Finish Strong

Tonight your University of Miami Hurricanes face the Pittsburgh Panthers in their season finale at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.

The Hurricanes face the Panthers with their pride, reputation and possibly their head coach's job on the line in this ACC match-up.

So here we go with information from www.hurricanesports.com:

The Miami Hurricanes return to action on Saturday for the final regular season game of the year against Pittsburgh, a team the Hurricanes beat convincingly 41-31 last year.

Prior to Saturday's game, the Hurricanes will honor seniors: Raphael Akpejiori, Thurston Armbrister, Ricky Carroll, Anthony Chickillo, Hugo Delapenha, Phillip Dorsett, Jon Feliciano, Nantambu Fentress, Ladarius Gunter, Sean Harvey, Jake Heaps, Shane McDermott, Anthony Naser, Denzel Perryman, Olsen Pierre, Ronnie Regula, Jordan Tolson, Clive Walford, Ryan Williams.

MIAMI HURRICANES (6-5) vs. PITTSBURGH PANTHERS (5-6)
Saturday, 11.29.14 • ESPN2 • Sun Life Stadium (74,916)

SERIES HISTORY
Miami leads the all-time series with the Panthers by a 23-9-1 margin... The Hurricanes own a 12-4-1 advantage in home games against... Miami claimed the 2013 matchup at Pittsburgh, defeating the Panthers by a final score of 41-31... with five different Hurricanes scoring touchdowns.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
ESPN2 • Joe Tessitore, PxP • Brock Huard, Analyst •  Shannon Spake, Sideline Reporter
WQAM 560 AM • Joe Zagacki, PXP • Don Bailey Jr., Analyst • Josh Darrow, Sideline Reporter
RADIO CARACOL 1260 AM • Pepe Campos, PxP • Joe Martinez, Analyst

#5THINGS
1.  Duke Johnson needs just 34 more yards to become Miami’s all-time career leading rusher.

2. Johnson has out rushed Miami’s opponents by a 806-502 count in the last five games.

3. Miami owns a 5-1 record at home this season has outscored its opponents 232-121 in six home games.  

4. Senior linebacker Denzel Perryman tied a career high last week at Virginia with 15 tackles.

5. Tight end Clive Walford is one of just two tight ends in the ACC to lead his team in receptions.

We recommend that the Hurricanes finish STRONG.

That or their head coach may NOT be here for long.

Comments

[Ohio_Cane]

Beer, I told U that U were in a timeout. Now settle down for a bit. ;-)

[The Dude]

SOUP's lawn probably wins lawn of the year in his neighborhood every year.

[CaneRock]

We lost to a team that lost to PHUCKIN'! Akron...AKRON! And they scored more points on us, than they did Akron...let that sink in for a minute...

[hazydavy]

Who is worse NY Jets or Canes

[The Dude]

At least the Jets will fire Rex.

[SinisterCane]

Hello

[J' Ville Cane]

Posted by: CaneRock | November 29, 2014 at 11:21 PM

Ain't that some shat.
Akron, the mighty Zips, LMAO

[1mg of Epi]

Ill take Rex any day over this train wreck

[Ohio_Cane]

Hello

Posted by: SinisterCane | November 29, 2014 at 11:26 PM
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Was this an "am I banned?" post? LOL

[Montreal-Cane]

Fire Golden Now! Write to Blake James

bjames@miami.edu

[SinisterCane]

Hello

Posted by: SinisterCane | November 29, 2014 at 11:26 PM
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Was this an "am I banned?" post? LOL

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | November 29, 2014 at 11:30 PM

YEP

[Jmj56Ace]

Al Golden is not the answer at TheU. This is not Temple or Penn St. Please do us all a favor and hand over your keys and GET THE HELL OUT OF DADE COUNTY.

[SinisterCane]

AL GOLDEN'S POST-GAME COMMENTS

On playing from behind for most of the game…
“It was disappointing. That’s their M.O. If they can play with a lead, they’re tough. We let them do that. They had field position on us all night. They converted their chances, starting with that first third down that ended up being a big play. A couple of plays later, they ran it in. It was disappointing that they came out. We needed to respond a little bit better, and we did not.”

