On Saturday the Miami Hurricanes and Washington State Cougars will face off against one another in the Hyundai Sun Bowl.
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Players to watch: 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.
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Miami came close to ending a tumultuous season with a comeback victory. Its generally solid pass coverage will take a hit with the loss of senior safety Deon Bush and cornerback Tracy Howard and the possible defection of junior cornerback Artie Burns to the NFL. If they’re going to do that against a talented Cougars squad, it will take working together. Their offensive mistakes just proved too much to overcome despite another solid effort from Kaaya, who was 17-of-31 with 219 yards and a touchdown and a 63-yard performance from Yearby that gave the sophomore running back a 1,000-yard season. Braxton Berriors’ 65-yard run to the WSU 5-yard line set up Walton’s score that cut the deficit to 20-14 with 13 minutes to play.
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But it wasn’t the snow or even the Washington State high-powered offense that doomed Miami.
“We’re going to have to be disciplined in our pass rush up front and we’re going to have to be disciplined on the back end as well with our DBs and make sure we are tied into the things we need to be tied into and match the energy and tempo they bring”, Scott said. Their 15 interceptions have helped make Miami one of the best teams in the country in turnover margin at plus-13.
About Washington State: The Cougars have won three of their past four games and come in to Saturday’s game with the nation’s most prolific passing attach. “In the locker room we just talked about executing”. Completely unsolicited, Brock Huard – who knows a little something about college football because he’s an ESPN analyst – said he thinks Washington State will beat the Hurricanes.
Falk, the game’s MVP, was 29 of 53 for 295 yards and no interceptions.
After a Cougars punt, the Hurricanes were at the Washington State 28, but an end-over-end halfback pass from Joe Yearby was easily intercepted by Shalom Lunai with 2:58 to play. The defense sustained additional losses this week when interim head coach Larry Scott on Tuesday sent home junior safety Jamal Carter for breaking an undisclosed team rule and sophomore defensive tackle Courtel Jenkins for an academic-related suspension. Moten has started four games this year and played in 11. “We worked on it for two weeks”.
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.
The Hurricanes (8-4) say it’s now time to finish the season by doing something they haven’t done in a decade – win a postseason bowl game.
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“There are a lot of decisions that have been made and there’s a couple more to be made, ” Richt said. He’s got more credibility than I have at least, particularly when it comes to Washington State when I occasionally let my subjectivity get in the way of clear thinking. Head coach Mike Leach, in his fourth season at Washington State, picked up his first bowl victory with the university.
