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If you follow Upon Further Review here at CanesInsight you know how they’ve looked on film this year. But how did they look when they were entering the start of a dynasty in the early 2000’s? Find out here in this Game Rewind of 2000 Florida State vs. Miami. FSU had won 5 straight in the rivalry coming into this game and were the defending national champions and #1 in the country. Miami was 3-1 on the year after a loss at Washington and ranked #7 in the country. Miami was looking to establish themselves as a power on the national stage. Reminder that Mark Richt was the OC for Florida State in this game.
Daryl Jones fumbles the opening kickoff after a hit by Michael Boulware. Florida State recovers. #27 Markese Fitzgerald missed the block. Freshman Andre Johnson was the lead blocker on the return. Special teams mistake early.
Quincy Hipps is struggling to hold the edge in the run game early at the RDE spot. Two runs by Minor right at him bring up a 4th & 1. Richt has been going for it on 4th down for years now. He goes for it on 4th & 1 with a sneak by the backup to Chris Weinke (Marcus Outzman) and William Joseph plugged the hole with quick penetration and the LB’s attack this quickly. Damione Lewis was the best DT in the country and they went after the sophomore instead. Miami holds. Holy moly how did we watch analog all those years?
First play and their DT whips our LG immediately. Interesting to see football from so long ago because we think of our concepts today of leaving players unblocked as new, but it’s really not. Leave the edge unblocked and hold him with a fake end around. You can see Dorsey carrying out the fake very well. FB at top of the screen is driven into the backfield. James Jackson bounces it outside and picks up 12. Bradley Jennings Sr. makes the tackle.
You think we were bad on 3rd downs last year? 37%! The motion man moves forward before the snap, they try a dive play to Najeh here and it is stuffed for a loss.
This team had some struggles with punt coverage as well, it appears. Though, to be fair, Dan Morgan forces a fumble at midfield.
Well, this is what you want your blocking to look like. Davenport on the ground here #4, but he knocked a blitzing LB onto the ground here. The difference in this play working or not is that block, but you can see the rest of the OL owned the LOS here. McKinnie was a freak show at LT.
LB’s get through, but this is just a RB making a play as he avoids both defenders and gets 5. That end-around fake seems to be a staple of our offense to hold that edge defender.
Miami has already had a delay of game, a false start, 12-men in the huddle, a fumble on a kick return in this game. Woof.
Davenport was a huge weapon for this team. Interesting to note he wasn’t even the starter on this team. Will McPartland was, but he got a concussion and missed the rest of the season. Davenport with the nice over-the-shoulder catch for the TD.
William Joseph was a man early in this game. Gets into backfield after Lewis had a roughing the passer penalty and stuffs a 3rd-and-short run. (Not pictured)
Dorsey misses an open Santana on a square-in. False start. Then a run for 4. Then a delay of game penalty. Miami all kinds of sloppy early on offensively. (Not pictured)
Have to punt. Special teams have been pretty poor thus far outside of the Morgan forced fumble. Somehow Freddie Capshaw got this away. I wonder if he has any eligibility left. He’s good.
Mike Rumph, how you gonna let 170 pound Snoop Minnis wrestle this ball away from you?
Al Blades Sr. tries to jump a route and gets caught outside. The WR runs into the red zone. Dan Morgan easily ran down Robert Morgan from behind. (Not pictured)
4th down, FSU goes for it again. Ed Reed tips it away. Pretty fun to see him playing.
Dorsey hits Santana Moss for a huge gain. This OL is very good. FSU is having to blitz to get close enough to read Dorsey’s jersey on most of these plays. Truthfully, Dorsey just didn’t have enough arm and underthrew this or it’s a TD. I just love this image so I used it.
Miami with their second timeout on offense of the 1st quarter. After the timeout and they are just killing them over the middle of the field. Mercer trips over his own feet or this is a TD.
Martin Bibla has played well in this game, but on this run he gets overpowered about as badly as a person can. He is completely put on his back here and tackles the RB for FSU. Loss of 4.
Another false start. Then a pass interference on FSU to prevent a TD throw to Reggie Wayne. (Not pictured)
We run it three times and DJ Williams pounds it in from the FB spot. It’s easy to forget he played FB after the starter got hurt and he backed up Najeh rather than playing LB. (Not pictured)
This is how you cover a kick, Mr. Carl Walker!
FSU takes a deep shot then tries an inside dive for -3. On 3rd & 13 they’re forced to dump it off. Punt time with Miami up 14-0. (Not pictured)
Punt only goes to 37 and Moss returns to 32. (Not pictured)
Dorsey misses on and easy TD. Way overthrown. This is huge because they don’t get the 1st down and then Todd Sievers misses the FG. I’d forgotten that Miami had this many struggles on special teams back then.
