Tonight’s GoDaddy.com Forecast
January 6th, 2011
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GODADDY.COM BOWL 8:00 PM ESPN Click on the bowl logo for MORE info!!!! |
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MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6-6) VS MIAMI, OH (9-4) |
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Rushing
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Passing
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Points
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TO’s
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ST
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A.O.R
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| MIDDLE TENN | 167 |
190
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24
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3.3
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87.6 |
| MIAMI, OH |
113
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245
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25
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2.0
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-
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93.6 |
| First meeting between these two teams and Miami, Oh will be led by interim HC Lance Guidry after Haywood left to take the Pitt job before being fired last week. These teams came into this season on opposite ends of the spectrum. Last year Middle Tennessee knocked off Southern Miss 42-32 to finish 10-3 which led to them being the overwhelming pick to win the SBC TY. The Raiders had a disappointing season and needed to win their final 3 games just to be bowl eligible (2 of those wins were by 1 pt). Miami is 6-2 in bowl games but this is their first since losing 17-13 to Iowa St in the ‘04 Independence Bowl. Miami made the biggest turnaround in the FBS this year going from 1-11 to 9-4 and the RedHawks are flying high after winning the MAC Championship. Middle Tenn QB Dasher was voted the Sun Belt preseason OPY, but was then suspended by the NCAA for the first 4 games. In his first four games back he had 13 TO’s. Backup QB’s Kilgore and Murphy started the first four but each was injured (applied for MedRS) forcing a WR to serve as Dasher’s backup. Dasher threw “just” 4 int in the final 4 games. In LY’s bowl, Dasher rushed for 201 with 2 TD’s while throwing for an additional 162 (2 TD) earning Bowl MVP. While Dasher and RB Kyles combined for more than 83% of MT’s rush yds LY, TY MT has 4 players with 348+ rush yds. Overall the offense has my #95 rating while the D, with just 1 underclassman and 8 Sr starters, comes in at #96. They are #2 in the Sun Belt in scoring and #4 in ttl def. MT has my #72 pass eff D as they are all’g 191 ypg (57%) with a 17-9 ratio. LY a big part of MT’s success was the D having 33 takeaways as MT finished +12 TO’s. TY the D has just 17 and MT is -16 TO’s. MT has my #31 spec tms unit as K Gendreau led the SBC in FG % (83%). Read more… |
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