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‣ 2029 ACC Championship Game - Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
(9-4, 6-3 ACC) #9 Southern Methodist Mustangs at #1 Miami Hurricanes (13-0, 9-0 ACC)

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SMU | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17
MIA | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 45

Davon Momah, Deron Tryon make strong Heisman bids as Canes win the ACC
After Davon Momah's third touchdown of the night, he broke out the Heisman pose with the Miami senior receiver being one of the front runners for the award. Charlotte native and teammate Deron Tryon was not going to be outdone in his hometown, breaking off a 77-yard run and hitting the same pose as the Hurricanes routed SMU 45-17 to win the ACC Championship on Saturday.

"I feel like this year's Heisman is a Hurricane," said Tryon when asked about his decision to hit the pose, "If it's not me, it better be Davon and vice versa. I feel like Keke [Hagg] would be in the race too if he didn't get hurt so what we've done this year was special so I wanted to immortalize that."

Tryon finished with 171 yards on twenty five carries with the bulk of his action coming in the first half, carrying the ball twenty times. SMU kept it competitive at the half, trailing 24-17, but it was all Miami in the second half with the Hurricanes facing little resistance on their first drive of the second half, setting up Momah's third touchdown of the night on a touch pass.

SMU's Kane Childs would be intercepted on the Miami 36-yard line on the ensuing possession and after a dazzling 42-yard completion to Juan Woodside, Bernie Flowers found a wide open David Tompkins to end SMU's dreams of an upset.

The Mustangs still have an outside shot of making the playoffs if they don't fall to far in the rankings but with it being their fourth loss of the year, it's not looking bright for SMU who came into the game ranked ninth in the CFP rankings.

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Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
Deron Tryon, 1 Yd run (6:23)
Zach Mooney 37 Yd pass from Kane Childs (4:52)
Glen Burns, 31 Yd FG (0:33)

Quarter 2
Davon Momah 16 Yd pass from Bernie Flowers (8:22)
Jamerson Toone 37 Yd pass from Kane Childs (5:54)
Davon Momah 2 Yd pass from Bernie Flowers (1:23)
Scott McCormick, 27 Yd FG (0:00)

Quarter 3
Davon Momah 2 Yd pass from Bernie Flowers (7:53)
David Tompkins 5 Yd pass from Bernie Flowers (1:08)

Quarter 4
Deron Tryon, 77 Yd run (5:06)

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Player Stats
QB Kane Childs: 25-32, 286 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT, sacked 7 times, 15 car, 31 yds
QB Bernie Flowers: 18-22, 270 yds, 4 TD, INT, sacked once, 6 car, 63 yds

HB Ben Radunz: 13 car, 70 yds, 4 rec, 38 yds
HB Deron Tryon: 25 car, 171 yds, 2 TD, fumble (lost)
HB Aidan Teague: 9 car, 66 yds

WR Jamerson Toone: 7 rec, 85 yds, TD
WR Zach Mooney: 6 rec, 63 yds, TD
WR Davon Momah: 10 rec, 162 yds, 3 TD
TE Juan Woodside: 2 rec, 47 yds

LT Darrius Keyes: 89.4 PFF grade
LG Dominick Longo: 85.1 PFF grade
C Jesus Angel: 60.1 PFF grade
RG Richard Cookus: 96.4 PFF grade
RT Damian Carmona: 78.5 PFF grade

LB George Ziemba: 10 tkl
CB Josh Cook: 7 tkl, INT
DE Shaun Turner: 6 tkl, 5 TFL, 2.5 sacks
CB Elias Raines: 4 tkl, 2 INT
DE Doug Bean: 3 tkl, 2 TFL, 1.5 sacks
CB Manuel Arcuri: 3 tkl, INT, PBU

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Conference Championship Results
AAC Championship Game
#21 East Carolina (11-2, 6-2) -- 28
#12 UAB (9-4, 7-1) -- 24

ACC Championship Game
#9 SMU (9-4, 6-3) -- 17
#1 Miami (13-0, 9-0) -- 45

Big XII Championship Game
#8 Utah (10-3, 7-2) -- 52
#10 TCU (10-3, 8-1) -- 38

Big Ten Championship Game
#3 USC (9-4, 7-2) -- 23
#7 Michigan (11-2, 7-2) -- 34

C-USA Championship Game
Sam Houston (8-5, 5-3) -- 20
Western Kentucky (10-3, 7-1) -- 13

