Miami vs. Florida Showdown: Key Facts & Predictions

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00:00A sunshine state showdown between 19th ranked miami and florida the gators at home

00:07Posting their hurricanes as a home underdog kev. You see the line right there

00:12It is less than a field goal, but in favor of miami on the road just a two and a half point spread

00:1854 in a hook is that over under this game?

00:22I think along with some that we have seen already like in boulder between colorado and north dakota state will bring swift reactions

00:30And narratives that follow because it is year number three and it is put up or shut up time

00:35For both of these programs head coaches mario cristobal at miami billy napier at florida

00:42Less than a field goal spread a rivalry in florida on the road in the swamp

00:47What do you make of this matchup to start? Well

00:50Let's talk about what some of those overactions could be specifically as it relates to if florida wins this game

00:56It's very possible that before we hit 7 p.m

00:59The acc is viewed as a one bid league in the college football playoff

01:04What florida state did in dublin is indefensible if you want to talk about a real national title contender

01:11We'll get into florida state a lot more tomorrow. We're going to be here tomorrow. We'll get all into that when we have time

01:16Again, if clemson shocks the world amazing

01:19I think it's more likely they get smashed by georgia because that's what we're accustomed to and that it's gonna

01:24Listen losing to georgia's fine, but it's gonna sting if they get rolled in that game

01:28And if miami loses to a florida team whose bar for a lot of people this year is make a bowl game, please billy

01:35Then when it comes time to debate

01:38how many acc teams belong in

01:41We might look back to week zero slash week one and be like, you know

01:45None of the best teams in the acc could really hang with the best teams outside of the acc

01:51This game for miami is not just important for them. It's important for the conference

01:56It's important as well for perception and to kevin's point as well nine and a half win total

02:00Everybody's expecting miami to be that team to be the 10 or an 11 win football team this year

02:06They get the benefit of cam ward that transfers in from washington state along with damian martinez and just think about mario cristobal

02:14Last year, he had that team undefeated coaching bluff cost him against georgia tech

02:18They come right back out the following week lose 41 31 to north carolina. They lose on the road to nc state

02:25They lost four road games last year by an average margin of defeat of 9.6 points per game ben

02:31And on the flip side napier's 11 and 14 overall in gainesville

02:35So something has to give if miami loses this matchup

02:39You're going to hear all of the boosters the fan base calling for mario cristobal and this opens up then

02:45The acc odds back for florida state that lost week zero, of course

02:50This is a rivalry showdown in the sunshine state

02:53It is the 57th all-time meeting between the hurricanes and the gators. They have not played a ton

02:59Since 2008 this will be matchup number four just three previous times in the last 15 plus college football seasons

03:08florida was the ranked team in all three and florida won two of three, of course joe in the early

03:142000s this was a matchup. We would see often from 01 to 04

03:17We saw it in critical bowl games to end out the year both teams were ranked in all four of those games

03:24Miami victorious in all four now, let's get to the game itself two and a half points spread

03:3054 and a half is the total kevin

03:33There is a critique of this billy napier florida team in his first two years in the swamp

03:38Undisciplined bad defensively miami returns its entire starting offensive line in two key additions

03:45Offensively first the quarterback from washington state cam ward and then the running back alongside him

03:51Oregon state transfer damian martinez. What do you think?

03:54Miami does offensively to try to exploit uf once again

03:58I think they're going to pound the rock here for anybody that missed, you know, our big preview show last week

04:02I'm a big believer in this miami team bet him to win the acc bet him to win a national championship

04:07And cam ward is a big part of this team's ceiling

04:10but I think cam ward is going to be ideally more of a luxury for miami and maybe a

04:17Great class in case of emergency

04:19Type of weapon when you look at this offensive line again, the 10 best offensive line in the country are basically

04:26Sec big 10 miami and oklahoma state. It's no surprise

04:30I'm all in on those other two programs because when you can pack that type of punch at that level

04:36It's going to make the difference so they won't be mismatched here going up against sec level competition

04:41They will be able to win the battle in the trenches and they'll be able to do that with damian

04:46Martinez taking advantage who was a monster at oregon state and will be begging for a big workload

04:53Miami last year didn't have a reliable back if you take the performances from cheney and parish who both played 11 games and average them out

05:00You're talking about 18 and a half carries for about 100 and 304 yards per game

05:05Damian martinez will take all of that and then some 70 plus russian yards is on my betting card

05:11And I think he's going to carry miami in this game rushing attack is critical the last two years in terms of losses

05:17Miami two years ago when they lost they only averaged 83 rushing yards per game last year in their six losses

05:23It was 132 yards per game. So they need a better effort tonight

05:28Florida giving up 155 rushing yards to opposing offenses. I'll take the other side

05:33I think the most experienced quarterback because he's played in the scheme is graham murtz last year got hurt

05:39Towards the end of the regular season, but he completed 72 percent of his passes 20 touchdowns three interceptions

05:45He was very efficient. And when you look at billy napier and the florida gators past couple of years

05:50They are nine and four under napier at home that matters. They're two and a half point dogs

05:55It'll be close heading into the fourth quarter guys, but I like the gators to pull this one out

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