Miami-Notre Dame Catch Controversy & Playoff Debate

Okay, can I just get into it really quick and then we'll get into pro sports after? Let's do it, baby. This weekend, I said it. I said Miami, this is their game to lose. Why? They lost their best player in Malakai Tony. First Red Bull signee. He's amazing. They lost basically 80% of their offense. But because they were undefeated and they have an easy schedule going forward, I felt that they could lose this game, still make the playoffs. Notre Dame, they had to win this game. They had to win it, yeah. So the big controversial call at the end of the game was Darian Mensah, the quarterback for Miami, throws a perfect pass to this amazing tight end, Elijah Lofton. Elijah catches the ball. We're doing a mirror. It was on the other side of the field. He catches the ball. He gets both feet inbounds. And as he's stepping out of bounds, it seems like the play is over. At that point, the defender finally knocks the ball out. When he's already stepping out of bounds and it's already been established as a catch. They decided that it wasn't a catch. Like the play is over, right? The play should be over as soon as he steps out of bounds. But as he's stepping out of bounds, at the same time, the guy throws the ball out. So what they're saying now, both in college and the NFL, is that you have to maintain. Control through your fall. Okay. It's it's for me It was the guy had both hands on the ball and he gets both feet in bounds and it was a very firm catch And so it was a split second between what you would consider Getting the ball out within reason or whether you thought whether you knock the ball out after the play was over Well, we were talking about it not too long ago The peanut punch right like these the defensive players are now so much more aggressive on going after the ball trying to force a fumble even at the very last Some would say the millisecond after the play is over, but look, the way that I see it is I think that the University of Miami and Notre Dame rivalry is great for college sports. It goes back to when they were called the Catholics versus the convicts. Now they're calling it the Catholics versus the committee. In other words, the committee backs Miami no matter what, the committee that picks the team. But look, I thought it was a great game. Miami came back. They almost tied the game, so they showed that they can play without Malachi Tony. They have a good team. When the playoffs come around, we're going to have Malachi back, so I feel good. Like I said, it was a game that we could afford to lose. And extended playoffs. Well, that's another thing. Let's get, so we're going to get into this later in the week, but let's go ahead and make the announcement. The college football playoffs next year is going to be 24 teams. That might be too many for me. Too many. I mean, it's like, exactly. That's what it is. Playoff game time, baby.