CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Miami coach Manny Diaz was coming back from a bout with COVID-19, as was quarterback D’Eriq King and several other players.
The Hurricanes hadn’t practiced in two weeks, final exams were further limiting football time and a few starters still had to sit out amid health concerns.Somehow, that all led to Miami’s most lopsided Atlantic Coast Conference win.The annual question in Coral Gables — “Is Miami back?” — might finally have an answer Hurricanes fans will like.
This won’t be the year where No. 9 Miami gets its first ACC championship, a drought that’s now 17 years and counting, but the Hurricanes (8-1, 7-1 ACC, No.