Updated Jan. 18, 2026, 10:36 a.m. ET
Michael Irvin’s limitless energy received the Saturday Night Live treatment this weekend, with the comedy sketch show parodying the Pro Football Hall of Famer for the way he’s been supporting his alma mater on its way the College Football Playoff national championship game.
A University of Miami legend, Irvin has been on the sidelines of Miami games during the team’s CFP run, almost serving as a living mascot with the way he’s played to the crowd, cheered on players and celebrated wins, even pulling the belt out his pants to demonstrate the way the Hurricanes have been whooping butt. Always a big personality, of course SNL spoofed him.
“My resting heart rate is a perfect score: 16,000,” Kam Patterson said in his imitation of Irvin in a Weekend Update sketch with Michael Che. Nailed it.
Miami takes on Indiana in the national championship Monday. That’s the next time we’ll see the real Irvin cheering on his Hurricanes.