Hurricanes’ Mario Cristobal Explains Heated Sideline Discussion with Shannon Dawson

Miami Keeps Blowing It

One of the underrated aspects of the last few years of Miami football is that, with the decline of UF and Florida State, the Hurricanes have in-state recruiting locked down. For the most part, this has paid dividends. Miami regularly boasts a slew of first-round NFL talent on both sides of the ball, and those players have driven this new era of Miami football. After an excellent couple months to start the season, hopes were high that The U might…

Hurricanes’ Mario Cristobal explains heated sideline discussion with Shannon Dawson

Miami fans were not the only ones who were frustrated during the Hurricanes’ loss to SMU. ESPN cameras caught offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson yelling and gesturing at head coach Mario Cristobal. On his weekly Monday morning interview on WQAM, Cristobal said there was no deep meaning to the conversation late in the loss. “There’s nothing to read into. There is no narrative,” Cristobal said. “Coach Dawson was fired up and wanted us to hit tha…

AP Top 25 Poll: Miami’s Playoff Hopes Crumble After SMU Upset - WRUF 98.1 FM

Miami has fallen out of the Top 12 for the first time this season following a 26-20 loss to unranked SMU. Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt also fell out of the playoff bracket in conclusion of a weekend filled with upsets. Suffering its second loss to an unranked opponent in the last three weeks, Miami has dropped to No. 18 and may have kissed its playoff hopes goodbye. Prior to their first loss in Week 8, the Hurricanes found their momentum and peak…

Cristobal Rues 'self-inflicted' Mistakes As Miami Upset By SMU

Andrea AdelsonNov 1, 2025, 05:05 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. DALLAS — For the second straight season, Miami coach Mario Cristobal lamented the “self-inflicted” mistakes that cost the Hurricanes in a conference game in November. This time, it was a 26-20 overtime loss to SMU on Saturday, a defeat that significantly damaged Miami’s ACC championship and College Football Playoff hopes as…

Mario Cristobal Addresses Shannon Dawson Sideline Incident, Penalties On Monday a.m. After Miami’s SMU Defeat

Don't miss everything Miami Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal was talking about this morning upon review of the SMU loss.

Season-ending loss: Takeaways from Miami’s 26-20 loss to SMU

On Saturday, the Miami Hurricanes left Florida for the first time this season and came home empty-handed, losing in Dallas 26-20 to SMU in overtime.  On 3rd-and-goal at the SMU seven yard line, Miami quarterback Carson Beck threw a back-breaking interception at the goal line, giving the Mustangs (6-3, 4-1 ACC) a chance to win […] The post Season-ending loss: Takeaways from Miami’s 26-20 loss to SMU first appeared on The Miami Hurricane.