Camping Out

Summer is here and It is time to get back to nature and enjoy camping out in the great outdoors. And nothing is better than camping out in Florida.

The fresh air, the sunshine, the crystal clear springs, the scenic rivers, the wildlife, the friendships made around a campfire, the soft moonlight through the pines, gazing at a majestic, star-filled sky free from the city lights.

The only problem is that you will find none of that on Greentree Field behind the Hecht Athletic Center in Coral Gables. At Al Golden's football camps held at the University of Miami all you really get is a bunch of athletic, hot, sweaty young men either intentionally running away from or deliberately running into each other a hundred times over. 

So unless you are an ambitious high school football player hoping to get a scholarship offer from "The U" we recommend that you simply stay inside the comfort of your air conditioned home in sunny, hot and steamy South Florida.

But what it really comes down to is that is exactly what the camps are intended to do: Determining which high school football players players are deserving of playing for Miami , are likely to get a scholarship offer and will wind up wearing The U on their helmet in college.

Last year around 70% of the players signed by UM camped in Coral Gables.  This year one very special UM football camp partcipant this year is Ventura, California QB Ricky Town. 

You see it just so happens that Ricky's dad  happens to be good friends with a long time Canespacer (who shall go nameless). So we thought we would give him some face time here on Canespace since he is attending the Al Golden Football Camp this weekend.  

Ricky Town is only entering his first season on the varsity squad at Saint Bonaventure High School however this class of 2015 prospect is already getting lots of attention on the recruiting front. 

Teams like Miami, Alabama, Stanford, Boston College and many others are attracted to both his excellent athletic skills and his sterling 4.0 GPA.

Obviously a very smart and talented player, there is a lot to like about Ricky Town. Here are some video highlights of Ricky Town at practice:

Town is a still developing 6'-4" 190 pound quarterback who can fling it with the best of them.  He works a lot out of the shotgun formation with his current high school team and due to his height he has excellent field vision. 

He stands tall in the pocket, delivers a very catchable ball and has solid arm strength. He is spending the Summer working on his strength and speed to become a more complete player.

However, Ricky's best quality may be his understanding of the offensive system, scheme and reads.  According to our sources he is a student of the game, an avid film watcher and would absolutely smoke ESPN's Jon Gruden in one of his now famous 1 on 1 film Q & A sessions.

Town has spent time working with QB coach Anton Clarkson (seen above) who is the son of Steve Clarkson who runs the Super Seven QB Academy held each year.

Clarkson has worked with many other well known and successful college QBs such as Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen and USC's Matt Barkley. Ricky (seen below with his father) is now reportedly one of Clarkson's proteges and one of the top rated QBs in California.

Ricky Town is in town camping out today at the Al Golden football camp in Coral Gables. We would like to wish him the very best of luck at whatever his bright future holds! 

NOTE: We will have reports from our source inside the Al Golden Football camp later today, but for now we can tell you that Ricky Town was selected camp QB MVP today!

Comments

[1canesfan]

Uno?

[CaneRock]

YEAH! FIRST!

[CEO]

1Canesfan...email me for your discounted Canespace T-shirt at:

[email protected]

[CEO]

I know 2015 seems a long way off but here is what U need to know:

1. QB Ricky Town was Camp QB MVP today. He is only a 10th grader and is 6-4 and 190 and blew away the competition.

2. After the first set of drills he was moved into a designated group of the top QBs and later on worked 1:1 with Jedd Fisch.

3. He later met with Al Golden and Fisch for about 30 minutes and took a "special" tour of the campus and facilities.

4. He is going back on Tuesday for more meetings with UM coaches and more tours of campus.

5. No official word on an offer yet but it appears likely at some point.

[roachcane77]

AG CONTINUES to impress!

[CEO]

WURD ON DA SKREETZ IZ:

1. Nah, this boi dont get to see s much of QBs in camps. Staff and coaches alwayz pullin boiz off to the side workin on mechanics. Miami fans gotz to give it up to Al and his O staff. They aint puttin on no show for all them other coaches lol. Just goin off how he runs these camps this boi would say Al has 2 QB targets every year with 1 of them bein athletic enough to ball at other positions.

2. 1 position Al and staff aint lettin peeps mess with is QB, thems his babies lol. Sh$# when pimp had Crow here he had boi at FB, LB, TE with little work at QB. Most of his QB action was off to the side with staff.

