Happy playoff victory Monday, y’all. Food tastes a little bit better, sweatshirt feels a little bit comfier, sun is a little bit brighter. Man, have I longed for these days. What a feeling.
And there’s
still a lot more to go, as we have 10 more days of enjoyment until the Miami Hurricanes get another postseason crack at the Ohio State Buckeyes. Unless you just landed from Mars, I don’t need to explain that one.
1) Why do players talk shit ahead of big games? I really don’t get, it but holy hell, do I appreciate it when they do.
Rueben Bain, Jr. admitted after tearing up Texas A&M’s offense for three sacks and four tackles for loss that he kept the comments from some Texas A&M players on his phone for motivation. Left tackle Trey Zuhn III talked shit by saying Bain wasn’t someone that they needed to worry about. Whoops. And Zuhn got whipped badly for a sack by Akheem Mesidor in the second half.
There was no reason to show anything but the utmost respect for Bain and the Hurricanes coming in, and seven sacks later, it had blown up in his and their faces.
2) I can’t begin to describe my appreciation for Mark Fletcher, Jr. on Saturday.
#4 ran like a man possessed, and he took the team and carried them on his back to victory late in the game on Saturday. I don’t know how many of you have seen Varsity Blues, but it’s like when the announcer says of the running back, Wendell, “you can stamp ‘US Mail’ on his butt”. And you could do that for Fletcher, Jr. because he delivered.
And it wasn’t just that he delivered with his actions, but how he delivered as a leader to lift Malachi Toney’s spirits after that fourth quarter fumble is everything a teammate and leader should be. So, freaking glad to have him coming back next season. What a lift.
3) Speaking of talking shit, Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith did just that on Monday morning during the Buckeyes’ press conference.
When asked about whether there’s still some tension there between Ohio State and Miami over the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, Smith responded with a blunt message.
“Oh yeah, for sure, I mean, you see it all over the internet, all over Twitter,” Smith said. “They’re still talking about it twenty years later. They’re still worried about it, but we’ve got something for them come New Year’s Eve.”
Alright then. It’s on. There’s a 100% chance that’s getting spread all over the football facilities this week, and I bet it’ll be on Bain’s phone or in his notebook, too.
4) Notre Dame can’t seem to get past their supposed snub, and it’s gotten beyond hilarious at this point.
Case in point:
A small excerpt from this beauty of an article:
“If Saturday’s slog in College Station was any indication of who the Hurricanes and Aggies are right now, when it matters most, then there isn’t anybody in their right mind who wouldn’t proclaim Notre Dame would probably beat both of them if the Irish were given a chance to in this playoff.”
Insert the hooting and hollering fountain drink machine image here.
If anything, Miami proved that the same damned thing would likely happen again if Miami and Notre Dame repeated their matchup. The Canes physically controlled the Irish in Week 1. They just physically controlled Texas A&M as well on both sides of the ball.
The amount of crying the Irish have done the last few weeks is as spoiled and whiny as I have ever seen any fan base in possibly any sport for decades.
Anyways, keep enjoying it all, Canes fans. We’ll have plenty of Ohio State/Cotton Bowl talk in the days ahead. Go Canes!
