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2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - george - 09-01-2026

ACC football, baby!  (I don't think I will ever get used to this)


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - SkiBum80 - 09-01-2026

I'm expecting a valiant fight. An admirable effort. 
But just outmatched in the end:  35 - 16. 
Beating the spread! (which I think is 24.5 now)
As always, my disclaimer of hoping that I'm wrong and our guys pull off the hu.ge upset.


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - fullmetal - 09-01-2026

I'd feel a lot better about this game except for the injured Stanford players sitting out.


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - Papa John - 09-01-2026

I agree with fullmetal. Stanford actually had a winning record (4-2) at home last year, which is atypical since the "big suck" began in 2019. But I think the on-field talent disparity between Miami and Stanford will far outweigh travel/time zone and other extraneous factors that might favor us. I think it's reasonably close at halftime and then Miami pulls away in the second half to win big. I will consider it a moral victory if we don't suffer any new major injuries.


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - ADPinWDC - 09-01-2026

Here's how #6 MIAMI sees the game.
They thumped us 42-7 last year, which covers the spread now of 24-ish.  
New QB transfer and redshirt junior Darian Mensah (from ACC Champ Duke) is a nightmare -- fluid,
with very quick decisions and a raft of targets now with Canes.  Forcing a punt will be a big challenge.
Mensah will dish the ball all over and mix in some run. Toney is a playmaker.

Basically, we have to keep the ball.  Three and outs are death.  
Running on bigger, quicker MIAM will be more difficult, so a lot will fall to QB Warren.  
And, "More Cowbell" (throw to our Big TEs).   MIAM might have one of the best Secondaries in the country.
Seeing the tape, Canes will run hurry up to exhaust our Defense.
https://themiamihurricane.com/2026/09/01/no-7-hurricanes-head-west-for-week-1-matchup-against-stanford/?  

Barring 3 or 4 turnovers by MIAM, I see the Canes covering the points, sadly.  
To make position in the seedings to get to #4 or better, MIAM will want to run up the score, above 60.  
MIAM only has NDAM as a ranked foe on their schedule (they don't see SMU til ACC Champ game), so they must run up the points.
They want Mensah in the Top Ten for QB performance, so they will leave him in.

Look up worst losses in PA last 25 years:
NDAM 57 - STAN 7, in 2003. Domers ran it down our throats with more than 300 yards rushing.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/233330024/notre-dame-stanford


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - TriangleTree - 09-04-2026

Looking for a game where we hold our own and stay committed throughout.
Not hopeful on the score due to injury front - the OL (all 5 projected starters?!) as well as Kaminsky and Cooper too tough to overcome.
If the probables, questionables, and doubtfuls are cleared we have a fighting chance to keep it close, and if so, good things can happen past midnight EST.
Go Stanford


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - Leftcoast - 09-04-2026

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" - Bluto

I'll be there tonight.  I think I'd rather see the 1942 Germans on the other side though. I'm pretty sure the Hurricanes are bigger and faster.  (Let alone Miami's D-Line vs Yamamoto's pilots.)


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - martyup - 09-04-2026

Our only chance might be that the Miami team was served Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce at their meal last night.


RE: 2026 Stanford vs. Miami Predictions Thread - SkiBum80 - 09-04-2026

(09-04-2026, 01:14 PM)martyup Wrote:  Our only chance might be that the Miami team was served Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce at their meal last night.

In that case, if you see a dirt stained uniform?... that's not dirt.