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JHallCanes said:
There’s a “feel” to it that plays into it for me

I mean ultimately who the **** am I to lecture an OC about not having a feel for the game, but the timing was off for me as well

Like the Toney Malicat play to me is a 2nd and 3 play not a 3rd and 3 but if our OL blocks and he scores then Dawson is a genius
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Exactly, its his "feel" that is off sometimes.

I like Dawson, he is a good OC and has dialed up some really nice stuff. He is a huge part of why we are here and we are lucky to have him. The one thing he just seems to not have a good feel for is when to get trickery/aggressive vs when to go ultra conservative. The middle 80% he does great but when your getting to the outside 10% on each end its almost like he flips it. Goes with trick plays when we dont need it and pounds the A gap over and over when maybe we should be unleashing some creativity to get things going.

Like you said, the "timing" just feels weird sometimes. But hey, we are on the big stage and having all that "weird" timing has to make it a little harder for the DC to get too aggressive against our tendencies in critical moments.
 
Warrior808 said:
Exactly, its his "feel" that is off sometimes.

I like Dawson, he is a good OC and has dialed up some really nice stuff. He is a huge part of why we are here and we are lucky to have him. The one thing he just seems to not have a good feel for is when to get trickery/aggressive vs when to go ultra conservative. The middle 80% he does great but when your getting to the outside 10% on each end its almost like he flips it. Goes with trick plays when we dont need it and pounds the A gap over and over when maybe we should be unleashing some creativity to get things going.

Like you said, the "timing" just feels weird sometimes. But hey, we are on the big stage and having all that "weird" timing has to make it a little harder for the DC to get too aggressive against our tendencies in critical moments.
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I’ll have to rewatch the game but I saw CJ cooking a DB for a deep shot TD chance at least 3-4 times before Beck finally decided to throw it (and didn’t the the PI call)

So yeah Dawson does some strange things to me but also whenever I rewatch I see a lot we miss

Beck just wasn’t pulling the trigger and also misses a lot of big plays. Not sure what happened on that early miscommunication with Toney but that was an easy 6
 
sedlst11 said:
- The Hurricanes secondary dropped three, if not four INT's last night. Get one or two of these and the complexion of the game changes.


Dylan Day dropping a pick 6
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"The trunk of tragedy has many roots"
- Purty Smart Dude

Dropped 4 very catchable interceptions.

Most teams, I'd argue 99%, lose games because of that.
 
jakeman1 said:
As good as Chambliss played, what's the narrative if Miami holds on to the four dropped INT's, possibly housing at least one of them, if not two. Miami was good enough to win their sloppiest game since SMU against the #6 team in the country, with a team full of sick kids.
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He struggled most of the game until the 4th quarter to be honest
 
This game was much like SMU/Lousiville up until late in the game in the respect that we were moving the ball well but did not have enough points to show for it due to mistakes.

The difference is that we finished this game really well offensively. Our execution on offense in the 4th quarter was pretty close to flawless.

The defense deserves a lot of credit for holding Ole Miss to FG attempts at best on all but 2 drives with a very depleted roster (especially on DL and the secondary). We were very good on third downs on both sides of the ball.
 
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k9cane said:
you are right(and I was at both games) the difference is this time, even our sidelines seemed hesitant to celebrate for a few seconds. We were ALL apprehensive, LOL
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I think there was a touch of apprehension on part of the referee as well.

Terry Porter has been villified, and rightly so, by history for his call.

You never go Full Terry Porter.

Another team, another game, he might have smoked that wagon.
 
All good points. Over the last 25 years we lose this game 9 out of 10 times. Big congrats to the players and staff for gutting out this win with most of the breaks going against us.
 
Empirical Cane said:
"The trunk of tragedy has many roots"
- Purty Smart Dude

Dropped 4 very catchable interceptions.

Most teams, I'd argue 99%, lose games because of that.
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I can't get over how insane Chambliss int luck has been.

It was consistent message in pregame writeups, lots of tips and opportunities for picks, but only 3 of them.

We just exacerbated the ratio!
 
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i've been hard on dawson and deservedly so, but his play calling on the last two drives to obtain 2 touchdowns to win the game were near perfect.

he'd be the first to say he ****ed up and felt like an idiot when calling the flea flicker and the malicat.
 
JHallCanes said:
There’s a “feel” to it that plays into it for me

I mean ultimately who the **** am I to lecture an OC about not having a feel for the game, but the timing was off for me as well

Like the Toney Malicat play to me is a 2nd and 3 play not a 3rd and 3 but if our OL blocks and he scores then Dawson is a genius
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I'm with you. Being on OC is just as much of an art as it is a science. Play construction/design along with game planning is the science part, but the playcalling aspect, the part that requires feel, is the art.

IMO, many OCs get the science part, but the great play callers have an incredible feel for the flow of the game.
 
