Legends Of The Fall 2010

Here are the early returns from the Canespace 2010 Legends of The Fall (LOF) voting.  Keep voting, the polls are open until April 15! 

So far a total of 65 votes have been counted and voters have been true to the competition with picks ranging all across the spectrum of UM players on both offense and defense.  Several picks along the offensive and defensive lines have been registered as well as some surprise players at the skill positions.  Let's take a closer look at which players are leading the vote count so far are:

Offense: Leading the way in a dead heat on offense is WR Travis "The Blur" Benjamin (9), RB Damien "The Beast" Berry (9) and RB Lamar "The Truth" Miller (9).  Hurricanes WR LaRon "Big" Byrd tallied 6 votes while surprising Spring star WR Kendal "Smooth" Thompkins trailed the leaders with 5 votes. 

Where is Mike "Smiley" James (seen above C with OL Jermaine Johnson at L and OL Brandon Washington at R who also received votes) you ask?  Only three votes so far. 

Even FB, uh I mean WR, Thearon "The Hulk" Collier received two votes (even if they were from the same voter in violation of the official Canespace LOF rules). Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm.

Defense: The defensive voting is being dominated so far by S Aravious "Ray Ray" Armstrong with 11 votes.  Trailing #26 are DE Adawale "Mojo" Ojomo (8), S Vaughn "Miami Vice" Telemaque (8) and LB Colin "Mad Irishman" McCarthy (6) and maybe surprsingly DT Micanor Regis "Philbin"(6). 

Where are DE Marcus "First Round" Robinson and LB Sean "Sleepy" Spence (seen above at L with DE Olivier Vernon, CB Brandon Mchee and DT Curtis Porter during NSD 2009) you ask?  Trailing the leaders with three and four votes respectively. 

CB Demarcus Van Dyke (DVD) also received three votes in the early going as some UM fans are expecting better things from him opposite CB Brandon Harris in the Hurricanes secondary.

Here are the early votes that have been counted as of today (4/1/10):

Esteban: James / Regis

MoneyCane: Ford / DVD

DZ8: Berry / Telemaque

Massive: Miller / Porter

Texas: Byrd / TBA

Keoki: Berry / Ojomo

Playa (Rashad): Benjamin / McCarthy

404Canes: Benjamin / Ray Ray

OcalaCane: Berry / Ray Ray

Montreal: Berry / Spence

Canezilla: Byrd / Ray Ray

Sarasota: Berry / Ray Ray

Cat5: Sanders / Futch

Roach: Berry / Holmes

Shwarma: Thompkins / Regis

Nashville: Davon Johnson / Regis

MDCane: Cleveland/ Regis

Fran: Hill / Robinson

CaneSaw: Benjamin / Porter

SJMPARMAN: Thompkins / Futch

CaneFan561:  Jermaine Johnson / Micanor Regis

Chris: Streeter / Telemaque

DaUinHouston: Byrd / McCarthy

The U: James / Ray Ray

CalGaryCane: Miller / Ray Ray

WooBird: Miller / Telemaque

Macjones: Berry / Forston

Doc Ibis: Washington / McGee

Elliot: Benjamin / Spence

Seoul: Streeter / Ray Ray

Teflon: Ford / DVD

Philly: Streeter / Ray Ray

MWD: Benjamin / Telemaque

Dyrty: Miller / Ojomo

Buddy: Thompkins / Futch

GURU: Gordon / Ojomo

Brownsub: Benjamin / Spence

Iraqi: Berry / Spence

HearACane: Gordon / Lewis

UpNorth:  AJ II / Ray Ray

StuckinCali: Berry / McCarthy

Pbcane: Miller / Buchannon

Boca: Thompkins / Ray Ray

Sebastian: Franklin / Reid

TripleC: Byrd / McCarthy

USAF: Byrd / Robinson

Beericane: Franklin / Regis

Slim: Gordon /Vernon

Ohio: Miller / Ray Ray

Canezitis: Berry / McCarthy

CaneRock: Horn / Robinson

4Real: Thompkins / Dye

JCanes: Ford / Telemaque

WillieWill: Byrd / Telemaque

j.w.: Benjamin / Telemaque

Ungar: Ford / Ojomo

DAT: Miller / Ojomo

86Cane: Miller / McCarthy

bg1906: Franklin / Telemaque

Sniper: Benjamin / Ojomo

Nova: Miller / Dye 

Col. Sanders: James / DVD

Solar: Collier / Collier

CGNC: Hill / Ojomo

Aqua: #3 / #90

Comments

[canezilla]

sweet

[canezilla]

seeing #26 fly around out there brings back memories of sean taylor.GO GET EM RAY RAY!!!

