Welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's, a very late night post-national championship edition.

I'm Stuart Mandel from The Athletic here in my sweatshirt in my comfy home in California.

And joining me live from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, it's Bruce

Felbin and Ralph Russo.

They just covered Indiana's 2721 National Championship victory over Miami.

Guys, some quick thoughts.

What was it like there?

You know, it was a pretty surreal night, Ralph, because we both went out onto the field.

And I would say it was probably some version of 60, 40 Indiana fans.

But there was a ton of Miami energy because you had just a lot of star power there.

And it was going to be interesting because I felt like,

I know Ralph flipped his pick over the weekend to go from Miami winning 31.30.

And then when you watch the game play out, Indiana's defense was dominant in the first half.

Miami couldn't really get anything going.

And it felt like Indiana should be up by more than 10 to nothing. It felt like they were just more

dominant. And then as the second half started to unfold, Miami had a few mistakes.

The face mask penalty on like a third and 15, which gave Indiana another set down as they couldn't

do anything with it. And then Mark Fletcher busts a big, you know, 57-yard touchdown run.

And it felt like, to me, it just felt a lot like all the other playoff games combined.

This looked like a lot of Indiana, except from the blowout part, it looked like Miami being the really physical team in the Miami defensive line being dominant.

They, you know, it was like Indiana had all sorts of problems protecting Mendoza.

Yeah.

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