College Football: Winners and losers from 2018 spring ball

Loser: Miami Hurricanes

The Miami Hurricanes ended the 2017 season with three consecutive losses after walking into Heinz Field to face the Pitt Panthers as the second overall team in the nation. Miami was then upset by Pitt before being blown out by Clemson and defeated at home in the Orange Bowl against the Wisconsin Badgers.

After the 2017 season, Mark Richt‘s staff saw the early departure of quarterback Brad Kaaya and before 2018 the early departures of RJ McIntosh, Kendrick Norton and Mark Walton. After a 10-win season and a New Year’s Six bowl appearance many would expect the hype machine to be full go heading into the 2018 season.

Yet, the Miami Hurricanes spring game wasn’t even televised — nope, not even on Facebook or YouTube. Not even on whatever the ACC Network Extra (longest title to say ESPN-ACC ever) is. A chance to show your fans in tank tops while Hard Rock glistens in the sun in comparison to the midwestern powers being frozen over was lost.

This quite possibly wasn’t an oversight by Richt and the Miami administration. It was possible that for two years in a row they did their best to keep poor quarterback play and a lack of offensive line cohesiveness off the air.

Miami message board fans have been clamoring for N’Kosi Perry to get behind the center and take over for the incumbent Malik Rosier but after starting 0-for-5 Perry didn’t outshine the hit-or-miss Rosier. The offensive line was dominated into submission and the hope heading into Sept. 2 against the LSU Tigers has to be that the Turnover Chain rears it’s blingy head three-plus times a contest in 2018.