[SOUP]

Dayton beat UNC in the NIT.

[solarcane]

solar Collier/Collier

I like it!

Collier Offense
under rated sure handed third down receiver

Collier Defense
under rated sure handed punt returner.

[86Cane]

UM freshman Ray Ray Armstrong wears the same number as the late Sean Taylor, and at least one play Saturday showed comparisons might not be that far off.

BY SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN
[email protected]

The newest version of No. 26, otherwise known as Ray Ray Armstrong, introduced himself to the nation Saturday with a hit that will go down in UM lore.

Quarterback Jacory Harris had just thrown his second interception in four pass attempts, and Oklahoma, up 7-0, had the ball on its own 7-yard line midway through the first quarter. Running back DeMarco Murray took the handoff and breezed 7 yards through the UM defense, hurdling a diving Vaughn Telemaque as if he were a mere inconvenience.

Then came visions of the late Sean Taylor -- the new No. 26 impersonating a solid steel wall.

Wham!

As Armstrong, a 6-4, 220-pound safety, used his forearms to send Murray sprawling on his back, the shocked home crowd shrieked, ``Oooooh!''

Armstrong leaped up and down, pounded the air and straddled Murray, who slowly rose from his hands and knees.

It was the first of Armstrong's seven tackles for the night in his most significant playing time of the young season. And it served as a calling card to future opponents.

``Yeah, it feels pretty good knowing that I got a couple good shots on them boys,'' said Armstrong, a true freshman out of Sanford Seminole High School. ``I wanted to make a statement, knowing I'm not the regular freshman.''

That would be UM quarterback Harris' Northwestern.

``That's my boy,'' Harris said Saturday. ``Ray Ray is my boy. He's somebody I've been knowing since he was in high school, when he beat up on my high school. He's just real close to me, so of course I'm happy when he makes big plays.''

Armstrong asked for No. 26, last worn by safety Anthony Reddick, but immortalized by former UM safety Taylor.

``He was my favorite player and has been for a long time,'' Armstrong said at CanesFest this summer. But he said he's not interested in trying to be another Taylor.

``I'm here to play for Ray Ray and the Hurricanes,'' he said. ``I'm not trying to live up to anybody's circumstances. I'm going to do better than the person before me.''

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/10/05/1268447/miami-hurricanes-ray-ray-armstrong.html#ixzz0jtvUa3HF

[86Cane]

Solar...I thought U might get a kick out of that. Collier got 2 votes, BOTH from U!

[86Cane]

DeMarco Murray meet Ray Ray:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsrmCMJzJ5Q

[pb(CSROH10)]

Petri on defense and Stoutland on offense.

[canezilla]

UF HAS 8 HOME GAMES THIS YEAR..MUST BE NICE!

[canezilla]

7 MY BAD

[Canezitis]

my pick for O was chase ford Soup...what the dilly:)

[canezilla]

Miami (Florida)
The rivalry with the University of Miami Hurricanes began in 1955 and through the 70s was dominated by Notre Dame. Traditionally, it was the season-ending game for the Irish in odd-numbered years, as they sought to end each season at a warm-weather site. Miami holds the distinction of being the only team to shut out Notre Dame during the Ara Parseghian (0-0 in 1965), Gerry Faust (20-0 in 1983) and Lou Holtz (24-0 in 1987) eras. During the 1980s, this once-docile rivalry became ferocious. Both teams were national contenders in the latter part of the decade, and both teams cost each other at least one national championship. Hostilities were fueled when the Hurricanes routed the Irish in the 1985 season finale, 58-7, with Miami widely accused of running up the score in the second half. The rivalry gained national attention and both teams played their most famous games from 1988-1990, dubbed the "Catholics vs. Convicts" contests. The first was won by the Irish, 31-30, with Miami ending the Notre Dame record 23-game winning streak the following year, 27-10. The rivalry ended after the Irish crushed #2 Miami's hopes for a repeat national championship with a 29-20 victory in South Bend. The two squads have not met since, with Notre Dame holding a 15-7-1 edge.