FSU 3rd & 9 and Weinke hits Boldin on a comeback where Phillip Buchanon had a chance to stop him before 1st down but he drags him for 13. (Not pictured)
3rd & 10 and Ed Reed defends this so poorly. He tries to undercut and the ball goes over his head and the WR makes an excellent play. Twice now they could’ve been off the field if they just execute. They had double coverage, this shouldn’t work. Ed Reed slaps his hands together afterwards knowing he messed up. Even Hall of Famers make mistakes.
Buuuuuut…Hall of Famers also make plays. Interception Ed Reed. WR is wide open honestly, but Weinke makes a bad throw. Weinke was a Heisman Trophy winner. Everyone makes mistakes.
Miami went super conservative on this drive. RB dive. FB dive. Pass to FB incomplete. Offenses were so different during this era. FB every play almost. Two TE’s most of the time. (Not pictured)
FSU gets a nice punt return, but there are two penalties on them. Special teams penalties are a staple of college football it would appear. (Not pictured)
Weinke was really good. I had honestly forgotten that he was legitimately a great player. Moves around really well in the pocket, sliding to avoid defenders and make passes down field. Boldin was a problem in this game. We actually ran the SS blitz from 20 yards away and I laughed to myself because Ed Reed never got close to Weinke. That one remains the same. FSU punts from the Miami 38-yard line and punts it into the end zone. A net of a whole 18 yards to give up a possession for FSU. (Not pictured)
FSU could not handle Santana Moss in this game. He’s open whenever Dorsey has time to find him. Big gain over the middle. Maybe the reason why Canes fans clamor for the middle of the field as much as they do is because Dorsey was so great at it? (Not pictured)
We all have probably forgotten what it looks like, but this is how you Offensive Line. I could run through this hole (the hit would end my life, but at least I’d find the hole).
Miami is just gashing them up front. When I set out to do this, I expected the glaring differences to be at DT, or at the skill positions, but this Miami team is dominant on the OL right now. That’s really the big difference. Our current Miami team can match up as far as skill positions, is better at DE than the ’00 Miami team was, and we have some talent at LB. But OL is a mile away. (Not pictured)
Miami just running all over an FSU defense that averaged 57 yards a game. Dorsey has been off on a bunch of throws in this game. They’re getting caught for the most part, but generally an acrobatic catch is needed. Much less impressed by Dorsey than I expected to be.
Here is a play where Mercer just gets blown up by the defense. When you can see your FB’s number down the LOS it’s going to be a rough play most likely.
3rd & 8 and Dorsey stares down the gun barrel of a defender about to smash him and throws to a wide open Reggie Wayne on a comeback, who makes a man miss and gets the 1st down. These WR’s are dudes. (Not pictured)
Dive for nothing, bad swing pass to Mercer is incomplete. Then on 3rd down they roll Dorsey to his left and he is so robotical in his steps. He fades back on the pass without any real pressure on this play (my guess is that hit he took a few plays ago has gotten to him a bit). He throws a bad ball on the corner route and Moss was open for a TD. When the defender is diving and is behind you while you are still standing, you’re wide open on that route going that direction. This game should be 28-0 if Dorsey was playing halfway decent. Dorsey is a redshirt sophomore, but making his first start against FSU as the season before he started starting games after the FSU game had already been played.
Buchanon drills the RB and forces an incompletion. Then Dan Morgan blitzes and gets into the passing lane. Then a false start brings up a 3rd & 15. (Not pictured)
This is such a huge play by Weinke. DT gets right on him and just has to stay under control. So many times you see them get shook like this when just staying under control prevents them from throwing a ball downfield. Weinke gets away, hits Snoop Minnis who goes for 65 yards on 3rd down.
Interception by Mike Rumph after a jam, but they called PI on him. If Quincy Hipps makes that easy sack FSU is punting from their own 6-yard line and Miami probably gets more points before halftime and blows this game open. Instead, FSU is in the red zone. (Not pictured)
Richt has always loved the fade down at the goal line. They run a fade on 1st down, incomplete. (Not pictured)
This is just a man making a play. Dan Morgan doesn’t go for the FB dive fake, they slipped the TE out behind it, and Morgan just jumps this. This first half is how a MLB should play. What a pick. That’s not his man, he just read it. Morgan would’ve housed this if the RB hadn’t been paying attention, only man with a chance at him.
#48 Chris Campbell is attacking right at the blocker and turning into him instead of away from him. That opened this hole wide. If he attacks him with his right shoulder instead of his left he might make a tackle right at the LOS. This goes for 20. Al Blades laid Travis Minor out at the end of the run.
