The University of Miami baseball team hosted its 2012 Fan Fest and Alumni Game on Saturday night at Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park.
World Series champion outfielder Jon Jay, Minnesota Twins third baseman Danny Valencia, Oakland Athletics infielder Jemile Weeks and Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez were among the star-studded ProCanes alumni group in attendance.
After season ticket holders took turns taking batting practice, the warm-up began for the most anticipated event of the day: The Home Run Derby.
Current seniors Peter O’Brien and Rony Rodriguez took on Valencia and Weeks, with O'Brien and Valencia advancing to the finals after a tight first-round battle. Valencia, who hit 15 homeruns for the Minnesota Twins in 2011, earned the title with five homeruns. O'Brien, one of the most powerful
bats in the Canes lineup, fell just short with four of his own.
"It's awesome," Valencia said during the derby. "What I remember from playing here are some of the best times of my life. It's a joy to be able to take part in this."
In all over 60 former UM baseball players and Alumni were introduced to the crowd of hard core baseball maniacs all dressed up in orange and green.
The day's main attraction, the battle between the Canes and Miami alumni, ended in a lopsided 10-1 affair in favor of the current squad.
Though the 2012 UM team entered the game as heavy favorites over the Alumni team, Arteaga showed fans the alumni haven't lost their touch quite yet. The Canes' pitching coach dazzled the fans with an impressive repertoire early on as the alumni starter.
Returning starters Eric Erickson and Eric Whaley took the mound for three innings each and both pitched well for the 2012 team holding the Alumni to just one run.
The Canes would strike first, however, scoring runs in three straight innings beginning with two runs in the bottom of the second. The current Miami team added three more runs over the third and fourth to increase their lead to 5-0 on their way to the final 10-1 victory over the Alumni.
The Hurricanes officially open the 2012 season this Friday at ARP at 7 PM against Rutgers.
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Posted by: Hassan | February 13, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Whoo hoo that is my 2nd first in a row!!!
Anyways let me repost Duke is 189.8 lbs and hopes to be 195 by fall camp. He was 182 at the HS championships. So although he is not a big guy 195 at 5'9ish is not bad, he is strong too. He can give us 7-10 snaps a game next fall.
Posted by: Hassan | February 13, 2012 at 11:26 AM
What is expected from the baseball team this year?
Posted by: CGNC | February 13, 2012 at 11:40 AM
#4!
Good to see you, CGNC! To answer your question: best UM team we've had in a while. Not sure how far they will go, but we seem to be healthy and we are deeper across the board than in past years. Getting a new catcher should really help both offense and defense
Posted by: j.w. | February 13, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Miami is playing UCF on 03/14 @ 6:30 PM. All Cane fans in the Orlando area should try to attend.
Posted by: raizecane | February 13, 2012 at 12:27 PM
2001 was such a good year for Canes sports.
I miss those days...
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 13, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Miami is playing UCF on 03/14 @ 6:30 PM. All Cane fans in the Orlando area should try to attend.
Posted by: raizecane | February 13, 2012 at 12:27 PM
I will be there! Hit me up at:
canespace86@aol.com
Posted by: 86Cane | February 13, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Individual Season Quarterback Sacks
Rank Player/Year Num.
1 Daniel Stubbs, 1986 17
2 Greg Mark, 1989 15.5
3 Don Latimer, 1977 15
4 Daniel Stubbs, 1985 12
5 Kenard Lang, 1996 12
5 Derrick Ham, 1998 12
7 Kenny Holmes, 1996 11
7 Kareem Brown, 2006 11
9 Russell Maryland, 1990 10.5
10 Warren Sapp, 1994 10.5
10 Calais Campbell, 2006 10.5
Posted by: 86Cane | February 13, 2012 at 12:41 PM
Career Quarterback Sacks
Rank Player/Years Num.
1 Daniel Stubbs, 1984-85-86-87 39.5
2 Greg Mark, 1986-87-88-89 34.5
3 Kenny Holmes, 1993-94-95-96 30
4 Jamaal Green, 1999-2000-01-02 24
5 Kevin Patrick, 1990-91-92-93 23
5 Kenard Lang, 1994-95-96 23
7 Bob Nelson, 1978-79-80-81 22
7 Bill Hawkins, 1985-86-87-88 22
7 Rusty Medearis, 1990-91-92-94 22
10 Jerome Brown, 1983-84-85-86 21
Posted by: 86Cane | February 13, 2012 at 12:44 PM
It's the year 2031 in my NCAA dynasty and I have a Greg Mark who I recruited and is starting DT. How ironic.
Knew Daniel Stubbs was up there.
