Post Game Plus/Minus: FAU

[supacane]

The funny thing about these comments, UF hasnt even played yet. Toledo is gonna give them a fight trust me. The offense was out of sync for the most part.....they still had over 500 yards. I was at the game and you would expect push when its short yardage but the other team is playing as well, and we did dominate them more often than not. The team is huge, FAU looked like midgets out there compared to us. The DL is way way improved, no question in my mind. When the starters came out FAU had about 160 yards.

 

[skyman]

I think he's saying that if we want to beat UF next week, those drops by Coley and Perryman can't happen. The two penalties by Perryman can't happen. And the lack of a push by the OL in short yardage situations cannot happen. Morris can't be throwing pickles like he did that one play either.

Yeah but thats not a lack of effort at all.... We all know how explosive Morris and this offense is already so its not like there is any other valid explanation besides rust that can explain why Morris missed some throws and Stacy dropped some passes.

I agree that the penalties cant happen next week... Perryman wants to hurt ppl so bad which i like but he gotta play smarter too.

All these things are correctable though it didnt look anything like last year where it just looks as if Miami is going to be helpless for the rest of the year.

I dont know sh*t about explosive offense. We need to be explosive against every team we play, and not just the scrub teams. I love our guys but Duke, Morris, Dorsett didnt show up in any of the big games last year. you want to be thought of as a top offense you have to perform and execute in big games

 

[zone3cane]

We look rusty but good W. My only thing is the DTs and OL looked like ****. Theres no way we out physical Ufak. What was the big thing on the board with Porter dude was on skates, Pierre is the only inside guy I like so far.

Porter may not be a 100% b/c of his back but i saw him do a good job disrupting the O-line today.... Luther Robinson also. Jelani Hamilton, Kamalu, Green, Chickilo, AQM, and Gilbert all did a very good job putting pressure on the QB.

The OL did a good job in pass protection but those Guards arent that good in run support at all.... Seantrel Henderson is the best of the bunch imo. he was mauling dudes all game for the most part.

Gotta be kidding me. Our Guards are our best 2 linemen. The problem is this stupid *** shuffle they're doing. Bunche is terrible no matter where you put him. I watched him whiff multiple times tonight. They put Feliciano back at the Guard spot and what do ya know, big run.

I think you are right about that.... Bunche whiffs a lot.

I just dont think the guards do that good of a job moving the line consistently, pass protection is the o-lines strength but the Oline looks so lopsided on every run play, it never moves as a cohesive unit when trying to create a push.

Maybe that's part Kehoe to blame as well b/c Stoutland does a better job w/ his o-line schemes... but Stoutland is in the NFL now also.

 

[Awsi Dooger]

Is Miami physically ready to deal with Florida? I don't think that question was answered tonight...... Grown man ish coming in next week

That's the best summary of the thread. I certainly couldn't project big points out of our offense after attending the game tonight. Those horizontal passes to Hurns need to be a one-week ruse. Florida will maul those plays. And they won't work to set anything up downfield. Pure waste against a top opponent. I was hoping for decisive darts out of play action and exploring the middle of the field. That was all but absent tonight. Maybe we were concealing it. Always difficult to tell with a new coordinator.

Otherwise:

* The offensive line as a group always seems to be less than the individual parts suggest. I find myself rooting to avoid 3rd and short

* Waters and Crawford are simply reliable. They'll grab the ball and make the proper cut. Time to make more use of them

* New punter looked great. Extremely relaxed. That was an extremely advanced move for his age, to intentionally put backspin on the pooch punt. Some punters a decade older can't make that adjustment. It landed a foot too deep, which was a darn shame. At the stadium you could see the spin and knew it would bounce back when it landed. He also had a nice punch delivery to kickoffs. But our final punt protection was troubling. FAU nearly got there. A rugged team like Florida figures to either block a kick or two, or come extremely close. We'll need to be at max intensity to avoid at least one disaster in the kicking game

* Goudis got great leg on some kicks but all but muffed others. One of his extra points wouldn't have traveled another 5 yards if needed

* I was amazed how many people were aware of the spread and rooted for a touchdown on our drive that ended at the 1. One guy near me was stunned to silence when Edwards fell shy. The guy made no secret all night that he had given the points

* Perryman was easily juked a few times. If he's the quarterback spy, I'm not entirely comfortable we won't be gashed by Driskel

* We looked bigger on the defensive front but I didn't get a chance to scrutinize everyone individually. Unfortunately FAU ran very few base plays. Everything was out of the shotgun. Florida won't be shy to test our midsection. That in itself may decide the outcome.

