Top Five NFL Games To Watch in Week 7, Falcons Soar with Bijan Robinson, Dan Campbell Wants Detroit Rocking Again, Plus USC Legend Matt Leinart Shares What's Great About South Bend, Indiana

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Notre Dame and USC on Saturday. Chiefs v Raiders and Dallas v Washington on Sunday. Three words for rivalry games - ooh, la and la. USC Legend Matt Leinart knows a thing or two about that game. He shares what's great about South Bend, Indiana. And then shares why giving blood is the easiest way to save lives. (Find out more: BigTen.Org/Abbott). Then Chris Cote joins the show to work through the top five games to watch this weekend, along with the reason why Oreos are a superior dunking cookie. Punk Legend Henry Rollins makes an appearance, too. We think. Don't fact check us on that one. But Dave Dameshek and the gang have the necessary prep to make the Week 7 NFL weekend soar on Football America! (Photo by Mike Stewart/AP) Timestamps: (00:00:00-00:02:45) Monologue - Rivalries (00:02:45-00:22:48) Matt Leinart on South Bend and Blood and Rivalries (00:22:48-00:43:53) Top Five Game with Chris Cote (00:43:53-00:49:42) Pick Six AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Matt Leinart: https://x.com/MattLeinartQB Chris Cote: https://x.com/__chriscote Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: Matt Leinart, Chris Cote Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes, Bradley Campbell Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Bradley Campbell Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Commanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So we got Notre Dame and USC on Saturday, then Chiefs v. Raiders and Dallas v. Washington on Sunday.
0:07.2	Three words for rivalry games, ooh, la, and la.
0:11.6	Most rivalries are owed to sharing the same neighborhood.
0:14.3	Capulets v. Monagues, Duke v. Unc, Homer Simpson v. Ned Flanders,
0:18.9	because whether it's love or hate, proximity engender strong feelings.
0:22.8	But then there are the rivalries based on more than mere contemptuous familiarity.
0:27.2	Sometimes it's about two teams peaking in different time zones, but in the same window of time,
0:32.1	leading to showdowns that play as cultural reckonings and live on past just one generation.
0:37.1	Among sports best non-regional rivalries,
0:39.2	Lakers Celtics is probably number one, with the Yankees v. Dodgers right behind, but let's rank
0:43.8	the top six in football. At number six, extreme lifestyle differences between the ancient
0:49.1	rivals at Sunbaked USC and dreary old Notre Dame, and I don't just mean the Golden Domer's aversion to
0:54.9	using Trojans. I'll also throw Notre Dame v. the U in here, as redundant as the vibes are.
1:00.0	At number five, Tom Brady v. the Manning brothers. Yeah, if Old Miss BMOC Archie Manning had met
1:05.8	his future wife Olivia and Oxford with future considerations Peyton and Eli, Brady would probably have a dozen
1:12.1	Lombardis. Then there are the Dallas Cowboys who have so many non-regional rivals where you can
1:16.7	even leave out there three NFC East foes, all of whom reside 1,500 miles away from Texas.
1:22.5	At number four, there's Cowboys v. the Niners. With Staubacks comeback in 72 in the Catchin 81, and in three straight early 90s championship meetings, we knew the Survivor's reward was going to be the Lombardi Trophy. At number three, Cowboys Packers might be even bigger. If Bob Lilly tackles Bart Starr and the QB sneak at the end of the Ice Bowl in 67, NFL champs wouldn't hoist a Lombardi
1:44.7	trophy, it'd be the Landry trophy. Bigger still though, at number two Cowboys v. Steelers.
1:51.6	Back in the 70s, when pro football was still just rounding the corner on its way to passing
1:55.2	baseball and popularity, Dallas and Pittsburgh were fraternal twin heavyweights, shiny stars
2:00.8	v. Steely Braun.
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