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talent acquisition is the #1 priority

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Mario Cristobal leaves the door open with faux vote of confidence on quarterback Nicholas Vattiato
Carlos Navarro -- The Athletic Staff Writer

Miami head coach Mario Cristobal said all the right things when asked about starting quarterback Nicholas Vattiato and his recent streak of turnovers, citing that some of them were great plays made by the defense and that Vattiato, with his ability to extend plays, is also making plays and scoring points that other quarterbacks can't.

What was of more importance, however, was what Cristobal hasn't said all week. Cristobal has has three different opportunities -- the post-game presser, his Monday morning radio appearance and his Wednesday afternoon practice availability -- to double down that Vattiato is the team's starting quarterback for the rest of the year and each time, Cristobal has side stepped the question.

"We like [Vattiato] and we feel that he gives our team the best chance to win," said Cristobal on Monday, "You've got to look at the whole picture, see what's working, see what's not working and go from there. I don't think it's fair to isolate just one position, one play or handful of plays and go from there. You have to look at everything, analyze everything and see where we're coming up short and then make a decision."

Vattiato was benched for a series against Florida Atlantic after throwing two interceptions. Despite being a fifth-year transfer, he split first team reps with two other quarterbacks in the spring and in fall camp, he didn't begin to separate from the pack until after the second scrimmage.

In speaking with those close to the program, the feeling has always been that Vattiato has done enough to be the team's starting quarterback but that the coaching staff was split on naming him the starter. He was outplayed by Judd Anderson in fall camp and so far this season, Emory Williams has been the standout at practices. Someone with direct knowledge of the situation said they wouldn't be surprised if all three quarterbacks got in the game against Stanford in preparation for Miami's toughest slate of their schedule with road trips to Florida State, Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech coming up.

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Week 8 Preview: vs. Stanford Cardinal
Record: 2-3, 0-2 ACC
Head Coach: Jeff Brohm
Offensive Scheme: Pro Style
Defensive Scheme: 4-3

Team Schedule
at Hawai'i (3-2): W 27-24
at #13 Georgia (3-2): W 23-20
vs. San Jose State (3-2): L 22-14
at North Carolina (3-2): L 28-21
vs. #24 Pittsburgh (4-1): L 34-6

Team Leaders
Passing: Justin Lamson (47 cmp%, 1074 yards, 7 TD, 8 INT, 102.4 passer rating)
Rushing: Sedrick Irvin (238 yards, 3.5 ypc, 4 TD)
Receiving: Emmett Mosley (17 receptions, 278 yards, 2 TD)
Blocking: 9 sacks allowed
Defense: Collin Wright (24 tackles, TFL, 3 INT, 3 PBU)

Last Meeting
No previous matchups

Injuries
DE Tyler Baron (season)
G Jake Maikkula (season)

