We learned once again on Thursday Night how far the superpower programs that changed College Football from the state of Florida have fallen. After dominating the first half and showing superior speed, skill and overall talent, Florida State collapsed at Groves Stadium and lost for the second straight year to Wake Forest, yes Wake Forest. Now from perspective my Florida State is years ahead of Miami on the road to College Football recovery (except in the coaching department where FSU continues to be among the worst in the nation) so that game should put in perspective to any non believers out there who still think Miami has the talent or the desire to compete for an ACC title that Miami is done competiting for titles for sometime.
The Hurricanes have continued bleed even as Randy Shannon has valiantly tried to teach this bunch of players what it means to play at the "U." But sadly Shannon's efforts to instill some pride and discipline on the team have to this point been a flat failure.
Into this mess comes Georgia Tech in desperate need of stopping the bleeding themselves, the losers of three of their first four league games. The last few years if you need a victory in the league to restore confidence in embattled coaches, no better remedy exists than seeing the Hurricanes on the other sideline. As talent deficient as Duke is at least you can expect them to show up and play hard every Saturday. From Miami and to a lesser extent Florida State you don't know what to expect.
However, I know what to expect in this particular game because Georgia Tech matches up so well against Miami. John Tenuta is one of the best minds in Football and each of the last three matchups he's taken advantage of poor offensive line play by Miami to help his GT defense record 20 sacks versus UM, all 20 recorded versus Kyle Wright. In 2004, Brock Berlin threw three first half TDs against Tech but in the second half when Wright got some playing time we got a preview of how ineffective Wright is against the blitz and Eric Winston got hurt badly to boot. In both 2005 and 2006 Wright looked like a High School QB facing Tenuta's intricate blitz and coverage schemes.
Georgia Tech is 5th in the nation in turnover margin and even though their offense has been playing catch up a lot lately (and thus has inflated stats) they won't need a whole lot of offense to beat a turnover prone Miami team. If Miami cannot establish a power running game in the first few series of the games, this one could and should get ugly. I predict it will, and Chan Gailey gets the critics off his back for one week at least.
GEORGIA TECH 31 MIAMI 7
Friday, October 12, 2007
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Shannon's unwillingness to bench Wright and either give Freeman another shot or pull the red shirt off of Marve will result in a loss at least as bad as you indicate. I don't think we'll win another game with this dipshit QB who has regressed every time he has stepped on the field.
Come on. Do you really believe this team will be beaten this badly at home? I know the Canes aren't great, but neither is GTech. I say the game will be a lot like that the last two contests between these two. Closely contested and decided by whether or not Kyle can avoid a game clinching mistake.
I haven't seen much of Miami this year but I believe they have played so badly that they have no confidence no intimidation factor any longer at home. I'm not sure how good Tech is but I know Miami has faded.
31-7? If Wright takes 7 sacks again we'll lose 51-7 because our defense unlike two years ago cannot hold anyone with a pulse under 30. I think as crazy as it sounds you are being too rosy. I don't know why I continue to drive 4 hours plus to watch these clowns play every week.
Pretty spot on analysis from where I sit. We're going to get roasted later today.
You are a total prik whose negativity seems to have rubbed off on the team. You ought to pick another team to write about if you are going to create such negative vibes all the time. Clearly you have rubbed off on our poor guys.
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