Imagine playing for a national championship on your home field. For most, that’s a dream. For Miami, it’s Monday.
Every year, the College Football Playoff National Championship game rotates among a handful of host sites. One such site is Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, which hosted the 2021 CFP Championship Game between Alabama and Ohio State. This year marked a return to the front of the rotation for Hard Rock — just in time for the Hurricanes, who are Hard Rock’s collegiate occupants in the fall — to make their first national title game in just over 20 years.
While a team playing a national championship game at its home stadium is unprecedented in FBS history, it won’t be the first time a title game has had a de facto “home” team. This year will mark the ninth national championship of the BCS and playoff eras in which one of the competing squads will be from the same state as the title matchup host…