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Miami not sure when new QB Carson Beck can begin throwing. Cristobal defends Cam Ward
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Carson Beck has been through his first team meeting at Miami, and he's starting to build relationships with his new teammates with the Hurricanes already working out in advance of the 2025 season. When Miami's new quarterback will start throwing, however,...
Corey Hetherman finalizes deal to take over as Miami's defensive coordinator
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami finalized the hiring of Minnesota’s Corey Hetherman as its new defensive coordinator on Sunday. Hetherman was defensive coordinator for one season at Minnesota and led dramatic improvements. The Golden Gophers rank fifth nationally this season in...

Bowl action? There was plenty, and the best came far away from the spotlight of the college playoffs
Somewhere in the fight-filled, money-chasing hustle that the college bowl season has become, a national champion will emerge. Too bad that so far, hardly any of the games on the road to that national championship have been worth a hoot. And interesting to see that all...

Miami parts ways with defensive coordinator Lance Guidry after 2 seasons
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami parted ways with defensive coordinator Lance Guidry on Tuesday, after the Hurricanes failed to make the College Football Playoff and allowed 42 points in each of their final two games of the season. The Hurricanes had gone 50-0 in games since the...

Miami's Cam Ward sets NCAA's Division I record with 156th career touchdown pass
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cam Ward made NCAA history in his final college game. The Miami quarterback threw a record-setting 156th touchdown pass of his college career Saturday, connecting with Jacolby George for a 4-yard score with 4:12 left in the first quarter of the Pop-Tarts Bowl...

No. 18 Iowa State wins 11 games for 1st time, tops No. 15 Miami 42-41 in Pop-Tarts Bowl
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It was a season of Iowa State comebacks. And fittingly, that's how it ended for the Cyclones. Game MVP Rocco Becht scored from a yard out on fourth-and-goal with 56 seconds remaining and No. 18 Iowa State capped the best season in school history by rallying...

Mario Cristobal, on now-retired Miami men's basketball coach Jim Larrañaga: 'He is iconic'
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Miami football coach Mario Cristobal wants now-retired Miami men's basketball coach Jim Larrañaga to do at least one more thing for the Hurricanes. Cristobal wants him to share all his knowledge. A day after Larrañaga announced his sudden...

Left out of the playoff, Miami and Iowa State have something still to play for in Pop-Tarts Bowl-
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cam Ward missed out on the College Football Playoff, the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and the Heisman Trophy. He's not missing one more chance to play for Miami. Ward and the 15th-ranked Hurricanes (10-2) take on 18th-ranked Iowa...
