Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

The Miami Hurricanes put forth an encouraging performance during the season opener against the Miami of Ohio Redhawks on Friday night during a 38-3 victory. The Hurricanes controlled the game the entire way. InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts from the game. Enjoy the show. Thank you to the following sponsors: - Find out if your business qualifies for a Employee Retention...

The 2023 season is upon us and it is time to deliver the first game preview podcast for the Miami Hurricanes.  UM is hosting the Miami of Ohio Redhawks on Friday night with kickoff slated for 7 p.m. The game will be televised on ACC Network.  In this podcast, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their thoughts on the Redhawks and how the Hurricanes match-up. Where do the Hurricanes have...

Game week is finally here for the 2023 Miami Hurricanes football program. Miami will host Miami of Ohio on Friday night and there are plenty of storylines to dive into for the Hurricanes. In this podcast, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share the latest with Tyler Van Dyke’s thumb injury, run through what they think the depth chart will look like, and lock in the final regular season reco...

Zaquan Patterson is a Miami Hurricane! UM picked up a commitment from the four-star safety on Saturday afternoon with Patterson choosing the Hurricanes over in-state rival Florida State. InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia react to the big recruiting news. Enjoy the show. Thank you to the following sponsors: - Find out if your business qualifies for a Employee Retention Credit at  Forman Law...

Five-star defensive tackle David Stone and four-star defensive back Zaquan Patterson will make their decisions on Saturday. InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia break it all down.

The latest edition of Through The Smoke comes in the form of a mailbag podcast. With the 2023 season right around the corner, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia take questions from the community of the InsideTheU message board. Who is the surprise of camp? What do we make of Miami’s most recent recruiting results? What are fair expectations for this team in 2023? Lake and Urrutia open the po...

Which true freshmen are set to make an impact in the ACC and for Notre Dame in 2023? Andrew and Cooper go team-by-team discussing which newcomers are ready to hit the field! Clemson - 3:00 Florida State - 9:45 North Carolina - 15:00 NC State - 19:30 Miami - 22:30 Duke - 29:30 Pitt - 35:00 Louisville - 37:45  Wake Forest - 42:30 Syracuse - 47:15 Virginia Tech - 49:20 Georgia Tech - 52:30 Boston Col...

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest with UM football and recruiting.  The Hurricanes were able to land three commitments over the weekend with 2025 QB Luke Nickel, DE Elias Rudolph, and Kavion Broussard all giving a pledge to the Hurricanes.  What do this commitments mean and who are the UM recruiting targets to keep an eye on mov...

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their instant reaction takeaways to the scrimmage at Canes Fest on Saturday morning.  Who shined on offense? Who stood out on defense?  Lake and Urrutia share their takeaways before being encouraged to leave by the Hard Rock Stadium security.  Enjoy the show.  Thank you to the following sponsors: - Find out if your business qualifies for a Employee Re...

Plenty of topics to dive into during the latest edition of Through The Smoke. InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia react to Miami coming up just short for the commitment of five-star defensive end Colin Simmons, discuss an ACC realignment hypothetical, and preview the scrimmage. Enjoy the show! Thank you to the following sponsors: - Find out if your business qualifies for a Employee Retention...

The first week of fall camp has wrapped up and in the latest edition of Through The Smoke, we recap the latest. InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia go position-by-position to share where things stand and what we are watching after one week of camp. Lake and Urrutia also discuss their thoughts on college football in this latest wave of realignment and share some UM recruiting tidbits. Enjoy th...

It is time for a mailbag episode of Through The Smoke! InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia answer some of the top questions from the Through The Smoke community on InsideTheU.com. Who will be the breakout players? Which coordinator will have the biggest impact? What position groups are we still uneasy about? Lake and Urrutia answer these questions and more on the latest episode. Enjoy the sho...

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their takeaways and thoughts following the first practice of fall camp on Tuesday.  What is the biggest difference in the team going into fall camp? Which of the newcomers intrigues us? What position groups are much improved? Lake and Urrutia share their thoughts.  At the end of the show, Urrutia runs through the latest recruiting news as well. Enjoy...

