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• Great win for Cane Nation. If we can cut out the turnovers, we can beat anyone! Go Canes!!!!

• u played a good game

• We won in spite of Harris, sorry but Jacory got lucky that the db Drop a
  Pick 6! Still worried!!!

• ... and OSU got lucky that a Walford touchdown got called back. You could play that game all day long. Dude should've caught the ball and he choked. Harris shouldn't have thrown it there and he did. Move on.

  Final was 24-6, not 17-16. 184 yards on the ground and OSU's quarterbacks were 4-of-18. Miami's defense and ground game dominated and Harris was far from perfect, but had some great plays, too.

  If you're gonna trash the *almost* pick six, than give credit to the third down completion to Streeter on the final drive, or the scramble on the previous 3rd and 1 where he tucked and ran instead of forcing to Ford in traffic.

• Good game for us overall, and I'll agree to acknowledge some of j12's good decisions (like running for a couple key first downs), but I actually think that throw to Streeter was an awful one. Sure it turned out all right, but Harris got lucky (again) because Streeter was doubled on that one.

  Interestingly, I think these near disasters probably only encourage Jacory's tunnel vision. He thinks he can get away with it, cause half the time, he does. That throw to TB (dropped pick-6) was TRIPLE covered with a wide open Chase Ford running a corner route just behind. The LB jumped to TB, leaving Ford open, which should cue J12 to hit Ford. He seems incapable of making these reads, even now. Fortunately, he had Miller and a solid D to fall on.

  I think we won this game in spite of Harris, and honestly, I cringed every time he stepped back to throw. He didn't make any throws Morris couldn't have made, and there were several 'operations' gaffes despite his greater experience (busted plays, bad formations).
  If improvement means identifying one's weaknesses and fixing them, I say Harris's decision making is one of them. And I'm not sure it can be fixed.

• A spot-on and unemotional assessment!

• i cringed everytime too. i always will as long as j12 is under center

• or the nine mintue game killing drive that broke their back so bad they didnt even call a timeout, they just wanted to leave....like the little bitches they are....hell half of them left the bar at halftime and were clapping for first downs....lol.

• Credit for plays that is expected from a D1 quarterback? If we want to get to the next level those aren't great plays they should be rutine. If Harris continues to be that late in his reads, he will eclipse his interception total from last year. Overall, it was great win for Golden and his staff and every Canes' fan should be very excited about the future.

• Agreed; quit your bellyaching Jack.

• Yeah...the pass to Streeter was pretty special....it helped that he was 6'5 obviously. I think j12's problems are mental....the score could have been 31-6 or 38-6 easily. I keep asking myself....where is the J12 that threw the football against FSU 2 years ago on opening night??

• That Jacory was going up against statistically one of the worst defenses in the nation in FSU circa '09. Mickey Andrews' last year, dinosaur coverages, primarily man coverage with that odd wrinkle he threw in with one down lineman and everyone else standing up..

  What Jacory did against FSU in '09 wasn't special. FSU scored 45 points in Doak and still found a way to lose to Georgia Tech that year.

• I find it amazing that "Fans" are trashing Harris. This game was amazing, harris showed why he got the QB job. No QB is ever perfect, and he made really really good decisions during the game. Only one Pick was his fault, when he took too long to throw the ball. The other was the receivers fault where he ran the wrong route. All in all OSU had 0 touchdowns, and thats a huge win for this team. Dont start criticizing and killing the momentum this team gains with this win.

• Dude, I hear you, and you're right--every QB makes mistakes in every game. The problem is that J12 hasn't really matured or developed. He's not making x% of spectacular plays that eclipse his performance as an underclassman. He's the same guy that competed against Marve. I'd forgive the mistakes if he was actually better than he was two years ago.

• His numbers are right in line with Dan Marinos when he was at Pitt.

• Wow. I've never heard j12 compared favorably to D13. That's freaking hilarious.
  Numbers don't tell the whole story. J12 is top-3 all-time in many categories at the U, and that's great. But would you take him over Kosar, Testaverde, or Walsh, etc?
  If j12's INTs were all batted balls, or his decision making more sound, there wouldn't be any QB controversy. But there is. The fact that it's a weekly conversation says it all.
  Let's be clear, it's not just the INTs. It's the decision making, even on the throws he gets away with.

• Okay guys~! Listen up~! When was the last time you say theOhio$tateUniv not score a TD?

  Huh?

  Great win for the CANES.

  Also, did you see the Clemson Game? Or did you see EJ get hurt? Seems to mee we'll know a ton more about our season next week when the Noles meet Clemson.

  Go CANES []_[]~!~!~!

• Chris - look forward to your thoughts! Defense played better, but gave up too many rushing yards. Having Spence back was huge overall. QB play was up and down, but I thought the receivers played well. Special teams was good and the running game outstanding.

  Go Canes!

• Admin you make some good points! However, Jacory
  will lose some us some games IF he keeps trowing late and into
  traffic. That is all I am saying. I am rewatching game on espn u.
  Go canes!!!

• GREAT coaching job on all fronts. It's only the 2nd game of the season and I believe we're watching the evolvement of a special group of coaches bringing out the best in our athletes. Jacory came out and led the team to victory. He's not perfect, but he's a winner that will only improve under the tutelage of Jedd and Al. and did I say congrats to ART KEHOE! NO SACKS! 240 yards rushing against OSU! Great win...now on to the Brown Bros...beat Kansas State!

• I swung by last year after we won, so I felt obliged to come by and offer my congratulations since this year you won. You guys played a very good game. Your pass defense was very good and our passing not so much. We did have some success running at your speed, but our inconsistent/non-existent QB play. lack of experienced recievers and good DB play had us unbalanced.

  You guys on the other hand did a nice job of balancing your offense. Harris made mistakes but we couldn't capitalize on them and you didn't have the more flukey turnovers you had up here in Columbus. The defender chasing down our Miller and punching the ball out reminded me of Clarett stealing the ball back after the interception in the MNC game. Your final drive was both impressive and soul crushing.

  Again, congratulations and good luck with the rest of your season.

• A True fans talking TRUE Football.
  When you comment on the defense looking good please specify that praise to the LB's and the secondary. All the sacks we had were because the secondary locked down the field and the non-mobile quarterback had no where to go. We still have to get pressure on the qb with a 4 man front...lets go DL's.
  Lamar is a beast, but soon teams are going load up the box to stop it. Please note that all of his stats came in the 1st quarter, when there was a threat that J12 could beat us with his arm. After the interception the playbook shrunk and so did the running lanes. I also hoped Mike James took notes on how Miller protected the ball in the final drives.
  With that said, yes J12 threw 2 touchdowns! But he hasn't cut down on the mistakes. The offensive line gave him excellent protection (kudos to the entire crew), the coaches moved the pocket for him to gain extra time, but we still seen the lollipop floaters and him missing wide open tight ends. breaking down the interceptions....WHERE IS LARON BYRD!!! HE CANNOT let the defender just step in front of the ball and intercept it (watch the tape). This was actually a jump ball situation a la "catch the ball at its highest point"..C'MON senior.
  Also am i the only that noticed the canes had 5 downs during one possession in the third quarter???
  Again before you try to respond saying that im not a true fans and that a W is a W, every game is supposed to be a W with the players we have and playing with home field adv!

• Dennis,

  Yes the late great Sean Taylor int in NC!

• I do have to say, I was around Ohio fans both before the game and during the game and they by far showed the best class. I will forever going forward have respect you guys (not the team) and look forward to playing you guys again.