3 days Ago By Pankti Parmar
On3's JD Pickell believes that Miami is stronger than ever in the Championship picture after Georgia Tech handed the Hurricanes a 28-23 loss, their first of the season, dropping The U's record to 9-1 (5-1 in conference) "We just won the ACC," Pickell stated, taking everyone by surprise. As bold of a claim that was, especially after Miami's first loss, the On3 analyst had a perfect explanation to back it up. "Bad news, we lost to Georgia Tech.
But the good news, we won the ACC. Said this last week, but I would double down right now. Miami had been playing with fire for so long.
The Virginia Tech game that takes a Hail Mary getting overturned. The Cal game, in the second half, needed Cam Ward to go superman. The Duke game, like why are we messing around with Duke with 3 touchdown favorites," Pickell said.
"Needed something to happen at some point in time to get your team locked back in. I said the last week, they needed a loss. Now, the good news is, you got that loss.
And it sucks right now at this moment but I'm telling you this, this Miami team now with a sense of urgency is a different ball game. Why do we believe that? Because of the second halves they have had here. They've had a sense of urgency, they were in a different mode.
So now the silver lining here, the advantage for Miami is going forward, you would hope now, with this loss known to have no more margin error, will have that sense of urgency for all 4 quarters. You had to take a loss, you can only play with fire for so long. Miami, congratulations, you just punched your ticket to the college football playoffs and an ACC title with that loss.
" Miami's rankings this week are sure to take a major hit and plummet, including their touted No. 4 spot in College Football Playoff Rankings . Yet, Miami still has some room for error at No.
4, which means that they'll likely end up in the top 12 even with the loss. Miami head football coach Mario Cristobal gets scathing criticism for Hurricanes' loss Although the Hurricanes did exceptionally well in maintaining a flawless scorecard for 10 weeks, their first loss is already garnering criticism, especially for head coach Mario Cristobal. Cristobal's call for a timeout with 2 minutes left on the clock and Miami still with a chance to win the game, and most disappointingly, while the clock was already stopped became one of the negative highlights of Miami this season, with Hurricanes fans furious over it.
Miami might still be in the playoff equation, but fans will not soon forget this time-management mishap..
