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Jim Larranaga stepped down as coach of the Miami Hurricanes, effective immediately, on Thursday. "After more than fifty years in college coaching, it is simply time," Larranaga, 75, said. "There is never a great moment to step away,

Jim Larranaga retired from his duties as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team on Thursday. It was a shocking development for a number of reasons. The Hurricanes, of course, are in the middle of their season,

The Hurricanes can pick up an 11th win, which has eluded them since 2003, by beating Iowa State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Saturday.

In the new age of college football with the 12-team playoff, there were concerns over whether the bowl games would still mean anything.

Iowa State and Miami weren’t far off from playing in the first 12-team College Football Playoff. The Cyclones made it as far as the Big 12 championship, which they lost to Arizona State, while the Hurricanes missed out on a trip to the ACC game after losing to Syracuse in the regular-season finale.