Notsince1985

It always rains in South Florida around 3pm, but it could rain on one side of the street and not the other. As others have said, it's the lightning.

I think Golden was a decent hire by Miami, however he certainly seems to have lost the support of the fans. It may be his time to go after this season. Who would you like to see on the sidelines besides Golden if this happens? Al Golden was a worse hire than Randy Shannon...chew on that. It was his time to go when he refused to fire his best friend, his DC after having the 112th ranked defense in 2012. Then it was time to go after he "went dark" for a week and tried to get the Penn State job. It was time for him to go after he went 6-7 with a team that had 7 draft picks and 9 guys that made opening day NFL rosters. Read my signature for my choice, and the choice of most Miami fans. Al Golden did a nice job where he was at before Miami, wasn't it Temple? He took them from terrible to respectable. Some guys are good at overachieving with little, but when they get the big gig don't know how to deal with it. I don't know if he is that way or not. Miami is probably more than he can handle though. The biggest regret in Butch Davis's life has to be leaving Miami to go coach in the NFL. I have never understood why good college coaches always think they have to reach for that level. So many of them fail. Golden had the best recruiting classes in the MAC at Temple, and the most talent at Temple. Did he bring them back from the dead? Yes, but only as far as his mediocre coaching could take them. He was 3-24 against teams with winning records at Temple. He never won the MAC. He never won his division in the MAC. At Miami he is 0-4 against FSU. He is 11-17 against teams above .500. He's 0-2 in bowls. He's never won the Coastal, forget the ACC, despite having more talent than everyone in the ACC not named FSU or Clemson.

I think Golden was a decent hire by Miami, however he certainly seems to have lost the support of the fans. It may be his time to go after this season. Who would you like to see on the sidelines besides Golden if this happens? Al Golden was a worse hire than Randy Shannon...chew on that. It was his time to go when he refused to fire his best friend, his DC after having the 112th ranked defense in 2012. Then it was time to go after he "went dark" for a week and tried to get the Penn State job. It was time for him to go after he went 6-7 with a team that had 7 draft picks and 9 guys that made opening day NFL rosters. Read my signature for my choice, and the choice of most Miami fans. Is Butch Davis even eligible to coach yet? If they could somehow figure that out and get him back, that would be a good hire IMO. Hopefully you guys won't have to wait much longer for that to happen. Davis was never implicated in anything at UNC. On July 27, 2011, Davis was fired by UNC chancellor Holden Thorp amid an NCAA investigation of academic misconduct and allegations players receiving improper benefits from agents. Thorp said the move was necessary to restore confidence in UNC's integrity. On September 19, 2011, in response to an NCAA notice of allegations, Davis was never mentioned in the NCAA inquiry and had no involvement in the investigation. In 2013, Davis told CBS Sports' Bruce Feldman that he believed his firing was an "overreaction" by Thorp, in the belief that "if he released me, maybe the investigation of the football program would go in a different direction." Around the same time, Baddour told Feldman that firing Davis "was not my recommendation." Baddour added that Thorp was well aware that he wanted Davis to remain as coach.

Al Golden

I think Golden was a decent hire by Miami, however he certainly seems to have lost the support of the fans. It may be his time to go after this season. Who would you like to see on the sidelines besides Golden if this happens? Al Golden was a worse hire than Randy Shannon...chew on that. It was his time to go when he refused to fire his best friend, his DC after having the 112th ranked defense in 2012. Then it was time to go after he "went dark" for a week and tried to get the Penn State job. It was time for him to go after he went 6-7 with a team that had 7 draft picks and 9 guys that made opening day NFL rosters. Read my signature for my choice, and the choice of most Miami fans.

not if they beat us 38-13. They're not gonna hold us to 13. We might in the first quarter

Miami gets Stacey Coley back this week. He was a freshman all-American, had a bad year last year, but is expected to have a breakout this year and be our best WR and also punt returner. As a freshman he had 33 catches for 591 yards and 7 TD. He had averaged 22 yards per punt return, and was the only person in the FBS to have a TD receiving, rushing, on a kickoff return and a punt return. He got hurt in game #1 against Louisville last year and struggled the entire year. He got hurt against Behtune-Cookman and was held out last week as a precaution. We'll likely be without our slot WR, Braxton Berrios who got hurt against Bethune, but we do have Rashawn Scott back this year. He sat out 2014 because of academic issues, and only played 4 in 2013 before getting hurt, but in 2012 had 35 for 512 and this year has 9-122 and TD through 2 games and is the guy Kaaya looks for when in trouble and on 3rd down. Miami doesn't have one stud, but they have a lot of solid WRs....though many are hoping Coley becomes the "guy."

