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11-09-2026
This article is an edition of OutKick’s regular pop-culture and sports column, “Nightcaps,” written by Zach Dean. It covers several trending sports and culture topics:
- NFL Backlash Over the Australia Game: The primary topic focuses on backlash from American football fans regarding the NFL staging a regular-season game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers abroad at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Fans criticized the move as “un-American” and frustrating because the game was placed behind a Netflix streaming paywall. Viewers and attendees also complained about the venue’s sightlinesnoting that the seats in the massive cricket stadium were far from the fieldand noted a noticeably subdued crowd atmosphere compared to domestic NFL stadiums.
- Reflections on 9/11 and the National Anthem: Tying into the 25th anniversary of September 11, the author reflects on the unity in the country following the 2001 attacks and highlights Jim Cornelison’s performance of the national anthem (sung on the 10th anniversary of 9/11) as one of the most powerful and emotional sports anthem renditions ever.
- College Football Blowout (Miami vs. FAMU): The column touches on college football, highlighting a lopsided 77-7 blowout win by the Miami Hurricanes over Florida A&M, questioning the value of extreme non-conference mismatches in the modern era while joking about a successful betting prop on FAMU scoring at least one point.
- Sophie Cunningham’s Comments: Finally, the piece mentions WNBA player Sophie Cunningham addressing remarks from an interview with Colin Cowherd, where she discussed fan perceptions and expressed that she embraces being viewed as a “sex symbol,” with the author encouraging her to ignore online critics.