I get it, the wound is still raw and fresh at Miami. And Mario Cristobal’s mea culpa doesn’t make it any better.

But if you think Cristobal is the only college football coach whose mistake has cost him team a game — this season — you’re clearly not following along.

“I made the wrong call and take complete ownership of it,” Cristobal said.

Which is sort of like Carl Lewis saying “I blew that National Anthem.”

But if you’re on the fringe of the lunacy at Miami, and you want to fire Cristobal because a coaching decision was the difference between a win and a gut-punch loss, let me introduce you to a few others who fall into that category.

Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, 1 of the top 3 coaches in the game, decided last month to take a critical ACC game against Florida State out of the hands of his quarterback Cade Klubnik (who was playing well), and dump it on the leg of a kicker he pulled off the street less than a week earlier.

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman, whose coaching life has been built around defense, had 10 players on the field for the final play against Ohio State. The Buckeyes had 6 offensive linemen and a tight end lined up on the play — against 3 Irish defensive linemen.

These guys aren’t immune to pressure, aren’t so obsessed with winning that, sometimes, the little things are overlooked.

Before the FSU game, Swinney admitted that giving the kicking job to former Clemson kicker Jonathan Weitz — a walk-on who left the team after last season, had kicked 3 career extra points in blowouts, and was on his way to New York City to start a job — could be catastrophic.

“It’s either going to be a great story,” Swinney said, “Or it’s going to be terrible.”

Take a wild stab in the dark who missed a 29-yard gimme putt of a field goal that would’ve won the FSU game in regulation — instead of losing in overtime?

I ask you, was that decision any worse than Cristobal’s move of allowing OC Shannon Dawson to continue running the ball against Georgia Tech to get RB Donald Chaney 100 yards — knowing full well that all the Canes needed was to take a knee and get out with a win?

Was the decision of Cristobal — and the entire Miami staff on the headsets, none of whom had the guts to say we should be in victory formation and taking a knee — any worse than the entire Notre Dame staff not counting players on the field on the last play of the game?

The previous play was an incomplete pass. Even if the Irish were changing personnel for the final play, someone on that staff had to notice they were 1 player down much earlier in the play clock.

Or, and here’s a novel idea, run a player on the field and take a penalty. The ball was at the Notre Dame 1; a penalty would’ve moved it to the Notre Dame half-yard line.

“To me it was like, ‘Hey, don’t give them another opportunity to get settled and to try to make a different call,’ right?” Freeman said. “Hey, guys, stay off the field. Let’s not give them a freebie from the half-yard line and let’s try to stop them.”

What in the blue blazes is that?

Let me explain this: 1 yard is 3 feet, and a half-yard is 1 1/2 feet. So to save 18 inches on the field, Freeman believed the better move was to throw 3 defensive linemen out there against 6 offensive linemen and a tight end and roll with it — because he didn’t want to give Ohio State a “freebie.”

Meanwhile, they woke up Sunday morning in Miami full of rage and contempt for the local hero who returned home to coach his alma mater. Fire him, they screamed on talk radio and social media.

Forget about what they’ve had prior, and how that inglorious group of coaches led Miami down the path of no one remembers who you are. In more than 2 decades under Larry Coker, Randy Shannon, Al Golden, Mark Richt and Manny Diaz, Miami went from the gold standard to rusting on the side of the road.

Cristobal won 2 conference championships at Oregon, and he’s an elite recruiter who already has the Miami roster in its best shape in years. And he’s not done flipping it.

The Canes are still a legit factor in the ACC race, and play at unbeaten North Carolina on Saturday in a statement game. Win there, and the narrative quickly changes.

Miami began the season with a betting line of 8.5 wins, and is still on course to exceed it. The perfect storm arrived in Miami Gardens last weekend: an unbeaten team looking past an inferior opponent, a quarterback who played the worst game of his career, and a terrible coaching decision to lose the game.

Look, Cristobal made a big mistake. Worse, he didn’t learn from a similar mistake 5 years ago at Oregon.

He ran the ball when he could’ve kneeled, and Oregon RB CJ Verde fumbled and Stanford recovered and tied the game in regulation. Then won it in overtime.

But if we fire coaches for terrible game day decisions that cost teams games, there’s a long line behind Cristobal. Even the greatest of all time isn’t immune.

Nick Saban benched QB Jalen Milroe after the loss to Texas, and played Tyler Buchner and Ty Simpson in a near loss to USF. With Alabama in danger of losing deep into the 2nd half — and it was legit danger — Saban refused to put Milroe in the game.

Why, you ask? It gets better, everyone.

Earlier in the week, Milroe didn’t take his benching without letting Saban and OC Tommy Rees know how he felt. After the USF game, Saban admitted Milroe didn’t play because of how he reacted.

So Saban, out of spite (and because there has to be rules), was willing to lose to one of the worst FBS schools in the nation to make a point.

That’s a coaching decision.

It may not be on the field for all to see, and it may not be as simple as taking a knee. And it didn’t come back to bite him.

But it’s a decision that could have had drastic implications for a team that suddenly looks Playoff worthy again. With Milroe as its starting quarterback.

“We owe it to ourselves and our players to look each other right in the eye and demand the best,” Cristobal said. “The absolute truth from each other, so you can always go forward.”

Take knee next time, Mario.

It’s easier than admitting you blew it.