Game Preview: No. 3 Miami vs. No. 18 Florida State
Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast
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4.8 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
The best game of the year is finally here.
No. 3 Miami will travel to Tallahassee to take on No. 18 Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium in the latest match-up in the best rivalry in college football.
Stakes are high for this year’s match-up with this being the first ranked game between the two programs since 2016.
FSU enters this game with the most productive offense in the country. Miami enters this game as one of the best line of scrimmage teams in the country.
How do these teams match-up? Where do the Hurricanes have the edge? Who are the key players to know on both sides?
InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share all their thoughts in this preview episode of Through The Smoke.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another edition of Through the Smoke, a Miami Hurricanes football and recruiting podcast here on the 24-7 Sports Network, David Lake, joined as always by Gabby |
| 0:23.4 | Urrutia. |
| 0:25.1 | It's Florida State Week, and we are here to preview this big game, massive game. |
| 0:29.7 | I'm looking forward to this one. |
| 0:31.2 | It's been a while since Miami's had some stakes. |
| 0:35.6 | You know, this game in general has had some stakes. Miami, Florida State rivalry. |
| 0:42.4 | First ranked matchup since 2016. So it's crazy. It's been that long. We'll get into it here, of course, before we start, |
| 0:50.6 | want to highlight two of our sponsors. Number one, Kane's Connection, that's Miami's |
| 0:54.9 | collective. They play a crucial role in the NIL space, assisting the program and talent acquisition. |
| 1:04.8 | And, you know, I think particularly on the line of scrimmage, which is where you win and lose |
| 1:09.0 | games, you'll see a difference |
| 1:11.0 | between the Miami program and the Florida State program. And that is a reflection of the |
| 1:18.3 | impact Keynes Connection has had assisting Miami in the recruiting efforts. So go to canesconnection.com, |
| 1:24.9 | sign up at whatever membership tier best suits you, and help this program on that grassroots type of level. |
| 1:32.4 | Number two, of course, want to highlight our guy, Nick Musserino at Mooseerino Law. |
| 1:37.8 | If you've been injured in a slip and fall accident, boating accident, trucking accident, car accident, Uber lift accident. |
| 1:48.1 | Nick Musserino is the personal injury attorney. You should contact at 561-960-9870 or visit his website |
| 1:59.4 | at FLinjury.law. |
| 2:02.5 | Nick is a massive Miami Hurricanes fan, and I know he's going to be dialed for this game on Saturday night. |
| 2:09.8 | So let's get into it. |
| 2:12.2 | FSU preview podcast here. |
| 2:14.3 | Number three, Miami, going to Tallahassee facing number 18 Florida State. It's Miami's |
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