. I'm proud of you guys. You're pulling double duty on a holiday. This is crazy. The last couple of days of content. I've really enjoyed. I'm going to support this livestream. I guarantee you you will be hearing from Mike Ruiz on this livestream. You can take that to the bank. Happy it is a national holiday. Happy David get a day. And I met a special record. So this record is in honor of George Floyd. And I really hope we can see more unity and more peace. When already things are so difficult. So shout out to his family. Drop is about to come. Yeah. This is Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream speech.

40:58Is this cultural appropriation with Zazlow? I don't think he could be dressed like this. But I do think if there's a window for him to be dressed like this, 12 hours, these 12 hours are the 12 hours where it should be allowed. Can't be dressed like what? Like awesome. I don't see the problem. This is a bandana. You do you, boo. Sorry, you didn't recognize me. Walked in. Dan, that's your fault. You guys didn't give me the game analysis. I was looking for Lucy or Mike Mike by the way. I haven't been asked. Payne's inside. I have been asked my opinion on this game or how it's going to go. Mike, what's your opinion? How's it going to go? We know how you think it's going to go. Canes insight is live all the time, burping out, and an immense amount of content if you are a hurricane fan. Mike is one of the owners of Canes Insights. So give us your best couple of minutes based on everything. Nonstop over the weekend. Canes insight was belching out exhaust on this game. Right. So here's how I think the game's going to go.

41:58I had a bull prediction that the line's going to fall down before the game. Right now, last numbers I saw, 78% of the betting public is on Indiana. Who cares about that? Let's talk X's and O's and Jerry's and Joe's. Miami outweighs that defensive line that doesn't have any depth. Go on by like 50 pounds. Miami runs the duo. Indiana runs stunts. Go on. Miami's going to average at least four yards of rush. Miami matches up really well here. I think Miami's going to go on 14 play drives. I think Miami's going to lean on these guys. They present a matchup problem that they haven't really encountered. And I think we're going to see a team wear out over the course of the game. Think back to the Carson Beck touchdown run. Look at number 51 on the ground for seven seconds. That's what it looks like. And it's going to look like that again. I feel really good about this game. I feel better about this game than I felt the last game. Now, I have tons of respect for Indiana. I think the quarterback is fantastic.

42:58I think they have three receivers. I think Charlie Becker has been unbelievable down this stretch. I love their offense full passing concepts out of RPOs. This is not like a sideline throw. They're running routes on RPOs. And Mendoza is extremely accurate. I'm a little worried about Xavier Lucas not being there early on because you're going to need to be physical with these receivers, especially Sarah because he's a ball winner. I think Indiana's going to know right away. They're in for a fight. And I think Miami wins. Go Canes. Yeah. Jeremy, update a couple of the things that we were talking about over this hour, please. Denzel Paramann was suspended for two games for repeated violations of playing rules intended to protect the health and safety of players. And I know it when I see it was used in 1964 in the United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart described the threshold test for obscenity in Jacob Ellis vs. Ohio. I'm really curious to see what Indiana's defensive line does. Well, they do the same things, Mr. Sip. They do the same things Ole Miss does with the stunts.

43:58And Ole Miss has a more talented D-line, I think. And got to the quarterback. More than I expected. Yeah, their pass rush was good. So like when you're stunting, running up a team that runs the type of tight splits that Miami does, it's a little bit more complicated, especially when that team is so beefy and big. So are they going to change up what they do? Or are we going to break Indiana's tendencies? Or are they going to trust that? Think that if they get a stop early or Miami has a procedural, they can get them in like a third and long situation. They're Carson Beck to be the guy. I think Sal's make fights. And this is a really good matchup. And it's going to be a difficult one for Indiana, I think. Carson Beck is in his seventh season. And I did think, Lucy, you tell me if I have this wrong. The reason I was surprised at the amount that Ole Miss got to the quarterback is because I thought Carson Beck was allowed all season to play a game differently than most quarterbacks where he has a pocket. He has a clean pocket often. I'm almost always surprised when he doesn't have a clean pocket.

45:00And I'm certainly surprised when someone comes straight up the middle and sacks him. I thought Carson Beck played obviously a great season outside of that Louisville game. But I also thought he had advantages most quarterbacks in the sport don't have. He had an inordinate amount of time to make his decisions. That is one of the best offensive lines in the country. Very clear. That's a Mario Cristobal offensive line right there in front of you. I think that's a lot of what this game is going to come down to is can Indiana make Carson Beck uncomfortable? Because I agree with you. I thought Ole Miss did a better job than I expected them to do of putting Carson Beck in difficult situations. But that offensive line is so, so, so good. And I genuinely think that is sort of like the key to this game for Miami. Because I don't think it's going to come down to Carson Beck. I think it's going to come down to how you run the ball. Quarterback, Aiden Fisher is a former quarterback and incredibly smart. Knows exactly where to be at all times. The pre snap battle of minds between Carson Beck and Aiden Fisher will be really good. Also a player to watch. A South Florida guy who knows all about Malachi Tony and very curious

46:00where DeAngelo pawns lines up. It's one of the best corners in the nation for a five foot nine guy. Guy just does not miss tackles. Is he going to line up against Malachi Tony? If you're familiar with Malachi Tony's rise throughout South Florida sports. Those two guys know all about one another can't wait for this game. Go Canes. Narratives. Just go ahead and leave now then. One minute left. Have no just have advantage of the minute. Let know let that be his last words. I can't wait for this game. Go Canes. He's not going to do better than that. I still don't understand the why he has to leave early. Why the other people working the game like Lucy has carved out three separate hours to get to the stadium. Zazlow is going to go at what time and what time are you going to leave after the show. Yeah, at a reasonable time. But Mike has to leave right now so that he could start his tailgating right now. Darth Vader is trying to get in Skywalker's ear. You're the evil empire. Beat it. You're the you're the. I will be beating it. The number six. Go Canes. We didn't always have Fernanda. We didn't get an answer as to why he's leaving.

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