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The Canes moved to 6-5 last week when they beat USF on Senior Day 40-9. The thrill of victory lasted less than 48 hours as UM announced they would once again self-impose a bowl ban yesterday. It sucks for the Seniors and the fans that we once again will not be going to the ACC Championship Game, but there is still another game to play. UM put forth an uninspiring effort against Boston College after the Administration self-imposed last year. Let's hope they don't do the same thing as last year because a loss Duke would basically be the worst thing ever.
1. Where they are in the standings/rankings:
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[TD="width: 60%"]Atlantic Coast Conference[/TD]
[TD="class: center, width: 20%"]Conference[/TD]
[TD="class: center, width: 20%"]Overall[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]Coastal Division[/TD]
[TD="class: right, width: 10%"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: right, width: 10%"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: right, width: 10%"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: right, width: 10%"]L[/TD]
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[/TD][TD]x-Georgia Tech[/TD]
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[TD="class: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]5[/TD]
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[TD="width: 30"]
[/TD][TD]North Carolina[/TD]
[TD]
[TD="class: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]4[/TD]
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[/TD][TD]Miami (FL)[/TD]
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[TD="class: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]5[/TD]
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[/TD][TD]Duke [/TD]
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[TD="class: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]5[/TD]
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[/TD][TD]Virginia Tech[/TD]
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[TD="class: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]6[/TD]
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[/TD][TD]Virginia[/TD]
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[TD="class: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: right"]7[/TD]
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What a cavalcade of suck this division is. Seeing that "X" next to Georgia Tech really gives me the red ***. In the 8 years the ACC has had a championship game, this is the 4th time that we beat the eventual division champions ('05 VT, '08 VT, '09 GT, and '12 GT). This year is obviously different, but it just reinforces how frustrating being a UM fan has been the last decade.
Duke has been bowl eligible for weeks now and while they too can't go to Charlotte, don't think for a second they wouldn't love the opportunity to get a win over us. They'll be jacked up to play us. Last week Duke lost to the eventual division champions Georgia Tech. Lets see what Yellow-Jacket fans said about Duke after the game:
From: From The Rumble Seat
GTNate said:
Hey, remember when Paul Johnson was gonna get fired? And these guys are going to Charlotte?
2. What happened the last time Miami played Duke?
[video=youtube;jPNbnfOcgp4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNbnfOcgp4[/video]
From the Associated Press:
I remember being so happy for Lamar Miller when he eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark (4:25 mark of Spooner's video). It was on a typical Lamar touchdown run where he broke the first level and turned on the after-burners. We also saw a decent amount of Mike James in the wildcat. We might have been doing that as an extra wrinkle since we played FSU the following week, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see it again with James or Crawford this week.
3. Who to be scared of:
Sean Renfree
Head Coach David Cutcliffe runs a spread passing attack, and his Senior signal caller can sling it. He has several weapons at his disposal and does an excellent job of spreading it around. He's got prototypical size at 6'5 225 lbs. and has over 8,000 career passing yards. He does however throw alot of picks, with 38 over his career and 8 this year. Hopefully Bush is recovered from his injury and can patrol the secondary this week. The Yellow-Jackets were able to sack him 4 times last week and their defense sucks, so it would be nice to get some of those too.
4. Player that will score against us:
Jamison Crowder
Crowder leads the team in touchdowns, be it rushing or receiving with 6. He's also 2nd on the team in receptions (62) and receiving yards (822). If you think he's doing it against bad defenses think again. He had 112 yards on 10 catches against Stanford, 127 yards on 8 catches & a TD against Virginia Tech, and 167 yards on 7 catches against Clemson (including a 77 yard TD). He's only a Sophomore, so we'll be seeing him for another couple of years too.
5. Person that will **** you off:
Conner Vernon
Another week, another South Florida kid. Conner Vernon was part of the '09 signing class. While we were wasting time with Rueben Randle and sending Andre Debose to strip clubs, Vernon was winning 1st Team All-Dade at Gulliver Prep. He didn't get an offer from any of the big 3 so we aren't alone, but he was good enough to get offers from the likes of Wisconsin and Ole Miss so he wasn't exactly an unknown commodity. Oh well, all he's done at Duke is become the ACC's all-time leader in receptions (262) and in receiving yards (3,521). No big deal. He leads his team again in receptions (64) and yards (846) this year to go along with 5 touchdowns.
6. Official Internet meme for this game:
Super Cool Ski Instructor
For god sakes do not lose to Duke!
[video=youtube;_YfjMZ6n8Bk]www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YfjMZ6n8Bk[/video]
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