3. A non QB that has to at least a 10* lol is that ballah Jamal Carter. Boi can safety, CB, WR or even LB with a few more lbs. Coach D gets all hyped bout that boi

[CEO]

SKREETZ WALKIN...

1. Nobody really jumped off the board for this 2013 class. They do listen and bust their azzez on every drill. Al did seem to be lovin what he saw out of a boi named Jeremy Kerr. He was praisin the f outta boi at TE and DE. I didnt get to eye him but he did get major dap by the peoples that helped out.

2. I was stunned at how many of these ballahs are already followin CampSwaz and diet plan. Them young azz ballahs were tellin this boi things I didnt even know what was part of the plan.

4. I did get to see a mountain of a ballah in Derrick Calloway. They makin young rooks big as f these dayz lol

5. This boi aint ever yapped bout ballahs from next seasons class so I guess im steppin out for this lol. Ive seen that boi Dalvin Cook (2014) ballout quite a few times, that ballah is f n amazin. That boi is a gamebreaker, anklebreaker and TD maker. He WILL be a star at the next level. Thats a badboi.

6. For this class im still on that Fennell boi. Hes amazin for that size. Not much that boi cant do.

7. Of course we all know the best WR in the state is Jordan (Cunningham) lol, I aint movin off that. Fastest azz boi I seen is Brisly Estime, a real bolt. It would not push me back to see him in this class. Could he be the next RaShawn or D'Mauri I show big dap for?

[Ohio_Cane]

Stony Brook up 6-1 on LSU in top 4th. Winner advances to CWS.

This team has been very impressive

[CEO]

FROM THE TOWN FAMILY:

Tom thank you for your kind words. Ricky had an awesome time and the U has an amazing coaching staff.

The only thing is Ricky is an under center, Pro-Style QB that works mainly under center with his high school team team, not out off shot gun. This is one if the main reasons Miami's coaches took notice of him.

Thanks again,

Rick Town

[nemo2002]

It looks like UF is going to the CWS and FSU and STONY too!

[nemo2002]

Great story about one of our best ever divers:

Frank Viola's daughter says dad taught her in diving
http://usat.ly/KdFeqM

[LB]

California QB's have a great history at UM. (Insert cheap pop here)

Good grief, Golden's going global in recruiting in year 2. I understand how he's so organized (the plan). He must have spent most of his life organizing such. If he's tearing it up with 2015, Golden is going to be here a LONG TIME.

This program is in good hands with Godfather Golden at the helm.

[myndraize]

Of course we all know the best WR in the state is Jordan (Cunningham)
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I believe Stacy Coley will have something to say about dat.

[myndraize]

Does anyone know if/or how much AG and staff is recruiting Derrick Calloway?Would not want to see him go to usc,even tho he's from cali.

[CEO]

In Miami’s long history of winning on the field and in recruiting, there has been no bigger victory than what Golden and his staff pulled off this recruiting season. Bigger than the five national titles, bigger than those Heisman Trophies, bigger than all of those All-Americans.

Not only did the Canes reel in a program-defining class of 32 players (seven count toward last year’s class), they kept rivals Florida and Florida State out of talent-rich Broward and Dade counties. The Gators signed two players from Broward and Dade; the Seminoles signed none.

No player in that critical pipeline—the area former Canes coach Howard Schnellenberger once dubbed “the state of Miami”—was more important than Tracy Howard. The nation’s No. 1 cornerback recruit was down to UM, UF and FSU, and sat in front of a national television audience Wednesday morning to announce his decision.

Think about that: the elite of the elite, a player all of the Big Three desperately wanted, proudly proclaimed he was signing with Miami. Warts and all.

If that weren’t enough, his teammate Malcolm Lewis—the No. 1 wideout in the state of Florida also choosing between the Big Three—chose Miami, too

Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/feed/2011-05/cfb-recruiting-2012/story/national-signing-day-2012-miami-matt-hayes-al-golden-hurricanes#ixzz1xUaTdABg

[CEO]

According to Scout Calloway has an offer from Miami:

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=5740611

[CEO]

Notes: Stony Brook is the second No. 4 seed to advance to the College World Series since NCAA went to Regional format in 1999...that team was Fresno State in 2008, and the Bulldogs went on to win the College World Series...Stony Brook is the first Northeast Region school to advance to College World Series since the NCAA went away from geographic regionals in 1987...the attendance of 10,620 was the largest in history of LSU baseball...Willie Carmona is 18-for-34 (.529) in the NCAA Tournament with 12 RBI.

