QB Competition Heats Up In Coral Gables

The race for the University of Miami’s starting quarterback position was still on-going Thursday as the Hurricanes concluded day seven of #CanesCamp.  

Prior to practice, one of the first questions asked of head coach Al Golden was the arms race between junior Stephen Morris and redshirt sophomore Ryan Williams. The earliest Golden would name a starting QB would be Monday, a day after Miami’s first scrimmage. However, his focus is on preparing Morris and Williams for Sunday’s scrimmage. 

“We’re just preparing them right now (for Sunday),” Golden said. “Once we get into tonight and tomorrow, we’ll start getting them ready for the actual scrimmage, but we are still in our installation stage. 

“Morris and Williams will both get reps with the (first team) on Sunday,” Golden said. “We’ll sit back as a staff Sunday night and Monday morning and evaluate it.” 

Senior RB Mike James, redshirt senior DB Vaughn Telemaque and junior WR Allen Hurns served as the player-coaches during Thursday’s practice. 

Miami’s defensive line tightened up this morning, allowing only limited gains on the ground until RB Duke Johnson found a nice lane and ran for a 40-yard touchdown. 

Both Morris and Williams took snaps with the first-team offense Thursday, and the chemistry between the signal-callers and their wide receivers showed. 

After not seeing anything downfield, Williams showed off his decision-making and athleticism, taking off for a 20-yard scramble. He later tossed a 40-yard pass to freshman WR Herb Waters, who then pushed down a defender near the goal line for a score.

Morris also made impressive throws of his own. The junior QB connected with sophomore WR Rashawn Scott, who made a beautiful over-the-shoulder, tap-tapping catch along the sideline for a 25-yard gain. 

#CanesCamp continues Friday with the Hurricanes’ second two-a-day practice of the fall. The morning session is scheduled for 8:20 a.m. at the Greentree Practice Fields, with the afternoon practice set for 2:50 p.m. 

Saturday will be the Canes Correspondents Luncheon (Media Day) and will be held 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Knight Gym. 

To purchase tickets for the 2012 football season, visit HurricaneSports.com. For football updates, follow our official Twitter feed at @HurricaneSports. 

Chris Yandle
Director of Communications | University of Miami Athletics

Comments

[raizecane]

..No WAY!!!!!

[raizecane]

I come back after 5 days of vacation, log on to CS and BOOM!!! First one baby.....

[CEO]

RAIZE...WAY TO GO MY MAN. A DOUBLE CAPTAIN N COKE IN YOUR HONOR!

[canezilla]

STARTED WORK AT 6 AM THIS MORNING AND STILL HERE!!! CANESPACE IS MY COFFEE

[CEO]

Gray Crow!

[CaneRock]

LAMAR MILLER BABEEEEEEE!

[Felipe]

Papa Cane ‏@SaveUMFootball

Today's Practice Update: LB Thurston Armbrister continues to progress and has been running with the 1st team. LB Buchanon looks healthy.

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Now there's a stunner to those last year who thought signing Armbrister was a throw-away depth chart move. I love it. Rooting for him big time.

[CEO]

Felipe...make him your LOF?

[CaneRock]

Ya'll remember I said this:

I'ma go out on a limb and say Gunther at the boundary corner,and TH is the field corner. If I'm not mistaken, LG was blackshirted in the Spring.

Posted by: CaneRock | August 07, 2012 at 10:24 AM
And Golden said this:

> Golden said Gunter, who is the starting BOUNDARY CORNER, has made a big turnaround at camp.

"Ladarius started off really poorly, I mean really poorly. So much so that by day three, he was third team," Golden said. "But he did not give up, he just kept studying, kept preparing, had a great attitude. I think anybody around the program would say the last three practices he's been really, really good. So hopefully he'll continue; he'll develop some consistency."

Gunter said he's dropped a handful on interceptions throughout camp and is mad at himself over it. Gunter said along with Finnie, freshmen Antonio Crawford and Nate Dortch are working at boundary corner. He said Howard, McGee and freshmen Larry Hope and Vernon Davis are working at FIELD.

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Am I clairvoyant, or am I Mrs. Cleo...HOLLA AT YA' BOY!

[Felipe]

Felipe...make him your LOF?

Posted by: CEO | August 09, 2012 at 06:11 PM

Sure, Screw it. Armbrister instead of Perryman. I think someone unseats Gaines anyway by end of the year.

