The LSU opener on Sept. 2 is close enough to taste, but the Miami Hurricanes continue to work on themselves.
That includes the veterans such as junior Ahmmon Richards, who has been steadily getting himself physically ready to withstand the pounding his body took last year, which included knee, ankle and a severe hamstring injury — the left-knee meniscus tear requiring surgery on Nov. 29 before the Atlantic Coast Conference title game against Clemson.
Richards, who was a freshman All-American in 2016 (934 receiving yards) by breaking Michael Irvin’s 31-year-old single-season freshman record, knows that this year the cupboard is full of enticing pass-catchers of all shapes and sizes.