Everybody wants to argue about the backup quarterback. Fine. That argument is real and it’s not going anywhere. But while the phone lines were lighting up about who plays if Cam Ward gets hurt, a much quieter number slid past most of the room: twelve different...
There’s a moment in every season opener where you find out whether the thing you’ve been told all offseason is real or just recruiting-service fan fiction. Miami found out in about ninety minutes of football in Gainesville, and so did Florida. Final:...
Every Miami season opens with the same ritual. We argue about the quarterback. We argue about the secondary. We argue about whether this is finally the year the swagger comes back to Coral Gables in a form you can actually put on tape instead of on a graphic. And...
Every August in Coral Gables sounds the same. The recruiting rankings get read out loud like scripture. The transfer portal haul gets stacked next to somebody else’s roster. Somebody says the word “trenches” nine times. And then the season starts and...
Every August, Canes fans do the same dance. We line up the schedule, we squint at it, we count wins on our fingers like we’re doing long division, and we walk away with a number. Ten. Nine. Eight. Somebody in the group chat says eleven and gets clowned. Somebody...