And then there were eight.
Clemson, SMU, Tennessee and Indiana were eliminated in the first round of games in the first ever College Football Playoff.
The remaining eight teams will be paired as follows:
#1 Oregon vs #8 Ohio State (O/U 55)
#2 Georgia vs #7 Notre Dame (O/U 44)
#3 Boise State vs #6 Penn State (O/U 52)
#4 Arizona State vs #5 Texas (O/U 52)
Somewhat surprisingly, three of the four higher ranked teams are NOT favored to win their games according to many betting sites.
Oregon, Boise State, Arizona State are all underdogs going into the second round of games.
Tell me what U think will be the outcomes and final scores will be in each of the four games.
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas Canespace!🎄🎁🎅
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | December 25, 2024 at 03:54 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone hope you had a nice Christmas. 2 Days to the big Pop Tart Bowl; I hope we show up to play and win, not to get embarrassed. A win would be nice!
Posted by: VA Cane | December 26, 2024 at 01:07 AM
Happy Birthday Tom
Posted by: Old Skool | December 26, 2024 at 04:23 AM
Michelle Kaufman
@kaufsports
🏀🚨BREAKING NEWS: UM basketball coach Jim Larranaga to step down, two years after historic Final Four run. Announcement expected as early as today.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | December 26, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Hope you do not drink too many cool beverages Soup! Happy Birthday, thanks for keeping the blog alive. We have lost a lot of folks, but I check it regularly!
Lets win The Pop Tart Bowl...
Posted by: VA Cane | December 26, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Happy Birthday 86/Soup/Tom! Ditto VA… still love this blog and community all these years later! Pop Tarts for all my friends!
Posted by: DallasTX Cane | December 26, 2024 at 01:55 PM
Happy Birthday Soupster!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | December 26, 2024 at 02:06 PM
Thank you to the Greatest Miami Hurricanes Basketball Coach Ever in Coach L! Enjoy your Retirement Man. It’s officially 0 Minutes of L Left! Thank you for taking our Canes Basketball Program to heights it’s never before seen!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | December 26, 2024 at 02:08 PM
Thanks for ALL of the kind birthday wishes!
Much appreciated.
Posted by: 86Cane | December 26, 2024 at 02:58 PM
I have as winners:
Oregon
Georgia
Penn State
Texas
Who U got?
Posted by: 86Cane | December 26, 2024 at 03:01 PM
I'm gonna pick:
OSU (hate them and hope Oregon wins)
ND (hate them, hope GA wins, but not convinced without Beck)
PSU
ASU (would be huge upset, but they've been playing great ball the last few games)
Happy birthday, 86. 60 or 61?
Side note: Zion Nelson and Frankie Tinilau to the portal
Posted by: JCane | December 26, 2024 at 03:25 PM
Happy Birthday, 86, and so many more to come. 💚🧡🟩🟧
I am at my house in Florida, making the decision to get chemo, or not.
As most of you know, I have colon cancer, had the tumor and 48 lymph nodes removed. Tumor and 2 lymph nodes were malignant. I have never had chemotherapy and am scared. Any of you have had chemo??
Happy New Year to all of you Canespacers. Say a prayer for me and GO CANES , on the 28th.
All the best to Jim Larranaga. A true Miami Hurricane!💚🧡🟧🟩
Posted by: MLALUMNI 1970 | December 26, 2024 at 03:53 PM
A true test of leadership is knowing when it's time to step aside so others can lead.
Best wishes Coach L.
Posted by: W | December 26, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Happy Birthday Tom
Oregon *
Notre dame
Boise State*
Arizona State*
This is who I would Like to win. *
Jim Larranaga Greatest coach we ever had.
Posted by: Harry Miller | December 27, 2024 at 02:14 AM
I have as winners:
Oregon
Georgia
Penn State
Texas
Who U got?
Posted by: 86Cane | December 26, 2024 at 03:01 PM
I'm in 💯% agreement with the Birthday Boy.
Let's Go CANES!🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Posted by: roachcane77 | December 27, 2024 at 06:21 AM
Nice article on ESPN today on Coach L. NIL claims another coaching great. Thank U for the Final Four Coach!
"At this point, after 53 years, I just didn't feel that I could successfully navigate this whole new world that I was dealing with because my conversations were ridiculous with an agent saying to me, 'Well, you can get involved [with a prospective player] if you're willing to go to $1.1 million,' and that would be the norm,"
Posted by: DallasTX Cane | December 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Happy birthday, 86. 60 or 61?
Posted by: JCane | December 26, 2024 at 03:25 PM
Turned 62 this year!
Posted by: 86Cane | December 27, 2024 at 12:32 PM
DTX...there is another good quote out there from Coach L where he said:
"What shocked me beyond belief was after we made the Final Four just 18 months ago. The very first time I met the players, 8 of them decided they were going to put their name in the portal. You have to ask yourself, What is this all about?"
I tried to tell U
I tried to warn U.
I tried to reason with U.
But U were absent from class and never wanted to learn the obvious lesson I was trying to teach U.
And, look at U now!
Posted by: 86Cane | December 27, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day. Will watch our Hurricanes play tomorrow and win!!
Happy New Year to everyone!
Posted by: MLALUMNI 1970 | December 27, 2024 at 01:59 PM
Happy belated birthday 86 and all the best for the new year!