Please put us out of our misery on Saturday. Our fans are getting into fights with our coaches, we're flying Fire Golden banners at every game....please, help us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJsovTbVb5g https://twitter.com/MikeCugnoCBS4/status/642467790293716992

Does your coach have a pulse? If the answer is yes, then he will out coach Al Golden.

#2, Yearby. #1 is the true freshman, Mark Walton, Yearby's backup. He scored 3 TDs against FAU, but only had 42 yards. Yearby had 146 on 18 carries and had 3 catches for 97 yards. The best of the bunch might end up being #32, Trayone Gray. He's 3rd string now, and the coaches don't fully trust him as he's a converted QB, but he's 6-2, 215 and has 16-121 on the year. He's our only "big" back, after Gus Edwards, 6-2, 240, and the starter after camp, was lost to a foot injury and is out for the year.

Those guys are nothing compared to the Miami internet sensation that is Dannyboy. And, it's Dannyboy who died of the swine flu after being attacked by a bear while eating pizza at a walmart in New Jersey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-wwFlba8xc

I think you're over-reacting. FSU only won 30-26. I don't see any big losses last season for Miami. A coach that can avoid blowouts can't be all bad. He probably just needs more time. Not at all. Watch the game, you'll see it. As for last year, while the we only lost to you guys by 10, it was 17 before the last TD, and you ran all over us. Louisville beat us by 18. Virginia beat us by 17 (and it wasn't that close). Pitt manhandled us in Miami. I guess we can agree to disagree. Let's split the difference. We'll beat you but make it close. In that way you can get the L to make the case to fire Al Golden but by making it close it helps my case that you should give him more time Yeah....I don't like that. How about you guys run for 400 yards in the first half, and Al isn't allowed back out on the field for the 2nd? I'd prefer if you kick a couple of field goals, let us get up by a couple of touchdowns and then make a comeback to pull within one late in the 4th. Instead of going for the tie, pass for a 2 point conversion and we'll swat it away crushing all of your hopes and dreams. Somehow, I don't think it'll be the same

I think you're over-reacting. FSU only won 30-26. I don't see any big losses last season for Miami. A coach that can avoid blowouts can't be all bad. He probably just needs more time. Not at all. Watch the game, you'll see it. As for last year, while the we only lost to you guys by 10, it was 17 before the last TD, and you ran all over us. Louisville beat us by 18. Virginia beat us by 17 (and it wasn't that close). Pitt manhandled us in Miami. I guess we can agree to disagree. Let's split the difference. We'll beat you but make it close. In that way you can get the L to make the case to fire Al Golden but by making it close it helps my case that you should give him more time Yeah....I don't like that. How about you guys run for 400 yards in the first half, and Al isn't allowed back out on the field for the 2nd?

Miami won't sniff being a top program with Temple Al in charge

I think you're over-reacting. FSU only won 30-26. I don't see any big losses last season for Miami. A coach that can avoid blowouts can't be all bad. He probably just needs more time. Not at all. Watch the game, you'll see it. As for last year, while the we only lost to you guys by 10, it was 17 before the last TD, and you ran all over us. Louisville beat us by 18. Virginia beat us by 17 (and it wasn't that close). Pitt manhandled us in Miami.

Don't worry, our high school offensive coordinator will call 19 bubble screens, and do absolutely nothing to exploit any weaknesses you may have on defense.

Nothing funnier than a Miami trash talking any time after 2003ish.

You want to make money? Put everything you own, mortgage, kids' college fund, etc. on NU. Trust me. Al Golden does not win big games. Never has, never will. He goes into a shell and coaches scared. His record against teams with winning records (yes, I know NU is 1-1) is atrocious. His record at Temple against teams with winning records was pathetic. Look at the 2nd half of the FSU game last year as evidence. Miami went up 16-0 and 23-7, and then he got scared and coached not to lose. He does that all the time in big games. ps PLEASE BEAT US AND PUT US OUT OF OUR MISERY

Yay, attendance smack, how original.

He was our top recruit last year, so a true freshman, DE. He was a 5-star recruit who chose Miami over Alabama and FSU. He has barely played this year (2 tackles), but that's the Miami Herald trying to stir up $%$#. He's dinged up and didn't travel, and they started firing off tweets, starting rumors that he was suspended and left home and transferring. http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=658368&SPID=103763&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28700&ATCLID=209517236&Q_SEASON=2014

Oh, that's a new one. I was hoping it was this guy....

