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Topic: There's honest to God football this week

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MaximumSam

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There's honest to God football this week
« on: August 18, 2019, 08:06:22 AM »
Miami V. Florida in Orlando on ESPN at 7 pm on Saturday.  Yes, it's a corporate hollow shell of a game designed to take money from kids and give it to lazy executives but by God it's an actual college football game and I'm here for it.  

We also get Arizona at Hawaii if you can stay up until 10:30 and you get CBSSN.  
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2019, 08:47:16 AM »
I'll be tuning in to hopefully watch the Canes lose a ballgame
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2019, 09:31:18 AM »
Can't wait. I'm predicting a Florida beatdown. Gainesville is a lot closer to Orlando than Miami, expect that one to be pretty much a home game for Florida.

Florida should be a very good team this year. Miami? Not so sure. Really think the Hurricanes day in the sun has probably come and gone. They had an amazing unbelievable run- but I think their moment has come and gone. Kind of like Minnesota in the 1930's & 1940's. Dominant for a couple decades and then slowly just slip into mediocrity. The top players in South Florida go everywhere now, Miami doesn't have a monopoly on those kids like they used to have.

I really think the top players today are all about social media and feeling the love from the fans and the gameday experience with 90-100k fans in attendance at the games. Well, Miami has like zero fans. Everyone from South Florida is.......not from South Florida. They like other teams or they like other sports or they like to do other things than watch sports. Lots of people there, but not lots of college football fans. Miami plays at the Dolphins' NFL stadium and those games are typically 50% empty or more. Miami doesn't have their own stadium on campus and they never will because Miami is a small private school and the land in Coral Gables is just too damn expensive and there's really none of it left. For them to get a legit stadium that holds 80-100k on or near campus like all the helmets have- by the time they bought the land, went through the entilement and development process and built the stadium- probably $1 billion. That ain't happening.
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2019, 09:54:32 AM »

The U leads the series 29-26, won the most recent match up, and has won 7 of the last 8. 

Arizona leads the all time series vs Hawaii 5-0. 
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2019, 10:19:42 AM »
The hell you say Sam!
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2019, 10:29:19 AM »

I hereby nominate that we refer to the Florida-Miami game as the Kickoff Classic, and the Arizona-Hawaii game as the Pigskin Classic. 
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2019, 10:38:58 AM »
How 'bout the the OktoberFest Contest - that's what I'll be quaffing
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2019, 02:08:59 PM »
That idea would be better suited for a game that was taking place in October. 
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2019, 02:44:34 PM »
I sort of agree but it's on the shelves now and prolly gone by mid/late September.Wish they'd string it out thru October it's the perfect fall Stein filler
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2019, 08:06:12 PM »
Florida definitely should win, but Miami's strength happens to directly correlate with Florida's biggest unknown: their DL vs our OL
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2019, 08:17:07 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on August 18, 2019, 09:54:32 AM
Arizona leads the all time series vs Hawaii 5-0.
Book 'em, Danno!
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2019, 08:14:11 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 18, 2019, 08:06:12 PM
Florida definitely should win, but Miami's strength happens to directly correlate with Florida's biggest unknown: their DL vs our OL

So the game should provide some useful information then.
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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2019, 08:23:33 AM »
Definitely pulling for Florida and hoping for en epic beatdown.

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Re: There's honest to God football this week
« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2019, 02:14:00 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 18, 2019, 08:06:12 PM
Florida definitely should win, but Miami's strength happens to directly correlate with Florida's biggest unknown: their DL vs our OL
I think Florida is gonna be pretty good this year. Especially in Year 2 under Mullen.

Miami? I get the feeling they are gonna really suck this year.
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