KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

The goal for Miami is simple: find a way to go 1-0 this week.

“We always assure that when you leave a game, whether you win or lose, you still assess ‘Was it your very best?’ and whatever it was, you have to elevate it. For us, it’s always going to be that,” Cristobal said.

“Losing a game, for myself personally, it doesn’t get any more difficult than that, especially when you played at a place you coach at. It probably hits a million times harder and that’s okay, as long you’re using that as continued motivation to get back to process and get better.

“You still have to go back. How can we get better? How can we improve? That’s the only way to make progress towards your goal. We feel like we have made progress. We feel like we are improving the areas that showed up in negative way on Saturday. But there’s no flinching. There’s no hesitation as it relates to that. It really is full speed ahead, with nothing on our minds but improving.”

Two of the areas the Hurricanes have focused on this week are Improving their efficiency in the passing game and in the red zone. While Miami (2-1) outgained Texas A&M 392-264, the Hurricanes had just three field goals from kicker Andy Borregales to show for it. Drives ended because of penalties and miscues.

Making things tougher was the fact the Hurricanes were without top receiver Xavier Restrepo, who is sidelined with a foot injury. Miami’s available receivers dropped a handful of quarterback Tyler Van Dyke’s passes.

Van Dyke finished the day 21 of 41 for 217 yards.

“We each have to focus on our execution. That’s the thing. That’s what it comes down to. It’s the little details,” said fifth-year senior tight end Will Mallory, who had a team-high 56 receiving yards against Texas A&M. “Every little bit is something that we have to really, really focus on. We have to improve on that. All of us feel we’ve got playmakers. We’ve got nothing but belief in everybody. We’re going to keep spreading that ball around.”

Said offensive coordinator Josh Gattis, “We’ve obviously got some deficiencies there from a depth standpoint, some challenges we’re facing. But we’ve got to be better. We’ve got to be better consistently. That’s across the board. That’s ball placement. That’s quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends, wide receivers. 

Too many balls were on the ground. Too many open opportunities. Obviously, when you lose someone as important as Restrepo, he’s our leader, captain, there’s a significant difference in that room. We have to overcome it. There are no excuses. There’s challenges and we have to overcome.”

Miami’s defense, meanwhile, did a solid job of pressuring Aggies quarterback Max Johnson throughout the game, sacking him three times and hurrying him three more times. The unit will look to do the same this week against a Middle Tennessee (2-1) offense that likes to move quickly and pass the ball.

Blue Raiders quarterback Chase Cunningham has completed 71.9 percent of his passes through Middle Tennessee’s first three games. That ranks 12th nationally. He’s also thrown for 592 yards and four touchdowns. Running back Frank Peasant, meanwhile, has totaled 218 rushing yards and five touchdowns. Both will pose their own unique challenges for Miami on Saturday.

CANESPACE PREDICTION: CANES 49 - MTSU 13

Comments

[KYcane]

Damn
Been a while since I seen 1st

[86Cane]

That's what she said?

[MLALUMNI1970]

Hey 86 Are we going to win tomorrow?? Are you going to the game?
CANES BRING YOUR A GAME AND WIN ONE FOR US OLDTIMERS!❤️

[HerbieIbis]

Well these elite recruiters we have, uh like Gattis has managed not nab one of the 3 top WR's in the back yd. Somethings ain't changing no time soon.
If we struggle throwing the ball, it would be time to drop the pro style.
41-17 win tomorrow.

[Terrance Sullivan]

Great Stuff Soupster I Love That Score Prediction! And Awesome Uncle KY Is First! Cheer our Guys On We need to dominate today and play a lot of players! Like Soupster said Go 1-0 This Week and 3-1 in the Season so far wrap up the Nonconference Slate and Get Ready For ACC Conference Play on Saturday October 8th against North Carolina!

[VA Cane]

“We each have to focus on our execution. That’s the thing. That’s what it comes down to. It’s the little details,”

Yes someone listens down there on this team....I have a saying too...a big one

ETFS......."Execute The Fundamentals Stupid"

Aint that right CGNC?

When you do the down and dirty stuff right...the basics...you will win a lot of football games!!

[VA Cane]

I enjoy College Gameday Sat mornings.....ruined with Pat McAfee he is a moron....got no place ion there....wrestling....what BS!

[MLALUMNI 1970]

It is what it is. Game is on ACC Network only. I hope that we win and get back to national television. Mario should perform better today, or else
Go Canes ❤️

[CGNC]

VA - yes, fundamentals - can apply that to all sports even when I ride, have your mental checklist ready without getting inside your own head too much, trust your training, breathe and have fun

[VA Cane]

so right CGNC....I am sure in any of our endeavors you got to do the basics right....if you do not use the proper technique in your chosen profession....it could end up very bad....get thrown get a kick...and as a vet you probably have....it can be a major ouch!!!!!

Great pick of No D Pa Soup....one of our Pa guys CGNC!

I am not big on these JV games....you should never struggle...but with us right niow...hmmmm....just get out there win and try to improve....we got to get all of us on the same page...we cannot get better in the QB/WR area and fall off on the OL and D.....if we can get in synch we can have a nice season....so lets win today!!!!

