r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 19 '26
Game Thread [Game Thread] CFP Final: Indiana vs. Miami (7:30 PM ET)
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u/Legal-Championship64 Tennessee Volunteers • Auburn Tigers Jan 20 '26
how can ref be trusted to ref if they can't distinguish between the knee and the ass
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u/Citruspilled UCF Knights • New Mexico Lobos Jan 20 '26
Man I know you felt your butt hit the turf there
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u/peanutbuttertesticle Louisville Cardinals Jan 20 '26
I’ll complain about one thing, this field is trash. It looks like a bad rug.
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u/Morocco_Llama Tennessee • Tennessee Tech Jan 20 '26
But I actually want to hear the official say "His ass cheek was down"
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u/Glove_Upset Jan 20 '26
These are the best refs in the country, and they don’t know basic anatomy? We’re doomed
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u/PM_ME_WARM_TORTILLAS Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Jan 20 '26
As long as Beck doesn’t turn it over Miami should be able to keep this a low scoring slug fest.
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u/CriticalPolitical Jan 20 '26
The refs are trying so hard to keep Miami in the game not calling that targeting
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u/Unique_Town632 Jan 20 '26
This broadcast group / production team really have made this feel like an exhibition game
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u/RipRaycom Clemson Tigers • ACC Jan 20 '26
I think it’s very clear (and was before the game) that Miami has the advantage in the trenches and Indiana has the advantage in skill players. Miami needs to run the ball first and foremost, and Indiana needs to seek out matchups as much as they can
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u/Wolverine2121 Michigan • Wisconsin-River Fa… Jan 20 '26
Missed opportunity for the ref to saw his tush was down.
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Jan 20 '26
Trash production, trash commercials, trash refs. Game is ok.
LET'S GET SOME MORE NEGATIVITY IN HERE
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u/YoungKeys Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 20 '26
How does Malachi Toney play football with a knee on his butt
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u/kingoftheplastics FAU Owls • Oklahoma Sooners Jan 20 '26
It’s like that song they teach in ref school, the knee bone’s connected to the ass bone
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u/octobersotherveryown California • California Jan 20 '26
They hype up every Toney return like he’s Devin Hester
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u/RonaldMexicoJD Tennessee • Middle Tennessee Jan 20 '26
Just another attempted theft by these Miami criminals
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u/Legal-Championship64 Tennessee Volunteers • Auburn Tigers Jan 20 '26
it was his ASS ref don't you lie to me
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u/dontworryboutmeson LSU Tigers • Vanderbilt Commodores Jan 20 '26
Commercial break while they re-spot the ball
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u/stormstopper Duke • Carolina Victory Bell Jan 20 '26
A Miami player not being called down on a return? I've seen that one before
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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Jan 20 '26
Okay it was closer than I thought to him being not down
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u/WatchfulApparition Oregon Ducks • Western Oregon Wolves Jan 20 '26
Refs doing everything they can to help Miami
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u/Special_Writing_8452 Jan 20 '26
It just feels like Miami will score between 9 and 13 points with Carson Beck at QB. Defense/special teams gotta ball out all game
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u/SparseSpartan Michigan State Spartans Jan 20 '26
ya'll remember when game threads would crash at like 10K comments in a half?
Guess it's apples to oranges though because the games these days stretch on for like 5 hours. Gotta scale.
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u/GBreezy Wisconsin • 四日市大学 (Yokkaichi) Jan 20 '26
Crazy that they converted a formula 1 track into a football stadium
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u/WhiteLabelWhiteMan Jan 20 '26
The film industry has never been weaker. Content pretty good but they have zero power. Can’t remember the last movie that influenced culture. Hangover days maybe
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u/ChopstickAKAJames Georgia • Georgia State Jan 20 '26
They do realize most people have work tomorrow. Are they trying to tank their ratings after 11pm?
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u/Feast_like_a_Mantis Miami Hurricanes Jan 20 '26
I think the reason I love this particular Miami team so much is they play such a traditional style of football; great defense, power running, play-action pass game executed by a hammerhead shark. I just love it.
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u/flintlock0 Mississippi State • Delta State Jan 20 '26
Bias much?
The middle of the field says “Miami.”
