Hoodie Girl gives her thoughts on the Miami at Florida State game, and the Canes moving forward
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00:00 All right, Mel, thank you once again for coming on with me.
00:04 Talk a little canes.
00:05 Obviously, the Florida State game didn't end the way you want, but
00:08 it's probably a lot different than what people thought.
00:11 Because the last I saw, 14 and a half point favorite.
00:15 That's what Florida State was going into the game.
00:17 Final score is 2720.
00:19 Miami obviously started a true freshman at quarterback making his first
00:24 road start.
00:25 Welcome to college football.
00:26 This is Dope Campbell Stadium.
00:27 [LAUGH] What are your opening thoughts about the Miami game against Florida State?
00:33 >> Well, I'll tell you Miami definitely knows how to throw their freshman
00:36 quarterbacks to the fire.
00:37 I think Jakari's first road start last year was at Clemson.
00:41 So this road start went a little bit better as far as the final score.
00:46 I mean, if you would have told me going into the halftime before the game that it
00:49 was gonna be tied, I would have laughed at you.
00:51 I didn't have a lot of hopes for us winning this game.
00:56 And that's not me trying to be a negative fan, but
00:58 Florida State has a really good team.
01:01 And I think we showed that we're a lot better than what the final score showed.
01:06 And what the final scores have showed on a few of these other games that we've lost.
01:10 Our defense is really, really good, great, great, great defense.
01:18 They've been keeping us in games this entire year.
01:22 And we were missing multiple starters.
01:24 I realized in the second quarter, I'm like, my gosh, that's Damari Brown.
01:28 That's covering Johnny Wilson and doing a really, really good job.
01:33 Leonard Taylor got injured.
01:36 We're missing Nigel Eagle, we're missing Akeem Mesutur.
01:39 Darryl Porter Jr., who's been arguably our best, not even really arguably,
01:42 our best cover corner all year was out.
01:45 Jadais Richard was playing a lot and did really well.
01:48 Our defense played great.
01:50 And I don't know if we're slimming the playbook because it's a freshman QB.
01:57 But our lack of creativity with offense is why we lost this game.
02:02 First, and prayers up to Emory, man.
02:05 He literally put his body on the line to get that first down.
02:10 And like we were talking about before, when they have to bring out
02:15 a cart to get you off the field because of an injury, that's not good.
02:19 I mean, I'm grateful that it was his non-throwing arm.
02:24 Hopefully that gets him back sooner from the rehab process.
02:29 We don't even really know what the injury is.
02:30 But if they had to bring out the cart and do an air cast and stuff,
02:33 it did not look good.
02:35 But the fact that we had a chance to tie it at the end of the fourth quarter and
02:40 get that to overtime, I mean, I can't really complain.
02:44 This is a team we're playing at their place that's a national championship
02:47 contender.
02:48 They're ranked in the top four in the college football playoff.
02:51 And their path to the college football playoff is pretty much set.
02:57 I mean, I don't know who they have left on the schedule, but
03:01 I guess whoever they play in the ACC championship is probably gonna be their
03:05 most difficult playing.
03:05 They play in North Alabama, I think, next week and then Florida.
03:08 >> Again, North Alabama, then Florida.
03:09 >> And then Florida.
03:10 >> And they're probably gonna play Louisville, and once Miami beats them,
03:13 then it's all kinds of, I don't know what the tiebreakers are.
03:16 I'm not gonna get into that, but- >> I'm gonna be interested to see what our
03:20 offense looks like these last two games,
03:22 cuz you would assume that Emory would have been the starter to finish the season.
03:25 But I would like to see a little bit of Jakari these last two games.
03:32 Even if he's not starting, I would like to see him get some reps.
03:36 >> There's gotta be a package, right?
03:37 Like if he wants to play and if, this is something I tell people all the time.
03:43 If there's one thing college coaches do consistently across the board,
03:46 it's they lie about injuries.
03:48 I assume Jakari's 100% healthy by all accounts, but
03:52 there's no guarantees, even if he's suited up.