Is it the guy with the beard and sunglasses? Or is it the retarded guy calling himself Dannyboycane? Please, please, please tell me it's Dannyboycane. That guy is a Miami message board legend. And, when I say he's retarded, he actually is. If you have been introduced to Dannyboy, you are in for a treat. He was actually killed by a bear after contracting the swine flu while eating walmart pizza in New Jersey doing the tomahawk chop. If it's the other guy, I wish he was retarded, because there is no excuse for him. Whenever he posts one of his videos, everyone on our board makes fun of him, rips, tells him to STFU.

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Who has played the rest of those games? It sure doesn't look like they gained much. Here is what I posted in another thread, edited with what has happened this week. Offense QB: Brad Kaaya is the QB right now, but Ryan Williams, who was the incumbent after Stephen Morris graduated, has been cleared to play, though I doubt he will. He partially tore his ACL in the spring, but had the Nebraska game circled as his comeback date. He has dressed every game this year, and has been practicing for a month, but the coaches say they won't play him until he's "fully mobile." He's a 5th year senior, and not amazing, but very reliable. He started as a true freshman at Memphis and threw for 2,000 yards with 13 TD and 10 INT before transferring to Miami (he's from the Ft. Lauderdale area). In 2 years as Morris' backup he was 37-52 for 456 yards with 4 TD and 1 INT. IF he can't go, it'll be Kaaya. Kaaya was a 4-star recruit from the LA area that chose Miami over USC, UCLA and Stanford. He has a huge upside, but many (myself included) were shocked he won the job as a true freshman. He looked like a deer in the headlights against Louisville for some of the game, though he did make a couple of nice throws. It wasn't all his fault, as Golden and the OC, James Coley didn't open up the playbook, and didn't really give him a chance. He looked ok in the second game against FAMU, and looked very good yesterday against Arkansas State, going 16-24 for 342 yards with 4 TD and 1 INT. He's not very mobile, but has very good size (6-5, 220). The backup, unless Williams is healthy, is Jake Heaps, the transfer from Kansas and BYU, who was the #1 recruit in the nation coming out of high school, but he couldn't beat out a true freshman in the summer, so that's pretty much all you need to know about him. RB: Duke Johnson is one of the better RBs in the nation. He's fast, but isn't one of the fastest RBs around, and not even one of the fastest guys on the team. Don't get me wrong, he'll break long runs, but he'll also get caught from behind. He's 5-9, 206 and he's really, really strong. He has one of the best stiff arms I've ever seen, and he doesn't go down easy. He has 277 yards on 43 carries this year, playing in 2.5 games (he sat the 2nd half against FAMU, as did most of the starters). He also has 3 catches for 25 yards, and is a great receiver out of the backfield, but our OC refuses to use him, which is another story I'll get into below. For his career he has 2,144 yards in 23 games. He's a great kickoff returner, but he's been taken off kickoffs to save his energy. His main backup is true freshman Joseph Yearby, a 4 or 5-star recruit (depending on the site). He's 5-9, 190, so like Duke, but a little smaller, but he runs like Duke, strong for his size. He has 127 yards on 24 carries. The other RB who gets carries is Gus Edwards. He was the #1 FB coming out of HS, but was moved to RB. He's 6-2, 230, but runs smaller than Johnson and Yearby, which is something he needs to change. Most Miami fans would rather have Yearby or Johnson in for short yardage. He has 9-70 on the season with a couple of TDs. As for FBs, Walter Tucker is the starter, but he got hurt yesterday, and we don't always have a fullback. We go 1 back a lot and 3 wide or 4 wide. WR: This is probably the deepest area on offense. Before the season, if you would have asked me who the best of the group was, I would have said Stacy Coley. Last year as a true freshman, Coley was the only player in the nation to score a TD on a pass reception, a rush, a kickoff return and a punt return. As a receiver he had 33 catches for 591 yards and 7 TD and he had 1,461 all purpose yards. This year he got hurt on the first punt return against Louisville, and while he finished the game, he didn't look "right" the rest of the game. He had 3 catches for 9 yards. He played the first quarter against FAMU and Golden said he held him out of the last 3 quarters because he "dinged" his shoulder and it was just FAMU and it was precautionary. Well, he