I calls it as I sees it

Well, well, well... to all the 'Canes fans (ok the one 'Cane fan) who were complaining about my post yesterday, this is from a UM beat writer who has been covering the 'Canes for 14 years:

"…..Young and his wife Lawana are the first people I’ve ever heard of who willingly left south Florida for Oklahoma in the dead of winter.

…..Maybe I’m just being Negative Ned, but it sure seems like the Hurricanes’ football team is in crisis. Not much good has happened since about mid-November.

…..Judging by the Internet message boards, I think we can safely say the honeymoon between UM fans and Randy Shannon is officially over."

You can read the rest of the article here.

Post-Draft Deadline Top 10

Just a quicky because my list changed a little bit. I'll give a more detailed one after spring ball is over. The team's ranking in my previous poll is listed in parenthesis.

1. Florida (1)
2. Oklahoma (3)
3. Texas (2)
4. USC (4)
5. Oklahoma State (7)
6. Virginia Tech (6)
7. Mississippi (10)
8. LSU (9)
9. Ohio State (5)
10. Alabama (NR)

The Raft Is Sinking

So far the off season has looked like this for Miami:

1. Fired offensive coordinator
2. Starting QB decides to transfer (followed by public feud between QB and Shannon)
3. Bryce Brown, Miami's top rated recruit, decides to look elsewhere
4. Defensive coordinator bolts for... Oklahoma State?

The first three are old news by now, but the fourth is a recent development. Bill Young took a defense that gave up 26 PPG and 346 YPG in 2007 and brought those numbers down to 24.2 and 318.

The 'Canes are now in a tough spot with no offensive or defensive coordinator in place and signing day only 2 weeks away. Given the amount of coaches that have turned down coordinator offers from Shannon in the past, there is a decent chance this next batch of Miami recruits will be signing a letter of intent not knowing who is going to be leading their unit.

It Is Done

Lane Kiffin and Tennessee will be able to recruit 'em, now the question is will they be able to coach 'em up? Sorry for all the Tennessee/SEC posts, but one person out of the three or four who reads this blog is a big UT fan (hi Josh).