First day of October ...We have made it! Best month of the year.Soak it all, boys and girls.
Don't waste a single second.We've got postseason baseball all month, even though my Red Sox got thoroughly embarrassed in the Bronx this week.What a bunch of losers.
Ain't the team I grew up watching.What a fall from grace.But still, we have a full month of postseason baseball.We also have 61 straight days of football, starting tonight.
That's right.Every year, we get into this little window where we just have nonstop football for two straight months between college and NFL.
That window has now opened, and it ain't closing until we're hanging Christmas lights.Beautiful.What a time to be alive.
What a month.We're in it, folks.
Let's roll.NASCAR Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb competes during the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb.16, 2024.
(USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con)Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where NASCAR driver Jennifer Jo Cobb pays a hefty fine for a little adultery in North Carolina.That's frowned upon everywhere, by the way, but it's an especially big no-no in the Tar Heel state.SPURNED SPOUSES CASH IN AS NORTH CAROLINA’S 'HOMEWRECKER' LAW TURNS CHEATING INTO A COURTROOM JACKPOTYou'll see.What else? I've got the entire Red Sox clubhouse turning on ownership after getting steamrolled in the Wild Card series, and what's going on with the college football TV ratings this year?LSU-OLE MISS TV RATINGS PROVE THAT SOME COLLEGE FOOTBALL BRANDS ARE IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWNThe early returns are in, and they're ...
concerning.We'll dive in.OK, grab you a ridiculously overpriced Shipyard Pumpkinhead beer to celebrate the start of October, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap!Look at that.
Sixty-one straight days of football.Our next day without a game? Dec.
1.That's gonna be a rough week, by the way, because I'm fairly certain Major League Baseball's inevitable lockout will begin the next day....