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Miami opens 11.5 point favorite at Cal

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305_separatist said:
Not an X & O guru so would love to see an in depth thread on this
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These theories are popular on fan message boards because people want to over simplify game planning and coaching. They see a team have success doing something and it supposedly exposes this unfixable weakness in the other team. As if our defensive coaches can’t also change their game plan. As if coaches can just completely adjust their playbooks week by week to best mimic another team with a completely different skill set.

Do I expect Cal to try to do some of the stuff VT had success doing? Of course. You know who else does? Lance Guidry. Do I think Cal, with a less mobile QB and completely different style of play than VT will be able to exactly replicate what the Hokies did successfully? Probably not.
 
DTP said:
These theories are popular on fan message boards because people want to over simplify game planning and coaching. They see a team have success doing something and it supposedly exposes this unfixable weakness in the other team. As if our defensive coaches can’t also change their game plan. As if coaches can just completely adjust their playbooks week by week to best mimic another team with a completely different skill set.

Do I expect Cal to try to do some of the stuff VT had success doing? Of course. You know who else does? Lance Guidry. Do I think Cal, with a less mobile QB and completely different style of play than VT will be able to exactly replicate what the Hokies did successfully? Probably not.
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The original post was mine and significantly overly simplified. Louisville last year, usf, and VT have all looked "different" but have shared similar concepts at their cores. All three of those offenses are different, but all three had the same goal. Neutralize the pass rush, make our back 7 run. None of its rocket science, basic ways to attack teams who like to get up field and man up on the back end.

The fact florida got away from it after it was stopped a few times amazes me. We tackled a lotttttt better that game. Mertz obviously alot less mobile than usf/vt.

Haven't watched a ton of Cal, but if the qb is less mobile and they lack team speed, you're going to be 100% correct. Guidrys D is at its best vs. teams like that. Last year I watched way to much Marshall/UM film lol.
 
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Caneofcanes said:
George hobbled means more Horton, for the love of GOD please. Sounds a bit like that to me, but I could be wrong.
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What's hilarious is you left out the part of where I said I think George is really good lmao
It just means I want to see more Horton. In general. I think we should've went to him earlier and often vs VaTech.
 
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10:30 PM kickoff.....
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Taking Cal first half. I feel Miami will be slow to start because of the time change and travel. Plus Miami has had 2 subpar first halves back to back on defense.
 
Considering Cal is coming off a bye and the travel, I Think it will be ugly. We win 27-17 or something like that. Expecting one of our worst offensive performances of the season from a scoring standpoint here.
 
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90scane said:
the best thing we can have is having Corso (fsu guy) having to wear an Ibis head. Otherwise, I expect them to show cam and the canes love BUT with the big *** put on the VT win by them.
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They’ll definitely question how good Miami is and rightfully so with how the defense made Va Tech look but we can get back on track if we have a good showing against Cal. Just gotta keep moving forward and fix our mistakes and improve on what we have been doing.
 
Suhrthing said:
With Cam we're always going to score buckets against average P4 defenses.
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We’re good enough offensively that we can beat most teams easily even if the defense underperforms. Now if the defense plays like crap and we turn it over a ton, you get games like we had on Friday night.
 
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Manfred_Cane said:
What's hilarious is you left out the part of where I said I think George is really good lmao
It just means I want to see more Horton. In general. I think we should've went to him earlier and often vs VaTech.
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All I’m saying is we need everybody. As you could see the depth of the DLINE was tested last game.
 
Gi0logy said:
I feel better about this turning into a blowout then I did about VT.

Bain and Rivers hopefully back will do wonders to both lines. Not overly worried about a pocket passer.
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Don’t hold your breath.

I’m not saying they will not be back but we simply have no clue when they will be back. None.

The only person who is permitted to speak about injuries is the head coach. And you cannot believe a single word he says about an injury.

For example, does anybody know what’s wrong with Rivers? When did he get hurt? We simply don’t know. Heck, a player might even warm up and not play.

IF Mario said today that both players will start on Saturday, I still would not believe him and neither should you. We need to wait until the ball is snapped on Saturday night.
 
Without any further investigation into Cal’s team and game habits I would only bet the over on the total. 56.5 points is too low especially us avg 40 points against P4 teams, Cal only needs a couple scores for that to go over imo.
 
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