Donald Trump had no interest in watching the horrible NFL opener, ESPN's Taylor McGregor is a star & Danica!

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First Thursday of football season. First real Thursday of football season. You know what that means, right?

Happy unofficial start to your weekend! Around here, weekends in the fall start on Thursdays — and for good reason.

We've got football all over the globe tonight. Obviously, the big one is the Rams-Niners in Melbourne, which technically takes place tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m.

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We've also got a MASSIVE college game tonight. And by massive, I mean the point spread. No. 7 Miami is currently a 59.5 point favorite of FAMU. That has to be one of the largest point spreads I've ever seen.

It's on ACC Network, for those interested!

On that note, welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where was most certainly NOT interested in watching last night's football game.

Lordy. What a ballgame. Not a good ballgame, by any means, but a ballgame nonetheless.

What else? I've got Aaron Rodgers stuffing poor Danica Patrick in a locker, Boston radio stations are in absolute shambles today, and ESPN reporter Taylor McGregor continues to captivate America this week.

She was dominant during Monday night's power outage in Tallahassee, and she followed it up by arguing with a parking attendant during a radio interview earlier today.

What a week.

OK, let's get this thing going. Thursday night football is finally back. No time to waste.

Grab you a TV dinner for National TV Dinner Day, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap!

Before we start ... man, do I miss TV dinners. The best. Obviously, I grew up in the 90s, so Kid Cuisine was my weapon of choice.

I feel like my mom fed me at least four of those a week. If I tried to even sneak one into my house nowadays for the kids, my wife would have me arrested.

MAHA moms are built different.

Hungry Man was great, too. That's the one that started it all, right? Those things weighed a literal ton out of the freezer. You could kill a man with one of those boxes.

But Lordy, they were good:

Amazing. What a commercial. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. Nowadays, it's all Big Pharma ads and insurance. We had it so good, and we just pissed it all away.

Sad.

Anyway, let's go ahead and get this class started with Donald Trump declaring last night's midterm party vs. NFL opener a triumphant SUCCESS!

"The Republican Midterm Convention last night, in Dallas, was a major, sold-out hit, far bigger, better, and more important than anyone thought possible," Trump said via Truth Social.

"It was really something, streaming all over the place, and really big numbers, despite going up against the NFL. The overall numbers beat the NFL. The Arena, which was really nice, beat its own attendance records. The place was packed! There were thousands of people outside who couldnt get in. Screens were provided. I guess people LOVE TRUMP POLITICS! Ill be there again tonight to close out the show."

Amazing. Between that declaration and the $5,000 we're all getting in a few months if we play ball, it was a great night!

Look, I have no clue if that's true. Did Trump's convention speech beat the NFL opener ... on NBC? I doubt it. I do k