Larkin Has His Game On Point

With big men Reggie Johnson (out until January) and Julian Gamble (out for the season) on the bench with knee injuries, first year University of Miami men's basketball coach Jim Larranaga has had to learn to take a page out of UM baseball coach Jim Morris' playbook and learn to play "small ball".

And small ball has been working for the Miami Hurricanes and for Larranaga so far.  Out of necessity, Miami has gone small and usually played at least three, and at times as many as four, guards on the floor for most of the time in most games early this season.

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But that has not been as big of a problem as one might think as the Hurricanes have started out with a respectable 5-2 record before beginning the always tough Atlantic Coast Conference play.

And the main reason for the Hurricanes' new found success and chemistry on the team all points in one direction: Freshman point guard Shane Larkin.

On November 15th Larkin was declared eligible to play for Miami this year after first committing to DePaul and later transferring to UM. Larranaga wasted no time in getting the highly touted Freshman into his lineup as his starting point guard.

"We have been very hopeful that Shane Larkin would be eligible to play this season and are tremendously grateful to the NCAA for approving his waiver," said Larranaga. "Shane adds a lot of speed, quickness and ball-handling ability to our already strong backcourt. We look forward to working him into the rotation."

The son of Cincinnati Reds legend Barry Larkin, Shane averaged 18.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 3.5 steals per game as a senior at Dr. Phillips High in Orlando. He ended his high school career with a school record 320 steals and was second in career scoring behind 2010-11 All-SEC selection Chris Warren (Ole Miss).

A two-time all state player, he was also runner up for the 6A Player of the Year as a junior and senior. His high school resume landed him among the top 20 point guards in the country by Scout.com and earned him a No. 72 national ranking.

In Larkin, Larranaga has apparently found the point guard that had eluded previous UM coach Frank Haith for the last several years. He has sparked the Miami offense and has become a leader on the team in his short time in Coral Gables.

Today at the Bank United Center it was Durand Scott who once again flashed his scoring potential by posting 16 points to lead Miami to an 83-75 victory over Massachusetts on Saturday. Surprisingly Scott scored all of his points on free throws as he finished 0-for-6 from the field but made 16-of-18 free throw attempts. He also had six assists and six rebounds.

The Hurricanes (5-2) overcame a Minutemen comeback and clinched the win on Kenny Kadji’s slam dunk with 24 seconds remaining for an 81-74 lead.

Malcolm Grant scored 15 points and Shane Larkin finished with 14 points for the Hurricanes. Grant and Trey McKinney Jones scored five points each and Scott converted 5-of-6 free throws as Miami outscored Massachusetts, 17-1, and took the lead for good during a 7:56 stretch late in the first half.

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[2002nemo]

Where is NEMO?

[2002nemo]

2d 2

[Usagainsttheworld]

Randall thrill hill

[SinisterCane]

DT's????????

[NativeCane]

test

[NativeCane]

Tried to bring the news this morning SOUP but Typepad wont accept it.

Go Canes!!!

[NativeCane]

MH

Kenny Kadji is the tallest player on the University of Miami roster, but the 6-11 transfer from the University of Florida played only two minutes and had zeros across the box score in a nationally televised loss against Purdue last week. Hurricanes fans were left scratching their heads. How could a guy that big with so much promise not have a bigger impact on a team with two injured centers?

Kadji asked himself the same question. On Saturday afternoon in an 83-75 home win against the University of Massachusetts, he made his presence felt — and then some. The soft-spoken Cameroonian asserted himself in his 25 minutes and finished with nine points, seven rebounds and three blocks. He came up huge in the final 1:12, with the pressing Minutemen down by five and creeping dangerously close.

UMass 6-9 center Sean Carter went up for what looked to be an easy short jumper, but Kadji leaped in for a monster block. The BankUnited Center crowd went wild. Thirteen seconds later, Kadji pulled down a key offensive rebound and with 23 seconds left, he slammed in a thunderous dunk off a pass from Trey McKinney Jones to give the Hurricanes a comfortable 81-74 lead.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/04/2530524/miami-hurricanes-kenny-kadji-rises.html#ixzz1fZQWTcpU

[NativeCane]

