"Miami's Best Team in 15 Years" | Danny Kanell

I picked Danny I picked SMU to go 11 to1 and and play in the ACC Championship game and you would have thought I tried to kidnap the president's kid like it's it's a I think it's a logical thing that could happen let him at least just go 10 and two but uh what did you think man did anything do you like uh I got Georgia winning it um but I don't have Notre Dame in my playoff Danny I don't have I don't have them in mine either I'm assuming 11 and one is smu's loan loss then with be to Florida State at home in their first ACC conference gameat no it's the week after at Louisville on that down game a let down game high so Notre Dame is really interesting I I think this is gonna be so much fun this year um I've been hoping we get this expanded playoff and there's some things that concern me a little bit about it there's a chance for some rematches there's a chance for some three matches right where we potentially could see themes square off three times I won't think we'll be bothered by that because they'll be incredible matchups but Notre Dame is a really interesting case study because they play essentially a three-game schedule and I'm curious to know if that's why you left them out too they're a three-point Underdog in Texas at Kyle Field in College Station that first week they play Florida State at home as a favorite and then they have in the last game the third game I'm counting is at USC the last game of the year and that might be a good game it might be a good win so like if they if they go 12-0 they're in if they go 11- one I think they're in but I have them going 10- two yeah oh you got him out at 10 you got him keeping him out at 10 and two that's interesting yes and here's why yeah you have to start asking the question like what's the good win like if they lose two out of three of those matchups like if they only beat let's say they beat Tex A&M in week one like what happens to A&M then like is A&M a eight and4 SE seven and5 C team is that a great win and then they lose at home to Florida State and would lose on the road to USC like those are bad losses like so like if they're they I think they have to be 11 and one to have two good wins on their schedule I I I I do Wonder Danny let let me ask you if Notre Dame lost said they go 10- two and they lose A&M and they lose USC but they beat Florida State and Florida State ends up being a nine- win team or better do you think they get in with that t and two because it's Notre Dame yeah well see that's that what you said right there Jake is what makes me like worried about this of the brand oh boy already said he's like ticket sales home environment and basically like who's the big dogs table I got Notre Dame nine and three DK but listen to my three losses at& M I got a beat in Florida State at home and going n and three I got him losing at A&M I got him losing at USC and I got him slipping up at Georgia Tech I can absolutely see that like why not like we've seen we've seen crazier things happens or what if they lost to Louisville like for an Champion better better this year I even though they did lose Lacy I think he's out like six weeks or something I saw that the wide receiver they're expecting a lot of Danny I do want to ask you this because in my playoff the way it works out I'm i' I'm I firmly believe in the theory when it comes to March Madness they are trying to set up these games for storylines as much as possible so if they can possibly set up a storyline they'll do it and on my playoff I've got uh Oregon ended up playing Miami you look at at some of these matchups do you believe that the committee if there's a chance to do some of these storylines of used to coach here or you played here and didn't you think they kind of edge toward that and they make that pick based on that so was interesting I was doing a little exercise this morning we did our brackets picked our 12 and the way it's supposed to work is you just rank them strength of schedule eye test you know all those you know Conference champions all that and the four will get the buy and you just put them one through 12 and then you plant in the bracket and it spits it out you're supposed to respect the bracket right that's the Mandate the committee has been given I was worried about rematches like are they going to be allowed to avoid rematches to your question like do they try to set up good storylines I think they do I mean I think they're human I think maybe it's not even like in any nefarious way I think there's a lot of people in there that love college football that could sit there just like we are and be like this would be a great matchup let's let's maybe look let's and then you throw them back in and you revote right so you'd all you have to do is make a tweak or two there I did it my own poll when I was or my own ranking because I had a little cluster of teams and it would P potentially had you know three three matches like we talked three PE you know playing each other three times all I had to do was bump it one seed off and flipflop then all of a sudden I got way better matchups I absolutely think they would do the thing and I actually am totally okay with it like I'm they want to have great story lines and they want to sell certain things because if they're thinking what are good matchups and what are the fans going to like which I do think this is supposed to be a part of an entertainment that we're being sold then I'm actually okay with it I'm I'm within 100 this is directly from the college football playoff website it says and this is like 6 of 10 or something like that the college football playoff bracket will follow the selection committee's ranking with no modifications made to avoid rematches between teams that have played during the regular season or or are from the same conference I think they put that on there just to cover their bases but I agree with you guys like they're