A big adjustment that Richt made at halftime was to go to a shotgun spread. He has two RB’s in the game on each side of Weinke to help with protection and to catch passes out of the backfield. Then he’s using lots of tempo and playing fast so that Miami can’t sub as much and to wear out the defense. FSU walks right down the field and Miami had some poor tackling. (Not pictured)
At the goal line Miami stiffens thanks to penetration by Quincy Hipps on consecutive plays. FG FSU. (Not pictured)
Daryl Jones runs into his own blocker on the kick return. Runs backwards, tackled at the 15. FSU penalty and they get a re-kick and return it to the 25. (Not pictured)
Miami’s OL gets blown up on two consecutive run plays. One inside, one a pitch. On 3rd down we run an inside shovel pass and it’s blown up as well. I’d say Mickey Andrews had some things to say at halftime because this was a different defense on 1st possession. 33-yard shank punt by Capshaw. (Not pictured)
Miami jumps offside on 1st down. Next is a give to the FB and the officials absolutely missed a fumble. Ball was out before he was down but they blew their whistle and at that time there was no review. Bad call. (Not pictured because they didn’t replay it)
3rd & 1 and we have the perfect blitz called and the LB Chris Campbell trips on his way to making a TFL on the pitch and Minor gets the 1st down.
Blades overruns the play. Boldin catches this, jumps inside, walks into the end zone untouched. You see how you never know what play is going to have a huge impact on the game? If Campbell doesn’t trip over his own feet on his way to big a TFL this play never happens. Very next play.
Side note: They show LaDainian Tomlinson rushing for over 200 yards in a half against Hawaii. He was so good.
Dorsey was simply not good in this game up to this point. Here he has a guy running wide open and he just overthrows this. That is wide open in college football. Have to make that throw with no pressure in pocket. Ball landed right on 37 here. 5-yards past Reggie Wayne.
Had the first down here but a good hit on DJ Williams knocks the ball out for a fumble. This should’ve been a walk-in TD but the LB Brian Allen kept fumbling it around and finally fell on it because he couldn’t pick it up. FSU gets a delay of game, then a personal foul on 2nd down and on 3rd & 30 they just threw it deep and had to punt. Big play goes Miami’s way.
Dorsey gets crushed by Jamal Reynolds but completes a big pass to Wayne. Stanford Samuels was a freshman on the coverage. (Not pictured)
Miami has a nice drive with dinks and dunks to FB’s and TE’s. Runs the ball on two consecutive plays to bring up 3rd & 1 and they throw it deep to Wayne incomplete. I’m sure fans would hate the call then as much as they do now. Have to kick a FG when they easily could’ve ran it twice if needed to keep the drive going and grinding clock. When people complain about “Belly” to Trayone Gray on those short yardage plays just remember how big they are about keeping drives going. (Not pictured)
Officials: Making mistakes since the beginning of the sport. How does the dude standing literally right there not see this? This clearly hits his hands at the 4-yard line. They called it a kickoff out-of-bounds and gave them the ball on the 35. This is a 31-yard mistake.
Dan Morgan got hurt in the first half and had to come out. They had to bring in a young freshman scrub named Vilma. Big play for a TFL on 1st down. Send a CB blitz and Weinke sees it and Boldin roasts Blades on 2nd down for a big 1st down. (Not pictured)
FSU runs 4-verticals on back-to-back plays and doesn’t complete either of them and has to punt. Moss fields it at the 5 and is tackled immediately. (Not pictured)
Weinke has been killing Miami on underneath stuff so you wonder why they’re throwing deep so often. (Commentary)
3rd & 3 and Miami leaves a backup TE on their All-American pass rusher. Not sure about that one. Lucky Dorsey got up.
Ok, maybe Capshaw can stay retired. His second punt of the day that goes under 30 yards is a shank giving FSU the ball on the Miami side of the field. (Not pictured)
1st down and Miami gets a 12-men on field penalty. That used to be 15-yards. Whew. (Not pictured)
Next play is such an egregious call I cannot honestly believe my eyes. Miami CB Leonard Myers reads the play, jumps an out route, beats the WR to the ball, who actually shoves the CB, and they throw a flag on Miami for PI. Another 15-yards on Miami instead of having the ball. Wow.
1st down is a swing pass to Minor and it’s easy to forget just how fast our LB’s used to be. Vilma actually outruns Travis Minor to the sideline and tackles him with ease. (Not pictured)
On 3rd & 6 and we get our 4th offsides penalty of the game. Woof. (Not pictured)
Get the 1st down and then run a FB dive and a RB dive. On 3rd & goal from the 4 they tried to run a FB screen and they lose yards. Then the FSU kicker makes up for the terrible officiating earlier by missing a 20-yard FG. How did that kicker get on the field at Florida State? Even if he is a backup. (Not pictured)
Florida State now has had 5 possessions in the red zone and have gotten a FG. 3 points on 5 trips. (Commentary)
Big run on 1st down by James Jackson with a beautiful kickout block by DJ Williams.
I said it in my review of the Florida State game, but just remember, it is hard to win games against good teams. It takes time to turn things around when a program gets down. The one win against UCLA was the miracle comeback led by Edge going completely nuts. That’s all I’m trying to say here.
