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Ironmanfootball said:
The system is set up to microwave it in '22.
Giant, bloated, paid up staff in a 'recruiting hotbed'
Coastal sucks (zero ranked teams heading into the week)
MTSU, BCU and So Miss were cupcake chit games to schedule (only Clemson is ranked right now on entire schedule)
Transfer Portal
Free year after transfer
Grad transfer rule
COVID extra year
4 game redshirt rule
NIL so buy the guy you really want like a free agent with no salary cap (think 49ers in '94, Cowboys in '95)
Blue Chip Ratio already above 50%

How hard could it really be to beat MTSU in '22 if you're Wario
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On first thought I'm with you. Losing to MTSU is unimaginable. But I don't know how difficult it is to turn over that much staff and that much playbook for 18-22 year old kids. Oklahoma is having a rough go of it as well. We pine for Rhett but his QB in that open system is far underperforming from last year's numbers as well.

I aint happy about us being buns either and also thought it'd look different but if I had to make a long term bet and be right I'd put money on us getting it right given the investment with actual football people this time around. We shall see.
 
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OP is just saying in the thread what everyone else is thinking. If we win this game, we are back on track for the ACC Coastal (which was the original goal to begin with)..VT, Duke and UVA are all absolutely winnable games. UNC is better than all of them.

But if we lose on Saturday, Mario is about to be reminded of what its like down here when you are not winning like the fans expect you too.
 
Did read any of the thread outside of the OP, but this isnt that point whatsoever. This is a big game right now but not a turning point or anything remotely close to UCLA.
 
Dre said:
On first thought I'm with you. Losing to MTSU is unimaginable. But I don't know how difficult it is to turn over that much staff and that much playbook for 18-22 year old kids. Oklahoma is having a rough go of it as well. We pine for Rhett but his QB in that open system is far underperforming from last year's numbers as well.

I aint happy about us being buns either and also thought it'd look different but if I had to make a long term bet and be right I'd put money on us getting it right given the investment with actual football people this time around. We shall see.
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Oklahoma beat their G5's and Venables is a 1st time HC, not someone with two HC jobs worth of experience including this Rose Bowl I'm supposed to get wood over.
 
bobbydigius said:
Did read any of the thread outside of the OP, but this isnt that point whatsoever. This is a big game right now but not a turning point or anything remotely close to UCLA.
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And was UCLA even a turning point? We started out 2-3 the next year.
 
Ironmanfootball said:
Oklahoma beat their G5's and Venables is a 1st time HC, not someone with two HC jobs worth of experience including this Rose Bowl I'm supposed to get wood over.
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No argument there. Our loss was truly unbelievable.
 
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WanderFranco said:
And was UCLA even a turning point? We started out 2-3 the next year.
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It was a turning point from where we were the previous 2 years. Those players that got embarrassed against Syracuse took it personally and a lot them were on the team that led us to Elite status 2 years later in 2000 and 2001.

As for UNC, I specifically said that they've been a thorn in our ***. We owe them simply for what happened in 2020. The saying turning point doesn't mean we win a Natty next year. I want to see turn the corner to being a good team. Saturday could be a positive start of things to come or it won't, end of story
 
2000 win over #1 FSU was the 'we back' game.

Not UCLA. Great epic win, clearly, but Miami went 9-3 the following season. Won the Gator Bowl. Wow.
 
CanesDynasty said:
It was a turning point from where we were the previous 2 years. Those players that got embarrassed against Syracuse took it personally and a lot them were on the team that led us to Elite status 2 years later in 2000 and 2001.
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Yeah, but if the UCLA game had that much of an impact, why didn't they carry it into the next season?
 
Winning this game out of nowhere with no hope is the Miami thing to do.

I have grown to expect the unexpected. I think we beat the breaks off UNC, but this team has made a fool of me all season.

We are not as bad as we looked last game, players or coaches. Given this team’s track record,I think we have a performance that swings the pendulum too far the other way and has slurpers pounding their chests.
 
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TruCane81 said:
Winning this game out of nowhere with no hope is the Miami thing to do.

I have grown to expect the unexpected. I think we beat the breaks off UNC, but this team has made a fool of me all season.

We are not as bad as we looked last game, players or coaches. Given this team’s track record,I think we have a performance that swings the pendulum too far the other way and has slurpers pounding their chests.
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This makes a lot of sense, given the last decade. I'll take it one step forward. After beating the brakes off UNC, we go to a struggling VT team next week and lose 14-12 in a miserably-played football game, coming back to score late only to miss a game-tying two-point conversion (which we needed because our first XP attempt was blocked).

It's the most Miami-since-joining-the-ACC scenario possible.
 
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No_Fly_Zone said:
This makes a lot of sense, given the last decade. I'll take it one step forward. After beating the brakes off UNC, we go to a struggling VT team next week and lose 14-12 in a miserably-played football game, coming back to score late only to miss a game-tying two-point conversion (which we needed because our first XP attempt was blocked).

It's the most Miami-since-joining-the-ACC scenario possible.
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That is EXACTLY what I am talking about. But I don’t think VT is the game we drop. Probably an ugly win but we might smack them, too. Virginia is the team I’m looking at with the side eye.
 
WanderFranco said:
Nah, 2000 did that. We weren't relevant in '99.
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Clearly you will not agree but we were heavily on the rise in 99. The ECU game stung, but our other 3 losses that year were against the #3,2 and 1 team in the nation and only VT was a blow out. Two of those teams met for the title game. Miami was on the map and that 9-4 season led to a preseason top 5 in 2000. It all started with that win at the end of 98 though.
 
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