Lets just enjoy this wild ride (L'Ville thoughts)

[k9cane]

- So Miami survives L'ville and really, their own defense and special teams, they are now 7-0 after a 52-45 victory on the road. My fellow Miami fans, lets just enjoy this ride. We may not be a true national title contender (again, that secondary) but this is fun to watch. A few thoughts on the game...

- Cam Ward -- whatever he got in his NIL deal, it aint enough. It's not even about the stats, it's the control of the game he has. In the past, Id have a quesy feeling about stuff when things went bad. But with 1, I know we're good offensively. A few times Miami needed drives and like FedEx they delivered

- Great to see Damien Martinez step up(really the whole run game). Today, he earned his NIL package from UM


- Sam Brown, another guy who has been spotty, hit some big plays

- Say it with me again: Xavier Restrepro is an all-time great Miami Hurricane. It's really that simple and obvious at this point

- OK, the stuff that concerns me, the secondary. I get it, we don't have Phil Buchanon, Ryan McNeil and Sean Taylor back there. But Miami needs not only just faster guys, but smarter ones. To be slow and dumb is a terrible combo. Certain guys I wouldn't put out there but Lance Guidry may have no choice. College football isnt at that point where they have a waiver wire(yet) so these issues will not be fixed till the off-season. Bottom line


Damari Brown is missed. But I think it goes just beyond his absence.

- Upfront, I thought the Dline did a good job of getting pressure, but credit has to be given to Tyler Shough. The guy hung tough and made difficult throws. I thought coming in that Brohms' boys and Shough was the best offense and QB Miami would face. That came to fruition

- Couple coaching gripes: Why not just go for the touchback every time? Just give the ball to the other team at the 25 after every score? Up 31-17 right after the half, Cullen Lacy (who had nearly busted other returns earlier) houses it, and a game that the Canes were in complete control off, unravels

- Also, the fake punt, in that situation, understanding that L'Ville knows that they cant stop Miami, will pull out ALL the stops. That's Pop Warner stuff -- and they got caught with their pants down. This game was a shootout but Miami really kept this game closer than it should've been

- OK, with all that, hey winning is better than losing, right? Now, we move onto Florida State at the Rock. See you guys there?

 

[CaneLife93]

Yeah, @k9cane I agree with you the DBs are hard to watch always missing open field tackles. I remember them talking pre season about how the secondary was the weakness of our defense and and it surely came to fruition is spelt, especially now that teams are tactically putting guys in motion and you know three step drops and throwing the ball.

With that said, we still have all of our goals ahead of us and I don’t know about you, but 10 was my preseason prediction and at this point with who we have left, there’s a very good shot. We still can go undefeated and how the Clemson game would fare who knows, but I’m just enjoying the ride. My expectations were not national championship truthfully.

 

[Caneadian]

Just score baby

 

[Mr. Dynasty1]

Survive and advance

 

[Trav]

I think they were trying to kick touchbacks, Borregales just came up short a few times.

 

[joseermonfils]

Yeah the kickoff to me was so frustrating because i think we were taking over the game before the my return that..then we fumble the next possession we mad at the defense but those 2 plays didn’t help

 

[Antcane]

I'm strung out!

 

[passitback]

7-0

 

[pyhooya]

Need a new DC plain and simple. We have crappy DBs, I get it but our safeties constantly are out of position, take bad angles, etc(and not just this year). Alot of missed tackles by all levels. Even with better DBs I think teams score easily against Miami

 

[Bunker Mentality]

Beat FSU.

 

[k9cane]

Need a new DC plain and simple. We have crappy DBs, I get it but our safeties constantly are out of position, take bad angles, etc(and not just this year). Alot of missed tackles by all levels. Even with better DBs I think teams score easily against Miami

Guidry is accountable for the defense, but to be fair, this might be the worst UM secondary Ive seen in years, if not ever. It's not that they don't have any real stars or standouts, but they just simply make too many bad plays, much less not enough good ones

If you're not going to be an All-American that's fine. It's just an absolute killer when you have multiple guys who are liabilities

 

[bdcane4eva]

Keep leaving DB crootin as an afterthought and this is what you get...

 

[scrantoncane]

I’m not making excuses for the secondary cause it is bad. But ND has the best set of CBs in the nation and the L’Ville receivers gave it to them too. Lacy and Brooks will be pros. This was a good offense we faced today.

 

[Cylo]

Nice mention on Ryan McNeil. I would give a left leg to have Darryl Williams back there at the Safety

 

[OptimusCreampie]

Feels like I’m watching a Kevin Steele defense with the total lack of communication on the back end and you can see they look confused watching the game live

 

[Tinman64]

Guidry is accountable for the defense, but to be fair, this might be the worst UM secondary Ive seen in years, if not ever. It's not that they don't have any real stars or standouts, but they just simply make too many bad plays, much less not enough good ones

If you're not going to be an All-American that's fine. It's just an absolute killer when you have multiple guys who are liabilities

Been a fan since 83 and agreed can’t remember a secondary this bad as well

 

[TemplarCane]

The next two games against FSU and Duke should provide the defense with a bit of a breather. Neither teams offense has a pulse. Maybe they have decent defenses but we have Cam Ward so there’s no reason Miami shouldn’t roll up 40+ on both teams. Mario may want to make a statement against both teams and the fans get to enjoy another pair of 50 burgers.

The freshmen DBs need to get in these two games more. If third and fourth year players are making the same mistakes over and over again get the youngsters in and let them learn from their mistakes.

 

[Cane44]

ST coach should get an earful this week. Out coached plain and simple.

 

[The Cane of NY]

Just win, baby!

Reminds me of that movie quote from Parenthood. They talked about life and its ups and downs. Like a roller coaster ride. Enjoy the ride, folks! We're all part of history, good, bad or indifferent.

"I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it."

 

[Jonnyblaze]

Yeah the kickoff to me was so frustrating because i think we were taking over the game before the my return that..then we fumble the next possession we mad at the defense but those 2 plays didn’t help

That kickoff return was absolutely devastating. We were in total control of that game after that long drive that took half of third-quarter and put us up two scores.