Sunday #CanesNotes: Miami Hosts Florida State

Miami continues its three-game homestand Saturday as its hosts No. 12/10 Florida State for its 78th Homecoming game. Here are the latest #CanesNotes for the Miami/Florida State showdown in 140 characters or fewer:

#MIAMIHC12

• Saturday will be 78th Homecoming game in @HurricaneSports history, with the #Canes posting a 50-25-2 record. #MiamiHC12
• Miami has won four straight Homecoming games; the #Canes last loss on Homecoming came in 2007, a 19-16 OT loss to @PackFootball. #MiamiHC12
• Saturday will mark 4th time that Miami will host @FSU_Football for Homecoming, posting 1-2 record in previous 3 Homecoming meetings.

#BEATFSU

• Miami will face a nationally ranked @FSU_Football team for 32nd time in series history; #Canes are 17-14 when Noles are ranked.
• #Canes have lost last 2 series meetings overall and last 3 meetings at home. Last UM home win over FSU? OT win in 2004.
• .@FSU_Football (12/10) is Miami’s third ranked opponent of 2012 season. The other two are in Top 10 (3/4 @KStateSports and 5/5 @NDFB125).
• .@FSU_Football, ranked 10th in @ESPN/@USATODAYSports poll, is first Top 10 opponent to visit Sun Life since @OU_Football in 2009.

#NUMBERSTHATMATTER

• Under @GoldenAl, Miami is 7-1 following a loss. #Canes have lost back-to-back games for first time in Golden era.
• The two-game losing streak is first for @GoldenAl since his last two games at Temple in 2010 (h/t @ByTimReynolds).
• Allstate AFCA Good Works Team member Mike James is the 38th Miami Hurricane to eclipse 1,000-yard rushing plateau. #RunningBackU
• Seven games into season, Mike James has already established career highs for rushing attempts and yards. #BeastMode
• Despite loss to @TarHeelFootball, Miami won time of possession battle for 1st time since 2011 finale. #Canes have led TOP in 8/28 quarters.
• #RookieCanes no more: 21 freshmen have seen game action for the Hurricanes in 2012, including 8 starters.

#OFFENSE

• Miami’s O-Line allowed 6 sacks in first 2 games. Men in the trenches have given up 3 sacks in last 5 games. #GreatWallofCoralGables
• 14 different players have recorded at least 1 reception through 7 games, led by Phillip Dorsett‘s 32 catches. #PlentyofOptions
• Miami’s #ThunderandLightning duo of Duke Johnson (7) and Mike James (5) have half of Hurricanes’ TD total (24).
  Duke Johnson one of 16 players in nation with 1,000+ all-purpose yards. His 1,057 yards tops among freshmen. #ElDuque #DUUUUUUKE
• Miami has won 100 straight games when scoring at least 40 points. Last loss: Hail Flutie game, 1984. (h/t @ByTimReynolds)
• Stephen Morris set Miami and @theACC single-game record with 566 passing yards vs @PackFootball (previous @theACC mark was 545, Rusty LaRue)
• Miami’s 651 yards against @PackFootball are third-most in UM history, trailing 689 vs. @UCLAFootball in 1998 and 655 vs. @BCSportsNews in 1984.
• Miami has trailed at some point in each of its first seven games, while its opponents have scored first six times.
• In each of Miami’s four wins, the Canes made up a deficit of at least seven points to come back and win. #ComebackCanes
• In Miami’s three @theACC wins, #Canes have scored 41 (@BCSportsNews), 42 (@GTAthletics) and 44 (@PackFootball). Have won by combined 22-point margin.

#DEFENSE

• In the first 19 games of the @GoldenAl era, Miami has used 16 different defensive starting lineups.
• Through 7 games, Miami has forced 13 turnovers (6 INT, 7 fumbles). In 2011, #Canes forced 15 total turnovers.
• Linebackers Denzel Perryman (6.0) and Eddie Johnson (5.5) have accounted for 1/3 of Miami’s TFL total.
• Denzel Perryman‘s 11 tackles against @TarHeelFootball are tied for most by #Canes player this season.

WHAT WE’VE LEARNED FROM @BYTIMREYNOLDS

• Miami has not lost three straight to @FSU_Football since the late 1990s (lost last two).
• Miami had won 22 straight games when allowing 18 or fewer points before the 18-14 loss to @TarHeelFootball.
• Since moving to Sun Life Stadium, Miami is 4-2 at home against ranked opponents.
• After connecting on seven passes of 40+ yards vs. @PackFootball two games ago, Miami’s longest completion since is 28 yards.
• 10 of the last 11 games in the series with @FSU_Football have been decided by 8 points or fewer.
• .@FSU_Football is one of three teams in the nation with more than 300 points scored, and one of 11 to allow less than 90 points.