The Miami Hurricanes football program and its fanbase were on the edge of their seats late Saturday night, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish outlasted the five-time reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion Clemson Tigers in overtime, 47-40.
The rest of the college football nation was watching, too. Like Miami, they were waiting to see if there would be a new No. 1 in the ACC, unsure as to whether Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and his crew would be able to march out of South Bend, Ind., still undefeated.
“I told them [Miami players] last night that we called the ACC and I asked them what the tiebreaker was and they said ‘Go 1-0 this week,’” Miami head coach Manny Diaz said jokingly, knowing that all the team could control were the remaining games on the schedule.