third down and six. they're 1 out of 7 on third down. this place used to have a reputation for not being very loud. that's no longer true. ten and a half to go. miami down 21. wow, what a catch. van dyke threw a rocket over the middle that rashard smith's arms outstretched for an 11-yard gain. >> greg: heck of a catch. ball thrown with a lot of pace and velocity, and smith's able to reel it in. >> sean: just his seventh catch of the year. leading kickoff return man in the country. van dyke shovels it. got it off to a.j. allen, who did well to get back to the line

of scrimmage. desmond evans applying pressure for north carolina. a.j. allen is a transfer from nebraska. tale of two halves for this offense. and for the miami defense for that matter as well. as we said earlier, that loss last week in terms of the conference race, it really gay them no wiggle room. this will be a two conference loss if it stays like this. they're trying to make a game of it again. and rashard smith got run down by huzzie, who saved a touchdown. 25 yards for miami. >> greg: this is a good job, too, by van dyke attacking the line of scrimmage. the timing to bra shard smith was a thing of beauty. as soon as he turned around that ball was on him.

he was able to have a nice catch and run. >> sean: 257 yards passing for van dyke. 22 out of 32. here's another completion. it's isaiah horton, redshirt freshman from murfreesboro, tennessee. coaches said they wanted to get him more involved, that he has been. nine-yard play. second and one at the carolina 23. year two for mario cristobal as head coach at his alma mater. as this one turns around, he'll be 9-9. they were 5-7 a year ago. made seven changes to the coaching staff. to the end zone, incomplete. tyler harrell was there. seventh-year senior. played at louisville and alabama. four years at louisville. last season at alabama.

>> greg: good recovery there by marcus allen. he was beat initially. the ball held up just a little bit too long to allow allen to close and ultimately break up the pass. >> sean: third and one. clearly four-down territory for miami. a.j. allen told to get on the other hip of van dyke, the quarterback. nice bounce outside. and a.j. allen swung down after picking up the first down and more. gio biggers made the tackle. a.j. allen played just four games as a true freshman last year, redshirted, and then transferred in. he's a redshirt freshman from monroe, louisiana. they list him at 5'11". that might be a little generous. 186 pounds.

approaching the midpoint of the fourth quarter. van dyke running out of time. and throws it away. threw it for riley williams, who they think is going to be the next great tight end at miami. >> greg: obviously the clock is stopped buck this drive is really take a long time. three and a half minutes off the clock already. only has to result in points. four-down territory the rest of the way. got to pick up the urgency on the upcoming possessions. >> sean: looking for restrepo, and he can't hang on.

it's broken up by huzzie. terrific play by the star, which is a very important position on this north carolina defense. >> greg: yeah, similar play that they actually scored on earlier. this time huzzie covers it appropriately. earlier in the game, restrepo was running wide open down that left side sideline for a touchdown, and huzzie times it beautifully and breaks up the pass. >> sean: he was going to be a cornerback until they had the injury to their starting star, and huzzie says he likes playing the star position because you're all over the place, almost always put in a position to be around the ball, sometimes up playing the run. 11th play of the miami drive. third down and ten. van dyke over the middle and off the hands of his intended receiver, rashard smith, and incomplete. i'm pretty sure this is the most consecutive plays they played in

this game without a penalty. >> greg: what are we at, three or four in a row? >> sean: about that. they have to have it. fourth down and ten. midway through the fourth quarter and down by three touchdowns. van dyke, beautiful throw and catch. touchdown. xavier restrepo. and they're still alive on a 13-yard score. >> greg: man, this is a heck of a throw by tyler van dyke. it's a really nice route by restrepo. you see him just work right around huzzie. but look at how the throw is kind of like a back shoulder. you see those an awful lot on the boundary, on the sideline. don't see them over the middle.