03:54 So, but that being the case- >> What was it,
03:56 Dawson referred to him as the emergency quarterback?
03:59 Like, from what I've been seeing and heard and read, that the plan was always for
04:03 him to redshirt this year, to give him that extra year to develop and
04:06 all of these things, which he needs.
04:07 He's a great athlete, great runner, but
04:09 everybody knows his accuracy has always been the problem.
04:13 So, but at this point, the only other thing I can think of is you want to avoid
04:18 injury because now technically we only have two quarterbacks available.
04:23 So, unless you're gonna throw a walk on on there.
04:29 So that's the only thing I can think of now with Emery's injury is that
04:32 the quarterback room is even smaller.
04:34 And so maybe we don't see him because you don't wanna risk injuring him and
04:39 then only having Tyler and a walk on.
04:42 So I'm not sure,
04:43 my assumption is Tyler's the starting quarterback the rest of the season.
04:46 But I would like to see Jakari, but, and
04:50 I hope he's in a Miami uniform next year.
04:52 >> Well, this is something a buddy of mine in the industry says all the time.
04:59 The answer is always both.
05:00 And the question is, do we want this recruit or that one?
05:04 It's both and it's because of the transfer portal.
05:06 You're gonna lose kids no matter what you do.
05:08 End of story.
05:09 You have to accept- >> Regardless.
05:11 >> You're gonna lose ten plus kids a year, give or take.
05:15 In some programs, and I won't get into the specifics, but
05:18 there's something going on in College Station today,
05:20 you haven't seen already that somebody is getting canned.
05:23 That's a situation where it could be 2025.
05:26 So when those things happen, you just have to be ready for it.
05:30 And the way you do it in advance is to recruit as many good kids as you can.
05:34 Who stays is who stays.
05:35 You want Brown to stay, of course.
05:37 >> Yeah. >> But-
05:37 >> Well, regardless if he stays or go,
05:39 we need a transfer portal, QB.
05:41 >> 100%, that's where it gets tepid though, because which kind do you take?
05:47 It's like Miami's screwed either way.
05:51 >> I don't even, honestly, I don't even know if you can be that picky.
05:55 You need this to take somebody that's efficient,
05:58 that can be competition to whoever else is in that quarterback room.
06:02 With Emory and Jakari, you've got two different types of quarterbacks.
06:07 Dawson's gonna have to adapt to whoever's there, but
06:10 you need a quarterback to come in from the portal that you would feel comfortable
06:15 putting into a game, whether he's a starter or if it's Emory or Jakari.
06:19 Because you cannot go into next season having Emory, possibly Jakari, and Judd.
06:23 Judd is nowhere near ready to be a college football quarterback.
06:27 He needs to be on the bench with a headset, just learning.
06:30 So regardless of who stays or who goes, you need a transfer portal quarterback.
06:35 TBD's not gonna be here next season.
06:38 Whether he goes to another school or a declarative.
06:40 He's not gonna be here.
06:41 That you've pretty much sealed his fate by benching him this last game.
06:45 That's it.
06:46 >> That was my next question, and I just wanted to get that out.
06:49 I don't want this to be about TBD, nothing against him.
06:52 But the time has come.
06:53 So I'm just gonna let that kinda be.
06:55 >> Yeah.
06:56 >> He's been hammered enough.
06:58 >> Yeah, I feel for him so much.
07:00 I wish that last throw that he made just fell incomplete.
07:05 Because with that being picked, it just leaves a door open for
07:09 all of social media just to come down on him.
07:12 >> They have.
07:13 >> And at the end of the day, he's human.
07:15 I mean, I was calling for another starter too.
07:18 But I try to avoid just completely hammering the guy.
07:22 It's everyone's his biggest fan the first four games of the season and
07:27 then something happened.
07:29 And I don't know if it's a mental block or what.
07:32 But don't trash the kid.
07:34 I try not to start calling out players personally.
07:39 Like I said, I don't have any more excuses.
07:41 It's time for a change, but I'm not going after him and throwing insults at him.
