A snake handler at the National Zoo had a rather frightening day yesterday, when a cottonmouth snake — much like that bad boy to your right — had a bit of a freakout and spit a wicked combination of concentrated nastiness into her eye.

Virginia Tech offensive lineman Greg Nosal got the game ball after the Hokies defeated Central Michigan by 24 on Saturday. It wasn’t because he led the team in pancake blocks, or in recognition of him making the game’s key play. No, it was because Nosal played nearly two-thirds of the game after having a half-inch of his left pinky cut off.