Posted by: Felipe | February 13, 2012 at 12:51 PM
-Irony, +Coincidental.
Also, CBS Sports has a Q & A with Al Golden up right now. Worth a read.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/17212651/golden-qa-on-joepa-sticking-with-canes-recruiting-and-the-tie
Posted by: Felipe | February 13, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Felipe, there's audio of that interview with Brian The Beast London out there if U'd rather listen to it.
Link was posted in a previous blog.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 13, 2012 at 01:10 PM
CBSSports.com: You lost a lot of leadership and talent. Is it possible for the incoming freshmen to replace that?
Golden: They have to. We played the most freshmen in America in 2007 and 2008 at Temple and it ended up being these guys that won the most games in the history of that program. There's going to be a lot of young guys that have to play. We recruited 48 guys in the last 13 months, which was exhausting. I think the stat of the year, that goes unnoticed, is that we signed 33 guys on 48 visits. That's hard to do.
Posted by: 86Cane | February 13, 2012 at 01:13 PM
My father is currently battling cancer as is my mother-in-law. It is such an exhausting battle. God bless.
Posted by: pre83 | February 06, 2012 at 11:39 PM
Pre83....my prayers are with you and your family.
Posted by: raizecane | February 08, 2012 at 07:46 PM
Pre83 sending you positive vibez.
Posted by: Usagainsttheworld | February 08, 2012 at 09:22 PM
Raize & UATW - Thank you both for kind gestures - God bless!
Posted by: pre83 | February 13, 2012 at 01:54 PM
*OFF TOPIC*
Terrapin Insider - Maryland Coach Randy Edsall would not release Danny O'Brien to transfer to Vanderbilt, according to individual familiar with the talks.
Uhh, why not? LOL
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 13, 2012 at 02:11 PM
Thats cause Randy Edsall is a tool. If its one thing hocutt did right before he bolted was not hiring Edsall. The Miami program would have been in shambles and never recovered. I cannot express to you how hated Edsall is in the DC metro area. Maryland alums, the media, everyone hates him and wants him out. How he was able to pick up 2 quality recruits I have no idea. But I'm pretty sure he will be fired in a few years. MD cant fire him now cause they dont have the money to pay him out.
Posted by: TheWhat | February 13, 2012 at 02:28 PM
Edsall's a POS ahole. So glad we dodged that bullet. The stuff I've read about him from Maryland Press is just devastating. Poor kids there and at UConn.
Posted by: Felipe | February 13, 2012 at 02:29 PM
Late on Sunday night, Boston College Eagles fans learned that Sean Desai, the assistant director of football operations at ACC rival Miami, was hired as BC’s new special teams coordinator. He will officially replace Mike Dawson at this position; Dave Brock was previously named as the coordinator, but he left for Rutgers before coaching a game.
There is not much of a file on Desai, but here is what we do know:
• He is 29
• He is from New England (Connecticut)
• Desai did his undergrad study at BU (ick)
• He received his Master’s from Columbia
• He earned his Ph.D. from Temple while working with Al Golden on their football staff.
Posted by: SOUP | February 13, 2012 at 02:39 PM
Seriously, if there's a Classless Clown Car of College Coaches, it's:
1. ASU's Graham
2. Maryland's Edsall
3. Florida's Muschamp
4. USC's Kiffin
5. Wisconsin's Bielema (running up score on loser teams with first stringers, saying 'if you're a real Badger, you're giving up groceries' to go to the game in hard economic times, and whining like a girl about Urban Meyer)
Did I miss anyone?
Posted by: Felipe | February 13, 2012 at 02:40 PM
More on Sean Desai to BC from another blog:
2. Desai was not a fotball coach at Miami. REPEAT: he was not a football coach at MIAMI. He was an assist to the Director for football operations. Meaning he worked on budgeting, airline scheduling, logitics etc. Not football coaching. This is not an impressive background.
3. Desai was not a recruiter under Golden. Look at his Miami Bio: "Desai works closely with director of football operations Tom Deahn to maintain the day-to-day operations of the football team. In addition, he assists with the administrative side of recruiting." -- Desai was not recruiting, he was performing secrtarial duties for others recruiting
4. Desai's experience includes 4 years as an assistant coach to a high school freshman team!!
5. Desai started working with Golden as an academic adviser to players. Not as a football guy.
6. You are overstating Golden's love for this kid. Desai was a special teams 'coach' (not sure if coach is the right word) at Temple in 2010 only, but when he got to the U, he was removed from coaching and placed in an admin role.
