{"id":781319,"date":"2026-02-28T03:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781319\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T03:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:54:19","slug":"jeremiyah-love-takes-jab-at-miami-during-nfl-combine-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/781319\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiyah Love takes jab at Miami during NFL Combine interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notre Dame<\/a> and Miami<\/a> developed one of the most bitter rivalries in college football from 1970-90. The two programs faced off 19 times during that stretch. However, following 1990, the two teams didn\u2019t play against for 20 years and hadn\u2019t played in the eight years before they met last season.<\/p>\n

Evidently, it didn\u2019t take long for the two teams to reacquaint themselves with one another. At the NFL Scouting Combine on Friday, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love<\/a> took a jab at Miami after being asked what his favorite hurdle is from his collegiate career.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite hurdle, actually, was a flag. It was against Miami,\u201d Love said.<\/a> \u201cJust jumped over the guy, and you can tell I don\u2019t really like Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notre Dame and Miami faced off for their respective season-opener in 2025. It was a grueling battle, but the Hurricanes ultimately escaped with a 27-24 victory.<\/p>\n

In the loss, Jeremiyah Love only recorded 33 yards on 10 carries. He also notched four catches and 26 receiving yards. Love didn\u2019t score a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Though Love\u2019s disdain for the Hurricanes could be due to some trash talk that occurred on the field, it\u2019s more likely a result of the game\u2019s consequences. The Week 1 loss cost Notre Dame an at-large bid in the College Football Playoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was a stunning moment for the Fighting Irish, who went undefeated after losing their first two games of the season. In contrast, the Hurricanes lost two games later in the season against weaker opponents. <\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the CFP selection committee honored Miami\u2019s head-to-head win. Notre Dame opted not to compete in a bowl game. When asked about the committee\u2019s decision, Love didn\u2019t make excuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur season was the way it was,\u201d Love said<\/a> at the Heisman Trophy finalists ceremony. \u201cWe controlled our own destiny, and at the end of the day we left it up to the committee to decide whether we were going to be in the playoffs or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big believer in taking control of your own destiny, and the team is as itself. We understand if we took care of business throughout the whole season, there would\u2019ve been no doubt in the College Football Playoff. But we had the season that we had, that we\u2019re not by any means disappointed in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Love is embracing this philosophy as he steps into the next stage of his career. He is widely projected to the be the first running back selected in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Notre Dame and Miami developed one of the most bitter rivalries in college football from 1970-90. The two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,9391,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-781319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jeremiyah-love-23-christian-brothers-college","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116146240090461947","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}