North Florida Sports Network Podcast
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Instant Reaction: Miami Survives A 10-3 Playoff Rock Fight
Well we got a Miami contributor and we got Miami with a playoff win over AM. And they're moving on.
SPEAKER_04:You know what else we got?
SPEAKER_03:What's that?
SPEAKER_04:We got some games up in here.
SPEAKER_03:So we're gonna talk about it as the playoffs begun. Last night we had a game, and we're really gonna talk about today's game. But Alabama did beat Oklahoma. And today it was zero to zero and a half. But it was a hard-fought game. We had win, blocked kicks, missed field goals. Defense was human on both sides. Whoever got that first touchdown would be the victor, and it was Miami late in the game. The nice call. A little double pass to their guy who had just fumbled previously. So it's good to see him fear Miami fans get in the end zone. And then the defense stood up and did not let AM in. Let him get all the way down there. A lot of drama in the end. For a game that was 10-3. There was it wasn't as boring as the score would indicate. I got Miami contributor Justin here to react to it. I'm sure he's gonna tell you it's a a legendary playoff game that that will be remembered in the annals of time. No, but seriously, what's your first what's your first reaction just to that game? It was the most exciting 10-3 game. Hold on, you're breaking up. How are you breaking up?
SPEAKER_04:Okay, can you hear me?
SPEAKER_03:No.
SPEAKER_04:Can you hear me now?
SPEAKER_03:Yes. Let's do it again. Yeah, no.
SPEAKER_04:So yeah, the most exciting 10-3 football game you'll probably ever see. I mean, like, my blood pressure is still through the roof right now.
SPEAKER_03:Hey, that the end the end of the game, I mean, it was it was dramatic. I mean, both teams had their shot. I mean, it just seemed AM went right down the field. They couldn't do anything, but then when they had to, they went right down the field, but Miami stood up, did not let them in. Big win for the Hurricanes.
SPEAKER_04:It was about to be the most crystal ball crystal ball of all crystal balls.
SPEAKER_03:Well, you're I was watching it with you and we talked about it. AM scored what you go for two if you're AM, right?
SPEAKER_04:Absolutely. Absolutely you go for two because Miami was the better team.
SPEAKER_03:Right. And so you try to steal it and get out of there. But Miami stood up for the defense. Typically But the defense, man, that that's what won it. That's what won it. It was it was all D. Miami shut down AM all game.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah, AM couldn't move the ball to save their goddamn lives. No. It was all Marcel Reed's framework.
SPEAKER_03:Marcel Reed was quick footed though, and he was seeing ghosts, and they were in his head. He had two picks, 25 of 39, did have 237, but the two picks, one at the end, uh Marcel Reed had 15 carries, 27 yards, but they weren't able to establish a running game. Miami, however, did have one guy and was uh Mark Fletcher Jr., 17 carries, 172 yards, and that's about it. That's it. And I'm on both on both sides of the ball. Nobody else did anything except for him.
SPEAKER_04:And dude, you were here, and you were here with me. The whole second half, I was just screaming, give it to Fletcher, give it to Fletcher, give it to Fletcher. And on that, on that on the one touchdown drive of the game is when they featured Mark Fletcher. Yeah. And Fletcher popped that big run. And granted, as Malachi Tony was coming on the speed sweep, I was yelling, terrible call, terrible call, terrible call. Great call, great call, touchdown!
SPEAKER_03:Right, right, right.
SPEAKER_04:I I I actually wanted to feed Fletcher. I just wanted to feed Fletcher.
SPEAKER_03:I did too, but I I liked the call because it was giving Tony the ball without risking Carson Beck screwing it up. You know, so it was kind of like because they were expecting what you wanted, right? So that's why it worked. That's why it worked. And you gave your guy who had just previously fumbled and almost cost us the game. Well, when you have a guy like Tony who's a heart, his heart's on his sleeve, he's all in it. When he does something like that, it's gonna it's gonna eat at him. And to see, and to see him, so you want to give him a chance to erase it.
SPEAKER_04:Oh, and when you saw on the sidelines, dude, when you saw on the sidelines right after he uh that fumble, yeah, um, he went over, he went over to the bench and spoke. Yeah, but everybody because that's Fletcher. Fletcher went over there, everybody went over there and pumped him up. They're like, dude, whatever. You're a badass. Yeah, don't worry about it. We got you, we're gonna pick you up.
