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MEGA 2026 CFB SZN Thread, Nationwide; Non-Miami Specific

CaneLife93 said:
Anyone keeping an eye out on some non-UM teams this year?

BIG 10 -
Maryland looks interesting again with their sophomore QB
USC, UCLA, and Washington will be worth late night recording

BIG XII -
Kansas State with Klein, Avery Johnson and that schedule of theirs
BYU vs TTech
Ok State and all their N Texas transfers

UNLV will be fun to watch again - all offense no defense

ACC -
Louisville, VT, and SMU for obvious reasons

SEC -
Only Vandy (freshman Jared Curtis/post Pavia) and Oklahoma interesting to me.
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This seems like one of the most QB rich seasons, so should be alot of talent to watch.. Plus interesting new HC gigs..

I think both Cal and Vt will be interesting in conference.. Cal offense should atleast be fun with one of top returning QBs and they gave him weapons

Its crazy to see amount of talent USC has and coaching pedigree but they can be playoff team or fired, return Oline, QB, good RB room, offense should be fun, was always a fan of Patterson and now he is at a program which should have talent but has game pass him by when everyone dam near runs a 4-2-5 defense?

Want to see what Whittingham is able to do with Mich, think they should be better than most think..

Think Ole Miss has been underrated and Chambliss is probably best returning QB, their offense should be a fun watch with him and Lacy.. Also Okla like you mentioned.

Like you mentioned can Eric Morris and Mestemaker make Okie St. somewhat respectable again because man the bar is lowwww..

Can Baylor do anything? lol..





Oh and favorite of course is hate watching FSU and UF, should be great again this season..

Canes GIF
 
CaneLife93 said:
Anyone keeping an eye out on some non-UM teams this year?

BIG 10 -
Maryland looks interesting again with their sophomore QB
USC, UCLA, and Washington will be worth late night recording

BIG XII -
Kansas State with Klein, Avery Johnson and that schedule of theirs
BYU vs TTech
Ok State and all their N Texas transfers

UNLV will be fun to watch again - all offense no defense

ACC -
Louisville, VT, and SMU for obvious reasons

SEC -
Only Vandy (freshman Jared Curtis/post Pavia) and Oklahoma interesting to me.
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I’ll check out ECU if they are ever televised and NC State, that’s about it. **** em all
 


He will be back for us barring another setback, but their WO’s don’t scare me. Rejects, albeit talented, from OSU that haven’t even played significant snaps on this level and the same guys they have had for a couple years in Faison and Greathouse. Neither one of them are anywhere close to our top 2. Our secondary will clamp all that, especially w check down Charlie running the show on the other side. Stop the run, which I’m confident we can do, don’t make mistakes that gives them points/short field and we walk outta there with a comfortable dub. I truly believe that, their O doesn’t scare me.
 
cookies said:
Miami is the third youngest in the conference @ 20.06 average which is 114th outta 138 in the nation.

ND: 19.97







Group of 5 and P4 have similar averages; 20.33 and 20.31 respectively. Just from browsing thru the lists, a majority of the good teams have younger than average rosters which is a bit counterintuitive: LSU, IU, Oregon, Ohio State, OU, Texas, Michigan, Alabama, A&M, etc….Not a steadfast rule ofc.


Will be interesting to see how roster management changes with the new 5 for 5 rule.
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Holy ****. Take Mo Toure off the team and we are easily the young team in CFP.
 
htownkidd said:


He will be back for us barring another setback, but their WO’s don’t scare me. Rejects, albeit talented, from OSU that haven’t even played significant snaps on this level and the same guys they have had for a couple years in Faison and Greathouse. Neither one of them are anywhere close to our top 2. Our secondary will clamp all that, especially w check down Charlie running the show on the other side. Stop the run, which I’m confident we can do, don’t make mistakes that gives them points/short field and we walk outta there with a comfortable dub. I truly believe that, their O doesn’t scare me.
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Those rejects couldn’t get on the field over Brandon Inniss lmao.

Looking back at the game last year, i was surprised to see ND only had 5 guys catch passes. 3 of them were drafted. Greathouse didn’t even catch a pass against us; just Faison and Gilbert as far as returners go. They are so weak there and at tight end as well. Their top TE is a blocking specialist who is recovering from an achilles injury lol. Their most talented TE appears to be a true freshman; who knows if he’ll be breaking out by the time we play or not.

