Miami finishes #18 in final AP Poll

[dudenate]

You can't? Syracuse won 10 games, and had #1 passing offense in AMERICA, their strength was our weakness. If we played them 10 times, not sure we win 6, maybe.

We hit our over on win total, so if you say season was a failure, I would argue it wasn't. We had #1 offense, had a Heisman finalist, won 10 games, beat our rivals, and were the most watched ACC team this season. It parlayed us into signing the best class in ACC, and best portal class in the league again, and we should be preseason 10-14 for next season, and be in the playoff mix again.

All good points- you're not wrong.

But this season saw UM have one our best QB's ever (maybe the best), one of greatest statistical WR's in our history, our all time leading scorer (Kicker - Borregales), depth in the trenches, a 1K yd RB, a dynamic passing offense, a weak (overall) schedule, no away games in (extreme) cold weather, continuity of coaching staff, etc. UM had a lot of things going for us. We had a lot of things set up for us to win the ACC this year. And we did not.

We crapped the bed vs ga tech and yes, Syracuse was good. But we were up 21-0. We were a better team. Period. If played 10 times, maybe they win a few-sure. But not one of those games in which we happen to be up 21-0.

IF IF IF we won out, we were looking at a bye week in the 1st rd of playoffs. Rest up. Practice. Prepare. Get healthy. And then we woulda had a home game in HRS.

The season will do down as a soooo much shoulda/ coulda/ woulda. We had it in our grasp but along came ga tech and the orange.

 

[ThomasM]

WTF

....we don't have our super star QB or Rb returning. What is the optimism do you know about that I don't. Are we dropping bigger bags or etc.....

Well, we DID just snag Georgia's star QB. Still, he needs targets.

 

[Unsider]

Oh that is perfect! We can fill it with fresh mierda as needed. For instance, I would've overflowed it con mierda fresca after the Syracuse game.
This is some A+ work.

Btw, yo tengo huevos. Dos para ser exacto. Imagino que tambien tú los tienes tambien, pero no voy a investigar.

 

[CaneFan79]

Kool Aid is very bad for your health. Especially red.

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

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You don't need a magnifying glass for my huevos. They're big. The salchicha....eh, might need that glass on cold days.

 

[Go Canes!!]

WTF

....we don't have our super star QB or Rb returning. What is the optimism do you know about that I don't. Are we dropping bigger bags or etc.....

17 of the top 25 teams lost three or more games this season.

Are they all returning their star QB and RB which makes them so much better than us?

The answer is no. The reality is the vast majority of teams in college football are revamping their rosters year to year with the portal, plugging holes as best as they can, just like us.

There’s absolutely no reason we can’t win 10 or 11 games again next year with perhapsa less explosive offense, but improved defense.

 

[Alex_Dynamix]

Our defense was complacent under Cam. Almost like they expected him to bail them out

Thats a fair point

 

[Unsider]

You don't need a magnifying glass for my huevos. They're big. The salchicha....eh, might need that glass on cold days.

Oh I’m sure - now don’t you pull a Costanza on me…a little humor is called for, especially in the midst of so much doom ‘n gloom over our program.

 

[HurricaneKush]

The amount of things that had to go right for us to to be ranked 18 is indicative of how poorly coached we are. Best QB we’ve had maybe ever. Elite offense that’s not replicable. Big comebacks against VT and Cal dependent on calls that could have gone the other way. And still 18 lol.

This program is down bad man. I genuinely wonder if it’s ever gonna happen. This seems like about the ceiling for Mario unless random stupid money falls from the sky. We need to be SOOOO much better than the other team to guarantee a win and idk if that’s ever gonna happen.

 

[IbzRlz]

Just had to put Alabama ahead of us, lol

We're ahead of Syracuse who beat us

 

[Rellyrell]

Not so fun facts-

Since 2004:
•This is only the 7th time Miami has finished ranked in the AP Top 25

•The last time we finished ranked in the AP Top 25 was 2020-21 (22nd)

•This is the highest AP final ranking since 2017 (13th)

•This is the 4th highest final ranking:
-2004 (11th)
-2017 (13th)
-2005 (17th)
-2024 (18th)
-2009 (19th)
-2016 (20th)
-2020 (22nd)

•Out of the 7 times we finished ranked, only twice did we finish back to back seasons ranked in the Final Top 25 (2004, 2005 & 2016, 2017); however, only once have we improve the following season in our final rankings (2016 to 2017).

•Only twice has a final AP Top 25 ranked Miami team finished w/ a bowl victory (2004, 2016)

•Only one final AP Top 25 ranked Miami team qualify for the ACCCG (2017)