human beings who want to see the best matchups possible as long as it's within reason within reason right yes um Danny can you go ahead and tell us what the 12 teams are you have in the playoff right now okay off the top of my head I'll try to do it yeah I'll be so impressed if you you can do it Dan I believe so first seed I had Ohio State second I had Georgia third I had Florida State fourth I had Utah fifth I had Oregon six I had um loser no sorry said Texas losing the championship okay seven I had Penn State eight I had Old Miss nine I had Miami okay okay 10 I had Texas A&M that's my like that was my long shot dark dud hey do you have A&M going 10 and two I do I do too Dann and I think it's good enough to get in they want to put me next to the Joker and Lady Gaga for picking that I'm like look at this schedule yeah but you still have Texas winning the SEC no I had them second Georgia and that could be a potential you know if they three play each other three times 11 I had uh did I say Clemson yet because I have three AC ACC guy got represent confence of quarterbacks as they're calling it down there road so you have Florida State Clemson Mi okay Florida State Miami and Clemson all in and they actually could if they all had incredible Seasons they all could could be 11 and one you know they don't all play each other there could be a scenario I know it's a long shot but I had to do it and then my uh my group of five team was App State okay um which I don't know I'm kind of affinity I like I like um I like their stadium in Boon they bring back their quarterback Joey agalar I like Sean Clark their head coach that one probably I'll tell you this fellas the group of five better enjoy the um opportunity to play for because I only think it lasts two years here's something else I said I got Memphis at 11 or at 12 and one in that spot I think Liberty goes undefeated but I think they look at what happened against Oregon last year and I've got Oregon is the five seed so they would end up playing the 12 I think they'd put a 12-1 Memphis over an undefeated Liberty because Liberty schedules so bad again and they got just they got their pants pulled down in front of everybody at the high school like last if they go undefeated they're gonna have to be App State on the road so app State's going to get Liberty and they're going to get Clemson yeah just app so that's so that's the one I'm glad you brought that up because App State they they have they did not play a power five team last year they don't play a power four team this year Memphis plays Florida State App State plays Clemson there's another one uh Boise State I think plays one of the power four like or even if you don't win that game if you first of all willing to schedule them but like if you look the part I think that actually should help your resume and I totally agree with you guys I think Liberties that game against Oregon last year the committee will remember that and probably hold it against them think forgotten but uh as someone first with someone with firsthand experience I don't like talking about Appalachian State upside yeah but I did want to ask Edwards is actually a guest next now that I know a little bit where you stand on Miami at you know that's what I wanted to ask you Miami's never won the ACCC a lot of hype right now I mean cam Ward's going to be as good as it gets at the quarterback position you don't have him winning the conference but is Miami for real this year can Mario christall get over that hump I think so I am very bullish on Miami I've got Florida State Miami playing in the ACC Championship game in a rematch I have Florida State losing in Miami yeah in that first one and then Florida State exacting some Revenge this is the most talented roster that Miami has had since they've been in the ACC when we're talking 15 plus years this is the most Talent they've had accumulated together uh don't forget Damen Martinez comes in from Oregon State he's one of the better running backs in the country they've got offensive line Talent they've got defensive depth they are abs solute built to win now the question mark is can Mario bring it all together and I do think the cam Ward so to full disclosure like when when everyone was after cam Ward I was hoping Florida State got him I was like man that and I know Florida State wanted him they got out bid by Miami to go get him and G dju was some somewhat of a consolation prize as sort of the next man up on the market but cam Ward is a dynamic playmaker when he was in uh back at incarnate W he had y threw 47 touchdown you and then he goes to Washington State where there's not that much talent around him still pulls off some big games and some big upsets now he's surrounded with his talent I actually have him if you want to take somebody in the Heisman Trophy we a little bit better odds like I'm going Dylan Gabriel for the Heisman a little bit chalky I know but I think cam Ward some really good value for the Heisman because think about it if he does play well there's going to be the storyline of putting Miami back on the map and I think that's going to get him a lot of attention and I think he's going to play you know spectacular and he puts up a lot of electric plays those Heisman moments as well when he's on the field so yeah to answer your question David I'm I'm pretty bullish on Miami gotcha all right Danny let's get to the chat we're going to start off with the seminal man what's up he says tomorrow uh Danny what do you think the outcome's going to be I want to trust dju but I just don't think he is good enough blae I don't think it matters tomorrow you know like this is a game where I I think dju I think this is one of the reasons they brought him in I think there's a floor with DJ Yong quarterback for Florida State like he has a ton of talent around him there's a veteran Laden offensive line where the average age I think is 23 and they've all played multiple