DALLAS — As “I Like It, I Love It” by Tim McGraw blared over the loudspeaker, it was hard to hear anything Miami’s head coach or players were saying deep up the tunnel at Gerald J. Ford Stadium, whispering and mumbling in an old meeting room.

Miami has not played like the same team since their second bye week, losing two of three the past pair of weeks to fall to 6-2 (2-2). That recent collapse is now reminding Paul Finebaum of what we saw just last season at The ‘U.