07:45 I feel for him.
07:47 He's gone through so many offensive coordinators, a coaching change.
07:50 It's not easy to be in that position when you're having to learn a new offense
07:55 every single offseason.
07:56 Cuz when he came in, it was Dan Inos.
07:58 And then he left.
08:01 Then there was Rhett Lashley for two seasons.
08:04 And then Josh Gattis and now Shannon Dawson.
08:07 That's, I mean, you've gotta be insane to be able to pick up.
08:11 You gotta be Josh Dobbs in order to pick all of those offenses up that quickly.
08:15 Like it's just crazy.
08:17 >> Yeah, second thing, let's dig into a little stat and
08:22 just have some fun with this.
08:24 I kind of told you this before the show.
08:27 For people that don't know, I am a stat aficionado and I just like to look at it.
08:31 And sometimes things will catch your eye cuz you're like, well,
08:33 the final score was, but the stats says, so what happened?
08:37 So you dig into it and you just draw from what you will.
08:41 Based on the game, which team do you think, just by the eye test,
08:45 I know you already told me before the show, you didn't look at the stats over
08:48 the, picking it apart like I do.
08:52 Which team do you think had more total yards, Cain's or Knowles?
08:55 >> I actually think we did.
08:56 >> It was 335 to 322.
09:00 >> Yeah, it was close.
09:01 >> That's what's, and I also told you before the show, there were two key plays.
09:05 One we're gonna get to here in a second that everybody's bitching about.
09:07 And you can check it out on all hurricanes.
09:09 I wrote an article on it in the middle of the freaking game about the safety.
09:13 That wasn't, it was like our number one article yesterday,
09:16 because it was so ridiculous.
09:18 We're gonna get to that in a second, just hold on to that.
09:21 The other play, and you gotta give him credit, cuz he is a freaking dude,
09:25 is Keon Coleman.
09:26 He had the punt return.
09:28 If he does not have that, let's hypothetically, if he fumbled or
09:31 he just got stuff, he gets five yards and they punt, Miami might win.
09:36 But that's why elite recruiting, even in the portal,
09:38 cuz he was a kid that transferred from Michigan State, changes programs.
09:42 So hats off to Keon.
09:44 But to that point, and this is the one that I am,
09:47 there probably were all kinds of people screaming at the TV yesterday,
09:51 calling Mike Norvell a lot of names.
09:53 Cuz people do these over-unders on all these betting apps.
09:56 How many yards a guy gets and all that in a half in a game.
09:59 Keon Coleman went zero in the first half.
10:02 >> He did.
10:03 >> Does anybody, I mean, this is for anybody out there just to think without
10:06 looking, and I know I told you before the game, before this podcast,
10:10 what was Keon Coleman's final stat line?
10:13 Now he did add the punt return.
10:14 This is just in play for first and ten.
10:18 It was eight catches for 24 yards with a long of eight.
10:20 He did have the touchdown on the fade ball.
10:22 It's a really nice throw by Jordan Travis.
10:24 But if I had told you, Mel, eight for 24 and a touchdown for
10:28 Keon before the game, yes or no, you'd have signed up for that as a Miami fan.
10:33 >> Yeah, and even the touchdown, man, was a pretty clear touchdown.
10:36 >> It was defended well, yeah.
10:38 >> It was, yeah.
10:40 I mean, shout out to our corners.
10:42 And these aren't our usual starting corners.
10:43 >> Exactly.
10:44 >> Darryl Porter was out.
10:46 I mean, you had Damari Brown playing a lot.
10:48 You had Judice Richard playing.
10:49 Like, our defense played, if you look at FSU's stat line, and
10:56 you just look at that, and I'm seeing that, I would have thought we won the game.
11:00 I said it, I called into Koop's show for his call in the night before.
11:06 And I was like, I think we need to put up at least 35 in order to win the game.
11:11 So I thought FSU was scoring in the 30s.
11:15 So the fact that they only scored 27, I was like, that's actually,
11:19 I thought that was really good.
