Greg Cote: Mendoza, Indiana deny Hurricanes\u2019 title-dream with 44 seconds left
Greg Cote, Miami Herald MIAMI — It is now 8,782 days since the Miami Hurricanes last won a national-championship game in football on Jan. 3, 2002. The number will get bigger and the near quarter-century wait longer for Canes fans. kAm%92E ?F>36C >:89E 92G6 6?565 :? 46=63C2E:@? 2E 9@>6 :? E96 r@==686 u@@E32== !=2J@77 E:E=6 82>6 2E w2C5 #@4< $E25:F> |@?52J ?:89E] %96 82>6 >:89E 92G6 56=:G6C65 &|’D =@?8\6=FD:G6 D:IE9 ?2E:@?2= 4C@H?] x?DE625 E96 ?:89E 6?565 :? 962CE2496 7@C 4@249 |2C:@ rC:DE@32= 2?5 9:D E62> :? 2 E9C:==:?8 af\a` =@DD E@ x?5:2?2 E92E 76== cc D64@?5D D9@CE @7 2 >:C24=6 7:?:D9 :? 2 82>6 |:2>: ?6G6C =65]k^Am kAm|:2>: 2:>65 E@ 7=6I :ED...