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Miami Expert ADMITS TRUTH Before Clemson Tigers vs Hurricanes Football Game! · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: To the ACC. Look at us showing some love everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: Miami travels to Clemson, South Carolina. The fourth-ranked Hurricanes will
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  Speaker 1: go see Dabo, who has not lost a game since
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  Speaker 1: that opener against LSU. Although that might have been worth
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  Speaker 1: two or three losses.
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  Speaker 2: They still haven't lost. They're still 3-1. Presented by PrizePix here.
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  Speaker 1: Tom, I'll let you start with Miami and Clemson.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, boy.
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  Speaker 3: What the hell is Clemson going to do offensively? I mean,
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  Speaker 3: like you have to put this game on your quarterback
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  Speaker 3: and they barely have quarterback play. They don't really have
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  Speaker 3: much of a passing offense. You probably aren't going to
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  Speaker 3: have a lot of success running the football against Miami.
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  Speaker 3: Miami has some injuries that they're dealing with right now,
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  Speaker 3: but they're all in the secondary and wake forest was
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  Speaker 3: able to take advantage of that and nearly came back
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  Speaker 3: in that game in Winston Salem. But like Tate Reynolds
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  Speaker 3: is not playing well.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel bad for.
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  Speaker 3: This wide receiver court because we've talked about before in
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  Speaker 3: this show, Wesco and Moore, like there's NFL talent in
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  Speaker 3: this wide receiver court, but you physically can't get the
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  Speaker 3: football from point A to point B. Can you do
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  Speaker 3: enough in the running game if you're Clemson? At home,
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  Speaker 3: you're fortunate this is going to be in Death Valley
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  Speaker 3: and the big man is probably going to be shining
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  Speaker 3: down on Dabo in this one. But like, can you
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  Speaker 3: run the ball against Miami's front seven? I don't know
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  Speaker 3: if that's the case. I love the way Motore is
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  Speaker 3: playing linebacker right now. This defensive line is not what
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  Speaker 3: it was last year, but it's still pretty damn good.
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  Speaker 3: I've really enjoyed seeing what they put on tape at
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  Speaker 3: this point. It's just a matter of Clemson is going
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  Speaker 3: to have to get big explosives, and that's not sustainable.
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  Speaker 3: They're going to have to find explosives in the passing game,
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  Speaker 3: in the running game, wherever it is, to turn into scores,
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  Speaker 3: and then it's going to have to be the best
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  Speaker 3: defensive performance that they put together all season. So far,
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  Speaker 3: the LSU game, they got thrashed. Then the ACC competition
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  Speaker 3: that they've had, what was it, UNC, and then the
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  Speaker 3: Cal game, Cal somehow looked worse than Clemson. That's a
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  Speaker 3: head scratcher. We were high on Cal during the offseason.
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  Speaker 3: So there's a lot of questions there.
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  Speaker 1: I told some JKS lies.
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean.
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  Speaker 4: I told a lot of JKS lies.
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  Speaker 3: I think between LaPoi and JKS and the receivers they
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  Speaker 3: brought in, there was excitement. But I digress. On the
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  Speaker 3: flip side, what's to stop Miami offensively from doing virtually
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  Speaker 3: whatever they want in this?
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  Speaker 2: Now, I'll give credit.
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  Speaker 3: Clemson has some guys on the defensive side of the
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  Speaker 3: ball that are going to play on Sundays.
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  Speaker 2: That's fair.
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  Speaker 3: But this is like the dam is going to break
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  Speaker 3: at some point. Darian Mensah is going to be able
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  Speaker 3: to connect with Malachi Toney, not at will. I think
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  Speaker 3: they're going to try and take away Malachi Toney. But
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  Speaker 3: when in doubt, they can run the football, too. I'm
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  Speaker 3: very excited to see what Miami does in a hostile environment.
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  Speaker 3: This will be the most hostile environment they played in
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  Speaker 3: so far this season. Is this their first road game?
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  Speaker 2: They played at Wake. They played at Stanford too. They
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  Speaker 2: played at Stanford.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: They haven't played anybody at home. Central Michigan.
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  Speaker 3: But like, this is ironically the, best competition they've played? No,
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  Speaker 3: I actually think Wake is better than Clemson.
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  Speaker 4: Wake is better, in my opinion.
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  Speaker 3: I think the environment is going to be a part
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  Speaker 3: of this, but I expect Darian Mensah to meet the moment.
