Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

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Thoughts on the NCAA transfer portal and more May 02, 2022

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In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we heavily discuss the NCAA Transfer Portal.

With the deadline passing to enter the portal and still be eligible to transfer and play immediately in 2022 come and gone, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their overall thoughts on a new frontier of college football.

What is the latest on Pittsburgh wide receiver Jordan Addison, the reigning Biletnikoff Award winner? Overall how much did Miami improve their team through the portal? Who is Miami’s top portal additions? How many players entered the portal from the UM program? Is there anyone else to know in the portal that Miami should chase?

We also take a look at the portal additions or losses for the team’s on Miami’s schedule and discuss our thoughts from a quiet 2022 NFL Draft for the UM program.

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Answering questions from the mailbag Apr 25, 2022

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In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we discuss some transfers UM is looking to close on, provide an update on key recruits, and answer your questions in the mailbag.

Just before the weekend, Miami landed a transfer portal linebacker in Caleb Johnson, who comes from UCLA.

What type of impact can Johnson make for Miami at a key position of need? InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts.

Miami is also making a move for a defensive line transfer with some freaky physical traits, there is another linebacker transfer to know, and recruiting is going to heat up with the spring evaluation period here.

In the second half of the show, Lake and Urrutia answer interesting questions from the InsideTheU subscribers.

Instant Reaction: Miami lands a game wrecking transfer in DL Akheem Mesidor Apr 20, 2022

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The Miami Hurricanes landed a big time defensive tackle transfer in Akheem Mesidor from West Virginia.

InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss what it means.

Our final thoughts on the spring game and recapping spring recruiting Apr 19, 2022

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The Miami Hurricanes wrapped up their month of spring football on Saturday with their annual spring game.

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia look to share their thoughts from that scrimmage after watching it again via the TV broadcast.

What did we miss live that we noticed after the rewatch? What was the best thing Miami got out of the scrimmage on both sides of the ball? What area of the team still somewhat concerns us?

Lake and Urrutia close the book on spring football in the first half of this episode.

In the second half of the episode, Urrutia provides a big picture recap on the recruits that visited Miami during the spring.

Who did Miami make a move for on the recruiting trail this spring? Who is Miami fading for? Where do things stand with the quarterback board? Who are the recruits to keep an eye on going into the summer months?

Urrutia breaks it all down here.

Instant Reaction: Mario Cristobal's culture on display at Miami's spring game Apr 16, 2022

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Miami held their annual spring game on Saturday and InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia recap the news and share their thoughts from the event.

Miami Spring Game Preview: What you need to know from a team and recruiting front Apr 15, 2022

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The spring game is here for the Miami Hurricanes football program and there is plenty to preview going into Saturday’s showcase event.

Miami will hold their spring game on Saturday, April 16th at DRV PNK Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in what is expected to be an event that is sold out (more than 19,000 fans are expected).

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share everything you need to know going into Miami’s spring game.

Who are the big time recruits expected to attend? Which recruits is Miami trending with going into the spring game? What is the latest with UM’s pursuit of Georgia offensive line transfer Amarius Mims?

In the second half of the episode, Lake and Urrutia share what they want to see from the spring game.

Which position groups and players need to step up? What will be considered a good showing in the spring game? What do we expect to learn about the 2022 Hurricanes from the event?

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Instant Reaction Podcast: Amarius Mims watch & practice thoughts Apr 14, 2022

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Transfer recruiting is heating up with Miami and Florida State battling it out for Georgia offensive line transfer Amarius Mims.

InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest intel from a Miami perspective surrounding that situation and more.

Instant Reaction: Spring practice No. 13 Apr 12, 2022

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In this latest episode of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their quick takeaways from Tuesday's spring practice.

Where things stand with Miami's pursuit of transfer portal targets Apr 11, 2022

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This is going to be a busy week for the Miami Hurricanes Football program.

The annual spring game will be held on Saturday at DRV PNK Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Kickoff is slated for noon and the game will be televised on the ACC Network.

With it being spring game week, recruiting will be a big topic of conversation and InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia have you covered in the latest Through The Smoke.

Where do things stand with the transfer portal targets? What type of impact can they make in 2022 for the Hurricanes? What big time high school prospects plan to visit UM this week?

You don’t want to miss this episode.

Instant Reaction: Mario Cristobal holds team accountable in practice No. 11 Apr 07, 2022

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InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share everything you need to know following Miami's 11th practice of the spring.

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