Yes, they’re coming, to your cit-ayyyy.
Indeed, College Gameday is making a stop at the University of Miami this 2026 football season. The popular pregame show announced on Sunday that their next stop is Coral Gables for Miami vs. Virginia Tech on Saturday.
My jaw hit the floor when I saw this today. In no world did it make a shred of sense for this to be the case. I figured there must be other
games out there that would carry more weight on a national scale. And then I looked. Not really. LSU travels to Tennessee for the return of Lane Kiffin, but they bowed out of relevance by falling to 6-4 (Tennessee still very much in the playoff picture). Ohio State—Nebraska would have mattered if Ohio State hadn’t picked up loss number three. 9-1 Indiana is at Washington, but the Huskies are 6-4. Georgia and Texas Tech are also 9-1 and at South Carolina and Baylor, respectively, but both those teams are also 6-4.
Guess who else is 9-1 and 6-4? Yes. Miami and Virginia Tech. So, the matchup is no better nor any worse than many others set up across the country. I’m just shocked they picked it after Tech got absolutely wrecked at home by Stanford 40-22.
But I’ll say this, the Hurricanes are interesting television, and it’s an EXTREMELY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY for the Hurricanes to continue to promote Darian Mensah for the Heisman Trophy every chance they get. Of course, Malachi Toney deserves the Heisman love too, and he should and will be promoted as well, but realistically, because of the injury, this is Mensah’s shot at the hardware. Miami got the spotlight just over a week ago against Notre Dame, and now they’re getting it again. Don’t tell me the Hurricanes don’t move the needle nationally.
We’ll find out the game time tomorrow, but those of you in South Florida can plan to make your way down to campus early on Saturday morning to take part in the festivities. It’s going to be a very big weekend for Miami football.
Go Canes!
