Yes, I know that the 2011 college football season is about to get started and many meaningless NFL pre-season games have already been all over our television screens these past few weekends.
Football fans all across the Country are focused on the here and now and can be found getting their swag on as they cling to their irrefutable belief that THEIR team is the one that will go undefeated and bring home the big prize this season: A BCS Championship and the respect and glory that accompanies it.
After all every team is still undefeated in August, right?
Still, the college football recruiting race never sleeps and keeps running full speed ahead even as a new football season full of hope and promise is just getting started.
Now that your Miami Hurricanes may be facing some potentially serious NCAA sanctions for past sins committed by former and current UM players who were alleged to receive extra benefits from booster Nevin Shapiro everyone is wondering what impact the NCAA investigation and possible penalties will have on next year's recruiting class.
The Florida HS Football (FHSF) web site is one of the best sites on the Internet for following prep sports action and keeping up to date with the college football recruiting game all across the Sunshine State.
The FHSF web site can be found here: http://www.floridahsfootball.com/
Here is a list of the 19 recruits (of the Hurricanes' 22 total verbal commits so far) who are from Florida that are verbally committed to Miami for the 2012 class according to FHSF:
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#
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POS
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NAME
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HT
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WT
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40
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SCHOOL
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DATE
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1
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OLB
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Keith Brown |
6'1
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215
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4.50
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OLB #27
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9/3/10
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2
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ATH
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Randy "Duke" Johnson |
5'9
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180
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4.40
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ATH #10
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9/16/10
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3
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CB
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AJ. Leggett |
5'11
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175
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--
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CB #8
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2/9/11
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4
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QB
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Gray Crow |
6'4
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220
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--
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QB #34
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2/13/11
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5
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QB
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David Thompson |
6'1
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195
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--
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QB #89
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2/17/11
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6
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DT
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Trenton Taylor |
6'3
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250
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4.70
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DT #26
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2/20/11
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7
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WR
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Angelo Jean-Louis |
6'0
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185
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--
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WR #7
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4/28/11
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8
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OT
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Ereck Flowers |
6'6
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288
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--
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OT #61
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5/28/11
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9
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CB
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Larry Hope |
5'10
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160
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--
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CB #50
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6/3/11
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10
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CB
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Vernon Davis |
5'9
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170
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4.5
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CB #47
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6/12/11
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11
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DE
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Dewayne Hoilett |
6'3
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212
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--
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DE #64
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6/16/11
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12
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DE
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Jelani Hamilton |
6'4
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235
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--
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DE #35
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6/21/11
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13
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WR
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D'Mauri Jones |
6'3
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185
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--
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--
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6/21/11
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14
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TE
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Brandon Hollifield |
6'6
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220
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--
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--
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6/28/11
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15
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OLB
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Reggie Northrup |
6'2
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215
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--
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OLB #26
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6/28/11
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16
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OLB
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Josh Witt |
6'1
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215
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--
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OLB #47
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7/1/11
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17
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OLB
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James Burges |
6'0
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196
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--
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OLB #35
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710/11
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18
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WR
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Herb Waters |
6'0
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173
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--
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--
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7/10/11
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19
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CB
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Nathan Dortch |
5'11
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170
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--
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CB #34
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8/2/11
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The FHSF site also lists 8 players from Florida that have signed with the Florida Gators and 7 players from the Sunshine State who have signed with the Florida State Seminoles. Those combined numbers do not equal the total of 19 players that are verbally committed to the Miami Hurricanes.
The entire list of Florida high school football players who have verbally committed to NCAA schools can be found here: http://floridahsfootball.com/recruiting/commitments/2012/index.html
Expect Miami to sign the maxium number of players in 2012 as the large and highly acclaimed yet underachieving #1 ranked 2008 class graduates after this season and Hurricane head coach Al Golden looks to restock the roster with local South Florida bred talent.
1?
Posted by: Da U N Houston | August 25, 2011 at 10:32 PM
Blah!
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | August 25, 2011 at 10:34 PM
I was drafting my fantasy football team! LOL
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | August 25, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Second!
Posted by: TonyCane | August 25, 2011 at 10:34 PM
And one more piece of music to set this season to..."Mother of All Battles" by Immediate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnpPk50zfv8
Posted by: TonyCane | August 25, 2011 at 10:35 PM
vt cleared
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 10:36 PM
1?
Posted by: Da U N Houston | August 25, 2011 at 10:32 PM
EMAIL ME FOR YOUR CANESPACE GEAR AT:
[email protected]
Posted by: SOUP | August 25, 2011 at 10:36 PM
Yes!!! First VT is cleared now this....hopefully the good news keeps on coming
Posted by: Da U N Houston | August 25, 2011 at 10:39 PM
LEGENDS OF THE FALL:
Offense: Lamar Miller
Defense: JoJo Nicolas or Jimmy Gaines
Posted by: Justin Antweil | August 24, 2011 at 09:14 PM
Offense: WR Tommy Streeter
Defense: DE Olivier Vernon
Posted by: ChrisWittyngham | August 24, 2011 at 09:21 PM
Posted by: SOUP | August 25, 2011 at 10:40 PM
you are gonna dig that shirt da U it rocks!