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  Speaker 3: I expect Malachi Toney to look like Malachi Toney. I
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  Speaker 3: expect them to be able to run the football. I
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  Speaker 3: don't know if it's going to be the same stat
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  Speaker 3: lines that we've seen week over week, where Malachi Toney
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  Speaker 3: is posing for the Heisman against FAMU, but I think
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  Speaker 3: they're going to be able to put up numbers. I
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  Speaker 3: think they're going to be able to score against Clemson.
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  Speaker 2: This is just.
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  Speaker 3: Again, kind of like the Iowa-Ohio State game. I don't
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  Speaker 3: know where Clemson gets the points from.
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  Speaker 1: We all took the more on Jeremiah Smith and Jaden
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  Speaker 1: Ball's rushing slash receiving totals that they have there. We
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  Speaker 1: All right, now back to the clip.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the weather could play an impact here. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: You talk about if they can be a little lower scoring.
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  Speaker 1: If you're talking about a path to.
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  Speaker 2: Victory for Clemson, it's narrow.
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  Speaker 1: But if you're entertaining all the things that have to
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  Speaker 1: go into it, I mean, Mintz has been damn near perfect.
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  Speaker 2: He's got more touchdowns than incompletions.
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  Speaker 5: I will stop saying that stat when it finally ends
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  Speaker 5: up happening.
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  Speaker 4: Hopefully it happens soon.
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  Speaker 2: But it's a ridiculous stat.
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  Speaker 1: He's throwing an 88% completion percentage.
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  Speaker 2: That's wild. You need him to... He's not going to
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  Speaker 2: have a bad game.
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  Speaker 1: But just a little bit worse. He's got to be
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  Speaker 1: in the high 60s, which is still really good. But
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  Speaker 1: he's got to have an off game of 68% instead
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  Speaker 1: of 88%. You certainly need the weather to slow things
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  Speaker 1: down and make your ground game kind of what's more
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  Speaker 1: of the focus, just to limit possessions. Miami's interior offensive
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  Speaker 1: line has not been incredibly impressive this year.
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  Speaker 2: So you're hoping.
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  Speaker 1: that if you're Clemson, you can get push there with
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  Speaker 1: some of the guys that they have up front. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Clemson's defensive line is not what it once was, no doubt.
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  Speaker 1: But I would imagine they're the best that Miami will
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  Speaker 1: have seen so far this year. And so if there
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  Speaker 1: were other teams that are a little lower talent-wise that
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  Speaker 1: were getting some good stuff going in the middle of
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  Speaker 1: that Miami offensive line, you think about that for Clemson.
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  Speaker 1: Miami's been horrific when it comes to penalties. I think
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  Speaker 1: they had 13 against Central Michigan today. They had 7
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  Speaker 1: or 9, I think, against, or maybe it was 11.
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  Speaker 1: It was 11 or 13 against Central Michigan. Mario complained
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  Speaker 1: about it. It was 7 against Wake Forest.
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  Speaker 4: 7 for 75 against Wake Forest.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So Mario didn't love that either. So you're thinking like that,
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  Speaker 1: and then again, if there's a weakness on Miami's defense,
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  Speaker 1: it probably is the secondary. Like that's, you know, they've
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  Speaker 1: got a lot of guys banged up there. So if
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  Speaker 1: you're Clemson, you need all of those, everything I just mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: You need that all to go your way. And then
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  Speaker 1: you're also counting on, okay, it all goes your way,
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  Speaker 1: and Derry Mintz has got the ball in the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 1: and they're up three.
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  Speaker 2: Are you going to stop them?
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  Speaker 1: You know, when that running game is leaning on you.
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  Speaker 1: They would assume I would think get Fletcher back this week.
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  Speaker 4: They are expected to. Him and Milt are expected to
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  Speaker 4: play this game.
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  Speaker 1: So that path becomes incredibly narrow. Like I just listed
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  Speaker 1: like six things that need to go Clemson's way. And
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  Speaker 1: even if I said all those things went Clemson's way,
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  Speaker 1: are you saying, okay, well now Clemson wins? Like if
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  Speaker 1: I told you all those things went Iowa's way, you'd
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  Speaker 1: probably say like, yeah, okay, I can see it. Clemson,
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  Speaker 1: I think, they're starting from too far behind. I struggle
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  Speaker 1: to see a realistic path. Now, football is weird. I
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  Speaker 1: would have said all these same things about FSU-Bama last year.
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  Speaker 1: I would have said all these same things about Oklahoma
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  Speaker 1: State and Oregon coming into week two. Like football is
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  Speaker 1: allowed to happen, and you are allowed to play games,
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  Speaker 1: and results are allowed to be different than you think.
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  Speaker 2: But I think the path is incredibly.
