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Monday Musings: Miami QB Darian Mensah high on a list that would mean a tremendous season is loading
Happy Monday, errrrrrrrrrrrrrbody. Hope your weeks have gotten off to a great start. I’m on vacation back in the Sunshine State, and man, how much I deeply miss living in this wonderful, wonderful place. With that being said, and being in the dead period with a lot of free time to work with, I decided […]
Storm Cellar: MIAMI HURRICANES other favorite run concept is WIDE ZONE
The Miami Hurricanes took a 14-3 halftime lead and ground the Florida State Seminoles down with 32 carries on 3-yards per rush. Mark Fletcher Jr, Marty Brown and Jordan Lyle rushed for 3.3, 2.4, and 2.6 yards per carry against the ‘Noles defense. Behind that thumping run game that mainly featured Duo and Wide Zone […]
Storm Cellar: CLEMSON has their new QB in CHRISTOPHER VIZZINA
The Clemson Tigers have their new starting quarterback and it’s a familiar name for Clemson fans. Christopher Vizzina, Cade Klubnik’s long-time backup will more than likely get the nod to start the 2026 season behind center. Dabo Swinney is a loyalty guy, until he’s not, and three-star true freshman Tait Reynolds could make a push […]
Summer Scheming ‘26: Clemson Tigers
Dabo Swinney is 187-53 as the Clemson Tigers head football coach. The former Alabama wide receiver spent 15 years climbing the ranks at Alabama and Clemson to take over as the interim HC and then permanent header at CU. Under Dabo the Tigers have won two national championships and nine ACC titles in 17 seasons. […]
2026 Game Preview: Florida A&M Rattlers at Miami Hurricanes
The Miami Hurricanes begin the home schedule with the annual HBCU invitational game against the Florida A&M Rattlers. The Canes’ season opener is a weekend game. It will be played on Thursday, September 10th at 8:00pm and televised on the ACC Network. Coming off a 5-7 season in 2025, FAMU looks to take a steps […]
2026 Game Preview: Miami Hurricanes at Stanford Cardinal
The Miami Hurricanes begin the 2026 season with a trip to the Bay Area to face the Stanford Cardinal. The game will be played on Friday, September 4th at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) to kick off Labor Day weekend. While this is Miami’s season opener, this will be Stanford’s second game of the year. They […]
Storm Cellar: MIAMI COACH Mario Cristobal LOVES the DUO run concept
The Duo run concept is all the rage in high school, college, and professional football. Many coaches have shifted away from inside zone, which requires multiple 1-on-1 base blocks for duo, which is a double combo block on the inside, with two 1-on-1 blocks on the outside. With the athleticism being shown from interior DL […]
Monday Musings: Stocking up for 2027
Happy Monday, y’all. Hope your weeks have gotten off to a good start. It’s Fourth of July week, and…….well…..we’re in the dead period. All college sports are done. It’s going to be slow on the actual sports happenings for a bit. But not here. Season preview content is coming soon, and recruiting never stops. So, […]
Storm Cellar: Film Review of the Central Michigan Chippewas
In 2025, Central Michigan took on the Pitt Panthers in early September and hung fairly tight through the first half. The Panthers held a 24-10 lead before a 21-7 second half run that saw Pitt cost to a 45-17 win. When it comes to The Doppler stats: CMU finished 3-of-5 on 4th down and will […]
Summer Scheming ‘26: Central Michigan Chippewas
Including Matt Drinkall, Central Michigan Chippewas past six head coaches have had at least one winning season during their tenure. Brian Kelly broke the streak back in 2005 with a 6-5 season and since then Butch Jones, Dan Enos, John Bonamego, and Jim McElwain join Drinkall as having at least one season in the plus […]
Monday Musings: Mark Fletcher’s getting the short end of the respect stick
Happy Monday, everyone. I hope your weeks have gotten off to a great start. It’s Monday. Y’all know what that means. Let’s dance. 1) Something caught me off guard earlier this offseason. Completely left my jaw on the floor. On3 Sports put out their list of top 100 players in all of college football earlier […]
Storm Cellar: Hurricanes have their future QB in ISRAEL ABRAMS (2027)
The Miami Hurricanes received a hard commitment per 247 Sports from Israel Abrams. Abrams, a five-star quarterback out of Illinois, is the no.9 overall player and no.2 QB in the class of 2027. As a junior QB at Montini Catholic, Abrams led his team to a 14-0 record and the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) […]
Storm Cellar: FILM REVIEW of GIO LOPEZ, the NEW Wake Forest QB