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 10:40 PM
vt cleared
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 10:36 PM
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So who all is cleared? I've been drafting
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | August 25, 2011 at 10:40 PM
CharlesRobinson: Multiple sources have told me several active players already granted limited immunity in NCAA's investigation.
people saying vt plus 5
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 10:49 PM
3G: North of Atlanta. Went to a small school with no football team (Niagara University) near Niagara Falls.
Hated the Irish, had to adopt a team as far away from them (philosophically) as I could - that's how I settled on 'Canes.
Loved the way our safeties became LBs, our LBs defensive ends, etc. Got hooked on the speed and the defensive intensity, and guys like Eddie Brown back in the day.
Fan since '81.
Gotta run, P51 scene on Saving Private Ryan coming up. Nothing like the sound of a Rolls-Royce Merlin engined doing a low pass at 400+ mph!
Posted by: AlpharettaCane | August 25, 2011 at 10:52 PM
Confused by that last post our own guys r telling on each other? How does this limited immunity?
CharlesRobinson: Multiple sources have told me several active players already granted limited immunity in NCAA's investigation.
people saying vt plus 5
Posted by: Da U N Houston | August 25, 2011 at 10:54 PM
The VT plus Five was merant to be guys cleared sorry, that was two tweets combined.
my bad
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 10:55 PM
Limited immunity...doesn't sound good.
Posted by: TonyCane | August 25, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Hope Ray Ray and Spence r cleared
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | August 25, 2011 at 10:57 PM
soup,
bg won a swim with the dolphins from allcanes radio
picture bg in water above his knees with dolphins jumping all over him
priceless
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Recruiting will be insane this year no doubt
Posted by: TLuv | August 25, 2011 at 10:59 PM
Why would players need limited immunity if they're already cleared by the NCAA?
Posted by: TLuv | August 25, 2011 at 11:02 PM
If there are sanctions placed on UM, Florida State and Florida are going to get such a short-term boost it will be crazy. When Miami was on probation and trying to rebuild from 1995-2000, Florida or Florida State went on to compete in six consecutive national championship games.
Posted by: TonyCane | August 25, 2011 at 11:03 PM
picture bg in water above his knees with dolphins jumping all over him
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 10:58 PM
He wouldn't go white water rafting with us so who knows? LOL
U know the rule about shark safety right?
Posted by: SOUP | August 25, 2011 at 11:04 PM
So does that mean players snitched on each other?
Posted by: sota cane | August 25, 2011 at 11:05 PM
or snitched on hurtt
Posted by: canezilla | August 25, 2011 at 11:08 PM
I hope the U football players took a good look at Ray Lewis tonight...Leadership and spirit all the way!
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | August 25, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Montreal-Cane...when it's all said and done (cliche!) I think that Ray Lewis will be looked upon as the Jerry Rice of defensive players. To play that position at a high level for 15 years...amazing. I could easily picturing him playing for Baltimore in 2016.
Posted by: TonyCane | August 25, 2011 at 11:25 PM
Monty...Manny and Justin and Chris ALL saw good things for UM baseball since the recent changes. Happy, right?
Posted by: SOUP | August 25, 2011 at 11:26 PM
90th!!!
Posted by: VA Cane | August 25, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Anything anyone said to the investigators is just a guess. For all we know these players are being cleared for lack of evidence.
Yahoo claimed that they had substatiated evidence on every player listed in their article, but most had nothing more than a phone call log and old bowling alley bar tab receipts.
For several of the players the only thing listed was "Declined Facebook friend request"????? What the hell is that??? Nevin says the kid received a benefit, the kid declines an interview and Yahoo somehow concludes that their is enough evidence to smear the kid in the expose of the program.
I read somewhere else today that the stories must be true because the former players in the NFL have all said "no comment"!!
Most of the most damaging allegations fall outside of the statute of limitations which is why I feel they are trying to invoke the "willful violations" clause.
If we go into Maryland and 5-6 of the 8 players who are currently unavailable end up playing then I'll feel a lot better than I did yesterday about the severity of the situation.
Go 'canes!
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | August 25, 2011 at 11:39 PM
If we go into Maryland and 5-6 of the 8 players who are currently unavailable end up playing then I'll feel a lot better than I did yesterday about the severity of the situation.
The later the depth chart the better the news, the later the depth chart the better the news
Posted by: solarcane | August 25, 2011 at 11:43 PM
Why would players need limited immunity if they're already cleared by the NCAA?
Posted by: TLuv | August 25, 2011 at 11:02 PM
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I beleive that means if you spill the beans, you pretty much are given a pass ala Robert Marve
Posted by: raizecane | August 25, 2011 at 11:51 PM
aight I won't say it, cause I been told the jittabugs love this stuff
http://twitgoo.com/4g5b8m
Posted by: solarcane | August 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Posted by: SOUP | August 25, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Yes SOUP Canes baseball will be fun to watch in 2012.
