Miami Hurricanes Recreating Home Mystique
How about those Hurricanes! Thank you fans, students and band, what a night! U Family!
— Mark Richt (@MarkRicht) November 5, 2017
Speaking about the victory over Virginia Tech. Richt claimed the homefield advantage was two-fold.
"“There’s no doubt in my mind our fan base helped us get it done. There’s no doubt in my mind, being here, it helped us get it done. There’s no doubt in my mind the humidity here probably helped us get it done. The home field advantage was truly an advantage.”"
The comparisons to the Orange Bowl era were hard to ignore. Virginia Tech Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster has been on the Football staff of the Hokies since 1989. After the game, he spoke about the crowd.
"“I have been to a bunch of games here…I think the closest to the atmosphere they had here tonight was when [Michael] Vick came in his sophomore year. They beat us. We were a top-five football program at that time. I have not seen the atmosphere here like this in a long, long time. It was a good night for the Canes.”"