FSU Football: Miami Fans List Defensive Tips For 'Canes To Beat FSU

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:17 p.m. ET

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Nov 29, 2014; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Miami Hurricanes fans watch the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Miami Hurricanes warm up before their game at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

FSU football looks like they’ll still be playing the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday night even with a hurricane right off the Florida coast. Miami fans think they have the game plan for Miami figured out.

It’s no secret that the Miami game is a huge game for FSU football. A win on Saturday night would quell a lot of the hurt suffered by fans early in the season.

It’s the most important game on the schedule as bragging rights and recruiting momentum will be on the line.

The Miami fans are quietly confident that their team will finally be able to best the ‘Noles this year. Actually, they are almost too reasonable for Miami fans who still think the game will be a dogfight despite FSU looking extra vulnerable on defense.

I read over a Miami forum earlier and it seems like their fans have the defensive game plan figured out in how Miami can finally snap their six game losing streak and their 11 year losing streak at home against Football.

Check it:

Defensive gameplan against FSU

Do not, I repeat, do not let Dalvin Cook demolish us again. The gameplan needs to be do whatever it takes to limit this guy and make Francois beat us. This really isn’t earth shattering strategy, so I’m sure the coaches are going to be focused on stopping the fsu run game and I’m confident that we can limit him this year. However, what scares me most is Cook in the passing game. Here is what he’s done this year receiving:

Ole Miss 7-101
Louisville 1-8
USF 4-62
UNC 6-106

Cook can do major damage when he gets the ball out of the backfield in space. I don’t know what Louisville did to limit him to one reception, but we need to do that. It’s too bad we don’t have Grace around with his speed to shadow Cook wherever he goes. Perhaps it would be a good idea to have Jaquan fill that role. He’s a smart player and good tackler. Giving this responsibility to the freshmen lbs is worrisome. We’ve already seen those guys lose track of tight ends and rbs coming out of the backfield a number of times.

Game plan should be simple chop cooks legs all day long and make sure he can’t run after first quarter. Stop him and they have a 1% chance of winning

Stop cook, stop cook, and then stop cook again.

Do not let their run game beat us and put the game in the hands of the Frenchman!

Fsu is essentially Stanford east. If their RB doesn’t score, they don’t score much.

2 year in a row he’s beaten us, we will not allow that to happen again!

I don’t think cook will hurt us this yr…. I’m more worried about our pass defense. If our pass rush can put pressure on their qb and actually sack him, we will be just fine. First team we play all season who acts has a passing game

I think our LBs in space against cook will be a problem. Obviously we key on him, but I think we’ll see a lot of Jaquan Johnson on Cook in this game. I think we’re confident on getting pressure with our front. Their Oline has struggled this year. We need to be a little more disciplined because Frenchy can run. Keeping in the pocket on obvious passing downs and getting off the field on 3rd down will be critical (obvious, it usually is lol>

Stop cook, contain francois and make him throw into tight windows under pressure.

Knock Cook the **** out of the game!!!!

I’m looking forward to seeing just how loud it is when FSU takes their first snap. It’s going to be very, very hard for them to get their crap straight. It will be very, very loud.

This is a game where we will really miss Grace. His 4.3 forty speed at linebacker would really aid our ability to shut down Cook. Regardless, I think we shut him down anyway because of how much our DL has improved and our overall aggressiveness.

Cook in the passing game is a problem. Don’t know if there really is an answer for that.

So there you have it. Miami fans simply believe that if they can shut Dalvin Cook down, the FSU offense will sputter for the most part. It’s true that Cook is a big part of the running game, but as one of their members posted, he’s a huge passing threat nowadays too.

Deondre Francois has shown that he can air it out when he needs too as well. The FSU passing game is beginning to feature more two tight end sets, and can always hit Cook coming out of the backfield along with receivers Travis Rudolph and Jesus Wilson.

The FSU offense is rated as the No. 3 offense in the nation by S&P + metrics. The Miami defense will be put to the test on Saturday night.