Absolutely nobody was saying that
People were saying it - but I understand if you don't remember it.
The perception & reality of our OL often doesn't match up. The perception is the OL talent and coaching has always been terrible the last 15 years. Here's some examples to show that's just not true.
1) HurricaneVision does awesome breakdowns after our games. Here's what he said after the ND game in 2017
https://www.canesinsight.com/threads/film-review-of-nd-game.126542/
On offense, look at the improvements the OL has made. McDermott has been a revelation at LT. They saved that man’s career by moving him back outside. They’ve developed depth enough to handle different situations, but we are still very thin on the OL. We’ve gotten away with redshirting our true freshmen T’s, but
it’s been great to see how the coaching staff has had this group showing improvement as the season went on. This is not hyperbole to say that Miami’s OL outperformed ND’s OL on the biggest stage. No contest.
That's how the majority of the fanbase felt at the time
2) Halfway through the 2018 season, PFF's ACC OL rankings had Clemson #2 and Miami #3
https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/college-offensive-line-ranks-acc-week-8
3) 2009 - Jeff Stoutland was our OL coach. He's since gone on to win 2 NC's at Alabama and a Super Bowl at Philly as the OL coach.
We had 3 NFL OL starting on that team - Orlando Franklin (2nd Round), Jason Fox (4th Round), Brandon Washington (6th Round).
Our OL coaching and talent was really good in 2009. How much better coaching & talent do you want than that?
But I totally understand if I said - "Miami's OL was just as good as Clemson the first half of 2018, and OL was a strength of the team in 2017 & 2009" - the reaction would be that's ridiculous with no truth to it.