Hello All,
So at this point it is a little late to really talk about that Bethune Cookman game. It is Virginia Tech week now, and let’s be honest, Virginia Tech week means about 119813218946595165198 times more than a middling win over a less than middling opponent.
And when I say middling, I mean middling. So far in the middle that ABC’s “The Middle” is pissed off at Miami and thinking about suing them for intellectual property theft.
Being down 7-0 at home to a D 1-AA opponent halfway through the second quarter…not acceptable.
Being down 7-0 at home to a D 1-AA opponent who received no Top FIFTY votes in the D 1-AA poll following the game…well, now that is downright alarming.
Now, to the ‘Cane credit, they woke up halfway through the second quarter and then administered the kind of ass kicking they were expected to.
Therein lays the problem. Once again, no matter what Coach Golden says, this team came out flat. The defense looked listless, and if not for yet another All American type of play by Sean Spence would have been staring down the barrel of a 14-0 deficit.
When you are the University of Miami, you can not give the opponent hope. The other guy is always going to have a chip on his shoulder and emboldening them is what leads to dumb losses of the Kansas State variety.
This shit has got to stop.
My roommate and I spent five minutes trying to name guys on our roster who we thought, based on our fairly thorough following of the team, actually cared if we lost.
Spence. Jacory. Mike James. Perryman. Jo Jo. Eduardo Clements. Chickillo. Stephen Morris. Henderson. Gunn. Mike Williams.
After that, the list got hard to come up with. And that is a problem
This week the opponent is Virginia Tech, a team who will summarily curb stomp us American History X style if we go to their place and take an hour and a half to wake up.
They have a running back who is maybe the nation’s toughest to tackle, and we have a defense that seems hell bent on disproving the “defense wins games” mantra.
This is the sort of game that either results in Golden’s second big win as a ‘Cane and the driver’s seat to the ACC Title Game OR a devastating blowout at the hands of a rival. This is the sort of game that will require 4 full quarters of football.
As has been discussed in this space before, the difference between the two will be whether Miami can dictate the pace. This time, they can’t start doing so in the 2nd quarter, or they will enjoy yet another long plane ride home from a conference road loss. Thank God this year it will not be played in a green helmet.
Last week I went 4-3 in my picks but nailed Auburn taking down Cackalacky and Arkansas over aTm. For the season I am 26-13. That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
This week’s picks:
Cackalacky (-21) over Kentucky
Kentucky with the back door cover (not a joke about you Ty, but then again, I guess it works…).
K State (+3) over Mizzou
When you’re hot you’re hot.
Georgia over Tennessee (+1)
Little known Stein on the Sidelines fact: the first college football game I ever attended was a Georgia-Tennessee game at Neyland Stadium. Peyton Manning vs. Champ Bailey and Hines Ward…not exactly Tyler Bray vs. Aaron Murray, I know, but they were quainter times.
Nebraska (-11) over Ohio State
So at this point it is a little late to really talk about that Bethune Cookman game. It is Virginia Tech week now, and let’s be honest, Virginia Tech week means about 119813218946595165198 times more than a middling win over a less than middling opponent.
And when I say middling, I mean middling. So far in the middle that ABC’s “The Middle” is pissed off at Miami and thinking about suing them for intellectual property theft.
Being down 7-0 at home to a D 1-AA opponent halfway through the second quarter…not acceptable.
Being down 7-0 at home to a D 1-AA opponent who received no Top FIFTY votes in the D 1-AA poll following the game…well, now that is downright alarming.
Now, to the ‘Cane credit, they woke up halfway through the second quarter and then administered the kind of ass kicking they were expected to.
Therein lays the problem. Once again, no matter what Coach Golden says, this team came out flat. The defense looked listless, and if not for yet another All American type of play by Sean Spence would have been staring down the barrel of a 14-0 deficit.
When you are the University of Miami, you can not give the opponent hope. The other guy is always going to have a chip on his shoulder and emboldening them is what leads to dumb losses of the Kansas State variety.
This shit has got to stop.
My roommate and I spent five minutes trying to name guys on our roster who we thought, based on our fairly thorough following of the team, actually cared if we lost.
Spence. Jacory. Mike James. Perryman. Jo Jo. Eduardo Clements. Chickillo. Stephen Morris. Henderson. Gunn. Mike Williams.
After that, the list got hard to come up with. And that is a problem
This week the opponent is Virginia Tech, a team who will summarily curb stomp us American History X style if we go to their place and take an hour and a half to wake up.
They have a running back who is maybe the nation’s toughest to tackle, and we have a defense that seems hell bent on disproving the “defense wins games” mantra.
This is the sort of game that either results in Golden’s second big win as a ‘Cane and the driver’s seat to the ACC Title Game OR a devastating blowout at the hands of a rival. This is the sort of game that will require 4 full quarters of football.
As has been discussed in this space before, the difference between the two will be whether Miami can dictate the pace. This time, they can’t start doing so in the 2nd quarter, or they will enjoy yet another long plane ride home from a conference road loss. Thank God this year it will not be played in a green helmet.
Last week I went 4-3 in my picks but nailed Auburn taking down Cackalacky and Arkansas over aTm. For the season I am 26-13. That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
This week’s picks:
Cackalacky (-21) over Kentucky
Kentucky with the back door cover (not a joke about you Ty, but then again, I guess it works…).
K State (+3) over Mizzou
When you’re hot you’re hot.
Georgia over Tennessee (+1)
Little known Stein on the Sidelines fact: the first college football game I ever attended was a Georgia-Tennessee game at Neyland Stadium. Peyton Manning vs. Champ Bailey and Hines Ward…not exactly Tyler Bray vs. Aaron Murray, I know, but they were quainter times.
Nebraska (-11) over Ohio State
Auburn over Arkansas (-10)
Oklahoma over Texas (+10)
Red River Shootout. Bedlam. Does anyone have cooler rivalry game nicknames then Oklahoma?
LSU (-14) over UiF
Always guard the inbound passer.
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