Hurricanes
In a little less than an hour, the Miami Hurricanes flip the coin on their 3rd game of the season, and will most likely roll all over Houston. It is seemingly appropriate that after the last few weeks of weather, Miami currently sits atop the MRI in the current rankings (still not enough data to be posted in full).
Miami still has a lot of questions to be answered, but one of them isn't defense. They have yet to give up an offensive touchdown, and they are currently ranked second in yards allowed to their opponents.
Despite their big win last week, the biggest question seems to be the offense, and while Houston's defense won't be much of a test for the Hurricanes, they still could get a good look at the answers tonight. Last week's game against Louisiana Tech proved that Brock Berlin still has some improvement to make before he is going to make a big impact on the team. Playing against a defense which was not stopping the Hurricanes at all, Berlin only managed to put up 122 yards passing on 14 attempts. He missed a wide open receiver in the end zone, and threw a poor interception in the game. If not for the 200 yards of rushing and two punt returns for touchdowns by Devin Hester, the game may have looked a little closer than the 48-0 score.
Berlin will need to go out and prove something tonight. The light game should give the coaches more than enough reason to open up the passing game and let Berlin have his chances to do something big. He will need his confidence moving forward as the Hurricane's schedule begins to look a little tougher. They play a Georgia Tech team next week who has been known to make some noise in the past. After a week off, they have another Thursday night game against Louisville who is currently ranked 24th (#8 in the MRI). While Louisville will probably not come out of the game with a win, should they still be ranked and undefeated, they will definitely be up for the game and could prove to be a tough test for Miami. North Carolina State is currently the #1 defense in the league and the next game on Miami's schedule. The biggest two matchups could come the first two weeks of November when Clemson comes to Miami and the Hurricanes travel to current #12 Virginia (#9 MRI). Those two games could decide where Miami plays its bowl game this year.
Enjoy the game. Any updates that intrigue me will certainly be posted during the game.