[CGNC]

Wake Forest and Clemson tied 28-28

[VA Cane]

Well so much for fundamentals Michael Rapaport has started for the second week in a row for us...not doing well....Wake challenges clemson...clemson we will get killed playing like this!

Poor poor play already!!!!

[YooperCane]

Canes look terrible

[YooperCane]

We absolutely stink so far, what a bunch of shit to the beginning of this game.

[Terrance Sullivan]

TVD is Booty! I said what I said!

[AeroCane]

I said last year that Garcia was better than van dyke and everyone disagreed. Well van dyke sucks. He has no clue back there.
I also (and most on here Agree) believe gattis was a bad hire!

[VA Cane]

Its like I say...you play a team like this...and people think they are not good...they are takw away specialists....its like nobody cares that they played poor on offense last week...just come out and play crappy again....poor poor attitudes...dont care dont want to do what it takes to win...nobody gonna give it to you...you have to earn it...FL TN game better to watch...they play real football!
This is bad....hard to watch!

[Terrance Sullivan]

Pathetic

[YooperCane]

We are not ready for this game , period. Sloppy ass play, the O is terrible and the D?

[AeroCane]

Yooper
It starts with Mario - very disappointing

[YooperCane]

This elite staff has Miami looking like a bunch of chumps. What were they practicing on the whole week leading up to this game? Sloppy ass play and no heart. We are regressing, they better wake the fuck up

[AeroCane]

We really need a change at qb but I think Mario doesn’t have the guts to do it (dabo and Saban both have made the hard decisions in the past and they both paid off well)

[VA Cane]

I would not put Garcia in.....hellfire!!!!!!
Put Jerry Garcia in....hell on heroin and acid Uncle Jerry could QB better than Michael Rapport looks....bad football!!!

[AeroCane]

How can we respect this coaching staff when they continually play Flagg on D and van dyke at qb?

[MLALUMNI 1970]

I turned it off. Sickening.

[YooperCane]

Can’t believe this damn shit! We are getting destroyed on both side of the ball. Mario and staff are terrible for not having this team prepared. I have nothing to hang my hat on, we will be the laughing stock come tomorrow. We are deep shit come ACC play. Talk is cheap. We still don’t have any identity whatsoever

[AeroCane]

I know this is bad but I hope TVD sprains his ankle or something
He looks so bad and worse than that he looks like he’s totally lost
If I’m jake, I tell Mario to ‘put me in’ and if not I head straight to the portal
This is a joke

[YooperCane]

What an absolute shit show. No adjustments and doing the same shit hoping for different results. Not liking what’s happening to us right now

[CGNC]

I put the defense on a milk carton

[VA Cane]

Bad football on O and D....ST has not had to do much yet....so they get a pass for now.....hard to think things have fallen apart so quickly.....but I haver not seen any good solid play for a whole game as a team....and thats how you win as a team....very disappointing and alarming!

[86Cane]

LMAO!

[CGNC]

New QB Coach Frank Ponce - last year at App State - previously with Mario from 2007-2012 at FIU. TVD has regressed under him

[86Cane]

Where is OGV to "lecture" us now about looking for a unicorn? Hell most of us we would be satisfied with a sharp stick in the eye right now rather than watching this cluster f**k.

[AeroCane]

CGNC
It has very little to do with him
Gattis is bad and Mario allowed the o to totally be changed over

[CGNC]

Aero, it's all of it. Last year he was fire so what changed? This year Mario, Gattis and Ponce arrive and he is not the same.

[58 Straight]

If Miami comes all the way back and wins will U be happy?

[HillViewCane]

I have seen Phil Jackson bench Michael Jordan. You have to be willing to bench the star as a coach

[HerbieIbis]

Can't see the game. What is the score or have we?
Figured as much. We were last to the party by going to a spread offense, dump it and go right back to that boring pro style bullshit. We sucked when were running before we went to spread. These WR's mostly come from spread offenses and to top it off Gattis a former defensive player is coaching WR's. Should of thrown all that Kale to Briles.

[AeroCane]

Yes to Briles! But since the reality is we have gattis, don’t expect much out of this offense and don’t expect us to recruit any high end receivers
Heck if I’m rashada, I start re thinking my commitment

[58 Straight]

#TotalSuckage

[58 Straight]

Mario MAY be that guy.

This year he has done NOTHING to prove that to us.

Time will tell...

[VA Cane]

I am coaching a very strong S at a powerhouse team...we have beaten a high ranked NC team and the #1 WVA team averaging 46 a game...giving up 6...we are smaller than UM...but I am convinced we could ....beat them....I think we could....this is really bad football....embarassing....

[canes4us]

we are terrible!!

[YooperCane]

Miami 13 and Middleton 49

[YooperCane]

So much for this season

[YooperCane]

Mario doesn’t have the balls to put in a new quarterback

[58 Straight]

WE READY, WE READY.

Oops, maybe not. Other teams have so much FUN playing football, but we make it look SO HARD!

[VA Cane]

Little Mario grew a pair!...no balls to tiny balls...no more!
You got to do something different!

[VA Cane]

hate to say it...homer call ACC call....

[YooperCane]

Looks like Garcia’s team to me! The team is rallying around him, let’s go Canes!