Parallels for today's game

[Udynasty]

Idk why yall responding the way you are.

ON PAPER, we are underdogs. Blue chip ratio, Vegas betting line, media predictions, etc. A majority of America expects Ohio State to win this game. Fighting back at this notion above is childish.

With that said, as OP has recognized, games are not played on paper. On the field answers all questions. He was pointing out scenarios where we have actually won as underdogs, and even hinted at him expecting we win.

But yet 80% of responses want to focus on how we aren't underdogs. We are man, no matter how much you, as a Miami hurricanes fan, may think.

Upsets happen and underdogs win a lot in sports. This OP seems to be trying to rally the board and hype yall up behind the underdog storyline and yall are like no we aren't lol. Cmon...

Football is different.

We are "underdogs" at the finesse positions.

But compare those offensive lines.

Compare that defensive line. Outside of Mcdonald, I would take every single Cane position for position and we have more depth as well which we will be using in waves.


Caleb Downs is a DAWG and elite AF.

You know who has similar production? Jakobe Thomas.

They dont have a Keionte Scott

our RB is better

Our QB is a sixth year starter SEC champion with a W in a road playoff game against a redshirt freshman QB who has never played in a playoff game.

The LB gap is the most significant. However Miami has an edge at QB and in the trenches and when you have those 2 it's basically the great equalizer.

I like Miami here.

 

[nycane]

My friend they have 11 5* players and a blue chip ration of 89%. We are at 64%. They've got more to work with, and a loss tonight is a huge failure for them and their beard dying ****y piercing corch. On paper we are probably the 7th or 8th most talented team. We've got more to do to close the gap, we need a brilliant scouting department to find more kids like Kieonte Scott and Baby Jesus. Or we need to just get more 5* players. We did just beat a squad with a 82% blue chip ratio on the road. So yeah we can get it tonight for sure and got something for the frontrunning turncoats.....

that doesn't mean everything. We have two of the best freshmen in country who weren't blue chip. Bain was just a 4 star. Bell was a juco.

Innis was a 5 star and he is trash.

I do agree they have more talent but all the talk about beck, lets see Julian sayin reaction when he is pressured.

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

Football is different.

We are "underdogs" at the finesse positions.

But compare those offensive lines.

Compare that defensive line. Outside of Mcdonald, I would take every single Cane position for position and we have more depth as well which we will be using in waves.


Caleb Downs is a DAWG and elite AF.

You know who has similar production? Jakobe Thomas.

They dont have a Keionte Scott

our RB is better

Our QB is a sixth year starter SEC champion with a W in a road playoff game against a redshirt freshman QB who has never played in a playoff game.

The LB gap is the most significant. However Miami has an edge at QB and in the trenches and when you have those 2 it's basically the great equalizer.

I like Miami here.

Brother I understand your point and also like how we matchup.

Before I try to give a definition of what makes an objective underdog, do you also understand the OPs point?

 

[Udynasty]

Brother I understand your point and also like how we matchup.

Before I try to give a definition of what makes an objective underdog, do you also understand the OPs point?

I do... And I think the way we are being protrayed is as a huge dog (-9.5) when in fact line should be OSU -3.5/4

 

[Jonnyblaze]

I hear you, but we are not overmatched! We match up very well with this squad, man to man. I expect a victory and it will not be some sort of miracle. ***** the national media and the naysayers, lets fuccin show them what we already know, this team is not to be messed with!

Agreed. There’s a lot of recency bias in that 10 point spread. Ohio State has been there and done that for years now as far as postseason success. We are just making it back.

If a more “trusted” team like Bama or UGA had a top 10 defense, arguably the best defensive line in the game with 2 of the top 5 DE’s in the country, a top 10 offensive line , a punishing RB, a QB with a career 35-5 record who completes passes at a 75% clip, and one of the top 10 most electric players in all the game, the betting line would probably be a pick ‘em and everyone would say Ohio State better watch out.

 

[flips]

The Rape of Nanking or the Bataan Death March or Hiroshima

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

I do... And I think the way we are being protrayed is as a huge dog (-9.5) when in fact line should be OSU -3.5/4

Facts, I agree with you that is the true issue. Vegas line is disrespectful to us.

We are the underdog at a level that we shouldn't be. Nonetheless, it is what it is.

 

[ShadowSpring]

Football is different.

We are "underdogs" at the finesse positions.

But compare those offensive lines.

Compare that defensive line. Outside of Mcdonald, I would take every single Cane position for position and we have more depth as well which we will be using in waves.


Caleb Downs is a DAWG and elite AF.

You know who has similar production? Jakobe Thomas.

They dont have a Keionte Scott

our RB is better

Our QB is a sixth year starter SEC champion with a W in a road playoff game against a redshirt freshman QB who has never played in a playoff game.

The LB gap is the most significant. However Miami has an edge at QB and in the trenches and when you have those 2 it's basically the great equalizer.

I like Miami here.

Jakobe Thomas has had a better season than Downs.

We can take these MF

 

[LPK2006]

Indiana just beat them and let’s talk about their blue chip ratio

True, but Indiana has a better offense than ours, unfortunately, and they still didn't score that much. Trying to figure out where our offensive production is gonna come from.

 

[Schuylkill County Cane]

Best player on the field tonight.

