{"id":16255,"date":"2023-09-10T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T19:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=16255"},"modified":"2023-09-10T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T19:37:29","slug":"tyler-van-dyke-on-miami-fighting-through-adversity-last-year-we-wouldve-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/tyler-van-dyke-on-miami-fighting-through-adversity-last-year-we-wouldve-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Van Dyke on Miami fighting through adversity: \u2018Last year we would\u2019ve quit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

This season is different for the Miami Hurricanes<\/a><\/strong>. At least, that\u2019s how quarterback Tyler Van Dyke<\/a><\/strong> feels through two games. <\/p>\n

Early in the team\u2019s win over Texas A&M<\/a><\/strong>, Miami made a couple of huge special teams errors that gave the Aggies touchdowns off short fields. That\u2019s adversity that Van Dyke doesn\u2019t think the team could have handled last year but dealt with more easily this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think last year we would have quit, honestly,\u201d Tyler Van Dyke said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re a totally different team. The leaders stepped up. The players stepped up. Held each other accountable the entire offseason to tell each other we can\u2019t give up in big games like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last season, Tyler Van Dyke led Miami to a road game against Texas A&M. In that game, they lost 17-9 in a frustrating game. This season, however, the offense bounced back and made up for the team\u2019s early mistakes on special teams. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe just fought, even with the muffed punt and the blocked punt, and when we were down 10-0 early. The way we fought through adversity, that\u2019s something we really wanted to work on this year, and that was a perfect moment for that to happen, and we fought through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Against Texas A&M, Tyler Van Dyke was dominant. He threw for 374 yards and five touchdowns without throwing an interception. In many ways, this was the performance that Miami fans had long since been waiting to see out of Van Dyke.<\/p>\n

Van Dyke was such a problem for Texas A&M that Aggies\u2019 head coach Jimbo Fisher<\/a><\/strong> highlighted the need to get pressure on him at halftime of the game. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve got to affect the quarterback,\u201d Fisher said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re playing the run pretty well. They popped one in the two-minute, but we\u2019re not affecting the quarterback enough and getting enough pressure on him. He\u2019s getting comfortable and they\u2019re making throws down the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

How Tyler Van Dyke changed his body<\/h2>\n

This past offseason, Tyler Van Dyke worked on changing his body to improve as a player overall. That meant cutting down on body fat while not losing any weight from his frame. <\/p>\n

\u201cI lost like 2.5 percent in body fat,\u201d\u00a0Tyler Van Dyke said<\/a>. \u201cI feel faster, more mobile, side to side. Feel a lot better about that. It\u2019s the same weight. Just 2.5 percent less than I was\u2026I was up near 15 percent, like 14.9, and now I\u2019m down to 12.3.\u201d<\/p>\n

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