State of The U

Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via The start of the season has kick times, including the non-conference game against Texas A&M As we push toward the summer months, lots of announcements will be made to set the stage for the 2023 football season. Along those lines, we have had a couple schedule announcements which firm up start times for Miami Hurricanes football games this fall. Earlier today, the ACC announced the start times for all games featuring league teams through the first 3 weeks of the season. For the season opener, the Miami Hurricanes host the Miami...

Photo by Eakin Howard/ Miami knows who stands been it and a trip to Omaha. The 2023 NCAA baseball tournament has been revealed, and the Miami Hurricanes know who they will play. The Canes received the #9 tournament seed, just one short of being assured of being at home for the duration of regional and super regional play. They will open their Coral Gables regional play against the Maine Black Bears. The other two regional teams are Louisiana and Texas. The Coral Gables Regional is set! pic.twitter.com/7bdvRCPeVo— Miami Hurricanes Baseball (@CanesBaseball) May...

Photo by Brett Wilhelm/NCAA Photos via The ACC needs a shot in the arm in ‘23, and two highly rated teams and some big time games could be what the TV money ordered. The Atlantic Coast Conference has its back against the wall, or against the ropes. The ACC’s TV deal is antiquated and their universities are bound to fall tens of millions of dollars behind the SEC and Big Ten in the immediate future. That said, the conference has two potential College Football Playoff teams and possibly 4-5 other eight or nine win programs in 2023. With the ACC’s games buried on...

Photo by Prince Williams/Filmmagic Aligning Miami native Trick Daddy’s lyrics up to some Hurricane happenings past and present. Miami native Trick Daddy (f/k/a Trick Daddy Dollars), real name Maurice Young, became synonymous to the Miami Hurricanes and Miami Dolphins in the late 1990’s and early to mid 2000’s. Trick Daddy’s rap debut took place in a featuring on Uncle Luke’s hit single “Scarred” in 1996. Luke and Trick were both big supporters of the Miami Hurricanes football program, even if Luke has been maligned in his later years. Trick’s verse is...

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Your 2023 Canes are gonna look a lot different. The Miami Hurricanes will look significantly different when they take the field for game 1 of the 2023 season. Mario Cristobal and his staff have been recruiting at a high level as evidenced by the talent acquisition going into year two. The Canes coaches have worked hard to improve the overall talent and depth on the roster, and will soon have the opportunity to show improvement over last years team. Coach Cristobal and his coaching staff have landed both elite high school recruits and...

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via It’s all smiles in Coral Gables right now, at least in Mark Light Stadium. The Canes bounced back from a series-opening 5-3 loss to #18 Duke to take the last two games and secure another series win to close the regular season. The highlight of the weekend was on Friday evening. Trailing 8-3 to the Blue Devils in the 8th inning, Miami pushed across three runs after loading the bases, and in the 9th, they tied the game on a two-out, two-run bloop single by Renzo Gonzalez. After failing to score in the 10th with the bases loaded...

Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via A 2022 All-American, Kinchens is Miami’s lone player on all four Athlon preseason teams Miami Hurricanes safety Kamren Kinchens made the Athlon Preseason All-America 1st team defense. Kinchens finished 2022 as an All-American after recording 59 tackles, six interceptions, and six pass breakups. The former three-star prospect from Miami-Northwestern was a bright spot on otherwise mediocre defenses in 2021 and 2022. Kinchens slowly worked into the starting role in ‘21 after leap frogging higher rated safeties on the...

Lee Luther Jr.-USA TODAY Sports Part four of a series on South Florida talent. We’ve covered the issues in acquisition, development, and deployment. Now it’s time to address a potential solution to the South Florida Problem. I wouldn’t want to be the type to offer a three part series on problems and not offer any solutions. Today’s three solutions are accompanied by an FBS strength and conditioning coach offer his take on what he sees at the next level. In part one of the series we dissected the Acquisition issues regarding Miami being in South Florida. In part...

Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports Part three of a series on South Florida talent. Is the issue that families have moved, or is the issue prep coaching, and specifically scheme? In part one of the series, we discussed talent Acquisition. With 247 and On3 ranking less South Florida players in the top-100 than in years past, is there a talent gap in South Florida? While some families have moved further north to Orlando and Tampa, many have stayed in South Florida. In part two, we discussed Development. The gaps that I see in blocking, tackling, and strength and...

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The news was great on Tuesday for one former Miami Hurricane, but unfortunately at the expense of his former college teammate. The defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles announced Tuesday that they have signed WR Charleston Rambo. Eagles have signed WR Charleston Rambo and waived T Jarrid Williams. pic.twitter.com/nFi9n1zhGu— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) May 16, 2023 And yes, as it notes, they had to release former Miami OT Jarrid Williams to make room for Rambo on the team’s 90-man offseason roster. Rambo is reunited with...

Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/NBAE via Six weeks removed from their historic Final Four run, Jim Larrañaga’s staff has been busy assembling next season’s squad and shaping the program’s non-conference schedule all while Nijel Pack and Norchad Omier continue to weigh the option of turning pro. Let’s dive in... Next Season’s Roster Taking Shape While other programs quickly began collecting transfer portal talent, Miami remained patient and focused on their top two needs: an athletic wing player to replace Jordan Miller and a (preferably stretch) big man to deepen...

Photo by Megan Briggs/ The former Seminole and five-star recruit and could be just what the doctor ordered for Canes Hoops next season. The Miami Hurricanes basketball program was quiet during the first few weeks of the transfer portal. They weren’t tied to any of the bigger names who were moving teams in mid to late April. I wasn’t shocked, more mildly surprised. At this point, I have complete faith in Coach Larrañaga and his staff to make the right decisions for the roster and program as a whole. April 11, 2023: Florida State wing Matthew Cleveland enters the...

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports The former Nole announced his commitment to UM on Sunday afternoon. The Miami Hurricanes basketball program landed a big one on Sunday afternoon, as former Florida State star Matthew Cleveland announced on his twitter account that he had picked the Canes over Auburn and Missouri. The school also announced the move shortly after. It’s all about The U! #committed pic.twitter.com/Gd0W1ooHVR— Matthew Cleveland (@MCleveland35) May 7, 2023 Miami over everything Welcome to The U, @MCleveland35 pic.twitter.com/8uGL4CnDxQ—...

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Part two of a series on South Florida talent. Is the issue that families have moved, or is the issue prep coaching and development? The Miami Hurricanes have signed top-10 classes over the past 20 years, multiple of them, including the top-rated class in 2008. But for some reason there’s been a disconnect between top classes and winning. That class produced zero NFL first round draft picks for the Miami Hurricanes, and only seven wins per season under coaches Randy Shannon and Al Golden. The best NFL player of the group was wide...

Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via With the 2023 Draft in the books, the Canes send seven to the NFL On the heels of a disappointing 5-7 2022 season, the Miami Hurricanes capped off the calendar year this past weekend at the 2023 NFL Draft by sending seven players to NFL programs. That is, Miami had three players drafted on Friday and Saturday but also had four players sign that went undrafted. There are several other draft-eligible guys who are looking to join a franchise. Three other former Canes (transfers) received exciting news this weekend. ProCane...