Because I Said So: The Offense Is Great!

The Miami Hurricanes know they need to do better.
 
No one wearing orange and green is shying away from the disappointing loss at Virginia. Instead, the Canes have come back hungry to improve on their deficiencies in advance of the second half of the season.
 
"This week has been a better week for the offense, as a whole," quarterback Malik Rosier said. "I think the big thing that we learned was that we need to come out and execute every play. Two weeks ago, we didn't have a good practice, but the last two weeks the ones, twos and even the threes have been dominating." 
 

The improvement in practice has Miami's offense feeling good after a tough showing at Virginia. The Hurricanes have been much more consistent in practice and wide receiver Mike Harley believes that will translate to success on Friday.
 
"Just being consistent on a daily basis, we dominated the week so far," Harley said. "Sunday, Monday and Tuesdays, no days off. We look good. I feel like we are going to have a great game this week."
 

Freshman tight end Brevin Jordan is impressed with the reinvigorated Canes' attack and how it has responded to adversity since falling at UVA. 

"That loss to Virginia, it kind of fell on our shoulders," Jordan said. "The defense held them to less than 200 yards, three turnovers, and the offense didn't show up, we didn't come to perform. In that week overall, we didn't have the best week of practice. We had to stop in the middle and do up-downs, so this week we came out and we did pretty good."

Friday will serve as Boston College's Red Bandana Game honoring Welles Crowther, who is remembered for his heroics during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Canes expect a highly motivated Eagles team, as well as a raucous crowd in the stands, when they team the field at Alumni Stadium.
 
"I know since they've been doing this game, they haven't lost," Rosier said. "For them, it's almost a pride thing and as it is, it's hard to go in someone else's home and beat them and then you add this game where it's a very emotional game for them so they're going to come out fired up. We have to be able to execute."
 

The Canes and Eagles will be playing in frigid temperatures on Friday night, as forecasts indicate that it will be in the upper-30s when the game kicks off. But Rosier and the Hurricanes are not concerned with the weather. They have the necessary equipment and mindset to succeed at Boston College.
 
"For me, I don't think cold is the biggest issue," Rosier said. "I've played in a little bit of cold weather. The biggest issue sometimes is when you're up in northern areas, it's dry air and the ball gets slick. Sometimes you'll see quarterbacks licking their fingers because we're just trying to get moisture and trying to get that grip on the ball. Coach Richt has done a great job. We're going to be wearing tights, I'll have hand warmers, the heated benches, so we have no excuses why cold will be a factor. That's not even an excuse." 

Rosier will be under center for the Hurricanes and the fifth-year senior brings experience and maturity to Miami's offense. Senior Tyree St. Louis is confident Rosier will excel at leading the Canes' offense.

"This is his fifth year here, it's my fourth year playing with him and second year as a starter, so just the most experience he has," St. Louis said. "He has pretty good leadership, as all the other quarterbacks do, he is a bit different because he has been here, he knows all the guys, he knows all the calls, he knows everything."

"The offense flows a little bit better, just because of the experience that he has," St. Louis said. "Whether it be making the calls, or getting things lined up, or hitting certain targets, things flow a little easier."

Comments

[BEERicane]

http://amp.tmz.com/2018/10/24/al-golden-miami-football-contract-lawsuit-3-million/

Get dat $$

[SOUP]

Men in tights will prevail over the elements!

Posted by: NativeCane | October 24, 2018 at 08:52 AM

That can't be what she said, now can it?

[SOUP]

The players should practice and prepare at least as hard as the fans prepare and tailgate. I am tired of some players thinking the U is some kind of club destination.

Posted by: CGNC | October 24, 2018 at 01:38 PM

Been saying this for YEARS now. When the fans appear to care more than the players then there is an issue. We are crushed in defeat. They laugh it off and say things like: "Well you know the other teams have players on scholarship too."

Made me want to puke!

[SOUP]

If they don’t show up with some new wrinkles after that performance last Thursday I’m going to lose it.

Posted by: Go Canes!! | October 24, 2018 at 01:35 PM

Gonna hold you to that. Not expecting any.

[SOUP]

Dude, from the video I saw it was impossible to tell how much money was there and what all the bills were.

Posted by: UMike | October 24, 2018 at 02:37 PM

The Dude gave him the money so he should know how much it was. Stop questioning him.

JUST KIDDING!

[SOUP]

Can you smell what the Richt is cooking?

Posted by: Gin & Tonic | October 24, 2018 at 03:54 PM

Smells like burned brussel sprouts?

