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Opening drive sets the tone for the game, 8 play 77yd drive for a TD. And Cam throws an absolute frozen rope!
THIS IS WHY YOU THROW THE FCKIN BALL.
CAM MCCORMICK!!
Got to see some 22 personnel in the 2nd quarter drive. That's something that Dawson had a ton of at SFA & Southern Miss, hasn't called it much at Miami, but it's nice to see him bring it back. It's a good wrinkle to use considering we have 2 backs who are both 230+ & can block. This gives some play call versatility & flexibility out of that look for Screens & uptempo quick passing plays with route combos for Bang 8's & Post's. It also can free up Arroyo from not having the responsibility of chipping on every play when he's in.
Can we please cut it out with this Markell Bell at LT experiment? He can't fckin move, his kick-slide is cumbersome AF & once he gets set in his initial block he has no recovery moves. All an Edge rusher has to do is his hit him with a power to speed rush combo & he's COOKED.
We're down by 11 in the 3rd quarter & we're still calling stupid not going anywhere run plays. But as soon as we start throwing it, we march up the field in 3 plays & score.
Restrepo, Horton, JGeorge, Brown, Arroyo, Williams, plus Martinez out of the backfield occasionally is a bevy of weapons for Cam to dissect Defenses down the field & puts points on the board. What makes Cam so dangerous, is along with his elite kevel elusiveness while evading rushers, he has phenomenal arm talent that allows for him to not only get the ball out quick but also attack Secondaries with the Deep ball. So when he's buying time getting outside the pocket he's not just looking for a check down, he's looking to completely break the Defense by hitting big on a WR down the field. This sends DB's into a frenzy because late route breakdowns are virtually impossible to cover, because there's no real route that your tracking & you have no idea what the WR is doing. All the DB is doing is guessing while simultaneously trying to watch the QB & the WR, this gives a QB with Cam's arm the advantage, which is why he does it so often. Of course, fans just want Cam to throw it away or check the ball down, but there's a method to his madness that most don't realize, but this is something that when you watch the film you can pick up on from tracking tendencies. To use a Basketball analogy, fast break plays are much harder to Defend than a set Half court offense; when Cam scrambles around in the backfield, that's what he's doing, he's forcing the Defense to think quick on their feet, which most defenders really can't do.
This is what the Offense looks like when its operating at optimum level. If you see the contrast between this game & the FSU game, maybe you might understand why I felt the way I did after the FSU game, but I doubt it. But either way, the Offense is at its best, when THEY ARE THROWING THE BALL. That is the reality. It's been proven statically & by eye test. When. We. Pass. The. Ball. We. Are. Unstoppable.
Defense
Good reccovery coverage by Romanas on the 3rd down slant. He initially got beat on the route, but Murphy throws the ball behind the WR & Romanas plays through the hands to disrupt the catch point.
Very good route stoppage by Frederique. He flipped his hips & transitioned in phase seamlessly. The reason why he didn't get called for PI was because he got his head around to locate the ball & while establishing equal contact with the WR. He didn't impede the WR's ability to make a play on the ball, in fact, the WR was the one who was holding Romanas.
Big time pick by Romanas.
He's playing outside leverage against Inside release, plays to the WR's outside shoulder & immediately gets in phase tracking the ball. Then did a great job creating distance to disallow the WR to adjust to the ball. It was an ovethrow by Murphy & a more on the money throw to the inside shoulder of the WR would've likely been a catch, BUT, Romanas still deserves credit for quickly recognizing the overthrow & getting to the ball. It was a big turnover at a critical moment in the game that helped shift momentum back in our favor.
Here he almost gets a 2nd pick.
Played PERFECT textbook coverage against the Slant. Stayed square against the outside release, kept a wide base while shuffling his feet & reading the WR, initiated inside quick jab to, showed great route recognition to pick up on the Slant & instantly turned towards his outside shoulder to undercut the ball. His Footwork won on this snap. He beat the WR to the stem point at the top of the route & basically boxed him out from being able to get inside for the Slant.
He gets a game ball for today. He played really well in Coverage, with the exception of the PI. But this was really his coming out party IMO. Up until this point in the season he hadn't had a single game with more than 4 targets, so while his numbers looked impressive early on, he really wasn't being tested. But today he was targeted quite a bit & was the only Corner who stood firm in coverage & held his own in Press Man. He's earned the right to be the full time starter at RCB/Field for next season.
