The Short List To South Beach: Week 10

After a week of tumultuous upsets in college football the Shortlist to South Beach stands at a mere 13 lucky teams still left, ranked by order of worthiness for one of the two top spots as follows;

Notre Dame, Kansas State, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Louisville, Georgia, Florida, LSU, FSU, Oregon State, Clemson and Mississippi State.

Not a single team won a game last week that I called for them to lose and be eliminated from Shortlist contention in 2012, not even the double digit favorite Sooners who gave a perfect illustration between the difference of the top two teams on the Shortlist this week in their marque match-up loss.

Three teams this week find themselves removed from the Shortlist thanks to unpredicted losses stemming respectively from poor coaching, looking ahead, and costly mental lapses from the most important position on the field;

1) Southern Cal gets their overpaid reverse nepotism coaching connection laid bare for the charade it really is as they fall to Arizona in Tucson 39-36.  Apparently the media just voted them first in the preseason for the press junkets because it certainly wasn't for their strength of schedule or talent of their quarterback who was bested by an old high school rival he used to own at the last level of football he was any good at.  Well, at least there's always next week for this perennial overrated program to try and save some face, or have it disfigured completely, by beating the historical conference giant coming to visit.

2) Rutgers ruins homecoming in New Jersey by losing to an under the radar Kent State team 35-23.  In a flash Kyle Flood's great coaching start comes rushing back to reality as the Scarlet Knights now go into November for a stretch run with only a weakened Big East championship to play for.  Even Greg Schiano's historically bad, but improving, Rutgers squads didn't end up on the short end of the final score against Kent State, as a reference point, so how his replacement refocuses this team will determine if they can climb to the next level of success despite this big setback.

3) Ohio closes the Shortlist this year on the non-auto-qualifying BCS conferences as they let a chance at forcing overtime in Miami or Ohio slip away due to a mental error on behalf of the quarterback for a 23-20 loss.  Whether this becomes the enduring memory of signal caller Tyler Tettleton's college career remains to be seen but forgetting the lack of any number of timeouts remaining while you take a sack in the red-zone with only enough time on the clock to run one play for the win and another for the tie to force overtime to ruin an undefeated season is something most will never forget regardless of how the rest of his starts play out in Athens.

I predict a single team will be eliminated from the Shortlist this week, no matter how much cowbell they bring to face the Aggies;

Mississippi State.

Enjoy the games this week and join me back here next week as what transpires in November will be recalled for all time here on the Shortlist to South Beach!

Copyright 2012 by Christopher Whelpton for Canespace.com

Comments

[Old Skool]

Good Morning. It's a football day

[canezilla]

While murder rates fell across the country as a whole in 2011, Memphis’ murder rate jumped 31%.
WILLIE WILL WHAT UP MANE?

[canezilla]

GAAAAAMEDAY!!!!!!

[SOUP]

GO CANES, BEAT VT!!!

[NativeCane]

OGV parachutes into Sun Life with the UM flag in one hand, choking a purple rubber turkey with the other hand, while drinking a beer!

Canes 27
V Tech 16

Go Canes!!!

[canezilla]

DOES ANYBODY ELSE SEE A BLOWOUT? I'M TALKING CANES HUGE BY 21.JUST STOP THE QB DRAWS AND WE WILL BE FINE

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Native, sounds like a PLAN! Just add, 'lands on D'No's head, knocking him out and forcing Barrow to call the plays from upstairs resulting in noticeably improved situational defensive deployment,' and we're all set

Now, where did I leave my packed chute lying around after trick or treating last night?

[LB]

The margin of victory is as irrelevant as candidates for political office. Just win, baby. At all costs.

A win probably puts us alone in first (as Duke plays Clemson).

Just win. We need something. Anything. Win. Win. Win.

Win ugly, win beautiful. Just win.

[UMike]

LB.. Im with i, i dont care how we win, just win

[Ohio_Cane]

Win ugly, win beautiful. Just win.

Posted by: LB | November 01, 2012 at 08:27 AM
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This.

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - FSU continues its attack on UM verbal recruits and offers TE Jeremy Kerr, who committed to Miami several months ago. Don't see him flipping.

