CJ Daniels made the kind of play that rewrites a season before it is even a week old. Late in the first half of No. 10 Miami’s 27-24 victory over No. 6 Notre Dame, Daniels twisted in the air, pulled down a 20-yard touchdown, and left his quarterback stunned.
“I was on my back, and then I just saw him in the end zone,” Carson Beck said. “At first, I did not know he caught it like that. I saw it on the big screen and thought, ‘Oh my gosh. There is no way he just caught that.’ He always tells me, ‘Put it up there, I will go get it.’ He proved that tonight.”
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The play gave Miami the jolt it needed, and it gave Beck the confidence to finish the night with 205 passing yards and two touchdowns. After months of rehab from offseason surgery, the former Georgia quarterback admitted the moment meant everything. “I had not played football in eight months, and the last time I was out there was against Notre Dame and they beat us. To come back and win like this, I am just thankful.”
Notre Dame clawed back in the fourth quarter to tie the game, but Beck’s calm in the two-minute drill sealed the win. “Two-minute offense is something that we practice all the time. That is where games are won,” Beck said. “Our mindset was to go out and score. I was nervous, but we finished.”
Daniels was not the only weapon. “Nobody really knew going into tonight, but now they know,” Beck said. Malachi Toney caught six passes for 82 yards and a score, giving Miami another reliable option on the outside.
Still, it was Daniels’ grab that fans will remember. “Actions speak louder than words,” Beck said.
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