CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Miami can throw the football, catch the football, run the football and return the football.
All that might not matter if the Hurricanes can't stop anyone.
Miami's defense set a slew of records a year ago, all of them bad. By wide margins, the Hurricanes gave up more points and more yards last season than any team in Miami history, and those numbers - 366 points, 5,837 yards allowed - surely would have been higher if the school hadn't declined chances to play in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game and then a bowl game.
Virtually every starter returns for Miami, and the on-the-job training they got last season figures to make them better. It's also made the Hurricanes a popular pick to win the ACC Coastal title this year.
