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Miami Hurricanes Updates Are INSANE Before HUGE Rivalry Game with FSU! · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: HMA Dono, it's rivalry week and it doesn't really feel
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  Speaker 1: like it. I know that if I had to pick,
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  Speaker 1: I'd rather be on the Miami side than the FSU
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  Speaker 1: side of the rivalry. But I have asked everybody we've
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  Speaker 1: talked with like, I mean, do you get that same sense? Like, obviously, again,
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  Speaker 1: you'd rather be on the expected winning side, but it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't feel like a typical Miami FSU rivalry hate week.
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  Speaker 2: It sure doesn't. I mean, normally on one of these
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  Speaker 2: hate weeks, you would have people arguing over who's going
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  Speaker 2: to kick the other's butt and what the score is
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  Speaker 2: going to be. There's not a whole lot of that.
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  Speaker 2: And I stumbled upon this really weird thread on Twitter yesterday, TJ,
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  Speaker 2: where Miami fans were arguing with Florida State fans over accounting.
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  Speaker 2: With that Sports Business Journal article that came out about
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  Speaker 2: Florida State, there's people arguing debts versus assets. And listen,
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  Speaker 2: accounting is the farthest thing from my area of expertise,
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  Speaker 2: being a communications guy. So I didn't understand half of
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  Speaker 2: what was being thrown out there. But they're arguing over
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  Speaker 2: debt more than they're arguing over what's actually going to
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  Speaker 2: happen in the game. And I don't like that. I
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  Speaker 2: want to get back to where we truly get the
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  Speaker 2: football rivalry.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's funny because I get the sentiment from Miami fans,
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  Speaker 1: not all of them, but most of them are very
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  Speaker 1: okay saying, listen, we like when you're down.
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  Speaker 3: We like watching you lose.
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  Speaker 1: We like watching you blow big games or kick wide
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  Speaker 1: rights or whatever.
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  Speaker 3: We don't want you to be so.
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  Speaker 1: Bad that you are actively rooting for the same team
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  Speaker 1: as us this weekend. We want it to at least
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  Speaker 1: be a fun experience. anticipatory buildup. Like I think even
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  Speaker 1: last year we convinced ourselves that it was going to
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  Speaker 1: be a competitive game. And I guess final score was competitive.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how much the actual game was outside
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  Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter, but you know, in 2022, I
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  Speaker 1: think Miami fans, you know, as lopsided as that guy
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  Speaker 1: kind of convinced themselves that like, Hey, if some things break, right.
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  Speaker 1: You know, like maybe we can be in this thing,
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  Speaker 1: 2020 Florida state got blown out. I don't think we
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  Speaker 1: expect that was game three of the season. So a
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  Speaker 1: little bit different, but Florida state kind of thought like,
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we could maybe do some things well here,
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  Speaker 1: even though it's year one under Norville. So yeah, this
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  Speaker 1: week just sucks from, from that perspective where there's no,
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  Speaker 1: like no one is lying to themselves and thinking that
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  Speaker 1: this could be a game, but I do want to
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  Speaker 1: spend a couple of minutes this morning talking about the
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  Speaker 1: recruiting aspect of this, because you know, I've had people
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  Speaker 1: question and I've even kind of thought it like, is
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  Speaker 1: there any chance that Mario would, lay off the gas,
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  Speaker 1: let this be a little closer to ensure that Mike
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  Speaker 1: Norvell was back for another season. Could, could that be
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  Speaker 1: like the ultimate troll move by him? When you look
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  Speaker 1: at the recruits, that'll be there. I don't worry about
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  Speaker 1: that quite as much because it is one of the
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  Speaker 1: most loaded lists you've ever seen. I think there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of factors for that. Obviously, the rivalry game plays in.
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  Speaker 1: You think about Miami's home schedule. There's the Virginia Tech
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  Speaker 1: game later. We'll see what that's like, but there's just
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  Speaker 1: not a lot of great games on this schedule. Not
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  Speaker 1: that this is expected to be a great game, but
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  Speaker 1: it is a Saturday night at home with a rival
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  Speaker 1: coming in and a rival that I don't know, in
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  Speaker 1: the very near future, you might have to compete against
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  Speaker 1: for recruits. I don't know that they really are right now,
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  Speaker 1: but you might have to compete against for recruits again
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  Speaker 1: one day if they find somebody they can recruit. So
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  Speaker 1: just one of the most loaded lists that I can
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  Speaker 1: remember of any school, anywhere, anytime will take place in
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  Speaker 1: Hard Rock on Saturday night.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's insane.
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  Speaker 2: I was talking earlier this week, or I guess it
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  Speaker 2: was late last week, with EJ Holland from Rivals on 3,
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  Speaker 2: and he said, like, not only is it the most
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  Speaker 2: loaded recruiting list, obviously that Miami is going to have
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  Speaker 2: at a game this year, but in all of college football,
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  Speaker 2: like there's not another game anywhere where you expect to
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  Speaker 2: have this high of a concentration of blue chip recruits where,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if you go by, um, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: rivals on three, uh, they have, I think five of
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  Speaker 2: the top 10 players in the class of 2028 are
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  Speaker 2: going to be there in 13 of the top 50,
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  Speaker 2: you know, including standouts like five-star receiver, Bryson, right. Who's
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  Speaker 2: the top player in the class period, uh, five-star edge
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  Speaker 2: rusher Asher Guioto, five-star offensive lineman Maui Tonada, five-star safety
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  Speaker 2: Casey Barner are the ones that are highest on that list.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, these are players Miami's competing with top programs
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  Speaker 2: in the country for. But to your point, TJ, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: Mario Cristobal and his staff really made an effort knowing
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  Speaker 2: the home schedule for Miami this year, there's not a
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  Speaker 2: lot of juice. I mean, obviously, the Florida State-Miami rivalry,
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  Speaker 2: no matter how down or up one team is, This
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  Speaker 2: is always going to be a game that has a
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  Speaker 2: good atmosphere, and it should be a good time at
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  Speaker 2: Hard Rock Stadium. Of course, the other really big game
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  Speaker 2: on Miami's schedule this year is Notre Dame, but that's
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  Speaker 2: on the road. So they made the conscious decision to
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  Speaker 2: try to kind of funnel their biggest recruiting targets that
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  Speaker 2: this is the game you want to come to. Let's
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  Speaker 2: load this one up with the top players in the country.
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  Speaker 2: And so, yeah, listen, sometimes rivalry games play out in
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  Speaker 2: ways you don't expect. But I know that I would
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  Speaker 2: imagine if Mario Cristobal did have the opportunity to keep
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  Speaker 2: his foot on the gas late in the game, if
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  Speaker 2: it isn't close, I think he would do everything he
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  Speaker 2: can to try to make it look lopsided. But there's
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  Speaker 2: a couple of wrinkles there, though, TJ, that could kind
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  Speaker 2: of change that conversation. I've been looking at the weather
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  Speaker 2: report for the last day or so, and it's looking
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  Speaker 2: like I wish they could move this game to noon,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't think ABC ESPN would sign off on that.
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  Speaker 2: So I, it sounds like there's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: lot of rain there, which, um, and I, and I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not making any excuses for, this will make Miami
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  Speaker 2: worse or anything, but it could definitely make you want
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  Speaker 2: to focus more on running the football. If it's raining
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  Speaker 2: heavily throughout the game. Uh, so maybe you don't quite
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  Speaker 2: get the air show you would normally get from, uh,
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  Speaker 2: from Darian Mensah and from Malachi Tony. And then also, uh,
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  Speaker 2: If Mario does have a comfortable lead late in the game,
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  Speaker 2: that's when he tends to go to those drives of,
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  Speaker 2: let's just run Mark Fletcher nine straight times. I don't
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  Speaker 2: necessarily expect Mensah to be thrown to the corner of
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  Speaker 2: the end zone in the fourth quarter. That's why I'm
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  Speaker 2: picking a score that is not in the 50s or
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  Speaker 2: 60s or anything that some people are picking. I do
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  Speaker 2: think there's going to be an element of run the
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  Speaker 2: clock out a bit at a certain point.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, if you notice what Isaac Brown in Louisville
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  Speaker 1: just did, and I know Fletcher's a very different back,
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  Speaker 1: if they're going to run the hell out of the ball,
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  Speaker 1: that could be a 400-yard day for Miami on the
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  Speaker 1: ground if that's the path that Mario chooses to go
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  Speaker 1: if Florida State can't stop it.
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  Speaker 3: I'm interested to see how they do play it.
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  Speaker 1: Because it is pick-your-poison with Miami's offense, and if the
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  Speaker 1: weather is there, that probably makes.
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  Speaker 3: Your decision a little bit easier. But yeah, I... I
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  Speaker 3: wonder how effective they can be at limiting the run.