On if he envisioned the end result…
“No. No. If you look at the line, they had 60 plays for 360 [yards] we had 73 for 421 [yards]. They made more plays than we did. They had a shorter field than we did. Our kickoff coverage was not good, theirs was outstanding. We’re just not getting it deep enough like their guy was doing to us…they made us pay with that. Even when we answered in the beginning of the third quarter, we kick off and they start at our 40 [-yard line].

On if his team is more talented than its 6-6 record indicates…
“We’re responsible for the record at the end of the day. I’m responsible for the record. I feel like we have a lot of guys on our team – Clive [Walford], Duke [Johnson], Denzel [Perryman] – that are chasing elite. Maybe we haven’t had that for a while. Overall as a team, we need to perform better, and that’s my responsibility. We are what our record is, period. I’m disappointed.”

On why Pitt was so successful in the red zone…
“We didn’t stop them enough on third down. I think they were 50% on third down. We didn’t get any takeaways. It was a short field. When you play a team like this, it’s a little bit like playing Georgia Tech – in that you have to make them go a long field, so if they’re going to play like that, they need to get three or four more first downs. It gives you more opportunities, because that’s how they play the game. They converted down there. We needed one stop. On the other end, we needed one more play in the red zone and we did not.”

On if his team became divided during the last few weeks…
“No. I think there’s frustration. We have a lot of guys that worked hard and a lot of guys that have been through a lot and a lot of guys that want to win. I wouldn’t say that that’s accurate or fair. I don’t think it’s divided. I think there’s some frustration. We have Jon [Feliciano] and Shane [McDermott] and those guys who have been around a long time, and they’re playing next to [Christopher] Herndon and [Brad] Kaaya and Trevor Darling. There are guys at different stages in their careers, but I don’t think it’s splintered.”

On the team’s schedule for next week…
“No. 1, just get the team healed up. From our standpoint, we have to go out recruiting right away and then we’ll find out where our bowl assignment is. We’ll go from there.”

On his message as he hits the recruiting trail…
“My message right now? I’m really disappointed in our performance tonight and how we played. Obviously we think there are still a lot of positives. It would be fruitless for me to talk about it right now. It wouldn’t be fair.”

On if his team suffered a letdown after emotional investment in Florida State game…
“I think obviously as a coach, it’s one of the things that I have to evaluate. I have to look closely at it. Going back to that, we did invest a lot, but it’s easy during the week to just paint a brush and say that’s the reason. That’s one of the things that I will evaluate personally. In terms of our kids practicing, or mindset, or things like that, I haven’t noticed a difference.

On playing from behind for most of the game…
“It was disappointing. That’s their M.O. If they can play with a lead, they’re tough. We let them do that. They had field position on us all night. They converted their chances, starting with that first third down that ended up being a big play. A couple of plays later, they ran it in. It was disappointing that they came out. We needed to respond a little bit better, and we did not.”

On if he envisioned the end result…
“No. No. If you look at the line, they had 60 plays for 360 [yards] we had 73 for 421 [yards]. They made more plays than we did. They had a shorter field than we did. Our kickoff coverage was not good, theirs was outstanding. We’re just not getting it deep enough like their guy was doing to us…they made us pay with that. Even when we answered in the beginning of the third quarter, we kick off and they start at our 40 [-yard line].

On if his team is more talented than its 6-6 record indicates…
“We’re responsible for the record at the end of the day. I’m responsible for the record. I feel like we have a lot of guys on our team – Clive [Walford], Duke [Johnson], Denzel [Perryman] – that are chasing elite. Maybe we haven’t had that for a while. Overall as a team, we need to perform better, and that’s my responsibility. We are what our record is, period. I’m disappointed.”

On the status of tight end Clive Walford, who left the game due to injury…
“I think he’ll be okay. I wish I knew if the x-rays came back negative, but it sounded like it was going to be okay.”

On how difficult he thinks it will be to turn the team around emotionally…
“I think we’ll definitely turn around, I don’t think there’s any question about that. It’s hard. You have different classifications that you’re dealing with. There are a lot of guys that played a lot of football tonight - Christopher Herndon, Tyre Brady, guys like that - they have to stay positive. Some of the older guys, we need them to stay positive, finish what they started, continue to improve and try to get us our first [bowl game] win in forever.”

