Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

Recruiting and talent evaluation never stops for the Miami Hurricanes football program. On Wednesday, UM played host to a large group of 2027 commits and 2028 Top 100 prospects.  InsideTheU’s Gaby Urrutia recaps the day and spotlights the ballers from the camp.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com ! - If you have been injured in...

Another recruiting heavy edition of Through The Smoke in this episode.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the second week of official visitors at Miami, the Legends Camp, and who the Hurricanes are zeroing in on to close out the 2027 recruiting class.  This episode is loaded with recruiting juice.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection tod...

Plenty of news to dive into in this latest edition of Through The Smoke. InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the impact of 5-star defensive end Jaiden Bryant committing to the Hurricanes, preview the upcoming second week of official visits, and look ahead to Sunday's Legends Camp. Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com ! -...

In this edition of Through The Smoke, we take a deep dive into Miami's recruiting class. 247Sports Director of Scouting, Andrew Ivins, joins the show to discuss UM's class. What are his thoughts on quarterback commit Israel Abrams after watching him perform at the Elite 11? What are his thoughts on UM's overall class? Which players excite him most? InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia tou...

Summer official visit season is here and the University of Miami is hosting plenty of top commits and targets.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest with UM’s recruiting efforts this weekend.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyf...

Plenty of topics to dive into during the latest edition of Through The Smoke.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest buzz surrounding Miami’s athletic director search and recruiting.  Lake rants on who should be Miami’s next athletic director and Urrutia provides the latest buzz in recruiting.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If yo...

Plenty to discuss in this latest mailbag style podcast of Through The Smoke.  Miami is searching for its next athletic director after Dan Radakovich announced his retirement. The Hurricanes are looking to beat out Texas A&M for local five-star offensive tackle Mark Matthews. We also answer questions from the Through The Smoke message board. Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Co...

Spring football has wrapped up at the University of Miami and that means a crucial recruiting window has also closed.  The month of spring football is a critical time for UM to get recruits on campus and take in a practice.  During the months of March and April, Miami played host to hundreds of big time high school prospects and as we head into the official visit summer months, we figured it would...

The Miami Hurricanes wrapped up its month of offseason football on Saturday with an exciting scrimmage. InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia wrap up the events from the day in this instant reaction podcast. Enjoy the show. Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft acci...

The Miami Hurricanes wrapped up spring practice No. 14 on Thursday with the spring game set to take place on campus on Saturday.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia wrap up the events of the day and peek ahead to the spring game.  Enjoy the podcast! Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, truc...

The Miami Hurricanes have entered the final week of spring football. InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia recap Tuesday's events and touch on the latest recruiting news.  Enjoy the show. Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino...

The Miami Hurricanes wrapped up spring football practice No. 9 on Tuesday morning. In this instant reaction style podcast, InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest surrounding Tuesday's session and also discuss Miami's recruiting efforts with the Hurricanes coming off a big recruiting weekend. Enjoy the show. Support Our Sponsors: - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection...

The Miami Hurricanes football program wrapped up its sixth practice of the spring on Thursday morning.  InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia recap the day in this instant reaction style podcast.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or c...

Recruiting never stops and during the month of spring football it is an important piece of the equation.  Through the first ten days of spring football, the Miami Hurricanes football program has played host to many elite prospects.  InsideTheU’s Gaby Urrutia breaks down all the recruiting efforts at this stage of spring football and previews a massive week coming up.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our...

The Miami Hurricanes football program wrapped up its fifth practice of the spring on Tuesday. InsideTheU's David Lake is here to provide some observations and a quick recap of the day. Enjoy the show. Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nic...

Spring football practice number two has wrapped up at the University of Miami and InsideTheU’s Gaby Urrutia is here to recap the events of the day.  Enjoy this instant reaction style podcast.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Muceri...

Spring football has started at the University of Miami.  Miami kicked off their month of offseason football on Tuesday morning as the Hurricanes look to build on a successful campaign in 2025.  InsideTheU’s Gaby Urrutia shares his thoughts from the first practice of the spring.  Enjoy the show.  Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured i...

Spring football is here.  Offseason football kicks off at the University of Miami next week and we are here to highlight some talking points going into the important month of work.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the interesting talking points and questions going into spring football and more.  Urrutia also shares the latest with recruiting developments.  Enjoy the show.  Support...

March Madness is HERE! Join Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander as they pick the winner for EVERY game of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. They will take you from Dayton all the way to Indianapolis. Who do the guys have winning it all? Tune in to find out! (0:00) Intro + Norlander is doin’ more stuff with brackets (1:00) This is the bracket preview … it’s different from yesterday (7:00) East Region Picks &am...

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After some time off, Through The Smoke is back with a mailbag episode. InsideTheU.com  subscribers ask David Lake and Gaby Urrutia on a number of topics that include recruiting, thoughts on the upcoming 2026 season, offseason buzz, and more. Enjoy the episode! Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident,...

Miami Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal joins Through The Smoke to look back at the College Football Playoff and look ahead to the 2026 season.  Enjoy the interview! Support Our Sponsors - Join Canes Connection today at CanesConnection.com! - If you have been injured in a slip and fall, boating accident, trucking accident, Uber/Lyft accident, or car accident, Nick Mucerino is the personal injury at...

The 2026 Miami Hurricanes football roster is set. Talent acquisition is largely over for every team around the country as it relates to the 2026 college football season.  Miami finished the 2026 cycle with the No. 4 ranked portal class and a top ten recruiting class in the country as the Hurricanes must replace plenty of talent from a 2025 team that made a national championship run.  Does this 202...

Plenty to dig into on the latest episode of Through The Smoke.  Miami has its quarterback in Darian Mensah. InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the details.  Lake and Urrutia also breakdown Miami’s portal class as a whole. What do we think of all the incomings and outgoings? Finally, the two discuss Miami’s 2026 schedule and what it means for the Hurricanes as they look to make anothe...

Miami fell short in the 2026 National Championship Game. The Hurricanes had the ball in the final two minutes with the opportunity to go win the game, but the dream ended with 41 seconds remaining on a deep shot interception. An amazing run came to an end on Monday night. InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on the game and this season in this instant reaction podcast. Enj...