vinelca@miamioh.edu, @ChrisAVinel
The 2018 football season did not start the way the Miami RedHawks (0-1) had planned.
Afternoon thunderstorms in Oxford tacked on a two and a half hour delay to what was supposed to be a 3:30 p.m. start-time for the Red and White’s battle against the Marshall Thundering Herd (1-0).
Once kickoff finally arrived at 6 p.m., the ‘Hawks came out flat, surrendering 14 crippling first-quarter points from which they’d never recover, falling a touchdown short in a 35-28 loss.
Both MU head coach Chuck Martin and Redshirt senior quarterback Gus Ragland immediately dismissed the notion that the delay played a part in Miami’s sluggish start.