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If seventh-ranked Miami were to look past Wake Forest and toward next week’s long-anticipated trip to No. 3 Florida State, that would be perfectly fine with senior tackle Steven Chase of the Deacons.
But such a possibility, Chase acknowledged, is hardly enough on which to base any hopes for a major upset in today’s game, set for noon at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
"Hopefully, they’ll overlook us, but we’re preparing like they won’t,” Chase said. “You’ve got to prepare.
"We’re not going to overlook them, and they can overlook us, but we’re going to go down there and give them everything we have, and hopefully we’ll come out with a win.”
Coach Jim Grobe doesn’t expect any advantage from the news Miami received this week from the NCAA. The Hurricanes will lose nine scholarships over the next three seasons but still be eligible for a bowl at the end of this season.
"I think it would certainly be a relief to coaches and players alike that that’s behind them now, and they can really spend more time focusing on football,” Grobe said.
Regardless of the circumstances, the Deacons expect to have to play their best game of the season to have any chance against the Hurricanes, who improved to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in ACC play with their comeback 27-23 victory at North Carolina on Oct. 17.
Wake Forest has played well in back-to-back home victories against N.C. State and Maryland, improving to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the ACC. Still, nose guard Nikita Whitlock said that the Deacons will have to take it up a notch to pull off just the second victory in school history over a Top 10 team.
Today happens to be the 67th anniversary of the first, a 19-6 upset at No. 4 Tennessee on Oct. 26, 1946.
"We’ve got to go in and play our best football,” Whitlock said. “We can’t get the big head. We’re only up one game. We need two more wins (for a bowl bid). Those two wins aren’t going to come easy.
"We don’t have any games that we can count a win on the board.”
Miami has had nine days to analyze and digest its performance at North Carolina, where quarterback Stephen Morris threw four interceptions. The Hurricanes fell behind 23-13 early in the fourth quarter before rallying with two long touchdown drives, the last covering 90 yards to produce a winning 3-yard touchdown run by Dallas Crawford with 16 seconds left.
Crawford was pressed into action when starter Duke Johnson was sidelined in the first half by migraine headaches. Johnson, who leads Miami with 655 yards and four touchdowns and is averaging 7.1 yards a carry and 109.2 yards a game, has been cleared to play today.
Wide receiver Phillip Dorsett, who has 13 catches for 272 yards and two touchdowns, is expected to miss a month to six weeks after tearing his medial-collateral ligament against North Carolina.
Grobe said he was impressed with the Hurricanes’ ability to overtake the Tar Heels in the fourth quarter. He was more impressed with how they did it.
"(Morris) probably didn’t play his best at North Carolina, but what impressed me was their patience,” Grobe said. “They got behind, and typically you start airing it out when that happens. They just kept running the football.
"Of course, I’m a coach that likes to see teams run the football. That was fun to watch — not fun to go play them, but it was fun to watch their mentality. When things went south, they just kept grinding and running the ball.”
Whitlock said that the Hurricanes’ mentality will test the resolve and the depth of the Deacons’ defense, which ranks sixth in the ACC in points allowed (25.8 a game) and seventh in yards (410.5 a game).
Miami ranks second with 36 points a game and first with 553.5 yards and is third in rushing yards (230.5 pg).
"They’ve got the old-school scheme where they’re just going to pound it and pound it and pound it,” Whitlock said. “That can really wear a defense down.
"So, we’ve got to be sure to get in there and get some stops early in the game. That way we can have some longevity down in the fourth quarter. That pound-ground game can really hurt you.”
Junior flanker Orville Reynolds of Wake Forest is listed as doubtful for a second straight game because of a sprained ankle. Freshman flanker John Armstrong will miss the game while recovering from a concussion and freshman linebacker Marquel Lee will be sidelined by an injured knee.
If seventh-ranked Miami were to look past Wake Forest and toward next week’s long-anticipated trip to No. 3 Florida State, that would be perfectly fine with senior tackle Steven Chase of the Deacons.
But such a possibility, Chase acknowledged, is hardly enough on which to base any hopes for a major upset in today’s game, set for noon at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
"Hopefully, they’ll overlook us, but we’re preparing like they won’t,” Chase said. “You’ve got to prepare.
"We’re not going to overlook them, and they can overlook us, but we’re going to go down there and give them everything we have, and hopefully we’ll come out with a win.”
Coach Jim Grobe doesn’t expect any advantage from the news Miami received this week from the NCAA. The Hurricanes will lose nine scholarships over the next three seasons but still be eligible for a bowl at the end of this season.
"I think it would certainly be a relief to coaches and players alike that that’s behind them now, and they can really spend more time focusing on football,” Grobe said.
Regardless of the circumstances, the Deacons expect to have to play their best game of the season to have any chance against the Hurricanes, who improved to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in ACC play with their comeback 27-23 victory at North Carolina on Oct. 17.
Wake Forest has played well in back-to-back home victories against N.C. State and Maryland, improving to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the ACC. Still, nose guard Nikita Whitlock said that the Deacons will have to take it up a notch to pull off just the second victory in school history over a Top 10 team.
Today happens to be the 67th anniversary of the first, a 19-6 upset at No. 4 Tennessee on Oct. 26, 1946.
"We’ve got to go in and play our best football,” Whitlock said. “We can’t get the big head. We’re only up one game. We need two more wins (for a bowl bid). Those two wins aren’t going to come easy.
"We don’t have any games that we can count a win on the board.”
Miami has had nine days to analyze and digest its performance at North Carolina, where quarterback Stephen Morris threw four interceptions. The Hurricanes fell behind 23-13 early in the fourth quarter before rallying with two long touchdown drives, the last covering 90 yards to produce a winning 3-yard touchdown run by Dallas Crawford with 16 seconds left.
Crawford was pressed into action when starter Duke Johnson was sidelined in the first half by migraine headaches. Johnson, who leads Miami with 655 yards and four touchdowns and is averaging 7.1 yards a carry and 109.2 yards a game, has been cleared to play today.
Wide receiver Phillip Dorsett, who has 13 catches for 272 yards and two touchdowns, is expected to miss a month to six weeks after tearing his medial-collateral ligament against North Carolina.
Grobe said he was impressed with the Hurricanes’ ability to overtake the Tar Heels in the fourth quarter. He was more impressed with how they did it.
"(Morris) probably didn’t play his best at North Carolina, but what impressed me was their patience,” Grobe said. “They got behind, and typically you start airing it out when that happens. They just kept running the football.
"Of course, I’m a coach that likes to see teams run the football. That was fun to watch — not fun to go play them, but it was fun to watch their mentality. When things went south, they just kept grinding and running the ball.”
Whitlock said that the Hurricanes’ mentality will test the resolve and the depth of the Deacons’ defense, which ranks sixth in the ACC in points allowed (25.8 a game) and seventh in yards (410.5 a game).
Miami ranks second with 36 points a game and first with 553.5 yards and is third in rushing yards (230.5 pg).
"They’ve got the old-school scheme where they’re just going to pound it and pound it and pound it,” Whitlock said. “That can really wear a defense down.
"So, we’ve got to be sure to get in there and get some stops early in the game. That way we can have some longevity down in the fourth quarter. That pound-ground game can really hurt you.”
Junior flanker Orville Reynolds of Wake Forest is listed as doubtful for a second straight game because of a sprained ankle. Freshman flanker John Armstrong will miss the game while recovering from a concussion and freshman linebacker Marquel Lee will be sidelined by an injured knee.
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