Virginia Tech fired coach Justin Fuente this week. Miami fired athletic director Blake James as rumors swirl about the future of coach Manny Diaz. Neither season has gone as hoped, but Miami enters this game as the less fragile of two vulnerable programs. Fuente replaced Frank Beamer in 2016, but couldn’t match the success of the College Football Hall of Famer.
With both teams dealing with turmoil within their football programs, it would be easy to forget they are actually playing each other in a key matchup. On one side, you have a Virginia Tech team that parted ways with coach Justin Fuente just days before facing UM.