Miami runs the exact same play with the FB lead dive and tries to leave the edge defender unblocked and he just runs in and tackles the RB from behind. FSU way too fast for that play. (Not pictured)
Someone made a mistake here. No way they are trying to have two receivers standing next to each other here. This ball was a dropped interception after Moss knocked it out of his hands. Woof.
Ed Reed wasn’t a great athlete though. Right? Both Reed and Minnis were great athletes. He wasn’t just instinctual.
Back-to-back attempts for the TE. Miami has always been a TE offense. First down. Miami has the ball with a 1st down in FSU territory, under 7 minutes in the game, and a 10-point lead. How did they almost blow this game? (Not pictured)
This is a bad play by Davenport. He’s got a blocker on the edge. The TE gets blown up into the backfield and the FB has to stop his feet. Davenport just runs right into his butt. If he bounces that he’s got a real chance at a nice gain outside with a blocker to come with him.
2nd down is a two-man route and Dorsey has to throw it away. 3rd down we run a screen pass that would’ve been a TD if the G Greg Laffere can get out to the LB but he can’t and it’s a TFL. Weird time to bring in a backup G. There was NO ONE to that side of the field if he gets by the LB. Instead, it’s a punt. (Not pictured)
Capshaw has another shank. Gets lucky that the punt is so bad it hits before the returner can run up that far and rolls down inside the 20. (Not pictured)
Sometimes they just make a play as well. The senior Leonard Myers has to find a way to knock this pass down.
Some of this was probably on Richt, but FSU just made a lot of mistakes as well.
Instead of a loss of 5 Chaney turns this into a 1st down. Gotta make that tackle. Weinke is a magician in the pocket. The Canes were unable to get him down with the first man into the backfield almost every time.
Boldin beats Rumph on a comeback and gets to the 4. (Not pictured)
FSU goes FB dive for nothing. Then throws the fade incomplete. 3rd & goal a TD to Boldin over the middle on a shallow cross. Rumph and Blades were playing zone and both were late. (Not pictured)
1st down and the difference between a great play call and a bad one. Dorsey throws the ball with 3:07 to go and it’s tipped on a miraculous play by the LB Brian Allen. Wayne is wide open on a play that probably would’ve gone to midfield. (Not pictured)
Oh Davenport. He’s played a great game today but this was really bad. He’s into the open field with a huge 3rd down pickup that just about would’ve salted the game away. Just wrap the ball up young man. I felt sick watching a play that happened 18 years ago. Brian Allen again.
Miami has played soft coverage and rushed only 3 on back-to-back plays and FSU has gashed them inside the 30 now. (Not pictured)
No idea what we are playing here as far as defense goes. He walks into the end zone untouched. Miami virtually played prevent defense on this drive. We actually have our base defense on the field with three LB’s and drop our safeties WAY too far out. That back S is 30 yards from the LOS. That LB has to carry that route a lot further and this WR is open no matter what he chooses to do. He’s open on the out, he’s open on the post, he’s open on the cross. He takes the post, Weinke waits for the WR to cross the LB and throws it perfectly for a walk-in TD.
What a catch-and-run by Moss. This ball is thrown well away from Moss who has to pluck it and then gets up to full speed so quickly he runs this all the way across the field and gets out-of-bounds at the 47.
Dorsey’s best pass of the entire game. Throws a dime to Reggie Wayne.
Another off-target throw to Moss who spins around and grabs it behind him on 3rd down.
Now Joaquin Gonzalez will tell you he false started on 1st down on purpose to give the offense a little room to run the Shockey play. (Not pictured)
I was in college and working at a Dillard’s when this happened. Let’s just say I had an extended break in the break room as Miami was making this drive. Saw this play live from that break room.
Ok, so this throw was the best one from Dorsey. FSU just obliterates him. We brought backup OL into big spots even back then because that’s #79 Greg Laffere getting bent into Dorsey.
Miami again played prevent defense and allowed FSU to get out-of-bounds at will and drive down the field. How are you nowhere near the RB when they’ve thrown to them all game? Back-to-back plays the RB catches this and gets them to Miami’s 45. This goes for 25 yards!
This is a big-time pop by Leonard Myers that might’ve saved the day. He pops this ball out.
Munyon came close on a 49-yard FG but misses wide right!
I chose this game because of some of the parallels that we are seeing in today's program. A coach trying to resurrect the Canes after probation. A first year starting QB going against FSU. Young players growing and learning how to win big games. FSU, of course. At home because I didn't want to listen to that war chant all game. Two of my favorite images from Canes games in the Moss helmetless strut and the Jeremy Shockey arms raised shot.
