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Riley Green fills the freezer after scoring a massive bull elk with a bow in the Utah mountains
Riley Green has officially taken care of the grocery shopping for a while.
The country star traded the stage for the Utah mountains recently, and the trip ended with Green standing behind an absolute stud of a bull elk — one he took with a compound bow.
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"Freezer is full," Green wrote Friday on Instagram. "Not many things challenge you like bow hunting elk… thankful for a few days to chase em in the Utah mountains and that I was able to put it all together on an awesome bull."
And awesome might be underselling it a bit.
The photos Green shared show a huge, mature bull with an impressive rack. He also showed what it looks like to lug all that meat out of the mountains, which is a monumental task in itself.
If you've followed Green outside of country music, none of this should come as much of a surprise.
He's a longtime hunter and particularly serious about doing it with a bow. In fact, Green is a regular guest host for "Major League Bowhunter," and the show previously followed him through a Montana elk hunt appropriately titled "3rd Times A Charm."
He's also talked about just how difficult it is to fit an archery elk hunt around life on the road.
During a previous appearance on "Bussin' With The Boys," Green explained that the short season and the time required to actually find and get on elk make bowhunting them especially tricky with a touring schedule. He recalled drawing elk tags in consecutive years but having only a few days available to hunt.
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That's part of what makes his latest Utah bull so impressive.
Unlike rifle hunting, bowhunting requires getting much closer to an elk before taking the shot. And we're talking about an animal that can weigh hundreds of pounds, cover a whole lot of mountainous country and has absolutely no interest in making your life easy.
Apparently Green managed to put all the pieces together this time.
Funny enough, Green isn't even the only country star to fill a freezer with Utah elk meat lately.
Luke Combs recently tagged a bull of his own during a Utah hunt with Jason Phelps — the same hunt Combs credited with helping motivate his recent 30-pound weight loss.
Combs had hoped to get his elk with a bow but ultimately switched to a rifle before getting it done.
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Green, meanwhile, stuck with the bow.
Not that we're keeping score here.
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Marcus Mariota suffers knee injury against Colts in London as Commanders lose another starting QB
The Washington Commanders have lost their starting quarterback in the United States and on Sunday lost their starting quarterback in the United Kingdom as Marcus Mariota injured his knee against the Indianapolis Colts.
Mariota was apparently injured on a sack by Colts defensive lineman Laiatu Latu, who landed on the quarterback in the pass pocket.
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The Commanders initially said Mariota was questionable to return with a right knee injury but he was ruled out after halftime.
OutKick medical expert Dr. David Chao, who served 17 years as the San Diego Chargers chief doctor, said the concern for Mariota is an MCL injury.
Chao, the founder of Sports Injury Central, originally held out hope for a Mariota return, but as the Commanders got multiple possessions that would have given the team plenty of time to bring the QB back with a brace, the concern became that Mariota was not returning.
The good doctor's concern about Mariota's availability was proven correct. Mariota previously had an MCL in 2022 that required surgery.
Mariota, you should know, started this game in London and last week, because starter Jayden Daniels dislocated his left elbow in a game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 20.
Daniels has not played since but he returned to practice on a limited basis this last week and the Commanders are hopeful he can return to the starting lineup for their Week 5 game against the New York Giants.
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That obviously doesn't help in this game. Mariota was replaced by third-stringer Athan Kaliakmanis.
Kaliakmanis is a rookie quarterback whom Washington selected in the seventh round (223rd overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft after college stops at Minnesota and Rutgers.
The Commanders hope Kaliakmanis can complete as many passes in this game as there are letters in his full name.
America’s Arctic war machine roars to life as commander reveals chilling new reality on Russia’s doorstep
Across one of the coldest, most remote and strategically exposed corners of the United States, American forces are practicing how to fight on land, at sea and in the air — rapidly moving rocket systems into western Alaska, sending F-35s and F-16s toward simulated threats and coordinating U.S. and Canadian warships in the Bering Sea.
The operations are part of Tundra Merlin, an enduring U.S. military campaign aimed at proving that even across Alaska’s vast distances and extreme Arctic conditions, American and allied forces can rapidly assemble combat power to defend the northern approaches to the homeland.
And behind that show of force is a changing security environment increasingly shaped by Russia and China.
