Normally I wouldn’t do a detailed game summaries on game night, but this one got me so riled up in frustration I need to vent before I calm down. (Count to ten my ass!)

First thing mother fucking last*. This is by far the worst game Jacory Harris has played. At times he looked like a back-up freshman quarterback told by his coach to just throw it downfield every play hoping for a penalty. It was embarrassing and extremely frustrating. When the Wake Forest corners are playing 10 yards off the line, I just don’t understand the lack of slants with these horses at receiver. Watching at home I cannot tell if this is the playcalling of Whipple, or if Harris just chucks it downfield everytime a route is run. One thing I do know, the play-action deep ball is no longer there. Please stop running it, at least until the actual “action” creates it. Any decent coach now is gameplanning their defense to sit and wait. The play works when run appropriately, as Miami has the speed on the outside. It just needs to be run at more opportune times.

Offense venting down, time to ride the D. How do I say this? Fucking horrendous? Hot butter stick through stale bread? Break and just sometimes bend? How about all of the above. This ain’t the GMAT. Randy’s (and now presumably Lovett’s) defensive philosophy has always been to rush four and let the back seven make plays. Unfortunately, this only works when you have better players, most notably on the D-line. With the injury report only getting bigger, Lovett and Randy need to devise a better gameplan, or Miami will continue to look like a middle tier ACC team.

Alright, enough negativity. Miami made a great comeback win, on the road, against a better coached team. The Canes did not deserve to be anywhere close to Wake Forest today, but they did deserve to win given the opportunities. The defense did produce four turnovers, the offense just couldn’t produce any points. Most days four giveaways means a blowout win. Today, it meant staying close enough to win despite an embarassing overall performance.

A win is a win, Miami is still alive in the conference race, I will always take a win this way regardless of how it came about. Every game here on out will be fun to say the least, as Miami is no longer a runaway favorite. Oddly enough Miami actually will play Virginia and Duke (!) of all teams and be behind them in conference play. Crazy, that ACC!

*If you got that Nice Guy Eddie reference, well, just like Rufus, you’re the man.

I know the game was bad, but when you break it down into just one sentence? Ouch.

“Look at it this way,” Shannon said. “Three years ago, if we would’ve had 11 penalties, four turnovers, an interception for a touchdown, a kickoff for a touchdown, we didn’t have a chance. That’s when you know you’re seeing the change.”

Always the sunny side, that Randy. And in two years, we’ll all laugh at how cute Clemson was for staying within three touchdowns.

Miami 5-2 (2-2) @ Wake Forest 4-4 (2-2)

BB&T Field at Groves Stadium

Winston-Salem, NC

Well, last week happened. It was inevitable really. We all got drunk on Jacory + Whipple producing play action passes going 40 yards downfield, and expected it as birthright. Problem is, so did (still does?) Jacory. He throws the ball regardless of availability, and it’s not until he’s two picks into his night that Whipple starts throwing the wide open underneath balls. I think the fact Whipple’s playcalling tendencies were so unknown contributed to Jacory’s early season numbers. Once the opposing DCs starting picking up on it, that’s when the interceptions started. However, Whipple has already shown time and again he is great at the halftime adjustment. Lets just not get to that point this week, and going forward. Use the WR speed and depth to run the underneath crossing routes. Keep the TE and FB into to help this ramshackle line block. If all else fails, go to the 3-step drops.

For all the craziness of the great start this year, Miami has lost two straight in conference, and is sitting at 5th in the Coastal division. In case you didn’t notice, Georgia Tech is already 5-1 in conference, meaning they only have two more to go. Note to ACC schedule makers: YOU FUCKING SUCK. Stop playing so many early season conference games. Every single year you either kill the late season drama, or derail many teams conference title hopes by the end of September. Look at the Big East, the supposed shit of the BCS. We get to experience a Cincinnati/West Virginia/Pittsburgh trifecta of games, with each team playing another, all in the final three weeks of the year. Don’t tell me the ACC can’t at least guess who the best of the conference will be and try to schedule those late in the year.

UNC holding on for the predictable win at Virginia Tech last night does re-open Miami’s chances at a backdoor ACC title game appearance, but lets not hold our breath here. Paul Johnson has learned from last year, when his team was in this exact same position. He’s not going to let them fall down the stretch, especially against Wake Forest and Duke. Miami fans, be content with a 10 win season, and hopefully a Gator Bowl stomping of Notre Dame. If Miami wins out they could still claim the Peach Bowl, which is now one of the most notable non-BCS bowls out there, but I want the Domers.

