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Podcast: Cover 3 College Football Episode: Expectations For ACC Teams In 2026: Who Can Contend With Miami? James Franklin’s VT Debut & More! Segment: North Texas podcast segment **Top Team-Specific Takeaways** - I mean, for those who are watching on youtube.com slash cover 3a and also have a sharp eye for international kids when it comes to football, they may be aware. - They get to practice with the team while Miami is going on the run. - You feel like the offense is pretty good hands. - You went out and got yourself a quarterback. - You look at the title odds. - if they were to lose to Notre Dame and just get tripped up once in conference play, I think that's where 8-0 and 7-1 is going to be more sort of like an indicator to me about them being about that. Transcript excerpt: I, this is for those who are not aware, there were some final World Cup qualifying matches yesterday and Italy could have is that was that they just need the win against Bosnia? And they did not get the win losing abilities. What's what's, do you want to reveal to the people? I mean, for those who are watching on youtube.com slash cover 3a and also have a sharp eye for international kids when it comes to football, they may be aware. You want to announce your affiliation, your rooting interests for the, for the World Cup this summer? Scotland's in the World Cup. We're going all Italy is a baseball country. Scotland's a snogger country. Did they end up winning the baseball classic? Who won the baseball classic? Well, how far, but they got to the final four? Oh, no, that wasn't Italy. I was going to say they need to find an electrician, but that was. Well, that was pro Chet Chetchia. That they pulled out the electrician to come out and through like born two thirds scoreless innings and struck out. I mean, yeah, Italy, of course, the 2006 World Cup champions not going to be making the trip over. I thought as a Fiorentina supporter, if Moisekeen has a has an open summer to be able to make sure he's healthy for the upcoming campaign. If Moisekeen could hit an open net, Italy would be in the World Cup right now. You guys might as well be speaking Spanish right now. Me and but are just lost. That is the number one goal. That is the big topic as you see from the headline on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast. Now continuing our series of if Vegas is right now to address some comments from Monday. When are we going to talk about Notre Dame? We will address Notre Dame's win total tomorrow. Can I jump in real quick and address that? Yeah, I think there's an answer. It's two words and it's Mark Fletcher. I mean, from like, I mean, just to spend any time around Mark Fletcher, talk to anybody else around that program. Mark Fletcher is like still having him. Like not even to mention how Malachitone kind of impressed everybody with the way he picked it up. But Mark Fletcher has been there from the beginning of the build. He is right there from the backyard. Like that is the guy who Mario Christoball can count on to be Mario Christoball's voice when it comes to the culture and building that thing out. Remember the story that Mario told about how Mark Fletcher had to put some of the early enrollees in their place during those playoff practices? Like the early enrollees show up. They get to practice with the team while Miami is going on the run. And yeah, I mean, they're they're high recruits. They might have thought it was one way. Mark Fletcher had to tell him it was another. I think that that's one place, at least where my mind goes where I'm not too worried about the drop off in culture because we've got a couple of guys and Mark Fletcher is the first one that comes to mind. That I think will be able to continue that through line. I think losing the two edge rushers is probably the biggest concern. You feel like the offense is pretty good hands. You went out and got yourself a quarterback. You mentioned Fletcher coming back Tony. This guy's coming off the edge. Like, there's such a gap. You look at the title odds. There's a huge gap between Miami and the rest of this league based on those. And I mean, if they finish under, it's going to feel like a very disappointing season. Even if you're kind of to eat, you're probably will probably win the league and you'll probably or you'll get to the ACC Championship. You'll be in the playoff hunt. But like, if this Miami team doesn't dominate this version of the ACC, how confident are you going to be in them going into the playoff? I think the presence of the Notre Dame game is going to give me a little bit of wiggle room where if they beat Notre Dame but lose. If the Miami Hurricanes beat Notre Dame in South Bend but lose to ACC games, Tom, I am concerned, even though they've got the Notre Dame win. But if they were to lose to Notre Dame and just get tripped up once in conference play, I think that's where 8-0 and 7-1 is going to be more sort of like an indicator to me about them being about that. Like, where's their trap game here? At North Carolina, a week before the Notre Dame game. I mean, that feels like it. Maybe there's a letdown for Duke after the Notre Dame game. That's what you guys thought was a nine-win team last year. And you guys were like, no chance. You know, I thought about this kind of stuff. This morning, I was going over this, right? Like Clemson and Notre Dame are not trap games. They're like the obvious you're getting up for a game. Maybe pit, just like with the way that pit plays. You know, it's coming off FSU at home.