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frostycane
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Thats good, those guys got their lunch taken!
Palm Harbor Cane
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2 weeks to late
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Who cares! Kehoe sucks now. Now Excuse. These are Kehoe's guys.
Keho should be fired with Folden!
Keho should be fired with Folden!
I'll 2nd that!
I dont know if I agree with this.
Sonny hasnt been All ACC but NOBODY on this board thought Kehoe would get ANYTHING out of this kid this time last year. Should he be starting? No. But to even get service out of him as a backup is a win in my book.
Gall sucks but he fooled us all. Go back and look at his HS film. He looked like a beast a G.
Darling hasnt live up to his hype yet but he is still young. Not going to judge him yet. Same with KC.
Isidora is just a place holder for St Louis who will be our premier LT for the future.
But, Golden should have benched guys last week. Too little too late like one poster said above.
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LMAO at the right side of that line.
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Again, these are Kehoe and Golden's guys. Poor recruiting and development...........5 YEARS IN!
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You can blame Golden and Kehoe!
Maybe this sounds crazy but I actually thought they would be worse. 5 games in and Kaaya isnt injured yet like I thought he would be. Thats a win in my book.
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Word is born. Sunny has been way better than we all thought. Linder has been steady save a few hiccups. Isadora is the real disappointment along the line.
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TC7D
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He's not injured, but he looked seriously beat up last game. He's certainly moving slower than he did week 1. Oh yeah, and he got destroyed by that safety on the targeting call. Other players would have come out after that hit. The kid is tough.
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he Hurricanes’ offensive line, which replaced four of five starters, was their most pressing issue entering the season.
That remains the case now.
Even more so after starting center Nick Linder, according to coach Al Golden, suffered “a little bit of a strained trap or shoulder, neck-type thing” in UM’s 29-24 loss at No. 12 Florida State on Saturday.
Linder was not present when the team returned to practice Tuesday, setting in motion several moving parts.
Taking the sophomore’s place in the middle for the start of practice: junior Alex Gall. Sophomore Kc McDermott, who played both tackle spots against FSU, came off the bench to take Gall’s spot at left guard. The line’s captain, redshirt junior right guard Danny Isidora, moved to right tackle, which sent struggling sophomore Sunny Odogwu to the second unit. Redshirt freshman Joe Brown took Isidora’s place at right guard.
The only constant was sophomore left tackle Trevor Darling. But there’s no guarantee he — or any of the offensive linemen — will be in their usual spots when UM hosts Virginia Tech on Saturday (3:30 p.m., ESPNU).
The second unit had freshman Tyree St. Louis at left tackle, freshman Tyler Gauthier at left guard, redshirt sophomore Hunter Knighton at center, Brown at right guard and Odogwu at right tackle.
The offensive line has committed at least 16 of Miami’s 38 penalties (the latter a number that ranks second-worst in the ACC; only the Hokies, with 50, have more). Odogwu and Gall are Miami’s most-penalized players, each having collected four flags. Those totals don’t include declined holding calls, of which Miami has had one, or illegal formation/delay of game calls.
On Sunday, Golden pointed out UM has “some things we need to correct which are pretty evident.” Aside from penalties, UM’s running game needs help. The Hurricanes, focused on the pass, rushed for just 20 yards on 19 attempts. That was their lowest output since posting 14 yards in the 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl against Louisville and their second-lowest total since at least 2008.
Sophomore quarterback Brad Kaaya, who was sacked twice and saw five passes batted down by defensive linemen, still set career highs in passing yards (405, with three touchdowns), completions (29) and attempts (49), threw three touchdowns and zero interceptions.
“Obviously we need to do a better job in the run game, but we fought hard,” Golden said. “We only gave up two sacks in 49 pass attempts. Of course when you play a front like that you’re going to get quarterback hurries and things of that nature. There’s a lot of things we need to improve but I think the effort was there.”
Other injury updates: freshman nose tackle Kendrick Norton (sprained ankle) was not present at practice. … Junior wide receiver Stacy Coley — named ACC receiver of the week after a career-best seven-catch, 137-yard, one-touchdown game at FSU — was present and appeared to be moving well. That’s a good sign for UM, given his limited mobility on Saturday following a hip injury suffered while making a diving touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. … Junior linebacker Jermaine Grace, who had a career- and game-high nine tackles at FSU, did not appear limited. Grace battled a sprained ankle last week.
That remains the case now.
Even more so after starting center Nick Linder, according to coach Al Golden, suffered “a little bit of a strained trap or shoulder, neck-type thing” in UM’s 29-24 loss at No. 12 Florida State on Saturday.
Linder was not present when the team returned to practice Tuesday, setting in motion several moving parts.
Taking the sophomore’s place in the middle for the start of practice: junior Alex Gall. Sophomore Kc McDermott, who played both tackle spots against FSU, came off the bench to take Gall’s spot at left guard. The line’s captain, redshirt junior right guard Danny Isidora, moved to right tackle, which sent struggling sophomore Sunny Odogwu to the second unit. Redshirt freshman Joe Brown took Isidora’s place at right guard.
The only constant was sophomore left tackle Trevor Darling. But there’s no guarantee he — or any of the offensive linemen — will be in their usual spots when UM hosts Virginia Tech on Saturday (3:30 p.m., ESPNU).
The second unit had freshman Tyree St. Louis at left tackle, freshman Tyler Gauthier at left guard, redshirt sophomore Hunter Knighton at center, Brown at right guard and Odogwu at right tackle.
The offensive line has committed at least 16 of Miami’s 38 penalties (the latter a number that ranks second-worst in the ACC; only the Hokies, with 50, have more). Odogwu and Gall are Miami’s most-penalized players, each having collected four flags. Those totals don’t include declined holding calls, of which Miami has had one, or illegal formation/delay of game calls.
On Sunday, Golden pointed out UM has “some things we need to correct which are pretty evident.” Aside from penalties, UM’s running game needs help. The Hurricanes, focused on the pass, rushed for just 20 yards on 19 attempts. That was their lowest output since posting 14 yards in the 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl against Louisville and their second-lowest total since at least 2008.
Sophomore quarterback Brad Kaaya, who was sacked twice and saw five passes batted down by defensive linemen, still set career highs in passing yards (405, with three touchdowns), completions (29) and attempts (49), threw three touchdowns and zero interceptions.
“Obviously we need to do a better job in the run game, but we fought hard,” Golden said. “We only gave up two sacks in 49 pass attempts. Of course when you play a front like that you’re going to get quarterback hurries and things of that nature. There’s a lot of things we need to improve but I think the effort was there.”
Other injury updates: freshman nose tackle Kendrick Norton (sprained ankle) was not present at practice. … Junior wide receiver Stacy Coley — named ACC receiver of the week after a career-best seven-catch, 137-yard, one-touchdown game at FSU — was present and appeared to be moving well. That’s a good sign for UM, given his limited mobility on Saturday following a hip injury suffered while making a diving touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. … Junior linebacker Jermaine Grace, who had a career- and game-high nine tackles at FSU, did not appear limited. Grace battled a sprained ankle last week.