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Some thoughts on the season

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Jiren said:
So one false start makes a team undisciplined?

Was it a crucial mistake 100%, doesn’t mean the team undisciplined
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Not saying they are undisciplined but there was also a very uncharacteristic roughing the passer by them the next series too. Kinda felt like the moment was getting to them and we still couldn’t pull it out smh
 
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Last year, we didn’t get in because we had no good wins. As you said, this year we might’ve had more than any team in program history. It sucks we didn’t get the biggest one, but I’ve had Canes gear on almost every single day since the natty. I’m proud to rep it. People stop me every day and talk Canes. That’s quite different than this time of year for basically the entire last 2 decades.

Make no mistake, what Mario has said is 100.0% true. This program is proud and rich in history and SUCCESS. Championships. So no, until that happens, Miami is not back. But we belong. We are built to sustain. We’re built the right way, by the right man. We’re not going anywhere. So what’s that mean?

The U is here.

Get used to it.
 
Completely agree about the not being upset part too. My wife and kids were all surprised how not ****ed I was after the title game and we spent a boat load to go in person on top of it. It just felt so **** good to feel like we belonged again. Usually I watch games by myself so I don't accidentally break something and freak everyone out... no need to do that anymore, we're legit again and **** it feels good.
 
JHallCanes said:
My personal favorite season including the early 2000s

Probably because of the **** we had to put up with for 20 years to get back

I said that Mario would give us a good competitive team each year but I thought that our window for championships was closed (when he was hired)

After the loss to Indiana part of me felt that was likely our mountaintop

It was such a perfect storm of veterans and young guys and it felt like a true team in every way

That’s just so rare

After what we just did in the portal, I have changed my mind

Mario will win a championship here, and it will be just as much about the support of the fans, the donors, every single human being that gave SOMETHING to the program

It feels ******* great to be a Miami Hurricane man
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I kind of felt this way like how do we get back but yea after the portal and our coach not taking no for an answer I believe we are more likely to be back in this position more frequently than the program we just lost to. We are a consistent playoff team make if we keep getting the big boys from high school and finding the right skill talent in the portal.
 
JL 2014 said:
What gets lost in the narrative is that Indiana had 2nd & 1 with 2 minutes left and could have run the clock out with a first...the game was pretty much over. And then they had a false start, which let us hold them to a FG and get the ball back.
1. We were very lucky to even get the ball back at the end.
2. It's very amusing that Indiana almost lost the game due to a lack of discipline.
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If you’re going to point out Indiana shooting themselves in the foot in that situation then it’s fair to point out that we shot ourselves in the foot on Defense on 2 critical 3rd down conversions (offsides and face mask penalty) that would have ended one of their td drives. So, where
some might point to IU’s false start as a factor in keeping us in the game, others can counter that we had unforced errors that allowed them to even be in that situation in the first place.

Kudos to them, however, for making less mistakes than we did during the course of the game. Discipline is an important part of being a great team and they absolutely earned the victory by limiting their mistakes.
 
The championship hurt because it was right there for the taking

The silver lining is we can play with anyone when we play Miami football. Mario will learn from this as well as the young guys

Gonna be scary
 
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DMoney said:
It’s been a two-month sprint. We went from Selection Show to Signing Day to the Playoffs to the Portal to the Courthouse. There were no breaks. Thanks to all of you, CanesInSight is about to hit 8 million posts (and counting). Now that things are more settled, I wanted to reflect on the 2025 Canes.

This season was about the wins. Miami won a school-record 13 games. We beat four Top 10 teams and seven ranked teams. We beat every single rival possible- Notre Dame, Ohio State, Florida, Florida State, Virginia Tech. And in each game, we were clearly the better team.

We also buried narratives. There was no November swoon. We killed the Fiesta Bowl curse. Two decades of SEC dominance? Dead and buried. We beat their two best teams with our C+ game. There are no more ghosts.

This run validated the Cristobal Era in three ways. First, it validated his roster-building. We played all the best teams and stacked up physically. When we played our in-state rivals, the talent gap was demoralizing. We're in the top weight class again.

