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2007 COLORADO BUFFALO Football Game 4—MIAMI (OHIO) September 22 / 1:30 p.m. MDT / Boulder RELEASE NUMBER 4 (September 17, 2007) NO LIVE TV | KOA-RADIO | SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO (Ch. 181) | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats)
QUICKLY SPEAKING…
The Colorado Buffaloes (1-2, 0-0 Big 12) wrap up non-conference play this Saturday, September 22, with their first-ever game against the Miami Redhawks (1-2, 1-0 MAC) in 1:30 p.m. kickoff at Folsom Field… This is the second of three straight Saturdays of football at Folsom Field; CU last played three straight home games in as many weekends in 1998… Colorado is coming off a 16-6 loss to Florida State in the first of the three, as the Buffaloes and Seminoles dueled in a defensive struggle that saw a combined 500 yards of total offense… There are about 8,500 seats remaining for the Miami-Ohio game, and about 5,400 for Oklahoma on Sept. 29; the latter has been selected for television broadcast by Fox Sports Net and will kickoff shortly after 11:30 a.m. mountain time… The OU game will also serve as the annual homecoming game; unlike most schools, CU selects its homecoming on a date that jives with what works best for Family Weekend, which has emerged as the better draw and thus gets the mid-October date; homecoming then usually defaults to the last September or an earlier October home game. So none of this “How can CU select OU for its homecoming opponent” stuff because it doesn’t work that way here… CUBuffs.com features game day updates and live stats for all games. DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 43; ROSTER ON PAGES 44-45
CUTTING IT CLOSE
It’s no secret that Colorado has one of the most prestigious streaks of all-time going, as despite the 16-6 loss to Florida State, the Buffaloes extended their consecutive game scoring streak to 225 games. However, it was the latest it ever had to wait to score in the entire streak—with 3:39 remaining. The previous latest time the Buffs waited to get on the scoreboard was against Kansas State in 1998, when CU scored a touchdown with 5:42 remaining. The similarities are almost eerie: both scores came with CU down 16-0 and at Folsom Field; in ’98, the Buffs added a field goal to pull to within 16-9 with 1:46 left, stopped KSU cold with 43 ticks still to go, but were flagged for 12-men on the field for the punt and would not get the ball back. All in all, it was just the ninth time CU waited until the fourth quarter before scoring (though losing eight of those games), and the late score also averted the first shutout loss in Coach Dan Hawkins’ career.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Colorado (minus-27 yards rushing) and Florida State (95) combined for just 68 rushing yards as neither hit the century mark. You don’t have to go to far back to find the last time that neither CU or its opponent hit 100 yards rushing (the 2006 Colorado State game; CU had 75, CSU 15 for a grand total of 90). But it is the fewest combined rushing yards since the 2004 Washington State game in Seattle, where CU (47) and WSU (15) combined for just 62. The 68 stand as the second lowest total over the last nine seasons, going back to the all-time combined low of just 13, set in 1998 against Utah State, when the Aggies had 15 (there’s that number again) and the Buffs minus-2 (these numbers are all greatly affected by sack yardage coming off rushing, one thing the NCAA needs to look at changing. The minus-27 yards by CU is an all-time school low, eclipsing the minus-16 against Iowa State in 1984.
OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK
Florida State completed 8-of-18 passes against the Buffaloes last weekend, or 44.4 percent of its throws; that ended a streak of 19 consecutive games in which CU opponents had completed over 50 percent of their passes (there were no 50 percent games, all were over). The last team to not connect on more throws than not was Kansas State in 2005, as the Wildcats were 19-of-40. Arizona State was 19-of-37 two weeks ago, thus the last two weeks, opponents are 27-of-55 against the Buffs, an encouraging statistic since Colorado allowed passes to be completed at a 66.9 percent rate in 2006. That is down to 57.3 this season.
