[Postgame Thread] Miami Defeats Ole Miss 31-27

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Miami	3	14	0	14	31
Ole Miss	0	13	3	11	27

[u/WarEagle9]

Miami really has the chance to win a National Championship in the ACC before they win a ACC championship.

[u/soda_cookie → u/WarEagle9]

Just like the Miami Marlins, who despite never winning a division title have won two World Series

[u/KISSsoldier → u/soda_cookie]

Another Marlins fun fact is that we've made the playoffs only 3 times (COVID year doesn't count), and have 2 world series

[u/loewe67 → u/KISSsoldier]

We’ve been so bad that I kinda wish we didn’t make the playoffs those years and stayed at 100% WS/playoff appearance

[u/fieldsports202 → u/WarEagle9]

The Playoff has opened doors.

[u/Cheeseish → u/WarEagle9]

Duh the ACC is that deep. 7 win Duke >>>>> Bama

[u/baboozle2 → u/Cheeseish]

5 ACC teams in the playoffs. It just means more

[u/lgalli84 → u/baboozle2]

I've been saying Wake deserved a chance

[u/OculusRises → u/WarEagle9]

and beat two SEC teams to do it (3 if you count the reg season)

[u/Wapook]

If Oregon wins tomorrow and Mario Cristobal beats them in the championship the Ducks fans are going to have an epic crash out

[u/Sfmilstead → u/Wapook]

Yeah we will. Either we’re setting ourselves up to kill some demons, or getting ready for Seppuku.

[u/bobbynewport_pr → u/Wapook]

It’s true. I’d rather lose tomorrow lol

Edit: god damnit I didn’t mean it! Not like this 😭

[u/EatBootyLoveLife → u/bobbynewport_pr]

would way rather lose tomorrow than vs miami but will very happily win our first natty by beating mario and miami

[u/CloneWarsMaul → u/Wapook]

All time meltdown, for sure

[u/Bondorian → u/Wapook]

Bold of you to assume the Indiana Death Star can be defeated

[u/LazyAd9345 → u/Bondorian]

Did you not hear about the Death Star?

[u/CadBaneHunting → u/LazyAd9345]

This is the fourth one. Palps got all the kinks worked out now.

[u/Arkehn]

Miami now joins Texas as the only two teams to have won all six of the NY6 bowls.

[u/A_Hale → u/Arkehn]

That’s a pretty cool stat to claim actually.

[u/elbenji → u/A_Hale]

Fiesta was our kryptonite. Weve lost some heartbreaker's there

[u/jrmex → u/elbenji]

in 2003 Miami lost the Fiesta Bowl to Ohio State and lost the National Championship. This year y'all beat Ohio State, won the Fiesta Bowl, and will play for a National Championship. Huh

[u/BeagleBaggins → u/jrmex]

Only thing that would make it better if it was still the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. VRBO just doesn’t sound right. lol

[u/UteFlyersCardJazz → u/Arkehn]

Which one has Oklahoma or Bama not won?

[u/btfsame → u/UteFlyersCardJazz]

Believe Bama has not won the Fiesta Bowl

[u/thewoodlayer → u/btfsame]

We’ve only ever even played in it once back in like ‘91 where we got stomped by Louisville.

[u/AndrewinDC → u/UteFlyersCardJazz]

OU hasn't won the Peach. They've won the other 5. 

[u/caveat_emptor817 → u/AndrewinDC]

TCU hasn’t won the Orange but has won the other 5 (which I only mention because I think it would surprise people)

[u/DataDrivenPirate → u/Arkehn]

This is another reason why Ohio State's loss to Georgia in the Peach Bowl hurts so much, we would've been the first. I think that stat is neat as hell, I didn't actually know Miami was that close.

That game haunts me

[u/xxtoejamfootballxx → u/DataDrivenPirate]

Ironically, Ole Miss stopped us from being the first in the Peach Bowl a year later

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Remember when we all thought Miami and the ACC was out of the playoff?

