Saturday, September 27, 2008
Same Old Canes, Different Day
Another Saturday where I'm left with a sickening feeling in my gut from yet another blown opportunity!! By the way, does anyone know a good heart medication?? It's not so much that we lose, it's the way we lose!! We have lost 9 conference games by a touchdown or less since 05.It is just devastating to lose that way all the time!! So what went wrong?
1- Too many big plays allowed: Sexton and Tate absolutely thrashed the Miami secondary, including a 79 yard TD strike on 3rd and 10 and a 39 yard completion on 3rd and a couple that set up another TD. We allowed UNC to effortlessly drive the ball down the field for the game winning TD. The defense that played so valiantly against Florida was nowhere to be found. Our secret is out, we can't stop the pass!!
2- Youth and inexperience: We just looked like we've never been there!! Robert Marve finally showed his first sign of weakness, by throwing a costly interception late in the game. When the rubber met the road, the Canes defense folded like origami.
3- Overly conservative play calling late in the game: Bottom line, we were playing not to lose instead of playing to win. We had the ball with about 5 minutes left and tried to run out the clock instead of running the offense.
4- God hates me: Just kidding!!
5- UNC has our number: Maybe you don't believe in hexes, luck and voodoo, but you can't tell me UNC doesn't have our number. In 04 we were still fairly respectable at #3 in the country, until a nobody UNC team beat us in Chapel Hill, last season the Heels jumped out to a huge lead after Miami fell apart in the first half and this season we blew a 14-0 lead, a 17-7 lead, a 17-14 lead, a 24-14 lead and a 24-21 lead. Bottom line this team is in our head and it is frustrating!!
6- Jacory Harris playing in the 2nd quarter- Will someone please tell Randy Shannon to let Robert Marve get the game under control before he puts Jacory Harris in the game!! That messes up our entire offensive rythym!
We did have some positives:
Craig Cooper- Ran like a machine
Robert Marve- 3 TD 1 Int
O-line was decent
In any event, I guess this was to be expected at some point this year. We are young and inexperienced and hopefully this heartbreaking loss will teach us some valuable lessons!! The ACC is still realistic, but we have to get to work, starting next week!! I'll be traveling to Miami Gardens for the game, so hopefully my flight home will be a good one after a Canes victory over the Seminoles!! Go Canes!!
# posted by Will U-Swag Toler...A.K.A Caneiac1 @ 12:21 PM 
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