Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

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Instant Reaction: Miami lands Top 100 linebacker Malik Bryant Jul 27, 2022

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The Miami Hurricanes stay hot on the recruiting trail with UM receiving more good news on Wednesday with the commitment of four-star linebacker Malik Bryant.

In this instant reaction podcast, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on Bryant and what this means for Miami’s 2023 recruiting class.

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Thoughts and takeaways from ACC Kickoff and the latest recruiting buzz Jul 25, 2022

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In the latest edition of Through the Smoke, there is plenty to touch on both from a football recruiting perspective and football team perspective.

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia open the podcast discussing recruiting.

Three of Miami’s recruiting targets decided to commit to schools elsewhere over the weekend. What does that mean for Miami and who are the new names to know as UM works its way down the recruiting board?

In the second half of the show, Lake shares his takeaways from ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina with football season right around the corner.

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Where things stand with five recruiting targets set to announce this week Jul 19, 2022

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In this quick podcast, we wanted to set the table for a busy week of recruiting announcements for Miami targets.

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share where things stand on Tuesday afternoon for targets like 4-star DB Jayden Bonsu, 4-star OL Olaus Alinen, 4-star LB Malik Bryant, 4-star OL Payton Kirkland, and 4-star DB Joenel Aguero.

Who is trending towards the Hurricanes? Which recruitments are too close to call right now? How many commitments will Miami end up with at the end of the week?

Lake and Urrutia touch on it all.

Discussing Miami commits and targets with 247Sports recruiting analyst Cooper Petagna Jul 18, 2022

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The 247Sports network updated its recruiting rankings on Monday afternoon and with that in mind, we invited 247Sports Recruiting Analyst Cooper Petagna to join Through The Smoke.

Petagna has worked in the recruiting departments of various programs, including Oregon while Mario Cristobal was the head coach with the Ducks.

In this podcast, Petagna peels back the curtain and shares insight into how the rankings process works, what the 247Sports evaluators look for, and shares his thoughts on plenty of Miami commits and targets.

You don’t want to miss this episode.

Francis Mauigoa is elite & other takeaways from UA Future 50 Jul 17, 2022

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In this latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the performance of Miami commits and targets at the Under Armour Future 50 event at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Who are the players that impressed us? How do we project the Miami commits at the college level? Where do things stand with the Miami targets? Who dominated the camp in general?

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Sharing the vibes from the Future 50 event and meet Francis Mauigoa Jul 15, 2022

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InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share what they learned from speaking with plenty of Miami's big time targets and commits that are participating in the Future 50 camp.

In the second half of the show, Urrutia has a conversation with five-star offensive line commit Francis Mauigoa.

Discussing the latest crystal balls and previewing the UA Future 50 camp Jul 14, 2022

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Recruiting never stops and this week is no different.

Under Armour will be putting on an elite football camp this week at IMG Academy with plenty of UM commits and targets participating, including QB Jaden Rashada and OL Francis Mauigoa.

What are we looking forward to most from the camp? Who are the UM targets set to participate in the camp?

Urrutia and Lake break it all down.

Miami is also on a hot streak of picking up Crystal Ball predictions from a handful of elite prospects.

Urrutia shares everything you need to know with these predictions.

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Instant Reaction: Miami is stacking talent at linebacker with 4-star Raul Aguirre committing Jul 12, 2022

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The Miami Hurricanes stay hot on the recruiting trail.

On Tuesday afternoon, UM received good news from four-star linebacker prospect Raul Aguirre with his commitment to the Hurricanes over programs like Alabama and Ohio State.

Aguirre (6-2, 220) ranks as the No. 121 overall prospect in the country, according to the industry generated 247Sports.

What type of player is Miami landing in Aguirre? What does his addition mean for Miami’s 2023 recruiting class? How did this commitment come together?

InsideTheU’s Gaby Urrutia and David Lake break it all down in this podcast.

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Addressing an unacceptable database error and VIP recruiting notes Jul 10, 2022

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In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia try to explain what happened with the 247Sports Composite score of recent commit Jayden Wayne.

Wayne gave his pledge to the Hurricanes and was a five-star at the time of the pledge, but a database error was discovered an hour after the commitment and once the correction was made, the UM commit dropped in the rankings.

Lake and Urrutia try to explain the entire situation here.

After the break, Urrutia breaks down some of the recent recruiting scoop that Miami fans need to know with some key decisions on the horizon.

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Instant Reaction: Jayden Wayne commits as Miami is collecting 5-star linemen Jul 09, 2022

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Another five-star has committed to the Miami Hurricanes!

Defensive lineman Jayden Wayne, who hails from Tacoma, Washington and will be playing his senior season at IMG Academy gave his pledge to UM on Saturday afternoon.

According to the industry generated 247Sports Composite, Wayne ranks as the No. 30 overall prospect in the country.

What type of player did Miami land in Wayne? What does this say about Mario Cristobal’s recruiting abilities? How special is this 2023 class shaping up to be?

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia break it all down in this quick instant reaction podcast.

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