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2014 Miami Hurricanes vs 2013 Auburn Tigers

RattlerCane

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The purpose of this post is to compare this years UM squad to Auburn's 2013 National Championship contender team as far as is it possible for UM to have a magically season as Auburn did last year.
-Prev Yr Record-
UM 2013 Record 9-4 ---
Aub 2012 Record 3-9 (0-8 SEC)
-Prev 4yr Recruiting Rankings-
UM 14'-12th, 13'-20th, 12'-9th, 11'-36th ---
Aub 13'-8th, 12'-10th, 11'-7th, 10'-4th
-QB-
UM - Brad Kaaya , Jake Heaps, Ryan Williams ---
Aub - Nick Marshall, Jeremy Johnson
-RB-
UM - Duke Johnson, Joseph Yearby, Gus Edwards, Trayone Gray ---
Aub - Tre Mason, Cameron Artis-Payne, Corey Grant, Jay Prosch, Gage Batten
-WR-
UM - Stacy Coley, Phillip Dorsett, Malcolm Lewis, Herb Waters, Rashawn Scott, Braxton Berrios, D'Mauri Jones ---
Aub -Sammie Coates, Melvin Ray, Quan Bray, Ricardo Louis
-TE-
UM - Clive Walford, Standish Dobard, Beau Sandland ---
Aub - CJ Uzomah, Brandon Fulse
-OL-
UM - Ereck Flowers, KC McDermott, Jon Feliciano, Shane McDermott, Danny Isidora, Trevor Darling, Sunny Odogwu, Taylor Gadbois
Aub - Greg Robinson, Alex Kozan, Reese Dismukes, Chad Slade, Avery Young
-DL-
UM - Chad Thomas, Anthony Chickillo, Ufomba Kamalu, Al-Quadin Muhammad, Tyriq McCord, Pierre Olsen, Calvin Heurtelou, Michael Wyche, Earl Moore
Aub - Dee Ford, Nosa Equae, Gabe Wright, LaDarius Owens, Ben Bradley, Montravius Adams
-LB-
UM - Denzel Perryman, Juwon Young, Darrion Owens, Thurston Armbrister, Raphael Kirby, Jermaine Grace, Walter Tucker
Aub - Jake Holland, Cassanova McKinzy, Kris Frost, Anthony Swain, Carl Lawson
-DB-
UM - Corn Elder, Tracy Howard, Jamal Carter, Arite Burns, Ladarius Gunter Rayshawn Jenkins, Dallas Crawford, Deon Bush, Antonio Crawford, Ray Lewis III
Aub - Robenson Therezie, Jonathan Mincy, Jermaine Whitehead, Ryan Smith, Chris Davis

Just looking at the O and the D we have a lot of talent out there that in most positions you can say we have the advantage and in others some can say is arguable, its just a matter of how that talent plays together as the Auburn team showed last year. Leaders are already appearing from both sides of the ball and don't seem to be as selfish from reports at camp so far. New year, New Team, New Goals- AG
 
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Auburn had some of the luckiest breaks I've ever seen to win some games. One of the problems they had vs FSU was losing the lead and then scoring too soon on their last drive.
 
Malzahn's system makes more out of less, consistently.

Jury is out on whether Golden can do the same.
 
They have an elite player at QB--it's almost immeasurable how important that is in college football these days.
 
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More interested in our 37 to 9 finish with Louisville before we compare to a national championship team..Taking a 3 and 9 team to a national championship game in one year says a lot for coaching...Golden's had four already..
 
daddacane said:
More interested in our 37 to 9 finish with Louisville before we compare to a national championship team..Taking a 3 and 9 team to a national championship game in one year says a lot for coaching...Golden's had four already..
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Has that ever happened before? A 3-9 team goes on to make it to the National Championship game the next year?
 
Im a Golden fan but i feel the need to point out that Malzahn is lightyears ahead of Golden as a coach. Some teams get by on overwhelming talent, some teams get by with a coach who can get everything out of his players and thats Malzahn. I do agree that in that the rosters are close tho.
 
Lost 49-0 to Alabama the year before. Speaks to how good GM is and how ******* terrible the staff was before. Don't forget, they also had the addition of an elite QB for GM's system.
 
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Not that I think that Miami is ready to be last years Auburn but why does everyone keep saying Malzahn get more with less? According to op's post, Auburn has badly out recruited Miami every year except 2012.
 
MovingZen said:
Not that I think that Miami is ready to be last years Auburn but why does everyone keep saying Malzahn get more with less? According to op's post, Auburn has badly out recruited Miami every year except 2012.
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From my perspective, I don't think Nick Marshall is a particularly good quarterback, and I don't think their receivers / running backs were that great either.

Greg Robinson was a freak OL, but other than him who on their offense was that amazing?

Tre Mason was tough as **** but in another offense he is a solid back, maybe 2nd or 3rd team all conference in the SEC...Malzahn made him a Heisman runner-up.

Nick Marshall was a ******* cornerback. Malzahn got him to produce at a level that enabled them to make a surprise run to the national title game. Impressive stuff, if you ask me.

And, not to sound too ESPN-y, but doing that **** in the SEC is tough.

They got REAL lucky against Georgia and Alabama, but they also took advantage of the breaks they got. That is part of football. Even in 2001, with the best team ever assembled, we barely got out alive against BC and VT, teams who had no business hangin' with us. Great teams find ways to win when they play like ****.
 
idk if i'd call him an elite qb. did you see him throw? now he is a perfect fit for their system but he is far from elite
CyberCane said:
They have an elite player at QB--it's almost immeasurable how important that is in college football these days.
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op great comparison.

If we can get some lucky bounces as Auburn did I think we can have the same magical run as they did.
 
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