Miami Hurricanes spring game sells out ahead of Saturday

The Miami Hurricanes‘ yearly spring game has drawn plenty of attention this year, selling out fully even before the middle of the week. The game will be held on Saturday at DRV PNK Stadium, the home field for Inter Miami CF of the MLS.

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Miami spring game sells out

As new head coach Mario Cristobal begins his first season with Miami, fan support is clearly showing the excitement surrounding this version of the Hurricanes. Although the game is still four days away, tickets are already gone for the spring game as fans get their first look at Cristobal’s team.

Cristobal, a Miami alum, is taking over the Hurricanes after four seasons with Oregon — one of the highest profile coaching changes to take place after last season. Miami is coming off a 7-5 record last year under coach Manny Diaz, a disappointing finish leading to his replacement as coach. Miami won five national titles between 1983 and 2001, building a legacy of success that the past decade has not matched. The Hurricanes have only reached one major bowl game of late — the Orange Bowl in 2017 — and their last ACC championship came in 2003.

On top of the excitement surrounding Cristobal, Miami recruited the No. 2 recruiting class in the ACC according to the On3 Consensus Rankings. Alongside four-star running back TreVonte’ Citizen, Miami secured transfers from Mitchell Agude, Frank Ladson and Henry Parrish.

Perhaps the most important thing Cristobal did this offseason, however, was convince Van Dyke to return for another season. Van Dyke took over as the Hurricanes starting quarterback this past season after D’Eriq King suffered a season-ending shoulder injury. He finished with 2,931 yards passing, 25 touchdowns and six interceptions this past season, and once again projects as the starter entering 2022. He loses his top two receivers Charleston Rambo and Mike Harley to the NFL draft, but the addition of Ladson, who played at Clemson the past three seasons, should help ease that transition.

The Hurricanes are nearing the end of spring practice soon, and will get the chance to show fans what they’ve been working on in the annual spring game on Saturday. After that, Cristobal will make his debut as Miami’s coach against Bethune-Cookman in the season opener on Sept. 3.

On3’s Chandler Vessels contributed to this article.