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Thoughts on the UF game and weekend

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Arehel said:
If I'm being honest, there's some mechanical issues. Not the throwing motion when the pocket is clean sometimes.

He drifts back when he throws, and rarely steps into it cause he's afraid to get hit. He's not the type to take a shot while getting a rib shot. We're really relying on the OL to make him money.

He's a good QB just worries me on that regard also I think he's got a self confidence issue. When you dirt balls, you're trying to hard for accuracy. He just need to calm down and relax man. Football greatest game in the world have fun my man, he's best friend would be a sports psychologist and he would fly.
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his two biggest throws of the year were off-platform with people on top of him. the throw to Toney v ND and the throw to Daniels v ND that was slightly high.
 
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Cookie917 said:
Im all for celebrating the win, idc how it happens just win. I think we get the best of both worlds however... The team was fed rat poison all week, if we go in and dog walk them that only heightens. Now there is some tape that I think has a lotttt of coaching moments. Dumb pre-snap penalties, teh fact they were missing like 7 starters on defense and STILL had the game close, while our OL was dominant, and we physically beat them down, there were some holes and room for more dominance for sure. I think it was the first drive in the fourth quarter, beck got pressured and had to have a weird little dump off to fletcher that fell incomplete on 3rd and long and we punted, but give Beck a clean pocket there is a wideeeeee open daniels down the right hash, legit walk in 70 yd TD so I think it could be beneficial there is so much to clean up and a lot of the media buzz will die down with us on a bye week.

edit, I found the full game replay here: go to the 1:50:00 mark:

but the screenshots speak for themself:

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At the snap, basic alignment showing pressure


View attachment 336922 left side runs a stunt, one guy drops out so basic 4 man rush, coop is lost, Samson got beat inside and Brock is about to get beat, but peep daniels at the top right, that S is about to come flying down towards lofton running an out....

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Beck was still able to muscle this ball out for an INC to Fletch but LOOOOOK at daniels now at the top right. I am sorry but a 4 man depleted front should not do this to our OL in the 4th quarter of (at the time) a close game scoreboard wise.
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Wow
 
I don’t like the weather excuse at all because its only used when its convenient to cope. But i will say i know beck is healthy but i wonder if he’s fully confident in his arm again. Some of his throws are just flat, his zip is inconsistent. Maybe it’s been like that pre injury idk but it’s something to monitor
 
nvlahos said:
What a change from the primetime/big games against SEC schools from the past 5-10 years l. We can now hang with anyone physically and talent wise.

Still concerned about our play style and approach on offense in big games which is bro ball/conservative. Maybe it was the weather, Beck being off and the way Florida was playing us, but still a concern because it’s becoming a theme.

Cam Ward mad spectacular exciting plays happen, but if we need to rely on a once in a decade type talent at QB to be exciting on offense that’s going to be a problem.

Defense is playing unreal. We saw Ohio State win a national title last year with two bookend DEs who caused immense havoc. Can Bain and Mesidor keep it up
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Blount stepping up is huge. Lightfoot can’t really do too much to stop the run so Miami needs another DE to step up as the year goes on to give Bain and Mesidor some rest.

Bryant is cleary passed up so not sure who can help. Sucks Lowe is out for the year.
 
Empirical Cane said:
That knockout ended Bart's WWE career as well correct?
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It was effectively over even before that. WWF executives, specifically Jim Ross, was mad that he knocked out Dr. Death Steve Williams because they were planning on pushing him, so they kept Bart off TV for months after he won the tournament, just to have him come back against Butterbean and get sent to Valhalla
 
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jps2344 said:
Coach a great kid the past handful of years whose dad works the audio side of game day productions, mostly NFL/NCAA and a lot of PGA in the offseason.
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If you send it to me, I'll give you the biggest high-five you've ever got in your life.

DM me, if possible.
 

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bobbydigius said:
At this point the multiple year returns show that the portal has completely changed the game and you can rebuild a team in just one off season and it works. We saw in 22 and 23 what mid portal classes do and vice versa in 24 and 25. Our 23 class while having two bona fide studs in Bain and CiCi(its looking like both are first round locks early in the season) is a disaster, and it you would not even know it because we more than made up for it via said portal. I use that as an example, because Im imagining the same thing has happened to UF and Clemson. The old way of doing things is done. It doesnt even matter if you miss during the HS cycle unless its in the tranches.
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Bain, CiCi, Fletcher Pancake, Popo, Damari, and Kinsler will all be big contributors and NFL players from that class. I wouldn't call it a disaster.
 
DNordy said:
Hope the TE coach gets Luka Gilbert more reps this week. Bauman is becoming a liability rather than an asset
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Do you know what the play call was? I didn't think so. We don't know what his execution should have looked like.

Get off dude's nuts. We're just observers with little knowledge.

If he fuc*** up, so be it. Not the first time a college kid/player ran the wrong route or block. He'll learn from it hopefully. One play doesn't make him a liability
 
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DMoney said:
There's no such thing as a homegrown team anymore. At least not a good one. All offseason, the media hyped up Florida and Clemson. Nobody seemed to care that their Portal classes ranked below Sacramento State. They were going to fix their problems by "developing their own guys." We saw how that turned out.

