Cam Ward knows the situation. The entire Miami Hurricanes team does.
After No. 8 Miami’s 42-14 win over Wake Forest on Saturday , the path for the Hurricanes (10-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) is simple: Win at Syracuse (8-3, 4-3 ACC) next Saturday, and Miami is heading to Charlotte for the ACC Championship Game on Dec. 7 against SMU (10-1, 7-0 ACC).
It was one of several goals Ward set for himself and the team when he transferred to Miami from Washington State for his final season of college football. He wanted to win. He wanted to go out on a high. He wanted championships.
Ward picked the Hurricanes, a team with a rich history of the past but in a national title drought spanning more than two decades, as the team with which he wanted achieve those goals.
He joined a team that went 7-6 last season and has put together a record-setting season individually to get Miami into the national championship conversation. The Hurricanes have won 10 games for just the second time since joining the ACC in 2004. They need one more