Canes enter media day with new QB, sky-high expectations to avenge loss to Indiana in championship game

The unofficial start to a new season of college football has arrived in Coral Gables. Monday saw the start of media day for the Miami Hurricanes, who expressed overwhelming excitement to get back to work and begin the long journey to return to the national championship game after their crushing defeat to the Indiana Hoosiers led by last season s Heisman-winner Fernando Mendoza. Just shy of seven months since then, the team is prepared to show off the hard work they ve put in during their time off. I m excited to be back to playing football. There s been a lot of training this summer, and a lot of conditioning, lifting, and I feel most myself when I m playing football so I m glad to be back to that, said Canes wide receiver Cooper Barkate. I m excited just to get into the building, work with my teammates, said Canes defensive lineman Damon Wilson II, who just transferred to Miami from Missouri. One of the biggest changes for the Canes is new quarterback Darian Mensah,