Remember, mistakes are common in this game. A team as talented as the 2000 Miami Hurricanes made a ton of mistakes in this game. The QB missed a bunch of throws in this game. The defensive play calls irked me on some drives. Very few teams are going to play perfect games. Also, remember fellow Canes fans, the graphic above showing how hard it is for a coach to win games against good teams- especially when they're building the program.
I hope you enjoyed this review and that you found something worthwile in the venture. Thank you.
Daryl Jones fumbles the opening kickoff after a hit by Michael Boulware. Florida State recovers. #27 Markese Fitzgerald missed the block. Freshman Andre Johnson was the lead blocker on the return. Special teams mistake early.
Quincy Hipps is struggling to hold the edge in the run game early at the RDE spot. Two runs by Minor right at him bring up a 4th & 1. Richt has been going for it on 4th down for years now. He goes for it on 4th & 1 with a sneak by the backup to Chris Weinke (Marcus Outzman) and William Joseph plugged the hole with quick penetration and the LB’s attack this quickly. Damione Lewis was the best DT in the country and they went after the sophomore instead. Miami holds. Holy moly how did we watch analog all those years?
First play and their DT whips our LG immediately. Interesting to see football from so long ago because we think of our concepts today of leaving players unblocked as new, but it’s really not. Leave the edge unblocked and hold him with a fake end around. You can see Dorsey carrying out the fake very well. FB at top of the screen is driven into the backfield. James Jackson bounces it outside and picks up 12. Bradley Jennings Sr. makes the tackle.
You think we were bad on 3rd downs last year? 37%! The motion man moves forward before the snap, they try a dive play to Najeh here and it is stuffed for a loss.
This team had some struggles with punt coverage as well, it appears. Though, to be fair, Dan Morgan forces a fumble at midfield.
Well, this is what you want your blocking to look like. Davenport on the ground here #4, but he knocked a blitzing LB onto the ground here. The difference in this play working or not is that block, but you can see the rest of the OL owned the LOS here. McKinnie was a freak show at LT.
LB’s get through, but this is just a RB making a play as he avoids both defenders and gets 5. That end-around fake seems to be a staple of our offense to hold that edge defender.
Miami has already had a delay of game, a false start, 12-men in the huddle, a fumble on a kick return in this game. Woof.
Davenport was a huge weapon for this team. Interesting to note he wasn’t even the starter on this team. Will McPartland was, but he got a concussion and missed the rest of the season. Davenport with the nice over-the-shoulder catch for the TD.
William Joseph was a man early in this game. Gets into backfield after Lewis had a roughing the passer penalty and stuffs a 3rd-and-short run. (Not pictured)
Dorsey misses an open Santana on a square-in. False start. Then a run for 4. Then a delay of game penalty. Miami all kinds of sloppy early on offensively. (Not pictured)
Have to punt. Special teams have been pretty poor thus far outside of the Morgan forced fumble. Somehow Freddie Capshaw got this away. I wonder if he has any eligibility left. He’s good.
Mike Rumph, how you gonna let 170 pound Snoop Minnis wrestle this ball away from you?
Al Blades Sr. tries to jump a route and gets caught outside. The WR runs into the red zone. Dan Morgan easily ran down Robert Morgan from behind. (Not pictured)
4th down, FSU goes for it again. Ed Reed tips it away. Pretty fun to see him playing.
Dorsey hits Santana Moss for a huge gain. This OL is very good. FSU is having to blitz to get close enough to read Dorsey’s jersey on most of these plays. Truthfully, Dorsey just didn’t have enough arm and underthrew this or it’s a TD. I just love this image so I used it.
Miami with their second timeout on offense of the 1st quarter. After the timeout and they are just killing them over the middle of the field. Mercer trips over his own feet or this is a TD.
Martin Bibla has played well in this game, but on this run he gets overpowered about as badly as a person can. He is completely put on his back here and tackles the RB for FSU. Loss of 4.
Another false start. Then a pass interference on FSU to prevent a TD throw to Reggie Wayne. (Not pictured)
We run it three times and DJ Williams pounds it in from the FB spot. It’s easy to forget he played FB after the starter got hurt and he backed up Najeh rather than playing LB. (Not pictured)
This is how you cover a kick, Mr. Carl Walker!
FSU takes a deep shot then tries an inside dive for -3. On 3rd & 13 they’re forced to dump it off. Punt time with Miami up 14-0. (Not pictured)
Punt only goes to 37 and Moss returns to 32. (Not pictured)
Dorsey misses on and easy TD. Way overthrown. This is huge because they don’t get the 1st down and then Todd Sievers misses the FG. I’d forgotten that Miami had this many struggles on special teams back then.
FSU 3rd & 9 and Weinke hits Boldin on a comeback where Phillip Buchanon had a chance to stop him before 1st down but he drags him for 13. (Not pictured)
3rd & 10 and Ed Reed defends this so poorly. He tries to undercut and the ball goes over his head and the WR makes an excellent play. Twice now they could’ve been off the field if they just execute. They had double coverage, this shouldn’t work. Ed Reed slaps his hands together afterwards knowing he messed up. Even Hall of Famers make mistakes.