didn't play against Arkansas State. Now, if I had to bet, if we were playing you guys yesterday, he would have played, and Golden has said he is playing this week. Phillip Dorsett is our fastest WR. He was clocked at 4.19 in the summer. I know he won't run that with the laser timers they have at the NFL combines, but he's a sub 4.3 guy. He's a track star too for Miami. He had 4 catches for 204 yards and 3 TD against Arky State and for the season has 8 for 284 and 4 TD. He was hurt most of last year, but his sophomore year (2012) he had over 800 receiving yards. Herb Waters is another good receiver. He leads the team with 10 catches for 112 yards this year. He's bigger, 6-2, 200. We also have Malcolm Lewis, and true freshman Braxton Berrios, who looks like a Wes Welker clone (minus the drugs). He seems to be Kaaya's safety blanket on 3rd down. He has 10 catches for 106 and a TD. TE: Clive Walford is the starter at TE. He was a basketball player in HS who moved to football. He's 6-4, 260. He's good, not great, but has 82 career catches and had 34 last year. He had some ridiculous stat where 23 of 25 catches were either first downs or TDs. OL: Our OL is G-d awful. It was supposed to be good, but, damn, they're bad. Now, we have a very good LT in Ereck Flowers, and we have 2 good true freshman, that once they take over starting jobs, will be good, but the two guys starting now, Isadora and Gadbois should be playing for Miami of Ohio (maybe). Defense DL: For years this the weak spot on the team. Last year they were historically bad, as was the entire defense. It was so bad that Golden brought in 2 graduate transfers, one David Gilbert, who was a stud at Wisconsin until doctors told him he couldn't play anymore, and another guy who rode the bench at Virginia. We also had a 6th year senior who basically had bionic knees. Anyway, this year they're playing a lot better. At one DE we have Anthony Chickillo. He was a big time recruit out of HS. He was up there near (not as good) Clowney. We had high hopes for him. He came in at 6-4 230 and played as a true freshman. He had a good freshman year, but his next two years were about the same, no progression. He's now 6-4, 282 and rotates between DE and DT. He never lived up to the hype from HS, but he's been solid. 12.5 sacks in 3 years 20.5 TFL, 129 tackles. This year in 3 games he has 17 tackles, 1 sack, 1 TFL, 1 FF and 1 FR. His dad and grandfather played at Miami, and he's all heart. The other DE is Tyriq McCord. He's the polar opposite of Chickillo. He's very small for a DE. Sometimes we play a 3-4 and he's a rush DE or OLB in that scheme. He's 6-3, 248 on the official site, but no way does he weigh that much. He has 7.5 sacks and 11.5 TFL in his career (2 years) playing mostly as a reserve or only on 3rd downs. Also at DE we have true freshman Chad Thomas, who chose Miami over Alabama. All Miami fans think he will be one of the best to play at Miami before all is said and done. He hasn't done much so far, but he did play a lot against Arky State. Arguably our best pass rusher, Quan Muhammed was suspended for the season by the school for beating up his roommate. He said it was self defense, the roommate said it wasn't. Anyway, he'll be back in January. At DT we have a JUCO transfer in Calvin Heurtelou, who is 6-3, 315. He has been very good so far plugging up the middle. Starting next to him is either 6-5, 300 Olsen Pierre, who is good, not great, or Ufambo Kamalu, who plays some DE, but a lot of DT at 6-6, 295. He's looked really good this year, with a couple of sacks, TFL and 8 tackles. We also have Michael Wyche, a JUCO transfer who was supposed to be a stud, but he he came in at 350. He's down to 340 and plays a couple of series a game, but still needs to get into better shape. Also rotating in is true freshman Courtel Jenkins, who wasn't a big name recruit, but has surprised everyone. LB: We are very thin at LB, largely because we've had 4 players kicked off the team in the last 2 years, 3 of them starters. Our best defensive player, Denzel Perryman, is our MLB. He's one of the hardest hitters in college football. He's 6-0, 242. He's great in run support, but not amazing in pass defense. He was still 1st team All-ACC last year after putting up 108 tackles, 5 TFL, 1.5 sacks and FF. This year he has 25 tackles, 4 TFL and a sack in 2.5 games. The other starters are Raphael Kirby, who looks the part (6-1, 240, fast), but isn't consistent, and Thurston Armbrister. Armbrister is having a monster year so far, which came as a shock, since many wanted him benched last year. He's 6-3, 241, and has 17 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 TFL, 2 FR and 2 FF. Jermaine