On the balance between elite talent and younger players on the team…
“We didn’t play well enough tonight. In terms of the big picture, I’m trying to get everyone better. I don’t think any of us sat here in spring ball and thought we were going to be playing with a freshman right tackle or a freshman quarterback. That’s how it evolved. At the end of the day, we didn’t play well enough to beat Pitt. I just don’t want to get into excuses or rationalization or anything like that. At the end of the day, we’re responsible for every player on the team and how they perform in every position and every unit. We all know there were some challenges there, but nothing that would alleviate not playing better tonight.”

On the performance of special teams…
“We’re struggling with our kickoff coverage. We’re not driving the ball deep enough, we’re not giving our guys enough time to cover it, and we’re not hanging it up right now. I tried both kickers again today. Pitt did a better job than we did in that department. Overall, I think [Justin] Vogel has had a very productive year for us. Our return game is something that we’re going to have to really sit down and look at here and work on a lot before the bowl game. We haven’t had an explosive return. That’s disappointing.”

On Duke Johnson, who became the program’s all-time leading rusher…
“I wish it was a better environment to celebrate what he has accomplished, because I think it’s extraordinary, I really do. For him to do it in the timeframe that he has done it makes it really unique for him. He’s a unique young man. [I am] grateful for the opportunity to coach him every day. The way he has responded and accepted coaching and changed a lot of little things in his game to be as productive as he has been this year, he deserves it.”

[WWIN]

Pitt 35 psu 23

[j.w.]

365 reasons to fire Al Golden.

[j.w.]

Cut the Cancer and hire VA Cane

Posted by: SinisterCane | November 29, 2014 at 10:50 PM
Not a bad idea. Of course at this point Dannyboycane13 would be an upgrade, but VA would be instant credibility

[WWIN]

It's OBVIOUS that the players do NOT want to play for Golden!

#NextCoachUp

[Ohio_Cane]

Beer... U are out of timeout.

Please keep it focused on UM and not posters on this board.

[CoCane]

Fans are going in on Folden on wqam. Lol! Sh*t is hilarious...

[WWIN]

Problem with firing golden this yr is we would be 3rd choice at best with UF and Michigan in the market for new leadership. We'd get table scraps which is what golden is... We are stuck.

Posted by: BEERicane | November 29, 2014 at 09:28 PM

Both teams together will have at least 10-12 coaches on their list and can only take 2, so that leaves at least 8-10 coaches for us to choose from. Plus I would bet that Butch, Chud, Mario, and Schiano are not on their list.

[BEERicane]

#TheBEERisFLOWING!

[CoCane]

It won't be safe for Folden in the streets tomorrow. He better stay in the house. A caller that sounded 100 years old said if he sees another bubble screen he's coming after him. Lmao!

[BEERicane]

I hope that would be the case WWIM. I just want a coach that's into winning not one who sells paperbacks. Crap why did we buy into a guy who is still using print? We suck.

[CaneRock]

Crap why did we buy into a guy who is still using print? We suck.

Posted by: BEERicane | November 30, 2014 at 12:03 AM

LMAO! Shows you can be outta touch at any age LMAO! Ehhhhhhh...we're PHUCKED!

[WWIN]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Beer, plus ANYBODY would be better than what we got now! I'd take you over Golden!

#StopSupportingSoftDudes

[YooperCane]

First time EVER, I did not watch the game...So glad I didn't. There was doubt in the back of my mind that we would win this game. Move along fellow Spacers, nothing to see here. We are IRRELEVENT, period!

[BEERicane]

^Yooper, I watched most of the game. But this is the first time I've ever left in the middle of one (2nd qtr). Only to retun to an uninspired heap of crao

[BEERicane]

Since we are stuck with the worst coach in any sport at any level in the world, I just hope he cans his best friend and lover D?No! If he does that I'll hate him a little less.

[BEERicane]

To make the list more brief

Staff for Golden to retain:
Carroll
Coley (preferably in a different capacity)
Harris

[The Dude]

Butch. For God's sake Butch. I'm sure we can work out a deal.

