The Miami Hurricanes are embracing what they have accomplished so far this season. They’re 4-0, a top-10 team and just about everything has gone right for them to this point. They’re having fun, celebrating each other’s success — at times at their opponent’s expense (see Mishael Powell doing the Gator Chomp at Florida after an interception and quarterback Cam Ward mocking USF fans’ Horns Up gesture last weekend).
“If you think about it, this sport is a kids’ game; we’re just playing at a higher level,” Powell said. “So I think that’s when the fun part comes in. I’ve been playing this game since I was 5, 6 years old.
I just enjoy the fact of putting on pads every single day to go out and play.” The Hurricanes are also keeping their focus toward what’s ahead. They still haven’t accomplished anything near what they want to accomplish, even if they ran through their nonconference slate of games in historic fashion.
There’s a balance to be had with that, knowing when to have fun and when it’s time to be focused on business. But as coach Mario Cristobal describes it, he doesn’t have much to worry about. From his perspective, the Hurricanes are finding ways to play the right type of angry, pushing themselves to get better with every practice and every game even amid the strong start to the season.
“The guys have adopted that mantra because it kind of goes back to what they decided a while back and felt like they’ve had enough,” Cristobal s.
