WATCH (MIAMI vs. HAYDEN MOORE) PARTY

Canes fans who want a fun place to view the Thursday-night, Oct. 1 ESPN telecast between Miami and Cincinnat quarterback Hayden Moore, can join a watch party at GameTime in the Shops at Sunset place, 5701 Sunset Drive, South Miami. The party, presented by AllCanes and #CanesFam, starts at 7. $10 gets you free games all night. Children are welcome.

With former safety and current weak-side linebacker Marques Gayot (see below) likely out for Thursday's game, as well as top safety Deon Bush and fellow hard-hitting safety Jamal Carter out for the first half because of targeting last Saturday against Nebraska, not to mention the possibility of weak-side starter (and playmaker) Jermaine Grace still being injured and possibly held out, UM has to find a way to thwart this redshirt freshman Moore.

Moore came in to replace redshirt junior QB Gunner Kiel, who was knocked out of the game and sent to the hospital after a brutal helmet-to-helmet hit. And we thought Kiel was a gunslinger?!

Yes, Memphis beat Cincinnati 53-46 in the last minute, but Moore who replaced Kiel late in the first quarter, broke the 47-year-old University of Cincinnati single-game passing record by completing 31 of 53 passes for 557 yards and four touchdowns, with two interceptions.

For comparison's sake, Nebraska threw for 309 yards against the Canes, FAU threw for 166 and Bethune-Cookman threw for 26.

So, by himself, Hayden Moore threw for 56 more yards than Nebraska, FAU and Bethune-Cookman combined. Ouuuuuch!! Granted, Memphis' defense looked horrible (and I guess is horrible), and no way UM's D would have allowed that, but that's still an incredible number.

I have the solution to Hayden Moore.

It's called Brad Kaaya and Joe Yearby and company against a Cincy defense that also looked weak -- and a UM D that has to step up in the absence of some good players.

GAYOT RELEASED

So, you likely know by now that University of Miami linebacker Marques Gayot is out of the hospital after being airlifted to Jackson Memorial’s Ryder Trauma Center on Wednesday during practice.

“Sophomore linebacker Marques Gayot was released from Ryder Trauma Center [Thursday] morning and is expected to make a full recovery,’’ UM wrote in a release Thursday evening.

On Wednesday, UM said Gayot would be placed in a neck collar.

Two sources said Gayot had been examined for a concussion. Gayot played Saturday after fellow linebacker Jermaine Grace first hurt his right shoulder and then got into his own collision after returning to the game.

UM coach Al Golden said previously that Grace was going through concussion protocol.

SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN