Of scrimmage. Desmond evans applying pressure for North Carolina. A. J. Allen is a transfer from nebraska. Tale of two halves for this offense. And for the miami defense for that matter as well. As we said earlier, that loss last week in terms of the conference race, it really gay them no wiggle room. This will be a two conference loss if it stays like this. Theyre trying to make a game of it again. And Rashard Smith got run down by huzzie, who saved a touchdown. 25 yards for miami. Greg this is a good job, too, by van dyke attacking the line of scrimmage. The timing to bra shard smith was a thing of beauty. As soon as he turned around that ball was on him. He was able to have a nice catch and run. Sean 257 yards passing for van dyke. 22 out of 32. Heres another completion. Its isaiah horton, redshirt freshman from murfreesboro, tennessee. Coaches said they wanted to get him more involved, that he has been. Nineyard play. Second and one at the carolina 23. Year two for Mario Cristobal as head coach at his alma mater. As this one turns around, hell be 99. They were 57 a year ago. Made seven changes to the coaching staff. To the end zone, incomplete. Tyler harrell was there. Seventhyear senior. Played at louisville and alabama. Four years at louisville. Last season at alabama. Greg good recovery there by marcus allen. He was beat initially. The ball held up just a little bit too long to allow allen to close and ultimately break up the pass. Sean third and one. Clearly fourdown territory for miami. A. J. Allen told to get on the other hip of van dyke, the quarterback. Nice bounce outside. And a. J. Allen swung down after picking up the first down and more. Gio biggers made the tackle. A. J. Allen played just four games as a true freshman last year, redshirted, and then transferred in. Hes a redshirt freshman from monroe, louisiana. They list him at 511. That might be a little generous. 186 pounds. Approaching the midpoint of the Fourth Quarter. Van dyke running out of time. And throws it away. Threw it for riley williams, who they think is going to be the next great tight end at miami. Greg obviously the clock is stopped buck this drive is really take a long time. Three and a half minutes off the clock already. Only has to result in points. Fourdown territory the rest of the way. Got to pick up the urgency on the upcoming possessions. Sean looking for restrepo, and he cant hang on. Its broken up by huzzie. Terrific play by the star, which is a very important position on this North Carolina defense. Greg yeah, similar play that they actually scored on earlier. This time huzzie covers it appropriately. Earlier in the game, restrepo was running wide open down that left side sideline for a touchdown, and huzzie times it beautifully and breaks up the pass. Sean he was going to be a cornerback until they had the injury to their starting star, and huzzie says he likes playing the star position because youre all over the place, almost always put in a position to be around the ball, sometimes up playing the run. 11th play of the miami drive. Third down and ten. Van dyke over the middle and off the hands of his intended receiver, Rashard Smith, and incomplete. Im pretty sure this is the most consecutive plays they played in this game without a penalty. Greg what are we at, three or four in a row . Sean about that. They have to have it. Fourth down and ten. Midway through the Fourth Quarter and down by three touchdowns. Van dyke, beautiful throw and catch. Touchdown. Xavier restrepo. And theyre still alive on a 13yard score. Greg man, this is a heck of a throw by tyler van dyke. Its a really nice route by restrepo. You see him just work right around huzzie. But look at how the throw is kind of like a back shoulder. You see those an awful lot on the boundary, on the sideline. Dont see them over the middle. Throws the back shoulder to allow restrepo to return, high point it, and reel it in for the touchdown. That was an amazing throw. Sean borregales, the extra point. Restrepo, eight catches, 62 yards, and two touchdowns. And the third touchdown pass of the night for tyler van dyke. 12play drive. 12play drive. [announcer] we have a special guest today on Espn College Gameday the geico gecko look, just get to the part when you tell everyone how easy it is to insure whats important to them. Home, car. Even rv. Come on, theres an rv right there. [cheering] did he even see the talking points i gave him . I dont believe so, sir. For all your insurance needs from home to car to rv, its easy to geico. Desmond i forgot the talking points [cheering] [street noise] [text message] whole team is here coffee . 