Stanford Cardinal Projected Starters
QB #8 Justin Lamson, Rs Senior | 6'2", 215lbs | 75 ovr, 74 spd, 80 acc, 84 awr, 89 thp, 88 sac, 82 mac, 77 dac
HB #26 Sedrick Irvin, Junior | 5'10", 190lbs | 82 ovr, 90 spd, 94 acc, 90 car, 80 spm, 84 jkm
WR #13 Elic Ayomanor, Rs Junior | 6'2", 210lbs | 89 ovr, 95 spd, 92 acc, 90 cth
WR #0 Mudia Reuben, Senior | 6'2", 205lbs | 78 ovr, 88 spd, 91 acc, 83 cth
WR #10 Emmett Mosley, Rs Freshman | 6'2", 190lbs | 77 ovr, 89 spd, 89 acc, 86 cth
TE #86 Sam Roush, Senior | 6'5", 242lbs | 86 ovr, 83 spd, 85 acc, 89 cth, 68 rbk
LT #78 Luke Baklenko, Junior | 6'6", 295lbs | 80 ovr, 89 str, 86 pbk, 81 rbk
LG #55 Simione Pale, Rs Sophomore | 6'4", 315lbs | 82 ovr, 90 str, 80 pbk, 77 rbk
C #58 Hudson Mesa, Rs Senior | 6'1", 282lbs | 74 ovr, 84 str, 77 pbk, 74 rbk
RG #56 Caleb Walker, Rs Junior | 6'4", 290lbs | 75 ovr, 81 str, 83 pbk, 71 rbk
RT #67 Fisher Anderson, Senior | 6'6", 294lbs | 77 ovr, 93 str, 85 pbk, 71 rbk
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EDGE #11 Tavarua Tafiti, Rs Junior | 6'2", 235lbs | 85 ovr, 81 spd, 89 acc, 85 str, 79 pmv, 87 fmv, 74 bsh
EDGE #44 Ernest Cooper, Senior | 6'4", 241lbs | 83 ovr, 80 spd, 90 acc, 78 str, 73 pmv, 88 fmv, 80 bsh
IDL #99 Benedict Mumeh, Sophomore | 6'5", 270lbs | 74 ovr, 86 acc, 82 str, 76 pmv, 85 fmv, 72 bsh
IDL #97 Zach Rowell, Rs Senior | 6'3", 281lbs | 74 ovr, 78 acc, 86 str, 83 pmv, 73 fmv, 83 bsh
LB #43 Jahsiah Galvan, Rs Junior | 6'2", 225lbs | 83 ovr, 82 spd, 87 acc, 85 prc, 85 tkl, 68 bsh
LB #36 Tre Williams, Rs Sophomore | 6'2", 225lbs | 77 ovr, 83 spd, 90 acc, 78 prc, 75 tkl, 61 bsh
CB #17 Jshawn Frausto-Rams, Junior | 6'0", 184lbs | 79 ovr, 92 spd, 98 acc, 76 mcv, 72 zcv, 75 press
CB #7 Mack Scott, Rs Sophomore | 5'9", 179lbs | 77 ovr, 90 spd, 94 acc, 79 mcv, 69 zcv, 67 press
NB #6 Collin Wright, Senior | 6'0", 192lbs | 90 ovr, 93 spd, 94 acc, 82 mcv, 89 zcv, 85 press
S #48 Donald Camp, Rs Freshman | 6'1", 201lbs | 78 ovr, 88 spd, 91 acc, 83 prc, 68 mcv, 79 zcv
S #21 Scott Edwards, Senior | 6'1", 205lbs | 80 ovr, 85 spd, 87 acc, 82 prc, 69 mcv, 74 zcv
K #19 Manny Smith, Freshman | 57 ovr, 79 kpw, 66 kac
P #37 Aidan Flintoft, Junior | 75 ovr, 89 kpw, 77 kac

Hard Rock Bet™
Spread: Miami -16
Moneyline: Miami -1408
Over: 46

[Captain Canada]

That ML is ferocious Get back in that win column now

[Soapy]

That ML is ferocious Get back in that win column now

say less

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‣ CFB 2025 Regular Season, Week 8 - Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
(2-3, 0-2 ACC) Stanford Cardinal at #10 Miami Hurricanes (5-1, 1-1 ACC)

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STAN | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6
MIA | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34

Miami's comfortable 34-6 win over Stanford not without drama as starting QB benched
The Miami Hurricanes are back to their winning ways, handily beating Stanford 34-6 on Saturday after being upset by NC State last week.

It wasn't without incident, however, with Miami quarterback Nicholas Vattiato throwing two first half interceptions, on both the first and final drive of the half, and was benched for the remainder of the game. Emory Williams finished the game, throwing for 181 yards, completing sixteen of eighteen passes with Miami scoring on all of their second half possessions.

Miami head coach Mario Cristobal said after the game that expectations weren't being met with Vattiato which is what led to his benching but did not rule out Vattiato starting next week against Florida State.

"We needed a spark, see something different and [Williams] provided that," said Cristobal, "I think there's value in [Vattiato] being able to watch the game from the sideline, see it from a different perspective and as a competitor, definitely put that drive in him to attack this week's practice and we'll make a decision and go from there."

Miami's defense was as dominant as ever, scoring on a pick six by Armando Blount in the first quarter and holding Stanford to negative yardage on the ground when factoring sack yardage. Even without those, Miami native Sedrick Irvin was held to a yard per carry with his longest run being a nine-yard carry.

