The Hurricanes are in year three of the Mark Richt era and fans are still hedging their bets that the offense can be explosive in 2018. There’s reason for the skepticism; whether it’s the feeling that Mark Richt’s offense is too vanilla, or Malik Rosier’s ceiling will hurt the chance at variety or execution for the ‘Canes.
The Hurricanes offense finished 43rd in the FBS in points per play, and 36th in offensive S&P+. Regarding points per play, Miami even ranked behind teams with offenses that are considered ‘plodding’ like the multiple tight end and fullback sets of Stanford and Wisconsin, the “Neaderball” offense (link to Ian Boyd’s piece) of Kansas State, and Navy’s flexbone triple option offense.