7. He was involved in NCAA football coaching for all of ONE SEASON -- 2010 at Temple.
Posted by: SOUP | February 13, 2012 at 02:43 PM
Miami is playing UCF on 03/14 @ 6:30 PM. All Cane fans in the Orlando area should try to attend.
Posted by: raizecane | February 13, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Count me in there, i might forget so Soup remind all of us the day before the game.
I can see Chick ending up with the sack record. He had 5 sacks in his freshman year. No Matter what happends he has gotten a lot better and stronger. I can see him with 10 or more sacks this year. I can also see him staying all 4 years.
Posted by: Hassan | February 13, 2012 at 02:52 PM
You forgot
Urban Meyer - You cant leave UF for health reasons only to come back in a year to Ohio State and lie about it.
Nick Saban - Over signing
Petrino - for over recruiting so much that the SEC had to put a limit on how many players you can recruit in one year (28)
Larry Coker & Randy Shannon - For taking a program that you have to try really hard to lose with and doing just that. (I just couldnt help myself)
Posted by: TheWhat | February 13, 2012 at 02:55 PM
Larry Coker didn't forget how to recruit, he just forgot how to coach and Randy never really new how, (head coach).
Posted by: herbieibis | February 13, 2012 at 03:01 PM
I think both Coker and Shannon were poor coaches and poor recruiters. Shannon has a good eye for talent, but when you only have 2 commits upon getting fired and leaving the in-coming coach practically nothing to work with that tells me you just gave up on the most important aspect of college football. As soon as Butch Davis' recruits were gone, Coker's term slid into complete mediocrity.
Posted by: TheWhat | February 13, 2012 at 03:06 PM
"How he was able to pick up 2 quality recruits I have no idea.
Posted by: TheWhat | February 13, 2012 at 02:28 PM"
Mike Locksley.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | February 13, 2012 at 03:51 PM
Pre- hang in there :-|
JW - LOL the weather here was freezing and WINDY this past weekend - so no riding for me even though it was sunny out.
Posted by: CGNC | February 13, 2012 at 04:07 PM
*Off topic*
Trying to plan and book our honeymoon for August. Looking around the 19th-24th.
Any ideas from any of U using past experience or anything?
We're looking at Riviera Maya right now, but are open to any suggestions. Looking for all-inclusive if possible, and a max of $4000 to spend. Doesn't have to max at $4000, just trying to keep it close to that.
Thanks!
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 13, 2012 at 04:39 PM
^^ No need to account for our daughter, she's not going. ;-)
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 13, 2012 at 04:39 PM
CGNC- That's brutal! Hate those days, I'd rather have rain than wind. :) We were posting without stirrups last week, and working on simple lead changes the week before- flying lead changes are coming soon. :)
Posted by: j.w. | February 13, 2012 at 05:26 PM
Ohio-I have gotten some good all inclusive deals here:
http://www.cheapcaribbean.com/
Posted by: TJL | February 13, 2012 at 05:35 PM
Urban Meyer belongs in the Classless Clown Car of Coaches just because of his pontificating about UM when he had what, 40 arrests and counting at UiF?
What a colossal hypocritical phony.
Posted by: Felipe | February 13, 2012 at 06:10 PM
Ohio
Do you want seclusion or activities? Are you divers, snow skiers, sun worshipers, foodies, etc? Does she want to dress up or down?
Posted by: Old Skool | February 13, 2012 at 06:32 PM
Da Skreetz comin at U later...
Posted by: SOUP | February 13, 2012 at 06:32 PM
TJL, thanks, I'll check that
Old Skool, a little of both secluded and activities would be nice. I snowboard, but she hasn't learned how to yet. I do know she wants to swim with dolphins, so that has to be an option lol. We're looking to relax with the option of a little adventure, exploring caves, etc.
We're definitely looking for something on or near a beach.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 13, 2012 at 06:45 PM
Ohio-If you want to snow ski-snow board on sand dunes-hang at the beach-swim with Dolphins-all in the same trip-Dubai is the place to go! Mall of the Emirates has a badazz indoor ski slope, and The Atlantis Hotel over there has Dolphins--
Posted by: TJL | February 13, 2012 at 07:04 PM
Here's one place that might be off your radar.
Check out Belize. It's English speaking and south of where most hurricanes go (in August they can be a consideration). The barrier reef is spectacular, there are sailboats trips that island hop along the cays offshore for a few days.
On shore there's cave tubing (you tube through caves), Mayan ruins even a resort where you stay in luxury treehouses or the beachfront. My brother and his wife went down and had a blast. I don't know about swimming with the dolphins.
Posted by: Old Skool | February 13, 2012 at 07:08 PM
Da Skreetz comin at U later...
