The Voice of the RedHawks

HawkTawk - 09/03/09

HawkTawk - 09/03/09 Guests: Miami Head Football Coach Michael Haywood, Head Women's Cross Country Coach Kelly Phillips and RedHawk Linebacker Anthony Kokal. Hosts: Steve Baker & Tim Bray

It's Game Time!

Finally!

A new era of Miami football will begin in just a few short days when the RedHawks take on the Wildcats of Kentucky at Paul Brown Stadium. I'm sure that for the team and the new coaching staff it has seemed like an eternity since December, when Coach Haywood was named the new head coach of the RedHawks.

I, like all of you, am extremely excited about this year's team. The psychological makeup of this team has changed drastically from a year ago. You see it in everything from the attitude on the practice field and the sidelines, to the sense of urgency to be a much better football team. 

It was good this week to see that key players, like Dustin Woods, are getting healthy, suiting up for practice and will be ready to go on Saturday. Look for the game notes for Saturday's game and get the game one two-deep at http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mioh/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf

BROADCAST INFO-----

HAWKTAWK - Thursday night at 7 pm, live from Brick Street in Uptown Oxford!

  COME OUT TO BRICK STREET AND JOIN US LIVE! Miami Football Head Coach Michael Haywood along with Women's Cross Country & Track & Field Coach Kelly Phillips will join myself and Tim Bray in the first show of the season! If you can't make it, tune into the show, live on WMOH-AM (Hamilton), WPFB-FM (Middletown), WONE-AM (Dayton) & WKBV-AM (Richmond, Indiana).

  SUBMIT QUESTIONS from our guests by emailing me at bakersa@muohio.edu

GAME BROADCAST - Saturday, beginning at 11 AM

Myself, Tim Bray, Terry Bridge  and out studio host, Michael Coulter are thrilled to bring you all of the action of Miami football this season. We hope that you'll come out to Paul Brown Stadium and help us "Make It Red"! But, bring along your radios and tune into the Miami ISP Sports Network for the call.

FOLLOW THE MIAMI ISP SPORTS NETWORK ON THE WEB

We have several new ways to follow the RedHawks with the Miami ISP Sports Network!

   Twitter - Follow my posts throughout the year at www.twitter.com/RedHawksVoice

  Follow Tim Bray's posts at www.twitter.com/racinhawk

  Facebook- If you are on facebook, search out the Miami ISP Sports Network group. I've posted a lot of video content, plus I'll be posting broadcast information, photos and more!

   Podcasts - Three different podcast will be active throughout the year.

1 - "Miami RedHawk Video Highlights" features All-Access Reports, highlights and more!

    2 - "HawkTawk" is the podcast of the weekly radio show. (available Friday mornings)

    3 - "Miami Magazine" is the podcast of the weekly TV with Tim Bray and Coach Haywood. 

Again, I'm looking forward to an incredible athletic year for all of our RedHawk teams and hope to see you at Miami games throughout the year, INCLUDING THIS SATURDAY AT THE RUMBLE AT THE RIVER! Get tickets and more information at www.makeitred.net

Go RedHawks!

Steve Baker - "Voice of the RedHawks"

Miami Athletics welcomes the Class of 2013 to Millett Hall

Miami Student-Athletes and Miami Athletics Department Staff greet freshman students as they participate in the annual Convocation Walk with Miami University President Dr. David Hodge and the university faculty and staff.

MOVE IN DAY!

It's one of the most exciting days of the year in Oxford! There are Ryder and UHaul trucks on virtually every street in Oxford and cars are parked wherever there's a place to put one as everyone comes back to campus for the fall.

As school is set to start, so to is the fall athletic schedule! Bobby Kramig's Miami Soccer team begins the season on the road tomorrow against the Louisville Cardinals. The match is set to begin at 7 pm and you can follow the action via GameTracker. Get the link in the schedule section of the muredhawks.com homepage. Soccer's home opener is Sunday at 1 against Eastern Kentucky!

The 2009-10 Miami Men's and Women's Basketball schedules have just been released! The men play at Towson in the opener on November 13th. Then travel to Kentucky oin the 16th to take on the Wildcats in Rupp Arena! After participting in the Basketball travelers Tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico from November 20 through the 22, the RedHawks will play their home opener against Evansville on the 28th.

Check out all the details on the men's and women's schedules at www.muredhawks.com!

The first HawkTawk of the season is TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT! Join Miami Head Football Coach Michael Haywood, Tim Bray and I live at Brick Street in uptown Oxford. The show airs from 7 to 8 pm.

You can follow the Miami ISP Sports Network and the "voices" of the RedHawks in a variety of ways this season....

Twitter....

http://www.twitter.com/RedHawksVoice    (Steve Baker)

http://www.twitter.com/racinhawk     (Tim Bray)

Facebook....

Facebook members can join the Miami ISP Sports Network group. We plan on uploading pictures, video and broadcast information to this group page all throughout the upcoming year!

And, of course, you'll find the latest All-Access Videos and RedHawk video highlights linked on the right hand side of the www.muredhawks.com home page and the "Miami  RedHawk Video Highlights" podcast.

Go RedHawks!

Miami Pigskin Cookout is this Saturday!

The annual Pigskin Cookout is this Saturday at Yager Stadium and will include the first scrimmage of the Miami RedHawks 2009 fall camp, an autograph session and then an old-fashioned cookout.