11:20 And some of it was just like the punt,
11:23 like the defense kind of got put into a position where it was kind of, it was hard.
11:28 But I think our defense played great.
11:31 Guidry is more and more impressed with what he does game in and game out.
11:36 I hope we can hold on to him for at least a few years,
11:39 what he's doing with that defense.
11:41 And I said it to one of my friends watching the game last night.
11:43 I was like, man, what our linebacker core,
11:48 like our room looked like last year, and now what they look like.
11:51 Like what a night and day difference with our linebackers.
11:55 Corey Flagg has taken such a step.
11:57 I'm so impressed with what he's doing.
11:59 Maui Noah's a beast.
12:01 The Saints had a great game last night.
12:03 KJ Cloyd was a great pickup in the transfer portal from Louisville.
12:07 Obviously, I know we took their linebacker coach.
12:09 So I'm sure a lot of that had to play into it.
12:12 But just like we have some dogs in that room now.
12:15 Like I'm super impressed with how like the turnover,
12:18 what we were able to do with our linebacker room.
12:20 And then some of the young guys in the secondary that had to step up,
12:23 they played great.
12:24 And thankfully, the refs screwed up that call because James Williams was like,
12:28 I thought he was getting tossed.
12:29 That was a pretty obvious targeting.
12:31 So we got lucky there.
12:32 The officiating was very subpar on both sides of the ball last night.
12:36 [LAUGH]
12:38 >> That is a great segue.
12:40 [LAUGH]
12:42 Look, your point is correct.
12:45 The officiating was bad in many directions.
12:47 There were some, I like to watch line play.
12:50 If I go to a game and it's rare, I sit in the stands anymore,
12:53 cuz I don't like dealing with people.
12:54 I get blessed by going on the, that's just true.
12:56 I'm done dealing with people in stands.
12:58 It's unbelievable.
12:58 But after you're on the field and you can walk around,
13:01 you're not going back to the stands, trust me.
13:02 But I like to see vertical and watch line play.
13:05 Maui Goa, they were holding in different things.
13:08 They never called that in college football.
13:11 But the play on the replay deal, like they missed it in live time and
13:15 I get it cuz it was a bang bang play with Jordan Travis.
13:17 And the safety that wasn't, and Wesley tackled him in the end zone.
13:22 But it's just coincidence they have that pylon cam on TV and
13:25 I know you've seen it 30 times too.
13:27 Am I just a normal person with normal eyesight and
13:32 just saw the obvious and the people in the booth are blind or?
13:36 >> Have you watched the replay on TV?
13:38 >> What do you mean?
13:40 Like the whole game?
13:42 >> Yeah, just like listening to the announcers discuss that call.
13:46 >> Yeah, I didn't go up to dope for the game.
13:49 So I was listening to the broadcast like everybody else.
13:52 >> Okay, I didn't know if you- >> Yeah, yeah, I should have said that.
13:55 >> So when they initially said the call on the field was the balls down at the one,
14:00 I immediately tweeted out, my God, they're gonna do it to us again.
14:04 That was my, and at the beginning of the game, I'm going social media silent
14:09 because I was already prepared to be frustrated in all of these things.
14:13 And then I got into the second quarter and I'm like, okay,
14:16 we're actually trying to stay in it.
14:17 So I was tweeting a few things here and there.
14:20 Because it's not like basketball where I'm literally live tweeting every single play.
14:25 But I'm like, my God, they're gonna do it again to me.
14:27 My friends were like, this is an obvious safety.
14:30 Even the announcers were like, this is a safety, what's going on?
14:33 I've never heard announcers be so against officiating.
14:37 And then they review it, and this one is even more obvious than the Clemson one.
14:43 >> 100%.
14:44 >> He's more in the end zone than Cade Klubnik.
14:47 So, and everyone's saying it's like, forward progress is when contact is established.
14:54 But I'm just like, the first guy that made contact with him when he's going forward
14:58 isn't the guy that tackled him.