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons have found their new starting quarterback for the 2026 season in Gio Lopez. Lopez is a former UNC starting QB who transferred to the Tar Heels from South Alabama. The Wake Forest OC, Rob Ezell, was the OC for Lopez while at S. Alabama and the two have reunited in […]
Summer Scheming ‘26: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football program has ebbed and flowed over the past 30 years. Since the 70’s Winston-Salem has been a place for some elite coaches: John Mackovic before Illinois and Texas, Al Groh before the NFL and a Super Bowl ring, Bill Dooley, Jim Caldwell before two Super Bowl rings, and solid […]
Monday Musings: Road tripping
Happy Monday, errrrrrbody. Hope your weeks have gotten off to a great start. It’s been a minute for me on here. Went out West on vacation and had a heck of a time. Hit up western Colorado and eastern Utah. Mesa Verde, Moab, national parks, etc. Pretty damned nice weather and scenery. And that trip […]
Storm Cellar: Comparing Stanford’s opening SCORING drive to Miami’s DOMINANT 3rd quarter DEFENSE
The Miami Hurricanes crushed the Stanford Cardinal 42-7 in between losses to Louisville and SMU. After the upset loss the the Louisville Cardinals, Miami came out a bit flat on defense vs. Stanford. After a Miami missed FG to open the game, the Cards marched down the field on a 12 play 74 yard scoring […]
Summer Scheming ‘26: Stanford Cardinal
The Stanford Cardinal football program and General Manager Andrew Luck have found their head coach. Head Coach Tavita Pritchard, a former Stanford QB where he shared a meeting room with Andrew Luck as student-athletes, comes to Palo Alto from the Washington Commanders. Pritchard was tasked with coaching up a young QB in Jayden Daniels. The […]
Storm Cellar: Miami has found their new KEIONTE SCOTT in OMAR THORNTON
Tampa Bay Buccaneers DB Keionte Scott came to the Miami Hurricanes after playing on the Auburn Tigers. Before Miami, Scott’s best season was his sophomore year, the 2022 season, where he logged four tackles for loss, one sack, one INT, and four PBUs. In the Corey Hetherman defense this past season, Scott had 13 TFL’s, […]
Five-star flip season continues for Miami, as Mario snags another from an SEC giant
Man, what a month for Mario Cristobal and the Miami Hurricanes. And what a job they’ve done at pulling some of the top players in the country from some of the biggest marquee programs. It continued on Wednesday night for the Canes. Five-star Irmo, SC defensive lineman Jaiden Bryant flipped his commitment from LSU to […]
Summer Scheming ‘26: The Throughput of a Winner
The top end goal of every business is to make money. But a college football program, even a Power 4 team at the FBS level isn’t a business per se. So the number one goal of a CFB program is to win the CFB Playoff National Championship. This seems like a no-brainer, right? But while […]
Monday Musings: A change is necessary for Miami baseball
Hello one, hello all. Hope your week and month have gotten off to a great start. It’s Monday, and you all know what that means, so let’s get to it. 1) The Miami Hurricanes bowed out in Gainesville in dreadful fashion. The Canes rallied late to down Troy in their opener 10-5. As of the […]
All-22 Review: Miami Offense vs. SMU Mustangs (2025)
The Miami Hurricanes were upset by the SMU Mustangs 26-20 on November 1st, 2025. The ‘Canes had a 10-7 lead at halftime before allowing SMU to sneak back in and eventually beat Miami in overtime. Miami was better on 3rd down but two Carson Beck interceptions (one his fault, one not) and being stopped on […]
Miami Hurricanes Week 2, 3, and 4 game times, TV coverage announced
On Wednesday afternoon, the ACC announced game times and tv coverage for games in weeks 0-3 of the 2026 football season. The games were already known, but now they have a firm and final placement For your Miami Hurricanes, that means the week 2 and 3 games are now finalized. Previously, the season opener at […]
Miami’s Presence on On3’s Top 100 Says a Lot About the 2026 Hurricanes
The offseason hype surrounding Miami Hurricanes football continues to grow from within, and now with the latest rankings from On3, it only added more fuel to the conversation. In On3’s recent list ranking the top 100 players in college football entering the 2026 season, Miami had five different players featured. The Hurricanes are viewed as […]
All-22 Review: Miami Defense vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2025)
The Miami Hurricanes defense had two takeaways in a 27-24 win over Notre Dame to open the 2025 season. The Hurricanes did allow CJ Carr to average 7.4 yards per pass attempt with two TD’s but he did throw the one pick. Jadarian Price had 30 of his 45 yards on one run while Malachi […]
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