Posted by: SOUP |
Woo-hoo!
Posted by: j.w. | February 13, 2012 at 07:18 PM
DA SKREETZ SEZ...
1. Sh$# if any youngbuc is going to lead Miami in sacks its that boi Tyriq.
2. Jelani will be effective at both the run and pass, just not 17 sack effective lol.
3. Just eyein on the size and speed of them LBs and DL they could come close to doubling that 24 sacks. D will be good, its that O thats troublesome going into spring.
4. Had to slide to see that boi ARod swingin it. Thats 1 big azz fool lol. All jacked like that, boi should go DE mode. F all that flip hes making in baseball lol.
5. More ballah news soon if you Space peeps need that football fix
Posted by: SOUP | February 13, 2012 at 07:47 PM
Will Hamilton be ready by the fall?
Posted by: 4-Real | February 13, 2012 at 08:05 PM
I think the stat of the year, that goes unnoticed, is that we signed 33 guys on 48 visits. That's hard to do.
Posted by: 86Cane | February 13, 2012 at 01:13 PM
That also means that Golden signed the guys he targeted, and that star-rating was not necessarily his focus. Golden did the best job of locking down the "state of miami" since Butch. It will be interesting to see how these players are developed over the next couple of years. My guess is that near the end of next season, we will know just how good this team can be.
I am excited about what Mr. Golden is doing in CG.
Posted by: WindyCane-Forecast1 | February 13, 2012 at 08:18 PM
Will Hamilton be ready by the fall?
Posted by: 4-Real | February 13, 2012 at 08:05 PM
From whay I am told: YES!
He has already added strength and weight and the knee is responding well.
Posted by: SOUP | February 13, 2012 at 08:40 PM
Here's one place that might be off your radar.
Check out Belize. It's English speaking and south of where most hurricanes go (in August they can be a consideration). The barrier reef is spectacular, there are sailboats trips that island hop along the cays offshore for a few days.
On shore there's cave tubing (you tube through caves), Mayan ruins even a resort where you stay in luxury treehouses or the beachfront. My brother and his wife went down and had a blast. I don't know about swimming with the dolphins.
Posted by: Old Skool | February 13, 2012 at 07:08 PM
***************************************
Belize was one of our ports this past summer and I can tell you the cave tubing was great. We were only there for about 12 hours but I can tell you the city is poor, poor, poor. The port itself was not that great either. If you decide on Belize, do your homework.
Posted by: raizecane | February 13, 2012 at 08:59 PM
TJL, Old Skool and Raize. I'll check into all that. Thanks!
This will probably be our only vacation alone for, well, probably for at least 18 years lol. Trying to make it perfect
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 13, 2012 at 09:05 PM
R.I.P. Freddie Solomon
One of the nicest human beings that ever walked this earth and a fellow alum
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Shannon would barely even watch any film on possible recruits ... Butch would spend hours on end if you asked
This is fact. I know someone that recruited under both of them
Also, another reason Butch assembled the greatest college football team in the history of the game and one of the nastiest defenses (even though how many couldn't play due to violations?) at UNC a couple of years ago
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 12:03 AM
Belize cave tubing👍 ++
Posted by: Texcane | February 14, 2012 at 12:24 AM
Happy Valentines Day Canespacers.
Posted by: The Dude | February 14, 2012 at 02:26 AM
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/feed/2011-05/cfb-recruiting-2012/story/national-signing-day-2012-miami-matt-hayes-al-golden-hurricanes
A good read, GO CANES!!!
Posted by: IraqiCane | February 14, 2012 at 02:45 AM
Bartow bound. Back later...
Posted by: SOUP | February 14, 2012 at 07:56 AM
"Golden did the best job of locking down the "state of miami" since Butch."
Golden's made it clear more than twice that "State of Miami" or "fence" isn't in his vocabulary. He gets who he wants. It just so happens that most of who he wants is within 50 miles of UM.
Posted by: LB | February 14, 2012 at 08:20 AM
Ohh Bartow. Send post cards! Take lots of pictures.
Posted by: Old Skool | February 14, 2012 at 09:09 AM
Big East to announce this morning West Virginia no longer a league member & headed to Big 12 for 2012-13 season
That should open the door for Pitt to get their ACC games scheduled. Hopefully we play them AT Pitt this year so I can go!!!!
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 09:16 AM
Happy Valentines Day to all of U 'Spacers!
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 09:57 AM
Spoke to Michael Deeb #2 rated MLB in fla. He is going to Jr day tomorrow whoo hooo, he has two offers and has been waiting on the Miami one which he should pick up tomorrow.