2007 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (1-2, 0-0 BIG 12)
2007 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That Sept. 1 NR Colorado State (Denver) NR FSN W 31-28 (OT) 0-2 58-19-2 PK Eberhart ties it and wins it with two FG; McKnight 108 rec yds, TD Sept. 8 NR at Arizona State NR FSN L 14-33 3-0 0- 2-0 Buffs take early 14-0 lead, but ASU scores last 33 in 102 degree heat SEPT. 15 NR FLORIDA STATE NR ESPN L 6-16 1-1 0- 2-0 First encounter went FSU’s way by 47-7 in Tallahassee in 2003 SEPT. 22 NR MIAMI-OHIO NR none 1:30p 1-2 0- 0-0 First meeting between the pair; CU’s second vs. MAC (Kent State ’77) SEPT. 29 OKLAHOMA (H) FSN 11:30a 3-0 16-39-2 Sooners limit CU to 113 total yards in ‘06, late TD (:17) padded 24-3 final Oct. 6 at Baylor TBA TBA 2-1 8- 6-0 BU wins 3-OT thriller (34-31) in Boulder in ’06, CU’s first multi-OT game Oct. 13 at Kansas State TBA TBA 2-1 43-18-1 K-State 34-21 win last year gives Wildcats 6-4 edge in last 10 games OCT. 20 KANSAS (FW) TBA TBA 3-0 41-22-3 KU frosh QB Reesing leads ’06 comeback to snap 5-game CU series run Oct. 27 at Texas Tech TBA TBA 3-0 4- 4-0 30-6 win in ’06 is Hawkins’ first at CU as all phases (O-D-ST) dominate NOV. 3 MISSOURI TBA TBA 3-0 31-37-3 Buffs winners in 17 of last 21, including four straight in Boulder Nov. 10 at Iowa State TBA TBA 1-2 47-13-1 CU leads 24-7 all-time in Ames, with wins in 10 of last 11 NOV. 23 NEBRASKA ABC 10:00a 2-1 17-46-2 NU win in Lincoln in ’06 snapped 4-game winning streak by road team (All times mountain. KEY: *—AP rank at game time; —Big 12 Conference game; H—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend)
2007 Colorado Football: The Media Page 2-2-2
MEDIA SERVICES
¾ Coach Dan Hawkins holds a Tuesday press luncheon in the Dal Ward Athletic Center, starting at 11:30 a.m. with lunch, followed by Hawkins beginning the interview session promptly at Noon. This year’s dates: Sept. 4-11-18-25, Oct. 2-9-16-23-30, Nov. 6-19 (Monday)-27, Dec. TBA (bowl). NOTE that there is no organized press luncheon on Nov. 13 (bye week). The press conference portion of the luncheon is streamed live on www.CUBuffs.com (in the BuffsTV area); all press conferences on CUBuffs.com are free and thus do not require access codes. ¾ Hawkins can be heard Mondays on the Big 12 Football Teleconference Call at 10:40 a.m. MT. All coaches participate; please call 706/679-2026 for access (media only—you must register). A teleconference replay is available after 2 p.m. MT the same day by phone (706/634-1616) or on www.Big12sports.com. ¾ Video highlights of CU football games are available anytime provided by the Big 12 Conference through www.CollegePressBox.tv. Highlights will be in files in Quicktime format, with all available for viewing prior to downloading. First-time visitors will need to register on-line for access; information: contact Ted Gangi at 214/909- 9314 or [email protected]. Special requests can also be made through CU’s BuffVision (Deric Swanson or Eric Pelloni: 303-735-3637). ¾ The Colorado lockerroom (home and road) is closed after games; following the customary 10-minute cooling off period, players will be made available (a list of players will be solicited immediately following the game; no cutoff to request players). ¾ Colorado’s regular season football practices are closed to the general public (exception: Sundays) but are open to the media (exception: Thursdays). The first 25 minutes of practices (Sun-Tues-Wed) in-season are open for photography/video needs from the end zones and sidelines. Extensive parameters listed in CU media policies. ¾ This year’s standard meeting/practice schedule (mountain time, pre-time change): Sunday (3:15-5:00, 5:15-6:15); Monday (off); Tuesday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:30), Wednesday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:30), Thursday (2:30-3:40/4:00-6:00), Friday (3:00-4:00, evening meetings). ¾ Interviews with Colorado players are allowed post-practice on Sundays, pre- and post-practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and pre-practice Thursdays (the cutoff moves up to pre-Wednesday practice for Friday games). Phone interviews with out-of-town media are allowed all four days in all time slots. Interviews on Mondays are at the discretion of the player, as it being the standard player day off (no meetings/practice), CU can’t arrange due to NCAA rules. ¾ Collegepressbox.com is the official media website for Big 12 football. Access and download weekly game notes, statistics, quotes, media guides and more for the conference and each member school throughout the season. The conference office will distribute login information to accredited media, and media members can also apply for a password by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. ¾ CU On-Line Photo Database. The CU sports information service has an online photo database that allows registered members of the media instant access to print quality head shots of all CU coaches and student-athletes as well as action shots of key players. Registration is easy: for a login and password, simply log on to www.CUBuffs.com, select "Sports Information" from the "Athletic Department" menu located on the left navigation bar and follow the instructions.
