Spring Break
'Hawks squeeze Orange for 2nd win
Miami captures 1st victory at Yager since Nov. 5, 2005, outscoring Syracuse 17-14
Paul Richter
Issue date: 10/2/07 Section: Sports
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The RedHawk team that was unable to convert on third down last week at Colorado, found ways to keep the offense on the field Saturday. After converting a mere three of 14 third down attempts against Colorado, Miami did a much better job of extending its drives against the Orange by converting seven of 17 third down attempts.
The RedHawks rushing game also got back on its feet, as fifth-year senior Cory Jones who had not recorded a single touchdown in his Miami football career, scored both of Miami's touchdowns, while rushing for 125 yards. Although he sustained a minor knee sprain toward the end of the game, he said that he was hoping to be back for next week's game at Kent State University.
The big surprise for Miami came at the beginning of the game, when expected starting quarterback Daniel Raudabaugh put on a hat instead of his helmet when Miami took the field for the first time. Mike Kokal, who didn't start in Colorado, led the 'Hawks onto the field.
"Of course I want to be out here," Kokal said. "I'm the captain of this team, I expect to be a leader on this team and it's hard to do that on the sidelines, it's hard to do that when you know you're not going to start the game."
Miami Head Coach Shane Montgomery started Kokal in favor of Raudabaugh because he felt that Kokal was better fit to run the offensive game plan against Syracuse.
"You know I just felt like with what we were going to do this week, we felt like as an offensive staff that with the running game being what it was, we might need the quarterback to run the ball a little bit more this week," Montgomery said. "Mike fits into that style a little bit more than Daniel and that's what we decided to go to."
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