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How to watch the Miami vs. Florida NCAA college football game today: Livestream options, more
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Week 1 of the NCAA college football season has arrived. Today, the University of Miami Hurricanes face the University of Florida Gators in their 2024 season opener. Both teams feature veteran quarterbacks in Cam Ward and Graham Mertz respectively, promising a terrific Saturday of college football.
Keep reading to find out how and when to watch the Miami vs. Florida game, even if you don’t have cable.
How and when to watch the Miami vs. Florida NCAA college football game
The Miami vs. Florida game will be played on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT). The college football game will air on ABC, and stream on Sling TV and the platforms featured below.
How and when to watch today’s Miami vs. Florida game without cable
While many cable packages include ABC, it’s easy to watch the game if ABC isn’t included in your cable TV subscription, or if you don’t have cable at all. Your best options for watching are below. (Streaming options will require an internet provider.)
Sling TV: The most cost-effective way to stream college football
If you don’t have cable TV that includes ABC, one of the most cost-effective ways to stream college football this season is through a subscription to Sling TV. We suggest leveling up your coverage to the Orange + Blue with Sports Extra tier to get more NFL and college football games this fall.
The Orange + Blue plan regularly costs $60 per month, but the streamer currently offers a half off promotion for your first month, so you’ll pay just $30. The Orange + Blue with Sports Extra plan is $45 for your first month and $75 per month after. The Sports Extras add-on ($15/mo.) features 18 channels, including ESPNU, SEC Network, Big 10 Network and ACC Network, making it ideal for college football fans.
The streamer is also currently offering big savings on four months of the Orange + Blue tier plus the Sports Extra plan when you prepay for the Sling TV Season Pass. The plan costs $219, reduced from $300.
Note: Because Sling TV does not carry CBS, Sling subscribers will want to add Paramount+ to their bundle.
Paramount+ and CBS Essentials are both subsidiaries of Paramount Global.
Top features of Sling TV Orange + Blue plan:
- Sling TV is our top choice for streaming major sporting events like NASCAR.
- There are 52 channels to watch in total, including local ESPN, NBC, Fox and ABC affiliates (where available).
- You get access to most local NFL games and nationally broadcast games at the lowest price.
- All subscription tiers include 50 hours of cloud-based DVR storage.
- You can add Golf Channel, NBA TV, NHL Network, NFL RedZone, MLB Network, Tennis Channel and more sports-oriented channels (18 in total) via Sling TV’s Sports Extras add-on.
Watch the Miami vs. Florida game free with FuboTV
You can watch every college football game airing on network TV, including today’s game, on FuboTV. FuboTV is a sports-centric streaming service that offers access to almost every college football and NFL game of the season. Packages include CBS, Fox Sunday NFC games via “NFL on Fox”, NBC (Sunday Night Football), ESPN (Monday Night Football), NFL Network and more, so you’ll be able to watch more than just today’s games, all without a cable subscription.
To watch college football without cable, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer. In addition to NFL football, FuboTV offers MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and international soccer games.
Top features of FuboTV Pro Tier:
- There are no contracts with FuboTV — you can cancel at any time.
- The Pro tier includes over 180 channels, including NFL Network. (You’ll need to upgrade to Ultimate for NFL RedZone.)
- FuboTV includes all the channels you’ll need to watch college and pro football, including CBS (not available through Sling TV).
- All tiers come with 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR recording.
- Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.
Watch the Miami vs. Florida game on Hulu + Live TV
You can watch college football, including ABC and ESPN with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle features access to 90 channels, including both Fox and FS1. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch every game on every network with Hulu + Live TV, plus catch live NFL preseason games, exclusive live regular season games, popular studio shows (including NFL Total Access and the Emmy-nominated show Good Morning Football) and lots more.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+ for $77 per month after a three-day free trial.
