All of that was enough to help the Hurricane even both their overall record and their conference record to 4-4 and 2-2 in ACC play.
“I can’t say enough about the resiliency of the team, which was something that we felt certainly needed to be upgraded based on some of the recent things in some of our games for some of our guys,” Cristobal said. “I’m really proud of our guys for effort, toughness, and playing hard the whole way through. The defense, minus some of those third downs, and the quarterback played about as good of a game as you can play. I saw some phenomenal stuff, particularly down in the red zones, particularly the tight red zone and the fourth down stop. Offensively, the best part was that the sideline, no matter what happened they just continued to get together, support each other, push each other and lift each other up. I’m really proud of the support they showed knowing that we’re in one of those games where you might have to win it 3-0 or win it in four overtimes. This is something positive to build on.”
2. Borregales shines
In last year’s game against Virginia at Hard Rock Stadium, Borregales – then a freshmen – missed a game-winning kick with three seconds left and the Cavaliers escaped with the victory.
Borregales said it didn’t hit him until midway through Saturday’s game that that missed kick came against the same team he was facing and it was clear throughout the afternoon he was unfazed – both by the past and what Virginia did to try and ice him in the present.
Borregales converted on all four of his field goal attempts, including one as time expired at the end of regulation and another as time expired in the first half, even after Virginia called timeout twice an in effort to throw him off his game.
The kicker delivered again in overtime, converting on two field goals to keep Miami alive.
“Wow. Wow. I mean, well he does it in practice all the time,” Cristobal said. “Actually, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when we do [the] two-minute [drill], we’ve made the kick line the 36, 37-yard line and he kicks 52, 53 yarders. Unfazed, even before halftime even, even with the double freeze and whatnot that went on. Ironically, we said we might have to win some games [55-54] and some, 3-0. It almost played out that way.”
Said Borregales of his day, “Going 4-for-4 in game like this means a lot. It means a lot to the team. We came out with a ‘w.’ Seeing how the team reacted after, it just got…
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