Indiana 10, Miami 0 (Halftime): Live Scores, Updates From College Football Playoff National Championship

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The College Football Playoff national championship participants each had a storybook run to the title game. The No. 1-ranked Indiana Hoosiers had one of the most stunning turnarounds in college football history, going from the losingest team to one game from their first football title led by Heisman-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza. The No. 10 Miami Hurricanes did not play in the ACC title game, were the last team into the playoff field and upset the defending national champions en route to competing for a championship on their home field. Now, the teams meet at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami for the national championship. Watch the game on ESPN. There are plenty of must-see matchups in what looks on paper to be a compelling game. Sports Illustrated writers Pat Forde and Bryan Fischer are in Miami and will provide live updates, scores and analysis throughout the game.
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Bryan Fischer is a staff writer at Sports Illustrated covering college sports. He joined the SI staff in October 2024 after spending nearly two decades at outlets such as FOX Sports, NBC Sports and CBS Sports. A member of the Football Writers Association of America's All-America Selection Committee and a Heisman Trophy voter, Fischer has received awards for investigative journalism from the Associated Press Sports Editors and FWAA. He has a bachelor's in communication from USC.
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Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the College Football Enquirer podcast and is a football analyst on the Big Ten Network. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.
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