After this, University of Miami fans may want to hire a whole lot of airplanes to pull banners.
The heat is sure to increase of Hurricanes’ head coach Al Golden following his team’s 37-26 loss to the University of Cincinnati Thursday night.
Golden had been been under fire from his fans despite his team’s unbeaten standings, but lost to an underdog Cincinnati team that was playing with its backup quarterback. UM had won 11 straight over the Bearcats.
UM lost despite 255 yards passing from Brad Kaaya and 113 yards rushing from Joe Yearby.
The fans are sure to talk about a defense that gave up huge plays and two drives inside the Bearcats’ 10 in the fourth period. On the first, the ‘Canes trailed 27-20 but had a third-and-six at the Cincinnati 10 and chose to run the ball with backup Mark Walton, who gained only a yard. In the second, the ‘Canes were down by 11, but Kaaya threw three straight incompletions.
For Cincinnati, Hayden Moore played in place of regular starter Gunner Keil and threw for 279 yards. Shaq Washington caught eight passes for 106 yards. The Bearcats averaged 4.9 yards per rushing attempt.
Miami travels to Florida State on Oct. 10.
