Saturday, December 09, 2006
Game On!!!
Well now that all the mystery about our new head coach is lifted we can focus on the task at hand. The Nevada Wolf Pack. The MPC Computers bowl on December 31, 2006 marks the first meeting between these two programs and Miami's first trip to Boise ID. Now I've always heard it said that it's important to know your enemy so here is a little info on the "Pack". Nevada is a member of the WAC(Western Athletic Conference) which boasts such "powerhouses" as Boise st. and Fresno st. This season the Wolf pack posted a 8-4 (5-3) record with "key" wins coming over Northwestern and Colorado State. "Key" losses came at the hands of #12 Boise ST.(38-7) and #25 Arizona ST. ( 52-28). Nevada is one of the toughest opponents to beat at home in Reno but on the road they are all but invinsible. Throughout the year Nevada has been very vulnerable to the big play and struggle against fast recievers. By the numbers they are not too bad defensively:
Total Defense: 36th( Avg. 327 yds per game and 19 pts per game)
Passing Defense: 42nd( AVG. 190 yds per game)
Rushing: 55th (Avg. 136 yds per game)
Offensively:
1) Total: 19th (Avg. 363 yds per game and 30 pts. per game)
2) Passing: 76th (Avg. 185 yds. per game)
3) Rushing: 25th ( Avg.177 yds. per game)
Basically it breaks down like this Nevada has two good backs( Robert Hubbard and Luke Lippencutt) who have combined for 936 and 456 yards respectively, the problem is we are the third ranked rush defense in the country and I think we will be way too physical for them. They have no chance through the air(see passing offense above) and that 30 points per game should drop significantly. On our side of the ball "Baby J" and T-Moss should have a field day with this defense and wrack up big numbers and our speed at WR should present favorable matchups, their DB's have no chance to match our speed. I think Greg Olsen will get alot of touches in this game because #1 they can't match up and #2 we want him to stick around for 2007. In the end I think this will be a ground war on the freezing "smurf turf" and I see Miami prevailing 27-10.
Caneiac1
# posted by Will U-Swag Toler...A.K.A Caneiac1 @ 3:01 PM 
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