Official Miami Hurricanes Thread 2

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"alen1 wrote:

Btw, did you guys see when Harris spun out of a sack and then just like stood there for a half second like the whistle blew? After that, he throws a dart to the middle of the field for like fifteen yards.

I didn't see it as him standing there. I thought he was looking down the field for an open man when it happened.

I was on the phone with my girl, who is a huge Texas fan, and I said "That is some Texas Vince Young s**t right there!"

I loved our offensive playcalling. We weren't afraid to go down field even on third and long situations.

I've had some time to think about it now. More than winning this game, the amazing feeling is that I never felt out of the game because of the QB we had, or the guy calling plays. We weren't afraid to go deep on early downs. We weren't afraid to go for it on third and long. We ran the ball effectively early and that allowed Harris to settle down and get comfortable.

If Harris goes and has another great game against GT I'm ready to call him a big time college QB. Imagine being in his shoes. You're in your second season playing college football, you just threw the interception to give your opponent the lead. Except this isn't any opponent. This is your biggest rival and you are in THEIR house. 80,000 screaming Seminole fans are against you, so what do you do? Do you fold under the pressure? Not if you're Jacory Harris. What you do is come back and play better than you ever have in your life. You drive your team down the field repeatedly and get the lead no matter what the other team does on offense.

His stat line will NOT show how great he was. Neither of his interceptions were bad plays. The first was just him taking a shot on third and long when we weren't going to score anyway. The second time he stood in the pocket and tried to deliver the ball. Would it have been complete? Probably not but we can never know. He showed OUTSTANDING poise in the pocket, made a couple plays avoiding the rush, and delivered the ball with pinpoint accuracy down the field. Jacory gets a HUGE thumbs up from me for his performance today, I'm thankful that he is our QB.

On defense we shut down the run well early, and my only real issue is that if you are going to play off of the ball you need to converge and tackle well. Which we did early but not as the game went on. Our corner play down the field was excellent in my opinion, but on the short screens we were terrible. Too many yards after the catch given up. My other issue with the defense was poor run/pass recognition by our ends. However our two starting ends are out so I give them a small pass on that. I'd like to see more consistent pressure on opposing QB's as the season unfolds.

Moment of the game: The look on our backup QB's face when we won. I knew EXACTLY what he was thinking. "Thank god I didnt have to play".

half the team was cramping in the third quarter.. shannon runs a soft camp.

This is the most athletic looking U team that I've seen in years, but Shannon needs to manage the game better, two timeouts were used early in the 2nd half that could have really hurt the team.

And to many receivers were running free in the Canes secondary, they had free releases and turned the secondary into a track meet.

it appears that shannon's "game prescence" has not improved.. well said Padre!

One of the things nobody mentioned is that the pass rush was there but FSU was getting away with a lot of holding on the DE's. When Robinson stripped the ball the RT had him around the throat.

Anyone hear what the cramping problem was caused by? Players that practice in South Florida shouldn't be have that problem playing in North Florida. Did FSU turn off the water in the visitors’ locker room? :lol:

Randy Shannon is not a great coach. Whipple was the coach of this game. It really made me the most angry when no coach realized that Reid was in position to catch the squib kick after the last TD. That could have been a game losing mistake.

What a great overall game though. I think I may need to relax today just to recover! I saw the season flash before my eyes when Harris walked to the sidelines holding his arm. Who knew he just needed to get pissed off to get it going in high gear! How long has it been since we've seen the ball get thrown down the field successfully? Man am I hyped!

:theu:

"Beelzebob wrote:

One of the things nobody mentioned is that the pass rush was there but FSU was getting away with a lot of holding on the DE's. When Robinson stripped the ball the RT had him around the throat.

Anyone hear what the cramping problem was caused by? Players that practice in South Florida shouldn't be have that problem playing in North Florida. Did FSU turn off the water in the visitors’ locker room? :lol:

Randy Shannon is not a great coach. Whipple was the coach of this game. It really made me the most angry when no coach realized that Reid was in position to catch the squib kick after the last TD. That could have been a game losing mistake.

What a great overall game though. I think I may need to relax today just to recover! I saw the season flash before my eyes when Harris walked to the sidelines holding his arm. Who knew he just needed to get pissed off to get it going in high gear! How long has it been since we've seen the ball get thrown down the field successfully? Man am I hyped!

:theu:

Great game. Congrats UM.

oh and Bezzle, don't be mistaken... there was big time holding on both olines. I thought the refs did a pretty fair job of calling the game. If they called it one way they did the same for the other team.

Wow!

"Oboy wrote:

Great game. Congrats UM.

oh and Bezzle, don't be mistaken... there was big time holding on both olines. I thought the refs did a pretty fair job of calling the game. If they called it one way they did the same for the other team.

No doubt about that. The refs didn't seem to want to call holding at all. I was just pointing out that Miami's pass rush was much better than it appeared due to all the holding. That's encouraging for :theu: because both starting DE's are out for awhile. FSU's OL is supposed to be one of the best in the country so I'll take Miami's performance.

"padre31 wrote:

And to many receivers were running free in the Canes secondary, they had free releases and turned the secondary into a track meet.

I didn't understand what the new DC was running. It was like a Cover 2 without a MIKE linebacker. He shifted his linebackers over to the strong side and then blitzed the MLB, leaving a gaping hole across the middle of the field. Then other plays, I don't know what he was doing because he had his safeties cover thirds of the field but clear up the middle, there was no one. I don't know if he was thinking that he would drop the MLB down the pipe but instead he blitzed him, so we had a huge hole in the middle of the field.