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"I think what’s changed is primarily two things," Lt. Gen. Robert Davis, commander of Alaskan Command, told Fox News Digital. "One is that the melting sea ice has made the Arctic more accessible. And we’re seeing increased activity both commercially and militarily in the Arctic, particularly during the summer months."
"The other factor is that China and Russia and others are continuing to advance their military capabilities and capacity with an interest in showing that they can use them in the Arctic as well," Davis said.
The Pentagon has reached a similar conclusion. Its 2024 Arctic Strategy warned that growing Russia-China cooperation could "alter the Arctic’s stability and threat picture," and called for greater U.S. presence, exercises and military preparedness in a region becoming increasingly accessible. Defense officials have said forces operating there must be able not merely to train in extreme conditions, but survive them.
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Few places illustrate the stakes better than Alaska.
The state sits at the intersection of the Arctic and Pacific and serves as a critical hub for homeland defense and a platform for projecting U.S. military power toward the Indo-Pacific and beyond. The Russian and American mainlands are only about 55 miles apart at their closest points across the Bering Strait, while Russia’s Big Diomede Island and Alaska’s Little Diomede Island are separated by roughly 2.5 miles.
Alaska also hosts major air bases, early-warning and missile-defense infrastructure and tens of thousands of military personnel. U.S. Northern Command says Alaskan Command has more than 22,000 active-duty personnel from across the services, along with approximately 4,700 Guard and Reserve members.
Air Force officials have described Alaska as the "crossroads of the Arctic and the Pacific," providing U.S. forces with reach and domain awareness for both homeland defense and global power projection.
Davis put that geography in even starker terms.
Pointing to the fifth-generation fighters positioned in Alaska, he told Fox News Digital that U.S. forces can "project from the Arctic to almost anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere in about 10 hours of flight time."
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Tundra Merlin is designed to turn that geographic advantage into combat capability.
Davis described the operation as a collection of military options — essentially "plays in a playbook" — that can be activated either to deter an adversary or respond if one begins acting aggressively.
"Our hope is that we don’t have any adversarial activity because we’ve effectively deterred it," Davis said. "But if we do see it and we have kind of a play in the playbook ready to go. For a response."One of the most striking demonstrations came in recently, on Alaska’s western edge.
U.S. and Canadian forces rapidly moved a U.S. Army HIMARS mobile rocket system and an AN/TPQ-53 radar into western Alaska aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force C-17, then connected those ground forces with American F-35s, F-16s and a KC-135 tanker operating overhead.
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The mission brought air defense and long-range offensive firepower together in a single operation. F-35s and HIMARS synchronized against a simulated ground target approximately 135 miles away, while F-16s simultaneously intercepted F-35s acting as simulated incoming aerial threats, according to U.S. Northern Command.
Davis said the point was not simply to prove the individual weapons worked, but to show how quickly forces could be moved into a remote part of Alaska and linked together.
The operation demonstrated that U.S. forces can rapidly move capabilities into Alaska "both to defend Alaska, but also, if necessary, to put other adversary targets at risk," he told Fox News Digital.
Tundra Merlin pushed that same concept out to sea in September.
From Sept. 18–22, U.S. and Canadian forces conducted a joint maritime strike scenario roughly 100 nautical miles north of Dutch Harbor, integrating U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy surface and subsurface vessels with Canadian maritime patrol aircraft and Alaska-based U.S. Air Force F-35 fighters and E-3 airborne warning and control aircraft.
The forces practiced multiple simulated maritime target engagements, testing whether information collected by different ships and aircraft could be rapidly passed across the force and used to identify, track and engage a potential threat.
"The most impressive part to me was seeing the high degree of cooperation and integration amongst units that day in and day out don't necessarily operate together," Davis said.
"To see the joint nature on the U.S. side integrated together with the inter-agency of the U.S. Coast Guard and with our allies, with Canada as an example, was just an amazing thing to see," he added.
That ability to operate at scale is complicated by Alaska itself.
Extreme cold can affect equipment and personnel, while the enormous distances and limited infrastructure of the North American Arctic make moving and sustaining forces unusually difficult. The Pentagon’s Arctic Strategy specifically identifies those distances and the region’s infrastructure limitations as obstacles to military operations and says maintaining infrastructure in Alaska is essential for missile defense, surveillance and rapid power projection.
