Miami Hurricanes

It’s not often that elite, homegrown talent shows up right on your front door. But that’s what happened in 2022 when Miami-native Fernando Mendoza presented himself to his hometown team, the Miami Hurricanes, as a potential walk-on candidate, only to get rejected.

Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza became national championship winner Fernando Mendoza after a gutsy performance against a relentless Miami defense at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Monday night.

President Donald Trump was received with thunderous applause when shown on the Jumbotron at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami before Monday night’s College Football Playoff (CFP) national championship game between the Miami Hurricanes and Indiana Hoosiers.

The Miami Hurricanes are on their way to the College Football Playoff (CFP) national championship game after a thrilling 31-27 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels. And Miami head coach Mario Cristobal is pleased about that. But don’t ask him if the “U” is back.

As it turns out, the Texas A&M Aggies weren’t the only ones who didn’t show up for their College Football Playoff (CFP) game over the weekend.

Any sense that Notre Dame was ready to let bygones be bygones, in their tense relationship with the ACC after the conference’s campaign to promote Miami over Notre Dame and the College Football Playoff (CFP Committee’s snub of the Irish, went up in smoke on Monday.

Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua says his program was “mystified” by the pro-Miami hype campaign conducted by the ACC and its “attack” on his program, as it mounted a television and social media campaign aimed at promoting Miami over Notre Dame for the College Football Playoff (CFP).

Notre Dame is an independent team in football. Yet, the Irish have a partial relationship with the ACC. A relationship that Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua says has been “permanently damaged” after the ACC openly campaigned against the Irish in the run-up to the final College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings on Sunday.

Amid a torrent of insanity and head-scratching decisions that emerged from the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings that were released this weekend, an actual good idea managed to find its way out.

On Sunday, the College Football Playoff (CFP) Committee told Notre Dame that its presence in this year’s playoff was not needed. A couple of hours later, Notre Dame informed college football that if they weren’t competing for a national championship, they weren’t interested in playing at all.

In a move that shocked fans and media nationwide, the College Football Playoff (CFP) Committee left the Notre Dame Fighting Irish out of the 12-team playoff on Sunday.

One of the constant refrains from the social media war between Notre Dame and Miami fans, has been that the game on the field matters. If that were true, what happened to BYU and Alabama on Saturday should have clarified where everyone stands, but it likely won’t.

College football is just as much politics as it is football, this time of year. So, naturally, some politicians are letting their opinions be known.

Miami Hurricanes linebacker Adarius Hayes turned himself in to authorities on Friday morning and was charged with three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of reckless driving with serious injury.

The Tennessee Titans have fielded trade calls for the #1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, but according to reports, they’re going to stay right where they are.

If any Miami Hurricane players consider following Nico Iamaleava’s lead and holding a name, image, and likeness (NIL) holdout, they may want to think again.

If you thought something called the Pop-Tarts Bowl could not turn into a serious incident involving a fight between players on the same team, you were mistaken.

Another one of those who had their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden was notorious University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro.

Pittsburgh defensive lineman Devin Danielson became a viral sensation on Saturday after a sideline tirade that saw him repeatedly smash his own helmet into his head, leaving his teammates with looks of shock and pain on their faces.

A falling stray cat can thank his lucky stars and stripes after his almost assuredly fatal plunge was broken by a fortunately placed American flag.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami coach Manny Diaz said Friday he is in isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus, and he will work virtually with the No. 12 Hurricanes until he can return to the field.

Both Florida and Miami fought hard and “left it on the field,” during Saturday night’s Camping World Kickoff. However, some fans took the intensity of the rivalry in the stadium and brought it to the parking lot after the game.

Louis Hedley may look like a 35-year-old bouncer, but in fact, he is a fully tatted, 24-year-old punter from Australia signed by Miami Hurricanes this week.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Turnover Chain became the Touchdown Chain. Miami tied a school record with three defensive touchdowns, N’Kosi Perry threw for a score in his first start and the No. 16 Hurricanes downed North Carolina 47-10 on Thursday night.

The Miami Hurricanes have announced that the team will wear eco-friendly uniforms and cleats, made from garbage culled from the ocean.

Nearly the entire population of Madison, Wisconsin, stood in support of the Wisconsin Badgers before they left to take on the Miami Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl.

PITTSBURGH (AP) Miami spent the better part of 13 months putting together the nation’s longest winning streak behind a series of comebacks that returned the swagger to ”The U” in all of its ”Turnover Chain” glory.

The undefeated season was slipping away, and so was any realistic chance Miami had of getting into the College Football Playoff and competing for a national championship.

The last time things were going this well for the Miami Hurricanes, they were dominating the Big East and playing home games in the Orange Bowl.

Hurricane Irma kept Florida State and Miami on the sideline this week — and will do so again next weekend.

The powerful storm has already forced the postponement of the annual Seminoles-Hurricanes showdown, which was scheduled to be played on Florida State’s campus in Tallahassee on Sept. 16.

Is it right for scholarship players to sit out of their team’s bowl game in order to stay healthy and focus on the upcoming NFL Draft? The decision not to participate by players such as LSU’s Leonard Fournette, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey, and Baylor’s Shock Linwood have many asking this question.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith reacted Thursday on “First Take” to the Miami Hurricanes announcing former Georgia Bulldogs head coach Mark Richt to fill their vacant head coach position. Smith went on a long rant calling the hiring of Richt “mediocre” and

New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez recently joined Fox Sports as an analyst for the 2015 MLB playoffs. During “Fox NFL Sunday,” the slugger and former stand-out high school quarterback joined the pregame show crew and was asked to show off

The year-round climate produces so much high school talent out of Florida that Miami, Florida State, and Florida all consistently put powerhouse football and baseball teams on the field.