Miami Does Manhattan

After dispatching of Boston College in the season opener last week in Chestnut Hill, MA your Miami Hurricanes will travel well outside the footprint of the Atlantic Coast Conference and take their road game to Manhattan, Kansas to face the #21 ranked Kansas State Wildcats in the second game of the 2012 season.

Not to be confused with its big brother in New York State, the "Little Apple" is not known for its big business, bright lights and broadway stars but for its small, college town appeal and its consistent, steady and successful brand of football under long time head coach Bill Snyder (160-83-1).

Snyder has been doing Manhattan way before Manhattan was cool.  And, after 20 years at the helm of the Wildcats program there is no doubt that the old, sly, silver fox knows a thing or two about coaching college football. Miami will face a disciplined, well-coached team that executes a solid game plan.

That means that second year Hurricane head coach Al Golden (along with coordinators Jedd Fisch and Mark D'Onofrio) really has his work cut out for him today.  Golden lost last year's head-to-head match-up with Snyder 28-24 in the Orange Bowl in a game the hinged on two big plays.

Late in the fourth quarter Wildcat RB John Hubert busted loose for a 47-yard run on third-and-1, catching UM in a goal-line defense with just about everyone on the line of scrimmage. After that momentum building burst Kansas State went the full 80 yards on eight plays capped by Hubert's score from 2 yards out and putting Miami in need of late game heroics.

Miami did manage to drive the distance of the field with little time left in the game but Kansas State's defense rose up and stopped UM QB Jacory Harris at the goal line on fourth down with :49 seconds left in the game to seal the victory for the Wildcats.

This year Golden and company are hoping for a much different outcome in Kansas.  This year's Hurricane football team, although much younger and less experienced than last year's team, are bigger, stronger and faster thanks to another year of the "UTough" conditioning program instituted by Golden and managed by long-time UM strength and conditioning coach Andreu Swasey.

This UM team is much more dangerous and has more weapons, some of them even top secret, to work with (seen below).  We have reason to believe that the term "Wildcat" does not just refer to a team from Kansas, but of course that is just be wild speculation on our part.

The question still remains: Will that be enough to get the 'Canes across the goal line late in the fourth quarter when needed?  Only time will tell, but we have reason to believe that it will.

This year we expect to see OL Seantrel Henderson lined up at fullback (yeah I said it!) in front of hard-charging RB Mike James carrying the ball and not lanky QB Jacory Harris trying to desperately nose the ball across the goal line.

In a line from a song titled "I Know A Little" performed by legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd there is a line that goes a little something like this:

"The bigger the city well the brighter the lights,

The bigger the dog well the harder it bites."

As everyone knows Miami, FL is by far much bigger and much brighter than Manhattan, KA. So we say: LET THE BIG DOG EAT!

Canespace Prediction: Big Dog Canes 34, Little Kitty Cats 31

Comments

[Felipe]

Move Mike James to FB and give the majority of the carries to Duke and Clements already please.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | September 08, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Yup, he's a poor man's Charlie Jones.

[Felipe]

So this is where Ishaq Williams wound up? Nice.

[Felipe]

That'll get you benched Eduardo.

[4-Real]

Ohio, where u @ boy??!! We need ur words of encouragement!!

[Felipe]

Nice adjustment by Denzel and Ramon there on the 2nd down.

[Felipe]

spotted em 14. GO No'D

[orange 'n green in the vein]

It's called a QB zone read D'No. One time in your career at Miami before it ends this year, try calling a defense with a spy to stop it just once.

[Panamacitycane]

Ok our defense is just horrible...

[Felipe]

On defense we're not much better than Savannah State to open the game. And that's on No'D for prep.

[CoCane]

It sounds like K-State already knows the gameplan...

[Jiggafras]

Golden has the utmost confidence in No'D. Cant get pressure...don't blitz,, play zone, can't stop the run game, don't blitz play zone. We are screwed until No'D either changes something or is relieved of his duty. Simply inexcuseble.

[USAFCane]

yikes!

[solarcane]

fans quiting on the team before the team quits on the game

Morris is passing better than he ever has
d-no has to go and quick

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Well, now at least Al can drop the, "play with fire," cliche at the post game presser, that should be really entertaining, unlike this game so far.