Davis said military equipment brought into Alaska cannot simply be expected to function as it would elsewhere.
"It needs to be conditioned. It needs to be properly outfitted to operate in sub-zero temperatures for a long period of time," he said, adding that troops also require specialized clothing, training and procedures to avoid cold-weather injuries and continue fighting in Arctic conditions.
The pressure to master that environment comes as Russia and China increasingly demonstrate their own ability to operate near North America.
In July 2024, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, detected and intercepted two Russian Tu-95 bombers and two Chinese H-6 bombers flying together in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone . It was the first time NORAD had intercepted Russian and Chinese military aircraft operating together in the zone. The aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign territory, and NORAD said the flight itself was not considered a threat.
The episode nevertheless highlighted the very kind of cooperation U.S. defense planners are watching.
For now, Davis said Alaska is positioned to deal with the military threats commanders expect under normal conditions.
"We're postured very well for any of the anticipated threats that we think would come our way in the very near term," he said. But if commanders saw indications of a significant escalation, Davis said Alaskan Command would likely request additional forces and capabilities.
That, ultimately, is what Tundra Merlin is intended to prove: that in a theater defined by enormous distances, punishing weather and growing Russian and Chinese activity, the United States can move forces across Alaska, connect them across land, sea and air and have combat power ready before a potential adversary decides to test the northern edge of the homeland.
Irish soccer official clashes with Israeli journalist before Ireland meets Israel in Nations League match
Irish soccer officials and Israeli journalists clashed on Saturday amid the heightened tension between the two teams ahead of their Nations League match in Serbia.
The press conference started with one journalist asking about Irish players’ support of Palestinians after the Flydubai incident earlier in the week. Football Association of Ireland (FAI) communications manager Kieran Crowley tried to shut down the question, saying they only wanted "football questions."
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Then, another Israeli journalist asked about allegations that Irish players made racist comments toward Israeli players, which Crowley vehemently denied.
"That’s completely untrue," Crowley shouted back.
The press conference ended shortly afterward.
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Ireland defeated Israel 3-0 in their first meeting in the Nations League. The match occurred only after Irish players took a vote on whether to go ahead with the game. Irish players wore black armbands and refused to shake Israeli players’ hands in protest.
Ireland has put pressure on the soccer team to boycott the match over Israel’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks, which left more than 1,000 Israelis dead.
The FAI moved the match to a neutral venue for "operational reasons" in June. The first match was placed in Hungary and Sunday’s match will take place in Serbia.
In November, the FAI put forth a motion calling on UEFA to ban Israel from club and international competition. The FAI, however, has resisted calls for a boycott, arguing the team could be hit with UEFA sanctions.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Woman's routine Uber ride takes alarming turn after her driver misses the exit
A late-night ride experience is raising questions about what passengers should do when a routine trip begins to feel uncomfortable.
In a recent TikTok video, a woman said she was riding in an Uber at around 3 a.m. when her driver asked to stop at a parking garage for 15 to 20 minutes to charge his electric vehicle.
The woman, according to her video, said the vehicle was at 43% charge — and that she was about 25 minutes from home at the time.
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Her concern grew after the driver reportedly missed an exit, prompting her to question exactly where they were headed.
"I don't want to get into a random parking lot with you," the woman can be heard telling the driver. "You also just missed the exit."
Fox News Digital reached out to the woman who posted the TikTok video for additional details.
The woman ultimately ended the trip and contacted police, according to the video.
In a statement, Uber told Fox News Digital that it investigated the report and took action.
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"Everyone deserves to feel safe and comfortable when using the Uber platform," an Uber spokesperson said.
"We have investigated this report and taken appropriate action."
The company pointed to safety features available through its app, including an emergency button, GPS tracking and the ability to share trip details with others.
The incident has raised broader questions about what passengers can do if they feel uneasy during a rideshare trip.
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Dillon Abend, a recent college graduate and the founder and CEO of rideshare safety app 3rd-i, based in New Jersey, told Fox News Digital that an unexpected change in route can quickly raise concerns, particularly for someone traveling alone late at night.
"Your heart just drops," he said.
Abend said he's heard from hundreds of college students about situations that left them feeling uncomfortable during various rideshare trips.
