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February 02, 2012

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MDCane

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MDCane

Sleep is overrated. Great day for the CANES yesterday. Hope we can turn all that glitter into gold.

SwagGirl

Great class and a BIG Thank You for all the coverage on Canespace!!!

2002nemo

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2002nemo

Strong recruiting class yesterday
Great coverage on Canespace
Thanks everyone!
It's good to see the U back in the top ten again.

welcane

Great Haul. Now let's get to work.
Go 'Canes!

IraqiCane

Thanks for the updated everyone, great class!

GO CANES!!!

Terrance Sullivan

Great class. Thanks for the updates. Go Canes

CoCane

Good morning "U" all... Much love for Laranaga & da hoops team. Last night they pulled off a double OT win with Kadji out for the game & Scott, Johnson & Akpejiori fouled out during OT. It was the kind of win that under the circumstances, they normally found a way too lose under Haith...

Ohio_Cane

Canespace twitter is up over 400 followers thanks to NSD. 410!

Ohio_Cane

Golden on Joe Rose Show this morning: http://www.wqam.com/index.php?page=727

SOUP

Ohio...The Canespace Twitter success is all about U buddy! Thanks for your hard work and NSD coverage at da Space.

In fact U deserve a raise. I have decided to double your current salary. But first I have to negotiate that with your agent WillieWillinNashville

Have his people call my people so we can do lunch.

Ohio_Cane

1. My pleasure

2. LMAO!

SOUP

Woke up in a hotel in the 954. Headed back to the CCC in the 863 later.

Have some photos from the NSD part at UM that will post in a new article tomorrow.

I had the chance to meet 3G and our good friend Canesteeler at the NSD event and the basketball game. Good people, good times.

HawaiiCane

As I wake up today, I'm ecstatic about what we witnessed yesterday! This recruiting class feels MORE like the famous "Class of '83" than the "Class of '08"!!! Al Golden looks like he harnessed his inner Howard Schnellenberger. Examples...

1. Tracy Howard announcing that he wanted to win at home like Melvin Bratton said, "Let's make it a hometown thang!"

2. Tracy Howard asking his "best friend" and new 'Cane, Malcolm Lewis, to join him on stage.

3. JaWand Blue deciding to stay home, even if it meant greyshirting to be a 'Cane.

4. The recruitment of 'Duke' Johnson and then the subsequent recruitment by 'Duke' Johnson. Creating that feeling of South Floridians have to stay here.

5. Gritty guys that Al Golden has evaluated. Like Howard showed in 'The U', it was about those that worked rather than ranked high.

6. The amazing job of recruiting the "State of Miami" from Tampa down to Homestead.

Congrats to Al Golden and his staff! For everything they accomplished with the obstacles they faced. It's great to be a Miami Hurricane!

Fear the Future & Envy The Past!

HawaiiCane

Damn SOUP, that last post could have probably been my first article submission and not just a post. Oh well!

SOUP

Hawaii...U are correct. Just add a couple more good comparisons, slip in some photos of 1983 and today and there U go my friend!

SOUP

OK, time to slide. I'm on the road again...catch U all later.

UpNorthCane

Duke Johnson ....... i cannot wait for this kid to be our featured back let the kid do what he does best and thats put up numbers, put up td's and most importantly carry his team on his back!!!!!!!

Ohio_Cane

and most importantly carry his team on his back!!!!!!!

Posted by: UpNorthCane | February 02, 2012 at 10:15 AM
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U mean like Greg Jennings? LMAO!

*NSFW* - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0yfq2wDvU

TJL

A part of an article from the Roanoke, VA paper--sounds like Beamer is blaming us for yesterday:

Other than Kirven, there was only one hiccup - West Boca Raton, Fla., linebacker Jawand Blue decommitted, choosing to stay close to home after getting an offer to Miami.

It led to a glimpse into the uglier side of recruiting when a phone exchange between Blue and Hokies defensive line coach Charley Wiles was tweeted by a Palm Beach Post reporter, who mistakenly attributed the quotes to Beamer first.

The reporter quoted an incensed Wiles as saying to Blue, "You lied to me," before adding, "This doesn't make sense. I've never felt more betrayed or lied to."

"I found it highly unusual that a newspaper guy would be tweeting a private conversation that was being had there," Beamer said. "And then I'm interested in how a newspaper guy got onto that conversation and for us to not be aware of it. Just kind of unusual there. We're kind of checking into that."

UpNorthCane

Beamer you sour puss.......... take the hits like a man, because come next football season your gonna have to suit up with a young and fierce miami squad.....

