Just A Little Bit

Aretha Franlklin sang about it. 

Abraham Lincoln earned it. 

Martin Luther King Jr. demonstrated it. 

These days it seems everybody even remotely associated with the Miami Hurricanes football team is scrambling around searching for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T and can't find it anywhere.  In fact, when was the last time you can personally claim to have seen respect around here anyway? 

Was it the last time the Canes won the National Championship in 2001?  2002?  Maybe even late in 2003?

After Saturday's 44-14 loss to Viginia Tech at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg the Canes wound up being swept by the State of Virginia.  Even with Kyle Wright playing his heart out, the Canes defense and Canes fans everywhere had their hearts ripped out by the Hokies late in the second half.  Of course, Kyle's three turnovers (one INT and two fumbles) didn't help matters any, but the Canes defense and special teams just didn't get it done, again and again and again. 

Some faint glimmers of hope that briefly appeared when the Canes narrowed Tech's lead to 20-14 in the third quarter were quickly extinguished when the Hokies drove the ball right down the field against little resisitance and coverted third down after third down against the now infamous "Power of Cheese" defense (read: swiss cheese, lots of holes).  This defense is alledgedly "coached" to stop such a thing by some guy from a 70's TV show (The Waltons).

Trust us when we say that we have looked everywhere for a little respect (just a little bit), but no matter how hard we tried, where we looked or how deep we dug, we just couldn't locate any sign or trace of it. 

Quick, notify the authorities, put out an APB.  Witnesses believe that respect officially went missing on or around November 10, 2007.  It was last seen near NW 7th Street and NW 17th Avenue and was wearing orange and green and a U on it's helmet.

The last time we looked, the numbers posted on the Orange Bowl score board looked like 48-0 to us (that just can't be right, can it?).  That's right the Canes were shut out in their last ever game at the OB and for the first time since 1974 and yet confetti was still raining down as the players left the field like the Canes had won the Super Bowl or something. Talk about your contradictions; where the heck was respect when you needed it most? 

I mean, if respect was going to make a sudden and triumphant re-appearence you would have thought that it would have been at the last ever game in the Orange Bowl, right?  The introductions of the seniors, the halftime celebration of the Canes greats of yesterday and the post game extravaganza were all lined up to ensure that respect would return.   

Canes fans were absolutely certain that respect would return to a team that had earned so much of it over the years in that historic and hallowed stadium.  What a perfect time and place for respect to make it's big return to the team wearing orange and green, right?  Uh, um, well...maybe not. 

And it would also appear that our ACC opponents have lost some respect for the Canes after having beaten them at home three straight times and in five of seven ACC contests this year. The not so usual suspects that stole respect from the Canes this year include: UNC, GT, NCST, UVA and VT. 

Think of this: had Duke beaten the Canes on their home turf (don't laugh, they almost did) the State of North Carolina would have been a perfect 3-0 against the team with The U on their helmets this year!  Heck, if the State of Virginia can do it with UVA and Virginia Tech both beating the Canes this year by the combine score of 92-14, why not the Tar Heel State of North Carolina?  Well at least the Blue Devils have roundball to get even with the Canes alter this year when ACC play turns to the hardwood.

The lone road win against FSU seems more and more like a dream or a miracle the further it gets away.

So to many of us, it appears that respect is on a temporary hiatus, and will only retrun when the Canes start winning again on a consistent basis and respect, if and when it returns, is sure not to be embarrassed.  First, the players, coaches and fans will have to get their acts together because respect is earned by one player, one coach and one fan at a time. 

It seems to us that the lesson here is that respect is something hard to earn yet easy to squander.

While there's no doubt that respect is hard to find these days, we encourage you to keep your eyes open as many here are very confident that it will return again someday, and hopefully soon.  Make sure you let us know first when you get a glimpse of respect, even if it's just a little bit, returning to the University of Miami Hurricanes football team.