THE BUFFALOES ON THE INTERNET
¾ Colorado has its information available to both the media and fans alike on the Internet. Visit the official CU site at www.CUBuffs.com for the latest information, releases, game notes and press conference broadcasts (free). Simply type www.cubuffs.com/media into your web browser, then click on Media Center, and it will link you to everything you’ll need to know about CU football. “BuffsTV” offers the opportunity to listen and/or watch live game action of several CU athletic teams. Breaking news with the program will be found here first every time and delivered in full without others editing out what they might deem unessential. ¾ Yahoo.com is the official site for subscription service for audio-only broadcasts, as all football and men’s and women’s basketball games are streamed through Yahoo! Sports. Just visit the Multimedia area of the CUBuffs.com, go to the football schedule page and click on the corresponding audio icon, or visit yahoosports.com.
THE BUFFALOES ON THE AIRWAYS
¾ KOA-Radio in Denver (850 AM) originates the 14-station CU Football Network, with sports director Mark Johnson in his fourth year as the play-by-play voice of the Buffs. Larry Zimmer (analysis) is in his 34th season broadcasting Colorado football (he handled play-by-play from 1971-81 and 1985-2003). Former CU quarterback Charles Johnson (pre- and postgame shows/sidelines) is in his third year on the broadcast team. FSU Game: will be on KKZN (760am) due to Colorado Rockies baseball. ¾ Wednesdays at 7 p.m., the Dan Hawkins Show originates from The Millennium Harvest House Hotel in Boulder, with Mark Johnson and Zimmer hosting the program. ¾ Satellite Radio: Sirius Radio is the satellite home of the Buffaloes; the CU-Miami (Ohio) broadcast will air on channel 181 (CU/KOA radio network feed). ¾ FOX Sports Net Rocky Mountain is the television home of the Buffaloes, as “The Buffalo Stampede” will be seen in the six-state FSN area every Thursday night at 10:00 p.m. (August 30-September 6-13-20; 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 28); it returns to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays after the Colorado Rockies season). Assistant AD and former CU QB Charles Johnson hosts the program; the show airs through the end of basketball season for the men and/or women. FSN will also replay Dan Hawkins’ weekly press conference three times each week (day of and/or after) at various times. The network will also replay the CU-CSU game twice and the CU-ASU game once.
IMPORTANT ROSTER INFORMATION & UPDATES (Number changes, etc., from the media guide)
Number Changes: none. Position Changes: Nate Vaiomounga (ILB, from DB). Academically Ineligible: ILB Marcus Burton. Suspended/Indefinitely: ILB Michael Sipili.