Watch college football on ESPN+
ESPN+ will stream some college football games this year, including today’s Miami vs. Florida game. ESPN+ is ESPN’s subscription streaming platform, which offers coverage of some of Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark’s WNBA games, original studio shows and top-tier series that aren’t accessible on the ESPN networks. ESPN+ subscribers may purchase UFC PPV events and access the platform’s vast archive of on-demand content, including the entire 30 For 30 catalog, game replays and select ESPN films.
ESPN+ offers exclusive live sports, original shows, and a vast library of on-demand content, including the entire 30 For 30 series and more. Here’s a sampling of what’s available on ESPN+:
- Exclusive fantasy sports tools and content from some of the sports world’s most respected voices in sports.
- Every Fight Night UFC event UFC PPV event (PPV events are subject to an additional charge).
- Soccer including EFL Championship, US Open Cup and Bundesliga.
- College sports including the Ivy League, Big Sky Conference and Atlantic A10 Conference.
- MLB and the World Series.
- Top-tier tennis including the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
- The PGA Tour and the Masters.
It is important to note that ESPN+ does not include access to the ESPN network. It is a separate sports-centric service, with separate sports programming. An ESPN+ subscription costs $11 per month. Or save 15% when you pay annually ($110).
If you’re anxiously waiting for today’s game to begin, now is a great time to check out Amazon’s college football fan shop. The Amazon College Fan Shop is filled to the brim with officially licensed fan gear: You’ll find jerseys, team flags, T-shirts, hoodies and more, including tons of great gear for the football fan in your life. There are plenty of great deals awaiting you at Amazon, too, including some must-see deals on TVs for watching sports.
Tap the button below to head directly to the College Fan Shop page on Amazon and select your favorite team.
Who is favored to win today’s Miami vs. Florida college football game?
According to our sister site CBS Sports, the Miami Hurricanes are a 2.5-point favorite to win today’s game against the University of Florida Gators.
What is the Miami Hurricanes current team ranking?
The University of Miami Hurricanes are currently ranked 16 out of 134 teams, according to our sister site CBS Sports.
What is the Florida Gators current team ranking?
The University of Florida Gators are currently ranked 38 out of 134 teams, according to CBS Sports.
When is the 2024 NCAA college football championship game?
The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
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Michigan State starter tossed for targeting hit on Florida Atlantic QB
EAST LANSING – Michigan State will have to finish its season opener shorthanded on defense.
Starting safety Malik Spencer was disqualified for targeting on the first play of the second quarter of Friday’s game against Florida Atlantic with the Spartans leading 2-0.
Spencer, a junior, was whistled for a high hit on Florida Atlantic quarterback Cam Fancher. It came with Fancher sliding after scrambling for 15 yards and resulted in his helmet being knocked off.
Fancher was replaced by Tyriq Starks for one play before returning to the game. He was promptly intercepted by Angelo Grose on third down.
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Scattered thunderstorms to continue through Labor Day weekend in South Florida
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PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Keep the rain gear handy this Labor Day weekend in South Florida.
It may not rain continuously the entire weekend, but the chance of rain is higher with a 60% chance on Saturday and 70% on Sunday.
As daytime heating picks up, storms look to be shifting inland towards the interior areas of South Florida. The high moisture content could spark some flooding concerns.
There is an expansive mid-level ridge over the central United States and a developing upper-level low just east of Central Florida.
Also, a cooler air aloft remains in place across the region. It could help spark more thunderstorms with cloud-to-cloud lightning.
A rip current statement was in effect Friday afternoon until 8 p.m. for coastal areas in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The dangerous high rip current risk extended to coastal Palm Beach County.
For an hour-by-hour forecast and a live radar, visit this page. For the latest on local weather, sign up for free alerts.
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Recap: After 30 years on death row, Loran Cole executed for FSU student’s murder
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The 57-year-old man sentenced to death in the murder of a Florida State University student in 1994 is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. – more than 30 years after the crime.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Loran K. Cole on July 29. Cole will be put to death by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, Union County.
The Tallahassee Democrat’s Elena Barrera, the newspaper’s breaking and trending news reporter, is covering the execution today.
