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While the Miami Hurricanes remain focused on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, there's no getting away from the week's biggest story—the NCAA's investigation and case against the University of Miami finally coming to a close.

The span between Charles Robinson's Yahoo! Sports expose and today's announcement took a whopping 798 days. In the end, time served in a sense, with the NCAA giving Miami much credit for two self-imposed bowl bans, as well as sitting out last year's ACC Championship Game.

During that time, the University of Miami was also said to have been "incredibly cooperative" in the process, per NCAA president Mark Emmert, despite corrupt behavior by NCAA investigators that turned the entire case upside down.

The above video shows how far this story has evolved over the past 26 months—beginning with professional journalists and media members calling for the "death penalty" days after the Robinson piece was released in August 2011.

All the while, head coach Al Golden and his players stayed the course. The punches kept coming, in the form of heartbreaking losses, players being removed from the program and negative recruiting by rivals that cost the Hurricanes on the recruiting front.

Despite all the finger pointing, corruption and he said/she said involved with this intricate case, a true testament to the current coaching staff and players who never flinched during the process.

News of this story broke weeks before Golden coached his first game at Miami, and now 30 showdowns later, the Canes will play their first game of the Golden era without this constant distraction.

Whatever side of the ledger an individual is on in the wake of this groundbreaking case, it's impossible to not be happy for Golden and his kids—none of which were involved in any improprieties.

These current players and coaches forfeited two bowl games and a shot at a conference crown and BCS game last year. The result: poetic justice as Miami now sits undefeated at 6-0 and No. 7 (AP/BCS) going into this weekend's home showdown with Wake Forest.

Safe to say Sun Life Stadium will be rocking a little bit harder than expected this Saturday come noon, and with good reason. The city of Miami can finally exhale after holding its collective breath for way too long.