Georgia Tech stings Miami, hands Canes 1st loss
ATLANTA– Georgia Tech coaches thought the best way to beat Camera Ward and No. 4 Miami was to keep the ball away from the quarterback.Despite losing their leading two running backs and having their starting quarterback operate mostly as a runner, the Yellow Jackets’game plan was successful.Ward and Miami finally ran out of second-half comebacks as Haynes King led Georgia Tech to a 28-23 win over the previously unbeaten Hurricanes on Saturday for the Yellow Jackets ‘very first success over a top-five team in 15 years.Fans hurried the field, falling both goalposts, after the game.Miami(9-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference)was denied its first 10-0 start because 2017. Georgia Tech( 6-4, 4-3) ended up being bowl-eligible and ended a two-game losing streak. “We just didn’t play Miami football,” safety Mishael Powell stated. “We didn’t do an excellent job getting turnovers today.”King rushed for 93 lawns and ran and passed for touchdowns as Georgia Tech held the ball practically 10 minutes longer than Miami. The Yellow Jackets held the Hurricanes to a season low in points– less than half of their top-ranked average of 47.4. King tossed only six passes, finishing them all for only 32 backyards, in his return after missing out on 2 games with an ideal shoulder injury. The Yellow Jackets outrushed the Hurricanes 271-88.”The way they ran the football, knowing that they were banged up at quarterback, they did a better job than we did,”Miami coach Mario Cristobal stated. “Very, very disappointing. I think, as you can imagine, the whole locker room is really sad, down, dissatisfied. You have to own it.”The Yellow Jackets got rid of 347 passing backyards and three touchdown passes by Ward, a Heisman Trophy competitor.”Good football game, if you believe in running the ball and stopping the run and time of belongings,”Georgia Tech coach Brent Key stated.
“Those kind of things still work.”The Yellow Jackets held the ball for 17 plays on a monstrous 75-yard goal drive capped by King’s 5-yard screen pass to Malik Rutherford in the second quarter. The drive put Tech up 14-10 and chewed 10 minutes, 45 seconds off the clock.Ward’s 38-yard scoring pass to Xavier Restrepo cut the cause 28-23 in the fourth quarter. Miami’s last ownership started at its 19 with 1:52 left. Ward fumbled when sacked by Romello Height, and Jordan van den Berg recuperated for Georgia Tech. “Our guys played,”Key said.”They didn’t bat an eye. They didn’t flinch.
“Georgia Tech’s Jamal Haynes broke through Miami’s protective front for a 65-yard operate on the second play of the game and added a 16-yard scoring run 2 plays later as the Yellow Jackets took a 7-0 lead.Ward addressed with a record-setting 74-yard scoring pass to Elijah Arroyo.
It was Ward’s school-record 30th touchdown pass of the season. Ward had actually been connected with
Steve Walsh, who tossed 29 scoring passes in 1988. Injuries at running back Haynes left the game following a big hit from security Jaden Harris in the first quarter and didn’t return. Haynes ‘backup, Chad Alexander, entrusted an obvious left leg injury late in the first half.Another backup running back, Trey Cooley, lost his helmet on a hit from Miami defensive take on Ahmad Moten Sr. late in the third quarter. Moten was flagged for targeting and ejected from the
game.Comeback magic ends Miami’s unbeaten
run through its very first 9 games included 3 second-half resurgences. Miami beat Duke 53-31 recently after heaven Devils led 28-17 in the 3rd quarter. Versus Georgia Tech, the Hurricanes’only lead was 10-7 and they trailed after the Yellow Jackets went up 14-10 in the 2nd quarter.The Associated Press added to this story.