MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Carson Beck's last throw — his fourth interception of the night — came on a hot route after Louisville brought the blitz. The play should've worked, Beck said, but there was «a miscommunication» and his receiver ran the wrong route. Instead, the pass found Louisville's T.J. Capers with 32 seconds to play, and Miami's undefeated season came to an end.
That was the story of Miami's night — one mistake on top of another, until it was finally too much for the No. 2 team in the country to overcome.
«That's a really poor job of execution and discipline,» Miami head coach Mario Cristobal said after the Canes fell 24-21 to the unranked Cardinals. «That's all of us — every player and every coach. After having some really good performances and working really hard in practice, that's really disappointing. We're all disappointed. We're all pissed.»
Louisville schemed a nearly flawless game to torment the Hurricanes.
The Cardinals scored on each of their first two drives, showing Miami's defense looks it hadn't seen all season, safety Zechariah Poyser said.
«They had a great plan,» Poyser said. «They came up with stuff we hadn't seen and we had to adjust to. We weren't prepared for it.»
The early 14-0 deficit combined with a Louisville defensive game plan aimed at stuffing the run and forcing Beck to make quick throws frustrated the Miami offense, too.
Beck's first pick came on a deep shot over the middle in which Antonio Watts made a nifty catch for the interception. Beck went deep again on the next drive, and was again picked off. He threw his third interception on a fourth-down heave in the fourth quarter that appeared to be a dagger for the Canes, but Keionte Scott's forced fumble on the Cardinals' ensuing
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