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- Pick/market: 6 Miami Hurricanes' next three opponents were in action on Saturday.

- Pick/market: Miami had 44 total pressures – for reference the Canes had 17 pressures in Week 2 and just seven in Week 1.

- Pick/market: Darian Mensah is 13-13 for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns.

- Miami's preliminary PFF review describes Mensah's Wake Forest performance as quick and short-area: 2.32 seconds to throw, a 4.7-yard average target depth, more than 75% of throws under ten yards and just one deep attempt. He completed all 20 first-half passes; those efficiency figures do not establish consistent downfield success. - Toney played 47 snaps and caught all 12 targets with one touchdown against Wake Forest. Miami's preliminary PFF review puts him wide on 36.7% of his snaps, with a 4.8-yard average target depth and 5.4 yards after catch per reception. Three intermediate catches produced 57 yards and a touchdown. - Fletcher ran for 85 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries against Wake Forest. Miami's preliminary PFF review credits him with 4.69 yards after contact per carry, six forced missed tackles and three runs longer than ten yards. It also charges him with one pressure allowed in pass protection. - Buchanan and McCoy each played 70 snaps on Miami's offensive line against Wake Forest, a career high for Buchanan. PFF credited Buchanan with no pressures or sacks allowed and McCoy with one pressure allowed. McCoy's 69.7 run-blocking grade led the five starting linemen; these grades remain subject to film-review changes. - Miami's PFF review credits Blount with nine pressures on 61 snaps and nickel Thornton with eight on 67. Thornton nevertheless allowed 4/5 targets for 50 yards and two TDs and missed three tackles. Fitzgerald allowed 1/3 targets for zero yards with no missed tackles; O'Connor allowed 4/6 for 36 yards and made the late interception. The grades are preliminary.

- Miami built a 31-7 lead over Wake Forest with 8:56 left in the third quarter after scoring 24 unanswered points. Its opening touchdown drive covered 92 yards in 14 plays and took 7:33. The offense controlled the early game, but the final 33-20 margin was much narrower than that peak lead. - Malachi Toney finished with 12 catches for 124 yards and a touchdown, while Mark Fletcher Jr. carried 16 times for 85 yards and a score. Those game totals show substantial production from both players, without establishing a new role or projecting the next matchup. - Miami allowed two unanswered touchdown drives as Wake Forest cut the lead to 31-20. Ethan O'Connor's late interception, identified by the team report as Miami's first takeaway of the season, stopped another drive. The result includes a second-half defensive lapse, not just the strong opening stretch.

- Miami running back CharMar Brown is out for the season after a Wake Forest injury, the article reports. Jordan Lyle has completed a three-game suspension and Cristobal calls him available against Central Michigan after keeping him in training. Fletcher was banged up and Pringle was dealing with an injury; the report sets no Lyle workload or new backfield order. - Through three games against FBS opponents, Miami is averaging 139.5 rushing yards per game and 4.2 per carry, ranked 69th and 59th nationally and ninth and tenth in the ACC, the article reports. That is current ground-game output, not a Central Michigan forecast or a new running-back carry assignment.

- Injury: 5 Miami (3-0, 2-0) escaped Wake Forest (2-1, 0-1) with a 33-20 win in a game where multiple players sustained injuries, including star wide receiver Malachi Toney and running back Mark Fletcher.

- Pick/market: The 33-20 win by the Miami Hurricanes over Wake Forest on Friday night was a tale of two halves.

- Miami's Monday press-conference recap reports receiver Joshua Moore has a season-ending injury. Moore had opened the season in the top-four receiver rotation and was second on the team in receiving yards; the recap does not announce a replacement starter. - The Miami recap says Jordan Lyle has served his suspension and Mario Cristobal considers him available when needed. The writer projects an opportunity to rise in the running-back rotation, but no No. 2 assignment or Central Michigan workload is confirmed. - Cristobal described Miami running back Mark Fletcher as banged up after missing most of the fourth quarter against Wake Forest but expected him to be fine. This is Monday's coach assessment, not medical clearance or confirmation of an unrestricted next-game workload. - Cristobal said Miami's tackles and center played solidly against Wake Forest, while the guards mixed positive snaps with breakdowns against moving fronts, interior twists and third-down pressure packages. No offensive-line personnel change was announced. - Miami's defensive coordinator emphasized eye discipline in preparing for Central Michigan's varied run game and occasional passes. The recap describes a recognition and assignment emphasis for this matchup, not a new defensive system or a promised statistical result.

- OL: VIP: A quick note on Miami OL commit Jatori Williams after a visit to Auburn on Saturday.

- Offense: A Tale of Two Halves: What the advanced analytics, via TruMedia, tell us about Miami's offensive drought in the second half.

- TE: Freshman TE Gavin Mueller with an AWESOME block to help free up Marty Brown on that 32-yard run.

- QB/KICKER: Rita 39, Montini 38 Shocking result due to horrible defense, even worse special teams and some questionable calls.

- After Miami's 2026 Wake Forest game, Corey Hetherman said Damon Wilson II showed better awareness of the defense's pressures and movements, played more square through blockers and changed his rush angles. The coach links faster play to growing scheme familiarity; this is a technique assessment, not a new pressure package or starting assignment. - Hetherman says Miami's Marquise Lightfoot improved from the first to the third game of 2026 in hand use, run defense and transitions into his pass rush. He contrasts that broader work with Lightfoot's third-down role last season and highlights his late Wake Forest impact, without announcing a snap share or permanent rotation change.

- Defense: Miami DC Corey Hetherman: Defense Wasn’t Perfect, but It Delivered When Needed Corey Hetherman praised Miami’s late response against Wake Forest but identified missed tackles and communication breakdowns as major areas to correct.

- The review says Wake Forest's quick-passing adjustment helped Gio Lopez regain rhythm after Miami went ahead 31-7. Miami's depleted secondary struggled to answer while the front had difficulty disrupting the quicker throws. This is the writer's account of an in-game adjustment, not an announced change in either team's base scheme. - Wake Forest receiver Jack Foley exploited gaps in Miami's coverage with a 19-yard touchdown and gains of 49 and 24 yards after entering the game without a catch through two weeks. The review also describes Carlos Hernandez beating Damari Brown in man coverage for a 17-yard touchdown. These were matchup-specific breakdowns, not a reported personnel change. - The article credits Damon Wilson with his first Miami sack and highlights pressures associated with an end-zone holding safety, a failed fourth-and-five pass and the late interception. It also identifies nickel Omar Thornton as a pressure source. Those are described impacts, not a complete pressure count or a newly announced blitz package. - Miami allowed 88 yards on 20 first-half plays despite recording no sack or tackle for loss before halftime. The defense finished with three sacks and five tackles for loss and held Wake Forest to 1.6 yards per rush. The writer nevertheless flags missed chances by Damari Brown, JJ Dunnigan and the front to bring Lopez down. - The report says Miami receiver Malachi Toney and running back Mark Fletcher sustained injuries during the Wake Forest win. It provides no diagnosis, recovery timetable or next-game availability for either player; the injury mention does not establish that either will miss another game.

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