Spicy Sophie Cunningham loves our vets and football season, 380-pound high school TANK & sad Rutgers fireworks

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I know all eyes are on the Commonwealth today (sickening, by the way), but let's all just take a step back for a second and enjoy the simpler things in life.

We're here. An actual college football Friday. Labor Day weekend. One of the most underrated weekends of the entire calendar year.