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  Speaker 1: Cause I don't know that they quite have the athletes,
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  Speaker 1: but I certainly don't know that you want to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: give Mensa and Tony more space to operate on the,
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  Speaker 1: on the backend. But again, if the weather is your friend,
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  Speaker 1: maybe that helps you keep it somewhat more respectable. It
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  Speaker 1: is much as it may limit Miami's offense. It probably
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  Speaker 1: limits Florida States too, because nobody can run on this Miami,
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  Speaker 1: Miami defense and Florida State certainly wants to. You talk
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  Speaker 1: about some of those kids that are, that are on campus.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen some recent crystal balls. Do you feel like
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  Speaker 1: something could happen? Maybe not on Saturday, but do you
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  Speaker 1: think like there's some imminent commitments that may be pending
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  Speaker 1: for Miami right now? Is there anybody you'd kind of
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  Speaker 1: have on Dono commit watch right now?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. You know, that's a tough one. I'm a little
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  Speaker 2: hesitant to say, and I know when Miami fans start
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  Speaker 2: to see, Oh, Bryson, right. Just got a crystal ball
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  Speaker 2: to Miami and Maui Tonada. Like maybe somebody like Tonada.
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  Speaker 2: Cause the, Offensive linemen sometimes make the decisions a little
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  Speaker 2: bit earlier. But I just feel like, you know, for
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  Speaker 2: Bryson Wright, who's the number one player in the country,
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  Speaker 2: like I'm really glad to hear that Miami seems to
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  Speaker 2: be trending in front for him. But like if I
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  Speaker 2: put myself in his shoes, why would you commit anywhere
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  Speaker 2: this early? Like when you haven't even gotten to official
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  Speaker 2: visit season yet. So I don't know. And obviously there
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  Speaker 2: are some 20, 27 components there. Like there is a
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  Speaker 2: Texas A & M committed linebacker, Ashton Whiteside, who's visiting
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  Speaker 2: that Miami would really like to flip him. So like
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  Speaker 2: maybe somebody like that, because a 2027 is much later
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  Speaker 2: in the process, of course. So I guess if Miami
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  Speaker 2: was going to try to flip somebody in the current cycle,
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  Speaker 2: then maybe that could happen sooner than later. But with
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  Speaker 2: some of these top 28 guys like Bryson Wright and
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  Speaker 2: Casey Barner, the five-star safety, not necessarily saying Miami's trending
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  Speaker 2: for him, but the greater point is I do think
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be a slower burn for some of
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  Speaker 2: these guys because when you're talking class of 2028, they
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  Speaker 2: have a really long time and like something that it
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  Speaker 2: really depends on the player, but Miami doesn't usually try
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  Speaker 2: to rush somebody into making a decision right now if
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  Speaker 2: they feel like that player could potentially reopen their recruitment
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  Speaker 2: and flip later. So I don't know how much urgency
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be to like push any of these
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  Speaker 2: kids to commit right away. So I think for a
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  Speaker 2: lot of these bigger names, TJ, you'll see if Miami
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  Speaker 2: continues to trend for them, but I think it could
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  Speaker 2: be a slower burn in terms of when they actually commit.
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  Speaker 3: Hey guys, do me a favor.
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  Speaker 1: I'll get right back to chatting with Jake, but go
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  Speaker 1: our new poll. We've got a media section for this.
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  Speaker 1: Jake has voted in it for this week. We've got
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  Speaker 1: a fan section for this, so literally anybody can go
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  Speaker 1: in and submit a poll. We also have a media
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  Speaker 1: versus fans thing. So you can see how the media
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  Speaker 1: did versus how the fans did rate react. You can
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  Speaker 1: What are your, um, You mentioned just a score, so
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  Speaker 1: to flip back to the game for just a moment,
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  Speaker 1: how do you, with the weather kind of included, with
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  Speaker 1: the talent gap that's in this game, how are you
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  Speaker 1: thinking this game plays out?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so, I mean, just based on watching Florida State
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  Speaker 2: this year, it would not surprise me if they have
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  Speaker 2: some success offensively early because I've seen it happen, right?
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  Speaker 2: I saw the way they jumped on Bama. I saw
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  Speaker 2: the way they jumped on Louisville, and I know Miami's
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  Speaker 2: very aware of that because their coaches have talked about
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  Speaker 2: that all week. So I could see a touchdown or
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  Speaker 2: two for Florida State early in the game while Miami
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  Speaker 2: kind of weathers a storm. They might be weathering a
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  Speaker 2: literal storm and a figurative storm both at the same time.
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  Speaker 2: But then I've also, watching Florida State, I've seen the drop-offs, right?
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  Speaker 2: I've seen how that team is capable of looking like
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  Speaker 2: they can compete with anybody for certain spurts early in games,
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  Speaker 2: and then the wheels just tend to come off So
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  Speaker 2: I do wonder if maybe some of that changes in
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  Speaker 2: the rivalry game, if the intensity stays higher for Florida State.
