Miami (FL) coach Al Golden breaks down what the Hurricanes need to do to beat Florida State on Saturday. (2:17)

After Miami lost to Cincinnati last week, team leaders decided it was time to get up and say something.

The central theme?

Enough is enough.

Enough penalties. Enough failing to finish plays. Enough losing in general.

You want to talk about Florida State?

Enough is enough there, too.

Miami has dropped five straight to its in-state rival headed into their showdown Saturday. If the Canes lose again, it would be the first time they have ever lost to the Seminoles in six consecutive years. The longest Florida State win streak is seven, over a 10-year period between 1963 and 1972.

Hurricanes quarterback Brad Kaaya is ready to end Miami's losing streak to Florida State. Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports

“One thing a few guys said in the meeting is: ‘We don’t have to lose any more to learn,’” Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya said in a phone interview. “We recognize what we did wrong. Enough is enough is basically what was said. Let’s just come out this week inspired.”

Kaaya said practice has been inspired this week, but the only way to truly know whether Miami has learned from its mistakes is to watch what happens in Doak Campbell Stadium. Will the stupid penalties be eliminated? Will the Canes perform better on third down? Will they hold on to a lead without blowing it?

When he spoke to the team, Kaaya addressed its inability to finish plays and games. Against Nebraska, the Hurricanes nearly blew a 23-point fourth-quarter lead. Against Cincinnati, Miami could not generate much of anything offensively in the second half despite multiple opportunities.

Over the last two games, Miami has 19 combined penalties, including several that took points off the board or ruined scoring opportunities.

“One thing I said was just that, ‘Hey, we’re the Miami Hurricanes,’” Kaaya said. “It doesn’t matter how a team looks on film and what their past games have been like, they’re coming to play and we have to finish. Every team we face, they’re going to finish every time, whether it’s Cincinnati or Florida State, it doesn’t matter. You have to know that going into each game.”

Miami failed to finish plays against Florida State last season, too, blowing an early 23-7 lead before losing 30-26. Only one other Miami coach has lost five games to the Seminoles -- Butch Davis, who ended up 1-5 after winning in his final season as head coach.

Al Golden is the seventh coach in Miami history to face the Seminoles five or more times, and the only one not to have a victory next to his name. While it is true the losing streak has coincided with Florida State’s rise back up to a national power as Miami suffered through NCAA sanctions, nobody in South Florida wants to hear excuses.

Losing this many times to Florida State -- especially after Miami became known for wrecking the Seminoles’ seasons multiple times in the 1980s and '90s -- cannot become the norm.

Perhaps Golden can do what Davis did and start to change that narrative Saturday. Davis, like Golden, fought probation and scholarship reductions early in his tenure at Miami. But in his last few years, it was blatantly obvious his teams were on an upswing. The 27-24 victory to end the streak in 2000 started a six-game win streak for the Canes in the series, in a time when Miami briefly returned to its elite status.

Since then, Miami has lost eight of the last 10 meetings to Florida State. There has been no upward trend in Year 6 under Golden, especially after what happened last week against Cincinnati. Coming up just short against Florida State is just not going to cut it.

Or as Miami players would say: Enough is enough.