Posted by: Hassan | February 14, 2012 at 10:56 AM
I agree Six. I only met Freddie once. Very nice guy quite the opposite of that other famous Spartan football player: the Tooz.
Posted by: Old Skool | February 14, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Hassan, that's awesome! No doubt he'll pick up an offer at Jr Day. Hope we can pull this kid in. He's a beast
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Ohh Bartow. Send post cards! Take lots of pictures.
Posted by: Old Skool | February 14, 2012 at 09:09 AM
Hey, Its the Seat of Imperial Polk County! LOL
Go Canes!!!
Posted by: NativeCane | February 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 12:03 AM
I thought about that when I was watching Hakeem Nicks play for the Giants in the superbowl
Posted by: CGNC | February 14, 2012 at 12:41 PM
R.I.P. Freddie Solomon
One of the nicest human beings that ever walked this earth and a fellow alum
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Six, Freddie was My second college football hero (Leon Mcquay was my first)
My cousin Chuck Kota was an Offensive lineman for the Spartans in 73 and 74 (he transfered to Ole Miss when UT dropped football) and we would go visit him on campus on the weekends when I was 14 and 15 yrs. old. Met Freddie, Matuszak and many more, it was like spending the day hanging out with comic book Superheros.
Drank my first draft beer at a dive called the Retreat which was on the south side of UT and across Kennedy Blvd. with several members of the mighty Spartans!
Freddie has an OT to clear a path for him in heaven cause we lost Chuck 2 years ago to guess what?...... Colon cancer.
Go Canes!!!
Posted by: NativeCane | February 14, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Jr Day on a wednesday?????????
Posted by: Willie Will in Nashville | February 14, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Saw Freddie play in the North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl when I was a kid. North Carolina couldn't stop him.
Posted by: herbieibis | February 14, 2012 at 12:57 PM
IN MY OPINION
South Florida sports scene full of excitement, intrigue
BY GREG COTE
gcote@MiamiHerald.com
The football Hurricanes have a popular second-year coach in Al Golden coming off a top-10 national recruiting class, and yet the program braces for looming NCAA sanctions, the ominous unknown, the darker side of interesting times.
UM’s women’s basketball team is No. 6 in the country and thinks it should be in the mix for a first national championship.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/13/2640033/south-florida-sports-scene-full.html#storylink=cpy
Posted by: CaneRock | February 14, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Top 2013 QB Recruits: Max Browne, Shane Morris, Kevin Olsen, JT Barrett, Aaron Bailey, Christian Hackenberg, Brice Ramsey, Tyrone Swoopes
Which will Miami get?
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Olsen! And that's nothing more than a somewhat educated guess, based on where he lives and where his bro. went to school. Who is your pick, Ohio?
Posted by: j.w. | February 14, 2012 at 02:59 PM
I really don't have a pick yet, to be honest.
I'm hoping for Olsen, but I don't know much about any of the others besides Swoopes.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 03:04 PM
I just looked thru each QB for next year.
I think it's between Olsen and Hackenberg. Both pro-style QBs and both pretty tall at 6'3 and 6'4 respectively.
There's 3-4 dual-threat QBs in there that we won't even look at, I'm sure.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 03:17 PM
I just watched a couple 5 min highlights of each Olsen and Hackenburg as Juniors.
I've gotta say, I'm more impressed with Hackenburg. Quicker release, better arm strength. This kid can throw the out route as a Junior in HS better than Jacory could as a Senior in college. (I know, that's not saying too much, but still)
Saw Hackenburg heave one 65 yards, with what seemed like little effort.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 03:46 PM
Top 2013 QB Recruits: Max Browne, Shane Morris, Kevin Olsen, JT Barrett, Aaron Bailey, Christian Hackenberg, Brice Ramsey, Tyrone Swoopes
Which will Miami get?
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 14, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Hackebburg
School: Fork Union Military Academy
Size: 6-4, 210
Stats: Hackenberg threw for 2,164 yards and 20 touchdowns with 16 interceptions while completing 171 of 341 passes.
Strengths: Hackenberg has as much potential as any quarterback in the 2013 class. He's a big, strong quarterback that has one of the most explosive arms in the country. Hackenberg is very comfortable out of the shotgun in three or four wide receiver sets. His offense is all about making quick reads and getting the ball out of his hands on his first or second read.
We are also looking at 3 star out of Carol City a school we have not seen a lot of talent out of in years, Akeem Jones. He is a 6'3 200 lbs dual treat guy, will be on the 7 on 7 circuit this spring and was at our last Junior day.