MH

Schnelly -vs- Bowden in Battle of Florida Collegiate All-Star Game

There's a new All-Star football game in South Florida for college seniors and those expected to enter the upcoming NFL Draft, and so far, three Hurricanes and one former Hurricane have accepted invitations.
The Battle of Florida all-star collegiate football game will be played at 8 p.m. on Jan. 21 at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton. And though the game was announced in September, many people still don't know about it. Nor do many know that retiring FAU coach (and beloved former UM coach) Howard Schnellenberger will coach the South team, while retired FSU coach Bobby Bowden will coach the North team.
Players must have been either born, played high school football or college football in the state of Florida. The game will be televised nationally by Fox College Sports.
UM offensive lineman Joel Figueroa, defensive tackle Micanor Regis, tight end Chase Ford and former Hurricanes receiver Aldarius Johnson will compete in the game for Schnellenberger's South team.
The other senior Canes who were invited and haven't yet responded: receiver Travis Benjamin, quarterback Jacory Harris, linebacker Sean Spence, defensive end Andrew Smith, guard Harland Gunn, center Tyler Horn, defensive back JoJo Nicolas and cornerback Mike Williams.

Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2011/12/new-all-star-game-invites-lots-of-canes-to-be-coached-by-howard-schnellenberger-other-team-gets-bobb.html#ixzz1fZR8GrIM

[Texascane]

Justin Blackmon...#91 Wide Receiver in the country (Rivals 2008)

Aldarious Johnson...#9 Wide Receiver in the country (Rivals 2008)

Tommy Streeter...#14 Wide Receiver in the country (Rivals 2008)

Travis Benjamin...#42 Wide Receiver in the country (Rivals 2008)

Laron Byrd...#60 Wide Receiver in the country (Rivals 2008)

Kendall Thompkins...#76 Wide Receiver in the country (Rivals 2008)

Thearon Collier #90 Wide Receiver in the country (Rivals 2008)

[Confused Face]

WOW...The city of Miami and the surrounding area has the worst employment in the country. Could explain the poor showing by the fans, people have more to worry about than games.

[CGNC]

How do you think the basketball team does this year - I know we more than likely have "L"s to Duke and UNC,but the rest?

[Q]

blackmon wants it more that's why

[CGNC]

VA Cane - congrats on that win! do you coach for a middle school?

[canesteeler]

Va Cane good job! CGNC the Pens are looking strong!

[CGNC]

canesteeler - thank goodness we have them. I have come to the conclusion that there is good college football being played, just seldom by us - hope THAT changes

dj moonbat - great posting last night. Stop making so much sense! LOL

[SOUP]

UM basketball recruiting:

http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120111aad.html

[SOUP]

Oh, BTW, SOUP, I'm pretty sure the ring bearer from USF's 2nd half was actually sporting the '83 ring on his finger.

Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | December 04, 2011 at 01:02 AM

I think U are on the right track but I think the player you identified is not correct.

[SOUP]

OK, let's take a look at dj moonbat's argument and flush it out a bit. In summary his position and those who agree with him goes basically this:

CLAIM: The University of Miami, not just the President, who as everyone knows does not work in isolation or in a vaccuum, but the University as a whole and as an institution, has indicated by their admission standards and other actions that have no interest in winning a national Championship today, tomorrow or in the future in any major sport.

RESULT: That would require that not ONLY the President of the University (who for some reason some "fans" who have never met or talked to love to hate) but that the entire institution including Board of Directors, the Athletic Director, Head Coaches, Assistant coaches, players completely and fully understand they they have set in place rules for admission that they all accept and embrace that would prevent them from ever competing for and/or winning a National Championship in football, baseball, baseketball or any other sport for that matter.

That is because all of those involved in and responsible for the governance of the University and its athletic department and programs would all know what the conditions are at UM and would either be told outright at hiring or while being recruited or would simply come to know or conclude that winning was impossible in the current environment at UM.

If this is so blantantly apparent and clearly obvious to even the "casual" fan of the Hurricanes then surely if the fans "know it to be true" then certainly the administrators, employees, coaches and players must also "know this to be true" and are part of the conspiracy to make UM athletics intentionally and deliberately fail.

It would mean that all of the people at UM would be completely compilicit with their knowledge of the admission requirements that would (according to fans who clearly are experts on these issues) make it impossible for them to win a championship in ANY sport at ANY time in the future.

That would also mean that the University, again as a whole, would have as its primary goal to intentionally deny the institution and the entire ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE the SIGNIFICANT financial rewards and positive national publicity that goes along with winning National Championships.

That would also mean that the University of Miami would intentionally cause financial (cost of attending events) and emotional (intentionally losing versus trying to win games or championships) harm to its student body and its fan base by denying them the opportunity to attend a school or root for a team that had any chance at winning a National Chapionship in any major college sport at any time in the future.

