Like that you guys are so confident up there, will make it that much more sweet.
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GO CANES!!!
The only possible victory for you will be a moral one, as in "Well, at least we kept it close for a half", or maybe "we did win the 3rd quarter", something of that nature.
See, here's the problem.
You sucked balls last year.
You only beat one bowl team, Pittsburgh, and they ended up with 7 losses, hardly an elite program. You managed to avoid the only two good ACC teams, Clemson and Notre Dame (I know, but you know what I mean). You only played one even close to elite team, LSU, and they destroyed you. They were up 33-3 before putting in the scrubs and letting you score 2 late TDs. Then 7-5 Wisconsin beat you like a drum in your bowl game. Your wins were over the likes of BCC, Toledo and FIU. You were flat out bad.
Then you "fired" your coach and brought in a guy with zero experience who decided, rather than keep the guys he was JUST on staff with, he would bring in an entirely new crew. Now a bunch of mediocre players are also saddled with learning entirely new offensive and defensive schemes, which they may not be well suited to play.
Then you finished 28th in recruiting. I don't put a lot of stock in the rankings, but they are pretty good at identifying the teams that got difference makers, and when you are down that far, you didn't get anybody who is going to make a splash as a freshman. So no help from there.
Even the most rabid Miami fan has to see that this year's prospects are dim. Qualifying for a bowl game will be an uphill battle, even with FIU, BCC and Central Michigan on the schedule. In fact, the game you THINK you are going to have with Florida is actually the game you will have with Central Michigan, because THAT is the level you are really at. Right now, I might pick Central Michigan to win a close one.
So, in the first game, you will bring that ragtag group of players, who barely understand the systems they are now in, against a team with a talented and very aggressive defense, which is not going to give your QB time to think, or your oline to adjust the blocking, and will overwhelm you. You will face an offense with a talented and veteran RB corp and a WR corps that people are saying is top 5 nationally. A QB who looks fantastic and might end up a first round pick. A team with a year to learn the system. Our only real issue is replacing 3 starters on the Oline, and that is the one thing that could keep it close for a half. But Mullen will make any adjustments needed, and run you right out of Orlando.
Have a GREAT day!