Grace, an undersize LB, also sees a lot of time. CBs: The secondary was supposed to be the strength of the defense, but they've underachieved so far. At one corner is Tracy Howard, a 5-star recruit, who has ok speed, but great cover skills. He had 4 INT last year, but this year he's been beaten a bunch already. The other corners are Ladarius Gunter, who was a JUCO, but in his 3rd year at Miami. Solid, not spectacular. Corn Elder might end up being the best CB. He was Mr. Football and Basketball in Tennessee. He's small (5-10) but has great speed (was a RB in HS). Artie Burns was a big time recruit and is lanky and has good ball skills. Also, Antonio Crawford sees a lot of action. We rotate 5 CBs. Safety: Rayshawn Jenkins, staring SS from last year is out of the year (hurt his back in the summer). Many thought he wasn't going to start this year anyway, but it hurts depth. The starters are Deon Bush, who was a HUGE recruit and chose Miami over Bama. He had a great freshman year (2012) but had a sports hernia last year, missed 3-4 games, and was never "right." He hasn't looked great this year either, though he had a sack yesterday. The other safety is either Dallas Crawford, who as a RB last year, and started when Duke Johnson got hurt, or Jamal Carter, another big recruit, who is an athletic freak. Carter is the big time hitter, and Crawford is the QB out there directing everyone. They all have potential, but they also whiffed on A LOT of 1 on 1 tackles yesterday against ASU. Special Teams They're horrible, and Golden is the ST coach, so I kind of wish he'd fire the ST coach. So far in 3 games we've given up a kickoff for a TD, snapped a punt over the punters head for a TD, missed 2 FG and an XP. Coley, when healthy is a great return man. If he's not returning punts, it's Berrios, who is solid, but not spectacular. Kickoffs, without Duke, nothing special. The punter, Vogel, is good, 45.8 yards per punt. The FG kicker, Goudis, was 13-17 last year. This year he's looked terrible. He's 4-6, but the misses were bad, and the makes didn't look good. Then it came out after the FAMU game that he has a hurt back. We all thought it was an excuse, but he didn't play against Arkansas State. His backup was ranked #1 kicker in the nation by 247 sports in HS. He shanked an XP against Arkansas State, so, who knows. Now, you might have read all of that (or, who am I kidding, most of you probably didn't read all of that) and were thinking, either Miami is good, or this guy is delusional, and pumping up his team. Neither, and here is why. Miami is one of the most talented teams in the country. I think we're more talented than almost everyone on our schedule (player for player). So why will we go 7-5? Coaching. Al Golden: Great "face" for the program, but, in reality, he's a more articulate Randy Shannon. Horrible gameday coach. Can't win the big games. Heck, can't beat teams with a pulse. Has won 3 games over ranked teams at Miami, and those teams were ranked at the time, like Ohio State and Florida, but finished 6-7 and 4-8, respectively. James Coley: Offensive Coordinator. Worst OC I remember at Miami. And that includes Patrick Nix under Shannon. Coley is a GREAT recruiter, but, wow, calling games?!?!? He was OC at Florida State, but Jimbo didn't let him call plays. Now we see why. Now idea what he wants to do. Offense has no identity. Are we a spread? Pro-style? Who freaking knows? Ran 3 trick plays (all failed) in the first half against Arkansas State when we were up 20-7 and moving the ball at will, and it killed our momentum. Also, ran a reverse pass inside the 10 against Louisville when we were down 14-10 that failed. Mark D'Onofrio: Defensive Coordinator. We've had historically bad defenses the last 2 years. Like, really, really, really bad. Like #115 in the nation, bad. No one can convince me it's lack of talent. Anyway, he runs soft schemes, a lot of zone, doesn't bring a lot of blitzes, has the CBs playing 10 yards off the WR and then backpedalling immediately. It'll be 4th and 1, and I'm not kidding, we'll come out in a base defense with the LB 8 yards from the LOS and the safeties 15-20. It'll be goaline defense and the LBs and safeties will be way back in the endzone. Teams will go 4-5 wide, and we'll stay with 4 DBs and 3 LBs. He even has DEs out covering slot receivers. Golden won't fire him because he was the best man at Al's wedding, his roommate in college, etc. Also, he runs Al's scheme, which is Al Groh's defense. Most of the other coaches are better recruiters than Xs and Os coaches too, which is a MAJOR problem on Saturdays. Anyway, if you guys have any other questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them.