Miami should have the talent against Wake to overcome any coaching deficiencies (refusing to blitz a QB), or the MASH unit that has become the defensive side of the ball. I’m still perplexed as to why Randy and Lovett thought letting Clemson sit back and actually use their one strength (athletes) against Miami. Look at the week prior against UCF. Any time they finally started moving the ball, Lovett would dial up a blitz to immediately shut down the drive. I understand Randy’s line of thought, we watched it for six years. He wants the front four to create all the pressure, no wasting extra man power on blitzes, and let the back seven create turnovers. Problem is, with this many injuries, you have to get the pressure somehow. I expect a good portion of blitzing this weekend.

As much as it sucks to consider for Canes fans, the ACC needs Georgia Tech to run the table and win the conference. That would most likely put them in the top 5, with an outside shot at the national title game. Regardless of that outcome, the ACC needs a team other than the flaky Hokies to give cred to the conference until Miami finally steps up to the throne next year. Right now everyone expects GT to lose to an inferior divisional opponent. Why? Because the “ACC sucks and that’s just what happens. Look at last year.” Exactly my point, hypothetical quote of the masses. I believe in the next 5-10 years the cream of the ACC will be Miami and GT. Might as well get one of them started on the national scale as soon as possible.

This game will be close, as Jim Grobe is a great coach. Miami does seem to have his number, as he is winless since the Canes joined the ACC. Miami cannot lose another conference game and consider this to be a good season. Miami bends but doesn’t break and holds Wake to a bunch of field goals, and Baby Baby James (that’s Mike for all y’all) has a great game rushing, setting up some TE touchdowns for Jacory.

Official Prediction: Miami 21, Wake Forest 16

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Florida
3	Iowa	1
4	Texas	1
5	TCU	7
6	Boise State	1
7	Cincinnati	2
8	Oregon
9	Georgia Tech	1
10	Southern Cal	1
11	Oklahoma State
12	Virginia Tech	1
13	LSU	2
14	Houston
15	Pittsburgh	2
16	Penn State
17	Miami (Florida)	11
18	Utah	3
19	Arizona	5
20	Ohio State	2
21	Wisconsin	4
22	West Virginia
23	Central Michigan
24	South Carolina
25	Oklahoma
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: South Florida (#18), Brigham Young (#19), Texas Tech (#20), Nebraska (#23).

-Quick revision, after discussion from a die-hard Longhorn fan. Cincinnati drops below TCU and Boise State. TCU has wins on the road against Virginia, Clemson, and the BYU road beatdown. Boise still is carrying the torch of the Oregon win, but that could end next week if the Ducks beat USC. So Cincy is on the receiving end of a re-thinking of their opponents. They do have the ability to move up late, as West Virginia and namely Pittsburgh still are to come.

Again, convince me I’m wrong and I’ll post as many of these mofos as need be.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Florida
3	Iowa	1
4	Texas	1
5	Cincinnati
6	Boise State	1
7	TCU	5
8	Oregon
9	Georgia Tech	1
10	Southern Cal	1
11	Oklahoma State
12	Virginia Tech	1
13	LSU	2
14	Houston
15	Pittsburgh	2
16	Penn State
17	Miami (Florida)	11
18	Utah	3
19	Arizona	5
20	Ohio State	2
21	Wisconsin	4
22	West Virginia
23	Central Michigan
24	South Carolina
25	Oklahoma
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: South Florida (#18), Brigham Young (#19), Texas Tech (#20), Nebraska (#23)

-Iowa hops ahead of Texas this week, as was pointed out to me last week after the deadline. Iowa has wins against Penn State, Arizona, and Wisconsin, all ranked teams. Texas has a win against Oklahoma, sitting at #25. If Texas beats Okie State this week, they will probably re-jump Iowa. And if Oklahoma keeps winning the close out their season, as they should, Texas’ win in Dallas will help them push forward.

-Don’t look now, but TCU might have a semi-legit case for the BCS title game. They have a win over Clemson, who just schooled Miami, and who just might make the ACC title game. Add in a win over Virginia, this week’s drubbing of BYU, and one more ranked opponent in Utah to come, and this resume might be something to look at come early December.

-Pittsburgh keeps silently climbing the teens, as they look to set up Cincinnati’s late season legitimacy in both team’s finales.

