Miami Hurricanes News: CFB 2023 rule changes, 2nd year Power 5 coaches

The Football Foundation highlighted “Important Rule Changes for the 2023 College Football Season.” In their weekly column Rivals published “Tuesdays with Gorney: Looking at the second-year coaches in the Power Five.” David Lake of Inside the U compared the 2024 Miami Hurricanes recruiting class to recent top 10 classes.

The rule changes for 2023 are Stopping and Starting the Clock – First Downs, Consecutive Charged Team Timeouts, Extension of Periods, Drone Policy, Halftime Intermission and Instant Replay without an Instant Replay Booth Official. The rule changes were made to improve pace, reduce plays and improve clock consistency.

Adam Gorney the Rivals.com National Recruiting Director wrote about the 12 Power Five coaches entering their second seasons. Gorney stated that the Miami Hurricanes roster Mario Cristobal inherited wasn’t really that good. Cristobal was praised for being a good recruiter but Gorney expects the rebuild to take time,

Gorney concluded his analysis of Cristobal and the Miami Hurricanes football program that there’s so much talent in South Florida that competency alone should bring them back to life. Gorney stated Cristobal is competent but that Miami has won only double digits games once in the past 19 seasons.

Lake took a “A look at the profile of a top ten recruiting class over the past few cycles (and how Miami compares in 2024).” Lake also asked what it will take for Miami to have a top 10 class in the 2024 class. The 2024 Miami recruiting class currently ranks 15th nationally in the 247 Sports Composite rankings.

Lake’s Inside the U colleague Christopher Stock wrote about all the Miami Hurricanes basketball alums playing in the 2023 The Basketball Tournament. Miami previously had a team in the 2021 The Basketball Tournament. Stock wrote the 2023 Miami alums participating are headlined by Julian Gamble and Rion Brown.

Miami football sideline reporter Josh Darrow interviewed wide receiver Xavier Restrepo for his Behind the U podcast. Among the topics they discussed are his love of football, who inspires him, where he gains confidence, why he chose Miami and rooming with quarterback Tyler Van Dyke.