throws the back shoulder to allow restrepo to return, high point it, and reel it in for the touchdown. that was an amazing throw. >> sean: borregales, the extra point. restrepo, eight catches, 62 yards, and two touchdowns. and the third touchdown pass of the night for tyler van dyke. 12-play drive. 12-play drive. [announcer]:we have a special guest today on espn college gameday! the geico gecko! look, just get to the part when you tell everyone how easy it is to insure what's important to them. home, car...even rv. come on, there's an rv right there. [cheering]

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and the deepest man is only back at the 25 yard line. they put it in a tough spot. nice play by bryson nesbit. lost it for a moment but got back on it. looked like he was going to make a tough catch. got loose but fell on it. well thought out attempt by miami. pooch kick into a tough spot for north carolina to field it. >> greg: yeah, i mean, nesbit got running underneath it. that would have been an unbelievable catch. fortunate for him as it squeaked out it didn't go far. he will just lean over on the football. but really well placed pooch kick there by miami. >> sean: and because they didn't go with the traditional onside dig they don't kill themselves in the field position. at the 29 yard line. drake maye. they have been roiding the running game successfully.

omarion hampton taken down by corey flagg. that will take us under seven minutes to go. >> greg: if you're drake maye, you're absolutely not going to snap this football until there's under five seconds on the shot clock. the shot clock, of course, a lot of people -- that's what quarterbacks call it. it's the play clock, i understand that. but got to let that thing melt and melt and melt. take as much time as humanly possible, and hopefully some of the offensive line can move some defenders back. >> sean: they rush for 177 yards. and that total is growing with every step! hampton trying to go all the way. he got tracked down by te'cory couch. at the 10 yard line. 61 yards. >> greg: there's only five miami defenders there in the run, so

they roll their safety james williams down. he came down way to the left, and instead hampton goes right up the middle, and there's nobody home. just a really poor fit from miami defensively, and hampton almost took it the distance. >> sean: 188 yards. that run officially 60, and a chance for a second game of 200 plus this season. mentioned earlier, the 234 against appalachian state. maye. planted by kiko mauigoa. i don't think given north carolina's situation i would have too many more designed runs for your star quarterback. >> greg: yeah, i mean, keep them honest every once in a while, sure, but this game, if you just kneel on it right now and kick a field goal, it's likely out of reach for miami, so let's not

take unnecessary -- >> sean: let's not go to a touchy subject. it's a little early. you don't want to overreact and start taking knees with five minutes to go. >> greg: more tongue and cheek than anything. but don't take unnecessary risks, long story short. >> sean: hampton. tripped up. touchdown saves tackle by corey fla flagg. but that's ten for omarion. they have him officially with 197 yards. i would think they'd let him try to take it in, get over the 200 mark. even a field goal here is a huge difference maker. put it back to a three-score game. they're a little thin at running back now. mack brown told us yesterday. george pettaway and elijah green, who were basically four and five on the depth chart want

to redshirt. good tackle. nate mccollum dropped by devonte brown for a loss of one. i think if you're miami here you might want to start thinking about time-outs. >> greg: yeah, i would call one right here. >> sean: yeah, rather than let 30 seconds -- it's easier to stop the clock when you have the ball, obviously. >> greg: just preserve some clock. i would definitely call a time-out here. >> sean: and i think north carolina's going to do what they've done before, let the play clock run all the way down and call a time-out. mack brown is down at the 12 yard line next to the line judge. >> referee: time-out, north carolina, their second. 30 seconds. >> sean: and in the near future, greg, the schedule looks pretty

favorable. take nothing for granted in college football, but virginia, georgia tech, campbell -- the next three. and then the rivalry game with duke. that's here. and then finishing on the road at clemson and at nc state. >> greg: yeah, obviously tough three-game stretch to finish up. nc state obviously really inconsistent season so far in 2023, but clemson i think by that point will be playing really good football. they're rounding into shape in some ways. and obviously duke continues to impress. >> sean: i wonder if they'll get riley leonard back. there was some speculation he'd play today. that would be huge for duke. here's barnette. this one would pretty much put it away -- 17-point lead makes it three scores. 23-yard attempt. he's already connected from 34, and he's 8 for 8 this year. after he lost the starting kicking job to the transfer ryan