Check back here throughout the afternoon and evening for updates:
After Cole’s execution, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty released a statement calling his death by lethal injection “particularly calculated, and particularly hypocritical.”
“In Florida, the governor has the sole discretion on when, whether, and for whom to set an execution,” it said. “The process is shrouded in mystery and secrecy. We have no way of knowing how or why Loran was chosen, and no way of knowing who might be next.”
The statement also said the group tried to take more than 7,000 signed petitions to spare Cole to the governor, but its members “were told that due to construction, there is no way for the public to access the Governor’s office. Not even a makeshift reception area to allow Floridians’ voices to be heard.”
It went on: “A selection process shrouded in secrecy. No way for the public to make its voice heard. Key officials unavailable the week we are killing a human being. This is no system of orderly justice.”
The full statement is here.
Thirty years after his crime, Loran K. Cole has been executed at Florida State Prison for the 1994 murder of John Edwards, an 18-year-old Florida State University student.
His death came after a last-ditch legal effort to prevent his execution based on alleged abuse he suffered at a notorious and now-shuttered boys’ reform school, as well as health conditions, including Parkinson’s disease.
He was declared dead at 6:15 p.m. by a prison doctor. He had no last words, saying “no, sir” when asked.
Cole’s body appeared to tremble for several minutes as he lay strapped to the gurney.
There were 19 witnesses, two guards, four Corrections Department communications staff members, and seven journalists who observed Cole’s death.
Reporter Elena Barrera, who is covering tonight’s execution for the USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida, spent weeks talking to loved ones and sifting through the Tallahassee Democrat’s archives and court records for a special report on the impact a savage murder and capital punishment has on those left behind.
Friends and fraternity brothers of John Edwards, who was brutally murdered, spoke about all the missed moments they would have shared together from weddings to promotions.
Barrett Atwood said he didn’t process the pain for years. But one by one, everyone started to pick up the pieces and do the one thing they wished John could do — live.
Atwood became an attorney. One brother started a wealth management practice. Another became an ordained minister. Still another became a Marine.
The tragedy “just taught me a lot about life,” Atwood said. “And I’m sorry John had to lose his life to do that.”
Barrera also spoke with convicted killer Loran Cole’s loved ones, who are still trying to separate the man from the monster portrayed in court records.
In the eyes of the state of Florida and a jury of his peers, Cole is a murderer. But to his ex-wife, he was her head-over-heels first love. To his son, he is the father he wishes he could’ve grown up with. To his prison pen pal, he is a cherished friend.
Read the two-part series here.
Cole woke up at 6 a.m. Thursday morning and has “remained compliant” since, said Florida Department of Corrections spokesman Ted Veerman.
He declined a meeting with a spiritual adviser but was joined by his son, Ryan Cole, and his pen-pal friend of 4 years, Beth Evans, for his last meal: Pizza, ice cream, M&Ms and soda.
Veerman said Cole was offered a sedative, but he “cannot confirm whether or not he took it.”
An inmate’s family members are not permitted to witness his execution.
“We’ve extended an invitation to the victim’s family,” Veerman added. “At this point, no one is slated to attend, but I’ll have a statement that I will be reading … after the execution.”
Two of the last few executions in Florida were Tallahassee-related cases:
On Oct. 3, 2023, a drifter from Tallahassee who killed two women in the Florida Panhandle during a crime spree in 1996 was executed.
Michael Duane Zack, 54, was sentenced to death in the 1996 Escambia County murder of Ravonne Smith during a crime spree that also included killing a woman, Laura Rosillo, in Okaloosa County.
And on Feb. 23, 2023, Donald Dillbeck, 59, was executed for the 1990 murder of Faye Vann outside a Tallahassee mall.
Dillbeck was the first prisoner executed in Florida since 2019, after a three-and-a-half year hiatus brought on by COVID-19. He was the 100th prisoner executed since the death penalty was reinstated in Florida in 1975, according to the Department of Corrections.
