MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami’s offense is rolling. Ga Tech’s defense is not.
In most basic phrases, that’ll be the tale when the 17th-rated Hurricanes (4-, -) open up Atlantic Coast Meeting perform on Saturday night against the Yellow Jackets (2-3, 1-1). Georgia Tech is coming off a 38-27 decline to Bowling Green past week, one particular that led to Kevin Sherrer remaining elevated to defensive coordinator.
And that just about undoubtedly signifies Miami will see appears to be like from Georgia Tech that haven’t appeared on film nonetheless this year. But the Hurricanes believe they’re prepared for any surprises.
“We’re systematic on offense,” Miami mentor Mario Cristobal explained. “Yeah, we like sure issues in opposition to particular items, but ought to we be in a situation the place we do get some variety of surprise seem schematically, procedures acquire more than. We’re developed on principles. If a thing demonstrates up that we haven’t witnessed, have faith in your rules and go execute.”
The regulations are operating. Miami enters the 7 days with the ninth-finest hurrying offense in the country at 222.5 yards for each activity — Ga Tech ranks 3rd-worst nationally in that division, providing up 224.2 yards for every match — and the Hurricanes also have a quarterback in Tyler Van Dyke who is completing three of every 4 passes he throws.
Miami is coming off a bye, which gave the Hurricanes time to relaxation and recover. The Yellow Jackets went by way of a 7 days of tumult after the Bowling Green loss Sherrer was co-coordinator with Andrew Thacker, who now coaches the safeties.
“The issue about that sport is it will impact the rest of our season,” Ga Tech coach Brent Key claimed. “It’s our choice if it’s heading to be very good or terrible. Is it heading to impact us the correct way or the wrong way?”
3 WITH 38
Miami has scored at minimum 38 points in all 4 of its video games this period — just after owning just just one these activity last season. The Hurricanes are 1 of three teams nationally to score that many in every single video game to this place, signing up for USC and Oregon. The final time in which the Hurricanes experienced this kind of a streak of scoring at least 38 was in excess of the to start with five game titles of the 2002 marketing campaign. Georgia Tech has permitted at the very least 38 factors in all a few of its losses this period.
KINCHENS RETURNS
Saturday marks the return of Miami All-American protection Kam Kinchens to the lineup. He was injured on a scary hit late in the Hurricanes’ 7 days 2 earn above Texas A&M and was briefly hospitalized. “It’s a whole lot of excitement to be back out there with my loved ones,” Kinchens reported.
Sequence Break
Miami and Georgia Tech are enjoying for the 19th time in the last 20 seasons the exception was the COVID-impacted year of 2020. But the previous Coastal Division rivals won’t experience off in 2024, as element of the ACC’s new scheduling product. The series resumes at Atlanta in 2025, probably adopted by a 2027 match in Miami Gardens.
Halfway Via
This year is the sixth straight wherever Ga Tech will not have a successful record after six game titles. The Yellow Jackets will be 3-3 or 2-4 immediately after Saturday they were 3-3 in 2022 and 2021, 2-4 in 2020, 1-5 in 2019 and 3-3 in 2018. The past time they had been about .500 soon after six video games was 2017, when they ended up 4-2.
ALUMNI WEEKEND
The coaching matchup is one particular of graduates: Crucial is the fifth Ga Tech alum (joining William Alexander, Invoice Fulcher, Pepper Rodgers and Monthly bill Curry) to coach the Yellow Jackets, and Cristobal is the sixth alum (becoming a member of Mark Richt, Randy Shannon, Fran Curci, Walt Kichefski and Eddie Dunn) to mentor the Hurricanes.
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