BREAKING: Miami will play Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl
WE ARE GOING BOWLING BABY! Miami will take on (6-6) Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the Pinstripe Bowl, this game is slated for a 2:15 p.m. ET kickoff time, on (Dec. 28) this will be broadcasted on the ESPN channel.
UM finished the 2023 season with a 7-5 record and the Hurricanes will participate in its first bowl game since 2020.
Miami did not qualify for a bowl game in 2022 after a 5-7 showing. In 2021, the Hurricanes went 7-5 and earned a berth to play Washington State in the Sun Bowl under the direction of interim head coach Jess Simpson, but UM had to pull out of the game due to COVID-19 protocols.
The last time Miami played in a bowl game was at the end of the 2020 season with the Hurricanes losing to Oklahoma State, 373-34, in the Cheez-Its Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
This will be the second Pinstripe Bowl appearance for the Hurricanes. Miami lost to Wisconsin, 35-3, in the 2018 Pinstripe Bowl.
Rutgers (6-6) is entering the bowl game on a four game losing streak. The best win of the season for the Scarlett Knights was earned in week one of the season in a 24-7 victory over Northwestern. Rutgers also beat Virginia Tech, 35-16, in week three.
Cristobal is looking forward to the opportunity to continue to develop the Hurricanes in bowl practices and in the game.
“There’s a lot of things you could work on,” Cristobal said of the value of the bowl practices during his most recent press conference at UM. “You could work on situational football, you could dedicate full days to special teams, you could dedicate full days to two minute drill, you could dedicate it to your one on one work, competitive drills. Which is always a game changer, when you just play the game the way you always play since you were a kid. So there’s a lot that goes with that, but you have plenty of time to game plan and prepare for that opponent. You don’t want to prepare for that opponent 15 days out. Unfortunately, people, human nature, is that you can get bored, right? And all of a sudden your sense of urgency declines a little bit, so they’re used the right way. Some days are used for strength and conditioning. Some days are used for legitimate team activities, legitimate connecting bonding activities. They’re really valuable days. Think about it, spring ball is 15 days long. We don’t have OTAs like the NFL does. So this is like an advanced calendar that allows you to do some of those things without wearing your team out.”
Miami will be without its quarterback in the bowl game. Tyler Van Dyke announced he will forego his final game in a UM uniform he recently announced on social media that he will be entering the transfer portal. Jacurri Brown has already been named starting quarterback against Oregon State.
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