years there's a ton of depth he's got a really strong Run game with royell Williams coming in from Bama Lawrence toafili coming back the defense is Stout so like they should be able to get their stops so I think dju can have a pretty M workmanlike or game manager type of game against Georgia Tech so I feel pretty good about the nlls even laying the 10 and a half I like the under in the game itself because I think it could be a little bit sloppy early field surface is always a little bit slippery I think the defenses are always a little bit out ahead um but I think the what determines like if Florida state is is good I think if DJ's just good if they're great I do think DJ has to be great and that is a question that I don't know the answer to yet and I need to see it because we haven't seen it throughout his career we've seen flashes of it like remember his first start in South Bend he goes out there and that's where the expectations were off the charts because of what he put on display when he was filling in for Trevor Lawrence I think he Mike norell is a very uh he's he's probably an underrated play caller with the schemes that he builds that really fit his different quarterback skill set so I'm really curious to see because I do think uh Mike Norvell will put dju in a lot of positions to succeed and it's going to be up to him to see if he can hit some of those bigger plays and come through in those plays when nothing is there that's what separates good quarterbacks from great ones are those great ones that can improvise that can make the big play on third down and long when you have to have it or it's a Red Zone play and you have to you know get a touchdown as opposed to a field goal and those I don't know about DJ honestly Danny uh I'm G to ask you before we let you go Danny canel you can find him basically everywhere uh obviously a lot of eyes are going to be on Florida State and Georgia Tech we've been breaking down the game we got our bets we do at the end of the show that we're going to talk about as well but there's another game in the Sunshine State week one uh uh that's that's going to be getting most of the buzz and it's two teams that aren't exactly your favorite uh and that is Miami and Florida now I got Florida I think Florida's going to win this game I actually got Miami losing this and running the table the rest of the way uh when you look at this matchup I I mean what do you think right now about a week out uh by the way I don't hate Florida's win total I think it's is it four and a half still I know pretty steep think they're I think they're pretty good by the way have you heard their guy schedule is really hard like oh my gosh one more time about all these SEC schools man come on like we get it it's football everybody has hard schedules and there are some cakewalks in there too that's why we're both picking Texas A&M and what go check out Missouri's schedule as well it's a cakewalk as well anyway just had to get that little rant off my chest no good please I cannot wait for this game this probably my most intriguing game of week one and there's some great matchups but because of the coaches and what's at stake for them the programs and what's AK for the programs who are desperate to kind of have a Feelgood type of start to a season I cannot wait to see it and I wouldn't be surprised either if Florida did pull it off I'll go with Miami um just because I'm a little bit more bullish on them but Graham Merz is a pretty steady you know quarterback who's going to be just fine under this stage it's really cam Ward's first big moment but Florida's got some depth and I do think they'll I think they'll exceed the very very low expectations that have been set for them this year I don't what's what's going to be even more fascinating is let's say they get to a bowl or let's say they're if they're six and six does that sa Billy Napier's job we played what's the number we played what's the number like what is it and a lot of the Florida fans were like well it's not just the number it's you know who is in the number right if it's going to be six and six it needs to be the right six because you're playing the State of Florida I mean you got UCF you got Florida State you got Miami uh I just hope the money keeps coming in my on Miami because they're they're two and a half Point favorite I just need that to get up to three and a half so I can buy that that I don't know if it will I just want to make one more point to piggyback it has to feel good for you Danny to know that what makes Florida's uh schedule so tough this year are the bookends of the ACC teams I mean opening with instate Miami closing with Florida State and then adding really Central Florida in the middle of that schedule is what puts it over the top that we've talked about it every week for a year if it were just how tough their SEC schedule is there are three or four other SEC teams that have that tough of a schedule very true no doubt I can't wait to see what happens with the Gators this year not the best part about it is I just get kick back and watch them stress out over it I can say you know what we got our coach you know we've got our program feeling pretty good right now and just watch them stress out about it it'll be a ton of fun D Danny canel one of the best in the business you're as busy as we are this time of year brother tell everybody where they can find your great work and I'm sure we're going to link up at some point during the season you guys are awesome man enjoy the games this weekend it's going to be fun it's perfect little appetizer right just four games you know keep you entertained I'm sure you guys will all be dialed into Delaware state Hawaii at Hawaii TTP I'm big on it Delaware missed a fly finally got hey I'm down with I'm down with TTP yeah you know me Danny canel to check him out appreciate it DK hey what's up YouTube it's football season let's win some money subscribe