Miami Hurricanes win one and drop one to Virginia Tech and Duke

The Miami Hurricanes as of today are just an average college football team. First, they go on the

road into Virginia Tech’s house and edge out a close win 20-14 against the Hokies. Miami’s new

starting receiver, Colbie Young, making some incredible catches and the offense looks like it is

getting better as the weeks go on. The Hurricanes were able to snap the 3-game losing streak

but now they have to go up against a Duke football team that has been playing exceptionally well

with their new first year head coach, Mike Elko. Fast forward to next week and it is a beautiful

day in Miami, and Hurricane fans are expecting a win because of Miami’s overall record against

Duke (15-4). Miami’s first drive ends up in a touchdown because of fumble by the Blue Devils.

Then for the rest of the half Miami doesn’t score and the game is 17-7 in favor of Duke. Miami

starts the second half aggressive and takes a 21-17 lead by scoring two touchdowns, but the lead

didn’t last long. The Hurricanes then proceeded to turn over the ball four times and Duke took

full advantage of that. Duke scores 28 points in the second half, 21 of those points coming in the

4 th quarter. The Miami Hurricanes end up losing 45-21 and 8 turnovers to go with it. Miami and

Duke were basically even in total yards, time of possession, and first downs. In the end, what

caused Miami the victory was the 8 turnovers and starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke getting

injured in the first half. Miami’s overall record is 3-4 (wins-losses), the Hurricanes need to

continue to make the offense and defense more efficient if they want to be eligible for a bowl

game this season.

Written by: Giancarlo Morera

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