Miami should have read Mario Cristobal's cover letter.
Some things never change w/ Mario pic.twitter.com/feFmRZYtgZ
— Austin (@deviousduck_) October 8, 2023
The Hurricanes lost in the most inexplicable way against Georgia Tech after head coach Cristobal failed to run victory formation on a third-and-10 with under 40 seconds remaining and Tech without a timeout.
Running back Donald Chaney Jr. fumbled the ball and the Yellow Jackets went 74 yards in 25 seconds to escape with a 23-20 win.
Miami lost this football game. Yes GT had no timeouts, that isnt a mistake. pic.twitter.com/WjG89rnlke
— Brett Nevitt (@brettpn) October 8, 2023
Miami could’ve taken a knee to win the game… instead they ran the ball and fumbled. Georgia Tech then scored a walk off touchdown. INSANITY pic.twitter.com/CWhpzFeMS2
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 8, 2023
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE U pic.twitter.com/3FGxDF1scy
— wow that was crazy (@CowardlyDoggo) October 8, 2023
During a similar sequence in 2018 as Oregon's head coach against Stanford, Cristobal made the same awful decision when he could have ended the game by taking a knee once Justin Herbert gained a first down after Stanford burned its timeouts.
Instead, running back C.J. Verdell fumbled and Stanford won in overtime.
Here’s what would have happened if Oregon kneeled.
— Patrick Netherton (@PTNetherton) September 23, 2018
1st down kneel at 1:41. Timeout. Let’s say 1:39.
2nd down kneel runs clock to :59
3rd down kneel runs clock to :19.
Punt runs clock to under :10 and Stanford has no timeouts to go length of field
That's an indefensible mistake to make once, let alone twice. A coach's job is to put his players in a position to succeed, and he failed at doing that in Week 6.
Miami should be 5-0 with pipe dreams of crashing the College Football Playoff. Instead, thanks to Cristobal, it's 4-1 and the biggest joke of the weekend.
After performing the same act twice, Cristobal's act is growing stale. Feel bad for the players, who were left wondering aloud "What the f--- are we doing?"
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 8, 2023
Miami football itself doesn't deserve any sympathy. Cristobal told us who he was years ago and it hired him anyway.
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