Needless to say, it's been a tense few days in the west since Man of the Match gate.
I must admit I hadn't known the MOTM award was taken quite so seriously, so it's been an eye-opener in that respect!
Either way, I would like to give full marks to my co-analyst Sean Cavanagh who showed all his punditry experience by throwing me under the bus so soon after the game.
We had - jointly, I might add - made the call with five minutes or so remaining, when Ciarain Murtagh and Damien Comer - both of whom had excellent games - had scored 1-03 apiece, with Murtagh getting 32 possessions and clipping on another three points from frees. We said we'd give the nod to the Roscommon man.
Of course, Comer then made a great block when it was still a one-score game and fisted the insurance point after working a clever one-two with Rob Finnerty.
I asked the producers if there was any chance we could change the call. They said no. Then we went live and Sean was straight in there with the claim "well, I was overruled anyway." The shrewd operator.
Suffice to say, I hadn't known people bought into the Man of the Match business as much as they did. I'll know for again.
Elsewhere, last weekend was a grim one for Meath football. The latest in a long line of grim ones. The fall from grace for a county with such a strong tradition is shocking, really.
None of this is to take anything away from Offaly, who've done the late Liam Kearns proud in the way they've conducted themselves and gone about their business.
But there has to be hard conversations in Meath, a serious review of where it is they're going.
It wasn't just the seniors either, the minors were well beaten. The under-20s were perceived as being strong and having a great chance of winning but they got turned over by four points by Dublin.
It's not as if they don't have decent players, Donal Keogan is top quality, Jordan Morris played in the inside forward line against Offaly. Cillian O'Sullivan is another guy we touted beforehand as a potential matchwinner.
Watching them of late, it feels like they're too individualised rather than playing with a proper structure.
The writing was on the wall early, this year. While they did win their first two league games - crucially because they'd have been relegated otherwise - and all the talk was about them going after goals, but if you looked at the scorelines, there were alarm bells ringing in how much they were conceding. Beating teams 4-08 to 0-16 - as they did against Clare - is not really sustainable long-term.
You sensed it would only take one or two teams to figure them out and once that happened, Meath haven't recovered.
It's been the same story for most of the past 10 years. Even at club level, they never seem to challenge in Leinster either. So, they need to sort out their production line. It's tough for Colm O'Rourke coming into that environment, when he has no magic wand to wave about.
They did reach the Super 8s under Andy McEntee in 2019, to be fair. We played them that year in Croker.
They were well in the game up to 50 minutes. We were very poor that day but were still able to up the gears and run out easy winners. Nine points was the margin in the end, which was probably a harsh scoreline.
In truth, they weren't a team we were massively worried about. We had come off a sobering loss to Kerry in Killarney and the Meath game was nearly seen as a pick-me-up. It was a case of getting the job done without having to go too hard at it - that's no disrespect to them, but just a reflection of where they were at - then and now really.
Similar to Kildare beside them, they're not maximising the ample resources they have given the size of their population.
You'd wonder if they're part of the same malaise that's set in in Leinster. Has the dominance of Dublin pushed the likes of Meath and Kildare into a no-man's land where they've accepted that winning the province is impossible?
We nearly have a full sense of how the All-Ireland group phase will look now - Mayo, Roscommon, Tyrone and the losers of Monaghan-Derry in Pot 3. Donegal and Westmeath sure to be in Pot 4. The big games in Ulster this weekend will tell a tale.
I expect the Derry-Monaghan semi-final to be a tight, feisty affair. As distinct from the free-flowing game we witnessed in Omagh.
Wary as I am about tipping against Monaghan again - Vinny Corey and co have delighted in upsetting the tipsters so far - I reckon Derry will get the job done on Saturday.
People had given Fermanagh an outside chance, based on their strong league showing, but Derry squashed those hopes within 20 minutes. In the main, it was a very polished and professional performance.
The one worry to emerge with Derry is that, while we associate them with a very defensive mindset and formation, they've begun to leak goals of late. They were lucky to only concede four in the Division 2 final, then Ché Cullen managed to get two goals against them, a converted full-back.
I'd love if Monaghan went all out early, to see how Derry might react if they went behind or whether they'd be able to adapt their game. Nonetheless, I'd fancy Rory Gallagher's boys to get home by four or five points and reach a second Ulster final in a row.
The Cavan-Armagh game was a funny one. While Armagh won fairly well, the stats indicated that Cavan had more shots and more possession overall. Admittedly, a good deal of the former were pot-shots attempted very late on.
Conor Turbitt has become the find of the Ulster championship, racking up 0-15 in two games. He's gelling well with Andrew Murnin, they've added a great dynamism to the Armagh attack, which had underwhelmed during the league.
They looked like they've found their mojo back. They'll get tested in Clones on Sunday but I'd expect them to progress, albeit not without a struggle.
Down seem to have got their house in order under Conor Laverty. They were by far the better team against Donegal and should have won by more, in truth.
The club-county divide between Kilcoo and the rest, which was such a source of tension last year, has seemingly been sorted. They look happier as a squad.
It's great to see Conor - a player I played against regularly over the years and who's still playing good stuff with Kilcoo - do the business with the senior squad. Down had slid down the rankings but they appear to be on upward curve.
They'll go into Sunday's game with great confidence and they have a strong incentive, needing to reach an Ulster final to break into the Sam Maguire race.
Sadly, the less said about Donegal, the better. They would be as well to write this season off at this stage. I don't see any hope for them this year. Just get through it, get back to basics and re-group next year.
