Miami hangs in early, but No. 1 Oklahoma pulls away Defending NCAA champs extend nation's top win streak By MIKE SMITH OXFORD, OH -- College softball's finest came to Oxford Saturday as the No. 1-ranked Oklahoma Sooners joined Louisville, Oakland University and hosting Miami in the Miami Invitational. Not surprinsingly, Oklahoma was the only team to leave without a loss, recording run-rule victories over Louisiville (10-1) and Miami (13-1). The Sooners are now riding a 31--game winning streak, with the only loss coming at Baylor (4-3) back on Feb. 19. Those two teams are set to meet again Friday. The Miami Invitational was . . . Martin expects offense to be more productive Roughly halfway through spring practices, Miami head coach Chuck Martin recently spoke with mro-plus.com about a variety of football topics. Today, we cover the coach's observations about the RedHawks offense. By MIKE SMITH
As good as the MU defense was last year, the RedHawks sometimes struggled on offense. Miami finished 11th among 12 Mid-American Conference teams in scoring (all games), producing just 20.2 ppg. By contrast, East Division champ Ohio topped the MAC with an average of 31.8 ppg. The RedHawks were also 11th in total offense (305.6 ypg), ninth in rushing (140.1 ypg), and last in passing (165.5 ypg). All of those stats, especially passing, were strongly influenced by . . . FB SPRING PRACTICE -- Installation/Evaluation/Defense BY MIKE SMITH
When it comes to spring football, just about any program has at least a little something new to install. Some years can have more than others, such as following a head coaching change. That, of course, is not the case at Miami where Chuck Martin is now in his 10th year at the helm. Still, he says, "You're always looking at some new things. You have some new personnel or some new ideas." Two groups, however, experience . . . |
Editor-Publisher Mike SmithMike grew up in Mid-American Conference football and basketball territory and returned there after military service. He has been covering MAC football and men's basketball for much of the last several decades. Archives
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