Out Of Kilter

VH1 is going to bless us, we lucky few, by giving New York her own “celebreality” show wittily titled, “I Love New York.” I haven’t been this excited since the time I first tasted ice cream.

I’m sure it will make for some excellent television, but can you really top Mini Me peeing in the corner? Me thinks not. Also, why can’t they give Hoopz her own show?

In what continues to be a treasure trove of comedic goodness, FIU’s student newspaper, The Beacon, has done a feature on it’s “peeping tom” problem in the womens’ bathrooms across campus.

Captain Michael Wright, commander of operations of Public Safety at BBC, says, “This fall there has only been one incident reported, but I’m not aware that this has been a consistent problem.”

Also, FIU’s football team is far worse than UM, posting an astounding 0-8 this year. Seriously, I’ve seen Special Olympics kids put more points on the board during halftime shows than Strock’s collection of unmitigated failures on scholarship he calls a team.

A: When the University Of Miami needs a win to save the season.

For a look at the Miami defense vs. the Yellowjackets, check here…

Just another mediocre performance against a team playing out the string.

This staff no longer even elicits shock at their missteps. (more…)

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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Jon Beason and Greg Olsen are injured and are almost absolutely out for Duke.

The following players are out for Duke due to FIU-related suspensions:
Anthony Reddick, Carlos Armour, Chris Barney, James Bryant, Tyrone Byrd, DajLeon Farr, Ryan Hill, Bruce Johnson, Charlie Jones, Brandon Meriweather, Brian Monroe, Derrick Morse and Randy Phillips.

Ryan Moore remains suspended indefinitely.