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Miami wide receiver Cruse loved basketball first
By Pete Conrad
If Andy Cruse had followed his boyhood dreams, the Miami University redshirt freshman wide receiver might be catching passes from a point guard instead of quarterback Zac Dysert.
“Growing up I always wanted to play basketball, but when I went to high school I got real good at football and thought, wow, I can do something with this. I grew to love it,” Cruse said.
“I was always pretty good at football,” he said, “but I didn’t focus on it until my junior year. All of a sudden I started getting all these letters (from colleges).”
Cruse has become an important part of Miami’s receiving corps. He has 14 catches for 187 yards and two touchdowns, all in the last four games. He made a mind-boggling catch — he dove and came up with the ball one-handed — for a 29-yard gain during the RedHawks’ 31-24 victory over Toledo last Saturday.
Now that the RedHawks have tasted victory, he said, they want more.
“I think each week we’ve gotten better as a team … A four-game winning streak would be great,” he said, referring to the fact that Miami has three more games left in the season. “It makes football a lot more fun when you win.”
Cruse said the players have rallied behind Dysert, who is his roommate.
“His passion about the game and his talent have brought something new to the team,” Cruse said. “His running around back there has brought a new aspect to this team.”
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By w
November 4, 2009 8:34 AM | Link to this
a wonderful catch…..