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Miami falls 8 spots in AP

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 28, 2009

CORAL GABLES - Plenty of Miami coaches, players and staff found themselves cringing last week about all the attention they were suddenly receiving after season-opening wins against Florida State and Georgia Tech.

Hey, problem solved!

Virginia Tech's 31-7 win Saturday sent Miami freefalling eight spots to No. 17 in the latest AP Top 25. And with No. 8 Oklahoma visiting this weekend, the 2-1 Hurricanes have little time to feel sorry for themselves - especially since the well-rested Sooners could see Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford return from a shoulder injury and have outscored their last two opponents 109-0.

"It's a great situation for us to learn as a football team," Miami coach Randy Shannon said Sunday. "Yeah, we won two good games against two big, tough teams, but we had to come back and be ready in the third game against Virginia Tech and we didn't do it. So now, we've got to step up and get ready for Oklahoma."

Shannon said the Hurricanes are going "back to basics" this week, with good reason. By his count, Miami missed 17 tackles against Virginia Tech that gave the Hokies 180 extra yards, plus dropped eight passes.

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