I know it’s just stating where the game is lol
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u/LazyCon Auburn Tigers • Summertime Lover Jan 20 '26
If Cignetti doesn't find a way to get Mendoza to stretch the field they're not going to have a good night in the trenches
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u/decadentbirdgarden Wisconsin Badgers Jan 20 '26
The current state of college football is so wild to me. In any other scenario it would be considered weird to stay on campus for years after you graduate. But we’ve somehow normalized that now??
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u/Fly-Eagles-Fly Miami • Mississippi State Jan 20 '26
Hey why are they playing this football game during my commercials?
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u/tb25uga Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Dead Pool Jan 20 '26
I seriously hate that monstrosity they slapped on top of Joe Robbie Stadium
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u/mbarnhead16 Ohio State • Cincinnati Jan 20 '26
If there is a commercial after this pint I am going to shit.
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u/34710x2 Notre Dame • Florida Jan 20 '26
I’ll say it..that send help movie looks like trash. No wonder they only do remakes these days
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u/CheerioMan Ohio State Buckeyes • Georgetown Hoyas Jan 20 '26
I predict a 3-3 game at end of regulation followed by 8 OTs with Indiana winning 67-65
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u/spicytuna46 Michigan Wolverines • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26
Why isn’t there a stream that plays the map commercial on loop
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u/PM_ME_RAD_ARTWORK Tennessee • Omaha Jan 20 '26
People of Earth we're summoning a spirit bomb to defeat the 'canes. Lend us your strength.
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u/GrandGarand Colorado Buffaloes Jan 20 '26
some random division 2 college should just throw a bunch of ads into the championship
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u/seemtobedead Houston Cougars • Michigan Wolverines Jan 20 '26
THAT COMMERCIAL. Goddamn, that goes hard. Said it before-always true.
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u/ribrooks13 Oklahoma Sooners Jan 20 '26
They're getting every cent they possibly can from these commercials
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u/Frozboz Louisville Cardinals • Indiana Hoosiers Jan 20 '26
Will we have another 5 minute commercial break after the punt?
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u/peanut-britle-latte Jan 20 '26
You know IU been holding on to these "look at how cool our Uni is" commercials for years.
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u/Kevin_Finnerty407 UCF Knights Jan 20 '26
Indiana is the second school from Bloomington to make a division 1 national championship game appearance in 2026
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u/Gatorlater7 Florida Gators Jan 20 '26
These is like the super bowl with all the commercials except the commercials suck and, for some reason, include subway
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u/kingoftheplastics FAU Owls • Oklahoma Sooners Jan 20 '26
Indiana might’ve done the impossible already and made a genuinely inspiring college commercial
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u/BrokenClxwn NC State Wolfpack Jan 20 '26
Tired of my 3-hour commercial special getting interrupted by football
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u/Kontos_Stelio Tennessee Volunteers • Air Force Falcons Jan 20 '26
That commercial makes me wanna root against Indiana
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u/MysteriousEdge5643 Washington Huskies • College Football Playoff Jan 20 '26
So weird that Miami plays off campus
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u/LiquidLight_ Notre Dame • Purdue Jan 20 '26
Send Help's premise is dumb. "Oh woe, my horrible boss is my desert island buddy, but I must abide the office hierarchy". Like that lady couldn't just tell him off or leave him to rot if he's that terrible.
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u/eskimoexplosion Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 20 '26
I don't get why Sam Raimi keeps getting to direct movies where as I clearly smoke way more crack than he does and can make equally bad movies for half the cost
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u/TopEmploy9624 Washington Huskies Jan 20 '26
ESPN trying to get the world record for the first football game that ends 5 hours after the listed kickoff time with no weather delays
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u/pterodaktyl4 I'm A Loser Jan 20 '26
2ND QUARTER NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 5
2ND QUARTER COMMERCIAL TIME: 2:31
TOTAL NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 27
TOTAL COMMERCIAL TIME: 12:06
Bark Boy, Caitlin Clark, Rece Davis, Olivia Rodrigo, Nick Saban Commercials: 1
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u/InevitableAd2436 Washington Huskies • Creighton Bluejays Jan 20 '26
I remember Harbaugh had like a legit 17 minute quarter in real time against Rutgers or something.
