BOSTON (AP) — Miami confronted a fourth down in Boston Faculty territory late in the 3rd quarter against a BC team that had started to demonstrate indications of a rally.
That’s when the Hurricanes turned to Xavier Restrepo.
Tyler Van Dyke lofted a go down the center of the subject, Restrepo dove to haul it in, and Miami punched it into the conclude zone a few performs afterwards to put the recreation away and defeat the Eagles 45-20 on Friday.
“You can always belief X,” explained Van Dyke, who was 23 for 36 for 290 yards and two touchdowns. “I mean, he’s normally going to find his way open up. You’ve just received to get him the ball and he’ll make the play for you.”
Restrepo caught 6 passes for 117 yards – providing him 993 acquiring yards for the period – and Miami snapped a three-sport shedding streak. Henry Parrish Jr. ran for 111 yards and a pair of scores for the Hurricanes (7-5, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Boston School quarterback Thomas Castellanos ran for 130 yards and a touchdown but only completed 15 of 25 passes for 151 yards and a TD. After a touchdown on the opening push, the Eagles (6-6, 3-5) gave up 28 unanswered details and didn’t get in the conclusion zone yet again till they transformed to make it 28-14 after Van Dyke’s fumble on Miami’s first possession of the next fifty percent.
The Hurricanes obtained the ball back at their very own 8 and advanced to the BC 35 right before Mark Fletcher was stopped for just 2 yards on 3rd-and-6. Coach Mario Cristobal went for it, and Van Dyke discovered Restrepo for a enjoy that successfully clinched the victory.
“The man just will get open,” Fletcher stated. “He’s not the fastest guy. He’s not the most important dude, but he is familiar with how to get open up. That is what tends to make him so efficient. That man’s quite clutch.”
Miami was 6 of 13 on 3rd down conversions and 3 for 3 on fourth.
“They have been just vital plays and executed at a truly large amount,” Cristobal claimed. “They experienced the chance to make plays, and they built them.”
NO Miracle THIS TIME
The match on the working day after Thanksgiving even showcased a Hail Mary — 39 years soon after Doug Flutie’s miracle go to acquire in Miami and clinch the Heisman Trophy.
But Castellanos’ desperation move at the conclusion of the 1st 50 percent was picked off in the stop zone and returned 55 yards before offsetting penalties negated the play. Castellanos was intercepted 2 times — as soon as on a ball that was tipped at the line, and once more on BC’s ultimate possession.
Superior Starts off
Boston College moved easily down the area to score in its opening push, but then the Miami protection took around. The Eagles managed 3 straight three-and-outs and a four-and-out before ending the fifty percent with the unsuccessful Hail Mary.
Miami scored touchdowns on 4 of its 5 initial-50 % possessions. Right after the Eagles compelled a fumble to start the 3rd quarter, they scored on Castellanos’ 21-yard operate to make it 28-14.
But Restrepo’s 28-garden reception on fourth down established up a 4 lawn move from Van Dyke to Jacolby George that gave Miami a 35-14 direct.
“It started off effectively. I considered we executed at a high level coming out on that first travel,” BC mentor Jeff Hafley explained. “We experienced a opportunity to stop them many moments to get them to fourth down. They made much more performs than we did. We experienced alternatives to get off the discipline and we did not.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Miami, which gained its 1st four video games of the time and rose to No. 17 in The Involved Push Top 25, had misplaced five of its next seven. The Hurricanes however have a prospect to achieve eight wins for the 1st time due to the fact Manny Diaz led them to the Cheez-It Bowl in 2020.
Boston College finishes with a .500 history with the hope of a bowl recreation victory that would give them seven wins for the very first time given that 2018.
“Getting the bowl recreation was actually very good, but I truly feel like that’s when we definitely like stopped at,” Castellanos mentioned. “We sort of received complacent. We got more than our heads and we didn’t hold our head on and hold battling. I feel like as soon as we obtained the bowl video game fellas kind of laid off, and mentioned: ‘Ah, we’ve received a bowl recreation now.’”
UP Up coming
Both equally await their bowl assignments.
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