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- Reminded me of the OSU/TX game in many ways including hard game on the road with both teams calling conservative games.
- Also was a very Kelly-esque game in many ways - insanely frustrating especially on second viewing, weather played more a factor than I initially noticed.
- IF we can get our S together and win out, a close loss to Miami on the road won't hurt us when it comes to the playoffs, but winning out is a tall order.
- Realistically, this may be a rebuilding year, and I'd think 10 wins is a likely landing spot.
- We got absolutely killed in the trenches on both sides of the ball, which is not all that surprising on O at this point in the season, but for D, it's inexcusable.
- Carr, Fields (with exception of fumble), Price, Gilbert and Faison all had decent games.
- Love needs to stop the hurdling nonsense or he's going to blow out his knee.
- Until our last series on offense, Miami really wasn't playing aggressive on the D line, and when they did, we couldn't stop them.
- With an OC like Denbrock, need a first tier DC; not sure Ash is that guy.
- Carr is a solid QB, but Denbrock may need a very durable run-first QB in his system (e.g., that Castellanos kid FSU got from BC), and it's clear that he has a system.
- The RPO that lead to the pick was bad luck, but we shouldn't have been calling RPO in the first place there, or at least not a RPO into a sideline screen (i.e., a run) on second and 2 - that's Denbrock.
- Running game was underutilized all game - It's raining and 200% humidity and we ran for 93 yards (Price 45, Love 33, and Carr 16).
- What did work on O, we didn't use again (Kelly flashbacks) in the form of Price.
- Having a middling TE in Raridon with stone hands and blocks for shit will come back to bite us; too much emphasis recruiting DL and not enough on TE (although he was our leading receiver, but largely due to 1 play).
- Not an impressive first showing for Ash with disturbing prior problems reemerging in the form of ineffective blitzing, poor tackling, players out of position, and what appeared to be a general lack of passion on D.
- Ash was also toggling between man and zone, and Miami had success against zone.
- We were doing more subbing on D than I originally thought, but I don't think we have yet figured out the right player groups and right situational players
- On D, Stroman had a decent game, Moore was very solid, and Traore played well on his return.
- The ?? on D are the interior DL (Cross is missed), Bothelo (injury return), Young (quiet game), and Gray who is one of the most nerve-wracking players to watch play.
- We'll need one or more guys to step up on D and lead; may not be Bowen, but that was missing.
- Special teams did their job for the most part, and kicker and punter did what was expected, with exception of allowing one runback that should have been kicked out of endzone.