Miami’s Real Rivalry Problem Isn’t Florida State — It’s That Nobody Knows Who’s Playing Quarterback

There’s a specific kind of dread that only Hurricanes fans know, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the opponent. It’s the dread of walking into the biggest week on the calendar — Florida State, 9-0, ranked fourth in the country, playoff hopes...

The Quarterback Isn’t the Whole Problem — Miami’s 6-3 Season Is a Touch-Distribution Failure

Everybody wants to talk about Tyler Van Dyke. Fine. Ten interceptions in four games will do that to a fan base, and with Florida State sitting there on the schedule like a dare, the temperature around this program is exactly where you’d expect it to be. But if...

Miami’s Run Defense Is Playing Championship Football. The Offense Is Playing Not To Lose.

Seventh in the country. Roughly two yards a carry allowed. That’s not a hot streak, that’s not a small-sample mirage against a couple of bad offensive lines — that is where the Miami Hurricanes’ run defense sits nationally, and it deserves a whole...

Miami Didn’t Find a Quarterback in Death Valley — It Found Out What It’s Been Hiding

Two overtimes in Death Valley. A true freshman making his first career start. A win Miami had no business making that hard, and no business losing either. And when the dust settled on the Clemson game, the loudest conversation in Canes Nation wasn’t about the...

Miami’s Real Clemson Problem Isn’t Clemson — It’s Whatever Home Field Advantage Used To Mean

Let’s put the quarterback conversation on ice for ten minutes. Let’s put Todd McShay’s draft board on ice too. There’s a number sitting in the middle of this Miami season that nobody wants to pick up and hold, because it’s heavier than...