For passengers who begin feeling uncomfortable, seeking help can be challenging.
"Almost everyone's reasoning in this situation is, 'I didn't want the driver three feet away to hear me call the police and have them act,'" Abend said.
Technology can provide passengers with additional ways to stay connected or seek help during a ride-hailing trip, according to Abend.
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"Ideally, you want to share your location with people," he said. "Let a core group of three to five people know where you're going and the details of it."
Before getting into a vehicle, check the license plate and confirm that the driver and vehicle match the information displayed in the rideshare app, he advised.
New Jersey-based Seymour Josephson, co-president of the What's My Name Foundation, has been working with Uber and Lyft since July 2020 to promote rideshare safety on college campuses.
He and his wife, Marci Josephson, established the foundation after their 21-year-old daughter, Samantha, was killed on March 29, 2019, when she mistakenly entered a vehicle she thought was the Uber she had hailed.
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The What's My Name Foundation encourages passengers to follow four steps before entering a ride-hailed vehicle: stop, ask, match and inform — known as the "SAMI" steps.
People should stop before they enter the vehicle, ask the driver, "What's my name?" and match the vehicle's license plate with the information provided in the app.
Fox News Digital reached out to Lyft for comment and details.
"We want to make sure that we're not just getting into a car, but we're getting into the right car, the right Uber," Josephson said.
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Seymour Josephson said he is not looking to discourage people from using rideshare services, but to make the experience safer for everyone — both rider and driver.
"We also helped bring forward the four-digit PIN with Uber and now Lyft," Seymour Josephson said.
Matthew McConaughey says Woody Harrelson’s wild antics include 2 am visits, inviting strangers on vacations
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson's friendship has put both of them in some wild situations.
While promoting their new show, "Brothers," the two actors, and close friends, have shared many anecdotes from their years-long friendship, which have sent the internet buzzing.
Whether it be finding out they might be brothers to Harrelson surprising McConaughey in bed in the middle of the night, these two Hollywood icons have made it clear they have an interesting friendship.
Here are some of the most outrageous stories the two shared during recent interviews.
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During an appearance on the "Glass Half Full" podcast, McConaughey described some of the oddities that come with being Harrelson's friend, saying "he's never gone through a front door in his life."
He explained that no matter how long it has been since they last saw each other, Harrelson has "never called or sent a message" to make plans, adding, "he just shows up."
"We hadn't seen each other for a year at the time when I was living out in LA. I hadn't seen him for a year. Guess my introduction to him," he said. "My wife goes 'ah.' And I go, 'Woah.' Two in the morning, wake up, Woody's in between us in bed! He had jumped the fence, picked the window, snuck in, and got in bed with us."
When host Craig Melvin told Harrelson that "people have been shot for less," the actor replied, "Well, I was hoping he didn't have a gun."
"But what a good way to wake up a friend, you know what I mean, and get to be next to Camila [Alves, McConaughey's wife]," Harrelson added. "Like, that was nice. She was warm to me."
When speaking to Melvin, the celebrity duo also shared how they first met, although they admit they have different recollections.
McConaughey admits Harrelson "believes we've known each other one year longer" than he does, because "I don't remember the first time we met."
He blames it on the idea that they began taking shots together at 1 p.m., but when Harrelson corrected him on a detail in the story, McConaughey told him, "I don't remember. You tell me."
"I already knew of him and I liked him from a distance," Harrelson said. "And then I met him, and I'm like, 'Hey, let's do a shot,' and he's like, 'Man, I got a lot of work to do today.' I said, 'One shot's gonna stop you from all the work you got?'"
McConaughey then chimed in adding, "Hence, I don't remember meeting that day. It doesn't sound like that was the beginning and the end of the story."
While telling Melvin about Harrelson's many talents, McConaughey casually mentioned that the actor once "did a handstand 18 inches away from the edge of the Grand Canyon."
"The stuff this guy pulls off because he didn't know better is still amazing," McConaughey said. "Most people do that stuff when they're a kid, and they lose it as they get older, because you know better. This kid, what are you, 60 what now... 65 and he's still doing handstands on the edge of the Grand Canyon."
While Harrelson tried to downplay the achievement by saying he was farther away than McConaughey is saying and that it wasn't the Grand Canyon, the "Dallas Buyers Club" star continued to praise him.