[WindyCane-Forecast1]

Said safety Kacy Rodgers: “He’s [Randy (Duke) Johnson's] a home-run hitter. He [ Duke] has some of the best agility and speed we’ve seen here [at the University of Miami] in a while.”

Given the talent the Canes have had recently, including Lamar Miller, Rogers has said a lot.

And I agree wholeheartedly!

[UpNorthCane]

Bout to see my boy Tom Brady go off for two series r so on them saints.....

Does marcus forston, go off and impress? Or is it a failure? Time will tell.

[CEO]

Sure, Screw it. Armbrister instead of Perryman. I think someone unseats Gaines anyway by end of the year.

Posted by: Felipe | August 09, 2012 at 06:19 PM

Yeah, but most people think that will be LB Eddie Johnson.

Still I will change your LOF pick to Armbrister as requested.

[CEO]

Am I clairvoyant, or am I Mrs. Cleo...HOLLA AT YA' BOY!

Posted by: CaneRock | August 09, 2012 at 06:17 PM

HOLLA! Good call, U know your stuff.

[Hassan]

Shouldn't Howard be Boundary and Gunter be field? Howard is more physical and less fast i think he would be suited up on the near side of the field so he can use his technique and instinct to use the boundary to his advantage, where as the taller and faster Gunter can cover more ground as the field corner.

[Hassan]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/09/2942885/miami-hurricanes-seantrel-henderson.html

[Zakkee]

Gotta get mine in

Offense: Dorsett
Defense: Porter
Freshman: Lockhart
Coach: Barrow

Honorable Mention: Buchanon

[CEO]

Zakkee...I got U. I will post a list of all of those who voted on Monday along with a stats analysis of the picks.

[Zakkee]

Cool. I'll check back. If anyone knows how I can get some decent Miami vs. Notre Dame tickets let me know. I'm going regardless, just want to save some money if possible.

[TonyCane]

College fantasy football draft was last night and I took Mike James and Duke Johnson. Who do you think will get more touches this season?

[Zakkee]

Eduardo Clement

[CaneRock]

Shouldn't Howard be Boundary and Gunter be field? Howard is more physical and less fast i think he would be suited up on the near side of the field so he can use his technique and instinct to use the boundary to his advantage, where as the taller and faster Gunter can cover more ground as the field corner.

Posted by: Hassan | August 09, 2012 at 07:56 PM

Hassan, Gunter is waaaaay bigger, and more physical, than TH.

Typically, you want your most physical-ie your best tackler-on the boundary side, because it's assumed that most teams run to the short side.

Conversely, on the field side, you want your best cover CB, because it's assumed that most teams pass to the wide side of the field.

Gunter is basically like having an extra LB/SS out there if they're playing Cover-2 for example. While on TH's side, they may go to a 1/4 coverage, so the SS can shield TH from coming up in run support too much.

I don't know, that just my theory on it...

[CaneRock]

Hassan, Gunter is waaaaay bigger, and more physical, than TH.

Posted by: CaneRock | August 09, 2012 at 09:14 PM

Gunter is listed as 6'2", 200 BTW...

[Hassan]

Hassan, Gunter is waaaaay bigger, and more physical, than TH.

Posted by: CaneRock | August 09, 2012 at 09:14 PM

Gunter is listed as 6'2", 200 BTW...

Posted by: CaneRock | August 09, 2012 at 09:17 PM
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I knew Gunter was a big CB but i have only seen highlites of his, TH I have seen him play and he is not a burner and he seems to know how to use that sideline as an extra defender and is very physical, he also has put on weight and strength so i figured he might be good there. What I can say is having this much raw talent in the secondary is a good problem and in another year or so we will have the right depth and ability to contend on D with anyone.

[CGNC]

STARTED WORK AT 6 AM THIS MORNING AND STILL HERE!!! CANESPACE IS MY COFFEE

Posted by: canezilla | August 09, 2012 at 05:41 PM

Hey - how is lil zilla?

[CaneRock]

Posted by: Hassan | August 09, 2012 at 09:24 PM

I hear ya'. My concern with the secondary this season is the SS spot. Assuming that Bush is a lock at FS, do you really think Telemaque or Rodgers can man that spot for an entire season...

[Hassan]

Rodgers can do it from a ht/wt/speed standpoint but from a FB standpoint he has to show me. Until he shows me then I would put something else back there. Our backline will be sick after another year.

Question who in the Canes Family would you consider kicked out of the family?

