CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - It's a non-league game in September, with no bearing on the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. Yet for the Miami Hurricanes, Saturday's matchup at No. 12 Louisville might define the season.
``If we don't win this ballgame, our chances of completing our goal, which is to win the national championship, are basically over,'' Miami defensive back Glenn Sharpe said Tuesday. ``So this game is really big for us. ... There's a lot riding on this game.''
A loss would drop the Hurricanes to 1-2 and possibly out of the AP Top 25 poll - they're 17th this week - for the first time since November 1999, plus end whatever hope Miami really has of winning the national title. No two-loss team has ever won that crown.
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