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OldhamA said:
Cincy also have an NFL QB under C. That hides a lot of flaws.

I'm of the opinion that the coaching and the talent has improved every year Diaz has been here. That's all I can ask for if we're not going to throw monstrous resources at the problem - which we're not.
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Yeah those are pretty sad expectations. Enough with the resources talk. Cincy doesn’t have our resources. This program gets excuse after excuse.
 
IndayArtHauz said:
Don’t feel like you need to read mine, I just needed to stretch my fingers.

Ahh, well this sucked, didn’t it? I said it in the game day thread but I expected this type of outcome, still, seeing it unfold was excruciating. It’s like the friend you know keeps going back to the same relationship or vice over and over again, and you’re still there for him, but buddy is going to **** his life away no matter what you do. This game was a bad idea and I’m glad it’s over.

There are only two tiers of college football right now:

1. Bama/Clemson
2. Everyone Else

OU, OSU, UGA, might cycle through Tier 1 every few years, but they don’t have the same fine print in their deal with the devil. They will always be so, so, so close, but rarely ever achieve excellence. Trust me, those programs do the exact same soul searching we all do, they just do it once a year instead of 3 times (or 5 on occasion).

Now, onto why I’m relatively upbeat, because I am, dammit. (I’m also not upset with anyone who wants to burn all their new merch and/or wants Diaz fired even more than they did before kickoff. I just hope you all have the balls to quit following the team for a few months. But you don’t.)

- MENIAL FORTITUDE - As much as I hate the celebrating after a play being down 30, I think this team actually has a chance to not get mentally throttled down after this loss. That’s good, and it showed in the late game drives.

- THE BALL CATCHERS AIGHT - I think we have 4 solid WRs who will score a lot of points this year, which is an amazing turnaround from last season. Unthinkable, really. If King doesn’t average 250 ypg something is wrong (and something may be wrong), because the players are there and they are more than good enough, imo. Key Smiff had to be subbed out multiple times because Josh Jobe was crying so loudly the refs threatened to suspend the game. That’s not a knock on Jobe, Key Smiff just steals your game and treats it like a voodoo doll.

- OH **** NO, OL YES - The OL is fine. I don’t think it’s amazing, but it was just flat out overmatched against the strongest unit in the country. I think we should abandon anything like a dive up the middle, however, because it makes the game of football sad and me very angry.

- DEFENSIVE FINE? The DL was better than I thought. Young was on the move all night, which only seems to give him a force multiplier. In an normal game against regular humans, it will not be that way. The DTs in particular, and Harvey, looked solid and very well conditioned. I expect to be pleasantly surprised by the results of this unit over the course of the season. Bama averaged 3.9 YPC, which doesn’t even make sense to me.

- FAIR CONDITIONING - Conditioning in general seemed improved. Especially for a D that got drug around all game and often had Enos-era breaks between series, they held up well and that speaks to their mental as well as physical conditioning.

- THE DON, p1 - The Man needs to be the lead back. I love Cam, glad he’s a Cane, but sometimes it’s like he looks for ways to get tackled. I know it’s almost impossible to improve an RB’s vision, so it’s unfair to think he’s going to suddenly bloom into Christian Okoye. He is what he is and works through traffic like a semi. Don is game ready, he's punishing and sound in every aspect of the game. Plus he’s just a complete back.

- THE DON, p2 (The Man Who Sent Toto to Kansas) - I will henceforth only refer to Don as The Man. He broke To’o’to’s shoulder, even though Toto had a clean kill shot ****ed and loaded like he was Dr. Disrespect with the only sniper rifle on the map. Instead his lame a** got recoiled to the moon, and from my couch I wept at the sight. I cannot and will not legally marry that otherwise insignificant play, but I will carry its legacy in my bosom like an unborn child.

- LASH IS TRASH? Guy is a genuine WTF for me. I do not understand what he’s trying to do, or when he’s trying to do it. The marriage between him and King is like that awkward couple who “should work” but just can’t get over the fact that the love each other without liking each other. I don’t get understand their chemistry at all, but I’ve only had a few relationships and they were all super short until I found THE ONE and we’ve been together ever since. Both the dudes running the O act like kissing cousins in these games and it slows everything down dramatically. Can’t run tempo when your flow is mud.

- SOME DUMB SUMMARY - Manny Diaz is who Miami DESERVES at this point, for better or for worse. For every on-field reason we couldn’t compete with Alabama tonight, there are 3-5 reasons off the field we couldn’t. Diaz is trying as hard as humanly possible to figure this out, and he’s probably going to be in over his head in games like this for the next several years. He's never going to win more than the ACC, but right now Miami could not do more than that with Nick Saban himself, I kid you not. We are in the morass of Tier 2, like it or not, until I die. Unless we molt this skin and become a beautiful butterfly.

- SMS, p2 - I think Alabama probably scores 40 points on 95% of the teams in America tonight. That’s not a cover for the defense, it’s just worth considering. If app state scores 40 then ok yeah the D has covid. I just don’t know yet, and somehow I’m more concerned about the performance of the O than I am the D.