Yet there are clearly some "fans" on the street who have no direct connection to UM, the administrators or the athletic department officials or coaches or players who pretend to know exactly what all of these "employees" at the University are feeling and thinking and what their "true" intentions and motivations are.

Is that what U really think is going on at UM? Really? REALLY???

May the consipracy theorists UNITE while I am busy rolling on the floor laughing my azz off!!!

[dj moonbat]

RESULT: That would require that not ONLY the President of the University (who for some reason some "fans" who have never met or talked to love to hate) but that the entire institution including Board of Directors, the Athletic Director, Head Coaches, Assistant coaches, players completely and fully understand they they have set in place rules for admission that they all accept and embrace that would prevent them from ever competing for and/or winning a National Championship in football, baseball, baseketball or any other sport for that matter.

I would dispute that this RESULT is necessarily true. Perhaps UM's administration actually believes its own hype: that it actually IS a top-tier academic institution, and can therefore afford to turn away great athletes, because other great athletes will line up for the opportunity to play here, if the coach is a good enough salesman.

I think this is the situation, actually. UM is, in fact, about a third tier institution academically. (With the second tier being the Cals, UCLAs, USCs, Michigans, Dukes, etc.) So the administration is simply overestimating the value of the school's academics that it can offer to potential recruits, and is "pricing" its admission standards for athletes too high to ensure a steady flow of talent.

[SOUP]

I am just wondering if there are really UM fans out there that believe they can actually imagine Donna, sitting in her darkened office, all alone except for her thoughts, planning the most effective ways to implement her evil and nefarious scheme on how to ensure the downfall of the UM athletic department?

If U can, then I feel sorry for U.

I am NOT in that camp.

[dj moonbat]

I am just wondering if there are really UM fans out there that believe they can actually imagine Donna, sitting in her darkened office, all alone except for her thoughts, planning the most effective ways to implement her evil and nefarious scheme on how to ensure the downfall of the UM athletic department?

If U can, then I feel sorry for U.

I am NOT in that camp.

Posted by: SOUP | December 04, 2011 at 11:51 AM

I never attribute people's actions to conspiracy when I can explain those actions as a mistake. The U's administration is *mistaken* if it thinks it can rise to the top again while routinely taking these hardass positions with recruits. Not nefarious. MIstaken.

[SOUP]

The U's administration is *mistaken* if it thinks it can rise to the top again while routinely taking these hardass positions with recruits. Not nefarious. MIstaken.

Posted by: dj moonbat | December 04, 2011 at 12:00 PM

If they are truly "mistaken" as U claim then that means they are either not intelligent or smart enough to see the truth or are deluding themselves or are rationalizing the situation and nobody at UM is "wise enough" to see that?

Only some guy named dj moonbat on some blog somewhere is able to see through all the smoke and clutter to see the REAL truth that an entire major University simply cannot or will not grasp or accept?

Yeah, I get that.

[SOUP]

moonbat...have U ever considered the slim and probably somewhat remote possibility that it is NOT the University of Miami that is "mistaken" but that it just might be U who are the one who is "mistaken"?

I'm just sayin...

[dj moonbat]

If they are truly "mistaken" as U claim then that means they are either not intelligent or smart enough to see the truth or are deluding themselves or are rationalizing the situation and nobody at UM is "wise enough" to see that?

Only some guy named dj moonbat on some blog somewhere is able to see through all the smoke and clutter to see the REAL truth that an entire major University simply cannot or will not grasp or accept?

Yeah, I get that.

Posted by: SOUP | December 04, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Gosh, you're being awfully sarcastic. I will stay civil, however. A couple of points:

1. Large institutions are perfectly capable of making big mistakes. See, e.g., the wars in Vietnam and Iraq.

2. If you work for an institution that is making a mistake, it is often better for you, personally, to go with the flow rather than to raise a huge commotion in an effort to prevent the mistake. People who make waves are often punished, and those who predict doom are rarely rewarded.

[dj moonbat]

moonbat...have U ever considered the slim and probably somewhat remote possibility that it is NOT the University of Miami that is "mistaken" but that it just might be U who are the one who is "mistaken"?

I'm just sayin...

Posted by: SOUP | December 04, 2011 at 12:13 PM

Again, the U and I have different goals.

I want a maximally effective minor league football team. Because I take no pride in UM's academic status, anything that subtracts from athletic performance is necessarily bad in my view.

