'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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Five if you want to count the WNBA.
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October is the best month of the year, and this is our final push until things get really hectic.
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I'd urge everyone to enjoy this week.
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Everything shifts gears in seven days.
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We've got an election next Tuesday.
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More importantly (to me, at least), this is the final week until the holidays begin.
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And by that, I mean at midnight Saturday, everything shifts to Christmas.
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It'll happen in the blink of an eye.
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You're gonna go to bed Saturday dreaming of Michael Myers, and wake up to insufferable Mariah Carey jamming her song down our throats.
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And there is NOTHING we can do to stop it.
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Let's roll.
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Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where Sophie Cunningham's cowboy hat at yesterday's F1 race fired up all the PATRIOTS across this great country.
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Sophie never misses.
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I've got ESPN's Holly Rowe with an incredible idea for the WNBA Finals, I've got a legit question about Texas' field color on TV, and was Dan Campbell's decision to go for it on fourth down yesterday as insane as everyone thinks?
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I don't think so, and Dan's explanation after the game might sway you, too.
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Sophie popped up at F1 this weekend and didn't skip a beat
We still haven't gotten our pumpkins yet down here, but that'll be coming in the next few days.
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We can't just carve pumpkins and let them sit on our porch all month in Florida.
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them → carve → Florida
As for my earlier rant on the upcoming holiday season ...
Don't get me wrong, I love the holidays.
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I love Christmas (although Christmas Eve is the better holiday).
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I love the whole season.
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I just think it starts way to soon after Halloween.
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The radio stations all play Christmas music on Nov. 1.
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Every single commercial has Santa in it all of a sudden.
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We go from Pumpkin Spice to Peppermint Mocha at every single coffee shop in America.
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We wait all year for "fall," and then we're so quick to stuff it all back in the attic on Nov. 1 and jump right into winter.
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And don't even get me started on the disrespect towards Thanksgiving.
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That's a battle I've been fighting for years now.
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I just think it doesn't need to start on Nov. 1.
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Now, let's get this week started by welcoming Sophie Cunningham back to class!
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What a message to send to the libs who absolutely lost their MINDS yesterday because big, bad Sophie Cunningham waved the flag at the F1 race in Austin
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And yes, they completely lost their minds.
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Shocking, I know.
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Yet again the US races proving that F1 is still not a safe space for the LGBTQIA+ community with Sophie Cunningham waving the flag and Ted Cruz giving out trophies.
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They're the gift that "keeps on giving the whole year!"
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I just broke my own rule.
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OK, let's get back on track and stay in the WNBA with ESPN's Holly Rowe, who has an excellent idea for where Game 6 should be held later this week:
Dan's roll of the dice & a Texas-sized question
Problem solving….
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Could we pack that out ATL????
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I nearly spit out of my Maxwell House when I read that tweet this morning.
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…and 32 more, not listed.
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