The Miami Hurricanes are taking on the Washington State Cougars in the Hyundai Sun Bowl on Saturday. Leach helped the Cougars improve from 3-9 in 2014 to a 9-4 finish in 2015 to go along with the Sun Bowl victory.
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The pass-happy Cougars led 20-7 after three quarters, then were shut out in the second half and had to rely on the defense to hold off Miami 20-14 on Saturday. The Cougars took advantage of that holding a 20-7 lead at halftime.
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On their final possession, the Hurricanes (8-5) were driving and opted to go with a halfback pass. Only, instead of capitalizing on the trick play, the Hurricanes turned the ball over when Joe Yearby’s wobbly throw was intercepted off by Washington State’s Shalom Luani with about three minutes left. Two players later, Washington State’s Marcellus Pippins recovered Walton’s fumble at 5. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Luke Falk completed all six of his passes on the drive, capping it off with a 31-yard touchdown to redshirt sophomore running back Jamal Morrow. Falk finished the game 29-53 passing for 295 yards.
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He is the Frogs’ first 1,000-yard rusher in five seasons, and has the most yards since LaDainian Tomlison’s 2,158 in 2000. TCU’s defense was hardly a formidable unit, allowing 396.7 yards a contest, but it was certainly better than Oregon’s.
First the Hurricanes had a potential tying touchdown – a 5-yard pass from Brad Kaaya to wide receiver Stacy Coley – negated by a block-in-the-back penalty on receiver Herb Waters.
Still, the Cougars persevered – a word uttered by more than a few WSU and Miami players.
My hats off to interim head coach Larry Scott for an admirable showing, having his team continue to fight game after game after the firing of Al Golden. Kaaya has thrown for 3,019 yards this season and 15 touchdowns, and Yearby has racked up 1,212 total yards and eight touchdowns.
So, to commemorate his snow bird situation, Miami’s Mascot, Sebastian the Ibis, made a decision to partake in some tomfoolery and start chucking snow balls at some Washington State Fans.
After the game, Scott said he has no idea whether or not he would be retained by Richt and his new coaching staff. Make it so that when he returns to the sidelines in future years, his dedication and commitment (and others like him) has led to something big. It was also the first postseason bowl win for WSU since the Holiday Bowl over a decade ago in 2003.
Miami: QB Brad Kaaya is fifth on the school’s all-time passing list with 6,217 yards, ahead of Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde.
Added Scott: “One of the things we really needed to be able to overcome is that when things don’t quite go your way, in the way you planned and the way you trained for them to go, there comes a point where you still have to make a decision of how much this truly means to you….”
The offense began to click as Kaaya seemed to find his rhythm and Scott began making plays. Despite their storied history on the gridiron the program hasn’t won a bowl game since 2006 and is 0-5 straight up and against the spread in the five tries since, a win-less streak that includes a loss to Notre Dame in the 2010 Sun Bowl tilt.
Washington State head coach Mike Leach has completed the program’s turnaround since he took over in 2012.
Washington State’s defense got some help from a penalty and forced two late turnovers.
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A place where moral victories, like the 2015 Sun Bowl, are no longer tolerated. They ended what had once been a promising season with losses to Southern California and in the bowl game.
