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Miami Football: Takeaways from Pinstripe Bowl loss to Wisconsin

By Justin Heisey

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Miami Hurricanes head coach Mark Richt looks on in the third quarter of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against the Wisconsin Badgers at Yankee Stadium on December 27, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 27: Miami Hurricanes head coach Mark Richt looks on in the third quarter of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against the Wisconsin Badgers at Yankee Stadium on December 27, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) /
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Quarterback problems remain apparent as the Miami football drops the Pinstripe Bowl in a rematch against the Wisconsin Badgers.

So… Not the greatest of outings for the Miami Hurricanes. Distraction going into a big matchup is never good. N’Kosi Perry continued to be a distraction going into this matchup after announcing over teammate Gilbert Frieson’s Instagram feed that he was suspended. In the wake of this announcement, The Hurricanes pronounced that quarterback Malik Rosier would take the snaps to open up the game against Wisconsin.

Perry’s suspension stemmed from an explicit video that was posted to one of his social media accounts in September. This was the second suspension that Perry faced this season which is doing nothing to help the Hurricanes continuing quarterback concerns.

On top of losing a quarterback before the game, Canes’ Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz took the Temple Owls’ head coaching position. Diaz’s absence in this matchup was greatly apparent, especially against the run. Wisconsin had the seventh-ranked rushing attack nationally behind NFL-caliber running back Jonathan Taylor and the Hurricanes must not have gotten that memo as the Sophomore back took 27 carries for 205 yards and a score. This is Taylor’s eighth career game with more than 200 yards on the ground and puts him at fifth all-time in Badger history in total rushing yards and just outside the top ten in rushing touchdowns.

The Hurricanes’ run defense finished up the season as the 25th best nationally but couldn’t figure out a run-first team using their second-string quarterback. The Badgers threw a total of 11 passes while rushing the ball a total of 58 times. The Badgers went for a total of 333 on the ground which is 205 yards more than their per game average according to CFBStats.com.

With the one-sided affair in the books, let’s take a look at the three key takeaways from this 35-3 beatdown of the Hurricanes.

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