You know, I remember when Miami was the team everybody feared, back when they played in the Orange Bowl and the Big East meant something. That was real football. But this talk about schdule strength being overlooked? Son, let me tell you about overlooked. We played a full NAIA slate for decades where every game was a battle, and nobody in St. Charles ever got a national headline for it. You want a gauntlet? Try the 1996 season under Coach Pat Ross, playing three ranked NAIA teams in four weeks with 45 scholarship players. That built depth. Now, you're right that the committee should look hard at who you play, but this portal circus means that "top-15 recruiting class" you're so proud of might be half-gone by next spring, chasing NIL deals. That #2 overall prospect? Hope he likes the city, because loyalty left the building with the old Southwest Conference. Miami's ACC might be tough, but it ain't the old Big East wars with Virginia Tech. And 8.1 yards per play allowed? That stat would've gotten a defensive coordinator fired in the '80s. We used to measure defenses by how few points they gave up, not this yards-per-play spreadsheet nonsense. The playoff path is never easy for anyone with real tradition, because the sport has been watered down by realignment and these mercenary rosters. I'll take a team of four-year Lions over a roster of hired guns any Saturday.