Bowl Projections as of Week 12

When looking at the Bowl Projections as of today, it seems likely that we will be either in one of three places:

• El Paso (Sun)
• Nashville (Music City) 
• Shreveport (Indepedence)

CANES Bowl Projections Week of 11/17/19

CBS Sports Jerry Palm: Sun v Arizona State (12/31)

Sports Media Pass: Independence v Kentucky (12/26)

ESPN Kyle Bonagura: Military v Temple (12/27)

ESPN Mark Schlabach: Music City v Kentucky (12/30)

Brant Parsons (Orlando Sentinel): Quick Lane v Michigan State (12/26)

247Sports (Brad Crawford): Sun v Cal (12/31)

Bill Bender (Sporting News): Independence v Kentucky (12/26)

Banner Society (Jason Kirk): Gator v Mississippi State (1/2/20)

Saturday Blitz (John Mitchell): Independence v Ohio (Replacement for SEC) (12/26)

CFN (CollegeFootballNews): Music City v Liberty (Replacement for SEC) (12/30)

Brett McMurphy (Stadium): NY6 Orange v Alabama (1/1/20)

Athlon Sports: Sun v Washington State (12/31)

Erick Smith (USA Today): Camping World v Texas (12/28)

Bleacher Report: Military v Navy (12/27)

Last Word on Sports CFB: Sun v Arizona State (12/31)

Off Tackle Empire: Sun v Arizona State (12/31)

College Sports Madness: Pinstripe v Illinois (12/27)

SI (Michael Shapiro): Music City v Mississippi State (12/30)

Sun: 4

Independence: 3

Music City: 3

Military: 2

Quick Lane: 1

Gator: 1

Camping World: 1

Orange: 1

Pinstripe: 1

The one that really got my attention was from McMurphy, when he projected that we might end up in the Orange (NY6 game). He projects that no ACC team (outside of Clemson) will be the Top 25 CFP final poll on Dec 8th. If that happens to be the case, we're sitting in a very good position to end up being in the Orange. 

However, right now, more realistically, it'll be one of the three Bowls mentioned above. 

My take on CANES 33-17 loss to LSU

Not going to sugarcoat this, last night was simply put, an embarassing performance in all three phases of the game.

This is must read from Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald Post-Game.
Where CANES go from here?

Game highlights, and they are ugly to watch, but necessary.

Great take from allabouttheu83 here. 

Richt Post-Game on the loss to LSU

Malik, Big Cage, and Tyler Post-Game on the loss vs LSU

JJ4 with Richt Post-Game on the loss vs LSU

Shake this off, its only one loss, but it was a bad one vs a very good LSU team. Savannah State in the Home opener is next on Saturday. 

LSU Game Preview

Well another season is upon us and it starts tonight at 7:30 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX vs LSU.

Note: The podcast was recorded back on Thursday, before UM's announcement that N'Kosi Perry would be suspended for this game.

This is from LSU's Game vs Florida last year. Notice at the 2:10 mark White blitzing from the inside while the OLB's drop back. 

From 2015, when Aranda was at Wisconsin, this is how his Peso Defense works. Another version of the Nickel that we'll see on Sunday Night. 

LSU Defense 

Joe Burrow (Ohio State Spring Game 2017)

The CANES D is back in 2018

Malik from 2017

Part 1 of 2018 CANES opponent series - vs LSU (Arlington, TX) - 9/2

I'm back for another season of Miami Hurricanes Football and my annual opponent season preview series.

Today in Part 1 of 12, the focus will be on the LSU Tigers, our opponent on 9/2 in Arlington, TX (7:30 pm on ABC).

Devin White Highlights

Greedy Williams Highlights

This is the game vs Troy that LSU lost at home to. 

This is the Bowl Game in Orlando vs Notre Dame.

Its good to study the tendencies of LSU when you watch the films of the Troy and ND games.

In Part 2, a brief preview of Savannah State. 

My take on the 2018 Spring Game

Yesterday, the Miami Hurricanes held their Spring Game over at Hard Rock Stadium. After seeing the videos (one from Richt Post-Game and one from College Football Viz) and the comments, I want to give my thoughts here. 

1. Poor OL play - This has been an issue for a while now. We will only go so far as our OL will take us. If you listen to Mark Richt's comments post-game, this is one reason why he couldn't fully evaluate Malik Rosier's performance last night (more on the QB's shortly). The DL was constantly beating the OL and getting to the QB and stopping the run. This to me, we have to got to get fixed before Fall Camp starts and before we leave for Arlington (JerryWorld) vs LSU on 9/2. Searels is on the hot seat this year for sure. 
2. The QB competition - As stated earlier, Richt could not fully evaluate Malik's performance because of the poor OL play. As for Kosi and Jarren, I felt they did very well, especially Kosi, who really needed to step up in this game because he had been sloppy at times throughout Spring camp. This will go a long way toward his progress and build some mo going into Fall Camp. As for Jarren, another solid performance yesterday, granted, he didn't play with the 1s, as he played with the 2s. I'd like to see Jarren work with the 1s, if not in Spring camp, which has a week to go, but for sure in Fall Camp. He has some promise here. Its going to be interesting in Fall Camp how the QBs fare and who starts in Arlington vs LSU. If I had to guess now, based on experience, I still think it'll be Malik, but if he struggles early and our O is struggling in the 1st half, we could see either Kosi or Jarren start the 2nd half of that game. 
3. The WR core - Like what Brian Hightower did yesterday. That kid is explosive and I think will be the next great one here. No TD catch for Mr. Clutch (Langham). Big Cage is going to be a force on the outside with hopefully a healthy ARich. 
4. The running game - Looks promising here given how poor the OL play has been. DeeJay had a solid game, ditto for Travis.
5. The Tight Ends - We won't know the full extent of this until Jordan and Mallory arrive in the Fall. My god, this Spring, its been awful for the most part, though Playmaker Jr. and Polendey have had their moments. 
6. The Defense - Lights out has its been throughout the Spring, except for one bad practice in which they paid the price for it. They have abused the OL this Spring and they've dictated how the games are going to go this year. 

In summary, I believe this year, we're going to win games with our Defense, and the O not going to need much for the D to make it stand up. The OL has GOT to come together before we leave for Arlington. 

The Spring game for LSU is Saturday Night at 6 pm on SEC Network. Believe me, that's going to be a game where we need to pay very close attention there as they will be our opponent on 9/2 in Arlington at 7:30 pm ET on ABC.