Miami opens up as a slight underdog vs. Notre Dame

Trinton Breeze

May 25, 2025 2 min read

Good morning, everyone! We are just 98 days away from Miami's season opener against Notre Dame. Last week, FanDuel released the odds for some Week 1 games, and, as you might expect, the Canes are entering their home opener as underdogs. Who doesn't love a good underdog story, right?

The Fighting Irish are entering the game as the early favorites, even though their quarterback, CJ Carr, will be making his first collegiate start. The Irish are slight favorites, with a spread of 1.5 points over the Hurricanes. The total for the game is set at 53.5 points.

Last year, Notre Dame reached the national championship game against the national champions, Ohio State. The Irish finished the season with a record of 14-2. During the playoffs, Notre Dame faced tough competition, defeating Indiana, Penn State, and Georgia, with the win over Penn State taking place at Hard Rock Stadium. However, the Irish have yet to win against Miami at Hard Rock Stadium. Since the stadium opened in 1987, Notre Dame's record against the Hurricanes there is 0-2.

The last time the Fighting Irish faced the Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium was in 2017. During that game, Kirk Herbstreit remarked on national television, "I don't know if I've heard anything louder than this" about the stadium atmosphere. The Hurricanes delivered a dominating performance from start to finish, defeating the Irish 41-8 in the top-10 matchup.

Here are the ACC opening lines for Week 0 and 1 on FanDuel:

Aug. 28: Colorado vs. Georgia Tech (-3.5)
Aug. 29: Syracuse vs. Tennessee (-12.5)
Aug. 30: Florida State vs. Alabama (-11.5)
Aug. 30: LSU vs. Clemson (-2.5)
Augt. 30: Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina (-9.5)
Aug. 31: TCU vs. North Carolina (-1.5)
Aug. 31: Miami vs. Notre Dame (-1.5)

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3FW

May 28, 2025

Lildirtycane said:
This game will come down to turnovers
The team that protects the ball will when

Maybe. Good chance both teams create turnovers. I hope it doesn’t come down to special teams. If it does and we win, we may be headed for a special season. Our offense is going to be very good, our defense has a shot to be very good. Special teams other than the kickers has been abysmal and Notre Dame’s are exceptional, because they work really hard at it. I am not sure Mario really understands special teams. We have seen a lot of evidence he does not.

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Brains

May 28, 2025

Cribby said:
That would be Mario Cristobal football

Program DNA

canecrazy23

May 29, 2025

Shooter McGavin said:
Miami hasn’t shown up for a Labor Day weekend primetime game since 2009 at FSU. They **** the bed at Maryland in 2011, at Louisville in 2014, and in Arlington against LSU in 2018. Not holding my breath for this one.

Name the 3 starting QB's we had in those games.

Beck alone is better than all 3 put together.

JamesQuall

May 29, 2025

3FW said:
Hope the atmosphere is electric, but safe. We get the reputation of it being otherwise, and we’ll be stuck in the ACC forever.

It’s a BS reputation. We’re not much worse than any other fanbase when it comes to putting obnoxious rowdy away team fans in their place. Along with drunken home team fans yelling at anyone who is wearing the away team jersey.

JamesQuall

May 29, 2025

SPFRcane said:
That an opinion....how do we know where the weaknesses are? Anyone with creed on this board says there is a weakness, then everyone just blindly follows suit. QB RB OL CB S could all be a weakness for all we know!!

Ok then tell us why you think LB and DT aren’t a weakness in your opinion.

Shooter McGavin

May 29, 2025

canecrazy23 said:
Name the 3 starting QB's we had in those games.

Beck alone is better than all 3 put together.

Morris who was filling in for a suspended Jacory, true freshman Brad Kaaya, and Rosier. You are missing the point.

canecrazy23

May 29, 2025

Shooter McGavin said:
Morris who was filling in for a suspended Jacory, true freshman Brad Kaaya, and Rosier. You are missing the point.

Actually you are. This Miami team is going in with a top 5 QB in the nation and a top 5 OL. This team is way better than those years you mentioned.

But keep hating because you're one of the best at it.

JD08

May 29, 2025

So if I understand this correct, we're going to suck because we always suck and have an all new QB. Likewise, ND is going to kick our *** because they are always good despite having a brand new QB.

If anyone is confidently predicting a victory, they are just a homer and Vegas agrees. This will be our toughest game.