LB

Beamer has to react that way or lose points with boosters, the university, and the fanbase. It simplifies things by labelling UM as "unfair" or "cheaters." It's not wholistic or logical, but he must react like that.

Fans care about recruiting and the numbers that go with it (hence, ESPN, ITU, CS, and CT). Miami, Clemson, and "those people" all scored a better class. That seems to indicate victory, though it really means nothing.

After back to back conference titles in 2007-2008, Tech is 1-3 from 2009-2011. They almost lost to a Miami team with a new coach and a world seemingly in chaos at HOME. Tech also lost a BCS game to a Michigan team with a new coach.

The tide in the ACC may be shifting (though that may not be saying much). Wouldn't you think he would go out swinging? At least a little?

LB

That being said, VT has a fine program.

No 5 titles, mind you, but still fine. :)

Fran

Hawaiicane Back in 1980 I remember a quarterback from Boca Raton getting a lot of press pleading with recruits to attend UM with him.
His name Mark Richt.
Fran

CaneRock

"I found it highly unusual that a newspaper guy would be tweeting a private conversation that was being had there," Beamer said. "And then I'm interested in how a newspaper guy got onto that conversation and for us to not be aware of it. Just kind of unusual there. We're kind of checking into that."

Unbelievable. So Beamer wants to check into what some ole newspaper guy tweeted, instead of checking on WHY one of His assistants felt the need to THREATEN a seemingly confused 17-18 Y/O. PHUCK! Beamer...

UpNorthCane

MIAMI fans need to make shirts that say, "Your my homeboy Blue".......... for the vtech game since vtech coaches like to talk about having home boys on their team too lolll.

Ohio_Cane

Interesting take by Jelani Hamilton in this interview. Says exactly what we've been hearing for years about Randy Shannon, and how positive a change it was going from him to Golden.

Golden and staff is the only reason this kid is a Cane.

http://ufootball.tumblr.com/post/16922568392/defensive-end-jelani-hamilton-speaks-about-his

UpNorthCane

Clemons signs and sent his LOI to Georgia grandpops ok's it ....kind of riiculous how guardians have this much power when i comes to a college choice for a young man who earned the right to choose where HE wants to go.

UpNorthCane

Our class is HUGE!!!!!

UpNorthCane

really? miami's 199 recruting class that had clinton portis andre johnson and the rest of those monsters ranked 9th all time? to notre dame's 1946 class? am i missing something here?

Ohio_Cane

*OFF TOPIC*

CGNC, Canesteeler and any other Penguins fan, great news for Crosby!

"An independent specialist contacted to review recent medical tests taken on Sidney Crosby found no evidence of a past or present neck fracture but verified that Crosby is suffering from a soft-tissue injury of the neck, that could be causing neurological symptoms."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/penguins-no-fracture-sidney-crosby-neck-injury-possible-224233474.html;_ylt=AqVXwvQ9bBHkQyEa7gpMaSl7vLYF

VA Cane

Agreed. I know Coach Beamer in that I played for him in 74-76....but look into a grown up well supposedly a grown up....yelling at a child. Totally unacceptable. I have a 17 year old son, and yes I do get on him. I have no problem with someone correcting him, but not abusing him. I dismissed a parent a few years ago who wanted to coach with us. I do yell at my charges as a group sometimes....but remember 67-2 does not call for a lot of yelling. This guy was in an individuals face, damns and that stuff.....he is a child. I told him to leave and not come back....in a nice way. I am in the process of sending a letter to Coach; I will suggest the man be released immediately. It wont happen, but that would be my action. totally unacceptable behavior, bad for recruiting.

Ohio_Cane

VA Cane, the worst part is, he's looking into why Matt Porter posted these things, and moreso, why he was in the room for the convo.

Why not look into why your coach is basically berating a 17-18 year old kid? I agree with U completely, no room for that kind of behavior.

I'm very glad Golden and staff take the high road, even when it's towards them.

Ohio_Cane

Chris Freet - Raising Canes: 2012 Signing Day http://youtu.be/nRhJ79kkoEQ

YES!!

UMike

UpNorth..where did you find those rankings?

TJL

Beamer sounds like if he was caught cheating on his wife he would do the old----deny everything, admit to nothing, and make accusations!!

UpNorthCane

i believe it was through sports illustrated Umike let em see if i can get the link

Ohio_Cane

CBS Sports Miami - The 'Canes class was rated as the ninth best in the nation by Rivals.com, which also ranked it second in the ACC behind Florida State. ESPN rated the class eighth. MaxPreps rated Miami's class highest at seventh in the nation. All three services rank Miami's class third in the state behind Florida and Florida State.