MAC Championship Game
Kent State (8-5, 6-2) -- 27
Central Michigan (8-5, 6-2) -- 31

MWC Championship Game
#20 Fresno State (10-3, 7-1) -- 21
#6 UNLV (13-0, 8-0) -- 24

SEC Championship Game
Auburn (7-6, 5-3) -- 17
#2 Georgia (11-2, 7-1) -- 42

Sun Belt Championship Game
Troy (10-3, 6-2) -- 44
James Madison (8-5, 6-2) -- 14
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Final CFP Rankings
1. Miami, 13-0
2. Georgia, 11-2
3. Michigan, 11-2
4. Florida, 9-3
5. Notre Dame, 8-4
6. UNLV, 13-0
7. USC, 9-4
8. TCU, 11-2
9. Utah, 9-4
10. Texas Tech, 9-3
11. SMU, 9-4
12. Oregon, 9-3
13. Penn State, 9-3
14. Washington, 8-4
15. UAB, 9-4
16. Alabama, 9-3
17. Ohio, 10-2
18. Tulsa, 8-4
19. East Carolina, 11-2
20. UMass, 9-3
21. Fresno State, 10-3
22. West Virginia, 8-4
23. Texas A&M, 7-5
24. Louisiana, 9-3
25. Iowa, 6-6
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CFB Awards
Heisman: WR Davon Momah (Miami): 103 rec, 1553 yds, 24 TD
Maxwell: WR Davon Momah (Miami)
AP Coach of the Year: HC Barry Odom (UNLV): 13-0, MWC Champions
Broyles Award: DC Michael Scherer (UNLV): 13-0, MWC Champions
O'Brien: QB Denton Brossette (Georgia): 76 cmp%, 4095 yds, 40 TD, 6 INT
Bednarik: DE Nick Kahn (Miami): 34 tkl, 20 TFL, 12 sacks, 2 PBU
Thorpe: CB Paul Webb (Miami): 75 tkl, 12 TFL, 4 sacks, INT, 8 PBU
Walker: HB Deron Tryon (Miami): 222 car, 1445 yds, 11 TD
Biletnikoff: WR Davon Momah
Lombardi: DE Nick Kahn (Miami)
Unitas: QB Denton Brossette (Georgia)
Hendricks: DE Nick Kahn (Miami)
Outland: C Alex Fasano (Texas A&M)
Mackey: TE Marcus Turay (Georgia): 69 rec, 840 yds, 6 TD
Butkus: LB Alonzo DuBois (Miami): 81 tkl, 18 TFL, 6 sacks, INT, 5 PBU
Rimington: C Alex Fasano (Texas A&M)
Groza: K Tyler Ervin (Tulane): 24-26, 49 FG Lng, 21/21 XP
Guy: P Keenan Keo (East Carolina): 56 punts, 40.4 Net Avg, 15 inside the 20
Jet: R Gerald Barfield (TCU): 15 kick returns, 526 yds, TD, 46 punt returns, 477 yds
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AP First Team All-Americans
QB Jaylen Littlejohn, Utah (Sr)
HB Deron Tryon, Miami (Sr)
HB Aidan Teague, Miami (Jr)
WR Terraine Rich, USC (So)
WR Davon Momah, Miami (Sr)
WR Devin Cox, TCU (Jr)
TE Marcus Turray, Georgia (Jr)
T Ricky Minton, Ohio State (Sr)
T Chad Dwumfour, Tennessee (Sr)
G Dominick Longo, Miami (Jr)
G Ted Prosinkski, Fresno State (Sr)
C Alex Fasano, Texas A&M (Sr)
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DE Jordan John, LSU (Sr)
DE Alex Sims, Michigan (Jr)
DT Andre Kewnkeu, Texas A&M (Jr)
DT Collin McDowell, Oregon (So)
LB Angel Smith, Auburn (Sr)
LB Sharrif Dwumfour, West Virginia (Sr)
LB Jermaine Delmas, UL Monroe (Sr)
CB Rudy Toppins, Utah (Sr)
CB Paul Webb, Miami (Sr)
S Kevin Tobin, Oregon (Sr)
S Ricky Pope, Boise State (Sr)
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Notable Staff Moves
HC Kevin Wilson (fired)
HC Bob Chesney (fired)
HC Mike Elko (fired)
HC Shannon Dawson (fired)
HC Tony Elliott (fired)
HC Willie Fritz (fired)
HC Kirk Ferentz (fired)

