Underdogs in Home Opener

[SoTxCaiman]

I think this says it all.......


Miami (-3.5) vs. Florida
Aug. 31, 3:30 p.m. ET, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville

The Hurricanes open as 3.5-point favorites over the Gators. The Gators have never been that large of a home underdog in the Swamp in a season opener in the FBS era (1978), according to ESPN Stats & Information.

[wahhappen]

Another first! But what does Vegas know, anyway? They obviously haven't been paying attention to Napier building the most talented team he has had, his first returning starting QB, and that our secondary coach is letting players tackle him in practice. And I haven't even mentioned Ron Roberts. Also Russ Callaway returns with another year of experience signaling in plays under his belt.

[soflaisgatorcountry]

I couldn't care less about where Vegas put the line. If anything im happy bc not only do i see Fla winning but i see a 10 point victory ao ill be getting better odds.

The Hurricanes are always one of the most overhyped and overrated teams every offseason. So many in the media overinflate what they do and how they'll "be back" and how its "good for CFB when Miami is good" which is all a bunch of nonsense. CFB has been great every year since 2004 (scUMs fist year in the ACC) and people like Josh Pate always predict big things for Miami because they like getting free trips to SoFla that they can write off whatever expenses they do have as a business trip.

Big Dumb Mario is a horrible gameday coach, holds back QB talent (look at JHerbert vs the PAC 12 compared to his rookie year in the NFL) and Miami has lost so much on defense (as well as their best OL) from last years team. Cam Ward is not better than Mertz and even if one thinks hes equal he definitely hasnt played the same level of competition while at Incarnate Ward (whatever that is) and one year at Wash St. Mia has gone 12-13 the past two years vs a putrid ACC schedule and has One 10 win season since joining the ACC.

Napier has a lot of flaws similar to Big Dumb Mario and i don't value what Mario did at Oregon as highly as others bc he's done no better and even less than every Oregon HC since the mid 90s. Napier's first two seasons have not been good but its been vs quality competition, whats Mario done at scUM vs lesser competition?

IF Napier loses this game Fla is doomed bc Mia is no better than the 8th best team on Fla's schedule whereas even right now Fla is no worse than the 3rd best team on Miami's schedule. Thus Mario's hotseat isn't anywhere like Napiers if he were to lose because scUM will still rack up lots of wins vs crap schools (Lou and FSU are the other 2 best games) so i can see Billy Boy going all out more than Mario. As bland as an OC and gameday play caller Napier might be he looks like Spurrier compared to Mario whos idea of a versatile offense is running both to the left and right side.

Go Gators

[tapsgator]

It's just the world we live in at this point. The program has somehow reached depths that were unfathomable to most.