Miami Hurricanes had live tackling ahead of Saturday’s Scrimmage

"“It keeps us motivated just not to settle…”We’d be up, just keep moving, keep pounding, just keep pounding them, trying to beat our defense.”"

Offensive lineman Hayden Mahoney who is likely to be a backup also spoke about what live football and the points system has done for him and his teammates this Spring.

"“It just brings out the competition out of everybody…You know, we go live once a day and it just brings out the competitive nature in everybody and it’s really good for the team morale…It creates good competition and it’s going well for the team.”"

After a 10-3 season, this is a key spring for the Miami Hurricanes. They hope to build on their first ACC Coastal Division Championship and first Appearance in the ACC Championship game. It was also Miami’s first appearance in a Major Bowl since they played in the Orange Bowl following the 2003 season.

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The Hurricanes have to put in the work this Spring and summer if they want to duplicate or exceed their 2017 season. It gets off to a difficult start. Miami travels to Arlington, Texas to face LSU at AT&T Stadium in the season opener September 2