Miami quarterback Cam Ward sat out the second half of Saturday's Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, creating a flurry of controversy over the signal caller not finishing the game. Ward captured the NCAA Division 1 record for touchdowns thrown in a career during the contest but didn't return to action after halftime.

Cam Ward took a bite out of the record books on Saturday in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. The superstar Miami quarterback threw for his 156th passing touchdown, making him the Division I record-holder. Ward put his name atop the list in the second quarter when he faked a handoff on first-and-goal from the 4-yard line and threw a lob into the back of the end zone that was corralled by Jacolby George.

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Now they head to New Orleans as coin-flip underdogs against a fellow team stuck in record purgatory. This section of the NFL schedule is always littered with such games: Two franchises who have lost too much to be relevant but won enough to damage their draft position facing off in the no-man’s land between pride and practicality.