Does tomorrow matter?

[jerzeycane]

Merry Christmas you filthy animals

I usually put a ton of stock into how teams perform in November and their prospective bowl game.

You're usually playing high leverage conference games and you're team has been able to see what its strengths/weaknesses are throughout a season.

UNC withstanding, the team played surprisingly well down the stretch. Granted, the meat of the schedule was earlier in the season, which is what got us Mark Richt, but I'm intrigued to see how they perform tomorrow.

Question I'm posing to y'all is, does it even matter?

As a qualifier, it's never good to get washed on National Television, but say we lose 27-17 tomorrow, who here would be discouraged by that outcome? How does tomorrow's outcome affect recruiting?

 

[Hegemon]

Doesn't affect **** in recruiting win or lose.

Win the game we might be ranked or close to it next year.

 

[Genghis Cane]

I don't think it does because Richt hasn't taken the reigns yet. Obviously I would hope we could win tomorrow, but if we don't....it's not the end of the world.

 

[JerseyCanes]

No

JC

 

[Kevin]

Of course it matters.

 

[section9]

Yes.

Richt is going to be looking at that game to see who shows up to play for Coach Scott.

 

[MovingZen]

It's a Canes game so it matters to me. Golden is gone and my '***** to give' bowl is slap full again. I will throw the whole ******* bowl at the tv screen if things go bad tomorrow.

 

[The Franchise]

Outcome will not affect recruiting. The game matters because every game matters. We saw in the last Sun Bowl how we rolled over in front of our new HC. It showed a lack of respect for him in my eyes and foreshadowed all those juniors leaving and guys getting run out of the program. If we go out there and quit it probably won't bode well.

 

[brock]

Yes we need to to win this one. We haven't won a bowl game since 2006

 

[Port Knox]

Every game matters.

 

[canesplaymaker]

Very smart of Richt to stay the **** away from this bowl game. He didn't have enough time to degoldonize and it could be a bloodbath.

 

[HurricaneAce07]

Every game matters.

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Miami is NOTORIOUS for putting forth little effort in bowl games with nothing on the line. A good win tomorrow and we're looking at a preseason ranking next year and positive vibes going into spring ball.

 

[KevinCaneFace]

Shut up and enjoy one more game for the next nine months. We don't get enough Miami Hurricanes football in a year.

 

[BigDikCane]

dammit mane...

 

[LexCane55]

It would be nice but in the grand scheme of things it doesnt matter

 

[canecountry3]

It matters to the underclassmen who will be playing for Richt for next year.

 

[Salt]

For those kids coming back they are now playing for Richt. They should be playing to get his attention. If I don't see a spirited performance, win or lose, I think it should be concerning.

 

[407cane]

not to be cliche, but every game matters.

a win might make our preseason rank higher which will have us ranked and relevant sooner

 

[DadeCountyFinest]

Only if they play underclassmen

 

[IndayArtHauz]

Depends if there's snow. If yes, then yes. Have to know how these kids perform on ice and in a snowball fight. Richt WILL be watching.

If there's no snow then it simply matters as much as the last Sunbowl. Especially how we feel at halftime. Will speak volumes about Richt.