JHallCanes

May 29, 2025

SPFRcane said:
That an opinion....how do we know where the weaknesses are? Anyone with creed on this board says there is a weakness, then everyone just blindly follows suit. QB RB OL CB S could all be a weakness for all we know!!

If you disagree with something at least have the decency to explain why

Talk about ho **** that’s exactly what that is

JHallCanes

May 29, 2025

JD08 said:
So if I understand this correct, we're going to suck because we always suck and have an all new QB. Likewise, ND is going to kick our *** because they are always good despite having a brand new QB.

If anyone is confidently predicting a victory, they are just a homer and Vegas agrees. This will be our toughest game.

Both teams have a lot of new pieces and it’s week 1

That’s always tough to predict

It’s not much to go on but so far we have been better earlier in the season under Mario and Notre Dame has had a couple of glitches early in their seasons under Freeman (Marshall and NIU were both week 2s)

I really like our chances here but same time I’m too old for that prediction **** in college football

JD08

May 29, 2025

JHallCanes said:
Both teams have a lot of new pieces and it’s week 1

That’s always tough to predict

It’s not much to go on but so far we have been better earlier in the season under Mario and Notre Dame has had a couple of glitches early in their seasons under Freeman (Marshall and NIU were both week 2s)

I really like our chances here but same time I’m too old for that prediction **** in college football

Angry Ibis

May 29, 2025

Hurracanes said:
In 2024, as a Sophomore, he ran for 1,125 yards, 17 TD’s, and 7 yards per attempt. He’s literally going to be one of the best RB’s in the country. What are you talking about?

Poor man's Mark Fletcher at best and I don't want to hear anything more about it...

We roll!

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Shooter McGavin

May 29, 2025

canecrazy23 said:
Actually you are. This Miami team is going in with a top 5 QB in the nation and a top 5 OL. This team is way better than those years you mentioned.

But keep hating because you're one of the best at it.

You must have forgot Mario is Miami’s HC

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SPFRcane

May 29, 2025

JHallCanes said:
If you disagree with something at least have the decency to explain why

Talk about ho **** that’s exactly what that is

Explain what my opinion on something I know nothing about?

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SPFRcane

May 29, 2025

JamesQuall said:
Ok then tell us why you think LB and DT aren’t a weakness in your opinion.

I don't know if they're a weakness and neither do you or anyone else for that matter!!

canecrazy23

May 29, 2025

Shooter McGavin said:
You must have forgot Mario is Miami’s HC

I also lived through Butch Davis who wasn't a great game day coach and would get booed going into the tunnel at the OB. They also flew a banner over the OB. Well that same coach put together the greatest college football team ever.

Mario is doing his best to build this team for the future.

Hope to see you still around when he does.

canecrazy23

May 29, 2025

SPFRcane said:
I don't know if they're a weakness and neither do you or anyone else for that matter!!

This scheme is geared to LB's making plays. This D is going to be light years better than last years.

Shooter McGavin

May 29, 2025

canecrazy23 said:
I also lived through Butch Davis who wasn't a great game day coach and would get booed going into the tunnel at the OB. They also flew a banner over the OB. Well that same coach put together the greatest college football team ever.

Mario is doing his best to build this team for the future.

Hope to see you still around when he does.

Lol yea Mario won’t do **** here. And my only defense for him is this isn’t all on him. The game has completely changed with the portal and NIL. You have guys leaving after 1-2 years instead of being patient. He has to pull double duty bringing in recruits and rerecruiting his current roster.

JamesQuall

May 29, 2025

SPFRcane said:
I don't know if they're a weakness and neither do you or anyone else for that matter!!

So because you don't know, you get to tell people they also don't or can't know?

Understand Tim Heidecker GIF by Adult Swim

FL Cane

May 29, 2025

This is a fair line to start at. For both teams, there are a lot of unknowns. I will say, though, that people really are glossing over the fact that ND will have a RS Freshman QB making his first ever start in an extremely hostile environment.

They’re going to rely on their run game, heavily, but that QB is going to have to make a few big plays too. On our end, we have a guy with more big game experience than any QB we’ve had here since Dorsey or Brock Berlin. Add in an elite OL, solid RH room, and some talent at TR and receiver and this offense has the potential to put up points.

Also think people are going to be astonished at how much better our secondary is compared to last year. We massively upgraded that room. Still have concerns about DT and depth at LB though.