15:00 He starts to go forward, and then he starts running back to avoid that tackle.
15:05 And when contact is made, the initial contact,
15:07 the ball is not in the field of play, it is in the end zone.
15:12 I don't know what they're seeing.
15:14 And even the announcers, because the targeting call that wasn't targeting
15:19 on James Williams, which it was targeting, which I was like, wow,
15:23 thank you for at least making a bad call that helps us.
15:27 They said on air, they were like, we asked the ACC official to come talk to us.
15:33 And they're like, okay, and then they never showed up,
15:35 because both of those calls were egregious.
15:38 It was targeting on James, that was a safety.
15:41 The interception that they didn't overturn, that one was very iffy.
15:46 If they had called that an interception on the field, that probably stands.
15:50 And I just don't think there was enough evidence either way to reverse a call.
15:55 So if had they called that an interception, it probably stands.
15:57 But since they called it incomplete,
15:59 it stood just because it's really hard to tell the angles weren't there.
16:03 But the no targeting was a bad call, the no safety was a bad call.
16:07 >> Part of football, sometimes you get screwed.
16:10 But here's the thing, and this is what I've been wanting to say this in some
16:15 capacity, didn't know what platform to use forever, and I'm gonna use this one.
16:19 So it's a little tangent, but it's related.
16:21 There's a lot of bad officiating across football.
16:23 That's not a newsflash.
16:25 Yesterday, pretty good example.
16:27 And one of the reasons would be fans.
16:31 I deal with seven on seven all the time, and I know a lot of the officials, and
16:34 a lot of them are retiring because of fans.
16:37 There is a dilemma to the point, I was at a game the other night.
16:40 They didn't have a chain crew for a high school game.
16:43 They had to delay the game until they got somebody out of the crowd to come down.
16:46 Yeah. >> Wow.
16:49 >> This is where we're at.
16:50 And it's because so many people are idiots.
16:53 A lot of them gamblers.
16:54 Yes, I'm pointing at you if you got mad at the official over a play call and
16:57 you lost money.
16:58 Too bad.
16:58 This is the deal.
17:01 There's a reason that we suck at this.
17:03 There's not enough people that can do it.
17:04 Obviously, the safety call.
17:06 There's no way to defend that.
17:08 Look, it's just not defensible.
17:12 I mean, they wouldn't even return a phone call to the TV broadcast.
17:15 They wouldn't open the door and talk to them.
17:17 >> The sideline reporter, I think coming out of halftime,
17:21 spoke to Mario and she was like, this wasn't on air.
17:24 She's like, I talked to Mario about that non safety call.
17:27 And he basically said a bunch of expletives that weren't suitable to air on TV and
17:32 I started dying laughing.
17:33 And even in the postgame presser, someone asked about it.
17:36 And Mario was like, I mean, it's ridiculous.
17:40 Like, you're taking points off the board.
17:43 Everyone's like, well, you guys lost by more than two.
17:46 But that's like a massive momentum changer.
17:48 It's a massive, because you're playing differently when you're down five than
17:52 when you're down seven.
17:54 Like it's just and then the bad snap with the missed Andy field goal man to do
17:58 how to kick the leases like that like that was terrible.
18:01 Our holder bobbled the snap, but that sucks.
18:07 But it's just everyone's like, well, you lost by more than two.
18:10 I'm like, but it doesn't matter.
18:11 Like that's it's a big momentum swing to get those two points and
18:15 have FSU having to free kick it.
18:17 Like, it is a big deal regardless of whether or
18:20 not we only lost by one or two or we lost by seven.
18:23 And the fact that it's happened to us twice now.
18:25 And this was what I because an FSU fan tweeted at me saying,
18:28 you guys lost by more than two points.
18:29 I'm like, it's fine.
18:31 You guys won.
18:31 I'm not arguing that you guys didn't win.
18:33 Like whatever you all play hard.
18:34 It's the fact that now this has happened to us twice where they've taken points off
18:38 the board, clear safeties, the Clemson game went to overtime.
18:43 Those two points would have made a massive difference.
18:45 So I don't understand like someone I need an ACC official to tell us why these
18:52 both of these calls were not after reviewed for like five minutes were not called
18:57 safeties it's obviously egregious it's really it's an insult to
19:03 the game that we have this poor officiating.
19:06 >> I think part of it is they don't want to admit it in general out of pride.
19:10 But the other part is what I mentioned a minute ago.
19:12 We don't have anybody to replace them.
19:14 We don't.
19:16 Who's gonna go in there?
19:18 Why can't they suspend them or how does that work?
19:19 It's that thin.
19:22 >> I know, do something.
19:23 At least admit it.
19:25 >> Like, at least say like- >> They could do something this week,
19:28 Monday or Tuesday would be when if they come out and
19:32 say there's no error that will not go well, but worse, they have to say something.
19:37 In other words, they have to admit it was wrong.
19:39 If they defend them, it's bad.
19:44 No comment at all, in my opinion, is just an arrogance thing.
19:48 >> Well, like the Duke lateral thing where we came back and
19:51 won that game on the laterals.
19:53 They came out and said they missed calls.
19:55 Like they had no problem trying to disgrace our win.
19:59 Like, yeah, they missed some calls, but people gotta go back to the drive before
20:03 that and realize that Duke was gifted a touchdown off of some non-calls
20:08 that gave Duke that, but whatever, that's here nor there.
20:11 But just come out and say, hey, you know what, we missed this.
20:15 It's insane to me that they go and review this and
20:18 they still can't see clearly that he's in the end zone when he's tackled.
20:23 >> Yeah, I was like, this is not even a quick review.
20:25 This is like right now review.
20:27 It was- >> I thought it was just taking long
20:29 because maybe they were looking to see like the clock.
20:31 I don't even know.
20:32 I'm like, there's no way they're gonna do this to us twice.
20:35 And then they said it stands.
20:36 And I'm like, you gotta be kidding.
20:38 I was like, I can't believe, I need somebody, some like statistics,
20:43 stats person out there to go back and find a season where one team has two
20:48 safeties that weren't called.
20:51 Like this literally could have never happened in the past.
20:55 Like in the instant replay era, has there been any other team
20:59 that's had two safeties called back that were obvious safeties?
21:03 Like you can't make this shit up.
21:05 Sorry, I cussed, but you can't make it up.
21:07 Like it's just, it's stupid.
21:09 It really is.
21:10 >> It is what it is.
21:12 All right, on to more positive things.
21:16 I wrote about this morning, how I know Emory pretty well from his high school
21:21 days and talked about different things and I think the future is bright.
21:23 You can check that out at all hurricanes.
21:26 But one of the things that I didn't even realize from yesterday,
21:29 Miami averaged 20.4 yards per play.
21:31 And I know part of it was the long catch by Jacoby.
21:34 And you'd mentioned some of the play calling and some of that,
21:38 at least Miami when they did complete him.
21:40 I mean, they went boom.
21:42 He was eight of 23 but for 175 yards.
21:46 I was like, this is wild.
21:48 I think that part of the problem with the consistency as you noted earlier,
21:54 there's only so much time to prepare a freshman in a week of a game.
21:58 It's awkward.
21:59 >> And he was splitting reps.
22:01 >> Yeah, you need it.
22:03 And I mean this literally an entire offseason.
22:06 This is not Brian's opinion.
22:07 This is me talking to coaches for years.
22:09 There's no shortcut.
22:10 So it is what it is, but he still did okay considering.
22:15 The thing that I'm most interested in though is something else.
22:19 And I just want your generic,
22:20 I'm gonna look up the stat while you're talking about this.
22:22 Mark Fletcher Jr.
22:24 Is obviously taking a step forward.
22:26 AJ Allen, he needs to work on pass protection, but he's a young player.
22:31 He still has two more years of eligibility or three.
22:34 He's a really good player too.
22:36 Technically, Parrish has another year.
22:38 Yeah, I think so.
22:39 I mean, the point is they got a lot of guys.