"I'm probably exaggerating less than from the edge on his hand, the Grand Canyon," McConaughey said. "The photographer freaks out. Never got a picture of it."
He added that had the photographer been able to take a photo, "it would have been the most epic shot."
While promoting the new show, the two actors also sat down with Conan O'Brien on his podcast, "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend."
During the interview, McConaughey shared an unbelievable story about the time Harrelson met a couple on their honeymoon while waiting for his luggage at baggage claim in Greece, and invited them to stay with him and McConaughey in the house McConaughey had rented for them and their families.
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"You have a consistent habit of having an open heart and inviting people into your future life or yours or mine," McConaughey told Harrelson during the interview. "He's doing this routinely. He's, he's very consistent. We go on a Greek holiday and my family… we rent the place... We rent the place and they… we fly over, but they get there before us and we show up and there's two people sitting on the tailgate of a truck right in front of our rental."
He went on to say that at first he thought it was Harrelson and his wife Laura, but soon found out it was two strangers who told him, "We met Woody and Laura at the airport getting our luggage and… they're great."
When he confronted Harrelson, who had already claimed the primary bedroom in the rental, he told him, "They're great, man. They're going to be with us for a week."
When speaking with People, McConaughey expanded on the idea that Harrelson would show up at his home "unannounced," calling it "one of Woody's great traits."
"He never comes through a front door. And he’ll swing by for an hour to say, ‘Howdy!’" McConaughey said. "It might turn into, ‘I’ve moved in for three months.’ It’s a beautiful trait how he makes himself at home."
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Harrelson confirmed he does make a habit of making McConaughey's house his own, noting, McConaughey "tolerates it."
McConaughey went on to explain that often during these months-long stays, he will approach Harrelson after a while asking him to leave, and his kids will fight back.
"There are times when I’m like, ‘Man, Woody, I need some space,’ and my whole family’s like, ‘No, don’t let Woody go. We’ve been staying up later having more milkshakes,’ whatever," McConaughey said. "The laughter’s been in the house a while."
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In their new show, McConaughey and Harrelson play fictionalized versions of themselves who find out they could potentially be brothers.
The premise for the show seems outrageous. However, it is closer to the truth than it may seem, as the two actors found out during a trip to Greece with their families that there is a possibility the two may actually be brothers.
"In Greece a few years ago, we’re sitting around talking about how close we are and our families and et cetera and my mom is there. And she says, ‘Woody, I knew your dad,’" McConaughey told Kelly Ripa on her podcast in 2023.
McConaughey explained to Ripa that his mother and father were divorced before he was born, so there is a possibility that she and Harrelson's father met during that time period.
Harrelson also told the story while on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in 2023 that McConaughey's mom's story was "filled with innuendo," implying she and his father may have had a romance when they knew each other.
"The year of his birth, nine months before, she was on a sabbatical from her relationship with his supposed father, Jim," Harrelson joked about McConaughey’s birthday.
The "Hunger Games" actor shared that while he is willing to get a DNA test to find out once and for all, McConaughey is less willing, with Harrelson telling Colbert, "he feels like he is losing a father."
WATCH: Dem senators dodge backing Kamala Harris in potential 2028 run: ‘Very messy’
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is leaving the door open to another White House bid in 2028, but Democratic senators aren’t rushing to line up behind their party’s 2024 nominee.
"Well, I've backed her before, but there'll be other contenders this time," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital. "I've made no decisions about who I would support."
"I think we're going to have a very, very, very messy and very big primary," Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said. "It's going to be every Tom, Dick and Harry. And that's probably where it should be."
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"We've got a lot of people who are going to run and I think we should sort that out after the midterms," Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said.
Harris returned to the campaign trail last week alongside Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, while continuing to leave open the possibility of another White House bid. Asked in Detroit whether she would run in 2028, Harris said she had not decided and urged Democrats to focus on November, warning that "'28 won't matter" without success in 2026.
"We're focused on 2026," said Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md. "We're gonna win back the House and the Senate."
She continued, "I love Kamala Harris. I have a very personal friendship and relationship. She's amazing. I think anybody who wants to run should. She's obviously very well qualified. We need to focus on '26."
