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Know Your Enemy - 2026 Miami Hurricanes vs 2026 Florida State

OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
I still feel a real passion and fire inside for humiliating those pieces of **** from Trailerhassee.

Only just a couple of years ago they were acting like they were the ****, and really had something going. They actually looked down on us. Believe me, I’m passionate about a humiliating those stupid *****.
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I want 47-0.

Plus at least one more point.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
I still feel a real passion and fire inside for humiliating those pieces of **** from Trailerhassee.

Only just a couple of years ago they were acting like they were the ****, and really had something going. They actually looked down on us. Believe me, I’m passionate about a humiliating those stupid *****.
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It's amazing just how inexperienced the overall team is.

We tended to do well against less-experienced teams last season, and the least-experienced team that we played last year was Ohio State (1.45 years). It's why I was cautiously optimistic going into the game.

Florida State has less collective college football experience than the Buckeyes heading into this year.
 
GojiraCane said:
The following is a side-by-side comparison of Miami and Florida State's rosters

Names in green denote incoming players in their first year in their respective programs:

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AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
  • 2026: 1.59 years (Miami), 1.40 years (Florida State)
  • 2025: 1.72 years (Miami), 1.81 years (Florida State)
  • 2024: 1.81 years (Miami), 2.04 years (Florida State)
  • 2023: 1.84 years (Miami), 2.31 years (Florida State)
AVERAGE 247 RATING
  • 2026: 0.9054 (Miami), 0.8851 (Florida State) *
  • 2025: 0.9026 (Miami), 0.8909 (Florida State) **
  • 2024: 0.9010 (Miami), 0.8942 (Florida State)
  • 2023: 0.8994 (Miami), 0.8807 (Florida State)
*excludes transfers Adam Booker (LS), whom was not listed on 247's transfer compilation
**excludes transfers Carter Davis (PK) and Adam Booker (LS), neither who are listed on 247's transfer compilation

If special teams are excluded, Miami's composite is 0.9093. Florida State would be 0.8884


MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
  • Wide Receiver (Miami .9179, Florida State .9021)
  • Tight End (Miami .8967, Florida State .8916)
  • Offensive Line (Miami .8974, Florida State .8688)
  • Quarterback (Miami .9084, Florida State .8758)
  • Defensive Tackle (Miami .9155, Florida State .8871)
  • Defensive End (Miami .9304, Florida State .9080)
  • Linebacker (Miami .8953, Florida State .8796)
  • Safety (Miami .9073, Florida State .8736)
  • Cornerback (Miami .9129, Florida State .9016)

FSU POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
  • Running Back (Florida State .9108, Miami .9046)
**excludes one special teams transfers

MIAMI POSITION GROUPS THAT HAVE IMPROVED IN 2026 (RATING)
  • Tight End (.8967 vs .8846)
  • Offensive Line (.8974 vs .8922)
  • Quarterbacks (.9084 vs .9062)
  • Defensive End (.9304 vs .9301)
  • Safety (.9073 vs .8960)
  • Cornerback (.9207 vs 9083)
  • Special Teams (.7933 vs .6999)

FLORIDA STATE POSITION GROUPS THAT HAVE IMPROVED IN 2026 (RATING)
  • Wide Receiver (.9004 vs .9003)
  • Tight End (.8916 vs .8911)
  • Quarterback (.8758 vs .8704)
  • Defensive End (.9080 vs .9031)
  • Linebacker (.8796 vs .8720)
  • Safety (.8736 vs .8643)

NOTES
  • The 2026 Hurricanes have the highest blue-chip total of any squad in the last twenty-one years. It presently jumps from 48 in 2025 to 59 this year
  • This is Florida State's most inexperienced team of the last four years. It also has less experience than any of Miami's 2025 opponents
  • Florida State has three position rooms (wide receiver, tight end, defensive end), where the average college football experience is one year or less
  • Only at linebacker and special teams does Miami have a position group with more than 2.0 years of CFB experience; Florida State also two groups with 2 or more years of average experience (running back and special teams)
  • Miami has 21 transfer portal players on the roster compared to 22 the previous season
  • Florida State has 30 transfer portal players on the roster compared to 31 the previous season. 23 arrived this offseason
  • FSU has the experience edge in running back, offensive line, quarterback, defensive tackle, and cornerback
  • Miami brings in 43 new players this season, Florida State 56
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The rating system is meaningless. Toney is the Best receiver, Mo is the starting Middle Linebacker. Who cares what rating systems said in recruitment.
 
Cane30 said:
It has honestly become laughable that fans still dig into this like it's a heated rivalry. When was the last time I felt real passion or a fire inside about playing FSU as you do a real heated rival?
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Maybe it will be laughable a few years from now. But as recently as the start of the 24 season 18 months ago Nole fans were laughing at us coming off an undefeated regular season vs our 7-6 one, one where they beat a Canes team led by true Freshman Emory da Gawd. We've only won two in a row. No time to declare rivalry victory.
 