DallasTX Cane

deny everything, admit to nothing, and make accusations!!

Posted by: TJL | February 02, 2012 at 12:34 PM

Thats not bad advice...

3G Cane

Beamer and Co are mad they arent going to be able to just come in and pluck the Jayron Hosley's out of the state of Miami anymore. We'll dictate who they do and dont get 'round here in the forseeable future but that still isn't a valid excuse for acting like a scorned lover.

Nice to meet you last night Soup, glad the BBall boys were able to pull of the W.

UMike

Manny Navarro - West Boca coach Willie Dodaro said he's disappointed talk between LB Jawand Blue, Virginia Tech assistant became public

Manny Navarro - As for the player #UM is getting LB Jawand Blue, Dodaro said: "A great athlete that flies to the ball."

UMike

InsidetheU is again reporting that Crawford is moving to RB

Ohio_Cane

I saw that, UMike. Golden said they're "gonna give him a look at RB". He went on to say "It's not like we can't just move him back to DB".

He'll start the Spring as RB. If they don't like it, he'll be in the secondary.

UMike

I think it may depend on how these freshman look in the secondary.

j.w.

Good day, everyone. Thank again for all the work yesterday from people who kept the rest of us informed. Ohio, you should just post your favorite beer on here some day and I'll bet that you would receive a couple of kegs out of gratitude from the rest of us for all the work you do.

LB

That was quick for Raising Canes.

Ohio_Cane

LOL, JW!

I'm in between beers right now actually. Been buying different kinds of 6-packs to try out new ones and see what I like.

I actually had a beer called Magic Hat #9 the other day and it was really good. Big fan now.

PS - Not saying that so anyone sends me beer, just reminded me I need to pick up a couple new kinds lol.

SOUP

deny everything, admit to nothing, and make accusations!!

Posted by: TJL | February 02, 2012 at 12:34 PM

Thats not bad advice...

Posted by: DallasTX Cane | February 02, 2012 at 01:57 PM

I better write that down, I might need that someday.

Hassan

Who wants to chip in to Fly an airplane banner this year at the VT game "You Lied To Me"

$600.00

I say our 12 biggest visitors give 50 bucks between now and October and we can do it. There is no doubt it will have a HUGE effect.

SOUP


InsidetheU is again reporting that Crawford is moving to RB

Posted by: UMike | February 02, 2012 at 02:14 PM

Da Skreetz said that Crawford was VICIOUS running the option on the scout team in practice before the GT game. Said he was tearing it up and shredding the UM D.

(No comments OGV!)

The UM coaches saw first hand that Dallas needs the ball in his hands.

SOUP

Hassan...I'd rather collect the $500 to buy a brick at the new Schwartz Center on the UM campus that says:

Canespace: For the fans, by the fans!

SOUP

Just made it back to the CCC in the 863 from the 954. Me tired!

Ohio...check email later before leaving work at 5 PM.

Hassan

Hassan...I'd rather collect the $500 to buy a brick at the new Schwartz Center on the UM campus that says:

Canespace: For the fans, by the fans!

Posted by: SOUP | February 02, 2012 at 02:59 PM
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Lets do both!!

Ohio_Cane

SOUP, will do. I'm here, so it'll pop up when I get one.

Hassan

Soup can you add one of those paypal donate here things to the site so people can donate easily? Maybe we can have a carwash/T-Shirt drive at Spring Practice to raise money? I will wash cars sign me up.

I was thinking The U should have some Awesome Pump Up Canefreak type video commerical with past cane greats donating their time to slightly different commericials and radio ads and basically people can TEXT their donated to the UM Athletic dept like everyone did for Haiti and other big events. We need to hit the fundraising trail as hard as Golden does in recruiting. I am fired up. I hit this Lotto UM gets a new indoor practice facility and a roof on that damn stadium. Either that or I buy up that neighborhood and start bulldozing lol

Hassan

InsidetheU is again reporting that Crawford is moving to RB

Posted by: UMike | February 02, 2012 at 02:14 PM

not really much to report he said it at the press conference so it is not like soem inside info lol

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583 Days!!!! Until we play Freaking Gayturds!!!! Golden's boyz should be fully UToughed up and ready to Chomp the Gayturds. 9/7/13

UpNorthCane

FOr real that Raising canes video to short man............. nothing but a tease

Old Skool

Great idea Hassan

Ohio_Cane

SOUP, read/replied.

DallasTX Cane

Hassan...I'd rather collect the $500 to buy a brick at the new Schwartz Center on the UM campus that says:

Canespace: For the fans, by the fans!

