U Can Call Me A Gator Hater

The Game
No. 17/20 Miami faces in-state rival Florida (receiving votes in both polls) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the BankUnited Center, in the second of three-straight games at home for the Hurricanes. UM finishes the homestand against the College of Charleston on Dec. 19.

The game is completely SOLD OUT. However, tickets are available on StubHub, the official fan to fan ticket marketplace of Miami Athletics starting at $30.

The Broadcasts
Catch the game on ESPN2 with John Brickley and Cory Alexander, making the call. Also check out the game on WHIM 1080 radio with Joe Zagacki, the Voice of the Hurricanes, and 90.5 WVUM, Miami’s student station.

The Coach
Head coach Jim Larrañaga has a 568-384 overall record in his 32nd season as a head coach. He is 98-50 in his fifth season at the University of Miami, with a 41-29 mark in ACC play.

The Polls (as of Dec. 5)
AP: Miami -17, Florida - RV 
USA TODAY: Miami - 20, Florida - RV
KenPom.com: Miami - 18, Florida - 23
NCAA RPI: Miami -24, Florida - 13

The Weather
Game day temperatures: Coral Gables - 79/68; Gainesville, Fla.- 72/50.

The Series
Miami is 23-45 in the all-time series against Florida, which dates back to the 1927-28 season. The Canes are 16-15 at home against the Gators, 7-29 on the road and 0-1 at neutral sites. Miami won the last matchup with Florida, defeating the No. 8/7 Gators, 69-67, on Nov. 17, 2014, at the O’Connell Center in Gainesville.

Comments

[Terrance Sullivan]

Go Canes! Beat the Gatas!

[Go Canes]

Man I am on fire!!

[Go Canes]

Beat me to it TSully!

Richt interview up next on the telecast.

[SOUP]

But if you're not getting bodies in the building, the experience isn't helping. If our basketball team played at American Airlines Arena I have no doubt the fan experience would be better, but we wouldn't have 7,000 a game.

Posted by: j.w. | December 08, 2015 at 07:04 PM

U missed the point and the target completely.

#WinAndTheyWillCome

If UM loses at Tropical Park nobody will show up there either. U MUST WIN!

[SOUP]

OhioCane...email me about changing the Twitter pic.

[Go Canes]

How in the world does Golden State hit six 3 pointers AND have 16 points in the paint IN THE FIRST QUARTER!!???!!!

[SOUP]

Canes lead 33-24 at the half.

DE-FENSE!!!

[1mg of Epi]

Richt interview up next on the telecast.

Posted by: Go Canes | December 08, 2015 at 07:27 PM

Richt hasn't coached a down yet, but Damn hes brought some buzz back to this football team again.

[Go Canes]

He just seems supremely confident Epi.

Really hopeful this change gets him back to being hungry and focused.

[BigWindyCane1]

Canes winning by 9 at the half but not playing their best. Tonye Jekiri was injured, left the game for the locker room and has not returned. Coach L got on Angel, and he responded with 10 points. I wonder why Lawrence hasn't played, especially with Jekiri out.

Go Canes!

[NativeCane]

10th

[Go Canes]

Jekiri checking back in.

[360Cane]

Very disappointed in our fans this evening. Where's the white out? []_[]

[BigWindyCane1]

Canes (considered a strength of this team) bench has zero points? Finally, Newton has two free throws

[1mg of Epi]

Go Canes
He just seems supremely confident Epi.

Really hopeful this change gets him back to being hungry and focused.

Posted by: Go Canes | December 08, 2015 at 07:56 PM

And it's that quiet confidence.

I think he's a man that wants to prove a couple people wrong.

[brevardcane]

For those wondering.. There was a tweet saying Lawrence was out with the flu

[brevardcane]

Anthony Lawrence will not play for Miami tonight due to flu-like symptoms, per the school. #Canes from Ariz

[Old Skool]

59-47 canes

[Old Skool]

Sheldon McClellan on Fiiiyahh 22 points

[mi@mic@ne]

Mcclellan was too much for the turds...we made them look like a highschool team wooooooooooo

[mi@mic@ne]

Beat that turd ass wooooooooooo

[Old Skool]

66-55 Canes win

[Ohio_Cane]

CANES WIN!!

Miami has trailed for 13 seconds in its last two games.

