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As the Miami Hurricanes football team enters the second year of the Mario Cristobal era, most are cautiously optimistic about the team’s potential entering the 2023 season. However, there are compelling reasons to believe that this season could mark a significant turnaround for the Miami football team. It all starts with head coach. 3. Second […]

Recruitment season is underway for most college football programs. Highly-coveted prospects like Marquise Lightfoot have a huge decision to make about their future. Young stars’ college program decisions can severely affect their NFL upside whether they pick Alabama, Ohio State, or Miami’s football program among others. Coach Mario Cristobal is proving why his program might […]

The Miami Hurricanes football program is no stranger to success and high expectations. Well, okay, maybe high expectations. Success, on the other hand, has been a stranger for a while now. With a storied history that includes five national championships, the Canes have a certain reputation within college football that they have not withheld in […]

Coach Mario Cristobal has finally started off their recruiting spree. The first off Miami football’s recruitment list is four-star running back Kevin Riley. Miami football got his commitment on Monday night despite interests from Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, and Cincinnati. Kevin Riley chose to play for Mario Cristobal and the Hurricanes. He is the number 81 […]

As each college football season approaches, the expectations tend to grow for each and every team. So, like every season, there’s head coaches who have something to prove from the prior season. In the list below, we’ll look at not only coaches entering a potential hot seat year but those who are like Deion Sanders, […]

The Miami Hurricanes ended their first season with Mario Cristobal with a disappointing 5-7 record. After he came over from the Oregon Ducks, the expectations were through the roof, and not making a bowl game was not what fans wanted in his first year. With the 2023 season on the horizon, Cristobal discussed the way […]

Lance Guidry, a coach for the Tulane football program, has been hired by Mario Cristobal and the Miami Hurricanes to be the program’s new defensive coordinator, sources told Bruce Feldman of The Athletic. What a heist by Mario Cristobal and the Miami football program. Lance Guidry, 51, had just been hired by Tulane to be […]

Miami football has made a major change to their coaching staff, as head coach Mario Cristobal has fired offensive coordinator Josh Gattis after just one season, sources told Adam Rittenberg of ESPN. Josh Gattis, a former assistant at Michigan who won the Broyles Award as the country’s top assistant coach in 2021, was one of […]

The Miami Hurricanes have officially reached rock bottom under Mario Cristobal. The first-year head coach spoke with reporters on Saturday after his team’s 45-3 thrashing at the hands of longtime rival Florida State, a loss that dropped Miami to 4-5 on the season and 2-3 in the ACC. Cristobal went out of his way to […]

Mario Cristobal and Miami football may be without starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke in Week 9. Van Dyke suffered a shoulder injury in Week 8 against the Duke Blue Devils. In what proved to be a very one-sided game as Miami lost 45-21, Van Dyke was forced out in the second quarter. Before exiting the […]

Mario Cristobal’s first season as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes is filled with challenges. Miami football is just 3-4 through Week 8 of the 2022 college football season. Last Sunday, the Hurricanes got dropped by the Duke Blue Devils at home, 45-21, for their second loss in conference play. Despite such a disastrous campaign, […]

Saturday may have marked a new rock bottom for Miami football. The Hurricanes entered their home matchup against Duke as a 10-point favorite, expecting to get back to above .500. The Hurricanes dominated the Blue Devils in their previous two meetings, outscoring them 95-10 in those games, and this game should have been more of […]

Miami football lost to the Duke Blue Devils in embarrassing fashion, turning the ball over eight times while losing by double digits. But that might not have been the most embarrassing part of the loss. Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal was forced to answer questions about players quitting in the fourth quarter, never a good […]

The Miami Hurricanes failed to stop their losing skid, as they suffered another blow Saturday. The Hurricanes lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels in their first game against an ACC opponent this season, which also meant that Miami football is now on a three-game winless streak. Miami football head coach Mario Cristobal had plenty […]

No one would blame Miami football head coach Mario Cristobal for going in a different direction at quarterback after Tyler Van Dyke’s performance in the team’s last loss to Middle Tennessee. Van Dyke threw two interceptions, heard the boos from Hurricanes fans and was benched in the second half of the awful loss to the […]

It’s hard to imagine a worse scenario for Miami football than what happened on Saturday. The Hurricanes entered their Week 4 matchup against lowly Middle Tennessee as 25.5 favorites, expecting a big bounce back from a disappointing loss to Texas A&M in Week 3. Instead, the Hurricanes stumbled out of the gate and never recovered […]

Saturday night was a horrible time to be a Miami Hurricanes football fan. Up against Middle Tennessee State, many expected the Hurricanes to win easily. However, they were humbled by the underdog squad, and ended up losing by a rather wide margin. The real loser of the game, though, was Tyler Van Dyke, Miami’s quarterback. […]

The Miami Hurricanes are projected as the favorites to win the ACC Coastal Division for the first time in years. Much of that has to do with the acquisition of Mario Cristobal as head coach. Cristobal is a fantastic recruiter. He made a name for himself as the head coach at Oregon over the last […]

