Miami HC Mario Cristobal framed Miami’s College Football Playoff selection as a matter of truth, not luck. Hours after the committee placed the Hurricanes ahead of Notre Dame for the final playoff berth, he delivered a pointed, precise message on ESPN .

“The truth always comes out,” that’s the 5-word message that Mario Cristobal told ESPN about the controversy. It’s an unmistakable jab at Marcus Freeman and anyone arguing the Irish had been wronged.

“I wasn’t shocked,” he said. “And I’ll say this, I felt all along that we were presenting information while others were presenting a case or somehow just creating a narrative to try to take shots at the fact, so we weren’t shocked.”

He added that the committee “abided by the criteria,” a reference to the sport’s most basic

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