Die hard Irish fan. The beautiful symmetry of IU beating Bama and Miami to take home the hardware when basically those two were the reason for the Irish not making it; beautiful!

Miamis d line, and to a lesser extent, their o line very nearly won that game for them.

It felt like every time IU was about to step on their throats, Bain or Mesidor would make a play. It was frustrating. They had Mendoza rattled for a little bit.

Then when they blocked the punt I was like well it’s over now. You can’t make a mistake like that against such a well coached team and not have it cost you dearly.

Love the Irish myself. That was a hairy finish. Some penalties are so much more costly than others. IU, 2nd and 1, a first down puts the game away and they get an illegal procedure and don't end up getting that first down. I went form "this game is over" to "o shit, if that penalty ends up costing IU the game. ..." the rest of my thought has been omitted due to language not fit for this board.