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Postgame encounter between Wisconsin head football coach, Nebraska assistant goes viral

Postgame encounter between Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell, Nebraska assistant Donovan Raiola goes viral

The book isn’t entirely shut on Wisconsin’s loss to Nebraska.

In the aftermath of the game and the subsequent postgame reaction, a video went viral showing an exchange between Badgers coach Luke Fickell and Nebraska offensive line coach Donovan Raiola as Fickell was leaving the field.

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Fickell is seen walking off with a Wisconsin assistant coach and several police officers — as Nebraska fans stormed the field to celebrate the program’s first bowl appearance since 2016 and first win over Wisconsin in 12 years.

Wisconsin’s coach said something to Raiola, who was walking in the opposite direction. Raiola flashed a thumbs-up and appears to respond before a police officer accompanying Fickell quickly runs over to confront the Nebraska assistant.

That is the extent of the interaction between the two. The video quickly went viral on X, amassing more than 2.7 million views:

For further context, Raiola was a decorated offensive lineman for the Wisconsin Badgers during the early 2000s. He has been on the Nebraska coaching staff since 2022, including the last two years under new coach Matt Rhule. On an unrelated note, he’s the uncle of Cornhuskers star freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola.

No information has been released on what was said between the two or what prompted the reaction from the police officer accompanying Fickell. Nebraska coach Matt Rhule called the interaction “no big deal” when meeting with the media on Monday.

Now, Wisconsin’s singular focus is on its season-ending Week 14 matchup against Minnesota. Fickell and the Badgers need a victory to avoid failing to be bowl eligible for the first time since 2001.

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Social media reacts to Notre Dame’s football final drive video

Safe to say the Irish social media team hit a home run with this video

If you haven’t seen it already, [autotag]Notre Dame football[/autotag]’s social media account dropped an inside look at the Irish’s game winning drive this past weekend over [autotag]Duke[/autotag].

It’s safe to say the video went viral, since it was posted on Monday evening, it has already amassed 5.5 million views, with that number rising steadily as it continues to be shared.

The Irish social media team absolutely killed it, the praise is universal and comes from more than a few unexpected people. Check out below a few of the best social media reactions to Notre Dame’s epic final drive video that has taken over the internet by storm.

Giants WR Jalin Hyatt: ‘No hard feelings’ toward Cowboys WR coach after viral pro day moment

From @ToddBrock24f7: Many believed Robert Prince was taking a swipe at Hyatt at his pro day and now look forward to Hyatt chirping back come Sunday night.

Expect Cowboys wide receivers coach Robert Prince to be a central character in one of Sunday Night Football‘s hyped-up Week 1 subplots come gametime, even though the other key figure in the story now claims the chapter is closed.

Back in the spring, the 58-year-old assistant, who joined the Dallas staff prior to the 2022 season, found himself in a bit of a brouhaha with wide receiver prospect Jalin Hyatt, who now plays for the Giants.

During Tennessee’s pro day, an NFL Films camera crew captured a brief exchange between Prince and Hyatt that quickly went viral after it was featured in promos for the series Hey Rookie, Welcome to the NFL.

There are two ways to interpret the conversation. To the Giants faithful and those looking for drama, Prince is unabashedly pigeonholing the Volunteers draft prospect as nothing more than an undisciplined receiver who is fast and nothing more. Hyatt himself certainly seems to take Prince’s comments as a personal slight.

The flip side would paint Prince, who has coached football at the college and pro levels for over three decades, as merely trying to coax maximum effort out of the young man, urging him to take his game to another level with the NFL’s top scouts watching.

As soon as New York selected Hyatt with their third-round pick, though, the exchange became a juicy new bit of bulletin-board material for the longstanding Cowboys-Giants rivalry, the 123rd edition of which will play out Sunday night.

Asked about it recently by Dan Duggan of The Athletic, though, Hyatt seemed to downplay any sort of ongoing beef with the Cowboys assistant, calling him a “good dude, great coach.”

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“It was a competitive pro day,” Hyatt went on to explain. “We were both talking back and forth. That’s just how it sometimes is with football. He wanted me to do the best, and I respect him for that. There was obviously some stuff we didn’t see eye-to-eye on, but it is what it is. He has his opinions, I have my opinions, and at the same time, I’m trying to work to be the best player I can be. Whatever tips and things he had for me, I’m going to make sure I observe them. There’s no hard feelings. He’s obviously been in the league for a while, so I have a lot of respect for him.”

But a promising rookie with a chip on his shoulder who’s making his NFL debut and specifically looking to show up a coach on the opposite sideline in one of the sport’s premier rivalries is made-for-primetime intrigue. So plan on the NBC crew milking the Hyatt-Prince storyline for every ounce of contentious drama they can get.