SPEAKER_03:By the way, just strip it. I mean, you gotta you gotta tip your cat sometimes. Oh, it really was. The defenses for both teams were electric. I mean, they it was it normally it's kind of boring, but man, AM, you can't throw the ball against him. You can't get to third down against them. They are uh historical Oh, if you get to third down, you're fucked. Yeah, and Miami's defense just was after it all all game, and they shut down the run and they made the quarterback have to beat him, and he couldn't do it.
SPEAKER_04:What what were the final sack numbers? Because I think Ruben Bain had one and a half, Mesador had one and a half, I know Keontae Scott had two.
SPEAKER_03:Well, on the defense, you had Keontae Scott had ten tackles. He had two sacks.
SPEAKER_04:Ten tackles, two sacks. They add safety. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:But Ruben Bain had three sacks, my friend. Three. Yeah, and Mesador had one and a half. I mean, yeah, Mesidore had him one and a half. So I mean that they just that defense, that's why I was that's why I said if Miami gets in, they have a shot because they have NFL talent all over that roster. Especially on the defense. That defensive line is insane.
SPEAKER_04:And Keonta Scott's gonna be a star.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah.
SPEAKER_04:He's a freshman. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Well, then he's gonna be a star. Yep, and then uh they had the one fumble. Carson Beck didn't do much, but you know, he didn't screw it up. You know, uh 14 to 20, 103 yards, did have a touchdown. I guess they counted that a touchdown.
SPEAKER_04:He did what the game plan called for. He did what the game plan called for, dude, because the game plan was apparently because Alex Marcel Reed can run the ball.
SPEAKER_03:And a lot of those yards were right at the end, you know, to get him down there.
SPEAKER_04:It was all on that final drive. Right. They weren't able to establish and then that one long drive they had. No, no, they could not run the ball. They could not run the ball.
SPEAKER_03:They did, Mario Car Kraver did have seven catches for 92 yards, but that's about it for them. Uh Miami in the past game. Uh not much to really write home about. Um, but uh Tony did have five catches, 22 yards. But um, that's it. I thought they could have went to CJ Daniels a little more. I thought uh they you could have used the one-on-ones a little more early in the game.
SPEAKER_04:That's what we kept talking about while we were watching it. It was CJ Daniels.
SPEAKER_03:That people are gonna razor focus on Tony. And you know you're gonna get one-on-one. You're gonna get one-on-ones with CJ Daniels, and he's your big play guy. Why not go go for it?
SPEAKER_04:Dude, and the the time they did it, the way uh the way we should have ran the entire offense the second half was that opening drive of the second half. Where we threw the ball to Daniels on the outside, we threw the ball to Marion on the outside, and then we popped him up the middle with Fletcher. You do you mix that up in your play calling when the defense is gonna be focused on Tony? I mean, that's an unstoppable i i if you call the game right and Carson Beck doesn't shit the bed with interceptions, dude. This Miami team can beat anybody in the country. There's no doubt in my mind about that.
SPEAKER_03:Well, I I'm not denying that, but just look at this. He's got a punt, punt, fumble, punt, punt, punt, kick off, punt, punt, miss field goal, turnover on downs, miss field goal. Finally, in the fourth quarter now, it's still 0-0. A field goal was made on a nine-place 72-yard drive by Miami to finally get points. Then an interception by AM, miss field goal, another miss field goal by Miami, another punt by AM, another punt by Miami, field goal by AM, fumble, punt, and then a touchdown, interception ball game.
SPEAKER_04:Defenses.
SPEAKER_03:Mostly it was uh yeah, it was. And then at the end, all that defense, you could feel the pressure, it mounted up, and there was actually a little bit of action at the end. And it was a good game. It's probably the best game you're gonna have in the first round.
SPEAKER_04:And and and now granted, this is coming from a very biased game standpoint of view.
SPEAKER_03:Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_04:But that's the most I haven't had that much fun watching a football game in a long time.
SPEAKER_03:Well, the de when you're when you have a defense.
SPEAKER_04:Well, and by a long time, maybe I mean Thursday night with the Ram Seahawks game, because that game was amazing.
SPEAKER_03:That was amazing. God. So, I mean, so in three days, dude, it's the best game I've seen in three days. Great game, great game that was. Uh, we got NFL later. But the Canes move on, man. The Canes move on. They're gonna be playing Ohio State now. How do you feel about that matchup?