Given the choice between more like Duke, and more like LSU, the administration will choose Duke. For a university, that decision makes perfect sense.

Where the administration is mistaken, I think, is in their seeming faith that they can become more like Duke academically without becoming more like Duke athletically. I'm not saying the U will end up that bad. I'm just saying that as the U keeps making it harder for its recruits to become members of the team, depth will certainly suffer.

[Ohio_Cane]

Colin McCarthy with a FF and recovery!

[CGNC]

May the consipracy theorists UNITE while I am busy rolling on the floor laughing my azz off!!!

Posted by: SOUP | December 04, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Soup, honestly. Moonbat is not saying that. I get his point. I get your point. We can agree to disagree. No one says Willow is planning or scheming. But she got here in 2001 and how have athletics done since then? Think back to all the Coker interviews where he would say "we are graduating players". In hindsight now I see that he kept saying that because that was and IS the number one concern for the admin. And I think moonbat is right that it wasn't thought through and was mistakenly thought you could still have a really competitive program (which we no longer have) which is alot easier for me to believe rather than the admin just doesn't give a f--k. Also an anonymous member of the BOT said on The Herald last year before Shannon was fired that 8-4 was ok with her as long as the kids graduated and stayed out of trouble. And then Gruden mania - LOL.

[CGNC]

And soup - LOL I sincerely hope that moonbat and I are wrong and we are a powerhouse again (Top 10) at some point, believe me. Living in Charlotte since the 2006 season and we have not made it to the ACC title game once. Not once. If you would have told me that in 2005 I wouldn't have believed it. But here we are....:\

Also, the NCAA needs to stop being the joke that it is with favoritism to certain conferences (cough cough SEC) with them getting the lion's share of TV time and kudos, institute a playoff system and have everyone with the same academic admission requirements. That would help some schools and hurt others, but oh well. Just my $0.02 fwiw

[mi@mic@ne]

I believe in different standards for poor kids over middle class kids. Its a religious thing you know...so we should reach out to kids as individuals and not as kids who have not met the requirements. I also believe that there is a different kind of intelligence than just taking test and passing grades. I mean look at this yrs team... compared to our history of bringing in ballas who did not perform as well but hell they kick azzz and did not take any names on the field... knew were to be at all times and gave a clinic to the little tots who need to have these group examples of this kind of intelligent play... look at this years team... all were given the strip search for good school grades and behavior but ive never seen a dumber team the U has ever fielded...lol

[CGNC]

Ohio I am thrilled for C-Mac. He played hard when he was here. Met he and his family, really nice people

[pbcfrcane13]

The past 3 out of the 4 year havent we have topped 15 recruiting classes? Didn't seem like academics were an issue then and nobody was complaining about it when we were getting all this "talent" so the experts were saying....just asking

[CGNC]

Posted by: mi@mic@ne | December 04, 2011 at 02:45 PM

It's been a slow erosion, first apparent at the Peach Bowl in the loss to LSU - or was it the beatdown by Louisville after stomping on their logo? Then the haphazard contract extensions of Coker and Shannon who both were fired later. Talk about a broken athletic department. And then that goofball Hocutt. I have some hope that it changes with the hiring of Golden as at least he had HC experience prior to coming here.

[SOUP]

1. I want a maximally effective minor league football team. Because I take no pride in UM's academic status, anything that subtracts from athletic performance is necessarily bad in my view.

2. Given the choice between more like Duke, and more like LSU, the administration will choose Duke. For a university, that decision makes perfect sense.

3. Where the administration is mistaken, I think, is in their seeming faith that they can become more like Duke academically without becoming more like Duke athletically. I'm not saying the U will end up that bad. I'm just saying that as the U keeps making it harder for its recruits to become members of the team, depth will certainly suffer.

Posted by: dj moonbat | December 04, 2011 at 01:39 PM

1. Well that being said, in an open and honest way, clarifies your position for all of us. U want "The U" to be what U want it to be to get your personal needs met. And U think that the UM administration and an entire University community of faculty, students and alumni should do as you wish. Do you think that your specific desire is based in reality? That an entire University should do what ONE fan on a blog wants. Really?

2. On this we agree.

3. This is where your logic here is flawed. U are aware that there is more than one major college sport correct? Football is king (and I am certain that U will state that is all U care about) but college basketball and yes even college baseball are also major sports.

Now let's take your example of Duke. How are those academic standards working for them in oh, let's say baseketball? Duke wins in basketball because of their tradition of excellence on the court, national championships, the fact that they are situated in a great area for college basketball recruiting and can also recruit nationally and have a great head coach who U might know by name (HINT: Starts with K).

