What can Miami learn from their near loss against Virginia Tech?

In their opening game of ACC play, the Miami Hurricanes were expected to win big. They were three-score favorites at home against the Virginia Tech Hokies and they nearly lost, barely squeaking out a 38-34 win.

Miami got some aid from the refs, who controversially overturned a would-be Hail Mary touchdown on the game's final play. That would've given Virginia Tech the win. But as Mario Cristobal said after the game:

Here's how Miami can take care of future opponents and leave the rest of their games out of the hands of the officials.

Limit turnovers

"You don't leave a game like this in the hands of the officials because you might be disappointed."

- Mario Cristobal

This was an area of little to no concern for Miami over the first four games of the season. However, Virginia Tech did a fantastic job of taking the ball away from Miami's high-powered offense. The first turnover of the game was more on Cam Ward than the Hokies defense.

While the d-line did provide pressure, Ward made a rare mistake while trying to make a play, coughing up the ball within the first minute of the game and giving Virginia Tech excellent field position. This led directly to a Hokies touchdown and unnecessarily put Miami in an early 7-0 hole.