Brandon Murphy

bgsufalcon24 · Post by **bgsufalcon24** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:09 pm

There has been a lot of talk about Josh Betts and how we have to stop Betts to win tonight against Miami. Let me tell you, Betts is not the best offensive player on the Miami Redhawks. Our passing defense has been pretty good since the Boise game anyway, so this does not concern me that much. BUT, there is one player on the Redhawks the scares the heck out of me.

That player is Miami running back Brandon Murphy.

This guy is so fast and can break tackles pretty well. Murphy went to my high school, so I had the privilege of watching him play for 3 years against other high schools. I cannot count all the times he would break a tackle at the line and break one all the way. Once this guy gets into the secondary, he's GONE!!!, nobody can run him down once he turns on the jets. Our run defense has not been very good this season (see Wisconsin, Ball State, Western Michigan), and if we can't stop Murphy with our front 7, we're screwed. I know Omar Jacobs is back tonight and BG will rack up a bunch of points. However, if we can't stop the run, the Miami Redhawks will ride the Brandon Murphy express past us and to their 2nd MAC Championship in 3 years.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:35 pm

Welcome to the site dude! If you read my posts you'll definitely find that I tend to be fairly realistic about our team(s), but many call me a super pessimist. Just wanted to give ya a shout out, and a fair warning. I'm pretty much a d!cK

As to your post, I agree that stopping Murphy is more important this evening than Betts. I don't agree that our pass defense has been that great. WMU torched us. I think a lot of our passing numbers has to do with teams not wasting their time trying to pass because we are easily run on. If our front 7 didn't figure out how to tackle in the past 10 days this could be a long night. Hopefully they come out fired up, wrap up, and gang tackle. If they can do that we've got a real shot.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:25 pm

well he can be caught from behind... because I have seen it several times this year...

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:27 pm

can he outrun a tornado?

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:27 pm

redskins4ever wrote:well he can be caught from behind... because I have seen it several times this year...

He wouldn't be a Miami(OH) student if he didn't let himself get "caught from behind" a couple of times....

MiamiBando · Post by **MiamiBando** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:08 pm

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:19 pm

MiamiBando wrote:Huh?

You see, when a man and another man feel....ahhh screw it -- figure it out.