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa - FSU "insiders" will tell you that they pushed DL Keith Bryant away and that's why he committed to UM. False. Always a Cane. 100% solid. #BS

[CoCane]

The word in Lauderdale is that Collins is 100% cane & is just flirting. Hopefully the hood is right...

[BigWindyCane-Forecast1]

A win tonight puts the Canes in the driver's seat, and the Golden plan is still on track, despite the naysayers.

I will say it again - this is could be the biggest game of Al Golden's tenure. A lot is riding on this game. A win on national TV will put the Canes ahead of its rebuilding schedule, help in recruiting battles and build confidence and momentum into the final 3 weeks and the beginning of next season. A loss would bring the slow the momentum and also mean a longer rebuilding process.

If Golden and the Canes win this game, take sole possession of the Coastal, win the last 3 winnable games (finish 8-4), make the ACC-CG and maybe creep into the top 25 -- Golden will silence his critics and naysayers for a long, long time.

[Ohio_Cane]

The word in Lauderdale is that Collins is 100% cane & is just flirting. Hopefully the hood is right...

Posted by: CoCane | November 01, 2012 at 09:19 AM
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The hood is always right. Collins not going ANYWHERE

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa - Keep An Eye On: 2013 DE Darius Holiday, 6'5'' and 260 lbs, per CanesInSight's Pete Ariz. Miami is evaluating him. #RecruitingWar

[jiggafras]

This is Golden's biggest game, am sorry to say if he loses this game, i think he is heading down the Shannon road. Shannon could never win a game to truly mattered even though he was 2-2 v FSU....So far Golden is 0-3 v FSU and VT and this game matters the most. VT is not a great team, they have not won one single game away from home this season. There are no excuses, week 10 coming off a bye at home against your second biggest rival with everything to play for. Lets see what they are going to do, Quite intrigued. Personally i expect nothing would hope if they surprise me.

[Ohio_Cane]

Miami Hurricanes vs. Virginia Tech Hokies – By The Numbers

5 – Sacks compiled by the Virginia Tech defense in each of its last two games.

6 – Consecutive road games lost by the Hokies, matching the longest such losing streak for the program since the 1991 season.

9 – Number of quarters (out of 32) this season that Miami has led in time of possession.

9.6 – Average number of games won by Virginia Tech in the last 19 seasons, all of which have ended in bowl appearances.

29 – Times the Hurricanes and the Hokies have met in the past; Miami holds a 17-12 advantage, while Virginia Tech has won the last three meetings.

31 – of 47 tackles by Canes linebacker Denzel Perryman’s that have come in the last three games, including a season-high 12 stops against Florida State.

56 – Seconds remaining in the last head-to-head match-up when Tech quarterback Logan Thomas ran for a touchdown, clinching a 38-35 win.

82.8 – Percentage of red zone opportunities the Hurricanes offense has converted through its first eight games.

179 – Completions by Miami quarterback Stephen Morris through eight games, which leads the Atlantic Coast Conference. Morris also leads the conference in passing attempts (311) and passing yards (2,219), and is second in yards per game with 277.4.

225 – Consecutive games in which Virginia Tech has scored, beginning with a win over Miami in 1995.

[nemo2002]

Nice post OC.

[UpNorthCane]

Canespacers whats going on family??? Im getting mys tuff ready for the big game tonight..... The U will come out on TOP!!! and will beast the rest of the season bringing us to 8-4 for sure...

Who's going to the UVA game? I'll be making the Drive from the biggest state in our Country RHode Island, to chear on the CANES!

[Willie Will in Nashville]

While murder rates fell across the country as a whole in 2011, Memphis’ murder rate jumped 31%. 
WILLIE WILL WHAT UP MANE?

Posted by: canezilla | November 01, 2012 at 06:04 AM

What up Zilla, I see you slept a lil too late this morning lol. Man I'm tryna stay clear from them Memphis folks, they goin too hard but it ain't much better in Da Ville neither tho. Its a shoot out on my street every other day, outside folks wouldn't understand they think its all country music down here lol. But you know that I know that you know lol.

