Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel, senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss the Hurricanes’ comeback to win to top Cal 39-38 after trailing by 20 points early in the 4th quarter. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Just uh incredible Cam Ward.

Uh, they come back from 25 points down.

Uh It looks like, I mean, Cal is gonna win this incredible day at Cal.

Um, it starts with a predawn game day or people lining up to run.

You see, they, they broke down the gates and the C students just rushed to it and then it's gonna end with like a PAC 12 after dark finish doesn't work out for Cal, but it was going well, uh Jaden Ott with the two touchdowns and they, you know, they, the calor is hyping him as the highest person of the year or highest person trophy.

Like, you know what I mean?

It's just clever, it's great.

It's fantastic.

Highest person, highest person trophy.

Um And, uh, and then it all falls apart for Cal.

Um, but 25 point comeback in the Cam Ward had 277 yards of offense in the fourth quarter.

Ok.

Most of any player in seven years I was from ESPN.

Um, you know, they should have lost, we've talked a little about it but, um, they're still rolling along and then at the same time, it is too many games to get to.

Uh, Clemson goes into Florida State does what they need to do.

They're rolling along in the AC C. Um, there's some other teams doing pretty well like Virginia, but a pitt but, uh, those two seem to be kind on a, on a collision course.

Um, Clemson's found its footing and, and Miami, they're winning wild ones but they're winning and, uh, it's like Mario Crystal Ball kept losing all these games.

It's like the, you know, return to mean, right.

Like it's coming back for him and, and it's, it's so funny how a coach can get, you know, a Hail Mary call and at a, at a 277 yard performance in the fourth quarter and everyone's happy with Mario where it's like too, too little anything could have gone wrong and everyone's ready to fire him.

It's, it's a, it's amazing like they are walking a tight rope but they are still up.

Yeah, I, I think, I mean, I'm watching them and I'm thinking they're gonna fall off the tight rope at some point here, but you gotta give him credit for that comeback that everything was rolling hard against them and they somehow turned it around and that, that game was so wild.

I got home.

I don't know, sometime after 1 a.m. and flipped it on and at no point did I really think Miami was going to win until they were winning it was just, it took those last couple of drives when Cam Ward is just doing everything and Miami ju, I mean, California just looked completely gassed when, when Ward had the long run for a touchdown and like the, the Cal guys, the few that were in the picture could not come close to keeping up with.

It was like, oh my gosh, if Cal has to, if that defense has to go back out one more time, it can't stop him and lo and behold, that's exactly what happened.

They punt the ball down.

Miami gets it on the 12 and on the first play, the one guy you've got to cover for them is Xavier Restrepo.

Everyone knows it and they leave him so wide open.

It was like there was nobody between him and the golden gate bridge and he goes for 77 yards on the first play and you're like, well, we know where this one's ending, uh, so brutal for Cal.

They've been so fun as you said, Dan, the, the predawn, uh, scene and the, the humor from the fans.

But boy, they've found some ways to lose some games under Justin Wilcox.

The, the good news is they've been in position to win those games.

The bad news is they lose a lot of them and this one has to hurt.

Yeah.

Um, Miami's last, uh, four drives, 12 plays, 75 yards, touchdown, 11 plays 75 yards touchdown, nine plays 70 yards touchdowns, six plays 92 yards touchdown.

Uh, it was incredible.

I, uh, I know we all follow Spencer Hall, um, who cracks me up just as much as anybody on social media.

And I think when, um, when Miami was down 20 by 25 points, he posted, uh, just had a conversation about whether Cal could blow a 20 point lead and the answer is yes, but Cal football is an idea and you cannot kill a revolution.

It yes.

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Fantastic.

Fantastic.

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