BONUS: Dan's Detailed Thoughts on the Miami Hurricanes Drubbing FAMU
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The speaker delivers a scathing critique of the Miami vs. FAMU college football game, calling it an unethical and unbalanced event due to a massive performance disparity—Miami amassed 430 rushing and 426 passing yards, while FAMU managed just 37 rushing and 70 passing yards. He argues that such a lopsided game feels absurd and morally wrong, comparing it to combat sports where one team is vastly superior, and questions the legitimacy of college football allowing such imbalance. Despite acknowledging Miami’s offensive dominance and high expectations for the season, he expresses deep concern for the players at FAMU, who appear to be exploited in a game that feels more tragic than competitive. The speaker believes Miami’s offense will remain strong throughout the season, with an average of 35 points per game, and attributes their defensive struggles to the absence of key coaches like Lashley and Brahms, whose edge rushers previously disrupted opponents. While he praises Miami’s current talent and potential, he remains critical of the game’s fairness and emotional impact, suggesting that such a lopsided outcome undermines the integrity of college football. The commentary is both passionate and reflective, blending criticism of performance with empathy for young athletes.
I'm not actually off on Fridays.
I'm not at a microphone, but there are an assortment
of things in this business that need handling on Friday,
everything from paying the thousands of dollars
that there are in parking to finding out
what the lawyer fees are for that particular week.
But I decided to come in today,
and you might think to yourself,
well, of course Dan's gonna come in on the day
there's some sort of bloodletting at the Miami Herald
where journalism ends up dying a little more
in a heartbreaking fashion,
and I don't know how much the guys covered this today,
but I'm curious whether or not Greg Cody,
our beloved Greg Cody, is gonna be affected
by these Miami Herald layoffs,
and I'm also worried that a legend
like Michelle Kaufman locally,
who's been in this market doing great reporting
for a long time, all of a sudden her career ends
in a way that isn't fair or right or just,
but that's not why.
I'm in here today.
The reason I'm in here today is because I wanted you
to have my exclusive observations
on this wonderful University of Miami FAMU game
that was played last night,
which I believe to be an unethical atrocity.
Now, I know that the Hurricanes and Mario Cristobal
and Mike Ryan and an assortment of boosters
who know my past think that I have been unnecessarily
unfair to the University of Miami over the years,
but this is not about the University of Miami.
This is about college football allowing a game to be played
in which one team has 430 rushing yards
and 426 passing yards,
and the other team has 37 rushing yards
and 70 passing yards,
and I'm just wondering if it wouldn't have been
more entertaining if we had just,
taken FAMU's president and, well,
removed the A and the M and just made it the FU
and just taken FAMU's president and put her at midfield
and just sort of swung her around for four quarters
by the arms until she got dizzy
and then just threw her into concessions.
Like 77 to seven is so asinine
when you've got the Hurricanes averaging 14 and a half yards
per pass going 27 for 29 on passing and FAMU is averaging
2.7 yards per pass.
I don't know how many first downs that they had.
They had to be all in the fourth quarter
when Miami just stopped playing
and allowed FAMU to have the seven points.
This game could have been 100 to nothing.
Like I'm not even kidding you.
It could have been 100 to nothing,
and the reason that there are weight classes
in combat sports is because this shit can't be happening.
You can't have one team being 7,000 pounds better
than the other team in a fighting,
winning event, but Mensah's better than Beck.
And I feel like Miami's gonna do this.
Well, not this.
77 to seven, that's not gonna be done again.
But I think Miami's offense is gonna be
that kind of good all season.
And I'm imagining that Mario Cristobal
is gonna spend the entire weekend asking why it is
that they lost a fumble in the game.
That he's not gonna be satisfied with any of this
because he's a lunatic who has made all of these players
a lot better than they are.
Better than they used to be
before Mario Cristobal got here.
This University of Miami team,
I said this earlier this week,
and I believe it is true against Stanford.
I believe it is true against FAMU,
and I believe it'll be true against just about everyone
on their schedule except Notre Dame.
This University of Miami team is going to take the field
a good deal better than most of the teams
that it's playing against.
And I don't know if you guys remember,
but when we talked to Lane Kiffin,
and he talked about his time at Alabama,
he said it plainly.
He said every single time we walked out onto the field
at Alabama when we were in the heyday of Alabama
is the biggest and the baddest and the best
that there is for whatever it was, 10 years, 15 years,
every time we stepped on the field,
as soon as we stepped on the field,
I would look at our guys, and I would look at their guys,
and Lane Kiffin would say, and I could see that our guys
were a lot bigger, stronger, and faster.