Football at Miami is like basketball at Duke. U can have high academic standards at Miami and still recruit and win championships for the exact same reasons that Duke wins at baseketball: Tradition of excellence on the field, national championships, great area for recruiting talent and great head coaching.

Now obviously the only part of the eqation that is still a mystery is: Is Al Golden a great head coach?"

Time will tell, my friend, time will tell.

[CGNC]

pbc - I don't know, don't follow recruiting. I know players didn't pan out and we lost many games due to development or otherwise. Winning will fix alot of that.

[SOUP]

Moonbat...I apologize for the sarcasm. Even though we obviously disagree I enjoy debating these issues with U and do NOT mean to stifle conversation or different points of view.

Actually, I am kinda surprised nobody else has weighed in? people must be busy on the Sunday? LOL

[mi@mic@ne]

The only national product knowledge of the U in the last thirty yrs is through our success as a football powerhouse. Shoot we not only were the standard by which everyone have become like us now but we have a logo that sells itself. lol
Why? because we were more than a grind it out offense and an average defense... we were a circus act on offense and our d punished opponents. Thats why we got the most market share on espn...lol.. Its foolish to hold back the football program to show that we are good at something that no one cares about. Its about the american culture dummies.

[CGNC]

Football at Miami is like basketball at Duke. U can have high academic standards at Miami and still recruit and win championships for the exact same reasons that Duke wins at baseketball: Tradition of excellence on the field, national championships, great area for recruiting talent and great head coaching.

Posted by: SOUP | December 04, 2011 at 02:52 PM

True statement - but 10 years ago

Three things:

1) Golden wants to be THE GUY
2) I want him to be THE GUY
3) U are right - time will tell

[CGNC]

Ok it is chilly here and the sun is finally out - later party people

[dj moonbat]

And U think that the UM administration and an entire University community of faculty, students and alumni should do as you wish. Do you think that your specific desire is based in reality? That an entire University should do what ONE fan on a blog wants. Really?

Posted by: SOUP | December 04, 2011 at 02:52 PM

No, I thought I made clear that from UM's standpoint, it makes more sense to try to climb the academic ladder than the athletic ladder. A university can upgrade its tenured faculty across whole departments for the price of one big-time head coach.

I don't think UM *should* do what will make me the happiest. The U should, and will, do what is in its perceived best interests.

What I do think *should* happen is that fans *should* stop indulging in magical thinking, whereby UM can elevate its criteria for admitting athletes without causing problems with depth. There's nothing to suggest that South Florida is a gold mine filled with diligent scholar athletes relative to the rest of the country.

The catalyst for UM's greatness was getting badass athletes, largely from South Florida's less-privileged neighborhoods, and allowing them to live large, on the field and off. Once you take away the living large part, and make it hard for those kids to even get in, the catalyst that is South Florida high school football is largely gone.

[pbcfrcane13]

Looks like Streeter is going to go pro....herald saying 4th or 5th rounder....wow passing a lot of money by not improving that draft stock next year. I also get money is money so wr going ot be hurting next year huh?

Hurns, Dorsett, Scott.....anybody else? Thats not good. Message to WR recruits you want to play right away come to the U we hurting!

[UMike]

Bye Bye Streeter

Life is never dull when you cover the University of Miami.

UM wide receiver Tommy Streeter had made his decision to forgo his senior year and enter the NFL Draft, his father and mother both told me today.

He had a long, long meeting with Coach Al Golden, and not sure if any other coaches were in there (don't think so, but not positive). Golden apparently swayed Streeter enough to make him wonder when he walked out of that meeting. UM coaches believe Streeter will be drafted fourth or fifth round, from what I've been told.

Streeter told me after that meeting that he still wants to turn pro -- yet on the other hand, he said he wants to be absolutely, positively sure of his decision. "I want to make sure I'm 100 percent,'' he said.

Sounds like he's confused, and understandably. Also sounded to me like he's leaning heavily toward going. If I had to guess, I'd say he's going to turn pro.

For UM's sake, hope he stays and gets that extra year in. He could cement his status as a first-rounder if he comes back. I think it could only help for him to show consistency in his success over more than one season.

Keep in mind, however, that Tommy is 6-5 and 217 pounds and runs a 4.4-second 40-yard dash. He is amazingly fast for a very tall man -- great attributes for a receiver. That won't get past NFL teams.

This won't get past them either: 811 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 46 catches.

