National Championship Game Thread

Indiana stopped blitzing, thinking they could handle us with a zone. Beck did a great job on that last drive.

A shame we were so inept the first half.

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Blocked punt and missed field goal - special teams - :person_facepalming:

Imagine not missing that field goal. Or, I dunno, going for it instead.

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Becker was not stopped by anyone this year. O’Conner just couldn’t match up physically with him. He is to Indiana what Jeremiah is to Ohio State.

We cannot let them pin us too deep.

Horrendous

There are some guys who have IT - beck does not have it.

I’m still proud of this team. We covered. It wasn’t the boat race the pundits thought it would be.

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Carson Beck forces a pass that gets picked to lose the game.
No one could have predicted this.

Most of the blame lies with Dawson but a lot of stupid mistakes and missed tackles.

I don’t understand how the bad tackling and the stupid penalties never got fixed.

Special thanks to Rhett Lashlee and Manny Diaz. They could have got Fernandno Mendoza with a preferred walk on offer. Idiots.

Too bad, but we were in it right to the end. The friggin blocked kick killed us along with feckless play on offense in the first half.

This has been a great season, and I’ve enjoyed watching games with you guys. You’re a great group of football fans. Indiana was the best team we played this year. They made precious few mistakes and were obviously well coached. They deserve their Cinderella season. And we had the year of Bain and Mesidor which reminded me of the year Alabama beat us by dint of having two fearsome defensive ends Curry and Copeland who were dominant just like ours. We had a wonderful defense this year.

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Great season. Obviously I wanted the win but I think Mario silenced a lot of doubters with that run. We should be proud of this team.

We didn’t need it all on one play.

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The missed tackles did not lose the game. Missed fg which miami should have gone for it. The blocked punt. Thats ten points…miami wins if those two things don’t happen.

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If that underthrown pass was to the far side, we win the game. All I could have asked.

Gutsy call by Cignetti going for it on 4th and 5. Every point counted. The 3 points we missed. The punt block was devastating.

Miami could have won if we played a clean game. We covered. It was a fun watch and a fun ride.

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Great season, bitter pill to swallow. Indiana is one hell of a team. At least the end was not controversial.

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Cignetti is an elite coach. Miami did not need to go for it all at the end. 51 seconds….you have at least 4-5 plays to win the game.

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At least! Great game though. I’m proud of what Mario has built.

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Throw that ball to the boundary, or don’t throw it at all.

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Our defense got stronger as the game proceeded. The Hoosiers felt a lot of pain handed out by those guys on defense. It was a real old time slugfest. Great season.

We’re lucky to have Mario. He’s a native son who loves the University of Miami. He’s a great organizer and a superb recruiter. What parent would not believe Mario wouldn’t take care of their son. We came within a few plays of winning. Let’s do it again next year.