-I’m already annoyed the media is already hyping an all SEC BCS title game, let alone a 1-loss SEC team as the de-facto #3 in the BCS. UGH. Just shut the fuck up already. If all these teams remain undefeated (no small task, I know) no 1 loss team will stay ahead of them. As usual, let me know in the comments what I should change and why, and do it before Tuesday night so I have time to assess your argument.

This look familiar?

Clemson has one great player, and oh, yeah, he just set the ACC and school record for total yards. Nice! Also, I think Jacory just threw another pick. Yes, you could say I’m a little upset, but I am still optimistic for the season as a whole.

Not as many picks this week, plus the FSU/UNC game caught me by surprise. To the picks!

#6 Iowa @ Michigan State

I’ve never rooted for Spartan football in my life, and I hate to do it now. However, this is the only tough game left for Iowa sans Ohio State, and with how Pryor is playing I don’t know if even the Buckeyes can beat this mistake proof Hawkeye team.

Oklahoma @ #25 Kansas

Hey Stoopsie? Think you can start making our “giant program changing” victory against you mean something? All we’re asking for is an 8-4 season, maybe an Alamo bowl run? Think you can do that, for old times sake?

Louisville @ #5 Cincinnati

Cincy is higher than Miami in the BCS, and they are undefeated. So why Anton, are you wanting them to win? Fancy you should ask, dear reader. I either want Cincinnati to make it to the BCS title game, or get passed over by some 1-loss team from a bigger BCS conference. Either of those two scenarios occur, and another new BCS shit storm is on everyone’s mind. People don’t care anymore about a team being left out if the top two are undefeated. We need clear voting bias on the part of the Coaches to finally tinker with the BCS and make the computers count for 50%.

Tennessee @ #2 Alabama

As it looks now, Alabama is the only team that can stop Tebow on a third down, hence beat Florida. Saban seems like a total dick, but I don’t mind Bama snagging a title. An SEC participant in the BCS title game, seriously, is inevitable. Florida and Alabama could both lose this week by 50 and the winner of the SEC title game would still make it to Pasadena.

#1 Florida @ Mississippi State

We all know Florida is not going to lose here, even to their former OC. Urban Meyer is not Pete Carroll, giving away free lap dances on his program’s conference record. All we can hope for is Florida continues to show enough weaknesses so Alabama or the BCS title game contestant can maximize for a victory.

ACC:

# 12 Georgia Tech @ Virginia

I’m tempted to pick Virginia, because “fuck it Miami don’t need no tie breaker help!” but they do need their one marquee win to continue to be marquee.

Maryland @ Duke

Divisional supremacy here we come! Can’t wait to take a look at that record in three years.

Clemson 3-3 (2-2) @ Miami 5-1 (2-1)

Land Shark Stadium

Miami Gardens, FL

I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. So because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth. You can build your ACC Atlantic division without me. I’m Coastal. If I only had the bullets I’d shoot every last one of you who comes off the basketball ship.

I took the father. Now I’ll take the son. You tell young Bowden I’m gonna paint Coconut Grove with his blood. Two coats. I’ll festoon my bedchamber with his guts.

What? He got fired? Are you sure? (pause) Your mouth all glued up with cunny juice? I asked you a question! Oh, you got a murderous streak in you up in Clemson, that’s for sure.

Well, as for you, Mr. Dabo-fucking-Sweeney, you come down to the Grove again, and you’ll be dispatched by my own hand. Get back to your game preparations and let me eat in peace.

Official Prediction: Miami 28, Clemson 10

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Florida
3	Texas
4	Iowa	5
5	Cincinnati	2
6	Miami (Florida)	1
7	Boise State	1
8	Oregon
9	Southern Cal	1
10	Georgia Tech	6
11	Oklahoma State	1
12	TCU	2
13	Virginia Tech	9
14	Houston	7
15	LSU
16	Penn State	3
17	Pittsburgh	6
18	South Florida	5
19	Brigham Young	5
20	Texas Tech
21	Utah
22	Ohio State	11
23	Nebraska	6
24	Arizona
25	Wisconsin
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: South Carolina (#18), Kansas (#20), Notre Dame (#22), Oklahoma (#25).

-Again, the further into the season we go, the more being undefeated counts when comparing a one loss powerhouse with say an Iowa or Cincy.

-Florida and Texas are nearly interchangeable. Florida gets this week’s favor due to Oklahoma losing their name clout, finally. Beating OU at this point doesn’t mean much.

-Segueing there, Miami drops a few spots. GT win keeps getting better, OU win keeps getting worse.

