PTFO - The Legend of The Paul Finebaum Show: Behind the Scenes in "Scrooge City"

If you aren't familiar with the Americans who love calling into The Paul Finebaum Show, you're in for a holiday treat. Because during this bowl season — Alabama's first without Nick Saban — no radio show has been more vital in its misery. Or more of a portal into the universe of college football in the South. (As Paul himself says: "We found this audience before Donald Trump did.") We're talking poisoned trees, verified heart attacks, and the hidden backstory of one legendary caller... who trusted us to unveil his haunting past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the final Hockey Show of the year and Roy and David are joined by Rose and Ethan to celebrate the occasion. The boys start off their slapshots, winners and losers of the week including the vibes around the Rangers, Zach Hyman's face and an emergency goalie literally running to the game. Then, Adnan Virk joins the show to discuss his conversation this week with Florida Panthers head coach, Paul Maurice, after he sat down with PoMo leading up to the Panthers game against the Edmonton Oilers. Speaking of that game, is there something to what the Panthers are doing against some of the top teams in the league? Also, is there any way out for the Rangers? Finally, we wrap with a recap of the Panthers week that included a shutout loss to the Calgary Flames, the epic win over Edmonton and a domination of the Minnesota Wild. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amin Elhassan and Andrew Hawkins launch their new show: First Fake. Amin and Hawk battle it out in a debate style program analyzing several topics they have done absolutely zero research on. Which of the two will come out victorious and which of the two will accidentally spit on the other? It's time to embrace debate. Then, Pablo Torre is here to tell us about his new episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, but instead, he spends most of his time explaining to us how he is somehow "cool" and "a jock" on MSNBC. Plus, Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating of The Underdogs discuss the unwarranted stigma around analytics in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Dan, Amin, Andrew Hawkins, Chris, Jeremy, Mike, Roy, and Tony. It's the final live show of the year, and it begins with the type of hella good expertise you've all grown to expect from the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz: people who did not watch Thursday Night Football breaking down Thursday Night Football. Should we launch a new show called "First Fake?" How should the Los Angeles Chargers feel after their comeback win? Is Sean Payton doing Bo Nix any favors? Then, Jeremy has a Stat of the Day on Jordan Love's production during Toyotathon, but how did he play during OTHER promotional deals? The crew sends him down a rabbit hole to find out. Plus, it's time to keep the main thing the main thing, Amin and Hawk share their thoughts on the internet's obsession with Travis Hunter's relationship, and Mike shares a theory after Luigi Mangioni's cinematic perp walk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The time has finally come: the College Football Playoff is here and Lucy and Jess are here to break it all down. Jess is flying up to South Bend to watch her Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the Indiana Hoosiers. How confident is she that the Golden Domers will escape with victory? Lucy is taking off to Austin to see the Texas Longhorns and Clemson Tigers do battle. Who does she see coming out on top in this matchup of powerhouses? Plus, the Penn State Nittany Lions welcome the SMU Mustangs to Happy Valley and the Tennessee Volunteers head to Columbus to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes. How badly do James Franklin and Ryan Day need to take care of business at home? What would an upset mean for the Stangs and Vols? We answer all of those questions in our Gen CFB College Football Preview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Bear Chris Fallica joins the show to give his thoughts on the CFP and how the 12-team playoff affected the regular season. He also sings his "12 Bets of Christmas". New UNC GM Michael Lombardi joins the show to talk about what he and new head football coach Bill Belichick hope to build at North Carolina. Simms joins the show to share his thoughts on office Christmas Parties, drones and a little football. Mojo returns for the picks segment to pick some very special games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We check back in with the laziest Santa we have ever seen, Rose, one last time to tell us how things are going at our Toy Drive. Then, Juju Gotti joins us to give us his picks for Thursday Thunder and recap a truly epic show which featured Greg Cote stealing David Dwork from Roy, Amin talking with a bag full of nickels in his mouth and College Mike's abs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Miami's very own boogeyman, Dirk Nowitzki, joins the show and Mike Ryan has fled the premises in fear. We talk to the Dallas Mavericks legend about slaying the giant in 2011 when he took down LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat basically all by himself. We also dive deeper on his rivalry with Dwyane Wade and just how frosty things got at one point in time. Plus, Amin goes deep into the archive to find the stats from when Dirk and John Amaechi matched up back in the day and we make a shocking revelation that Meech may have been a Dirk Stopper. To wrap up, we play Stump The Meech with some shocking mispronunciations from Stugotz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After John Amaechi's 'Chiddy Chiddy Bang Bang' reference, Tony comes really close to reading as he shoots to explain the movie to us. Then we check in with Rose again at our Toy Drive and she presents a challenge to our listeners that could lead to her skydiving, which hurtles us into a discussion about the time Tony went skydiving and had to succumb to an instructor the size of Ethan, who joins us for a hilarious demonstration. Plus, Meech has beef with Elon Musk, we revisit Amin's jumpshot that makes Meech sick, Mike Ryan is scared of Dirk Nowitzki and we further explore the Aaron Rodgers docuseries on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dianna Russini joins the show after her bombshell report this morning about the dysfunction around the New York Jets franchise, including Woody Johnson turning down a trade for Jerry Jeudy because his Madden rating was too low. Plus, Bill Belichick circled back to the New York Jets and Mike Ryan found it sad. We move on with some songs to spread the Holiday spirit including an absolute banger from Taylor about Bill Belichick going to North Carolina. Stephen A. Smith had some interesting takes about Miami and it has Meech completely freaked out. Then, we watch some video of Kanye West at a deposition which leads us into a discussion about how celebrity affects mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices