Ryan Williams and some other thoughts...

[dogcane]

feel bad for Dallas. I was excited when he signed in 2011 class

 

[ARJB]

D - does O'Donnell have the skills to be a player for us here, or is this gonna be one of those things?

I've heard good things.

Oh boy, another vague comment with no real details. Huzzah.

 

[MAGIC CITY CANE]

I've been surprised that the use of the wildcat (or more precisely, the "domesticated cat") hasn't featured Crawford receiving the shotgun snap instead of Mike James.

 

[Big Sky Cane]

Sorry but Briscoe will need nastiness on the O-Line even more so than the D-Line. If he isn't nasty he'll struggle at any position in the trenches.

 

[Dandycane]

Duke is our biggest playmaker.

Agree about Duke. Dude is not healthy and looks slow. We need him in the last 3 games.

 

[RiDLer80]

So Briscoe lacks nastiness or edge, huh?

I don't think that's a good thing for either OL or DL. I like my big uglies to be nasty on both sides of the LOS.

 

[Canesfan1899]

Duke is our biggest playmaker.

True, but he's not the same player hurt. You can tell he can't cut and explode out of breaks like he wants to.

 

[BigCaneAl]

Speculation on crawford or you heard something?

He's unhappy.

He should be, no reason he shouldn't get a shot.

 

[mwcane31]

Speculation on crawford or you heard something?

He's unhappy.

He should be, no reason he shouldn't get a shot.

He probably gets a shot everyday in practice... Don't you think?

 

[bathtubgin]

We will lose by 40+ if Williams is the starter.

We're probably going to lose by that no matter who starts.

 

[Consigliere]

While we all expect clock control and game management, I expect Fisch to be cute with it. Lot of Wishbone, lot of Direct Snaps.

 

[bigmont80]

Man this is god **** FSU. All hands on deck..if you're able to play, you play em.

I just don't think that Duke (in his current state) is that much of an improvement over Dallas Crawford, honestly.

Agreed. Duke looks a step slow and for a speed/quickness player that is not good.

 

[TheStorm305]

While we all expect clock control and game management, I expect Fisch to be cute with it. Lot of Wishbone, lot of Direct Snaps.

If theres one thing we can ALWAYS expect from Fisch, is that he is going to get cute.

 

[Professor Plum]

Whats the point of moving Dallas to offense if we dont even use him there? He would be starting at safety right now if we left him on D. He is a PLAYMAKER. I will be highly disappointed if he transfers.

This guy gets it.

 

[canecountry3]

Good, let him be cute. Let's run some more wildcat, reverses, flea flickers, hook and ladders, whatever.

**** it.. what does Miami have to lose? Might as well make it interesting to watch if the alternative is a run-run-slant offense that surely won't be successful against FSU.

This of course if Williams starts, which for some reason I sincerely doubt.

 

[cane305]

I call bs. on Crawford being unhappy. I see him on campus all the time and he just loves it here.

 

[Bigtip]

I'm sorry but we are absolutely ****ed if Williams starts. no amount of spin concerning ball control this and that will change that.

we were pretty big dogs with Morris (most important player on the team right now) and we are dead in the water without him

 

[bathtubgin]

I'm sorry but we are absolutely ****ed if Williams starts. no amount of spin concerning ball control this and that will change that.

we were pretty big dogs with Morris (most important player on the team right now) and we are dead in the water without him

What? We're 4-3, have been totally embarrassed by the two ranked opponents we've faced, and barely came out on top in 3 of our 4 wins.

 

[DCH]

Good posts by DMoney, and you do have good points regarding both Scott and him having a week to prepare. But you hit on the key point early on. Williams is mediocre at best. Minimal arm strength and athleticism. Adequate decision making and accuracy. A marginal game manager on a team that needs a leader and playmaker at QB. When Williams got in the game, he looked scared. I get that you want to keep the play calling conservative, but he needs to step up with an opportunity like that. He threw balls in the dirt, took a terrible sack, and made a poor decision on the final 4th down.

Big big game for Williams. This is why you transfer to Miami. To play in this game. If he comes out swingng with everything hes got, maybe we keep FSU off balance a little bit as they dont have much film on the guy. And if hes scared against FSU, we lose by 50 points. They will make the 2010 beatdown look like the 2009 classic.

 

[Bigtip]

I'm sorry but we are absolutely ****ed if Williams starts. no amount of spin concerning ball control this and that will change that.

we were pretty big dogs with Morris (most important player on the team right now) and we are dead in the water without him

What? We're 4-3, have been totally embarrassed by the two ranked opponents we've faced, and barely came out on top in 3 of our 4 wins.

"big dogs" = big underdogs