Also Kurt Benkert out of teh Ft Myers area. he grew up an FSU fan. He is about 6'3 and 200 also and has a live arm, places the ball well. He also punts pretty good too. He has gone to 2 of our camps as well.
When you have 5 guys on the roster not all will ever start for you or even raelly provide quality depth, You go for your top Targets Olsen and Hackenberg but if you can't land them sometimes these other guys work out but if they dont they can play other positions like WR for AKeem Jones or Punter for Benkert.
Posted by: Hassan | February 14, 2012 at 03:59 PM
Need another Texas QB...we have Dewey but if you take a look where the really good college Qb's come from it's Texas HS football...Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin, Derron Thomas (Oregon), Andy Dalton, Kevin Kolb, Christian Ponder, Matt Stafford, Case keenum, Jarret Lee, Vince Young, Colt McCoy...not too high on Florida QB's...
Posted by: Texascane | February 14, 2012 at 05:00 PM
To hell with all these "Oh, He's a dual threat", or, "Oh, He's a Pro-Style" QB labels, just give me a damn kid that can MOVE THE STICKS and SCORE SOME DAMN TOUCHDOWNS!
Golden and staff would be FOOLS to turn their noses up at a QB prospect because said prospect is blessed with the ability to run.
And if I'm not mistaken, wasn't Teddy Bridgewater the very first prospect that Golden went after...
Posted by: CaneRock | February 14, 2012 at 05:31 PM
Ohhh Bartow. Send post cards! Take lots of pictures.
Posted by: Old Skool | February 14, 2012 at 09:09 AM
LMAO!
Posted by: SOUP | February 14, 2012 at 07:07 PM
Go Canes!!!
Posted by: NativeCane | February 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM
BTW...Speakin of POKE County, U going to the Strawberry Festival this year?
Posted by: SOUP | February 14, 2012 at 07:09 PM
CGNC - I'd take Butch recruiting with say, if he was given only 5 weeks, as opposed to Shannon if he was given 5 months
Then again, there is the urban legend of Shannon being given restrictions on the type of player he was supposed to bring in that some people like to think is true
But, given the person that told me what was happening behind the scenes with both - that urban legend is a fairy tale
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 07:44 PM
Go Canes!!!
Posted by: NativeCane | February 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM
BTW...Speakin of POKE County, U going to the Strawberry Festival this year?
Posted by: SOUP | February 14, 2012 at 07:09 PM
Thats East Hillsborough County SOUP and Ms. Native and I were just talking about it. Schedule of events should be out any day, you and Ms. 86 game for some strawberry shortcake?
Posted by: NativeCane | February 14, 2012 at 07:46 PM
Old Skool & Native - Solomon was awesome, completely genuine and will be missed. Absolutely different from the Tooz, haha, then again - that's what made Matuszak what he was .. a nutjob
Native, you're extremely lucky to have been able to see those guys play in college
Like you were mentioning with the colon cancer, guys, do yourself and your family a favor and get checked
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 07:47 PM
Texascane - I'll take signal callers from the state of Texas any day of the week over any Florida QBs ... certain states are known for producing particular players at a certain position - Texas is a QB breeding ground hands down
Who would you say is the best QB to come from the state of Florida in the past 11 years as opposed to the best QB to come from Texas in that same time span
Whoever it is, they'd beat the Florida QB easily .. and the Florida QB would probably be Tebow
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 07:51 PM
SKREETZ WALKIN...
1. Yooooooo, some hoopin news and football 411. That boi Reg can barely walk these last few days. Thats 1 tough boi right there to be out there ballin for Miami, alot of props goes to him for toughin for these ballin boiz. That f n knee looks like an f n beachball is stuck in there
2. Had some ACC media slidin through the 305 this morning. I know 2 of them and they asked this boi what RS freshman would pop on the scene, so im on record cause you know this boi said Dallas. On incoming I had to put those bois Tyriq and Deon as the top dawgs. Biggest surprise during career, you know I had to go with my boi D'Mauri.
3. Yah, the 1 goon for ACC reads the Space cause homie asked me about sacks. Boi sayin Chick will leave Miami in top 5 in career sacks. Again this boi had to tell him that Tyriq will out do Chick during career. Yah, I said it ya hear me bruh lol.
Posted by: SOUP | February 14, 2012 at 08:46 PM
Schedule of events should be out any day, you and Ms. 86 game for some strawberry shortcake?
Posted by: NativeCane | February 14, 2012 at 07:46 PM
ROGER THAT!
We would love to meet U guys there. Plus we have a bunch of canning jars and a lovely gift basket that we need to return to their rightful owners so that they can be refilled NEXT year!
