Next man up dude.
I think you're forgetting West Virginia.
Wins against WV during the BE too ('92 & '94)...but the "active" streak of 17 from '95 thru '11 was the longest of all former BE foes (partly due to the series running longer).
We also had some important pieces out as well… Miami still has plenty of talent… We were an underdog according to ESPN . Kyle Monangai is special.
They had our number but we had W’s against WVU in ‘92 and ‘94 and 4 overall VS a big goose egg with the U.
And THEY were “beneficiaries” of some serious missed calls especially on that last TD drive.
That is spot on! Im just glad UM wasn't fully stocked. We had our hands full as it was.
yea, RU had some players missing as well.
Yes, we had some players out as well. UM had 3 starters on offense & 3 starters on Defense out.
Not to mention due to injury: TE1 Langan, LB1 Powell, RT1 Needham. And heck while we're at it, coming into the season WR1 Long. Brantley prob. would've been a starting WR had he been deemed eligible this season. AND... CB1 Melton sitting out due to the NFL draft. So two can play that game. Evens it out a bit more.
That was seriously one of the more poorly-officiated games I have seen. Miami's offensive tackles were literally tackling out d-ends right in front of the refs with absolutely no calls. On one of the goal line plays Miami also went offsides in obvious fashion (DT fired across the ball like almost a second before the ball was snapped) and the uncalled block in the back on one of Miami's pass was almost laughable.
The 25 second play clock for the QB wasn’t working for a while either.
It was a PAC 12 Referee Crew.
On the second to last Miami offensive series when they threw the pass interference flag that put them inside the 10 I originally thought they actually called the obvious hold on the RT...when the ref called defensive pass interference Schiano looked stunned and I actually saw him on the concourse screen say to the ref "what about the holding?!?"
I think a number of teams probably left the PAC-12 just to get away from that crew.
Takes two to tango. And the Mountaineers dance card is full.
Max Melton was the only player of any real significance that didn't suit up. The rest weren't going to make a notable difference.
This.
Really? Powell??? Johnny Langan????
Nice to have coaches that developed a culture with players who wanted to play today for the program.
Yes … once again WVU had our number in the Big East however we beat them twice in the BE and 4 times overall. We had a big goose egg 0-11 against Miami. This was a cathartic win for those of us that lived through the BE. We have now beaten them all at some point. I’ll be happy with a future W against your boogeyman WVU.
Live, the officiating seemed terrible, but haven't had a chance to watch the tape to see. The friggin' stadium only did occasional replays and often not of big plays, which was annoying.
Powell was hurt, same as Langan. What does that have to do with losing players to transfer or opt outs that we wanted to keep? Not to mention, Langan while a great kid, isn't really all that great a player. Fact is, we were one of the least impacted teams from a players missing the game perspective in this year's bowl season.
Since you were comparing missing players the impact should consider all Starting Players that were on the 1 deep from the 1st game. Fact is we were missing 3 starters due to injury : Needham, Langan, Powell. And probably a 4th when you consider WR Chris Long missed the season. I think was missing an injured OL and their 2nd string QB.