Dillbeck’s last words also were aimed at DeSantis.
“I know I hurt people when I was young. I really messed up,” said Dillbeck, 59, as he was strapped to a gurney in the Florida State Prison death chamber. “But I know Ron DeSantis has done a lot worse. He’s taken a lot from a lot of people. I speak for all men, women and children. He’s put his foot on our necks.”
The Florida Department of Corrections lays out the detailed protocol for a convict’s execution day. Its guidance includes in part:
- “A food service director, or his/her designee, will personally prepare and serve the inmate’s last meal. The inmate will be allowed to request specific food and non-alcoholic drink to the extent such food and drink costs forty dollars ($40) or less, is available at the institution, and is approved by the food service director.”
- “The inmate will be escorted by one or more team members to the shower area, where a team member of the same gender will supervise the showering of the inmate. Immediately thereafter, the inmate will be returned to his/her assigned cell and issued appropriate clothing. A designated member of the execution team will obtain and deliver the clothing to the inmate.”
- “A designated execution team member will ensure that the telephone in the execution chamber is fully functional and that there is a fully-charged, fully-functional cellular telephone in the execution chamber. Telephone calls will be placed from the telephone to ensure proper operation. Additionally, a member of the team shall ensure that the two-way audio communication system and the visual monitoring equipment arc fully functional.
- “The only staff authorized to be in the execution chamber area are members of the execution team and others as approved by the team warden, including two monitors from FDLE. A designated execution team member, in the presence of one or more additional team members and an independent observer from FDLE, will prepare the lethal injection chemicals as follows, ensuring that each syringe used in the lethal injection process is appropriately labeled….”
Cole, then 27, and William Paul, then 20, befriended John Edwards and his sister, who planned to spend a weekend camping in the Ocala National Forest in February 1994. John was an 18-year-old student at FSU at the time.
Cole and Paul later attacked both siblings, according to court filings: Edwards died that night from a slashed throat and three blows to the head, causing a fractured skull. The sister was raped but got away.
“The men who committed these crimes are damnable animals,” then-Marion County Sheriff Ken Ergle said at the time, according to news reports.
In 1995, Cole and Paul were convicted of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon. Cole also was found guilty of two counts of sexual battery.
Cole was sentenced to death and Paul was sentenced to life in prison. A state Corrections Department database on Thursday showed Paul is being held at Cross City Correctional Institution in Dixie County.
By 6 p.m. ET today, Cole will be strapped to a gurney in the death chamber at Florida State Prison, where, if all goes as planned, a three-drug cocktail will enter his veins through a needle.
Florida’s lethal injection cocktail consists of three chemicals:
- The first is an injection of etomidate, an anesthetic.
- The second injection is rocuronium bromide, a paralytic muscle relaxer.
- The third is potassium acetate, which causes the heart to stop, followed by an injection of a saline solution. The executioner also injects a saline solution to ensure the drugs enter the inmate’s veins.
In 2000, then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed legislation making lethal injection the state’s default method of execution amid controversy over the electric chair.
The last inmate Florida executed by electrocution was Allen Davis in July 1999. Witnesses described blood streaming from Davis’ nose and onto his shirt, which drew widespread attention two years after an inmate’s mask burst into flames during a different Florida electrocution.
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released a brief statement that it had declined Cole’s request to postpone his execution.
“The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice (Clarence) Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied,” the court said in a 10:33 a.m. email. “The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.”
A stay is a court action that stops a legal proceeding, usually temporarily.
More: ‘He wasn’t forgotten’: Friends of John Edwards reflect on Loran Cole’s impending execution
More: ‘He wasn’t forgotten’: Friends of John Edwards reflect on Loran Cole’s impending execution
Portions of this live blog contain previously reported material by staff of the USA TODAY Network – Florida.
Breaking & trending news reporter Elena Barrera can be reached at ebarrera@tallahassee.com. Follow her on X: @elenabarreraaa.
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