LOL
Posted by: SOUP | February 14, 2012 at 08:49 PM
Native...here U go bro:
http://www.flstrawberryfestival.com/
Posted by: SOUP | February 14, 2012 at 08:51 PM
"Whoever it is, they'd beat the Florida QB easily .. and the Florida QB would probably be Tebow
Posted by: Six | February 14, 2012 at 07:51 PM"
Dante Cullpepper is laughing at you. The '99 Vikings were one of the great NFL teams never to make a Super Bowl and Dante was a better ground threat and infinity better throwing the ball.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | February 14, 2012 at 09:28 PM
OGV,
I think the criteria from SIX was "last 11 years"...Culpepper doesn't count...but you made his point...
Posted by: Texascane | February 14, 2012 at 10:49 PM
...as I thought about it...has The U ever had a decent QB from Florida?
Posted by: Texascane | February 14, 2012 at 10:50 PM
Texas, you're right, he stacked the question and I skimmed right over the qualifier. In that case I'll take Geno Smith or Denard Robinson over Teblow, same reasoning as Culpepper. I'd even take Thad Lewis as a QB but as a FB taking snaps have to concede Teblow to you by the nose of a football.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | February 15, 2012 at 12:15 AM
Craig Erickson from Palm Beach County was a pretty good quarterback at Miami but that does take us back to the late 1980's. Before that, probably the other QBs that were local who competed were Mike Rodrigue and Mark Richt. Richt lost the battle although he split time, on a 40-60 basis, with Rodrigue. There have been more busts than hits. Kenny Kelly, Ethnic Sands, and Jacory Harris to name just a few. There have been several Miami area QBs that were recruited who never saw a down of college ball.
I think Florida high school football is just a different breed. Because there is tremendous speed at skill positions, high school coaches haven't needed to have the gun slinger to win. A 4.5 guy who can run and doesn't fumble offers greater job security for most high school coaches. Some of that is changing of course, as teams employ more spread offenses but basically Florida high school clock timing rules favor more conservative offenses.
Posted by: SJMPARMAN | February 15, 2012 at 01:06 AM
Happy Val-Lin-tines Day .. kid did it again
OGV - how is that a stacked question
Whether he's a FB playing QB or not, Tebow is probably the most successful college QB ever in Florida, that is from the state of Florida ... and I'm the furthest from being any kind of a Tebow fan when it comes to his QB skills
Daunte had 3 good years in Minnesota out of his 7 there
Denard Robinson won't be a NFL QB, I don't think Geno Smith will either. Geno might get drafted in the late rounds or picked up as a UFA - hell, if Dolphins were dumb enough to draft Pat White in the 2nd Round, then Geno has hope. Has Thad Lewis even taken a snap with the Browns?
Andrew Luck ... Robert Griffin 3rd ... Andy Dalton ... Kevin Kolb ... Christian Ponder ... Matt Stafford ... Colt McCoy ... Case Keenum ... all > than any QB from the state of Florida in the past how many years?
Has there ever even been a QB from the state of Florida more successful in the NFL than a QB from the state of Texas?
Guarantee money that there hasn't been. I will absolutely match any amount of money put up by anyone that there hasn't been at all
For any QB from the state of Florida in the NFL, I will name a QB from the state of Texas that is better
For that matter, same goes for the state of California - for any QB from the state of Florida, I will name a QB from the state of California that is infinitely better
It would be a completely loaded bet if I said from the state of PA, that wouldn't even be fair
Florida is definitely not known for the QB position
Posted by: Six | February 15, 2012 at 01:06 AM
Texascane - don't forget Chase Daniel either from Southlake Carroll, he put up some really nice numbers at Mizzou
Posted by: Six | February 15, 2012 at 01:11 AM
"Andrew Luck ... Robert Griffin 3rd ... Andy Dalton ... Kevin Kolb ... Christian Ponder ... Matt Stafford ... Colt McCoy ... Case Keenum ... all > than any QB from the state of Florida in the past how many years?"
Uh, I've got news for you, if you're counting pure hardware accumulation, the FB taking snaps from center has more than that entire list COMBINED at the college level. Your premise doesn't hold there already. We'll see what happens with Shoelace, if Vick can pretend to know an NFL playbook, Robinson just might actually figure it out from under center even with the lack of prototype size these next few years. Somebody will take a flyer on Smith in the mid to late rounds coming up here, especially if he can put up numbers flying 9000 round trip miles in a tougher conference top to bottom this year.
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | February 15, 2012 at 02:07 AM
Thanks for the update, skreetz & Soup.
