Here We Go Again

Does it seem like every year about this time things tend to go sour on the blog?

With the football season over and with no bowl game to look forward to this year it seems that many bloggers tend to go into a funk and go all negative about everything orange and green just about this time of the year. 

It doesn't have to be this way; really it doesn't.

Basketball season is just starting and Jim Larranaga's boys are doing quite well thank you very much. The men's hoopsters are out to a 7-1 start as they look forward to upcoming Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Last night in Orlando Durand Scott scored 17 points and Reggie Johnson added 16 points and 13 rebounds to help Miami to an easy 72-50 victory over Central Florida. Shane Larkin had 11 points and six assists and Kenny Kadji scored 10 for the Hurricanes (7-1), who led all game and won their sixth straight.

The Hurricanes now head out to Honolulu, Hawaii over the Christmas Break for the Diamond Head Classic Tournament which is a really nice gig if you can get it. Conference play begins in Atlanta against Georgia Tech on January 5.

Baseball season is also just around the corner, and after another great recruiting class by UM head coach Jim Morris, his diamond dogs should be poised for an excellent season.

In its annual breakdown of the country's top recruiting classes, Baseball America rated the Miami Hurricanes' 13-member group as the 10th-best incoming class in the nation. The publication's rankings were the second to recognize the Hurricanes' 2012 class, comprised of 11 true freshmen, one redshirt freshman and one junior. Collegiate Baseball newspaper rated the Hurricanes' 2012 class the ninth-best in the nation in its annual rankings released in late September.

It was the first time the Hurricanes had a group ranked in the top 10 by Baseball America since 2006, as Miami was recognized with the second-highest rated recruiting class in the ACC (UNC was No. 5).

The Hurricanes hard-ballers begin the 2013 season on Friday February 15 at 7:00 PM against Rutgers at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field.

And speaking of recruiting the "silly season" has started once again as college football head coaches all over the Country beg, grovel and plead with high school seniors who all believe they are destined to be the next "great one" at their position and college of choice.

(Editor's Note to high school players: You better have a Plan B, trust me on this one).

This is the time of year when recruits begin to play their very own modern day version of the dating game with verbal comittments to teams that are on again or off again about as often as Al Golden says "certainly" or mentions "the process" or runs his fingers through his hair during a post-game presser.

If you are part of what now appears to be a National obsession when it comes to following the recruiting game and the whims and wishes of around 10,000 eighteen year old kids who are soon to be college football student-athletes then have at it. And, if you choose to waste your time by staying up all night worrying about who is going where then please, have at it.

Just don't count me among that crowd. Personally, I have no time for wondering what color shirt or hat a certain player wore to school one day or what he said, she said, he said. Especially when the great weather of the mild Florida Winter and the great outdoors reminds me why I live in the beautiful Sunshine State.

A wise man once said:" Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you busy, but gets you nowhere."

Call me on National Signing Day and then we will talk and compare notes.

Until then, well not so much. I'll be outside, playing.

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Comments

[LB]

There ya go, UMike!

[UMike]

Sandland to miami

[UpNorthCane27]

Beau Sandland is a CANE!!!!!!!!!!!

[UpNorthCane27]

LOL CoCane i worded it wrong i shoudlve said Rankings instead of stars...... He is ranked #1 as a WDE at least thats what i read...

[CoCane]

UpNorth, quit lying. Bond is still a 3* LB on Rivals...

[thirstybuzzardcane]

Miami just got a commitment from Adonys Henriquez a 4 star SG from Orlando

[Account Deleted]

As much as I enjoy the recruiting speculation it's a sad day for Cane fans when the bigger Bowl games haven't even started and we're focused on some high school kid who plays TE.

Lord how the mighty have fallen......

[UpNorthCane27]

Lmao im not going to be shocked if Hooks chooses UM at this point even if he never visited loll... Kid is a psycho

[UMike]

Hooks announcement pushed back again lol.. Till 1:00 today

[86Cane]

Great article 86. Total agreement.

Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | December 19, 2012 at 11:04 AM

Thanks, at least ONE person reads them. LOL

[Terrance Sullivan]

Great article 86. Total agreement.

[UpNorthCane27]

Well for those star lovers...

Bond rated #1 WDE by rivals...

Yo Beau!!! cmon down buddy Shockey is waiting for you...

[86Cane]

Well, well, well...it turns out that for a FACT that SinisterCane was BrevardCane and CaneFan all in one and a TROLL!

Asta La Vista baby!

[86Cane]

Heather Babe picks DUKE!

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/50073/video-accs-best-rb-in-2013

[Mcginns ale house]

A disgruntled cane fan( ogv) is walking past sun life stadium and sees D.C. Dno nailing his defensive game plan to the opposing teams locker room door.??. Being the die hard Dno supporter that he is he says "I am gonna get me that. A man can never have to many nails."

[canezilla]

121 TEAMS, 85 PLAYERS, 10,285 TOTAL PLAYERS?

Posted by: canezilla | December 19, 2012 at 10:16 AM

CORRECT!

Posted by: 86Cane | December 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM
DID'NT EVEN LOOK IT UP!!

[UMike]

Lavon Hooks announcing today also at 11 am Central time.

Don't expect Canes.

Posted by: Ohio_Cane | December 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM

He doesnt even know what to expect lol..was suppsoe to announce like 2 days ago lol

[Ohio_Cane]

Lavon Hooks announcing today also at 11 am Central time.

Don't expect Canes.

[86Cane]

Now according to NCAA rules each team can sign UP TO 25 players per year (give or take with EE's). Some do not even sign 25 like UM this year at around 15.

So if you say that there are 121 teams in D-1 football and they each sign the maximum of 25 players then how many is that in any given year?

[86Cane]

So lets expand on that 10,285 number of TOTAL players in D-1 football any given year.

There are 1 million HS players in the US and only 10,000 college players, right? So that means that ONLY 1 out of every 100 HS players will play D-1 ball.

U BETTER HAVE A PLAN B!

[UMike]

Ohio..just bustin your chops a bit lol....also, I read that Johnson and coaches "mutual agreed" to part ways. I would imagine if the coaches were willing to part ways they must know something, either a pending commitment or hidden character issues etc...imo

[Montreal-Cane]

From the last blog and the answer from Barry Jackson from the herald i got this morning....

From MC...I am very confident that there won't be another bowl ban...UM has done more to punish itself than they needed...Bowl bans...ACC ship...Suspensions...Plus the NCAA needs to consider that due to their very lenghty investigation they have hurt Miami very very much. UM is left in the dark and only the innoncents are paying for this. The NCAA will have to go after the real guilty people who are now at other schools or elsewhere.

Posted by: Montreal-Cane | December 19, 2012 at 02:51 AM

From Barry Jackson this Morning...Regarding NCAA report.

Hi Montreal-Cane. Recent meaning within the past month. Don't think it's far from done - UM is expecting it in January.

[Ohio_Cane]

Ohio..your late buddy..that happened yesterday lol

Posted by: UMike | December 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM
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Was really for anyone who hadn't seen it and wondered why I was predicting him to Canes.

[UMike]

Ohio..your late buddy..that happened yesterday lol

[Ohio_Cane]

Mike Bakas reported that Travis Johnson received an offer from Arizona State today.

Sandland to UM!

[86Cane]

121 TEAMS, 85 PLAYERS, 10,285 TOTAL PLAYERS?

Posted by: canezilla | December 19, 2012 at 10:16 AM

CORRECT!

[86Cane]

Favorite Players? Let's offer some suggestions:

Deon Bush: Hard worker, hard hitter, team leader.

Tracy Howard: Humble, talented, smart.