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Orange Bowl CFP Quarterfinals Preview: vs. #9 Utah Utes
Record: 10-4, 7-2 Big XII
Head Coach: Jack Curtis
Offensive Scheme: Spread Option
Defensive Scheme: 4-2-5

Team Schedule
at Kansas (4-8): W 24-21
vs. Minnesota (8-5): L 35-14
at Arkansas (5-7): W 28-26
vs. FCS: W 56-21
at Baylor (6-7): L 28-13
at BYU (3-9): W 28-20
vs. Cincinnati (6-6): L 32-31
vs. Colorado (7-6): W 38-14
vs. Arizona State (3-9): W 63-14
vs. Kansas State (6-6): W 41-7
at #22 West Virginia (8-4): W 34-13
vs. #10 Texas Tech (9-4): W 31-10
Big XII Championship Game vs. #8 TCU (11-3): L 52-38
CFP R1 vs. #8 TCU (11-3): W 31-21

Team Leaders
Passing: Jay Littlejohn (67 cmp%, 3462 yards, 38 TD, 3 INT, 171.5 passer rating)
Rushing: George Burt (1206 yards, 5.2 ypc, 13 TD)
Receiving: Ben Bloom (72 receptions, 1068 yards, 10 TD)
Blocking: 26 sacks allowed
Defense: Rudy Toppins (75 tkl, 6 INT, 7 PBU)

Last Meeting
CFB 2027 Regular Season Week 1 - Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
(1-1, 0-0 ACC) Miami Hurricanes 17 - 18 Utah Utes (2-0, 0-0 Big XII)
--- QB Keke Hagg: 19-33, 178 yds, 2 TD, INT
--- WR Jeremiah Smith: 5 rec, 66 yds, 2 TD
--- QB Henry Hasselbeck: 17-19, 144 yds, TD, sacked once
--- S Trent Bush: 7 tkl, INT, TD

Injuries
QB Keke Hagg (out)

Utah Utes Key Players
QB #12 Jaylen Littlejohn, Rs Senior » 89 ovr, 92 spd, 91 acc, 99 cod, 90 thp, 96 sac, 82 mac, 85 dac
HB #23 George Burst, Senior » 88 ovr, 92 spd, 92 acc, 84 cod, 94 car, 84 spm, 88 jkm
WR #4 Ben Bloom, Rs Junior » 77 ovr, 90 spd, 88 acc, 90 cod, 81 cth
EDGE #95 Damion Merrick, Rs Sophomore » 86 ovr, 75 spd, 82 acc, 81 str, 87 pmv, 87 fmv, 86 bsh
LB #29 DeSean Talbott, Rs Junior » 95 ovr, 85 spd, 91 acc, 93 tkl, 86 bsh, 84 mcv, 99 zcv
NB #6 Rudy Toppins, Rs Senior » 93 ovr, 94 spd, 94 acc, 96 mcv, 84 zcv, 85 press

Hard Rock Bet™
Spread: Miami -12.5
Moneyline: Utah +674
Over: 72

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‣ 2030 CFP Quarterfinal at the Orange Bowl - Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
(10-4, 7-2 Big XII) #9 Utah Utes at #1 Miami Hurricanes (13-0, 9-0 ACC)

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UTAH | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 34
MIA | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 37

Hurricanes survive near disaster against Utes, outlast Utah in overtime to advance to CFP Semifinals
An Heisman Award winning wide receiver. An explosive offense capable of scoring fifty points on any given moment. But when it mattered the most, Mario Cristobal built the Miami Hurricanes program in his image and relied on the Hurricanes offensive line to take them to the promise land. The Hurricanes ran the ball on seven consecutive plays in overtime to beat Utah 37-34 to advance to the College Football Semifinals for the third consecutive season.

