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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Throw out the records. Erase all of the stats. It's Miami and Florida State. That would normally be the mantra, and I'm sure Mario Cristobal has emphasized it to his team this week. We don't have to live by Mario's rules, though. The Canes are on the rise, and FSU is in a free fall. Miami should absolutely blow FSU out. Strange things have happened, but I don't think this will be one of those times.

There is some actual football to talk about.

Xavier Lucas is coming back to the secondary. What does that do to the lineup? Who should be the starting five in the defensive backfield?

Max Buchannan is out after having surgery. Who will be the starter at Right Guard? Does SJ get another chance?

FSU has a pretty good running back, and their QB can run, but Miami has the best rush defense in the country. We feel pretty confident here.

We make our game predictions later in the show, but it's fair to say we both think Miami covers the spread.

In segment numero dos, we talk about ESPN's story calling OSU's Jeremiah Smith possibly the best college football WR of all time. Could that be? Then that leads us to their list of the top 60 CFB WRs of all time. It's the most bogus list ever. We'll tell you why.

Then, it's our game prediction.

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On this episode of the ROCPOD, Cam and The Beast dive into the OL lineup with Max Buchanan going down with an injury. Who will start at RG? So many combinations, so little time!

A viewer/listener posed a great question about the secondary. We answer it.

You can ask questions in the comments, and we will answer them on the next show. We are good like that!

We have an exhaustive list of recruits attending Miami vs. FSU at Hard Rock on 10-17. Cam knows all of them and can tell you who to watch for as the next studs in Orange and Green.

Then, Beast did a live AMA over on TikTok (go follow @RealOnesCanesPodcast). Someone asked: What was the loudest Canes home game you ever attended? We gave our answers. One of the answers involves a punter streaking down the field.

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