All right, we are back with an instant reaction podcast.

Miami is a playoff team here in 2025.

They deserve it.

David Lake, joined as always by Gabby Urruthia.

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But we want to dive into this. This is a big deal,

man. Number one, Miami deserves it. They deserve to be in this college football playoff.

If this is a Miami and Notre Dame debate, I think Notre Dame also deserves to be in the

playoff as well, but not at the expense of Miami. And so the college football playoff committee made the right decision because the games have

to matter.

You play the games for a reason, and Miami and Notre Dame played a football game.

Notre Dame, there's two teams that Notre Dame couldn't be on the bubble with Miami and Texas A&M, unfortunately for them,

and fortunately for Miami, Miami handled business in that game, and they rightfully get the

benefit of that. So, Gabby, your initial response, I know, like, man, like I did, maybe I was hoping,

optimistic that this would be the outcome, that they would eventually flip it. But, you know,

I'll admit, like, the last 24 hours was a roller coaster ride.

Where were you at with this? And what's your just initial reaction?

Roller coaster ride is a good way to put it. I was, I was pessimistic. I was hopeful. I wanted to

believe that this result would ultimately come to fruition,

right? Ultimately, we needed this to be a Miami and Notre Dame discussion. And I think when Alabama

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