MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Hurricanes had 4 crippled changers connected nan section against No. 1 Indiana successful their 27-21 triumph astatine Hard Rock Stadium.
Mark Fletcher Jr., Akheem Mesidor, Rueben Bain Jr., and Malachi Toney highlighted nan talent that Mario Cristobal recruited and were nan catalysts for why nan Hurricanes were successful nan National Championship crippled this season.
Three said aft nan heartbreaking loss, arsenic immoderate hole for nan draught while 1 returns for different twelvemonth to proceed what he started.
Here is what they had to opportunity aft nan National Championship Game:
Q. Mark, astatine nan end, you spent a batch of clip successful nan extremity zone. What was going done your thoughts astatine that moment? I presume looking for your mom. I don't cognize wherever she was successful nan stands. What did you return distant from those mates of minutes?
MARK FLETCHER JR: I was conscionable waiting for my family to travel down. I conscionable wanted to spot them. They've conscionable been specified a awesome support system, and those were nan first group I wanted to spell hug aft nan game, truthful I was waiting connected them to make their measurement down.
Q. Akheem and Rueben, connected nan 4th down touchdown tally from their quarterback, tin you opportunity what you saw connected that play and possibly what y'all thought they whitethorn do and benignant of really it unfolded from your vantage points?
AKHEEM MESIDOR: They did precisely what we expected and we talked about. It was conscionable miscommunication.
Q. Rueben and Akheem, you guys had a play this twelvemonth dissimilar galore protect extremity duos person had successful assemblage football. What memories will you return pinch you arsenic you move connected to different things?
RUEBEN BAIN JR: Started everything, moreover today. From nan first clip we met each different into nan future, we're going to support continuing to communicate, spot each other, talk to each other, this, that and different things. It's been a agelong journey, agelong process.
My first twelvemonth here, he was my mentor. Coming into my 2nd year, it was nan aforesaid thing, moreover my third. Now we really sewage to unrecorded retired that dream that we ever talked astir erstwhile I sewage here. There's a batch of moments that's going to beryllium cherished, a batch of convos to bespeak connected and immoderate that we'll proceed to build connected this brotherhood that we got.
AKHEEM MESIDOR: Yeah, this is my brother, man. I seen Rueben grow. I was a existent elder erstwhile he was a freshman. I've been successful his area since time one. We've been roommates ever since he sewage here, crippled time roommates. That's my brother, man. He makes maine better, and I'll ever beryllium grateful for that. There's cipher other successful this world I'd alternatively play beside.
Q. For Mark, what was nan connection from Coach successful nan locker room, particularly because you are coming backmost and you tin benignant of thief lead nan caller group of guys that are going to beryllium coming successful and immoderate of nan different guys who are going to effort and thief get you guys a championship?
MARK FLETCHER JR: He conscionable told america let's get backmost to work. This 1 hurt, and it's expected to hurt. Like he's been saying, if you're worthy a damn arsenic a competitor, it's going to hurt. But nan group coming back, we cognize what it takes, and we've conscionable sewage to spell backmost to work. That's each we do.
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