The big winners on Saturday all invested in the Portal. Texas Tech spent millions to build a defensive line from scratch. Indiana followed up a dream season by splurging on upgrades. Missouri leveled up with a dynamic backfield combo and Georgia's best pass-rusher. All of them won big.

The Canes are twice the team as the Gators because they use both talent pools. Twelve of our starters came from the Portal- Beck, Daniels, Marion, Brockermeyer, Bauman, Blay, Mesidor, Toure, Thomas, Poyser, Lucas and Scott. The other ten are high school recruits. Of those ten, six came from South Florida (Fletcher, Toney, Bain, Moten, Bissainthe, Frederique). The remaining four are giant offensive linemen from all over the country. This is a sustainable formula.

Mario and Napier were hired the same week. They waged fierce recruiting battles from Day One. Even the collectives got into it.

Four years later, the results speak for themselves. The University of Florida football program is dead and buried. Unless we play in the Callahan Auto Parts Bowl, we won't be seeing them for a while. Josh Pate compared this game to Butterbean v. Bart Gunn at Wrestlemania 15. I wish I thought of that first.



The 26-7 bludgeoning capped it off, but the whole weekend was a huge win for the program. Gameday looked incredible on TV, the stadium was packed and loud, and the national perception of Miami has shifted completely. We are a real program again.

Here are some position-by-position thoughts on the game:

QB

Carson Beck didn't play well. His passes lacked juice, and his ball placement was off. I think the weather had an impact. Beck doesn't have huge hands to grip and rip a wet football. But he did enough to move his record to 28-3. I expect him to come out of the bye week smoking against Florida State.

RB

Mark Fletcher had 116 yards and it felt like a normal day. Four games in, he's one of the best backs in the country. Marty Brown made the two biggest plays of the game- one that counted (one-handed catch) and another that the refs missed. Miami ran for 189 yards against the best defense left on its schedule. It should have been even more. Jordan Lyle will give this group a jolt when he returns after the bye.

TE

Elija Lofton finally got going with four catches and a hurdle. Coach Cristobal talked about Lofton on the WQAM postgame and sounded bullish on his recovery. He's still not the player we saw in practice, but he has two weeks to heal. Alex Bauman had some rough moments. Like Beck, he missed spring and his timing just seems off. This is a good week for him to to settle down. We need more production from this position.

WR

The receivers had a quiet day. The high point was whooping the Gators as blockers. Miami needs some of its more explosive players like JoJo Trader, Lyle and Lofton to get healthy to take this offense to a new level.

OL

This remains the best unit in America. It's hard to believe that some "experts" ranked the Gators OL over Miami's in the offseason. They weren't even playing the same sport on Saturday. Markel Bell, in particular, was dominant. I thought he was only OK against Notre Dame, but he was on another level versus the Gators. He treated Tyreak Sapp like a child. James Brockermeyer has a couple weeks to clean up the snaps.

DL

This team plays with maniacal effort, and its two best defensive players (Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor) set the tone. Everybody tries to match their energy, and that results in a lot of car crashes. Mesidor made an incredible play on an end-around to Tre Wilson that showcased his agility and motor. He's a high school linebacker and plays with that kind of awareness and change of direction. Marquise Lightfoot is matching their energy and moves like a safety. There aren't many five-star defensive ends flying down on kickoff. The defensive tackles continue to be rock-solid, with Ahmad Moten coming on strong.

LB

This group doesn't get enough hype. They're long, they're heavy, they run well, they knock back, they have instincts and they're old. Jeremiah Love averaged 126 yards against Texas A&M and Purdue but only got 33 against Miami. Jaden Baugh ran for 46 yards on 3.8 yards per carry. It's been a complete transformation since the lows of the late Manny era.

DB

The safeties stood out on Saturday. Jakobe Thomas is exactly what we needed on defense. Like Bain and Mesidor on the defensive line, Thomas sets the tone on the back end. He's also been a sound tackler. Zechariah Poyser followed his lead and threw his body around with abandon. Keionte Scott is an Energizer Bunny in the slot. The corner group still hasn't been tested, but they're playing physical. I think Florida avoided the horizontal passing game (which could’ve helped their struggling QB) because our corners would have eaten their wide receivers alive.

K

Carter Davis is an example of the staff's success evaluating in the Portal. There can be projection with older players, too. Davis has a special boot and he is becoming a better kicker every day.

Overall, the four weeks have gone as well as possible. it's a long season and there will be adversity. Time to heal up, study up on Malzahn and get ready to win a state title.
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Please stop with the wet ball small hands excuses for 11. They replace balls after nearly every play and QB's for 50 years have had to play in rain every once in awhile and can still make 10 yd throws to wide open guys. I hope he plays better against FSU, but Georgia fans warned me about this. They said when things go wrong, the excuse machine will amp up. It's never his fault.
 
LuCane said:
It's our Safeties. Sometimes last year, they didn't even flow in the right direction. Many times, they took absurd angles. Almost all the time, they were lost pre-snap. It's a shocking turnaround to at least get everyone lined up off basic motion.
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Since you pay so much attention to Safety play...

Our first four games last year looked pretty good defensively from a big picture (score) perspective once the dust settled.

What is it about these first four games that convinces you we aren't seeing fool's gold right now?
 
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