Oboy said:
Lets face it, UM plays a tougher schedule than it used to in the Big Eas(y)t. So it is not going to be easy to go undefeated every year. Thus being in the National Championship game is going to be more rare. Add that to an unrealistic expectation of the fan base, not a real enticing job.
I Really don't understand how your schedule is so much harder now then when you where in the BigEast. Currently your toughest opponents in the ACC are BC and VT, both former BigEast schools. Your next toughest opponent is FS that you usually played anyways. That coupled with your current non-conference schedule I can hardly buy into the idea that your current schedule is tougher now then it was 4-5 years ago.
You last 2 years in the BigEast you had Florida and Florida St. as you nonconference games coupled with playing VT, BC, WVU, and Pitt.
In the ACC 2004 and 2006 you play Louisville as a nonconference game, 2005 i guess Colorado was your tough game.
Your nonconference schedule was tougher in the BigEast.
Teams you play then and now : Florida St., VT, and BC(actually every other year I believe)
Old teams : WVU, Pitt, Syracuse, Rutgers
New teams : GT, Virginia, UNC, Duke. (Wake Forest, Maryland, NC State Clemson : about every other year)
In the BigEast you had 6 Conference games(5 nonconference), In the ACC you have 8(4 non conference).
If you just take the ACC teams you play every year then you really think?
GT, Virginia, UNC, and Duke
Is harder then-
WVU, Pitt, Syracuse, Rutgers
???
Since you play Florida St every year, the Atlantic division teams you play don't even make up for the tougher nonconference schedule you had in the BigEast.
Get over thinking the ACC is a powerhouse football conference that Miami has no chance to dominate like it did the BigEast. Reality is Miami had much better teams '93-'03 then they have the past few years. I really doubt Miami would be in any different position if they were still in the BigEast. Find something else to blame it on. They probably would have a worse record playing in the BigEast this year.
Last note Miami has 2 more ranked opponents on their schedule..... VT and BC. I think they are former BigEast schools that you would have had to play if they didn't jump conferences. I think your premise is flawed. It isn't your competition is so much harder in the ACC. Miami is just not the same team they use to be.
