From Castro’s prisons to the College Football Playoff title game: Mario Cristobal’s only-in-Miami road to football success

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… On Monday night, Mario Cristobal – a second generation Cuban American, the son and grandson of Cuban exiles, and one-time resident of 6713 SW 25th Street – will lead the University of Miami onto the Hard Rock Stadium field for the College Football Playoff national championship, a personal ascension nearly as improbable as the team revolution at Indiana.

From Castro’s prisons to the College Football Playoff title game: Mario Cristobal’s only-in-Miami road to football success

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… On Monday night, Mario Cristobal – a second generation Cuban American, the son and grandson of Cuban exiles, and one-time resident of 6713 SW 25th Street – will lead the University of Miami onto the Hard Rock Stadium field for the College Football Playoff national championship, a personal ascension nearly as improbable as the team revolution at Indiana.

Tennessee AD Makes “Cheating” Transfer Portal Comment as Josh Heupel Struggles With QB Search

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… NIL and the transfer portal have flipped the entire college sports world upside down, stripping away structure and trust. With the pay-for-play norm blurring the line between rules and chaos, Tennessee’s AD draws a hard line when it comes to “cheating” to get in their desired players.

Dave Hyde: How Fernando Mendoza rose from unwanted to college’s top player

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In June 2021, at the University of Alabama’s football camp in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Alex Mortensen was struck by the fluid form and accurate arm of a quarterback he didn’t know. As an Alabama offensive analyst, Mortensen studied plenty of top high school arms — many, in fact, were invitees to this very camp. But who was this kid? “I remember thinking, ‘Is this my …