Two Games Miami Cannot Afford to Overlook in 2026

Trinton Breeze
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I just don’t see us overlooking anyone this year. Mario has preached “1-0 every week” all offseason long. The players have echoed this sentiment, from the leaders to the true freshmen. Their goal is to get back to the title game and finish the job, but they know the only way to do that is winning every game you’re supposed to win. There’s 11 of those. Do that, then put the whole country on notice by beating Notre Dame in South Bend when everyone in national sports media has that game penciled as a win for them just because they’re playing at home. Go into the ACC championship game 12-0 and make a statement heading into the playoffs. Get that #1 seed. Less games is less potential for season ruining injuries and an extra week to get everyone as healthy as we can. And the top seed gives you the best possible chance to be in the semifinals.

1-0 every week. 🟧🙌🟩
That said- bye teams have lost 3 out of 4 games the past 2 yrs in this format….
The more you know….
 
Halftime score in 2025:

Stanford 7

Miami (Fla.) 7
 
Clemson is my only concern other then ND but their QB is an uknown and overall they are not the super talented Clemson teams of the past.
 
You guys are such fairies my lord. Don't get your panties in a twist over a subpar Stanford team. We roll
 
Technically we CANT afford to overlook @Stanford, Vs BC & Vs CMU as those would crush our resume the absolute most. I still remember when CMU gave us a game back in 2019….(NOT that I think that happens to us.) I’m just being a smart *** lol

Side note: 2019 might’ve been one of the most frustrating years iv seen as a canes fan.
- Lost to UF by 4 after a billion sacks given up
- lost to UNC at the last minute the following week
- almost lost to CMU (17-12)
- lost To VT at home and trailed 28-7 at halftime
- lost to GT in OT @home
- beat Pitt by 4 (16-12)
- LOST TO FIU AND BUTCH AND WE HAD TO SEE JALAR HOLLY DANCING IT UP ON THE SIDELINE AT HALFTIME
- PROCEEDED TO LOSE TO 4-7 DUKE 27-17
- PROCEEDED TO LOSE TO LT 14-0 and be held scoreless for the first time since we lost to UVA in the Orange bowl.

Honestly manny owes us Mensah solely for the war crimes he committed on the program between 2019-2021
You are bringing back some awful bad memories !
 
My biggest hope this season is we see the same aggressiveness all season long that we did to close out the season last year from SMU on. Play to win. Score early and often. Take shots. If we do these things I'm confident no one else on our schedule can hang outside ND and MAYBE Clemson if they can find a QB.
 
I've always believed that having an easy Week Zero game gives a team a big advantage in Week one.

Stanford plays at home against Hawaii in week zero. I just realized this. I'm now much more concerned about the Stanford game.
Temperatures could be in the high 50s that evening in Palo Alto. Miami may be affected by this drastic drop in temperature after months of heat training. Fortunately, Mario says the team will fly out early to acclimate.
 
The formula is always the same... Play a decent team in which you're favored against while also enjoying the smell of your own farts because media and youtube can't stop telling you how great you are. That's when it happens.

Mario has been poor at assuring that locker room is free of Rat Poison.
How?
 
Clemson is my only concern other then ND but their QB is an uknown and overall they are not the super talented Clemson teams of the past.
Our issues haven't been in the big games. Good thing the team is more locked in this year than I can remember.
 



David Hale and a local writer for each team break down every school and their schedule. Pretty frank expectations, in most cases.
Interesting read. Click the link to read the rationale for each team.
 
Our issues haven't been in the big games. Good thing the team is more locked in this year than I can remember.
Yea the attitude and willingness to bury teams in that last part of the season is how Mario & the team need to approach this szn from Game #1, not when our backs are against the wall..
 
I've always believed that having an easy Week Zero game gives a team a big advantage in Week one.

Stanford plays at home against Hawaii in week zero. I just realized this. I'm now much more concerned about the Stanford game.
You don’t have anything to worry about fam I’d bet my left nut we don’t lose that game (pause)
 
Mario has lost a game in which he was favored by 7 or more in every single season he’s coached at the power level. We can’t overlook anyone. Go play like you need style points every single week. You gotta win every single game by 30.
I was gonna say, at this rate, don’t overlook Stanford. Them boys smelled blood in the first half before we put them to sleep. We will be everyone’s Super Bowl.
 
Not really worried about VT in terms of their talent or anything like that.

But Franklin is a poor man’s Mario. He wants to be physical, pound the ball, play efficient at the expense of explosive on offense.

We could play that game, only have the ball 3 times look up and it’s halftime.
 
Beat Notre Dame and all will be well. I live in Clemson land and there are plenty Clemson fans around me. My granddaughter is a Clemson fan.
She would always call me when Clemson beat us to rub it in.
She hasn't called me about them for some time now.
IMO and my personal thinking is we MUST beat ND. We must show the world. Win at ND and we really roll.
A win proves the standard of football we aspire to play. Dominate! Win! Shut them up.
 
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