No. 18 Miami’s result against 21st-ranked Oklahoma State in the 5:30 p.m. kickoff from Orlando’s Camping World Stadium will either push the Hurricanes into 2021 on an upswing or compound the misery from the regular-season finale against North Carolina.
To put it into this bowl’s terms, they’ll either be saying “Cheese!” in their postgame celebratory photos or any claim as contenders next season will be proven cheesy.
After starting 8-1 with the one loss at now-No. 2 Clemson, Miami (8-2, 7-2 ACC) is out to prove that what they showed in the 62-26 loss to UNC is not who they truly are in this bowl season’s lone game, outside of the New Year’s Six, between two ranked teams.