-Iowa jumps up to top 5. They look ugly, they play ugly, they beat horrible teams by a field goal, but they are undefeated and have some good wins sprinkled in with their bad ones.

-Cincinnati continues its odd rise through the ranks. They now need USF to win out, and Pitt to do the same.

-Boise State drops. I can’t see raising them any more sans teams ahead of them losing. Even then, other one loss teams will continue to pass them. Boise needs to start scheduling a BCS school late in the year to accommodate this disadvantage they will always have. Sooner than later Oregon will pass Boise.

-Georgia Tech rounds out the top 10. I’d love nothing more than for the rest of the ACC to be unable to stop Johnson’s triple option, and Miami destroys it with their speed every time.

Casual viewers would call this game a bore, with a by the book outcome. I’d agree, except for one play, which arguably decided this contest. Miami up 17-7, slowly losing momentum on the road, and can’t seem to put the kill shot on the Golden Knights. Bosher goes sky high for a punt snap, can’t Superman it home, and kicks it out of bounds for a safety. Flag, illegal kick, UCF has the ball at the 2 yard line, 1st and goal. For who knows whatever reason, UCF decides that is the perfect time for a option right with their kracker QB. Whoops! Quarterback and pitch man lit up by the Canes D for a 5 yard loss, and two plays later McCarthy gets a game changing interception after another successful blitz. One field goal later, Miami is up 20-7, and this game is over. That 10 point swing is the things great teams are made of.

Not going to lie, the blitz schemes for this game got me reverse flaccid. I could watch Sean Spence not show blitz, then find the hole in the O-line after the snap, finishing up with a resounding smash into the QB all day long. Makes you hope Jim Lovett continues to blitz when necessary going forward this year. Perhaps not next week with such a great screen team in Clemson, but any remaining weak O-line should be blitzkrieg’ed.

Miami couldn’t ask for a better position six games into the season. Top 10 ranking, all winnable games remaining on paper, even an ACC title shot in line if everything falls just right. Sure, being undefeated would obviously be better, but this team needed that loss. This program needed that loss. Just like 2000 against Washington, that VT loss will feed this sophomore class with enough motivation for two years. With each Georgia Tech win, Miami’s BCS computer ranking will shine brighter. The natural attrition of top 10 teams will slowly push the Hurricanes to the cream, and should they win out, we will be sipping from the BCS cup all winter long.

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Hey there. Hi there. Ho there. You’re as welcome as can be.

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Forever let us hold our banner high.

High. High. High.

Come along and sing a song and join the jamboree.

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Here we go a-marching and a-shouting merrily.

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We play fair and we work hard and we’re in harmony.

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It’s fall, the leaves keep falling, and Miami keeps climbing that rankings tree. Everybody break out your Coastal division tie-breaker sheet!

Miami 4-1 (2-1) @ Central Florida 3-2 (1-2)

Bright House Networks Stadium

Orlando, FL

This is unbelievable. Who put these fuckin’ tailgaiting rules in this place? You’re asking who the fuck am I? I’m the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy.

Coach O’Leary, congratulations on not getting fired after five years, and welcome to the Coaches Poll. Whoop-de-fuckin’-do.

O’Leary, your fuckin’ family’s dug into the Disney projects like ticks. Mickey Mouse men at best. You, however, grew up on the west side, huh? Well, la-di-fuckin’-da. You were kind of a double coach, I bet, right? Huh? One coach with your catholic golden domers, one coach with your Atlanta techie hicks. You’re upper-middle class during the weeks, then you’re droppin’ your “R”s and you’re hangin’ in the big, bad Atlanta projects with your hicks, fuckin’ the donkey on the weekends. I got that right? Yup. You have different accents? You did, didn’t you? You little fuckin’ snake. You were like different people. Am I a psychiatrist? Well, if I was I’d ask you why you’re a D1 coach making 1 million a year. And I think if I was Sigmund fuckin’ Freud I wouldn’t get an answer. So tell me, what’s a lace-curtain motherfucker like you doing in the Conference USA?

Hey, what do you think you can lie on the old resume and there’s a special card to play? That resume, Catholic douchebags whose heart you broke happens to work undercover for the South Bend Police Department. How you think you got caught? Calm down, alright? Most people in the world do it every day. What’s the big deal? Exactly. You’re nobody. You printed that resume, remember? Now we’re the only two people on the face of this earth that even know you’re a pretty good D1 coach. How about we just erase your file, huh? How ’bout that? How about we erase your file and then bang, you’re just another coach in the Conference Shit A open to being fired for I don’t know how many felonies. Huh? What do you say we do that, coach? That wasn’t a joke. Just because you play a tough guy, doesn’t mean you are one you lace-curtain, Irish fucking pussy!

