This is how extraordinary the University of Miami football season has been: When the Hurricanes won their 10th game last week — the first time they have achieved double-digit victories in 14 years — it was almost an afterthought.
When they won the Coastal Division title even before they stepped on the field and annihilated Notre Dame 41-8, the news was just a footnote during an otherwise stunning night.
And now, as the Canes prepare to take on Pittsburgh at noon Friday in the regular-season finale at Heinz Field, they can do what no UM football team has done in the regular season since 2002 — go undefeated.