Final scrimmage turns up pressure

First team falls short in rally situation, but Richt fifinds encouraging signs.

CORAL GABLES — Memo to Florida A&M: you can beat Miami.

If you’re ahead 28-0 at the half, and using Miami’s players.

Coach Mark Richt put his fifirstteam offffffffffffense and defense in that situation Thursday in UM’s fifinal scrimmage of the preseason. They were down by four touchdowns with one half to play, facing a scout team mimicking the tendencies of their fifirst opponent. He wanted the Hurricanes to sweat it out. Sweat they did, coach included. Miami got close to a comeback, but Brad Kaaya‘s late interception returned for a touchdown helped the scout team hold on to its siz-

Mark Richt wanted to see how the team handled “stress.”