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Mario Cristobal Named to Bear Bryant Award Watchlist; First Alert, October 17th, 2024

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Oct 5, 2024; Berkeley, California, USA; Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal walks on the field during the second quarter against the California Golden Bears at California Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images
Oct 5, 2024; Berkeley, California, USA; Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal walks on the field during the second quarter against the California Golden Bears at California Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

After two years of flat mediocrity and being on possible hot seat watch, the Mario Cristobal era at Miami has done a complete 180-degree turn for the better.

The Canes are off to their best start since 2017, and are being recognized with multiple different midseason accolades.

Among those is their head coach being recognized as one of the favorites for the Paul "Bear" Bryant award recognizing the coach of the year across division one college football.

Cristobal was one of 27 different coaches named to the watchlist, however, he figures to be amongst the favorites to win the award.

The Canes have just one 10-win season in the 20 years since they joined the ACC and have been looking for a spark in the program after a tumultuous few years under Cristobal. A combination of winning the Cam Ward sweepstakes and much more steady crunch time coaching has him looking like one of the best in the country as of late.

At the midpoint of their season, the program has lofty goals for the back half. A double-digit win season, their first ACC Championship and a national title run in the first year of the 12-team playoff.

Cristobal has not only bought himself a contract extension, he also has the program appearing on the rise especially compared to their ACC peers. These accolades and recognition is a byproduct of the job the coach is done, but by no means has is the team satisfied yet.

Hurricanes Schedule

Women's tennis @ ITA Southwest Regional Championships

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Hurricanes Results:

No games scheduled on October 16th.

We'll Leave You With This:

  • Hurricane legend Vince Wilfork joined Urban Meyer and Matt Leinart as the Class of 2024 Orange Bowl Hall of Fame inductees. Wilfork was a high impact freshman member of the 2001 Miami national championship team, totaling 41 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, one sack and 15 quarterback hurries as a backup and became a program legend the next two years.

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PEYTON DAVIS

Peyton Davis is an intern with BamaCentral, covering football, basketball and baseball. He has also covered for the Miami and Boston College OnSI sites. He will graduate from Alabama in the spring of 2025 with a degree and news media. During his four years at UA, Peyton appeared on the radio for WVUA-FM as well as Tide 100.9, along with covering games for WVUA23 and beat reporting for both football and basketball. Born and raised in New Orleans, Peyton has also contributed for local sites such as Cresent City Sports, covering high school football and baseball as well as BootKrewe Media, where he covered the New Orleans Saints.

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