Report Card and Game Balls vs FAMU

FAMU Game Preview 10/7/09

Report Card and Game Balls vs OU 10/3/09

Preview of the CANES game vs OU

Report Card vs VT 9/27/09

CANES vs VT Game Preview 9/26/09

Miami vs GT Review from 9/17/09

CANES Game Preview vs GT for 9/17

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2164050

All Previews and Next Day Post-Game LIVE on UStream

All previews and game wrap-ups will be on UStream LIVE!! starting this evening at 7:30 p.m. with the Preview of Thursday Night's game vs GT. The archives of each live broadcast will be posted on here soon after.

CANES vs FSU Review 9/8/09

Here's the post-game next morning after the 38-34 win over Florida State up in Tallahassee.

CANES vs FSU Preview

Here is the preview of the FSU game on Labor Day.

Very inspirational story on Chris Hayes

Please read this story from Dave Hyde in Sunday's Sun-Sentinel. When you read this story like I did, I got pretty emotional and it reminded me as it should with you that read this, that football is just a game and putting it in its proper perspective.

Please click this link for the story. Its very well written.

Expectation for the 2009 Fall Camp

Yesterday, fall camp opened. There are some good things to expect this year. We need certain players to step up and fulfill that potential when they came out of H.S.

One of those players is DVD (DeMarcus Van Dyke). The young man has all the potential to be a great player here, but so far, the promise has been unfulfilled.

Randy Phillips is another that hasn't shown the potential when we came out of Belle Glade. Yes he's been moved around, played out of position in his career here. Hopefully, now that he's back at his natural position of Safety, he can bring leadership to a unit that was pitiful last year.

Another is Sam Shields, who moves to the secondary this year. He's always been in Randy's dog house. But last year on Special Teams he was pretty good. I want to see him do well this year (his Senior season) and salvage a career here that's been very disappointing.

Next is Colin McCarthy. When healthy, he's one of the better LBs in the country. However, injuries have made his career a disappointment. Hopefully, he can have a healthy Senior season and bring leadership to that LB core.

Eric Moncur, you can say the same about him just as I would McCarthy, on the D-Line. When healthy, he's unstoppable. I need to see a healthy Moncur for a full season and be a leader on a young, hungry D-Line.

On the Offense, JJ (Javaris James) had all the hype that his cousin Edgerrin had when he came here, but has been a major disappointment. He hasn't been healthy, and his production has shown that. With younger backs (Mike James, Miller, Chambers) nipping at his heels, he needs to step up and be injury-free and salvage a career here that's been a BUST.

At the TE spot, Richard Gordon has been a Huge BUST here. What can you say about that. I really hope I'm proven wrong and he has a productive Senior season.

At the WR spot, its time for Leonard Hankerson to step it up. He's a JR this year and we need him to step up and show leadership for the Receiving core.

These are the players we need to really step up this year and show some leadership off the field and produce on the field.

2009 CANES opponent previews - Nov 28th - @USF

This is the 12th and final part of our 2009 opponent previews. This video talks about the South Florida Bulls, our opponent in the regular season finale on November 28th at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL.

2009 CANES opponent previews - Nov 21st - Duke

This is the 11th part of a 12 part video series on our 2009 opponents. This preview is on our opponent in the regular season home finale November 21st, the Duke Blue Devils.

2009 CANES opponent previews - Nov 14th - @UNC

This is the 10th part of a 12 part video series of our 2009 opponents. This video talks about our opponent on November 14th, the North Carolina Tar Heels.

2009 CANES opponent previews - Nov 7th - UVa

This is the 9th part of a 12 part video series of our 2009 opponents. This video previews the Virginia Cavaliers, our opponent on November 7th at Dolphin Stadium.

2009 CANES opponent previews - Oct 31st @Wake

Here is Part 8 of a 12 part video series on our 2009 opponents. This video discusses our opponent on Halloween, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons up in Winston-Salem, N.C.

2009 CANES opponent previews - Oct 24th - Clemson

Here's the 7th video in the 12 part video series. This video talks about the Clemson Tigers, our opponent on Oct 24th at Dolphin Stadium.

2009 CANES opponent previews - Oct 17th @UCF

Here is the 6th part of a 12 part video series. This video talks about our opponent on Oct 17th: @UCF.

Stephen Morris commits to the U

As you know by now, this morning, we got Stephen Morris from Pace.

With him aboard, we now have, if you believe Clint Hurtt's numbers of 23 scholarships, there are roughly 9-11 slots still open, but going real fast here.

