Second Hump Day of July! We’re rolling right now, folks. Sure, the train’s slowing down just a bit now that the US is out of the World Cup, but that’s bound to happen.

The Dog Days of Summer are officially here. We got a brief pause with the soccer action, but now we can officially go back to not caring and start looking forward to actual football.

And hey! College football media days have BEGUN. That’s right. We’ve got the Big 12 this week, ACC next week, and then the SEC and Big Ten take us home.

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After that, the fellas hit the field for fall practice and we’ll be one step closer to the best time of year. Beautiful.

Until then, though, we GRIND for the next few weeks. Let’s get after it.

Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Paulina Gretzky comes out of (social media) hiding to attend Taylor Swift’s wedding. Welcome back, Paulina!

What else? I’ve got Geno Auriemma making just absurd claims about Caitlin Clark, Kristin Cavallari making equally absurd claims about Jay Cutler as it pertains to their divorce, and let’s go ahead and check in on Day 1 of Big 12 media days.

Just WAIT till you see this exchange between a reporter and the commish. What a ride.

OK, grab you a Toby Keith vinyl to celebrate what would’ve been his 64th birthday, and settle in for a Hump Day ‘Cap!

Paulina Gretzky plays piano before Taylor’s big day

Can’t believe it’s been two years since we lost Toby Keith. Still one of the saddest news alerts I can remember getting in this business.

I hate concerts. HATE them. I think they’re the dumbest thing on the planet. The First Lady (my wife, not Melania) loves them. We went to a Garth Brooks concert once and listened to … Garth Brooks … the whole way on the radio. I couldn’t believe what was happening. It was insane.

It was like going to a movie, but watching the entire movie on the way to the theater. Unfathomable.

Anyway, I always said the one person I’d actually like to see in concert was Toby Keith. He was the one exception. You always think there’s gonna be time, and then, all of a sudden, it’s too late.

Sad.

Best/most underrated Toby song? I’ll go with “The Taliban Song,” which I’m fairly certain a lot of streaming services don’t have because they’re too woke.

Luckily, Nightcaps has a remedy for that!

What a song. What an absolute banger. Nobody loved this country quite like Toby did. Man, I miss him.

OK, let’s stop being sad on this Hump Day and get things started with Paulina Gretzky, the daughter of The Great One, ending her social media hiatus to show off her look for Taylor Swift’s wedding last weekend.

Welcome back, Paulina … and Dustin Johnson!

Apr 8, 2026; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Paulina Gretzky, wife of Dustin Johnson, talks Nicole Willett, wife of Danny Willett on the fourth hole during the Par 3 Contest at the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-Imagn Images (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

Geno Auriemma spouts off nonsense

No idea why Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson were invited to the Swift-Kelce wedding, but, like I said earlier this week, it seems like everyone and their mother(s) was invited.

Frankly, I’m pretty sure I’m the only one who wasn’t. Oh well. I’ll survive.

That was Paulina’s first Instagram post in about six months, so I assume we won’t be seeing her again for a while. As for DJ, the British Open is next week so we’ll be seeing him again soon …

… Just kidding!

He withdrew from last month’s final qualifying event after his five-year exemption from winning the 2020 Masters expired, meaning he’ll miss his first Open since 2008.

Paulina Gretzky, wife of Team Captain Dustin Johnson of 4 Aces GC, is seen during Day Three of the LIV Golf Invitational – Chicago at Rich Harvest Farms on September 18, 2022 in Sugar Grove, Illinois. (Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

Not great. I reckon we’ll see Dustin tee it up at the LIV event in the UK the following week, assuming they don’t cancel this one.

Moving on …

Speaking of golf (sort of), let’s check in with UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, who spouted off one of the dumber Caitlin Clark takes I’ve heard on a sports media podcast this week:

Kristin, Jay & Big 12 Media Days!

For those who can’t read the fine print …

“This was not something created by her,” Auriemma said. “It was created about her by all the people in America who are delusional that think one player who’s not Wemby is going to come in and transform the league. It’s that whole s—storm of, ‘This is Jesus coming down to save the WNBA.

“Now, maybe there was a transformation in terms of how much attention is being paid. Yes. How much the league is valued? Yes. But it’s not like when Tiger [Woods] came into the PGA Tour. He changed the PGA Tour forever. Why? Well, there was so much money that came to the PGA Tour, but in addition, he won every tournament. So that’s the big difference.”

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Look, I already wrote about this earlier, so feel free to get in the weeds with me here. For those who want just a snippet …

Geno Auriemma claiming Caitlin Clark in the WNBA isn’t comparable to Tiger Woods on the PGA Tour is absurd. It’s also patently wrong.

Before Clark entered the league as a rookie in 2024, there was one WNBA game in 15 years with over 1 million viewers. One. A Sparks-Mercury game during the BUSH administration.

Since Clark’s arrival, there have been at least 59 games with over 1 million viewers. During her first season in Indiana, the Fever alone had 21.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – MARCH 27: Head coach Geno Auriemma of the UConn Huskies speaks with Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes following their 92-72 win in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 27, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

The pre-Clark CBA numbers versus the post-Clark CBA numbers are equally insane. Again, I don’t want to get into the weeds too much here, but just know this:

Before Caitlin Clark arrived, WNBA teams couldn’t afford to charter their own planes to games. Now, they all have charter flights.

Come on, Geno. Let’s not be silly.

OK, two more on the way out. First up? Let’s do a quick check-in of Day 1 from Big 12 Media Days:

A lot going on there. A LOT. I can’t get past how this guy says “tortillas.” He did it TWICE! Wild stuff. Almost as wild as the Big 12 commish walking over to him, telling him to stand up and repeat the absurdly long question, and then immediately walking away and not answering it.

Incredible power move. That’s called having “F–k You” money, by the way. Not condoning it, just telling you.

Finally, on the way out, let’s check in with Kristin Cavallari, who went on some podcast this week and said she received NO money from Jay Cutler after their 2022 divorce.

That’s right. None. Zero. Zilch. NADA.

“What ultimately gave me the confidence to leave my marriage was the success of Uncommon James,” she said of her company before dropping this truth-bomb about Cutler. “Which is interesting because if I didn’t have Uncommon James, I could have taken half of his money, right? But because I had this company, there was a really large asset on our balance sheet.

“I didn’t get anything, which I’m so happy about now. But I don’t get any money from my ex-husband. I had to give him half the value of Uncommon James in cash and properties and everything else. Yeah. Isn’t that interesting?”

Yeah, OK. Sure thing, Kristin!

Jay Cutler, for those wondering, made roughly $130 million during his 12-year career in the NFL. He was, at one point, the highest paid quarterback in the league.

Reminds me of this great song by Jerry Reed:

Man, what a classic. Two country legends in one class! Best Hump Day ever.

OK, that’s it. That’s all I got today. Good work, everyone. A long class, but I think we learned a lot.

See y’all tomorrow.

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OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).

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