Take a Breath, Temper Your Expectations: Remembering the 2020 Season

Gather round ‘Canes fans, let me tell you a cautionary tale.

‘Twas September 26, 2020. College Gameday was back in South Florida, although it was a far cry from the spectacle of divers and sailboats the country saw three years prior. Manny Diaz, Miami’s prodigal son and inventor of the turnover chain, was ready to put behind him the embarrassment of 2019, with spectacular lowlights of losing to FIU on the hallowed grounds of the Orange Bowl and being shutout 14-0 by Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl.

But hope springs eternal in sports, and Miami was gifted that offseason by whatever we called the transfer portal before it was the transfer portal. D’Eriq King was coming to Miami! Like…