We had the #1 QB in the country last year and struggled in **** near every game. They all genuinely concern me. Also, the last, like, 20 years, you know.
Tier 1 Concern
UF, SMU
Tier 2 Concern
FSU, Louisville, Syracuse, Va Tech, Pitt
Tier 3 Concern
USF, NC State
24
47
62
35
4
1
7
22
22
28
Margins of victory in our 10 wins.
As someone familiar with the history of the past 20 years, you know how awful it's been. So why do we need to make things seem even worse than they are/were? We won 7 games by 3+ scores. I'm too lazy to look, but I'd be willing to bet we haven't done that in over 20 years. So no, we didn't struggle in **** near every game. That's patently false. If you win a game by 22 points, you didn't struggle, I don't care if it was close for a half.
I'm with you on not taking any game for granted. It's college football in 2025. Parity is at an all-time high, and this program has a patent on losing games outright as a favorite. But let's be real, we don't need to say every single game is terrifying because we struggled last year. We most assuredly did not struggle, at all, in any of the first 4 games, and at no point, literally not for a single play, did I think we were going to lose to FSU, Duke, or Wake. I've watched every snap of every Miami football game for 30+ years, I can't ever remember a time where Miami played 7 games in a season that I had zero concern we'd lose after the first drive. We beat the **** out of a lot of teams last year, even with that trash *** defense.
As far as the OP, aside from ND, I think the rest of the home games will be somewhat comfortable wins. Obviously anything can happen, and the gator will probably be tougher than last year. But I'm comfortable with all the home games. At SMU, and the 2 late in the year where it might be cold are ones I'll really have my eyes on. But I think we handle Louisville, Syracuse, Stanford, NC State, and USF rather easily.