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | August 26, 2011 at 12:01 AM
out
Posted by: solarcane | August 26, 2011 at 12:03 AM
Robert Marve's Dad said his son was not given limited immunity. We don't have any definitive confirmation that anyone was given immunity. CBS reported yesterday that some of the players MAY HAVE been given immunity, but there was no proof to back up the guess. Several news organizations ran with that story as if it were proof that immunity had been given.
That is the problem with this entire investigation, Miami has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in the court of public opinion. If all of the suspended players are back by OSU then Lucy is gonna have some serious splanin' to do!!
Go 'canes!
P.S. No Canefest for me 86, I forgot that I'll be in Orlando for my 6 year old nephew's birthday party with a special guest appearance by 4 of Gatorland's traveling reptiles! I'm sooooo bummed! I love my nephew but...
Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | August 26, 2011 at 12:04 AM
Man.....I just read about Jo-Jo Nic's son.
That's every kind of terrible.
Extreme condolences to him and his entire family.
Posted by: Hurri | August 26, 2011 at 12:43 AM
Fran - hang in there my man, hang in there
Posted by: Six | August 26, 2011 at 01:03 AM
NCAA Investigation = Clearing House on steroids
Posted by: Keoki | August 26, 2011 at 01:06 AM
"or snitched on hurtt
Posted by: canezilla | August 25, 2011 at 11:08 PM"
DING, DING, DING, we may have a winner ladies and gentlemen. Clint always reminded me of the stupid loud mouth bozo when he was in school who didn't know when to tone the, "look at me," routine down for his own good. Did Yahoo seriously have a declined friend request as their only substantiating evidence on that smear for some of these players, really? Too freaking funny!
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | August 26, 2011 at 01:15 AM
Spence in my mind is undoubtedly the heart of that Cane D .. best player out there hands down
I agree with others on what all exactly has Ray Ray done to give him all the hype?
Made some nice tackles in practice or during scrimmages over the past couple of months?
He had that nice knock on DeMarco Murray in the Oklahoma game ... but it was more right place, right time (which is a good thing, b/c he was coming up for run support) when Murray was in the air, coming down and Ray Ray was right there
I still think that tackle VTelemaque put on Roddy Jones of GTech was nicer than the majority of what Ray Ray has done since being on the field .. that, and the fumble recovery off a deflection vs. UNC this past year at the Canes goal line ... and when he knocked the ball out of Donovan Varner's hands on the sideline hit ... and the 2 INTs against Duke
Hit to knock ball out of Varner's hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JiMVWMSkM8&feature=related
Hit on Roddy Jones of GTech to knock ball out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGibwAVV_P0
UNC fumble recovery
http://i53.tinypic.com/efqftj.jpg
Posted by: Six | August 26, 2011 at 01:25 AM
Solar i just read your comment on Greg "The negative" Cote's blog. Once again we are on the same page...Have you listened to Ira Winderman on WQAM he mentionned Cote as being boring...Listen from the 1 min. mark...
http://www.wqam.com/index.php?page=347&sid=qir13rm86mcr8id9mer2kf90vgt067vg
Posted by: Montreal-Cane | August 26, 2011 at 01:43 AM
telemaque, vernon, forston and ojomo are cleared... this is from a reliable site.
Posted by: mi@mic@ne | August 26, 2011 at 01:52 AM
http://slumz.boxden.com/f600/miami-hurricanes-761129/index495.html
Posted by: mi@mic@ne | August 26, 2011 at 01:57 AM
We may get more back fairly soon as well, mi@mic@NE.
Posted by: j.w. | August 26, 2011 at 02:18 AM
I still think that tackle VTelemaque put on Roddy Jones of GTech was nicer than the majority of what Ray Ray has done since being on the field ..
Posted by: outdoor playground equipment | August 26, 2011 at 02:51 AM
Is there any way to have a real time Canespace comments update for my Mac screen saver on the RSS feed? Any help would be much appreciated.
Posted by: IraqiCane | August 26, 2011 at 04:32 AM
Leaving for NC at noon, have a great weekend I'll check in from up there
Everybody on the NE coast take precautions be safe,
Tip for you guys that haven't been in a hurricanes since 1823
Fill your gas tank and a can today because you are gonna see how fast bread and gas can become invisible in a little bit.
monte how does Cote get paid for basically coping day old articles?
out
Posted by: solarcane | August 26, 2011 at 07:16 AM
Spence - out. RayRay - out, etc. etc - out. All out on UMs end. They are sitting them proactively rather than retroactively because the NCAA will in all likelihood make a determination regatdig eligibility more quickly when the university takes such steps. This is just a standard move and expected move by the university. The real meat comes when the NCAA gives word on these kids.
Posted by: BEERicane | August 26, 2011 at 07:45 AM
telemaque, vernon, forston and ojomo are cleared... this is from a reliable site.
Posted by: mi@mic@ne | August 26, 2011 at 01:52 AM
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Add Spence and Ray Ray to that list, and I'll be comfortable for the Maryland game.
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | August 26, 2011 at 09:10 AM
Manny - #UM coach Al Golden said school filed paperwork late last night for players to NCAA for reinstatement. Will not say who
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | August 26, 2011 at 09:12 AM