It was ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS at Hard Rock Stadium. Miami was a 21.5-point favorite at home against a Florida State team that most fans had marked as dead. Miami made error after error and committed penalty after penalty, and somehow, through all of the mistakes, the Canes came out victorious in the second overtime.

We start out with the defense. There were some subpar play calls, less-than-great play in the secondary, not enough sacks of the quarterback, and stupid penalties. We question the personnel in the defensive backfield, although getting a starter ejected didn't help. We allowed Ashton Daniels to complete hail mary after hail mary. But, in the end, Bryce Fitzgerald came down with the INT, and the Canes won it.

The offense put up a bunch of numbers, but it was not a clean performance. Darian Mensah threw his first pick of the year and missed on some other throws. We did get to see the coming-out part of Javion Mallory. We may need to discuss his likeness to Frank Gore this week. Mali did Mali things. The right side of the offensive line remains a question mark, but we aren't sure there are any better options.

Miami will most likely be ranked number 1, unless the AP does us dirty. What does that mean for the Canes? Were you rooting for ND to win or lose? We discuss all of this and more.

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