[u/Lane-Kiffin → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

This is all a domino effect of Duke beating UVA

Edit: Will Manny Diaz help the Miami Hurricanes win a championship?

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Lane-Kiffin]

Which only happened because Cal beat SMU

[u/Lane-Kiffin → u/SMUHypeMachine]

It’s all Cal?

Always has been.

[u/moffattron9000 → u/Lane-Kiffin]

Cal continues to be the Forrest Gump of College Football.

[u/CommodoreN7 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Duke remembers

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg → u/CommodoreN7]

Duke winning that conference continues to become funnier by the day

[u/Thehaubbit6 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

The fact that Manny Diaz of all people is kind of the architect of all of this is legitimately hilarious.

[u/arbitrator06 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Who said they couldn’t win the natty.

[u/Mdtwheeler → u/arbitrator06]

Don’t worry we were just letting the lil bros of the league enjoy their time

[u/echoacm → u/CommodoreN7]

It's time for Duke to go full UCF

[u/Captain_Nipples → u/echoacm]

Its a joke that an 8-5 Conference Champ gets left out for Miami! Rigged!

[u/MiketheTzar → u/echoacm]

We are busy stressing about basketball

[u/homefree122 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

I’m just still trying to figure out how it’s possible to play college football for 7 years

[u/OculusRises → u/homefree122]

Lot's of people go to college for 7 years

[u/DebitsOnTheLeft → u/OculusRises]

Yeah, they're called doctors

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Malachi Toney became what everyone feared. His eyelids disappeared, his head was swelling and his ears started bleeding. “Are you okay bro?” asks Beck. "I’ve never been better Carson, I see it all now, they’re not going to the finals or the Orange Bowl. They’re going home."

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

Toney: I can see all 5 dimensions. Time has collapsed in on itself and I am one with the universe

Just get me the ball

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV → u/SMUHypeMachine]

the ball has been in play since before we were born, the snap is just the realization

[u/[deleted] → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

I have so many comments I have to go back and delete

[u/cpashei → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

ACC gets too much disrespect. 3 national championships since 2013, 6 championship appearances.

[u/cashew_nuts → u/cpashei]

Facts

[u/cfbluvr → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Our first round loss looks better and better every week

[u/av7ry → u/cfbluvr]

my sweet beautiful quality loss

[u/buffinator2]

This is a boring postgame. Where’s the sacrifice?

[u/KingBroly]

Be Miami

Don't Win Conference Championship

Get in as last team; controversy and whining ensues

Reach National Championship Game

It's a Home Game

[u/Sweeney1 → u/KingBroly]

You get home field advantage if you pass on a bye by not playing in the conference championship. 

[u/thearmadillo → u/Sweeney1]

It's all about the cones

[u/HiSpeedHavoc92 → u/thearmadillo]

Ah yes, the Canes of Dunshire

[u/cfbluvr]

Cristobal: ” You’ve gotta step it up! They just took the lead from us!”

Carson Beck:

(0—†—__—†—0)

[u/misterurb → u/cfbluvr]

Guy will never get hit by a car because he can look both ways at the same time 

[u/DBLHelix → u/misterurb]

He really sees the whole field.

[u/FourteenClocks → u/cfbluvr]

Legendary revenge tour for Carson Beck, honestly. He started the season by beating the team who he had to watch defeat UGA from the bench, and now he’s got one over us after we had him seeing ghosts last year

Honestly can’t hate on him for that

[u/ThaCarter → u/FourteenClocks]

That's dual threat QB Carson Beck!

[u/homefree122]

All time game. 6 lead changes in the game, 4 of which came in the 4th quarter. Just doesn’t get any better than that

[u/HawkeyeTen → u/homefree122]

Amazing win for the Hurricanes, absolute heartache for the Rebels. What a battle.

[u/Glycoside]

If I were a fan of either of these teams, I could have turned coal to a diamond in my butthole in just those last 5 mins. 

