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For No. 11 Miami, this weekend's game with Wake Forest may feel like a playoff contest
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Officially, the College Football Playoff field gets announced on Dec. 8 and the first game of the tournament is on Dec. 20. Those dates don't really apply to Miami. For the Hurricanes, the CFP may as well start now. A win this week means...
Coaching is teaching, Miami offensive line coach Alex Mirabal says. The results show he's right
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The way Miami offensive line coach Alex Mirabal sees things, coaching the players tasked with protecting Heisman Trophy-contending quarterback Cam Ward is like teaching math or history. Either way, it aligns perfectly with his background. ...
Haynes King leads Georgia Tech past Cam Ward, No. 4 Miami 28-23 for Hurricanes' 1st loss
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech coaches believed the best way to beat Cam Ward and No. 4 Miami was to keep the ball away from the quarterback. Despite losing their top two running backs and having their starting quarterback operate primarily as a runner, the Yellow Jackets' game plan...
Joe Echevarria is Miami's new president. And on the sideline, he's the Hurricanes' biggest fan
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — University of Miami president Joe Echevarria has had football season tickets since 1978, the year he graduated from the school. The seats he buys now are as good as most people can get, field club seats right behind one of the goalposts. He doesn't use...
No. 4 Miami, No. 13 SMU sit unbeaten and tied atop ACC and as surprise options for 12-team playoff
The Atlantic Coast Conference's guaranteed berth in the College Football Playoff could include a surprise representative. Maybe a couple. Unbeaten and fourth-ranked Miami (9-0, 5-0), predicted this summer by media to finish third in the ACC behind defending champion Florida State and...
Ward and Restrepo rewrite the record book, and No. 5 Miami rallies to down Duke 53-31
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Cam Ward and Xavier Restrepo had another day to remember, and No. 5 Miami pulled off yet another big comeback. Ward — Miami's Heisman Trophy hopeful — threw for 400 yards and five more touchdown passes, three to Restrepo on a record-setting day for...
No. 5 Miami playing host to Duke, looking to remain unbeaten on season
Duke (6-2, 2-2 ACC) at No. 5 Miami (8-0, 4-0), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Miami by 20 1/2. Series record: Miami leads 15-5. What’s at stake? Miami needs a win to continue its unbeaten start and keep the...
Manny Diaz returns to his old Miami home when Duke takes on the fifth-ranked Hurricanes
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — It's a game not lacking for storylines. Duke's Manny Diaz is about to coach against Miami for the first time since he was fired by the Hurricanes on Dec. 6, 2021. He will be facing Mario Cristobal, the man Miami hired to replace Diaz that same day. Both...
The football alumni are flooding Miami's sidelines. The unbeaten Hurricanes are seeing the benefits
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The Miami sideline was loaded with talent this past weekend. Michael Irvin was there, just like he’s been all season no matter where the game is. Ray Lewis did his trademark dance. Edgerrin James, Jessie Armstead, Bryant McKinnie, Rohan Marley,Bernie Kosar and Clinton...
Miami's win over Florida State was particularly emotional for RB Mark Fletcher
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mark Fletcher Jr. never considered not playing in Miami's rivalry game against Florida State, for the simple reason that his father would have wanted him out there. And it was no accident that Miami's opening touchdown was his. Fletcher...
