"Time to get back " Topic

OK, I'm over the disaster at VT.

Everything went wrong, weather, injuries, VT playing their best game in years, et al.

Now we get OU with Bradford or a improved Landon at QB.

Must win. ACC hopes are over, as VT has only one game left (at GT), so any BCS bowl hopes depend on this game.

I think we win at least 7 of our last 8, so this is the difference between maybe 11-1 or 10-2/9-3/8-4

We don't have the depth, no upper class talent, and too
much inexperience to overcome a day like last week. If we are really back,though, we come out saturday night mean and on fire.

Go Canes!

It's good to see a man who is True to His School!
Go Horns!

I'm hoping the 'Canes get Born Again HARD this weekend.

Jake

I think you can throw out the VT game. Miami is a young team in the middle of a hard 4 game stretch. It's hard to keep it going in that situation. Number 80 killed them with his 2 drops as they were driving to make it 21-14. That really took the air out of their sails.
Now I hope OU crushes them but I doubt they will. Stoops doesn't know how to get the players ready for a big games on the road.He had the whole off season to get ready for BYU and blew it. OU was replacing 4 offensive lineman and Stoops didn't have them ready to be blitzed. Hey Bob, ever heard of a screen pass? And their best back gets 10 carries a game. Whats with that?

Yep, Cfuzwuz, as soon as the rain stopped, Miami drives for a TD and is about to score another till Graham (that is number 80, the basketball player)drops two scoring chances, and EASY ones at that!

:(

VT fumbles twice and the ball bounces to them (two scores for us if they didn't).

Just bad game, at a tough venue.

Now, will Bradford be 100%?

I don't think Bradford is even going to suit up. Landry Jones has a beautiful pass but I doubt Miami will give him the time that Idaho State did.:} I look for a low scoring game. OU's defense is pretty good. If both teams aren't ready to play lights out there is something wrong with them. Should be a great game! OU is a TD favorite but I don't understand that. I really think Miami will be the GT Miami and not the VT Miami.

ACC hopes are over, as VT has only one game left (at GT)

I dunno. We have a talent for self-destruction. BC has taken us in the regular season 3 years straight. I think this year it'll be different since we've improved over last year and they…haven't. UNC has played us really tough too.

Out of curiosity, do you think part of Miami's problem last week was a) thinking a week ahead to the Sooners and b) Jacory Harris buying into the hype about him. He is really damn good, no doubt about that. He just seemed rattled when he realized he couldn't walk on all that water.

Oh no way, enfant, they never look ahead past VT. The UM game is VT's Super Bowl game every year, and they play their best against us.

Watched the replay 3 times, and the score was not indicative of the game (don't have two turnovers returned for TDs in the first half, and we are driving to take the lead in the third quarter). If VT played like they had all season, we would have looked great. The reality of a young team on the road at one ofthe toughest places toplay in the country.

VT could have beaten anyone in the country that day.

Jacory couldn't throw on water, receivers couldn't catch, Oline made some crucial mistakes (damn Phipho, again!), and we have zero depth at key positions (and our starters happened to be injured at those positions)

I was harsh on Randy, but in his defense, when a program goes FOUR years without recruiting ONE QB, ONE O Lineman, ONE receiver, or ONE cornerback (Coker from 2003-2006), you basically need two to three years to even fill the 1st string at those positions, not to mention having a reliable 2nd string.

We have TWO d-1 caliber cornerbacks, both true sophomores, who have both missed two games so far and will miss the OU game.

We have ONE strong safety, a sophomore, and he has missed two games so far. And one free safety, a junior who wouldn't make most BCS team's roster.

That is why every game we have played, FSU, GT, VT have thrown simple passes downfield and the result was wide open TDs, with no UM defender withing 10 yards of teh reciever.

For D line, we have two DEs, both injured for Florida State, one for VT, and thats it.

Great talent, but you can't have that many true freshman and true sophomores at key positions, with zero backups.

Our linebackers are average D-1 at best (they have performed great this year) and our O line is a bunch of guys who wouldn't see the field on most of our opponents teams.

What we have is 7-8 NFL recievers, 5 NFL RBs, NFL safeties, CBs, and DLinemen, who are young.

Now, OU could light us up for 5-7 TDs just based on the fact we won't even have bodies at CB and safety on many plays.

But, our Dline and LBs could as easily dominate OU's poor O line, and our offense is just as capable of lighting up OU.

It's a game between young speedy playmakers vs an experienced, deep national championship level powerhouse, and we are gonna be right in the thick of it, in a crazy home crowd at night!

One more recruiting season where we lock down Dade County talent, and 2010 and on are gonna be typical Cane teams

Oh, and the ACC is in play if we get a three way tie (if VT drops one to GT or UNC, we got a chance)