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More turbo. more freedom. more electric. engine revving at nissan, more is all we do. nissan mnemonic sean see if Mario Cristobal decides for an onside kick here. North carolinas line up as if they are expecting that. With miami down by 14. 7 14 to go. Borregales has it teed up at the 35 yard line. 10 of the 11 tar heels up close. And the deepest man is only back at the 25 yard line. They put it in a tough spot. Nice play by bryson nesbit. Lost it for a moment but got back on it. Looked like he was going to make a tough catch. Got loose but fell on it. Well thought out attempt by miami. Pooch kick into a tough spot for North Carolina to field it. Greg yeah, i mean, nesbit got running underneath it. That would have been an unbelievable catch. Fortunate for him as it squeaked out it didnt go far. He will just lean over on the football. But really well placed pooch kick there by miami. Sean and because they didnt go with the traditional onside dig they dont kill themselves in the field position. At the 29 yard line. Drake maye. They have been roiding the running game successfully. Omarion hampton taken down by corey flagg. That will take us under seven minutes to go. Greg if youre drake maye, youre absolutely not going to snap this football until theres under five seconds on the shot clock. The shot clock, of course, a lot of people thats what quarterbacks call it. Its the play clock, i understand that. But got to let that thing melt and melt and melt. Take as much time as humanly possible, and hopefully some of the offensive line can move some defenders back. Sean they rush for 177 yards. And that total is growing with every step hampton trying to go all the way. He got tracked down by tecory couch. At the 10 yard line. 61 yards. Greg theres only five miami defenders there in the run, so they roll their safety James Williams down. He came down way to the left, and instead hampton goes right up the middle, and theres nobody home. Just a really poor fit from miami defensively, and hampton almost took it the distance. Sean 188 yards. That run officially 60, and a chance for a second game of 200 plus this season. Mentioned earlier, the 234 against appalachian state. Maye. Planted by kiko mauigoa. I dont think given North Carolinas situation i would have too many more designed runs for your star quarterback. Greg yeah, i mean, keep them honest every once in a while, sure, but this game, if you just kneel on it right now and kick a field goal, its likely out of reach for miami, so lets not take unnecessary sean lets not go to a touchy subject. Its a little early. You dont want to overreact and start taking knees with five minutes to go. Greg more tongue and cheek than anything. But dont take unnecessary risks, long story short. Sean hampton. Tripped up. Touchdown saves tackle by corey fla flagg. But thats ten for omarion. They have him officially with 197 yards. I would think theyd let him try to take it in, get over the 200 mark. Even a field goal here is a huge difference maker. Put it back to a threescore game. Theyre a little thin at running back now. Mack brown told us yesterday. George pettaway and elijah green, who were basically four and five on the depth chart want to redshirt. Good tackle. Nate mccollum dropped by Devonte Brown for a loss of one. I think if youre miami here you might want to start thinking about timeouts. Greg yeah, i would call one right here. Sean yeah, rather than let 30 seconds its easier to stop the clock when you have the ball, obviously. Greg just preserve some clock. I would definitely call a timeout here. Sean and i think North Carolinas going to do what theyve done before, let the play clock run all the way down and call a timeout. Mack brown is down at the 12 yard line next to the line judge. Referee timeout, North Carolina, their second. 30 seconds. Sean and in the near future, greg, the schedule looks pretty favorable. Take nothing for granted in College Football, but virginia, georgia tech, campbell the next three. And then the rivalry game with duke. Thats here. And then finishing on the road at clemson and at nc state. Greg yeah, obviously tough threegame stretch to finish up. Nc state obviously really inconsistent season so far in 2023, but clemson i think by that point will be playing really good football. Theyre rounding into shape in some ways. And obviously duke continues to impress. Sean i wonder if theyll get Riley Leonard back. There was some speculation hed play today. That would be huge for duke. Heres barnette. This one would pretty much put it away 17point lead makes it three scores. 