Miami’s final 3 games rescheduled, will not play until December 5

On Monday, the Canes and the ACC announced the rescheduling of the last 3 of Miami’s games this season. They did specify “positive tests and subsequent quarantining of student-athletes within the Miami football team.” 

A direct quote from Miami’s press release from Canes AD Blake James: “We are disappointed that we will not be able to play the next two weeks as scheduled but this decision was made in the best interests of the health and safety of all teams. The health and safety of our student-athletes is always our top priority and we will continue to follow the conference’s protocols in order to safely and responsibly return to play.”

Miami was supposed to host Georgia Tech at home this coming Saturday on November 21st but that game has been pushed back to December 19th. This game might not even happen due to a stipulation that I will go into detail about later. 

Miami-Wake Forest was to be played next Saturday on November 28th, but that game has been pushed back a week to December 5th. Same thing goes for UNC-Miami, which has been moved from the 5th to the 12th. 

Here’s where it gets tricky. The ACC Championship is scheduled for December 19th, the same day as the rescheduled Miami-Georgia Tech matchup. The Canes will only play the Yellow Jackets if neither of the two teams (essentially Miami) are not in ACC Championship contention. 

Here’s the revised schedule as follows:

12/5 Miami at Wake Forest (previously 11/28)

12/12 North Carolina at Miami (previously 12/5)

12/19 Georgia Tech at Miami (previously 11/21)*

*Will only be played if game has no result on ACC Championship participants

Manny Diaz’s squad has done a fairly good job of limiting COVID-19 exposure to his team, especially for being based in one of the US hotspots. Miami has not had to reschedule any of its games up to this point in the season and they were close to being unable to play against Virginia Tech this past weekend due to a total of 13 missing players unable to play.