Miami Hurricanes HC Mark Richt’s Syracuse Post Game Comments

On the final scoring play for Miami which came on a Travis Homer 33-yard touchdown rush…

"“We were spread out. We ran a very simple inside zone play that, if you keep banging away at it, sometimes you catch a crease, and we did. It’s just glorious when he runs through there and you see a safety take a bad angle, and it’s going to be a house call. Going up by eight [points] still was no guarantee of victory, we know that. A touchdown and two-point play and you go to overtime.”"

On how difficult it is as a coach to play so many tightly contested games in the fourth quarter…

"“It’s frustrating, as the game is going on, when you miss opportunities that you know can help you separate from an opponent. It doesn’t mean that they can’t come back and whatever. But there were moments, especially in the first half, where we just had a couple touchdowns that we ended up having to kick field goals [on]. I’m trying to think of the other thing that kind of got me bent out of shape. Just when [Ahmmon Richards] dropped the ball again on 3rd and 2, I think it was the first play of the fourth quarter. Sometimes a call lines up exactly the way you want it to line up."