All right. We are back with another instant reaction podcast. Miami 62 Ball State Zero in what was a

relentless dominant performance by the hurricanes through four quarters. They came out,

handled business. The game was delayed, of course, by a lightning delay.

So kickoff wasn't until about 6 o'clock.

So that was something the team had to navigate.

They came out and started fast, though, got a field goal to open the game,

and then just started piling on the touchdowns.

Quarterback Cam Ward over 300 yards at halftime.

Finished the day with a career high five touchdowns. He was strong. The offense, again, dominant. 750 yards of total offense,

507 yards passing. Emery Williams got in at the end, did his thing. Defensively,

look, you could argue the defensive performance was maybe even more impressive.

115 yards for Ball State in the game, six rushing yards in the game,

2.2 yards per play in the game. Ball State converted only one of 12 third down opportunities,

and Ball State did not get into the red zone one time in the game. That is dominant, dominant

stuff. And, you know, even within the context, it's even more dominant within the context of Miami was rolling through its depth in the fourth quarter.

A lot of the backups were able to get in, get those quality reps.

And they upheld the standard that the starters set with their play in those first three quarters.

So that was an improvement week over week because

against Florida A&M, the level of play dipped when the backups came in. That didn't really happen

against, you know, quite frankly, an overmatched ball state team, but still an FBS opponent. And this was the first shutout

that Miami has pitched in a game since 2021 against Central Connecticut State, who was an

FCS program. Miami beat 69 to 0, I believe. And it's the first time they did that to an fbs team since duke in the

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