[BigWindyCane1]

Solid win for the Canes

[Go Canes]

Beautiful thing about this team is great balance pretty much eliminates any scoring droughts.

Coach L doing a phenomenal job.

[DanTana]

Only shot 40 per cent tonight and on by double digits. Tonye is a beast inside. Man, he was stuffing shots left and right.

[Sarasota 'cane]

Hey Canespace, Terrance, his Army, and myself are going to watch the canes play GT on Superbowl Sunday here in Atlanta, then go watch the Superbowl somewhere, possibly Twin Peaks in Buckhead. Anybody Spacer's want to join?

Great win tonight!

Go 'canes!!!

[SOUP]

Twin Peaks in Buckhead?

Ah hell, I'm in!

[SOUP]

CANES WIN, CANES WIN, CANES WIN!!!

As Keoki would say: F DA TURDS

[Sarasota 'cane]

Twin Peaks in Buckhead?

Ah hell, I'm in!

Posted by: SOUP | December 08, 2015 at 09:59 PM

You better be!! Should be a hoot!!

[SOUP]

Sota...One of the best nights of my life, before I was married, was spent in Buckhead. Thank goodness there was no Internet, Facebook, Twitter then because OMFG it was quite the night!

[Sarasota 'cane]

"That" Buckhead is long gone, but it's still a fun place to hang out!

[Terrance Sullivan]

Looking forward to it Sarasota Cane.

[Lur-ker]

Was at the game. Great time. Yea there should have been more white shirts, but they only gave people like 2 days advance notice + not everyone got the word. Great crowd, though, with a few hundred turds sprinkled in.

It always amazes me the incredibly arrogant attitude of those bloated lizards, even when they're visitors. Someone in my group got a lot of grief from a nearby blue shirt for saying latergater (no curse words, just mild banter from the cane) as the gates left, disappointed. When assault, being pelted with objects, having drinks thrown, and generally racist hate insults are par for the course for the few canes that go to their games in the swamp or O'Donnell. That's their typical response to us.

Keep it classy, turds

[Mike M]

was nice watching basketball teams actually playing defense .

[Go Canes]

Man I guess a happy blog is a quiet blog?

[welcane]

Solid win by the Canes over the turds. Coach L and his Hurricanes look like an NCAA tournament team to me. Also Coach Richt has brought optimism back to the football program and Coach Morris and the Baseball team should be good again this season....It's great to be a Miami Hurricane!

[Go Canes]

State of the U:

Rashawn Scott and Deon Bush to the East-West Shrine Game is big for them. Get to work with NFL coaches. Can really move up draft boards.

[UMike]

Saw this over at CIS thought it was great...

The first issue we need to fix is that extremely flamboyant, ridiculous, sissified, arm-locking, butt-shaking, up-north big 10 type, bullshiite azz 'first kick-off of the game' ritual. Finished before we even start as soon as the opponent sees this.

[CoCane]

I think Scott, Bush, Waters, Hertolou, Kamalu are the seniors that will get drafted.

[Ohio_Cane]

This is making its way around the Internet:

Next big selling t-shirt for the Canes, a la the tie shirt: "Mark 20:16"

[UMike]

I prefer we in an ACC title and have that printed on a shirt lol

[SinisterCane]

Heard a Gator fan almost got knock out in restroom lol

[Ohio_Cane]

Reading about an acccident on campus last night where a student died. Not sure exactly what happened. Sad news this AM.

[Lur-ker]

Sinister - lol, wouldn't surprise me with their attitude. You have any details? There were a few butthurt turds leaving the BUC last night, a sight that always gives me joy.

[SOUP]

Man I guess a happy blog is a quiet blog?

Posted by: Go Canes | December 09, 2015 at 08:20 AM

For some (most?) if they have nothing to bytche about they have nothing to say. It is the way of the world, and the blog.

It is why Trump is so popular, he gives EVERYBODY something to complain about which is why he gets ALL the attention.

[SOUP]

I get the biblical reference to the Book of Mark in the Mark 20:16 T shirt. Unfortunately it does not technically work in that the Book of Mark ends at CH 16, Verse 20.

