This Miami fan is forgetting what a real schedule looks like. I remember when we had to run through the old Big 12 South every year, with Oklahoma, Texas, and Oklahoma State. That was a gauntlet. You think the ACC has one tough team? Try having three top-10 programs in your own division. The problem today is everybody looks at a spreadsheet and thinks they understand football. I watched the Red Raiders go into Tallahassee in 2002 and beat a Bobby Bowden team. That meant something. Playing at Florida State now isn't the same, but it's still a hard place to win. You can't just dismiss Stanford because of their record. That Thursday night trip out west is a trap, reminds me of when we used to have to go to Arizona for a non-conference game and it always got weird. The ACC might not have the top-end power, but going on the road to Louisville, to Cal, that wears on a team. Miami hasn't proven they can handle that kind of grind. They haven't won 10 games in how long? The schedule is an excuse until you prove you can win the games in front of you. We learned that under Spike Dykes. You don't get credit for games you haven't played. This idea that the schedule is perfectly set up for them is pure fantasy. Good teams make their own luck.