Miami Gridders Face Ohio on Tuesday
11/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 20, 2011
Miami RedHawks (4-7 overall; 3-4 MAC, 4th in East)
vs. Ohio Bobcats (8-3 overall; 5-2 MAC, 1st in East)
OXFORD, Ohio -- Coach Don Treadwell'S Miami RedHawks play their season finale Tuesday night in Athens, facing the Mid-American Conference East Division champion Ohio Bobcats.
THE COACHES
MIAMI HEAD COACH Don Treadwell (Miami, `82) is in his first season at the helm of the Miami program (4-7 overall record, 3-4 MAC record). He served as Michigan State's offensive coordinator the previous four seasons, managing the Spartans for two games a year ago in Mark Dantonio's absence due to illness, directing MSU to wins over Northern Colorado and No. 11 Wisconsin. Treadwell joins Ara Parseghian, John Pont, Bo Schembechler, Bill Mallory, Tom Reed and Randy Walker as MU grads who have been head coaches at MU. He was a four-year starter for Miami (1978-81) as a receiver.
OHIO HEAD COACH FRANK SOLICH (Nebraska, `66) is in his seventh season, compiling an overall record of 52-40 as director of the Bobcats. Solich arrived in Athens after six seasons as the head coach at Nebraska. Solich spent nearly 30 years as part of the Nebraska program as a player, assistant coach and head coach. Overall, his 14-year record as a head coach is 110-59.
MIAMI IMG SPORTS NETWORK
In its fifth year of its partnership with IMG College, the Miami Sports Network continues its coverage of Miami Football with a group of affiliates blanketing most of Southwest Ohio and Southeast Indiana. "The Voice of the RedHawks" Steve Baker will deliver the play-by-play coverage, while Tim Bray will provide color commentary. Terry Bridge will be the network's sideline reporter. Tune-in to one of Miami's game-day affiliates:
WMOH-AM 1450 (Hamilton, OH)
WFMG-FM 101.3 (Richmond, IN)
WDBZ-AM 1230 (Cincinnati, OH)
WONE-AM 980 (Dayton, OH)
WKVB-AM 1490 (Richmond, IN)
Beyond southwestern Ohio, Miami's audio broadcast also is available through Miami All-Access at www.MURedHawks.com. IMG's pregame show on Tuesday, Nov. 22, begins at 6 p.m. ET.
TELEVISION COVERAGE: Miami's game vs. Ohio will be televised by ESPN2. Dave LaMont and Tim Brown serve as the talent.
PREVIEWING OHIO: A red-hot Ohio Bobcat team (8-3, 5-2 MAC), winners of their last four games and champions of the MAC East Division, has one of the most balanced offenses in the league in 2011. The rushing attack, led by Donte Harden (88.3 ypg), is averaging 208 yards per game. OU's aerial unit averages 255 ypg and is paced by quarterback Tyler Tettleton and receivers LaVon Brazill and Riley Dunlop. Placekicker Matt Weller, who kicked the game-winning field goal at Bowling Green, is 22-for-29 on field goals. Defensively, Travis Carrie has returned four interceptions an average of 20.2 yards.
RedHawk Notes
*Miami has won 10 of its last 15 games against MAC opponents.
*Miami's offense has totaled 118 total points in its last four games (41 vs. Buffalo; 35 vs. Akron; 21 at Temple; 21 vs. WMU), averaging 29.5 points per game.
*Miami's defense has yielded only 64 total points to its last four opponents--13 (vs. Buffalo), 3 (vs. Akron), 24 (at Temple) and 24 (vs. WMU)--an average of 16.0 points per game.
*Nick Harwell has 1,262 receiving yards in 10 games. A 200-yard receiving game against Ohio would place him in the MAC's single-season top five in that category.
*Quarterback Zac Dysert and receiver Nick Harwell have hooked up on seven of Miami's eight-longest plays from scrimmage in 2011: 71 yards at Toledo; 66 yards vs. Cincinnati; 66 yards at Minnesota; 52 yards at Akron; 48 yards vs. Bowling Green; 47 yards vs. Cincinnati; 45 yards vs. Army.
*Zac Dysert has 39 pass plays that have resulted in gains of 20 or more yards through the first 11 games of 2011. He had 26 plays of that length in 10 games a year ago.
*Zac Dysert completed 42-of-54 passes last Wednesday vs. WMU, breaking Ben Roethlisberger's nine-year-old school record of 41 completions (vs. Northern Illinois in 2002).
