Yes - gut punches all around this year.
Sorry if I missed it elsewhere, but would UMich, Rice, Syracuse or UPenn have come out any cheaper for you? Was he hoping for merit awards?
Miami OH seems like a great school, beautiful campus, decent merit (they recruit a few of our HS athletes each year). We would have considered it but my D doesn’t want to be anywhere cold. Unless he is super passionate about a specific program in one of the other schools (and not just wanting to go to a bigger name), maybe you can convince him to give Miami a try with the caveat that he can transfer if he hates it.