For years, Stephen A. Smith's many football blunders have been easy enough to explain away. He's not an NFL guy (remember when he said the three key players for a game were three guys who weren't playing in the game ?) Stephen A. Smith falsely claimed the Warriors haven't made the playoffs since 2022, but Golden State reached the second round in both 2023 and 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images) He's definitely not a college football guy ( remember when he called Jalen Milroe Jalen "Milroy" multiple times and then read the wrong stat line after a College Football Playoff game?). CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP ESPN forces him into those conversations because First Take has to talk football, and Smith knows that football is the most popular sport in the country and he needs to be seen as an authority (even though he isn't). But Monday's latest mistake is a lot tougher to excuse, because this time Smith wasn't talking about the NFL or college football.…