Miami receives four votes. Iowa (73), UCLA (55), Arkansas (28), TCU (27), Kentucky (15), Pitt (8), and Mississippi State (5) received more votes.

Thoughts?


1 Georgia (58)
2 Michigan (2)
3 Bama
4 Florida St (3)
5 Ohio St
6 USC
7 Penn St
8 Washington
9 Tennessee
10 Notre Dame
11 Texas
12 Utah
13 Oregon
14 LSU
15 KSU
16 Oregon St
17 UNC
18 OU
19 Wisconsin
20 Ole Miss
21 Duke
22 Colorado
23 A&M
24 Tulane
25 Clemson

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I have no idea why we use a Restrepo and place him at such high risk at such a low chance of a big play or return …in any college game these days. .. the high risk of him getting hurt it’s just stupidity when he is our most reliable receiver and our go to guy on third and fourth down when we really need a play. In addition, we have Jojo and Brashard who are speedsters with a quick first step please use one of them

Should be the best game of the weekend. Let’s see if it lives up to the hype.

A look right here:

I thought we would have scored more this game but happy with the defense

Did I miss something?

The season begins Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium. Comment on anything related to the game before, during, or after the final whistle.

Kickoff is set for Friday, September 1st at 7 PM eastern.

Will this be a statement game by the Miami Hurricanes?

What's your prediction for Miami's season opener against Miami (OH)?

The person with the closest score gets a cash prize.

Are we calling it the Coastal Conference now???

Does any one know why he is not playing?

Defense is light years more responsible

Another year, another opportunity for my delusion to kick in and believe in this team.

Mario has made changes. He has not been status quo with coaching changes and most notably with players- in mass. He is doing all he can to will this program to a 10 win season out of the ashes.

Why I’m optimistic:
1. A healthy TVD.
2. Different players to utilize on defense all over the field.
3. Seemingly full RB room.
4. This could be #1 but I have to see first… an improved OLine.
5. Players seem to like being there as opposed to obvious chemistry issues carrying over early last season after the TAMU loss.
6. We have an excellent FG kicker- and many ACC games prove close enough where a missed kick by this team and a made kick by that team ultimately determine the game.
7. What other choice do I have? They’re my Canes man!!!!

Why I’m NOT optimistic:
1. I do not trust this defense. Just don’t until proven otherwise. Hyped over a starting Mike LB from Washington State??? Jury is out.
2. We did not go to portal to get a competent back up QB. Teams will be pinning their ears back knowing the #1 way to be the Miami Hurricanes is to put TVD out of the game.
3. Depending on transfers and freshman to radically improve a program is usually fools gold.
4. I still don’t trust Mario as a game day coach. I think he doesn’t have the team to overcome that just yet. But I believe he will one day.
5. Kick and punt returning. Unless JoJo is a revelation, I don’t see these areas helping us overcome. I bet Mario and co are just hoping to pull a CMR and make sure this area isn’t a minus. Playoff teams have game changers on ST. Hard to say we have a game changer here.

X-Factors:
1. How embarrassed was this team REALLY from last season??? We will find out in the first two weeks.
2. Was the poor defense primarily from players or scheme/coaching style?
3. Will WRs finally take a step past being possession or miracle catch guys? We need the play by play excellence on every down.
4. A punter change always makes me hold my breath. If we had an accomplished offense and defense it would be less a factor. But the punting could be THE difference in us being a 10 win team and us being a 7 win team by itself. If our defense is good not great- every yard will be important.
5. Were these the right coaching changes? We’ll find out.


Final thoughts on season:
1. I think the defense improves to become a bend don’t break type deal. Not elite, but maybe an MTSU type, FSU and Clemson (read: anyone and everyone) don’t go nuclear on us ala 2022.
2. I think our offense improves drastically back to a more run based (or balanced) version of 2021 based on a deeper running back room with diverse skill sets. This will set up our passing game very well and offset our slightly less talented WR room.
3. I’m glad Mario came. Why? He can recruit. That will be the difference on why he succeeds when so many others have failed. Hard to say if he can pull off the miracle of resurrecting a program with championship expectation in a city where it’s hard to keep a program from being sanctioned, let alone win. (ps. I know nil has changed the game, but if anyone can find a way to be sanctioned it’s the NCAA on Miami) But if anyone can turn this around, it’s Mario.
4. I do think the ball bounces our way more than not. We will win a game we shouldn’t.

Hot take predictions (if TVD is healthy):
Miami oh- W 41-10
TAMU- W 24-20
Bethune- W 70-10
@ Temple- W 28-24
GT- W 35-21
@UNC- L 31-27
Klempsun- L 38-21
Virginia- W 31- 20
@ NC State- L 31- 23
@ Free Shoes U- W 31-30
Louisville- W 31-21
@ Boston College- W 20-16

9-3. We miss ACC championship.
Win a bowl- 10 wins.

Final record 10-3. Recruiting goes wild. Watch out in 2 years.

* if TVD goes down early we are 6-6 team and barely make a bowl. If Williams is reasonably serviceable we go 8-4. Bowl wins without TVD? Who knows.

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Once again this is a position that Miami has produced some greats over its history but not as of late.

Have had the chance to see several already this season and there is some stock up feels with future Canes

The RedHawks have a very solid team but they lack depth. They went down and scored first. Notice the first half was a very close game. Then Kentucky started pulling away in the 2nd half.

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Gaytor fans claiming their game will be postponed . I say No F'n way TV and money talks, and I can't believe the idiots didn't plan on being there by tomorrow at the latest anyway to adjust to the altitude. Any word on this ?

Report from Matt Zenitz has surfaced that former Alabama Defensive Tackle Jamil Burroughs is enrolled at the University of Miami.

The redshirt junior is practicing with the team and has two years of eligibility left.

The 6-foot-3, 309-pounder played 161 snaps for the Crimson Tide last fall and generated 14 pressures and ten quarterback pressures while playing in 11 games.

His best game last year came against Mississippi State, where the now played 39 snaps and was credited with a 75.7 grade against the run, according to Pro Football Focus.

Burroughs, who is listed at 6-3 and 309 pounds, played three seasons with the Crimson Tide, getting into 20 games. He played 252 defensive snaps and made 15 tackles with two sacks. Burroughs played in 11 games last year, making eight tackles with one sack. Pro Football Focus gave him a 69 grade on defense.

Last year, Burroughs split time between defensive tackle and defensive end. He was an effective run-stopper, earning a 69.3 run-defense grade from Pro Football Focus.

A Powder Springs, Georgia native, Burroughs was rated as a four-star from the 2020 class and was named an Adidas All-American. He was at one point in his process committed to the in-state Bulldogs.

He chose Bama over Florida, Florida State, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, and Oregon, Notre Dame and others.

Miami is going into the 2023 season with junior Leonard Taylor and Purdue transfer Branson Deen as the starters and redshirt freshman Ahmad Moten and redshirt junior Jared Harrison-Hunte as backups.

In June, Burroughs was involved with an altercation involving pellet guns with an Alabama staffer.

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