Miami Dominates in Sunshine State Showdown: Recap & Analysis

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00:00Now, let's go elsewhere. Clemson falters yesterday. They entered the first full Saturday after

00:08Florida State faltered in Ireland the weekend prior as the favorites. But then Clemson gets

00:14bum-rushed by Georgia. Florida State already has a loss and a conference one at that on

00:20the resume. So enter Miami. With all the expectations for the Hurricanes in year number three, Miami

00:26matched it and then some yesterday in the swamp against Florida. 41-17 Kev, the final. Cam Ward

00:33throws for more than 300 yards. Damian Martinez finds the end zone as well. A guy that has a

00:39Miami national championship future is glad he got it when it did because the Canes now down to a 22-1

00:46price after a big win yesterday in the Sunshine State showdown. So much I could say, but Joe,

00:51really, no, I'd love your thoughts, breakdown, reaction. I just, I just, I don't know. Drinking

00:58the Miami cool. I'll give props. I was dead wrong about Florida. And again, Cam Ward is the real

01:03deal, at least in one game, right? 385 yards, three touchdowns. They were able to run the

01:08football secondary force turnovers and Mario Cristobal did what he had to do in regards to

01:14winning a very difficult in-state road game. And now they have to answer the bell again,

01:19should they be priced where they are after one week? Yeah, absolutely. Because we see,

01:25we see the market fluctuation in terms of the overextension with Florida state and other teams.

01:31And now the hype with Miami, they had a nine and a half win total, right? At the start of the year.

01:35So this was expected. The only question is, can they maintain that from the start of the season

01:42to the end? But again, a dominant full four quarter effort. They deserve to win. I was

01:47wrong in regards to that. I love Cam Ward. If he could play like this throughout the season,

01:52they're going to need that type of effort to go up against the likes of George.

01:55And I, and let me say, I'm not giving you a stick because you were on the Gators.

01:58Tough game on the road. It's, it's where you land on Miami. And I'm wondering how much this changes

02:05the perception because Joe, they didn't just look better than the rest of the ACC. I know

02:10Florida's got that low wind total. It's schedule based. The Gators are going to catch one of those

02:15teams. Yeah. I feel like what we saw from Miami, again, the Georges, the Ohio States, we'll see if

02:21they, you know, hang with those teams, but anybody else, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Bama, I saw a Miami

02:27team that belongs on that level. Yeah, well, exactly. We know that they have the talent and

02:32they've had the talent. It's just finding the continuity again. I'm not, I'm not taken away

02:39from the, the wind yesterday, but I can't buy in a hundred percent and say I'm putting them on the

02:45likes of Ohio state. I'm going to put them on the likes of Georgia. I'm not going to put them, you

02:50know, in the ranks of right now, Ole Miss and granted, I just feel like those teams are a little

02:56bit more complete and that nothing changed yesterday. Right. I think if Miami played Bama with

03:01your guy, Jalen Milrow, I think they, I think they'd be up against it. And that's fair. The reason

03:07is, listen, I'm already in on Miami and everyone knows that. Why I throw to you,

03:10because you've spoken highly of, of Graham Mertz and what he's been at Florida.

03:15When you look at what Miami defensively did in this game, Mertz was atrocious and half of the

03:19rushing yards came on one big run for Montrell Johnson. That's the other tale of the story.

03:23Absolutely. So, and I think you have to be optimistic about the Canes where they find

03:27themselves in the ACC, what a conference championship means in the 12 team expansion

03:32of the college football playoff, the hurricanes. Now the favorites to win the ACC crown at a plus

03:37two 50 number by mistake, Damian Martinez did not find the end zone.

03:41Mark Fletcher did twice for Miami $385 out of camp.