Saw the bball team is projected as a 12 or 13 seed, opening vs. Michigan. Hoping I have an excuse to stay home for a day during March madness! And the Lady Canes are projected as a 2 seed. Get behind this team, everyone, even if you're not into women's hoops, we all need to support some great Canes.
Posted by: j.w. | February 15, 2012 at 02:29 AM
BBall
North Carolina -vs- Miami
8:00 pm ESPN tonight
Go Canes!!!
Posted by: NativeCane | February 15, 2012 at 07:42 AM
SOUP, we're flexible when it comes to the festival, you say when.
Go Canes!!!
Posted by: NativeCane | February 15, 2012 at 07:50 AM
there will be 7,000 or so, in the house. Expect some sports notables in the crowd as well. This IS the event game of the season.
Perfect night (no Heat) and perfect time 8 PM
There is NO bad seat at the BUC and parking is FREE..
Posted by: Hassan | February 15, 2012 at 08:01 AM
Nice lil article by Omar
Nice article, Would be cool if we could reach out and interview the guy, maybe not specifics but just something a lil more in depth of what he is doing, what he might do different then others, and then of course what he likes about UM and it's players he has seen through the years.
Apparently a few of our Canes Streeter, Miller, Vernon are training with him and are looking good.
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2012/02/athletes-need-mechanical-work-for-fine-tuning.html
Posted by: Hassan | February 15, 2012 at 08:12 AM
SOUP, we're flexible when it comes to the festival, you say when.
Go Canes!!!
Posted by: NativeCane | February 15, 2012 at 07:50 AM
Turns out that Old School may be able to join us also at the Festival IF his travel plans all work out to be in Central Florida around that time.
More to follow...
Posted by: SOUP | February 15, 2012 at 08:29 AM
Can anyone provide an update on AJL's academic status?
That's Angelo, not A.J. :)
Posted by: LB | February 15, 2012 at 08:32 AM
"Nice article, Would be cool if we could reach out and interview the guy, maybe not specifics but just something a lil more in depth of what he is doing, what he might do different then others, and then of course what he likes about UM and it's players he has seen through the years."
ALL OVER IT!
Posted by: SOUP | February 15, 2012 at 08:54 AM
Posted by: SOUP | February 15, 2012 at 08:54 AM
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Cool beans
Soup I was thinking we should do some articles about "pipeline schools"
We could reach out to the STA's the Plant's the Centrals and MNW and Miramar's and get some #'s about how many D1 kids NFL'ers and whatnot, put it together in an article talk about why it is so important to cultivate these schools and help them out. You look at Just 5 schools
1. STA
2. Central
3. Plant
4. Miramar
5. MNW
Just those 5 schools put out about 100 D1 kids a year. As a program we are only going to take about 18-20 kids most years, if you took the top 8-10 from these 5 schools every year you will have the most talented Roster in the country. There are a lot of angles to look at this from but just those facts are staggering and the fact that Miami has made major inroads with schools we used to not even be allowed in the door speaks volumes to What kind of Coach Al Golden is, not to mention what kind of momentum we have going forward as a program.
Posted by: Hassan | February 15, 2012 at 09:23 AM
TB3 is projected to go undrafted. Really?
Ya, up until he runs the 40 at the combine. LOL
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 15, 2012 at 09:40 AM
SOUP, LOVING your convo on twitter. Lol
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 15, 2012 at 09:50 AM
TB3 is projected to go undrafted. Really?
Ya, up until he runs the 40 at the combine. LOL
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 15, 2012 at 09:40 AM
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Granted the NFL values 40 times over football skills too often. But TB3 is a decent football player, he made some plays for us and can play in the NFL, but he has PLENTY of flaws in his game. He does not have good hands, does not high point the ball well. Does not run good routes, if he did not run 4.2 ish he would be flippin burgers right now. He is fast but not fast enough to be a track guy and he can play football but his skill set it not elite. He can always work hard and get better, if his hands and route running improve he could get to a Desean Jackson type level.
There are very many fast guys in every NFL training camp that do not make a roster. Cory Nelms was a better track guy then Travis Benjamin and alot bigger and he is struggling to stay on an NFL roster. Benjamin does not have an NFL body and lacks skills.
With all that said I hope he makes a roster and gets a chance to improve, his speed is rare and if he can use that skill until he improves the rest he might have a nice lil NFL career.
Posted by: Hassan | February 15, 2012 at 10:24 AM
SOUP, LOVING your convo on twitter. Lol
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | February 15, 2012 at 09:50 AM
That TomohawkNation guy is CONFUSED at best and DELUSIONAL at worst. LOL
Posted by: SOUP | February 15, 2012 at 10:35 AM