It's here....game day. The offseason is now a thing of the past. Time to get hyped. It's time to boot the hoot.
Hey guys, remember the Miami Hurricanes? It's been so long since they played in a game that it's hard to remember anything about them, so I looked them up on the interwebz:
They sound good, but you can't really trust what Wikipedia says so take it with a grain of salt. Anyways the point is, is that College Football is finally back. W00t! Now there is a reason to breathe air again. Now life has meaning. Now everyone can stop pretending they care about baseball, and get back to the sport that matters. Now is the time to get lit and act stupid at a game. Now is the time for creating new heroes and new memories. Now is the time for this team to pull itself out of perpetual mediocrity and seize the opportunity that is staring them in the face, An ACC Championship.
Where: Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphins/Dolphin/LandShark/Sun Life Stadium
Who: Florida Atlantic Owls (0-0) v. Miami Hurricanes (0-0)
When: 8:00 pm/et
How: ESPNU
4 storylines for UM in this game:
Hey guys, remember the Miami Hurricanes? It's been so long since they played in a game that it's hard to remember anything about them, so I looked them up on the interwebz:
Wikipedia said:
They sound good, but you can't really trust what Wikipedia says so take it with a grain of salt. Anyways the point is, is that College Football is finally back. W00t! Now there is a reason to breathe air again. Now life has meaning. Now everyone can stop pretending they care about baseball, and get back to the sport that matters. Now is the time to get lit and act stupid at a game. Now is the time for creating new heroes and new memories. Now is the time for this team to pull itself out of perpetual mediocrity and seize the opportunity that is staring them in the face, An ACC Championship.
Where: Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphins/Dolphin/LandShark/Sun Life Stadium
Who: Florida Atlantic Owls (0-0) v. Miami Hurricanes (0-0)
When: 8:00 pm/et
How: ESPNU
4 storylines for UM in this game:
1. Is the defense still bad?
2. Is the offense as dominant as we think it can be?
3. Can we please start using our OL's size to our advantage?
4. Can all of our good players avoid getting injured and missing the Florida game?
I think it's fair to say that #1 is something everyone is anxious to see. We all expect big things from the offense, but there's a new O.C. in James Coley. He's been an O.C. for years, but had only 1 season at FIU (2007) where he got to call the shots. So lets see how it runs with someone else dialing up plays.
Wanna know how big our OL is? Our OL averages 6-6 and 320 lbs., compared to FAU's DL which averages 6-3 and 248 lbs. across the board. That's a difference of 3 inches and 72 pounds on average. That 32 point spread isn't going to cover itself, so lets ram it down their throats and make them suck wind in the 4th quarter. Just don't let anyone get hurt in the process.
Last time they met:
We should've started playing these jokes forever ago. No clue why we have to return a game, but oh well. Easy W. Best thing about it is that Howard isn't there anymore. That way I can ridicule them without feeling bad. Speaking of Howard, UM is honoring him and the 1983 Championship team. Over 50 players are confirmed to be in attendance so go and pay tribute (as if seeing Duke, Morris, and the rest of this team wasn't worth the price of admission already). It's fitting that he's being honored tonight given that he's coached at both places. FAU fans are apparently upset that we still claim him:
by Republicane
Not sure if serious...I mean...did I miss something? Are we not honoring the '83 team? Did he not coach the '83 team to a national title? Isn't it their 30th anniversary? The only people that know Howard coached at FAU are their fans. ****, Louisville has more right to claim him than these guys.
Know your enemy: Owl Access
What they're saying:
Chuck King said:
According to that post I linked, FAU will rotate up to 8 defensive lineman tonight. That's something they couldn't do last year. We should still be able to out tough these guys in "the trenches".
1. Miami's defense was bad last year. They hope they are good this year.
2. Tracy Howard wants to live up to expectations.
3. Golden uses his psychology background to help his kickers.
1. Pelini says LeBlanc is FAU's most important player.
2. Owls' AD praises Pelini for changing the culture of the program.
3. FAU players are butt-hurt that they aren't Miami players.
Favorite FAU related Image, Photoshop, Video or Gif:
I had no idea this was a real thing until about a month ago. I just thought Keith Bryant was foolin' about. Turns out someone thought this would be a good idea. Yikes. And to top it off, some marketing guy actually got paid by FAU to come up with it. So embarrassing for them.
2 Deep Depth Chart
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[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #E0E0C7, colspan: 10"]Miami[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]Date[/TH]
[TH="align: center"]Pos[/TH]
[TH]Player[/TH]
[TH]Injury[/TH]
[TH]Status[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]08/15/13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]OL[/TD]
[TD]Danny Isidora[/TD]
[TD]Foot[/TD]
[TD]out indefinitely[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"]08/15/13[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0, align: center"]OL[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"]Hunter Knighton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"]Shoulder[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"]out for season[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
2 Deep Depth Chart
[TABLE="width: 500"]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #E0E0C7, colspan: 10"]Florida Atlantic[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"]None[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0, align: center"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFBF0"][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Game Day Character:
This will be the first time (in a long time) that the Hurricanes will play a home game without Chris Johnson (Cmar) in attendance. I can't think of anything or anyone better to represent our fanbase today. Part-time podcast cohost and poster Tano made a giant friggin banner with CMar on it. He also made a couple of Fat-Heads of his face too so take pictures of that **** if you're there.
The Doctor said:
R.I.P.
[video=youtube;sZaml6rdI2s]www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZaml6rdI2s[/video]
Feel free to post your favorite image/photoshop/gif of Cmar in this thread as well.
Allons-y!
