“It’s funny, the fake punt, I was upset that we’re punting ... The Sugar Bowl matchup in The Big Easy is a College Football Playoff quarterfinal and for a spot in Miami to play the winner ...

So it was in the second half of Notre Dame vs Ohio State in the national championship game, when on fourth-and-2, from their own 33-yard line, the Fighting Irish attempted a fake punt down 28-7.

Given the circumstances, the entire football-watching world could tell that a fake punt was coming. ESPN announcer Chris Fowler was already talking about “trickery” right before the play began.