CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Brevin Jordan didn’t want to wait to watch North Carolina take one final snap and run out the clock. So, as soon as Bubba Baxa’s 49-yard field goal sailed wide left, Miami’s star sophomore tight end grabbed his helmet, his gloves and began to run up the sideline toward the Hurricanes locker room.



Then, Jordan stopped. He looked up at the video scoreboard inside Kenan Stadium and turned around. As painful as it was to swallow Saturday night’s 28-25 loss to the Tar Heels — and the first 0-2 start at Miami since 1978 — Miami’s leading receiver knew it wasn’t going to be a good look for him to storm off the field in anger before the game was over.



So he waited for Tar Heels freshman quarterback Sam Howell to take one final knee and run out the five seconds remaining on the clock. As soon as Howell did, Jordan took off toward what Manny Diaz later described as “a very distraught locker...