No punter. No quarterback. No offensive line. No offensive consistency this year, either—the drops were atrocious.
10-0 last year could've easily been 6-4 with games against FSU, GT, Cuse and UNC going the wrong way. Toss in a better line (McDermott, Darling) and Rosier overachieving, opposed to backsliding—and this is what Miami gets. (Not to mention, neither Perry or Weldon making the most of their redshirt season and beating out the below average Rosier in spring ball like BOTH should've.)
7-5 could EASILY be 10-2 and Coastal champs going into a rematch with Clemson. Miami should've easily beaten Duke, Georgia Tech and Virginia. LSU and BC as a Friday night trap game after a bye—both were circled as losses by many preseason.
The fact Miami can still finish 8-5 after that disastrous Rosier to Perry to Rosier to Perry to Rosier to Perry stretch—not to mention a three-game win-streak; hardly the end of the world when it looked like 5-7 was a possibility.