Epic Miami meltdown recalls another terrible Mario Cristobal decision

The Hurricanes lost in the most inexplicable way against Georgia Tech after head coach Cristobal failed to run victory formation on a third-and-10 with under 40 seconds remaining and Tech without a timeout. 

Running back Donald Chaney Jr. fumbled the ball and the Yellow Jackets went 74 yards in 25 seconds to escape with a 23-20 win.

During a similar sequence in 2018 as Oregon's head coach against Stanford, Cristobal made the same awful decision when he could have ended the game by taking a knee once Justin Herbert gained a first down after Stanford burned its timeouts. 

Instead, running back C.J. Verdell fumbled and Stanford won in overtime.

That's an indefensible mistake to make once, let alone twice. A coach's job is to put his players in a position to succeed, and he failed at doing that in Week 6. 

Miami should be 5-0 with pipe dreams of crashing the College Football Playoff. Instead, thanks to Cristobal, it's 4-1 and the biggest joke of the weekend. 

After performing the same act twice, Cristobal's act is growing stale. Feel bad for the players, who were left wondering aloud "What the f--- are we doing?"

Miami football itself doesn't deserve any sympathy. Cristobal told us who he was years ago and it hired him anyway.