[86Cane]

I don't think the game plan is to spott the other team 14 points to start each game.

Of course somebody will say: "We got 'em right where we want them."

[solarcane]

welcome Fran

[Laquinton]

OGV, seriously. How can I spot a designed QB run or zone read. God ! Please help coach D. and stop playing the corners so off the ball. This is looking alot like last week. Clements hold on to the ball man! and the one person to pick it up is A.Brown ! I might take up drinkin !

[Felipe]

Twittereaction:

@marcustleonard1
Once again the worst defense in the history of Miami football

@HH57
@mattcoldagelli Yeah, if Miami's defense were bad, that'd be an improvement

@CoreyLong
I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say Miami's defense is a concern.

@PreSnapRead
Miami's defense must feel like it's about to reenact the final scene of "The Crucible." 14-0 KSU 2:25/1st.

[Jiggafras]

D'No needs to go, quite simple

[dacanes]

Let me guess someone missed an assignment

[usagainsttheworld]

who in the world is the d-line coach?

[UpNorthCane27]

Guys correct me if im wrong but when we put the whooping on nebraska it was because we played our assignments and would give crouch a lick every single time.... I know klein is big f****** lay the wood on him!!!!

[Felipe]

At least Fisch is rock solid, amazing frankly.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

TE caught by a DB I can live with.

[solarcane]

ohh loh wait a minute im a fan again, i was just kidding about hoping we lose and on and on

[WWIN]

who said we don't have a TE???

[solarcane]

morris is a real qb

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Wow, Big 12 refs obviously as there's a no call on the horse collar out of bounds on the QB.

[Felipe]

Ya OGV saw that

[solarcane]

At least Fisch is rock solid, amazing frankly.

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look for him to leave soon if d-no stays here

[Tsully76]

Our Canes are losing the battles on the line of scrimmage. Not a good recipe for a win today. Let's Go Canes

[Jiggafras]

Morris needs to get rid of that ball, he was out of the pocket

[Laquinton]

that was a clear horse colar! i will settle for 3. but this needs to be a 3 and out now D'NO !

[Laquinton]

theres a pash rush chick !!

[Felipe]

Miami trending nationally on twitter. And not in a good way (defense), lol. Seems all but a few 80 IQ poofters are pretty stunned at how passive our defense is.

[Jiggafras]

We can put up 40 on KSU, i have no worry. We need to get 2 turnovers and we win this game. Their D is atrocius. One score would do us a world of good considering we get the ball back

[86Cane]

Anybody got any pain medication handy? LOL

[orange 'n green in the vein]

It's pretty obvious that Jedd is a great poker player. He said with a straight face he went to the hurry up because he realized he needed to get more plays to his weapons last year when the truth is he saw that if he didn't go hurry up D'No's patented bend slowly until you break for a score eight game clock minutes later strategy meant he had to get that time back with quick strikes as he possibly could.

Also, 3G, my LOF, takes down the guy who D'No announced to the world last year. Now for some Duke.

[Felipe]

Oh thanks. Mumbling announcers.

[CoCane]

A SACK!!! (Catholic choir singin) AAAAAAMEEEEN

[4-Real]

Whadda bout Crouch callin Olsen Pierre Pierre Olsen???

[WWIN]

I have zero clue about coaching a college football D, atleast me and No'D are the same. OMG

Posted by: Jiggafras | September 08, 2012 at 12:21 PM

funny lol

[USAFCane]

if the qb is going to make every pass, this will be a very long day. Being dominated!

[86Cane]

Al...U are welcome to comment here but saying things like: "I hope we lose by 70" is not smart and completely unnecssary.

Try harder, be smarter my friend.

[Jiggafras]

No contain, these guys are not experience enough to play react contain.

[j.w.]

31. Again.

[360Cane]

Wow. Our defense is crap. Coach, youth or both?

[Felipe]

Vaughn Telemook down for Miami. I love that Allen Hurns is out and the training staff can't explain what the heck is wrong with him.

Twitter:

@Prep_Jay
Miami's defense looks soft. I aint callin em soft, but they look and sound soft. No pads poppin no big hits no fight

[Ohio_Cane]

How many ship jumpers and D'No haters are out n about right now? No time to follow the blog right now

[CGNC]

Just got here, what's been happening other than we are down 14-3