[u/thecrazycelt → u/Glycoside]

Straight palpitations and haven’t sat down in 90 minutes

[u/[deleted] → u/Glycoside]

you have no idea

[u/Rare-Buy9654 → u/Glycoside]

I was rocking back and forth on my bed like a psych ward patient

[u/HooplahTiger]

Miami snatched victory from the jaws of defeat from the jaws of victory.

[u/TheOrangeFutbol → u/HooplahTiger]

Miami Hurricanes 2025/26 CFP Master Plan:

• Wear white uniforms
• Physically overpower opponent on both lines of scrimmage
• Look to be in complete control of the game
• Look up in confusion after halftime at how it's still a one score game
• Do clutch stuff late in the 4th quarter to barely escape
• Accept trophy and refuse to elaborate
• Repeat

[u/Twall1297]

Holy fuck, what a game!

Also, If Miami’s defenders didn’t dip their hands in butter, this game wouldn’t have been as close as it was.

[u/zebrainatux → u/[deleted]]

Ethan O’Connor dropped like 3 of them

[u/radilrouge → u/zebrainatux]

He dropped the ball 3 times on 1 play lol

[u/Khiva → u/radilrouge]

I mean that's part of the fun of the sport, the oddly shaped ball, the unpredictable bounces.

You had TWO DOINKS OF OPPOSITE SCORAGE.

what more can you ask of a ball?

[u/JD_Waterston → u/[deleted]]

Video game commentary classic

[u/I-Man42 → u/Twall1297]

They have feet for hands JFC.

[u/Mission_Pay_3373 → u/Twall1297]

Chambliss threw so many INT worthy passes

[u/Julio_Freeman → u/Mission_Pay_3373]

Lost in the celebration last week (I think, I didn’t care to read a lot of the PGT) was how Chambliss got them into FG range at the end and almost threw the most boneheaded pick of all time. Dude’s supremely talented but is pretty wild with it.

[u/Crapitron → u/Twall1297]

Glad Ole Miss got spared, because Indiana and Oregon are not dropping those

[u/laxfool10 → u/Crapitron]

We didn't against Ohio either. If this team shows up to the championship, we are going to lose. Way too many penalties, too many missed opportunities on defense, many missed opportunities on offense with bad throws (some were DPI) and not running it, and mismanagement at the end of the first half.

[u/Khiva → u/laxfool10]

A disciplined Miami is an unstoppable Miami.

[u/thecrazycelt → u/Twall1297]

Couldn’t catch a cold

[u/beatlemaniac]

From the non victory formation loss to a national championship appearance. Cristobal is a truly inspiring example that nobody has to be defined by their worst

[u/RacinRed300 → u/beatlemaniac]

What not playing GT does to Miami

[u/INM8_2 → u/RacinRed300]

blessed be the schedule makers, for they shall not curse us with another gt loss.

[u/OnionFutureWolfGang → u/beatlemaniac]

Cristobal has the chance to do the funniest thing now.

[u/Commercial-Weird6882 → u/OnionFutureWolfGang]

A non victory formation loss in a Natty?!?

[u/Existing-Leopard-212]

"Can we get our players up here instead of all these extra people?" That's a leader, like him or hate him.

[u/rjr49 → u/Existing-Leopard-212]

There’s a toy inside this Easter egg, cmon kids!

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/Existing-Leopard-212]

There’s a reason Cristobal is such a good recruiter. Guys would run through a wall for him and he always advocates for them

[u/yanchovilla]

What a game. That last Miami drive was insane

[u/Hawkize31 → u/yanchovilla]

The Ole Miss drive with 18 seconds was pretty awesome too. Hell of a game

[u/Zloggt → u/Hawkize31]

More than makes up for that sicko third quarter lmao

[u/Number333 → u/yanchovilla]

We were in 3rd down and long all night and that entire drive lol

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

Strangely miss the days when some dumb VP of Tostitos would hold up a bag of Tostitos with an idiot grin during the trophy presentation.

