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clevelandcane81 said:
It happened right after Mali broke off that 25 yard catch and run just over 2 mins to go. Seen Mirabal kinda yelling at Dawson to run the ball and Dawson looked ****ed. Kinda took the momentum from Mali's catch away because we ran 3 straight runs and had to punt the **** ball.
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Ok the game became a blur and havent rewatched yet.. From what I remember Mali made great play and we have ball near midfield and we can go for win with score tied and plenty of time and offense has momentum and we just run up middle and seem content to kill clock like we had a lead, very bizarre sequence.. Not sure why this isnt mentioned more, I need to find tv copy because that is wild..
 
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Op was having one of these moments when posting
 
The thing that I find REALly hard to believe is that, since FSU was the undefeated ACC champ and got snubbed, they are 12 games under..500 and we are 23 games over. It barely seems possible, and I'm just enjoying this glorious time to be alive.
 
88 said:
I quoted a post. Doesnt matter what the generalized thread concensus is.
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Forgive me. I was under the impression that thread topics were designated in the OP and evolved from there. So I guess this would be a good place to post pictures from my trip to the zoo last week? They had llamas and capybaras.
 
3rdCanes said:
Forgive me. I was under the impression that thread topics were designated in the OP and evolved from there. So I guess this would be a good place to post pictures from my trip to the zoo last week? They had llamas and capybaras.
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Cute
 
kryptonite said:
Let’s make sweeping generalizations based wholly on one game.
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Exactly. That usually turns out so very real.

I've been a UM fan since just before Howard was announced. Yeah, I know. We sucked.

I recall all five years that we went from the outhouse to the steakhouse. We played everyone we could - from all over the country - every version of football - some monstrous running teams - some fast running teams - some pretty good passing teams.

Over those five years - we got better and better - and while some defeats and some wins were butt-ugly - after a while it didn't matter what type of football our opponents played - we were just good enough to get some unrealistic wins.

Because we saw it all. We learned.

Finally, we played for a National Championship - against a monstrous running team. They were so "powerful and strong."

It was close - but we won.

That continued. Even through all our National Championships. Some wins were butt-ugly, even with our very best teams. I mean UGLY.

I wasn't happy with this game with FSU - as with so many others in days past.

The 0-1 mentality is what it takes - but these are young men, and it's so easy to "expect" a win against an unranked team.

I was encouraged that in spite of shortcomings on play calling to pass protection - we persevered. I've also seen too many games where we basically - quit.

We didn't this time. Don't expect to roll over unranked teams, don't expect shining in every aspect of games going forward - you're just begging for your disappointments to manifest.

It's fine to point out our needs. And like every other team everywhere - we have a few.

But I see that we're getting back on track. Finally.

And it's a bit scary at times, huh?
 
LitClicker said:
Our defense is not mid...it's horrible. Especially the secondary.

O-line 2 steps back from last year. No size.

Pringle gone next year

Mensah great but not as elite as we thought. A lot of wide open shots he never saw. Focuses on 1st read/Toney.

Dawson. Jekyll and Hyde. Running plays are horrible. Boring and predictable. A lot of WTF play calls. Does Mario and Mirabal have input??? We have all the weapons in the world. Lofton/Barkate need to be used more

Heatherman is great but not last night. I know players have to play their roles but starts at the top.

Special teams...can we return a punt/kickoff for a td?! Can we block a kick/punt?!

BAT THE **** BALL DOWN!!!

TWICE!!

It's win.

Do we continue to play like **** or do we tighten up and never play like this again?
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Post of the year right here.
 
kyle_schick said:
Its the pros and cons of a team lead by Mario.

Bonehead decisions and sometimes slow to adapt. They come out sleepy sometimes.

But the team is physical, they never give up, and seem to like playing in big games.

Its year 5. We know what we're dealing with.
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Mario coaches all the other top teams that got upset this past week and year ?
 
sstcane said:
We are scoring 48 and giving up 4, 6-0 and ranked #1

The secondary is missing OJ and Brown, Lucas was playing in his 1st game back, Poyser ejected and Fitz and JJ banged up. People can never be happy.

The 1991 and 2001 teams both struggled to beat BC but we're all whining after an epic game where we had to dig deep and overcome a lot.

The team can play better, but I think they'll learn from it without taking an L like we may have in the past. Championships teams have to be able to win ugly sometimes.
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Every single championship has won ugly once or twice in a season
 
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