I know a couple of years ago Memphis had the #1 murder rate in the country and Cashville was #4, I don't know it has changed or not.

[UpNorthCane]

WIllie Will.......

Young Buck's Welcome to Cashville = CLASSIC ALBUM and for educational purposes everythingyou need to know about you boyz from TEN-A-KEY...

[herbieibis]

Has to be a win tonight, if we lay a dam dognut and play like we have been playing, some coaches need to take a long last look at themselves!

[dg]

I'm a Memphis native..it is one of the most dangerous cities in the country. If you visit, there are a lot of cool things. BUT do not wonder and get adventurous..you will come up short. Memphis is a major drug hub so a lot of turf and senseless violence. Much like Miami is not South Beach-Elvis is not Memphis.

[canezilla]

Making
Easy
Money
Pimpin
Hoes
Is
Serious
LOVE 3-6 MAFIA AND 8 BALL

[canezilla]

SOUP WHAT TIME U GOING TO BE SUNLYFE? IM GOING TO SLIDE BY,U IN THE GREEN LOT?

[Willie Will in Nashville]

WIllie Will.......

Young Buck's Welcome to Cashville = CLASSIC ALBUM and for educational purposes everythingyou need to know about you boyz from TEN-A-KEY...

Posted by: UpNorthCane | November 01, 2012 at 10:32 AM

Lol yep. Yeah that's my home boy, we grew up together. He lived on the street behind mine

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Posted by: canezilla | November 01, 2012 at 11:23 AM

Now you talkin lol. Just watch yo back when they play it in da club tho, you could get a fade for no reason, well it would be a reason cuz 3-6 came on lol

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Up north,

Good to see you back dog

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Zilla,

Also I found my 3-6 "when da smoke clears" cd a few weeks ago, that wuz that one lol

[UpNorthCane]

Been working hard Willie Will, had to comment on the Ten-A-Key scenes, Buck used to be my boy man when G-Unit was in full effect, crazy how small the world is and he lived behind your house.

Hoping these Canes pick it up tonight man and put in some serious work we need this game man, this is a big game for us.

Hows the lil cane doing? looking big in the picture.

[canezilla]

PAT IS THE BEST IN THE MAFIA

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Upnorth,

What most people don't know is that Buck wuz cold in basketball. I woulda never expected him to be a rapper

[j.w.]

Happy game day, Canes fans! Time for a win.

[ARTHUR BROWN]

nice article. lets go canes

[Willie Will in Nashville]

PAT IS THE BEST IN THE MAFIA

Posted by: canezilla | November 01, 2012 at 11:55 AM

What you know about that "Getty Green"?? I like da juice man crunchy black, and gangsta boo too.

[Hassan]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/the-rocks-hulk-costume-dwayne-johnson-dresses-the-hulk-halloween_n_2056741.html

The Rock's Halloween outfit.

[CGNC]

Win ugly, win beautiful. Just win.

Posted by: LB | November 01, 2012 at 08:27 AM
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This.

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | November 01, 2012 at 08:51 AM

+1

[Hassan]

Bruce Feldman ‏@BFeldmanCBS
If Bama played the worst NFL team (currently Jaguars) on neutral field, Tide would be a 24-pt underdog, per @RJinVegas

[CGNC]

Ok Canes, need a win tonight. We.All.Need.It.

[LB]

"The word in Lauderdale is that Collins is 100% cane & is just flirting. Hopefully the hood is right..."

I'd say Collins goes to UM by depth chart alone. It will be difficult to play anywhere at FSU... they're three deep at pretty much every position.

UM? We can use everything and everyone. Come on down.

[LB]

Do we have any punters/kickers on the 2013 radar?

[Hassan]

Examining coaching stability thru RobertMarve: 48 assts recruited him. Only 2 are still at same college:

I think this speaks to the instability of coaching and also how important getting a good QB is. Marve has been in CFB since the Bush administration. Remember how Shannon hitched his wagon to Jacory and look where that got him.