Thanks for keeping the blog going and to all the regular contributors may you all have a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
Posted by: CaneWarrior | December 28, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Interesting take by Coach L. Tell me, who should get the cut then if it's not the players:
"The NCAA reported $1.29 billion in revenue for the 2023 fiscal year, with more than 80% coming from March Madness."
Posted by: 360Cane | December 28, 2024 at 03:41 AM
Best Hurricanes football team in two decades takes on the most successful Iowa State football team in program history, should be an entertaining game.
Cyclones +1 1/2 halftime points.
Hurricanes -6 points.
Over 59 1/2 total points.
Entertainment purposes only.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | December 28, 2024 at 08:57 AM
They only become the best Hurricanes team in 2 decades if they win today if not 2017 remains the best team in the past 2 decades. Yall got to stop rewarding these teams before the job is finished. Anyways Go Canes!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | December 28, 2024 at 09:37 AM
360Cane stop being disingenuous Coach L believes players should get paid and anyone that truly knows Coach L and the program knows that.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | December 28, 2024 at 09:39 AM
Make players sit out a year if they transfer and have not graduated like the “old days”. That would slow down the transfers and also benefit the players that do decide to transfer with an extra year of NIL money if they leave.
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | December 28, 2024 at 11:35 AM
I ain’t a fan of that Sota! Unless Coaches have to sit out a year as well! We don’t need to overdo it but yeah maybe some type of penalty maybe miss a 1/3 of the season and thus that should mean you take a minimum you take at least a 33.3% discount to transfer on Your New NIL Deal! That’s at least fair, or the new place that acquired you has to pay a 1/3 transfer fee!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | December 28, 2024 at 02:37 PM
Well I’m losing my faith in the game and at some point I’ll quit watching. The entire process is a joke that’s being governed by the highest bidder.
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | December 28, 2024 at 03:22 PM
And Miami will never compete with the highest bidder’s. Nor should they!
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | December 28, 2024 at 03:23 PM
With that said…Gameday!
Go ‘canes!
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | December 28, 2024 at 03:25 PM
GO MIAMI!!!!🟧🟩🧡💚
Oh piss! Now what, Mario????
Posted by: MLALUMNI 1970 | December 28, 2024 at 03:37 PM
lol! Miami opening in typical Miami fashion.
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 03:39 PM
Have to agree with you ‘Sota.
Posted by: CaneWarrior | December 28, 2024 at 03:39 PM
Yep here we go again.....didthe D practice anything during the time before the game? Easy TDs for them....us too.....i would like to watch a good game....not a game where both teams look like they have never played the game in their lives!!!!!
Can you say Lack of Fundamentals? I can!
LOL!!!!!
Posted by: VA Cane | December 28, 2024 at 03:55 PM
Looks like it’s going to be a high scoring game. Wish I was there, with all of you. 🧡💚🟧🟩
Posted by: MLALUMNI 1970 | December 28, 2024 at 04:07 PM
I have high school kids who tackle so much better.....you cannot tackle with your arms....grabbing. Coverage is not good either. We have so much to work on; we better get it together before 2025!
Posted by: VA Cane | December 28, 2024 at 04:14 PM
I swear, our defense sucks ass. I hope that they can figure the D out for next season. If we can’t, it’s gonna be a bad 2025 season.
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 04:14 PM
Lance has got to go! Get the damn clown out of Coral Gables. That dude can’t work his D out of a wet brown paper bag!
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 04:18 PM
The O looking good so far, other than the opening. The D is our achilles heel! Lance, what the hell are you doing?!?! Get your shot together!
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 04:29 PM
I absolutely love our secondary! They are playing with lights out!😂
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 04:36 PM
Great job for the O keeping us in the this game, now, if the D can keep the Iowa Sate O off the field , we would be in great shape.
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 04:48 PM
Anyone know what happened on the sideline earlier between Barrow and Lightfoot?
Posted by: JCane | December 28, 2024 at 04:54 PM
D backfield is getting a lot of help in the portal. I would expect at least 1-2 departures still.
Meanwhile, I hope many folks bet the over on this game
Posted by: JCane | December 28, 2024 at 05:24 PM
I just want the U to win. Plain and simple. 🟩🟧💚🧡
Posted by: MLALUMNI 1970 | December 28, 2024 at 05:26 PM
CW1 is a great kid think he can play on Sunday, he kept us in this season!
I am so glad we were not included in the playoff. The O is good, the D would have gotten woodsheded by any of the 12 chosen. This show by our D is so embarrassing...all levels DBs the worst. My HS team would pound this D!
2025 gonna be tough one. Hey keep playing lets try to win....
Posted by: VA Cane | December 28, 2024 at 06:05 PM
C’mon D! Let’s get the stop here!!
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 06:05 PM
Nope, the D doesn’t come up with the BIG STOP!
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 06:09 PM
Do we continue to out Emory in or do we continue with Cam?’
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 06:16 PM
Let’s go D! Put this game away!
Posted by: YooperCane | December 28, 2024 at 06:46 PM
I think we need a portal qb.
I knew this would be what it is with Williams. 2 passes batted down and 1 for 4.
Posted by: Herbieibis | December 28, 2024 at 06:53 PM
I see nothing in Williams.....another standing statue QB.....he's confused and cannot throw the ball down the field. If thats our future it does not look real strong to me.
D gonna have to make a stop.
Posted by: VA Cane | December 28, 2024 at 06:53 PM