A: When the University Of Miami needs a win to save the season.

For a look at the Miami defense vs. the Yellowjackets, check here…

Just another mediocre performance against a team playing out the string.

This staff no longer even elicits shock at their missteps. What’s that, Miami has settled on a star tailback who can run inside and out, break tackles, catch the ball and pass block? Let’s take him out for three consecutive series before halftime. What’s that? Kyle Wright looks like Glenn Cook made a play!?!

this guy so we throw the ball 31 times? James Bryant appears committed to blowing up his man as a FB, so we trot out Chris Zellner and DajLeon Farr to double team guys who the o-line is handling? We know the game will go down to the wire so we burn two timeouts on inconsequential downs in the third quarter? When sent over the middle, Lance Leggett doubles as
Reche Caldwell
this, so we’re shocked at him shortarming some passes? For chrissakes, just dust off the plays we used when Andre Johnson did the same thing.

The o-line actually performed creditably yesterday. Of course, I’m grading on a curve because they only can be held responsible for two of the sacks and the run by Javarris for 49 yards opened up after Andrew Bain appeared to trip on himself. The offensive line and its longstanding weaknesses are an enduring mystery. Sure, no one knows to what extent the problems on the line are a result of the black cloud hovering above the program, but still, at some point Miami recruits itself. Except, it apparently doesn’t.

The wideouts had a regression to last years form, dropping passes and shying from contact. Most of the focus is on Lance, and he earned the microscope. After a great start on some characteristically high passes from Kyle, he fumbled the ball away on a great play by the Tech DB and later didn’t even extend his arms on a deep pass that was shockingly enough catchable. He might’ve lost it in the sun, except he appeared to be tracking it in perfectly. He wasn’t the only one dropping the ball, though. Sam Shields, reliable and explosive after the catch as he is, also had a pair of rough drops.

Javarris, after a couple of subpar games, looked great when he got the ball. 19 carries for 113 yards against the #32 rush D in the country is nothing to be ashamed of. On the other hand, Tyrone Moss is a riddle wrapped in an enigma. Once a game he looks like he did as a freshman or last season before the injury. Unfortunately, he’s in the game for more than one rush. In addition, it’s clear that without Don Soldinger, Ty has forgotten all he ever knew about blocking. Shockingly, the wrinkles to the offense unveiled against Duke have been consigned to the dustbin of history, and with them, the last best chance for Derron Thomas to play during a game that’s in doubt.