The Miami Hurricanes football program held an important recruiting event on Saturday with a cookout and pool party on campus.  Plenty of key recruiting targets attended the event and InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia are here to share everything you need to know from the event.  Enjoy the podcast! Thank you to the following sponsors: - Find out if your business qualifies for a Employee Rete...

Football is right around the corner.  The Miami Hurricanes will open fall camp on August 1st and earlier this week, the program was represented at ACC Media Days by head coach Mario Cristobal, quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, offensive lineman Matt Lee, and safety Kamren Kinchens.  InsideTheU’s David Lake was on hand for the event and he shares his takeaways in the latest podcast.  In the second half o...

The college football season is right around the corner.  The ACC will holds its annual media days event this week with players and coaches from every team going through various interviews Tuesday through Thursday.  Miami will go through the process on Tuesday and the Hurricanes will be represented by head coach Mario Cristobal, quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, offensive lineman Matt Lee, and safety Kam...

After taking some time off in the summer, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia have plenty to discuss with Miami’s talent acquisition efforts in July.  Miami has surged into the Top 15 after landing some key commitments. UM also missed out on a few top targets during this time as well.  What is the backstory on the last couple weeks of recruiting? How are things trending for the Hurricanes? Wh...

The Miami Hurricanes pulled off a surprising big time commitment on Thursday evening, landing five-star wide receiver JoJo Trader. Trader (6-1, 175) ranks as the No. 25 overall player in the country, according to the industry generated 247Sports Composite and is now Miami’s highest ranked commit. With the pledge, the Hurricanes now leap inside the Top 20 of the 247Sports National Team Recruiting R...

Andrew and Cooper discuss the many commitments over July 4th including Justin Scott to Ohio State, Cameron Coleman to Texas A&M, and many more! 5-Star Justin Scott Picks Ohio State - 2:00 4-Star Marquise Lightfoot to Miami - 8:08 4-Star Elias Rudolph to Michigan - 12:30 5-Star Cam Coleman to Texas A&M - 15:15 Florida State Lands Multiple Commits - 21:15 4-star Ashton Bethel-Roman to Arkans...

After a busy month of June visits, the NCAA recruiting period takes a bit of a pause with a dead period beginning on Tuesday.  Miami hosted 45 players during June, including six five-star prospects and 15 Top 100 prospects, according to the industry generating 247Sports Composite.  UM currently claims 13 commitments and the No. 28 overall class, according to 247Sports.  In this podcast, InsideTheU...

The Miami Hurricanes wrapped its final official visit weekend of the summer on Sunday.  UM hosted 20 recruiting targets over the weekend and Gaby Urrutia and David Lake are here to break it down.  Which players is UM trending for? What is the latest buzz? Lake and Urrutia break it all down and more.  Enjoy the podcast.  Thank you to the following sponsors: - Find out if your business qualifies for...

InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia provide a quick recap from the 2023 Legends Camp.  Enjoy the show! Thank you to the following sponsors: - Find out if your business qualifies for a Employee Retention Credit at  Forman Law Offices  (call: 1-800-827-7731) - Starr Horton Group email:  starr@thestarrhortongroup.com  or text: 561-573-4661 - LT Pro Enterprises: torreslionel1@gmail.com - Pride Fi...

Recruiting never stops and this weekend is a big one for the Miami Hurricanes football program.  Miami will host its annual Legends Camp on Thursday morning with plenty of big time prospects expected to participate.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia break down what you need to know going into the event.  In the second half of the podcast, Lake and Urrutia preview the biggest official visit...

The Miami Hurricanes football program has landed a commitment from a Top 100 recruit and so it is time for an instant reaction podcast. Four-star running back Kevin Riley, who hails from the state of Alabama and ranks as the No. 81 overall player in the country according to the industry generated 247Sports Composite, gave his pledge to UM after spending time in Coral Gables during an official visi...

Miami wrapped up its third official visit weekend of the summer and there is plenty to dive into.  Where do the Hurricanes stand with another five-star defensive lineman that visited? Is Miami on commit watch for any of the visitors? Did the Hurricanes make a move for any of the other visitors? InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest coming out of an important official visit we...