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Report Card: Miami at Kent State
Pass offense
A-minus
There were times when Zac Dysert looked like anything but a rookie. He was cool under pressure, made good decisions, made proper reads, spotted open receivers. There were the two interceptions and a fumble. But considering that this was his first collegiate start, it was a remarkable performance. And he had plenty of help from receivers like Dustin Woods, who had his best game in a while (six catches, 84 yards), and Armand Robinson, who had a second straight big game (a career-tying nine catches and a career-high 115 yards). Eugene Harris (six catches) and Jamal Rogers (five catches) also got into the act.
Run offense
B
Take away the takeaways and this would be an easy A. Dysert scrambled his way to 107 yards and senior Andre Bratton looked consistently strong, picking up 68 yards on 12 carries. The offensive line was punching some holes in the KSU line.
Pass defense
B
Marred only by that 56-yard touchdown pass by freshman Spencer Keith after replacing the injured Giorgio Morgan in the third quarter. Of course, it also helped that the Golden Flashes attempted only 11 passes, partly because they had the lead for most of the game, partly because Miami’s offense hogged the field.
Run defense
C
Jacquise Terry gained about a third of his 103 yards on one play late in the fourth quarter, a play that just about snuffed out Miami’s hopes for a dramatic, last-minute comeback. There were no big defensive numbers for the RedHawks because KSU ran only 52 plays (compared to 91 for Miami).
Special teams
F
A 92-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Kent State and a blocked punt that led to a field goal. In the same game. In the same half. It doesn’t get much worse than that. It was good, however, to see Trevor Cook nail a pair of field goals (28 yards in the first quarter to give Miami its first lead in, well, forever, and a 43-yard field goal to keep the RedHawks in the game in the fourth quarter). Trevor gets an A-plus.
Intangibles
F
Miami had 90 yards of penalties, lost the ball on five turnovers, had a blocked punt, failed to convert two very important fourth-and-1 plays with an offense that was dominating Kent State and gave up a 94-yard kick-off return to Anthony Bowman. I can only think of Vince Lombardi’s famous words. I don’t mean the “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing” quote. Rather, this one: “What the hell is going on here?”
— Pete Conrad
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