Dave Hyde: Upon Further View, Hurricanes Has Just Enough To Survive Virginia Tech

MIAMI GARDENS – In the moment, two groups of people waited out the six-minute replay gap Friday night that turned Virginia Tech’s Hail-Mary touchdown win into Miami’s Hail-Mario incompletion win. There was the group that, like Miami quarterback Cam Ward felt, “pain” the Hurricanes left this game to be decided by referees looking at a replay. Some in that group, like coach Mario Cristobal, turned the pain into a joke after the 38-34 win, saying he considered during the long wait the, “liability issues that come with cardiac problems from everyone watching.” The second group was a smaller one: Me. When Miami trampled Florida in its opener, I asked the much-asked question through the years, “Is Miami back?” I then wrote, “They’re so back.” Onward and upward was my message for this season.