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Canes primed to play lights out & return to prominence

freeman84 said:
Denzel was a 3 star recruit when he came to UM. people thought he was going to be good when he played alongside spence, but never butkis finalist good.
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You've got to be kidding me.

The kid, even at 200lbs, hit like a sack of bricks.

He's always had that level of talent.
 
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Really need to check back on this thread after a sloppy blow out win over Bethune.

Prominent Cane defenses wouldn't let a team like this pass the 50 yard line. They are going to score a couple field goals in the first half and a TD in mop time.

Starters on prominent Cane defenses would pummel underclassmen if they let a team like Bethune ****man cross the 50.

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I agree whooping cane. Bethune will gash us for big gains like they did the last two times we played (and almost lost) to them.
 
Cane2 said:
Finally this be the year the Hurricanes defense looks familiar to Miami fans.

Indeed, the Hurricanes coaches have been watching some Seattle Seahawks tape because they feel their depth fits a similar scheme; well OK, then. It is undeniable the Hurricanes have more depth on defense in places they haven't in a long time. Chad Thomas, Demetrius Jackson, Darrion Owens, Tyriq McCord, Al-Quadin Muhammad, and Trent Harris are all capable of getting to the quarterback; it just remains to be seen which player will step out and dominate.

At linebacker the competition is between Raphael Kirby, Jermaine Grace, Juwon Young, Marques Gayot, Terry McCray, Mike Smith, and Charles Perry; so there is plenty of talent to go around. In the secondary Deon Bush and Tracy Howard are sure to be worthy of potential star consideration. Add all these names up — most of which were highly recruited and coveted by other schools — and what you get is the ingredients for a defense that will be more than just alright, it should be a strength. Miami has the talent on defense, it's up to the coaches to finally figure out how to use it.

This Hurricanes offense team will succeed because of the sum of it's parts, not one individual.

Sure, Miami lost a lot of talent to the NFL; but they are returning more than enough bullets to fill Brad Kaaya's gun. Miami is returning key players such as: Herb Waters, Stacy Coley, Malcolm Lewis, Braxton Berrios, and Rashawn Scott. In addition to that, the Canes promise to continue the trend of having a shifty-play maker at running back with the return of Joseph Yearby.

Having a quarterback like Brad Kaaya tends to make up for the fact that you don't have a Andre Johnson looking freak-of-a-wideout to throw the ball to. This season the Hurricanes offense promises to be based more on team cohesion than individual play making; think New England Patriots, but speedier. No one is suggesting Brad Kaaya is Tom Brady, the Hurricanes are the Patriots, or Al Golden is Bill Belicheck; but that's the look they are going for.

With college football season three weeks from kicking off, Miami Hurricanes fans are in two camps: believers and non-believers. And let's be honest, most fans are playing musical chairs, switching from optimism to cynicism at the drop of a hat. Will this really be the year the team takes a step back into the national spotlight?

Well, listen up skeptics: there are good reasons to believe this Canes team is primed for a successful season by any schools standards, not just one coming off NCAA probation.

In the past the Canes relied heavily on a select few playmakers, this season everyone will be responsible for chipping in, regardless of rank.

Brad Kaaya had an entire offseason to improve; that's bad news for the ACC.
This was supposed to be the year of Brad Kaaya, but an injury to Ryan Williams last year thrust Kaaya into a situation that called for him to play a year early; and he killed it. Kaaya threw 26 touchdowns and just 12 interceptions in his freshman season, looking nothing like a guy a few days removed from his high school prom. This season, all that early experience has payed off. Kaaya enters 2015 as a dark horse Heismann candidate; if he performs well, and the Canes start off strong, he will at least be in the discussion.

Kaaya tossed for 3000 yards in a season that must have felt like it was moving at 100 miles-per-hour at the time. Kaaya now has an entire offseason under his belt — one that does not include moving 2,500 miles from his California home to enroll at Miami.

Canes players and coaches are preaching to anyone that will listen about their locker room culture change.
We've heard this one before, but **** if it doesn't sound legit this time. Yes, talk is cheap, but according to Brad Kaaya, the team has a Come To Jesus offseason:

“The last straw is when the whole team got out there,” Kaaya said. “It clicked and we said, ‘We’ve had enough. When is it going to stop? We can’t keep having this happen.’ That morning we came together, right before spring break.