Wd dropped 4 interceptions- Dylan Day, Jakobe Thomas, Ethan OcOnner, and one play where wesley and Ethan had hands on the ball. Failure to hold these interceptions led to 9 Ole Miss point (3 FGs).
 
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I know this has been talked about plenty but how much of a luxury is it to see every single one of our receivers blocked their asses off for the whole game?

I don't know if I have ever seen a college football team with receivers that block like that so consistently.
 
k9cane said:
So I was able to get a couple of hours of sleep after last nights Fiesta Bowl thriller. Quite simply, it's on my Mt Rushmore of most exciting/best #Canes games I have ever attended (certainly based on the stakes, the setting and how it played out). The Hurricanes held off the gutty Ole Miss Rebels 31-27 to advance to the national title game.

It still feels surreal to even type that out here at Sir Veza's near my Southwest terminal as I sip on late victory, early morning Bloody Mary. (Hey, I'll start working out again tomorrow). This was a game full of frustration before elation. Some thoughts on the game..

- As Miami dominated the time of possession, and were rushing the ball effectively with Mark Fletcher and Marty Brown, it was frustrating that they would get away from the run game at the most inopportune time. I get why Shannon Dawson wants to mix things up (admittedly, many of us were begging for this), but when you are gashing for 6, 7, 8 yards, consistently, there's no need to dial stuff up like a Flea Flicker which killed the momentum of one drive. Fletcher had 22 carries for 133, but you wonder if he should've gotten something closer to 30 totes. I get the sense Miami left about 10-13 points out there last night.

Miami had the ball over 22 minutes in the first half, and over 40 minutes overall. But while they seemed to control the pace of the game, they could never shake the pesky Rebels throughout. They bent a lot, but Miami could never get them to break

- The Hurricanes secondary dropped three, if not four INT's last night. Get one or two of these and the complexion of the game changes.

- Malachi Toney and CJ Daniels both had plays where they had great second efforts on third down catches to move the chains on what became TD drives. There is a certain toughness to this unit that can not be overlooked

- Speaking of the wideout unit, can we put to rest that Keelan Marion is just a really good kick returner and a guy who is effective at running end-arounds and reverses? In the second half of the year he's become a reliable receiver who is tough and his dig route on that third down late in the game was huge.

- Ruben Bain and Akheem Mesidor didn't have great numbers last night, but they did enough to speed up the internal clock of Trinidad Chambliss. Chambliss was as good as advertised. Quick release, shifty and some real arm talent. He threw some real dimes on the Ole Miss last drive before that Hail Mary. I'm a fan of this guy. If he gets another year of eligibility, Chambliss is a Heisman contender from the get go.

Credit to Ole Miss, not one time during this playoff did I ever really think they missed that guy who is leading LSU now.

- Did Carson Beck just put on the greatest last minute, game-winning drive in Miami history? Now, we've seen great comebacks (Steve Walsh vs FSU in 87 and Michigan in 88) and Ken Dorsey's late drive vs the Seminoles in 2000 (hottest day I can recall at the Orange Bowl), but again, considering what was at stake, this has to be in the conversation. He delivered in the clutch and capped it off with his legs.

A lot is always made of what his NIL deal was. After last night, it turns out Miami got an absolute bargain.

- As the Rebels last pass dropped to the ground, I found it interesting that our section of Miami fans, and really everyone else, was a bit muted, or really didn't have any reaction for several seconds. It was almost as if they were waiting for a late flag (ala the 2003 Fiesta Bowl), and it wasn't till the UM players started streaming on the field that everyone started to come to the realization that Miami had won and was advancing to the national title game.

It was a surreal feeling as total strangers were hugging one another. What a feeling. After two decades of mediocrity, Mario Cristobal, through his efforts, has brought this to our fan base a program that can be respected again. I can't lie, I'm in a bit of awe over what I've been able to witness live.

And yes, there is one more hurdle to climb. Cristobal didn't come back home to be a runner-up. He will be the first to tell you this (and don't ever ask or tell him that ''Miami is back''). But to put this into perspective, in this past month the Hurricanes have won three post-season games (including the Cotton and Fiesta Bowls), in the previous twenty seasons or so, they haven't won that many bowl games.

Three down, one to go.
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Been waiting for this. Great write up as usual, Steve!
 
JHallCanes said:
I’ll have to rewatch the game but I saw CJ cooking a DB for a deep shot TD chance at least 3-4 times before Beck finally decided to throw it (and didn’t the the PI call)

So yeah Dawson does some strange things to me but also whenever I rewatch I see a lot we miss

Beck just wasn’t pulling the trigger and also misses a lot of big plays. Not sure what happened on that early miscommunication with Toney but that was an easy 6
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Beck was a different QB the last two drives of the game than he was before that time. He wasn't sharp in the first half and third Q, but when we needed him most, he was LIGHTS OUT.
 
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