Former Ohio State QB blasts Miami after Pinstripe Bowl loss to Rutgers
To say the 2023 college football season ended poorly for Miami would be an understatement.
The Hurricanes lost three of their last four — including losses to ranked Florida State and Louisville — and then finished things off with a bitterly disappointing loss to Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Not that the game wasn't close. Rutgers won 31-24. Still, Miami used to be one of the superpowers of college football. Now "The U" is losing to the Scarlet Knights in a mid-tier bowl game.
That's a fall from grace worthy of criticism, and the Hurricanes took plenty of it on social media. Specifically, former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones went after Miami.
To Jones' point, Miami head coach Mario Cristobal is now a middling 12-13 with a bowl game loss in two seasons with the Hurricanes. In the same breath, he has a top-five 2024 recruiting class, boasting two five-star recruits.
NIL deals have played a massive role in Cristobal's recruiting success, because it certainly hasn't been Miami's on-field production that is drawing in top recruits.
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