“Ever since, it’s been different. [Rules violations have] been cut down tremendously. This summer, we had no major issues. That’s huge for our team. Coach Golden is not having any more nonsense any more. It’s all about business. Team leaders are holding guys accountable. We didn’t want to focus on all the distractions holding Miami back. This team is clean.”

Well, that's what's up. You can choose to be negative about this Miami Hurricanes team, or you can believe these kids have it in them to succeed; it's your choice.

The Hurricanes schedule sets them up perfectly for a successful season.
When you're replacing as much departing talent with young recruits as the Hurricanes are this season, it's vital that the Canes have worked some warmup games into this year's schedule. Games against Bethune-Cookman and FAU will give the less-experienced Hurricanes players the real game reps they'll need before taking on Nebraska, at home. The Hurricanes will not leave the state of Florida until the calendar flips to October and then they travel to Cinncinnati, a game that follows a bye week.


The Hurricanes could easily be 4-0 by the time they travel to Tallahassee to take on an extremely talented, yet transitioning Florida State. if they drop the rivalry game, it's early enough in the season for them to regroup. If they win the game against FSU, it could mean a Top 10 ranking. The rest of the schedule — outside of a tough home game against Clemson — features teams the Hurricanes are as talented as, if not more talented than.

The Hurricanes luck out and get a preseason to work on things, tough games at home, and a stretch to end the season with much momentum — there are no excuses.

Brad Kaaya had an entire offseason to improve; that's bad news for the ACC.
This was supposed to be the year of Brad Kaaya, but an injury to Ryan Williams last year thrust Kaaya into a situation that called for him to play a year early; and he killed it. Kaaya threw 26 touchdowns and just 12 interceptions in his freshman season, looking nothing like a guy a few days removed from his high school prom. This season, all that early experience has payed off. Kaaya enters 2015 as a dark horse Heismann candidate; if he performs well, and the Canes start off strong, he will at least be in the discussion.

Kaaya tossed for 3000 yards in a season that must have felt like it was moving at 100 miles-per-hour at the time. Kaaya now has an entire offseason under his belt — one that does not include moving 2,500 miles from his California home to enroll at Miami. By Ryan Yousef
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Was this writen by Golden?
 
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cowboycane said:
freeman84 said:
Denzel was a 3 star recruit when he came to UM. people thought he was going to be good when he played alongside spence, but never butkis finalist good.
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You're right, man. Golden is a ******* college football coaching God. We're all just sleeping on him.
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I'm not saying Golden is a good coach at all. They have made some of the stupidest decision I have ever seen and I can careless if he what happens to him. But those are the facts.
 
SoldierForThisU said:
rokulika said:
I agree whooping cane. Bethune will gash us for big gains like they did the last two times we played (and almost lost) to them.
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Almost lost to them? Winning by 4 TDs. Are the posters on this board really this stupid?
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The score was 24-10 in the 4th.

Does this look like a blowout stat line or a close game?

BCU UM
FIRST DOWNS 20 20
RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 53-233 29-215
PASSING YDS (NET) 122 211
Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-10-1 35-20-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 79-355 64-426
Fumble Returns-Yards 1-25 1-7
Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 4-21
Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-74 2-134
Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-9
Punts (Number-Avg) 8-38.5 4-43.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 7-45 9-70
Possession Time 36:57 23:03
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 19 4 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-18


Aside from the Kick Off Returns, nothing shows clearly which team won. In fact, you could argue BCU controlled the game and UM got lucky.
 
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Ghandi said:
freeman84 said:
Denzel was a 3 star recruit when he came to UM. people thought he was going to be good when he played alongside spence, but never butkis finalist good.
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You've got to be kidding me.

The kid, even at 200lbs, hit like a sack of bricks.

He's always had that level of talent.
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I never said he wasn't talented??

http://sports.yahoo.com/texas/football/recruiting/player-Denzel-Perryman-100094


http://247sports.com/Player/Denzel-Perryman-7769?PlayerInstitution=6623

2 different websites that say he was 3 star LB. Some of you characters are quick to call someone a troll bc they disagree with you. He's one of my favorite linebackers but the fact is he was rated 3 star linebacker coming out of high school.
 
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whoopingcane said:
SoldierForThisU said:
rokulika said:
I agree whooping cane. Bethune will gash us for big gains like they did the last two times we played (and almost lost) to them.
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Almost lost to them? Winning by 4 TDs. Are the posters on this board really this stupid?
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The score was 24-10 in the 4th.

