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Offense:
Tyler Van Dyke - 25/47 316yds 4TD’s & 2INT’s
Jaylan Knighton - 16car 32yds & 2rec 64yds 1TD
Charleston Rambo - 6rec 95yds
Will Mallory - 5rec 72yds & 1TD
Mike Harley - 6rec 41yds & 1TD
Keyshawn Smith - 2rec 12yds &1TD
Thad Franklin - 1rec 18yds
Gained 359yds of total offense (316 passing & 43 rushing), off 70 plays with 20 first downs, going 6-16 on 3rd down 4-4 on 4th down, at 5.1 yards per play with 23:51 in time of possession.
Started out the game on the first two drives real shaky with a really bad decision on the INT by TVD, he threw it off his back foot & lobbed it in the air for a jump ball.
Mike Harley got the ball snatched from his grasp off the quick slant for the 2nd turnover of the game, but made up for it with a right place right time TD catch off a ricochet from an overthrown ball that bounced off Smith hands.
We managed one good drive in the first half on the 6 play 66 yard drive that featured the same Double reverse play to the TE that we ran successfully vs Pitt this time went for 45yds & ended in a nice quick slant TD to Keyshawn Smith.
Finally got to see Thad Franklin get some more PT, that was a nice HB leak route off the Play action, he legit looks 6’2 245lbs lol
That was a great Wheel route to Rooster for 29yds on that late 3rd quarter drive. And he had an amazing run after the catch TD for 35yds at the beginning of the 4th quarter for what should’ve been the go ahead TD. Nice tough running staying on his feet & spinning off Brownlee’s shoulder to take it in the end zone.
Really great sequence of calls on the 11 play 97 yard drive that ended in Mallory giving us the lead taking TD. Going for on 4th & 6 with a terrific curl route on a good pass & great catch Rambro, then on a 3rd & 15 hitting Brashard Smith on a quick hook route against drop back Zone coverage which was a very good decision because it’s a YAC play that allows your runner to cut down the distance when you’re in 4 down territory, so rather than a 4th & long in the red zone, you get a 4th & 2 at goaline.
The TD play call on 4th & 2, was straight out of the Andy Reid, Sean McVay handbook of red zone TD plays, the whole thing was activated off the initial first clap to get FSU to jump offside & check if FSU is Blitzing any LB’s, once we know what they’re doing you see TVD check into the actual play call. The whole thing was set by putting Rambro in motion, clearing a lane for the TE to slip out underneath from the H-back alignment & easy stroll in for a TD.
Rambo really picked up his play in the 2nd half & came up big for us with some big time catches, the fade route to the sideline, the 4th down catch as well.
TVD played terrible in the first half, he was off kilter & because of FSU’s disruptive frontline he was completely off rhythm. He had Jacolby George on a clean Post route for a TD & TVD just launched it. He picked things back up in the 2nd half & played much better, but overall it was a mixed bag performance.
True Freshman CB Omarion Cooper came to fckin play, he was a kid we recruited last year, but of course we missed out on, me @Official Cane Gang were super high on this kid out of Lehigh & if you go check @LuCane thread he made earlier this week about FSU DB’s he was the one I highlighted as their best Corner. That kid had a **** of game shutting down Key Smith & will be a very good CB for them in the future. Really hate that we couldn’t steal this kid from them on the trail last year, but that’s why recruiting Wars are so crucial, because you miss out on premium players & they come back to haunt you later on in the season, but as a CB cognoscente I gotta give the young pup props, he was excellent in coverage.
Defense:
Corey Flagg - 8tcks 1.5TFL & 1 sack
Avantae Williams - 7tcks
Tyrique Stevenson - 6tcks
Nesta Silvera - 6tcks 1TFL 1FR
Jahfari Harvey - 6tcks 2TFL’s
Leonard Taylor - 6tcks 1TFL
Keontra Smith - 5tcks
Gilbert Frierson - 4tcks 1TFL
Waynmon Steed - 4tcks
Amari Carter - 3tcks
DeAndre Johnson - 3tcks 1.5TFL & 1 sack
Kamren Kinchens - 3tcks
Jared Harrison-Hunte - 2tcks 1TFL & 1 sack
Chase Smith - 2tcks
Gave up 434yds (274 passing & 160 rushing), with 9TFL’s & 3 sacks & 1 turnover.