KIRBY MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN

[ChicagoCane]

Richard (i may regret this) Gordon / Regis

[AlpharettaCane]

Solar:

Opening paragraph of "Solar", by Ewan McCarthy. Thought you'd appreciate this:

He belonged to that class of men—vaguely unprepossessing,often bald, short, fat, clever—who were unaccountably attractive to
certain beautiful women. Or he believed he was, and thinking seemed to make it so. And it helped that some women believed he was a
genius in need of rescue.

LOF

O = Berry
D = McCarthy
MVP = Bosher

[CanesCanesCanes]

KIRBY MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN

Posted by: canezilla | April 01, 2010 at 09:37 PM

'zilla,

It's all up to ND. If they don't want it, and they don't, nothing Kirby can do.

Anytime Anywhere Anyplace

[CanesCanesCanes]

Anytime Anywhere Anybody

From the department of redundancy department

[roachcane77]

Yeah... only one Holmes up there on the list.

Can't wait till he puts the lights out on some opposing offenses this year.

A legend in the making... GO JOSH!

[solarcane]

alph,

thanks, I think lol!

good to see you here
are you going to make GT this season?

[roachcane77]

Did anyone ever find out which game is Homecoming?

[Wayne Ritchie]

It would not hurt my feelings one bit if we never played ND or the University of Fla. EVER AGAIN. Both teams have the most ignorant fans than any other NCAA College Football team. It was alright for ND to beat up on any team by 70 points or more. ARA P. never questioned it. Fla pounded teams with high relentless un needed scoring all the time and nothing is ever said. However let Miami beat either of these 2 teams by more than 10 points and there is all H*&^ breaking out. It is time to just say no to each of these teams. We can prove our greatness by playing other more deserving NCAA teams. This is my point of view thanks.

[raizecane]

Just finished playing some COD and guess who took me out on several occasion? Angrycane himself.....that SOB, LOL.

I think Moneycane got a piece of me too. :-)

[Col. Sanders]

Let me try this one more time. Following the rules, I'll pick Richard Gordon and DVD.

[mr troutman]

Berry/Bailey These are probably the safest picks on the whole entire team...but hey i'm sticking with it...LOL

[86Cane]

Just finished playing some COD and guess who took me out on several occasion? Angrycane himself.....that SOB, LOL.

Posted by: raizecane | April 01, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Angry is a KILLA. Do NOT confront him!

[raizecane]

Angry is a KILLA. Do NOT confront him!

Posted by: 86Cane | April 01, 2010 at 11:43 PM

I tried not too. Tried to sneak up on him but i have not mastered the skills yet.

[TJL]

D-"glass jaw" Ojomo
O-Thompkins

[Montreal-Cane]

April 1, 2010

CORAL GABLES - The University of Miami women's basketball team will head to Berkeley, Calif. to face the Cal Golden Bears in the Women's National Invitation Tournament Championship Game at Haas Pavilion on Saturday, April 3.

The Hurricanes defeated the Michigan Wolverines 76-59 in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Wednesday night and awaited the outcome of the Cal-Illinois State game, which was played Thursday evening in Normal, Ill. The Golden Bears cruised to a 61-45 victory.

The contest will be played this Saturday at 2 p.m. EST and will be televised nationally on CBS College Sports.

Miami will be playing in its first WNIT Final. The tournament expanded to 64 teams this season from 48 in previous years. The Hurricanes advanced to the championship game after defeating Florida Gulf Coast, Florida, North Carolina A&T, Providence and Michigan.

Let's go Canes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LyquidEnigma]

I will have to say Miller and Reid.

[Randall McDade]

Miller
Bailey

[DATcane]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=news&oi=news_result&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CDYQqQIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F372105-is-storm-johnson-the-next-great-miami-halfback&rct=j&q=miami%20hurricanes%20football%20%20&ei=YNG1S4fVDpCY8AS4r8zqAw&usg=AFQjCNEGug-5udkSVvrh3iYgRq-Bfw5muQ

U

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Regis and Byrd for me.

[Cat 5 Cane]

Lady Basketball... Wow! Talk about being hot... 5 game win streak and beating Providence and Michigan away, the last two games, to get to the dance.