Does this look like a blowout stat line or a close game?

BCU UM
FIRST DOWNS 20 20
RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 53-233 29-215
PASSING YDS (NET) 122 211
Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-10-1 35-20-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 79-355 64-426
Fumble Returns-Yards 1-25 1-7
Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 4-21
Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-74 2-134
Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-9
Punts (Number-Avg) 8-38.5 4-43.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 7-45 9-70
Possession Time 36:57 23:03
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 19 4 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-18


Aside from the Kick Off Returns, nothing shows clearly which team won. In fact, you could argue BCU controlled the game and UM got lucky.
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We had the ball for 14 minutes less, scored 28 more points, and averaged 7 yards per play to their 4. Yes, that's a blowout. Game control? LMAO.
 
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jerzeycane said:
The challenge (as it always has been) will be to execute. We have to be able to stay on the field when it's 3rd and 6 on offense. You are not going to consistently beat Division 1 defenses when you rely on 20+ yard plays to score all the time. We were 10th in the country in big plays last year, but 62nd in scoring offense, and 47th in total offense. That doesn't add up. It clearly promotes the theory that while we were talented last year, we were also 89th in red zone conversions, and only 50% of our red zone trips resulted in a touchdown.

It makes sense that we struggled last year in the red zone when you consider the personnel. Besides Walford, there were no other red zone threats and all freshman quarterbacks tend to struggle as you cross the 50 and the field shrinks (unless you're Kessler the Gawd of course). I'm almost certain that will improve with an experienced QB now, but we still need to see it. Having the TE options and a guy like Rashawn Scott being back should help in that area. Dorsett is awesome, but at the end of the day, he's one of those DeSean Jackson types who is outstanding at exploiting blown coverages, bad technique, or someone who he simply has a distinct athletic advantage over, but he doesn't beat good coverage or make contested catches. I've always preferred a dude like prime Hakeem Nicks as opposed to the Mike Wallace's of the world. Those guys become non-factors in the red-zone because their ability to blow past guys is rendered useless. You have to be able to make a catch with a guy in your jersey.'

THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT ON THIRD DOWNS AND RED ZONE CHANCES NEEDS TO BE MADE BY JAMES COLEY. The complexity of our passing game has been **** going back what seems like ages. Our route combos don't even qualify as rudimentary. We have to be better schematically if we want to get better on the money downs. There are way too many times that I see us either not exploiting mismatches or running routes that muck up the spacing or timing. It's either a numbers/leveraging space game, or you draw something up that gets the guy you want on the guy they don't want involved with any level of significance. If he can figure out how to properly coordinate a passing game, we should be way better on offense. If not, we're in for another year of stalled drives and frustrating red zone trips.
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Njoku could be the beast/mismatch we need in the red zone.
 
WhatTheHell said:
I see this a lot lately - Miami fans that have deluded themselves into thinking the loss of Ereck Flowers, Phillip Dorsett, Duke Johnson, Clive Walford, and Jonathan Feliciano won't matter much. That's 5 NFL caliber - 4 of them taken rather high - kids you're replacing. That's never easy.

This season the Hurricanes offense promises to be based more on team cohesion than individual play making
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Trust me, when you are searching for big plays, trying to move the chains, you'll desperately miss the "individual play-making" skills of guys like Dorsett, Duke, and Clive. Despite how much cohesion and unity fans have convinced themselves the team has built, being best friends with your slot wide receiver isn't going to help you beat FSU.

Licking snow cones and playing guitar hero isn't going to get you into the endzone, no matter how much you love your best friend. We got a big dose of reality coming up for some of these boys.
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Gotta give it up to you. You actually read false hope theead. I stopped when he said Miami will be successful because they watched taped. Lol. Give me "selfish players" like Duke and Dorsett all day and watch me be successfull.

Also, I used the "find in page " feature on my phone to find where he said individual. Never make the even slightest comparison between Golden and Belichick. The comparison stop at both being males and white. Belichick has constantly changed his team's identity, his scheme to fit his players. The pats went from a team based around a great dedense of the 3 Sb to a record breaking offense, then went to an offence featuring two dynamic TE to finally the recent Sb championship where the Patriots were a ground control, pound the rock type of team.
 
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