‘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. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.
First Friday of November, boys and girls. It’s been a long week. A tough one. But we’ve made it to another Friday.
The Dems can’t take that from us! They can take every congressional seat known to man, but I will be damned if they take away a Football Friday. And a Football Saturday. And a Football Sunday.
Not on my watch. We’re here, and we’re gonna lock it in for a few minutes to end the week before starting another big weekend.
Let’s roll.
CBB WITH DANNY Z: KANSAS, TENNESSEE AND USC LEAD ANOTHER HUMAN POLLS VS. ANALYTICS ARGUMENT
Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where the LSU women’s basketball team treats an opponent like a JV high school team en route to the biggest blowout in D1 college hoops history.
Not bad!
What else? I’ve got an incredible national anthem out of Golden State last night, reader mail from the week and Hooters is BACK in NASCAR! What a comeback.
It’s been a while since Hooters was in the sport after getting evicted from the series last season (true story), but the girls are back for this weekend’s finale in Homestead.
That’s how you end the week strong, folks. I feel better already.
Grab you a pencil and scorebook and try to keep up with all the LSU points from last night … and THEN settle in for a Friday ‘Cap!
HOOTERS RESTAURANTS KEEP CLOSING EVEN AS CEO SAYS THERE’S MORE TO THE STORY
It’s a Friday, the sun is finally out here in Florida after historic flooding earlier in the week, and we’ve got potentially the greatest Saturday of college football staring us in our fat, American faces.
So, we’re not beating around the bush today. Let’s get after it, and then get on outta here a bit early.
First up? I know all eyes were locked in on last night’s terrible NFL game, but there was also a college basketball game taking place between LSU and Texas Southern.
LSU, for those who don’t follow women’s hoops, is the No. 9 team in the nation. Texas Southern came into the game 0-1 with a 40-point loss to Tulane.
Guess how it went?
Lordy. I’ve never seen anything quite like it.
The biggest blowout EVER in D1 history against another D1 opponent. A scoreless second quarter (40-0!). A 106-9 run over the final three quarters.
The most mind-blowing stat? Texas Southern went 13 possessions without even getting the ball inside the three-point line in the second quarter.
Goodness.
For those wondering, LSU’s NIL valuation sits around $6 million this season — good for second-highest in women’s hoops. You’ll be shocked to know that Texas Southern’s NIL valuation wasn’t readily available.
Go figure.
What do we think? Should Kim Mulkey had let off the gas just a bit down the stretch? Or is this big girl college basketball and Texas Southern knew what they were signing up for?
I think I’m in the first camp. I played for the worst DIII college baseball team in America for four years and we once lost to MIT 27-1. I have no pity.
Suck it up, buttercup!
Next? Let’s stay on the hardwood and head out to San Francisco (reluctantly), where the Warriors held their mandatory Pride night last night and kicked things off with a totally normal national anthem:
What a week for the left. When you’re hot, you’re hot!
We all knew after Tuesday’s bloodbath that Woke 3.0 was inevitable, and the folks out in San Francisco wasted no time in getting back to business.
A tiny rainbow flag. During the national anthem. During the actual national anthem.
You wanna talk about disrespectful. This makes the WNBA nonsense from last month look like child’s play.
Woke 3.0 is off to a BLAZING start, folks. Singer Jason Brock ain’t backing down, either.
“Wow I didn’t interpret it like this, but I wasn’t watching the players,” he said in an X post. “Just because they were laughing doesn’t mean it was because of the anthem.”
It’s gonna be a long two years. Heads on a swivel, everyone! Woke 3.0 is officially underway.
OK, let’s rapid-fire this Friday class into a big weekend of FOOTBALL. First up? You know what? It’s been a while since we checked the mail.
Let’s empty it so we can start fresh next week.
Yesterday — in honor of National Donut Day — I said the simpler the donut, the better. I’m tired of all these fancy donuts taking over America. Give me a Boston Cream, a blueberry donut, a glazed donut, and leave me alone. I’m all set.
From Jerome D:
“Have you tried the Sriracha yet? There’s something to a salty spicy donut!!”
I love Sriracha as a sauce. I use it all the time (although nothing beats Crystal). But on a donut? Nope. I just can’t get into it. I’ve tried it and it just doesn’t work.
Next? Earlier this week, I said Wake Forest got HOSED in the first batch of CFP rankings. I stand by that, by the way. The Demon Deacons are overlooked.
Luke P. disagrees:
“Wake Forrest got hosed? Cmon bud GTFOH. Last 3 games vs a now 5 loss VA team, a now 6 loss Cal team, and now 4 loss NC St team that’s interviewing cringy past subway ambassador for HC. Oh before that they put up big on a now 5 loss Stanford squad. I guess we’ll find out if wake is real this weekend against Merrimack who has lost to Rhode Island, Delaware, Tarleton St, Yale and Dartmouth but recently fought hard for a W over …Wagner. ?!?”
Fair points from Luke. I can’t argue that, beyond the fact that Wake has blown out everyone on their “weak” schedule. No. 4 Indiana, meanwhile, needed overtime to beat Michigan and Minnesota — two terrible teams.
Just saying.
Finally, let’s check in with NB, who did NOT appreciate me mocking the NBA and Luka Doncic the other day:
“Why do you watch the NBA if it’s so awful to you? You realize you have your opinions and others are allowed them as well. You have to watch the NBA you have to react to it because your paycheck depends on it. What a sad sad little life you have made for yourself. If you didn’t have these leagues to write about you would be unemployed. Your life depends on the, as you said the “softest league in sports” writing about something you hate is WILD. Hope Fox has good medical coverage because you need a shrink.
Have a good day being miserable and letting the world know. I bet it’s fun to know your echo chamber has a few bored people willing to call you out. My huge s–t is done. Wish I could wipe my a– with this article but I’d have to get it out of your a–.”
I mean, do we have the best readers, or what? These people are amazing. What an email! It’s perfect. No notes. It’s already on my fridge, front and center.
FOX, by the way, has excellent medical coverage.
OK, that’s it for today — and this week. Good work, everyone.
On the way out, here are the HOOTERS girls returning to NASCAR for the first time in 18 months.
Welcome back.