SPEAKER_04:I am beyond jacked up for this game.
SPEAKER_03:Oh, I know. This is a personal vendetta.
SPEAKER_04:I am so fired up for this game, dude. Oh, dude, dude. It's a vendetta that it's a blood feud that will never end.
SPEAKER_03:Oh, I get it. I get it. And and we can beat them. Yeah, this is yeah. I mean, they're the favorite national, defending national champs. They did lose their last game, but still only number two.
SPEAKER_04:They've never really been challenged.
SPEAKER_03:They've never seen a defense like this. I think you're fair it's that's fair to see to see. I think this is gonna be a slug. I mean, Julian I think you're gonna have Julian Faye and it's gonna be another game like we just saw. That's what's gonna be.
SPEAKER_04:It's gonna be another great game.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, it's gonna be another slug fest. I'm I'm betting the under.
SPEAKER_04:Well, yeah, obviously after today you would bet the other.
SPEAKER_02:Yes, but it was like 48 to start. Come on.
SPEAKER_04:And it finished at 13.
SPEAKER_02:Yes.
SPEAKER_03:I mean, that's insane. I don't think that's been that's an insane. So, but I I see I foresee another because Ohio State, the strength of that team, they do have Jeremiah Smith and all that, but they're their defense. Their defense, Miami. Their defense you do saw it's Miami.
SPEAKER_04:It's a 17-13 game.
SPEAKER_03:Yep. This is gonna be first one to double digits wins.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah, it's it's 17 to 13.
SPEAKER_03:First one that scores twice.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah, no, no, that's legit what it's gonna be, and it's gonna be intense. It's gonna be hard hitting. It's gonna be another fucking awesome game.
SPEAKER_03:Yep. Well, uh, that will be a fun matchup. We also have Alabama, Indiana. That's gonna be in the Rose Bowl, and then you have your two freaking Hail Mary games.
SPEAKER_04:Indiana better win that game. Indiana better beat Alabama. I'm gonna be so pissed. I know. I know, yeah. God, I know. But Alabama can't run the ball.
SPEAKER_00:All right, we're here. We gotta We gotta get on out of here.
SPEAKER_03:But before we go, yeah, Alabama can't run the ball. Indiana should be able to beat him. But you never know, you know, and it's a one game off. Oklahoma.
SPEAKER_04:At 17 to nothing last night. At 17 to nothing last night, I didn't think there was any chance that Alabama was gonna be, we would be talking about it. I know. Dude, the the plumber, the plumber snapshot. That should have been the cheese.
SPEAKER_03:That should have been the cheeset ball. Nah, the Pop Tart bowl. Notre Dame's should have been in this tournament. Absolutely. Yeah, I mean, I know I hate Notre Dame, but I know you do too, but if you try to look at like eyeball tests, is what the committee is supposed to do, and you can always just say, you know what? They're better. Fuck this.
SPEAKER_04:Whatever. Yeah, you you can't you can't you can't look at Tulane or James Madison and think they're better than freaking.
SPEAKER_03:No, but I I I would say you couldn't look at Oklahoma and say that they're better than Notre Dame. And because contractually, contractually, you already James Madison and Tulane already had it because they because the ACC is an idiot. Well, they had already sealed that. But the where they blew it is by getting Alabama and Oklahoma in. One of those two. Exactly. Exactly. And that's what they did. They showed you that two years ago. They showed you that now. They're gonna show you that time and time again.
SPEAKER_04:They didn't today when on the final AM drive with that super terrible freaking uh rump in the passer penalty.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_04:That's that springboarded AM's drive. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Well, I mean, just the there's no way. But I would pay that. I would yell at it, dude. I was like, dude, the AM rep. I hate Notre Dame. I hate Notre Dame.
SPEAKER_04:There's no, like they're one of the 12-bed teams.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, there's no way they shouldn't have been in this tournament. There's no way Florida State shouldn't have been in the tournament two years ago. Like, come on, man.
SPEAKER_04:Like, they Notre Dame could beat anybody in the playoffs right now.
SPEAKER_03:That's true. That's true. I'm Miami's glad they're not in. Uh, but they'll be playing Ohio State. We got uh we got NFL games to watch, we got a big, big game to watch, and we got a big football Monday to come at you with a bunch of reactions. So we'll talk to you then. Right here on the North Florida Sports Network.
SPEAKER_00:You gotta give us your shot, you know what? You fucked!
