FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 64 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS • 35 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS • IT’S ALL ABOUT THE U 2018 AdvoCare Classic Sunday, September 2, 2018 GAME ONE 7:30 p.m. ET | ABC Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium (80,000) #8/#8 MIAMI HURRICANES (0-0, 0-0 ACC) HEAD COACH: Mark Richt (Miami, 1982) | CAREER: 164-58 (17th season) | AT MIAMI: 19-7 (second) SCHEDULES vs. #25/#24 LSU TIGERS (0-0, 0-0 SEC) MIAMI (0-0) HEAD COACH: Ed Orgeron (Northwestern State, 1984) | CAREER: 31-33 (seventh season) | AT LSU: 15-6 (third) SEPTEMBER (0-0) S 2 LSU Arlington, Texas 7:30 p.m. ET THE GAME S 8 Savannah State Hard Rock Stadium 6 p.m. ET After their most successful season in a decade, the No. 8/8 Miami Hurricanes open their highly anticipated 2018 campaign with a neutral-site • S 15 at Toledo Toledo, Ohio 12 p.m. ET matchup against No. 25/24 LSU at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sun., Sept. 2. Kickoff for the AdvoCare Classic is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. S 22 FIU Hard Rock Stadium TBA Miami is opening its season with a true neutral-site matchup for the first time since 1999, when the Hurricanes played Ohio State at The • S 27 North Carolina* Hard Rock Stadium 8 p.m. ET Meadowlands. Miami topped the Buckeyes, 23-12, on August 29 in front of 73,037 fans - the Hurricanes finished that season with a 9-4 record. UM's last neutral-site season opener (any) came in 2003 vs. Louisiana Tech, a game that was played in Shreveport, La. - a 48-9 win on August 28. OCTOBER (0-0) • The game will be broadcast on ABC with Sean McDonough (play by play), Todd Blackledge (color) and Holly Rowe (sideline) on the call. Joe O 6 Florida State* Hard Rock Stadium TBA • Zagacki (pxp) and Don Bailey, Jr. (color) are in the 560 WQAM radio booth for their 16th season together, while Josh Darrow will handle the O 13 at Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. TBA O 26 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. 7 p.m. ET sideline duty on the flagship station. Jose “Chamby” Campos (pxp) and Joe Martinez (color) will broadcast on990AM ESPN Deportes. NOVEMBER (0-0) THE SERIES N 3 Duke* Hard Rock Stadium TBA The Hurricanes trail the all-time series with the Tigers 3-9, but the two teams have met just twice in the modern era of Miami Hurricanes football • N 10 at Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. TBA (since 1979), with the series split 1-1. In the last meeting between the two teams - the 2005 Peach Bowl - the Tigers won, 40-3, on Dec. 30, 2005. N 17 at Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. TBA Miami beat the Tigers, 44-3, in its last trip to Baton Rouge in 1988. Prior to that game, Miami and LSU had not matched up since the 1969 season. • N 24 Pittsburgh* Hard Rock Stadium TBA The 2005 matchup in Atlanta represents the only other neutral-site showdown between two of college football's most traditional programs. • LSU (0-0) THE HURRICANES • Miami returns 14 starters and 44 letterwinners from a 2017 group that won 10 games (10-3) for the first time since 2003 and advanced to the ACC SEPTEMBER (0-0) Championship Game for the first time in history. The Hurricanes ended the year in the Capital One Orange Bowl for the first time since 2003. S 2 Miami Arlington, Texas 6:30 p.m. CT • Miami’s seven wins in ACC play (7-1) in 2017 were the most in program history, as the Hurricanes captured the ACC’s Coastal Division title for the S 8 Southeast Louisiana Baton Rouge, La. 6 p.m. CT first time.Mark Richt was named ACC Coach of the Year in a year where UM finished with a perfect 7-0 home record during the regular season. S 15 at Auburn* Auburn, Ala. 2:30 p.m. CT QB Malik Rosier returns for his redshirt senior year after setting the single-season “touchdowns responsible for” record at UM with 31 – besting S 22 Louisiana Tech Baton Rouge, La. TBA • Vinny Testaverde’s record (30), set in his 1986 Heisman Trophy year. He added 468 rushing yards to help set the single-season total offense record S 29 Ole Miss* Baton Rouge, La. TBA at Miami (3,588) in his first year as a starter. Miami also returns its leading rusher, junior RBTravis Homer, who rushed for 966 yards in 2017. Miami’s top five tacklers (total tackles) on the defensive side of the ball are returning in 2018, including safetyJaquan Johnson (96), linebacker OCTOBER (0-0) • O 6 at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. TBA Shaquille Quarterman (83), linebacker Michael Pinckney (68), safety Sheldrick Redwine (59) and defensive end Joe Jackson (59). O 13 Georgia* Baton Rouge, La. TBA O 20 Mississippi State* Baton Rouge, La. TBA THE OPPONENT LSU is under the direction of third-year coach Ed Orgeron, who has led the Tigers to a 15-6 record in his first two season at the helm of the Tigers. • NOVEMBER (0-0) The Tigers return a number of key contributors from a 2017 team that finished 9-4 and 6-2 in SEC play. Among the