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Is it time for the Miami Hurricanes to shine in the 2024-2025 college football season · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Wrapping up with JD. Pickel the Hard Count on three dot com. Let's
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  get you out with this. I'm sitting here looking out through all these conferences
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  and you know, working on all kinds of stuff that we do and analytically
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  looking at this this stat and this metric and these recruiting this and recruiting that.
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  And I look at Miami in the ACC and I go, man,
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  this this is a good roster. At least on paper, it looks good.
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  They've recruited well, they've brooked a transfer portal, they've got a great
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  quarterback coming in. And then I look over there at Mario Crystaball, who's
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  one game above five hundred as a coach, and I'm like, man,
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  where is this team? Are they good enough to get over on what has
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  been looks like, at least face value, some coaching efficiencies with crystal Ball.
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  Is it time for Miami to shine this year? I really think it
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  is, And I think it's fair based on the total body of work for
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  Mario Crystalbal to talk about that record. I mean, for me, I
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  think in recent history, like he took over Miami the spot where they weren't
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  necessarily on the up and up, like that there was a reason why he,
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  you know, was able to get that head coaching job based on what
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  did it work and then also based on what Miami hadn't been. So I
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  think there's probably some some context there, But I really think for me,
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  from the outside looking in, I think he is a culture guy. I
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  think culture is something they've lacked. You know, again outside looking in,
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  that's kind of something that seems to have been missing a little bit, that
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  pride factor of what that you know, green and orange you means across college
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  football. And the thing I love man is like he's a guy that's been
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  a part of it when it is humming, Like he's seeing what's supposed to
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  look like, he's seen the blueprint and so to be able to have seen
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  it firsthand and now to try and recreate that, I think that helps you
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  substantially more than if he had other circumstances coming into it. But like you
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  just mentioned, man, the roster, you have a top ten class from
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  twenty three that's cycling up is kind of the verbage that I'll use. They're
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  all going to developing into the offseason. And Francis malago Is is absolute freak
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  show on the offensive line for them, and Ruben Bay is another guy that
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  just is an Avenger playing defensive line for them, And I mean, you
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  hit it on the head of dam Ward. Man. I think the difference
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  to quarterback can beg for you if they're able to have some guys around him
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  as some weapons. I really think this is kind of a year for Miami
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  to really make some noise in the ACC. And last thing I'll say is
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  too, like Jake, I don't see a team in the ACC that I
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  have tremendous confidence. And that's not throwing shade that Florida States or anything against
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  Clemson, but like, I just see a big old question mark in the
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  ACC and I see a Miami team that just continues to trend up year after
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  year under Crystal Ball. So that's gonna be a lot of fun. Man.
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  I'm fired up to see to you, and I think this could be
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  a really good year for them. Very good stuff. As always following him
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  on ex at JD Patel, you can find a show The Hard Count on
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  on three. Check out their YouTube channel. More of course, grab a
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  subscription today on on three dot com. JD appreciate you, as always,
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  my friend for taking some time while this look. Have a great weekend.
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  We'll do it again soon. Jake, always a pleasure man. I appreciate
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  you having me on brother,