Buuuuuut…Hall of Famers also make plays. Interception Ed Reed. WR is wide open honestly, but Weinke makes a bad throw. Weinke was a Heisman Trophy winner. Everyone makes mistakes.
Miami went super conservative on this drive. RB dive. FB dive. Pass to FB incomplete. Offenses were so different during this era. FB every play almost. Two TE’s most of the time. (Not pictured)
FSU gets a nice punt return, but there are two penalties on them. Special teams penalties are a staple of college football it would appear. (Not pictured)
Weinke was really good. I had honestly forgotten that he was legitimately a great player. Moves around really well in the pocket, sliding to avoid defenders and make passes down field. Boldin was a problem in this game. We actually ran the SS blitz from 20 yards away and I laughed to myself because Ed Reed never got close to Weinke. That one remains the same. FSU punts from the Miami 38-yard line and punts it into the end zone. A net of a whole 18 yards to give up a possession for FSU. (Not pictured)
FSU could not handle Santana Moss in this game. He’s open whenever Dorsey has time to find him. Big gain over the middle. Maybe the reason why Canes fans clamor for the middle of the field as much as they do is because Dorsey was so great at it? (Not pictured)
We all have probably forgotten what it looks like, but this is how you Offensive Line. I could run through this hole (the hit would end my life, but at least I’d find the hole).
Miami is just gashing them up front. When I set out to do this, I expected the glaring differences to be at DT, or at the skill positions, but this Miami team is dominant on the OL right now. That’s really the big difference. Our current Miami team can match up as far as skill positions, is better at DE than the ’00 Miami team was, and we have some talent at LB. But OL is a mile away. (Not pictured)
Miami just running all over an FSU defense that averaged 57 yards a game. Dorsey has been off on a bunch of throws in this game. They’re getting caught for the most part, but generally an acrobatic catch is needed. Much less impressed by Dorsey than I expected to be.
Here is a play where Mercer just gets blown up by the defense. When you can see your FB’s number down the LOS it’s going to be a rough play most likely.
3rd & 8 and Dorsey stares down the gun barrel of a defender about to smash him and throws to a wide open Reggie Wayne on a comeback, who makes a man miss and gets the 1st down. These WR’s are dudes. (Not pictured)
Dive for nothing, bad swing pass to Mercer is incomplete. Then on 3rd down they roll Dorsey to his left and he is so robotical in his steps. He fades back on the pass without any real pressure on this play (my guess is that hit he took a few plays ago has gotten to him a bit). He throws a bad ball on the corner route and Moss was open for a TD. When the defender is diving and is behind you while you are still standing, you’re wide open on that route going that direction. This game should be 28-0 if Dorsey was playing halfway decent. Dorsey is a redshirt sophomore, but making his first start against FSU as the season before he started starting games after the FSU game had already been played.
Buchanon drills the RB and forces an incompletion. Then Dan Morgan blitzes and gets into the passing lane. Then a false start brings up a 3rd & 15. (Not pictured)
This is such a huge play by Weinke. DT gets right on him and just has to stay under control. So many times you see them get shook like this when just staying under control prevents them from throwing a ball downfield. Weinke gets away, hits Snoop Minnis who goes for 65 yards on 3rd down.
Interception by Mike Rumph after a jam, but they called PI on him. If Quincy Hipps makes that easy sack FSU is punting from their own 6-yard line and Miami probably gets more points before halftime and blows this game open. Instead, FSU is in the red zone. (Not pictured)
Richt has always loved the fade down at the goal line. They run a fade on 1st down, incomplete. (Not pictured)
This is just a man making a play. Dan Morgan doesn’t go for the FB dive fake, they slipped the TE out behind it, and Morgan just jumps this. This first half is how a MLB should play. What a pick. That’s not his man, he just read it. Morgan would’ve housed this if the RB hadn’t been paying attention, only man with a chance at him.
#48 Chris Campbell is attacking right at the blocker and turning into him instead of away from him. That opened this hole wide. If he attacks him with his right shoulder instead of his left he might make a tackle right at the LOS. This goes for 20. Al Blades laid Travis Minor out at the end of the run.