As of 7/31/09, with Morris committing, this is just a hunch here on who I think we'll get in come signing day:

Offense
QB (1)
Steve Morris - Pace

RB (2, 1 commit, 1 open)
D. Hall - Naples Lely
G. Bernard - STA

FB (1)
Maurice Hagens - Tampa Bay Tech

WR (3, is the likely the number we'll take here)
Ivan McCartney - Miramar
Lee Harris - MNW
Chris Dunkley - Royal Palm Beach

TE (2, 1 commit, 1 open)
C. Wolford - Belle Glade Glades Central
C. Fashaw - MNW

OL (5, 3 commits, 2 open)
S. McDermott - C Palm Beach Central
J. Feliciano - OT Davie Western
T. Glenn - OT Jacksonville Parker
T. Wilson - OG/OT Miami Northwestern
B. Linder - C/OG/OT St. Thomas Aquinas

K (0, maybe 1)
J. Haig - Delray Beach American Hertiage

Defense

DE (1) C. Lemonier - Hialeah - The easiest choice here

DT (2)
L. Nix - Jacksonville Raines
T. Chandler - MNW

LB (2, we're set here for now)
J. Johnson - Washington (DC) Dunbar OLB
K. Nelson - Gainesville MLB

S (2)
Brian Robinson - STA
Greg Dent - Belle Glade Glades Central

CB (4, 3 commits, 1 open)
J. Davis - Cape Coral
R. Buxton - Pahokee
K. Rodgers - Southlake (TX) Carroll
K. Payne - STA

ATH (2)
W. Wright - WR/S Miami Springs
Tyrone Cornelius - S/LB Stone Mountain (GA) Stevenson

The commit numbers are now as of today (7/31): 7 Offense, 7 Defense. There are 9-11 slots still open as of today.

Tevin Drake from Brooksville Nature Coast

This is the latest info that I got today from a source very close to the Drake family and Drake himself. If it were up to him, he would have committed to us already. However, his parents don't want him to come here. They want him to stay very close to home and go to USF.

This is going to be a battle between us and USF for Drake. I will update this as warranted.

South Florida recruiting since 2005 among BCS conference schools in Florida

For years, we have been the big dogs in recruiting in South Florida. Since 2005, when Urban Meyer became the HC in Gainesville and USF joined the Big East, here's a breakdown of the commits from South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach)

CANES
2005 Miami-Dade - 5 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 2
2006 (Coker's last class as HC) Miami-Dade - 3 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 1
2007 (Randy's first class as HC) Miami-Dade - 4 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 1
2008 Miami-Dade - 13 Broward - 3 Palm Beach - 3
2009 Miami-Dade - 2 Broward - 3 Palm Beach - 0

Florida
2005 Miami-Dade - 2 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 0
2006 Miami-Dade - 0 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 0
2007 Miami-Dade - 0 Broward - 3 Palm Beach - 1
2008 Miami-Dade - 0 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 1
2009 Miami-Dade - 0 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 1

FSU
2005 Miami-Dade - 0 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 1
2006 Miami-Dade - 4 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 1
2007 Miami-Dade - 1 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 2
2008 Miami-Dade - 0 Broward - 2 Palm Beach - 0
2009 Miami-Dade - 2 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 1

USF
2005 Miami-Dade - 2 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 2
2006 Miami-Dade - 3 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 1
2007 Miami-Dade - 0 Broward - 0 Palm Beach - 2
2008 Miami-Dade - 2 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 4
2009 Miami-Dade - 3 Broward - 3 Palm Beach - 0

Totals since 2005
CANES Miami-Dade - 27 Broward - 8 Palm Beach - 7
Florida Miami-Dade - 2 Broward - 6 Palm Beach - 3
FSU Miami-Dade - 7 Broward - 3 Palm Beach - 5
USF Miami-Dade - 10 Broward - 1 Palm Beach - 9

Since 2005, Total recruiting numbers in South Florida
CANES - 42 Florida - 11 FSU - 15 USF - 20

Looking at these numbers, it shows that our biggest recruiting rival now, isn't FSU anymore. Its now USF and they've done most of their recruiting in South Florida up in Palm Beach, and in Miami-Dade, as we found out last year, we're not as invincible as we thought. They took a recruit we wanted away from us (Webster). This is why on November 28th up here in Tampa, we need to send a message to USF that we are the big dogs in recruiting South Florida athletes. We're going to be playing the Bulls for the next five seasons and we need to send a statement. Also, in Broward, Florida is our biggest rival in recruiting over there. Maybe Goodman was right when he said that the wall has eroded in Broward (UF) and Palm Beach (USF, FSU). We still run the show in Miami-Dade. That's the safest of the three counties.

Did Gore commit to us or not?

I'm reading a report in the Herald that Jakari Gore from Columbus committed to us tonight after our staff said no a few days ago. Not sure what the deal is here, but here's the blurb from the Herald today:

Columbus High senior-to-be running back Jakhari Gore (Frank Gore's cousin) said he orally accepted UM's scholarship offer and denied a report it was pulled. Recruiting coordinator ``Clint Hurtt said they would make room for me.'' UM also got oral commitments from Belle Glade tight end Clive Walford and defensive backs Raheam Buxton (Pahokee) and Kacy Rodgers (from Texas and the son of the Dolphins defensive line coach), giving UM 14 oral commitments for the 2010 class.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1151624.html

Stay tuned on this one, its going to get real interesting in the coming months here.

