Miami’s entrance into the CFP triggered one of the loudest reactions of the season. The Hurricanes jumped Notre Dame for the final CFP spot despite sharing the same 10-2 record and spending three consecutive weeks below the Irish in the rankings. The committee leaned on Week 1 data and used the head-to-head result as its anchor to push Miami into the playoff. That judgment stunned many, and they delivered their objections directly to HC Mario Cristobal’s screen.

“All together, this is embarrassing to say, I have 9,834. That’s all together,” Mario Cristobal told ACC Huddle on December 7. “So that’s why nobody in my family likes me. But today, yeah, it’s high. It’s reaching four figures.”

This was his response when he was asked for the number of unread messages waiting for him, r

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