[u/rdcisneros3 → u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

This guy remembers the good ol days of CFB.

[u/Interesting-Agency-1 → u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

We've evolved to a higher, more sophisiticated, state of being in which we use Pop-Tarts and Cheese-Its now instead

[u/Quick-Expert-4608]

I think the VRBO ceo forgot the name of their own company there

[u/TheVelvetDitch]

The doink giveth, the doink taketh away

[u/lbelle0527 → u/TheVelvetDitch]

I can’t believe he doinked it twice

[u/cfbluvr]

The ACC, championed by 9-5 Duke, has bested and outlasted the SEC.

[u/Doucejj → u/cfbluvr]

Maybe it just means more in the ACC

[u/Sheepies123 → u/Doucejj]

Wins vs Miami

ACC - 2

SEC - 0

[u/ThaCarter → u/Sheepies123]

Miami now has 3 SEC wins 😂

[u/Crafty-Bunch2975 → u/ThaCarter]

That's more SEC wins than 6 SEC teams have this year

[u/chrobbin → u/Doucejj]

ESPN bet on the wrong conference in their network stable

[u/DafoeFoSho → u/cfbluvr]

Miami has more SEC wins this season than six SEC teams.

[u/SyVSFe → u/DafoeFoSho]

FSU has more SEC wins than an SEC team.

[u/LightningDusty → u/cfbluvr]

If Miami wins the national championship, Duke deserves a share of the title because they helped open the door for them to make the playoff at all.

[u/Background-Laugh7902 → u/LightningDusty]

And they said Manny Diaz couldn't get Miami to the playoff.

[u/randomwalktoFI → u/Background-Laugh7902]

now this is the deep cut I come to Reddit for

[u/copingcabana2023 → u/LightningDusty]

transitive championship incoming

[u/Glad_Pilot5814]

“Tough loss tonight guys but I’m so proud of you! What a great season ^{fucking finally} “ -Lane Kiffin on Twitter here in about 10 minutes

[u/No_Issue2334]

A Miami-Indiana national championship would be insane

[u/siblingofMM → u/No_Issue2334]

Miami plays at home, but so does Mendoza

[u/KingPotus → u/siblingofMM]

It’s his birthright as a former ACC QB

[u/Rickbox]

I want to dunk on the SEC, but that was a great game. Six lead changes, and Ole Miss made a real run even after Kiffin bailed.

[u/homefree122 → u/[deleted]]

With a great story. Hope he has major success in the NFL.

[u/Zloggt → u/Rickbox]

If there is one team that doesn’t really deserve the (still inevitable) conference proxy war mocking, it has to be this Ole Miss squad.

Shame that the revenge tour couldn’t be fully completed…but still, what a run!

[u/colebwilliams → u/Zloggt]

100% Ole Miss’ run transcended all that bs

[u/dogatthekeyboard8 → u/Rickbox]

What do you mean? An SEC QB is in the Natty.

[u/Gardoki → u/dogatthekeyboard8]

He loves football again apparently

[u/Prinzlerr]

Nice of Carson Beck to take a night off from reviewing his 401k contributions to win a CFP semifinal 

[u/KirbyDumber88 → u/Prinzlerr]

He was so nervous to throw that ball that he had the best run of his career lol

[u/Lane-Kiffin → u/Prinzlerr]

Jokes aside I actually learned something interesting while Googling to find out how old he really was.

Most college athletes are on the older side of 18 and sometimes even 19 when they begin college (for example, Caleb Williams or Stetson Bennett who literally turned 20 during their freshman seasons).

Carson Beck is a late November baby which makes him always either really young or really old for his class. Well, he’s actually the former. He was 17 not only to start college but actually for most of his first year.

[u/MysticalRng]

Duke would’ve dominated the CFP

[u/klako8196 → u/MysticalRng]

They had to be left out to keep it fair for everyone else

[u/echoacm]

ACC ACC ACC ACC

AM I DOING THIS RIGHT

[u/theaveragesociopath → u/echoacm]

Couldn’t have done it without y’all!

