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Report card: Miami at Ohio
Pass offense
C
Considering that quarterback Zach Dysert started the day without veteran wide receivers Chris Givens and Dustin Woods and ended it without veteran wide receiver Eugene Harris, it could have been worse. The pass protection wasn’t bad, with only three sacks, although Dysert made a miraculous escape from that pass rush when he dropped back on fourth-and-1, from the Ohio 45-yard line in the second quarter, and found about five Bobats waiting for him. I’m still not sure how he got away. Too bad that his completed pass to Thomas Merriweather went for a loss of 5 yards. On the plus side, it was good to see Jamal Rogers (four catches for 19 yards) back in action.
Run offense
F
Miami finished the day with 52 yards on 32 carries. “It makes you one-dimensional,” RedHawks coach Michael Haywood said, not for the first time, of his team’s struggles running the football. Now, it’s true that Miami was without injured tailback Andre Bratton. It’s also true that the Bobcats have a pretty good defense. But Miami’s longest run Saturday was 6 yards. This isn’t Ray Lewis, Dick Butkus and Lawrence Taylor who are lining up against them.
Pass defense
D
Theo Scott completed 15-of-28 passes for 163 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. There was little pressure and no sacks. Gafford made a mental error when he had Scott in his grasp and then released him, obviously thinking the play was over or Scott no longer had the ball. Gafford, however, makes few mistakes and he certainly won’t make that one again.
Run defense
F
The Bobcats did pretty much what they wanted with their running game even though their best tailback, Chris Garrett, was injured. That second drive, the first two plays, gains of 41 yards and 33 yards. It doesn’t get much worse than that.
Special teams
F
A blocked punt, the third of the season. That earns an automatic F, even though Chris DiCesare averaged 42.5 yards on the six punts which were not blocked
Intangibles
F
The RedHawks are leading 7-0 following a picture-prefect drive and for the first 11 minutes they seem like they are in total control. And then something happens. Somehow, they lose their edge. At Ohio University. That’s troubling.
— Pete Conrad
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By nick
October 18, 2009 11:11 PM | Link to this
REMEMBER……Shane Montgomery left the Miami football in SHAMBLES! He was a pitiful head coach and an even more horrible disciplinarian. Coach Haywood has his work cut out and it will take a few YEARS to clean this mess up.