I'm not a believer in Damari like most of you are. So for next year, OJ is a starter at Field & then depending on how we finish the 25 class & what we potentially bring in via Winter/Spring Portal, we will need to revamp the entire CB group & Secondary in general.
On Duke's first TD, Daryl Porter Jr gets worked in the Slot on a Slant route & then Jadais Richard gets routed on a 27yd back shoulder.
You wanna know an indicator that Jadais Richard ain't it? He wears White Spats on his cleats. That's LB/DL sh*t. Corners don't wear that because it looks ugly. We clown DB's who wear those. I know that sounds trivial, but if you understand the CB's mentality, you know the swag/gear is just as important as the technique. Look good, play good; its all apart of the process.
Here he is getting beating on outside leverage while playing at Boundary, that's not supposed to happen when you literally have the sideline closest to your side.
DPJr got beat BAD on this route. The DPI was TD saving.
Francisco Mauigoa in Man coverage is a recipe for disaster. They got away with it against LVille & FSU, but it's a coverage call that Guidry needs to scrap completely from the playbook until he gets another Mike LB who can actually move laterally.
Mauigoa is a locomotive, he can only go straightforward. Any time he has to make a tackle in space, or cover downfield he's a big time liability. He's a North-South rushing LB, not sideline to sideline Cover Backer with agility.
But on a funny note, Mauigoa socked the sh*t outta that dude
On this TD play, you have the Nickel (DPJr) & both Safeties covering one WR on a Drag route & completely left the Slot running a quick out uncovered. That was a Man Cover 2 call & the Slot is supposed to drift to pick up the Flats while the Rover drops into the left hashes Shell. None of that happened. They all literally just followed 1 WR & got caught in the wash going backside.
Jonathan Brewer (Lashlee disciple) was giving Guidreaux that WORK in the 1st half. We made some solid adjustments & forced multiple turnovers in the 2nd half, but the Blueprint is laid out for exactly what to do against this Defense. The right OC with a good QB will absolutely obliterate this Secondary & LB unit. However, as long as we have the explosive firepower we have on Offense, we can pretty much hang with anybody.
This was my 2nd favorite game of the season thus far. Not just the revenge factor for losing to Duke back in 2022 in embarrassing fashion, or kicking Diaz's *** & exploiting his sh*tty Defense for 523yds, but its the way in which we went about it. This is what I was talking about! KILL your opponents. Fxk that play it safe & hand it off bullsh*t, ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK.
Dropping 50+ on Duke is what we're SUPPOSED to do.
This season is one for the books. This is the complete antithesis to the 2017 10-0 start, mainly because we're not winning games off sheer luck with a hope & a prayer. We're winning with offensive dominance, being lead by a generational talent at QB. Which is absolutely HUGE for today's day& age, because the 2 proven methods of winning in CFB are:
- Have an Elite Team (particularly on Defense) with a game manager whose job it is to just hand the ball off & not turn the ball over (EG, UGA & Cheatagain
) OR
- Have an Elite QB, with very good weapons & Blitzkrieg your way to a Championship (EG, LSU, Clemson, Oh ST, Bama).
Now obviously, Miami probably isn't going to be a championship team given that eventually our Defense will catch up to us, however, what is undeniable at this point, is that we are quite literally the most dangerous Offense in CFB. That's been good enough to earn teams like
- 2023 Washington
- 2022 TCU
- 2018 Oklahoma
- 2017 Oklahoma
trips to the playoffs & an opportunity at the big dance. LSU & Clemson were the teams that actually capitalized once they got there with their potent Offenses, but the difference between us & them is they at least had adequate personnel on their Defenses to supplement for the fact that they weren't dominant on that side of the ball. Or in other words, they weren't great Defensively in the same vein as UGA & Cheatagain, but they had good enough players to do the job while the Offense just destroyed everybody.
I'm not sure if Miami is a LSU/Clemson, or a UW/TCU as of now, but in both scenarios I'll take it. It's a far cry from where we've been as a program just as recent as last year. To go from being a barely .500 team, to now being on the doorstep of the playoffs is nothing short of remarkable, Mario & Dawson deserve a ton of credit.
It remains to be seen what the plan is for next year, but right now I don't even care about next year, the only thing that matters is staying the course & continuing to erase all obstacles that stand in our way, including ourselves lol.
This has been the most exciting season we've played in 2 decades & I'm savoring every moment of it.
With Killa Cam
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