Hurricanes fans have been, as University of Miami coach Mark Richt noted this past week, in “a tizzy’’ about their football team.
Coming into Saturday’s home game against Duke, the Canes were 5-3 overall and had lost two in a row on the road. So, we went out into tailgating territory at Hard Rock Stadium before kickoff to gauge the mood on homecoming.
It was mostly stunned silence when, 12 seconds into the game, Duke running back broke left from a mass of players to sprint 75 yards for a touchdown on the Blue Devils’ first play from scrimmage.