Second, this run validated Mario's core values. As it turns out, the 12-team playoff is a lot like the past 150 years of championship football. Run the ball, play defense, win in the trenches. We're built to win in Winter.

Finally, this run validated Mario’s culture. Our game tape is littered with violence. Skill players blocked and linemen ran to the ball. We pushed piles like a rugby scrum. Everything he preached showed up on the field in the biggest moments. That’s culture, and it goes beyond talent acquisition.

This team restored the feeling we lost in the 2005 Peach Bowl. How many times have we gotten stomped since then? Now, we always show up to fight. We’re 23-6 over the past two years, and those six losses are by a combined 25 points. No matter how we're playing, we're always going to be physical.

My kids don’t understand why I wasn’t angrier after the Indiana loss. It’s hard to explain because they haven’t lived through the past two decades. Probation. Bryan Pata. Sean Taylor. 48-0 in the Orange Bowl. Shreveport. El Paso. Blue fields. Halfback passes in a blizzard. FIU. Middle Tennessee State. After all that, I can't get too mad about losing to a deserving champ in an instant classic.

More than anything, this run cemented Miami’s place in the new age of college football. The sport is moving fast and we're at the forefront. The old SEC Era is done. Our game against Indiana was the highest-rated, non-NFL sporting event in a decade. We got 8 million more viewers than Ohio State v. Notre Dame last year. The Hoosiers brought viewers, too, but there’s a reason Saturday Night Live was running skits about us. Miami football is the biggest show in town again.

It's hard to overstate the buzz in the city. When I go to my son's baseball practice, every kid is asking me about Malachi Toney like he’s LeBron James. People who never saw a great Canes team (and that's everyone under 30) finally understand what it looks like. You don't have to watch a documentary to see our logo on ESPN. For the next generation of recruits, we're a blue blood with no asterisk.

It's always great to be a Miami Hurricane, but it's never felt better than right now. Good things come to those who wait. And the wait is finally over.
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Everything written here is how I feel the exact same way. Wasn’t too upset a few days afterward cause I know it’s our time again. Great write up D you are spot on bruh. The ratings were high cause it’s Miami, the nation will realize that next season.
 
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kyle_schick said:
One absolute ****-ride of a season and I'm grateful to the team for proving me wrong!

From here on out the MINIMUM expectation is a playoff berth every year.

The staff is going to have to adjust their mindset on special teams. Our guys don't block properly. Our guys consistently run into each other. Our guys don't block kicks. We had notably better returns this year, but that was SOLELY due to Toneys inherent abilities.

Same thing with the blocked punt. Teams should have analysts up in the booth self-scouting. Our special teams analysts should have noticed that our punter was beginning to outrun his protection-lane, and that Indiana excels at blocking punts. It should've been a simple call down to the sidelines.

Same thing as dropping 6 INTs including 2 pick-sixes across the last two biggest games of the year.

I could continue to nitpick but we were essentially a higher horsepower car that wasn't tuned properly. Indiana was a less capable sports car in every aspect but they were tuned perfectly.

They dont have a #23 on special teams who contributes more to the other teams success through 16 games than his own team. They have their starting WR future NFL draft pick running down and making tackles.

If the staff wants to win it all, they have to pay attention to these small things across the board.

They have to increase the attention to detail on every seemingly insignificant aspect of the game.
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Attention to detail was the difference between the 2001 and 2002 teams. I can remember @k9cane constantly beating on that drum throughout the entire 2002 campaign. Attention to detail was what the team had under Butch Davis and the great staffs he had. It was something that got progressively worse under Coker. Attention to detail is what will allow Mario to completely unleash the tremendous potential that we have. Someone made a sports car analogy. Does no good to have a 5.5 liter twin turbo DOHC V-8 if you put 87 octane fuel in it. That might not be the best analogy but we need to figure out a way to significantly reduce our propensity to commit penalties and make stupid mistakes.
 
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