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  Speaker 1: Narrow for Clemson, I don't think that Mensah has a
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  Speaker 1: bad day against this defense. I do think they get
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  Speaker 1: some of the penalty stuff cleaned up. Miami is fine
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  Speaker 1: running the ball, even if that interior of the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line has not been as strong as they've wanted it
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  Speaker 1: to be this year. So I think if I told Mario,
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  Speaker 1: like all these things are going to happen again, he'd say,
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  Speaker 1: I still like my guys. And that's probably where I
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  Speaker 1: land on this. I think there's just too big of
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  Speaker 1: a talent gap. And again, I don't think you go
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  Speaker 1: six for six on the things that I listed out
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  Speaker 1: on the path to victory. I, again, really good wide receivers.
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  Speaker 1: Tate Reynolds has looked better week after week, but I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that a true freshman against this Miami defense
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  Speaker 1: is the best look for, uh, for a guy that
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  Speaker 1: has to play this game and go out and try
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  Speaker 1: and win as a 17 point dog. So yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: like Miami to win somewhat comfortably. I think they win
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  Speaker 1: by like 20 ish, maybe that's 34 to 14, maybe
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  Speaker 1: that's 34, 17, somewhere in there.
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  Speaker 2: But I think Miami wins this pretty comfortably.
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  Speaker 5: I do think that it is important, though, to mention
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  Speaker 5: that in that Wake Forest game, Miami took its foot
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  Speaker 5: off the gas and they allowed the Demon Deacons to
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  Speaker 5: fight back in. So if you are Miami and you
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  Speaker 5: are Shannon Dawson, it does not matter what you think
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  Speaker 5: the score is. You have to keep your foot on
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  Speaker 5: the gas. You have to be able to trust Miami.
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  Speaker 5: that you are going to continuously go for the explosives.
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  Speaker 5: Because I do look at what Carlos Hernandez was able
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  Speaker 5: to do. I look at what Foley was able to
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  Speaker 5: do in that game. And they had very, very, very
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  Speaker 5: good performances. I think that Bryant Wesco and TJ.
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  Speaker 4: Moore, better wide receivers than Carlos Hernandez. Far better wide
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  Speaker 4: receivers than Carlos Hernandez. So they can score. I disagree
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  Speaker 4: with TJ on one major thing.
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  Speaker 5: It's that you need X, Y, Z, A, B, C, D,
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  Speaker 5: everything under the sun, probably going ahead and sacrificing a lamb,
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  Speaker 5: going and praying to whatever is your college football god
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  Speaker 5: for this to even be a close game going into
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  Speaker 5: the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 4: I just think that we, and I think that.
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  Speaker 5: Also you kind of saw Miami go through its mulligan
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  Speaker 5: when realizing, okay, even when we play up to our standard,
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  Speaker 5: we have to do so for four quarters in that
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  Speaker 5: Wake Forest game. They're not going to take anybody lightly
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  Speaker 5: because they want to guarantee that they are the favorites
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  Speaker 5: and they are the team to beat, not in the ACC,
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  Speaker 5: but in college football. And as much as I do
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  Speaker 5: think that you are seeing Clemson's defense turn the corner,
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  Speaker 5: it just is not enough to where I think you're
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  Speaker 5: going to be able to pull them away.
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  Speaker 4: I agree, TJ. I think this is going to be
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  Speaker 4: like a 20-point swing in favor of Miami.
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  Speaker 2: You got a score, Tom?
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  Speaker 3: The spread is 16.5 in favor of Miami over under 48.5.
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  Speaker 3: I think I'm going to go.
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  Speaker 5: Does Miami itself hit the over?
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  Speaker 4: Let's go with that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, on their own? Not in weather on the road.
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  Speaker 2: They'll do it now that I said that, but not
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  Speaker 2: in weather on the road.
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  Speaker 3: Honestly, the weather doesn't even affect me. Getting the running
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  Speaker 3: backs back is fantastic. But I was like, yeah, if
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  Speaker 3: you run the ball the way that you're capable of,
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  Speaker 3: who cares what the weather is? you might not be
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  Speaker 3: in a situation where it's like hey Darian win this
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  Speaker 3: for us and which case I still believe that he
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  Speaker 3: could but.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah I'm gonna throw the ball 18 times he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: complete 16 of them exactly like Tony will still do
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  Speaker 1: Tony things in the weather
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  Speaker 3: Right does Malachi Tony surpass 50 yards rushing I think
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  Speaker 3: that'd be fun for our friends at prize picks I
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  Speaker 3: will go with Miami at 41 to 16 in this one.