A big adjustment that Richt made at halftime was to go to a shotgun spread. He has two RB’s in the game on each side of Weinke to help with protection and to catch passes out of the backfield. Then he’s using lots of tempo and playing fast so that Miami can’t sub as much and to wear out the defense. FSU walks right down the field and Miami had some poor tackling. (Not pictured)
At the goal line Miami stiffens thanks to penetration by Quincy Hipps on consecutive plays. FG FSU. (Not pictured)
Daryl Jones runs into his own blocker on the kick return. Runs backwards, tackled at the 15. FSU penalty and they get a re-kick and return it to the 25. (Not pictured)
Miami’s OL gets blown up on two consecutive run plays. One inside, one a pitch. On 3rd down we run an inside shovel pass and it’s blown up as well. I’d say Mickey Andrews had some things to say at halftime because this was a different defense on 1st possession. 33-yard shank punt by Capshaw. (Not pictured)
Miami jumps offside on 1st down. Next is a give to the FB and the officials absolutely missed a fumble. Ball was out before he was down but they blew their whistle and at that time there was no review. Bad call. (Not pictured because they didn’t replay it)
3rd & 1 and we have the perfect blitz called and the LB Chris Campbell trips on his way to making a TFL on the pitch and Minor gets the 1st down.
Blades overruns the play. Boldin catches this, jumps inside, walks into the end zone untouched. You see how you never know what play is going to have a huge impact on the game? If Campbell doesn’t trip over his own feet on his way to big a TFL this play never happens. Very next play.
Side note: They show LaDainian Tomlinson rushing for over 200 yards in a half against Hawaii. He was so good.
Dorsey was simply not good in this game up to this point. Here he has a guy running wide open and he just overthrows this. That is wide open in college football. Have to make that throw with no pressure in pocket. Ball landed right on 37 here. 5-yards past Reggie Wayne.
Had the first down here but a good hit on DJ Williams knocks the ball out for a fumble. This should’ve been a walk-in TD but the LB Brian Allen kept fumbling it around and finally fell on it because he couldn’t pick it up. FSU gets a delay of game, then a personal foul on 2nd down and on 3rd & 30 they just threw it deep and had to punt. Big play goes Miami’s way.
Dorsey gets crushed by Jamal Reynolds but completes a big pass to Wayne. Stanford Samuels was a freshman on the coverage. (Not pictured)
Miami has a nice drive with dinks and dunks to FB’s and TE’s. Runs the ball on two consecutive plays to bring up 3rd & 1 and they throw it deep to Wayne incomplete. I’m sure fans would hate the call then as much as they do now. Have to kick a FG when they easily could’ve ran it twice if needed to keep the drive going and grinding clock. When people complain about “Belly” to Trayone Gray on those short yardage plays just remember how big they are about keeping drives going. (Not pictured)
Officials: Making mistakes since the beginning of the sport. How does the dude standing literally right there not see this? This clearly hits his hands at the 4-yard line. They called it a kickoff out-of-bounds and gave them the ball on the 35. This is a 31-yard mistake.
Dan Morgan got hurt in the first half and had to come out. They had to bring in a young freshman scrub named Vilma. Big play for a TFL on 1st down. Send a CB blitz and Weinke sees it and Boldin roasts Blades on 2nd down for a big 1st down. (Not pictured)
FSU runs 4-verticals on back-to-back plays and doesn’t complete either of them and has to punt. Moss fields it at the 5 and is tackled immediately. (Not pictured)
Weinke has been killing Miami on underneath stuff so you wonder why they’re throwing deep so often. (Commentary)
3rd & 3 and Miami leaves a backup TE on their All-American pass rusher. Not sure about that one. Lucky Dorsey got up.
Ok, maybe Capshaw can stay retired. His second punt of the day that goes under 30 yards is a shank giving FSU the ball on the Miami side of the field. (Not pictured)
1st down and Miami gets a 12-men on field penalty. That used to be 15-yards. Whew. (Not pictured)
Next play is such an egregious call I cannot honestly believe my eyes. Miami CB Leonard Myers reads the play, jumps an out route, beats the WR to the ball, who actually shoves the CB, and they throw a flag on Miami for PI. Another 15-yards on Miami instead of having the ball. Wow.
1st down is a swing pass to Minor and it’s easy to forget just how fast our LB’s used to be. Vilma actually outruns Travis Minor to the sideline and tackles him with ease. (Not pictured)
On 3rd & 6 and we get our 4th offsides penalty of the game. Woof. (Not pictured)
Get the 1st down and then run a FB dive and a RB dive. On 3rd & goal from the 4 they tried to run a FB screen and they lose yards. Then the FSU kicker makes up for the terrible officiating earlier by missing a 20-yard FG. How did that kicker get on the field at Florida State? Even if he is a backup. (Not pictured)
Florida State now has had 5 possessions in the red zone and have gotten a FG. 3 points on 5 trips. (Commentary)
Big run on 1st down by James Jackson with a beautiful kickout block by DJ Williams.
I said it in my review of the Florida State game, but just remember, it is hard to win games against good teams. It takes time to turn things around when a program gets down. The one win against UCLA was the miracle comeback led by Edge going completely nuts. That’s all I’m trying to say here.
Miami runs the exact same play with the FB lead dive and tries to leave the edge defender unblocked and he just runs in and tackles the RB from behind. FSU way too fast for that play. (Not pictured)
Someone made a mistake here. No way they are trying to have two receivers standing next to each other here. This ball was a dropped interception after Moss knocked it out of his hands. Woof.
