'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.
uncertain
you → catch → desk
It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.
asserted
It → run → OutKick.com
This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
uncertain
page → contain → partners
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
uncertain
News → sign → wager
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.
asserted
that → create → newsroom
Now, don't you go clicking away on me.
asserted
you → go → me
You did not accidentally stumble upon a column about politics and who you should vote for and what's at stake, blah blah blah.
asserted
what → stumble → stake
No, I'm just here to gripe about something that seems to be a new phenomenon this midterm season: campaign text messages.
asserted
that → gripe → something
Look, I know that if you sign up for a candidate's text messages, you will get inundated with a steady stream of pleads for donations.
asserted
you → look → donations
But I would never sign up for something like that.
asserted
I → sign → that
So tell me why I get a dozen text messages a day from various state and local politicians — attacking their opponents, begging for my vote, detailing BS stories about how they grew up in a middle-class family where "nothing came easy" and they learned the "real value of a hard day's work."
asserted
they → tell → work
Look, voting is important, and we should all do it.
asserted
we → look → it
I'm glad to live in a country where we actually get a say in who's making our laws and affecting our quality of life.
asserted
who → live → life
Not to mention they just feel like bad practice.
asserted
they → mention → practice
How do you think bombarding me with an endless string of text messages will somehow endear you to me?
asserted
bombarding → think → me
It actually makes me not want to vote for you.
asserted
me → make → you
Is everyone dealing with this right now?
asserted
everyone → deal → this
Is this a new thing or have I somehow just managed to avoid the onslaught until this campaign season?
asserted
I → manage → season
November 3 truly can't come soon enough.
asserted
November → come → ?
Next Tuesday, we party.
asserted
we → party → ?
But until then, let's do some Nightcaps.
asserted
's → let → Nightcaps
It all started with that girl who was chosen for the kicking contest.
asserted
who → start → contest
Now, admittedly, I love the kicking contest.
asserted
I → love → contest
Every Saturday, I yell to my husband, 'It's time for the kick!' and we run into the living room to watch.
asserted
we → yell → room
This Saturday, I knew it was doomed from the start.
asserted
it → know → start
As soon as I saw the contestant.
asserted
I → see → contestant
Now, don't get me wrong.
asserted
me → get → ?
And I have no doubt there are plenty of women who can kick a 33-yarder.
asserted
who → have → yarder
Soccer players obviously come to mind.
But the last couple of times they've had women competing, they've been women with the athleticism of a potato.
This isn't an anti-woman thing.
asserted
This → come → potato
Plenty of men have missed, too.
asserted
Plenty → miss → men
But if you — either gender — know you have an absolutely 0% chance of nailing this kick, why even put your name in the raffle?
asserted
you → know → raffle
And to make matters worse, she had the gall to tell Pat McAfee he should be giving her $3 million to make the kick — not the $1 million she was already offered.
asserted
she → make → kick
My skin is crawling with awkwardness.
asserted
skin → crawl → awkwardness
Anyway, we found out yesterday there was a lot more under the surface about GameDay’s trip to Utah that we didn’t see.
asserted
we → find → that
Before the show, Utah’s official social media account posted a video of students doing impressions of Pat, including one calling him "corny" and another saying his shirtless bit was "creepy."
asserted
bit → post → him
Pat said he had no problem with random students roasting him, but he did have a problem with the university itself amplifying it right before he was about to go on national TV and promote their school.
He said the whole thing made him feel "very, very uncomfortable," especially given the very real safety threats he and other public figures face, and even referenced the Charlie Kirk assassination while explaining why it bothered him.
asserted
it → say → him
By the end of GameDay, Pat picked Houston to beat Utah and told the crowd, "I’ll never see you again, hopefully."
asserted
I → pick → you
Utah has since apologized, saying the post was meant to be lighthearted but "missed the mark," and that Pat and the GameDay crew are always welcome back.
asserted
Pat → apologize → mark
Something tells me Pat will not be taking them up on that invitation anytime soon.
asserted
Pat → tell → invitation
But what do we think, guys?
asserted
we → think → what
…and 65 more, not listed.
The Aporia
