UM Decks Duke, 47-10, To Continue Late-Season Surge
Miami's turnaround reached all the way to the end of November.
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Miami's turnaround reached all the way to the end of November.
If there is a notion suggesting that Duke and Miami have nothing tangible to play for on Saturday, it would be wildly incorrect.
Tyler Van Dyke passed for 357 yards and three touchdowns, the last of them a 55-yarder to Mike Harley with 10:39 remaining, and Miami secured bowl eligibility by holding off Virginia Tech 38-26 on Saturday night.
One team is going to earn bowl eligibility, and one team is going to fall deeper into misery.
After the Miami Hurricanes parted ways with Athletic Director Blake James, there have been speculations about coach Manny Diaz's future with the program.
Some aspects of James' exit were still being finalized, according to the person who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced by the school.
Florida State delivered a comeback that belongs among the great down-to-the-wire finishes in the history of the rivalry with Miami. And Mike Norvell has a signature win to continue building the Seminoles' foundation.
Miami and Florida State are unranked teams and the rivalry doesn't have the fanfare it had when the programs combined to win seven national titles between 1983-2001.
At the beginning of every Miami Hurricanes staff meeting, there is what head coach Manny Diaz calls a devotional.
Another week, another close game for Miami.
The University of Miami Hurricanes baseball team is set to play 36 home games when the season begins in Feb. 2022.
Tyler Van Dyke was buried on the Miami depth chart two months ago. The redshirt freshman tried to stay patient, repeating to himself over and over that his time would come.
Tyler Van Dyke backed up his words. And Miami took a big step toward potentially salvaging its season.
The University of Miami football team has never gone through something quite like this.
Miami and North Carolina started the season as the favorites in their Atlantic Coast Conference division, but that hype is long gone as they meet Saturday as two unranked teams with a combined 5-6 record.
