After the loss, in the locker room, as the regular season finally came to its end against Pittsburgh, two University of Miami football players fought last year, as can happen at the intersection of raw anger and simmering disappointment.
The names aren't important. Nor are the thrown fists and words or the way others got involved, coaches running to help break up what became a symbol for a season gone wrong.
Senior vs. freshman.
Those were the involved players. Their class rank told the larger story of the fracture inside Miami's team, the one that took over last season in a manner coach Al Golden couldn't control and was left for matriculation to heal.