[NativeCane]

I saw nothing but Benjamins fanned out like a peacock tail....

[WWIN]

I think people are going overboard on the Perry situation. Was it dumb? YES... but it's not like he broke the law. If he was at bama, Clemson, uga, Ohio state... etc what do you think would happen? Nothing... kid would still be starting!

[TonyCane]

Posted by: UMike | October 24, 2018 at 02:37 PM

The one you saw may have lower quality. The one I saw was the original and all those bills were $100s. All of em.

Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | October 24, 2018 at 03:31 PM

Was it American currency? Or was it bubble money?

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/148/238/055.jpg

[Dude on a Pale Horse]

My guess is he took out a student loan and the 2nd check came in?

[orange n' green in the vein]

Happy three year get rid of fatso anniversary Hurricane Football fans! All slurpers fit a noose around that stack of dimes you call a neck and slip off the nearest footstool, especially this GD whose responses never count unless they go blue;

https://canespace.typepad.com/canespace/2014/09/game-day-blog-miami-vs-louisville/comments/page/4/#comments

"Wow.

Waited until half time to check in.

Some of the posts here are embarrassing.

Posted by: Go Canes | September 01, 2014 at 09:42 PM"

Look who's typing GD.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400756960

You reap what you sow sid-tard.

[Herbieibis]

The Herb sees 2 passes and a run the first series, then it's back to the typical 2 runs off tackle and then a go route. That's the most I can see him change.
With the play calling and QB ineptitude this game will be won by a FG. The only way we don't struggle is if the Dee is passing the T.O.Chain like a joint!

[DallasTX Cane]

Posted by: mi@mic@ne | October 24, 2018 at 04:53 PM

IMHO U misunderstand or misremember how JJ dealt with his players & teams. I got to follow JJ up close during his time in Dallas also. JJ would let the players do what they wanted, IF and only IF they were putting in the work and having success on the field. The antics... the Swag.. follows the hard work & success, it doesn’t precede. JJ once cut the Cowboys backup running back the Monday after he fumbled while filling in for Emmit Smith at the end of a blowout win. Meaningless game, championship team winning in a blowout, meaningless fumble. JJ cuts the guy. Doesn’t bench him or fine him. Drops his ass from the team. JJ was merciless if you didn’t do your job. U think he’d be cool with Perry’s performance or tell the kid to get his ass out to the practice field & 86 the photo ops??

[mi@mic@ne]

jj was a psych major ...your only telling part of the story..he was a master at organization and motivating the players...the pressure on his teams is much different from Richt laid back disposition...jj worked well with the players who were like Perry...and also Jj gave the talented players a lot more slack than the average players...

[mi@mic@ne]

jj was merciless if you were an average player and you slacked

[mi@mic@ne]

jj kept Testaverde in the PSU game even tho he has like 4 interceptions because he had a lot of talent..and we would have won if Testaverde had not thrown the pick in the red zone

[DallasTX Cane]

I don’t disagree with any of that. Jimmy’s hardest working players were also the most talented. No doubt he was a major reason why. But if you think he let guys who hadn’t accomplished jack & had questionable work ethics do whatever they wanted because of their “talent”, I’ll say BS. Didn’t happen that way.

[mi@mic@ne]

You cant compare JJ with Richt...JJ won superbowls..also the best coaches that the canes ever had on the side line where JJs assistants...But Butch was also good at organization ...he had good assistants...totally different time...

[mi@mic@ne]

butch won superbowls too...as well as his knowledge of good assistants...thats why i wanted him...

[Dude on a Pale Horse]

AR82 to try and make the basketball team? Why not, if Graham & Swoopes can switch...

[mi@mic@ne]

we would have gotten out butts kicked against Butches UNC in his last year if half his defense had not been suspended...

[TonyCane]

AR82 to try and make the basketball team? Why not, if Graham & Swoopes can switch...

Posted by: Dude on a Pale Horse | October 24, 2018 at 10:52 PM

With a neck injury?

[DallasTX Cane]

mi@mic@ne - U are the one comparing Richt & JJ. And wanting Butch back wasnt exactly a lonely position to take at any time since Coker massively failed. Maybe if he builds a winner at FIU and CMR flames out, we’ll get him back...

[solarcane]

DTX,
I always thought one of JJ's biggest accomplishments was protecting Michael Irvin from Michael Irvin.

Irvin was just as immature Perry or any other Cane. Johnson was such a positive influence on Irvin. Irvin worked harded than anyone else, gave everything every play.

