Kirk Herbstreit predicts Malachi Toney injury will be 'motivator' for Miami agains…

That means the Hurricanes will be without their top target after he underwent tightrope ankle surgery , as On3’s Pete Nakos reported. He thinks the Hurricanes will instead go into Notre Dame Stadium with a chip on their shoulder and prove they can win even without their do-it-all wide receiver.

$39.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage “One thing I know from being around Mario Cristobal and this Miami program, kind of the culture, they’re going to use this in a way that the players are going to get fired up,” Herbstreit said Friday on Get Up . “They’re going to feel like, ‘Hey, we’ve got something to prove.’

They’ve got plenty of athletes on the outside. Cooper Barkate, who transferred over from Duke with Mensah, the quarterback, he’ll have to take up a little bit more slack.

But in his absence, Herbstreit noted other playmakers such as Cooper Barkate who will need to step up and fill the void. “But I almost don’t think this is about Xs and Os.