Yes, but we have to guard against vague pie-in-the-sky nonsense.
"Miami needs to play a tougher schedule". "Miami needs a sparring partner". "Miami shouldn't play FAMU".
All of that is bull****, and it ignores what actually happened. Miami went to NINE games in the ACC (F$U didn't). That means we have THREE OOC games to schedule/play. One of those games is against Notre Dame, the #3 team in the country. Currently, at this moment, who else in the P4 is playing a higher ranked OOC game than us? GaTech v. Georgia qualifies. Texas v. Ohio State qualifies. Everyone else can **** off.
As for our other TWO games, let's not forget that both Auburn and South Carolina dropped games with Miami. What were our options? Does anyone honestly believe that there is a long line of P4 ADs outside of Radakovich's office who are just desperate to schedule Miami? And let's not forget that Miami has been scheduling FAMU since the 1970s.
Yeah, "Miami needs a sparring partner" is just something that soft Miami "fans" say so that they can look cool in front of their Gator friends. Hey, if the SEC wants to invite Miami, feel free to send that invitation to President Joe. Until then, it's just snobbish bull**** for SEC fans to accuse Miami of having a weak schedule, when all the SEC teams that were SUPPOSED to play Miami have backed out.