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Hyde: Manny Diaz’s era feels at a crossroads Saturday against Michigan State | Commentary

When the University of Miami plays Michigan State on Saturday, three obvious strategic goals are to stop Michigan State’s running game, find some consistency on offense and put an unimpressive start to the season behind you.

Please don’t continue with disappointing Saturdays, week after week, that eventually lead to me writing That Column about coach Manny Diaz.

You know That Column. It’s been a regular feature this millennium involving the Hurricanes and Miami Dolphins, the one about the bottom dropping out of the carton, about the smell of overripe decay in the air over the program.

Many columns constitute solving math problems with words.