[CEO]

Matt Senk enters his 22nd season as the Stony Brook University head baseball coach, having entrenched the Seawolves as one of the top programs in not only the America East but also the Northeast Region.

Last season, Senk guided the Seawolves to a school record 42 wins and its first America East regular season title. Senk was rewarded for the Seawolves success as he was named America East Coach of the Year.

The Seawolves were ranked as high as 30th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll and were third in the country in winning percentage. Stony Brook finished the season with the top fielding percentage in the country (.985) and ranked second in the nation with 146 doubles.

Senk's players were also rewarded for the Seawolves record-breaking season, as 11 players were named All-Conference including eight to the first team. Willie Carmona became the first player in program history to be named a first team All-American in addition to being selected the America East Player of the Year.

[LB]

Even though Sporting News reports that "Signing with Miami meant signing with a university that hid from its own head coach the depth and breadth of the NCAA investigations."

There's this:

“Nothing,” Golden says, “is preventing us from moving forward.”

It feels like that old "Miami vs. the world" mentality. I love it.

[Ohio_Cane]

Brennan Carroll - #WelcometoTheU

Someone just committed!

[CEO]

After spending the weekend at Miami, St. Petersburg tight end Jeremy Kerr committed to the Hurricanes.

[CEO]

LAST NIGHT AT 8:24 PM ON CANESPACE:

SKREETZ WALKIN...

1. Nobody really jumped off the board for this 2013 class. They do listen and bust their azzez on every drill. Al did seem to be lovin what he saw out of a boi named Jeremy Kerr. He was praisin the f outta boi at TE and DE. I didnt get to eye him but he did get major dap by the peoples that helped out.

[j.w.]

Sounds like a great pick up, Six, he's from your area, any insight for us?

[hassan]

Great updates by skreetz

How was the 96 from mnw I heard he balled. And a 11 yr old won mvp

[CEO]

WURD ON DA SKREETZ...

1. If this boi remembers right it was the pimp from Ohio that was on the TH3 wagon. This is just in shorts so cant go crazy, TH3 is livin up to the hype. And yo, that boi can actually catch the f n ball. The 1 thing I do see him battle is jumpin a route to quick and gets hit with the pump and go. Summer will tell alot of ballah cause Al demands CBs to be solid tacklers. Whole different world from 7-7 to geared up layin fools out.

2. That boi Pierre is puttin in some serious grind from weights, runnin and film work. Boi could very well push to start on DL. His quickess has even improved.

[CEO]

MO FROM DA SKREETZ:

1. This boi knows Miami fans love them ballahs so im goin to help balance sh$# out lol. DJ8 really, really needs to carry out the play better when hes not the main target. Boi lookin to get lit up doin that sh$#.

2. McGee coverage has been great but da&@ that boi dropin to many ints. If this boi didnt have a shaved dome I would say it makes me wanna pull my f n hair out lol.

3. By game 2 teams will have to double The Plug, question remains can he keep them occupied to free up stunts and LBs?

4. Ryan has improved accuracy but he needs help with throwin the deep middle ball to f n high. MoMo still throwin 100mph, damn fool needs to understand what putin touch on a pass means.

5. Someone, I mean someone has to f n bring game to WR spot. Babyface, Rashawn and to some degree Hurns are ballin but these rooks HAVE to get better. If not expect Dallas to go wide or Al/Fisch will switch some other ballah there.

[j.w.]

Sobering thoughts from Skreetz, but appreciate it, too much enthusiasm always bites us in the arse by October 15 or so.

[hassan]

tT Kerr commits to the Canes

[calGary Cane]

3. By game 2 teams will have to double The Plug, question remains can he keep them occupied to free up stunts and LBs?

Soory, Who's The Plug?

[Texcane]

That should wrap up te's. Now we can focus on dt, s, and ol.

[Ohio_Cane]

Soory, Who's The Plug?

Posted by: calGary Cane | June 11, 2012 at 12:48 PM
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Darius Smith

[CEO]

I bring U da Plug:

http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/smith_darius00.html

[CGNC]

Thunder in Six!

Posted by: Texascane | June 10, 2012 at 09:24 AM

Heat in Five!

Posted by: CEO | June 10, 2012 at 11:48 AM

Heat in 7! H E A T!!!!!

[calGary Cane]

I bring U da Plug:

http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/smith_darius00.html

Posted by: CEO | June 11, 2012 at 01:09 PM

THANKS! Love your intro.

