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Josh Pate Lists Miami #6 on his Early Top 25

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Josh Pate release his Early Top 25 rankings and placed the Canes just outside the Top 5. His list, and explanation for each ranking, is below.

#25 Washington​

I’ll start at the bottom. Washington at 25. I honestly don’t know what the dynamic is up there right now. I haven’t talked to Demond Williams ever, let alone since he tried to leave, found out the door was locked, and then said, “Never mind, I’m staying.” I have no idea what that does to a locker room. I just don’t. So I’m...

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I think we would be higher if we didn’t have the OL departures. I like how we stack up against everyone ahead of us. Ohio State lost more than we did. Oregon is paper tiger until proven otherwise. He leaned heavily on returning QBs which is fine. Will hope for a top 5 ranking because it helps us with selection.
 
Everything Pate said about ND is true. Their roster is loaded. But they have to spot the ball eventually.
 
Notre Dame had a schedule as weak as wet toilet paper after they played and lost to TAMU. The one semi-legit program left in their final year 10 games was Pitt, and Narduzzi literally said he didn’t care about the game because it wasn’t an ACC game. Going to be a rude awakening for them and their fanboys when they play real teams again.

And it is laughable to call a team “hungry” when they rage-quit at the end of the season. “Hungry” is beating up an opponent in a bowl game to show the playoff committee they should have picked them. I think the words he is looking for are “entitled and spoiled”.
 
Up 6 spots from last year. Doesn’t look like being in the top 5 is a good thing, lol

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I know ND schedule is bad, but why so much faith to be #1 when they lose a lot of explosiveness and production with Love/Price, Fields, Raridon?
 
Handsome Squidbum said:
Notre Dame had a schedule as weak as wet toilet paper after they played and lost to TAMU. The one semi-legit program left in their final year 10 games was Pitt, and Narduzzi literally said he didn’t care about the game because it wasn’t an ACC game. Going to be a rude awakening for them and their fanboys when they play real teams again.

And it is laughable to call a team “hungry” when they rage-quit at the end of the season. “Hungry” is beating up an opponent in a bowl game to show the playoff committee they should have picked them. I think the words he is looking for are “entitled and spoiled”.
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The reasoning behind Notre Dame and not Miami or even a few other teams is kinda comical.
 
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ageezy said:
death, taxes, and overrated notre dame
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Yeah I am surprised Pate drank the Kool Aid. He seems to be pretty astute about football but it’s odd that he expresses doubts about other teams but not the one that ran through a pathetic schedule after losing to the only 2 good teams they played, and then quit at the end of the season because things didn’t go their way.

I know I am being a homer here but any person who knows football knows that a Cristobal team is going to have a good offensive line. And on defense we have four 5 stars plus studs from the portal. whatever UM lost is more than made up for by Mensah being a massive upgrade over Beck. Miami got exponentially better at QB and skill position players.

I don’t think we take a step back but I can understand thinking it will be 90% of the 2025 team.

Using Steiner math-

90% trenches is 10% less than 2025, but Mensah is 15% better than Beck, and skill players are 10% better. Thats comes out to 115%. That means Miami 2026 team is 15% better than the 2025 team. Miami already had a 1/3 chance of playing for the title. Now add that 15% , it gives Miami a 48 1/3 chance of winning a national championship in 2026.
 
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So we're questioning Miami's OL but not ND's who had 2 guys declare early and starting center had ACL surgery in late October?

I think they lack talent at WR, drop off at TE and obviously RB, a mediocre DL, good LBs but the best player had ACL surgery in October or November, and a good secondary but still majorly overrated because of Leonard Moore. Gray and everyone they took out of the portal are mediocre.
 
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