FOX Sports analyst Joel Klatt resisted that narrative, especially since it diminished what should've been a larger conversation about his work for the Hurricanes and his career achievements, such as setting the record for most touchdown passes by a Division I player.

Miami quarterback Cam Ward didn’t take the field for the second half of Saturday’s Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, but Hurricane fans shouldn’t be worried. Miami backup quarterback Emory Williams started for the team to open the third quarter and immediately led the Hurricanes on a touchdown drive.