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  Speaker 2: But I've also seen a Miami team throughout the year
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  Speaker 2: that when they do give up points early, defensive coordinator
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  Speaker 2: Corey Heatherman always does a tremendous job adjusting. And then
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  Speaker 2: as you take away the run, which is something Miami's
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  Speaker 2: done all year, it kind of wears on you when
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  Speaker 2: the opposing quarterback is forced to drop back 35, 45
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  Speaker 2: times probably more than Ashton Daniels would want to do
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  Speaker 2: in this game. So if it plays out that way,
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  Speaker 2: I see maybe like a 7-7, 10-7 in either direction
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  Speaker 2: type of game, maybe through the first quarter. And then
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  Speaker 2: I just think Miami is probably able to impose their
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  Speaker 2: will later on. And I can almost maybe go with
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  Speaker 2: two different possible scores depending on how much it rains.
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  Speaker 2: Because when I made my quote-unquote official prediction yesterday, earlier
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  Speaker 2: this week before knowing what the weather was going to
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  Speaker 2: look like. I said 45, 17 Miami, but if it's
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  Speaker 2: like a downpour, then maybe I'd lean more to like,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe like a 35 to 10, something
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  Speaker 2: like that. So it kind of, it just kind of
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  Speaker 2: depends on how hard it rains. The other thing about
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  Speaker 2: South Florida, what the forecast says on a Thursday may
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  Speaker 2: not be what the forecast says on a Saturday. So
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  Speaker 2: we'll be in wait and see mode.
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  Speaker 3: We may get the most clear. I'm in Tampa. So
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  Speaker 3: I'm not that far. Yeah. We make it the most clear,
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  Speaker 3: beautiful skies, not a cloud, you know, or again.
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  Speaker 1: They could be right. And, and torrential downpour for three
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  Speaker 1: and a half hours with hopefully the one thing I
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  Speaker 1: want out of this game. Well, besides the new coach
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  Speaker 1: is no delays.
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  Speaker 3: I can't take any more delays, man.
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  Speaker 1: I was in Tuscaloosa while I was in, I was in,
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  Speaker 1: I was in Tallahassee for the SMU game with, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the kid hits the transformer and the lights go out. So, Now,
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  Speaker 1: fortunately not to, not to flex too hard. I was
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  Speaker 1: in a, I was in a box for that. So
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  Speaker 1: that one didn't mind me too much. We, we just
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  Speaker 1: put on TV and watch TV and ate food and drink.
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  Speaker 3: It was great.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, in Tuscaloosa, I was walking into the stadium and
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  Speaker 1: get the text of like delayed two hours. And I
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  Speaker 1: was like, all right, for anybody that's been to Tuscaloosa,
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  Speaker 1: there's a Moe's right across the street. I went to
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  Speaker 1: Moe's watch football and a burritos, which wasn't terrible, but
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  Speaker 1: also like, that's not why I went to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Um,
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  Speaker 1: And then you're in the game and there's another delay.
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  Speaker 1: And so, yeah, the only thing I want out of
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  Speaker 1: this game is no delays. I don't care if it
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  Speaker 1: rains the whole time. I'm good with that. But do
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  Speaker 1: not make us wait until 1 a.m. to get this
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  Speaker 1: thing over with.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I hate.
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  Speaker 2: And I work on the radio broadcast. And when they
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  Speaker 2: get a delay, you've got to fill however long, which
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  Speaker 2: can be hours. And they can't go to commercials because
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  Speaker 2: you can't add new commercial breaks. So it's like, I
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  Speaker 2: don't want that. And I'm also TJ the older I get.
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  Speaker 2: the more i hate staying up past midnight so yeah
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  Speaker 2: that's the last thing i want.
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  Speaker 1: I i am not you know because everybody assumes or
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  Speaker 1: figures how this thing is going to go anyway so
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  Speaker 1: there's really no reason to delay the inevitable um you
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  Speaker 1: know when that delay happened florida state was up two
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  Speaker 1: scores on bama i'm not saying i still think bama
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  Speaker 1: would have won like i i think that Keelan Russell
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  Speaker 1: is just Keelan Russell. You know, Florida State's defense is
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  Speaker 1: just Florida State's defense. But, like, you thought you had
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  Speaker 1: a chance, and then the delay happens, and you just
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  Speaker 1: kind of wonder if that did kind of ruin some
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  Speaker 1: of the momentum or energy or whatever you call it
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  Speaker 1: in that moment.
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  Speaker 3: So no delays, please, Lord. We're begging.
