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FSU Football: Every Loss by Miami is Hurting The Seminoles
The last four seasons, FSU football beating Miami has sent the Hurricanes into a free fall – and hurt the Seminoles in the process.
For fans of the Seminoles, there are three things that make a college football Saturday great – a win for FSU football and losses by our two biggest rivals, Florida and Miami. For the latter team, the schedule after losing to FSU football has been disastrous for a program that loves to claim they are “back”.
Since the 2013 season, when both teams met in Tallahassee undefeated and ranked in the top 10, all we’ve been hearing from fans of the Hurricanes is that their team is back to being relevant and one of the best in the country.
Then they play FSU…
After their yearly loss to the Seminoles, Miami goes into a tailspin for the rest of their season. In the last four years following their loss to FSU, the ‘Canes have combined for a record of 7-8 in the regular season – with five of those wins coming last season alone:
2013: 0-2
2014: 0-2
2015: 5-2
2016: 0-2 and counting
If you add in the three bowl losses, the record balloons to 7-11. While it’s fun to see fans of the program suffer when they lose to teams like Pitt, Virginia, Duke and in bowl games to South Carolina and Washington State, the UM slump actually hurts the Seminoles.
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Since the creation of the BCS before the 1998 season, strength of schedule has been looked at more than ever before. Not only do you want to win your games, but you want the teams you beat to win all their games too in order to make your strength of schedule look better.
Everytime the ‘Canes lose additional games following their defeat at the hands of FSU football, it’s the ‘Noles who suffer because our schedule strength takes the hit. In 2016, where schedule strength could play a role in deciding who will win the Atlantic Division should the tiebreaker scenarios be needed, each Miami setback hurts the ‘Noles.
It is going to hurt to do it – especially for those FSU alumni and fans in the South Florida area – but we need Miami to be better each season. Well, except for the times they play the Seminoles.
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