Week 4 Weeknight (miami v A&M)

I didn't get a chance to post this, but sent it out in an email Thursday afternoon. In an effort to document everything, here goes...

Alright, this will be short because I have to get going....I'll have the full complement hopefully tomorrow morning.

1. @Miami -2 v Texas A&M: After much back and forth, hand wringing and teeth gnashing, I've decided to go ahead and go with the Canes here. We all know that Skeletor has bastardized this program beyond all recognition, at least on the field. They still have their thuggish tendencies such as last year's street fight with FIU and the fact that their players have enough gang contacts that one of them got picked off in a drive by shooting near their campus last year. However, the good part about being a thug program is that thugs usually, when properly coked up, can be effective on the football field. Since the advent of Coker, that part kind of went away. Too bad for them I guess. Now Randy Shannon is doing what he can to restore some pride here in the last season of the Orange Bowl(boo!). This spread has fallen to what almost amounts to a pick 'em. Most of the public is on the road dog, which is never a good sign for said road dog. So far this year, A&M hasn't really played anyone. They struggled with Fresno, and gave up a lot of rushing yards to Lou-Mon, so they haven't exactly dominated. The question is whether this team can go into Miami when the lights are on and band is playing and knock off the Hurricanes. Generally this is a much easier task than it used to be, but I don't think it will be easy. Miami is still very good on defense, and Texas A&M is one dimensional. Miami struggles on offense, but A&M and the rest of the non Oklahoma Big 12 doesn't play any defense. Now that Kyle Wright is back at QB and the Kirby Freeman experiment has thankfully ended, Miami can be competent on offense, especially at home against a weak d. I think their weakness will be somewhat offset as a result. I think Miami gets lathered up and plays inspired football tonight, and that's never a good thing, especially for a team like A&M who historically struggles as a road dog. Despite their talent(and I generally like their offense) I don't think they get it done tonight.