Of course, Cowboys cornerbacks Trevon Diggs, Stephon Gilmore, and DaRon Bland may have something to say about how much chirping back at Prince the rookie actually gets to do.

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Dogs battle brown bear in ‘intense’ encounter caught on video

The owner of an Alaska charter-fishing company has captured graphic footage showing four dogs fighting a brown bear outside a residence.

The owner of an Alaska charter-fishing company has captured graphic footage showing four dogs fighting a brown bear outside a residence.

“Intense moment from a couple weeks back,” Kenai River and Company stated Sunday via Instagram. “No dogs or bears were harmed in the making of this video.”

Mike Evans, who owns the company, told FTW Outdoors that the bear was a repeat visitor and that on this day it was attempting to crash a barbecue.

“The bear wanted to join us, it seems,” Evans said, adding that the dogs are owned by trainer Jen Harpe.

In the footage, people are heard trying to call the dogs back from their attempts to ward off the bear.

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Beneath a post by Bestial Nature, followers expressed sympathy for the dogs and bear.

“End of the day, private property or not, a bear is doing what bears do,” one follower wrote. “They were there long before humans.”

Others noted that the dogs were fortunate to have emerged without serious injuries inflicted by the much larger bear.

Bestial Nature’s Instagram description reads, in part:

“I don’t think there’s a dog lover in the world that can watch this video and not feel a sinking feeling of dread deep in their gut, knowing that if that bear gets a good bite or swipe in, that it will definitely be over.”

Alabama HS team’s reaction as coach proposes to girlfriend is all-time heartfelt moment

The Benjamin Russel HS team’s jubilation on the sideline as the coach proposed was one of the more heartfelt moments of the football season.

A video from the sidelines of an Alabama high school football game that went viral this weekend shows one of the most heartfelt moments of the football season.

As the Benjamin Russel High School (Alexander City, Ala.) team celebrated its win over Valley High School (Ala.) to conclude the regular season on Oct. 28, a coach on the Wildcats took the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend.

The video, captured by the coach’s mother Vivian Harris and shared to Storyful Viral, shows coach Jacob Walls hugging his girlfriend while craftily hiding the ring inside a piece of paper behind her back. As they release from the hug, he goes down on one knee.

Slowly, a couple of football players realize what’s happening, and then the rest of the team rushes in with genuine happiness for the couple.

The players didn’t even give Walls a chance to put the ring on his girlfriend, Emily, before engulfing him in jubilation. It took him a couple seconds to disengage from the team and officially become engaged with Emily, slipping the ring onto her finger and putting his arm up in victory.

Walls told Storyful that he got the ring in June and waited until the right time to use it. He said the football team’s success gave him the chance — the proposal took place following the final game of the regular season, at which time Benjamin Russell was 8-2. It was the first time in four seasons that the Wildcats finished with a record above .500.

The team, unfortunately, fell in the playoffs, but Walls and his fiancée didn’t leave ringless.

LSU beat reporter had a hilarious exchange with Brian Kelly about being late

The back-and-forth has made the rounds on social media this week.

It only took one game at the helm for LSU coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] to go viral once again.

This is nothing new for Kelly, who has already become a bit of a larger-than-life character since arriving in Baton Rouge with his affected southern accent and turntable dancing videos.

After the Tigers’ season-opening loss to Florida State, Kelly called out The Advocate beat writer Leah Vann for “being late,” joking that she owed him $10.

“Maybe if you won, I’d be on time,” Vann snapped back.

A clip of the funny exchange made the rounds on social media over the last two days.

Vann provided more context on Twitter, and though it can be hard to tell with Kelly’s, shall we say, dry delivery, it seems the exchange was a joke and both Vann and Kelly smoothed things over after the fact.

I’m just going to put this out there: I’m officially taking a “pro-riffing” stance between coaches and members of the media. Give me more of this.

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Watch: Little kid gets loose on golf cart at WM Phoenix Open, runs over fences and takes down fans

He saw the opportunity, seized it, and couldn’t be stopped.

There was no stopping this kid. He saw the opportunity, seized it, and was off.

The first thing that came to mind was Marshawn Lynch’s joyride when he played for Cal back in the day (and judging by the caption, everyone thought the same thing).

The WM Phoenix Open is known for its party, atmosphere, and if we’re being frank — chaos. Cocktail-sipping patrons scream and boo players if they hit it outside 20 feet on the par 3 16th, and one year there was even a streaker.

This year, however, may go down as the year of a rogue cart ride taken by a little kid who just couldn’t help himself. To be honest, at that age, it’d be hard to turn down that opportunity.

If you want an even better laugh, take a look at the thread of this tweet. People were quick to take screenshots of the video at perfect moments that captured the pure panic of everyone involved.

And, if that Lynch reference went over your head, they radiate the same energy.

Social media reacts to the latest Brian Kelly dance video

Here we go again with Brian Kelly dancing viral video

Oops, he did it again.

