{"id":128519,"date":"2026-01-19T00:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128519\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:38:17","slug":"saturday-night-live-features-michael-irvin-spoof-ahead-of-miami-indiana-cfp-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128519\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 features Michael Irvin spoof ahead of Miami-Indiana CFP bout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cowboys legend Michael Irvin<\/a> has been a constant sideline presence throughout Miami\u2019s College Football Playoff run. \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d has taken notice.<\/p>\n

On Saturday night, Irvin \u201cjoined\u201d SNL\u2019s Weekend Update<\/a> to share a preview of Monday\u2019s national title game between Miami and Indiana.<\/a> Kam Patterson played the role of Irvin in the spoof.<\/p>\n

In the spoof, SNL focuses on Irvin\u2019s sideline celebrations in recent weeks. The Cowboys icon has appeared at Miami\u2019s CFP wins over Texas A&M<\/a>, Ohio State<\/a> and Ole Miss.<\/a> Before Irvin became one of the NFL\u2019s greatest wide receivers, he stood out as a playmaking weapon at Miami.<\/p>\n

Irvin suited up at the school from 1985-87, earning All-America honors while winning a national title in 1987.<\/p>\n

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According to the show, this version of Irvin was planning on running to Miami Gardens\u2019 Hard Rock Stadium for the championship bout. He should have plenty of time to make it there, as kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

Watch the Irvin spoof below:<\/p>\n

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowboys legend Michael Irvin has been a constant sideline presence throughout Miami\u2019s College Football Playoff run. \u201cSaturday Night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3688,1044,102,113,104,103,40700,80,154,2819],"class_list":["post-128519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-colleges","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-michael-irvin","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}