Counting a two-point win over Appalachian State earlier this season, the Hurricanes have played five games decided by four or fewer points. Miami has had each of its last four games – two wins, two losses – decided by four points or less, the first time in program history that there’s been such a run of games being so close. The Miami-Georgia Tech cancellation was announced the day before the Hurricanes lost what became their regular-season finale to North Carolina. 19, and the Yellow Jackets wound up telling the ACC that it couldn’t play. They were scheduled to play in November, only to have the game postponed because of virus-related issues at Miami. The Hurricanes and Yellow Jackets didn’t play last season. The last phase in the development of the program (is) not only to be in these close games … we’ve got to find ways to win them.” ”We’ve decreased the gap amongst the teams that we’ve played. ”The thing that we’ve done in this program, the guys have done, the coaches have done, is (close) the margin for error,” Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins said. The Yellow Jackets insist they’re seeing steps in the right direction. But a loss on Saturday would put postseason hopes in absolute peril since the Yellow Jackets would need to win out just to become bowl-eligible at 6-6 overall – and, in that scenario, they’d have to beat No. Georgia Tech (3-5, 2-4) is ahead of only Duke in the Coastal standings. ”To me, it’s, `Hey, let’s find a way to win a football game and keep that backs-against-the-wall mentality,”’ Diaz said.
None of the four teams left on the Hurricanes’ schedule currently has a winning record, so there’s a chance for Miami to keep moving up in the Coastal race. State and Pitt – both AP Top 25 teams at the time, both in the opening Top 25 rankings released earlier this week by the College Football Playoff committee – over the past two weekends. Miami (4-4, 2-2) has given itself hope again after beating N.C. It’s been that way of late, and it’s been working. He’d prefer to see his team have the same approach. We expect to see a wounded team fighting for their life on Saturday.” ”Georgia Tech’s backs, they’re against the wall. ”When we play in the ACC Coastal, we expect the games to be tight, close, highly contested,” Miami coach Manny Diaz said.
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