Miami head coach Mario Cristobal and his coaching staff took the blame for the blunder that resulted in a 23-20 loss to Georgia Tech.
coach Mario Cristobal reiterated Monday that he takes full responsibility for the Hurricanes not taking a knee in the final seconds of their loss to, even as offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson revealed that he actually called the play in which the ball was fumbled away.and could have been in victory formation — taking a knee to essentially end the game — when a running play was called.
Cristobal said immediately after the game that he should have stepped in and called for a kneel-down and did not blame anyone else Monday — saying he takes"complete ownership." "You do it with honesty and transparency, go and fix all the things we can do better and realize the opportunity in front of us," Cristobal said."Football is very much like life. We owe it to ourselves and to our players, to our entire organization like we do our very own families to look each other right in the eye and demand the best, the absolute truth from each other so we can go forward.
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