00:00We will start with whether or not Miami scored a touchdown in the end zone.
00:05Now, this is tough.
00:09Mario Cristobal has every right to be pissed off, okay?
00:13This harkened back to the Des Bryant catch.
00:18This harkened back to so many plays in the NFL where we ask,
00:23what is a catch and what is not?
00:25But a receiver catches a football squarely.
00:30Nobody's questioning whether Elijah Loftin caught the ball.
00:34He caught the ball, okay?
00:35Straight up, two hands on the football.
00:37Two feet inbounds.
00:39Not one, two.
00:40Two feet into the end zone.
00:43He's then falling out of bounds,
00:47and the Notre Dame defender knocks the football out of his hands.
00:51I think the problem that most football fans have,
00:55and I'm not a hurricane apologist,
00:58but I think the problem that most non-biased football fans,
01:02because I'm not one of them,
01:04I'm not an Irish fan.
01:05I think most football fans would say,
01:08okay, if I am a runner and I stick the football over the goal line
01:15and the tip of the ball crosses the goal line
01:18and then someone knocks the football out of my hands,
01:21that's a touchdown.
01:23We've established that, right?
01:24So what is the difference if I catch the football with two hands,
01:30I land inbounds with two feet inbounds,
01:34only one, but two feet inbounds,
01:37and my hands are firmly around the football.
01:40And while I am falling out of bounds after crossing the goal line,
01:45somebody punches the football out.
01:49It's hard to explain that being an incomplete pass.
01:54It's just a logical conversation in football.
01:59It's a logical conversation that you're going, hold on.
02:05I don't understand.
02:07It doesn't make any sense to me how that is an incomplete pass.
02:10Now, if you're an Irish fan, you're like, this is great.
02:12Look at the rules.
02:13We're just going by the rules.
02:15And I'll give that to you.
02:16By the rules, 100%, it is an incomplete pass.
02:22But should we look at changing the rules?
02:25Like, should we say, hey, two feet, one foot,
02:30whatever you want to call it,
02:31possession of the football in the end zone stops the play.
02:36It doesn't matter what happens afterwards,
02:39surviving the ground, getting pushed out of bounds.
02:43It doesn't matter.
02:44If you catch the football in the end zone with possession,
02:48two feet inbounds, what happens afterwards doesn't matter
02:51because that is the standard for a runner.
02:54It's not a standard for a catcher of football,
02:58but a runner of the football, break the plane, plays over.
03:02It's a tough situation, okay?
03:06It's a tough call.
03:07Mario Cristobal was bent afterwards,
03:10blasting the referees,
03:11essentially saying they got jobbed and, you know,
03:14they're in Notre Dame.
03:15And, of course, they're going to lose that call.
03:17By the letter of the law, the call was made correctly.