*Over the last five games, Zac Dysert has completed 73.3% of his passes (126-of-172), averaged 328 passing yards per game, and thrown 15 touchdowns.
*Miami's kickoff return defense yielded only 15.8 yards per return vs. Western Michigan last Wednesday, a figure less than what the Broncos were averaging (23.0). The RedHawks rank as college football's top defender against kickoff returns (14.5 ypr, 42 rets. for 609 yds).
SENIOR CLASS ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Miami's 13 seniors will play their final game Tuesday at Ohio. They were members of the 2010 Mid-American Conference championship team, college football's only squad in history to go from double-digit losses one year (1-11 in 2009) to double-digit victories the next year (10-4 in 2010). They have compiled a MAC record of 10-5 over the last two seasons, including victories in five consecutive MAC road games (at Central Michigan, at Buffalo, at Bowling Green, at Akron and at Kent State). The senior class has played under four different head coaches, including Shane Montgomery, Michael Haywood, Lance Guidry (interim) and Don Treadwell.
#56 - Brandon Brooks: Will graduate from Miami in December 2011, majoring in psychology ... makes his 43rd career start at OU ... NFL scouts project him to be drafted in April of 2012 ... second-team All-MAC.
#53 - Cory Brown: Will graduate from Miami in May 2012, majoring in health studies ... transferred from Tyler Junior College (TX) ... started four games during his Miami career.
#79 - Jordain Brown: Will graduate from Miami in December 2011, majoring in psychology and sport studies ... one of his highlights was a ball-stripping tackle at Akron in 2010 that preserved Miami's victory.
# 82 - Kendrick Bruton: Will graduate from Miami in December 2011, majoring in English and creative writing ... career's only TD came in 2010 victory over Colorado State ... will be a four-year letter winner at Miami.
#69 - Will Diaz: Will graduate from Miami in December 2011, majoring in public administration ... originally a walk-on in 2008, he eventually earned a full scholarship ... Diaz and his 2010 RedHawk teammates ranked 28th in NCAA total defense ... will be a three-year letter winner at Miami.
#17 - Chris Givens: Will graduate from Miami in May 2012, majoring in sport studies ... 5th-year receiver caught career-high 13 passes for 141 yds last week vs. WMU ... with 52 catches for 603 yds in 2011, he now has 149 career recs (5th on MU career list) for 2,029 yds (7th) ... 15 career TDs ... will forever be remembered for his 31-yard reception vs. NIU in the MAC title game that set up game-winning TD.
# 58 - Aaron Griffo: Will graduate from Miami in December 2011, majoring in history ... originally a walk-on, he earned a full scholarship as the RedHawks' long snapper ... snapped the ball for Trevor Cook's game-winning field goal at BG in 2010 ... will be a two-time letter winner.
#21 - Tyrone Jones: Will graduate from Miami in May 2012, majoring in exercise science ... a transfer from College of Mount St. Joseph, coaches put him on scholarship in 2011 ... career highlight was a touchdown vs. Buffalo (2011) ... will earn his second letter in 2011.
#5 - Ryan Kennedy: Will graduate from Miami in December 2011, majoring in finance ... a four-year letterman who coordinator Pete Rekstis calls Miami's defensive leader ... after a serious knee injury in game four at Missouri in 2010, he starred in Miami's last two wins vs. NIU and Middle Tennessee.
#18 - Anthony Kokal: Graduated from Miami in May of 2011 ... currently enrolled in graduate school, studying accountancy ... team co-captain ... third-team All-MAC and first-team Academic All-MAC in 2009 ... game-saving, fumble-causing tackle at end of `09 Toledo game and interception vs. Kent State in `10 were two big career highlights.
#10 - C.J. Marck: Will graduate from Miami in May 2012, majoring in American studies ... transferred from UConn in 2009 to join younger brother Steve at Miami ... has 16.5 career TFLs in two seasons, including a insurance safety vs. Kent State this season ... will win second letter in 2011.
#11 - Na'eem Outler: Will graduate from Miami in May 2012, majoring in black world studies ... transferred from Youngstown State to play his final season at Miami. ... will earn his first letter at Miami in 2011.
#43 - Jerrell Wedge: Will graduate from Miami in December 2011, majoring in family studies ... he's missed only one of the last 39 games due to injury... led Miami the last 2 seasons in tackles (101 in 2010, 114 in 2009)... has 301 career tackles and 37 career TFLs ... will win fourth letter in 2011.
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