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Locked On ACC - Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast · Locked On Podcast Network, Candace Cooper, Kenton Gibbs

ACC THREAT: Why Miami Hurricanes Must OVERCOME the Man in the Mirror for Championship Glory

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Kenton says Miami’s biggest threat is “the man in the mirror,” not an opponent.
Locked On ACC opens by putting Miami's status as the ACC football favorite under a microscope. Kenton Gibbs and Alex Dono frame the Hurricanes' biggest threat as internal, not external. They go game by game through Miami's schedule: Stanford on the road, Florida A&M, Wake Forest, Central Michigan, Clemson, Florida State, Pitt, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Duke, Virginia Tech, and Boston College. Notre Dame is treated as the toughest nonconference test on paper. The conversation keeps circling back to Miami's regular season line and how often the Hurricanes should be single-digit favorites if things hold. Notre Dame is the one game where Miami should be an underdog. Clemson and Florida State are the spots most likely to tighten, while the rest of the ACC slate looks manageable to the hosts. The central tension is simple: Miami looks like the favorite, but it still has to handle a schedule that can punish complacency if it drifts. The episode also briefly shifts to basketball, noting that the ACC tournament field is set, the tournament starts Tuesday, and the bracket could still produce surprises, including from teams with byes or double byes. That broader ACC chaos gives the Miami football discussion extra edge. The result is a brisk, argumentative segment that treats Miami's title path as the conference's clearest measuring stick without pretending the league is harmless.

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Miami's ACC path is treated as a pressure test, not a victory lap.

Locked On ACC frames Miami as the ACC favorite and keeps circling the same question: whether the Hurricanes are more likely to beat the conference or themselves.

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