ko. that one almost blocked. there's a flag down. jaden davis ran into the kicker. it was fourth and five. so i think they're wondering if this will be a first down. >> referee: running into the kicker, defense number 22. penalty is declined. field goal is good. wouldn't have been a first down, so they take the points. and just about everything working well tonight for the tar heels. you know, it's really impressive team. not a lot of weaknesses. >> greg: no, they are excellent. and i'm so impressed with tez walker. i mean, he makes them different, and they already had a good receiver core. even if his absence, what kobe

paysour was able to step up and do. they have been really god, but now that they have a legit go-to game changing type wide receiver they're going to be really tough to defend, because you cannot single cover tez walker because he will eat you lei. that just obviously helps the run game, too, because safeties will have to stay over the top. having a guy that's that dynamic really changes how you defend an offense with this many capable playmakers. >> sean: a lot of the folks that stayed here. some have headed into the carolina night. really pleasant night here with the exception of that brief shower. temperature in the 60s throughout the evening. so, north carolina is going to beat miami for the fifth year in a row.

they kick it away from rashard smith. still a pretty nifty return. brought back by ray-ray joseph. here's a look at tonight's mark of a fighter moment, brought to you by modelo. >> greg: it's hard to be anybody other than drake maye. just amazing. corners coverage. sees the safety get a little nosey there. throw it over the top to tez walker who's in a one-on-one situation on a big opost, and it's easy money. third and 20. you know this safeties are going to drop deep, so you go with a dagger concept. slot receiver, run it right through the middle. tez walker behind him. you hit him in stride. momentum carries him into the end zone and, drake maye continues to impress on the downfield passing attack. >> sean: tyler van dyke close to the line of scrimmage as he

throws, and it's out of bounds. isaiah horton, the intended receiver. this north carolina team is really, really good. so impressed with what they've done. but i do think at the same time drake maye might not have his best stuff today. that's what's so crazy. he played well, but the first half is one he'd like to forget. >> sean: how about his family here? his dad played quarterback here. his brother luca, great basketball player here. tonight the 200th career game the maye family played in at the university of north carolina can tw his dad, his brother luke, and brother beau was on the basketball team as well.

quite a family. >> greg: that is about as good as you could possibly ask for. just amazing how athletic that group is, it really is. >> sean: oops. rucker pointing saying he was drawn off. >> referee: false start, offense, number 73. >> sean: and he was by mauigoa. there's beau, his brother drake's roommate. drake tonight made it all 20 of his career starts at quarterback in north carolina in which he passed for more than 200 yards, with 273. won't get to -- how about this? rashard smith behind the defense for a miami touchdown. 54 yards.

last thing you want to do if you're don chapman or any of these tar heel defenders is let somebody get by you deep. >> greg: this is just a great route there by smith. sets him up on the slot fade. you see him hesitate, get to the outside. chapman's kind of flatfooted there, outside. he blows by him, and van d throws a strike downdownfield. >> sean: so rashard smith, who had six catches all year has three tonight for 90 yards and a touchdown, second touchdown of the season. andy borregales, the extra point. and the 'canes fighting to the end, down by ten now with 2:17. >> greg: this is a good football team, too. i know that they have had their share of self-inflicted mistakes tonight, multiple turnovers and costly mistakes, but look at the

rest of their schedule. i mean, obviously the clemson game is going to be a very difficult game. clemson's rounding into form, so next week we're going to find out what miami's all about. should get wins against virginia and nc state before they finish with a huge game at florida state on november 11th. could very easily fast forward to season's end, and miami could be sitting there going after eight, nine wince, which would be decent progress in year two from mario cristobal. >> sean: he said yesterday, i have a very good football team, and it's going keep getting better. they've got a terrific recruiting class last year. they have another good one coming. they haven't recovered an onside kick since 2020. they'll try it again.

