76 Cincy defeats 86 Miami, 24-17. THis was a rematch of a winner's bracket game won by Miami 24-21. THis game hinged on a few big plays.The first came right near the end of the first half with Miami trailing7-3. They went for it on 4th and 2 inside the Cincy 10 yard line and failed to convert. The second key play game early in the 4t quarter with Miami 17-10. Cincy had a similar 4th and 2 from the 3 but Boobie Clark(14-82) pushed it in for the score. The 3rd key play when Cincy had the ball on 1st and 10 at their own 26 with just 3:51 to play. They had just completed a 15 yard pass to get out of a deep hole. Miami played aggressive going for the pick and Anderson found Trumpy on a medium-short pass for 47 yards. It was a good time to get lucky. From the 27yard line Cincy just ground down the clock until Clark took it in from 7yards out for his 3rd TD with 25 secs to play. Marino had a nice day (18-34-253 1 int) but got no help from his ground game (18-50). Cincy rushed 38 times for 163 yards and while that sounds like a lot, the Miami defensive coordinator did a great job compensating for the poor Dolphin run D.
Cincy must now beat 91 Philly twice. I look at the game already and this one is going to be LOW scoring unless someone gets good field position off some turnovers.
-contributed by Wayne Poniewaz-
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