And so I believe that it's not gonna be obviously as
obvious as it was against FAMU at 77 to seven,
but I really do believe that the over/under
on most Miami games for points scored by Miami
is gonna be around 35 points all season
when they're playing even the Wake Forests
and the Pittsburghs and the James Franklin Virginia Techs
that are on their roster.
I was saying before that I do believe
that this is the best talent and biggest expectation,
that there will be for a Miami team
since the very beginning of this century
when they had the Sean Taylors and the Andre Johnsons
and all the pros all over the place.
I do not agree with Mike Ryan that their defensive line
is gonna be anywhere near as good as it was last year,
and I think the way that they lose any of these games
would be a combination of one of these Brahms or Lashleys
that's not on their schedule this year as a coach
because they don't have the Brahms and the Lashleys
on their schedule this year as a coach.
But you get the combination of somebody
on the other sideline is doing an assortment
of coaching things that combine.
We're gonna force Miami into some turnovers
and we're gonna keep the ball for a while
because I don't think Miami's defense has a chance
along the defensive line to be as good as it was last year.
And that's not even an indictment of the front seven
of this particular defense,
as much as it is marveling at the fact that Lashley
had two of the best edge rushers that they've ever had,
talent-wise, NFL, scouting-wise.
They had two of the best edge rushers they've ever had
in the history of the program on the same defensive line,
and that causes a kind of chaos that you don't have to
be playing against FAMU in order to beat the opponent.
I do really feel bad, though, for all of those kids at FAMU.
I'm not kidding you when I say that some of that stuff
feels unethical to me, like it just feels wrong.
It feels wrong to play that football game,
to throw a bunch of kids out there that invoke pity on me
is not a place that I expected to be
while watching Thursday night football.
Also, as an added bonus, how about those Rams?
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The speaker criticizes the Miami vs. FAMU college football game as an unethical and unbalanced spectacle due to massive disparity in performance stats.
He argues that FAMU’s lackluster play—just 37 rushing yards and 70 passing yards—contrasts sharply with Miami’s 430 rushing and 426 passing yards, making the game feel absurd and uncompetitive.
The speaker expresses concern about the fairness of the game, suggesting it could have ended in a decisive blowout, like 100–0, and questions the integrity of college football’s structure.
He believes Miami’s offense will be dominant throughout the season, with an expected average of 35 points per game, even against weaker opponents.
The speaker disapproves of Miami’s defensive line, noting the absence of top-tier coaches like Brahms and Lashley, who previously disrupted opposing offenses.
He expresses sympathy for FAMU players, calling the game ethically questionable and emotionally distressing for young athletes.
The speaker contrasts Miami’s current talent and expectations with past eras, viewing this team as one of the best since the Sean Taylor and Andre Johnson days.
He humorously references the Rams as a bonus, but the focus remains on the injustice and imbalance in the FAMU game.
Summary:
The speaker delivers a scathing critique of the Miami vs. FAMU college football game, calling it an unethical and unbalanced event due to a massive performance disparity—Miami amassed 430 rushing and 426 passing yards, while FAMU managed just 37 rushing and 70 passing yards. He argues that such a lopsided game feels absurd and morally wrong, comparing it to combat sports where one team is vastly superior, and questions the legitimacy of college football allowing such imbalance.
Despite acknowledging Miami’s offensive dominance and high expectations for the season, he expresses deep concern for the players at FAMU, who appear to be exploited in a game that feels more tragic than competitive. The speaker believes Miami’s offense will remain strong throughout the season, with an average of 35 points per game, and attributes their defensive struggles to the absence of key coaches like Lashley and Brahms, whose edge rushers previously disrupted opponents. While he praises Miami’s current talent and potential, he remains critical of the game’s fairness and emotional impact, suggesting that such a lopsided outcome undermines the integrity of college football.
The commentary is both passionate and reflective, blending criticism of performance with empathy for young athletes.
FAQs
Dan came in on Friday to provide his exclusive observations on the University of Miami vs. FAMU college football game, emphasizing his concerns about the game's fairness and competitiveness.
Dan found the game unethical due to the massive disparity in stats—Miami had 430 rushing and 426 passing yards, while FAMU had only 37 rushing and 70 passing yards—calling it an 'atrocity' and questioning the integrity of college football.
No, Dan believed the score was unfair and unrepresentative of the game's actual quality, stating it could have easily been 100-0 and that the game lacked competitiveness.
Dan believed Miami's offense was exceptionally strong, averaging 14.5 yards per pass and performing at a level that would make the over/under for points consistently around 35 throughout the season.
No, Dan doubted Miami’s defensive line would be as effective as last year, attributing their past success to coaches like Lashley and Brahms, whose absence this season would weaken the defense.
Dan believes Mario Cristobal has significantly improved Miami’s team performance, making players better than they were before he arrived, though he thinks Cristobal may be overly focused on analyzing losses.
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