Mario Cristobal Had Saddest Message After Miami Lost National Title Game

As Indiana closed retired a 27–21 victory to travel retired of nan College Football Playoff nationalist title crippled successful triumph, Miami walked disconnected nan section successful devastation.

Returning to nan nationalist title crippled for nan first clip successful astir a 4th period and playing astatine their location stadium, Miami put up a beardown conflict against nan undefeated Hoosiers. Despite falling down 10–0 successful nan first half, they fought back, countering astir each of Indiana’s scores successful nan 2nd half. The Hurricanes had nan chance to snatch nan triumph pinch a game-winning thrust successful nan last 2 minutes, but backmost Carson Beck ended up throwing a game-ending interception that sealed Indiana’s first ever nationalist championship.

Miami coach Mario Cristobal took nan blasted for nan loss, echoing nan heartbreak of his programme arsenic he said to ESPN’s Molly McGrath postgame.

“That’s a really resilient, tough, typical group of quality beings. They’ve been elite competitors, they’ve been nan champion point that’s happened to nan University of Miami and nan organization successful 25 years,” Cristobal said. “I emotion them, they emotion each other. They turned astir a program, I mean I’m really astatine a nonaccomplishment for words. Let’s conscionable opportunity that it’s very real. We fto 1 gaffe away.”

Cristobal continued, “Credit to Indiana, awesome shot team. Really a tremendous magnitude of respect for them. Our guys ne'er stopped battling, resiliency was awesome for illustration always. At nan extremity we had a turnover. Gave ourselves a chance to triumph each nan measurement to nan extremity and we didn’t get it done. For those coming back, tremendous instauration and elevation of standards person been set. These guys, nary matter wherever they go, nary matter what they do, america coaches and players are a Cane for life, it’s a brotherhood that lasts forever, this is simply a really difficult time.”

After narrowly getting selected into nan CFP, nan Hurricanes showed they were much than deserving of their spot successful nan tourney complete their tally to nan nationalist championship. They were incapable to adjacent retired their tally pinch a title win, and alternatively will spot their play extremity successful heartbreak.

“You want your sons to beryllium for illustration those guys,” Cristobal said of his players. “Unbelievably hard-working, awesome group that do correct by others. I dislike it for them. I wish I could’ve done more. I do deliberation they are a deserving group. In football, merit has thing to do pinch it. ... Those guys successful there, they’re morganatic champions. We didn’t get it done tonight, we’re not nan nationalist champions. Those guys are champions.”

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