Let’s get these ground rules out of the way first:
Yes, it is OK to be upset about the current state of college football.
No, it does not automatically make you an anti-player, pro-establishment old man who is yelling at a cloud.
With that settled, let’s get to the subject that dominated a Saturday that featured eight bowl games:
Cam Ward.
More specifically, Ward’s sitting in the second half.
The Heisman finalist started the Pop-Tarts Bowl for Miami against Iowa State. He was his usual excellent self, throwing for 190 yards and three touchdown passes as the Hurricanes went into halftime up 31-28.
Those three touchdowns gave Ward an NCAA Division I record 158 career passing TDs, breaking a tie with Case Keenum (155).
By now you know that Ward didn’t play in the second half. Miami lost a thriller, 42-41, with Emory Williams leading the run-heavy offense (20 rush attempts, 6 pass attempts before the final drive) and with a fully-dressed Ward standing right there in plain view on the sideline.
