That opener wasn't kind to Florida A&M. The Rattlers finished with -1 rushing yard on 30 carries, threw 2 interceptions -- including a pick-six -- and gave up 5 sacks to a front seven that wasn't even at the FBS level. None of that projected well against a Miami defense with real size and speed up front, and the gap on paper only looked wider once the game got moving.
It played out about as lopsided as the numbers suggested it would. Miami's coaching staff had already shown a willingness to ease off the gas once a game was decided, having done so in the opener, and this one gave them plenty of chances to do it again. FAMU's defense had managed to force 4 fourth-quarter possessions the last time out before that game got away from them; there'd be no repeat of that resistance here.
Miami scored across three straight quarters -- 21, then 28, then another 28 -- before the reserves took over and the scoreboard went quiet in the fourth. Florida A&M's only points came in that same fourth quarter, garbage time against Miami's backups, a small mercy in an afternoon that offered the Rattlers almost nothing else. The building's Polymarket chat room swelled past 63,000 members, well above a typical college football room, proof plenty of people tuned in to watch Miami's offense do exactly what it did.