[Hassan]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/bruce-feldman/20775480/examining-college-coaching-stability-thru-robert-marve

[SOUP]

Zilla...I'm at The Hampton waiting for OGV to show up so we can ride together to the Fort Lauderdale Airport. I'm dropping him off for the parachute drop into the stadium tonight while holding the UM flag, a purple chicken and a keg of beer.

He first planned to land on D'No's head but then decided against that and instead is aiming for the UM student section. He feels that if he can land safely with a keg there that they will never let security get to him to kick him out.

I aksed him where he got the purple chicken and how he was gonna carry a KEG of beer while parachuting in and all he would say was: "I GOT THIS!"

[SOUP]

We should arrive at Row E5 Green Lot around 3:30. White Isuzu Rodeo next to a green p/u truck nearer to the stadium than the actual E5 sign in the center of the row.

[SOUP]

If there was ever a MUST win then this MUST be it. Go Canes, beat VT! I agree with the 21 point win tonight so I have revised my score to: UM 41, VT 20.

And no, I have not started drinking...yet!

[Ohio_Cane]

Canes - 47

VT - 34

[SOUP]

Change in plans...OGV could notfind his parachute so instead will repel in from a helicopter hovering over the field.

We are off, be there at 4 PM.

[Willie Will in Nashville]

I think the defense will take another step forward tonight and surprise some people, mainly OGV

[myndraize]

Canes-37

VT-23

[myndraize]

Never got to see any video on D.Dillard is he just a power back at the size of 6'1 220 with no speed?

[Ohio_Cane]

Rumor has it the Canes are wearing ALL ORANGE...

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Keg, check.
Flag, check.
Purple chicken, check.
In the immortal words of Polk highs greatest football hero, let's rock.

[myndraize]

How many feel the boys will shut down the run tonight

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Al is going to find out just what a matchup of two five hundred teams draws in a pro city tonight, even with first place in the worst division in college football in the line.
FIRE D'NO NOW!

[herbieibis]

Here's the keys from the Herb for tonights tilt vs the Roosters.
1.Hold dem scrubs to under 150 yds rushing. Hey that would be a milestone for us.
2.Have to get up in Thomas's grill and don't let him sit back & sign autographs before he has to throw. Got them orders De-Line.
3.We have to be able to run the ball. Another 29 yd. effort and we get beat!
4.Don't play stupid football. (Penalties, 5 or less).
5.Win the T.O. battle. (Remember Tech thrives off your mistakes).
6.Don't get out coached.
7.Follow my simple words and the Herb sees it, 28-24.

[j.w.]

Good luck with the parachute/repel OGV!
My prediction: M I A M I 38, Va. Tech 31.

[Sinistercane]

Vt 31
Canes 20

Too many drop balls, hope I'm wrong

[OCALACANE]

ROLLCALL!

STRAPUP SpaceCadets!

[panamacitycane]

Aaahhhhh poop..lets do this!!!!

Canes - 76
VT - 9

it shall be written!!! Hahaha

[raizecane]

this game will determine what kind of coaches we have. When you have these many days to prepare, there is no excuse.

If we lose, it will be soley on the coaches and perhaps we need to start looking elsewhere. Yes, I have had a few captn-n-cokes already but still.....

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Raise, brinGing the drunk logic, LOVE IT!

[Willie Will in Nashville]

I rather wear the all green uniforms with black socks and black and orange shoes

[panamacitycane]

Wow miami way to show up and support the team..wish I lived close enough to go

[ARCane]

Yay Canes!
This blog looks like the stadium or there's something wrong with my computer!

[panamacitycane]

Please telemaque get off the field!

[panamacitycane]

Blitz every play! He can't throw make him throw

[Jack]

WE GOT SOME CANES OVER HERE!!

[Jack]

D looks better!!

[orange 'n green in the vein]

D'NO HASA DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD! DANGER SEBASTIAN! DANGER!

[UpNorthCane]

WE GOT SOME CANES OVA HEA!!!!

[orange 'n green in the vein]

D'NO HASA DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD! DANGER SEBASTIAN! DANGER! Tried to warn you

[panamacitycane]

Holy crap..r u serious with that? Where is the qb spy?