The earliest complete manuscripts of Mark – Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and, with gaps, Alexandrinus – date from the 4th century.[25] These end at Mark 16:8, with the women fleeing in fear from the empty tomb: the majority of recent scholars believe this to be the original ending,[26] and this is supported by statements from the early Church Fathers Eusebius and Jerome.[25] Two attempts were made to provide a more satisfactory conclusion.[27] A minority of later manuscripts have what is called the "shorter ending", an addition to Mark 16:8 telling how the women told "those around Peter" all that the angel had commanded and how the message of eternal life (or "proclamation of eternal salvation") was then sent out by Jesus himself.[27] This addition differs from the rest of Mark both in style and in its understanding of Jesus.[27] The overwhelming majority of manuscripts have the "longer ending", Mark 16:9–20, with accounts of the resurrected Jesus, the commissioning of the disciples to proclaim the gospel, and Christ's ascension.[25] This ending was possibly written in the early 2nd century and added later in the same century.[27]

[Lur-ker]

For some (most?) if they have nothing to bytche about they have nothing to say. It is the way of the world, and the blog.

It is why Trump is so popular, he gives EVERYBODY something to complain about which is why he gets ALL the attention.

Posted by: SOUP | December 09, 2015 at 09:35 AM

Couldn't agree more

[Sinistercane]

Geo305 Retweeted

1 gaytor fan almost got dropped by 2 Cane fans tonight in bathroom #AlwaysJawing

[SinisterCane]

Shaq's In Home Visit

Had the pleasure of meeting up with Mark Richt again when he stopped by for an in home visit. Actually the visit started at Shaq's High School. Coach Richt and Coach Brown stop by Oakleaf where he was met with the familiar excitement from students, teachers and administrators. We sat down with Shaq's Head Coach in a conference room and talked for about 5 minutes at a time because of the constant interruptions of teach and administrators wanting to drop in and a take picture... but we really didn't mind the interruptions actually enjoyed watching the excitement of those getting a chance to shake hands and take pictures. For the most part it was mostly small talk but I did ask if he had a defense of scheme in mind 3-4 or 4-3 for UM and he was uncertain and stated it would hinge mainly on his D-Coord, but what he was certain of it will be a defense that will play down hill, getting after it. He said he has ran both defenses successfully and found flaws in both. IMO I think the next DC will decide and have a significant amount of control over the D while he concentrate on the offense of side of the ball.

He did go to the board and show us some of the Ds he has ran in the past and pointed their similarities in alignment and differences in assignment... He is right... you could be what appears to be a 4-3, then stand the Rush End up and call him an OLB with the same responsibilities and many will argue that you are now in a 3-4... I guess we will have to wait and see... He left Oakleaf HS to go over to Trininity to see another kid and stop by our home a few hours later. We sat and had more small talk and enjoyed some of his personal stories of old, while he was a student at Miami... with the purpose of pointing out to Shaq that he is about to embark on some of the best memories he will have... and he is about to meet friends that he will have forever.

After about an hour and meeting some friends of the family that has to be the biggest Richt fans ever, we went out to dinner and met up with Mike Pinckney and his parents. It was a good time. Our family and the Pinkney's family are already forming a bond... We all will hang out again this weekend down in Miami... Pinkney's dad is from Carrol City and he plans on showing me some spots... He mentioned this one place I'm guessing its an establishment where you go to play cards based on its name... lol I'm kidding.. Zach McCloud's name came up positively in the conversation as it always do, whenever we are all together...

I have to say this. Hanging out with Coach Richt most be the same as hanging out with a Rock Star... everybody recognizes him and have nothing be good things to say and a whole bunch of love for him... And he handles that attention in the most humble way possible... I know its recruiting right now and in a couple of weeks both Shaq and Mike will be tools used to build a machine down in Miami.. but I'm confident that those kids will not be missed used and he will keep their best intention in mind. In summary of their visit the came up to mainly to see their EEs Shaq and Mike, but also took time to go by the schools of A. Ross 2016 safety commit. Aundre (Rico) Kearny 2017 LB commit ... saw Nick Roberts while at Shaq's school but he could not sit down and really talk with him because he is still an underclassmen and finally he went by a saw Dominique Ross at Trinity. I'm not sure but I bet he talked with a Guard at Pinkneys school big Sulli who gets better each time I see him play... I think he will be a nice addition to Swag16.. I tell you he, deserves a break he has been really busy since his presser and you can see it in his face that he is ambitious for great things in Miami.