First drive was classic Diaz Defense, more over pursuing, more bad angles & missed tackles, plus more undisciplined play with 5 penalties on the first drive, 3 offsides, one late hit & a horse collar. And on the TD run, Miami’s subpar tackling & lack of ability to fight off blocks was apparent.
On the 19yd run by Travis to end the 1st quarter there was at least 4 missed tackles on a run that shouldn’t have for more than 3 yards at the most .
On the 35 yard pass to Wilson, it was a Cover 2 look & Tae Williams was supposed to rotate over to have the back half of his 3rd of the coverage shell. Overall it was just a bad play call, compounded by a lack of awareness by Couch & lack of understanding of your assignment by Tae Williams.
Kamren had at least 4 or 5 missed tackles today, he was really off his game. Tae Williams too, the entire Defense really, I didn’t see one clean hit the entire game, every tackle was the culmination of finally getting the ball carrier down after several missed attempts. Poor tackling is the result of culture & horrendous teaching, teams that don’t/can’t tackle are a reflection of the D Coordinator, which for us just so happens to be the HC... Thanks again Snake James.
This Defense gave 434 yards to an essentially dead offense that could barely move the ball against every other opponent they played, but as per usual was gliding up & down the field on us.
Jordan Travis coming into this game hadn’t thrown for more than 180 yards in any game he played this year, he literally only had ONE game the entire season with more than a 150 yards passing & against our eLiTe “hold them against their average” Defense he slung it for for over 270. The kid can’t fckin throw to save his life, but vs us he’s Russell Wilson out there smh lol
Remember all throughout the week when so many of yall swore up & down that Miami was gonna blow FSU out & several of us kept telling yall that wasn’t gonna happen because of how bad our Defense is? Well... If you’ve payed attention to this **** team all year it was the most obvious call to make in the world that Miami was gonna struggle this game. Again Miami had only won by a combined 10 points against non-FCS opponents, we hadn’t beat a single team this season by more than 4 points (Central Connecticut St game doesn’t count). So what did that mean? It meant that despite the offensive explosion that we had seen the last 3 games that we were barely winning these games, which was an indicator that this team was still plagued with the same issues it had in the previous games they lost.
FSU was just hungrier & wanted it more, they won because they decided they were gonna win & Miami played as if we wanted to be anywhere else but at Doak. We started out playing slow & lethargic, this team had no intensity until the halftime meetup at the middle of the field.
An undisciplined team that had 14 penalties for 105yds, high volume penalty games has been a staple of this Miami team & particularly on defense has been apart of the culture since Diaz was DC going back to 2016.
This Miami team is a direct reflection of the HC, soft, inconsistent & has no viability when it matters most. We’ve been paper Tigers since the Pitt game in 2017, whenever it’s time for this team to show what’s it really made of, they come up short & can’t really deal with adversity. This program is an absolute joke because we have nothing but clowns running it from the top down.
No one should be shocked or surprised we lost, this is Miami, this is what we do to people; give them life when they have none & figure out ways to lose to teams we have no business losing to...
Since the FIU debacle this entire Diaz tenure has been nothing but the Sisyphus Myth...
Manuel Diaz should’ve already been fired, but even with this loss I don’t see him getting fired until after the season, which is par for the course for this Admin & BOT. IMO the best decision is to clean house & go find a legit AD & let him hire a real coach, I’ve been on record as wanting any of the 3 between Kiffin, Herman or Freeze, obviously that will never happen, so now all we’re left with is “hoping & praying” that Señor Cristobal will be the savior that everyone says he is. I really hope for yall sake that he wants to leave Oregon even if they make the playoffs this season, because if this BOT can’t hire him I’m 10,000% sure their next choice will be remarkably worse.
But either way this is exactly what this program deserves, the negligence that has taken place at Miami has been nothing but criminal & because of it this program is Dead. We’re not ever going to turn this thing around until the people who make the decisions at the top & control the money either die off or for once hand over the program to someone who actually gives a **** about Miami athletics being successful.
The rich laissez-faire country club atmosphere that has permeated this program for the last 20 years is the cancer that has plagued this school for so long, the BOT ought to be ashamed of themselves. I know they don’t care, but eventually they’ll regret killing this program when the fans all out revolt & stop giving a **** just like them.
Miami is 5-5 with 2 more games left, I believe we’ll finish 7-5 or 6-6 & lose whatever bowl game we make. And that’s the perfect cherry on top to finally end the Diaz era.
Fire Frenkenstein, Fire Snake Lames & Fire Miaz.
