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July 30, 2014

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CaneRock

BURNS!...UNO!

Ohio_Cane

Bush! Dos!

SOUP

I got U Ohio, I got U!

Dude on a Pale Horse

4.

Ohio_Cane

From CIS on DE Shelton Johnson:

“It’s mainly between Florida State and Miami , I like those two right now,” Johnson said. “I could become my own man in Tallahassee but still stay in Florida with my family not too far away. Whatever visits I end up taking, I think those will happen after the season.”

http://miami.247sports.com/Article/I...Ahead-29910286

The Best DE in South Florida, for 2015.

UMike

Johnson=Project

Ohio_Cane

Johnson=Project

Posted by: UMike | July 30, 2014 at 10:03 AM
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Did NOT see this coming! LOL

UMike

JK about the project.. but I like Strowbride better as far as South Florid DE's

Ohio_Cane

Johnson would need a redshirt year to bulk up, but that does not = project IMO.

UMike

IDK much about Johnson, I was just busting your chops.. but Im a Strowbridge fan

Ohio_Cane

I like Strowbridge a lot. He's slower than Johnson, but stronger. I think Johnson has a higher ceiling.

Honestly, Johnson reminds me of Demetrius Jackson.

VA Cane

Nice piece, great video. You watch the clips, and see incredible plays catches tackles runs blocks etc; great display of ability and talent.

We need to get to where we are doing it every down; the little things the fundamentals the basics. We do that, the talent and explosiveness that small things can unleash is unstoppable. Lots of speed explosion!!!!!

Nice presentation!!!

30CINCO

CaneFreak is the best, awesome vid.

#cantwait
#dale
#cafecito

Dude on a Pale Horse

If the defense plays like it did against Florida we'll be alright.

VA Cane

Very much so Dude, the pressure was on UF all day. Not sure how good they were, but it was near the beginning of the season, and they had not fallen apart.

We hit like that we can play with anybody. Thats what we need to do.

UMike

Our players played with a fire that game they never did the rest of the year.

VA Cane

We have got to execute fundamental football, which includes the mental side of the game. We have the talent no doubt. Its the execution thing, along with passion and aggression. We play 12 games like that and we will have a banner year Winning...which gets the verbals into the corral, gets them committed and closes that gate behind them!!!!!!

CaneRock

I was gonna say UNC, but then I looked, and we gave up 500 yards against em'...YIKES!

Our best defensive performance, was against WF, we only gave up 361 yards...so I'd like to play like that every week...alright maybe half the season...OK maybe 2 or 3 games...pleeeeease...pretty please? LMAO!

KYcane

Fkn cold chills watching/listening to the video.

Thanks
CaneFreak

Thanks Soup

Dude on a Pale Horse

Remember how WF's "spacing" gave us trouble, lmao!

Go Canes

We may have given up 500 yards against UNC, but again you have to look at the ENTIRE picture.

In our first eight posessions of that game the offense had exactly ONE drive of over 2:20, including four that were four plays or less. We had

In the third and fourth quarters, where we had four drives of at leat three minutes or more, UNC had only two field goals and went three and out it's final four posessions.

The reality is Morris threw four picks, we punted three more times and the DEFENSE saved that game for us by holding UNC scoreless in the fourth quarter.

That storyline happened a lot last season.

Yes the defense was terrible at times, but the offense completely hung them out to dry against more than half our opponents.

JameriCANE

Turn Up!!!

Terrance Sullivan

Bottomline scoreboard. We beat UNC, Wake Forest, Florida, Pitt, USF, FAU, SSU,UVA, GT. So for as god awful as our defense alledgedly was we happened to win 9 games. Time to take the next step this season. Go Canes! I cold give 2 craps about yards just win the freaking game. Is the 1986 National Title at the Schwartz Center since we had like 550 yards against Penn State or is that trophy in Happy Valley because we had 550 yards of offense but 10 freaking points? Priorties Peeps!

30CINCO

Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | July 30, 2014 at 11:43 AM
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on the money

WWIN

Out D was actually great until we played unc, then it went down hill!! Lol

Tsully, SM17 actually struggled the first game of this season against fau!

WWIN

Posted by: SOUP | July 30, 2014 at 08:21 AM

This can't be healthy for this kid right????

Terrance Sullivan

LOL WWIM

raizecane

Im not able to view the video.....says its private.

86Cane

In our first eight posessions of that game the offense had exactly ONE drive of over 2:20, including four that were four plays or less. We had

In the third and fourth quarters, where we had four drives of at leat three minutes or more, UNC had only two field goals and went three and out it's final four posessions.

The reality is Morris threw four picks, we punted three more times and the DEFENSE saved that game for us by holding UNC scoreless in the fourth quarter.

That storyline happened a lot last season.

