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After playoff chances slip away, Miami and Iowa State looking to regroup at Pop-Tarts Bowl
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami probably was one win away from getting into the College Football Playoff. Iowa State definitely was one win away. Their consolation prize of sorts: playing one another. The Hurricanes and Cyclones — a meteorological matchup — have...
Florida International announces hiring of Willie Simmons as football coach
MIAMI (AP) — Florida International hired Willie Simmons as its football coach on Saturday. The public university did not immediately release terms of its agreement with Simmons, who spent this season as the running backs coach at Duke. Simmons went 45-13 as the head...
The CFP rankings — and 'data points' — have left Miami, Ole Miss and South Carolina puzzled
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami wants things reconsidered. So does South Carolina. The Big 12 is puzzled. And Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin turned toward social media to ask the College Football Playoff committee a question. “You guys actually meet for days and come up with these...
Miami coach Mario Cristobal stated his CFP case. The committee saw things differently
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami coach Mario Cristobal stated his College Football Playoff case Tuesday morning, imploring the selection committee to “go to the facts” when deciding if the Hurricanes deserve an at-large berth into the 12-team field. The committee saw things...
College playoff bracket offers last dress rehearsal and one more chance to see where the SEC stands
For the College Football Playoff, it's one last dress rehearsal. It's also one last chance to see just how much the selection committee loves the Southeastern Conference. The best gauge when the second-to-last rankings come out Tuesday night will be whether Miami, which suffered its...
FIU fires Mike MacIntyre after three seasons, all of them ending with 4-8 records
MIAMI (AP) — Florida International fired coach Mike MacIntyre on Sunday after three seasons, all of which the Panthers finished with 4-8 records. MacIntyre inherited a program that was coming off a 0-5 season in the coronavirus-interrupted 2020 campaign and went 1-11 the following...
Miami's fate is in the hands of the CFP committee. Cam Ward says the Hurricanes deserve a shot
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — And now, Miami waits. The next week will be loaded with anxiety for the Hurricanes, who won't play for the Atlantic Coast Conference title and now are left to wonder if their 10-win regular season — capped by a 42-38 loss at Syracuse on Saturday — was...
Syracuse knocks No. 6 Miami out of ACC title game and possibly the playoff with 42-38 win
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Kyle McCord and Syracuse knocked No. 6 Miami out of Atlantic Coast Conference title contention — and possibly ended the Hurricanes' College Football Playoff hopes — by rallying from a 21-0 deficit for a 42-38 win on Saturday. McCord threw for 380 yards and...
For No. 8 Miami, the regular season finale at Syracuse basically is an ACC semifinal matchup
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — It's very simple for Miami. Win this weekend in Syracuse and the Hurricanes are going to next weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference title game. Lose to Syracuse, the title hopes are gone and so may be any realistic shot at the College Football Playoff. ...
Cam Ward, Kyle McCord headline a QB showdown when No. 8 Miami goes to Syracuse
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — It is Miami vs. Syracuse this weekend. It is not Cam Ward vs. Kyle McCord. That said, there's no quarterback showdown in the country this week better than this one. McCord — in his first year at Syracuse — leads the nation in passing...
