If you’ve watched the Hurricanes play this season, then this game looked awfully familiar to you. An avalanche of penalties, drops, head-scratching decisions and more penalties buried Miami, not the heavy snow. The Hurricanes lost their sixth consecutive bowl game on Saturday afternoon, this time falling 20-14 to the Washington State Cougars in the Hyundai Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
The Canes have not won a bowl game since a 21-20 victory over Nevada in 2006 in the MPC Computers Bowl. Miami also lost in the Sun Bowl five years ago 33-17 to Notre Dame.
Miami had a chance to take the lead on Washington State’s 28-yard line with 3:13 remaining after a three-and-out by the Cougars, but in typical fashion, a mistake crushed the Canes.