“First of all, Miami beat Notre Dame, so I don’t know why Miami wouldn’t be ahead of Notre Dame,” he said. “That’s the dumbest thing that I’ve ever seen. I don’t understand that.”
The head coach added that the Hurricanes have more talent than the Irish. “Miami’s offensive line is gigantic,” he said. “Notre Dame’s O-line is good, but it ain’t Miami’s. And Miami’s defensive line is way better than Notre Dame’s. ND’s D-line is good, but it’s not Miami’s. Their D-line is ridiculous. And that’s why Miami beat them. The trenches are where it all starts.”
“(Rueben) Bain is so good, but the other guy (Akheem) Mesidor is a beast too. I think they’re both first-day (draft) guys. They are problems. If you chip one, you gotta chip ’em both.”
Miami’s defense was its undoing last year. UM hired Corey Hetherman to take over the defense and the unit has gone from No. 10 in the ACC in third-down defense to No. 3, and from No. 14 in allowing plays of 20-plus yards to No. 2.
“Heatherman does a real good job,” the head coach said. “He keeps it simple. In the past, they tried to do too much s— got too fancy. And, you still have to block them.”
Doesn’t say it’s Fran though just a head coach that played us both.
