A head coach for more than 15 years, Mark Richt knows a mirage when he sees one. He can spot the warning signs from afar, the glaring mistakes that will be exposed the minute the competition gets a notch better.
But that hasn’t been the case through three games at his alma mater, Miami. Sure, his No. 14 Hurricanes are 3-0 after swallowing whole some overmatched opponents. And the defense, which entered 2016 as a question mark, is playing as well as anyone in the ACC so far.