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Scoring Summary
Quarter 1
Armando Blount, returned interception 22 Yds (7:09)
Jordan Lyle, 41 Yd run (4:15)

Quarter 2
Manny Smith, 47 Yd FG (5:09)
Mario Williams 59 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (3:23)
Manny Smith, 24 Yd FG (0:06)

Quarter 3
Maurice Rugamba, 2 Yd run -- missed kick (3:18)

Quarter 4
Mario Williams 15 Yd pass from Emory Williams (8:25)

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Player Stats
QB Justin Lamson: 23-32, 256 yds, INT, sacked 4 times
QB Nicholas Vattiato: 9-16, 145 yds, TD, 2 INT, sacked twice
QB Emory Williams: 16-18, 181 yds, TD

HB Sedrick Irvin: 15 att, 17 yds
HB Mark Fletcher Jr: 19 att, 99 yds
HB Jordan Lyle: 3 att, 60 yds, TD

WR Emmett Mosley: 6 rec, 72 yds
WR Mudia Reuben: 4 rec, 61 yds
WR Elic Ayomanor: 3 rec, 55 yds
WR Jeremiah Smith: 6 rec, 62 yds
TE Elijah Arroyo: 6 rec, 54 yds
WR Mario Williams: 4 rec, 91 yds, 2 TD

LT Jalen Rivers: 61.7 PFF grade
LG Samson Okunlola: 64.8 PFF grade
C Ryan Rodriguez: 76.9 PFF grade
RG Anez Cooper: 43.8 PFF grade
RT Francis Mauigoa: 79.0 PFF grade

LB Tevarua Tafiti: 9 tkl, 4 TFL, sack
CB Mack Scott: 2 tkl, 2 INT
CB Damari Brown: 7 tkl, 2 TFL, 0.5 sack
DE Marquise Lightfoot: 6 tkl, 4 TFL, 0.5 sack
DE Rueben Bain Jr: 5 tkl, 4 TFL, sack

[djp73]

Emory's team now.

[Baze]

ain't you the one controlling the QB?

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Emory's team now.

ain't you the one controlling the QB?

some of them are bad throws though, didn't post a recap vid but the first pick against Stanford he horribly misplaced a slant to JS1, threw it right to the corner that was trailing. The second interception, Horton beat his guy on a post but the ball was underthrown and undercut by the DB

