Well said.

I have to step in here and give a little credit where it is due. Miami is not a horrible football team. While the reality is that OUr team has more "winning pieces" in place, Miami is NOT a horrible football team. Do I need to say that again?

The fact that we were able to "shut down" Zac Dysert following a start that was disturbingly familiar is quite encouraging (almost as encouraging as the disturbing familiarity of the first quarter or so).

As for mockery: The Internet is an incubator and through-putter of profound blowhardery. If there are two conferences that are better than the "gassing" they are the MAC and Sun Belt. Look, there are most of a handful of teams you don't want to have on your schedule if you want to have a reasonable chance of winning on Saturday (or on some other designated day for the benefit of TV). But that list is short. Very short.

The overwhelming number of match-ups could go one way or the other based on a long list of tangible and intangible factors. There is hardly ever a MAC match that a wise man bets the ranch on -- for reasons that are both tangible and intangible. While there are probably thousands of barrels more vitriol at fan sites than there are on football rosters, make no mistake about the significance of "Ohio vs. Miami" to the players. It's a rivalry to everybody. And rivalries produce crazy games that do not equal the tangibles.

So let's tone down the rheteric concerning the suckiness of Miami. It merely results in a backhanded insult to OUrselves! Give them some credit, even if it hurts like hell to do so (which it does).

Well said.