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Final Regular Season Record, take 2

Predict Miami's record (again...)

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07Cane said:
You had your chance to vote on Miami's final season record before seeing the team take a snap. Miami had just won the offseason (again), and many of you were very optimistic about the team! Well, now you've had a chance to see what this team is about.

The bad news of course is Miami just lost to MTSU. The good news? The team had a bye week, giving the coaches a chance to reevaluate their strategy. Do you think they took advantage of this time off to look in the mirror and make changes? Or do the coaches commit to the plan in place and double down, consequences be damned? What does Mario's personality make you think he'll do?

Miami is 2-2 heading into ACC play. Eight games remain. Given what you know now, and what you've seen on the field so far, where do you think this season ends up?

Schedule
Bethune - W (70-13)
Southern Miss - W (30-7)
Texas AM - L (17-9)
Middle Tenn - L (45-13)

Remaining Games
Oct 8 - North Carolina (currently 4-1)
Oct 15 - @ VT (currently 2-3)
Oct 22 - Duke (currently 4-1)
Oct 29 - @ Virginia (currently 2-3)
Nov 5 - FSU (currently 4-1)
Nov 12 - @ Georgia Tech (currently 2-3)
Nov 19 - @ Clemson (currently 5-0)
Nov 26 - Pitt (currently 3-2)

My guess? 6-6
Wins against VT, and GT. Then two more (don't ask me which) between UNC, Duke, FSU, Pitt, depending on how much the team drinks the night before.
Risk: A big loss at home to FSU, and the wheels fall off the rest of the way out.
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Based on data so far, expected score should be...

UNC 45-ish
Miami 23-ish
 
I'm going out on a limb 6-6 hopefully we can steal games from gt,duke, Virginia tech and maybe if we all go to church and put 10 percent in the preacher's wallet/collection plate or where ever the money goes we can squeak another game out.
 
We’re already super thin and we’ll see more injuries. So it’s hard to be optimistic. Maybe we’ll get some of the injured folks - X, Chaney, George, etc - back at the end of the season so that might help.

I’ll go with 6-6.
 
I thought 9-3 was our absolute best outcome heading into the year should we stay healthy. I had my reservations about the offensive side of the ball under Mario as a whole, plus I wasn't a fan of Gattis but was going to let him have his chance to show what he can do. After what we have seen so far , 6-6 is my prediction. I desperately want to see this team show progress and be a better team by the end of the year, but I've not seen a single thing so far this year through 4 games that would give me any reason to believe that is what happens. This is honestly too eerily close to how 2019 felt when Manny wasted a season with Enos. The main difference is Manny was willing to adjust funny enough. I'm not so sure Mario will adjust his offensive philosophy. He has been a HC for how many years now and still believes in his dated system?
 
7-5. We get a bunch of players healthy for the bowl game, and it's 15-0 again. Those players never play another snap.

Next year we make mild improvements.
 
My prediction 6-6
Wins : VT, Duke, Virgina and GT.
Play in some **** bowl in El Paso vs a G5 opponent and lose.
Final record 6-7.

I thought at the beginning of the season we would by 9-3, lose to ATM and Clemson and slip up somewhere on the road. So, goes to show I have no idea how to predict UMs record.
 
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SSCane said:
My prediction 6-6
Wins : VT, Duke, Virgina and GT.
Play in some **** bowl in El Paso vs a G5 opponent and lose.
Final record 6-7.

I thought at the beginning of the season we would by 9-3, lose to ATM and Clemson and slip up somewhere on the road. So, goes to show I have no idea how to predict UMs record.
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The way I see it: until Miami starts to win consistently, they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt yet. That's why my first pick when there was so much hype preseason was 8-4 (now 6-6). I could look at the schedule and think 10-2 or 9-3 is possible, but then I start to think, when is the last time this team looked good after a bye week? How confident am I in this team's bench if there is a key injury? New OC and DC, will the systems work and can the kids pick it up? Just too much risk and question marks all around without any evidence on the field yet to have confidence in this team.

Remember when Brett McMurphy picked Miami to go to the playoffs preseason? Based on what? That was crazy talk.

If Miami pulls together and finishes 8-4 after this 2-2 start, then I'll have some confidence in the coaches and player leadership. We'll see.
 
It’s going to be in “who gives a ****” territory. Probably fighting to have a winning record at our bowl game
 
305_separatist said:
As a resident moper I think 7-5 is our best case scenario at this point considering all the variables like injuries. Mario gonna earn that check come recruiting season or we in big big trouble.
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7-5 is my new prediction also. I'm probably stupid, but I think we might win against UNC, but will lose to UVA.
 
10-2 to 6-6. I expected a staff like this to do a better job, Now I don't even know anything after the loss to MTSU. I might hope for another 'season record' redo after the unc game. 6-6 might be as charitable as 10-2 was to start the season.
 
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TheProf said:
I thought 9-3 was our absolute best outcome heading into the year should we stay healthy. I had my reservations about the offensive side of the ball under Mario as a whole, plus I wasn't a fan of Gattis but was going to let him have his chance to show what he can do. After what we have seen so far , 6-6 is my prediction. I desperately want to see this team show progress and be a better team by the end of the year, but I've not seen a single thing so far this year through 4 games that would give me any reason to believe that is what happens. This is honestly too eerily close to how 2019 felt when Manny wasted a season with Enos. The main difference is Manny was willing to adjust funny enough. I'm not so sure Mario will adjust his offensive philosophy. He has been a HC for how many years now and still believes in his dated system?
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Look at old Manny, sitting at 5-0 heading into a bye week before a big game against Michigan.
 
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