The Rundown Take
TVD Made Miami the Most Wanted Job in America: U Talk Recaps a 38-34 Win Over Pitt
Larry Frank Jr. was out handling business, so Devin ran Monday's show solo through a wave of callers celebrating a 38-34 win over Pitt — and it turned into the loudest Manny Diaz debate of the season, with one caller nearly getting hung up on for arguing D'Eriq King would have won the game too.
Key Takeaways
- Latrella called the final score, 38-34, dead-on for the second straight week and won another U Talk hoodie — Devin shouted her out on air before diving into the game.
- Caller Cuban Kane declared Tyler Van Dyke has made Miami "the most wanted job in the United States," pointing to LSU, TCU and other programs starving for a quarterback like him.
- James Williams and Van Dyke were credited by multiple callers with effectively running the team themselves, with the panel crediting almost none of the win to Manny Diaz.
- The defense still gave up big yardage — Devin's running gripe was 35 points and 350-plus yards a game allowed all season, even in a win.
- A heated caller-versus-caller argument broke out over whether the offense would be better with an injured D'Eriq King back at quarterback instead of Van Dyke; the room sided firmly with Van Dyke.
The Best Complete Game of the Season
Callers agreed this was, outside of the Central Connecticut State opener, the most complete performance Miami had put together all year. Van Dyke was one dropped Charleston Rambo catch away from a huge day, James Williams and Van Dyke were singled out as the emotional engine of the team, and the offensive line held up well enough that the story became about execution rather than scheme. The defense got credit for making enough stops to close it out, even as the panel kept circling back to missed tackles and a shaky secondary.
Mistake Diaz Strikes Again
Devin's running bit — calling the coach "Mistake Diaz" because, in his words, Manny keeps saving his job by accident — got its biggest workout of the season. The argument: none of Van Dyke, Williams, or the freshmen making plays are being coached up by Manny; they're just too talented to be held down any longer. When rumors resurfaced that Blake James could be on his way out, one commenter in the chat cut through the debate — "I'm just glad Blake is out, that's a start" — and the room agreed that whoever the next athletic director is will decide Manny's fate more than any win streak will.
The Great Quarterback Fight
The night's most heated stretch had nothing to do with Pitt. A caller pushed back hard that D'Eriq King was the better quarterback, sparking a back-and-forth with Devin and other callers over accuracy, arm strength and leadership — Devin's side pointing out King went 23-for-30 against Alabama without a completion past 20 yards, while Van Dyke has stretched the field vertically all season. It got personal enough that Devin had to shut it down and move to the next caller, reminding the chat that disagreement is welcome on U Talk as long as it stays respectful.
"You mean to tell me if D'Eriq King is in right now, we don't lose the games we lost? We didn't lose because of him — against Alabama he played his ass off and we still got beat."
Devin closed by opening the prediction contest for Friday's Georgia Tech preview show, reminding the chat that Latrella has now called back-to-back scores and daring someone else to knock her off the top of the leaderboard.