Ed Reed wasn’t a great athlete though. Right? Both Reed and Minnis were great athletes. He wasn’t just instinctual.
Back-to-back attempts for the TE. Miami has always been a TE offense. First down. Miami has the ball with a 1st down in FSU territory, under 7 minutes in the game, and a 10-point lead. How did they almost blow this game? (Not pictured)
This is a bad play by Davenport. He’s got a blocker on the edge. The TE gets blown up into the backfield and the FB has to stop his feet. Davenport just runs right into his butt. If he bounces that he’s got a real chance at a nice gain outside with a blocker to come with him.
2nd down is a two-man route and Dorsey has to throw it away. 3rd down we run a screen pass that would’ve been a TD if the G Greg Laffere can get out to the LB but he can’t and it’s a TFL. Weird time to bring in a backup G. There was NO ONE to that side of the field if he gets by the LB. Instead, it’s a punt. (Not pictured)
Capshaw has another shank. Gets lucky that the punt is so bad it hits before the returner can run up that far and rolls down inside the 20. (Not pictured)
Sometimes they just make a play as well. The senior Leonard Myers has to find a way to knock this pass down.
Some of this was probably on Richt, but FSU just made a lot of mistakes as well.
Instead of a loss of 5 Chaney turns this into a 1st down. Gotta make that tackle. Weinke is a magician in the pocket. The Canes were unable to get him down with the first man into the backfield almost every time.
Boldin beats Rumph on a comeback and gets to the 4. (Not pictured)
FSU goes FB dive for nothing. Then throws the fade incomplete. 3rd & goal a TD to Boldin over the middle on a shallow cross. Rumph and Blades were playing zone and both were late. (Not pictured)
1st down and the difference between a great play call and a bad one. Dorsey throws the ball with 3:07 to go and it’s tipped on a miraculous play by the LB Brian Allen. Wayne is wide open on a play that probably would’ve gone to midfield. (Not pictured)
Oh Davenport. He’s played a great game today but this was really bad. He’s into the open field with a huge 3rd down pickup that just about would’ve salted the game away. Just wrap the ball up young man. I felt sick watching a play that happened 18 years ago. Brian Allen again.
Miami has played soft coverage and rushed only 3 on back-to-back plays and FSU has gashed them inside the 30 now. (Not pictured)
No idea what we are playing here as far as defense goes. He walks into the end zone untouched. Miami virtually played prevent defense on this drive. We actually have our base defense on the field with three LB’s and drop our safeties WAY too far out. That back S is 30 yards from the LOS. That LB has to carry that route a lot further and this WR is open no matter what he chooses to do. He’s open on the out, he’s open on the post, he’s open on the cross. He takes the post, Weinke waits for the WR to cross the LB and throws it perfectly for a walk-in TD.
What a catch-and-run by Moss. This ball is thrown well away from Moss who has to pluck it and then gets up to full speed so quickly he runs this all the way across the field and gets out-of-bounds at the 47.
Dorsey’s best pass of the entire game. Throws a dime to Reggie Wayne.
Another off-target throw to Moss who spins around and grabs it behind him on 3rd down.
Now Joaquin Gonzalez will tell you he false started on 1st down on purpose to give the offense a little room to run the Shockey play. (Not pictured)
I was in college and working at a Dillard’s when this happened. Let’s just say I had an extended break in the break room as Miami was making this drive. Saw this play live from that break room.
Ok, so this throw was the best one from Dorsey. FSU just obliterates him. We brought backup OL into big spots even back then because that’s #79 Greg Laffere getting bent into Dorsey.
Miami again played prevent defense and allowed FSU to get out-of-bounds at will and drive down the field. How are you nowhere near the RB when they’ve thrown to them all game? Back-to-back plays the RB catches this and gets them to Miami’s 45. This goes for 25 yards!
This is a big-time pop by Leonard Myers that might’ve saved the day. He pops this ball out.
Munyon came close on a 49-yard FG but misses wide right!
I chose this game because of some of the parallels that we are seeing in today's program. A coach trying to resurrect the Canes after probation. A first year starting QB going against FSU. Young players growing and learning how to win big games. FSU, of course. At home because I didn't want to listen to that war chant all game. Two of my favorite images from Canes games in the Moss helmetless strut and the Jeremy Shockey arms raised shot.
Remember, mistakes are common in this game. A team as talented as the 2000 Miami Hurricanes made a ton of mistakes in this game. The QB missed a bunch of throws in this game. The defensive play calls irked me on some drives. Very few teams are going to play perfect games. Also, remember fellow Canes fans, the graphic above showing how hard it is for a coach to win games against good teams- especially when they're building the program.
I hope you enjoyed this review and that you found something worthwile in the venture. Thank you.
