I was pre-afternoon napping (side note: I’ve become a big Saturday afternoon nap guy recently) when the Hoosiers technically won for the first time<\/a> in Happy Valley and remained undefeated.<\/p>\n I say technically undefeated, because if you’re Indiana and you needed an insane catch at the end of the game in the back of the end zone to defeat a now-six loss Penn State team, it has to feel a little bit like a loss.<\/p>\n A win is a win, and I’ll always say you should never apologize for winning. But this wasn\u2019t an early-season game against a Penn State team who has something to play for.<\/p>\n This is a team who fired their head coach and lost their starting quarterback for the season. A team that had no business whatsoever being in possession of a three-point lead late in the fourth quarter over the No. 2 ranked team.<\/p>\n They need to crush their next two opponents to wipe the stink off of this sad three-point win over a six-loss team. This isn\u2019t the time of year to play around.<\/p>\n You don\u2019t want to let a spot in the playoff slip away<\/a>, which likely happened for either No. 15 Louisville or No. 14 Virginia, who both lost on Saturday.<\/p>\n The Get Out of Jail Free card does not work for traffic violations<\/p>\n A California driver’s attempt to use a Monopoly “Get Out of Jail Free” card during a traffic stop did NOT keep them from receiving a citation. Why would it?<\/p>\n The card clearly states that it’s to get out of jail free. Hell, it’s in capital letters. It’s not a “get out of traffic violations free” card.<\/p>\n “In a last-ditch effort to get out of a citation, the driver handed over a Monopoly \u2018Get out of jail free\u2019 card,” police shared on social media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The officer had a good laugh, reminded the driver that while creativity is appreciated, it’s not exactly a legal defense, and told him to save the card for a rainy day.”\u00a0<\/p>\n I hope the officer tacked on a little extra in the fine department for this. It’s an obvious misuse of the get out of jail free card and, in a proper society, that can\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n You have to be in a situation where you’re going to jail in order to use it. Anything short of that and a message needs to be sent.<\/p>\n I thought this debate was settled a long time ago<\/p>\n Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought the debate over whether you dip your wings in ranch or blue cheese had been settled a long time ago. Much like the Coke or Pepsi debate, I have a definite correct answer on this one.<\/p>\n It’s along those same lines too. But I’m not going to potentially taint the results here by sharing that opinion while the poll is still live. I respect the integrity of a social media poll. Those who taint skew the results.<\/p>\n Let’s see if we can get to the bottom of this one. Do you dip your wings in blue cheese, ranch, or something else? And for the other\/something else dippers, I have to know what the something else is, sean.joseph@outkick.com.<\/p>\n Christmas on Halloween 2021<\/p>\n – Gen X Warren M. writes:<\/p>\n Hey SeanJo,<\/p>\n Hope your Bigfoot adventure last weekend (I\u2019m assuming) was great! Anyway, had to email about Christmas decorations way too early. I was training for a half iron in late 2021 and on my ride, which happened to be a Sunday, I saw plenty of incredible Halloween decorations that only Floridians like to do. However, I came across this house, fully decorated for Christmas. WTH?! It popped up in my memories the other day.<\/p>\n Our neighbors put their tree up November 1, but the HOA keeps everyone putting up decorations outside until Thanksgiving. Another neighbor lets his kids put up the tree before Halloween – why?? We\u2019re a day-after-Thanksgiving family, but growing up, we were lazy and waited until like the 10th.<\/p>\n Anyway, hope your Halloween was great. And as Zach Dean said, the day after is the OutKick Super Bowl with the Instagram models going all out!<\/p>\n SeanJo<\/p>\n Hey thanks for reaching Gen X Warren. I was in a Squatchy part of the country, but only visiting my wife’s family. It was a nice break. I hate that it took down the streak.<\/p>\n As for the Halloween or even pre-Halloween Christmas decorators, they need to be brought before a jury of their peers. This is pure insanity.<\/p>\n My Halloween was decent enough. The fact that it fell on a Friday was nice.<\/p>\n Although we really need to get back to a time when no pumpkin was safe<\/a> after the trick-or-treating came to an end. If you don\u2019t want your pumpkin smashed, you take it in when you turn out your light.<\/p>\n Otherwise, have at it. Smash the pumpkin all over the street and let nature take care of the cleanup.<\/p>\n Teach In Pleather<\/p>\n – James G writes:<\/p>\n While it’s a tad weird to post “outfit of the day”, I’m “Team Billy Madison”.<\/p>\n No problem with it!<\/p>\n SeanJo<\/p>\n For those who missed it, a teacher was criticized recently for squeezing into her pleather pants and making TikToks <\/a>in her classroom.<\/p>\n People evidently have an unrealistic expectation that teachers should be teaching and not showing off their outfit of the day.<\/p>\n To be clear, no children were harmed during the making of these TikToks. Therefore, I’m with James and have no problem with it.<\/p>\n Teacher Attire<\/p>\n – Hal writes:<\/p>\n Sean, I taught school for 35 years and never would have worn anything like that.\u00a0 Of course I\u2019m a 6\u20192″, 235 lb male.<\/p>\n Enjoyed the article.<\/p>\n Cheers, Hal<\/p>\n SeanJo<\/p>\n Times are changing Hal. You probably had to actually teach from a textbook.<\/p>\n Teachers these days can hand the kids a tablet with the lesson on it and have it do the work for them. Are they supposed to stand their and watch that or focus on their outfits?<\/p>\n Thank you for your 35 years of service and for enjoying my article.<\/p>\n ———<\/p>\n There you have it, another Sunday in the books. We have another international game this morning. I hope your fantasy lineups were set.<\/p>\n The Christmas decorations aren\u2019t up at our house yet, although as a pre-Thanksgiving family they will be over the next couple of weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also, I’m happy to report that I haven\u2019t seen any other decorations up since the Halloween Christmas tree peaking through that house’s front window.<\/p>\n As always, the inbox is open. Send your meat my way or anything else you’d like sean.joseph@outkick.com. You can also keep up with me on Twitter<\/a> or over on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Numbers from:Stuff You Guys Sent In & Stuff I Like:![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_4585.jpeg\")
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