Whoa, whoa, whoa. You think you have a clue how to get out of that conference? Let’s say you have no idea and leave it at that, okay? No idea. Zip. None. If you had an idea of what we do, to get you into the SEC, we would not be good at what we do, now would we? We would be cunts. Are you calling us cunts?

Hey asshole, he can’t help you! I know what you are, okay? I know what you are and I know what you are not. I’m the best friend you have on the face of this earth, and I’m gonna help you understand something, you punk. You’re no fuckin’ Conference USA coach! Join the SEC already!

Can I help you out, get you outta here? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe fuck yourself. You think a night game at home against an in-state “rival” will help you win? Your mick ass ain’t got nothing to help him this night. You’re a worker. You rise fast. Like a 12-year-old’s dick. Good luck.

Official Prediction: Miami 31, UCF 17

When your team loses an early season game, you no longer have control over your destiny. In that vein, it’s that time of year to start hating on teams we normally don’t care about! Anton’s weekly pick ‘em, with total bias towards the Canes’ ability for post season glory.

Cincinnati @ South Florida

Big upset this one would be, and Miami would get the strength of schedule boost. If USF somehow manages to remain undefeated or have only one loss, a Thanksgiving weekend victory would pay huge dividends for a Miami team trying to move up in the BCS standings.

Oklahoma vs. Texas (@Dallas)

Miami needs Texas to lose. Pretty much everyone needs Texas to lose. One of the SEC heavyweights has to lose, but Texas does not. This will be the best talented team UT will play this year. Pull one out of your ass, Stoops.

Iowa @ Wisconsin

You would think Miami wouldn’t care about any Big 10 games, and you would be wrong. Any undefeated Big 10 team will jump a one loss ACC team, including Virginia Tech.

Ohio State @ Purdue

Zero chance the Suckeyes lose this one, but that doesn’t mean they don’t also need to lose. They are ahead of Miami in the Coaches poll, so go Boilermakers!

Arkansas @ Florida

Florida needs to lose two games, and/or their last regular season game to FSU, to be officially knocked out of the BCS title game. Otherwise, they will stroll right into Atlanta to face Alabama with one loss, and just like last year will arbitrarily jump anyone in between.

USC @ Notre Dame

USC…because fuck Notre Dame! Sure, Miami needs USC to lose. However, seeing Charlie Weis shown the door will cause no shortage of smiling on my part. After that, we all know the “secret” circus the ND boosters will immediately start to recruit Urban Meyer from UF. Go Trojans! Win by 42!

Texas Tech @ Nebraska

Virginia Tech’s computer ranking needs to come down in the BCS. Nebraska losing as many as possible will do just that.

South Carolina @ Alabama

I always root for Spurrier, especially against a ridiculously talented hack like Saban. If I had a dime every time in his introductory press conference Saban said he lives on the lake Deliverance was shot on…

ACC:

Wake Forest @ Clemson

The sooner crappy teams are disqualified for the division crowns, the better it looks for everyone in the conference.

NC State @ Boston College

Same as above. Also, should Miami get to backdoor afro ninja sneak attack its way into Tampa, they will want BC over Wake Forest, whom BC owns the tie breaker.

Virginia @ Maryland

Virginia is in the Coastal division, Maryland isn’t.

Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech

This enables the potential 3-way division tie that would now be in Miami’s favor because they’d jump over VT in the BCS rankings. Obviously, I will be picking against VT until they lose one game. Contrary to any media pundits, Miami only needs one loss from them. Miami has the name recognition to get into the BCS title game still tied in conference with VT. Potential late November voter: “September loss? Who remembers that? Oh yeah, wasn’t that the game where it was a downpour? I think I remember Miami about to win that one. Yeah, I’m voting Miami higher than VT. Thanks.”

Normally I don’t ramble on about hypotheticals, at least on the site (I love discussing them in conversation). However, after reading about some grumbling on the part of Georgia fans and columnists, this scenario flashed through my mind.

Can Mark Richt return to Florida State? More importantly, should he?