Tigers' top returners in 2018 are N 3 Alabama* Baton Rouge, La. TBA • preseason All-SEC selections OL Garrett Brumfield, DB Grant Delpit, DL Rashard Lawrence, LB Devin White and DB Greedy Williams. N 10 at Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. TBA N 17 Rice Baton Rouge, La. TBA N 24 at Texas A&M* College Station, Texas TBA QUICK HITS MIAMI KICKS OFF FOOTBALL SEASON #93 EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS BREAK OUT THE CHAINS FOR MIAMI'S D AIRWAVES No. 8/8 Miami kicks off its highly Miami has enjoyed success in the state Miami's defense continued to shine • • • anticipated 2018 campaign with a neutral- of Texas, compiling a 8-3 record in games under Manny Diaz in its second year under site matchup vs. No. 25/24 LSU at AT&T played in the The Lone Star State in the his direction in 2017, and a number of key Television (ABC) Sean McDonough (play-by-play) Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sept. 2. modern era of Miami football (since 1979). contributors are returning from a defense • The Hurricanes are opening up the The Hurricanes are 7-1 in regular season whose famed turnover chain became one of • Todd Blackledge (color) • • • Holly Rowe (sidelines) season away from Hard Rock Stadium for games played in the state of Texas in the college football's major storylines in 2017. the first time since 2014 (at Louisville). modern era, and have not lost a regular • In 2018, the Hurricanes return players who In his 17 seasons as a head coach, Mark season game in the state since 1981 - a recorded 24 of Miami's 31 turnovers (77.4%), Flagship Radio (560 WQAM) • Joe Zagacki (play-by-play) Richt has compiled a 14-3 mark in season 14-7 loss to the host Texas Longhorns. including 14 of the team's 17 interceptions. • openers, and has not lost in an opener since Miami has won six straight regular sea- 16 different players wore the turnover • Don Bailey, Jr. (color) • • • Josh Darrow (sidelines) 2013; he is 2-0 in Miami season openers. son games played in the state, including its chain in 2017, and of that group, 11 return to • The Hurricanes have not played in a true most recent 41-23 win over Texas A&M in the Hurricanes in 2018 (68.75%). Spanish Radio (990 ESPN Deportes) neutral-site matchup to open the season College Station on Sept. 20, 2008. • No player wore the turnover chain more • “Chamby” Campos (play-by-play) since topping Ohio State, 23-12, on August • Miami's next scheduled game in the than preseason All-American safety Jaquan Jose Martinez (color) • 29, 1999 - a game that was played in The state of Texas is set for Sept. 17, 2002 Johnson, who wore it six times in 2017 (four Meadowlands in front of 73,037 fans. against Texas A&M in College Station. interceptions, two fumble recoveries). TENTATIVEMIAMI MIAMI FOOTBALL WEEK WEEKLY ONE MEDIA MEDIA SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY No designated period of 6:40 a.m.: Mark Richt on 9:20-11:30 a.m.: Practice 9:20-11:30 a.m.: Practice No designated period of No designated period of Team travels to Arlington, access or availability WQAM’s “The Joe Rose access or availability access or availability Texas Show” 11:30 a.m.: OC Thomas 11:30 a.m.: DC Manny Diaz Brown and studen- and student-athletes post- No designated period of No practice / designated athletes post-practice practice access or availability period of access or availability 12:30 p.m.: Mark Richt’s press conference in the Mann Auditorium 6-8 p.m.: Mark Richt, assistant coaches and players on WQAM’s “Hurricane Hotline” ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS QUICK FACTS MIAMI ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Location Coral Gables, Fla. Enrollment 17,021 Carter Toole (Mark Richt requests) Founded 1925 Cell: 615-598-8540 First Year of Football 1926 Nickname Hurricanes Email: [email protected] Colors Orange (PMS 1665), Green (PMS 3435) and White Twitter: @CanesCarter President Dr. Julio Frenk Director of Athletics Blake James Camron Ghorbi (primary media relations contact) Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Marvin Dawkins Conference / Division Atlantic Coast Conference / Coastal Cell: 786-877-7329 Stadium / Capacity Hard Rock Stadium / 64,767 Email: [email protected] Ticket Office Phone 1-800-GO-CANES Twitter: @CamronGhorbi COACHING STAFF David Villavicencio (secondary contact / credentials) Website: www.HurricaneSports.com Head Coach Mark Richt Cell: 786-999-3739 Twitter: @MiamiHurricanes | @CanesFootball Record at Miami 19-7 (second season) Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: 5821 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL Career Record 164-58 (17th season) 33146 Twitter: @dvillavicencio6 Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Manny Diaz Credentials: www.sportsystems.com/miami Offensive Coordinator / Running Backs Thomas Brown Co-Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers Ron Dugans Assistant Coach / Offensive Line Stacy Searels GAME DAY EXPERIENCE Special Teams Coordinator