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Game Thread Miami (FL) at tOSU, Sat Sep 11, 3:40 ET, ESPN

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toledoblade.com -- The Blade ~ Toledo Ohio

?"I think they've traveled a similar road," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said about all of the expectations Pryor and Harris were saddled with when they came to college.

"They both got put in there at an early point in their freshman year ... and had to kind of get thrown in with an older group and learn their way to take control of the huddle and then show it through their execution that they belonged there."

Both were very effective in their season openers last Thursday and in control throughout. Pryor went 17-of-25 for 247 yards and three touchdowns as the Buckeyes beat Marshall 45-7. Harris was 12-of-15 for 210 yards and three touchdowns in Miami's 45-0 win over Florida A&M.

"Like any young kids, you can tell both of them are very passionate, and both of them have tremendous big play ability,"Tressel said. "They love what they're doing. You can see they both prepare extremely hard."

Ohio State defensive back Chimdi Chekwa, a senior from Clermont, Fla., said he expects Harris to look for the opportunity to hit the Buckeyes with the long ball.

"Jacory Harris is a quarterback who is going to throw the ball deep and go for the home run," Chekwa said after his initial review of the Miami game film. "That's what I've seen and that's what I expect."

Unlike Pryor, who has a number of designed runs in the Ohio State offense and is also a constant threat to take off when he breaks out of the pocket, Harris is much more likely to stay home and throw the ball. Pryor has 1,427 rushing yards in his 26 career games with the Buckeyes, while Harris has minus-121 rushing yards, also in 26 career games.
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Sounds like Cam may add a few more minus yards this week. Harris may be not much of a runner under pressure or the O-line leaks like a sieve.
 
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Mobile QBs have given Miami Hurricanes fits

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But Harris did share the same opinion with his teammates on one important topic: Pryor isn't first on the 12th-ranked Canes' list of defensive priorities for Saturday's grudge match against the second-ranked Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium.
``Terrelle's a good football player,'' Harris said. ``He brings a lot of talent and diversity to that football team. He does a lot of things well and we have a lot of respect for him. But we don't feel the need to overemphasize the defensive game plan to Terrelle Pryor at all. If we're going to win this game, it's plain and simple: We can't let them run the football.''
Said McCarthy: ``I think if we force them to do one thing -- pass the football instead of running it -- we have a chance to win.''
UM coach Randy Shannon wasn't around when McCarthy and Harris made their comments about Ohio State's most dangerous force on offense. But had he been, he might have smiled like a proud father.

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The Hurricanes produced their first shutout in more than three seasons Thursday against Florida A&M, a competitive Football Championship Subdivision program. But there there were times when mobile Rattlers quarterback Martin Ukpai was able to scramble from pressure as the Canes missed open-field tackles.
That has been a problem against other mobile quarterbacks.
? In last season's 31-7 loss at Virginia Tech, Taylor escaped for 75 yards on 10 carries and the Hokies rolled up more than 272 yards on the ground.
? N.C. State's Russell Wilson ran 16 times for 58 yards and a touchdown and threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns as a dangerous dual threat in a road loss in the 2008 regular-season finale loss.
? Florida State's Christian Ponder ran for 144 yards and threw for 159 in a 41-39 Canes loss in Miami on Oct. 4, 2008.
``We can't leave the DBs back there to hang,'' defensive end Adewale Ojomo said. ``If we get 1-on-1, we've got to get to [Pryor]. We've got to get off those blocks.''
Past experience with mobile quarterbacks -- and maturity -- are big reasons why Harris believes the Canes will be better equipped to handle Ohio State's offense. All week in practice, Harris said, Shannon said he has had receivers ``run around extra to give us a feeling of covering a little longer.''

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The Horseshoe is hardly hostile
Let?s be bluntly honest: The Horseshoe is over glamorized. It isn?t intimidating. Nor is it much of a hostile environment.
Yes, it?s an impressively large stadium. And yes, it?s full of rich tradition ? the dotting of the ?I? is pretty cool.
But it?s not exactly a daunting place to play. The only reason ?Canes players kept getting asked about it Tuesday, I suspect, is because it seats more than 105,000 (so yeah, there are more available voices to yell). But the Big House in Ann Arbor seats six digits, too. And that?s no house of horrors for opponents either.
The Horseshoe doesn?t come close to The Swamp in Gainesville or Neyland Stadium in Knoxville or a night game at LSU. Those places create a home-field advantage that makes a difference. In conference, Virginia Tech and Clemson are tougher places to play than The Horseshoe. FSU, for a Miami game, is too.
Just my thoughts. ?Canes players have their own opinions.
Here is what a few of them said about playing at the Horseshoe:
? Adewale Ojomo: ?To be honest with you when I go out there on the field I block it all out. I don?t even pay attention to the crowd. I?ve been at Florida, Texas A&M, a lot of big crowds.?
? Colin McCarthy: ?I?ve been to a game there before. It?s a crazy atmosphere. We?re excited for the opportunity. We?ve played in games like that. We?ve played up at Florida.?
? Marcus Forston: ?I?ve heard it?s a loud stadium, but once you go out there and do what you have to do, you can quiet the crowd.?
? Damien Berry: ?I really don?t think it?s going to have an effect on us because wherever Miami is?[Young] Jeezy said it best, ?We?re going to bring the whole city out.? Everybody wants to come see us. They ain?t coming just to see Ohio State.?