Posted by: SOUP | February 02, 2012 at 02:59 PM

I'll donate...

pbcfrcane13

btw...Tracy Howard with Joe Rose and Irvin was great. Howard sounds like a true old school CANE!! Love it.

DallasTX Cane

583 Days!!!! Until we play Freaking Gayturds!!!! Golden's boyz should be fully UToughed up and ready to Chomp the Gayturds. 9/7/13

Posted by: Hassan | February 02, 2012 at 03:12 PM

Now that IS dedication! Its barely Feb 2012 and Hassan is pumped for a game in Sep 2013! I love it!

SOUP

Soup can you add one of those paypal donate here things to the site so people can donate easily? Maybe we can have a carwash/T-Shirt drive at Spring Practice to raise money? I will wash cars sign me up.

Posted by: Hassan | February 02, 2012 at 03:09 PM

I could but I am not sure it would amount to much? I have had bad experiences with PayPal myself but UMike uses it all the time and can help us with that.

I don't think we are in the car wash bidness but we will do a Spring Fundraising Drive to raise $$$ for the T-shirts again once we get the new design worked out.

Basically anyone who donates $20 or more gets a t-shirt and maybe some FREE tcikets to a UM football or baseball game.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY COOL IDEAS FOR THE 2012 CANESPACE T-SHIRTS PLEASE EMAIL IT OT ME AT:

canespace86@aol.com

Hassan

IF ANYONE HAS ANY COOL IDEAS FOR THE 2012 CANESPACE T-SHIRTS PLEASE EMAIL IT OT ME AT:

canespace86@aol.com

Posted by: SOUP | February 02, 2012 at 03:50 PM
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Dude don't ask me for idea's lol I am Full of them. But for real maybe Canespace as an organization can really rise in the UM athletic dept and gain prestige if we donate more money and show up a lot. Of course not commit anymore secondary violations and keep it legal as well lol

SOUP

OK, SOMEBODY WRITE THIS DOWN:

.@TomLuginbill's Instant Impact signees: #UT Jonathan Gray, #ALA Landon Collins, #FSU Mario Edwards, #UGA Keith Marshall, #OSU Noah Spence.

WE WILL SEE!

j.w.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY COOL IDEAS FOR THE 2012 CANESPACE T-SHIRTS PLEASE EMAIL IT OT ME AT:

canespace86@aol.com

Posted by: SOUP | February 02, 2012 at 03:50 PM
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Working on it, Soup.

Texascane

Great read about DE O'Donnell...and about how organized and detailed AG is...remembered the kid 2 years later from a Temple camp...

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/rick_obrien/20120202_Rick_O_Brien__Jake_O_Donnell_headed_to_University_of_Miami.html

Willie Will in Nashville


Ohio...The Canespace Twitter success is all about U buddy! Thanks for your hard work and NSD coverage at da Space.

In fact U deserve a raise. I have decided to double your current salary. But first I have to negotiate that with your agent WillieWillinNashville

Have his people call my people so we can do lunch.

Posted by: SOUP | February 02, 2012 at 09:18 AM

Ohio,
I told ya yo big day was coming. Can u say ca-ching $$$$$$$$

Ohio_Cane

Willie Will, LOL!!

MIA Chi 'Cane '98

86, I sent you an email. Please let me know if U did not get it. Thx.

Felipe

Unbelievable. So Beamer wants to check into what some ole newspaper guy tweeted, instead of checking on WHY one of His assistants felt the need to THREATEN a seemingly confused 17-18 Y/O. PHUCK! Beamer...

Posted by: CaneRock | February 02, 2012 at 10:56 AM

100% agree with you. FSU fans were even commenting about how insane Beamer/staff looked after that.

Ohio_Cane

Just got a nice little care package from UM Assistant AD Jesse Marks!!

Jesse, if U are reading, THANK U!

UMike

Not only did Golden remember the kid from a Temple camp, he sent a hand written letter

UMike

Bielema said. “When Kyle reached out to us this afternoon he talked about staying close to home. He’s a kid who lives with his grandmother and grandmother only. You can’t fault a kid for that.”

Beamer and staff need to read that lol

Texascane

Bielema...CBS Chicago...

"In the midst of answering the question about Meyer Wednesday, Bielema went off on a tangent about a job offer he received in a different conference when he was an assistant at Wisconsin under Barry Alvarez. He didn’t name the school or the head coach that was trying to hire him, but he said while that coach was trying to recruit him, he told Bielema: “You know what the difference between the Big Ten and this conference is? In the Big Ten everybody tells on everybody, in our conference nobody tells on anybody.”