tried a little sky kick last time and was run down by nesbit. pretty much the same alignment from north carolina. >> greg: going with that two-kicker alignment here, trying to throw off the hands team to see which side they're ultimately going to kick it towards. >> sean: will rocha is the other kicker. he did the fake, and then borregales kicked it. and it's handled by tez walker. who has something to say to the miami sideline after the recovery. it's his night, and he's getting a huge hand as he comes back across to the north carolina sideline. >> greg: pretty good kick. got the second big hop.

tez walker goes up, gets big, and makes the play. what a way to end it, an exclamation point on what's been a terrific night. >> sean: team nix the only other tar heel with -- caleb hood, who's their number three running back is in now. and he gets stopped. so, duke a winner tonight at home. 24-3. against nc state. so they go to 2-0 in conference. north carolina not yet a victory, but espn news is projecting the tar heels as the winner. they'll go to 6-0 overall for the first time since 1997, and 3-0 in conference as florida state after a pummelling of

syracuse today. that goes to 4-0. a tough couple of weeks for the orange, losing by a combined 81-10 the last two weeks to north carolina and florida state. but they're not out of it at 0-3. >> greg: a lot of things call happen. >> sean: orange optimism. >> greg: you always love the find the silver lining. >> sean: as you know, i'm a glass is half full kind of guy. the length of this game, there are a few people hoping the glass will soon be half empty. oh, boy. really. really? this seems a little aggressive. a little reverse to tez walker.

mm. mack didn't win all these games by running that play at this juncture. of course, the clock runs to under two minutes. third down and 13. mack by the way, is about to earn career win number 280. of his hall of fame career. he's already in the hall of fame back in 2018. came out of retirement from coaching after five years in 2019. caleb hood dropped for a loss. miami does have a time-out. they'll use it. so when this one goes to 280, and it's getting dicier than he would like it to be with a minute and a half to go and now a ten-point lead and facing fourth down, he'll tie his fellow hall of famer frank beamer. they went into the college football hall of fame the same

year, 2014, win list. how about the names ahead of him? >> greg: amazing to think about the career he's had. one of the most enjoyable people in all of college football. >> sean: the best. >> greg: just a true gentleman and guy that have never met someone's enemy. universally beloved. >> sean: 16 years at texas. two stints here. three at tulane, one at appalachian state. one of five active head coaches to have won a title. only coach with two of course he has an assistant coach on his staff. the defensive coordinator gene chizik who won a national title as head coach at auburn.

been a nice fall for the chiziks. gene's son callie is on the furman team, and having a terrific year. >> greg: great year so far. great yearle one of the top teams in the fcs. i know coach chiz is so proud of callie and would imagine he'd follow him into coaching at some point down the road. >> sean: punt. maginness gets it off. and smartly just kick it away from ray-ray joseph. so, you're saying there's a chance. i mean, with the way last week's game ended for miami, i don't think you can say this one's over yet. strange things can happen. >> greg: there might be some people in the desert playing close attention to this. anything is possible. but if you're north carolina, i mean, just a moment ago, stay deep. you can't let guys get behind you.

>> sean: another big night for van dyke against north carolina. last year in miami against the tar heels he threw for 496 yards in a loss, a three-point loss. second most passing yards in a game in miami history. short gain to restrepo. he got collared along the near sideline by amari gainer, the transfer from florida state. if you're wondering who threw the most passing yards, steven morris. >> greg: i would not have guessed steven morris. of all the great quarterbacks who have come through miami he would not be my guess at that stat. to go. van dyke didn't want to take the checkdown, but he had to. a.j. allen down in bounds. the clock's running. they don't have time-outs. six-yard gain.