They mixed it up a bunch. Showed 1 deep, dropped CBs into 3 deep shell. Towards the end, they played a ton of zone underneath and we didn’t have the time or players to get behind the zone as they were bringing extra guys.
Funny how Mensah did fine at Duke Without Toney. He somehow managed to throw for 4,000 yards. What happened in the 2nd half after Wake drove and cut our lead to 31-13 was the most despicable and disgusting display of cowardice and incompetence that I don't think I have ever seen before. Someone suggested that we were trying to avoid a critical turnover. By not putting the ball in the air for more than 5 yards???? When the QB is the Heisman frontrunner? When that same QB completed his first 24 passes?????? So Dawson can't run an offense against a team we are beating by 3 TDs with a heisman candidate who has completed over 90% of his passes this season if Malachi Toney is not in the game?????? Do they really expect us to believe that? What happened is that Mario and Dawson got so shook when Wake didn't roll over that they hid under the bleachers in fetal position desperately hoping that the game clock would just magically tick away. They are both gutless cowards who had no idea what to do when it became obvious that we couldn't just A gap life our way out of the stadium. No I'm not being a prisoner of the moment. I have given Mario plenty of praise and accolades when they were due. This however was so egregious that he deserves every bit of vitriol from the fans as he has justly earned it.
You realize we lost two games that we shouldnt have last year right? This ain’t the 2001 team. This is a coaching staff that ***** the bed. Dawsons second half is exactly what’s wrong with this team. If your worried about pass protection you run quick hitters or move the pocket. If your guys are not getting open get wingo and Spafford in there. If our oline sucks this bad for the rest of the year does that mean we never ever get another first down? It was blatant stubbornness that we have seen many times before. He doesn’t care if he loses. It’s what he wants to do right then and there or be damned. Those last 5 drives were most likely the worst 5 drives back to back in the history of Miami football and I’m not exaggerating. This **** went from the best to the worst without blinking an eye. He was out coached again. He watched his ol play like little girls and refused to bring in the freshman. He sent zero messages to those players while in game. He accepted **** play and returned it with **** coaching.
Honestly, I thought after last years backing into the playoffs Mario would push the scores to 50-60 any chance he had. IMO, he likely didn’t like the conditions, injuries, refs…and told Dawson to pull up the 2024 “where did the offense go” playbook.
I think Dawson inadvertently made it crystal clear that the IOL is a major weakness. Toney covered that up in the first 3 games with his ability to create instant separation. Barkate and others are great route runners, but they need a few moments to let their routes develop and the IOL is not giving any time on that. With RBs hurting, that also takes away the other bail out the IOL routinely needs. Because even with Toney and the RBs in, Mensah still getting touched up a bit on his releases.
That was an excellent and very well thought out response to my post. You make some excellent points. However having your entire offensive output rely so heavily on one position is insane! Wake goes to man and our seemingly deep WR group can't do a thing? I understand that the IOL is getting gashed and that has a ton to do with it. The bottom line is that these issues must be addressed! Again. Great post.
Normally I’m not a fan of running your offense through one position, but Toney does force the defense to adjust so much for him that when the defense does clamp up on him, he opens things for others a split second earlier. So I get that… but
