It was not a basketball game, but at Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday. The Hurricanes are hell-bent on destroying everyone in their path after falling short in the CGP National Championship last season.
Miami scored 21 points in the first quarter. From then on, it was clear: Florida A&M had no chance. The seventh-seeded —not a typo—77-7 and improved to 2-0.
They registered a long list of after their insane performance.
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According to ESPN, they tied the program record for most points and tied the fourth-most points in ACC history. Their 856 yards were a program record and the second-most in ACC history. Their 42 first downs set a new ACC record and were the most by any FBS team since 2019.
Wait, there’s more.
“The Hurricanes had nine different players with a scrimmage touchdown, tied for the most by any ACC team in the past 30 years. They became the second team since at least 2000 to not face a third down in a half,” added ESPN. “They had 16 players catch at least one pass, the first time an FBS school has done that since 2022.
Moreover, Darian Mensah and Luke Nickel became the to have three touchdown passes each in the same game since Patrick Mahomes and Nic Shimonek of Texas Tech in 2016, according to the Associated Press.
Mensah went 14-of-15 for 252 yards, while Nickel threw 8-of-8 for 144 yards. They had zero interceptions.
Miami, which won its 20th straight home opener, will face Wake Forest in Week 3.
The Hurricanes slammed into Florida A&M and left plenty of damaged morale in their wake.
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