The Miami football program has had a decade and a half to forget. The Hurricanes have just one bowl win to their name since 2007 and have gone through five full-time head coaches in that span. Last season was more of the same, as the Hurricanes finished with a middling 7-5 record. Going into the […]

Since Miami football hired Mario Cristobal to be their new head coach, he has hit the ground running. Cristobal has already begun to change the Hurricanes’ culture, announcing that the famed turnover chain will be retired this season. On Friday, the college football world learned of something else cultural that Cristobal would be installing: respect […]

Miami football head coach Mario Cristobal keeps on winning on the recruiting trail. This time, Cristobal beat out the Hurricanes’ neighbors, the Florida Gators, for the services of top-100 linebacker Malik Bryant. Sports Illustrated has the details. In a seemingly tight recruitment that came down to the wire, Bryant elected to head for South Beach […]

It’s a sight that Miami Hurricanes football fans have become accustomed to, the turnover chain. Since the 2017 season, after every takeaway, the Hurricanes player responsible for the play donned a massive, 10-karat gold ‘turnover chain.’ Well, college football fans won’t be seeing it anymore. New Miami football head coach Mario Cristobal has shockingly decided […]

The New York Giants made a splash in the 2022 NFL Draft after selecting Kayvon Thibodeaux fifth overall. After dominating the college scene, the rookie aims to take the league by storm as one of the best pass rushers in the NFL. We’ll see how his career plays out, but his former college coach, Mario […]

Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal hasn’t hesitated to leave his mark on the program, as he has been very active as a recruiter since his arrival. Entering Wednesday, Cristobal had landed nine ESPN 300 recruits in the coach’s first class with the Hurricanes, one of the better showings in the SEC. The former Oregon […]

New Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal has pulled off a shocker in the early signing period. IMG Academy tight end and four-star tight end prospect Jaleel Skinner has officially flipped his commitment from Alabama to Miami. 305 I’m coming 🧡💚 pic.twitter.com/YociD9gDuc — Jaleel Skinner (@jaleel_skinner) December 17, 2021 Skinner had garnered a multitude of […]

The Miami Hurricanes’ big-money hiring of former Oregon boss Mario Cristobal signals the program is serious about reclaiming its status as a college football powerhouse. Cristobal’s comments during his introductory press conference suggest that’s exactly what he’s anticipating during his tenure as head coach. Via David Wilson of the Miami Herald, Cristobal admitted that the […]

The Oregon Ducks are now in the market for a new head coach after a whirlwind week involving then-HC Mario Cristobal, the Miami Hurricanes, and Manny Diaz. With the Ducks fresh off a disappointing end to their strong year, it is imperative for them to find the next and the best option to lead their […]

The news that the Miami Hurricanes had an agreement in place with Oregon Ducks coach Mario Cristobal one of the main college football talking points this weekend. The only issue, however, was that Miami still had a head coach. The team had yet to make a decision on Manny Diaz, who was still employed by […]

The Miami Hurricanes made a splash on Monday, as the program is seemingly doing everything they can to get back into title contention. The football program has been irrelevant for quite some time, and Miami looks to shake things up in the college football world. The school is bringing in Clemson Tigers former athletic director […]

The Miami Hurricanes are in the middle of making some big changes to their athletic program. They’re currently looking for an athletic director and have been reportedly showing interest in the Oregon Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal. On Monday, Miami made a move with Manny Diaz amidst the chaos of the college football world. According […]

Drama is unfolding in Eugene after the Oregon Ducks fell flat in the Pac-12 Championship game. The school was willing to extend Mario Cristobal’s time with a fat contract, but it sounds like things are getting interesting. He is still thinking about potentially signing a deal with the Miami Hurricanes, which is rubbing Oregon the […]

Despite Oregon’s “Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly” money offers to extend Mario Cristobal’s contract, the head coach is leaving the program. Various reports on Friday suggested Cristobal had agreed to take over as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes, in a surprising twist to the tale. Just how the ‘Canes managed to hijack what seemed […]

The Miami Hurricanes are set to have a new head coach after reports emerged about their interest in Mario Cristobal of the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks tried convincing Cristobal to extend his deal. However, the Hurricanes were optimistic that they could secure his services, and it seems they have now gotten their man. As per […]

It’s been a wild time in College Football after Brian Kelly and Lincoln Riley each received massive paychecks to take new head coaching jobs in the NCAA. However, it sounds like it’s not over yet, as the Oregon Ducks aim to re-sign Mario Cristobal to a big contract as well. According to John Canzano, the […]

The Oregon Ducks suffered a nightmare evening on Saturday after an upset loss to the Utah Utes that also involved multiple season-ending injuries. As a result of the 38-7 humiliation, Mario Cristobal and his Ducks’ dreams of reaching the College Football Playoff for the first time in 7 years took a massive hit. Throughout the […]