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My Keys to Winning vs. A&M…

CaneTheGaytors said:
…a brief analysis.

In my opinion, the best chance that we’ll have to win this Saturday is if we play aggressive football from the get go.

On offense, I would love to see us call a pass on first down to start the game. I think that aTm will stack the box to try to stop our running game. Would love to see something like what Lashlee successfully called last year a few times (a pass design that gets the ball to either Arroyo or Mallory), or a wheel route to Rooster or Parrish. I’d also like to see more passes overall on 1st down to keep them off-balance and having to guess.

On D, I’d love to see Flagg and Ivey riding the pine. A&M has some serious speed at the skill positions, and their QB can run. I’d play a faster LB combo, and keep a spy at all times on the Aggie’s QB. From what I’ve seen of him, his strength is as a runner. If Flagg is out there, this guy will gash us, and he may house a long run. I’d try to make him beat us by blitzing more than we have so far this season, and by mixing/disguising coverages.

Ivey, as I stated, should not see the field as a starter ever again at the U. Great kid, but he is a serious liability, specially in a big game like this one. Wish that they would start Al Blades and Stevenson, with Couch at boundary.

If our lines come to play, we have a shot. Hoping that TVD puts it all together this week. He had mentioned in the pre-season that he had talked to Gattis about putting some plays in that he’s already comfortable and familiar with from last season. Hopefully Gattis listened and unleashes some of those type of plays this week.

It’s now or never. Gotta at least play tough and make it a close one. Let’s Go Canes!
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Flagg is fast as **** he just hits the wrong gaps🥲
 
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CaneTheGaytors said:
I think that you must be referring to someone else. Flagg might be the slowest starting LB we’ve ever had at the U.
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I watched him on Saturday and he was getting to the ball fast his problem is not speed it’s making the right choices and being in the right positions to fill gaps on the run and pass. I’m not blind he was getting there when the lanes were clear I know he has problems but again it’s not speed.
 
One of the keys to the game is psychological. I don’t know one person in college football that thought Miami would win this game. For Miami to see another team go into College Station and win is a big deal. As far as overall impressions and I watched the TAMU last Saturday I still think in the end TVD and the Oline protection makes the difference and I expect that to be better Saturday night .TAMU cannot fix their offensive problems overnight… advantage Canes !
 
Cane since 1060 said:
Flagg is fast as **** he just hits the wrong gaps🥲
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Check the advanced box score Bill Connelly does for ESPN. App State had something like a 22% postgame win expectancy. They averaged 3.8 yards per play, and somehow 8.2 plays per drive. That's insane. That's like 3 yard gain, 4 yard gain, 3rd and 3....3 yard gain lol. All night long. 3.7% explosive play rate.

The A&M defense came to play. But their offense is sooooooo bad. Pretty much exactly what @SouthParkCane has been saying all month.

But the blueprint App State showed is not what you want. It's not going to work the majority of the time. You're not going to win a lot of games averaging 3.8 yards per play, running the ball 51 times, and 4.5 yards per pass.

Just key on Achane. Nobody else on their entire team is doing anything. They averaged 6.5 yards per play on plays involving Achane, and 4.3 YPP with everyone else. He is the key, focus on him, don't let him beat you, don't give them short fields, and make them have to play consistent offense to beat you. Do that, and protect the QB, and we'll score enough to win.
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This. App State won but they did it in the least likely way possible. It’s like trying to get blackjack with nothing but low cards. Yeah, you can just keep hitting but the odds are really low.

People want to control the clock but I don’t think they know exactly how challenging it is to actually score gaining 4 yards at a time. You need some kind of explosion plays.

A&M looks terrible on offense so we likely won’t need to score a ton but we also have a habit of making every quarterback we play look way better than he is. If that bum throws for 250 and three touchdowns, I’ll be mad but not surprised
 
Dream School said:
App State ran the ball 52 times and limited Texas A&M to just 38 plays and 18 min of possession. Worked fine for them.
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That's what I'm trying to tell these folks they worked them in the trenches, we'll have to come in to try and do the same while featuring play action and a few deep shots of course
 
FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS.

Let them cheap shot
Let them talk trash

Ignore it all even to the point of getting in your grill on every play.

Referees would love to flag us they will homer us for TAM .

No penalties
NO TURN OVERS.

All this is FOCUS we do this we will WIN,

Aggies are desperate after having sand kicked in the faces .

FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS

Be physical till whistle blows never stop

These are the keys to victory

GOCANES
 
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All I know is Cristobal, Gattis, and Steele have all coached in big games like this, so they won't be shell-shocked. From watching Gattis' offense at Michigan, it's obvious a lot of the offense has been held back. Seems like Steele has been as well, so I'd expect some different things on the defensive side as well. Contain Achane, and don't let King out of the pocket. I'd like to think they can control him, but Miami has a way of putting mediocre QB's on Heisman watch.
 
Not to sound ****y or anything but I'm expecting a W on Saturday night. Texas A&M just loss to App. State AT HOME. The same App. State that loss to UNC at home and allowed over 60+ points to be put on the board against them.The divide in talent between Miami and App State is large, the divide is even larger when compared to Texas A&M. Yet they still loss. Texas A&M isn't world beaters by any stretch of the imagination. They'll be up and ready to go for a primetime game. They'll be trying to redeem themselves for last week but it shouldn't matter. Go in there and do what we should do.

Jimbo deserves what we're going to do to him on Saturday night.
 
Cane4life18 said:
Not to sound ****y or anything but I'm expecting a W on Saturday night. Texas A&M just loss to App. State AT HOME. The same App. State that loss to UNC at home and allowed over 60+ points to be put on the board against them.The divide in talent between Miami and App State is large, the divide is even larger when compared to Texas A&M. Yet they still loss. Texas A&M isn't world beaters by any stretch of the imagination. They'll be up and ready to go for a primetime game. They'll be trying to redeem themselves for last week but it shouldn't matter. Go in there and do what we should do.

Jimbo deserves what we're going to do to him on Saturday night.
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Miami came very close to losing to App St. The talent gap isn't that large, if at all.
 
Empirical Cane said:
Miami came very close to losing to App St. The talent gap isn't that large, if at all.
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Miami's talent gap over APP St is pretty large (go look at average recruiting rankings if you dont believe), as is Texas A&M's talent gap over APP St. That being said, the most talented team in the world can fall victim to a team that is well coached and can execute. See Boise St v Oklahoma 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
 
Odysseus said:
How did that work against app state
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That's going to be a heck of a trick to pull beating a team at home 2 weeks in a row by averaging 3.8 yards per rush. You could make a good case that ATM looked past App St but after that utter humiliation the U will have their full attention.

This doesn't make them a better team necessarily and they will still have the same weaknesses but they should be much more focused on us and on the way App St beat them.

Running the football will be a big part of the game plan Saturday and we have the backs to exploit them but we cannot rely on trying to possess the ball for 40 minutes. TVD and the passing game will need to show up. We will have to create explosive plays on offense, not turn the ball over and the defense must get off the field on 3rd down.
 
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Early touchdown will deflate 8&4 and make those demons of self doubt make them lose the game..a quick start and we blow the doors off..as much as they will be fired up for us, they will be on the ropes to start the game. Mario needs to close the door early and give them no momentum or hope.
 
I thought Flagg played pretty well on Saturday, no doubt he starts for us. We have to stop their run and make that QB beat us with his arm. I don't think he can do it consistently. We won't have constant success against their D, but when we get chances we need TDs not FGs. This will be an extremely tough game for us, getting a couple of turnovers would sure help.
 
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