Gray Crow! Just because. Seriously, old skool mentality is nice.

Matt Goudis: Nice kid, nice family and will be depended upon next year.

Rayshawn Jenkins: One of the favorites among coaches at the Hecht Center.

Danny Dillard: U will see why next year. Just remember who told U so.

Gionni Paul: Unsung hero of the 2012 UM defense. Solid player.

Curtis Porter: Southern gentleman. Nicest kid U ever wanna meet.

Ereck Flowers: U better like him or he will smash U! Talented youngster.

Clive Walford: restored productivity to the TE position by season's end.

Denzel Perryman: Productive player who does the right things; team leader.

JaWand Blue: Broke VT's hearts on NSD!

Brandon Linder: Everyone wishes they had a son like Linder. Solid person.

Anthony Chickillo: See Linder.

Jose Feliciano: Great run blocker. Plus his Mom is as thick as cold grits!

[Montreal-Cane]

The NCAA has hurt both UM and the ACC. I am sure that they both want to put this behind them so UM can recruit and continue to build under Golden.

UM can restore the ACC football to its BCS championship level it has enjoyed in the past. with the sanctions behind him, Golden has a legitimate shot at a great recruiting class and an ACC champtionship next year.

Speaking of potential ACC Champtionships, Congrats to the Canes BB team once again for looking good in a win against a decent team.

Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | December 19, 2012 at 07:02 AM

Agree!

[Ohio_Cane]

Beau Sandland - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LF7wJqcOU6k

Don't drool too much until he picks Canes.

[canezilla]

121,85,10,285?

[Ohio_Cane]

Pete Roussel - Sources tell me that Bobby Petrino has offered a job to Hampton wide receivers coach Lamar Thomas. Former 'Cane. http://bit.ly/xpkQEX

Happy for Lamar if true!

[Ohio_Cane]

LB, tbh, I have many favorites on this team.

Howard is an obvious one, because I can just see him blossoming into a lock-down corner (a la Revis) in college and onto the NFL, but I really like others for different reasons.

Bush - because he's exactly what U think of when U think Miami Hurricanes Safety. Fast, hard hitting, wreckless abandon, hard worker, etc.

Duke - because he's exactly what U think of when U think of the love we as fans and alumni have for this school. Oh, and he's just a tad skilled... Lol

[Montreal-Cane]

Good read. CEO check mail.

[LB]

Speaking of hair...

...did you guys know that Al Golden's hair has its own Twitter?

https://twitter.com/AlGoldensHair

[LB]

Now that Mike James has graduated, I'm trying to figure out my favorite player on the team.

Ohio's is obvious (and for good reason).

My contenders are between Morris, Bush, and Hagens. No, 86, Ryan Williams didn't make the cut. :)

I like Morris because off the field due to his artistic appreciation. I can relate to that, as artsy people march to a different drummer (me too). On the field, he succeeded despite the hot potato dropped passes.

Deon Bush is amazing. He is one of the most passionate players on UM's roster, and his dedication to the weight room is just sick. Keep him healthy, and he'll join the ranks of great UM safeties.

I love the way Hagens plays. I love the violence of play, unselfishness, and humility in which he demonstrates. He's the quiet guy who busts open holes for 1,000 yard tailbacks.

I also love Duke Johnson. Dude has a good head on his shoulders.

So, Spacers, who's your favorite player? If I had to cast my vote today, it would be Hagens and Bush.

[UMike]

112?..85?.. And no clue lol

[86Cane]

Questions for U all:

How many D-1 NCAA football programs are there?

How many players can each team carry on their active roster?

How many players play D-1 football each year (# of teams x # of players)?

[Ohio_Cane]

Tracy Howard!

Matt Hayes - 1st and 10: They keep calling, Al Golden keeps saying no. If Canes can get through #NCAA mess, Golden will win big. http://bit.ly/WoHEpm

[UMike]

Bush

[Old Skool]

AGain