How critical is the Miami game?

Our team was overconfident after beating top 10 Utah in 2022 and laid an egg the very next week and then had to have the zebras bail them out from losing to an awful USF team at home. I'm just hoping that if we manage to beat UM that the team doesn't feel as if it has arrived and realizes there is still a lot of tough road left.

 

The O/U is probably not a good bet if $1000 down returns $660 but I still like it. I think 6 is the minimum we win.

 

Who is rooting against the team?

 

Some sound like it…against Napier at the very least.

 

Whoever said that?

 

Let’s not confuse predictive versus prescriptive comments. Speaking for self, I’m not in the camp prescribing Napier’s firing or even predicting that it’s inevitable, but I am in the camp of this season matters, and no amount of expectation management is going to convince me of the wisdom of “four years no matter what.” I know people who have already given up on Napier and think we are marching toward an inexorable conclusion this season, but even they would love to be pleasantly surprised and stand up on a table, shouting how wrong they were. So, no, I have to contest that even the most negative of us are “cheering against Napier” yet. And I say “yet” because, yes, I wouldn’t be surprised in the unwanted circumstances that things go really south this season, some — not me — might start cheering to lose games just to get this over faster and mitigate the risk of Napier getting a fourth season. But we are not even close to being there yet.

 

All tossups from here.

 

Winners are scared to death to lose but don’t constantly talk about negativity

 

Wasted energy.

 

All the games minus a couple are tbd and will be dogfights.

 

I think that is the nicest spin you could put on any of them, but CBN was a part of some great major programs before turning a lower tier school around. UCF were happy to move on from Heupel to a more seasoned coach as Heupel's results were diminishing.

 

It’s that simple. As it has been most of the time with Florida football

 

I thank you for your counsel, again, my lord. I have some for you as well: put me on ignore and/or stop responding to me.

 

With the players that are still with us that endured the first two seasons with CBN and the maturity and experience coach was able to bring in this year through the portal and add to that new coaching hires like Harris and Roberts, I just don’t see overconfidence being a problem this year but, you never know. We will see.

 

I’m not ready to give up on you yet Taipan
Reconsidering without last night’s vodka, I deleted my post

 

We better not start strong and immediately fall on our faces again, seriously. But I draw some encouragement from the fact the roster and staff that did do that have morphed considerably or moved on altogether since year one (matured/fired/dismissed/left on their own) and we aren't fighting a culture war in the locker room anymore. We also won't be playing a physical phenom at QB who struggled to hit an intermediate pass or read defenses and occasionally played as if avoiding injury was his only real concern. But if the scenario that played out in that first season occurs again, the shit will and should hit the fan. Same as it ever was. Fortunately, the team that puked on its shoes in '22 won't be playing on 8/31.

 

1983
Game #1: UF 28-3 over UM
Game #12: UM 31-30 over Nebraska for the title

It's important but doesn't have to determine the season.

 

I can't find that at On3 but 247 has something similar, which ranks UF #15 & UM #12.
https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

 

Thanks for the link.

I counted at least 4 (5* star) recruits... That pic shows only 1 (5* star) recruit.

 

You;re right, they haven't updated it for new recruits & transfers, so the link I provided is basically useless.