23yard attempt. Hes already connected from 34, and hes 8 for 8 this year. After he lost the starting kicking job to the transfer ryan ko. That one almost blocked. Theres a flag down. Jaden davis ran into the kicker. It was fourth and five. So i think theyre wondering if this will be a first down. Referee running into the kicker, defense number 22. Penalty is declined. Field goal is good. Wouldnt have been a first down, so they take the points. And just about everything working well tonight for the tar heels. You know, its really impressive team. Not a lot of weaknesses. Greg no, they are excellent. And im so impressed with tez walker. I mean, he makes them different, and they already had a good receiver core. Even if his absence, what kobe paysour was able to step up and do. They have been really god, but now that they have a legit goto Game Changing type wide receiver theyre going to be really tough to defend, because you cannot single cover tez walker because he will eat you lei. That just obviously helps the run game, too, because safeties will have to stay over the top. Having a guy thats that dynamic really changes how you defend an offense with this many capable playmakers. Sean a lot of the folks that stayed here. Some have headed into the carolina night. Really pleasant night here with the exception of that brief shower. Temperature in the 60s throughout the evening. So, North Carolina is going to beat miami for the fifth year in a row. They kick it away from Rashard Smith. Still a pretty nifty return. Brought back by rayray joseph. Heres a look at tonights mark of a fighter moment, brought to you by modelo. Greg its hard to be anybody other than drake maye. Just amazing. Corners coverage. Sees the safety get a little nosey there. Throw it over the top to tez walker whos in a oneonone situation on a big opost, and its easy money. Third and 20. You know this safeties are going to drop deep, so you go with a dagger concept. Slot receiver, run it right through the middle. Tez walker behind him. You hit him in stride. Momentum carries him into the end zone and, drake maye continues to impress on the downfield passing attack. Sean tyler van dyke close to the line of scrimmage as he throws, and its out of bounds. Isaiah horton, the intended receiver. This North Carolina team is really, really good. So impressed with what theyve done. But i do think at the same time drake maye might not have his best stuff today. Thats whats so crazy. He played well, but the first half is one hed like to forget. Sean how about his family here . His dad played quarterback here. His brother luca, great basketball player here. Tonight the 200th career game the maye family played in at the university of North Carolina can tw his dad, his brother luke, and brother beau was on the Basketball Team as well. Quite a family. Greg that is about as good as you could possibly ask for. Just amazing how athletic that group is, it really is. Sean oops. Rucker pointing saying he was drawn off. Referee false start, offense, number 73. Sean and he was by mauigoa. Theres beau, his brother drakes roommate. Drake tonight made it all 20 of his career starts at quarterback in North Carolina in which he passed for more than 200 yards, with 273. Wont get to how about this . Rashard smith behind the defense for a miami touchdown. 54 yards. Last thing you want to do if youre don chapman or any of these tar heel defenders is let somebody get by you deep. Greg this is just a great route there by smith. Sets him up on the slot fade. You see him hesitate, get to the outside. Chapmans kind of flatfooted there, outside. He blows by him, and van d throws a strike downdownfield. Sean so Rashard Smith, who had six catches all year has three tonight for 90 yards and a touchdown, second touchdown of the season. Andy borregales, the extra point. And the canes fighting to the end, down by ten now with 2 17. Greg this is a good football team, too. I know that they have had their share of selfinflicted mistakes tonight, multiple turnovers and costly mistakes, but look at the rest of their schedule. I mean, obviously the clemson game is going to be a very difficult game. Clemsons rounding into form, so next week were going to find out what miamis all about. Should get wins against virginia and nc state before they finish with a huge game at Florida State on november 11th. Could very easily fast forward to seasons end, and miami could be sitting there going after eight, nine wince, which would