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The Miami Hurricanes survived an 11-point scare to move to 9-0 (5-0) on the season. The Hurricanes covered the spread to beat the Duke Blue Devils (6-3, 2-3) 53-31 at Hard Rock Stadium in front of a sparse crowd on a rainy Saturday at noon
Win Bully Ball. The ‘Canes rushed for 126 yards on 4.1 per carry with two scores while Duke rushed for 80 on 3.0 yards per rush and one score. Miami didn’t dominate bully ball but certainly won that aspect of the game.
2- Limit turnovers. Ward threw that one ugly pick he’s prone to throwing, the one where he breaks every rule a QB has even been taught. But besides that Miami clearly dominated the turnover game four to two, as Ward’s fumble came in garbage time.
3- Take the points. I made taking the FG a clear objective early and yet when Mario settled for the FG in the 2nd quarter I was a little upset. Miami had two TO’s plus the 2-minute timeout and five minutes to work with and took a FG. Andres Borregales does what he do and made the kick, along with six PAT’s over the game.
The ‘Canes won the turnover margin 4:2, and also had less penalty yards than the Blue Devils after being flagged for 52 yards while Duke was flagged for 60.
Both teams made their lone FG attempt and were perfect on PAT’s. Duke’s punter had some interesting punts but they worked to limit return yardage, while their squib kick to Elija Lofton completely failed and set Miami