Game Thread: Monday, Jan. 19, 2025, No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 10 Miami (Fla.) | 7:30 p.m. ET| College Football Playoff National Championship Game (Miami, Fla.) | ESPN

[Bazza]

Going to get this thread up a few days ahead of the game. Ticket prices are crazy!

 

[Bazza]

Skubie Mageza, Sam Ravech, and Matt Simms with analysis......

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I will reluctantly pull for the team in crimson and cream, but I am not happy about it. Probably won't watch at all.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I have cousins that graduated from IU..........while I am happy they are finally relevant, I wont hear the end of it if they win

 

[Cruloc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2011909888276857054

 

[CoolBreeze]

That's tonight? Might as well get it over with.

 

[bamadwain]

To good of a story to not pull Mendoza! Plus Miami will Miami if they win

 

[22Musso22]

Indiana Blowout. I doubt I will even remember to watch.

 

[Toddrn]

To good of a story to not pull Mendoza! Plus Miami will Miami if they win

But if Miami wins Georgia fans will have to live with Beck winning a title and they let him go.

 

[Moro Creek]

A Miami home game so they will only lose by three TD's. Who cares.

 

[TideEngineer08]

I have almost no interest in this game and don't care one way or another who wins. I figure Indiana is just on a tear and they are going to destroy Miami. But if Miami does win, I fear what Michael Irvin will do.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I have almost no interest in this game and don't care one way or another who wins. I figure Indiana is just on a tear and they are going to destroy Miami. But if Miami does win, I fear what Michael Irvin will do.

Cocaine?

 

[Toddrn]

Cocaine?

Dye his hair even darker?

 

[Bazza]

That's tonight? Might as well get it over with.

It's Monday night - 3 days from now.

I just wanted to get a thread up for early discussion.

 

[Bazza]

A Miami home game so they will only lose by three TD's. Who cares.

Miami is #1 in the country in sacks and otherwise highly rated in defense, so we'll see.

That lopsided win over Oregon was largely due to the turnovers by Oregon's QB making mistakes.

So the game *may* be closer than we think - I don't know.

 

[Bazza]

On Monday night the Miami Hurricanes take on the Indiana Hoosiers in the highly-anticipated national college football championship game – and Jane Pauley, a fifth-generation Hoosier on both sides, will be watching. She reflects on Indiana University's come-from-behind underdog story, from holding the NCAA Division I record for most losses, to this year's 15-0 record – IU's first perfect season in 139 years – and fondly remembers the school anthem, "Hail to Old IU."

 

[BigAlinKnoxville]

I'm pulling hard for Indiana. I hate that they beat us, but they're having a once-in-a-lifetime (so far) season and I hope they win it all.

I also despise Miami.

 

[mlh]

I'm pulling for IU and their Cinderella story. It will be amazing if they can run the table and win it all in Cignetti's 2nd year. I'm sure the script writers in Hollywood are already working on the screenplay.

I'm not a fan of Miami, but I like Cristobal, if that makes any sense. So I don't really care who wins. I'm just hoping it's an exciting game.

 

[AlexanderFan]

Cocaine?

He’s already doing that, might just see him do it on the celebration stage after the game.

 

[Rush]

It just occurred to me that the likelihood AARP is shoveling NIL money at more than one of these Indiana guys must be pretty high...