DUPE NUMBERS: While there are several duplicate numbers, those who appear below are the ones most likely to see action (at the three other dupes, 19 (Cope), 21 (McKnight) and 25 (Harris) are the only ones expected to see action). CU jerseys DO have names on the back; key: A—African-American, C—Caucasian, P--Polynesian:
Offense/Kicker Defense/Kicker Offense/Kicker Defense/Kicker 3 Nick Nelson (C) 3 Jimmy Smith (A) 10 Bernard Jackson (A) 10 Michael Sipili (P) 9 Josh Smith (A) 9 Daniel Dykes (C)
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Coaches/Staff Blake BEHRENS (bear-ens) Jordon DIZON (dye-zonn) Samson JAGORAS (juh-gore-us) MARKQUES SIMAS (marcus see-muss) Brian CABRAL (cuh-browl) Jake BEHRENS (bear-ens) Justin DRESCHER (dresh-er) TAJ Kaynor (as in Taj Mahal) Michael SIPILI (sih-pill-E) Mark HELFRICH (hel-fritch) Austin BISNOW (bizz-no) Erick FAATAGI (fuh-tah-gee) KAI MAIAVA (ky my-ah-vuh) Nate SOLDER (sold-er) Eric KIESAU (key-saw) CHA’PELLE Brown (shuh-pell) Joe FRUECHTEL (freck-tell) Kevin MOYD (moid, as in void) Tom SUAZO (swoz-as in Oz-oh) ROMEO Bandison (row-may-oh) JALIL Brown (juh-leal) RIAR Geer (rye-er) Conrad OBI (oh-bee) SIONE TAU (see-own-E towe, as in now)
Players Kendrick CELESTINE (cell-uh-steen) Eugene GOREE (gore-ray) Wes PALAZZI (puh-la-zee) Nate VAIOMOUNGA (vy-oh-moun-guh) Tyler AHLES (alice) Patrick DEVENNY (duh-vain-E) MARQUEZ HERROD (mar-qwez Tyler POLUMBUS (as in Columbus) JARRELL Yates (juh-rell) Matthew BAHR (bar) Tyson DeVREE (duh-vray) her-rod) STEPHONE Robinson (steff-on) B.J. BEATTY (bay-tee) Matt DiLALLO (di-lah-low) George HYPOLITE (hip-puh-light) LAGRONE Shields (luh-gronn)
2007 Colorado Football: Starters & Awards 3-3-3
GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS
Here are CU’s starters for the 2007 season (bold indicates first career start); this list often does not reflect who might “listed” first at a position, as especially on offense, the first play selected often involves a particular grouping:
OFFENSE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB / Other Colorado State Williams McKnight Polumbus Palazzi D.Sanders Head Harrison Sumler (WR) C.Hawkins Ellis Sprague (WR) Arizona State Williams Robinson Polumbus Palazzi D.Sanders Head Harrison Geer C.Hawkins Sumler Sprague (WR)
Florida State Jo. Smith McKnight Polumbus Palazzi D.Sanders Head Harrison Geer C.Hawkins Ellis J.Sanders (TE)
DEFENSE LE DT NT RE MLB WLB SLB LCB FS SS RCB Colorado State Lucas Hypolite Nicolas Barrett C.Brown (N) Dizon B.Jones Wheatley Walters Dykes Burney Arizona State Lucas Hypolite Nicolas Barrett Duren Dizon B.Jones Wheatley Walters Dykes Burney Florida State Lucas Hypolite Nicolas Barrett R.Brown Dizon B.Jones Wheatley Walters Dykes Burney
(N)—Nickel back. CONSECUTIVE STARTS—Polumbus 16, Wheatley 15, D.Sanders 14, Dizon 10. CAREER STARTS—Dizon 37, Wheatley 22, Charles 19, Polumbus 18, D.Sanders 18. PLAYER PARTICIPATION (dressed/played): Colorado State 89/49; Arizona State 69/52; Florida State 93/50.
