Within a few weeks, we’ll see how Mario Cristobal ’s $4 million gamble on Carson Beck plays out. Both are confident that Miami was the right call for the QB. He has to rewrite his own history at Coral Gables, and that ride will be far from a cakewalk. The QB is preparing himself for everything that could go wrong, because if things at Miami get worse than how they were in Athens, Beck might as well be written off from college football altogether. Turns out, he doesn’t need to worry that much.

“Imagine that, being forgotten in football,” Cristobal said in an August 11 episode of the Gramlich & Mac Lain podcast. And that underscores the stakes of Beck’s fresh start. Carson Beck was once a top-draft-pick favorite for many after his 2023 season. But then 2024 happened, and Beck was n

See Full Page