The Cheez-It Bowl Is a Job Interview, and Miami’s Young Defenders Are the Ones Being Hired

Let’s get the joke out of the way first, because everybody in the U Talk family already made it: yes, the Cheez-It Bowl. Yes, the cracker. Yes, orange dust on the trophy. Get your laughs in now, because December 29th at 5:30 in Orlando against Oklahoma State is...

Miami Didn’t Just Sign 21 Players — It Signed Proof That South Florida Can Be Fenced In Again

Forget the star counts for a second. Forget the ranking, forget the top-10 chatter, forget whether Leonard Taylor is a five-star or a five-star-plus. The single most important thing about Miami’s 2021 signing class isn’t a name on the list — it’s the...

Miami’s Real Problem Isn’t Blake Baker — It’s That Nobody in That Building Was Ever Going to Say No

The scapegoat is easy. The pattern is the point.Fire Blake Baker. Fine. Do it today, do it tonight, do it before you finish reading this sentence. Nobody in Canes Nation is going to stand outside the Hecht Athletic Center with a candle. When a defense gives up 62...

Miami’s Problem Isn’t Effort — It’s That Nobody On That Sideline Fixes Anything At Halftime

Let’s get the excuse-making out of the way early, because Canes fans have been fluent in it for two decades now. The one you’ll hear this week is that North Carolina just had a night. That two backs going for 200-plus yards apiece is one of those freak...

Miami Is Losing The All-Time Series To North Carolina, And That Number Explains Everything About…

Eleven to twelve. That’s the number that should be stapled to the wall of every Miami Hurricanes fan’s brain heading into a matchup with North Carolina. Miami trails the all-time series against the Tar Heels 12-11. Read it again. The University of Miami —...