Miami head coach Mario Cristobal joined the College GameDay set on Saturday morning. In front of the Miami campus, Cristobal previewed the Hurricanes’ battle with Florida, which is set to kick off later tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN on ABC.
Alongside Pat McAfee and the rest of the crew, here is everything Cristobal said on GameDay.
Reece Davis - Since your arrival, things have continued to grow in Miami
Tremendous vision by our president right over here, Joe Echevarria, the chair of our board. Manny Kadre, this means a lot to us, man. We were born and raised Hurricanes, and we're going to find a way to get it done.
Nick Saban - How are you going to keep the edge on Miami so the Hurricanes can continue to play at a high level?
Without a doubt, and I think, a phase from your book, from back in our time at Alabama, is the fact that the intensity that's brought to practice just from the simplicity of watching the film. The film shows a lot of areas where it requires us to get a **** of a lot better if we want to accomplish the things we want to accomplish. We are nowhere near where we want to be. We've had tremendous improvement, but brother, we've got a long, long, long way to go, and we're going to find a way to get there.
Pat McAfee - Why is Carson Beck the perfect fit with this team?
It's always gonna be narratives out there. There's gonna be money, there's gonna be influence, all that stuff. And all that, all that is, for us, it's irrelevant. It has never made a play or won a game for anybody. So the noise, the narrative's out. For us, Carson Beck is awesome because his only interest is to make his teammates better. He could give a rat's, you know what, about personal accolades, about other awards. He wants to win, he wants to help this team get better, and he's committed to that process.
Kirk Herbstreit - What's the difference between year one from this program to year four?
The culture. I would say it's the people, you know, people that are relentlessly committed and understand that coaching and teaching is a vocation. It's a way of life. It's not just a punch-the-clock job, and we've gotten the right players in the building that are really hungry and have a strong appetite for betterment, and that stuff is contagious, man. You know that thing spreads fast, so we're improving a lot, man. We just got a long way to go. Sure. We want to work at it.
Desmond Howard - Tell me more about your personality of Miami's offensive line.
They have the personality of our offensive line coach, Alex Mirabal, who's the most relentless coach in the face of the earth. And on this telecast, I'm sure our guys are watching; they don't want to hear any praise. They want to hear that they have a long way to go, and they better get their butts ready to go and play the best game of the season so far.
What will decide the game by tonight?
We've got to do a great job not letting anything get in the way of us doing our job, right? Noise is noise. It's all about who's going to execute the best, right? Who's going to hang on to the football? Ball security is paramount in college football. Sustaining drives. Understanding that in rivalry games, you're never all the way out of it and never all the way secure in it. You just have to keep going. No clock, no scoreboard. Sounds familiar, right? Until the clock strikes zero, just keep going and play your *** off. One play at a time.
Alongside Pat McAfee and the rest of the crew, here is everything Cristobal said on GameDay.
Reece Davis - Since your arrival, things have continued to grow in Miami
Tremendous vision by our president right over here, Joe Echevarria, the chair of our board. Manny Kadre, this means a lot to us, man. We were born and raised Hurricanes, and we're going to find a way to get it done.
Nick Saban - How are you going to keep the edge on Miami so the Hurricanes can continue to play at a high level?
Without a doubt, and I think, a phase from your book, from back in our time at Alabama, is the fact that the intensity that's brought to practice just from the simplicity of watching the film. The film shows a lot of areas where it requires us to get a **** of a lot better if we want to accomplish the things we want to accomplish. We are nowhere near where we want to be. We've had tremendous improvement, but brother, we've got a long, long, long way to go, and we're going to find a way to get there.
Pat McAfee - Why is Carson Beck the perfect fit with this team?
It's always gonna be narratives out there. There's gonna be money, there's gonna be influence, all that stuff. And all that, all that is, for us, it's irrelevant. It has never made a play or won a game for anybody. So the noise, the narrative's out. For us, Carson Beck is awesome because his only interest is to make his teammates better. He could give a rat's, you know what, about personal accolades, about other awards. He wants to win, he wants to help this team get better, and he's committed to that process.
Kirk Herbstreit - What's the difference between year one from this program to year four?
The culture. I would say it's the people, you know, people that are relentlessly committed and understand that coaching and teaching is a vocation. It's a way of life. It's not just a punch-the-clock job, and we've gotten the right players in the building that are really hungry and have a strong appetite for betterment, and that stuff is contagious, man. You know that thing spreads fast, so we're improving a lot, man. We just got a long way to go. Sure. We want to work at it.
Desmond Howard - Tell me more about your personality of Miami's offensive line.
They have the personality of our offensive line coach, Alex Mirabal, who's the most relentless coach in the face of the earth. And on this telecast, I'm sure our guys are watching; they don't want to hear any praise. They want to hear that they have a long way to go, and they better get their butts ready to go and play the best game of the season so far.
What will decide the game by tonight?
We've got to do a great job not letting anything get in the way of us doing our job, right? Noise is noise. It's all about who's going to execute the best, right? Who's going to hang on to the football? Ball security is paramount in college football. Sustaining drives. Understanding that in rivalry games, you're never all the way out of it and never all the way secure in it. You just have to keep going. No clock, no scoreboard. Sounds familiar, right? Until the clock strikes zero, just keep going and play your *** off. One play at a time.
