LSU-MIAMI NOTES: Tigers, Hurricanes have shoving match before game

ARLINGTON, Texas — LSU and the University of Miami football teams apparently don’t care for one another.

The last time the two programs met on the field, a 40-3 win in the 2005 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, is best remembered for an altercation — lots of pushing and shoving — that occurred in the tunnel afterwards.

During pregame warmups for Sunday night’s Advocare Classic at AT&T Stadium, the two teams got into a little bit of verbal dust-up.

Both teams were shown on video jawing at one another and had to be separated by members of each team’s coaching staffs. The back-and-forth, though, did not result in any punches being thrown or flags.

Surprise starter

There was plenty of talk in fall camp on who was going to emerge as LSU’s leading running back. With his strong performance on Sunday, it appears that senior Nick Brossette may have locked that job up.

Brossette, though, did not start the game at running back. That distinction fell to junior Lanard Fournette, the younger brother of former star Leonard Fournette. Lanard didn’t open the game with a handoff but instead caught a swing pass from Joe Burrow for a five-yard game on the Tigers’ first play from scrimmage of the 2018 season.

Time management

LSU burned through all three of its first-half timeouts before the end of the opening quarter.

The Tigers took their first timeout with 10:37 left after Miami was called for targeting which stopped the clock.

The second one LSU took was after a kickoff at 6:41 left and the third was called on defense with 3:05 left.

The lack of timeouts didn’t seem to make a difference, though, as LSU outscored Miami 17-0 from the final timeout until halftime.

Cowboy captains

With Sunday night’s game being played in the home of The Dallas Cowboys, it was no surprise that the honorary captains for both teams played for America’s Team.

For LSU, All-American linebacker Bradie James and All-American offensive lineman La’el Collins served as honorary captains.

For Miami, they were represented by a pair of three-time Super Bowl champions in defensive tackle Russell Maryland and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin.