SMU planning to "Stripe Out" its stadium for the Miami game this weekend

Trinton Breeze

Oct 28, 2025 1 min read

Miami fans traveling to Dallas this week will encounter a themed game when the Hurricanes face SMU. The Ponies plan to “Stripe Ford” on Saturday, November 1st, when SMU hosts Miami at Ford Stadium. The stripe-out calls for SMU fans to alternate red and blue sections throughout the stadium.

Here’s a better look at the Ford Stadium map: if you’re planning to disrupt the Stripe Out with some bright Miami orange or green shirts, the visitor sections are located in Sections 218–220

This game will be even more electric, as it also marks SMU’s homecoming night.

I didn’t even know SMU had enough fans to pull off a stripe-out theme. But after looking at some of their games from last season, they actually sold out every single one. So yeah, you can expect a packed house. Still, you better believe that orange and green will be in that stadium.

Mustang’s beware of the Category Five when it comes November 1st.

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112_cane

Oct 28, 2025

Silentobserver said:
The reported attendance for the Sept. 6 game against Bethune was 60k. Does SMU's stadium even hold 50k?

It holds 32k

Hold My Beer

Oct 28, 2025

112_cane said:
It holds 32k

Built their own on-campus stadium and don't even fill it most of the time!!!

P-Tizzle

Oct 28, 2025

“You never play the University of Miami if it’s the first game of a new stadium”.

“You never play the University of Miami if you’re honoring something”.

“You never play the University of Miami if that game or that moment is supposed to be important to somebody”.

Why? Because we’re gonna steal your shine”.

Miami 41
SMU 13

Damiencane86

Oct 28, 2025

Sounds kinda ghey tbh

SIBCanes

Oct 28, 2025

@k9cane can attest this use to give our old teams even more excited to give teams a beat down. Penn State white out I forget what year it was. But we crushed them!!!

JZCane0825

Oct 28, 2025

hurricaneman said:
I watched the Clemson game.

-First off, the backup QB for Clemson starts and goes for 317 yards and 3 TDs. SMU is dead last in the country in giving up 10+ yard passing plays and it's not even really close.
-Clemson cannot run the ball but I get the feeling we'll have similar struggles. This has the potential to be like Louisville in that if Beck struggles I don't think there's anything else they can turn to. It's really important that Miami doesn't go down early.
-The Lashlee offense looks exactly like it did under Miami. Feast or famine and a lot of quick drives that go nowhere. I haven't watched the Wake game but the drive chart is pretty incredible to look at. Their longest drive was a little under 3:00 minutes and they had 17 possessions.

I haven't watched a ton of Clemson but their offensive performance reminded me a lot of Miami's performance against Louisville. Everything on offense seemed like such a struggle.

Miami has a chance to prove that those 7 quarters midseason were an aberration or prove this is just who they are. This is a game Miami needs to dominate for themselves and for public perception. Based on what I've seen so far I think Miami is about to play another close game. SMU is Louisville lite. I hope they prove me wrong.

Well if that's the case then we win in a squeaker. We had no business being in that game lite and still found ourselves driving with a chance to win.

Hegemon

Oct 28, 2025

SIBCanes said:
@k9cane can attest this use to give our old teams even more excited to give teams a beat down. Penn State white out I forget what year it was. But we crushed them!!!

2001

Fightinibis

Oct 28, 2025

bacane said:
Homecoming Night isn’t happening. Can’t imagine Ponies are thrilled with an 11am homecoming kickoff.

And hopefully Mario uses it to claim they are scheduling a weak opponent for their homecoming

Fightinibis

Oct 28, 2025

JBCanes-NC said:
Can’t imagine Miami is happy with a road kickoff at 11am

Given our inability to get started since our inability to close out, I don’t love it either…

QuattroCane

Oct 28, 2025

OrangeBowlMagic said:
They're gonna last about as long as Fruit Stripe Gum

The most delicious ten seconds of your life.

MiamisMoperiestMopes

Oct 28, 2025

SIBCanes said:
@k9cane can attest this use to give our old teams even more excited to give teams a beat down. Penn State white out I forget what year it was. But we crushed them!!!

You’re thinking of 2001 but it wasn’t a white out. That wasn’t a thing until a few year later. The big thing was Adam Taliafero leading the team out of the tunnel for them. He was paralyzed the season prior. Also they had just had an addition to the stadium.

Gables Cane

Oct 28, 2025

MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
You’re thinking of 2001 but it wasn’t a white out. That wasn’t a thing until a few year later. The big thing was Adam Taliafero leading the team out of the tunnel for them. He was paralyzed the season prior. Also they had just had an addition to the stadium.

Yep. I was there. Great game and probably the loudest I’ve ever heard a stadium outside of some OB classics and the ND game at Hard Rock.

k9cane

Oct 28, 2025

SIBCanes said:
@k9cane can attest this use to give our old teams even more excited to give teams a beat down. Penn State white out I forget what year it was. But we crushed them!!!

with this early 11 am start, I love this. A good way to get a teams attention is with a lively atmosphere. It can actually keep you from napping early on

QuattroCane

Oct 28, 2025

MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
You’re thinking of 2001 but it wasn’t a white out. That wasn’t a thing until a few year later. The big thing was Adam Taliafero leading the team out of the tunnel for them. He was paralyzed the season prior. Also they had just had an addition to the stadium.

I hated having to boo a crippled guy, but...

I keed, I keed...

SIBCanes

Oct 28, 2025

MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
You’re thinking of 2001 but it wasn’t a white out. That wasn’t a thing until a few year later. The big thing was Adam Taliafero leading the team out of the tunnel for them. He was paralyzed the season prior. Also they had just had an addition to the stadium.

Yes you have a better memory then me!! Thank you!

stormsurge

Oct 28, 2025

I suspect they tryin' to induce a brain seizure in us. Don't fall for it boys!!!!!

ssvir

Oct 28, 2025

45-10 good guys

PIPO

Oct 28, 2025

Brains said:

“Army training, sir.”

PIPO

Oct 28, 2025

OrangeBowlMagic said:
Good stuff. Said this yesterday but this game might be a Mario wet dream. Like you said, Lashlee plays fast, we know this. But they're not great on offense, so we're going to have more possessions in this game than usual. Their defense has faced 72+ plays for the last 5 consecutive games. We're obviously going to do what we do, and be as physical as possible in the run game. I wonder if you see some of what happened to Stanford and UiF in the 2nd half where they just submit and we start running through arm tackles and opening big holes and run them out of the building.

Miami is not the type of team you want to see on the schedule if you're a defense and you know your offense is going to put you in a position where you have to defend close to 80 plays. Especially not this being your 5th Saturday in a row playing football.

I know this isn't exactly playing into their weakness, as you mentioned they've given up NINETY pass plays of 10+ yards this year. For comparison, Miami has given up 46. Dead last in America, as you said. But I think this is going to be another game where of course we'll throw, hopefully we can hit some explosives, but we're obviously going to lean on them as well in the run game, and I'm interested to see how that looks in the 2nd half.

Not to mention that Jennings got injured I believe in week 1 or 2 with a bum ankle. He’s playing through it but he’s no where near the dual threat he was last year. The stats bear it out and when I’ve seen him play and he does run, he’s missing that explosiveness from last year.

Am I correct in this assessment @JustAFanHTX ?