22:41 Johnson, he's a true freshman.
22:42 They've got kids that are committed.
22:45 The running back room, I'm just curious.
22:46 What is your take on Miami's running back room as it stands today?
22:50 >> I love our running back room.
22:53 I think we've got a bunch of guys that are just really talented.
22:57 I mean, Don Chaney has been one of my favorite players for years.
23:00 So it's really good to see him out there after all the injuries.
23:04 Doing his thing.
23:05 I mean, Fletcher's a beast.
23:07 I mean, there's not a lot of freshmen running backs that can come in and
23:11 do what he does.
23:12 I wish we would use them a little bit more creatively.
23:15 I'm really sick of seeing the draw plays up the middle constantly.
23:18 I really would love to see Rashard Smith a bit more in the backfield and
23:23 maybe get him some sweeps to the outside.
23:25 I don't know if these draw plays are like options for
23:28 the running backs to cut it outside or what.
23:30 But we need to mix it up a little bit because everybody and
23:33 their mom knows we're running the ball up the middle like 80% of the time.
23:37 The creativity on offense handicapped us last night.
23:40 And again, I don't know if it's because we're starting a true freshman
23:42 quarterback.
23:43 I know Emory missed some throws.
23:45 But if you're gonna go to your true freshman quarterback over a guy that's
23:49 been playing for the team for four years, just give him a shot.
23:55 Let him air it out a little bit.
23:57 I mean, we didn't even see a lot of the screen passes that we did when he played
24:01 against Clemson.
24:02 I was really frustrated with the play calling.
24:04 I don't know if it's on Mario and Dawson who's making these decisions.
24:09 But listen, if you're gonna throw him out there and burn that red shirt,
24:13 open up the playbook.
24:14 I feel like it was the same four or five plays.
24:17 And kudos to Jacoby because he made some tacklers miss that got those long runs for
24:24 him off of short passes.
24:26 And that one touchdown that he got, the safety just completely misread it.
24:32 Cuz that could have either been a tackle or an incompletion or an interception.
24:36 And he took the wrong angle and Jacoby broke free.
24:39 So it looks like Jacoby is Emory's go to guy, it seems like, throws him a lot.
24:44 >> Everybody seems to have their own fit and that's why the offseason is so
24:49 important to bring back up that topic from earlier.
24:52 It's thousands of reps.
24:54 There's no way around it.
24:55 There's no two positions tied like receiver and the quarterback spot.
25:00 Let's talk a little bit more about Miami's defense.
25:02 The thing that I was most impressed with overall in the game.
25:06 Yeah, you knew that Florida State was gonna throw at some,
25:08 they have some guys.
25:10 But Miami knew that too.
25:12 So the one thing that you can do and it never changes,
25:14 at least make them one dimensional.
25:16 What do you think Florida State's total rushing stat was?
25:21 And what did you think it would be?
25:24 Like, did you expect it to be like, cuz I mean, they got stuffed a bunch.
25:29 >> Yeah, I don't know.
25:30 I think, was it the third quarter or the second quarter?
25:33 They only had one yard total offense.
25:35 I forget what quarter it was.
25:36 >> Yeah, they got Florida State.
25:38 >> I think Benson had a couple of little bust plays, but there wasn't a lot.
25:43 I don't even think they broke the hundred yard.
25:46 >> Yeah, 38 yard.
25:47 >> I don't think that they broke 100 yards rushing.
25:49 Again, I didn't look at the stat sheet.
25:52 Like just for reference, I didn't realize we were gonna do a pod today until I woke
25:55 up and Brian's like, hey, do you wanna film something real quick?
25:58 I was like, okay.
25:59 So- >> There you go.
26:01 >> I haven't had a chance to look at everything yet.
26:04 >> Yeah, no, like I said, I think our defense played great.
26:08 And it's crazy to me that we had so many starters missing and
26:11 all these young kids stepped up.
26:13 Guidry is an asset, please don't let him leave.