COLORADO COACHES’ WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
A look at Colorado's weekly award winners for each game as selected by the coaching staff (*—denotes nominated for Big 12 player-of-the-week):
Opponent Offensive Defensive Special Teams Lineman (Off or Def) Scout Team (Offense, Defense, Special Teams) Colorado State WR Scotty McKnight* ILB Jordon Dizon PK Kevin Eberhart* DT George Hypolite TB Brian Lockridge ILB Michael Sipili S Jason Espinoza Arizona State (none awarded) Florida State (none awarded)
SEASON AWARD WINNERS
AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM DT George Hypolite (one of 11 I-A/FBS players)
BIG 12 PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK PK Kevin Eberhart (Special Teams—Sept. 1 vs. Colorado State: 3-3 PAT, 3-4 FG, 11 points; included game-tying and game-winning field goals)
CU ATHLETES-OF-THE -WEEK ILB Jordon Dizon (Sept. 1 vs. Colorado State: 22 tackles, 17 solo; one TFL, one TFZ, FF, PBU, one caused INT, 4th down stop, one special teams tackle)
COLORADO CHAPTER/NFF STATE OF COLORADO PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK PK Kevin Eberhart (Sept. 1 vs. Colorado State)
LOU GROZA AWARD THREE STARS OF THE WEEK PK Kevin Eberhart (Sept. 1 vs. Colorado State)
DIZON OFF TO HOT START; NOW Nation’s NUMBER THREE ACTIVE LEADING TACKLER
Senior Dick Butkus Award candidate ILB Jordon Dizon is the nation’s third active leading tackler, based on total tackles, after opening the year with 39 tackles in his first two games (including a career-high 22 he registered against Colorado State in the opener). A look at the top eight (*—includes 9 tackles in 2003):
Player, Pos, School G 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total Player, Pos, School G 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total Thomas Keith, LB, Central Michigan 36 95 104 127 31 357 Dan Connor, LB, Penn State 32 85 76 113 29 303 Vince Hall, LB, Virginia Tech 39 64 112 128 35 339 *Nelson Coleman, LB, Tulsa 41 50 117 98 21 295 Jordon Dizon, ILB, Colorado 39 82 61 137 51 331 Wesley Woodyard, LB, Kentucky 34 34 100 122 33 289 Matt Castelo, LB, San Jose State 31 36 91 165 27 319 Jonathan Hefney, DB, Tennessee 37 65 65 96 18 244
¾ Passed His Coach. Dizon passed his position coach, Brian Cabral, with his effort against Colorado State. Cabral had 297 tackles in his CU career, which at the time was a school record. Since he became CU’s linebackers coach in 1989, he has fallen to 16th on the list, but much of it is due to his own coaching; eight of the players who have passed him he has tutored, including Dizon. ¾ Where His Career Effort Ranked. Dizon’s 22 stops (17 solo) against Colorado State tied for the 17th most in school history, the most since ILB Hannibal Navies recorded 28 (19 solo) against Missouri in1997. The 17 solo tackles by Dizon tied for the third most in a game, trailing Navies as well as ILB Greg Biekert, who had 19 at Illinois in 1990. ¾ Dizon has posted 10 or more tackles in five consecutive games, dating back to the end of the 2006 season (he has 82 tackles for those quintet of games, or 16.2 per). He has 13 career double figure games: he had two as a frosh but amazing never had more than six in a game his sophomore season. ¾ Third Down Terror. Dizon already has six third/fourth down stops this year, picking up where he left off in 2006, when he snuck up on a school record in the category. In posting 17 third down stops, he was one shy of the record first set by OLB Chad Brown in 1992 and then equaled in 2005 by OLB Brian Iwuh. An under appreciated statistic, one that CU may be the only school to track (starting in 1991 in earnest); Dizon now has 35 in his career; ILB Greg Biekert holds the school record with 47, followed by Brown and ILB Matt Russell (45 each).
2007 Colorado Football: The Opponent Pages 4-4-4
SERIES HISTORY—CU vs. MIAMI-OHIO
The only series history is the fact that the two schools agreed to play a home-and-home set of games in the fall of 2005. CU will return the game to Oxford on Sept. 12, 2009. As they say, the rest is yet to be written… This is CU coach Dan Hawkins’ first-ever game against Miami-Ohio, and it will also be the first against Colorado for the RedHawks’ Shane Montgomery.
Series Did You Know — Miami athletic director Brad Bates’ first full-time job after earning his graduate degree was at the University of Colorado, as he was one of Bill McCartney’s first hires after he was named CU head football coach on June 9, 1982. Nine days after Mac was hired, he brought Bates on as the school’s first full-time strength and conditioning coach. Mac was very familiar with Bates, who played defensive back for him at Michigan, where he earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Bates left CU in the spring of 1985 for Vanderbilt, where he spent the next 17 years before moving on to Miami.
