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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 4915036, member: 173"]
Miami is such a weird program.  Part of the problem is their faculty was horrified by image of the university the football team created in the 80s.  Some of what “revenue certainty” from joining the ACC was the ability to quietly de-emphasize football.  But they’re also in a huge market, and with their historical success not having a good program creates negative media blowback.

Somehow they’ve managed to thread the needle that Syracuse tried to pull off in the 90s - invest enough to be just successful enough that boosters and local media feel like big success is right around the corner, while never actually investing enough to realize that level of success.

If and when the ACC implodes, some of the blame should go to Miami.  The ACC was expecting they were adding a top ten program; Miami didn’t really want to be that.  The ACC thought they were adding a Lamborghini, instead they were adding a Camry.  Dependable, reliable 8-4 program that doesn’t really impress anyone - but gets the job done for the university.
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