Miami midfielder Tyler Van Dyke injured his right leg.
Cristobal says “he’s ready Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke (9) passes North Carolina quarterback Power Echols (23) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct.
14, 2023, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
(AP Photo)/Chris Seward) CHRIS SEWARD AP University of Miami starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke was seen on campus Monday with his right leg wearing an Ace wrap on his knee.
Van Dyke limped and kept his leg completely stiff as he walked slowly.
“I keep telling you I don’t talk about injuries,” Cristobal told the Miami Herald at his weekly press conference.
UM week.
“I just told one of our guys that he’s ready to go.
You have to write what you have to write.
Next question please.
” Offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson, who spoke after Cristobal, said Van Dyke “is fine.
” When asked how freshman backup quarterback Emory Williams is and if he’s ready to go should he be needed, Dawson said, “Both of them are fine.
Both of them are ready to go.
“This game is a physical game and everybody is sore after games.
He’s fine.
It is good.
He was ready to practice today, which made me very happy.
Van Dyke was sacked three times and hit hard Saturday in UM’s 41-31 loss to North Carolina.
The Canes (4-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) will face Clemson (4-2, 2-2) at 8 p.m.
Saturday (ACC Network) at Hard Rock Stadium.
Van Dyke, who admitted after the UNC loss that he tore three ligaments in the fingers of his throwing hand during fall camp, spent the second half of the 2022 season with an AC joint sprain grade three in his right shoulder and missed most of the game.
the latter part of UM’s 5-7 campaign.
Van Dyke wore a splint in early games this season, but after the North Carolina game said the hand was fine.
Cristobal was asked before the leg-related question about Van Dyke’s hand and if there were any concerns going forward.
“For him playing?
Zero,” Cristobal said.
“Was he banged up in the game?
Yes, he was banged up.
But is it difficult?
Absolute.
He’s really tough and he wants to win, and he’s ready to roll.
Van Dyke, the 2021 ACC Rookie of the Year, is currently 129 of 183 (70.
5%) for 1,721 yards and 16 touchdowns, with six interceptions.
He ranked 10th in the nation in passing efficiency and 8th in passing touchdowns.
MARK FLETCHER STATUS Cristobal was also asked how the loss of freshman running back Mark Fletcher has affected UM’s running game and whether the coach has a timetable for his return.
“It’s about a few weeks away,” Cristobal said.
“I will say the least… We were hopeful this week.
I think you’ll see him training this week.
Doubt [to play] this week.
I feel really good for next week.
Is it serious?
Yes, it is essential for our operations.
He’s a big guy, physical, fast and downhill.
He is making great progress.
Really, he helped change our run game a lot while he was there.
He is absent for many reasons: in terms of competition, number 1.
This always makes the room in a state of insecurity and alertness.
He is a very good football player.
“But again, with the people we have, we are willing to cooperate with them.
They did a lot of good things.
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Fletcher, who rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries (an average of 5.
5 yards per carry), was not in uniform against Georgia Tech, where he standing on the sidelines with a high boot strike near the knee on the right foot.
He was first injured in the Hurricanes’ loss to then-No.
23 Texas A&M last month and missed Miami’s big win over FCS Bethune-Cookman the following week.
He returned to action against Temple in the Hurricanes’ final game before the bye week.
LANCE GUIDRY EXPLAINS PENALTY On Saturday, defensive coordinator Lance Guidry was flagged by officials for unsportsmanlike conduct for running onto the field with less than three minutes left in the first half in a confusing situation during There the UM coaches were trying to replace the players and called a timeout.
.
The scene began with UNC on fourth-and-1 from the Canes’ 20-yard line.
After the flag, the ball was moved to the Miami 11 and UNC scored three times later to make it 14-14 at the end of the first quarter.
Guidry explained Monday what happened.
“Well, earlier in the game, the referee stopped from the offensive side [and] went through the middle and stopped him,” Guidry said.
“Usually it comes from there.
So we tried to change the personnel.
I’m trying to get out of nickel and into base defense because they changed personnel.
So they have the responsibility to keep the ball and give us time.
I never saw that the referee was behind our defense, on our side of the ball.
They don’t come from the other side.
“So I ran down the field and called a timeout.
I think I got dinged because I took my headset off.
I was angry.
That was on me.
I shouldn’t have done that.
I didn’t see him.
I watched the movie and he was there.
So they were right and I was wrong.
I’m sorry.
” Cristobal told WQAM’s Joe Rose in a morning interview that Guidry “was great and he made a mistake.
” “He made a mistake.
Waiting time has been set.
We discussed with the officials the possibility of sitting on the ball when they substituted.
And it was all about that.
But obviously, we can’t do that.
There’s no excuse for that.
He knows that and he obviously feels terrible about it.
“It’s no different than a player error.You must eat everyone responsible.
” This story was originally published on October 16, 2023, 1::38 pm.
SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN 305-376-3366 Miami Herald Sports Editor Susan Miller Degnan has been the Miami Hurricanes’ sports editor since 2000, the season before the Canes won it all.
She has won several national APSE writing awards and has covered everything from Canes baseball to the College Football Playoff to major marathons and the Olympics.
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