Hurtt could be in that group, I might wait for the facts to come out. Randy Shannon is a true Cane, being a bad coach does not get you kicked out. Although he was stealing checks for 4 years. Sapp is an idiot but still a Cane for me.

[86Cane]

Hassan...good to see U in BLUE!

Good comment and stats from U today.

[Hassan]

Howard traded to Lakers......We got a washing machine and draft picks

[tjl3909]

I'm still mad a Rodgers for the play he could have made against FSU-had a clear interception in the end zone and FROZE! not sold on him

[TonyCane]

That's a difficult question, Hassan. It's hard to think of anyone of the top of my head who should be kicked out of the Canes Family. Agreed on Shannon, although it baffles me that our team could be so undersized when it came to strength and conditioning. I wonder if he expected his players to mostly have the same discipline that he did, and if they didn't...too bad for them?

[CEO]

I'm still mad a Rodgers for the play he could have made against FSU-had a clear interception in the end zone and FROZE! not sold on him

Posted by: tjl3909 | August 09, 2012 at 10:56 PM

That was then, this is NOW!

[Montreal-Cane]

My LOF on D

Miami Hurricanes cornerback Ladarius Gunter making great strides

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/09/2943183/miami-hurricanes-cornerback-ladarius.html#storylink=cpy

[TonyCane]

Notable college coaches, year one and year two of their tenures at their first BCS-conference school:

Mack Brown, UT
1998: 9-3
1999: 9-5

Pete Carroll, USC
2000: 6-6
2001: 11-2

Jim Harbaugh, Stanford
2007: 4-8
2008: 5-7

Brian Kelly, Cincinnati
2007: 10-3
2008: 11-3

Urban Meyer, Fl
2005: 9-3
2006: 13-1

Les Miles, Ok State
2001: 4-7
2002: 8-5

Bob Stoops, OU
1999: 7-5
2000: 13-0

Nick Saban, Mich St
1995: 6-5-1
1996: 6-6

Jim Tressel, Ohio State
2001: 7-5
2002: 14-0

It will be interesting to see where Al Golden falls in this spectrum.

[Willie Will in Nashville]

I'm still mad a Rodgers for the play he could have made against FSU-had a clear interception in the end zone and FROZE! not sold on him

Posted by: tjl3909 | August 09, 2012 at 10:56 PM

And that's why i'm sold on him cuz he replays that play in his head everyday and is looking for redemption

[Willie Will in Nashville]

hear ya'. My concern with the secondary this season is the SS spot. Assuming that Bush is a lock at FS, do you really think Telemaque or Rodgers can man that spot for an entire season...

Posted by: CaneRock | August 09, 2012 at 09:36 PM

Telemaque is starting at SS and Rogers is starting at FS, Bush is a back-up at SS

[Pre83]

Her name is Alexia and her middle name "MIA", i had to get Miami in their some way some how loll...

Posted by: UpNorthCane | August 09, 2012 at 04:13 PM

UpNorthCane - My daughter's name is Alexa Mae and no question, the bond is unlike any other!

I'm also a HUUUGE Patriots fan and happen to have lived my entire life "Up North" in Minnesota.

Not tryin' to be creepy...just sayin' : )

[Pre83]

Got to shut it down - have to be up in a few hours.

Go Canes!

[canezilla]

Hey - how is lil zilla?

Posted by: CGNC | August 09, 2012 at 09:27 PM
HE IS GREAT!!! GETTING SO BIG HE TURNS 7 MONTHS THIS SUNDAY,ILL GET A PIC UP SOON ON CANESPACE.THANKS FOR ASKING

[Ohio_Cane]

Music to my ears!!!

Golden: I thought we got a lot done yesterday. Conditioning is not really a factor anymore. We are starting to hone in on details of plays.

[Ohio_Cane]

Matt Porter - Canes definitely in the mix for Jay-nard Bostwick. His cousin is UM soph. LB Thurston Armbrister. Dad wants him to stay in-state.

[solarcane]

Question who in the Canes Family would you consider kicked out of the family?

willie williams
glenn sharpe

[8th Man in the Box]

LOF: Going for broke

Off: Lockhart for 3rd down and TD receptions
Def: Kacey Rodgers just a feeling
ST: Duke

[8th Man in the Box]

I'm still mad a Rodgers for the play he could have made against FSU-had a clear interception in the end zone and FROZE! not sold on him

Posted by: tjl3909 | August 09, 2012 at 10:56 PM

I was pissed also, but I also realized he was in the right position; just reacted slow (probably thinking). I think this year, he'll be in position and react much faster

[BigTimeCane]

Tony cane pretty interesting year 1 and year 2 records. Hopefully he is closer to the undefeated record but with youth and everything I doubt it.

