Saturday night’s Orange Bowl finale was part funeral, part abortion. I’ve never been so embarrassed watching a Canes game in my life. Canes305 flew in from San Diego for this one – to pay respect to the stadium that provided me a million and one memories growing up in Miami. I even gave up Chargers/Colts tickets to head back to the 305… something which really sucks laying here hungover in my Mayfair bed and 3,000 miles away from Qualcomm Stadium and my west coast buds.
Thanks a whole hell-of-a-lot, 2007 Canes. I put more effort into my travel plans than you or the coaches did on the field last night.
I entered nostalgic, with a slew of emotions overcoming me and I left cursing everything about the current state of the program. The Orange Bowl deserved better. Sadly the only people who realized that were the 62K+ in attendance.
I hope the future recruits were watching this one – partly to see what not to do with their game once reaching the collegiate level as well as to solidify the fact that ALL positions are opening entering next season and that many kids on this team lack heart and will be beat out by true freshman next year. Bank on that. The dead weight is headed to the bench.
I have one last day in South Florida before trekking back to Cali in the AM. That said, I’m not going to waste it writing about a team which showed zero heart, passion or emotion last night. Screw that. If they don’t care, then for today – neither do I. I’m off to enjoy my old hometown. My trashing of this team, heartless players and confused coaches can wait until I return to SD.
I’m disgusted, as are all Miami fans today. Sadly, at 5-4 I could live with losing last night. Go down with a fight and keep building for next year. But 48-0? The worst home shutout in history? The worst home loss since the 1940s? That’ unforgivable. Some scholarships should be burned after what was witnessed last night and I can think of at least one coordinator who should pack his bags before 2008. Actually, he can do so just after Thanksgiving weekend since this team won’t sniff a bowl game this year.
We’ll break it all down later this week and on a positive note, will post photos from from the allCanes ‘Farewell to the OB’ bash at the Mayfair on Friday night. If the team had the heart of the Canes fans in attendance, the score would’ve been 48-0 in the other direction.
More later this week. Hang in there Miami faithful. I’m headed out for a cocktail and to drown my sorrows like a drunk uncle at an Irish wake.
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