Wahoo, while I agree that the Canes are not as good as they will be in years to come, I must take issue with your "plain and simple reasoning" and post my dissent is as follows:
There cannot be a question as to accuracy of the Miami quarterbacking as of late: 21-26 against A&M and 20-25 against Duke. Combine those stats and you will clearly see that UM qb’s have been 41-51 with 2INT’s in the past 2 games. Keep in mind that Wright has been the starter and has taken all but 2 of the pass attempts referred to.
However, there is a question of decision making on the part of Kyle Wright. If you watched the Duke game, which you were unable to do, you would have seen that Wright threw an interception in Duke’s endzone on a 1st down in the 3rd Q that allowed Duke a gigantic momentum shift. Coupled with a missed field goal to end the 1st half, in the open endzone of the Orange Bowl, with 25knot WSW winds the Canes should have been up 20-0 over Duke. On the ensuing drive Calais Campbell was flagged with a late hit on the qb call on a 3rd and 18 play to keep Duke’s drive alive. Duke converts a 41yd passing touchdown beating Randy Phillips in man coverage to make the score 10-7.
The game could have easily have been over in the second drive of the 3rd Q. However, mental errors and lack luster effort on the part of both offense and defense created an appearance, albeit a warranted one, that the Canes are “plain and simpl[ly]” not good.
If you were at the game, which again, you were not, or if you had watched the game, which you did not, you would have seen the domination exerted by the Canes in the 1st quarter, which, as was apparent by most top 10 teams this week, was only to be seen again in the 4th quarter when the Canes were challenged.
I could speak of Miami’s rushing attack as of the season but I will refer to the latin phrase “res ipsa locquitor” which means “the thing speaks for itself.”
UNC cannot be considered at the same level as the University of Miami, in terms of talent, physicality, confidence, and as their record would indicate, ability. This will be UNC’s super bowl as, it is for most teams, (FIU, Duke) in order to claim they have knocked off the Canes, which is in retaliation for the Canes domination of the early 2000’s. Butch Davis will be good for UNC, but not this year, and not against UM.
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