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Hurricanes downgraded by Virginia Tech
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The University of Miami’s
miraculous comebacks ran dry Saturday, and so might have their
chances for a third consecutive national-championship-game
berth.
An angry Virginia Tech Hokies team, coming off its first loss of
the season, helped the Hurricanes self-destruct, 31-7, in front of
65,115 delirious fans at Lane Stadium.
It marked UM’s first regular-season football loss in more
than three years – ending a 39-game streak – and their
worst loss since a 43-10 defeat at Blacksburg in 1999.
The Hurricanes amassed 377 yards to the Hokies’ 219, but
the UM offense mostly caused the unraveling. Tech scored three
touchdowns off UM turnovers: two interceptions by starting
quarterback Brock Berlin and a fumble by Roscoe Parrish.
Not only are the Hurricanes’ chances of making it to the
Sugar Bowl title game in grave jeopardy, the Canes are in danger of
not going to a Bowl Championship Series game at all – even if
they win out.
The reason: second-ranked Miami (7-1, 3-1 Big East) no longer
controls its destiny in the Big East Conference because it’s
tied with 10th-ranked Virginia Tech (7-1, 3-1), which could take
the league title by virtue of Saturday’s result.
Susan Miller Degnan
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
