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Miami football has high expectations in 2024. The Hurricanes are ranked No. 19 in the AP Top 25, and with those lofty goals come big targets on the recruiting trail. Unfortunately, LB Elijah Melendez, a highly-regarded four-star prospect, decommitted from Miami football after committing in December. He holds 40 college offers, including some from huge […]

Miami football fans painstakingly remember the loss to Georgia Tech last season where head coach Mario Cristobal and the rest of the staff managed the time in the worst possible way where all they needed was a knee to win the game. This time around, there will be a time management coach as revealed by […]

Even though this is a battle of ranked versus unranked teams, it doesn’t get much bigger in Week 1 of college football than the Miami Hurricanes against the Florida Gators. The No. 19-ranked Hurricanes will travel north to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, or “The Swamp,” to meet their in-state rival for the first time since […]

On the precipice of the 2024 college football season, this year’s Miami (FL) football team is being predicted to play a major part. The No. 19 preseason-ranked Hurricanes come into the season with some of the biggest hype the program has had in decades, and that’s mainly because of a stacked roster that head coach […]

Entering his third season at the helm, Miami football head coach Mario Cristobal looks to continue building a strong foundation for his alma mater. The team’s Class of 2025 recruiting haul has grown even stronger following the latest commitment on Saturday evening, Four-star safety Bryce Fitzgerald has chosen to play for the Hurricanes, according to […]

After dominating much of the 80’s, 90’s and into the early 2000’s, the University of Miami football program has now gone twenty consecutive seasons without an 11-win season or better. Over the course of those two decades — which coincides with the duration of their time as members of the ACC — the Hurricanes have […]

The Hurricanes aren’t quite the blue-chip program of their former glory, but expectations are high for Miami football and Mario Cristobal. Entering his third season as head coach, Cristobal was recently heaping praise on standout players like QB Cam Ward and DB Meesh Powell, via Marcus Benjamin of Rivals. “They’re men of action. As members […]

If there’s one team predicted to make a statement this season, it’s the Miami (FL) football team. There’s a real hype around Coral Gables that hasn’t been seen in years. There’s always at least some bit of hype surrounding the Miami Hurricanes football program, though, right? It’s just that the team never comes close to […]

The Miami Hurricanes football program is now entering its 20th season in the ACC Conference. In that time, the Hurricanes have won zero conference titles. The ACC version of Miami football looks significantly different than the Big East version. The Hurricanes were four-time winners in the now-defunct Big East Conference, winning three out of their […]

We’re now less than 100 days out from the start of the 2024 college football season. Hallelujah! When kickoff takes place, it will be the beginning of a new era in the sport that has evolved more over the last couple of years than it has in decades. Part of that will be the inception […]

The college football spring transfer portal is officially closed. One of the more active teams during this cycle was the Miami football team. That should come as no surprise to those who have followed the program since Mario Cristobal took over the program back in 2022. Going back to the winter window, when the Hurricanes […]

Once the spring transfer portal window opened up, the Miami Hurricanes football team wasted no time going after coveted Oregon State running back Damien Martinez. All their efforts seemed to pay off as Martinez is headed to The U this fall. “It’s on! 305, it’s that time,” Martinez said on his X account. It’s on! […]

The Miami football program is trying to return back to its winning ways after years of frustration. Back in 2022, they moved on from Manny Diaz and lured Mario Cristobal in from Oregon with a massive contract. Now, some shocking details about Cristobal’s 2022 salary have emerged, per a report from Brent Schrotenboer of USA […]

With the spring transfer portal now open, college football is about to get chaotic all over again, with team rosters undergoing massive restructuring in a matter of just two weeks. One team that is likely to be among the most active during this window is the Miami Hurricanes football team. Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal […]

Every year, college football coaches come in facing questions, with the number one being how they can improve. If you’re someone like Ohio State football’s Ryan Day, it’s about getting back to the National Championship. But if you’re someone like Colorado football’s Deion Sanders, it’s about just getting to a bowl game. There are stark […]

The Miami football program lost a lot of talent this offseason. However, Mario Cristobal and the Hurricanes were able to land one of the best players in the transfer portal with Washington State transfer QB Cameron Ward. Initially, Ward decided to enter the NFL before changing course and deciding to join the Miami football program. […]