* Morris looked like Morris. He's been pushed too high on this forum, and by some prominent draft analysts.

* Crowd was strong. It's laughable to believe the partisanship next week will be 50/50. That's a classic case of taking a trend and pushing it much too far. If the result drifts against us, then the 30% Gator faithful will own the energy and noise late

* FAU had an impressive secondary, other than a handful of plays. Well prepared and aggressive. It certainly won't be the weakest group we face all season. There will be games in which we'll run free in the secondary considerably more than tonight

* Figueroa made a couple of textbook tackles and Burns effortlessly knocked away that endzone pass late in the game. I wish the young guys had been out there one or two more series

* Crowd was good and team won comfortably but overall something was missing. A team on the upswing with plenty of returning starters would normally play much better and more energized than this in the opener

 

[LuCane]

Just got back from the game. Kind of a shrug game, but I came back home with more worries than I preferred. So long as the post-game report is everyone is healthy, I guess that's mostly what I hoped for, though.

 

[dg151]

Renfrow looks like a player, really happy with him as a back up NT. Hopefully he can continue that against actual competition.

DTs as a group played very well. Whole DL was pretty solid.

Cornelius can't play any real minutes on defense this year though. Or Highsmith.

Also anyone else notice how much straight up 3-4 we ran tonight? And also 4 man fronts? And 4-3 under? And not just "bend but don't break" or whatever bull**** people wanna make up?

 

[Coach Macho]

We look rusty but good W. My only thing is the DTs and OL looked like ****. Theres no way we out physical Ufak. What was the big thing on the board with Porter dude was on skates, Pierre is the only inside guy I like so far.

Porter may not be a 100% b/c of his back but i saw him do a good job disrupting the O-line today.... Luther Robinson also. Jelani Hamilton, Kamalu, Green, Chickilo, AQM, and Gilbert all did a very good job putting pressure on the QB.

The OL did a good job in pass protection but those Guards arent that good in run support at all.... Seantrel Henderson is the best of the bunch imo. he was mauling dudes all game for the most part.

Gotta be kidding me. Our Guards are our best 2 linemen. The problem is this stupid *** shuffle they're doing. Bunche is terrible no matter where you put him. I watched him whiff multiple times tonight. They put Feliciano back at the Guard spot and what do ya know, big run.

I think you are right about that.... Bunche whiffs a lot.

I just dont think the guards do that good of a job moving the line consistently, pass protection is the o-lines strength but the Oline looks so lopsided on every run play, it never moves as a cohesive unit when trying to create a push.

Maybe that's part Kehoe to blame as well b/c Stoutland does a better job w/ his o-line schemes... but Stoutland is in the NFL now also.

Who doesn't do a good job at Guard?

Surely you don't mean Feliciano, cause that would be comical. I think everybody knows that he mauls people.

Linder? Our best O-lineman?

 

[zone3cane]

I dont know sh*t about explosive offense. We need to be explosive against every team we play, and not just the scrub teams. I love our guys but Duke, Morris, Dorsett didnt show up in any of the big games last year. you want to be thought of as a top offense you have to perform and execute in big games

bro you right a Miami team that was projected to win 4 games last year didnt show up against top 10 defenses KSU, Notre Dame, FSU, and fluked against UNC.... what about the rest of the schedule though?

you cant seriously be trying to say this offense aint explosive?

 

[CanesAreAble]

I was hoping for decisive darts out of play action and exploring the middle of the field. That was all but absent tonight. Maybe we were concealing it. Always difficult to tell with a new coordinator.

I feel like they were holding that stuff back.

It seemed like we were actively avoiding the middle of the field.

 

[LuCane]

Is Miami physically ready to deal with Florida? I don't think that question was answered tonight...... Grown man ish coming in next week

That's the best summary of the thread. I certainly couldn't project big points out of our offense after attending the game tonight. Those horizontal passes to Hurns need to be a one-week ruse. Florida will maul those plays. And they won't work to set anything up downfield. Pure waste against a top opponent. I was hoping for decisive darts out of play action and exploring the middle of the field. That was all but absent tonight. Maybe we were concealing it. Always difficult to tell with a new coordinator.

