Last year at this time in the offseason, questions surrounding the Miami Hurricanes recruiting efforts were rampant. Their stronghold on players from the south Florida region that they traditionally held seemed all but a distant memory. Well, in the last [...]
Safety appears to be a position of strength on a defense that remains the weakness of the Miami Hurricanes football team. Last season saw the breakouts of sophomore Deon Bush and senior AJ Highsmith. Bush (6-foot-1, 205 pounds) was named the team’s newcomer of the [...]
Clearly, the Miami Hurricanes pass defense was atrocious last season. They ranked 99th in the nation averaging 268 passing yards allowed. Three times they allowed an opposing quarterback to throw for over 400 yards. Even more disconcerting was any lack of [...]
As we sit here in the month of July and inch dangerously closer to the beginning of the college football season, the word “hype” gets thrown around quite a bit. While that talked-about hype generally surrounds the prospects of a [...]
One thing was clear about last season for the Miami Hurricanes. Their defense was bad. Historically, embarrassingly bad. They finished near the bottom in every statistical category. However, one area that was particularly terrible was the pass rush. The Canes [...]
When the Miami Hurricanes lost both kicker Jake Wieclaw and punter Dalton Botts to graduation, there were serious questions about who would step up. During the spring, sophomore Matt Goudis (6-feet, 175 pounds), last season’s back up placekicker, handled both the kicking and punting duties. As the spring [...]
The Miami Hurricanes are looking to make a run at an ACC title in 2013, but they have an area of their team they would like to fix first. Last season, the Canes ranked No. 113 in college football with [...]
Overall, the Miami Hurricanes could have, top to bottom, the best offensive line in the country. With senior quarterback Stephen Morris and sophomore running back Randy “Duke” Johnson getting most of the headlines this off-season, this may be seen by some as a shocking statement. However, [...]
With Miami Hurricanes offensive coordinator James Coley now in charge, Canes fans should expect to see a re-emphasis on the tight end position. This is a football program that has produced NFL talent at the tight end position like Bubba Franks, Jeremy Shockey, Greg Olsen and Kellen Winslow. In recent years, [...]