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ATLANTA -- For all the questions about his history at Georgia and his long record of success as a visiting coach at Georgia Tech, Mark Richt was only thinking about his ACC debut.Shaquille Quarterman and Joe Jackson each returned fumbles by Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas for touchdowns in a span of less than a minute in the second quarter and No. 14 Miami beat the Yellow Jackets 35-21 on Saturday.Richt improved to 14-0 against Georgia Tech in Atlanta, including an 8-0 record at Georgia and 5-0 as an assistant at Florida State. The win came in Richts 200th game as a coach -- and his first Atlantic Coast Conference game.It was victory No. 1 in league play, which is even more important, Richt said before his focus quickly shifted to next weeks state rivalry game against No. 12 Florida State.I can promise you before we land Ill be watching some Florida State tape, he said.Miami (4-0, 1-0 ACC) led 28-7 after the fumble returns of 17 yards by Quarterman and 18 yards by Jackson -- both freshmen.I was happy, Jackson said. It happened so fast. I picked it up and was like `Im going to score!Georgia Tech (3-2, 1-2) drew to 28-21 before Miamis Brad Kaaya answered with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Stacy Coley late in the third quarter.Georgia Techs offense bounced back with 361 yards after being shut down in last weeks 26-7 loss to No. 5 Clemson. Freshman Dedrick Mills had 99 yards rushing. He scored three touchdowns on runs of 7 and 1 yards and a 9-yard pass from Thomas.The Yellow Jackets couldnt overcome three turnovers by Thomas.We gifted them two scores in the second quarter, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said. It ended up being a big momentum changer and a big part of the game. ... We made way too many mistakes.Thomas said he was looking to pass before being hit from behind by Trent Harris, forcing the fumble recovered by Quarterman. He said he wanted to pitch to Clinton Lynch two plays later but said he wasnt looking, so I pulled it in. ... I was going down at the same time and the ball came out.It was the first time a Georgia Tech opponent returned two fumbles for touchdowns.A fourth-down pass by Thomas was intercepted by linebacker Michael Pinckney with about two minutes remaining.They didnt do nothing to stop us, Thomas said. We stopped ourselves the whole game.THE TAKEAWAYMiami: The Hurricanes proved they are a contender in the ACCs Coastal Division. Miami also showed its big-play defense, which began the day ranked first in the nation in scoring defense, sacks and tackles for loss, is ready for conference action.Georgia Tech: Back-to-back home losses to Clemson and Miami have shown the Yellow Jackets are a notch below the ACCs Top 25 competition. The two lost turnovers in a span of three plays were especially distressing as Thomas, a senior, is expected to provide stable leadership with his pitches, runs and passes while directing the option offense.POLL IMPLICATIONSMiami needed a strong showing against its first Power 5 opponent to add validity to its undefeated record and Top 25 ranking . Miami could make another move up in the poll before next weeks home game against Florida State.MIAMIS NUMBERSMiami had no turnovers. Kaaya completed 13 of 19 passes for 241 yards and one touchdown.Joe Yearby had 65 yards rushing, including a 27-yard scoring run, and Mark Walton added a 14-yard touchdown run.UP NEXTMiami: The Hurricanes will try to end Florida States six-game winning streak in the state rivalry in next weeks game at Miami. Miamis last win in the series came in 2009 and its last home win came in 2004.Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets string of four straight home games ends with next weeks game at Pittsburgh. Georgia Tech had won two straight in the series before losing to the Panthers in 2015.---AP college football website: http://collegefootball.ap.org Andrew Heaney Angels Jersey . -- Arizona knocked off some quality opponents, rolled over a few overmatched ones and grinded out victories even when things didnt go so well. 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LAS VEGAS -- Junior welterweight titleholders Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol both appeared ripped and ready as they made weight Friday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena ahead of their world title unification fight Saturday.Postol weighed in first and was 139? pounds, a half-pound under the division limit. Crawford, with hundreds of fans who made the trip from his native Omaha, Nebraska, cheering him on, was 140 for the fight, which will headline Top Ranks HBO PPV card (9 p.m. ET) and crown the No. 1 junior welterweight in the world.After the fighters faced off and posed for pictures -- no trash-talking, as has been the case throughout the promotion -- Crawford thanked his hometown fans for making the trip.Im ready to put on a show [Saturday] night, Crawford told them. Its going to be action all night. Two top fighters, two world champions, two undefeated fighters in the primes. Im ready. Dont blink. Thats all I have to say.Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs), the 28-year-old former lightweight world champion and 2014 fighter of the year, will be making the third defense of his junior welterweight belt. Postol, 32, who knocked out Lucas Matthysse in the 10th round to win a vacant title in a big upset in October, will be making his first defense.On Saturday I will prove that I am not an underdog once and for all, Postol said through translator and manager Vadim Kornilov.Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) heads into the fight with a sense of relief after his wife, Olga, gave birth to twin boys, Lukian and Timofey, on Tuesday in Ukraine. He said he wants to win so he can bring home a world title belt for each baby.ddddddddddddObviously, it takes some pressure off, Postol said about his wife delivering healthy babies while he is away. I thank my wife for doing it without me.Featherweight Oscar Valdez (19-0, 17 KOs), Mexicos only two-time Olympic boxer, will face Argentinas Matias Adrian Rueda (26-0, 23 KOs) for a vacant world title. Valdez was on the division limit of 126 pounds, and Rueda was 125.Welterweight Jose Benavidez Jr. (24-0, 16 KOs) weighed 146? for his fight with Francisco Chia Santana (24-4-1, 12 KOs), who was 148 pounds, the contract limit for the nontitle bout.During an intense staredown, Benavidez made a throat-slash gesture toward Santana as they were nose-to-nose. Santana simply stared straight ahead until they were separated.Light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk (10-0, 10 KOs), a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist from Ukraine and one of the top prospects in boxing, was at the division limit of 175 pounds, and opponent Tommy Karpency (26-5-1, 15 KOs) was 174? .The Nevada State Athletic Commission also released the purses for the card. Crawford will earn $1.3 million. Postols official purse is $250,000, but he is guaranteed $675,000 due to money being paid in Ukraine.Valdez will earn $140,000, and Ruedas purse is $30,000, although he, too, will earn more from revenue in Argentina. Benavidez and Santana will be paid $50,000 apiece. Gvozdyks purse is $30,000, and Karpency, a former world title challenger, will earn $50,000. ' ' '