Miami’s 2nd ACC game of season under Mario

[Southern Oz]

I would love to have a stress free run in to the playoff, but it is hard to get 20 year olds to do that every week. NFL players can’t get up every week, and they are older, more mature and spend way more time on it.

We are significantly more talented than the teams we will play, but Michigan was more talented than Western too.

I am not an advocate for the playoff, and I hate preseason and early season rankings, but what it does do for us, particularly this year is mean that we could lose ND close, drop an ACC game close, and still get in. In the past these losses as favourites have meant the end of our seasons, this year it isn’t going to do that. So there is less stress on that.

 

[FromDeeeeep]

Friday night could be a bit more of a struggle than people think. Typically under Mario our 2nd ACC game of the season is where we get punched in the mouth and struggle to find our footing and it’s usually our own fault.

2022 - W - held on for a win against a bad VT team that lost its 4th in a row. We jumped out 20-0 before allowing VT to get to 20-14 with the ball and a chance to win. Set a season high in penalties

2023 - L - after a crushing defeat to GT the week before we had to have this UNC game. We played well in the 1st half but were outscored 21-0 in the 3rd quarter to end the game. Set a season high in turnovers

2024 - W- went out to Cal after escaping VT on the crazy Hail Mary. Looked like the game was lost before a dramatic 25 point comeback. Won by 1 point. Lucky to escape but this game showed the path to beat us and that our D was bad. Set a season high in penalties

2025 - L - after looking like the best team in the country for 3 quarters the week before against FSU we came home and laid a huge egg against Louisville. The team could not get out its own way all night. Had a chance to win but a 4th turnover was the end. Set a season high in turnovers.

This season is a little different because it’s the first time Mario has started the year with an ACC game and also had a second one so early in the season. History shows the second ACC game is always tougher than we expect and we usually cause that by shooting ourselves in the foot. Let’s hope Friday this team proves to be different.

Didn’t the narrative used to Miami & :Mario couldn’t win after a bye week?

 

[drewm3i]

Miss me with this ****: we are a championship-level team! We are not about to struggle with Wake Forest on the road with an extra day to prepare.

 

[Colombie]

Miss me with this ****: we are a championship-level team! We are not about to struggle with Wake Forest on the road with an extra day to prepare.

That just gave up a bunch of points to Purdue.

 

[doctor dingleberry]

I will also be in attendance.

I have not been present for a road win since 2007 @FSU. Notable awful experiences like ND at soldier field, Teddy Bridgewater in Orlando, and UF multiple times.

Last season, traveled to Dallas for 24 hours explicitly to break the streak, and stood in the rain during pre-game wondering if I should go back to the hotel.

So we’ve got that going against us. Let’s break this f’in streak.

****… I was at both of them too.. Actually I think I met you briefly in Chicago. Tailgated with some UM golfers and think we met before going in the stadium, think we were talking about Dalvin Cook/Yearby lmao. Can remember the convo but not the golfers names