Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Curse or Collapse???
I have never been the type of sports fan who believes in sports curses and superstition(Curse of the bambino or the billie goat in Chicago),however as of late I'm staring to become open to the idea that the U is cursed this season.Once again I sat at a Hurricane game with my heart in my throat Saturday as I watched another FLUKE interception and fumbled punt drive a steak through the hearts of this battered and weary Miami team.Are we cursed??Have we done something terrible to bring this horrible season on ourselves??If we aren't cursed how do you explain it??How do you explain a team that was picked to win the ACC and picked by some to win the National Title(Kirk Herbstreet) going 5-5 to start the season??How do you explain a QB who lots of people felt would have a breakout year turning to mush in the spotlight??How do you explain a pass defense picked by many to be the best in the country getting picked apart all season(see the Louisville and Maryland game film)??How do you explain a bench clearing brawl with a team we've never even played against??How do you explain a media feeding frenzy picking at the Canes like a bunch of voltures feeding on a dead carcass??How do you explain countless dropped passes by multiple players(Lance Legget at GT,Sam Shields WIDE OPEN after his defender fell down at Maryland)??How do you explain a senseless and tragic murder of a great kid??How do you explain our rising star "Baby J" not being able to stay healthy??How do you explain a 25-20 victory over Duke or a 14-13 victory over Houston??Are we this bad??I don't think so!!The thing that baffles me is that we are probably more talented than anyone in the conference.We have all the weapons,but we don't find ways to use them.Has the coaching really been so bad that it has cost us 5 losses??Hey I'm right up there with many other Canes fans,I want Larry Coker gone yesterday,but I dont think it's as much his fault as people think.Larry Coker isn't dropping passes,throwing picks or fumbling punts and I know alot of canes fans don't wanna see it that way but the players have made the mistakes.I guess my point is that I can't explain this season,I dont know if it's a curse or just bad luck,maybe it's coaching and maybe it's the players,all I know for sure is that I'll be in Charlottesville VA Saturday with my head held high and my us against the world attitude still in tact!!In closing I leave you with this thought"This team might be a sinking ship,but I would rather have a front row seat to this sinking ship than a seat on any bandwagon in the world!!"CANES FOREVER!!!
Will AKA Caneiac1
Will AKA Caneiac1
# posted by Will U-Swag Toler...A.K.A Caneiac1 @ 10:21 AM 
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