ESPN would’ve hated that
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u/P3n1sD1cK Army Black Knights • Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 20 '26
Is anyone keeping a count of how often those two are kissing on the 4k intermission camera?
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u/BrotherPancake Vanderbilt • Central Missouri Jan 20 '26
Yes, it's the Hoosiers' defensive strength that's the story Mr Announcer Man... because Miami is known for its high-power offense, and Indiana totally shut that down. Totally.
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u/Wolverine2121 Michigan • Wisconsin-River Fa… Jan 20 '26
"Exclusively in Theatres" so the Streaming Services said no thanks then.
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u/AtlUtdGold Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos Jan 20 '26
streaming movies suck, they're made for backnoise noise while you doomscroll
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u/dudejamie Jan 20 '26
So, everyone is going to keep bitching about commercials, like that’s not what happens after the end of a quarter?
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u/Legal-Championship64 Tennessee Volunteers • Auburn Tigers Jan 20 '26
I feel like this has been a 15 minute commercial break
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u/fakenamerealbored Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Jan 20 '26
What stage of capitalism is it when we have people spending piles of money to make and play ads to sell tickets to a movie about a revenge fantasy on a nondescript corporate boss?
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u/bbqlyfe Clemson Tigers Jan 20 '26
These 2 are trading body blows rn. First team to find the weakness wins.
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u/BattleCryOutLoud Jan 20 '26
Why is Miami not running the ball much more? They have a huge line and Mark Fletcher.
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u/xxgn0myxx LSU Tigers • Colorado Buffaloes Jan 20 '26
i once got violently ill from food poisoning from burger king and i think it lead to my divorce
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u/TonyTheSnowman Texas Longhorns Jan 20 '26
Miami's d has been huge. Indiana becomes deadly once up double digits. They're legit like a shark who smells blood in the water. Miami should try and get back to the run game this next drive. Whether they score or not, get back to what you do best.
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u/Im_A_Real_Boy1 LSU Tigers • Montréal Carabins Jan 20 '26
So is Send Help a horror movie about the corporate dude being hunted or or is it the two of them work together because I want the first one
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u/Terminatorns19 Texas Longhorns • USC Trojans Jan 20 '26
Never thought I’d see the guy from Maze Runner, Rachel McAdams, and Sam Raimi mentioned for the same project
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u/travio Washington Huskies Jan 20 '26
Send Help looks fun.
Love that the mousy haired, timid assistant gets a desert island glow up. If she had been that assertive and attractive in the office, maybe her asshole bosses wouldn't have been firing her.
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u/DontKnowWhereIam USC Trojans • Team Chaos Jan 20 '26
One day I'm going to time these games on commercials v game time.
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u/Fabulous_Sherbet_431 Jan 20 '26
random, but for years I thought that University of Miami football was from Ohio (they have Miami University, so it's not totally out there). I only learned they're actually in Miami during these playoffs.
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u/Dmob17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 20 '26
Miami’s d line is already causing Indiana major problems. Hoosiers better hope Beck doesn’t wake up
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u/Jhwelsh USC Trojans Jan 20 '26
I hope someone texts this couple and they find out they're on TV haha
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u/TheRealCheeeser00 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Jan 20 '26
I'd be alright with commercials if it was two drives then a commercial, but one drive and then a comercial, then a punt/kickoff commercial is totally ass.
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u/About37Chickens Duke • Carolina Victory Bell Jan 20 '26
It's hard for teams to adjust to ACC physicality
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u/Ordinary_Hedgehog311 North Carolina Tar Heels • Marching Band Jan 20 '26
I’m supposed to fly out of RDU on Sunday- what the hell do I do if it snows two feet on Saturday?
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u/Suspicious_Setting84 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 20 '26
Can i please be trapped on an island with rachel McAdams ordering me around?
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u/Wonderful-Most1 Georgia Bulldogs Jan 20 '26
They spent two commercial breaks hyping that movie, it had better be Sam Raimi's best movie since Evil Dead 2.
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u/SkepsisJD Arizona State • Purdue Jan 20 '26
Why do they keep showing football during my commercials? This shit is annoying.
No one cares about this so called 'national championship game.' I need more B-tier movie commercials.
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u/thecravenone definitely a bot Jan 20 '26
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