[CoCane]

BEER,

I agree^^^

[WWIN]

^^^^^^^^^^^
Special Teams is the WORST unit on the team!

I think Golden's job was safe before tonight, but I don't think it is now! You lose on senior night at home to a garbage team?

[CoCane]

Carroll has the WR's and TE's balling. His development of Walford was excellent. Too bad J. Coley doesn't know how to use them properly...

[1mg of Epi]

It won't be safe for Folden in the streets tomorrow. He better stay in the house. A caller that sounded 100 years old said if he sees another bubble screen he's coming after him. Lmao!

Posted by: CoCane | November 30, 2014 at 12:02 AM

Of course last week when a bubble screen would've made sense.... Nuttin

[nemo2002]

I WAS RIGHT . . .
When I said (four years ago) that "a new coaching staff" was going to be the main, lame excuse for a poor season in 2011.
When I said (repeatedly) that "there is no such thing" as UTough.
When I said (regrettably) that the team "isn't getting better" under AG.
When I said (two weeks ago) that "the season was over" after we lost to GT.

WAS I ALSO RIGHT . . .
When I said (four years ago) that "a new coaching staff" was going to be the main, lame excuse for a poor season in 2015?

[YooperCane]

Beer, It is indeed a very dark day for us Cane fans. I am lost for words as to what has happend. I would be shocked if the administration does not make an immediate change in the coaching staff. We have obviously regressed to the point of no return. We would be better off to cut our losses and move on to someone that can take command of this ship and start to steer it in the right direction.

[Montreal-Cane]

The sad state of the UM football program

The UM slogan this year was misspelled...Correction is: RESCREWED instead of renewed.

[Ohio_Cane]

Coke, wth happened to Stacy Coley then? Our highest ranked WR and he had ZERO TDs and was a shell of his 2013 self.

[Terrance Sullivan]

The highlight of the night was the generous KYCane, RaizeCane, Kenny, Monica, Zilla and other CaneSpacers who purchased me a Miami Hurricanes cake and we shared it during the tailgate. I love U all. We are the tailgate national champions. As far as the game and season. We are the definition of mediocre and I am being kind. Maybe we play Florida in The Toilet Bowl in St. Petersburg on December 26 and I will be back in South Florida but would have zero interest in making a 4 hour drive to see a team that has lost its way and is badly coached. I know the staff will stay the same so I am at that apathetic stage love my Canes 4 life will be a season ticket holder as long as I have air in my body and means to go its in my blood, but I am Beyond Out on this coaching staff especially the ones making the major decisions.

[30CINCO]

Such an embarrassing ending to a disappointing season.

[WWIN]

wth happened to Stacy Coley then? Our highest ranked WR and he had ZERO TDs and was a shell of his 2013 self.

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | November 30, 2014 at 12:26 AM

Too many bubble screens and not enough targets once we turned into psu with the 2 TE formations, cuz he's not much of a run blocker like PD4 and Malcolm Lewis

[SinisterCane]

Do you realize that we finished last in the Coastal?

[CoCane]

Uh... So you didn't read where I said too bad J. Coley doesn't use them properly?

S. Coley had a early setback with the injury. When he gets healthy, Berrios was getting too much of his PT to get in a groove. Berrios can be a good one but he isn't the game breaker that S. Coley and Waters is. He hasn't showed enough to be playing over them. He was relegated to too many WR screens. Misused and underutilized. Duh...

[The Dude]

Posted by: 30CINCO | November 30, 2014 at 12:35 AM

Still trending up?

[dj moonbat]

If they don't fire the coaches, what can they possibly say?

[The Dude]

Posted by: dj moonbat | November 30, 2014 at 12:38 AM

F.U. for even thinking you know more than us. We don't care about your enjoyment of the game or the time or money you spend supporting the team. We just want you to accept what we are and continue shelling out money to not go back into the football program. If you dont like it support another team.

[SinisterCane]

It time to cut ties with Golden

[YooperCane]

I wouldn't be surprised if recruits start to jump ship after this debacle. I am sure that they will also see the writing on the wall!

[SinisterCane]

If we lose I will let loose.

Posted by: 86Cane | November 29, 2014 at 08:43 PM

Can't wait

[nemo2002]

400
Are we relevant yet?