Through the Smoke: A Miami Hurricanes football podcast

In this long form edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia take some time to share their thoughts on the 2022 Miami Hurricanes after nearly a week of fall camp.  Lake and Urrutia take a position by position approach to this podcast and share where they draw the line of the playing rotation at this stage of camp at each spot.  Who is looking good? Who has a chance to p...

InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss what you need to know after day three of fall camp. The Hurricanes practiced in shoulder pads on Monday morning after having a recovery day on Sunday.  With Zion Nelson out for a little while, different combinations on the offensive line are being explored. Lake and Urrutia discuss this along with other takeaways from fall camp.  Check out the lates...

The Miami Hurricanes football program wrapped up its second practice of fall camp on Saturday morning.  InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share their quick instant reactions following the session.  Which players caught our eye? What is the depth chart looking like at some position groups? What type of commit did Miami land in Connor Lew on Friday night? Lake and Urrutia address it all. Enjo...

The Miami Hurricanes opened fall camp on Friday morning. InsideTheU's David Lake shared his thoughts on the session in this quick instant reaction podcast.

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia preview fall camp.  The Miami Hurricanes will be hitting Greentree Practice field on Friday, August 5th as they prepare for the upcoming 2022 season.  Lake and Urrutia share their thoughts, opinions, and expectations going into fall camp for each position group.  Check out the latest podcast.

It is time to talk recruiting one last time before the start of fall camp.  In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, we touch on the big time recruits that made it down to Coral Gables that Miami fans need to know about.  We also discuss what happened this weekend with UM targets that visited elsewhere and what it means for the Hurricanes moving forward.  We wrap up the podcast by discussing th...

In the latest episode of Through The Smoke, we touch on recruiting and the 2022 Miami Hurricanes with the season right around the corner.  A recruiting dead period begins in the month of August, but this week things will open up slightly with schools able to host recruits on campus one last time before the season starts in September.  Miami will be hosting a barbecue on campus and UM hopes to have...

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.  Enjoy the latest podcast.

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 i...

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 recruit...

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...

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? Check ou...

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.

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...

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?...

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 rank...

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 s...

In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia touch on the two hot topics surrounding the Miami Hurricanes football program.  Miami’s place within future conference realignment and recruiting.  In the first half of the show David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss Miami’s approach to conference realignment and where things stand with the ACC in a shifting landscap...

We have BIG recruiting news to touch on in this instant reaction episode of Through The Smoke.  Five-star offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa made his commitment to Miami on Monday afternoon.  Mauigoa (6-5, 330) ranks as the No. 9 overall prospect in the country, according to the industry generated 247Sports Composite.  What type of player did Miami land in Mauigoa? What does his commitment mean to M...

Recruiting, recruiting, recruiting... It is non-stop during the Mario Cristobal era at Miami and InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia have plenty to dive into in the latest episode of Through The Smoke. We start the podcast by discussing the recent commitment of four-star tight end Riley Williams. Who does he remind us of and why is his pledge a big deal? We then move on to some key recruiting...

It will be decision day for a handful of key Miami Hurricanes targets over the next handful of days.  In the latest edition of Through The Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia share where things stand as of Thursday morning with Miami and these targets.  In this podcast we touch on the recruitments of 4-star ATH Robert Stafford, 4-star TE Riley Williams, 4-star DL Collins Acheampong, 4-...

Miami QB commit Jaden Rashada joins 247Sports' Greg Biggins to discuss the Elite 11 Finals, his recruitment, and what made Miami the perfect choice.

The Miami Hurricanes are heating up on the recruiting trail with local four-star wide receiver  Nathaniel Joseph  giving his commitment to UM on Tuesday evening.  Joseph (5-8, 170) ranks as the No. 105 overall player in the country, according to the 247Sports Composite.  As a junior, Joseph caught 33 passes for 632 yards and five touchdowns. He also returned two punts for a touchdown and a kickoff...

In the latest episode of Through the Smoke, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia discuss the latest hot topics surrounding Miami’s football program.  On Tuesday, the ACC officially announced the no divisions, 3-3-5 model for the 2023-26 seasons.  Who are Miami’s three mainstay opponents for those seasons? Do we like this new schedule system or not? Who has a tough schedule ahead now? We also t...

The Miami Hurricanes landed a big time commitment on Sunday with Top 50 quarterback Jaden Rashada giving his pledge to UM on Sunday.  In this instant reaction podcast, InsideTheU’s David Lake and Gaby Urrutia breaks down this huge commitment for UM.  What type of player is Miami landing in Rashada? What does his addition mean to UM’s 2023 class? How well is UM’s quarterback room set up for the fut...