'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk.
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It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.
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We've got football tonight.
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We've got playoff baseball tonight.
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I went out and piped a couple golf balls at the range over the weekend.
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It'll be nice not to have to bring a towel to the tee box for every hole.
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And that's coming from me!
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All my teams got battered last week, and I'm still pumped to get a new week going.
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It would be nice to actually have a lead at some point this season, but I reckon that'll be this week's goal.
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We move forward.
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Let's roll.
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Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where Sophie Cunningham turns her attention to Missouri football and wears a hat that sends a simple, yet blunt message to the woman-hating WNBA girls.
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You'll see.
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I've got more ref drama from yesterday's NFL slate, I'm still on the fence about Virginia Tech's "missed" field goal Friday night, and things are going WELL for Deion Sanders out in Colorado.
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And by that, I mean he might not make it to Halloween.
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Who could've seen it coming?!
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OK, grab you something tall and strong — please do NOT make it a hurricane (heads up, Tuscaloosa!) — and settle in for a Monday 'Cap!
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Sophie Cunningham destroyed my Florida Gators on Saturday
Have y'all seen that a tropical storm may be eying the great state of Alabama for Saturday's showdown with Georgia?
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That's the big SEC game this weekend, and Trump's supposed to be in town.
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Not sure that's gonna happen if these projections pan out ...
I'd love to see a good, old-fashioned SEC game in the pouring down rain on Saturday.
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I love offense.
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I love scoring.
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Trust me, I hammered the OVER in last weekend's 'Bama-Miss. State game and it was the most sweat-free bet of all time.
But still, I do miss the days where we'd get a nice 20-17 slugfest.
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We rarely get those anymore.
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And that ends our meteorological portion of today's class!
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Now, let's get the week started with Sophie Cunningham wearing a simple "WOMAN" hat to Saturday's homecoming drubbing in Colombia:
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Things aren't going well out west
What a hat.
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I can't even imagine the insufferable coach of the Minnesota Lynx stumbling upon those pictures today.
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She'd probably faint.
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I have a feeling Sophie's about to take it up a notch over these next few months.
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Sophie's Tigers absolutely rolled my Gators on Saturday.
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Typical letdown game for a Florida team the national media just spent a week drooling over.
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OK, let's go from one ugly Saturday performance to another, and check in with the state of Colorado athletics.
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Harbaugh, Va. Tech & the refs are getting out of control
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You know what it is.
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If I say it, you’re gonna run with it, you know darn well what it is," Sanders exclaimed after he was asked what was wrong with the offense.
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It’s blatant...
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I’d respect ya'll a lot more if you said it yourself.
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Remember a few years ago when Colorado briefly had the football world in the palm of its hand for about half a season?
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The Buffs stunk last year, and they're 2-3 so far this season.
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…and 26 more, not listed.