In this installment of The Recruiting Notebook, we meet a big, physical offensive tackle with tons of potential: Zoarville (OH) Tuscawaras Valley 4-star OT Ben Congdon. Bio Under the leadership of Mario Cristobal, the foundation of the roster are the offensive and defensive lines. To help reload the OL, Miami turned their attention to Zoarville […]
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In this installment of The Recruiting Notebook, we meet a legacy talent who adds depth and talent to Miami’s offensive line: Tampa (FL) Tech 3-star OL Canon Pickett. Bio Miami prides itself on their offensive line. To keep that going into the future, the Canes looked in the direction of Tampa (FL) Tech 3-star OL […]
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In this installment of The Recruiting Notebook, we meet another talented lineman to join the Great Wall of Mirabal: Jacksonville (FL) Bolles 3-star OL J.J. Sparks. Bio Miami added another building block for their future offensive line with the commitment of Jacksonville (FL) Bolles OL J.J. Sparks. A 6’3” 300lb guard, Sparks has the size […]
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In this installment of The Recruiting Notebook, we meet another building block for the Great Wall of Mirabal: Orlando (FL) Boone 3-star OL Rhys Woodrow. Bio Looking to add depth to the offensive line, Miami turned their recruiting attention to Orlando (FL) Boone OL Rhys (pronounced Reese) Woodrow. A 6’4” 310lb guard, Woodrow has a […]
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In this installment of The Recruiting Notebook, we meet another blue chip defensive back joining the Miami secondary: Jonesboro (GA) 4-star CB Jontavius Wyman. Bio Teams all over the country know the State of Georgia is a hotbed for football recruiting purposes. The Miami Hurricanes, looking to continue to add blue chip talent to their […]
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Welcome to the Early Signing Period, Canes fans! This living document will be updated with every signee today, as well as the decisions of other Canes targets as well. Maybe. We’ll see about the “other targets” part of things. Going into the Early Signing Period, Miami holds 29 commitments but are potentially looking to add […]
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Like every other team in America, the Miami Hurricanes are deep in the 2026 recruiting cycle, communicating with prospects and trying to add top level talent to the roster for the years to come. With Mario Cristobal as head coach, Miami’s recruiting is on a level that hasn’t been seen in many years. Under Cristobal, Miami has […]
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Tuesday evening, around the time Miami was learning that the College Football Playoff Committee continues to value head-to-head wins for everyone except Miami, the ACC announced the All-Conference teams. The Hurricanes had a league-leading 14 selections on the first, second, or third team: First Team All-ACC Second Team All-ACC Third Team All-ACC Honorable Mention Freshmen […]
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On Tuesday night, the College Football Playoff (CFP) committee released the fifth installment of its rankings for the 2025 season. After a blowout win over Pitt to close the regular season, Miami saw no movement in their ranking. They remained 12th. Let me get this out of the way now: the CFP committee is full […]
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The comment section has sent in their questions and comments after Miami beats Pittsburgh, but will miss the ACC Championship Game once again as UVA and Duke will square off in Charlotte instead of the Hurricanes. Sebastian the Ibis: I’m sick of Pop-Tarts, what could make this season worse than more processed sugary crap in […]
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Happy victory Monday, SOTUers. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday. The Miami Hurricanes made it a good one for all us, bludgeoning Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon 38-7. The Canes looked absolutely dominant and have shown the part of a playoff team for the last four weeks. So, what does that mean for their […]
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Well, regardless of if (or more precisely when) the College Football Playoff committee screws over the Miami Hurricanes, the Canes ended their 2025 regular season looking like a playoff team. UM demolished Pitt 38-7, completely controlling the Pitt offense with a wrecking crew defense while putting the game away on the offensive end with two […]
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Week 14 came and went without much chaos. Miami, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Alabama, BYU, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, and Utah all avoided upsets that would have likely knocked their team out of the CFP. Many fan bases will be anxiously awaiting the penultimate CFP rankings on Tuesday night. Let’s get to the poll! AP Top 25 […]
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The Miami Hurricanes (10-2) cruised to a win over the Pitt Panthers (8-4) by a score of 38-7 on Thanksgiving weekend. The ‘Canes now must play ‘wait-and-see’ with the College Football Playoff committee. The Canyonero Keys to Victory main theme for Miami was ‘head down and drive.’ In other words, play your game and don’t […]
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THAT’S HOW YOU FUCKING DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Miami went on the road and blew out the Pitt Panthers 38-7 on Saturday afternoon. Craig T. Smith is back with your Game Recap: Mike Schiffman is here as always with your 3 stars: Let’s get into this edition of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: The Good […]
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The Miami Hurricanes smoked the Pitt Panthers today in Heinz Field (that’s what I know that stadium as), 38-7. The offense looked smooth, the defense was borderline dominant, and the special teams were above average. Miami is absolutely one of the best twelve teams in the country. Coach Cristobal’s squad should be in the CFP, […]
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The Miami Hurricanes made a final statement to the College Football Selection committee, and they did it with a megaphone next to their ears. The Canes crushed the Pitt Panthers on Saturday at the stadium formerly known as Heinz Field 38-7. Carson Beck had a nice game, going 23/29 for 267 yards with 3 touchdowns […]
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Welcome to another Miami Hurricanes game day everyone! Following last week’s blowout win over the Virginia Tech Hokies, the Hurricanes hit the road for the final game of the regular season: a trip to Pittsburgh to play the Pitt Panthers. Here’s How To Watch by me Here’s our Film Forecast scheme preview by Justin Dottavio Here’s our Game Preview by Jordan […]
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Here we are again. The calendar reads late November, the College Football Playoff picture is messy, and Miami finds itself straddling the thin line between contender and cautionary tale. A win today at Pittsburgh could keep the Canes’ ACC title and playoff dreams alive. But as the “pathematicians” love to remind us, even a victory […]
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Game Details Recent History Miami Hurricanes Outlook The Miami Hurricanes are still in the running for a playoff spot by either an at-large bid or a long-shot ACC title game appearance if certain things go their way on Saturday. Heading into this matchup 8-2, the Canes need to take care of business to boost their […]
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Conferences returned to weekly injury reports for conference games for the 2025 season. We’re back with the report and updates for Week 14 against Pittsburgh. Miami Head Coach Mario Cristobal gave injury updates during his standard Monday presser. And they are: The initial report came out Thursday night at 8pm. It basically mirrored what Cristobal […]
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For the 12th and final game of the 2025 regular season, the Miami Hurricanes hit the road to play the Pittsburgh Panthers. Last week, Miami beat the Virginia Tech Hokies 34-17. It was a game that Miami controlled from beginning to end, which you’d know if you watched the game and not listened to the […]
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It wasn’t meant to be for Jai Lucas and the Hurricanes. In their second game against top competition, Miami once again failed to pull off an upset, which would be an attention-grabber for the selection committee come March. Along with their loss to BYU, UM also faced the defending national champion Florida Gators and tasted […]
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Hello everyone. Hope you all have had a great Thanksgiving with your family and friends. It’s a terrific weekend of rivalry football with major playoff implications on deck, so let’s get into some picks for the last time this year. As usual, I’m using the lines over at the FanDuel Sportsbook. (Disclaimer: these are just my […]
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It’s Rivalry Week! It’s also possible for five teams to have a chance to play in Charlotte next weekend. A quick note: last week someone in the comments noted I should have rooted for Stanford due to the opponents winning percentage tiebreaker possibly coming into play. That person was probably right, but that is way […]
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