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Miami and Indiana will play in the College Football Playoff National Championship in just a few hours but a large number of fans who purchased tickets are still uncertain how they are going to get into the game. Resale entities like StubHub are putting the Hoosiers and Hurricanes in a sticky situation. They do not possess item they purchased! This issue does not only apply to the national title game or college football. The ticketing system is broken and there is no hope for change. Ticket prices for the national championship are still outrageous. One of the biggest talking points about the national title game has been the cost to attend. Ticket prices hovered well above $1,500 per seat even before the matchup was set after the semifinal. And then Miami beat Ole Miss. It is a literal home game for the Hurricanes, which put the Hoosiers at a severe disadvantage in terms of cost. Indiana fans (yes, I know it is the largest alumni base in the country) are forced to pay for travel on top of their game tickets. Plus, they had one less day to buy their tickets after their team officially won because of the Playoff calendar. That may not seem like a big deal but it is. Miami fans were able to buy their tickets as early as late Thursday night, knowing they did not have to figure out any travel plans. Their opponents could not book anything (without the risk of losing and having to cancel the entire trip) until late Friday night. There will still be a lot of red at Hard Rock Stadium but the takeover at the Peach Bowl will not be replicated at the national championship. And it will cost a fortune to be there. As of this writing, the current get-in price for one single ticket hovers around $3,200. That number might drop even further closer to kickoff but the last-minute scramble by those who chose to wait could also cause a price increase. We’ll see. Either way, it ain’t cheap. Indiana and Miami fans don’t know how they’re getting into the game or where they are going to park. Many college football fans who did already purchase a ticket are just as much caught in limbo as those who did not. There are a few different scenarios that continue to play out. The first scenario is what happened to Matt Shaff. His order, which was placed more than 48 hours ago, was not fulfilled so he no longer has tickets despite already being in Miami. https://twitter.com/shaffnahalf/status/2013217551069671506?s=20 The second scenario also includes parking passes. Parking at Hard Rock Stadium opened at 11:00 a.m. However, because the game does not kickoff until 7:30, the sellers have until 5:30 p.m. to fulfill the order. That leaves a large amount of eager tailgaters who tried to get to the stadium early without a way to get in. They don’t have access to the parking pass they purchased in advance. Same thing for tickets. The game does not kickoff until 7:30 so the seller does not have to transfer the tickets until 5:30. That is an uneasy feeling. What if the same thing happens to them that happened to Matt, and those people are left without a ticket with only two hours until kickoff. The third scenario applies only to parking. The parking passes are not verified as legit so people who thought they were going to the tailgate are forced to park outside of the stadium. Bought an orange lot off stubhub and received an offsite $9.90 ParkWhiz pass just now. What a joke @StubHub is. They need to find a way to verify sellers and kick out the jokers that try to scam people off— Mike Noble (@fsuisdbest) January 19, 2026 StubHub is getting crushed and for good reason. Something needs to change. (I can’t imagine this only applies to StubHub and not other resellers but StubHub is the primary culprit today.) And here’s the thing. StubHub no longer rectifies bad experiences. It cancels the sale, charges the seller 200% and refunds the purchaser. From what I understand, StubHub then gets to pocket the penalty paid by the seller. Resale entities simply do not care about the…

Pokémon toys eevee and vaporeon A new Pokémon card shop in one of the swankier parts of Manhattan was robbed at gunpoint last week with shoppers being held at gunpoint. The thieves made off with at least $110,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards. The shop which was robbed, Poké Court, is on W. 13th St. between 9th Ave and Washington St. in the Meatpacking District, just a stone’s throw from The Gansevoort, The Standard High Line, and the Whitney Museum. Pokémon Shop In New York City Robbed At Gunpoint Pokemon eeveelutions Prismatic Evolutions Japanese Terestral festival For those who aren’t too familiar with the geography of Manhattan, this is a tourist-heavy location with swanky hotels, art galleries, an elevated walking public park, shopping, and plenty of bars and restaurants. The streets are always busy and the Meat Packing District typically attracts a wealthier demographic than average. None of that deterred the armed robbers from bursting into The Poké Court and holding up customers at gunpoint as they smashed cases and grabbed all of the rarest cards they could find. Among the items taken in the armed robbery were a 1st Edition Charizard valued at around $15,000. This robbery also comes on the heels of another Pokémon-related robbery on the other side of the country, in California, where burglars made off with over $300,000 in rare Pokémon TCG cards. Security camera footage from inside The Poké Court shows the robbers pointing guns at terrified customers who where there simply to play the game and/or rip new packs of Pokémon cards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafFP46j3fc According to a report in the NYTimes, after the armed robbery there were NYPD officers stationed outside of the shop in the following days. This is typically a heavily monitored part of Manhattan to begin with and for this to happen at 6:45 PM on a Wednesday evening is surreal. On Instagram, The Poké Court issued a statement following the armed robbery. They thanked everyone for the support they had received in the days following the incident. https://www.instagram.com/p/DTlCmGukTji/ At this point, no arrests have been made. This article will be updated with further information as it becomes available in the future. The post Manhattan Pokémon Shoppers Held At Gunpoint As Robbers Make Off With $110K Worth Of Rare Cards (Video) appeared first on BroBible.

Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza has not been shy about speaking about his faith during his college football championship run. After winning the Heisman, Mendoza stunned local priests when he brought the trophy to the St. Paul Center at Indiana University, which specializes in Catholic biblical research. “On Christmas Eve, he reached out and said, ‘Do you mind if I could bring the trophy by? Would it be something you guys would like in the next hour?’ So it was so quiet—there is nothing going on—and he came over. We walked out, and there in an Amazon box was the Heisman Trophy. And it was just so surreal because it was normal sharing the joy and glory of an accomplishment of one of our people, but then also being able to hold the Heisman Trophy—I mean, whoa.” “We walked out and there, in an Amazon box, there was the Heisman Trophy” The special gesture from @IndianaFootball QB Fernando Mendoza on Christmas Eve. The story coming up on @WISHNews8 pic.twitter.com/zdmEmUURZX — Andrew Chernoff – WISH-TV (@ADChernoff) December 30, 2025 During his media day press conference, Mendoza explained his decision to bring the Heisman to local Catholic priests after winning the award. “They’ve always provided mass. I’m a Catholic. I’m a Catholic man, and they’ve done so much to help me, whether it’s confession or just being able to talk or mass every Sunday. I really gave a lot that I have accomplished in this season and my life to the Lord. I really give thanks to God. For example, the Heisman, first thing I said in my Heisman speech is give all glory to God. Thank you so much to God. I would say my family is a very Catholic family and to have them as role models and see how they always circle back to their faith and how much God and Jesus has done in their lives and mine, especially this season.” “I am a Catholic. I am a Catholic man.” — Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza on why he took his trophy to the priests at the St. Paul Center at his university pic.twitter.com/TEHd9YDDIa — Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) January 19, 2026 College football fans praised Mendoza for openly talking about his faith with the media. As a fellow Catholic, it’s hard not to root for Mendoza. Even if he beat my Buckeyes. https://t.co/eu4xxdQJkS — Nick (@NMaze24) January 19, 2026 The post Fernando Mendoza Explains Why He Took Heisman Trophy To Priests At Indiana University appeared first on BroBible.

Audi Crooks Iowa State Iowa State center Audi Crooks is one of the most dominant forces in women’s college basketball today. Crooks, a junior, leads the nation in scoring with 26.9 points per game to go along with 7.6 rebounds per contest. Crooks stands at 6-foot-3-inches tall and is significantly heavier than the overwhelming majority of both college and pro women’s basketball players. Her size makes her nearly impossible to defend for most teams if she catches the ball in the post. But it’s also drawn criticism from haters and trolls in the pass. “I think it was hard until I recognized the reality – people can hate but they can’t take away what I just did,” she told On3 about the critiques of her physique. “There might be 100 comments about my body or about how I look. But then there are 1,000 about my skill set, about my character, about how I smile and about how I treat other people. “So it’s just like I said, no matter what you do, no matter who you are, if you’re doing something worth doing, then somebody’s going to hate on you. It’s just recognizing that and trying to take the bad with the good – and the good clearly outweighs the bad.” But there are some valid sporting criticisms of Crooks as well. Audi Crooks’ Size And Lack Of Defense Is Killing Her Iowa State Team While Crooks’ size is a massive advantage on the offensive end of the court, it’s a glaring weakness on the defensive end. She struggles to move laterally and is often fatigued in games that are played as a high-pace. Those issues have become abundantly clear in recent weeks, as Iowa State has dropped five straight games after beginning the season 14-0. Cyclones’ opponents are averaging 76 points per game over that span, and 63.8 points per game over the course of the season, which ranks 177th in the country. And they’re attacking Crooks at every opportunity. LMFAOO look at this close out on the shooter by Audi Crooks She ALMOST blocked it pic.twitter.com/qloKLTI0Sk — Hater Report (@HaterReport_) January 5, 2026 In its most recent loss to Texas Tech, the Cyclones allowed 86 points, their second-worst total of the season, and Crooks scored just 15 points on 6-of-14 shooting. As long as she remains wildly efficient on the offensive end, Crooks can still be an extremely useful college basketball player. But when her offense isn’t on, she’s borderline unplayable for coach Bill Fennelly. Beyond that, her lack of mobility makes any sort of WNBA career virtually impossible. Crooks just turned 21, and she still has time to improve on defense. But she has a long way to go before even reaching a passable level at that end of the floor. The post Women’s College Basketball Teams Are Beginning To Expose Iowa State Star Audi Crooks’ Biggest Weakness appeared first on BroBible.