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Through 3 games against FBS teams (FCS teams excluded), Miami ranks second nationally in PPG (51), first nationally in yards per play (9.2) and first nationally in passing yards (432 YPG). Shannon Dawson met with reporters to discuss the offense and the upcoming game against Virginia Tech:

On Isaiah Horton: He's obviously got that potential. The more opportunities he gets, the more plays he'll make. Very talented dude. Just do what you do, stay positive, and when you get your...

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On the running game: They came out and they put everybody in the box, which was kind of shocking to me. I think we're good at both, so you pick your poison. Which one do you want to defend? If you want to do what South Florida did and put everybody in the box and play man coverage, then we're probably not going to have a lot of explosive runs.

Go figure
 
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I love that for all our coaches and players the very next game is our "biggest challenge to date". The more we can psych everyone up that VT is the 98 Rams on offense and the 85 Bears on defense (and so is Duke, and GT, and Cal etc) the better we prepare.
 
OptimusCreampie said:
Crazy some fans wanted to get rid of him. Anyone with a room temperature iq can see it was qb play handcuffing us last year.
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Half our country is a bunch of idiots, some are bound to be Canes fans. Staff seems to have good continuity hopefully Dawson is interested in multiple Nattys to his resume. Dude knows ball
 
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OptimusCreampie said:
Crazy some fans wanted to get rid of him. Anyone with a room temperature iq can see it was qb play handcuffing us last year.
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Yeah until TVD turned the ball over 6 times in two weeks Dawson was letting him air it out. Had to handcuff the offense or else Canes turn it over 30 times last year.

It was always silly to me that people wanted Dawson gone. I’ve preached for a long time the turn around from imo the worst offense (2022) UM has had since Freeman in 07 to a top 30 unit was beyond impressive last year.
 
ghost2 said:
I love that for all our coaches and players the very next game is our "biggest challenge to date". The more we can psych everyone up that VT is the 98 Rams on offense and the 85 Bears on defense (and so is Duke, and GT, and Cal etc) the better we prepare.
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honestly, the schedule over the next several weeks kinda does that for us. VT is the first ACC opponent, cal is better than VT, louisville is better than cal, FSU is a rival who will be all the way in trying to play spoiler.
 
How much two tight-end packages have we used, especially in the red zone? I always refer back to my Pats using Gronk and Hernandez. Even use Lofton as a fullback and have essentially three tight ends on the field. You can use a lot of motion/misdirection in those kind of tight formations.

@DMoney do you think Dawson has those kind of formation packages in his bag?
 
TitansHope said:
honestly, the schedule over the next several weeks kinda does that for us. VT is the first ACC opponent, cal is better than VT, louisville is better than cal, FSU is a rival who will be all the way in trying to play spoiler.
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I was thinking the same thing. Schedule actually sets up fairly well, even with the cross-continent late late show.
 
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Hegemon said:
On the running game: They came out and they put everybody in the box, which was kind of shocking to me. I think we're good at both, so you pick your poison. Which one do you want to defend? If you want to do what South Florida did and put everybody in the box and play man coverage, then we're probably not going to have a lot of explosive runs.

Go figure
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I’ll repeat it for like the 200th time this week but remember the days when we would take 3-4 cracks at the goal line and not get in?

Now we got this mfer walking up to the line and telling the defense what we are doing and we are doing it anyway

Lawd
 
JHallCanes said:
I’ll repeat it for like the 200th time this week but remember the days when we would take 3-4 cracks at the goal line and not get in?

Now we got this mfer walking up to the line and telling the defense what we are doing and we are doing it anyway

Lawd
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Genuinely curious what the Josh Gattis experience would have been like with this personnel
 
CaneLife93 said:
How much two tight-end packages have we used, especially in the red zone? I always refer back to my Pats using Gronk and Hernandez. Even use Lofton as a fullback and have essentially three tight ends on the field. You can use a lot of motion/misdirection in those kind of tight formations.

@DMoney do you think Dawson has those kind of formation packages in his bag?
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He used 12 personnel a few times against USF. He even had two TEs lined up on the same side. One time he had both TEs in the slot on either side
 
Silentobserver said:
He used 12 personnel a few times against USF. He even had two TEs lined up on the same side. One time he had both TEs in the slot on either side
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I did see some of that on the goaline with McCormick coming across the line to block for Martinez going up the gut.

I’m sure there’s playaction off that coming in the future
 
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