Outkick Is Now Repping Preds Catfish Guy

Every story needs a hero and right now the hero of Nashville's story is Catfish Jake Waddel, a brave man who uncorked a catfish onto the ice when the Preds were trailing 3-0 in Pittsburgh. Buoyed by the rally catfish the Preds stormed back to tie the game at 3 each, earning Carrie Underwood's lasting acclaim, before losing 5-3.

Unfortunately since that time Catfish Jake has been charged with three crimes by city of Pittsburgh authorities.

For throwing a catfish on the ice.

Really.

Clearly, this will not stand.

What kind of Tennesseean would I be if I just let some damn Yankees push us around? Would Davey Crockett or Andrew Jackson or Sam Houston let the city of Pittsburgh just trash a native Nashvillian who had the balls to toss a catfish onto the ice?

Of course not.

Which is why I'm representing Catfish Jake for free and now assembling the best legal defense team seen since the O.J. Simpson trial. We're going to have a team of lawyers working on this in the Nashville area as well as in Pittsburgh. Before we are done with this case the city of Pittsburgh is going to be brought to its knees.

As if that weren't enough to accomplish early in the morning to make the world a better place while interviewing Catfish Jake on Outkick the Coverage's radio show, yes, we cover all the big stories -- you need to go listen to it, he was fantastic -- I had the idea to offer $10k to charity if Carrie Underwood would throw a catfish on the ice. Memphis Grizzly, and Nashville native, Brandan Wright quickly added his own $10k and then I got Bobby Bones, Brandt Snedeker, and Kirk Herbstreit, all Nashville residents as well, to add their own $10k to the pot.

If you know any other rich people with decent Twitter followings who are Nashville natives or are rooting for the Preds to win, seek them out online and ask them to make their own $10k contribution.

In the meantime I'm currently working on assembling the best legal defense team in the history of American jurisprudence.

Also, one of you needs to get another catfish on the ice tonight in Pittsburgh.

If there's one credo Outkick stands behind it's this -- when someone acts like a pussy -- and right now the entire city of Pittsburgh's all acting like a bunch of pussies -- you don't let them win.

So #dbap, Nashville and #dbap, America

We need catfish on the Pittsburgh ice. (And I hereby pledge that the Outkick legal defense team will defend all of you. Including Carrie Underwood.)

And if Carrie can't do it, one of you has to do it.

BREAKING: ALL CHARGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DROPPED.

So get those catfish on the ice tonight.