'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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This is No. 3 of the month, with just one left.
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Before you know it, we'll all be basting turkeys and hanging lights.
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It goes fast.
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Don't take a single day for granted, because we're in the final stages of the greatest month of the year.
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Midweek college football is hitting on all cylinders at the moment.
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The NFL is currently sending teams to Paris for reasons I still can't figure out.
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Just an amazing time to be alive right now if you're a sports fan. It doesn't get much better than this.
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Let's roll.
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Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where the Neyland Stadium crowd last weekend had Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer seeing GHOSTS in the fourth quarter.
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I've got Danica Patrick back on the campaign trail, Tiffani Amber Thiessen gives her Halloween costume a test drive, and a hypothetical college football question worth your time today.
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It appears Neyland Stadium got to Kalen DeBoer
That's right.
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Today is the day any Back to the Future fan worth his or her salt knows like the back of their hand.
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They thought we'd have flying cars back in the '80s when they made this movie, and, to be fair, we're getting closer.
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Did y'all see what Elon cooked up over the weekend?
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About 11 years later than Doc McFly envisioned, but still, not bad.
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As for the franchise itself ... I've said for years that Back to the Future is one of the greatest trilogies of all time.
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That's hard to do.
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And BTTF pulled it off all those years ago.
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OK, let's get this class started with another dynasty that, sadly, feels a bit old in 2026: The Alabama Crimson Tide.
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He looked just miserable last weekend in Knoxville, and that video — coupled with the apparent record the Vols broke — makes it even worse.
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As for the decibel record itself ... Tennessee claims it now owns the highest on record at 130.3.
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I've seen fans point to the LSU-'Bama game in 2022 at 133, and some random Nebraska game in 1992 at 133.6.
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The Vols, however, maintain last Saturday's third-down sack tops 'em all.
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No crowd pops were louder than during a huge sequence in the third quarter with the Vols leading 19-10.
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Defensive end Tyree Weathersby recorded a sack on second down with 3:56 remaining in the stanza.
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The ensuing play, the Crimson Tide committed a delay of game penalty that made it third-and-16.
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Neyland Stadium experienced 130.3 decibels (dBA peak) on field level for a noise event that lasted seven seconds during that sequence, which was the highest scientifically verified decibel crowd event in college football history.
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Alabama was called for a false start one play later.
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For what it's worth, the highest decibel level for any sporting event on record took place at a Monday Night Football game at Arrowhead Stadium back in 2014, according to the folks over at earpeace.com.
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And when you're done debating that, take a look at this little hypothetical question making the internet rounds today and tell me where you land:
Danica, Tiff Ann & Happy Anniversary to this legend!
So, for me, this one is insanely easy ...
It's Kirby Smart at Nebraska, right?
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Feel like Kirby would turn Nebraska into a powerhouse in Year 1.
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I don't even think Matt Rhule is a good coach, and he somehow has Nebraska at 5-2 right now (should be 6-1, maybe 7-0).
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As for the others ...
Curt Cignetti at Missouri would be No. 2, followed by ... Marcus Freeman at Michigan?
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I don't know.
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The rest of that list looks like a disaster to me.
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Anyway, let me know!
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OK, let's rapid-fire this Hump Day class into a big Hump Day night.
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It's officially election SZN, which means Danica Patrick is back on the Trump Train.
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…and 23 more, not listed.
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