First-year Head Coach Michael Haywood's RedHawks will take the field for a scrimmage at 10am. Shortly after the scrimmage, RedHawk fans will have the opportunity to meet the players on the field and get photos and autographs. Fans also are invited to participate in an old-fashioned cookout under the east stands of Yager Stadium for hamburgers, hot dogs and all of the trimmings. The entire team will be in attendance, while Jordan Gafford, Daniel Raudabaugh and Coach Haywood will all speak to the fans.

Tickets for the cookout are only $20 and can be purchased in advance through the Miami Athletic Ticket Office at 1-866-MU-HAWKS (1-866-684-2957) or 513-529-HAWK.. 

5 minutes with Miami Head Coach Michael Haywood

Footage of interview with Miami Head Football Coach Michael Haywood at the media conference held Tuesday August 4th at The Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester, Ohio.

The Rumble at the River is Saturday September 5th at Paul Brown Stadium in CIncinnati, when the Miami RedHawks battle the University of Kentucky Wildcats!

Get tickets and more information by visiting www.makeitred.net!

Preseason Press Conference

(West Chester, Ohio) - Miami Head Football Coach Michael Haywood, wide receiver Dustin Woods and linebackers Caleb Bostic and Luke Kelly all met with members of the Tri-State area media this afternoon at the Voice of America Learning Center to talk about the beginning of fall camp and the season opening game against the Kentucky Wildcats on September 5th at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati.

You'll find my Miami All-Access Report of the meeting at http://tinyurl.com/rxx22e

And, look for more video from the meeting to be posted here on the Voice of the RedHawks blog later in the week.

The Rumble at the River is Saturday, September 5th. Make sure you are there to be part of the action and support your Miami RedHawks! Order your tickets and get more information by visiting www.makeitred.net!

2009 MAC Media Day

(Detroit, Michigan) - The 2009 MAC Media Day is wrapping up as the annual luncheon, with former Michigan Head Coach Lloyd Carr as keynote speaker, due to begin shortly. The Miami RedHawks were represented at this year's media gathering by Head Coach Michael Haywood, Quarterback Daniel Raudabaugh and Defensive Back Jordan Gafford. I had a chance to speak with each of them and you can see those interviews via Miami All-Access. Look for links on the right side of the www.muredhawks.com homepage.

The annual preseason media poll was released today and the RedHawks were picked to finish last in the East Division of the MAC in 2009. Miami received just 33 points, the lowest of any team in the conference. The Buffalo Bulls garnered 155 points and were picked to repeat as East Division champs followed by Temple (144), Akron (128), Ohio (116), Bowling Green (101), Kent State (51) and the the RedHawks.

In the West Division. The Central Michigan Chippewas received 154 points and got the nod from the MAC's media to not only win the West, but also was the media's pick to win the overall conference championship. Western Michigan with 126 points was picked to finish second in the West. Followed by Northern Illinois (103), Toledo (71), Ball State (58) and then Eastern Michigan (34).

Miami begins camp late next week in preparation for the 2009 season opened on Saturday September 5th against the University of Kentucky Wildcats at Paul Brown Stadium. Get your tickets now!

Go to www.makeitred.net to order tickets and get more information on the "Rumble at the River" at Paul Brown Stadium!

RedHawks TV Commercial will debut Saturday!

Miami Athletics new “Make It Red” TV commercial will debut during the FOX Baseball game of the week (New York Yankees versus Chicago White Sox) on August 1st (check your local listings). It’s to run between the first and third inngs.

 www.makeitred.net

The season is upon us!

The "Rumble at the River" is rapidly approaching! The Miami RedHawks will play the Kentucky Wildcats in the season opener on Saturday September 5th at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. The game will begin at noon and we want to make this a MIAMI HOME GAME.  So, MAKE IT RED and, if you haven't done it yet, order your tickets now through the Miami Athletic Ticket Office and make sure you are a part of the action in Cincinnati! Get more information (including a link to buy those tickets) and see the 2009 Miami football TV commercial at http://www.makeitred.net

Camp will begin in just a little over a week from today and the annual MAC Media Day is this Friday in Detroit! I'll be there, with camera in hand as Miami's new head coach, Michael Haywood meets and mingles with the conference's media.

As we approach the new season, allow me to introduce to you the 2009 Miami ISP Sports Network crew for our football broadcasts.....

Back Row: Dick Simmons & Tommy Leugers

Front Row: Terry Bridge, Steve Baker and Tim Bray

You will notice a slight change as long-time sideline reporter Neil Dougherty is taking 2009 off in anticipation of a new addition to his family. Replacing Neil on the sidelines is long-time Butler County broadcaster Terry Bridge. Terry, in addition to working on past Miami broadcasts, has been broadcasting high school football, basketball and baseball for several years on Miami ISP Sports Network affiliate 1450-AM The Ticket, WMOH in Hamilton, Ohio.

It's my honor to once again bring you the play-by-play action of Miami football and Tim Bray will once again join me as color analyst. Dick Simmons is our spotter and statistician and Tommy Leugers is the Miami ISP Sports Network producer/engineer.

Mike Coulter (non pictured) will be handling things for us in the Mountain Dew ISP Network Studio.

We are all extremely excited about the upcoming season and look forward to bring you all of the action on the Miami ISP Sports Network!