Spring Break
Syracuse to make historic first visit to Yager
Adam Hainsfurther
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: Sports
The Miami University RedHawks will welcome the Syracuse Orange to Yager Stadium for the first time when the two teams meet Saturday afternoon.
The teams have met three times prior to Saturday's game, all of which were in Syracuse's Carrier Dome, and all of which resulted in Miami losses. The Orange are coming off a stunning road upset at Louisville, who at the time was ranked No. 18 in an Associated Press Poll.
On the other side of the field, Miami is coming off a 42-0 loss at the hands of the Colorado Buffaloes. It was the first time Miami had been shut out since Nov. 6, 1993, when the RedHawks fell 21-0 at Ball State.
"We came out and we didn't perform," said sophomore quarterback Dan Raudabaugh. "We had an opportunity to execute plays, and we just didn't. We didn't move the chains, we didn't get any momentum on offense and we didn't get our defense off the field. We didn't hold up our end of the bargain."
The RedHawks were held to under 140 total yards, while the defense once again showed weakness, allowing Colorado's offense to charge down the field racking up 634 yards.
"It's not just me, it's not just the defense, it's the entire team as a group," junior linebacker Joey Hudson said. "We had a chance on third and long to get off the field, we didn't get off the field. We had about three interceptions dropped, along with third downs. We had a lot of penalties on third downs. We've just got to clean things. We'll get off the field; give the offense good field position. And that'll open it up a little bit more."
Syracuse seemed to be running on all cylinders last Saturday on the way to the upset. Sophomore quarterback Andrew Robinson completed 17 of his 26 pass attempts throwing for 423 yards with four touchdowns.
However, the rushing game for Syracuse is one of the few teams in Division-I football that average less rushing yards per game than Miami. The RedHawks average 109.3 yards on the ground, while Syracuse averages just 34.3 yards per game, which ranks 119th in Division-I football. The Miami defense, however, isn't thinking too much into that statistic.
The teams have met three times prior to Saturday's game, all of which were in Syracuse's Carrier Dome, and all of which resulted in Miami losses. The Orange are coming off a stunning road upset at Louisville, who at the time was ranked No. 18 in an Associated Press Poll.
On the other side of the field, Miami is coming off a 42-0 loss at the hands of the Colorado Buffaloes. It was the first time Miami had been shut out since Nov. 6, 1993, when the RedHawks fell 21-0 at Ball State.
"We came out and we didn't perform," said sophomore quarterback Dan Raudabaugh. "We had an opportunity to execute plays, and we just didn't. We didn't move the chains, we didn't get any momentum on offense and we didn't get our defense off the field. We didn't hold up our end of the bargain."
The RedHawks were held to under 140 total yards, while the defense once again showed weakness, allowing Colorado's offense to charge down the field racking up 634 yards.
"It's not just me, it's not just the defense, it's the entire team as a group," junior linebacker Joey Hudson said. "We had a chance on third and long to get off the field, we didn't get off the field. We had about three interceptions dropped, along with third downs. We had a lot of penalties on third downs. We've just got to clean things. We'll get off the field; give the offense good field position. And that'll open it up a little bit more."
Syracuse seemed to be running on all cylinders last Saturday on the way to the upset. Sophomore quarterback Andrew Robinson completed 17 of his 26 pass attempts throwing for 423 yards with four touchdowns.
However, the rushing game for Syracuse is one of the few teams in Division-I football that average less rushing yards per game than Miami. The RedHawks average 109.3 yards on the ground, while Syracuse averages just 34.3 yards per game, which ranks 119th in Division-I football. The Miami defense, however, isn't thinking too much into that statistic.
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