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Miami (FL) football’s Week 8 has them looking to hit the reset button again as they’ll be facing the Clemson Tigers on Saturday. It will be the Hurricanes’ third consecutive ACC conference matchup, having lost their last two, with the most recent loss at Chapel Hill against North Carolina. At least, Miami will be at […]

Miami (FL) football’s Week 7 game against the North Carolina Tar Heels is an intriguing ACC matchup between two top-25 teams that could significantly impact the conference. But it almost wasn’t after the Hurricanes’ gaffe against Georgia Tech last Saturday. When Miami came into last Saturday night’s game against the Yellow Jackets, they were the […]

They say that when it rains, it pours, and in the aftermath of Miami’s head-scratching loss to unranked Georgia Tech, the reaction to Mario Cristobal’s inexplicable decision NOT to take a knee to close out a surefire win has produced a torrential downpour of critical takes, perhaps none more critical than that of ESPN’s Rece […]

Greed and the desire to dominate often lead to bad choices which cost teams a lot in the world of NCAA college football. Mario Cristobal had to learn that the hard way when he had to face the Georgia Tech football squad. The game looked like it was already decided with the seconds counting down […]

When the Associated Press delivered their top-25 college football team rankings on Sunday, there were the usual rises and falls, some regardless of a win or a loss. Usually, what sparks the largest debates is the top-10. Those are the premier teams in the league with legitimate aspirations for making the College Football Playoff and […]

It will probably be replayed all week, debated on sports talk shows, and written about on platforms like this one about how the Miami Hurricanes football team, under Mario Cristobal, made one of the most catastrophic, mind-numbing calls of all time on Saturday against Georgia Tech. In the final minute of the game, instead of […]

It’s always easy to look at the events of a football game after the fact and decide what a team should have done. In this case, however, anybody watching the Miami football game against Georgia Tech on Saturday knew the Hurricanes should have taken a knee with 34 seconds left on the clock and a three […]

The Miami Hurricanes’ Week 6 matchup will have them hosting the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Hard Rock Stadium. This will mark the opening of ACC play for the No. 17 Miami football team, who are currently 4-0. *Watch college football LIVE with fuboTV (click for a free trial)* In Miami’s one significant test this […]

For those that don’t know, the Miami Hurricanes football program has never won an ACC Championship. Since coming over from the Big East in 2004, not only have the Hurricanes never won the conference championship, they’ve only played in one conference championship game period. That was all the way back in 2017. Coming from the […]

The college football season might be going on but that does not mean that recruitment stops. Teams are now reaping the benefits of their recruits from a year ago and they are also looking ahead. Coach Mario Cristobal is doing the same with his Miami football squad. The Hurricanes got to a hot season start […]

The Miami Hurricanes football team will enter Week 3 now as the AP Poll 22nd ranked team in the country. This, of course, all comes after beating Texas A&M last weekend, where the Hurricanes put almost 50 points on the Aggies. The matchup this week, however, will more than likely be a lot less stressful […]

Jimbo Fisher was hired to be the Texas A&M head football coach in December of 2017 and signed a massive 10-year, $75 million dollar contract. Aggies fans were thrilled to be bringing in one of the best coaches in college football, but now, six years later, things still haven’t panned out for Fisher at Texas […]

The Miami Hurricanes football team hasn’t been notably successful as a program in two decades. That’s the reality of Hurricanes football. To put it in perspective, the Hurricanes’ win over Texas A&M on Saturday was the first time Miami has beaten an out-of-conference Power-Five team since 2017 when they routed Notre Dame 41-8. It’s also […]

The Miami football running game showed out in a dominant 38-3 week one win over Miami of Ohio University. The four running backs combined for 250 rushing yards and three touchdowns as each of the rushers averaged at least 4.8 yards per carry. Going forward, second-year Miami head coach Mario Cristobal plans to take advantage […]

When will the The U, the Miami Hurricanes football team, be back? That’s a question that’s been repeatedly ask for two decades now. The Hurricanes haven’t won a National Championship since 2001, where they displayed the greatest college football team imaginable on the field. Although they returned to title game the next season against Ohio […]

Lionel Messi has changed the landscape of the MLS by joining Inter Miami, even though David Beckham’s club is currently one of the worst sides in the league. Regardless, Miami football head coach Mario Cristobal recently used Messi’s move as a perfect recruiting pitch to players all across the country, claiming it should be a […]

Head Miami football coach Mario Cristobal and his staff are quietly building an incredible recruiting class for 2024, and the Hurricanes’ latest signing will push them into the top 25 of next season’s college football recruiting rankings. That’s because the team just beat out a host of big-name schools to keep 5-star wide receiver Joshisa […]

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 […]