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For background, my first bigtime game was 1988 against Michigan. Core memory on that comeback. I became obsessed. I wore a full Steve Walsh costume/uniform for a solid 2 years. Every chance I got.

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For years, my father would take me to the WEZ and we’d watch the Canes. Part of my identity came from how the Canes played. It wasn’t the trash talk and the dancing that attracted me as much as the BOLD, DGAF, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES attitudes.

Those of you who’ve read my posts over the years know all I ask is that we leave it all on the field. That we make the other team hate playing against us. At the end of the game, did we throw every punch we possibly could? I believe in that mentality more than I believe in many things and it’s because of the 80s and 90s Canes.

So here are a bunch of plays that happened yesterday that made me so incredibly proud:

- #0 is one of my favorite players in a long while. He does everything with his hair on fire and his balls on the line. This guy’s family should never pay for a drink around a Cane. On a play where Reed broke outside, this dude made one of the most beautiful inside/out tackles on the perimeter I’ve seen in forever.

- CJ Daniels motioned into a lead f’in block and didn’t half measure it. He actually engaged, squared, and turned his defender’s hips outside.

- Mark Fletcher ran so hard he knocked out TAMU’s most effective Defensive Tackle.

- Toney fumbled and then came back to run the game winning Jet sweep.

- Mesidor went one on one with Kuhn and plainly lowered Kuhn’s draft prospect view in a single play.

- Bain’s sack down in the RZ was a genuine game changer.

- Did you all see Bain and CJ Daniels on Mali’s punt return? Making smart, shield blocks? Cot**** that’s football.

- Mo Toure knocked himself out for the greater good. What else needs to be said?

- On the game winning INT, that comes directly from watching film. TAMU had #17 in Hback a number of times throughout their season and ran the same route. Fitz either saw it, was taught it, or both. He also has the quick short area to make the play. God bless a bigtime play in a big time moment.

Please add many of your own plays. There are so many and we actually left it all on the field yesterday.
 
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Great pic and great post.

This is one of those games where we can point to so many good little things. The Bain seal off block on Mali’s punt return was great - other guys may get a block in the back.

On the flip side, had we lost, we’d be talking about all the little things that didn’t go our way - the Mali ankle tackle was unreal; I knew we weren’t going to get 7 after that - similar to the big SMU punt return to end the half. But we found other ways to get them and made more of those “little football plays” than the other guys.
 
At this stage in my life, in my sixties and having survived several health scares, all I want is for my Canes is to play hard and leave it on the field. I'm on onboard with you 100 percent. I know the game wasn't pretty, and many of the Ron Jaworskis and Mel Kipers on this forum have elaborated on what could have been done better, but the bottom line is we won and our coaches coached the living fck out of this game and their boys. Regardless of how they did it, they gave it all. It is all one could ask for.
 
I agree with all of those. I know it technically isn’t a play, but I think the way the team immediately gathered around Toney and supported him after the fumble was a huge moment. It showed how much this team cares about each other and the leadership we have on this roster. That is true Hurricane football
 
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LuCane said:
For background, my first bigtime game was 1988 against Michigan. Core memory on that comeback. I became obsessed. I wore a full Steve Walsh costume/uniform for a solid 2 years. Every chance I got.

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For years, my father would take me to the WEZ and we’d watch the Canes. Part of my identity came from how the Canes played. It wasn’t the trash talk and the dancing that attracted me as much as the BOLD, DGAF, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES attitudes.

Those of you who’ve read my posts over the years know all I ask is that we leave it all on the field. That we make the other team hate playing against us. At the end of the game, did we throw every punch we possibly could? I believe in that mentality more than I believe in many things and it’s because of the 80s and 90s Canes.

So here are a bunch of plays that happened yesterday that made me so incredibly proud:

- #0 is one of my favorite players in a long while. He does everything with his hair on fire and his balls on the line. This guy’s family should never pay for a drink around a Cane. On a play where Reed broke outside, this dude made one of the most beautiful inside/out tackles on the perimeter I’ve seen in forever.

- CJ Daniels motioned into a lead f’in block and didn’t half measure it. He actually engaged, squared, and turned his defender’s hips outside.

- Mark Fletcher ran so hard he knocked out TAMU’s most effective Defensive Tackle.

- Toney fumbled and then came back to run the game winning Jet sweep.

- Mesidor went one on one with Kuhn and plainly lowered Kuhn’s draft prospect view in a single play.

- Bain’s sack down in the RZ was a genuine game changer.

- Did you all see Bain and CJ Daniels on Mali’s punt return? Making smart, shield blocks? Cot**** that’s football.

- Mo Toure knocked himself out for the greater good. What else needs to be said?

- On the game winning INT, that comes directly from watching film. TAMU had #17 in Hback a number of times throughout their season and ran the same route. Fitz either saw it, was taught it, or both. He also has the quick short area to make the play. God bless a bigtime play in a big time moment.

Please add many of your own plays. There are so many and we actually left it all on the field yesterday.
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Glad to see you mentioned CJ Daniels. While he didn't have a ton of stat sheet production, he was out there throwing some vicious key blocks that made a huge difference on a number of plays
 
In many ways, this game reminded me of the 2000 season Wide Left win over #1 FSU. The setting and the stakes are different but the vibe of the game and Butch getting over the hump of rebuilding the program feel the same.

I know we post this all the time, often as a joke, but…

WE BACK
 
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For years I would watch other teams and admire their players’ awareness, instincts, and ability to just play winning football. Then I’d watch us just make mistake after mistake and wonder if we’re cursed. We legit use to wonder if we recruited low IQ or just plain dumb a** players.

To now see our guys do all of the little things, knowing how to win, and passing down the winning pedigree to the younger guys is amazing. Veteran leadership and foundation that transfer and freshmen can be plugged into for instant impact.

I don’t know where we end up, but we’re a real team and program. We have the foundation to be good for the foreseeable future.
 
chemicane said:
I agree with all of those. I know it technically isn’t a play, but I think the way the team immediately gathered around Toney and supported him after the fumble was a huge moment. It showed how much this team cares about each other and the leadership we have on this roster. That is true Hurricane football
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This

And also the way Bain and the defense responded on the field

Bain had two sacks on A&Ms possession right after they tied the game and we committed what could have been a season ending turnover

That is just different with this team
 
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