It was a successful season-opener for Canes receiver Braxton Berrios, who got in the end zone on special teams with a 41-yard punt return touchdown. The offense had an extremely efficient performance on Saturday night as well.
“It’s a good feeling that we can go out and execute what we’ve been doing all fall and it will actually work in the games. It’s not just against our defense or scouts – it can work against another team,” Berrios said.
One of the biggest takeaways from the Canes’ blowout win against FAMU was the ease at which they did so – without having to pull out smoke and mirrors. It seemed like the offensive game plan was vanilla, but executed nearly perfectly.
“We executed our base plays. If it’s not broke, then don’t fix it. We were able to execute it tremendously,” he said.
Miami’s junior receiver said the offensive unit knows they will be relied on in case of the injury bug hampering the other side of the ball.
“The defense is banged up, we all know that so we’ve got to take a little bit of pressure off of them. It’s our job to score and especially now we have to score a lot,” he said.
“I was surprised they called it, to be honest. It’s part of football. I don’t like calling fair catch. I’m surprised they called targeting, I didn’t expect it to happen,” Berrios said.
Berrios might have a bit more juice than usual in this week’s game against Florida Atlantic. Last season, he watched from the stands as he missed the game with a knee injury. Berrios was so frustrated watching the game that he left at the half.
“We played terrible. We came out flat and didn’t play well at all, especially in the first half,” he said. “Whatever it was last year, that was last year. We are going in there with the right mindset this year.”
On the possibility of being ranked, Berrios thinks that the team will remain levelheaded, no matter where they see their name in the polls.
“It’s nothing to get to happy about,” Berrios said. “That should be the standard. It shouldn’t be something we get overjoyed about, and I don’t think we will.
“It’s a good feeling that we can go out and execute what we’ve been doing all fall and it will actually work in the games. It’s not just against our defense or scouts – it can work against another team,” Berrios said.
One of the biggest takeaways from the Canes’ blowout win against FAMU was the ease at which they did so – without having to pull out smoke and mirrors. It seemed like the offensive game plan was vanilla, but executed nearly perfectly.
“We executed our base plays. If it’s not broke, then don’t fix it. We were able to execute it tremendously,” he said.
Miami’s junior receiver said the offensive unit knows they will be relied on in case of the injury bug hampering the other side of the ball.
“The defense is banged up, we all know that so we’ve got to take a little bit of pressure off of them. It’s our job to score and especially now we have to score a lot,” he said.
“I was surprised they called it, to be honest. It’s part of football. I don’t like calling fair catch. I’m surprised they called targeting, I didn’t expect it to happen,” Berrios said.
Berrios might have a bit more juice than usual in this week’s game against Florida Atlantic. Last season, he watched from the stands as he missed the game with a knee injury. Berrios was so frustrated watching the game that he left at the half.
“We played terrible. We came out flat and didn’t play well at all, especially in the first half,” he said. “Whatever it was last year, that was last year. We are going in there with the right mindset this year.”
On the possibility of being ranked, Berrios thinks that the team will remain levelheaded, no matter where they see their name in the polls.
“It’s nothing to get to happy about,” Berrios said. “That should be the standard. It shouldn’t be something we get overjoyed about, and I don’t think we will.