ND’s freshmen wideouts have apparently been making plays. One named Bubba Frazier. Faison’s little bro is one of them but he’s not expected to contribute right away. Then they have kids of pros: Jerome Bettis Jr, Elijah Burress, Kaydon Finley (Jermichael Finley TE for the Packers), and Larry Fitzgerald’s son Devin. Outta all of those, i think Devin is most likely to see the field against us. He had a really good spring for them.

It’s also a bit of a weird offseason where two of the most hyped quarterbacks, in Saiyan and Carr, had their backups outperform them in their respective spring games. Not the end of the world but interesting nonetheless. I think those two get too much hype but I’m fine to let it slide for now.
 
247sports.com

Dabo Swinney calls Clemson's final scrimmage the 'worst' practice of camp

The Tigers have now completed both of their preseason scrimmages ahead of LSU.
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:roll-canes2:

“A lot of that was probably because I limited a lot of the dudes that I think have made the team, getting some guys a chance to be the guy — they showed why they're not the guy."

-- Vic Burley was back in the lineup on Thursday and Swinney 'actually noticed him' on the field 'at least three times' and it was all good things, so that was a positive for him
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“You’re not that guy pal”
None of the quarterbacks were impressive in the final scrimmage, Swinney said.

"Nobody was good enough to win today."

-- Swinney said the team took Wednesday off for the first day of classes because usually it's not a good day of practice, adding to his disappointment in the final 'preseason game.'
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Gru said:
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Mack is kinda in a tuff spot. Jalen Hurts had the benefit of being a starter for two years before becoming the ‘Bama backup then the OU starter. Mack was no game experience whatsover, but he cannot afford to pick the wrong program who might want to have an open competition next spring. He also can’t join a football team elsewhere despite having already graduated from ‘Bama.

UCLA would be a good fit however there’s a chance Nico returns for a fifth year. Stanford might be the place to be for him once he leaves ‘Bama. Definitely will be a p4 starter somewhere imo.
 
Teams I think will overperform/underpefrom their expectations (max of 3)

ACC: OVER: Louisville, VT, Cal
UNDER: UVA, FSU, UNC

SEC: OVER: Oklahoma, MSU, Missouri
UNDER: Tennessee, Texas, Ole Miss

BIG10: OVER: Michigan, Washington, USC
UNDER: Indiana, Penn state, Wisconsin

BIG12: OVER: Houston, BYU, Kansas state
UNDER: Utah, TexasTech, Iowa St


Right now I believe the most likely upsets for week 1 is Louisville beating Ole Miss, Clemson over LSU, FAU over UF, Baylor over Auburn
 
StevoBevo said:
Teams I think will overperform/underpefrom their expectations (max of 3)

ACC: OVER: Louisville, VT, Cal
UNDER: UVA, FSU, UNC

SEC: OVER: Oklahoma, MSU, Missouri
UNDER: Tennessee, Texas, Ole Miss

BIG10: OVER: Michigan, Washington, USC
UNDER: Indiana, Penn state, Wisconsin

BIG12: OVER: Houston, BYU, Kansas state
UNDER: Utah, TexasTech, Iowa St


Right now I believe the most likely upsets for week 1 is Louisville beating Ole Miss, Clemson over LSU, FAU over UF, Baylor over Auburn
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I would LOVE for Louisville and Clemson to beat SEC teams to start the season. Pour some ice water on those SEC clowns
 
cdmd said:
StevoBevo said:
Teams I think will overperform/underpefrom their expectations (max of 3)

ACC: OVER: Louisville, VT, Cal
UNDER: UVA, FSU, UNC

SEC: OVER: Oklahoma, MSU, Missouri
UNDER: Tennessee, Texas, Ole Miss

BIG10: OVER: Michigan, Washington, USC
UNDER: Indiana, Penn state, Wisconsin

BIG12: OVER: Houston, BYU, Kansas state
UNDER: Utah, TexasTech, Iowa St


Right now I believe the most likely upsets for week 1 is Louisville beating Ole Miss, Clemson over LSU, FAU over UF, Baylor over Auburn
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I would LOVE for Louisville and Clemson to beat SEC teams to start the season. Pour some ice water on those SEC clowns
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Clemson/Louisville winning would be huge for the ACC.

Straight up I think Louisville beats Ole Miss. mainly because Brohm Vs Golding is a coaching mismatch. Louisville with Keinholz this year will be their best team yet imo
 
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