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Mia Khalifa's Pick 6

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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1. Stand up or shut up

Look, I get it: Things need to change in this country. But if Colin Kaepernick is the one you’re upset with, you’re missing the point.

Kaepernick doesn’t piss me off. It’s all of these “respected” figures, coaches, commentators, and analysts (i.e. not Paul Finebaum) that are apologizing for voicing their opinions or back-peddling on their “poor phrasing.” Why the hell are you apologizing? If Kaep offends you with his actions to the point where you need to say something publicly, then you should be willing to stand by it with the same conviction as Kaepernick.

I can’t stand all the pressure to apologize being put on anyone disagreeing with these actions. You are not unpatriotic for having an opinion on this — no matter which side of the issue you fall on. If you think Kaepernick is doing is wrong, say it. This is supposed to be a conversation, not a competition to see who can shame the other person worse.

I love the pettiness. Let’s keep running that back.

2. And wait, the NFL did what?

Holy shit, the NFL got something right! So right, in fact, I feel like it should set the precedent for other leagues and big-ticket events. So right I had a roomful of people gathered around my phone and blowing dust off the app they haven’t used in two and a half years to “see how it works.”

Streaming a game on Twitter has been my favorite technological leap since Sunday Ticket. It was seamless, easy to find, up to date, of decent quality, and fucking FREE! On top of all that, the game was even good!

It was a win-win for everybody — something for which the NFL doesn’t exactly have a trophy collection.

3. Capital offensive…

Jay Gruden and the Washington Redskins organization are letting Kirk Cousins’ play over the past two weeks completely slide. “Fluke games,” they call  them. What happened to the Gruden that wasn’t afraid to berate and belittle his quarterback publicly after an overshot screen pass?

Instead, the Redskins can’t “put the loss to the Cowboys on Kirk.” It makes me wonder if RGIII was truly as hated in the locker room as the rumors had me believing, or if the entire franchise is simply embarrassed to have put all its trust and hope in Cousins. It must be tough having fans see  Cousins is the future of such a lackluster franchise — one that hasn’t been respected in 20-something years. As one of those sad fans, I commend the Redskins for their refusal to give Cousins the long-term extension he so desperately wanted.

Instead, we gave him a promise ring and made damn sure our Bumble app was still up and humming.

Sep 5, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher looks on before a game against the Mississippi Rebels at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

4. Jim-B’oh!

Sticking to the theme of coaches not chewing out players that need it, Jimbo Fisher and my beloved Florida State Seminoles took a public ass-beating for the history books this past Saturday in a 63-20 loss to the Louisville Cardinals.

I tweeted out in the third quarter that I couldn’t wait to see the world of verbal pain Jimbo unleashed on the team postgame after this epic embarrassment. A source told me that Fisher knew the game was lost by halftime, that the mood in the locker room was calm, with the embattled coach looking to use the whopping as a “teaching moment.”

A teaching moment? I’m sorry, but Appalachian State held Miami to a 35-point win margin. Appalachian State, a school I’m not yet convinced isn’t entirely made up, offered up more resistance than mighty Florida State. Let that sink in for a second.

5. Put me on the committee

Three weeks into the college football season and I already have my Heisman shirts being printed: MCCAFFREY OR BUST. Stanford’s Swiss Army knife was absolutely robbed last year by Derrick Henry, and if the committee doesn’t fix that in 2016, I’m going to flip a damn table.

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Four touchdowns, 106 receiving yards, and 298 rushing yards sound like stats I expected Dalvin Cook to be putting up. My love for McCaffrey is brought to you in part by my hate for Lamar Jackson, which may or may not be related to my support for the “Do it for the white boy!” movement. It’s still early, though, so I’ll wait a few weeks before duct-taping over MCCAFFREY and writing KHALIFA with a Sharpie.

6. Ro(d)gers to Nelson: What it sounds like when doves cry

This past Sunday, the late, great Prince was given a pair of beautiful, emotional homages — one intentional, and the other… let’s just say the universe works in strange ways.

The intentional hat-tip was, of course, the stirring halftime show, which included an emotional rendition of “Purple Rain” that didn’t leave a dry eye in the house (Sam Bradford doesn’t count; he cries at halftime every game).

Before that, though, was the first touchdown pass ever thrown in the Vikings’ new stadium — a moment that felt more like divine intervention than some silly coincidence — when Aaron Rodgers found Jordy Nelson for a 1-yard strike.

Rodgers to Nelson. Prince Rogers Nelson.

Bananas.

So thanks, Aaron, for going and fucking up what should’ve been a perfect, spacetime-melting moment by sticking a gratuitous “D” in your name. And don’t even get me started on that extra “A”.

Leave it to Prince to show up and make things wilder and weirder than how he found them. Like he always did.

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