Carson Beck throws 3 TDs, No. 16 Miami rolls to 41-7 win over N.C. State
MIAMI GARDENS Fla AP Miami played its final home contest of the season on Saturday That is unless the College Football Playoff committee says otherwise Carson Beck passed for yards and three touchdowns two of them to Malachi Toney and No Miami looking to climb in the CFP rankings rolled past N C State - on Saturday Beck completed his final throws to cap off a -for- day for the Hurricanes - - Atlantic Coast Conference Miami now has five wins by at least points this season the the majority in a single year by the Hurricanes since the group had six such victories Turn on the tape defensive lineman Ahkeem Mesidor declared Look at us when we play There will be at least two CFP playoff games on Miami s home field this season one is the Orange Bowl on Jan and the other is the CFP title competition on Jan And the Hurricanes hope a win like Saturday s is enough to keep giving them a chance of getting into that -team tournament Jakobe Thomas picked off two passes in the first quarter running one of them back for a touchdown for Miami And Girard Pringle Jr more than doubled his season rushing total for the Hurricanes he ran for yards on Saturday one more than he had in his first four games of the year Miami took a - lead before substituting liberally in the fourth quarter on Senior Day the last regular-season home encounter for the Hurricanes Miami outgained N C State - the Wolfpack had been No in total offense in ACC games entering Saturday averaging yards per meeting Taking away a one-play drive to end the first half eight of N C State s first drives ended with either a punt or an interception The highlight of our night was our punter which is sad to say but Caden Fordham did a tremendous job N C State coach Dave Doeren noted Otherwise offense and defense weren t good enough CJ Bailey completed of passes for yards for N C State - - The Wolfpack with Miami playing reserves on defense at the time got on the scoreboard on a rushing touchdown from Bailey with left That extended N C State s streak of not getting shut out to games its last time being blanked was Oct Miami was th in this week s CFP ranking the highest of any ACC crew The Hurricanes likely would expect to move up after Saturday The way you play the challenge it screams right Loudly Miami coach Mario Cristobal stated The takeawayN C State The Wolfpack have now allowed or more points in four consecutive games the first time the plan has done that since a four-game stretch late in the season against Duke Boston College East Carolina and Maryland Miami The Hurricanes finished their eight-game home schedule with tickets distributed a Miami single-season record The average of per match is the second-most in project history the Hurricanes averaged in the season Up nextN C State Hosts Florida State on Friday Miami At Virginia Tech on Nov