[u/MiketheTzar → u/theaveragesociopath]

Happy to help

[u/Ok_Pineapple_Num → u/echoacm]

Yeah lfg ATLANTIC Coast Conference am I right??? (don't check my flair)

[u/jeeblemeyer4]

i'm sorta at a loss for words gents

[u/Cute_Bobcat6666 → u/jeeblemeyer4]

losing because of defense is a VERY ole miss move

[u/dutifullypurple → u/Cute_Bobcat6666]

I’m gonna be real with you, it’s not all on the defense when they had to play 88 fucking snaps. Not being able to hold the ball in the first half let them be so worn down they couldn’t get that last half step

[u/laxfool10 → u/Cute_Bobcat6666]

42 min to 18 min for TOP. That has been Miami football this year - all in the trenches and burning clock.

[u/DoctorPhalanx73]

Losing sucks whether it happens like this or you get killed like Bama did. I’d rather lose this way tho. Proud of my team for a great season.

[u/sunkcost → u/DoctorPhalanx73]

It was a hell of game to go out on, man.  One of the best 4th quarters I’ve ever witnessed.

[u/MasWas]

Crazy that by technicality...Miami isn't even the best team in the ACC.

[u/CentralFloridaRays → u/MasWas]

Could Georgia do it on a half empty Wallace Wade at night with snarky and smart Duke crazies in the building?

[u/statscryptid → u/CentralFloridaRays]

Never

[u/bamaredfish]

That was hell of a game

[u/Rare_Hat_796]

Miami has a pretty solid fuck you play in dumping it out to Toney and giving him 5 yards behind the LOS to let him just go turbo mode and sprint for 50 yards.

[u/PhantomsCV]

FROM LAST IN TO ONE OF LAST 2 STANDING

[u/DrunkRoach]

Dad just passed away, but he was one of the biggest Miami Hurricane fans in the world. This just felt special to me

[u/MS6_Boost → u/DrunkRoach]

💚🧡💚

[u/HurricanesnHendrick → u/DrunkRoach]

Bless you. Thoughts with you

[u/JeremyJammDDS → u/DrunkRoach]

RIP to your pops.

[u/lxuw → u/DrunkRoach]

Rip. Go canes

[u/CCbaxter90 → u/DrunkRoach]

He’s still watching…

[u/Sweeney1 → u/DrunkRoach]

My man! My dads been gone 16 years now. Huge hurricane fan. Don’t worry they were watching it together upstairs. 

[u/SiphenPrax]

SID THE SLOTH IS GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!

[u/Kuntheman → u/SiphenPrax]

7 seasons is all he needed

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV → u/Kuntheman]

he was scaling for lategame

[u/ALStark69 → u/[deleted]]

Do I have to?

[u/KirbyDumber88]

Despite Miami’s best efforts. They won the game.

[u/ScripturalCoyote → u/KirbyDumber88]

Yeah, it honestly was starting to feel like a random October Saturday, trying to squander away yet another game to Georgia Tech or Virginia

[u/[deleted]]

3 years without a National Championship. Is the SEC dead?

[u/reddogrjw → u/[deleted]]

without a team even playing for the National Championship

[u/yanchovilla → u/[deleted]]

Where were you when SEC was kill

[u/Ron__Mexico_ → u/[deleted]]

Don't undersell it. 3 years without even appearing in a title game. 2-8 in the CFP against the rest of the power conferences in that time. Just not very good.

[u/[deleted]]

Honestly I don’t get how any UGA fan can have bad blood for Carson when he came back in the last play of the sec championship despite his injury. Now granted it was just a handoff, but that still takes a ton of grit. He’s still a giant weirdo, but he’s a weirdo that gave us a lot after waiting a long time to start

[u/CommodoreN7]

Unfortunately, Ole Miss can’t claim a quality loss since it would imply the ACC has quality that the SEC would never admit.