FSU has been in decline since Richt resigned as OC to become the head coach of Georgia. Every single season, Florida State’s offense has gotten worse. At first it was blamed on Chris Nix (0-5! Hooah!), then cronyism (Jeff Bowden), and finally the ship was righted with the hiring of “hot assistant of said year” Jimbo Fisher in 2007. The real reason? Maybe Mark Richt was just incredible and no one cared to notice with all the defensive talent on hand. I don’t recall Peter Warrick, Danny Kanell, Thad Busby, Chris Weinke, or pretty much any offensive star at FSU under Richt, save Warrick Dunn, amounting the anything in the NFL. The guy can flat out coach offense.

Richt is great tactician, but doesn’t have the motivation factor or ability to overcome his coordinators disadvantages. Whatever you want to call it, the factor that successful “CEO” coaches have, he seems to be missing it. With the SEC having the best top to bottom coaches in the country, this does not bode well for UGA fans or Richt himself.

So, should Richt make a glorious (albeit not triumphant) return to Tallahassee? In a word, fuckyes. For nine years running it has become crystal clear he was the genius behind the 90s heyday of Florida State football. The ACC is a joke compared to the defenses of the SEC. Richt instantly goes from arguably the 6th best coach in his conference to 2nd in the ACC. His schemes go from talent contingent to borderline dominating against 80% of the teams he will face. Richt returns to the talent rich state of Florida, but remains close enough geographically to Athens to keep all of his well established Georgia recruiting ties.

I don’t see why the Florida State brass wouldn’t want to bring Richt back either. Jimbo Fisher looks to not be the offensive genius he was reported to be, back when he had two deep NFL talent at LSU. Obviously the Seminole woes this year are not his fault solely. There are essentially four head coaches on that team, and none have ultimate authority over another. Public relations wise, I think this move would be a fantastic goodwill statement towards the fan base and boosters. Bring a “Bowden guy” to replace the legend, without stooping to one of his overmatched sons. Wins all around.

What would Mark Richt’s return to FSU mean for Miami? One might think at first it would be disastrous, especially considering Miami’s resurgence while FSU reeks of inner turmoil. Taking a deeper look, however, and true Miami fans know you want Florida State in the national picture. Sure it would be great, hilarious even, for Miami to continue its rise, beating FSU each year by two touchdowns. Growing up a Michigan fan, trust me, it doesn’t work that way. You need your true national rival to be good. Especially because Miami and FSU always play early in the season. There is no benefit to destroying a lack luster shell of its former self program in October, let alone on Labor Day.

Again, all of this Richt leaving Georgia talk is hypothetical, and ridiculously premature. He will not be fired, and the program has been their best since the early 80s days of Hershel Walker. The only way this scenario comes to pass is if the Tallahassee boosters grow tired of Fisher, and stop at nothing to bring Richt back into the fold.

One final note…I guess it’s a good thing Randy didn’t hire alumni when choosing his DC?

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Florida	1
3	Texas	1
4	Virginia Tech
5	Miami (Florida)
6	Boise State	1
7	Cincinnati	1
8	Oregon	2
9	Iowa	4
10	Southern Cal	1
11	Ohio State
12	Oklahoma State	3
13	South Florida	1
14	TCU
15	LSU	9
16	Georgia Tech
17	Nebraska
18	South Carolina	1
19	Penn State	1
20	Kansas	5
21	Houston
22	Notre Dame
23	Pittsburgh
24	Brigham Young
25	Oklahoma
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Mississippi (#20), Wisconsin (#21), Stanford (#22), Auburn (#23), Boston College (#24).

The further along the season goes, the more it will matter a team is undefeated. Also, teams with “great” losses will be ranked over lesser undefeated squads. Remember, big swings is what the BlogPoll is all about. In a nutshell, the inability of the media and coaches to drop a team after one blemish or strength of schedule is what enables its ineptitude. With that mini diatribe said…

-Florida moves above Texas. I’d love to drop Texas further, but again, the top three are playing hopscotch until one of them loses.

-LSU gets what was coming: a big drop in my poll. Their Washington win looks good some weeks, bad others (this week). You knew winning that game was impossible the second their QB took the field. Must be shittay to have all that talent and no mediocre cracker quarterback to lead it to a two loss national title.

-Okie State keeps moving up, and with each Houston win is soon to be top 10.

-A shame Houston had to go and lose their first conference game already. They really set up their schedule to beat just enough mid tier BCS teams to have a great BCS resume, and a legit long shot national title berth. No joke, they should start considering a Big 12 bid with a few more seasons like this one.

There was a game last night? Who won? Sorry, but up here in podunk NYC, we don’t get fancy things like lawn mowing, $2 well drinks, and ESPN360.

Time for the “anointed” teams to start dropping!

