Cam Ward drummed up criticism after not playing the second half of the Pop-Tarts Bowl, but his head coach, Mario Cristobal, came to his defense.

Mario Cristobal wants to make one thing clear: Cam Ward did not quit on the Miami Hurricanes by sitting out the second half of the Pop-Tarts Bowl and anything said otherwise is “a false narrative.”

Miami head coach Mario Cristobal is not happy that some believed quarterback Cam Ward quit during the team's 42-41 loss to Iowa State in the Pop-Tarts

Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal forcefully defended Cam Ward, who had garnered criticism for playing one half of Miami’s Pop-Tarts Bowl loss to Iowa State.

Miami football coach Mario Cristobal is tired of hearing that Cam Ward quit on his team in the Pop-Tarts Bowl amid NFL Draft hype.

Carson Beck has been through his first team meeting at Miami, and he’s starting to build relationships with his new teammates.

Miami coach Mario Cristobal praised new quarterback Carson Beck, who transferred to the Hurricanes from Georgia. Cristobal said Beck “wants to be great” and that Cam Ward’s

Mario Cristobal coming to the defense of his former Miami Hurricanes star quarterback Cam Ward for sitting out the second half of the Pop-Tarts Bowl was a decision made too little, too late for the head coach.

The Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal as had a lot to deal with over the past two months. Failing to make it to the ACC Championship game which made the Hurricanes miss the playoffs, losing to Iowa State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl,