What's up, everyone, welcome back to Through the Smoke, a Miami Hurricanes podcast here on the 24-7 Sports Network. I'm Andrew Ivins. My co-host, David Lake. He's here. We're coming at you after the Cheez-It Bowl. Miami falls to Oklahoma State, 37, 34 in a game where the

hurricanes give up three early touchdowns, rally back behind the arm of Nicosi Perry as

D. Eric King goes out with an injury. A lot to kind of unpack here.

David, just your initial thoughts.

Yeah, I mean, I think we should start with why the comeback fell short.

And to me, that boils down to the wide receiver position.

Just unable to make plays, right?

Nicosi Perry actually delivered some beautiful deep shots down field.

I think three deep shots were catchable passes that were dropped, two by Mark Pope, one by

D. Wiggins.

D. Wiggins also dropped a quick screen that would have gone for a touchdown if he had caught it, you know, with the yards after catch that was available.

So, you know, you and I have talked about how in previous podcasts, how in modern college football, you need wide receivers that can make plays,

that can win one-on-one battles against D.Bs. And Nicosi Perry delivered plenty of those

opportunities to the Miami receivers, and they were unable to make those plays. And that was one of the many

differences in the game that Miami came up short on when compared to Oklahoma State.

So, you know, it was a reoccurring issue in the first half of the season, Miami's poor wide receiver

play.

It kind of got masked a little bit, I think, in the second half of the season.

But still, you know, this, this offseason, Miami has to figure out how to put wide receivers

on the field that can make plays,

that can win those one-on-one battles.

And until they do that, until they find those type of guys, whoever it is,

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