Florida A&M 4-0 (2-0) @ Miami 3-1 (2-1)

Land Shark Stadium

Miami Gardens, FL

“Sheeeeeeeeeeit, if this gon’ be that kinda party I’ma stick my dick in the mashed potatas!”

What, you thought I’d waste one of my golden posts on FAMU?

Official Prediction: Matt Bosher 12, FAMU 7

(That’s two fields goals and six PATs for all you Miami COM majors)

Starting this week I will put up the official BlogPoll, in addition to my own. For all you lazy ass MFers out there.

BlogPoll link here.

This guy looooves to name drop. Rex Ryan, Jim Johnson, Dick Lebeau, all in one sentence. Whipple is awesome. Gives you the confidence as a fan that if Miami keeps winning, they can beat anyone once the offense is humming.

Looks like Miami is thinking ahead a little bit after this month long offensive explosion. If you ask me, this is definitely the way to go. You want someone in there learning everything Whipple has to offer. You never know how long he will stick around, scout team progeny or not.

Here is the link:

http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/edu/1406590345.html

Below is the ad copied from Craigslist:

Looking for energetic candidate to assist/become clone of current OC.

Duties:

- Learn philosophy and playbook of current OC
- Work 80 hrs/week with little pay
- Travel extensively during recruiting season

Requirements:

- College degree
- Willing to relocate to Coral Gables
- Free of family obligations (unmarried and childless is preferred)

- Willing to learn workings of current OC’s system, including but not limited to:
a) Moxie
b) Tendency to throw on 1st down
c) Ability to not let a holding penalty kill a drive and “get it back” within two plays
d) Willingness to throw on 3rd and 6 to ice the game instead of running into a stacked box

- Former Maxwell Award-winning QB with NFL experience and California recruiting ties = BIG plus

Benefits:

- Prospects of promotion
- Entry to ladder toward HC gig at top-flight program

Serious inquiries only please.

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama
2	Texas
3	Florida
4	Virginia Tech
5	Miami (Florida)	10
6	LSU	2
7	Boise State	2
8	Cincinnati	2
9	Southern Cal
10	Oregon
11	Ohio State	1
12	South Florida	2
13	Iowa	3
14	TCU	5
15	Oklahoma State	2
16	Georgia Tech
17	Nebraska	6
18	Penn State	5
19	South Carolina	3
20	Mississippi	5
21	Wisconsin
22	Stanford
23	Auburn
24	Boston College
25	Kansas
Last week’s ballot

Dropped Out: Houston (#7), Oklahoma (#13), Michigan (#18), California (#20), Georgia (#21), Brigham Young (#24).

Note: Starting this week I will not look at my previous week’s ballot when BlogPollin’. It creates bias, and is to be disregarded. However, it does create the potential for wild jumps, as any poll should until the later weeks of the season.

-Miami jumps back into the top 5. The Va Tech blowout is still TBD. Miami sure looked better than the Hokies this week. Last week is still too fresh on the mind to even consider a Hokie vault for the Canes. Miami now needs Ga Tech and Oklahoma to start beating some real teams, so those quality wins remain quality.

-Boise State and Cincinnati drop due to beating horrendous teams, a D-1AA in Boise State’s case. Pathetic. That strength of schedule might not bite you in the Coaches Poll, but it will tear your ass a new one in this hear Blog Poll!

-Nebraska drops after realizing their best win is against Louisiana Lafayette. Ouch.

-Oklahoma dropped because they haven’t beaten anyone. I think they rebound and steal one from Texas, but that isn’t for a couple weeks.

Coach, you rich!

Uh, ya fucking think?

Did I pick Miami to lose? Why yes, yes I did. Was it some kind of reverse psych out? Nope. I was simply wrong. Before the kickoff, I truly thought Oklahoma would take a big early lead, then hold on. Yet, one quarter into the game, down 10 points to one of the top 3 programs of the decade, I knew Miami was on its way to victory. Oklahoma had numerous chances to blow this game wide open, make Miami play from behind with the crowd asleep, and couldn’t cash in. Jacory stopped throwing the ball wild downfield, receivers starting making catches, the defense stepped up, and Baby J played the game of his life. All to victory.