Yes the defense was terrible at times, but the offense completely hung them out to dry against more than half our opponents.

Posted by: Go Canes | July 30, 2014 at 11:33 AM

Cue Terrance in 3, 2, 1...

86Cane

Raize...try again, I think I fixed it?

raizecane

86 - That did it.....got me some chills over hear....

CaneRock

So let me get this straight...I bring up 2 games that we won, one of which we gave up LESS yards than the other, and now ya'll trying to convince me that giving up 500 YPG is cool?...OK.

j.w.

Terrance, unfortunately I don't seee the next step as one that goes forward. Too much uncertainty and too little depth right now. The next two recruiting classes look like they are exactly what we need so the future looks fantastic. The present? we will see. DBC has us going 11-1, though, so I could be wrong. :)

I do agree with 86, the offense was as big a problem as the defense most of the year. Hoping that we at least don't drop off on the offensive side, though.

Dude on a Pale Horse

CR,

There was a time when the defense could be counted on no matter what. Gone are those days at The U. Some here argue gone are those days in college football.

Go Canes

CR my point is it's practically impossible not to give up 500 yards to another team when your quarterback throws four interceptions and you do absolutely nothing with the majority of your other possessions.

UMike

IDK.. during the Jitters/Turf Face & Nix years the QB play and offense was pretty shitty and our D didnt give up 500 yards and 40 points consistently.

UpNorthCane27

Here are two things we all know...

1. Stephen Morris sucked last year and was not a leader.

and

2. Our defense sucked last year because No'D doesn't have a clue.!!!

Ohio_Cane

Here's my homer take on the D...

If we're not better than last year, even with a tougher schedule, D'No has to go. Period.

Yes, I know, it's Golden's D. Doesn't mean he wouldn't give up those reigns to a new DC, if one were hired. (Barrow)

UMike

Its like the double or triple OT game against Clemson they always show on CSS Classics.. we could barely move the ball, but our D battled the whole game and kept us in it and we won.

86Cane

CANESPACE RULES 2014

Rule #1: Increase average points scored per game by 3 from 34 to 37.

Rule #2: Decrease average points allowed per game by 3 from 27 to 24.

Rule #3: Increase 3rd down conversion rates on offense from 35% to 40%.

Rule #4: Decrease 3rd down conversion rates on defense from 42% to 37%.

Rule #5: Limit turnovers on offense to 20 and have 30 takeaways on defense (+10).

Rule #6: Limit penalties to 5 per game and have less than 500 penalty yards this season.

That is all.

UMike

Just make enough plays on offense, defense and special teams to ensure we end up with more points.

Terrance Sullivan

Just win baby! That is all!

UMike

tSully... I did call BTW. Didnt order yet, but the dude told me all I needed to do and he would hook it up. I appreciate your help.

Terrance Sullivan

Umike anytime fam and I looked it up online on UM website hurricanesports.com and the ticket max is 12 bruh. See U in the ATL on October 4th.

Terrance Sullivan

J.W. it will get better or we will have a whole new coaching staff in the coming years and soon too.

CaneRock

Believe it or not, I don't have a problem with D'Onofrio, or even the scheme. I just don't get this notion, that EVERYTHING has to be PERFECT for either both of em' (D'Onofrio & Scheme) to succeed. That's the impression I got from that WQAM interview where Golden threw Coley under the bus. And YES!, TOP & 3rd down conversions last year were horrible, but there's gonna be several games like that when we make a NC run...

VA Cane

The D will not be prolific; we know that. I do think they will get better. One they know they have to get better; just look at the way we played last year. Two, I think we will have some help on D that will make us just a little better; not Top 5 D but say Top 50 D would work. 116th in total D is embarrassing, and we can do better.

Stop the run, pressure the passer consistently, better closer coverage (pressure will give QB less time to find his guys), 3rd down stops get off the field, cover the damn TE. Basic stuff that if we improve we will be able to win the way we need to.

Just get a bit better; don't press and say we got to be #1; let it happen.

CaneRock

but there's gonna be several games like that when we make a NC run...

Posted by: CaneRock | July 30, 2014 at 04:11 PM

Ala 2002 against BC & VT.

VA Cane

Both good scary games in 2001-02. Dorsey threw 4 picks against BC; then the bounce of Rumphs leg to Walters then Reed grab....huh Rumph to Walters to Reed and we got by. 26-24 in Bburg Dec 1 cold day we came close to losing. Ernest Wilford dropped the 2 point conversion in the end zone....I was about 15 feet away on the sidelines!!!!!! Talk about ironic....Wilford from Richmond, played for me....and is Morgan Moses cousin. I was so torn that game; remember it well.

Great teams win those games; we may have to win a couple like that.

VA Cane

off of Rumphs leg my error.....

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