Pickin' Splinters » Andrew Williams http://www.pickinsplinters.com There's always room for one more on the bench. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:27:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 This Date in College Football Belt History – October 5 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/10/05/this-date-in-college-football-belt-history-october-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-date-in-college-football-belt-history-october-5 http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2009/10/05/this-date-in-college-football-belt-history-october-5/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:40:01 +0000 Casey http://www.pickinsplinters.com/?p=4961 larry-cokerIn their first season in Division 1-A, the 2-3 Connecticut Huskies of coach Randy Edsall met the top-ranked, 4-0 Miami Hurricanes of coach Larry Coker.  Miami used this game to get ready for their match-up with Florida State the following week as the Huskies, playing without leading rusher RB Terry Caulley, were no match for the defending national champions in a 48-14 Miami win.  Hurricanes’ All-American RB Willis McGahee scored twice in the 1st quarter, both on 15-yard runs.  McGahee added an 11-yard touchdown run in the 2nd quarter & DE Andrew Williams scored on a 56-yard fumble recovery giving Miami a 28-0 advantage.  Hurricanes’ All-Big East QB Ken Dorsey hit WR Kevin Beard for touchdowns of 5 & 8 yards as Miami pushed their lead to 42-0 at the intermission.  Dorsey connected with WR Ethenic Sands from 15-yards on the first drive of the 2nd half & the Hurricanes rested most of their frontline players the rest of the game.  Connecticut scored near the end of the 3rdquarter on a 14-yard pass from QB Dan Orlovsky to TE Tommy Collins.  The Huskies other score came when CB Ezra Carey returned a blocked punt 5 yards for a touchdown in the 4th quarter.  Dorsey finished with 216 yards passing with 3 touchdowns & McGahee finished with 107 yards rushing with 3 touchdowns on just 11 carries.  Orlovsky threw for 100 yards with a touchdown but the Huskies were held to 190 total yards with 6 sacks in the blowout.  Miami finished the season 12-1; Big East Champions, ranked 2nd nationally while the Huskies finished 6-6.  Connecticut has not played for The Belt again.

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