For all the hue and cry of any given Saturday afternoon, every reasonably close football game hinges on about four or five plays. Suppose a big third-down completion had floated just out of the receiver’s reach. Suppose a crucial fourth-quarter fumble ended up back in the offense’s hands. Suppose a go-ahead field goal doinked off the upright. These hinge points aren’t hard to find.
Miami has spent the last two months on the high side of every one of those hinge points. In the Squid Game that is the 2024 college football season, Miami (7-0) has kept its head down and put one foot in front of the other, watching as other top-10 teams — Clemson, Alabama, Tennessee and so on — fell and fell behind.
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