Just Say No Miami!
Apparently the Miami metropolitan area is suffering through one of the largest outbreaks of crack addiction in recent memory. The evidence of this outbreak is in the multitude of Hurricane Bloggers making obviously drug induced statements lately. Consider Gary Ferman of Canesport Magazine who found himself on the Rivals Radio show with Bill King shortly before the BCS Title Game. While trying to inform the audience of the state of the Miami Hurricanes he chatted with Bill about the offensive coordinator position which had been open since Patrick Nix was fired.
Mr. Ferman stated that UM was looking for a coordinator to run a “conventional”, “pro-style” offense. The thought within the program was that while the spread had grown in popularity nationwide the DEFENSES of the ACC made it impractical. That’s right, he said the great defenses of the ACC would keep the spread from being effective. And he didn’t stop there. The REASON for the great defenses was because of the TREMENDOUS coaches found in the ACC. (I’ll give everyone a minute to get back into their chairs now).
Are you kidding me Mr. Ferman? The great COACHES of the ACC? That’s a new one. How many coaches in the ACC have won National Titles? Let’s see there’s . . . Bobby Bowden . . . . ummmm . . . hmmm . . . . did I mention Bobby Bowden? That’s right. The only coach in the ACC who has a National Championship has averaged just under 8 wins a season over the last 4 years. Mmmmm . . . IMPRESSIVE! To be honest the best coach in the ACC is probably Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer who’s only been in the conference for 5 seasons. Yet these incredible football minds are the architects of some of the greatest college defenses ever devised by man.
Why sure, now I get it. The spread can work in some of the lesser conferences like the SEC, Big 12, Pac 10, etc, but if you try to run the spread in the ACC . . . well forget you buddy. You’re lookin at some hard times when those ferocious Wake, North Carolina and Clemson defenses start swarming to the ball. Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a load of crap in my life. If O&BHUE had a BS Award of the Year Mr Ferman, you’d be the fruntrunner.
Face it Ferman, as Mulder used to say, “The Truth is Out There”. Miami is looking to hire a pro style coordinator for several reasons. The first is that Shannon, who’s beginning to tread on thin ice, doesn’t believe in that fancy shmancy, new age, high fulootin, spread offense. You usually aren’t going to be a fan of something you don’t understand. The other reason is that the University of Miami doesn’t sell “Team Unity” or “Championships” to recruits, they sell “The League“. Go to Miami and go to the NFL. “Take a look at all of our former players who went there, we can get you there too!” (more…)

Jime Rome of the ESPN sports opinion show “Rome is burning” and the popular Jime Rome Radio Show has weighed in with his thoughts regarding the comments by the University of Miami head coach Randy Shannon. I stopped listening to Rome years ago but I have to admit his shtick is still funny after all these years. In regards to the whining noise from Cryami Rome says the folowing:
The recent addition to all this hoopla has been former Cane and NFL player Warren Sapp who added to the controversy when he called coach Urban Meyer a “classless dirtbag”. I’m familiar with Warren Sapp as he spent the end of his career on the Raiders stealing money while he laid on his fat arse during most of the game. The sheer genius of Al Davis was to take a washed up thug from the east coast, pay him a lot of money and get virtually no production or leadership from his lazy arse for years. It was the biggest heist since the Great Bank Rivalry but unfortunately not an isolated incident for the Raiders. Sapp has a history of cheap shots (Chad Clifton), NFL fines and positive drug tests and is commonly regarded as one of the more classless players of the NFL.
Now what is the strategic gain from comments like these? Is Shannon trying to make the rest of the country question his ability to handle his emotions? Does this rally the Hurricane fan base to his side? Perhaps some Cane fans would take Shannon’s comments about a hated adversary in a positive light but only if they could take some time to stop criticizing Shannon’s gameplanning and trying to run offensive coordinator Patrick Nix out of town first.
Florida wins over a hated in-state recruiting and gridiron rival, ends a 22-year, 6-game losing streak, and holds the opposing offense to only 140 yards and a single field goal. The victory is achieved in convincing fashion, beating a 21-point Vegas spread by a deuce.














