Mad Dash: One Direction, Raiders engage in weird feud

We really can't blame One Direction's Harry Styles for trying to fire up the crowd in Kansas City during the band's concert earlier this week. There's probably few better ways to get the locals rocking than by ripping their hated sports rivals, so when Styles made fun of the Oakland Raiders, he was shooting fish in a barrel, and got the reaction he was seeking. Of course, once that Vine started spreading, the Raiders got wind of it, and wasted no time working up a response. We don't seriously think Styles cares all that much if anyone likes or dislikes the Raiders, but if you're going to call a team out for not having fans, you should maybe make sure one of your bandmates hasn't shown them love in the past. Whoever was on social media patrol for Oakland wins this one, quickly finding and tweeting out a picture of bandmate Liam Payne sporting the silver and black. One Direction's next tour stop is Friday night in Indianapolis, so while it may be tempting, we'd suggest Styles not say anything about Tom Brady. It will probably backfire worse than this relatively harmless Raiders dig. Maybe just talk about how awesome Andrew Luck is and leave it at that.

NFL teams are preparing for training camp, which is the last step toward the season starting, and naturally, Washington wanted to show just how interested fans can be in the summer sessions. Based on a report put together by some third-party services, the team claimed to have a reach of over 7.8 billion unique visitors for coverage of their 2014 camp in Richmond. Of course, there are only 7.3 billion or so people on Earth, so this number is impossible. Then again, if you were going to pick one team to make a ridiculous claim like this, Washington would be your pick, right?

It's one thing when someone like Styles randomly calls you out and it spreads on social media. It's quite another when someone like Penn State tweets out a picture of its police dog on a training exercise, and winds up having to go on the offensive because Notre Dame sticks its nose where it doesn't belong. When the Nittany Lions shared a picture of "Rudie" sniffing the campus grounds, Notre Dame replied that the spelling was better as, of course, "Rudy." That little tweet was unnecessary, and it got the burn it deserved.

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