He loved Johnson so much he would do anything to please him, and nothing to
disapoint him.

The farther away JJ was to Irvins life, the more Irvin let his guard down and made one bad decision after another.

JJ was always one of the best coaches at handling every player as an individual, not a cog in a machine

[UMike]

What's everyone's opinion on what the offense will look like Friday? Think CMR comes out aggressive and tries to silence doubters or more of the same?

[SOUP]

#Wildcat

[solarcane]

Lots of short safe passes,no field goals over 25 yds, going on 4th down

Till we get a lead, then fear to lose coaching will take over

[TruCane81]

What's everyone's opinion on what the offense will look like Friday? Think CMR comes out aggressive and tries to silence doubters or more of the same?

Posted by: UMike | October 25, 2018 at 10:00 AM

I don’t think the problem is aggression if you define aggression as down field passing.

It seems to me to be the offense is too “ aggressive “, relying on low percentage passes for any hope of yardage.

The problem is we are predictable and not creative.

Our best work is created by a commitment to the short passing game. After that it is creative running, and tempo.

We look like a COMPLETELY different offense when we stick with these tactics.

Problem is, we won’t stick with what works for our offense because it is NOT the PHILOSOPHY of the man running the show.

Because we occasionally break a run or luck into a deep completion with Richt’s philosophy, it allows him to delude himself into thinking his philosophy is what’s best for THIS TEAM. He can keep telling himself it will work if we just “execute”, no matter how many terrible series as evidence to the contrary.

I don’t know what to expect week to week. I just hope and have those hopes dashed by silly decisions. He may come out like 2016 pitt or 2017 Syracuse and Notre Dame. He may call the whole game the way he called our only touchdown against uva.

Who knows.

What I do know is if he doesn’t get it together and build on what has actually worked for us, he will make the remainder of his career in Miami VERY MISERABLE for himself, the team, and the fans.

[raizecane]

What's everyone's opinion on what the offense will look like Friday? Think CMR comes out aggressive and tries to silence doubters or more of the same?

Posted by: UMike | October 25, 2018 at 10:00 AM

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Vanilla swirl with nut toppings

[mi@mic@ne]

I just want to get back to being relevant...Richt has yet to prove that he can get us there and it looks like we have taken a step back...if you have a weak oline and you recruited a qb who is more of an up tempo rpo qb then why are you trying to make him a pocket passer? So if he does not fit your mold then you go with a guy who cannot hit the broad side of a barn door...in college football you need to win in reloading the team...your never gonna have all seniors ...you got to win with playing freshman....

[mi@mic@ne]

The division 11 schools have more dynamic offenses and produce more points than we do...are the able to get 5 star players? They just know who to spread the field and use their speed

[TonyCane]

Unfortunate prediction, hope that I am wrong:

BC 34. UM 17

8-4 regular season finish

[mi@mic@ne]

football is a violent sport...the U has been a place where guys who come from broken families and physically violent neighborhoods feel at home on the field. They have been forced to become adults at a very young age because they have had to face they have had to fight for their respect. I think every child should be raised with adult supervision and protection but its not part of the culture in some of the areas in the 305. That is why JJ was such a positive influence with guys like Irvin..ie the Perrys of the world. JJ not only became a father figure but he got the team together and talked about life and gave those kinds of players positive enforcement so they felt good about themselves and being on a team that rewarded their success. Those teams under JJ got better as the game progressed and in some of the fourth qs overwhelmed their opponents on both sides of the ball. I could see the other team quit in the fourth quarter....we also got better as the season progressed and even if we put the freshman in the fourth quarter the young players always rose to the occasion....jj was able to get the players focused in a special way. I guess us old Canes where really spoiled....

[mi@mic@ne]

question...Do you think Ed Ogeron will ever cough up the frog in his throat in one of those interviews on ESPN ? lol

[UMike]

Tru... Good points, and I meant not as conservative and plain.

[CGNC]

Posted by: DallasTX Cane | October 24, 2018 at 09:58 PM

Preach it DallasTx.

[CGNC]

Tony, I don't think BC puts up 34 against our D.

[orange n' green in the vein]

Posted by: UMike | October 25, 2018 at 10:00 AM

This shows you haven't watched any BC defensive series this year because if you had, you'd realize this question isn't the problem that needs to be answered. It's execution, not design. The Eagles will illustrate that very clearly I'm guessing right now as they're slightly above average as a defense from a yardage surrendered measure but they play better in bigger stakes and closer total possessions on the scoreboard games.