I agree with Cane30. I now think of FSU like GT, or UNC, or UL…we should beat them every year, bit I watch because I worry they can ***** our season if we don’t show up ready to play.

Now, playing the f’n Domers is a whole different matter. Especially in Southbend, with their entitled bigotry, their holier-than-thou arrogance, their preferential treatment by the college football good ole boys, the media and the refs, and their overt disdain for urban diversity, the city of Miami, everything Canes football is about….Now that’s a game!…It’s a chance to make a statement that is bigger than football.

I was at the opener this season against those cacks, lost my voice from shouting half way thru Q3. The hatred is real, and it will balloon when we stomp their ****s again in 2026. FSU had that kinda feel back in the old days, winner likely takes the natty. Those days are long gone.
 
Cane30 said:
It has honestly become laughable that fans still dig into this like it's a heated rivalry. When was the last time I felt real passion or a fire inside about playing FSU as you do a real heated rival? It had to be Winston and Jimbo years at the latest. Again, for those old enough to have experienced the once biggest rivalry in football for a good decade, yes #1 at the time, has been unrecognizable for 20 years. I put no thought into the FSU game.
After last seasons events, This 2026 ND game will be the most heated rivalry Miami fans will have experienced in 20+ years. Enjoy it, young posters and realize how it looks, feels when a true heated rivalry is happening between 2 real powerhouse programs playing with real dislike and emotions against each other. This is the game a fan of one of these programs must attend if anyway possible. Maybe then, young fans will understand why older fans want both teams to be powerhouse programs when they play. I get zero emotion beating FSU right now. None and it is sad, but I also know our real #1 rival is the Gator as little as we play them now.
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What??? Didn’t they have a 7 game win streak not too long ago?
 
GojiraCane said:
It's amazing just how inexperienced the overall team is.

We tended to do well against less-experienced teams last season, and the least-experienced team that we played last year was Ohio State (1.45 years). It's why I was cautiously optimistic going into the game.

Florida State has less collective college football experience than the Buckeyes heading into this year.
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… and significantly less talent
 
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BilltheCane said:
I agree with Cane30. I now think of FSU like GT, or UNC, or UL…we should beat them every year, bit I watch because I worry they can ***** our season if we don’t show up ready to play.

Now, playing the f’n Domers is a whole different matter. Especially in Southbend, with their entitled bigotry, their holier-than-thou arrogance, their preferential treatment by the college football good ole boys, the media and the refs, and their overt disdain for urban diversity, the city of Miami, everything Canes football is about….Now that’s a game!…It’s a chance to make a statement that is bigger than football.

I was at the opener this season against those cacks, lost my voice from shouting half way thru Q3. The hatred is real, and it will balloon when we stomp their ****s again in 2026. FSU had that kinda feel back in the old days, winner likely takes the natty. Those days are long gone.
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My brother in Cane, fsu will never drop down to gt, unc, or ul. They're beat down are more like backwards usf than fsu.. but there's way too much history and bragging rights there. Beating them always means more than just a regular old W.
 
grover said:
Seeing him as rated the 8th best WR on the team roster based on so-called scouting experts when he's a top 3 WR in the country is pretty damning of the rankings. I know the correlation is there between rankings and draft selection. But man is there a lot of error and noise in the data.
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To that point....a valuable CFP contributor (Brown) dragging us down.
FSU POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
  • Running Back (Florida State .9108, Miami .9046)
 
I love that one of their areas of improvement is one ten thousandth in WR…. lol ya made a big jump there hoss… that extra work is definitely paying off…🤣🤣
 
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Cane30 said:
It has honestly become laughable that fans still dig into this like it's a heated rivalry. When was the last time I felt real passion or a fire inside about playing FSU as you do a real heated rival? It had to be Winston and Jimbo years at the latest. Again, for those old enough to have experienced the once biggest rivalry in football for a good decade, yes #1 at the time, has been unrecognizable for 20 years. I put no thought into the FSU game.
After last seasons events, This 2026 ND game will be the most heated rivalry Miami fans will have experienced in 20+ years. Enjoy it, young posters and realize how it looks, feels when a true heated rivalry is happening between 2 real powerhouse programs playing with real dislike and emotions against each other. This is the game a fan of one of these programs must attend if anyway possible. Maybe then, young fans will understand why older fans want both teams to be powerhouse programs when they play. I get zero emotion beating FSU right now. None and it is sad, but I also know our real #1 rival is the Gator as little as we play them now.
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Speak for yourself, I love with a passion beating those clowns and watching their fanbase in misery.
 
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