How to watch Duke football play at Miami Hurricanes as Manny Diaz faces his former team
It’s only human for Manny Diaz to want the Duke Blue Devils to pull an upset at No. 5 Miami when the teams play their ACC football game at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.
Diaz, who grew up in Miami, was the Hurricanes defensive coordinator before taking over as head coach in 2019. But Miami fired him after three seasons in 2021 to hire Mario Cristobal away from Oregon.
Now he comes Diaz in his return to south Florida. He’s in his first season as Duke’s head coach and has the Blue Devils (6-2, 2-2 ACC) already assured of playing in a bowl game.
The program he left behind, though, is having the level of success he wasn’t able to secure. Miami (8-0, 4-0) is among the nation’s top teams with an exciting, explosive offense led by quarterback Cam Ward.
So, Diaz is returning to face the Hurricanes as a visitor in his hometown. But he’s ok with it.
“There’s a great saying that ‘No man crosses the same river twice (like) before. He’s not the same man, and it’s not the same river,’” Diaz said this week. “And that’s really the way I look at it. I’ve grown. I’m different as a coach, as a head coach, as a man, than I was when I was at Miami, and certainly the program’s in a different place by every metric from when I was there. So I’m at peace. I moved on.”
Diaz spent two seasons as Penn State’s defensive coordinator after leaving Miami but before coming to Duke. But he’s kept a vacation home in the Florida Keys so his ties remain strong to the area.
“We’re down there all the time,” Diaz said. “There are still people in the program on the staff and players who I have a lot of respect for. But that’s no different than, honestly, playing SMU last week with all the familiar faces on that are there. It might be more familiar faces in that program than we’re going to play this week.”
After his Blue Devils lost 28-27 to SMU last week, despite benefiting from six Mustangs turnovers, he has to help his team recover emotionally. That won’t be easy against Miami.
He’s doing his best to compartmentalize his personal feelings while getting the Blue Devils ready.
“This is just right now,” Diaz said. “This is just trying to get our football team to play a better game than we played against a top team than we played a week ago.”
Kickoff time + TV channel for Duke at Miami
The game is scheduled to kick off at noon Saturday with ABC televising. ABC is available over the air on local affiliates and on major cable and satellite services like Spectrum, DirecTV and Dish Network.
Streaming options for Blue Devils-Hurricanes matchup
In addition to ESPN+, streaming options to watch Saturday’s Duke-Miami game include fuboTV, DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV.
Betting odds
Miami is a 20-point favorite. The over-under total is 54.5 points.
Duke game and TV info
Teams: Duke Blue Devils (6-2, 2-2 ACC) at Miami Hurricanes (8-0, 4-0 ACC).
Where: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Date: Saturday, Nov 2, noon
TV: ABC
Stream: DIRECTV Stream, fuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, SlingTV
Series history: Miami has won 15 of the 20 games in the series against Duke. The Blue Devils won the most recent meeting, which came in 2022. Duke won 45-21 that day at Hard Rock Stadium.