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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Numbers show Miami’s progress
Last week before the Miami RedHawks took off for their season opener at Florida, head coach Michael Haywood looked at the progress his program had made in his eyes and said, “From where we ended up last year and where we ended up in the spring, we’re a significantly better football team.”
Those words proved to be prophetic when Miami found itself trailing the Gators by just nine points 2 minutes into the fourth quarter at The Swamp on Saturday.
And if nothing else, the numbers show the RedHawks are a much, much more competitive team compared to where they were at the start of last year.
In 2009, the RedHawks opened with a 42-point loss to an unranked Kentucky team in what technically was a home game for Miami.
On Saturday, they opened with a 22-point loss on the road to the fourth-ranked team in the nation.
In 2009, it took the RedHawks 157 minutes and 51 seconds of game time to score their first points of the season and 190:12 to take their first lead.
On Saturday, it took them only 7:59 to score their first points and take their first lead when Trevor Cook kicked a 33-yard field goal to put them ahead 3-0.
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