First Glance: Miami Hurricanes

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By Robert Behrens@rcb05 Sep 13, 2022, 9:31am CDT

What You Need to Know:

If you’re a college football fan, you obviously know about Miami football. But enough about that tradition power program in Ohio, the one we’re playing is located in ~~Miami~~ Coral Gables, FL. Known as “The U,” their mascot is inexplicably named after a phenomenon that has caused untold death and destruction to the state through the generations.
Miami is breaking in a new coaching staff following the hiring of Mario Cristobal away from Oregon.
The Aggies are 1-1 after a 31-0 win over Sam Houston and a heart-wrenching 17-14 loss to Appalachian State. Miami is 2-0 after blowing out Bethune-Cookman, LLP 70-13 and handling Southern Miss 30-7.

A&M and Miami have only met three times, with the Hurricanes holding a 2-1 advantage. The Aggies’ only win came in 1944, with Miami sweeping a home-and-home in 2007-2008.
Famous Miami alumni include Rick Barry, Wayne Brady, Ray Liotta, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kimbo Slice, Gloria Estefan, Bruce Hornsby and Jon Secada.
After notching 14 10-win seasons, 12 conference titles and 5 national titles from 1983 to 2003, the Hurricanes have only one 10-win season and no conference titles since joining the ACC 18 years ago.

All eyes on the QBs: Miami’s Tyler VanDyke is touted as one of the best QBs in the country, and while his 73.3% completion rate is stout, he is only averaging 223 yards and 1.5 TDs per game against less talented defenses than he’ll face on Saturday. On the A&M side, it’s much more about WHO will play QB, with Jimbo Fisher failing to commit to Haynes King when asked about who will start, there is a chance we see LSU transfer Max Johnson take the field for the Aggies.
Rebound? The App State loss seemed like a crossroads for this team (and perhaps this program), that will either galvanize the locker room or fracture it. The performance we see on Saturday will go a long way toward telling us which to expect.

A sunny day should give way to a clear night (15% chance of rain) with a high of 94 and an overnight low of 72