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Not so sure bout the d line being ok the **** Obama QB had enough time to give himself a reach around on Several occasions
 
OriginalGatorHater said:
You wonder if OSU wanted to fire their 2nd year HC after they lost in the national championship, to the number 1 team in the country, who went on to tie the record for most 1st round picks in a single draft?
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Pretty much, yes. People here spent months moping how we would get our sht pushed in, then whine that we lost.

It was always an uphill battle. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic, but being destroyed because we lost to the frontrunner for the next national champion isn't a reason to open a vein.
 
I’m glad I clicked on this thread as the first one I picked. I’m out in AC and trying to have a good time and will revisit this game on Monday.

Any other threads worth clicking on, or is it all mope s**t? & I’m serious. Kindly tag me if there’s a D$ or some other thread worth reading.
 
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scrantoncane said:
I’m glad I clicked on this thread as the first one I picked. I’m out in AC and trying to have a good time and will revisit this game on Monday.

Any other threads worth clicking on, or is it all mope s**t? & I’m serious. Kindly tag me if there’s a D$ or some other thread worth reading.
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Everyone’s getting fired
 
OldhamA said:
Why would I have higher expectations after the last 15 years?
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You shouldn’t with this coaching staff yet you make excuses for them saying as long as you see progress it’s ok. It’s hard to go down from losses to FIU and Duke.
 
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I thought the gameplans on both sides just stunted this team from the start. Lashlee was so conservative. I thought the ol played ok minus the right tackle. Where was Jarrod Williams? Anderson ruined alot of plays by abusing whoever we has at rt. If we had him blocked we could make plays down field. Wrs were getting open. Not enough to win but do score at least 24. Chaney is bar far the best back but he can't pass block. He has to get better at it.

The defense was ok against the run. At least we didn't give them 300 yards there. Pass defense was bad though. We played too far off and I don't get it. Manny lined up against lsu and played alot of press man in that game and we got none. Ivey gets beat but let him at least be up in the guy and try to slow his route down. He's not fast enough in off coverage. Maybe he gets burnt in press but I thought we were going to be aggressive in coverage. Also the tackling again was not good. Watching other teams on those outside throws tackle better than us.

The other thing that didn't effect the outcome but effected the score was a combination of bad refs,missed opportunities like hall picking up the fumble,running king out of the gun on 4th and 1 etc. Some of the calls were just horrible other questionable. Bubba's targeting was mild and could've been considered his shoulder. The interception was the worst as they pi and there was an obvious target. The non safety was close but I think he barely was outside the tackles. I honestly feel like this game should've been closer but the gameplans and refs made it an easy blowout. I honestly think it could've been 41-24 but whatever we gotta get up for the next two games or we could lose both. But if we learn we could win all of the rest. I still think 10-2 is doable if we don't let this game dictate the season
 
JD08 said:
Pretty much, yes. People here spent months moping how we would get our sht pushed in, then whine that we lost.

It was always an uphill battle. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic, but being destroyed because we lost to the frontrunner for the next national champion isn't a reason to open a vein.
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I don't think its reason to open a vein, but it is reason to fire the corch.
 
scrantoncane said:
I’m glad I clicked on this thread as the first one I picked. I’m out in AC and trying to have a good time and will revisit this game on Monday.

Any other threads worth clicking on, or is it all mope s**t? & I’m serious. Kindly tag me if there’s a D$ or some other thread worth reading.
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SSDD In all other threads
 
Young was on the move all night? Maybe from the blitzes dialed up, at which point he just dissected the defense because our DBs couldn't cover a blind dwarf no matter how much we claim to want PrEsS cOvErAgE
 
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JD08 said:
Pretty much, yes. People here spent months moping how we would get our sht pushed in, then whine that we lost.

It was always an uphill battle. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic, but being destroyed because we lost to the frontrunner for the next national champion isn't a reason to open a vein.
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Off the top of my head, the ‘no TD then 95 yard bomb’ made it look worse than it was. (Hard to type that bc we got dominated in the 1st half). But it could’ve been 27-10 and we could’ve made them work a little harder. But that was a beat down. Outclassed. As OP said, most teams would be.
 
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Canesmia01 said:
You shouldn’t with this coaching staff yet you make excuses for them saying as long as you see progress it’s ok. It’s hard to go down from losses to FIU and Duke.
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This coaching staff is better than the Golden and Richt staffs. I mean, if I wanted to follow an elite programme I wouldn't be posting here anymore.

We improve every year - even if they're small improvements. Am I happy about losing to FIU, LTech etc? No, but that's where we're at as a football team.
 
JD08 said:
Pretty much, yes. People here spent months moping how we would get our sht pushed in, then whine that we lost.

It was always an uphill battle. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic, but being destroyed because we lost to the frontrunner for the next national champion isn't a reason to open a vein.
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You are looking at this all wrong. It’s about everybody that complained about the reasonable takes, that said we would get blown out. And now those same people are saying, “well what did you expect,” etc. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t sunshine pump and call everyone who said the truth, is a troll or a cuck and then act like it never happened.
 
JD08 said:
I wonder if OSU fans were anywhere as stupid as our fans after they lost by 28 points in the national championship game.

I saw opportunities for improvement and a whole lot of reasons for optimism.
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QP see anal prolapse and thinks “it can only get tighter from here.”
 
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