Way to stick to the gameplan Whipple. Miami will need to start shopping around for a backup OC to learn all the details under this genius. Miami moved the ball on this #1 defense from the first drive. Even when OU got to Jacory, delivered big hits, caused fumbles, Whipple did not divert. If not for Jacory locking on this deep ball early, to the tune of two first quarter picks, Miami would have blown this one out. Contrast that with Oklahoma. They got their early two score cushion, and sat on it. Stopped letting their new star freshman QB throw the ball downfield. All runs, all short passes to the flat. Watching the game with OU faithful, they were disgusted, and rightfully so. Stoops star, arguably, is fading. They lost a WR and their backup QB couldn’t complete a pass downfield to save his life. More importantly, his OC refused to call a pass play past 10 yards downfield. Showing no confidence in his QB. Stoops will still win you conference titles, get you 10 wins a year, and there is definitely something to be said about that. You don’t win or even compete for the national title every year. Fans who demand it are ridiculous. However, Stoops needs to interject some new assistant blood in there. The OoC coaches have caught up to his gameplans.

Ray Ray! Talk about a star in the making. Armstrong played incredible, no missed tackles, big hits, The Big Hit, and really is our next All-American safety. Lets incorporate the old rule of “You get hurt you never see field again.” Players would refuse to come out in practice for even the tiniest of injuries, for fear their backup would win their job and never relinquish it. Armstrong and Telemaque should be starting pronto. It’s not like Phillips came out of the woodwork like senior year Brandon Meriweather. Let these two talent fiends learn on the job, play these next 3-5 weeks against easy win opponents, make their mistakes, and start making plays late in the year in Tampa.

Watching at home, the crowd, even at 60K, double upper deck tarps and all, showed up and made a difference. Can we brainwash all the fans that Miami is 9-0 and playing either FSU, OU, or UF every week?

This recap can’t go without a shout out to Baby James. Javarris played the best game of his career, the one we have all been waiting 4 years for. He keeps this up, gets himself a 1K rushing season, and there might be some whispers of a late first round pick based on his surname.

After the game finished, I was elated. For the obvious reasons of course, but also because Miami didn’t squander this opportunity. This team is too young, as they should have blown OU out. On the flip side, Miami did still almost lose it, and could have. So it’s great that such a young team didn’t waste a victory with a late letdown. The past four seasons, could I make that same claim?

The best part of this game is it truly is “Miami is back.” Sure, Miami can still throw an ACC hiccup this season, or even lose to an up and coming South Florida team on the road. So why are they still “back?” Because Okahoma is one of the three 1980s Miami opponents of stature (FSU and ND the others). Miami came back from the Va Tech embarrassment and played this way, no tricks, no mirrors, came back from 10 down, two picks early picks ruining 14 points for sure, against a “rival” from the heyday of Miami football? Fucking priceless.

♫♫ Let it burn

Wanna let it burn, wanna let it burn

Wanna wanna let it burn

( I feel insane)

Riots on the streets of Miami

Whoa, riots on the streets of Coral Gables

On the streets of South Beach ♫♫

Oklahoma 2-1 (0-0) @ Miami 2-1 (2-1)

Land Shark Stadium

Miami Gardens, FL

Randy Shannon, I see you have come to Pai Stoops for some coaching guidance…let us begin.

First, your Okie Drawl is lousy. It causes my ears great discomfort. You bray like an ass! You are not to speak unless spoken to. Is it too much to hope – you speak Texas Twang? Let us move on.

Has your offense played against the #1 defense? How about #4 in sacks? You will cry like the monks in one double ought three. I will make you a deal. If your O-Line can keep Jacory from being sacked, even once, I will bow down and call you master. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

What if your first down is three yards in front of you, what do you do then? Curl into a ball? Or do you put your Spread Offense through them? You do not run the Spread??? What is it you do run? The exquisite art of the Pro-Style offense??? Don’t make me laugh! You’re so-called exquisite art is only fit for northeast NFL fatheads!

I despise the goddamn NFL!

Your so-called Cover 2, is really, quite pathetic. Your defensive playcalling is amateur at best. So my pathetic friend… is there anything that you can do well? You think you’re Frank Broyles award will save you here? I have one of those….from 1996, when you were sucking tit! HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Just like all Miami coaches since Jimmy, all you are good at is recruiting – and spending a man’s money! HAHAHAHAHA. From here you can get an excellent view of my championship ring. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

When the game is over, and we have vanquished you yet again, your offense now belongs to me. I want it strong for future strength of schedule purposes. Can you do that?

That is enough lesson for today. Go home and study my multiple conference titles, coaching tree, and Spread Offense. Now, what other business is at hand? Bradford, you treacherous dog!

Official Prediction: Oklahoma 31, Miami 27