Heading into Saturday’s game at Georgia Tech, the Miami Hurricanes needed one victory in their final three regular-season games to qualify for a post-season bowl.
But be assured, even if the Canes end up clinching a bowl berth, it won’t be like last year’s prize of the Capital One Orange Bowl, a game Miami nonetheless squandered in its own stadium, falling to Wisconsin 34-24 to finish 10-3 overall.
If the Canes, who were 5-4 overall and 2-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference before Saturday, were to get that crucial sixth win, they’d have a shot at a number of lower-tier bowls affiliated with the ACC.