What if Florida beats Miami in Week 1? 🤔 | Always College Football

what if Florida beats Miami in week one it's not completely out of the realm of possibility Miami is a slight favorite about three three and a half which is pretty considerable on the road at your rival in a home opener but if that happens it's one of the most significant victories in the recent history of Florida football not because Miami is ranked in the top 20 Florida's had wins against top 20 teams but given the perception of the trajectory for Billy Napier this would have a lasting impact and if it's going to happen on the field it's probably going to happen along the lines of scrimmage if you think about what Miami has solidified the last two years offensive and defensive lines that's Mario Christ Ball's bread and butter he wants to be great along the front offensively he's a former offensive bline coach it should come as no surprise but he also has already gone out and put a high priority on getting additions not just in high school recruiting but in the portal to fortify his depth along the defensive line well if Florida beats him it means their offensive line had a heck of a day in against an outstanding defensive front Miami last year finished 12th in the sport against the Run Miami also thrived on negative plays last year 11th in college football forcing a negative play 11% of the snaps so this is a very aggressive group this is a very Dynamic group group means the offensive line clearly did a pretty dang good job it also means that Graham MZ probably took advantage of a secondary that W right now I've heard great things but it's still fall Camp probably took advantage of a secondary that was somewhat Gable last year they were 55th last year in past defense so Graham MZ and his talented wide receivers everyone's been talking about well Ricky Pea's gone who are they going to throw it to well that means maybe Wilson had a big day maybe a couple other guys that they've added had a big day maybe jacobe Jackson who's filling in for the injured Montell Johnson maybe he was able to create some seams in the Run game at running back and created a couple big plays it also means too with the additions that Miami made offensively cam Ward Damen Martinez some of the holdovers from last year at wide recept wide receiver with Restrepo and Company some of the holdovers maybe Florida's defense has made drastic improvement from where they were last year in year one under Austin Armstrong to year number two now they lost some pretty significant pieces Prince Ley uman mellen's no longer there he's at Old Miss now but they feel really good about the young players they played last year how many true freshman and firste starters got tremendous reps last year and they've been very bullish all off season about the progress they've made well clearly that progress PR is Vindicated with a big win over a ranked foe a rival in week one now how would it affect Billy Napier I think it would take the monkey off of his back to a certain extent people have already put him on the hot seat and all sort of stuff I don't subscribe to that necessarily because I think he's got a good team this year and I think they're going to get to bowl eligible I think they're going to get to seven and maybe it wouldn't shock me if they surprise some folks along the way but wouldn't that cool things off quite a bit for Billy Napier I mean wouldn't that just kind of calm things down a little bit and kind of prove hey we might not be where we want to be playing for and competing for SEC championships competing for national championships maybe we're not there yet and in year three you'd like to be but we're moving in the right direction and just trust trust the staff enough to believe that in time they're going to be able to finally knock down the door go toe-to-toe with some of their rivals in the sport and potentially Elevate to the point where they get to that Championship Contender status and how would it affect Mario christall I think it'd be a lot of Fallout from this game I think this is the most significant game week one in terms of writing a narrative for each coach Billy Napier loses the game oh well he's you know Dead Man Walking well he wins the game he's everybody's all American same can be said for Mario christall he wins the game Miami's back he loses the game Marios can't get it done I don't think either is true by the way I think Billy Napier could lose this game and still go on to have a really nice season Miami is just that good and I think Mario christall and Miami could lose this game and still rally and end up making the playoffs it could definitely happen with their Rock and with the Personnel they have on both sides of the ball but people would immediately overreact to whatever the outcome is and in this case that we presented if Florida beats Miami in week one people are going to be suggesting that the Mario crystal ball experiment hasn't worked it's not accurate but that will be the reaction it'll be strong it'll be visceral and it'll probably be unnecessary but that's why we love college football We Care a lot and we overreact a lot as well