New Commitments for the Football team

We got two more commitments today in Kacy Rodgers from TX and late this afternoon, Clive Wolford, TE from Belle Glade Glades Central.

With those two commitments on-board, and if you believe Clint Hurtt's numbers of 23 scholarships, there are roughly 10-12 slots still open, but going real fast here.

As of 7/20/09, with Kacy Rodgers and Clive Wolford committing today, this is just a hunch here on who I think we'll get in come signing day:

Offense
QB (1 open)
Steve Morris - Pace

RB (2, 1 commit, 1 open)
D. Hall - Naples Lely
G. Bernard - STA

FB (1)
Maurice Hagens - Tampa Bay Tech

WR (3, is the likely the number we'll take here)
Ivan McCartney - Miramar
Lee Harris - MNW
Chris Dunkley - Royal Palm Beach

TE (2, 1 commit, 1 open)
C. Wolford - Belle Glade Glades Central
C. Fashaw - MNW

OL (5, 3 commits, 2 open)
S. McDermott - C Palm Beach Central
J. Feliciano - OT Davie Western
T. Glenn - OT Jacksonville Parker
T. Wilson - OG/OT Miami Northwestern
B. Linder - C/OG/OT St. Thomas Aquinas

K (0, maybe 1)
J. Haig - Delray Beach American Hertiage

Defense

DE (1) C. Lemonier - Hialeah - The easiest choice here

DT (2)
L. Nix - Jacksonville Raines
T. Chandler - MNW

LB (4, 2 commits, 2 open, maybe 3, but doubt it)
J. Johnson - Washington (DC) Dunbar OLB
K. Nelson - Gainesville MLB
J. Luc - Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast MLB
T. Williams - Norfolk (VA) Lake Taylor OLB
M. Taylor - Atlanta (GA) Westlake MLB - (Only if we don't get Luc)

S (2)
Brian Robinson - STA
Greg Dent - Belle Glade Glades Central

CB (4, 3 commits, 1 open)
J. Davis - Cape Coral
R. Buxton - Pahokee
K. Rodgers - Southlake (TX) Carroll
K. Payne - STA

ATH (2)
W. Wright - WR/S Miami Springs
Tyrone Cornelius - S/LB Stone Mountain (GA) Stevenson

The commit numbers are now as of today (7/20): 6 Offense, 7 Defense. There are 10-12 slots still open as of today.

Thoughts on Florida game from 2008

I was at this game last year up in Gainesville and I have to tell you, being up there in the "Swamp" is quite an experience, that's for sure. I've been to Tallahassee twice (2001 and 2005), but being in Gainesville is a different animal.

As for the game, I saw the replay again today and the play that stuck out in my mind was the Carl Moore play late in the 3rd quarter. I saw the replay the next morning on Breakfast with the Gators and again today on ESPNU. The reason the refs overturned that call was because his left elbow was in-bounds. At best, that's inconclusive, but it is what it is.

A few plays later, a Pass interference penalty on Randy Phillips gave UF 4 new downs and on the 2nd third and Goal play, the refs missed a holding penalty on Cooper for holding Grant. I was bummed, but the killer was Hankerson's drop on 3rd down at 16-3 UF. That play would have given the Hurricanes a 1st down and would have kept the drive they had going alive.

The bottom line was that the offense couldn't move the ball. Robert Marve showed his inexperience and poor playcalling by then OC Patrick Nix. I don't blame the D for that loss in Gainesville, that loss is on Nix's playcalling and Marve's inexperience.

2009 CANE Opponents - FAMU (FCS) Oct 10th

Here is the redone video done on our opponent Oct 10th - FAMU.

2009 CANE Opponents - OU Oct 3rd

This is 4th of a 12 part series of our 2009 opponents with the national runner-up from last year: The Oklahoma Sooners, on Oct 3rd at Dolphin Stadium.

2009 CANE Opponents - @VT Sept 26th

This is the 3rd of the 12 part series of our 2009 opponents with a trip to Blacksburg on Sept 26th.

2009 CANE Opponents - GT Sept 17th

Here is the 2nd of the 12 part video series of our 2009 opponents. This is the one previewing our opponent in the Thursday Night Home opener: GT

2009 CANE Opponents - @FSU Sept 7th

This will be the first of a 12 part series of our 2009 opponent previews. This first one is our opponent on Labor Day, the FSU Seminoles in Tallahassee.

Welcome to Miami Hurricanes athletics

This is where I will blog about the Miami Hurricanes and thoughts about Hurricanes athletics and recruiting. I will talk about a lot of things here. Want to have a great time here, but please be respectful. Any rude or inappropriate comments will NOT be approved. Enjoy and GO CANES!!!