Otherwise:

* The offensive line as a group always seems to be less than the individual parts suggest. I find myself rooting to avoid 3rd and short

* Waters and Crawford are simply reliable. They'll grab the ball and make the proper cut. Time to make more use of them

* New punter looked great. Extremely relaxed. That was an extremely advanced move for his age, to intentionally put backspin on the pooch punt. Some punters a decade older can't make that adjustment. It landed a foot too deep, which was a darn shame. At the stadium you could see the spin and knew it would bounce back when it landed. He also had a nice punch delivery to kickoffs. But our final punt protection was troubling. FAU nearly got there. A rugged team like Florida figures to either block a kick or two, or come extremely close. We'll need to be at max intensity to avoid at least one disaster in the kicking game

* Goudis got great leg on some kicks but all but muffed others. One of his extra points wouldn't have traveled another 5 yards if needed

* I was amazed how many people were aware of the spread and rooted for a touchdown on our drive that ended at the 1. One guy near me was stunned to silence when Edwards fell shy. The guy made no secret all night that he had given the points

* Perryman was easily juked a few times. If he's the quarterback spy, I'm not entirely comfortable we won't be gashed by Driskel

* We looked bigger on the defensive front but I didn't get a chance to scrutinize everyone individually. Unfortunately FAU ran very few base plays. Everything was out of the shotgun. Florida won't be shy to test our midsection. That in itself may decide the outcome.

* Morris looked like Morris. He's been pushed too high on this forum, and by some prominent draft analysts.

* Crowd was strong. It's laughable to believe the partisanship next week will be 50/50. That's a classic case of taking a trend and pushing it much too far. If the result drifts against us, then the 30% Gator faithful will own the energy and noise late

* FAU had an impressive secondary, other than a handful of plays. Well prepared and aggressive. It certainly won't be the weakest group we face all season. There will be games in which we'll run free in the secondary considerably more than tonight

* Figueroa made a couple of textbook tackles and Burns effortlessly knocked away that endzone pass late in the game. I wish the young guys had been out there one or two more series

* Crowd was good and team won comfortably but overall something was missing. A team on the upswing with plenty of returning starters would normally play much better and more energized than this in the opener

Sounds like we might have sat next to each other. That stunned person...was me.

Thank you for writing mostly what I saw and think. There are some other things that concerned me, but I guess we can leave that for the threads relevant to this upcoming week.

 

[zone3cane]

We look rusty but good W. My only thing is the DTs and OL looked like ****. Theres no way we out physical Ufak. What was the big thing on the board with Porter dude was on skates, Pierre is the only inside guy I like so far.

Porter may not be a 100% b/c of his back but i saw him do a good job disrupting the O-line today.... Luther Robinson also. Jelani Hamilton, Kamalu, Green, Chickilo, AQM, and Gilbert all did a very good job putting pressure on the QB.

The OL did a good job in pass protection but those Guards arent that good in run support at all.... Seantrel Henderson is the best of the bunch imo. he was mauling dudes all game for the most part.

Gotta be kidding me. Our Guards are our best 2 linemen. The problem is this stupid *** shuffle they're doing. Bunche is terrible no matter where you put him. I watched him whiff multiple times tonight. They put Feliciano back at the Guard spot and what do ya know, big run.

I think you are right about that.... Bunche whiffs a lot.

I just dont think the guards do that good of a job moving the line consistently, pass protection is the o-lines strength but the Oline looks so lopsided on every run play, it never moves as a cohesive unit when trying to create a push.

Maybe that's part Kehoe to blame as well b/c Stoutland does a better job w/ his o-line schemes... but Stoutland is in the NFL now also.

Who doesn't do a good job at Guard?

Surely you don't mean Feliciano, cause that would be comical. I think everybody knows that he mauls people.

Linder? Our best O-lineman?

I dont think Linder is our best o-lineman maybe he's the most "consistent" but he isnt physically imposing at all

Maybe it's McDermott but the middle of the Oline seems to struggle getting a good push in the run game.

Feliciano is WAY better as a guard then tackle and i hope that experiment is over.