Series Did You KnoW II — In 1973, when retiring CU football coach and then-athletic director Eddie Crowder hand-picked his replacement, he turned to Miami for Bill Mallory. Mallory had succeeded Bo Schembechler as head coach in 1969 after the former moved on to the University of Michigan; Mallory coached MU to a 39-12 record in five seasons (four straight 7-3 seasons before going in 11-0 in 1973, winning the MAC title and the Tangerine Bowl over Florida). Mallory would coach Colorado for five years (1974-78), going 35-21-1 with a Big Eight championship in 1976 before he was fired following a 6-5 season in ’78. It obviously wasn’t known at the time, but that firing would set in motion a chain of events that would lead to McCartney’s hiring after CU’s football program struggled for three years (1979-81) under Chuck Fairbanks. Crowder’s first coaching job in college was under Red Blaik at Army, who played collegiately at Miami from 1915-17. Now there’s some series six degrees (well, less) of separation between the two schools.
Series Fast Facts CU Largest Margin of Victory— N/A CU Most Points— N/A FSU Fewest Points— N/A FSU Largest Margin of Victory— N/A FSU Most Points— N/A Most Points, Both Teams— N/A Current Series Streak— N/A CU Fewest Points— N/A Fewest Points, Both Teams— N/A
MIAMI NOTES
Miami is 1-2, opening the season with a 14-13 win at Ball State, its first season opener that was also a Mid-American Conference game since 1997, which was also against the Cardinals. The following week, the RedHawks trailed Minnesota 28-12 with less than seven minutes remaining before rallying for 16 points in the final 6:31 to force overtime; the Gophers prevailed in double OT, 41-35, but not before MU amassed 577 total yards, including 418 through the air. The RedHawks have been outscored 26-3 in the first quarter this season and 40-3 in the first 20 minutes in three games. Miami head coach Shane Montgomery is in third year as the RedHawks coach, with a 10-16 record at the helm of the program. MU was the MAC East Division Co-Champion in 2005, finishing 7-4 that season before struggling to a 2-10 mark last year. Miami is coming off a 47-10 loss to Cincinnati at home, which was the 112th game in their series, the oldest rivalry west of the Allegheny Mountains. The 37-point margin was the biggest in the series since a 44-0 Cincy win in 1940. Miami is just behind Colorado on the all-time NCAA win list with 642 (20th all-time; CU is 16th with 653), but is ahead of the Buffs in winning percentage (16th, 63.2; CU is 23rd at 60.9). Miami is in its 119th season of intercollegiate football, Colorado is in its 118th. They are two of the 13 oldest football programs in the United States. Eugene Harris is fourth nationally in punt returns, as he owns a 23.0 average on five runbacks. The RedHawks tragically lost two of its coaching alums in just under a year, as Randy Walker passed away June 29, 2006 and Terry Hoeppner this past June 10. Walker coached MU from 1990-98 and replaced former CU head coach Gary Barnett at Northwestern; he died of a sudden heart attack; Hoeppner passed after a long and courageous battle with brain cancer after moving on to Indiana after serving as RedHawk head coach from 1999-2004, as he had replaced Walker. Montgomery succeeded Hoeppner at the helm after serving as offensive coordinator and QB coach under him for four years. Miami had its first three games televised as did Colorado; thus this will be the first off the tube for both in 2007. University of Denver hockey coach George Gwozdecky was the head man at Miami-Ohio in the early 90’s before eventually heading out west. SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS: Mike Pearson, SID 513/529-4329 ([email protected]) or Angie Renninger, Asst. SID (513/529-6239).
CU-MIAMI BY THE NUMBERS
Here’s a look at some numbers-related trivia (or lack thereof) in the Colorado-MU series:
1 The number of previous trips Miami has made to the state of Colorado (2003: MU defeated CSU in Fort Collins, 41-21); 1-2 The records in 2007 for both Colorado and Miami; 2-10 The records in 2006 for both Colorado and Miami, one year after both won their respective conference divisions; 3-12 Thus, the records over the last 15 games for both Colorado and Miami; 8 The number of meetings Colorado has had with that other Miami (Fla.); 22 The number of years since an Ohio school played in Boulder (Ohio State in 1985); 1,090 The distance in miles between Oxford, Ohio and Boulder, Colo.; 1,827 The combined total offense between Colorado and its first three opponents this season; 2,549 The combined total offense between Miami and its first three opponents this season.
CONFERENCE CALL