SWC75
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- After the great Nebraska win in 1984, we went on a three game road trip to Florida, West Virginia and Penn State and lost all three games by a total of 44 points. We wound up with the same record we’d had the year before, 6-5. Then we went 7-5 and 5-6 before the real breakthrough came. So now we’ve beaten Clemson but we have to go on the road to Miami and Florida State and the same thing is likely to happen.
- When I asked Dino on his show if we could sustain the momentum of the Clemson game, unlike 1984, he said “I wish I knew” and talked about how many injuries we have and the importance of depth. He didn’t sound like we are going to be able to sustain this.
- Miami is becoming Miami again. They will have more highly recruited and faster athletes at nearly every positon. Brent Axe said today that when he asks Dino about something he normally discusses it at length but when he asked about Miami’s receivers, he simply said that they were very fast. Brent said he seemed really concerned about them.
- Miami has won 10 games in a row. They’ve beaten Pitt, Virginia NC State, West Virginia, Duke,(twice), Florida State and Georgia Tech in that span. The last two games were very close but the others were all by at least two TDs. Don’t be deceived: this team is on a roll.
- Miami has some injuries but so do we and they can replace people better than we can, as evidenced by the 170 yards rushing gained by Travis Homer, replacing the injured Mark Walton. At how many positons can we do that?
- Clemson sacked Eric Dungey 6 times and had 9 tackles for a loss. Of course that is to be expected when you are facing the team that’s 10th in the country in TFLs. Now we are playing the team that’s 3rd.
- We’ve had an advantage at quarterback in just about every game this year. I’m not sure that’s the case here. Malik Rosier, like Eric Dungey, can throw the ball effectively and can also run it. Dungey has passed for more yards, (2,080 to 1,371) but they both have thrown for 12 TDs. Dungey has 4 interceptions, Rosier 3. And Miami has only played 5 games due to the hurricanes.
- Miami likes to go deep. Ahmmon Richards is averaging 25 yards per catch while Darrell Langham is averaging 21. They also get big plays on the ground. Walton had bene averaging 7.6 yards per carry and Homer, his replacement is at 8.4.
- Even in the Clemson game we made too many mistakes: 12 penalties and a fumble returned for a score, as well as a kick-off out of bounds. You can usually expect to lost with those numbers.
- No one is quite sure but it’s possible this game will be played in a driving rain storm. That will obviously favor the team with the stronger running game and that’s Miami.
- We can’t sneak up on anybody any more. We will be in the crosshairs of everyone we play for the rest of the season.
- We just aren’t as far ahead of schedule as last week made it look.
- When I asked Dino on his show if we could sustain the momentum of the Clemson game, unlike 1984, he said “I wish I knew” and talked about how many injuries we have and the importance of depth. He didn’t sound like we are going to be able to sustain this.
- Miami is becoming Miami again. They will have more highly recruited and faster athletes at nearly every positon. Brent Axe said today that when he asks Dino about something he normally discusses it at length but when he asked about Miami’s receivers, he simply said that they were very fast. Brent said he seemed really concerned about them.
- Miami has won 10 games in a row. They’ve beaten Pitt, Virginia NC State, West Virginia, Duke,(twice), Florida State and Georgia Tech in that span. The last two games were very close but the others were all by at least two TDs. Don’t be deceived: this team is on a roll.
- Miami has some injuries but so do we and they can replace people better than we can, as evidenced by the 170 yards rushing gained by Travis Homer, replacing the injured Mark Walton. At how many positons can we do that?
- Clemson sacked Eric Dungey 6 times and had 9 tackles for a loss. Of course that is to be expected when you are facing the team that’s 10th in the country in TFLs. Now we are playing the team that’s 3rd.
- We’ve had an advantage at quarterback in just about every game this year. I’m not sure that’s the case here. Malik Rosier, like Eric Dungey, can throw the ball effectively and can also run it. Dungey has passed for more yards, (2,080 to 1,371) but they both have thrown for 12 TDs. Dungey has 4 interceptions, Rosier 3. And Miami has only played 5 games due to the hurricanes.
- Miami likes to go deep. Ahmmon Richards is averaging 25 yards per catch while Darrell Langham is averaging 21. They also get big plays on the ground. Walton had bene averaging 7.6 yards per carry and Homer, his replacement is at 8.4.
- Even in the Clemson game we made too many mistakes: 12 penalties and a fumble returned for a score, as well as a kick-off out of bounds. You can usually expect to lost with those numbers.
- No one is quite sure but it’s possible this game will be played in a driving rain storm. That will obviously favor the team with the stronger running game and that’s Miami.
- We can’t sneak up on anybody any more. We will be in the crosshairs of everyone we play for the rest of the season.
- We just aren’t as far ahead of schedule as last week made it look.