WNIT
03/18/10 vs. Florida Gulf Coast Coral Gables, Fla. W, 70-57
03/21/10 vs. Florida Coral Gables, Fla. W, 77-64
03/25/10 vs. North Carolina A&T Coral Gables, Fla. W, 84-77
03/28/10 at Providence Providence, R.I. W, 73-65
03/31/10 at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. W, 76-59

For all the marbles and a trophy...
Miami v. Cal
Day: Saturday
Date: Apr. 3, 2010
Location: Berkeley, Calif.
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

TV: CBS College Sports
........................................

Can't YELL it enough!!! GO CANES!!!

[UMike]

Offence: Hank
Defence: Bailey

[Cat 5 Cane]

.

[NativeCane]

#30 Pat Hill
#96 Curtis Porter

Talk about cutting a wide path!
Go Canes!!!
Go wide load!

[Less Is More]

Lamar Miller/ Vaughn Telemaque for me

[CaneSniper]

Cat5 from the top rope with Sanders/Futch. I like it...

[Canez1]

Collier looks like he should be hanging out with Fat Albert and the gang.

;) Solar!

GO CANEZ!!!!!

[moneycane]

Collier looks like Pat Hill, only slightly slimmer
http://canespace.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008c672588834011570a81f7e970b-320wi

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b26169e2011571998fa9970b-pi

[Aqua]

I'd love to play 8 home games a year, FSU and UF have done it for years. I like money.

So, I guess any third grader can post articles on bleacher report. Please if you post a link to bleacher report, give us a heads up. There's just somethings that you can't unsee. Like someone making a list of the 10 greatest UM players of alltime and having Clinton Portis at #1, lol....

[Canez1]

Money LMFAO!!!

Ya he does!

Dumpy little dude.

GO CANEZ!!!!!

[SOUP]

READ MORE HERE:

http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/04/02/acc-weekend-preview-april-2nd-4th/

Wake Forest (9-18, 2-7 ACC) at #15 Miami (FL) (17-7, 7-2 ACC)

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons make the trip down to Coral Gables Florida to take on the Miami Hurricanes. Wake Forest enters the weekend with a 9-18 record while being 2-7 in the ACC. They are coming into the series on a 2-4 in the last six games with them dropping a 17-12 decision on Wednesday to Elon.

They are led on offense by Senior catcher Mike Murray who is hitting .347 with three homers and 23 RBI in 26 games. Steven Brooks is seocnd on the squad with a .340 average while hitting three homers and driving in 13 runs. Freshman LHP Tim Cooney has been the most consistent starting pitcher as he is 3-1 with a 2.97 ERA in six games.

The Hurricanes head into the weekend with a 17-7 overall record while being 7-2 in ACC play. Catcher Yasmani Grandal leads the Miami Hurricanes offense as he is hitting .411 with three homers and 22 RBI on the year. After Grandal, there is a large dropoff in batting averages until you get down to Chris Pelaez who is hitting .329 with 4 homers and 18 RBI. Harold Martinez is third on the squad with a .326 average including six homers and 25 RBI. Chris Hernandez leads the pitching staff with a 3-2 record with a 2.68 ERA in 37 innings pitched. He is holding opponents to a .215 batting average.

[SOUP]

my pick for O was chase ford Soup...what the dilly:)

Posted by: Canezitis | April 01, 2010 at 09:34 PM

I'll fix it and add the new choices posted on this blog later today.

[SOUP]

Dumpy little dude.

Posted by: Canez1 | April 02, 2010 at 09:26 AM

U talkin' 'bout me again? LOL

[Canez1]

LOL soups!

Money hit it right on the head.

Kid is solid though. Can't knock him.

HEY HEY HEY......

GO CANEZ!!!!!

[SOUP]

Cat5 from the top rope with Sanders/Futch. I like it...

Posted by: CaneSniper | April 02, 2010 at 08:44 AM

NO GUTS, NO GLORY!

[canezilla]

baseball canes should have a sweep this weekend

[SOUP]

CANEZ1...NOW HERE'S A TEST FOR U:

How many sacks did UM have in 2009?

How many sacks did they give up in 2009?

What was the numerical difference between sacks and sacks allowed?

Prizes for the winner!

[moneycane]

Imma say we gave up 35 sacks and produced 23/24 sacks. That's a difference of about 11/12 sacks.

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

NCAA is thinking about expanding to a 96 team tournament

Pathetic

Gosh forbid they take time to discuss getting rid of that darn pregame handshake or I dont know-maybe suspend refs for poo-poo calls. A better way to run the bowl system