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"This is going to be a wide open primary, and again, that's democracy at its best," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said. "Everyone who wants to run should be able to run for office here."
Another potential 2028 contender is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who represents the party’s progressive wing. Ocasio-Cortez describes herself as a democratic socialist.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is another potential 2028 contender, although he said last month that he would not run if Harris enters the race.
"We should have a lot of candidates running so we have a very broad discussion about the future of this country," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said.
A July University of New Hampshire Granite State Poll found Ocasio-Cortez leading the prospective 2028 Democratic primary field in New Hampshire with 22% support among likely Democratic primary voters. Harris registered 5%. Neither Harris nor Ocasio-Cortez has announced a 2028 campaign.
Colorado State defensive coordinator fired after disappearing from sideline in the middle of blowout loss
Colorado State was embarrassed on its own turf by Oregon State on Saturday to the tune of 56-26. The blowout loss came just a week after the Rams gave up 59 points to UTSA in a 59-45 loss, signaling that there is a very real issue on the defensive side of the ball, but the deficiencies are no longer on Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers.
This is because Summers is no longer with the program, and it's the manner in which he was dismissed from his duties that has understandably caused quite the stir.
Colorado State head coach Jim Mora stripped Summers of his play-calling duties during the Rams' loss to Oregon State on Saturday, and did so before the first half had even ended.
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Summers was on the sideline to begin the game, but disappeared after the Beavers took a 14-0 lead with just over one minute left in the opening quarter. Speaking with reporters after the game, Mora explained that he had relieved Summers of his play-calling duties and that the now-former defensive coordinator "made the decision on his own to leave the field."
Mora confirmed that Summers is no longer with the Rams' program, which isn't necessarily a surprise given the assistant coach's decision to bolt from the contest.
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Following Summers' exit, co-defensive coordinator Kenny McClendon took over defensive play-calling duties, but the shakeup didn't exactly work out for Colorado State.
The Beavers scored another 21 points in the second quarter and carried a 35-14 lead into halftime before capping off the 30-point victory on the road.
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Mora is in his first year as head coach at Colorado State after spending the last four seasons at UConn, leading the Huskies to back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2024 and 2025.
Summers served as the interim head coach of Colorado State for the final five games of the 2025 season after Jay Norvell had been fired. Mora elected to retain Summers as defensive coordinator, but it's fair to assume that relationship is no more.
NFL legend warns more rulebook tweaks won't save signal-callers from getting hurt
"Well, it might be a good idea to put dresses on all of them," Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Lambert said in response to the NFL tightening rules on roughing the passer calls in 1979.
The Pittsburgh Steelers legend said that in 1979. Imagine what Lambert would say now with all the rules the league has added and altered to protect quarterbacks.
Yet, despite all the changes, the players who play the most important position in all of sports are still getting injured. Heading into Week 4, six starting quarterbacks have already dealt with injuries.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts said that more rules changes aren’t the answer to limiting quarterback injuries.
"Jack (Lambert)’s famous quote was, well, let's just put (dresses) on all those quarterbacks. And I thought that was a good idea 'cause I got really good-looking legs," Fouts told OutKick in a recent interview.
"As far as today and the quarterbacks and getting hurt, it’s a violent, violent game. Defenders are very, very good. They are more athletic than offensive linemen, and that's no rip on offensive linemen. But you look at the number of different blitzes that you are throwing at quarterbacks these days with corners off the slot and linebackers and the whole, the whole nine yards."
As the sport has evolved, players have gotten bigger, stronger and faster. While the NFL can try to protect quarterbacks as much as it can by changing the rulebook, the nature of the game leads to injuries.
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"It basically comes down to protecting the quarterback, and not by rules, but by playing better up front," Fouts said while speaking on behalf of "Miller Night Football."
Unfortunately for the New York Giants, they are the only team whose starting quarterback is expected to miss the rest of the season, as Jaxson Dart underwent surgery on his meniscus. All the other quarterbacks have already returned — Sam Darnold and Kyler Murray — or are expected to return this season — Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Baker Mayfield.
Despite the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Commanders, Chicago Bears, Giants and Minnesota Vikings all winning games with their backup quarterbacks, their offenses didn’t look the same.
