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My Canes Dynasty


Game 1: Was the season opener against little Florida A&M and of course we blew them out of the water, dropped 72 on them. Over 200 yds on the ground even the back ups got in there and did major damage through the air and ground.

Game 2: Our first true test of the season, Ohio State. It was a classic game that was close the whole way but in the end they outlasted us, shutting us down in the red zone. This is where SN's sliders really shine. They had an all american on the dline and in the lb corp and they made their presence felt. There was no running up the middle, they shut down the short passing game, it felt like I had to truly structure every play around them because if not they would blow it up.

Game 3: Pitt - Rebound game, the pace was pretty steady back and forth game but we never felt like the game as in jeopardy. Controlled the line of scrimmage and the running game shined.

Game 4: Clemson - This was the most heartbreaking loss of the season. We jumped up to a 14 point lead in our conference opener at Clemson. Then the turnover bug reared its ugly head as it did in the Ohio St. game, an INT and fumble later and were tied. We put some points on the board but somehow found ourselves tied at the end of regulation. This is where this game earned its stripes with me. This was without a doubt the most fun I have ever had in a football game, and that includes Madden. We were awarded the ball first and handled business with a TD but Clemson answered right back with a TD of their own. Clemson sputters but their D comes up big and stops us. They manage to get a field goal. The ball is returned and were moving closer to the gl. Its third down and Jacory breaks a scramble and gets the first down but loses the ball from a strip from behind, Clemson recovers... game over... in triple OT...

Game 5: Florida St - This was a hard fought game but our D came up big and kept Ponder in check. It felt good to hand Florida State their first loss of the season, cant stand those guy.

Game 6: Duke - Always presents a bit of a challenge due to the no huddle but we handled them relatively easy. Here is the emergence of Graig Cooper putting up 175 yds and a couple of TD's

Game 7: UNC - This was the surprise of the the season. This team is deceptively stout. They have an all american on the Dline, the LB corp., and a safety who covers and hits like a beast. They made the running game hard to live by but their weakness in the secondary led to their downfall as Jacory took the game into his hands late in the third and put them behind. From this point they were forced to pass and we keyed in on it.

Game 8: Virginia - No resistance what so ever, by the second half the starters were out and the young guys got some much needed reps.

Game 9: Maryland - The Terps Qb was coming off a POTW performance but we mustve missed that in the papers. Our stand out All American DE Bailey got to the him 3 times, and our Sr CB Van Dyk showed him how the pick 6 was done.

Game 10: GT - For some reason in every dynasty ive played in, whenever I play GT they are always ranked highly but they never live up to their rank. We shut down Nesbitt and the triple option, no problem and they didn't have receivers strong enough to combat our physical secondary.

Game 11: VT - The Canes are cruising and are looking to take the lead in the ACC, that is until Jacory takes a brutal hit on the second play of the game is and is out with a bruised shoulder. This injury took the air right out of the team and Highsmith wasn't ready to be brought in to such a high stakes game. Without the passing game to balance our the offense and keep the D honest, they keyed in on Cooper and made the Canes one dimensional and put us out easily handing us our third loss of the season and essentially taking us out of contention for the Conference championship.

Game 12: USF - Ending the regular season on a high note we beat the bulls pretty badly at home but still disappointed with the way the season ended, feeling as if we left a lot on the table.

Chic-fil-a Bowl vs UF - Florida came in unranked at 7-5 but we didn't overlook them and rightly so, theyre defense was stout and Bartley moved the ball well with the spread. In the end the same problem that we've had all year, was just as prevalent as ever, we couldn't move the ball and score in the red zone vs premier teams, we lost the game and finished the year 9-4