My take on CANES 49-24 win at Toledo

Here's my take on #CANES 49-24 win over Toledo up in Toledo on 9/15/18 with Report Card and Game Balls.

Highlights of the CANES win over Toledo

Guest take from allabouttheu83

Richt Post Game comments after win 9/15/18

Malik Post Game Comments 9/15/18

DeeJay Post Game Comments 9/15/18

Toledo Game Preview

Preview of 9/15/18 game vs Toledo

Which back will fill the role of Walton in this game?

Highlights from Toledo's last game vs VMI

This is the block seen around the Sports World vs VMI back on 9/1/18

More highlights of Toledo's 66-3 vs VMI on 9/1/18

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. 

Interesting take on QB situation 4/5/18

Today, I had an interesting back and forth on Twitter with a poster named @Canes305Native.

Danny, I'm telling you right now, Perry will be named the starter before the LSU game. There's not even gonna be any speculation about Rosier struggling and being pulled. Listen closely, ROSIER WILL NEVER EVER START ANOTHER GAME FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI! Got it?

— CanesLife (@Canes305Native) April 5, 2018

I don't doubt what he's saying. However, in his tweet yesterday to Susan Miller Degnan of the Miami Herald, this is what he said on the QB situation, which prompted my response here:

An observer at practice;

Perry's mechanics are flawless. Plays out fakes with maximum intensity, puts the ball where the receivers are the only ones to make the play. And he’s a specimen. It’s not close. Coaching staff may say it is to try to save face, but it’s not even close!

— CanesLife (@Canes305Native) April 5, 2018

One would summarize that he was an observer, when I got the word from that poster this morning that he was NOT, and I repeat, was NOT an observer at practice, nor has he ever been an observer at practice. That's on me and I stand corrected on that. 

That said, the above tweet to Degnan might suggest that its a foregone conclusion for Kosi being the guy, and this is totally incorrect right now. Yes, he might be the guy (the three upcoming scrimmages {including the Spring Game on 4/14 in the 2nd scrimmage and only public one} will determine that). My issue here was that he thinks its a foregone conclusion that Kosi will be guy that goes in Arlington. I don't see it that way right now and the staff doesn't either, but maybe again, after the Spring scrimmages are over, I might have a different take on it. 

As of right now, I still believe Malik likely starts in Arlington vs LSU. 

Now, from InsideTheU and Christopher Stock, this in his news and notes. Its understood that they get the first 15 minutes of observations in practice, but here goes. 

Per Stock's piece:

• QB Malik Rosier continues to be the top quarterback on the team and has been receiving a majority of the snaps with the first team. 
• Redshirt freshman QB N'Kosi Perry has shown flashes at times, but has also struggled with his decision-making in addition to his accuracy on short passes. 

The above tweet on Kosi is correct here, but from Stock's piece, the Kosi inconsistency so far in the short game should be a concern, so he's not flawless here, there are some things he needs to work on going forward here. 

On Malik, I need to see the accuracy go up and more importantly, I need to see the consistency of solid play continue. No more of this one week good and next week terrible. He knows his job is on the line. 

Another piece this evening from Barry Jackson on the QB situation:

This one really disputes what the poster was saying earlier on the QB battle being a foregone conclusion for Kosi, which it is clearly not, but the gap is slowly closing:

"We’re told that Malik Rosier was the best quarterback in practice Thursday."

"There’s no question N’Kosi Perry has improved — he had a very good practice Tuesday — but Rosier is making the fewest mental mistakes, which will be heavily factored into the starting decision."

"Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown told WQAM this week that Rosier remains ahead in the competition but not by a large margin."

That last part in Jackson's piece is very important. Not by a large margin.  Yes, Kosi had a good practice on Tuesday, but it seems to me that this is still Malik's job to lose because of the fact he's not making the big costly mistakes here. 

That said, again, the scrimmages the next three Saturdays will really start to separate the QBs here and who goes into Fall Camp as the leader. 

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article208022639.html#storylink=cpy

My take on the QB Competition at UM

Here's the way I look at this battle.

I've been a big Malik Rosier supporter for a while now. However, my confidence eroded in him after last year's finish to the season with 3 straight losses.

That said, I still have confidence in Malik that he will ultimately keep his job as the starter, unless he has a very poor Spring camp, then at that point, all bets are off the table.

Something that caught my eye here. Something from Matt Porter of the Palm Beach Post in reference to Rosier and his grade. When Richt declined to give a grade for Malik, that told me something right there. That says to me that Malik is in serious trouble of losing his job.

According to Porter's piece and I'll put it here: Kosi leading candidate to win UM job, he says there are Cane insiders that believe N'Kosi Perry is going to win the job. I don't see it that way right now. As I said earlier, I still think Malik will hang on to his job in the end, but make no mistake, by Richt not saying Malik's grade, definitely confirms what I've been saying for a while now, Malik's leash will be very short. If Malik struggles in Arlington early vs LSU, Richt will not wait too long to pull him in favor of Kosi. I'll want to see in the Spring game how Malik, Kosi and the other two QBs fare. The Spring game to me, is going to be really Malik's final shot to keep his job. If he struggles in that game, then you'd have to make the move to go to Kosi here.

In Richt's interview with WQAM, Richt's comments on 3/26/18 to Joe Rose on UM and QB situation Very enlightening and on Jarren Williams, it's clear to me, he's the future. The 80-90% completion numbers on the deep balls, tells me also that Malik, as much as I want to see him hang on to his job, might not be the answer there in that regard. The question is in that regard, is Kosi the answer here or Jarren?

A lot of moving parts taking place between now and April 14th Spring Game at Hard Rock Stadium. A lot more questions will be answered after that game, especially with the QBs.