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Move Brown to Safety or Nickle
- DB: I need thorton to play with his eyes open man,, he almost took out both our DTs just spearing into piles when guys are wrapped up..
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Miami @ Clemson
- Injury: Line is only -7 Miami for this game.
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- Pick/market: The Miami Hurricanes hit the road and downed the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 33-20 Friday Night.
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- Game breakdown: On Monday afternoon, Miami Hurricanes defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman spoke with the media, recapping the 33-20 win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the upcoming game against Central Michigan.
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I Charted the 2nd Half Plays
- Injury: I wanted to see if there was a change to conservative playcalling starting from the 2nd series of the second half.
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- Injury: On Monday afternoon, Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal spoke with the media, recapping the 33-20 win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the upcoming game against Central Michigan.
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Tackling And Swarming To The Ball
- LB/DB: I agree with the part that the D has the potential to be elite and we should be all be happy that they came alive with a freshman starting at safety and another safety...
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- Pick/market: Following Miami's 33-20 win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, Darian Mensah, Marquise Lightfoot, and Ethan O'Connor joined the podium to recap the win.
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Going back to just win mentality
- Injury: Doesn’t matter how, or how it looks, as long as the end result is a win.
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- Pick/market: On Friday night, the No.
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Five takeaways on Miami's defense in a 33-20 win over Wake Forest
- 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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PFF Grades: Miami's ten best players in a 33-20 win over Wake Forest
- 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.
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Which Young Players…
- Injury: Mallory, Pringle, Lyle at RB Scroggins at Dline Marcelin Jr.#17 LB - he plays fas Young CB’s with all the injuries.
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No. 5 Miami Picks Up 33-20 Win over Wake Forest
- 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.
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Safety
- DB: Bryce Fitzgerald is not looking good at cornerback he does not look good at cornerback and may I remind you these are not Elite receivers he needs to be back at safety
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We are not a top 5 team
- RB/DB: Our guards are terrible, DB's getting torched and out of position.
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- DB: Lopez extending the play, Wilson II went to chase, OT held clearly to save the sack, but it still gives Miami the safety.
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