26:17 Like, I hope he sticks around for a while because we can get back to these defenses
26:22 of old man, like I just, I wanna see it.
26:26 These young guys played so well.
26:31 And then LT got hurt and that second time he came up injured,
26:34 he couldn't even put weight on his legs.
26:36 So I'm a little bit concerned about that.
26:38 But as long as Bain stays healthy, Harrison Hunt has been doing a great job
26:43 coming in and getting basically starting because we've had so many people go out.
26:49 I'm trying to think who else who's been there.
26:52 I've noticed Harrison Hunt a lot and obviously Bain.
26:54 Man, I'm missing Nigel Eak though.
26:57 I'm missing Nigel Eak, man.
26:59 I would love to have his athleticism on our line.
27:02 He's so good and we haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg with him yet.
27:07 So when I found out he was gonna be out for the year, I was super bummed.
27:10 Having him and Bain together on a line, so much athleticism.
27:14 Like imagine having both of them, one on each edge.
27:17 That's insane, like this is our future next year.
27:20 >> Absolutely, Jafari, he's another guy.
27:24 >> Yeah, Jafari Harvey too, man.
27:26 He's been balling too.
27:28 And then the linebackers, like I said, have definitely come from those areas.
27:32 I didn't think with all these injuries we were gonna be this good on defense.
27:39 And kudos to the defensive staff, man.
27:43 We've looked really, really good.
27:45 I'm really, really impressed and
27:47 I can't wait to see what Damari Brown does as a Kane in the next few years, man.
27:51 Damari Brown, everyone wants to talk about the corner that we didn't get that
27:55 ended up going to Colorado, but Damari,
27:59 that's the guy you want on your team.
28:04 That's all we needed was him.
28:08 And then you also got Stafford too, who's gonna develop,
28:10 who we haven't seen much of.
28:12 There's a lot of bright talent that's coming in.
28:15 There's the future with these guys on this defense is gonna be really exciting.
28:19 Hopefully, coach Adai sticks around for a bit too,
28:21 because what he's doing with our corners and our cornerback room and
28:24 secondary, he's doing great things.
28:27 So.
28:28 >> Last question on the football front here.
28:32 If you look at the roster and this is open ended offense or defense,
28:37 what area are you most excited about long term for the Miami Hurricanes?
28:41 >> Just to pick one room, one position?
28:44 That's hard.
28:46 >> Put you to the test here, Mel.
28:50 >> I mean, I talked about the defense a lot.
28:52 So maybe I'll go something offense.
28:55 I'm gonna go with our offensive line.
28:57 >> And you go against it.
28:59 >> Well, I mean, I've already talked so much about the defense.
29:02 So just out of process of elimination of something I haven't talked about.
29:05 What Mario was able to do and coach Mirabal was able to do from last year to
29:11 this year and how they revamped the line with the portal,
29:14 bringing in some young talent.
29:15 Obviously, Samson Okunlola is out for the season with an injury, but
29:18 he's gonna be a beast for years to come.
29:21 Maui Noah has been starting at right tackle.
29:24 Coop, I mean, got valuable starters minutes last year.
29:27 What he was able to do with his body in the offseason and
29:29 coming into this season, he's an absolute beast.
29:32 And this kid was a three star.
29:35 Like you guys, fans get so mad when we get these three stars, but
29:38 you know, like it doesn't, Emery Williams with a three star and
29:41 he made the elite 11 finals.
29:43 These ranking systems like yeah, you wanna get the flashy names five star.
29:46 Obviously, Francis Maui Noah was a five star and he's starting as a freshman.
29:50 If any of these guys on the line that are upperclassmen decide they wanna stay
29:55 another year, I mean, even if you keep one of them, if Rivers decides to stay or
30:00 Cohen or Matt Lee or if one of them decides to stay.
30:03 And you see and just even if all three of them leave and
30:08 you see what Mario's been able to do through the transfer portal and
30:11 how some of these young guys have developed.
30:13 I don't think we're gonna be talking about the offensive line in a negative
30:16 fashion anymore.