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“[The seniors] closed out a regular season at home undefeated which was a big feat for us. Lot of progress. I know there’s a lot of people that I’ve known for a long time since I played that [say] defending home base and playing winning football at home was always right at the top of the food chain and top of the priority list. I also want to acknowledge our fans for coming out all year long and doing a really good job supporting this team. Every single week whether it be home or away, but today the focus is on the ones that were here and have been here all year because we certainly felt them all year long. We’re thankful for that, and that will keep getting stronger and stronger.”
– Head coach Mario Cristobal, on Miami finishing the regular season undefeated at home
“In the bye week, we harped on communication a lot. And especially on the d-line. It’s physicality and pushing the pocket and o-line vertical. The first half, the first series, they got us, but we [made] adjustments. We fixed up real quick and then we dominated.”
– Defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor, on what the defense focused on during the off week and how that work showed against Wake Forest
“Coming into this program in 2020, everybody says this time would go by really fast and I mean, they were right. So, walking down and looking at Coach Cristobal, dapping him up and getting a picture, it’s kind of crazy. Time has [gone] by really quick. It’s been five years [in a snap]. And then, after getting the flowers, getting the football, seeing my family … I don’t even think about it, of it being my last time in Hard Rock. I just think of it as like, ‘Dang, it’s the last home game.’ I’ll be in Hard Rock again, in the next level, hopefully.”
– Offensive lineman Jalen Rivers, on playing his final game at Hard Rock Stadium as a Hurricane
“It means a lot to have guys like that in the running back room. J Lyle, [Mark Fletcher], [Damien Martinez]. The receiving corps did their job today. They blocked well on the perimeter all day. But I think just us, going forward, we can’t have days like this. We still have yet to play our best game, and we’ve got one game left, so, clock’s running out. We’ve got to lock in. We’ve just got to do the little things. That’s something that we didn’t do the entire stretch of the game. … It comes to a time and point where we have to truly lock in, and we’ve got to do that. This week’s the…
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