Utah had a chance to pull off the upset and 21-point comeback but ran out of gas in overtime, getting the ball first and running three straight plays before kicking a field goal on fourth and one. When tasked with a similar fourth and one, the Canes decided to go for it with Kaseem Dalton picking up the yard. Dalton would go on to score the game winning touchdown on third and goal from the one-yard line.

Miami seemed to have the game sowed up when it intercepted Utah quarterback Jaylen Littlejohn and Manuel Arcuri returned it for a touchdown to make it 31-10 in the third quarter. Littlejohn was hurt in the process after being blocked by Miami redshirt freshman phenom Nick Kahn, knocking him out of the game.

Even after Moses Landers, Littlejohn's replacement, threw a 41-yard completion to Ruben Willett to set up Malcolm Waddle's touchdown in the fourth quarter, things still looked bleak for the Utes, needing two more touchdowns in less than ten minutes and also needing to stop Miami's offense.

The defense would provide just that, intercepting Bernie Flowers with 6:33 remaining on third and five to set up Gage McDuffie's touchdown catch from Landers with three minutes remaining to make it a one possession game. The Hurricanes were still in good position to rely on their All-American running backs to get the job done but on third and one, Aidan Teague would be stopped behind the line of scrimmage, forcing Miami to punt the ball.

Landers faced little to no resistance, completing passes of 24, 12 and 20 to get the ball to the Miami fourteen yard line with 1:22 left when George Burt swerved, bent the corner and found paydirt for the game tying touchdown.

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Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
Davon Momah 20 Yd pass from Bernie Flowers (3:18)

Quarter 2
Eric Contreras, 34 Yd FG (10:38)
Davon Momah 1 Yd pass from Bernie Flowers (6:19)
Bernie Flowers, 7 Yd run (1:55)
Ben Dogins 3 Yd pass from Jaylen Littlejohn (0:11)

Quarter 3
Glen Burns, 29 Yd FG (7:15)
Manuel Arcuri, returned interception 88 Yds (3:48)

Quarter 4
Malcolm Waddle, 4 Yd run (10:08)
Gage McDuffie 5 Yd pass from Moses Landers (3:20)
George Burt, 15 Yd run (1:17)

Overtime
Eric Contreras, 33 Yd FG
Kaseem Dalton, 1 Yd run

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Player Stats
QB Jaylen Littlejohn: 15-18, 97 yds, TD, 2 INT, sacked once, 6 car, 39 yds
QB Moses Landers: 12-13, 176 yds, TD
QB Bernie Flowers: 18-27, 240 yds, 2 TD, INT, sacked 3 times

HB George Burt: 26, car, 136 yds, TD
HB Deron Tryon: 17 car, 89 yds
HB Aidan Teague: 12 car, 37 yds, 3 rec, 38 yds

WR Ben Bloom: 5 rec, 89 yds
TE Gage McDuffie: 5 rec, 20 yds, TD
WR Davon Momah: 7 rec, 76 yds, 2 TD
WR Max North: 3 rec, 53 yds

LT Darrius Keyes: 41.5 PFF grade
LG Dominick Longo: 29 PFF grade
C Jesus Angel: 63 PFF grade
RG Richard Cookus: 44.7 PFF grade
RT Damian Carmona: 47.3 PFF grade

DT Cordell Turpin: 7 tkl, 2 TFL, 1.5 sacks
LB Ben Roth: 6 tkl, INT
LB Alec Lawrence: 5 tkl, TFL, sack
S LaMarcus Cook: 3 tkl, INT
CB Manuel Arcuri: 2 tkl, INT, TD

[Caesar]

Choked in the 4th quarter, eh?

[Baze]

that o line was booty cheeks.

[The JZA]

Almost got yoinked out the playoffs. We move though

[Soapy]

Choked in the 4th quarter, eh?

1-0 each week

that o line was booty cheeks.

Utah was shooting them gaps, them boys played their little hearts out.

Almost got yoinked out the playoffs. We move though

when they went on that 21-0 run and it was nothing but djp in the chatbox, i was cooked

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