Five Things Learned: Miami RedHawks at Minnesota Golden Gophers

After a 26-3 drubbing against the Minnesota Golden Gophers for their third consecutive loss to open the season, the Miami RedHawks are in dire straights as they begin MAC play next week against the Bowling Green Falcons. There aren’t a lot of positives to take away from yesterday’s contest and the season would go off the rails with a loss to BG at home.

‘Hawks literally can’t get out of their own way

So, this was a thing that happened in Saturday’s game.

The game was still fairly competitive at this point, but this simple mistake tilted things into Minnesota’s favor. On top of getting the safety, the Gophers would add a touchdown before the end of the first half and put Miami in a hole that it…