Comments

[The Truth]

86,

I usually don't do the whole recruiting thing but there are a couple of those kids that i happen to know or at least know a lot about and want to make sure that the internets rumors don't make here to canespace blob...

That is only an opinion, of course ;)

[solarcane]

Hawaii coach June Jones wanted his football team to open the season at Michigan. The Wolverines wouldn't play the Warriors and instead hosted Division I-AA Appalachian State, which beat Michigan 34-32 in one of the biggest upsets in college football history.

Hawaii was scheduled to play Michigan State this season, but the Spartans paid $250,000 to cancel the game. Jones tried to replace the Spartans with Southern California, but even the Trojans wanted no part of quarterback Colt Brennan and the Warriors' high-octane offense.

Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan can only wonder why Hawaii doesn't get the same respect as Kansas.

"We offered to play everybody," Jones said. "No one wanted to play us."

Ah those were the days
peace

[solarcane]

The Truth
Blob defender, recruit liberator, meantor to the misinformed, champion of downtrodden.

peace

[The Truth]

And you know that "Blob defender, recruit liberator, meantor to the misinformed, champion of downtrodden" is my middle name!

[The Truth]

The blob defender, recruit liberator, meantor to the misinformed, champion of downtrodden Truth

[The Truth]

You know, my girlfriend came by the other night with some wedge looking thing called "the liberator" and all I can say is:

Yes Please!

Quality stuff right there.

Need a little spice to your love lives gentlemen (and ladies)? Well, that;ll do the trick...you ladies will LOVE you!

The Truth would not steer you wrong.

look it up if you don't believe...

[solarcane]

Truth we are not worthy.
peace

[long live ron mexico!]

i kno exactly what youre talking about truth, the liberator is the real deal holyfield.
now i beseech you, give me one tiny smidgen of Truth that you kno that i could decipher as something very positive to look forward to as far as recruits on the fence. i just want some glimmer of hope.

[The Truth]

Are you mocking me? Do you not trust in The Truth? Do you think The Truth would dare ster any of the vaunted legion in anything but the most positive of direction??!!

LOL :)

Go ahead...I dare you. Google it. Your love life will be forever changed.

[The Truth]

you see!!!!!!

LLRM KNOWS!

Thanks for backing me up! That stuff was FUN!

Not much hope for fence dwellers...they could fall either way. PJ is NOT on any fence if that helps.

And the closer you live to Gayturd country, the more likely you are, if you are on the fence, to land on the shi**y side!

Hope that helps.

[The Truth]

The rest of that buisness means nothing. They ALL lie...the kids, the parents, the coaches and even the sites (they keep up the suscribers).

No one really knows...not even I. Because even if they say it to your face and swear up and down, that desn't mean that;s what they'll do when its time to sign.

Free will is a bi*ch!

[The Truth]

And, honestly, as long as they don't sign with the gayturds I would wish all those kids well.

Its a really big decision and there is so much riding on one little signature on one little sheet of paper.

[solarcane]

Its a really big decision and there is so much riding on one little signature on one little sheet of paper.

I think I remember John Hancock using those exact words
peace

[solarcane]

aight
you guys listen to the Truth
solar is gonzo
night ronmex where ever you are,
peace

[The Truth]

u b good now solar

[AvaCane96]

pfft homework...i didnt come to The U to do homework..

lmao

[Teddy Mercury]

Whats crackin SOUP?
I sincerely appreciate the offer and would like to contribute in the future, but I honestly don't know enough about the bball team outside from what I have read or seen on TV to write a good article on them. Seeing that the football season is winding down and the only discussion for the next few months will be on recruiting I am hoping CaneSpace will stay strong and support the bball team like they do football. I think the team will be dancin' this year and maybe support from CaneSpace will get people in the stands and help this program.

[Cavaleer]

Truth, Spence rumors??? WTF?? lol

This is going to be a crazy/funny Dec-Feb.

I think Marti's a Badger. I haven't heard any kid sound so committed to a school.

We'll see though. I'm new to this whole recruiting biz.

[86Cane]

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