The Miami Hurricanes opened their 2024 season with a big win against their instate rivals, Florida, 41-17, and they are only getting started.
Miami looked amazing, and both sides of the ball were playing their hearts out. Quarterback Cam Ward had a day to remember in his Hurricane debut, throwing for 385 yards and three scores while rushing for 33 yards.
Ward looked like one of the best quarterbacks in the country on Saturday afternoon, and for a guy who had to start his career at Incarnate Word and then transferred to Washington State before heading to Miami this winter.
The 22-year-old quarterback was one of the best quarterbacks in the transfer portal this offseason and at one point declared for the NFL draft, but after a few weeks, he decided not to head to the league and play one more season of college football.
The Hurricanes should be thankful that Ward didn’t choose to head to the NFL because he might be the guy to bring the program back, and the national media is high on this Hurricanes team.
PFF’s Max Chadwick Has A Lot Of Great Things To Say About Miami
Max Chadwick from Pro Football Focus is all about Miami and Cam Ward and stated,” He looked like a Heisman candidate and NFL prospect. If he keeps playing like this, Miami is going to steamroll the ACC.”
Chadwick made some great points talking about Ward, and he sure did look like a Heisman candidate on Saturday afternoon. If he can keep that play up, there is no reason he can’t be in New York in December for the ceremony.
Miami is also in a great position to win the ACC since the other top two teams, Florida State and Clemson, looked awful in their first games.
Florida State already lost to ACC Georgia Tech, and Clemson lost 34-3 to Georgia and looked like they had no pulse on offense.
There is no reason why Miami can’t win the ACC this season and do some damage in the college football playoff with the roster and quarterback that they have.
