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They’re 14-5 in the last 3 years at home, and 3-16 on the road or neutral the past 3 years.

Pretty much says it all right there. Miami would likely be a 10 point favorite if the game was at Hard Rock. But, yes it’s a dump, yes it’s a sewer, yes **** them and anyone who supports them forever, but it’s still a hard place to play, and they play much better there. Being the first game of the year with so many new faces for us, I’d be very shocked to see anything other than a one-score game in the 4th quarter. Just gotta find a way to win and get the **** outta there.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
They’re 14-5 in the last 3 years at home, and 3-16 on the road or neutral the past 3 years.

Pretty much says it all right there. Miami would likely be a 10 point favorite if the game was at Hard Rock. But, yes it’s a dump, yes it’s a sewer, yes **** them and anyone who supports them forever, but it’s still a hard place to play, and they play much better there. Being the first game of the year with so many new faces for us, I’d be very shocked to see anything other than a one-score game in the 4th quarter. Just gotta find a way to win and get the **** outta there.
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Agreed

Buckle up for a close hard fought game. That’s just the way these rivalry games usually shake out.

Hopefully the good guys from down south prevail!
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
They’re 14-5 in the last 3 years at home, and 3-16 on the road or neutral the past 3 years.

Pretty much says it all right there. Miami would likely be a 10 point favorite if the game was at Hard Rock. But, yes it’s a dump, yes it’s a sewer, yes **** them and anyone who supports them forever, but it’s still a hard place to play, and they play much better there. Being the first game of the year with so many new faces for us, I’d be very shocked to see anything other than a one-score game in the 4th quarter. Just gotta find a way to win and get the **** outta there.
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The last 2 games they lost at home were to FSU & Arkansas last year.

The biggest things we'll have to overcome is
- the Heat
- the Refs
- Not falling for the gameplan trap.

The advantage we have is our Offense. Arkansas put up 480yds on them (a week after they fired Enox), Mizzou put up 508yds of offense on them & LSU put up 701yds on'em. In all 3 games, their Secondary got picked apart. They revamped most of their Secondary this offseason with the Portal & have some 2nd year players looking to take the next step, but it still remains a weakness to their overall Defense.

They also added some solid pieces to their DLine as well & look to have an improved Run Defense, but not enough to slow down the onslaught of a schedule they'll have to play this year.

We should go in throwing to set up the run to open up the field & create running lanes by pulling Defenders out of the Box. If we go in with a predictable gameplan of trying to stuff it up the middle we're going to make that game much tougher than it needs to be.

The game will come down to us exploiting their Secondary, our DLine disrupting Mertzy rhythm forcing him to speed up his processing (which will create turnovers) & not allowing the Speed they have on the perimeter to beat us Deep.

If we can contain the Deep ball & make Mertz into the Captain checkdown that he is, they won't be able to keep up with us. But the only way that works is for the Offense to score.

We make them play from behind with a deficit & they can't beat us. We allow them to keep it close & the Football Gods might not be on our side.
 
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We win the game, the question is how much

It could be a close game in the 4th, or maybe we silence the crowd early and win handily

Can Ward will ultimately make the difference
 
We go in and score on the first two drives and you’ll be able to hear a frog fart in their swamp…no one says a word about their team beating us it’s like the swamp is going to play QB,Oline and defense for them….

I’m gonna make sure I get a good nights sleep and I hope hope RVA,TOC and others that post tears on a regular cause they gonna be in for a long night/day/night …maybe even week after the butt whipping we going to give them…
 
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Memnon said:
The last 2 games they lost at home were to FSU & Arkansas last year.

The biggest things we'll have to overcome is
- the Heat
- the Refs
- Not falling for the gameplan trap.

The advantage we have is our Offense. Arkansas put up 480yds on them (a week after they fired Enox), Mizzou put up 508yds of offense on them & LSU put up 701yds on'em. In all 3 games, their Secondary got picked apart. They revamped most of their Secondary this offseason with the Portal & have some 2nd year players looking to take the next step, but it still remains a weakness to their overall Defense.

They also added some solid pieces to their DLine as well & look to have an improved Run Defense, but not enough to slow down the onslaught of a schedule they'll have to play this year.

We should go in throwing to set up the run to open up the field & create running lanes by pulling Defenders out of the Box. If we go in with a predictable gameplan of trying to stuff it up the middle we're going to make that game much tougher than it needs to be.

The game will come down to us exploiting their Secondary, our DLine disrupting Mertzy rhythm forcing him to speed up his processing (which will create turnovers) & not allowing the Speed they have on the perimeter to beat us Deep.

If we can contain the Deep ball & make Mertz into the Captain checkdown that he is, they won't be able to keep up with us. But the only way that works is for the Offense to score.

We make them play from behind with a deficit & they can't beat us. We allow them to keep it close & the Football Gods might not be on our side.
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"We should go in throwing to set up the run to open up the field & create running lanes by pulling Defenders out of the Box. If we go in with a predictable gameplan of trying to stuff it up the middle we're going to make that game much tougher than it needs to be."

This is what concerns me the most. Mario has to know that he will be judged by what he is able to do with Cam Ward. If Mario/Dawson come out trying to pound it up the middle then we will make this game much closer that it needs to be which is how Mario loses games he shouldn't. I agree that we need to throw to set up the run.
 
Memnon said:
The last 2 games they lost at home were to FSU & Arkansas last year.

The biggest things we'll have to overcome is
- the Heat
- the Refs
- Not falling for the gameplan trap.

The advantage we have is our Offense. Arkansas put up 480yds on them (a week after they fired Enox), Mizzou put up 508yds of offense on them & LSU put up 701yds on'em. In all 3 games, their Secondary got picked apart. They revamped most of their Secondary this offseason with the Portal & have some 2nd year players looking to take the next step, but it still remains a weakness to their overall Defense.

They also added some solid pieces to their DLine as well & look to have an improved Run Defense, but not enough to slow down the onslaught of a schedule they'll have to play this year.

We should go in throwing to set up the run to open up the field & create running lanes by pulling Defenders out of the Box. If we go in with a predictable gameplan of trying to stuff it up the middle we're going to make that game much tougher than it needs to be.

The game will come down to us exploiting their Secondary, our DLine disrupting Mertzy rhythm forcing him to speed up his processing (which will create turnovers) & not allowing the Speed they have on the perimeter to beat us Deep.

If we can contain the Deep ball & make Mertz into the Captain checkdown that he is, they won't be able to keep up with us. But the only way that works is for the Offense to score.

We make them play from behind with a deficit & they can't beat us. We allow them to keep it close & the Football Gods might not be on our side.
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Great post, and I would add:

-The Crowd

It’s going to be VERY loud, especially early in the game and if it’s close in the 2nd half. We have a QB playing game 1 in this system. Starting back is the same. A new Center. These dudes aren’t gonna be able to hear a thing on 3rd down. Are we absolutely in sync with line calls, hand signals, silent counts, everything that goes into road games…in game 1? This will be the loudest environment we play in all season, bar none. We have to be razor sharp from jump. No false starts, no snapping the ball early and Ward isn’t ready and it causes a fumble, etc. we gotta be well coached and prepared for the noise.
 
Mario will let Shannon have the same game plan vs TAMU and we're going to cover. Defense will force Mertz to have to make plays late in the game and he won't be able too.

I have a hard time believing that their portal additions will make up any ground on how bad they were on defense last year, vs an offense that has 10 proven starters.
 
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