[Gin & Tonic]

2016 Miami went 9-4.

2017 10-3 needing comeback win VS. FSU and a fourth down miracle against G-tech.

2018 5-2 so far with three conference road games left on schedule, call it 8-4.

Other than the timing of the losses, almost identical seasons.

This is going to be how it goes until the quarterback position gets fixed.

[UMike]

I've had no reason to watch a second of BC football lol

[mi@mic@ne]

The only way we win is if the defense blows up the BC offense and goes on a turnover chain spree....Richt is good for one scoring drive in the game...

[solarcane]

Al Golden sues Miami for 3 to 5 million

[solarcane]

Must be a paltry 3 mil

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Former Miami football coach Al Golden has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the university, seeking what he contends is unpaid settlement money.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court Wednesday -- three years to the day after Golden's final game at Miami, a 58-0 loss to Clemson in what is the worst margin of defeat in the school's football history. The Hurricanes fired Golden on Oct. 25, 2015, the day after that game.

"The unpaid portion of Plaintiff's separation pay as of October 2018 is approximately $3 million and continues to grow," read the lawsuit. "Plaintiff seeks judgment for this amount and for any additional sums that accrue and remain unpaid."

Golden made about $2.6 million in his final year at Miami, according to tax records.

"The University of Miami is disappointed to learn that former Coach Golden filed suit," the school said in a statement Wednesday. "The University has fulfilled all of its obligations to Coach Golden in connection with his separation from the University and will defend the claims."

Golden went 32-25 at Miami in parts of five seasons and was 17-18 in Atlantic Coast Conference games. His entire tenure at Miami was overshadowed by an NCAA investigation and subsequent fallout -- a mess caused largely by the actions of a rogue former booster, someone currently in federal prison for leading a $900 million Ponzi scheme.

Golden was not told of the potential for NCAA trouble when he took the job. The investigation started in earnest before his first game with the Hurricanes, and each of his seasons in Coral Gables was affected in some way by the scandal, whether it was bowl games that the school chose to sit out because of the probe, scholarship reductions, NCAA sanctions or simply the unwillingness of recruits to commit to a school in turmoil.

The lawsuit does not say what specific amount, if any, Golden received when he was fired.

"Defendant failed to pay, and refuses to pay, the Plaintiff the full amount of the separation payment required," the lawsuit said.

Golden was back in the Miami area this past weekend, in his role as a position coach with the Detroit Lions. They beat the Miami Dolphins 32-21.

Attempts to reach Golden for comment Wednesday were not successful. TMZ first reported details of the lawsuit.

[orange n' green in the vein]

They're on the schedule Mike, that's reason enough.

Chokie pregame hosts so salty about Miami 'lying' about their 60843 attendance figure for this game;

http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=401013466

They act like they just found out their home stadium advantage got ventilated dead by Cho or something, freaking yokels.

[solarcane]

Go Yellow Jackets

[orange n' green in the vein]

Did someone not let fatso know that he'd have to squeeze the Fake Lame AD for his back pay just like they made their own alumnus before him? It used to be so easy for him to get the GD's of the world to bend over and open up for the insertion with no lube, just look;

https://canespace.typepad.com/canespace/2015/10/is-burns-the-younger-better-than-corn-the-elder.html

"With the exception of the two game fiasco at the end of last season, and even those cluster f**** were winnable, there hasn't been a single game since the beginning of last season where we weren't in a game in the fourth quarter. Several of those games we had the ball in our hands with a chance to get within a FG, take the lead or to win the game outright. We failed offensively in all those games.

That's why I think we can absolutely beat Clemson.

If this team can avoid it's three Achilles heels this weekend, poor third down conversion rate, stupid penalties that kill drives or take points off the board and an inability to score late, they can get a win.

Our third down conversion rate has been dramatically better lately, albeit a small sample size. Let's see if that continues and how we do with the other two.

In my opinion what I said against FSU will apply here as well. Play a solid game and If we score late we will win, if we don't we will lose.

If we don't improve in all three areas, there's no way we beat a team with the front seven Clemson has.

Posted by: Go Canes | October 21, 2015 at 09:37 AM"

With 'fans' like the GD sid-tard here, who needs negative recruiters for other schools?

[The 1st Horseman]

My log-in is not working

[The 1st Horseman]

The End is near Tomorrow night

31-10 BC

[orange n' green in the vein]

Typepad logins were the fourth heel of Achilles, no really he crawled on all fours just like UM football under fired for cause fatso.

[solarcane]

This is the first time ive seen gt this year their defense looks lost