Misery Index Week 4: Miami still mediocre despite massive investment in Mario Cristobal

The competition for No. 1 in this week’s Misery Index was perhaps as fierce as it’s ever been. So many schools regretting the choices that led them here, so many athletics directors and boosters who had the wool pulled over their eyes. You think inflation is bad at the grocery store these days? The same college football mediocrity that would have cost $10 million to pull the plug on 15 years ago is now a $70 million-or-more proposition.