Usually, the Hurricane seasonal swoon occurs at the end of the season. Not this year. This year the Canes are outdoing themselves at rending asunder the hopes of its fans. I note that the Hurricanes are favored to beat Michigan State. Maybe the oddsmakers didn’t watch the last two games. Maybe they are smoking the stuff. No way do I see THIS TEAM beating Michigan, much less being the favorite.
UNC exposed the Hurricane weakness against the ground game. In that game we broke our all time record for futility of defense against the rush. Presently, we are ranked No. 100 out of 120 in rushing defense.
Michigan State is a Big Ten team and loves rushing the football. Miami has a dearth of linebackers. You’d have to be a moron not to play smash mouth with the Miami Hurricanes.
Listening today to a Nick Saban interview, I didn’t hear one criticism of any individual players. What I heard was the word poise over and over again. Saban ranted on consistency and poise occurring in every play from scrimmage. He also spoke of individual behavior and the responsibility of acting responsibly whether on the field or on the sidelines. Poise was Saban’s key word. How much poise do the Hurricanes exude?
I don’t want to see it. I probably won’t see it, I’ll even watch re-runs of Leave it to Beaver instead, but I think MSU is going to rout the Hurricanes Clemson-style. MSU will annihilate Miami, and our No. 100 ranking in rushing defense will sink even lower. The only way this doesn’t happen is if MSU goes pass crazy or has five turnovers in the game.
Let’s hope Lashlee does not come out trying to establish the run. We saw how that worked out the first quarter of the Bama game, and good grief, we’re snake bit, our best back Chaney is out for the season Hmm. I wonder how many “adjustments” our coaching staff will make. Seems to me, Mallory couldn’t block my grandmother. Time to give Arroyo more touches. Seems to me also, Lashlee needs to up the tempo, play the short passing game, let King get in groove completing easy passes, and pass long only sparingly. Since the RBs are remarkably unsuccessful, they should be catching flair passes where they have a modicum of daylight and avoid the tons of charging linemen.
As an old guy, one of my goals was to see the Hurricanes play one more time for a national championship. In retrospect, I may have been as nutty as Joe Biden. Now after 15 years, I’ve lessened my goal to just winning the ACC Divisional Title after which we’d of course be crushed by Clemson. Worst of all, where I live I am surrounded by Alabama fans who haven’t a care in the world.