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!!!
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