Cash, the ticket is presented by Fandul Sportsbook. Make every moment more. So, all right, let's go to Sleepers and Playoff Mix. There's one team in this grouping of three that you have that I think is really interesting to make the playoff. And I'll wait until you stumble on them. Well, I'm going to just name all three of them. Miami, SMU, Louisville. And one of those interests you. I want to start with Miami. me, they have the highest win total of the bunch.

And I think we have to address I want to start with Miami. They have the highest

win total of the bunch. And I think we have to address the elephant in the room here.

They can't close the season. No. Last three years, they have struggled one in three in 24,

one in four in 2023. And they were one and three to close the 2022 season. They should have made it last year.

They didn't. It's hard to back this team. And the other thing, like Carson Beck should be seen as a

big win for them, right? Like this is a big time quarterback from the SEC had a pro predigree.

It was weird last year at Georgia. I don't feel like he's some big boon for this team. It's a

downgrade from Cam Ward. Yeah, look, I tried last year with Miami. I was all in on the U. And it

happened again. I still think they got a duct tape, a bedpan to Mario Cristobal's ass. He'll find

a way to blow a game. And look, man, they should have lost the Syracuse. They didn't play well that day. They were just so much better and they scored 70 points. But like when you look at the team itself, Carson Beck, I have concerns because when Beck was Beck, he was throwing it to Ladd McConkey and Brock Bowers. Good point. Those guys aren't just good.

They're dominant. They walked, oh, let's see, ho-hum. They walked in the league, and Brock Bowers was an all-pro tight end and set the record for rookie productivity. And Ladd McConkey was a star. So I don't know if Carson Beck is still the guy. And there's a weird vibe with him. And I don't want to character assassinate the kid. No. But it almost felt like George got a boost of energy when Gunner Stockton became the guy. So I have question marks about Beck. I have question marks about

how much of Miami's roster was carried by Cam Ward when it really boils down to it. And you lose a guy like Restrepo who

that is a, that was such a weapon for them. And he was this lifer and gamer and culture guy.

I can't do it with Miami. And, but look, they're going to play Florida in the non-conference.

They're going to play Notre Dame. They have a date with Clemson.

I mean, not in the regular season, but if they're going to go where they want to go, that's their third loss.

You're facing Clemson. If you get that I big, that ACC title game, my point to you is going to be, those are three losses right off the rip. Well, yeah. So if you think Notre Dame and Florida are losses in the non-con, if they lose any conference game, you're at three. And congrats, you still made the ACC title where Clemson's waiting to crush your skull. And in your notes, to finish the 2003, one in three, down the stretch. Two, 2023, one and four, two thousand twenty four, one and three. Yep. It's a pattern. Do you really trust them because at the end of the't. They're going to play at Votech, who again, they should win, but that's the MO. And at Pittsburgh, who returns a ton of production. None of those are gimmies for them. They have shown nothing to suggest we should back them. Yep. We move on. The other two teams looming in the sleeper category. of these two I really like. SMU? No. Okay. We'll go there first. Eight and no in their first year of ACC play. They do have to play at Clemson this year. So buckle up. Can I bet they bring back their quarterback though? Yeah, Jennings? Yeah. Here's the problem. So I know you're going to say that Penn State game was an abomination.

It was the outlier for him.

Yeah, it was.

But I just don't know how good he is. Look. They were top 10 offense and he was their quarterback. But who did they do it against? This is the problem. When the bright lights come on, you're the quarter. You got to show me. He looks so out of his depth.

It's the same teams I've got to do it against this year, though, in large part, right?

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