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A month ago Miami (FL) was set to yet another season of the Hurricanes returning to national prominence as they entered the year ranked 14th nationally.
The latest loss came Thursday night against Virginia as the Canes will now enter October just 2-3 after losing to Alabama (no shame there) as well as on their home field to both Michigan State and now the Cavaliers. This one came in an incredibly heartbreaking way as the Canes missed a 33-yard field goal as time expired.
UVA survives‼️
Miami missed the game-winning FG in the final seconds. pic.twitter.com/8vtiEoyzfS
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 1, 2021
Miami entered September viewed as a dark horse by some as a College Football Playoff contender but enter October with three losses and their biggest highlight on the year being a cat surviving a falling from their upper deck.
Manny Diaz was thought to be on the verge of turning this program around but instead it seems like more of the same for a program that hasn’t finished in the top-10 since 2003. Since dominating Notre Dame and convincing the nation they were “back” in November of 2017, Miami is just 24-22 since.
Virginia improves to 3-2 with the victory after they had dropped their last two to North Carolina and Wake Forest as quarterback Brennan Armstrong threw for 268 yards and a touchdown.
Notre Dame travels to Charlottesville to take on the Cavaliers on November 13 as Virginia will be coming off a bye.
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