“The No. 7 ranking is a mirage. In my opinion they’re not even a Top 10 team,” Palmer said of Miami, while Pollack made it clear that Florida State is the stronger program. Davis ended the segment with a quip about Sebastian the Ibis running for cover mid-second quarter and all three laughed it up going into commercial break.
With that, welcome to the overall perception of the nation’s seventh-ranked team.
Negatively-fueled words like “overrated” are being used to describe a scrappy Miami squad instead of the most-obvious choice: “overachievers.”
The Hurricanes have benefited from the carnage of college football over the past few weeks and coupled with a handful of fourth quarter rallies, a Top 10 ranking was achieved. But isn’t that the name of the game in college football?
Play who’s on your schedule, beat your conference foes, find a way to get the job done and simply survive.
As they say during March Madness and tourney time, “survive and advance.” That’s precisely what Miami has done en route to a 7-0 start, fueled by an early September upset of then-No. 12 Florida.
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