Ari, we've experienced a whole playoff game.

You hear the roar of the crowd.

Notre Dame is running off the field victorious or they're singing the alma mater right now.

They just beat Indiana.

They're going to play Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.

What do you think?

I can't feel my fingers, Lloyd. They're numb. You've had this extra pair of gloves this whole time. Okay, I've got a lot to unpack. I didn't bring gloves. It didn't even occur to me. This is the coldest I've been in five years because it's the first time I've been in the Midwest in December in five years. Andy, where do you want to start? Do you want to start on Notre Dame? Do you want to start on on discourse? Georgia.

Let's start with Indiana. Let's start with Notre Dame in Indiana. I mean, Notre Dame mushed Indiana. The last few minutes where Indiana tried to sneak in the back door, I guess,

I guess you caught a live line in the middle of the game,

you're feeling pretty good at the end there.

But Notre Dame was in control the entire game.

It never felt in doubt that 98-yard touchdown run by Jeremiah Love broke it open.

And then it never seemed like Indiana had a chance.

So, you know, it reminded me of the Ohio State game, right?

It was a, it's an Indiana, Ohio State game, yeah, yeah, for Indiana. But there's a clear line of

demarcation between an elite team that's going to advance to the playoff and a team that is

pretty good, but probably not elite. Right. And to me, that's the entire point of this yes settling on

the field going to a place playing a game not making a decision in the boardroom and allowing one

team and the other to face off and the better team advances and the better team did today so like

i think the question really is like well no, there's going to be people who say,

oh, Indiana didn't deserve to be there. And this shows that. Okay, this shows Notre Dame is better in Indiana. You know what this shows? It shows what the playoff is supposed to show. One team was better than the other. Yeah. One team seasons over and the other team is advancing. So I don't know. I wrote a column about this on On Three.

You guys can check it out.

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