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  Speaker 1: And then, again, for the Florida State fans cheering for
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  Speaker 1: the same outcome as many of the Miami fans, don't
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  Speaker 1: give any hope to this, you know, helpless staff. So, no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm kind of in the same line as you. I
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  Speaker 1: wrote down 48-13 early in the week. and have tried
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  Speaker 1: to just stick with that. I could see whether impacting
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  Speaker 1: it some, but ultimately I don't think it's a game
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  Speaker 1: Florida State's going to have a lot of success in.
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  Speaker 1: I do think it's a game that Miami will find
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  Speaker 1: plenty of success. I would like to get back to
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  Speaker 1: a point where this rivalry is kind of fun, right?
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  Speaker 1: And I was talking to somebody last night about it.
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  Speaker 1: Like Florida State doesn't have to be a playoff caliber
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  Speaker 1: team to for this rivalry to be fun. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you saw an SMU and a Louisville team last year
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  Speaker 1: who both finished with nine wins, which is respectable.
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  Speaker 3: But if Florida State was just 8-4, like an 8-4 type.
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  Speaker 1: Team, you know, 8-4, 9-3 in the ACC, just somewhat competitive,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to give you a track to thinking you
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  Speaker 1: could win. There were very few, but Louisville had some advantages.
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  Speaker 1: SMU had some advantages. Beck, you know, obviously didn't have
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  Speaker 1: a good game in that one. I don't know of
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  Speaker 1: one matchup. When you look at wide receivers and wide
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  Speaker 1: receivers and secondary might be the closest, but you look
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  Speaker 1: at the trenches, you look at quarterback play, you look
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  Speaker 1: at running game versus defensive front.
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  Speaker 3: You look at just everything.
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: Miami's receivers against Florida state secondary Miami's running backs against
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: Florida state's linebackers, and then flip all of that around.
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: I don't know that there's one place where I'd say
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: Florida state has a significant advantage. Maybe their, their best
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: would be, They've got good skill position talents out wide.
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: Miami's secondary's been banged up even with getting Lucas back.
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: Maybe that'd be the one.
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: That matchup in and of itself is so dependent on
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: what happens up front. If the offensive line can't block,
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: Florida State's maybe one potential area of strength is.
• 16:21
  Speaker 3: Kind of negated, right?
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: And if your quarterback can't hit guys, which Daniels has
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: been kind of fine for who he is this year.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: But yeah, that one possible advantage.
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: So when you look at every single position matchup and, and,
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: you know, grouping matchup, it's, it all leans Miami's way.
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: And then you look on the sidelines and.
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: Certainly that leans Miami's way with the way that the
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: coaches and coordinators and even position coaches are all kind
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: of graded out. So yeah, I long for the day
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: that this is at least competitive and hopefully next year
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: we're not as, you know, resigned to the fact that
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: we're going to watch a blowout together.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: On the whole competitive thing, because I think we're about
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: in the same age group. And man, when, when I
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: was growing up this rivalry, like it was one of
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: the things that defined me as a sports fan, because
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: for so many years, when these teams were both great,
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: the eighties and nineties and early two thousands, like Miami
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: versus Florida state in the regular season would so often
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: decide who plays for a national championship. So it was like, man,
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: the stakes were so, high. And obviously it's hard to
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: get back to that. Like totally where both teams are
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: like top two at the same time, you know, that
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: doesn't happen that often. There's so much more parody these
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: days and whatever, but at least to get to the
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: point again, we're like both teams are, are really good.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: Cause it's, it's been the flip when Florida state's been up,
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: Miami's been down, Miami's up, Florida state is down. So yeah,
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: I long for those days.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: Donald, I appreciate you, man. What do you have coming
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: this week? Where can people follow you?
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: All those things. Well, thanks.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: Well, for those who are finding me on Locked on Canes,
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: you're also going to see TJ making a cameo on
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: that show, which I really appreciate. Anytime we can cook
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: this up on a rivalry week. But, yeah, you can
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: find my shows at Locked on Canes. I'll also do
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: a new short-form channel we launched a couple months ago
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: called Locked on Canes Hit, which is, TJ, I say
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: it's the cafecito version. You get your Canes news. Instead
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: of at about 30 minutes, you get it in five
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: minutes or less. on the Canes hit channel. And we've
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: been talking a lot of Miami versus Florida state this week.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: So you can find us there.
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: When you said, you know, cook this up and, and
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: get this going. All it makes me think of is
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: how touchdown Timothy is going to Photoshop me into, into
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: a bunch of orange, uh, after, after this comes out.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: So we, I appreciate the Canes fans for at least
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: giving me something to laugh about this week, but, uh, Yeah,
• 18:44
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• 18:54
  Speaker 1: ahead for us, but good luck this weekend, bud.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Thanks so much.