Regardless of whether any rule changes are made regarding quarterback safety, all the teams can do now is hope their respective offensive lines play well enough to keep their backup quarterbacks upright. While a team may be able to survive an injury to its starting quarterback for a period of time with a backup, its season can take a downward turn quickly if it is forced to rely on its No. 3 quarterback.
Fouts starred at Oregon for three seasons before going to the NFL. He was drafted in the third round of the 1973 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers, with whom he played 15 seasons.
The 75-year-old was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
Former streaker-turned-influencer Kinsey Wolanski takes the mound, Front Row Amy throws heat & Michigan lost
Welcome to the Sunday edition of Screencaps. I'm off to a fantastic start this morning. I didn’t realize that I already had some coffee from yesterday still in the pot and filled up the coffee maker above its capacity this morning.
Luckily, I heard what was going on as it took place and was able to turn it off before any of the spillage hit the floor. But, as you can imagine, it wasn’t how I wanted to start the day. But it fits in perfectly with how this weekend is going.
CRAZIEST UPSET OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON HAPPENED ON FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP
Penn State's season officially came to an end on Friday night with their second straight loss. This one was a blowout at the hands of Northwestern.
I said after last week's loss, but I'll say it again. I thought James Franklin was gone. The only thing that sort of went my way this weekend was Michigan losing again too. Their season is also over.
Nobody wants to talk about a couple of unranked losers. Let's see how the No. 8 Florida Gators handled jumping all the way into the Top 10 after last weekend's big win. They got destroyed on the road by No. 25 Missouri.
You really hate to see that. Now back to my misery.
The Yankees were almost no-hit in a one-run game where they made the Rays starting pitcher look like the best pitcher who has ever lived.
They do that at least one game every postseason. Hopefully, they're one and done in that department this year.
The Yankees are expected to have the current best pitcher in Major League Baseball, Cam Schlittler, take the mound on Monday. The bats better show up.
Those who have been locked in on sports and pop culture know all about Kinsey Wolanski. She made a name for herself running onto the field during the 2019 Champions League final in a skimpy swimsuit.
She's since become an influencer, sports content creator and host. She's also worked with the Las Vegas Raiders.
This weekend, she took the mound for the Professional Cosmic Baseball team Glow Mojis for an "un-ceremonial first pitch." Kinsey did a backflip then fired a strike from the rubber.
She gave up a hit, but the pitch was in the zone and far more impressive than her backflip. I can't do one, but she came close to completely botching the landing. The pitch, while it became a base hit, saved the performance.
- Chris sends:
SeanJo
What a scene. You can't go wrong with ribeye tacos or taking a meal outside on the patio or porch in the fall.
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- Gen X Warren M writes:
Hey SeanJo,
So to answer your question, I did about 5 months of training for my half iron. I hadn’t planned on racing one this year, and usually I’m already 2-3 months into general triathlon training when I start 70.3 training. Enough friends twisted my rubber arm to sign up in April and I dove in, coming off 7-8 months of mostly marathon training and general running. At the peak, I was hitting 100+ mile weeks (mostly 2-3 bike rides a week). Whew!
One thing that was really cool was the amount of younger triathletes racing. 20s and 30s lined up and crushed their races. I think it’s great and really shows that it’s not always people in their 40s and 50s. We all pushed each other, especially that last 5K of the 13.1 mile run. The next generation of triathletes are already training and racing!
SeanJo
That's impressive. Are you planning to get back out there next year? And how much time do you typcially take off between them? Not that I'm planning to get into it. You're never going to find me out there. I push myself in other ways, but miles upon miles of running or biking a week isn't one of them.
- Guy writes:
Here is the tailgate setup for today’s Bills game. Go Bills!
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That's how you tailgate like a pro. You grab a ton of meat, then you grab some more. My only question is how many tables are getting destroyed?
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That's it for Sunday. I have hours of football to watch as I prepare myself physically and mentally for the Panthers in primetime on "Sunday Night Football."
The Lions like to give up points, so I'm optimistic that the offense is going to be able to score tonight. Can the defense get a stop when they need one? We'll see. As I said on Friday, they have to go get and not get got.
Keep the emails coming. The inbox is open and as always I want to see your meat (or whatever else) at sean.joseph@outkick.com. Go follow me on Twitter and over on Instagram and feel free to slide into the DMs.