Check out the Jacory Harris interview if you have a couple of minutes. "What did you learn about Jacory Harris tonight" ? Jacory goes "I learned that I'm not the man and that I need my teammates with me."

http://canes.wqam.com/

EDIT: Check this out.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=4453930

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State and Miami, which had staged one of college football's greatest rivalries before both programs fell on hard times in recent years, had gone back and forth for nearly four hours Monday night at Doak Campbell Stadium.

With about two minutes to play, the No. 18 Seminoles held a tenuous 34-31 lead, and the Hurricanes were driving down the field once again.

As sophomore quarterback Jacory Harris prepared to take a snap on second-and-5 from the FSU 43, he shook his right hand while surveying the defense.

The middle finger and pinkie on Harris' right hand were numb.

With 11:45 left in the fourth quarter, Harris had been hit by FSU freshman Greg Reid as he tried to throw a pass. The ball popped into the air and was intercepted by FSU defensive end Markus White, who returned it 31 yards for a touchdown. When Harris went to the Miami sideline, his right arm was numb from finger tips to shoulder.

Now, Harris was preparing to leave much of the sellout crowd of 81,077 fans numb for the next several days.

I like Shannon...not sure why he has so many detractors...good recruiter changing the culture for the better. He lets his coordinators coordinate whats the issue ?

We've moved up to # 20 :theu:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings

The squib kick should be taken out of every playbook. It is a stupid play, and there is no logical explanation for running it.

"Jaydog57 wrote:

We've moved up to # 20 :theu:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings

Damn I hope we can build on that.

"Zeke0123 wrote:

I like Shannon...not sure why he has so many detractors...good recruiter changing the culture for the better. He lets his coordinators coordinate whats the issue ?

We haven't won a lot of important games under him, and have had a revolving door of coordinators and qb's coming and going. I think we're in good shape right now. We win some more games like that one last night, his bandwagon will start to fill up again.

BTW, the game's on ESPN Classic tonight at 8pm. :theu:

"Zeke0123 wrote:

I like Shannon...not sure why he has so many detractors...good recruiter changing the culture for the better. He lets his coordinators coordinate whats the issue ?

I was for the hiring and still am but you have to be realistic when you evaluate his overall performance. He's a good but not great coach. He doesn't manage games very well at all. His strengths lie mostly outside of actual game day. He needs to have great coordinators to be successful. There's nothing wrong with that but he's no Jimmy Johnson. I really hope he can put it all together though. The attitude and discipline he brings back to the program is key.

"padre31 wrote:

This is the most athletic looking U team that I've seen in years, but Shannon needs to manage the game better, two timeouts were used early in the 2nd half that could have really hurt the team.

And to many receivers were running free in the Canes secondary, they had free releases and turned the secondary into a track meet.

Why call the squib near the end of the game? Yeah your ST coverage units had been playing ****ty but damn you've got to give those kids a chance to make a play.

"KB21 wrote:

The squib kick should be taken out of every playbook. It is a stupid play, and there is no logical explanation for running it.

This the first time in a while that I agree with you.:lol:

"alen1 wrote:

Damn I hope we can build on that.

4-0 = National Championship

Do I expect to actually do that? No. Can a guy dream? Until we lose a game hell yes!

Miami,s skill positions makes them a natural fit for the spread offense. If they do underachieve and end up making a change, they should go with the spread.

"KB21 wrote:

Miami,s skill positions makes them a natural fit for the spread offense. If they do underachieve and end up making a change, they should go with the spread.

Jacory actually is a pretty good pro-set college QB. Unless he really bulks up that won't translate to the next level, but he is a very good passer from any formation.

As for our other skill players, we do recruit well enough to have the talent to run a spread. I like that we run a more pro style, but if running a spread is what it takes to win then so be it.

I think we have a good team for our current scheme.

YouTube - Highlights of Miami vs FSU 2009

http://www.southernpigskin.com/index.php/site/weekend_award_winners14/

SouthernPigskin.com Week One POW - Jacory Harris, Miami

ACC Offensive POW - Jacory Harris, Miami
ACC Defensive POW - Brandon Harris, Miami
ACC Special Teams POW - Da'Norris Searcy, North Carolina
ACC Coach of the Week - Randy Shannon, Miami
ACC X-Factor of the Week - Miami Defense - The Hurricane defense kept FSU out of the endzone on three straight plays from inside the three yard line at the end of the game to preserve a 38-34 Miami win.

SEC Offensive POW - Mark Ingram, Alabama
SEC Defensive POW - Trevard Lindley, Kentucky
SEC Special Teams POW - Dennis Johnson, Arkansas
SEC Coach of the Week - Nick Saban, Alabama
SEC X-Factor of the Week - Jordan Jefferson, LSU - Many have questioned whether or not the super sophomore will be able to hold onto his starting job. He was extremely efficient in a tough road opener against Washington, throwing three touchdown passes including a key 6-yard strike to Brandon LaFell with 1:54 to play.

SoCon Offensive POW - Jordan Sorrells, Furman
SoCon Defensive POW - Joseph Boateng, The Citadel
SoCon Special Teams POW - Adrian Mora, Georgia Southern
SoCon Coach of the Week - Pat Sullivan, Samford
SoCon X-Factor of the Week - Scott Riddle, Elon - Threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns against Davidson, tying a Southern Conference league record with 12 career 300+ yard games.

Wow the play at 2:48 to 2:55 is even more amazing when you see he was stepping straight into the rush and took a hit.

YouTube - (HD) Game 1: Miami Hurricanes highlights vs. FSU (9.7.09)

Credit goes to Rusty from the Canes board.