Dave Hyde: Give Indiana the glass slipper; Miami wants the crown

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• But Cinderella also is an overbearing, 7 1/2-point favorite to win this game. That’s the second-largest spread in the 12-year history of the College Football Playoff championship.
• It’s more than a touchdown.
• It’s the kind of spread that says Vegas expects Indiana to win in a borderline rout, and so should you if you want to cash in. Can the glass slipper really fit Goliath?Because the only thing crazier than the cheapest ticket to the game being $3,708.90 on Ticketmaster as of Sunday afternoon is this notion that the Hurricanes don’t have every right to feel just as warm and fuzzy about their season, too. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDid anyone expect Miami to reach this night?Anyone at all?Miami is doing this with: quarterback Carson Beck, who Georgia dumped after a debilitating elbow injury last season; a freshman sensation in Malachi Toney, who was 17 at season’s start; and with a star edge rusher in Rueben Bain Jr., who keeps being told his arms by are too short.“This again?” he said Saturday when his arms were mentioned. Texas A&M said it before Miami’s playoff win.
• Ohio State repeated it before Miami’s playoff win.
• And now here it is a topic of media conversation before Monday so …“I was told I was too light my whole career,” said Jason Taylor, Bain’s defensive line coach and Miami Dolphins Hall of Famer.