Miami coach Mark Richt has a phrase that he drills into his quarterbacks' heads on a daily basis: "Don't turn a bad play into a catastrophe."
It is a motto for every quarterback to follow, but it is especially true for the signal callers at Miami and Clemson this season. Both teams recently completed quarterback competitions that looked similar: One player with game experience seemed to have the edge, while all the headlines pointed toward a highly touted ESPN 300 true freshman brimming with potential as a wild card.
In the end, Richt and his counterpart Dabo Swinney tabbed the player with game experience as their starter: Malik Rosier at Miami and Kelly Bryant at Clemson.