Bielema didn’t take the job.

“That (was) a huge comment to me,” he said about the unnamed coach. “I’ve been very cognizant of that. I encourage our coaches to play by the books, to do things in a certain way. If you have to lie, cheat and steal to get someone here, it doesn’t make a great point once you get them here about how you need to handle them.

“Our league is based on certain values that we’re going to hold to be true and if you don’t hold those to be true, you are going to be held accountable.”

Consider that a message sent in the direction of Columbus, Ohio."


Would love to see the Big 10 coaches expose Meyer for what he is...

SOUP

Texas...sooner or later the entire balloon will burst and the entire NCAA will come crashing down.

Oh, and BTW, I wonder if anybody is going to ask a certain WR from MNWHS who went to an SEC school where he got that new bling from?

Nah, you're right, probably not...

SOUP

Please let me know if U did not get it. Thx.

Posted by: MIA Chi 'Cane '98 | February 02, 2012 at 04:53 PM

Got it, responded and forwarded your request to the folks at UM.

UMike

Golden said he’s never considered himself “a catalog shopper” when it comes to recruiting, and said for that reason alone he’s surprised UM’s class has received as much praise at it has.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/02/2620157_p2/miami-hurricanes-pick-up-10-four.html#storylink=cpy

SOUP

UMike...U have made some very nice contributions to the blog especially yestrday during NSD and again today.

Keep it up my man!

SOUP

OK, I am doing a few interviews with the media types and need some questions about the overall NCAA recruiting process and rules, UM recruiting and the 2012 class, ACC recruiting in general and national recruits who will make an impact.

Please post the HERE!

canesteeler

Upnorth I disagree, parents should and need to be actively involved and have a say in the kids decision. Remember if the kid does not live up to the hype his parents and family will be in his corner while the coach moves on to a higher paying job or releases the kid from his scholarship. No school owns these kids.

canesteeler

Ohio great news on Sid.

canesteeler

va Cane that is even more of a reason for parents to be actively involved in the recruiting of their children. I would have stuck my foot up that coaches ass if he spoke to my son like that! It is clear AG and his staff recruit with class and that class was rewarded.

Texascane

Question for you...


Soup, Some big time schools (Auburn, Ohio State, Michigan, Florida) offered 4 year scholarships this year...not just one year at a time...game changer or a fad? How does Da U brass feel about it?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/on-signing-day-some-schools-begin-pledging-4-year-scholarships-to-new-class/2012/02/01/gIQAPoYpiQ_story.html?tid=pm_sports_pop

UMike

SOUP..thanx..whatever I can do..I try to do

canesteeler

VA Cane do you remember a kid who played at VT with Bruce Smith, his name is Orlando Wilson?

SOUP

Texas...good question, I'll ask that one.

I am personally against that practice, it takes away player incentives to perform and gives too much power to the player and not enough to the instituion.

Can the players still transfer anytime he wants? If the institution has to agree to four years and they get stuck with a player who refuses to go to class, use drugs, will not change positions where needed or is a poison on the team then what?

Upnorthcane

Canesteeler i agree with what ur saying my thing is if hes happy at one school why force him to another thats all you can still be a parent or guardian if he attends any school...

canesteeler

UpNorth true but KWII would have never been a Cayne if it wasn't for the involvement of his father. I almost bet that VT coach was talking to a kid who had no father in the house. Single parent households (mothers only)is like a man with a fistful of $100,s in a whore house to college recruiters.

Felipe

Arrogant pricks picking on some young kids who aren't exactly sure where they want to end up. Hell with Miles, Beamer/staff, and Nick Saban too (pulled the schollies of two injured guys and told them it was because of the injuries. Prick.)

MIA Chi 'Cane '98

Thx Soup! U da Man!

SJMPARMAN

Has anyone else had any recent posts deleted? I made two posts recently that showed up initially after I put in the code numbers and were not controversial but were apparently deleted for unknown reasons. The most recent was last night, where I acknowledged the successful recruiting day but also praised the basketball team, and Coach Larranaga, on the double overtime win. Today, that post no longer appears. I understand this is a private site, and the host has the option of deleting anything but it seems wrong to me to delete positive posts about the basketball program and its coach.

SOUP

SJM...I have NOT deleted anything U posted. It is Typepad doing it's magic. Before U post something copy it first and then make sure you check to see if it posted with a TIME STAMP next to it. Sometimes things will LOOK like they have posted but there is no time stamp next to it and in fact it did not go through (just ask Hassan).

Whenever U have this problem it is Typepad and not me. I only delete trolls or inappropriate content and nothing else.

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