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Saturday, September 4, 2010

RedHawks running game struggles at Florida

By Pete Conrad | Saturday, September 4, 2010, 10:14 PM

Although the Miami RedHawks kept their season-opening game against Florida more than a little competitive deep into the fourth quarter today, Sept. 4, their running game wasn’t competitive at all.

Miami gained a net total of only 4 yards in 22 attempts, and it would have been a lot worse had it not been for true freshman Tracy Woods, who replaced Thomas Merriweather after Merriweather had been ejected. Woods ran five times for 19 yards.

It will be interesting to see what Merriweather’s status will be for next weekend’s home opener against Eastern Michigan. He was ejected after being called for committing a personal foul in the first half; in his five carries Merriweather had minus-2 yards.

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Miller steps in as Miami’s No. 2 fullback

By Pete Conrad | Saturday, September 4, 2010, 12:10 AM

Redshirt freshman Justin Semmes Miller is likely to see his first action in today’s opener at Florida as Miami’s first-string tailback, and RedHawks coach Michael Haywood has said that sophomore Sascha Miller is the new No. 2 fullback.

“Semmes has done a really good job and he’s getting better each and every day,” Haywood said. “Vince Helmuth is a young man who’s been out with an injury for the last week and a half, two weeks, so he hasn’t had any practice. Sascha Miller has stepped in as a two.”

This is primarily a blocking position for the RedHawks, though Miller, who joined the RedHawks in 2008 as a walk-on, did average more than 10 yards per carry at Afnorth High School in Las Vegas, Nev., Semmes once scored five touchdowns in a playoff game at St. Mary’s High School in Clarkson, Mich., and Helmuth, the University of Michigan transfer, rushed for 1,536 yards and 22 touchdowns as an all-state fullback at Saline High School in Ann Arbor.

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