# Miami at Pitt

Sports · Heat 2.0 / 10 · 2 shows · 43m airtime

Miami played at Pitt on October 24, 2026, a game framed by Pat Narduzzi and Mario Cristobal's feud over quarterback Mason Heinschel. Pitt entered ranked first in the nation against the run, but Miami won 52-23, with Malachi Toney catching 16 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns. Narduzzi said after the game that Miami is the number one team, a verdict that closes the pregame question about Pitt's defense. The Heinschel dispute between the coaches remains part of the backdrop.

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## Segments

- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-23, 16:54 to 23:20: **Previews Pitt's top-ranked run defense**. Previews Miami's trip to Pitt through the Narduzzi-Cristobal feud over Mason Heinschel, plays Narduzzi's media-day comments about the NCAA and Congress, and weighs Pitt's top-ranked run defense against Miami's line play in bad weather. New angle: Pitt comes into the game ranked number one in the nation against the run.
- [Nightcap](https://boilpoints.com/u/nightcap), 2026-10-25, 16:58 to 24:44: **Builds a Heisman case around Toney's 16 catches**. Recaps Miami's 52-23 win at Pitt and builds the case around Malachi Toney's 16-catch, 194-yard, three-touchdown day, comparing his seven-game pace to Devonta Smith's Heisman season. The result itself is the new fact; the rest is Heisman framing and 2001 nostalgia. New angle: Miami beat Pitt 52-23, with Malachi Toney catching 16 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-26, 3:31 to 4:50: **Argues the win as a case for style points**. Uses Miami's win over Pitt as the argument for style points: a number one team should dominate inferior opponents, even on a day of sacks and penalties against a backup quarterback. Retells the result and stays inside the case Dan has been making since the FSU weekend.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-26, 4:53 to 7:27: **Debates whether Toney is already Miami's best receiver**. Debates whether Malachi Toney is already the best receiver in Miami history, using his six double-digit catch games as the hook. The stat talk is framed around the Pittsburgh game and the program's lineage of receivers; it stays inside the Toney conversation rather than adding to the result.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-26, 14:02 to 16:49: **Reacts to the third-and-18 conversions and the run game**. Reacts to Miami's win at Pitt: the third-and-18 conversions, a contested Toney drop that the hosts rule a pass breakup, and the run game working against the nation's top rush defense. Mike's 35-point theory gets argued, not reported.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-26, 18:37 to 20:59: **Runs McShay's comparison of Mensah and Jones**. Runs Todd McShay's side-by-side of Toney and Mensah's first seven games against Devonta Smith and Mac Jones in 2020, then widens to Miami's history of great receivers and argues no prior Hurricanes quarterback was as highly regarded by the pros as Mensah. Stays inside the Pitt-week numbers already on the record.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-26, 21:05 to 22:38: **Adds Narduzzi's portal jab and postgame concession**. Picks up the Narduzzi-Cristobal thread around the game: Narduzzi's pregame jab that Miami takes other people's quarterbacks from the portal, the postgame exchange, and his postgame concession that Miami is the number one team. Treats the portal as the legal, effective way to build a roster. New angle: Narduzzi said after the game that Miami is the number one team.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-27, 8:11 to 16:35: **Argues Toney is already the greatest Cane**. Debates whether Malachi Toney is already the greatest Miami Hurricane, using the Pittsburgh game as the frame. The stats cited are ones already on the record; the new material is opinion and a long breadbasket digression.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-27, 18:58 to 28:27: **Debates whether Toney needs a title**. Turns the Pitt game into a legacy debate: whether Toney needs a national championship to be the greatest Cane, with Belichick's no-weak-points quote and Miami's single-season record math as supporting material. Argument and framing, not a new development.