Yes, he's only had one great season, but he rarely played before this season. He was not a favorite of Randy Shannon's, and Streeter himself said he changed his attitude before this season.

"He believes he's ready,'' Tommy Streeter Sr. told me today. Mr. Streeter would like his son to stay in school, by the way.

Tommy Sr. told me TJ -- Tommy Jr -- "loves coaches Al Golden, Jedd Fisch and George McDonald, but he feels like it's time for him to move on.''

Now they wil get together as a family again to discuss his future.

Tommy Jr. is majoring in sports administration and is on pace to get his degree in December, which I believe he still could get by arranging some internship hours.

It appears if he turns pro, he'll sign with Drew Rosenhaus. I was assured by both parents, in no uncertain terms, that Tommy has NOT yet signed with any agent.

This is a good, close family.

Stay tuned.

Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/#ixzz1fbBXVJqz

[Q]

wow streeter, why ? one okay season and your ready. limas sweed from Texas......

[mi@mic@ne]

Our society is built about cities. Cities are not unified by a great mayors speech..more like put to sleep. But the only two things ive experienced in feeling good about myself as far as being proud to be from Miami was the unified experience going to the ob ..reading in the papers and seeing the parades of champions that get a cheer from people who may not get along in real life. This is American experience of freedom... anyone who lived through that period of time had unified feeling good experiences that other cities in America would dream about. Life is about this drama and passion that brings the best out of people through heros... lets celebrate it not ignore that it did not happen.

[UMike]

http://saveumfootball.tumblr.com/post/13726328406/ums-2011-recruiting-breakdown-what-you-need-to-know

[SOUP]

CGNC...then your point is then that Donna, who is the target of fans anger but in no way working alone at UM, is not "mistaken", but intentional in her/their actions.

If you really believe 100% in your heart and your head that The UM President, Board of Trustees and athletic department employees and coaches accept the fact that Miami cannot and will not win championships in the three major sports ever again because the current "academic standards" will not allow it AND U state the belief OUT LOUD that U don't care about academics and only about athletics then I have to ask you this:

Why on earth would U continue to root for and blog 24/7 about the Miami Hurricanes athletic teams? Doesn't that seem to be in and by itself contradictory and self-defeating?

Do U think for a minute that the University of Miami or ANY university for that matter is going to refocus their entire mission and vision as the result of one fan on a blog somewhere who "Only cares about winning championships and having a minor league NFL farm team"?

U think they are gonna drop everything that they have worked for and everything that they have been doing over the last 10 years to improve UM's reputation and academic standing simply becuase some fan wants them too WIN NOW at all costs? Do U think that is really going to happen?

And do U really think that any University administration would intentionally deny their employees, coaches and athletes the opportunity to win a national championship?

Do U think any major University that has a rich history and a winning tradition would NOT want the financial and PR benefits that go along with winning a national championship in any of the three major sports and simply accept being mediocre?

I do NOT believe any of that.

Not at all and not for a second.

And all I have to say in reponse to all of that nonsense is: C'MON MAN!!!

[pbcfrcane13]

Ah bama and lsu again it's going to happen Man LSU OSU would be so much fun!

[dj moonbat]

CGNC...then your point is then that Donna, who is the target of fans anger but in no way working alone at UM, is not "mistaken", but intentional in her/their actions.

Posted by: SOUP | December 04, 2011 at 03:17 PM

Of course her actions are intentional. Her mistake, and the mistake of others in the administration, is that they have underestimated the impact of those actions on the athletic program.

[pbcfrcane13]

Oh yea and Kendall Thopkins....wow that WR core is not good next year....Ah!

[SOUP]

This is American experience of freedom... anyone who lived through that period of time had unified feeling good experiences that other cities in America would dream about. Life is about this drama and passion that brings the best out of people through heros... lets celebrate it not ignore that it did not happen.

Posted by: mi@mic@ne | December 04, 2011 at 03:14 PM

Yes, yes, and YES!!!

Oh my, what was that a brief but POSITIVE vibe on the blog? Nothing short of a miracle I tell U!

[pbcfrcane13]

Look we didn't suck because of our reqs to get in....if that was the case we wouldnt have had top 10 classes 3 out 4 years.....nobody complained about any of this stuff.......when those classes were getting signed....

also if we can't become great because we don't get one recruit we have more issues then we all think.

We have sucked because of turn over in the coaching staff....lack of recruiting dept at spots and developing talent....not cause of all that other BS you guys are fighting about.