This summer, every expectation was that this game — this November day in Blacksburg, Virginia — would go a long way in helping determine the winner of the ACC’s Coastal Division race.
The Hurricanes, who won the division title last year, returned several playmakers from a 2017 team that rose as high as No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings and played for the conference championship. And Virginia Tech, even with a defense decimated by suspensions and departures, has long been a formidable foe for Miami, even dating back to the time when both were in the Big East conference.