Miami's disputed catch brings opposing verdicts on CBS Sports
An emphatic touchdown argument draws a busy comment section, while Gene Steratore backs the officials in a separate clip.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 364,729 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (10,982).
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Notre Dame won. But a CBS Sports College Football commentator who had picked the Irish insists Miami had a touchdown taken away, and that the matchup should still have been going.
"Absolutely a touchdown. The most terrible call," he says as the Short opens. NBC replay footage shows Miami's receiver getting his feet down near the boundary before the ball comes loose. The commentator's argument rests on possession: "He got two feet in, he clearly has control of the ball..."
That certainty is precisely what many viewers question. The comments focus on whether the receiver ever secured the ball and completed the catch, rather than simply whether his feet landed in bounds. Several readers pose a useful comparison: would the same play in the middle of the field be an incomplete pass rather than a fumble?
The clip reached roughly 347,000 views in 21 hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening for a Short. Its comment section was also dozens of times busier than a typical first day.
CBS's coverage offers a different verdict, too. In a separate, fast-starting Short, rules analyst Gene Steratore says the officials correctly ruled the Miami pass incomplete. The channel has put both the emphatic objection and the rules analyst's opposing conclusion in front of viewers.
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What viewers say
You gotta complete the catch!
@veedub8045See it on YouTubeIf this same play happens in the middle of the field it’s gonna be ruled incomplete not a fumble. It’s an incomplete pass
@ClipperJonesJrSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- CBS Sports College Football
- Subscribers
- 566,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 5,159,461
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,108,676 (on a normal day: 757,255)
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 346,754 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 364,729
The numbers
The disputed-catch Short drew an unusually large audience, with comments rising even more sharply than views against the channel's usual first day.
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