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4:30 p.m. update: Some thoughts from Al Golden on a conference call moments ago:
### On Brad Kaaya: "He had poise. His line of scrimmage operation was good. There are two plays he wishes [he had back]. He made some really good throws. We clearly didn't protect him well enough. He was hit too many times. And we weren't good enough on third downs."
### Golden said Ryan Williams is not available for Saturday. "He's making good progress. When he's cleared, I'll let you guys know."
### Golden suggested UM shouldn't have played so conservatively last night.
"That's a fair criticism," he said when asked if the offense needs to be opened up more for Kaaya. "We probably should have opened it up more for him, based on where he is as a player."
### On the offense, in general: "We were taking too many negatives, particularly on first down. We need to do a better job protecting [Kaaya]. Louisville was going to jam the front with eight or nine guys. They were constantly moving around.
"We didn't play with great pad level. we didn't convert on money downs on offense. We didn't protect the quarterback. That's inexcusable."
### On the defense: "The defense got 3 and out on 6 of 12 series, 50 percent of their series. That's elite.... That's as productive at nose guard as we've been in a long time, with Calvin Hertelou and Courtel Jenkins. We were much more physical up front. Anthony Chickillo played some of his best football. We had minimal mental errors on defense. I thought we tackled really well. We held them under 4.7 yards a play. So if you play a little better on offense and take care of the football, that should be winning football."
### On the freshmen beyond Kaaya: "On offense, I was pleased with Braxton Berrios. The game wasn't too big for him. Joe Yearby did a nice job. We didn't think that was the environment to start out [KC McDermott or Trevor Darling]."
### Among other freshmen, Golden said receiver Tyre Brady and tight end Chris Herndon, and perhaps offensive lineman Nick Linder, will play against Florida A&M.
### He said "there are going to be a lot of jobs open, in terms of starting jobs up for grabs. That's going to be the case at a lot of positions. We've got to get better in the next 48 hours. We need to learn from that game, take ownership and move on to mission two."
### I asked Golden if he could confirm a web site report that that defensive end Al Quadin Muhammad was suspended. Golden declined to say if that was true. "It was my decision not to play him," he said.
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...opening-loss-at-louisville.html#storylink=cpy
### On Brad Kaaya: "He had poise. His line of scrimmage operation was good. There are two plays he wishes [he had back]. He made some really good throws. We clearly didn't protect him well enough. He was hit too many times. And we weren't good enough on third downs."
### Golden said Ryan Williams is not available for Saturday. "He's making good progress. When he's cleared, I'll let you guys know."
### Golden suggested UM shouldn't have played so conservatively last night.
"That's a fair criticism," he said when asked if the offense needs to be opened up more for Kaaya. "We probably should have opened it up more for him, based on where he is as a player."
### On the offense, in general: "We were taking too many negatives, particularly on first down. We need to do a better job protecting [Kaaya]. Louisville was going to jam the front with eight or nine guys. They were constantly moving around.
"We didn't play with great pad level. we didn't convert on money downs on offense. We didn't protect the quarterback. That's inexcusable."
### On the defense: "The defense got 3 and out on 6 of 12 series, 50 percent of their series. That's elite.... That's as productive at nose guard as we've been in a long time, with Calvin Hertelou and Courtel Jenkins. We were much more physical up front. Anthony Chickillo played some of his best football. We had minimal mental errors on defense. I thought we tackled really well. We held them under 4.7 yards a play. So if you play a little better on offense and take care of the football, that should be winning football."
### On the freshmen beyond Kaaya: "On offense, I was pleased with Braxton Berrios. The game wasn't too big for him. Joe Yearby did a nice job. We didn't think that was the environment to start out [KC McDermott or Trevor Darling]."
### Among other freshmen, Golden said receiver Tyre Brady and tight end Chris Herndon, and perhaps offensive lineman Nick Linder, will play against Florida A&M.
### He said "there are going to be a lot of jobs open, in terms of starting jobs up for grabs. That's going to be the case at a lot of positions. We've got to get better in the next 48 hours. We need to learn from that game, take ownership and move on to mission two."
### I asked Golden if he could confirm a web site report that that defensive end Al Quadin Muhammad was suspended. Golden declined to say if that was true. "It was my decision not to play him," he said.
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...opening-loss-at-louisville.html#storylink=cpy
