Morning Cup Of Joe
October 27th, 2026
Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction.
Steelers drama queen quarterback Aaron Rodgers caught fibbing. [PFT]
Is it Fernando Mendoza time in Las Vegas? [CBS]
John Harbaugh is still bent about Cam Skatteboo getting flagged for hitting the hole too hard. [Yahoo!]
What we learned from Sunday’s games. [NFL]
How is this a flag? [TikTok]
“The King of All Media,” Howard Stern weighs in on the Troy Aikman/BSPN drama. [Awful Announcing]
A 10 a.m. kickoff doesn’t sound good. [Outkick]
The future of bowls. [Front Office Sports]
Dan Lanning declares Dante Moore out for the season. That’s one helluva “concussion.” [On3]
For reasons unclear, Joe can’t wrap his arms around alt-broadcasts of football games. Joe doesn’t get the Manning Bros. show where the game is secondary. Joe doesn’t get the announcer-less feeds (unless the only other option is Gus Johnson) or the constant end zone camera angles. And Joe certainly doesn’t get Red Zone Channel. If Joe is going to watch a game, he’s going to watch a game, not watch distractions or a couple of talking heads babbling with a Hollywood starlet or just shallow highlights. Non-stop highlights have no depth, no soul, no … meaning. Like substituting a beef rib or a ribeye with a slice of beef jerky. Still think the Manning Bros. show would be significantly better as a weeknight postgame show. [Sport and State]
Don’t mess with the Four Horsemen. [X]
Fun flying. (Who knew that when facing death, someone’s final request is for Yanni?) [TikTok]
Winning on the road has me feelin’ NICEY@DKSports #DKPartner pic.twitter.com/RPw2kbrgQQ
— Jon Gruden (@BarstoolGruden) October 26, 2026
🚨 Pat McAfee GOES OFF on the University of Utah 😳
He says he’s never felt so uncomfortable, even bringing up what happened at UVU last year.
“I did not enjoy the University of Utah.”
HOLY SMOKES 💀 pic.twitter.com/YCXQPM3vEH
— Bill (@Billgetzfroggy) October 26, 2026
“I think he looks like an NFL quarterback.”
—Rex Ryan on J.J. McCarthy after leading the Giants to OT victory at Houston 💪 pic.twitter.com/K0pKlTblO4
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) October 26, 2026
"Soft doesn't travel… It's the same issues over, and over, and over again. It looks so much harder than it needs to be."@colincowherd thinks it might be time for USC to move on from Lincoln Riley pic.twitter.com/MszeOsl57g
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) October 26, 2026
October 27th, 2026 at 4:05 am
Redzone is great if the Bucs game isn’t on – I can keep track of all games that way
October 27th, 2026 at 4:17 am
Just a quick comment about Dante Moore, I suffered a concussion beginning of September. Not fun at all, I was miserable. Idk how these guys come back after a week. I was out for 2 and probably should have had another week, but I won’t get into it. He got stretchered off, if I recall, and mine was significantly less impactful than his. Everyone is different and no two concussions are the same. Hoping for the best for that young man.
October 27th, 2026 at 6:29 am
Red Zone is huge for two reasons. Legalized gambling like DraftKings & Fan Dual for one. Then you have fantasy football. Over 40 million people in America play fantasy football (and growing). Red Zone shows basically every TD scored throughout the day. Makes watching more exciting.
October 27th, 2026 at 8:10 am
100% agree on the alt broadcasts. The Mannings on particular are horrible,
and short of fabricating viewer statistics I cannot see why advertisers would pay to sponsor the program.
October 27th, 2026 at 9:58 am
This was the best incarnation of the Four Horsemen. Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, and managed by J.J. Dillon. The worst was Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Chris Benoit, and Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael.
That’s messed up! I cannot show this video to my wife because I always tell her, “It’s just turbulence. It’s not as if the plane is going to fall apart.”
I haven’t heard a Yanni reference in many years.
October 27th, 2026 at 10:35 am
Joe – Don’t get the Red Zone? Try this. Move to Ft. Myers, live on a limited budget, cable but no Sunday Ticket or other high priced frills, remain a Bucs fan, and try to watch the games, when the networks opt to show other teams/games that you couldn’t care less about. But, you can get the highlights of Buc’s games on Red Zone. Try it, and maybe you will understand. By the way, limited budget means you cannot afford to go to some bar and swill beer for three hours or so.
October 27th, 2026 at 10:47 am
USC’s Riley and USC should be ashamed at not haing Desman Stephens II’s locker cleaned out before the game was over. No place for that crap in any sport. Celebrating purposely cheap shotting and injuring an oponent is disgusting. Thiink his Momma is proud of him? A low life, and I would not have him on my team. I played the game for six plus years and put some licks on lots of dudes but would never have pulled that crap!
Go Bucs!