[UpNorthCane]

Goddammmittt perryman slipped on that fing qb draw unluckyy

[Raizecane]

That was unexcusable

[VA Cane]

I am sorry but to let a QB go 73 yards is pathetic. The saftey looked outside, never turned and looked at the guy getting the ball. Some of this D is scheme, yes, but these kids had terrible HS coaches. They are unaware of what a team is doing, and by in large cannot tackle. A coach in college should not have to teach people to be alert, think and how to tackle. We are small, we do not attack the offense, we get caught out of place and we do not tackle. That cannot happen. JMO

Duke sure came to play though!!!!

[VA Cane]

OGV get your tail down there, put on the headset and get that D straight!!!!

[BigWindyCane]

Duke Johnson is a true playmaker when he is healthy

[Texcane]

No D's play call was bad. Then Denzel and the safety followed it up with bad reads. This late in the season it's just sad.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Phone will die soon, good luck to us all tonight, we need it, OFF signing off from section 444!

[Texcane]

Look at Duke having to coach up older players. Why is this not already done?

[Zakkee]

Even the commentators questioned the defensive call on the draw.

Please please please Miami hurricanes fans do not attempt to find an outlet to avoid crediting the horrible call made by D'omino////

His call left no one to cover the middle of the field. It wasn't unfortunate or a mistake by the players. It was bad coaching simple and plain.

Their offense is SEVERELY inept

Run Blitz the hell out of them!

Vaughn Telemaque is ten times better than Highsmith or Rodgers, so be careful what you ask for. They will nt make a play and Telemaque is inconsistent (he will make plays occasionally).

Telemaque is only effective in an attacking/aggressive scheme, thats part of why his play has declined.

These coordinators are a piece of work. Fisch in the red zone one vie!

[VA Cane]

Dorsett has dropped a lot of passes, and then he fields that punt....this is what I am talking about...what are you thinking...never mind....you are not thinking. I have an undefeated teen team, and am helping DBs on an undefeated HS team....both think more and tackle better. This is why we struggle so much....we do not think and we do not execute the fundamentals on a regular basis. You do not teach people to tackle or think in college.

We have done some good things so far, if we would think more, and execute more, combined with hard work and enthusiasm and the teamwork I see in place.....we would be a really good team.

[Zakkee]

TE sighting

Rashawn Scott with NFL hands and moves

Easy TD if Dallas keeps it or runs it. Wow just wow!!!

Good play call although we have abandoned the run.

[The Dude]

We win tonight.

[VA Cane]

Yes we were in a poor set, but you have to look at VT....no big run guy, short yardage, a QB who is big and likes to run....damn he gets the ball every play....at least take a look....and after he gets going....did anybody really bust their tail to catch him....not really. Thats a bust all around, but man you got to know down and distance....I am at saftey....hell I look at the guy with the ball at least. JMO

[mi@mic@ne]

Up by 9 points ... nice job.. just worried that our d will not give us a chance to win...I hope they prove me wrong

[VA Cane]

Keep working hard....we got to get that ST fired up as well....too many yards on KO!!

[mi@mic@ne]

oh 11 points

[The Dude]

We still give up too much space to the WRs.

[Zakkee]

So what is the problem with the canes VA Canes?

You credit yourself for being a successful coach (your coaching helps your kid's succeed) but when you relate it to our games, you don't mention the coaching, just that the players aren't executing. I'm confused.

You accept your impact on kid's performance, but excuse our coaches impact on the kid's performance.

[Texcane]

Dallas with a bad read. I'm not even mad at him though bc there are basic mental errors all over the place

[The Dude]

Losing safeties left and right. Deon looks mad about it.

[mi@mic@ne]

its no surprise that Logan Thomas is gonna do most of the ball movement... why arent we keying on this guy?

[panamacitycane]

So we are down to telemaque? Awww shit!

[Jack]

I gues u can't hit a running back??

[mi@mic@ne]

One guy is doing all the damage... one guy

[mi@mic@ne]

Logan thomas on a roll out ...its obvious

[Zakkee]

We are gonna win this game and its gonna mask this horrible defensive game plan and lack of adjustment by D'omino////

This is sad football

V tECH is horrible.