Episode Details

Your Miami Hurricanes lost at Notre Dame, 31-24, and yeah, we have to talk about it. A brutal first half in 40-degree South Bend put the Canes in a 24-3 hole. They clawed back, had the ball with a minute left and a real shot, and then a Lofton catch in the end zone got waved off. Were we robbed? Maybe. But you can't play a half like that and expect to walk out with a win.

The boys get into the "Houdini for a half" offense under Shannon Dawson, why ditching the run in the second half actually opened things up, and a defense that gave up 30-plus again and still can't get off the field when it counts. That fourth-down swing route to the running back? That was the ballgame. Toast stands by last week's rant (sorry to his wife) and has a few words for the people who didn't like it.

Credit where it's due, though. Mario Cristobal has a team that doesn't fold: 42 straight games now without losing by more than seven. Elija Lofton and Cooper Barkate combined for 17 catches, 200 yards and three touchdowns with Malachi Toney out, so can those two carry the offense to the ACC title game? Ro breaks down why the nation's top run defense might be costing Miami its pass rush, and we look at Notre Dame's corners next to ours, the first-play pick six that got away, and what the AP voters and the playoff committee do with this one.

Plus a lap around a wild Saturday: Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Utah and UCLA as the last two unbeatens. Three games left, all at home. Everything is still in front of them.

Go Canes.

00:00 Miami falls 31-24 at Notre Dame

00:56 Was Lofton robbed? Down 24-3 at the half

01:52 Josh Pray's video, Mario's mood, and 8-1 perspective

03:17 Ro's fanboy and another week of ranked-team carnage

04:11 "Houdini for a half": Shannon Dawson's offense

06:33 Defense gives up 30 again, the fourth-down swing route

07:09 Toast's message to the critics

08:34 Mario's culture: 42 straight games within one score

10:32 Goal-line stall and the offensive line problem

13:50 The first-play pick six that got away

15:41 Notre Dame's corners vs. Miami's secondary

17:51 No pass rush and nobody shedding blocks

20:40 Ro's chalkboard: two-gapping and the cost of stopping the run

22:43 Can Lofton and Barkate carry the offense without Toney?

25:54 The running game vs. the last three opponents

28:12 All-weather run game and lock-down man coverage

31:02 Where Miami lands in the AP poll

31:51 That Lofton call: catch or no catch?

35:01 Three home games left and player-led accountability

37:21 Around the country: Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia, Ole Miss

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