“I’m going to be the defensive coordinator," Diaz said. "And what I’ve done as defensive coordinator is what I’m going to do.”

"I just told them how proud I was of them, and this all started yesterday with the team meeting," Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga said about what he told his team after the game. "A very good team spirit that was exhibited. Everybody was in a good mood, everybody was smiling."

"We did not play focused or with a lot of maturity and that’s a shame because that’s a very good Georgia Tech team and you need to be dialed in and locked in and you need to be very exact," Miami head coach Katie Meier said after the game.

Cross was dressed but did not play in the Miami's 81-59 loss to Florida State on Wednesday even though the team only had six scholarship players available for the game because of a plethora of injuries to five scholarship players.

What started with a Christmas gift from D’Eriq King, who was the first to announce his return for another year, quickly became a tidal wave of starters deciding to return for the 2021 season.

The Hurricanes managed to rally back behind backup quarterback N'Kosi Perry, but the valiant effort fell short and the Hurricanes fell 37-34 in the 2020 Cheez-It Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

Garcia, at 6-foot-2 and 195 pounds, is the No. 2 rated pocket passer in the nation in the class of 2021 and the No. 18 overall ranked prospect in the ESPN 300.

Dominating in every aspect of the game, Miami steamrolled the Blue Devils 48-0 in Durham, North Carolina in its first game since Nov. 14.

After a 20-day hiatus from football, the No. 10 ranked Miami Hurricanes will finally return to the field tonight.

Behind a team-high 20 points from sophomore guard Isaiah Wong, Miami defeated in-state opponent North Florida 77-59 Sunday night.