Two critical reasons why the Miami Hurricanes couldn’t get anything going offensively at No. 1 Clemson in Saturday night’s loss was the inability to establish the running game early and win one-on-one matchups.
It was already under the seven-minute mark in the second quarter by the time Miami had its first rushing attempt by a running back on the fourth offensive series, trailing 14-0 in what turned into a 42-17 final.
“We definitely were wanting to run the football,” said offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee on Monday. “We didn’t do it very well, and even once we got behind, probably stayed with it a little too much and was just very ineffective doing so.