conference loss of the season cost it a place in the inaugural ACC Championship game and it competed instead in the Peach Bowl, where it lost to LSU, 40–3. 2005 also saw the program embroiled in more controversy when it was reported several Miami football players had recorded a rap song in 2004 that contained lewd sexual references. The song, recorded by an informal group that called itself "7th Floor Crew" and set to the beat of Aaliyah's "If Your Girl Only Knew." Bomani Jones wrote about the incident a couple of years after the recording. The Hurricanes went 7–6 during a 2006 season that included an on-field brawl against Florida International, the shooting death of Miami defensive tackle Bryan Pata, and a four-game late-season losing streak. Only a Thanksgiving night victory over Boston College, in Miami's last game of the regular season, saved the Hurricanes from a losing regular season record. The day following the Boston College victory, university president Donna Shalala fired Coker. Coker coached through the postseason, where he won his final game, a 21–20 victory over Nevada on December 31, 2006, in the MPC Computers Bowl. Randy Shannon era (2007–2010) After a search that lasted two weeks, Miami athletics director Paul Dee named defensive coordinator Randy Shannon, a starting linebacker on the 1987 national champions, as the Hurricanes' 22nd head coach on December 8, 2006. Shannon reportedly agreed to a four-year deal worth over $4 million. His hiring made him the first African American head coach in Miami football history. One of Shannon's first acts as head coach was to impose a strict code of conduct for the team enacted in large part due to the misbehavior, arrests and shenanigans of Miami players during Larry Coker's tenure as head coach. Shannon's first year as University of Miami's head coach in 2007 was one of the worst in the Hurricanes' modern history, with the team registering a losing 5–7 record. Under Shannon, the team failed to reach a bowl game for the first time in a decade. Notably, it was the first time in 25 years that the Hurricanes had missed a bowl game with a full complement of scholarships. Media draft experts considered the freshmen on the 2008 team to be one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. The 2008 season resulted in a 7–6 record. The regular season was highlighted by losses to