As North Carolina Is Playing On The Road At Miami Today They're Facing, Opposing A Miami Team Who Is Coming Off A Bye Week Who Has Yet To Play An Atlantic Coast Conference Opponent

As North Carolina is playing on the road at Miami Saturday they’re facing, opposing a Miami team who is coming off a bye who has yet to play an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent.

North Carolina meanwhile has played an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent and comes into the game with a record of 4-1 1-0 in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference and is second in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference behind tobacco road rival Duke because unlike Miami they played on Saturday in Chapel Hill hosting Virginia Tech who they beat soundly 41-10 In North Carolina’s 41-10 win over Virginia Tech Drake Maye threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more to continue his strong start to the seasonJosh Downs led UNC (4-1, 1-0 ACC) with eight catches and 120 yards, and tight end Bryson Nesbit added 98 receiving yards on four receptions.

Grant Wells completed 16 of 26 passes for 139 yards and ran for a touchdown, but the Hokies (2-3, 1-1) struggled overall against a Tar Heel defense that turned in its best performance of the season.

Linebacker Cedric Gray picked off Wells in the second quarter, which set up a 16-yard touchdown pass by Maye to Antoine Green one play later to give UNC a 21-3 lead, and the Hokies never never got closer than 11 points.

North Carolina gave up nearly 500 yards per game in their first four contests, but UNC limited the number of big gainers by Virginia Tech. Wells never got in an extended rhythm, as the Hokies finished with only 273 yards.

“According to an article on goheels.com”

Miami comes into the game with a record of 2-2 0-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference because they’ve yet to play a Coastal Division opponent in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Though, Miami did close out the non conference portion of their schedule with a 45-31 loss to Middle Tennessee State on Saturday September 24, 2022.

In Miami’s 45-31 loss to Middle Tennessee State Middle Tennessee State came up with big play after big play this afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium – long passes, takeaways and fourth-down stops. The Hurricanes would respond and inch closer, but MTSU never flinched. In the end there were too many big plays to overcome, and Miami suffered a 45-31 defeat.

Following Miami’s 45-31 loss to Middle Tennessee State Head Coach Mario Cristobal had this to say!

They coached better than us, they played better than us,”

Why?

“They were better. We didn’t do a good enough job. There’s no excuse.

“We all came here for a purpose and a reason, and we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

MTSU’s first four offensive touchdown drives averaged 2.5 plays and 40.5 seconds as the Canes yielded touchdown passes of 71, 69 and 98 yards, plus an 89-yard catch and run that led to another touchdown. Miami had three turnovers in its first seven snaps from scrimmage. And two Miami drives ended on fourth down incompletions inside the MTSU five-yard line.

MTSU quarterback Chase Cunningham completed 15 of 24 passes for 408 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. Wide receiver Jaylin Lane caught four passes for 130 yards and wide receiver DJ England-Chisolm had two catches – both touchdowns – for 169 yards.

“According to article on miamihurricanes.com”

Kickoff is set for 4:00pm from Hard Rock Stadium that is home to not only the Miami Hurricanes though, the Miami Dolphins of the NFL as well!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN2!