Miami football continually hindered by penalties and poor offensive line play
Too many penalties and poor offensive line play have hindered the Miami football team all season. The Hurricanes have to clean that up during the bye week or it will be another disappointing season for Miami fans.
The Miami football team entered the weekend 123rd in FBS in penalties with 78.3 yards per game. The Hurricanes are 127th with 9.8 penalties per game. Those numbers all rose significantly after Miami’s 17-12 victory over Central Michigan on Saturday.
In Saturday’s win over Central Michigan, too many times penalties on offense hindered Miami drives and penalties on defense extended Central Michigan drives. Too many times in Saturday the offensive line, penalties or both let the Miami football team down.
Largely in part to allowing 10 sacks against Florida, Miami is tied for 129th nationally in sacks allowed. Those need to get cleaned up. The opening drive for the Hurricanes was clean. Miami gained at least five yards on their first five plays of the game. Hurricanes quarterback Jarren Williams was 3-3 for 65 yards and was not sacked.
Diaz on the penalties: “That’s something we’ll make sure we address.”
— Christy Chirinos (@ChristyChirinos) September 21, 2019
Two of those completions were to sophomore tight end Will Mallory for 59 yards. Mallory set a career-high with the 59 yards receiving. DeeJay Dallas capped the drive off with a one-yard touchdown run on fourth and goal. The Hurricanes were not as efficient through the remainder of the game as they were on the opening drive.
After a clean opening drive, Miami finished the first quarter with two penalties for 25 yards. The first Miami penalty was on striker Romeo Finley for pass interference. It moved the ball from the Hurricanes 39 to their 29. Three plays later on third and eight Miami recovered a fumble by Central Michigan QB David Moore at their own 34.