We need him to be. If so the good guys will prevail

 

[ItsAUThing.com]

Stars can’t measure heart and this team has it in spades. We’ve got more than a punchers chance to beat those arrogant *****.

Nobody disagrees with that, but the OP got pushback on the "a bit overmatched on paper" sentiments when he's absolutely correct.

Ohio State has been a machine for a while now; reloading and playing at a high level ... Miami fielded a JV defense a year ago and is one year into righting this ****.

Yes, heart, enough talent, will and the right culture ... and no, it's not David versus Goliath in the truest of terms, but the Buckeyes have the more complete roster.

 

[supacane]

Thru most of my lifetime we've typically been the team everyone feared and the team whom should win championship games. Today we are a bit overmatched on paper, and facing the defending champs. This kind of reminds me of the 1984 Orange Bowl but that squad wasn't overmatched. Maybe the 1999 or 2000 Miami vs FSU games. Bobby had em rolling back then and we were the plucky hunter looking to make a move. Maybe the 1981 Penn State upset?

We aren't supposed to be here. We aren't supposed to win. Gonna make all the sweeter tonight.

Other people saying it, but we are not overmatched. Losing to SMU and UL has warped people to think we are some underdogs. We were underdogs for 2 games all year by less than a TD combined. Won both games btw. It takes experience to start winning on this level where u are favored in almost every game, not just for the players but also the coaches and I feel thats what happened in those losses. We are not overmatched. They have positions where they are better, we have positions where we are better. I rather have over advantages.

A&M was averaging 32 in SEC play and one of the best OL nationwide, 3 points. That spread is way too inflated imo. All am gonna say is Ohio didnt lose to teams we lost to but they also didnt beat any team the level we did. 2 teams who won double digit games in the regular season. That were ranked top ten near top 5 at some point during the season.

 

[supacane]

Idk why yall responding the way you are.

ON PAPER, we are underdogs. Blue chip ratio, Vegas betting line, media predictions, etc. A majority of America expects Ohio State to win this game. Fighting back at this notion above is childish.

With that said, as OP has recognized, games are not played on paper. On the field answers all questions. He was pointing out scenarios where we have actually won as underdogs, and even hinted at him expecting we win.

But yet 80% of responses want to focus on how we aren't underdogs. We are man, no matter how much you, as a Miami hurricanes fan, may think.

Upsets happen and underdogs win a lot in sports. This OP seems to be trying to rally the board and hype yall up behind the underdog storyline and yall are like no we aren't lol. Cmon...

Yeah but being not favored is not being overmatched. Bama is also underdogs by 6 to Indiana, are they overmatched? When the media acted like we were overmatched v ND to start the season, we didn't buy it. They started pushing the same narrative last week. We are not overmatched. Underdogs, yes.

 

[mj33]

You cannot quantify HEART

Heart surgeons can.

 

[caneworld]

Even in the last Cotton Bowl... it was all week of media saying that Texas would blow us out

 

[JgDaCane]

My friend they have 11 5* players and a blue chip ration of 89%. We are at 64%. They've got more to work with, and a loss tonight is a huge failure for them and their beard dying ****y piercing corch. On paper we are probably the 7th or 8th most talented team. We've got more to do to close the gap, we need a brilliant scouting department to find more kids like Kieonte Scott and Baby Jesus. Or we need to just get more 5* players. We did just beat a squad with a 82% blue chip ratio on the road. So yeah we can get it tonight for sure and got something for the frontrunning turncoats.....

The NIL era kina changes that IMO. A guy like Bell or Scott don't count towards our blue chip rate. Or Mesidor lol

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

Yeah but being not favored is not being overmatched. Bama is also underdogs by 6 to Indiana, are they overmatched? When the media acted like we were overmatched v ND to start the season, we didn't buy it. They started pushing the same narrative last week. We are not overmatched. Underdogs, yes.

Youre right about that. Overmatched is not the right word to use this matchup.

 

[ShadowSpring]

The NIL era kina changes that IMO. A guy like Bell or Scott don't count towards our blue chip rate. Or Mesidor lol

Correct. We are closer to them than the ratio indicates. We need another Baby Jesus today tho

 

[hurricane-warnings]

Yes their 3rd string is better but they ain't going to be on the field tonight. Miami's starters match up against anybody. Both lines have multiple 1st Rd picks. Which 5* are you trading Bain Mesidor Scott and Toney for? Toney isn't even a blue chip player. Those stars don't matter. OH St has routinely lost this type of game in the past. MI twice OR last year and Mario's OR. They played 2 decent teams this year didn't show anything special in either one. People acting like this is '83 NE.

Don't forget these teams were 1 & 2 earlier in the year. Everyone was saying Miami was one of the best teams in the country. They absloultey deserve to be here. If not for an erigous call against Lightfoot or a couple specatular plays by Lousivelle when the QB had an off night this team is 12-1 ACC champ and this game is a pick-em.

This is a Mario special big boy football game. The air raid mopes ain't going to like it. But as the saying goes I like Miami here.

 

[drewm3i]

On paper this looks similar to Bama 2021, but hopefully it plays out more like FSU 2023 (we were less talented in 2023 than now obviously but FSU 2023 was the last juggernaut team we played).

2023 FSU was a juggernaut? Of all your takes, that may be the all-time worst. The Texas A&M team we just beat is better than 2023 FSU. ND is better than that version of FSU.