Sunday, October 26, 2008
Should "Win Ugly" Be Our New Motto?
Okay, so it wasn't Ken Dorsey throwing all over the field to Jeremy Shockey and Andre Johnson for 60 points or Michael Irvin catching 5 TD passes, in route to a 50 point beat down; hell it wasn't even all that impressive of a win, but it was the new Miami way of winning. Perhaps we should adopt a new motto: "Win Ugly"!! I think the issue that alot of old school Cane faithful have is that this isn't the "Cane" way of winning that we are accustomed to. The Canes blow teams off the field. the Canes embarrass teams and the Canes ruin teams seasons!! Well I hate to tell you there stuborn Cane fan, but this isn't that kind of team (YET!!). In a couple years that will be Miami again; however this team, this season is not likely to blow anyone off of the field. This team wins ugly; The past 3 weeks, we have won very ugly at times. The UCF game was ridiculous, but we won; last week we fell behind to 17-7 and 24-14 and ended up winning 49-31 and this week played Wake Forrest at their own game and we beat them at it.....We won UGLY, but hey bitter Hurricane fan.....We won!!!! 3 in a row, none of them was impressive, but all of them were wins!!! Looking ahead to the rest of the season; we haven't been given much to be optimistic about, but that is the point... no one sees us coming, until it's over and we are ahead on the scoreboard. We are not pretty, exciting, explosive or all that organized, but we win!! We are ugly, disorganized, inconsistent and at times down right boring, but we just chip away!! All I'm saying is who cares how we win, as long as we win!! So I'm campaigning for Miami's motto for the rest of the year to be "Win UGLY"!! Next up we have a red hot UVA that will most likely be overconfident, but we can't bank on that!! I think we can win this game, but we are going to have to win it our way, no shootout!! We have to "Win UGLY"!! As much as I can't stand the UVA fans, I'm going to make the 2 hour trip and watch this game in person... I hope we can win it our way and not fall into the traps we fell into against UNC and FSU....GO Canes!!!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Finally a Feel Good Victory!
I know it's corny and a bit tacky, but the expression "Feel Good Victory" definately applies here! After trailing 17-7 in the 2nd qtr the Canes ripped off 35 points in the second half and ran away with a 49-31 victory. I gotta tell you, early in this game I was redy to bury this season. It truly looked like another crushing ACC loss was in the making. Duke was blasting through our defense and Robert Marve was making Kyle Wright and Kirbie Freeman type mistakes!! These weren't rookie mistakes, they were flat out STUPID throws into triple coverage! No excuse for it!! Suddenly, Randy Shannon looks like a genius when Jacory Harris (who everyone has dogged, including myself) and single handedly shreds Dukes defense, to the tune of 18/28 for 185 yds, 53 rushing yds and 5 total TDs!! Incredible doesn't even do his performance justice. I think it is safe to say that we have a QB controversy!! Honestly, I don't know what Coach Shannon will do next week as far as Harris and Marve are concerned!! I don't want to take too much away from one performance. Marve still does have the better arm; although he routinely tries to break recievers fingers with his rocket launcher of an arm. Right now, I don't care, I'm just feeling good about a quality win and over 400 yards of offense!! On a different note, it seems that the stars are aligning for us a little bit with UNC losing to UVA, VT in trouble at BC and our victory over Duke. We are still a long shot, but at least we have a punchers chance to steal the conference!! Having said that, we have alot of work to do, starting with Wake next Saturday at noon (Unfortunately we have been banished to ESPNU for a third straight week). Fortunately for us Maryland laid out a blue print on how to shut down the Deacons, unfortunately we get to play an angry team coming off an embarrasing loss!! Anyways, enjoy it while it lasts because it gets much tougher from here!! C-A-N-E-S Canes!!!
Thursday, October 09, 2008
* You Are Here
Okay so I admit that I'm being a little dramatic, but after traveling to Dolphin Stadium on Saturday for the UM vs FSU game, this is what it feels like to a lot of Cane fans (myself included). I was there, I saw the look in the fans eyes as the realization that the comeback of a lifetime was not going to be completed and the Canes were going to 2-3 on the year. This fan base is starving for a big win over a RELEVANT team, because let's be honest, we really haven't had a huge win since beating VT in Blacksburg 3 years ago!! This fan base is beyond impatient, they are completely devastated right now!! The hope is almost non existent and the general consensus is that the sky is falling and the Canes are falling into oblivion!! Not so fast my friend!! Lets pull it together here Cane Nation!! Lets put it in perspective:Game 1- We beat up on Charleston Southern!! No surprises here!!
Game 2- We played a hell of a game vs UF and don't forget it was 9-3 at the start of the 4th quarter. Ultimately we ran out of gas and DEPTH!
Game 3- We beat up on Texas A&M until the fourth qtr, where we decided to let off the gas a little!! Great win; however lets face facts the Aggies aren't exactly a good team this season!
Game 4- We led the entire game, but the secondary fell apart in the closing minutes, causting us the lead. We drove the entire length of the field in less than a minute, but came up a fingertip short of the win.
Game 5- We came out and looked horrible in the 1st half. In the second half we made a ferocious come back that was ruined by a TD run on 3rd and a mile for FSU late.
Bottom line, we could have won every game and we can still win every game remaining!! Will we?? I doubt it, but it is not that bad in Miami!! Be patient and let this team go through it's growing pains!! Most of our starters are 18 and 19 year old kids, fresh out of high school!! We are going to get where we want to go, but it's going to be an ugly and at times frustrating road back to the top. I hate seeing Hurricanes fans so down, we are going to whether the storm and get back on top, it just won't be this week!! For now we need to take one game at a time and work towards becoming bowl eligible. Forget the ACC Championship, forget the National Championship and focus on a Champs Sports Bowl, Car Care Bowl or God forbid an Emerald Nuts or "Smurf" Bowl invitation. Cane fans, stop being delusional, this is a rebuliding year!! GO CANES!!! KEEP LAYING THAT FOUNDATION!!
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