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.

[UpNorthCane27]

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!

[WWIN]

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.

[UpNorthCane27]

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?

[WWIN]

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

[WWIN]

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

[WWIN]

Up north,

Good to see you back dog

[WWIN]

Zilla,

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

[UpNorthCane27]

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

[WWIN]

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

[WWIN]

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.

[WWIN]

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