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You guys need to focus on Stacy Coley, and Phillip Dorsett.

 

This will be the fastest wr corps you guys will see all season

 

 

'Fast' receivers don't really cause a disadvantage for our defensive schemes, especially when we go to nickel which is pretty common against any team that doesn't have a power run identity.

 

We've faced a good amount of good receivers over the last six seasons since Bo took over and the only one I can think of that really had a ton of success against our defense was Justin Blackmon, and 80 of his yards were on a flea flicker.

 

Landlord- I suspect that Cane305 is Al Golden and you are giving him too much useful information

 

LOL, you can give Golden all the info in the world. Still don't think he will know what to do with it. Great recruiter!!!.. Coach?.. Meh..

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We been pulling hI'm past 2 games in the 3rd quarter.

 

He broke Willis McGahee rushing record, and had a chance to be top 5 in rushing for UM by end of the season.

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.

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I must say, I really have no idea what to expect tomorrow night. I tried staying up to watch a little of the NU/Fresno game last week but I have a two week old at my house so needless to say when she sleeps, I sleep.

 

Not knowing the overall team speed of the Big Ten teams I'm still going to assume Miami is at the top or near the top of those teams Nebraksa is going to face regarding speed.

 

Just don't think it's enough to win up there.

 

Agree with Notsince1985 regarding our O-Line. I thought they were going to be decent this year and they may end up being okay as the year goes on but geez are they God awful at run blocking. They are the 2nd largest O-line in the ACC which will probably be 9th best in the Big Ten yet it doesn't seem like they can push people around. They are decent at past protection. I would blame the sacks more on Kaaya holding on to the ball too long and the running backs not being able to pick up blitzes.

 

Anyways, my little one is sleeping so I'm off to bed.

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