Expectations Before and After 5 games

[FuriousStyles]

Win the ACC and first playoff game.

Anything less… disappointing.

Anything more… is gravy.

 

[miamifan007]

Before 5 games I was at 9-3. After 5 games I'm at please win this **** conference and make a playoff.

Oh we winning the MNC.

 

[NJshoreCane]

This is where I expected to be 4 years ago.
We need to keep this going to get back on schedule.

 

[JHallCanes]

I expected 4-1 and the defense to show signs of improvement and special teams to be a nightmare. So far Carter Davis and the rest of specials have been great and obviously the defense looks unreal.

This plus I thought we would have a tougher time replacing the chemistry and leadership at QB/WR last year

I knew we had talent but that first TD Beck threw to Toney against ND I was like whelp…pretty clear these two have been working their asses off to catch up

 

[Calinative]

We just have to take care of business. We need to show we can pass in clear pass situations. We need to be able to generate explosive runs. We need to not go into a full ******* shell in 4th quarters. Our Depth Needs to earn some quality PT so that they are ready in event of injury or for playoffs.

I will say though, if Notre Dame loses at home to USC, we probably shouldn't even be ranked in the top 5 any longer. We'd be fringe top 7ish honestly. Sure you can Say ND at that point has 3 "Quality losses", but If that happens we haven't REALLY played a complete game yet, and all our Big Wins are just based on the opponents logo and rivalry, not those teams actually excelling on the field. If ND loses to USC, all three of our top opponents to date will have 3 losses. That's not all that high quality of a resume any longer....

We need to play some complete games. This Louisville game is probably the hardest or 2nd hardest remaining game on our schedule imo. Louisville has been a pretty decent team. They have a good HC who can scheme well, good talent at RB, and a QB who CAN just dink and dunk you apart. And from what I can tell they've been pretty good defensively as well. We need to create some turnovers..

 

[Dwinstitles]

I would wait until November is over, Mario sideline odysseys continues to show itself

Didn't he have a time out coach last year?

He needs a "do not run on this play" coach next

 

[CANEFAN83]

Always felt this was a playoff team. After seeing it 5 times, imo it’ll be disappointing to not win the ACC and make the final four.

I guess I could live with something like 13-0 ACC champs and losing a classic in the round of 8, but this is one of the 4 best teams in the country, full stop. End the season like it.

Pretty accurate description of 2025 Miami Hurricanes football team. At this point i am hoping for the NC but expect final four at a minimum.

 

[canesstevealum08]

One of the biggest game day myths about Mario is going conservative watch the third quarter and beginning of the fourth quarter of the Florida State game he wanted to run it up and tried we just executed poorly and defensively FSU found a second wind

 

[rsa coral gables]

i would say that less fewer than 5% of porsters expected Miami to be undefeated after the first 5 games.

 

[caneULM]

As we know, most any game, football, bball, baseball, all are so heavily influenced by momentum swings, and that Auburn game really sealed the deal for me regarding how easily the zebras can take a win away and dictate momentum, unless of course it's total domination. That said, I think it's less inept and more so the latter. These folks know what they're doing and this game and most of sports are so heavily influenced by money, it's difficult for me to turn a blind eye to corruption. Call me a cynic, but it's hard to unsee once you've seen it.

I still have a blank stare into space when I see that offsides on GT vs Wake.

 

[mossmadness]

I thought this was a playoff team before the season. I had us losing one or both of ND and UF, and not losing to anybody else.

I thought defense would take a huge leap, but not this big of a leap. This defense is elite.

Offense has fallen further than I thought. Connelly released his analytic rankings if you removed preseason projections, and the offense would rank 29th.

Now some of that is Mario sitting on leads as if they are garbage time before the analytics actually think they are garbage time. So that’s throwing it off some. And maybe the rain. But I expected a drop off to like 15th-ish. Barely top 30 is a concern.

But overall we are better record wise than I thought we’d be. Probably right about where I thought we would be in terms of quality of play.

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

I still have a blank stare into space when I see that offsides on GT vs Wake.

I missed that one. I'm going to go try to find it on Youtube, unless you have a clip you can share. Did you watch the Auburn UGA game?

Edit - Just watched, egregious miss call. had to be blantant.

 

[razrcane]

I’m just waiting until November

 

[Disgustipated]

What have you seen this year that makes you think that?

watching football every Saturday. The easiest thing to do is lose

 

[Hufftwoseven]

Before season 9-3 or 10-2, after 5 weeks 11-1 or 12-0