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Miami Report Card
Kent State at Miami
Pass offense
D
Clay Belton was 18-for-31 for 171 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions, which isn’t terrible for a second start. But there was no completion longer than 20 yards, and Jamal Rogers had a fumble following a reception.
Run offense
B
J.R. Taylor ran a grade-A game with 113 yards, but 107 of those yards came in the second half, after the game already was out of hand. “They stopped us pretty much in the first half,” Miami coach Shane Montgomery said, noting that starting tailback Thomas Merriweather did not play against Kent State due to the injury suffered last weekend which kept him out of practice.
Pass defense
C
Morris Council had the RedHawks’ only quarterback sack and there were no interceptions. On the other hand, the Golden Flashes threw only 20 passes. A so-so performance.
Run defense
D
Kent State ran for 305 yards. Of course, people have been having a hard time tackling Julian Edelman this year and Eugene Jarvis is the nation’s leading returning rusher. Even though he is coming off an injury, he’s starting to look like his old self. The RedHawks were on the field a long time today. Clayton Mullins did finish with 10 tackles, including one-half of a tackle for loss. Council had the other one and a half. Two tackles for loss out of 74 plays is not the stuff defensive dreams are made of.
Special teams
B
Nathan Parseghian, with great-grand uncle Ara Paesegian looking on, was 3-for-3 in extra points and continues to be nearly perfect with his place-kicking. Jake Richardson punted only one time, which normally is a good sign,, though not on this day. The punt was for 44 yards and was downed at the Kent State 2-yard line. You can’t do much better than that. Derek McBryde had four kickoff returns for 100 yards for KSU.
Intangibles
F
One turnover is not good. Two turnovers is bad. Three turnovers is awful. Four turnovers is nightmarish. Five turnovers is catastrophic. Six turnovers is off the charts.
— Pete Conrad
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By MoHawk
October 29, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this
Pete, your report card is right on. Miami’s defense was woeful vs. Kent. Yes, they were on the field a lot but being one of the best defenses in the MAC last year hasn’t shown at all this season. The opposing QB again had a big run, they couldn’t keep Jarvis out of the end zone, and their receivers were open all day. What’s going on with the team?