It’s been a tale of three seasons for the Hurricanes this year. Promise, peril, punctuate. These could be the monikers slapped on the Canes’ blocks of four wins, four losses, and four wins. Weird season, but at least one that’s moved towards a positive finish.
And – speaking of threes – somewhere between the peril and punctuate, Mark Richt’s amorphous triumvirate of running backs continued to fluctuate as far as usage. The constant was certainly Mark Walton, who has established himself as one of the best all-around running backs in the conference. Walton – whose “hola, amigos” moment came in Boone, NC where he dusted the entire App State defense for an 80-yard touchdown on the Canes’ first offensive play from scrimmage – equally established himself as the lead dog in the Canes’ backfield, finishing the regular season with 1065 yards on 192 carries (good for 5.