Dave Clawson Talks About Play That Changed Miami's Season and Picks Canes

[HoosierCane69]

I like Dave Clawson's comment about Indiana's Cig...
And it’s not just culture. It’s evaluation and coaching. Coaches who come up through places where you don’t have a huge talent gap learn to win with details. In those jobs, the margin is small, so you have to be precise: who you recruit, how you develop, how you teach situational football, how you structure your week. That experience transfers directly to building a roster through the portal.

That is how they win. He has players that love football and they don't make mistakes. The details are all buttoned up. Because he has years of coaching that way. Talent level was equal so winning was in the margins.

Miami better be buttoned up like when they played Ohio State....it would be helpful if they had a crew like that too that let the players play!

 

[LPK2006]

It was so interesting, you could feel the vibe shift right after that one play. Not sure I've ever seen anything like it. From the 4th quarter of FSU to the 1st quarter of Syracuse, this team was in a real funk, and that one play snapped them out of it.

 

[ShadowSpring]

No. The play of the season was before that. It was the 41 yard pass to Upshaw right before the Mali TD. I believe it was a screen? It was only 0-0 and Fran Brown was taunting us saying we were about to quit. A few plays later Keionte did Keionte things and got us a pick 6. 14-0 at the half. That was when our run game decided to finally show up and Pringle carried us. Now here we are.......

 

[JD4]

Thank you for sharing D, that was a great read.
Not to nit-pick what was said, but this quote really stood out:

"About halfway through the year, they discovered they’re pretty good on defense too."

I don't agree with this for a second. I thought our defense looked pretty **** good in the first game. Holding J Love to 30 yards for example.

I agree 100% with what you’re saying, but the sample size was too small. After playing half the season and holding it down defensively is when people knew this defense was actually ******* legit

 

[Hoyacane1620]

I said it in another thread but it was a great move by ACCN (or ESPN, whoever hired him) to add Clawson to the team, He's sharp and really has a great perspective.

The podcast this clip came from is really good. They also talk about the discussion of making the playoff 16 or 24 teams. Clawson talks about how that will affect coaches and rosters.

Rece Davis is usually part of the team for this, along with Wetzel and Thamel. Clawson was a guest today.

 

[JHallCanes]

I think they started moving in the direction at SMU and maybe got scared/tight. Mali was in the backfield next to Beck at SMU. It worked. We went away from it when the down/distance got stressful.

You know what I think truly changed the season? We lost to SMU and our backs were against the wall. Instead of quitting like we had 23 years in a row, we sat there against Cuse knowing we needed a blowout and said "from now on, hit the gas." I think that's more than a trick play, but yes, the play is representative of a bigger thing that happened.

Not the trick itself, but the mentality.

I think another thing only us fans know is that when the analysts were saying how after SMU we looked like a different team…it wasn’t a switch

It took our defense pulling pick 6s (we were beating Stanford 14-7 and they had the ball in the 3rd) or huge turnovers to keep us going and playing some bad teams

So we changed some things but it didn’t really peak until Pittsburgh (NCST was a preview)

That Pitt game I was like now this is the Miami team we knew we had…shame they would never get to prove it

That gameplan changed how OSU defended us. Their fans were beside themselves with the soft coverage they gave

 

[Canesfan1899]

I think they started moving in the direction at SMU and maybe got scared/tight. Mali was in the backfield next to Beck at SMU. It worked. We went away from it when the down/distance got stressful.

You know what I think truly changed the season? We lost to SMU and our backs were against the wall. Instead of quitting like we had 23 years in a row, we sat there against Cuse knowing we needed a blowout and said "from now on, hit the gas." I think that's more than a trick play, but yes, the play is representative of a bigger thing that happened.

Not the trick itself, but the mentality.

I agree with you on the more gas less brakes approach, lets the team know we are going for the neck because we have to. And it may not have been that specific play call but agree that as soon as we introduced more motion we got better as an offense. Let Beck know if he’s in man or zone and took advantage of getting Toney in space and the ball more frequently.

 

[flips]

Clawson legit talks like ChatGPT lol. Actually insightful though

 

[Disgustipated]

Solid discussion and analysis of both teams. I'm surprised ESPN can still manage to produce good products. Also, the few times I've watched and read Clawson's takes I've been impressed.

Clawson is money. I have met him a few time back when he was the coach at Richmond. I have much respect for him

 

[Disgustipated]

I said it in another thread but it was a great move by ACCN (or ESPN, whoever hired him) to add Clawson to the team, He's sharp and really has a great perspective.

The podcast this clip came from is really good. They also talk about the discussion of making the playoff 16 or 24 teams. Clawson talks about how that will affect coaches and rosters.

Rece Davis is usually part of the team for this, along with Wetzel and Thamel. Clawson was a guest today.

Rece Davis is garbage. Subbing him for Clawson is an absolute win for whoever listens to that show