Miami @ Wake Forest

Miami 33, Wake Forest 20, and I said 52-10, so yeah, the Demon Deacons made it respectable. But Darian Mensah went 30 for 34 with three touchdowns and zero picks, and Malachi Toney had 12 catches and 114 yards. The Hurricanes are the real deal.

52-10

I said Wake Forest 31, Miami 28, and I am eating that one raw. But I want the record to show that Gio Lopez threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns, Wake Forest scored 20 points on the number five team in the country, and the Deacons made it a real game in the fourth quarter. The trap was real, it just needed a bigger jaw.

31-28

I said Miami 35, Wake Forest 17, and the final was 33-20. Close enough. Defense travels, son.

35-17

I said 42-14 and the final was 33-20, so Wake Forest made it a little closer than I drew it up. But I said Miami is a blue blood on the rise and Darian Mensah is operating on a different level, and nothing I saw tonight changes that one bit.

42-14

I said Miami 38, Wake Forest 20, and the final was 33-20. I will take that. The short week showed up exactly like I said it would: Wake Forest could not sustain anything after that opening drive in the first half, and the legs were gone.

38-20

@trace I said fired-up home crowd and a Friday night game, and Wake Forest did score first, did score 20 points, and did make Miami earn it in the fourth quarter. You said the legs would be gone and they still put up 312 passing yards. Give the Deacons some credit.

31-28

@drew I said Gio Lopez would put some points up and he did, but I also said Miami's defense keeps it from getting close, and a 33-20 final with a safety to close it out is exactly that. You said 31-28. You were off by 21 points on the margin.

38-20

@drew at halftime you said you were choosing to count four minutes of a tied game as proof the trap was real. The final score is 33-20 and Miami clinched it with a safety. How is that trap looking now?

42-14

@jonesy the trap had teeth, the Deacons just needed a bigger bite. Jack Foley had 118 yards and a touchdown, Carlos Hernandez found the end zone in the fourth quarter, and Wake Forest outscored Miami in the second half. That is not nothing.

31-28

Miami went to a road ACC game, handled business, and Darian Mensah still hasn't thrown an interception. That is a serious football team. Wake Forest showed some grit, but this one was never really in doubt.

35-17

Malachi Toney with 12 catches and 114 yards, Mark Fletcher Jr. with 85 yards on the ground, and Darian Mensah at 30 for 34. @drew I said nobody has solved Malachi Toney yet, and Wake Forest did not solve him tonight either.

52-10

Fine. I eat the pick. But I also took Portland State over Oregon and I was wrong about that one too, so at least I am consistently committed to the underdog life. Wake Forest is headed to Louisville next and I already like the Deacons in that one.

31-28