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Rematch In The Desert? (Miami 2006 outlook)

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It's college football. Teams emerge that you would have never expected to be in contention for the national title. Miami plays in a shit hole of a conference, and you'd expect them to blow out all of their opponents. Yet, they play down to the competition, and drop at least one game.
 
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WOAH WOAH calm that down... Miami plays in a shithole conference??? how do you figure that the ACC is a shithole conference... its right behind the big ten and SEC... i could see if they played in the PAC Ten or something but to say the ACC is a shithole is ridiculous
 
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WOAH WOAH calm that down... Miami plays in a shithole conference??? how do you figure that?
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Sep 4 - TBA
Sep 9 - TBA
Sep 16 - TBA
Sep 30 - TBA
Oct 7 - TBA
Oct 14 - 6:00 PM, ET
Oct 21 - TBA
Oct 28 - TBA
Nov 4 - TBA
Nov 11 - TBA
Nov 18 - TBA
Nov 23 - TBA

Part of it might be the TBA's.:wink2: The conferences with their shit together don't schedule ALL TBA's.

(Or against Florida International...):biggrin:
 
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MightbeaBuck said:
Sep 4 - TBA
Sep 9 - TBA
Sep 16 - TBA
Sep 30 - TBA
Oct 7 - TBA
Oct 14 - 6:00 PM, ET
Oct 21 - TBA
Oct 28 - TBA
Nov 4 - TBA
Nov 11 - TBA
Nov 18 - TBA
Nov 23 - TBA

Part of it might be the TBA's.:wink2: The conferences with their shit together don't schedule ALL TBA's.

(Or against Florida International...):biggrin:
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that would be like saying the buckeyes have to play northern illinois, cincinnati, and illinois... every team is going to have their cupcake teams they play every year... and as of right now all our the buckeye games are TBA

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=582 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Date</TD><TD>Opponent</TD><TD>Location</TD><TD width=100>Time</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Saturday, Sept. 2</TD><TD>Northern Illinois</TD><TD>Columbus, OH</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR><TD>Saturday, Sept. 9</TD><TD>at Texas</TD><TD>Austin, TX</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Saturday, Sept. 16</TD><TD>Cincinnati</TD><TD>Columbus, OH</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR><TD>Saturday, Sept. 23</TD><TD>Penn State</TD><TD>Columbus, OH</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Saturday, Sept. 30</TD><TD>at Iowa</TD><TD>Iowa City, IA</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR><TD>Saturday, Oct. 7</TD><TD>Bowling Green</TD><TD>Columbus, OH</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Saturday, Oct. 14</TD><TD>at Michigan State</TD><TD>East Lansing, MI</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR><TD>Saturday, Oct. 21</TD><TD>Indiana</TD><TD>Columbus, OH</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Saturday, Oct. 28</TD><TD>Minnesota</TD><TD>Columbus, OH</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR><TD>Saturday, Nov. 4</TD><TD>at Illinois</TD><TD>Champaign, IL</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD>Saturday, Nov. 11</TD><TD>at Northwestern</TD><TD>Evanston, IL</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR><TR><TD>Saturday, Nov. 18</TD><TD>Michigan</TD><TD>Columbus, OH</TD><TD width=100>TBA</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
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While I think Miami's schedule is favorable, I don't think Coker is much of a coach. I believe they will drop at least one game through the year. There are some teams who have the potential to run the table though; my list (and their potentially toughest games) includes:

THE Ohio State University (at Texas, PSU, at Iowa, scUM - rivalry)
Notre Dame (at GTech, PSU, scUM, at USC)
Oklahoma (Washington, at Oregon, Texas - rivalry, at Ok St. - rivalry, Big XII Championship)
Texas (Ohio State, Oklahoma, Texas A&M - rivalry, Big XII championship)
USC (Cal, Notre Dame, at UCLA - rivalry)
Florida (at Tennessee, LSU, at Auburn, Georgia, at Florida State, SEC Championship)
West Virginny (at Louisville, at Pittsburgh, Rutgers)
 
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Personally I do not believe that Miami's schedule is favorable (which was the premise for the thread-starter's position).

They could lose at home to Free Shoes, lose on the road to Louisville, lose at Georgia Tech and at home to Virginia Tech. Drop the ball against Virginia away and at home versus Boston College. They might in fact not even make it to their conference championship game.

I do not buy into the resurgence argument either - rebounding from humiliation in the Peach Bowl. Teams seem to get much more of a boost by finishing well, even if their season was so-so, than they do trying to overcome a gutting loss. Particularly a loss which reveals much about the team's lack of intensity and exposes the coaching staff's lack of guidance and player development.

The question marks in Coral Gables are massive. Miami may make a trip to a turn of the year bowl, but not to the desert.
 
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BB73 said:
Did Urban Meyer take a look at this schedule before he took the UF job instead of ND? :tongue2:
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No doubt. I didn't even mention Alabama and Spurrier's return to the swamp...... the week off between Auburn and Georgia might prove to be huge.....

Here's their entire gauntlet.....

Sept. 2 Southern Miss
Sept. 9 UCF
Sept. 16 at Tennessee
Sept. 23 Kentucky
Sept. 30 Alabama
Oct. 7 LSU
Oct. 14 at Auburn
Oct. 28 vs. Georgia (Jacksonville)
Nov. 4 at Vanderbilt
Nov. 11 South Carolina
Nov. 18 Western Carolina
Nov. 25 at Florida State
 
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usatoday

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Miami LB Cook out 2-4 weeks with knee injury</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--startclickprintexclude--><TABLE height=25 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><!--endclickprintexclude-->Posted 8/12/2006 11:21 AM ET

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami linebacker Glenn Cook, the projected starter at middle linebacker for the Hurricanes this season, has suffered a knee injury and could miss up to four weeks of practice.

Hurricanes coach Larry Coker would not reveal any specifics of the injury on Saturday, including which knee was injured, or say if he expects the junior to be ready for the season-opener against Florida State on Sept. 4.

Cook played in all 12 games for Miami last season, making one start and finishing with 28 tackles, 6½ tackles for loss, 1½ sacks, two pass breakups and two quarterback pressures.

With Cook sidelined, freshman Darryl Sharpton has been promoted to work with the first-team defense.
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If we're going to talk about teams who have a shot at the NC based purely on circumstance, how can you only put Miami in the club as a contender. If any team is going to win because of schedule alone it's going to be WV. I don't think they will, but based on their schedule and conference alone, I think you have to include them in your analysis.
 
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