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First Game Jitters




Brandon McGee uses his instincts and makes a play on the ball.

Ann Arbor, MI - This game lived up to its hype, as the game of the week. It was like a clash between two good defensive teams but it was Miami that claim victory against Michigan to kick off the season. 14-10

This was a great game to watch as both teams had their ups and downs. Miami got things rolling on offense to kick off the season. Jacory harris had a disappointing opening game being sacked 5 times and only completing 5 of 17 passes for 78 yards. His longest pass of the day a 50 yard pass to junior receiver Tommy Streeter came late in the fourth quarter in which he had to rally his together to get down field to score. Harris hope to do better next week against south Carolina. The running game was abit sketchy in the first half but really came alive in the second half. Lamar Miller showed why he is the featured back in Miami rushing for 147 yards on 26 Atts. and scoring the game winning TD.

Michigan's offense struggle in the first half of the game. Denard went 16 for 33 and 212 passing yards also tallying 8 atts for 46 yards rushing but it was denard who made some bad decision.

Denard making some key runs to keep drives alive.

On an option play Miami's Corner back Brandon McGee took advantage of the opportunity to score the first points in the game by jumping on the option(7-0) [See first picture] but that wasn't the end of things as denard made two other key mistakes in the game. One came in the redzone where roman buchanon picked off denard. [See Below]

Buchanon fighting for extra yards after an INT

It didn't end their for the Wolverines. Once again denard got INT this time by Junior Safety Vaughn Telamaque on a long bomb down the field. [See Below] Michigan was finally able to put up some point but at a cost of losing both of their running backs in the first half of the game and had to rely on the 3rd string to get the job done. (7-3)

Ballhawking Safety Vaughn grabs an INT

Both defense showed everything they had on the field, as nobody put any point on the board in the 3rd quarter. That alone is simply amazing for both teams to do. The fourth quarter was abit different and didn't take long for denard to throw his first touchdown of the year to roundtree on a simple WR screen. (7-10)

Only two minutes left in the game and Miami need to score in order to win this one but all hopes were lost when jacory fumbled on a scramble.

Miami had to rely on their defense to make a stop and get the ball back for them in order to win the game. After a couple of fouls on Michigan which pushed them back to their 30 yard line LE Adewale Ojomo was able to fight off his blocker and make a key sack on Robinson to force fourth down and a punt.

Michigan's defense held up solidly against Miami offense. They force them into 4 down territory and the canes' answered back by burning them down field for a 50 yard reception to Tommy streeter which setup Lamar Miller for the game winning TD.

Lamar Miller Score the much needed game winning Touchdown!


Offensive Player of the game
Lamar Miller (SO)
26 carries, 147Yds, TD

Defensive Player of the Game
Jake Ryan (FR) LOLB
5 Tkls, 2 TFL, 2 Sks, 4 ATK



Next Week Miami @ #13 South Carolina

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