‘The U’ returns: Why did Miami football take so long to get back to the National Championship?
The question over “ The U” being “back” has been a staple of college football discourse for the better part of two decades and has often been used as a meme poking fun at the misfortune of Miami football. It makes sense considering that a once dominant, culturally significant program that put up five national title banners between 1983 and 2001 suddenly plunged into a quarter-century of middling results. The nostalgia for Miami’s glory days only intensified with ESPN’s “The U” 30 for 30 document...