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Week 8 Top Stories
1. Tennessee pulls off the upset over Alabama as Tide fall out of the top ten
2. USC falls to rival Notre Dame in major upset
3. Georgia rights the ship with win over Auburn
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Week 8 ACC Results
FSU 26 - CLEM 17 | MIA 34 - STAN 6 | UNC 48 - CAL 3 | SMU 51 - LOU 21
DUKE 14 - NCST 13 | GT 28 - PITT 20 | VT 31 - WAKE 13
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Week 9 ACC Schedule
Syracuse (4-4, 1-2) at #22 Georgia Tech (5-1, 2-1)
Louisville (4-2, 1-2) at Pittsburgh (4-2, 2-2)
Stanford (2-4, 0-3) at Virginia (3-4, 0-3)
#6 Miami (6-1, 2-1) at #5 Florida State (5-1, 2-1)
#1 Virginia Tech (8-0, 4-0) at NC State (2-4, 1-2)
Duke (4-2, 2-1) at North Carolina (4-2, 3-0)
#16 Clemson (4-2, 1-2) at #20 Boston College (3-2, 1-1)
SMU (4-3, 2-1) at California (3-3, 1-1)
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Week 9 Notable Games
#25 Purdue (5-2, 4-0) at #13 Michigan (4-2, 1-2)
#17 Rutgers (5-1, 3-1) at #2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0)
#8 Georgia (4-2, 3-1) at #23 Tennessee (6-2, 4-0)
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Players of the Week
WR Tray Taylor (Coastal Carolina): W 52-10 vs. James Madison - 8 rec, 144 yds, 4 TD
LB Alijah Williams (Bowling Green): W 35-31 vs. Central Michigan - 5 tkl, sack, FF, 2 FR
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WR Zion Taylor (Georgia Tech): W 28-20 vs. Pittsburgh - 9 rec, 166 yds, 3 TD
LB Sean Brown (NC State): L 14-13 at Duke - 10 tkl, 3 sacks
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Top 247 Five-Star Commitments
#4 Dalton McCune [ATH #2]: 6'4", 218lbs | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA | 5-star | University of Texas
#5 Juan Woodside [ATH #1]: 6'5", 240lbs | New Hampton, IA [IMG] | 5-star | University of Miami
#7 Shaun Turner [DT #1]: 6'5", 293lbs | Amite, LA | 5-star | University of Miami
#8 Jrue Stanzi [ROLB #1]: 6'0", 230lbs | Kentwood, LA | 5-star | University of Alabama
#11 Demarco Cooks [ATH #2]: 6'5", 218lbs | Opelousas, LA | 5-star | University of Alabama
#12 Dominick Longo [RT #2]: 6'5", 339lbs | Chapin, SC | 5-star | University of Miami
#14 Willie Sturgis [RE #2]: 6'4", 283lbs | Cornelius, NC | 5-star | North Carolina State University
#18 Felix Rugamba [LE #1]: 6'5", 260lbs | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 5-star | University of Notre Dame
#19 Zay Ruggs [QB #3]: 6'3", 230lbs | Cordele, GA | 5-star | Auburn University
#20 Deron Tryon [HB #1]: 6'1", 200lbs | Charlotte, NC | 5-star | University of Miami
#23 Davon Momah [WR #3]: 6'3", 205lbs | Tampa, FL | 5-star | University of Miami
#27 Nate Cochran [RE #3]: 6'3", 241lbs | New Orleans, LA | 5-star | University of Miami
#28 Paul Rhinehart [FS #1]: 6'1", 216lbs | Buffalo, NY | 5-star | University of Miami
#29 Keke Hagg [QB #4]: 6'2", 214lbs | Clearwater, FL | 5-star | University of Miami
#30 J.C. Glickowski [ILB #2]: 6'1", 224lbs | Victor, NY | 5-star | University of Notre Dame
#31 Oscar Estrade [RT #6]: 6'6", 291lbs | Dallas, TX | 5-star | University of Oklahoma
#32 Alec Lawrence [FS #2]: 6'0", 210lbs | Morristown, NJ | 5-star | University of Miami
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Notable Florida Recruiting Commitments
#18 Felix Rugamba [LE #1]: 6'5", 260lbs | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 5-star | University of Notre Dame
#23 Davon Momah [WR #3]: 6'3", 205lbs | Tampa, FL | 5-star | University of Miami
#29 Keke Hagg [QB #4]: 6'2", 214lbs | Clearwater, FL | 5-star | University of Miami
#33 Jamar Rattay [CB #2]: 6'2", 202lbs | Miami, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#40 Paul Bach [LG #1]: 6'2", 291lbs | Tallahassee, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#51 Derek McClendon [RT #8]: 6'8", 319lbs | Tampa, FL | 4-star | University of Ohio State
#58 B.J. Wicks [RG #3]: 6'4", 301lbs | Pensacola, FL | 4-star | Florida State University
#82 Darrius Keyes [RG #4]: 6'3", 306lbs | Jacksonville, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#93 Manuel Arcuri [CB #6]: 6'2", 195lbs | Miami, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#119 Troy McMahan [WR #18]: 6'2", 219lbs | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#144 George Cotton [HB #15]: 6'2", 230lbs | Lake Wales, FL | 4-star | University of Georgia
#160 Jamerson Wade [WR #23]: 5'11", 171lbs | Bradenton, FL [IMG] | 4-star | Clemson University
#170 Alonzo DuBois [ILB #9]: 5'11", 229lbs | Jacksonville, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#174 Jayden Droogsma [HB #16]: 6'0", 180lbs | Fort Myers, FL | 4-star | Florida State University
#179 Isaiah Rugamba [LOLB #3]: 6'3", 236lbs | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#180 Javier Bowie [TE #18]: 6'6", 239lbs | Hallandale, FL | 4-star | University of Miami
#187 Jeremiah McGinest [SS #9]: 5'11", 217lbs | Danverport, FL | 4-star | Auburn University
#198 Kevin Vizcaino [LE #5]: 6'3", 297lbs | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 4-star | University of Oregon