The 2024 Miami football team is set to once again be greatly impacted by the transfer portal. Head coach Mario Cristobal has once again leaned into the portal in hopes of building, at the very least, an ACC contender, with the hopes of making the conference title game for the first time under his leadership […]

With the college football transfer portal closed until August 1 of this year, the sport can at least begin to calm down a bit — that is if no more head coaches decide to leave their respective teams. Programs like Mario Cristobal’s Miami football team can now begin to go through their rosters and prepare […]

With the way the college football world is constantly changing, a second year in a program can be instrumental to a head coach. A second year not long ago was still part of the rebuilding process for most teams. But with things like NIL and the transfer portal, teams can now become College Football Playoff […]

Mario Cristobal and the Miami football staff came out of nowhere when Cam Ward announced he was signing with the Hurricanes. The former Washington State quarterback was supposed to be entering the 2024 NFL Draft but decided, after being told he probably wouldn’t be a first-rounder, to come back for his last year of eligibility. […]

The college football transfer portal took some turns on New Year’s Day with Cameron Ward heading for the NFL Draft and KJ Jefferson going to UCF. The Miami football program had been a rumored option for both signal-callers and now the Hurricanes are trying to land USC transfer Malachi Nelson as their other hopes have […]

Miami football is ready to move on from an overall unsuccessful season that is defined by mind-boggling mistakes and unmet expectations. But no one seems to be in a bigger hurry to get to 2024 than Mario Cristobal, following his questionable decision-making in the Pinstripe Bowl versus Rutgers. The Hurricanes head coach hung onto his […]

One of the more obvious players in the transfer portal during this cycle was Miami football’s Tyler Van Dyke. A former four-star recruit out of Connecticut, many thought that Van Dyke would be the next great Hurricanes quarterback that they had so desperately been missing for decades. There were times where that seemed the case, […]

Out of all the problems that Miami football has faced over the last two decades—and there have been many—one of the most glaring has been the lack of quarterback production. Not since the days of Ken Dorsey, the last Hurricanes quarterback to find himself on a Heisman ballot, has there been reliable quarterback play in […]

With Dec. 4th rapidly approaching, most coaches are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best as the transfer portal window is set to reopen. Already, there have been players announcing their intention to enter the portal ahead of the scheduled date, such as Miami football quarterback Tyler Van Dyke. Injuries and turnovers will […]

It’s only Year 2 of the Mario Cristobal era for Miami football, yet there are already some lingering questions as to whether this was the right hire. The Hurricanes still have one game left this season in Chestnut Hill against Boston College, where they could finish at best 7-5 (not counting the bowl game) or […]

The Miami football team dropped to 6-5 after a tough loss to the Louisville Cardinals. Tyler Van Dyke and the Hurricanes stayed close the entire game until Louisville scored a dagger touchdown late in the fourth quarter. Now, Head Coach Mario Cristobal is the object of Hurricanes fans’ anger after he took a critical timeout […]

Miami (FL) football’s Week 12 has them in ACC competition once again, except this time it will be against No. 10 Louisville. For the Hurricanes, it will be their second straight week facing a top-10 team and their fourth-ranked team of the year. They’re 1-2 so far, with an overall 6-4 record. For Mario Cristobal […]

Miami football got some good news for next year, when Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal said that Emory Williams should be back for spring football, according to Adam Lichtenstein of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Williams, Miami’s quarterback, was carted off the field Saturday night with a “significant” arm injury after he took a hit near […]

It wasn’t the same 45-3 drubbing as it was a season ago, but it was yet another loss for the Miami (FL) football team on Saturday night to their arch-rival Florida State. The consolation prize is that it was much closer, this time 27-20. Does that help? Maybe a little, but probably not much if […]

Florida State football’s Week 11 has them facing their long-time rival, the Miami Hurricanes. At one time, this historic game held massive national championship implications. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case in some time, as both teams have had their down years. However, this hasn’t been a down year for the Seminoles football team. Florida […]

Miami football head coach Mario Cristobal had nothing but praises for freshman quarterback Emory Williams, who passed his first test as a starter in college. And it was not just an ordinary test, as it came against Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers last Saturday. “He went through his progressions extremely well,” the Miami football sideline boss […]

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 […]