Out Of Kilter

This is based on nothing more than rumor, half-baked speculation, and the scuttlebutt of high-school jocksniffers, but here goes a listing of the names most frequently mentioned as being in play.

Today: Jeff Fisher and Mike Leach
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This is based on nothing more than rumor, half-baked speculation, and the scuttlebutt of high-school jocksniffers, but here goes a listing of the names most frequently mentioned as being in play.

Today: Steve Spurrier and Barry Alvarez
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This is based on nothing more than rumor, half-baked speculation, and the scuttlebutt of high-school jocksniffers, but here goes a listing of the names most frequently mentioned as being in play.

Today: Greg Schiano and Randy Shannon
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The Miami Hurricanes will hit the field this Saturday, after team members took a vote and overwhelmingly felt they should play. The team will have a moment of silence before they face Maryland.

Pata’s funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday (11/14/06) at the New Birth Baptist Church. UM will hold a memorial service for Pata at noon Wednesday at the campus’ Gusman Concert Hall. They also have a message board for your thoughts.

According to UM’s Athletic Department,

This decal will be affixed to the back of every helmet worn by the Miami Hurricanes football team for the remainder of this season. The decals were rushed through production and donated by Riddell.

For the latest news on the investigation, and an update on team reactions, follow the jump.
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Of course there was going to be an extended post on the debacle at Duke. I just was waiting for a chance to settle down. Since I still haven’t, I decided to go ahead and get on it.

The overriding mystery to me is why this coaching staff refuses to put players in positions to succeed. At this point, it appears to be either of two options, incompetence or vendettas. There are also the minor problems, like displaying big plays we’ve spent the season setting up against, say… Wake Forest last year, and UNC and Duke this year. Last year, after spending eight games throwing a play-action receiver screen, we then went over the top to the opposite receiver against 4-6 Wake. This year, against the UNC powerhouse who fired John Bunting in shame, we unveiled the safety option pass, whose epic reverberations confront us even today. Finally, against Duke, we cracked out two unique looks. First, we threw the first slants we’ve thrown in roughly three years. Then we followed that with a bizarre spread read-option look. The only threat that poses to the upcoming schedule? Paralyzing them with laughter at Kyle lumbering down the field. His claimed 4.6 speed sure looks like it was timed by stopwatches at Virginia Tech.

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This was a disgraceful game. Everyone needs to go.

Here is the prediction from Friday-

Calais Campbell and Teraz McCray will follow up their perfomance against UNC with some quality play. Baraka Atkins will appear to take plays off. Bryan Pata won’t get the numbers, but he will be consistent in getting some push. Jon Beason won’t be on the field enough. Glenn Cook will miss some plays and end up isolated on someone who he can’t cover. Glenn Sharpe will play superbly. If Brandon Meriweather plays corner, at some point Miami will regret it. The Lovon Ponder package will continue to awe and mystify. Kenny Phillips will look like a beast.

The d-line as a unit played solid, but only Calais Campbell looked special. I was shocked at the amount of early time Dwayne Hendricks received, but the tackles as a whole didn’t get the same push that they have been lately. I didn’t focus much on Baraka Atkins, but I don’t remember him doing much to draw attention, either. Pata wasn’t on the field as much as he has been, but he didn’t appear to be injured, so he might have just needed a breather. Jon Beason was on the field until he apparently got injured, because FIU didn’t go four-wide at all. He looked good, but not quite a force. Glenn Cook looked terrible, but Josh Padrick couldn’t put the ball in the hands of Cook’s cover. Sharpe played very well, but he did get whistled for a dubious PI. Meriweather got beaten several times, but was given safety and linebacker help which prevented anything terrible. Lovon Ponder made one hell of an interception and looked good in coverage, though Coach Shannon sent him several times on blitzes where he did nothing. Kenny Phillips did look like a beast, between the tip drill interception and the brutal hits he laid on FIU receivers once the game resumed following the fracas. Tavares Gooden had a sure pick slide through his hands which was brutal, but when on the field otherwise, was a beast against the run and lost against the pass. The second team linebackers had solid performances, particularly Colin McCarthy, who looks like he’s ready right now to step in for Big Beas.

Calais Campbell and Teraz McCray will follow up their perfomance against UNC with some quality play. Baraka Atkins will appear to take plays off. Bryan Pata won’t get the numbers, but he will be consistent in getting some push. Jon Beason won’t be on the field enough. Glenn Cook will miss some plays and end up isolated on someone who he can’t cover. Glenn Sharpe will play superbly. If Brandon Meriweather plays corner, at some point Miami will regret it. The Lovon Ponder package will continue to awe and mystify. Kenny Phillips will look like a beast.