As the No. 16 Miami Hurricanes ran out of their smoke tunnel and onto the field at Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night, moments before opening Atlantic Coast Conference play against North Carolina, questions still surrounded who Mark Richt would choose to be his starting quarterback.
When the smoke cleared, figuratively and literally, redshirt freshman N’Kosi Perry emerged as Miami’s starter, a move Richt said was made a couple days ago and was told to the team at a walkthrough during the week.
And while Perry had his share of moments both good and bad, he did enough on his end to help the Hurricanes to a 47-10 win over the Tar Heels.