Miami returned the Orange Bowl grounds tonight. A place players deemed as “sacred” and “hollowed” throughout the week by players and coaches. But that was all it was. It was talk. FIU came out and proved that this game meant something to its program and Miami did the completely opposite — treated this game as a gimme.
It resulted in a 30-24 loss for Miami in what I believe is the single worst loss in program history. They lost to a program that doesn't recruit from the same group of athletes as they do.
The Panthers were a 5-5 team coming off a 30-point loss to FAU and Miami was riding a three-game winning streak.