Alternate universe: Miami takes Mendoza, Beck goes to Indiana

[Hold My Beer]

Where are those two teams record-wise and/or ranking-wise today (IU is 10-0, Canes 7-2)?

 

[CreativeCane]

Where are those two teams record-wise and/or ranking-wise today (IU is 10-0, Canes 7-2)?

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Probably about the same. Mendoza is playing in a more QB friendly offense. He wouldn't have the same opportunities here. We'd be griping about the same exact things with the playcalling. Cam was just a transcendent QB that Mario allowed Dawson to open it up, but I'm not sure he's doing that with any other QB.

 

[NicKane]

Where are those two teams record-wise and/or ranking-wise today (IU is 10-0, Canes 7-2)?

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Who cares?! let’s live in the real world, not fantasy world.

 

[hurricaneman]

If Mendoza was here I think we'd be better but the gap between him and Beck would be much, much smaller than the gap between Mendoza and Cam. I don't know how having Mendoza helps you beat SMU when the receivers are being thrown the ball and dropping it for INTs and you're committing 100 yards in penalties. Indiana almost lost to 3-6 Penn State with 21 yards in penalties and 1 turnover. Mendoza's stat line was 19/30 218 yards 1 TD and 1 INT.

So maybe Miami is 8-1 instead of 7-2? If you want to live in a fantasy world, imagine if we had Cam this year. We'd be 2019 LSU. We were that close to having an argument about the greatest season in Miami football history.

 

[SPAMM]

Mendoza has been good but his statistics have been skewed by his game against Michigan state, when he went 25/26 and over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns. His completion percentage has been ess than 70% and he only has 200 more yards than Beck. Interceptions is a big difference.

 

[simplycanes]

Mendoza would have gotten us past UL, but SMU was a Mario special. When he is in one of his, “not taking a knee,” kind of moods, no one can save him.

 

[Hold My Beer]

Who cares?! let’s live in the real world, not fantasy world.

Well, this is an internet message board

 

[Hold My Beer]

Mendoza has been good but his statistics have been skewed by his game against Michigan state, when he went 25/26 and over 300 yards and 4 touchdowns. His completion percentage has been ess than 70% and he only has 200 more yards than Beck. Interceptions is a big difference.

Didn't want Mendoza. Thought he was too limited physically and would be a dreaded return to our pre-Cam days of excruciatingly mediocre QB play

Liked the Beck pick-up and thought he'd been limited by UGA's mediocre post-Brock Bowers receiving talent (while conveniently looking past CB's penchant for ill-advised throws)

 

[Caned Peach]

In the words of Bum Phillips:
[Cignetti} can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n.

 

[ShadowSpring]

Doubt Mendoza throws 2 INT's with the ball in his hands and a chance to win the game

 

[bacane]

If Mendoza came here we’d have people *****ing about Cuban mafia & claiming should have taken the more experienced Beck.

 

[Felonious Monk]

Do we get their schedule as well? That #9 Illinois is now unranked at 6-3. #3 Oregon's only ranked win was now unranked #3 Penn St.

 

[ShadowSpring]

Do we get their schedule as well? That #9 Illinois is now unranked at 6-3. #3 Oregon's only ranked win was now unranked #3 Penn St.

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we'd figure out a way to lose with that schedule

 

[Alex_Dynamix]

We would’ve beat Louisville for sure. We’d most likely be 8-1 9-0 with Mendoza at this point he’s undoubtedly a better QB then Carson Beck

 

[flips]

You gotta consider that the giant asteroid that near earth obviously would have hit earth in this universe (but we'd be undefeated before the ice age happened)

 

[CANEMC]

A swing..................and a miss.

Cal has another guy we can use.

 

[bacane]

Indiana is a well coached, helluva team, but who have they played other than Oregon & a Penn State team that fired its coach weeks ago? No disrespect, but everyone is singing their praise & schedule is nothing special.

 

[Caneadian]

Sure, then Mendoza would be handing the ball of for a HB dive up the A gap. Same same

 

[DTP]

Mendoza would have played like he did at Cal and our offense would be mediocre.

 

[Go Canes!!]

The only real advantage I see with Mendoza is that he doesn’t seem to make the big mistake.

The same can’t be said about Beck, who has made multiple game ending errors.