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norm says:
September 8, 2010 at 2:58 am
My concern is Ohio State trying to start a fight in this game. I hope our players will keep in check their egos, and don?t give in to them. I remember in the Tostitos game when Winslow got hit, and the ref did not throw a flag. I know Ohio will try anything to get Miami of their game plan. :lol: :lol:
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LightningRod;1764013; said:
Damien Berry: I really don't think it's going to have an effect on us because wherever Miami is?[Young] Jeezy said it best, We're going to bring the whole city out. Everybody wants to come see us. They ain't coming just to see Ohio State.
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You can't even fill your own stadium clown!
 
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Preview from theBuckeyeBattleCry.com:

The Miami Hurricanes, fresh off of their 45-0 drubbing of outmatched Florida A&M, roll into Columbus on Saturday for one of the premiere clashes of the college football season.


Miami and their fans will come in with plenty of ?swagger? after an excellent performance in their first game of the season, but considering A&M is the equivalent of YSU, their confidence may be a bit inflated.


At the same time, Marshall is not exactly on par with what the Hurricanes will put on the field, so let?s call that one a wash.


Both teams are led by experienced and talented quarterbacks, and are loaded at the skill positions. This game, like most, will boil down to a battle in the trenches.

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Coqui;1764073; said:
The only time in all my watching of college football I have ever heard the sports announcers have to yell just to communicate was during the Ohio State USC game last year.

Aren't we the only ones to have a head coach beg for a penalty due to too much crowd noise?
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This is not directed at you Coqui, or at anyone in particular.

From my experience, even at its best, the 'Shoe is a faint shadow of what it should be. There are way too many "fans" who fuss at those who actually make noise. At the Marshall game, my brother was admonished that he wasn't "...in the cheap seats", whatever that is supposed to mean.

I was at the 'Shoe for the '88 LSU game, and I was one of the "20,000 who stayed". Those 20,000 (probably closer to 10k) were as loud as any 100,000 I have ever been a part of. We need a stadium full of those kind of fans, but I'm not holding my breath.
 
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DaddyBigBucks;1764086; said:
This is not directed at you Coqui, or at anyone in particular.

From my experience, even at its best, the 'Shoe is a faint shadow of what it should be. There are way too many "fans" who fuss at those who actually make noise. At the Marshall game, my brother was admonished that he wasn't "...in the cheap seats", whatever that is supposed to mean.

I was at the 'Shoe for the '88 LSU game, and I was one of the "20,000 who stayed". Those 20,000 (probably closer to 10k) were as loud as any 100,000 I have ever been a part of. We need a stadium full of those kind of fans, but I'm not holding my breath.
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I said the same thing last week leaving the Marshal game with my girlfriend. She goes, "Look at all these old people who can barely walk, see, and piss, let alone cheer." So I said, imagine what this place would be like filled with just AVERAGE fans, I can't even imagine if it was filled with Buckeye Planetians.
 
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1) Let's not confuse blowout atmospheres with premiere matchups. The Shoe can certainly be underwhelming against the MAC or Minnesota, but it is rocking for games like these.

2) This isn't an age thing. The shoe has a lot of 50-70 year olds that cheer like college kids, and the block O is not always full at kickoff.
 
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jwinslow;1764093; said:
1) Let's not confuse blowout atmospheres with premiere matchups. The Shoe can certainly be underwhelming against the MAC or Minnesota, but it is rocking for games like these.

Rocking is relative. When I turned on the '05 PSU game, I said to myself "I wish the 'Shoe had half this level of energy vs. Texas".

2) This isn't an age thing. The shoe has a lot of 50-70 year olds that cheer like college kids, and the block O is not always full at kickoff.

Agreed. And thanks for the shout out.
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Here's something myself and a 'Canes fan were discussing yesterday...

We've been here before. This team has been under the pressure of big games time and time again. Lately, we've just been hungry to win the big ones. Calming down, staying loose. Not allowing the jitters to overcome the game plan.

When was the last time Miami was in a huge game with National Title implications? I watched their bowl game against Wisconsin. Harris was running for his life. They did not look good. Their game against us should spread even more butterflies in their stomach. I'm sure they're well aware by now how we handled Wisconsin last year in that 31-13 drubbing.

Personally, I'm hoping for a meltdown. That team is young and they aren't used to these situations. I'm thinking they'll find out just how hostile the 'Shoe can be when they realize it isn't the stage they're used to playing on. They aren't a bag of nerves yet because they were just thrown a little guy to pick on. We'll see how that lack of fear holds up when they line up against the Silver Bullets.
 
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The only way Miami will experience a somewhat muted crowd will be if Ohio State goes up by more than two scores. Then people will then sit back and enjoy the game somewhat.

Here's to hoping that Miami enjoys a nice, quiet atmosphere. :biggrin:

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The one (1) fact I keep coming back to!: ACC offensive and defensive lines have consistently not looked nearly as good against good out of conference competition!

The other thing that keeps striking me: the knocks on Ohio State's secondary. Is this secondary as good as the best in the Tressel era? No. Is this the worst? I think that's a resounding no as well. Now I'm going off of memory from DaddyBigBucks DSA posts, but teams aren't going to throw above their average against this defense. I think Miami's recievers are pretty good, but are any of those guys elite? I guess that depends on what you consider elite, but none are top 5 current college football talents (Michael Floyd, Jon Baldwin, AJ Green, Ryan Broyles, Julio Jones). I know this is McShay but he has Miami's #1 Hankerson below Nick Toon. Kiper doesn't have Hankerson in his top 5 WR. I'm not sure I like Miami's reciever's more than I do Iowa's Marvin McNutt and Derrell Johnson-Koulianos. In other words I'm failing to see Miami's recievers as a major mismatch vs the Ohio State secondary or even really a slight one.
 
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