{"id":57488,"date":"2025-11-23T08:57:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T08:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/57488\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T08:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T08:57:30","slug":"becks-4-td-passes-carry-no-14-miami-past-virginia-tech-34-17-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/57488\/","title":{"rendered":"Beck’s 4 TD passes carry No. 14 Miami past Virginia Tech, 34-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Carson Beck threw for 320 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 14 Miami to a 34-17 victory over Virginia Tech<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Malachi Toney had career highs in receptions (12) and yards (146) and had a touchdown, lifting the Hurricanes (9-2, 5-2 ACC, No. 13 CFP) to their third straight win and keeping alive their hopes of making it to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll in all, we had control of the game from the beginning all the way till the end,\u201d Miami coach Mario Cristobal said. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of our guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beck, who completed his first 11 passes and finished 27 of 32, threw touchdown passes of 20 yards to Elija Lofton and 3 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 20-3 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech (3-8, 2-5) cut the lead to 20-10 on a 38-yard touchdown run by Jeffrey Overton on its first possession of the second half, but Miami answered with a 16-yard TD pass from Beck to Girard Pringle Jr. nearly seven minutes later.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the game plan was really, really good going into the week in preparation from Sunday through Friday,\u201d Beck said. \u201cThe energy was super high, the offense was clicking throughout the week and we had a lot of confidence going into the game. Even with all that, you\u2019ve got to go out and execute, and we were able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beck added a 20-yard touchdown pass to Toney in the final minute for the Hurricanes, who finished with 418 yards.<\/p>\n

Marcellous Hawkins finished with 72 yards on eight carries for the Hokies, who had 194 yards rushing against the ACC\u2019s No. 1 rushing defense (81.8 ypg) and lost their third straight game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we played physically, I think we played on the edges and I think we\u2019d have put more on them if we hadn\u2019t gotten down as quickly as we did,\u201d Virginia Tech interim coach Philip Montgomery said. \u201cIf we had been able to maintain a few things in there, I think we could have added more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miami: The Hurricanes have won three consecutive games by at least 17 points and are making a late-season push to get into the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n

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\u2019 new coach, taking over for his former defensive coordinator at Penn State, Brent Pry, who was fired Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

Up 10 with 26 seconds remaining, Miami elected to go for it on fourth-and-2 from the Virginia Tech 19. Instead of kicking a short field goal or handing the ball off, the Hurricanes\u2019 staff called for a pass play, and Beck hit Toney for the final score.<\/p>\n

Cristobal explained his mindset after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people are going to play man coverage and load the box, it\u2019s not fair to our players to just sit there and run it in there and get two or three free hitters on your guy,\u201d Cristobal said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to stay aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cristobal also said he wasn\u2019t trying to impress the CFP selection committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re playing ball. We\u2019re not slowing down,\u201d he said. \u201cSome people call it style points and all that other stuff. We\u2019re just playing ball and trying to make our team better and staying aggressive. When we call it aggressive, our players play aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toney recorded his third 100-yard receiving game of the season and now has 59 catches for 698 yards and five touchdowns on the season. He is making a case for the ACC Rookie of the Year honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s such an incredible talent,\u201d Beck said. \u201cI\u2019m just glad he\u2019s on our team. He\u2019s going to be really special, and he is special right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miami plays at Pittsburgh on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech plays at rival Virginia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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