[Willie Will in Nashville]

I was pissed also, but I also realized he was in the right position; just reacted slow (probably thinking). I think this year, he'll be in position and react much faster

Posted by: 8th Man in the Box | August 10, 2012 at 11:11 AM

Thats my point too, at least he was in the right position unlike some of our players

[CGNC]

Posted by: canezilla | August 10, 2012 at 07:00 AM

LOL! Good. The changes they go through the first two years is phenominal

[Ohio_Cane]

Raising Canes: Four Freshman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPoqLwbQeus&feature=plcp

[CaneRock]

Telemaque is starting at SS and Rogers is starting at FS, Bush is a back-up at SS

Posted by: Willie Will in Nashville | August 10, 2012 at 01:43 AM

Thanks. I like Rogers at FS, and I like Bush's natural physicality and versatility at SS. Unless Telemaque plays out of His mind, I don't know.

[Felipe]

In other words if my one and only "out of left field" prediction that Telemaque will be a backup by end of year is true, that should be worth some LOF love :P

[j.w.]

Great day to be a Cane, as always. Is the first scrimmage this weekend?

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Thanks. I like Rogers at FS, and I like Bush's natural physicality and versatility at SS. Unless Telemaque plays out of His mind, I don't know.

Posted by: CaneRock | August 10, 2012 at 12:27 PM

U welcome. If Telemaque doesn't Bush will be in quicker than he got elected in florida lol

[8th Man in the Box]

As much as I would like to see the next generation of Canes out there, I think I would find more satisfaction if players like Telemaque and SH finally live up to the potential. Although it would only be 1 or 2 good years out of them, it would let me know that Golden and staff are the right group to turn this program around.

[8th Man in the Box]

geesh...

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter
RT @schadjoe: So LSU confirms Mathieu dismissed. Terrible news for him, LSU and college football fans. Will look at FCS schools.

[Hassan]

I am sad to report that this morning my father lost his battle with Cancer. He was only 65 and was diagnosed only 2 months ago. He passed in his sleep this morning.

[8th Man in the Box]

Hassan, I sorry to hear about your lost. I pray that the Lord will fill the void left by your father; that he will grant you and your family with peace. I will continue to lift you and your family up in prayer.

God Bless!

[DallasTX Cane]

Sorry for your loss Hassan. 65 is too young to go.

[UpNorthCane]

Hassan sorry to hear that man, godbless your father, family, and you. i will pray and wish you strength

[Montreal-Cane]

Hassan very sad to hear that. All my prayers are with you and your family. My father is a battling eye cancer right now and i go with him for his treatments every week.

[Ohio_Cane]

So sorry to hear of your loss, Hassan. Prayers going out to you and your family to get through this very difficult time.

[Ohio_Cane]

Wow about Honey Badger being dismissed.

Also, Jon Bastian: Levonte Whitfield to announce college decision Monday.

[Willie Will in Nashville]

Sorry about your Dad Hassan, I'll keep u and your family in my prayers. I HATE cancer, it has taken a lot of my family members away from me

[UpNorthCane]

hearing people lose family members to cancers and other illnesses, gets me mad. Why havent we found a cure? forget about NASA take all the money that they are given and dedicate scientist to finding a cure for cancer!!!

[CaneRock]

Sorry for your loss Hassan. 65 is too young to go.
Posted by: DallasTX Cane | August 10, 2012 at 02:01 PM

+1

I HATE cancer
Posted by: Willie Will in Nashville | August 10, 2012 at 02:27 PM

+1

[Panamacitycane]

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205576641

Dang. Why do these kids act so stupid. Tyrann was a defensive heisman contender.

[Tsully76]

Sorry for your loss Hassan.

[solarcane]

just got in,
Hassan I'm sincerely sorry for your loss. I've lost several family members including mom and dad. I know you're empty, dwell on those moments you and your dad shared together and know what gifts they are.

[LB]

+5000. Cancer stole my grandparents, aunt, one of my best friends, and mentor. Hassan, you're in my thoughts friend.

[solarcane]

canes fielding punts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZTr8wUByJk

[roachcane77]

Hassan,

So sorry to hear this news.

We're ALL behind you here at the Space brother...

[CEO]

NEW BLOG IS UP!

[Canesagent07]

offense: Mike James
defense: Denzel Perryman