[myndraize]

1.TE Jeremy Kerr 6'5 240 don't know his skills at te,could grow into a lt/rt

2.Brandon McGee really needs to step up and ball this year,if not i aspect a quick hook by mid-season

3.Allen Hurns moreso than R.Scott needs to show he can be the #1 wr,i just feel P.Dorsett will be the most reliable

4."IF THE PLUG" lives up to his name with D.P and A.C. the defense should be one of the nations best

5.CEO:if you have the 411 please let us know,but i don't believe J.Kennel is intrested in the U

[calGary Cane]

Just looked up The Fridge...from Wikipedia...

"Perry was 6 ft 2 in (1.9 m) and weighed 382 lb (173.3 kg) at his peak weight."

Sooo... The Plug is 20 lbs short of reaching fridgehood? Wow... I hope he impresses this year!

[myndraize]

Where's dat 4 letter network about the shooting deaths in auburn,the ancient dead knows they would be all over this 24/7 if it had happen at the U

[LB]

I guess we're done with tight end for 2013?

[herbieibis]

I'd say we're done with TE's. It's about time we scooped a pair in one recruiting class. Now it's time to focus on the defense, especially the line. I'm still not sold on our de-line yet. I know there is the word potential but it's consistency I'm looking for. We need some sacking machines up front, and if not those opposing QB's will George Foreman our secondary.

[CaneRock]

Good thing for these College camps, because I don't know how the hell a kid like Kerr, could showcase His skills at SPHS with that Split-T/Option type offense that they run. Imagine how many kids are under-evaluated, or even evaluated at all, that play in those types of offenses in HS. Reminds me of Santana's recruitment to Miami, for those that don't know, Santana played in the Wishbone offense at Miami. If RS didn't ask Coach Frazier about any other prospects, then Santana's on His way to EASTERN KENTUCKY! That "if you're good, they'll find you" mantra was bogus in these case, sometimes you gotta "grab that bull by it's horn" and do your own thing.

Jeremy Kerr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKV5F7iJUkc

[CaneRock]

for those that don't know, Santana played in the Wishbone offense at Miami.

Posted by: CaneRock | June 11, 2012 at 01:46 PM

Correction, Santana played in the Wishbone offense at CAROL CITY.

[Ohio_Cane]

CEO, TONS of other schools taking notice of the local kid I told U about that U passed along to those inside UM.

He's not even rated by Rivals yet, but has 22 offers. Those include offers from Ohio St, Stanford, Michigan, Mich St, Notre Dame, Penn St, WVU, et al.

[Ohio_Cane]

^^^ http://rivals.yahoo.com/purdue/football/recruiting/player-Michael-Ferns-137345

[myndraize]

Thanks for the vid,he looks slow footed hope i'm wrong i see o-line in his future.I would not be suprised if T.Johnson or J.McNeil is still a target.

[LB]

Non-Canes news:

If you're trying to get a ticket to the IMAX Dark Knight Rises midnight showing... get moving. It's selling out worldwide on a record pace.

"The Fire Rises!"

[CaneRock]

### UM baseball coach Jim Morris (under contract through 2015) and his staff – which is out recruiting - are under the impression they are returning next season, but athletic director Shawn Eichorst refuses to say anything about Morris’ status.

### A high-level UM official said the school hasn’t been given an updated timetable by the NCAA but will not be surprised if it doesn’t receive its punishment until after National Signing Day in February. The UM official was disgusted by minor violations found in the basketball program, such as providing transportation (including flights) to players’ family members: “That should never happen.”

Missouri and ex-UM coach Frank Haith has said privately he had no idea his assistant coaches were providing those benefits and has told the NCAA that UM never paid basketball players.

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2012/06/dolphins-demanding-more-from-thomas-gates-dolphins-heat-um-marlins-notes-.html#storylink=cpy

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - Details on TE Jeremy Kerr's Commitment to Miami: Called Coach Golden around 11 a.m. and said he was committing. 100% solid. Everyone happy.

[The Dude]

Scout says Kerr had 3 catches for 64 yards and 1 TD last year.

[Ohio_Cane]

Papa Cane - New UM Verbal Commitment TE Jeremy Kerr - Video Highlights: http://ow.ly/bvcY5 Take a look at UM's most recent commitment. Big guy.

[Ohio_Cane]

The Dude - Looks like Kerr blocks on most plays lol. He does an awfully good job of it tho