After going viral with a ‘Callin Baton Rouge’ dance video with quarterback Walker Howard, it appears that Brian Kelly is shaking up the social media world once again.

This time it is with tight end target from Westgate, Danny Lewis Jr. The three-star tight end was committed to Cincinnati before backing off his pledge. Tight ends coach and offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock decided to rejoin Kelly down on the Bayou. Lewis is among the top prospects that LSU is looking to sign as the final signing period approaches.

While we understand the social media age when it comes to recruiting, not everyone was as enthused with the video making the rounds. Even Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin had to chime in.

Swear words aside, world No. 1 Jon Rahm doesn’t back off on criticism of PGA Tour setup last week

“If I knew somebody was recording, I wouldn’t say it the way I did,” said Rahm, who stood by his opinion.

SAN DIEGO – Jon Rahm stood his ground.

Last week en route to finishing in a tie for 14th in the American Express, the world No. 1 was caught on video voicing his extreme displeasure with the course setup in what is annually a birdie-fest in the Palm Springs area, one he captured in 2018.

As he walked from a green to a tee at the Nicklaus Course at PGA West during the second round, Rahm, who wears his emotions on his golf sleeve and has improved his ability to reign in his temperament that has gotten the better of himself a few times over the years, went off with an eight-word out burst with two expletives that made the video go viral.

“Piece of (blank) (blank) setup. Putting-contest week,” he said.

Ahead of Wednesday’s start of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, Rahm didn’t offer up a straight-out apology. Yes, he admitted Tuesday his language should have been different. But he’s not apologizing for his take on the setup.

“If I knew somebody was recording, I wouldn’t say it the way I did, but I was just thinking out loud and letting some frustration out because that’s what I felt, right?” Rahm said. “I mean, the video’s pretty self-explanatory. I mean, we’re the PGA Tour, we’re the best golfers on the planet and we’re playing a golf course where missing the fairway means absolutely nothing.

“There were times where missing the fairway by an inch was worse than missing the fairway by 20 yards, that to me is a mistake. I also understand we’re in the desert, you can’t overseed the entire golf course and things like that can’t happen, but yeah, we played a lot of golf with zero rough.

“No matter where you hit it, you’re going to be able to hit it on the green and it becomes a putting contest, who can make the putts. That’s about it, there’s no premium for anything else.

“I can tell you right now with the way I struck the ball last week and the way I putted, if it was in, let’s say, major championship conditions, I probably wouldn’t have made the cut, let alone finish 14th, or I shouldn’t have, I believe. I just think it was a bit too easy for the best players in the world.

“That’s just my opinion.”

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Rahm won’t be disappointed in this week’s setup at Torrey Pines. There will be rough on both the South and North courses, there will be a premium put on every club in the bag, there will be a challenge.

In other words, it’s right up Rahm’s alley.

The South Course, after all, hosted last year’s U.S. Open, which Rahm won by one with birdies on the 71st and 72nd holes. He also won his first PGA Tour title in the Farmers in 2017 and has five top 10s in all in six starts at Torrey Pines.

Rahm also got engaged to his wife, Kelley, on the hiking trails near Torrey Pines.

“It is a golf course that I love, it’s a city that I love. Obviously have great memories all throughout my career here, my latest win being here as well,” he said. “Just very excited to be here. It’s one of those weeks that I look forward to every year. Looks like the weather’s going to be great as it almost always is in San Diego and hopefully I can put in another strong performance like I have in the past.”

Odds are he will. Rahm, 27, has won in Ireland, Spain, Dubai, California, Illinois and Ohio the past three years. He has six PGA Tour titles, another six on the DP world Tour. He’s been the No. 1 player in the world since July.

“Feeling confident, feeling comfortable,” he said. “Last week was not my best week, didn’t feel good swing-wise. Putting felt about as bad as it can feel and I somehow still managed to sneak in a top 15, so that gives me a lot of confidence knowing what I’m working on is going on the right track and when I’m having a bad week I can still post a score.

“Hopefully I can tidy up a couple details in the next few weeks, but hopefully I can start playing well this week.”

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J.J. Watt’s best moments during his hosting gig on ‘Saturday Night Live’

J.J. Watt hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ the evening before Super Bowl LIV, and he crushed it like it was a quarterback.

Last night, J.J. Watt became the first NFL player since Eli Manning in 2012 to host “Saturday Night Live”.

No offense to Eli, but Watt crushed it much more.

Most of the skits were crisp and clever and he didn’t seem to miss a line — except for maybe his Texans’ defensive one and his offensive one as he pined about missing out on not being in this year’s Super Bowl.

“Would I really trade hosting SNL for the Super Bowl? … Yes, I definitely would.”

His opening monologue was a sweet shoutout to his family, especially his mother, as seen here:

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