NBC Sports is giving Saturday's Miami-Notre Dame matchup the big-game treatment with one of the network's famous pregame teases.
Before the Hurricanes and Fighting Irish kick off from South Bend at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC, the network will give viewers a brief history of the recently renewed rivalry in the trademark style NBC Sports is known for. The opening tease begins with clips of Jimmy Johnson's and Lou Holtz's Miami and Notre Dame teams at the inception of what is now colloquially known as Catholics vs. Convicts before transitioning to the modern day, when a three-point Miami win in Week 1 of the 2025 season proved to be the difference between which team earned the final bid into the College Football Playoff just a year ago.
And to add to the stakes, NBC has tapped two heavyweights to narrate the package. Brent Musburger, who called the original Catholics vs. Convicts game for CBS in 1988, narrates the tease alongside Bob Costas, who has lent his voice to many of NBC's trademark opens throughout his time with the network.
NBC has leaned into its history of producing narrative-setting opens for big games of late, particularly since the NBA returned to its airwaves last year. Many ...