Beck’s 4 TD passes carry No. 14 Miami past Virginia Tech, 34-17

BLACKSBURG Va AP Carson Beck threw for yards and four touchdowns to lead No Miami to a - success over Virginia Tech on Saturday Malachi Toney had career highs in receptions and yards and had a touchdown lifting the Hurricanes - - ACC No CFP to their third straight win and keeping alive their hopes of making it to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship encounter All in all we had control of the tournament from the beginning all the way till the end Miami coach Mario Cristobal noted I m really proud of our guys Beck who completed his first passes and finished of threw touchdown passes of yards to Elija Lofton and yards to Mark Fletcher in the first half and Carter Davis added two field goals as Miami scored on all four first-half possessions to take a - halftime lead Virginia Tech - - cut the lead to - on a -yard touchdown run by Jeffrey Overton on its first possession of the second half but Miami answered with a -yard TD pass from Beck to Girard Pringle Jr nearly seven minutes later I thought the battle plan was really really good going into the week in preparation from Sunday through Friday Beck commented The vigor was super high the offense was clicking throughout the week and we had a lot of confidence going into the contest Even with all that you ve got to go out and execute and we were able to do that Beck added a -yard touchdown pass to Toney in the final minute for the Hurricanes who finished with yards Marcellous Hawkins finished with yards on eight carries for the Hokies who had yards rushing against the ACC s No rushing defense ypg and lost their third straight encounter I think we played physically I think we played on the edges and I think we d have put more on them if we hadn t gotten down as rapidly as we did Virginia Tech interim coach Philip Montgomery disclosed If we had been able to maintain a sparse things in there I think we could have added more The Takeaway Miami The Hurricanes have won three consecutive games by at least points and are making a late-season push to get into the College Football Playoff Virginia Tech The Hokies who have lost five of six games are playing out the season and getting ready to usher in the James Franklin era Franklin was introduced Wednesday as the Hokies new coach taking over for his former defensive coordinator at Penn State Brent Pry who was fired Sept Explaining the late result Up with seconds remaining Miami elected to go for it on fourth-and- from the Virginia Tech Instead of kicking a short field goal or handing the ball off the Hurricanes staff called for a pass play and Beck hit Toney for the final count Cristobal explained his mindset after the championship If people are going to play man coverage and load the box it s not fair to our players to just sit there and run it in there and get two or three free hitters on your guy Cristobal explained We re going to stay aggressive Cristobal also explained he wasn t trying to impress the CFP selection committee We re playing ball We re not slowing down he noted Selected people call it style points and all that other stuff We re just playing ball and trying to make our band better and staying aggressive When we call it aggressive our players play aggressive Fabulous freshman Toney recorded his third -yard receiving encounter of the season and now has catches for yards and five touchdowns on the season He is making a incident for the ACC Rookie of the Year honor He s such an incredible talent Beck stated I m just glad he s on our group He s going to be really special and he is special right now Up next Miami plays at Pittsburgh on Saturday Virginia Tech plays at rival Virginia on Saturday