Nineteenth-Century French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr is credited for coining the phrase, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” And while recently skimming over Phil Steele’s latest college football preview magazine, I recognized the applicability of that expression whenever one examines the last decade of Miami Hurricanes football.
Right off the bat, the conference records of ACC programs over the last three, five and 10 years really caught my attention, resulting in three facts that immediately came to the forefront.
First, and to the surprise of no one, Clemson has owned the ACC over the past decade (66-14) with an incredible 36-4 mark over the last five years.