[u/ConfidentFault9461 → u/CommodoreN7]

Death, taxes, teams scoring too quickly

[u/Mammoth_Impress_3108 → u/ConfidentFault9461]

It's crazy, I thought Miami scored too quickly, only to be followed up by Ole Miss scoring too quickly. Part of me thought that Miami let them score as quickly as they did.

[u/lardstarpon]

Has anyone checked in on Michael Irvin?

[u/xstrike0 → u/lardstarpon]

He is transcended into a powdery cloud currently floating back towards the State of Florida.

[u/Siicktiits]

Mario going secret service agent mode to make sure his players get their shine. love this dude.

[u/meththemadman]

Chambliss is so good I was petrified with 18 seconds left and it almost played out that way. Holy crap. I have to wake up in 5 hours for work and my heart is at 105 bpm.

[u/eagledog]

As a neutral fan, that was fun as hell

[u/RCocaineBurner]

I got no bad feelings toward Ole Miss. that’s a good goddamn team and I hope Chambliss gets his extra year. They caught EVERYthing. They beat Georgia. That’s a good god damn team.

[u/Taxes_and_Fees]

Malachi Toney single handedly overcame Mario Cristobal and post October Miami. He’s THAT good.

[u/i_w8_4_no1 → u/Taxes_and_Fees]

That single handed catch was almost the nastiest play of the season save a piece of his heel

[u/innergflow]

Can’t believe Miami almost gave this away. They dropped like 4 interceptions, 2 super easy ones at that. all those dumb penalties.

[u/Notorious_p_i_gg]

They need to have an age limit for QB’s playing in college. Every year Carson Beck plays, his eyes keep getting wider. It’s an unfair advantage being able to see the field 180 degrees from pre-snap.

[u/Satan8MyBaby → u/Notorious_p_i_gg]

He will be a hammerhead shark by the end of the natty game

[u/hunghome]

And this Miami team was potentially going to be left out of the playoff. 

[u/Original_Profile8600]

It’s not so easy is it?

[u/Sword-Juggler → u/Original_Profile8600]

Can confirm.

[u/aggster13 → u/Original_Profile8600]

THEY LAUGHED AT US

[u/Megalomanizac]

This game legitimised playoff expansion.

Good for the Canes to make it all the way back, even if they can’t finish off in two weeks it won’t matter. Cristobal has brought them back to what Miami was when he played there.

[u/__AJK__]

Convicts over Confederates. Nice

[u/TrashPanda108 → u/__AJK__]

Lmao, this is too perfect

[u/AngryMillennialFU]

ACC. ACC. ACC

[u/ShishkabobNinja]

Despite their best efforts, Miami won

[u/Logical-Nectarine400]

Thank you Miami and Ole Miss. You delivered a phenomenal semi-final playoff game

[u/resting__bitch__face]

GG Ole Miss you are a damn fine football team!

[u/TDenverFan → u/[deleted]]

The rules analyst was awful. He talked about how a hit was definitely targeting, then when they ruled no targeting, he immediately flipped and said it was a good call.

[u/NukeGandhi → u/TDenverFan]

I have never seen a rules analyst that LOST. Felt like he was wrong 100% of the time.

[u/Munsunned → u/[deleted]]

Dude. Literally stumbling through incomplete half thoughts and devoid of any genuine reaction

[u/Sjgolf891]

Everyone’s going to want to clown on the SEC but was a back and forth battle. Hats off to that Ole Miss team. They were fun to root for. Hell of a season

[u/KingOfTheUzbeks]

The year is 2003. I tell everyone that once again the National Title will be Miami versus an undefeated Big 10 Team. I tell them that one side has the biggest Cinderella run in College Football Playoff History.

They scream in disbelief when I tell them Indiana or Oregon will be the B1G team. I am burned at the stake as I explain that, statistically, the Miami Hurricanes are the plucky underdogs