No. 6 Miami handled business Saturday night, rolling past Central Michigan 52-3 at Hard Rock Stadium, but one of the louder moments from the evening had nothing to do with the scoreboard.
Quarterback Darian Mensah was sharp from the jump, going 23 of 27 for 338 yards and three touchdowns through the air. He also added a rushing score, helping Miami reach 572 total yards in a lopsided win.
Malachi Toney kept his breakout season moving, too, finishing with 120 receiving yards on six catches and a touchdown. The freshman has become one of Mario Cristobal’s most dependable options, and Saturday only strengthened that case.
Miami now shifts to a tougher trip to Clemson next weekend, with the Hurricanes still in the thick of the national championship conversation heading into that stretch.
But the image making the rounds online came from the concourse, where a middle-aged couple drew attention with matching custom jerseys that left very little to the imagination. One jersey carried the message “I C*m In Peace” above the number 6, while the other read “Peace” above a number 9. Put together, the joke was impossible to miss.
The photo was captioned simply “miami fans are something else” and quickly shot past a million views across social media.
The gag isn’t exactly a one-time thing for Hurricanes fans, either. The same “I C*m In Peace” and “Peace” pairing had already gone viral before, first showing up at Miami’s game against Notre Dame at the same stadium roughly a year earlier. Whether this latest version came from the same couple or a new set of copycats, the jerseys have now made the rounds more than once.
Reaction online came fast and split in the usual way: some fans laughed, others cringed, and plenty couldn’t resist doing the math on the jersey numbers. One fan wrote, “That’s true love right there,” while another joked, “That 6’9 is saying a lot,” referring to the combined numbers.
Other responses leaned more bluntly uncomfortable. “Inappropriate should turn them inside out,” one fan declared.
“Don’t think I’d be bragging about that,” another added. A fifth chimed in, “No reason to be that h**ny in public,”
Neither fan has been identified in this latest wave of attention, and the photo doesn’t suggest either of them was bothered by the reaction. Miami’s win will fade, but the matching jerseys look built for a longer run in the Hurricanes’ gameday lore.
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