 

[post499]

I think FAU and USF play in week 3... I'm interested to see how that game goes. I wouldn't be shocked to see FAU beat USF.

 

[Coach Macho]

MY THOUGHTS:

*Morris looked awful. Looked like a **** Freshman out there tonight. Multiple bone-headed plays. Two comical interceptions, forced throws, poor pocket presence. I don't know what the **** was going on with him tonight.

*We couldn't separate from FAU's DB's. You can forget about it against UF. What worries me the most is, I feel like it's due to play-design. I don't believe that our WR corp doesn't have the ability to gain separation from FAU DB's.

*The god **** OL shuffle. Stop ******' around with these guys. Feliciano kills people at Guard, leave him at Guard. Let Henderson and Bunche fight it out at RT, or Flowers and Bunche at LT. Bunche is not a Guard! I watched him get beat multiple times tonight.

*Loved loved loved the defense. Good play-calling. **** disguising. Defensive line wasn't getting rolled. CB's looked decent. Not really confident with Jenkins at Safety just yet. Him and Crawford got beat over the top on a deep route but the WR dropped it. Not sure there's a better option anyways. Overall, defense is promising. The disguising was the best part to me.

*I think I like Gus. Dude looked good. Shifty.

*Kinda worried about Coley as an OC. If our WR's can't get open I have no choice but to question or scheme on offense. Last year guys were open all over the field. Tonight, almost all of Morris's throws were being contested, sometimes by multiple defenders.

 

[OBLIVION]

Solid.

You know the offense was holding back not wanting to show UiF anything. The OL still concerns me against a legit front though.

We will see.

You don't have to show the entire playbook to execute plays.

4 of 14 on 3rd down is down right shameful for a veteran OL and a SR QB that gets the pub that Morris gets.

1st game of the season or not. This offense is suppose to be ready for prime time.

 

[Coach Macho]

Porter may not be a 100% b/c of his back but i saw him do a good job disrupting the O-line today.... Luther Robinson also. Jelani Hamilton, Kamalu, Green, Chickilo, AQM, and Gilbert all did a very good job putting pressure on the QB.

The OL did a good job in pass protection but those Guards arent that good in run support at all.... Seantrel Henderson is the best of the bunch imo. he was mauling dudes all game for the most part.

Gotta be kidding me. Our Guards are our best 2 linemen. The problem is this stupid *** shuffle they're doing. Bunche is terrible no matter where you put him. I watched him whiff multiple times tonight. They put Feliciano back at the Guard spot and what do ya know, big run.

I think you are right about that.... Bunche whiffs a lot.

I just dont think the guards do that good of a job moving the line consistently, pass protection is the o-lines strength but the Oline looks so lopsided on every run play, it never moves as a cohesive unit when trying to create a push.

Maybe that's part Kehoe to blame as well b/c Stoutland does a better job w/ his o-line schemes... but Stoutland is in the NFL now also.

Who doesn't do a good job at Guard?

Surely you don't mean Feliciano, cause that would be comical. I think everybody knows that he mauls people.

Linder? Our best O-lineman?

I dont think Linder is our best o-lineman maybe he's the most "consistent" but he isnt physically imposing at all

Maybe it's McDermott but the middle of the Oline seems to struggle getting a good push in the run game.

Feliciano is WAY better as a guard then tackle and i hope that experiment is over.

Dude, SMH, c'mon. LOL

Linder's not physically imposing? He's 6'6" and our strongest player on the team. He's also our highest grading lineman game after game. (along with, guess who, Felciano)

I just watched our first (failed) 4th down play. Please go watch it and tell me who screwed up. I'll give you a hint: It wasn't a Guard. (and it had nothing to do with "push")

 

[HurricaneOmeezy]

Plus was definitely our turnout compared to the usual standards. For those of you worried about a 50-50 split between UF and Miami fans, its not going to happen. I would say around half the stadium was full tonight, maybe a little more.

Yup. I was at the game. Def a good amount more than half full. Lower levels were completely full and upper levels had good amounts of fans in there. Very good atmosphere

 

[rudebuddha]

MY THOUGHTS:

*Morris looked awful. Looked like a **** Freshman out there tonight. Multiple bone-headed plays. Two comical interceptions, forced throws, poor pocket presence. I don't know what the **** was going on with him tonight.

*We couldn't separate from FAU's DB's. You can forget about it against UF. What worries me the most is, I feel like it's due to play-design. I don't believe that our WR corp doesn't have the ability to gain separation from FAU DB's.

*The god **** OL shuffle. Stop ****in' around with these guys. Feliciano kills people at Guard, leave him at Guard. Let Henderson and Bunche fight it out at RT, or Flowers and Bunche at LT. Bunche is not a Guard! I watched him get beat multiple times tonight.

*Loved loved loved the defense. Good play-calling. **** disguising. Defensive line wasn't getting rolled. CB's looked decent. Not really confident with Jenkins at Safety just yet. Him and Crawford got beat over the top on a deep route but the WR dropped it. Not sure there's a better option anyways. Overall, defense is promising. The disguising was the best part to me.

*I think I like Gus. Dude looked good. Shifty.

*Kinda worried about Coley as an OC. If our WR's can't get open I have no choice but to question or scheme on offense. Last year guys were open all over the field. Tonight, almost all of Morris's throws were being contested, sometimes by multiple defenders.

Agree with everything.
And you know what? Our offense put up over 500 yards and our defense basically pitched a shutout.
If this mediocre game is their floor or close to it, we are going to be quite good.

I also don't think I like this owl team.
Maybe it was just because I'm a homer but they looked to be borderline dirty.

 

[zone3cane]

MY THOUGHTS:

*Morris looked awful. Looked like a **** Freshman out there tonight. Multiple bone-headed plays. Two comical interceptions, forced throws, poor pocket presence. I don't know what the **** was going on with him tonight.

*We couldn't separate from FAU's DB's. You can forget about it against UF. What worries me the most is, I feel like it's due to play-design. I don't believe that our WR corp doesn't have the ability to gain separation from FAU DB's.

*The god **** OL shuffle. Stop ******' around with these guys. Feliciano kills people at Guard, leave him at Guard. Let Henderson and Bunche fight it out at RT, or Flowers and Bunche at LT. Bunche is not a Guard! I watched him get beat multiple times tonight.

*Loved loved loved the defense. Good play-calling. **** disguising. Defensive line wasn't getting rolled. CB's looked decent. Not really confident with Jenkins at Safety just yet. Him and Crawford got beat over the top on a deep route but the WR dropped it. Not sure there's a better option anyways. Overall, defense is promising. The disguising was the best part to me.

*I think I like Gus. Dude looked good. Shifty.

*Kinda worried about Coley as an OC. If our WR's can't get open I have no choice but to question or scheme on offense. Last year guys were open all over the field. Tonight, almost all of Morris's throws were being contested, sometimes by multiple defenders.

I think this is a fair concern for Coley since it is the 1st game but maybe the receivers couldnt get separation b/c they were running a vanilla offense...

i dont know unti i see this offense against Florida but it seemed like Miami was running the same passing plays for the most part, which could explain the lack of separation.

S. Morris just was rusty.... its not like we havent seen what he can do before so i'm not going to panic over how he performed today.

and the Oline bull**** needs to stop.... Bunche isnt better then Henderson or Feliciano so he shouldnt be starting and Feliciano doesnt ever need to play at Tackle in front of Henderson.

The Offense played inconsistent but still put up big numbers and the defense was **** near perfect.... that is a great start for the rest of the season.

 

[U Know]

Guarantee we'll see a WHOLE different offensive scheme against UF. It look like they were running plays they made up this week just for FAU. Could explain why the receivers and Morris were not in sync. We'll see the offensive package they prepared all off-season for against UF. #MyOpinion

 

[zone3cane]

Dude, SMH, c'mon. LOL

Linder's not physically imposing? He's 6'6" and our strongest player on the team. He's also our highest grading lineman game after game. (along with, guess who, Felciano)

I just watched our first (failed) 4th down play. Please go watch it and tell me who screwed up. I'll give you a hint: It wasn't a Guard. (and it had nothing to do with "push")

Nobody on the o-line was perfect and thats not what i'm trying to suggest.... but as strong as Linder and Feliciano are suppose to be, they dont move the line consistently in front of them, primarily in the run game.

All of our RBs struggled trying to run up the middle all game