be decent progress in year two from Mario Cristobal. Sean he said yesterday, i have a very good football team, and its going keep getting better. Theyve got a terrific recruiting class last year. They have another good one coming. They havent recovered an onside kick since 2020. Theyll try it again. Tried a little sky kick last time and was run down by nesbit. Pretty much the same alignment from North Carolina. Greg going with that twokicker alignment here, trying to throw off the hands team to see which side theyre ultimately going to kick it towards. Sean will rocha is the other kicker. He did the fake, and then borregales kicked it. And its handled by tez walker. Who has something to say to the miami sideline after the recovery. Its his night, and hes getting a huge hand as he comes back across to the North Carolina sideline. Greg pretty good kick. Got the second big hop. Tez walker goes up, gets big, and makes the play. What a way to end it, an exclamation point on whats been a terrific night. Sean team nix the only other tar heel with caleb hood, whos their number three running back is in now. And he gets stopped. So, duke a winner tonight at home. 243. Against nc state. So they go to 20 in conference. North carolina not yet a victory, but espn news is projecting the tar heels as the winner. Theyll go to 60 overall for the First Time Since 1997, and 30 in conference as Florida State after a pummelling of syracuse today. That goes to 40. A tough couple of weeks for the orange, losing by a combined 8110 the last two weeks to North Carolina and Florida State. But theyre not out of it at 03. Greg a lot of things call happen. Sean orange optimism. Greg you always love the find the silver lining. Sean as you know, im a glass is half full kind of guy. The length of this game, there are a few people hoping the glass will soon be half empty. Oh, boy. Really. Really . This seems a little aggressive. A little reverse to tez walker. Mm. Mack didnt win all these games by running that play at this juncture. Of course, the clock runs to under two minutes. Third down and 13. Mack by the way, is about to earn career win number 280. Of his hall of fame career. Hes already in the hall of fame back in 2018. Came out of retirement from coaching after five years in 2019. Caleb hood dropped for a loss. Miami does have a timeout. Theyll use it. So when this one goes to 280, and its getting dicier than he would like it to be with a minute and a half to go and now a tenpoint lead and facing fourth down, hell tie his fellow hall of famer frank beamer. They went into the College Football hall of fame the same year, 2014, win list. How about the names ahead of him . Greg amazing to think about the career hes had. One of the most enjoyable people in all of College Football. Sean the best. Greg just a true gentleman and guy that have never met someones enemy. Universally beloved. Sean 16 years at texas. Two stints here. Three at tulane, one at appalachian state. One of five active head coaches to have won a title. Only coach with two of course he has an assistant coach on his staff. The defensive coordinator gene chizik who won a National Title as head coach at auburn. Been a nice fall for the chiziks. Genes son callie is on the furman team, and having a terrific year. Greg great year so far. Great yearle one of the top teams in the fcs. I know coach chiz is so proud of callie and would imagine hed follow him into coaching at some point down the road. Sean punt. Maginness gets it off. And smartly just kick it away from rayray joseph. So, youre saying theres a chance. I mean, with the way last weeks game ended for miami, i dont think you can say this ones over yet. Strange things can happen. Greg there might be some people in the desert playing close attention to this. Anything is possible. But if youre North Carolina, i mean, just a moment ago, stay deep. You cant let guys get behind you. Sean another big night for van dyke against North Carolina. Last year in miami against the tar heels he threw for 496 yards in a loss, a threepoint loss. Second most passing yards in a game in miami history. Short gain to restrepo. He got collared along the near sideline by amari gainer, the transfer from Florida State. If youre wondering who threw the most passing yards, steven morris. Greg i would not have guessed steven morris. Of all the great quarterbacks who have come through miami he would not be my guess at that stat. To go. Van dyke didnt want to take the checkdown, but he had to. A. J. Allen down in bounds. The clocks running. They dont have timeouts. Sixyard gain