Episode Details

Baby Jesus is out. About 30 minutes before we hit record, word came down that Malachi Toney needs ankle surgery, and now the No. 1 Miami Hurricanes go to South Bend on Saturday night without their best player. The line jumped to seven and a half. The mood took a hit. Somebody had to take a canoe to Pollo Tropical.

Ro, Jenners, Scoop and Toast work through what this offense looks like without Toney: more Cooper Barkate, more Elijah Lofton, maybe a coming-out party for a freshman the way Toney had against Notre Dame last year. We also get to the uncomfortable truth that losing Darian Mensah would have been worse. Then the CFP rankings. The committee told the ACC it's getting one team in, Wake Forest got done dirty, and the guys argue over whether Notre Dame is closer to 4 or 11.

The big one is the defense. We play Bill Belichick's comments after the 38-35 win at UNC, where he basically says Carolina knew everything Corey Hetherman was going to call because it's the same stuff Miami has run since Week 1. Toast does not take it well. Ro answers with three specific fixes: lay off the simulated pressure fronts, drop the cut mechanics, and rethink the 3-by-1 looks now that Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor are gone.

Also in this one: the 1988 CBS open with a young Brent Musburger (30 seconds on Notre Dame, 10 on Miami), a shout-out to Andrew Novak on his first solo PGA Tour win, the Notre Dame podcast that called Miami "unintelligent thugs" and then wiped itself off the internet, player over/unders, keys to the game, and the FSU coaching search. Manny Diaz? Jimbo again? And why Miami's money picture looks nothing like Tallahassee's.

We close with picks on a stacked Saturday slate: BYU-Utah, Texas-Mizzou, Alabama-LSU, Oregon-Ohio State, Kentucky-Tennessee, Georgia-Ole Miss, and our final scores for Miami at Notre Dame. Toast may or may not be wearing a pope hat.

Recap show drops Sunday morning. Go Canes.

00:00 Malachi Toney needs ankle surgery

03:09 Scoop goes overboard + the flood (canoe to Pollo Tropical)

04:46 Life without Toney and the line moving to 7.5

07:26 CFP rankings: one ACC bid and the Wake Forest snub

09:25 Is Notre Dame closer to 4 or 11? CJ Carr and two sacks

11:12 Who matters more: Toney or Darian Mensah?

12:32 Belichick audio on Miami's defense

17:15 Toast's rant: coaching malpractice

22:16 How Ro would fix the pass defense

24:56 Paul Bange Roofing, Rapid Auto Lease, Beating the Bookie

28:21 1988 Miami-Notre Dame CBS open + Andrew Novak shout-out

31:36 Hate week: the "unintelligent thugs" podcast

33:55 Miami at Notre Dame: whose back is against the wall?

35:55 Scoop doesn't like anything about this game

39:22 Over/unders: Mensah, Fletcher, Lightfoot and more

42:12 Keys to the game

46:51 FSU coaching search: Manny Diaz, Jimbo and Miami's money edge

56:57 Picks record + the national slate

1:04:31 Miami vs. Notre Dame score predictions

1:07:53 Naming the episode

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