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Reviewing Miami’s dominant performance against USF and peeking ahead to Florida

September 16, 2025·46 min·4 clips

Carson Beck went 5 of 8 on deep shots for 146 yards, leading the nation in completion percentage.

The rewatch matters here. Miami's 49-12 win over USF gives David Lake and Gabby Urrutia room to check the first reaction against the tape. They keep it pretty measured. Miami is ranked number four and looks like one of the country's top teams. Florida is 1-2 and has not met expectations. The receiver group is where the conversation gets sharp. They keep circling back to contested catches, deep balls, and whether this group is doing things last year's receivers did not. Mario Cristobal and Shannon Dawson factor into that read, too. Lake and Urrutia think the coaches are nudging toward the comparison without quite saying it out loud, which makes the take harder to wave off. Then the numbers start piling up. Malachi already has three deep-ball plays, C.J. Daniels has three, Keelan Marion got one this week, Tony Johnson has four, and Josh Moore got one this week. That changes the feel of the old camp question. What was wait-and-see before fall camp now sounds closer to real confidence. They do not shove it too far. There is a lot of football left, and one USF rewatch does not settle last year versus this year. Still, the trend is hard to ignore. This Miami team is good enough that the comparison no longer sounds ridiculous. The Florida preview stays careful. They see Miami with the better roster, but want more film before deciding what Florida really is. Quarterback confidence is the hinge. The close is less prediction than pressure point: can Florida protect a rusty DJ Lagway, adjust, and answer basic identity questions before the game?

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A film-first Miami check-in that turns the USF blowout into a useful look ahead to Florida.

Miami's 49-12 win over USF sets the stage, but the rewatch changes the feel of the episode. David Lake and Gabby Urrutia use that second look to widen the view on the roster, especially the receiver group, and they make a decent case that this team may already be ahead of last…

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