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Carson Beck got paid a lot of money to come join this year's Miami Hurricanes football team. That's because they believe he could lead them back to their glory years.
During the 80s, early 90s and even late 2000s, the Hurricanes dominated college football. But they have not yielded anything close to that success in over two decades.
They thought they had that in Cam Ward last year. Realistically, they probably did, had it not been for a shoddy defense that failed that team overall. Now it is up to Beck to shoulder a huge amount of expectations this season, especially coming off a year that more or less derailed his first-round projections in this year's draft.
"Carson Beck got way too much heat for what went down at Georgia last year," ESPN's Greg McElroy said on the Always Football podcast.
Beck, who suffered a UCL injury in his throwing arm in the SEC Championship Game last year, helped the Bulldogs win that game over Texas. And despite throwing a career-high 12 interceptions, he still threw for nearly 3,500 yards and 28 touchdowns last year.
“Last year, there were just times where I just tried to press too much,” Beck admitted at ACC Kickoff, via Yahoo Sports. “I tried to be Superman and save the day. That’s not what we need. I just need to be myself.”
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McElroy has confidence that Beck will have a bounce-back season and make Miami a national title contender, making the Hurricanes possibly the most complete team they have had in years.
"I look at where this team has gone in the last couple years, where they've progressed the last couple years, and I happen to think this could be the best year in Mario Cristobal's tenure."
Miami just missed out on making the College Football Playoff last year while Georgia's SEC title win helped secure their berth and a bye through the first round. Beck will look to do that for Miami this year, along with helping the Hurricanes win their first-ever ACC title.
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