""I feel like that's been our whole journey, our whole story the whole playoffs," Bain said. "We like when nobody believes in us.""
""I've been an underdog my whole life, so being an underdog in this last game -- being an underdog in every game we played in the playoffs -- really doesn't mean anything to me," Mesidor said. "It might fuel me a little bit, but at the end of the day, I just want to play football and show that we are the best team in the nation.""
""This whole season, all we've really talked about is the people in this locker room is what matters," he said. "Our coaches, our teammates, these fans -- everybody that has backed you, that has supported us, that has believed in us -- that's what matters at the end of the day.""
No. 10 Miami will face No. 1 Indiana for the national championship at Hard Rock Stadium, and Miami enters as an 8.5-point underdog. ESPN Analytics gives Indiana a 68.3% chance to win. Miami will be the first team to play for a national title at its home stadium since annual championship games began in 1998. The Hurricanes opened the season 25-1 to win the title but were 100-1 on the morning the College Football Playoff bracket was revealed. Miami is 13-1 at Hard Rock over the past two seasons, and players embrace an underdog mindset while emphasizing team unity and supporters.
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