Take Two returns with a daily offering tackling a handful of issues in the college football landscape. Rivals.com National Recruiting Analyst Adam Gorney lays out the situation and then receives takes from Rivals.com National Recruiting Director Mike Farrell and a local expert from the Rivals.com network of team sites.

The U - after a long absence on the national stage - looks to be back in the national conversation. Even after living on the edge and winning a bunch of unnecessarily close contests, the Hurricanes are getting it done on the field and in recruiting.

Miami has the second-best class in the Rivals.com Team Recruiting Rankings - behind only Ohio State - and is led by five-star commitments WR Mark Pope and RB Lorenzo Lingard. The defensive back class led by Al Blades, Josh Jobe and others along with many other positions are well-represented by coach Mark Richt and his staff, who have done a phenomenal job locking up top talent so far.

The Hurricanes are also off to a fast start, led by four-star wide receiver Brieon Fuller, in their 2019 recruiting class as teams across the country try to load up earlier and earlier with underclassmen.

With Florida State becoming a huge disappointment this season and Florida a complete mess, entering a coaching search after parting ways with coach Jim McElwain, is Miami in prime position to become a national powerhouse once again in recruiting? It would be a long road back especially since Miami has had only one top-10 recruiting class since 2012, when it finished ninth.

Can the Hurricanes compete - and beat - Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia and others for a majority of top talent in the recruiting hotbed of South Florida? Is Richt’s forward-thinking recruiting strategy most important when it comes to Miami’s recruiting success?

“Miami can absolutely become a regular atop the recruiting rankings because it is obvious how good of a job it is doing and will continue to do in the southern part of the state of Florida. Florida State and Florida are struggling right now, which doesn't hurt, but I am not sure that is as big a deal as people on the outside will make it. Miami is a program being run professionally right now under Mark Richt and the staff gets after it in recruiting.

“They have done a great job building bonds with the best recruits in South Florida and equally significantly working to help the kids build strong bonds with each other through campus visits and group chats. Another factor has been how they do a good job identifying talent early and working a year ahead in recruiting. That is how they got a jump on the rest of the country in 2018 and are doing the same in 2019.”

“I don’t think superpower but I do think the struggles at Florida and Florida State will help Miami recruit. I don’t think recruiting for Florida State or Florida is just going to drop off. It would take a few years of Miami dominating the state for it to become a superpower.”