Over and over on Monday, Hurricanes quarterback Brad Kaaya and linebacker Raphael Kirby were asked about the lowered national expectations for Miami this season.
And over and over, Kaaya and Kirby said they were doing their best to drown out the questions from outside their locker room, focusing instad on their team and not on what anyone else thought of the Hurricanes.
A day later, though, Miami learned just how they're viewed by the ACC media this season. The Hurricanes, who lost several talented playmakers off a 6-7 team last year, were picked to finish third in the ACC Coastal Division behind Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech and sixth overall in the ACC.