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GAME 12 - NOV. 29, 20082008 GAME NOTESCURRENT BCS STANDINGSBelow are the Bowl Championship Series averagesfor the Top 25 teams in the country as of Nov.23. Miami was ranked No. 23 last week, the first timethe ‘Canes have appeared in the BCS rankingssince the end of the 2005 season.Rk Team Avg. Prev.1. Alabama (11-0) . . . . . . . . ..9961 . . . . . .12. Texas (10-1) . . . . . . . . . . . ..9042 . . . . . .33. Oklahoma (10-1) . . . . . . . ..9116 . . . . . .54. Florida (10-1) . . . . . . . . . . ..9277 . . . . . .45. USC (9-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8375 . . . . . .66. Utah (12-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . ..7414 . . . . . .77. Texas Tech (10-1) . . . . . . ..7432 . . . . . .28. Penn State (11-1) . . . . . . . ..7674 . . . . . .89. Boise State (11-0) . . . . . . ..6670 . . . . . .910. Ohio State (10-2) . . . . . . . ..6411 . . . . .1011. Georgia (9-2) . . . . . . . . . . ..5639 . . . . .1112. Oklahoma State (9-2) . . . ..5688 . . . . .1213. Missouri (9-2) . . . . . . . . . . ..5691 . . . . .1314. TCU (10-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4449 . . . . .1615. Ball State (11-0) . . . . . . . . ..4723 . . . . .1716. Cincinnati (9-2) . . . . . . . . ..3863 . . . . .1917. Oregon State (8-3) . . . . . . ..3425 . . . . .2118. Brigham Young (10-2) . . . ..2670 . . . . .1419. Michigan State (9-3) . . . . ..1814 . . . . .1520. Florida State (8-3) . . . . . . ..1407 . . . .NR21. Boston College (8-3) . . . . ..1884 . . . .NR22. Georgia Tech (8-3) . . . . . . ..1456 . . . .NR23. Oregon (8-3) . . . . . . . . . . ..2049 . . . . .2424. Northwestern (9-3) . . . . . . ..1158 . . . .NR25. Pittsburgh (7-3) . . . . . . . . ..0456 . . . . .20The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-seasoncollege football that is managed by the 11Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A)conferences and Notre Dame. Its purpose is tomatch the two top-ranked teams in the final BCSstandings in a national championship game and tocreate competitive match-ups in the four other BCSbowl games.The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Dec. 7 BCS standingswill play in the FedEx BCS NationalChampionship on Jan. 8, 2009 in Miami Gardens,Fla. The winner of the game will be presented theAmerican Football Coaches Association NationalChampionship Trophy. For more information, visithttp://www.bcsfootball.org.MIAMI VS. NC STATEMIAMI SECOND IN THE NATION IN SCORES BY RETURNS THIS DECADESince the turn of the century, only Virginia Tech has scored more touchdowns than Miami on variousreturns. UM has three total returns this year while Virginia Tech has four. Kansas State, tied for second withMiami with 60 scores by returns since 2000, has nine this season. Here’s the list:Most Touchdowns Via Returns Since 2000School 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Bwls Tot.Virginia Tech 6 7 7 10 6 6 5 8 4 3 62Miami 13 11 6 10 8 3 1 2 3 3 60Kansas State 5 2 12 5 5 5 9 7 9 1 60Texas 6 6 7 9 2 7 8 4 4 3 56Fresno State 5 3 5 4 6 7 3 3 7 3 46Florida State 4 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 4 5 44NC State 2 4 9 10 5 2 4 3 3 1 43Nebraska 7 5 6 4 4 4 0 3 3 3 41Colorado 4 7 7 1 6 3 1 3 2 4 38Wake Forest 2 2 3 6 5 3 2 10 3 0 36Notre Dame 6 4 9 1 1 5 4 3 2 0 35Texas Tech 7 8 5 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 35East Carolina 5 4 5 4 3 0 4 2 4 3 34TAKIN IT AWAYThe University of Miami has always taken pride in creating turnovers. Since 2001, the Hurricanes havecreated at least 20 turnovers every season, including a national-high of 45 in 2001. During that seven-plusyear span, UM ranks in a tie for eighth nationally with 216 turnovers (28.7 per season through 2007).Bowl Subdivision - Turnovers Forced Since 2001Rk Team 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total1. Southern Cal 33 36 42 38 38 22 28 22 2592. Virginia Tech 34 37 26 32 27 27 31 25 2393. Oklahoma 33 36 34 22 23 32 28 27 2354. West Virginia 24 34 36 25 31 24 34 20 2285. Southern Miss 28 27 33 23 34 25 28 26 2246. Oregon State 20 33 30 31 22 33 34 20 2237. Washington State 35 25 48 29 19 30 23 12 2218t. Miami 45 24 31 27 28 21 25 15 216Texas 28 35 29 23 27 32 27 15 21610. USF 28 36 25 11 30 25 42 135 211GATORS, HEELS, ‘NOLES AND JACKETSThe Hurricanes four losses this season have come against teams with a combined record of 33-11. Sixpoints are the difference between Miami’s current 7-4 record and a possible 9-2 start for the Hurricanes.After a 26-3 loss at No. 5 Florida, UM dropped a pair of close battles with UNC (28-24) and FSU (41-39) toopen ACC play but won their next five contests against UCF (20-14), Duke (49-31), Wake Forest (16-10),Virginia (24-17) and Virginia Tech (16-14) prior to last week’s loss at Georgia Tech. In the latest AP poll,Florida is ranked No. 2, Georgia Tech is No. 18 and FSU is No. 23.THE CHRONICLES OF REDDICKNearly four full years have passed since Anthony Reddick’s Freshman All-American season came to aclose in on Dec. 31, 2004. Since then, Reddick -- now a 22-year-old graduate of the University of Miami --has played in just 18 games and started just 11 the last three-plus years. Despite a number of injury setbacksover the years, Reddick has persevered and has started at safety in 10 of UM’s 11 games this season.Reddick’s freshman campain in 2004 saw the Fort Lauderdale native collect 73 tackles, two blockedpunts, one forced fumble, one sack and one interception. He collected a career-high 12 tackles twice thatseason (Louisville, Virginia Tech) and was named UM’s Defensive Rookie of the Year (along with RomeoDavis). This year, he is third on the team with 58 total tackles (including 37 solo stops). Against Duke,Reddick matched a career high with 12 tackles against the Blue Devils.ANTHONY REDDICK’S CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/GS TT UT AT TFL QBP Sacks FF FR PBU Int2004 11/6 73 27 46 3-9 2 1.0-6 1 0-0 1 1-02005 1/1 6 4 2 0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02006 6/0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02007 DNP2008 10/9 58 37 21 2Totals 28/16 138 69 69 3-9 2 1.0-6 1 0-0 3 1-0Additional statistics: Blocked two punts in 2004PAGE 12MIAMI FOOTBALL GAME NOTES