The Miami Hurricanes (3-2) and the Virginia Tech Hokies (3-3) renew a rivalry that first flourished when the Big East still existed in football. Miami improved to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the ACC Coastal Division while the Hokies fell to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the conference. He threw for 1,155 yards, 11 touchdowns and seven interceptions. While he performed well at times, turnovers plagued recent performances.
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What to know about Miami: The Hurricanes opened with easy wins over Bethune-Cookman and Florida Atlantic, and held off a furious rally by Nebraska, for a 3-0 start.
“We’re very frustrated. We’re upset. We’re angry. But we can’t feel sorry for ourselves”, Motley said Saturday.
The key break in the game came near the end of the second quarter.
Brewer has become something of a coach ever since getting hurt, Loeffler said. “That’s the number one thing we walked into this game saying we can not do”. 16 Tech’s 13-10 home loss to Duke, and Brewer had a few of the same troubles last season in two games.
For the season, Kaaya leads the ACC with 1,499 yards passing. Receiver Johnell Barnes led the team with 2 catches for 58 yards. Leading Miami’s pass coverage is junior defensive back Artie Burns, who now has five interceptions through six games after adding two more against the Hokies.
Hurricanes sophomore Michael Badgley made a career-long 49-yard field goal, and was also successful from 24 and 21 yards. He booted kicks of 43 and 48 yards against Pittsburgh on October. 3. The Hokies now lead the all time series 15-8. Last week in Tallahassee, Kaaya took a helmet to the gut in the first quarter. Advertise on AFP Get information on AFP readership and advertising online with us.
“We played great on defense”, end Chad Thomas said. “I’ve just been waiting on my chance, preparing for my moment”, Young said.
Scouting the running game: Tech has found a go-to tailback in Travon McMillian.
That’s not meant to be an indictment on the sophomore quarterback, shouldering a major load and often playing well beyond his years. The Hokies ran the ball only six times in the final frame. Motley proved to everyone that he could make big plays in the passing game during Brewer’s absence. The Hurricanes, who were unable to force a turnover against Florida State in the prior week, forced four Hokies turnovers without committing a turnover of their own. Anyone whistled during a game has to do 250 up-downs, an exercise in which a player drops to the ground, facedown, and uses his arms and legs to pick himself back up.
Virginia Tech Hokies rank at 37 for scoring 36.3 points where as Miami Hurricanes rank at 27 for allowing 17.7 scores.
With the score 13-all late in the first half, it appeared the Hurricanes were trying to run out the clock. The running backs, they throw it to them quite a bit. Tech then pushed the lead to 2-0, as Alani Johnson finished on a pass from Jordan Coburn in the 34 minute. Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya is becoming one of the league’s best downfield passers, but the Hurricanes have struggled to pass block and run the ball. Second-year Texas head coach Charlie Strong needed just one victory-a Red River Rivalry win against Oklahoma-to change the tune in Austin. Center Nick Linder has been the anchor, but he’s banged up coming into the game with the Hokies. Greg Stroman has gained negative-3 yards on seven returns in the last four games.
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Joseph Yearby and Mark Walton had great starts to the season, before hitting a roadblock last weekend against the Seminoles. He has two sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss in the last three games.
